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Chapter 379: Electronic Mecha
"Duel!" x2
[Hayato: 4000 LP]
[Amelda: 4000 LP]
"The first turn is mine! My turn, draw!" Amelda had already drawn five cards for his hand, securing the right to the first turn, and drew another card from his Deck.
Looking at the card in his hand, Amelda thought for a moment, then drew a card from his hand:
"I activate the Spell Card Machina Redeployment! This card's effect is: I can discard a card from my hand and add two Machina monsters with different names from my Deck to my hand, or I can discard a Machina card from my hand and add two Machina cards with different names other than Machina Redeployment from my Deck to my hand."
As he spoke, Amelda sent a card to the Graveyard: "I choose to activate its first effect. I send a card from my hand to the Graveyard, then I add Machina Sniper and Machina Soldier to my hand."
"Machina Deck?" It wasn't the first time Hayato had seen a Machina Deck. When Keith was controlled by Marik and attacked the Egyptian Artifacts Traveling Exhibition Hall, he also used a Machina Deck, but Keith's Machina Deck was just full of weak monsters.
Amelda's lips curled slightly: "Heh heh, although this can only be considered fighting violence with violence, if my opponent is KaibaCorp, using this Machine Army Deck for revenge is perfect."
As he spoke, Amelda added the two cards he had just searched from his Deck to his hand, and drew a card from his hand to play: "I Attack Position Summon Machina Soldier, and activate its effect!"
"This effect can only be activated when Machina Soldier is successfully Summoned and there are no other monsters on your field. I Special Summon one Machina monster other than Machina Soldier from my hand. I choose to Special Summon Machina Sniper in Defense Position!"
On Amelda's field, with the hum of mechanical drive, two mechanical humanoids, one green and yellow, appeared.
Machina Soldier's right arm was a sharp steel blade, and its blood-red monitor stared coldly at Hayato, while Machina Sniper carried a sniper rifle almost as tall as itself, its slender body crouching on the ground with the weapon.
[Machina Soldier] [Level 4 / EARTH]
[Machine Type / Effect]
[1600 / 1500]
[Machina Sniper] [Level 4 / EARTH]
[Machine Type / Effect]
[1800 / 600]
Although he Summoned two Level 4 monsters, unfortunately, since this isn't the era of Xyz Summon, Amelda couldn't perform the exciting Overlay. He drew two cards from his hand and Set them: "Since it's the first turn, I cannot enter the Battle Phase. So I Set two cards. My turn ends."
[Amelda: 4000 LP, Hand 2]
[Machina Soldier] [ATK 1600]
[Machina Sniper] [DEF 600]
[Set Card] x2
"Although he looks like a brute, his Duel Style is primarily cautious?" Hayato muttered to himself, drawing a card. "Then, my turn, draw!"
Looking at the card added to his hand, Hayato smiled proudly: "Then I activate the effect of Cyber Dragon in my hand! When there is a monster on the opponent's field and no monsters on my field, it can be Special Summoned directly from my hand!"
The same hum of mechanical drive sounded, but what appeared on Hayato's field was not a war machine-style Machina soldier, but the Cyber Dragon, which perfectly integrated bionic technology into mechanical creations. Its silver-white body coiled, and Cyber Dragon raised its head, proudly looking down at the Machina on Amelda's field.
[Cyber Dragon] [Level 5 / LIGHT Attribute]
[Machine Type / Effect]
[2100 / 1600]
Amelda also knew Cyber Dragon. Rather, he had collected information about Hayato. The information that "King of Games Kobayashi Hayato Summoned Cyber End Dragon with 8000 ATK during the grouping match to decide the Top 4 players' Duel order in Duel City" was difficult to collect, but it didn't stump Amelda.
Amelda was also aware that Cyber Dragon is a legacy card of the "Cyber Style" Duel Style. Although he didn't understand why Hayato, someone completely unrelated to "Cyber Style," also had Cyber Dragon, this didn't prevent him from being wary of Hayato's Cyber Dragon.
Moreover, why do you think Amelda is here?
