Chapter 331: Rei and Yu's Duel Chronicle
"Battle Phase, Yu!"
Having Link Summoned Star Chalice Sacred Dance - Eve and sent the Summon-locking Ivaliss onto Kikawayu's field, Amano Rei decisively declared this turn's Battle Phase.
"It's no use, Rei. Even if you've locked down my Special Summons, there's no way you can break through Yubel - Terror Incarnate!"
An effect nearly every Yubel monster shared: this card cannot be destroyed by battle, and battle damage to its controller from battles involving it becomes 0.
Which meant Eve had no way to break through Terror Incarnate, and the only other target available to attack was Ivaliss, sitting at 0 DEF, which would only backfire and undo the Special Summon lock on Kikawayu's own side.
Kikawayu smiled with confidence. "Of course, even if you don't attack, I can undo the lock myself."
Yubel - Terror Incarnate had another effect too.
[During your End Phase: Destroy all monsters on the field except this card.]
All Kikawayu had to do was wait one more turn, and at her own End Phase, Terror Incarnate's effect would wipe the field clean and lift Ivaliss's Summon lock.
"I am absolutely not losing to you again this time, Rei!"
"Why can't I ever beat Rei at any game we play?"
"Once you grow up, Yu, maybe you'll be able to beat me."
"Actually, I don't really want to win that badly."
Even losing to Rei made me happy.
"Star Chalice Sacred Dance - Eve, attack Yubel - Terror Incarnate! And during the Damage Step, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card Forbidden Chalice!"
[Forbidden Chalice] [Quick-Play Spell Card: Target 1 face-up monster on the field. It gains 400 ATK until the end of the turn, and its effects are negated.]
The Chalice's power granted Yubel - Terror Incarnate a 400 ATK boost, but at the cost of losing its immunity to battle destruction and battle damage.
[Yubel - Terror Incarnate] [ATK: 0 to 400]
[Star Chalice Sacred Dance - Eve] [ATK: 1800]
"Cut it down, Eve!"
"Ohhh yeah!"
Wreathed in starlight, her Link-blessed scepter carrying the full force of Eve's own self-proclaimed "Axe King" power, she cleaved the demon's twin dragon heads clean down the middle.
[Yubel - Terror Incarnate] destroyed
Kikawayu LP: 4000 to 2600
Not only did she take battle damage and lose the monster, but because of Ivaliss's Summon lock, Terror Incarnate couldn't even trigger its parting effect to Special Summon the Ultimate Nightmare.
"Tch!" Kikawayu clicked her tongue, annoyed. "As troublesome as ever, Rei!"
"I don't care, I just love clinging to you!"
"Ugh, it'd be nice if you were a girl, Yu."
"Why?"
"Because having a cute childhood friend is every guy's dream, that's why."
Actually, you already do.
"Finally, I set 1 card face down. Turn end!"
Turns changed hands, and Kikawayu drew a card.
"My turn, draw! Then I activate the Spell Card Pot of Greed, drawing 2 more cards!"
Amano Rei's Ivaliss, still stuck on Kikawayu's own field, kept exerting its effect, so Kikawayu had to dig through her Deck for a way to break the deadlock, or else her entire Special-Summon-focused Yubel archetype couldn't get onto the field at all.
"I activate the Continuous Spell Card Growing Chronicle!"
[Growing Chronicle] [Continuous Spell Card: Each time a "Yubel" monster, or a monster whose card name mentions "Yubel," is Special Summoned, place 1 Chronicle Counter on this card.]
"Rei, when do you think I'll finally turn 20?"
"Yu, you sound like an idiot. You're 5 this year, so in 15 years you'll be 20, obviously."
"It just feels so far away. Like it'll never come."
"Honestly, growing up isn't even that great. Being a kid is way easier."
"But there are some things you can only do once you've grown up."
Rei, you'll never understand.
The Continuous Spell Growing Chronicle's effect only added a Chronicle Counter when the corresponding monster was Special Summoned, which looked, at a glance, to be completely shut down by Ivaliss's Summon lock.
Kikawayu slotted the second Continuous Spell Card she'd just drawn off Pot of Greed into her Duel Disk.
"I also activate the Continuous Spell Card Nightmare Pain!"
[Nightmare Pain] [Continuous Spell Card: Activate only during your Main Phase. Destroy 1 face-up DARK monster you control or in your hand, then add 1 "Yubel" card, other than "Nightmare Pain," or 1 card that mentions that name, from your Deck to your hand.]
