Chapter 58: What a Pathetic Monster!
[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon] [8★ LIGHT]
[Dragon/Effect] [ATK: 3000] [DEF: 2500]
"ROAAAAAR—!"
After releasing [Paladin of Photon Dragon], [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon] was summoned from the deck. Its earth-shattering dragon roar seemed to reach the galaxy's edge.
3000 ATK—directly rivaling Blue-Eyes White Dragon!
Well, this could no longer be brushed off as just the "battle power calculation unit" running gag.
Level 8, LIGHT Attribute, Dragon-Type, 3000 ATK, 2500 DEF.
[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon] had nearly perfectly replicated [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]'s attributes.
Calling them sister dragons wouldn't be an exaggeration.
Of course, the fact was—Kaiba Chiaki and Kaiba Chiha really were sisters.
A monster at this level appearing in an entrance exam duel was basically like an adult bullying a child.
Though the duelist controlling it looked more like the child herself.
"Amano Rei, the consequences of toying with me—feel them with your body now! Battle!"
Declaring Battle Phase entry, Kaiba Chiha led with [Galaxy Knight], using its silver longsword to flip over Amano's Set monster.
Actually, everyone was incredibly curious.
What kind of deck was this Amano Rei using anyway?
Not only surrounded by beautiful girls right from enrollment, he'd even provoked tenth-ranked Kaiba Chiha to specifically pull out her [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon] deck for an entrance exam.
Just how strong were this guy's monsters?
Amano's Set hidden monster was flipped, exposing its true form.
[Unicycler] [1★ EARTH]
[Machine/Normal] [ATK: 100] [DEF: 100]
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What kind of monster was this? Pretty rare. Could it be some kind of scarce rare card?
After all, the people here were all mid-level district young masters and misses—who'd ever seen a monster like this?
Level 1 star, 100 ATK, 100 DEF.
"Holy crap, what a pathetic monster!" Finally someone realized the truth and shouted it out loud.
Only then did everyone collectively react.
Those stats—even among trash monsters, this could be called trash among trash.
Galaxy Knight's direct summon without Tributes temporarily lowered its ATK to 1800 for that turn. But even dropped to 1800, killing this trash took zero effort.
The silver sword tip barely touched Unicycler before it very sensibly shattered itself into powder.
[Unicycler] destroyed
So weak!
Dueling with monsters like this, forget Kaiba Chiha personally intervening—even facing a normal Synchro Academy test deck would be completely unwinnable.
"Direct attack, Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!"
"—'Photon Stream of Destruction'!!"
The direct attack condensing galactic radiance exploded mercilessly on Amano, blasting him to the duel field's edge.
Amano LP: 4000 → 1000
Watching Amano get blown back over ten meters, Nanki'in Sakuya couldn't help commenting: "It's just a test duel—you're really going hard, Kaiba Chiha!"
"You have no right to say that!" Finesse retorted.
Back during that duel in the tower's lower levels, Nanki'in Sakuya had also immediately dealt Amano 3000 points of damage right off the bat.
"I Set one card. Turn end. And at the End Phase, Galaxy Knight's ATK returns to normal 2800!"
[Galaxy Knight] [ATK: 1800 → 2800]
In just one turn of battle, Kaiba Chiha had beaten Amano down to 1000 Life Points.
On field remained the 3000 ATK Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, plus the 2800 ATK Galaxy Knight, forming an impenetrable galactic barrier.
"The gap's too big." This was everyone's current shared understanding.
Even the friends who'd seen Amano duel were sweating bullets.
This duel was different from all previous ones.
Because Synchro Academy's entrance exam only allowed Synchro Summons. Amano's most-used Fusion Summons were directly banned.
Otherwise, even facing Kaiba Chiha's current field, as long as Amano could Fusion Summon the [Elemental HERO Great Tornado] he'd used against Nanki'in Sakuya, he could still reverse ATK values.
"Getting directly attacked for 3000 lately—is this karmic payback for overusing the battle power calculation unit joke?"
Getting back up from the ground, Amano drew his turn's starting card.
"My turn, draw!"
The monster Amano had summoned last turn had already left people with zero expectations for him.
Why would anyone put a monster like that in their deck? Probably only one reason—this guy's deck was full of worthless little trash.
No money? Then why are you playing Yu-Gi-Oh!?
"Magic Card: [Foolish Burial] activated!"
However, the next second, the Magic card Amano slapped onto his Duel Disk started ruthlessly slapping the faces of these elitist jerks.
[Foolish Burial] [Magic Card: Send 1 monster from your Deck to the GY.]
Though the effect was just simple monster dumping to Graveyard, as Duel Monsters cards in Eden Tower slowly developed, this card had evolved from previously unused trash to currently worth fifty thousand Eva Points.
Even in an anime environment, cards that should be strong would eventually reveal their edge.
"It's just a fifty-thousand Magic card. It can't change the current situation at all."
"Maybe he just got lucky drawing it. One person can't be both poor AND unlucky, right?"
Naive!
Amano had already pulled out [Foolish Burial]. Though it was a card swiped from Puppeteer, such an expensive card couldn't be wasted sending cheap monsters.
Amano raised his Duel Disk-equipped arm. The precisely targeted Graveyard card ejected from the Duel Disk deck.
"I send [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] from my deck to the Graveyard!"
If the second before, considering this was an exam venue, the spectating students had only been whispering discussions—
This instant, the entire exam venue erupted into chaos like collapsed order.
So the fourth Blue-Eyes White Dragon was in this person's hands!
No wonder Kaiba Chiha chose to personally fight.
You call him poor—he calls you dragonless.
Clearly possessing a Blue-Eyes White Dragon sellable for 87 million, yet still choosing to use a cheap deck.
Looked like in this world, some people still hadn't been corrupted by Kaiba Corporation's money!
Public opinion instantly flipped. Just because Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared, even while still using a cheap deck, Amano's character seemed noble.
"Amano Rei!" Kaiba Chiha's teeth ground audibly. "Knowing you can't win, are you deliberately humiliating me? Deliberately sending Big Sister's dragon to the Graveyard!"
"I'm not as childish as you, Kaiba Chiha!"
The instant Blue-Eyes White Dragon was sent to the Graveyard, the card Amano had Set last turn slowly flipped at his feet.
Besides—who said this was your sister's dragon?
This is MY dragon!
"Continuous Trap Card: [True Bloodline] can revive one Normal Monster from my Graveyard!"
Exploding from Amano's card, a dragon roar equal to Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon burst from the Graveyard toward the sky.
"Come! With your shining white dragon form, display the proudest soul to this world!"
"Special Summon! Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
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