It's because Amelda had just lost a Duel! His opponent at the time was Samejima Iemitsu, one of only two people using a Cyber Dragon Deck in this qualifier tournament!
Due to the influence of the information about Hayato's "Cyber End Dragon with 8000 ATK and piercing damage effect," Amelda focused heavily on defense during his Duel with Samejima Iemitsu and didn't rush to attack immediately. As a result, he was utterly disgusted by Samejima's Stall/Burn Cyber Style and lost the Duel in a very dishevelled state, which is why he was matched with Hayato.
Although Samejima's Cyber Dragon was eye-opening for Amelda, Kobayashi Hayato's shouldn't be that underhanded, right? Amelda thought so.
Hayato, however, didn't know that Amelda's mood was so bad because he had just experienced an underhanded Duel with Samejima, and seeing the Cyber Dragon he Summoned also brought back unpleasant memories: "As you can see, this time I'm using a pure Cyber Dragon Deck."
"I have no interest in the grudge between you and Kaiba, but if you harm someone I care about because of this hatred, then I'll have to 'resolve' your hatred with a Duel." Hayato said as he played a card: "With my Ruruda!"
"Activate the Spell Card Future Fusion! As the name suggests, this card performs a Fusion in the future. I will show you a Fusion Monster for confirmation, and then send the determined Fusion Material Monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard."
The Future Fusion Hayato held was a card included in the original Cyber Dragon preconstructed Deck. Unlike the censored version, Hayato's Future Fusion could send the Fusion Material to the Graveyard immediately after activation, and Summon the Fusion Monster on the second turn, increasing its flexibility significantly.
Drawing a card to reveal to Amelda, Hayato explained: "The Fusion Monster I've decided on is this card, Chimeratech Overdragon. The Fusion Material Monsters it requires are one Cyber Dragon monster plus one or more Machine-Type monsters, and this card's material has no upper limit!"
As he spoke, Hayato's Duel Disk automatically searched for the monsters Hayato wanted. The thick stack almost exceeded Amelda's imagination, because Hayato drew out nearly thirty cards!
"Th-this many cards!" Amelda was somewhat stunned. "What are you doing!"
"Hmph, the total number of cards in my Deck is forty-five. The total number of Spell/Trap Cards is ten. The other thirty-five cards are all Machine-Type monsters." Hayato said proudly, holding the thick stack of cards and sending them into the Graveyard. "I'm going to mill my Deck directly!"
On the next turn, the effect of Future Fusion will activate, and Chimeratech Overdragon, using these thirty cards I sent to the Graveyard as Fusion Material, will summon!
Amelda subconsciously swallowed.
In Duel Monsters, most people understand Fusion as combining two monsters. Fusion Monsters that can Fusion three monsters are a rare minority and often possess extremely powerful strength, such as the invincible Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and Yu-Yu King.
But a Fusion of thirty monsters? This was simply unheard of. What kind of monster would that be?
Amelda didn't know, but looking at Hayato's proud expression, he sneered: "That would be too interesting, Kobayashi Hayato."
"You said Chimeratech Overdragon will summon to your field on the next turn, right? As punishment for being my enemy, I will cut off your hope!"
"Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card Mystical Space Typhoon! I will destroy the Future Fusion in your backrow!"
A strong wind suddenly swept across the Duel Field. The Future Fusion in Hayato's backrow, which had just been activated, had only resolved its first effect of sending monsters to the Graveyard and hadn't even had time to wait for the "future" summon to activate the Fusion before it was torn apart by the strong wind and sent to the Graveyard.
Amelda was triumphant about this, very satisfied with successfully thwarting Hayato's plan.
Clearly, when Hayato just revealed the effect of Future Fusion to him, he didn't have time to see the detailed effect. Because if he had seen the effect of Chimeratech Overdragon, he would naturally know that it has the effect "Send all other cards on my field to the Graveyard." The moment it appears, it would self-destruct because Future Fusion was sent to the Graveyard.
In other words, on Hayato's next turn, even if Amelda did nothing, the cards on Hayato's field would be instantly cleared by Chimeratech Overdragon. By doing this, he actually helped Hayato avoid this trouble.