"Thanks for the DARK monster you handed me, Rei~"
Kikawayu raised a hand and pointed at Ivaliss, Phantom Rupture on her field, which just happened to be a DARK monster.
"Sink into the nightmare. I destroy Ivaliss, Phantom Rupture, and add Sacrificial Netherworld Lotus from my Deck to my hand!"
[Ivaliss, Phantom Rupture] destroyed
"And with that, the lock on my Special Summons is undone. Next, I return Yubel and Yubel - Terror Incarnate from my Graveyard to my Deck, and Special Summon Phantom Yubel from my Extra Deck!"
"Why, Yubel. I only unsealed a little bit of the phantom form. Why did the corruption value jump up this much?"
"You and I are both people Eden has cast out. Yu, if any of those old-timers up in the Top Layer catch wind of this power existing, all of District 32 might get wiped out."
"But I just wanted Rei to see the real me."
"There'll be a chance, Yu. Some day, not too far from now."
What if, before that day comes, someone else takes Rei away from me?
"Shadow wavering in the gap between love and hatred, carry my false life for me!"
"Special Summon! Phantom Yubel!"
[Phantom Yubel] [Level 9 DARK]
[Fiend/Fusion/Effect]
[ATK: 0] [DEF: 0]
["Yubel" monster + 1 Fiend-Type monster with 0 ATK and 0 DEF]
[Can be Special Summoned by returning the above cards from your hand, field, or Graveyard to the Deck or Extra Deck.]
A golden, phantom-like body wreathed in black mist slowly materialized on Kikawayu's field.
"Whenever a "Yubel" monster is Special Summoned, add one Chronicle Counter!"
[Chronicle Counter] x1
And a Yubel monster sitting at 0 ATK also happened to line up perfectly with two more effects on Kikawayu's other Continuous Spell, Nightmare Pain.
[Effect 2: As long as you control a "Yubel" monster, your opponent's monsters that are able to attack must attack a "Yubel" monster. Effect 3: Any battle damage you would take from battles involving your "Yubel" monster is instead taken by your opponent.]
Even though a Yubel monster's own battle damage was normally 0, redirecting it meant the opponent had to eat the full amount instead.
"Not done yet. I also Normal Summon Sacrificial Netherworld Lotus, just added to my hand!"
[Sacrificial Netherworld Lotus] [Level 1 DARK]
[Fiend/Effect]
[ATK: 0] [DEF: 0]
"Then I release Sacrificial Netherworld Lotus, Special Summoning "Yubel" from my Deck!"
A lotus blooming from the netherworld, the instant it took root on Kikawayu's field, withered away and released itself all at once.
[Activate by releasing this card. Special Summon 1 "Yubel" monster from your Deck.]
"Descend, my other half, Yubel!"
[Yubel] [Level 10 DARK]
[Fiend/Effect]
[ATK: 0] [DEF: 0]
The original Yubel spread her demonic wings and descended physically onto Kikawayu's field, standing shoulder to shoulder with the golden, mist-wreathed phantom already there.
[Chronicle Counter] x2
"Finally found you, Yu. Why are you sitting all alone in a trash heap?"
"Just leave me alone, Rei. Go be with your sister. From today on, you're only going to care about her anyway."
"What kind of nonsense are you saying, Yu? What do you think we are to each other? My sister's your sister too, isn't she?"
"Huh, she's my sister too?"
"Of course! Now stop sitting around slacking off. I'm exhausted taking care of little Shio all by myself, come help me already."
"O, okay, I'm coming."
Rei's sister is my sister too. Doesn't that mean...!
"Battle Phase, Rei!"
Riding on two 0-ATK Yubel monsters at once, Kikawayu declared this turn's Battle Phase.
"Let's share this love and this pain together, Rei! Yubel, attack Star Chalice Sacred Dance - Eve!"
Yubel's zero-ATK fist slammed into Eve, standing at 1800 ATK.
Eve: "Huh? That didn't hurt at all!"
Amano Rei: "Guh!"
It was Eve who'd been hit, and yet it was Amano Rei who went flying.
Eve: "Is this the legendary 'strike through the mountain' technique?"
Kikawayu explained, "Nightmare Pain's effect. Battle damage from a Yubel monster gets taken by the opponent instead!"
Amano Rei LP: 4000 to 2200
That zero-ATK sucker punch landed exactly as if Amano Rei himself had been the one attacked by Eve directly.
Eve: "QvQ It, it wasn't me who threw the punch, I swear!"
Amano Rei: "I know. It's not your fault."
Kikawayu swept her hand forward again. "I continue with Phantom Yubel, attacking Eve!"
Another zero-ATK reflection effect, but this time, having braced himself in advance, Amano Rei managed to stay steady on his feet without getting knocked flying.
Amano Rei LP: 2200 to 400
She'd said they'd share the pain together, but because of Nightmare Pain's effect, it was Amano Rei taking every last bit of the battle damage from start to finish.
Amano Rei wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "But it doesn't matter. I told you, I'm going to take in everything from this duel, Yu. The pain, the sorrow, and your love too!"
"Rei, don't be sad. I know it hurts, losing your mom. But you have to pull yourself together, for Shio's sake."
"Thank you, Yu. It means so much having you by my side through this."
"Mm, I'll always be by your side, Rei. Let me share your pain and your sorrow with you."
Because I love you, Rei.
"I also activate the Continuous Trap Card Eternal Beloved!"
Once both Yubel monsters had finished attacking, Kikawayu flipped up the card she'd set the turn before.
[Eternal Beloved] [Continuous Trap Card: Once per turn, you can activate 1 of the following effects.]
[- Special Summon 1 "Yubel" monster from your Graveyard or banished cards. Neither player can activate Spell, Trap, or Monster effects when this Special Summon is successful.]
[- If you control a "Yubel" monster: You can activate this effect by discarding 1 card from your hand and sending this face-up card from your Spell & Trap Zone to the Graveyard. Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster using monsters on the field, including a "Yubel" monster, from either player's side, as Fusion Material.]
An either-or activation effect.
One effect revived a Yubel monster from the Graveyard, but Kikawayu had nothing in her Graveyard to revive right now, so that option was off the table.
The other effect worked something like a Yubel-exclusive Super Polymerization, letting her Fusion Summon using Yubel and a monster from her opponent's field as material.
"I discard 1 card from my hand, send the Continuous Trap Card Eternal Beloved to the Graveyard, and fuse my own Yubel with your Star Chalice Sacred Dance - Eve!"
An ultimate Fusion storm born from eternal devotion swept across both Kikawayu's and Amano Rei's fields, fusing Yubel and Eve together.
"Unleash the ultimate love and the ultimate pain. In the dimension at the very end of time, protect the one I will love forever!"
"Fusion Summon! Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love!"
[Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love] [Level 12 DARK]
[Fiend/Fusion/Effect]
[ATK: 0] [DEF: 0]
["Yubel" monster + 1 or more Effect Monsters on the field]
[Chronicle Counter] x3
Using Yubel and Eve as Fusion Material, a top-tier Fusion Monster all the way up at Level 12 descended onto Kikawayu's field amid the ultimate Fusion storm.
Its ATK and DEF were still both zero, but after that pseudo-Super Polymerization, Amano Rei's field no longer had a single monster left for Kikawayu to sucker-punch him through.
"But that's exactly why it's over now, Rei! When this Fusion Summon succeeds, Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love's effect activates!"
[Activate only when this card is Fusion Summoned. Inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each monster used as Fusion Material for this card that was on your opponent's field.]
"Rei, isn't this the money you'd been saving up for your birthday next week?"
"What does that matter? What's mine is yours, eat up without worrying. I'm the one who brought you out here after all, and District 31's specialty stir-fried noodles aren't something you get to eat just anytime, so I guess it's a blessing in disguise."
"I've never eaten anything this good before. Rei, you're really so~"
What's mine is yours. That's right, Rei. I'll give you everything I have, every last bit of it.
"Since I used both Yubel and Eve as Fusion Material, that's 1000 damage to you, Rei!"
Amano Rei LP: 400
Having already been chipped down to his last 400 Life Points through repeated sucker-punch damage, taking this effect damage on top of it would mean an undeniable loss for Amano Rei.
"I'll take every last bit of it!" Amano Rei flipped up his one remaining set card. "Trap Card, Rainbow Life, activate!"
The original anime version of Rainbow Life's effect negated all damage taken up to that point, then restored Life Points equal to the total amount of damage taken that turn on top of it.
It was precisely because this card existed that Amano Rei had been able to grit his teeth and take in the full weight of Kikawayu's "love."
"After negating all the damage I've taken this turn, I recover Life Points equal to the total damage of 4600!"
Amano Rei LP: 400 to 4000 to 8600
"All right, I set two more cards. Turn end."