Hayato was also a bit unexpected by Amelda's play, because although he talked big, in reality, his activation of Future Fusion was purely for sending to the Graveyard from the start.
For a user of a Cyber Dragon Deck, whether it's the field, hand, Graveyard, or even the banished zone, they are all usable resources within their control and can be called upon at any time. The only trouble is how to move these resources from the Deck into the aforementioned zones.
The purpose of Future Fusion, Fusion is secondary; sending to the Graveyard is the key.
Even if Hayato's field would be cleared by his own cards on the next turn for the sake of sending to the Graveyard, that cost was nothing. He just didn't expect Amelda to be so kind as to help Hayato resolve this concern.
In that case, Hayato couldn't not "repay" him.
Although suppressing a laugh inwardly, Hayato put on a regretful and helpless expression: "You actually destroyed my Future Fusion, which I placed so much hope in. Damn it, I should have known not to discard so many cards just now. Now, I only have nine cards left in my Deck?"
"I must win the Duel before my Deck runs out!"
Pretending to talk to himself, Hayato's voice wasn't lowered at all, and it fully reached Amelda's ears.
"I haven't performed a Normal Summon this turn yet. I Attack Position Summon Proto-Cyber Dragon, then enter my Battle Phase!" Hayato said with an impatient expression, waving his hand to give the order. "Cyber Dragon, attack Machina Soldier!"
"Stone-Breaking Sky-Shaking Fist!"
It was a good thing Cyber Dragon couldn't talk, or it would surely curse – I don't even have hands, what kind of fist do you want me to use?
Ignoring Hayato's usual nonsensical name shouting, Cyber Dragon opened its mouth, and a pure white laser beam instantly shot out from it, attacking the Machina Soldier in Attack Position. But just as the attack was about to hit, suddenly, Machina Soldier grabbed the Machina Sniper next to it and blocked in front of itself!
"Boom!"
Cyber Dragon's attack hit caused an explosion, dispersing the smoke and dust at the point of impact. Machina Sniper was blocked in front by Machina Soldier's "Defense Summon." Due to its low DEF, it was completely destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, revealing the unharmed Machina Soldier hiding behind Machina Sniper.
Amelda said proudly: "The effect of Machina Sniper is, as long as this card is in the Monster Zone, both players cannot attack Machina monsters other than Machina Sniper. As long as it's there as a shield, no matter how strong the firepower, it cannot harm me in the slightest."
"No, rather than protecting, it was clearly used as a shield." Hayato retorted, glancing at his Proto-Cyber Dragon on the field and the Machina Soldier on Amelda's field.
[Proto-Cyber Dragon] [ATK 1100]
[Machina Soldier] [ATK 1600]
"If you had used Proto-Cyber Dragon to attack just now, then Machina Sniper with only 600 DEF would naturally be destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, and then you could use Cyber Dragon to attack my Machina Soldier." Amelda said calmly. "But unfortunately, you attacked in the wrong order, which means you cannot inflict damage on me for now."
'So what will you do? Will you bring out Fusion?' Amelda secretly held hope in his heart, because the card he Set was the highly targeted Fusion Failure, a disruption card that says "When a Fusion Monster is successfully Special Summoned, return all Fusion Monsters on the field to the Deck." Its purpose was specifically for Hayato summoning cards like Cyber End Dragon.
And what made Amelda happy was that Hayato actually drew a card: "It's not good to speak too soon! I haven't used all my options yet!"
"Activate the Spell Card Instant Fusion! I will use the Cyber Dragon on my field and Proto-Cyber Dragon, whose name is treated as Cyber Dragon, two monsters with the same name, as Fusion Material to perform a Fusion Summon during the Battle Phase!"
Amelda couldn't help but secretly rejoice: Although it wasn't the Fusion of three Cyber Dragons, Cyber End Dragon, the Fusion of two Cyber Dragons is Cyber Twin Dragon, right? That's not bad either.
"Come forth, Two-Seater Bicycle Robot!"
Uh, Cyber Two-Seater Bicycle, huh?!