Kikawayu set her cards and ended her turn, and it passed back to Amano Rei.
"I also activate Pot of Greed, drawing 2 cards from my Deck!"
After the extra draw, Amano Rei glanced at his own hand, then over at the two Yubel monsters on Kikawayu's field, along with her two Continuous Spell Cards in the back row.
"I end my turn."
Amano Rei chose to do absolutely nothing.
Because of the Continuous Spell Card Nightmare Pain's effect, the moment Amano Rei Summoned any monster, it would be forced to attack a Yubel monster, which would only bleed him out through the reflection damage instead.
So he simply skipped the turn outright.
"Well then, during your End Phase, I'll activate my second copy of the Continuous Trap Card Eternal Beloved."
Kikawayu had already used the Super Polymerization-style effect of Eternal Beloved before, and with Amano Rei's field completely empty now, she naturally had to pick the other effect this time.
"I Special Summon my Yubel back from the Graveyard."
[Yubel] [ATK: 0]
[Chronicle Counter] x4
Kikawayu's field now held three monsters standing together: Yubel, Phantom Yubel, and Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love.
But without exception, every one of them sat at 0 ATK.
If Amano Rei just kept his field empty, Kikawayu, lacking a target to sucker-punch through, wouldn't actually be able to keep dealing damage to him.
"My turn, draw!"
Kikawayu, having just ended her own turn, began her turn again.
"Rei, you think doing nothing is going to stop my offense? How adorably naive~"
"Yu, where's the gift I got ready to give Yui?"
"No idea. Did you drop it on the way over, maybe?"
"Oh no, I had to beg my old man forever to get that. I need to go back and look for it."
"Okay, don't worry, I'll help you look for it."
You're never going to find it, Rei. I already flushed that gift down Yui's toilet ages ago. I know you always wanted a childhood friend, but no, that childhood friend means nothing at all if it isn't me.
"I activate the Spell Card Metamorphosis!"
[Metamorphosis] [Spell Card: Tribute 1 monster you control. Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster with the same Level as the Tributed monster from your Fusion Deck.]
"I release the Level 10 Yubel on my field as Tribute! I Special Summon a Level 10 Fusion Monster in its place!"
Kikawayu's Extra Deck did indeed hold a Level 10 Fusion Monster she could Special Summon directly, and it happened to be the exact monster she'd once shown Amano Rei during the Fusion Academy entrance exam.
"I Special Summon Phantom Demon Emperor - Triple Cyborg from my Extra Deck!"
[Phantom Demon Emperor - Triple Cyborg] [Level 10 DARK]
[Fiend/Fusion/Effect]
[ATK: 4000] [DEF: 4000]
A Fusion Monster with 4000 ATK Special Summoned onto Kikawayu's field, standing in stark contrast to her zero-ATK Yubel monsters.
"I also activate the Spell Card Weapon Cache!"
[Weapon Cache] [Spell Card: You cannot Normal Summon during the turn you activate this card. Effect: Activate by sending the top card of your Deck to the Graveyard. Add 1 Equip Spell Card from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand.]
"I send the top card of my Deck to the Graveyard, and add Megamorph from my Deck to my hand! Then I equip it onto Phantom Demon Emperor - Triple Cyborg!"
Megamorph's effect: when its controller's Life Points are lower than their opponent's, the equipped monster's ATK doubles.
Kikawayu LP: 2600
Amano Rei LP: 8600
[Phantom Demon Emperor - Triple Cyborg] [ATK: 4000 to 8000]
Doubled in size, Phantom Demon Emperor - Triple Cyborg's ATK shot straight up to 8000, more than enough to crush even Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon underfoot.
"Direct attack on Rei, Phantom Demon Emperor - Triple Cyborg!"
"Phantom Demon Quantum Crush!"
The mechanical phantom demon's enlarged fist slammed straight into Amano Rei, his field completely empty, instantly draining the Life Point bar he'd just spiked up with Rainbow Life the turn before, right back down to nothing.
Amano Rei LP: 8600 to 600
The genuine physical force reflected back through the Dark Game sent Amano Rei tumbling backward, rolling several times, a sweet tang rising in his throat as the sheer impact wrenched a mouthful of fresh blood right out of him.
"Rei!" A flash of unmistakable heartache broke through the cold look in Kikawayu's eyes.
"I'm fine, Yu!" Amano Rei struggled back to his feet. "Keep going!"
"Rei, what happened, you, you're bleeding so much!"