"Duel!" x2
[Hayato: 4000 LP]
[Amelda: 4000 LP]
"The first turn is mine! My turn, draw!" Amelda had already drawn five cards for his hand, securing the right to the first turn, and drew another card from his Deck.
Looking at the card in his hand, Amelda thought for a moment, then drew a card from his hand:
"I activate the Spell Card Machina Redeployment! This card's effect is: I can discard a card from my hand and add two Machina monsters with different names from my Deck to my hand, or I can discard a Machina card from my hand and add two Machina cards with different names other than Machina Redeployment from my Deck to my hand."
As he spoke, Amelda sent a card to the Graveyard: "I choose to activate its first effect. I send a card from my hand to the Graveyard, then I add Machina Sniper and Machina Soldier to my hand."
"Machina Deck?" It wasn't the first time Hayato had seen a Machina Deck. When Keith was controlled by Marik and attacked the Egyptian Artifacts Traveling Exhibition Hall, he also used a Machina Deck, but Keith's Machina Deck was just full of weak monsters.
Amelda's lips curled slightly: "Heh heh, although this can only be considered fighting violence with violence, if my opponent is KaibaCorp, using this Machine Army Deck for revenge is perfect."
As he spoke, Amelda added the two cards he had just searched from his Deck to his hand, and drew a card from his hand to play: "I Attack Position Summon Machina Soldier, and activate its effect!"
"This effect can only be activated when Machina Soldier is successfully Summoned and there are no other monsters on your field. I Special Summon one Machina monster other than Machina Soldier from my hand. I choose to Special Summon Machina Sniper in Defense Position!"
On Amelda's field, with the hum of mechanical drive, two mechanical humanoids, one green and yellow, appeared.
Machina Soldier's right arm was a sharp steel blade, and its blood-red monitor stared coldly at Hayato, while Machina Sniper carried a sniper rifle almost as tall as itself, its slender body crouching on the ground with the weapon.
[Machina Soldier] [Level 4 / EARTH]
[Machine Type / Effect]
[1600 / 1500]
[Machina Sniper] [Level 4 / EARTH]
[Machine Type / Effect]
[1800 / 600]
Although he Summoned two Level 4 monsters, unfortunately, since this isn't the era of Xyz Summon, Amelda couldn't perform the exciting Overlay. He drew two cards from his hand and Set them: "Since it's the first turn, I cannot enter the Battle Phase. So I Set two cards. My turn ends."
[Amelda: 4000 LP, Hand 2]
[Machina Soldier] [ATK 1600]
[Machina Sniper] [DEF 600]
[Set Card] x2
"Although he looks like a brute, his Duel Style is primarily cautious?" Hayato muttered to himself, drawing a card. "Then, my turn, draw!"
Looking at the card added to his hand, Hayato smiled proudly: "Then I activate the effect of Cyber Dragon in my hand! When there is a monster on the opponent's field and no monsters on my field, it can be Special Summoned directly from my hand!"
The same hum of mechanical drive sounded, but what appeared on Hayato's field was not a war machine-style Machina soldier, but the Cyber Dragon, which perfectly integrated bionic technology into mechanical creations. Its silver-white body coiled, and Cyber Dragon raised its head, proudly looking down at the Machina on Amelda's field.
[Cyber Dragon] [Level 5 / LIGHT Attribute]
[Machine Type / Effect]
[2100 / 1600]
Amelda also knew Cyber Dragon. Rather, he had collected information about Hayato. The information that "King of Games Kobayashi Hayato Summoned Cyber End Dragon with 8000 ATK during the grouping match to decide the Top 4 players' Duel order in Duel City" was difficult to collect, but it didn't stump Amelda.
Amelda was also aware that Cyber Dragon is a legacy card of the "Cyber Style" Duel Style. Although he didn't understand why Hayato, someone completely unrelated to "Cyber Style," also had Cyber Dragon, this didn't prevent him from being wary of Hayato's Cyber Dragon.
Moreover, why do you think Amelda is here?
It's because Amelda had just lost a Duel! His opponent at the time was Samejima Iemitsu, one of only two people using a Cyber Dragon Deck in this qualifier tournament!
Due to the influence of the information about Hayato's "Cyber End Dragon with 8000 ATK and piercing damage effect," Amelda focused heavily on defense during his Duel with Samejima Iemitsu and didn't rush to attack immediately. As a result, he was utterly disgusted by Samejima's Stall/Burn Cyber Style and lost the Duel in a very dishevelled state, which is why he was matched with Hayato.
Although Samejima's Cyber Dragon was eye-opening for Amelda, Kobayashi Hayato's shouldn't be that underhanded, right? Amelda thought so.
Hayato, however, didn't know that Amelda's mood was so bad because he had just experienced an underhanded Duel with Samejima, and seeing the Cyber Dragon he Summoned also brought back unpleasant memories: "As you can see, this time I'm using a pure Cyber Dragon Deck."
"I have no interest in the grudge between you and Kaiba, but if you harm someone I care about because of this hatred, then I'll have to 'resolve' your hatred with a Duel." Hayato said as he played a card: "With my Ruruda!"
"Activate the Spell Card Future Fusion! As the name suggests, this card performs a Fusion in the future. I will show you a Fusion Monster for confirmation, and then send the determined Fusion Material Monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard."
The Future Fusion Hayato held was a card included in the original Cyber Dragon preconstructed Deck. Unlike the censored version, Hayato's Future Fusion could send the Fusion Material to the Graveyard immediately after activation, and Summon the Fusion Monster on the second turn, increasing its flexibility significantly.
Drawing a card to reveal to Amelda, Hayato explained: "The Fusion Monster I've decided on is this card, Chimeratech Overdragon. The Fusion Material Monsters it requires are one Cyber Dragon monster plus one or more Machine-Type monsters, and this card's material has no upper limit!"
As he spoke, Hayato's Duel Disk automatically searched for the monsters Hayato wanted. The thick stack almost exceeded Amelda's imagination, because Hayato drew out nearly thirty cards!
"Th-this many cards!" Amelda was somewhat stunned. "What are you doing!"
"Hmph, the total number of cards in my Deck is forty-five. The total number of Spell/Trap Cards is ten. The other thirty-five cards are all Machine-Type monsters." Hayato said proudly, holding the thick stack of cards and sending them into the Graveyard. "I'm going to mill my Deck directly!"
On the next turn, the effect of Future Fusion will activate, and Chimeratech Overdragon, using these thirty cards I sent to the Graveyard as Fusion Material, will summon!
Amelda subconsciously swallowed.
In Duel Monsters, most people understand Fusion as combining two monsters. Fusion Monsters that can Fusion three monsters are a rare minority and often possess extremely powerful strength, such as the invincible Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and Yu-Yu King.
But a Fusion of thirty monsters? This was simply unheard of. What kind of monster would that be?
Amelda didn't know, but looking at Hayato's proud expression, he sneered: "That would be too interesting, Kobayashi Hayato."
"You said Chimeratech Overdragon will summon to your field on the next turn, right? As punishment for being my enemy, I will cut off your hope!"
"Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card Mystical Space Typhoon! I will destroy the Future Fusion in your backrow!"
A strong wind suddenly swept across the Duel Field. The Future Fusion in Hayato's backrow, which had just been activated, had only resolved its first effect of sending monsters to the Graveyard and hadn't even had time to wait for the "future" summon to activate the Fusion before it was torn apart by the strong wind and sent to the Graveyard.
Amelda was triumphant about this, very satisfied with successfully thwarting Hayato's plan.
Clearly, when Hayato just revealed the effect of Future Fusion to him, he didn't have time to see the detailed effect. Because if he had seen the effect of Chimeratech Overdragon, he would naturally know that it has the effect "Send all other cards on my field to the Graveyard." The moment it appears, it would self-destruct because Future Fusion was sent to the Graveyard.
In other words, on Hayato's next turn, even if Amelda did nothing, the cards on Hayato's field would be instantly cleared by Chimeratech Overdragon. By doing this, he actually helped Hayato avoid this trouble.