"I'm fine, Yu. I just wasn't used to the machinery yet and got cut by the sorting equipment. Don't let Shio find out about this."
"But you work such long hours every day. Why are you pushing yourself so hard?"
"Mom and Dad are gone now, and Shio needs someone to take care of her. I have to be the one holding this family together."
"But, but, you need someone taking care of you too."
"Heh, well, isn't that what you're here for? Yu, help me change this bandage, would you?"
"Okay. Bear with the pain a little, all right?"
Rei, what do I have to do to actually help you?
"My Life Points are lower than yours now." Amano Rei pointed out. "So Phantom Demon Emperor's ATK goes from doubled at 8000, down to halved at 2000!"
[Phantom Demon Emperor - Triple Cyborg] [ATK: 8000 to 2000]
Kikawayu swept a hand toward her own back row. "Then I'll activate the effect of my Continuous Trap Card Eternal Beloved again, once per turn, and revive the Yubel I just Tributed away from my Graveyard!"
It was clear Kikawayu's Extra Deck must follow the anime's one-copy rule for Extra Deck monsters too, with no second copy of Phantom Yubel or Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love, or fusing again and taking that direct damage a second time would have gotten awkward for her.
[Yubel] [ATK: 0]
"Since Yubel was Special Summoned, the Continuous Spell Card Growing Chronicle adds one more Chronicle Counter!"
[Chronicle Counter] x5
"I activate Growing Chronicle's effect, with 5 counters on it!"
[You can remove the following number of Chronicle Counters from this card to activate that effect.]
[- 1: Special Summon 1 "Yubel" from your Graveyard.]
[- 2: Add 1 of your banished cards to your hand.]
[- 3: Banish 1 card from your Deck.]
[- 4: Destroy 1 card on the field.]
[- 5: Add 1 "Super Polymerization" from your Deck to your hand.]
"I remove all 5 counters, adding Super Polymerization from my Deck to my hand!"
"So Super Polymerization was the target all along."
When it came to Yubel in the Yu-Gi-Oh GX anime, she was practically inseparable from Super Polymerization.
The moment Kikawayu had played that card and started stacking up Chronicle Counters, Amano Rei had already guessed she was building toward tutoring out Super Polymerization.
So his hunch hadn't been wrong after all!
"My turn ends!" Kikawayu declared the end of her turn. "And at the End Phase, Sacrificial Netherworld Lotus's effect activates from the Graveyard!"
[Activate only during your End Phase, while this card is in your Graveyard and you control a "Yubel" monster. Add this card to your hand, or Special Summon it.]
"I Special Summon Sacrificial Netherworld Lotus onto my field!"
[Sacrificial Netherworld Lotus] [DEF: 0]
"And at the End Phase, Yubel will be destroyed by her own effect and sent to the Graveyard."
[Yubel] destroyed
"My turn, draw!"
Turns changed hands, and Amano Rei drew the card that opened his turn.
He couldn't skip this turn again. Taking one more hit from Phantom Demon Emperor would be no different from surrendering outright.
"It's my turn to fight back now, Yu!"
"Finally my luck's turning around, Yu. Take a look at this."
"Is that... a Duel Monster card? Where'd you get that, Rei?"
"I found it in the recycling zone up in the Upper District. I guess rich people really do look down on weak monsters like this, throwing the card straight into the trash heap."
"But, it's just one monster that doesn't look like it can fight at all. What good is that going to do?"
"One card's useless on its own. But if I pick up a few dozen more and put together a whole Deck out of them, that'll be plenty useful, won't it!"
"Ahaha, that sounds like such a big dream."
Duel Monster cards inside Eden aren't nearly that easy to find lying around, Rei. Relying purely on cards you happen to pick up, you might never manage to complete a Deck in your whole life.
"Facing down my board like this, do you honestly still have any room left to struggle, Rei?"
"Won't know until I try. I Normal Summon Elemental HERO Bubbleman in Attack Position!"
[Elemental HERO Bubbleman] [Level 4 WATER]
[Warrior/Effect]
[ATK: 800] [DEF: 1200]
A man whose whole face screamed "I'm here to draw cards" appeared on Amano Rei's field, hands planted on his hips.
"When I control no other cards on my field, Bubbleman's effect lets me draw 2 more cards!"
"A HERO? I'm not letting you draw cards so comfortably, Rei! When your monster's effect activates, I chain the effect of Phantom Yubel!"
[Activate by releasing this card when your opponent's monster effect activates. That effect becomes "Destroy 1 "Yubel" monster in your hand, Deck, or on the field" instead.]
[Phantom Yubel] released
Wait, shouldn't your effect be destroying my Yubel?
"I rewrite Bubbleman's effect into destroying 1 Yubel monster in my own Deck!"
[Spirit of Yubel] destroyed
His draw effect had turned into destroying one of Kikawayu's own Yubel cards instead, and when Spirit of Yubel got destroyed this way, it triggered its own parting effect, Special Summoning Yubel back onto the field once more.
[Yubel] [ATK: 0]
"Whenever a monster is Special Summoned to my field from the Graveyard, I activate Phantom Demon Emperor - Triple Cyborg's effect! Inflict damage equal to half the ATK of 1 monster your opponent controls!"
Bubbleman's ATK was 800, and half of that was 400.
Amano Rei LP: 600 to 200
Bracing against the phantom demon's overwhelming pressure bearing straight down on him, Amano Rei gritted his teeth and set a card from his hand onto the Duel Disk.
"I set 1 more card!"
"Is that all, just a set card to end your turn? Then you've already lost, Rei."
With Bubbleman's draw effect rewritten, Amano Rei had two cards left in hand after setting one.
One of those cards was Unicycular.
"Yubel, I can't believe the mainframe Eva really doesn't care about people throwing away weak cards like this. Who knew there'd even be a loophole like that."
"Kikawayu, are you planning on secretly helping Amano Rei build his Deck this way? ATK and DEF both 100? A monster with basically no value to it at all, even put together into a whole Deck, isn't going to be worth much."
"I don't know how it's supposed to be used either. But if it's Rei, maybe he'll find a way."
If it's Rei, I'm sure he can do it!
Besides Unicycular, Amano Rei had one more card left in his hand.
"Spell Card, Exchange, activate!"
[Exchange] [Spell Card: Both players reveal their hands to each other. Each player then selects 1 card from their opponent's hand and adds it to their own hand.]
With Exchange activated, Amano Rei had only Unicycular left to offer up, while in Kikawayu's hand sat exactly the card he wanted.
Amano Rei cut straight to it, pointing ahead. "Yu, I'm taking your Super Polymerization!"
The Super Polymerization Kikawayu had tutored out with Growing Chronicle's effect the turn before, she hadn't set it down.
Not because she'd forgotten to. It was that her back row, 2 Continuous Spells, 1 Continuous Trap, 1 Equip Card, plus one more unknown set card, had left no room at all to set Super Polymerization down.
So Kikawayu had simply been holding Super Polymerization in her hand instead.
But a top-tier card like Super Polymerization, even just sitting in her hand, still felt reassuringly safe.
As long as it stayed in her own hand, that is.
Seeing Unicycular come her way in the exchange, something visibly complicated flickered through Kikawayu's heterochromatic eyes.
Was this really how you were supposed to use a weak little monster like that?
Kikawayu's finely drawn brow furrowed slightly. "To activate Super Polymerization, you have to discard a card from your hand. Right now, Rei, all you've got is Super Polymerization itself. There's no way you can use it!"
"That's exactly why I set that card down before we even exchanged hands! I already told you, Yu, in this duel I'm not holding back a single ounce of effort, and I'm going to take in everything you are!"
Unlike his confused, hesitant state during his first duel against Kikawayu, Amano Rei now stood at the very peak of resolve, mind made up completely.
"I activate the Spell Card I set earlier, Card of Demise, drawing until I have 5 cards in hand! Then, during my fifth Standby Phase from now, I discard my entire hand!"
With Super Polymerization in hand, Amano Rei drew four cards in a row, bringing his hand up to five.
"And now, here comes my counterattack, Yu!"
"Unleash the ultimate power!"
"Super Polymerization, activate!"
"I'm fusing away every single monster on your field!"
An ultimate Fusion storm swept across Kikawayu's entire field, a blazing, explosive spiral of light pulling all four of her monsters into it at once.
"You're fusing away every single one of my monsters?" Kikawayu said, disbelieving.
"I told you, I'm going to take in everything you are, Yu!"
"Go, the ultimate secret of Fusion!"
Fusion Monster, Level 12, meeting the requirements for the skill "Fusion Mastery." Fusion authorized!
"Super Polymerization!"
"Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love!"
[Yubel - Guardian of Eternal Love] [Level 12 DARK]
[Fiend/Fusion/Effect]
[ATK: 0] [DEF: 0]
["Yubel" monster + 1 or more Effect Monsters on the field]
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