Hayato was also a bit unexpected by Amelda's play, because although he talked big, in reality, his activation of Future Fusion was purely for sending to the Graveyard from the start.
For a user of a Cyber Dragon Deck, whether it's the field, hand, Graveyard, or even the banished zone, they are all usable resources within their control and can be called upon at any time. The only trouble is how to move these resources from the Deck into the aforementioned zones.
The purpose of Future Fusion, Fusion is secondary; sending to the Graveyard is the key.
Even if Hayato's field would be cleared by his own cards on the next turn for the sake of sending to the Graveyard, that cost was nothing. He just didn't expect Amelda to be so kind as to help Hayato resolve this concern.
In that case, Hayato couldn't not "repay" him.
Although suppressing a laugh inwardly, Hayato put on a regretful and helpless expression: "You actually destroyed my Future Fusion, which I placed so much hope in. Damn it, I should have known not to discard so many cards just now. Now, I only have nine cards left in my Deck?"
"I must win the Duel before my Deck runs out!"
Pretending to talk to himself, Hayato's voice wasn't lowered at all, and it fully reached Amelda's ears.
"I haven't performed a Normal Summon this turn yet. I Attack Position Summon Proto-Cyber Dragon, then enter my Battle Phase!" Hayato said with an impatient expression, waving his hand to give the order. "Cyber Dragon, attack Machina Soldier!"
"Stone-Breaking Sky-Shaking Fist!"
It was a good thing Cyber Dragon couldn't talk, or it would surely curse – I don't even have hands, what kind of fist do you want me to use?
Ignoring Hayato's usual nonsensical name shouting, Cyber Dragon opened its mouth, and a pure white laser beam instantly shot out from it, attacking the Machina Soldier in Attack Position. But just as the attack was about to hit, suddenly, Machina Soldier grabbed the Machina Sniper next to it and blocked in front of itself!
"Boom!"
Cyber Dragon's attack hit caused an explosion, dispersing the smoke and dust at the point of impact. Machina Sniper was blocked in front by Machina Soldier's "Defense Summon." Due to its low DEF, it was completely destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, revealing the unharmed Machina Soldier hiding behind Machina Sniper.
Amelda said proudly: "The effect of Machina Sniper is, as long as this card is in the Monster Zone, both players cannot attack Machina monsters other than Machina Sniper. As long as it's there as a shield, no matter how strong the firepower, it cannot harm me in the slightest."
"No, rather than protecting, it was clearly used as a shield." Hayato retorted, glancing at his Proto-Cyber Dragon on the field and the Machina Soldier on Amelda's field.
[Proto-Cyber Dragon] [ATK 1100]
[Machina Soldier] [ATK 1600]
"If you had used Proto-Cyber Dragon to attack just now, then Machina Sniper with only 600 DEF would naturally be destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, and then you could use Cyber Dragon to attack my Machina Soldier." Amelda said calmly. "But unfortunately, you attacked in the wrong order, which means you cannot inflict damage on me for now."
'So what will you do? Will you bring out Fusion?' Amelda secretly held hope in his heart, because the card he Set was the highly targeted Fusion Failure, a disruption card that says "When a Fusion Monster is successfully Special Summoned, return all Fusion Monsters on the field to the Deck." Its purpose was specifically for Hayato summoning cards like Cyber End Dragon.
And what made Amelda happy was that Hayato actually drew a card: "It's not good to speak too soon! I haven't used all my options yet!"
"Activate the Spell Card Instant Fusion! I will use the Cyber Dragon on my field and Proto-Cyber Dragon, whose name is treated as Cyber Dragon, two monsters with the same name, as Fusion Material to perform a Fusion Summon during the Battle Phase!"
Amelda couldn't help but secretly rejoice: Although it wasn't the Fusion of three Cyber Dragons, Cyber End Dragon, the Fusion of two Cyber Dragons is Cyber Twin Dragon, right? That's not bad either.
"Come forth, Two-Seater Bicycle Robot!"
Uh, Cyber Two-Seater Bicycle, huh?!
