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Chapter 380: Bicycle-Type Mud Truck VS Tank-Type Mud Truck
As Hayato activated **Instant Fusion** from his Hand, the **Cyber Dragon** and **Proto-Cyber Dragon** on his Field immediately intertwined, transforming into a double-helix pillar of light like DNA, flying into the vortex of **Instant Fusion**!
The result of the Fusion between the futuristic and imposing **Cyber Dragon** and the industrial-style **Proto-Cyber Dragon** was a Q-version monster that looked like a tandem bicycle with eyes and arms added: **Twin-Cycled Robo**!
**Twin-Cycled Robo** [Level 5/EARTH]
[Machine Type/Fusion/Effect]
[1600/1200]
“That's what you Fusion Summoned? That thing?” Alister felt like the Fighting Spirit he had finally mustered was completely wasted. Did he really need to use **De-Fusion** on this monster that looked like it had no Battle Power?
Especially since the **Machina Soldier**'s ATK was equal to this **Twin-Cycled Robo**'s.
“Heh heh, the Two-Seater Bicycle is invincible. It's much stronger than you think, so don't underestimate it.”
Hayato wouldn't tell Alister that **Cyber Dragon** and the like were just for fun; the true Cyber Style ultimate technique was the 'Mud Truck Fatal Five Consecutive Hits' combo: Fusion Summoning Two-Seater Bicycle using two Proto-Cyber Dragons, then immediately following up with De-Fusion and Instant Fusion. If the Opponent wasn't prepared with Defense Cards, even a Meta Deck would fall under the Mud Truck's might.
Although Hayato didn't explain that **Twin-Cycled Robo** had the Effect of Direct Attack, Hayato's certainty made Alister wary: “Is that so? Looking at your Expression, it seems you genuinely think this Monster is very strong.”
“You should cherish such a powerful Monster. You can't just Summon it onto the Field casually.”
As he spoke, Alister ultimately decided to activate his Set Card. Although he didn't quite know where Hayato's smugness came from, it was enough if his Set Card made him irritated.
“Trap Card **Fusion Failure**, this card can only be activated when a Fusion Monster is successfully Fusion Summoned. Return all Fusion Monsters on the Field to the Deck!”
As Alister's Set Card activated, cracks suddenly appeared at the connection point between the front and back sections of the **Twin-Cycled Robo**'s body. It had just appeared on Hayato's Field and hadn't even had a chance to ram anything. With a "boom", it exploded violently, and white Smoke enveloped Hayato's Field.
However, before Alister could gloat and mock him, he saw a silver-white metal tail suddenly whip out from the exploding Smoke. The Smoke was instantly dispersed, revealing the refreshed **Cyber Dragon** and **Proto-Cyber Dragon** beneath the Smoke, as if Hayato hadn't activated **Instant Fusion** at all!
“That was close, that was close. You almost cleared my Field.” Hayato's tone was quite provoking. “Of course I cherish powerful Monsters, but they won't be bounced back by your Card; I'll return them myself.”
As he spoke, Hayato pointed his Hand towards his Field, letting Alister follow his Finger to see a Card Hayato had activated—the Quick-Play Spell Card **De-Fusion**.
“**De-Fusion**'s Effect is to return one Fusion Monster to the Deck, and if the Fusion Material Monsters used for that Fusion Summon exist in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon the Monsters that were sent to the Graveyard due to the Fusion Summon to my Field.”
Hayato spoke, looking at Alister with a contemptuous Gaze, a mocking Smile playing on his lips: “Come on, the Monster Fusion Summoned by **Instant Fusion** destroys itself. I didn't forget this Effect, so of course I prepared a Card to Avoid this Side Effect. Or did you not even know about this Effect?”
The Pressure from the **Proto-Cyber Dragon** and **Cyber Dragon** that had Revived and returned to the Field was ordinary, but Hayato's highly provocative words successfully enraged Alister.
“You bastard, what are you so smug about!”
Hayato spread his Hands innocently: “I'm not smug about anything. It's just that I seem to remember hearing someone say just now that I couldn't inflict even a single point of Damage on him?”
“Too bad. Now, I will Enter Battle Phase.” Hayato raised his Right Hand like a Handgun, aiming at Mr. Alister's **Machina Soldier** on the Field. “**Cyber Dragon**, Attack Mr. Alister's **Machina Soldier**,”
“Gaia Energy Cannon!”
Although **Machina Soldier** tried to perform a small knife slashing at an Energy Cannon before being Destroyed, not everyone is Kira Yamato. The **Machina Soldier**, which could at best be considered a mass-produced fodder unit, was instantly swallowed by "Evolution Burst," which had nothing to do with "Gaia Energy Cannon."
[Alister: 4000 → 3500 LP]
“Then, **Proto-Cyber Dragon**'s Direct Attack!”
“Garuru Missile!”
[Alister: 3500 → 2400 LP]
A white laser swept across. Because his Life Points were deducted twice in a row, Alister couldn't help but take a step back, his face extremely grim.
His Goal was to Destroy KaibaCorp and kill Kaiba Seto. For this, he paid close attention to Kaiba's Movements and naturally watched the Battle City Finals broadcast on Television. In that Duel, Kaiba had a complete advantage in the early stages, using both **Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon** and **Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon**.
Using that Duel as a reference, Alister believed that if he wanted to defeat Kaiba and give him a complete Defeat, he needed to be even better than Hayato. This meant that if Alister could defeat Hayato, he would have 1000% confidence in defeating Kaiba.
His encounter with Hayato in the Qualifiers was a pure Accident. But who would have thought that Hayato, who wasn't even using his Main Deck but his rarely used **Cyber Dragon** Deck, and didn't even have a God Card, could gain the upper Hand in the first Turn's clash and even inflict nearly half of his Life Points as Damage?
“Truly, a disgrace...” Alister lowered his head, his voice filled with suppressed Wrath.
If even the not-fully-in-form Hayato Kobayashi couldn't achieve complete Victory, how could he talk about defeating Kaiba Seto?
When would he finally achieve his Revenge against him!
“I Set one Card, my Turn ends.” Hayato didn't Mind Read, so he naturally didn't know Alister's thoughts at this moment, nor could he imagine how someone could be so enraged they were close to losing their Sanity just because 1600 Life Points were deducted.
[Hayato: 4000 LP, Hand 0]
[Cyber Dragon] [ATK 2100]
[Proto-Cyber Dragon] [ATK 1100]
[Set Card]
It was Alister's Turn. He didn't Draw a Card from the top of his Deck immediately. Instead, he looked up at Hayato, revealing an Expression that was hard to describe.
It was like Jealousy, like Resentment, and at the same time, somewhat like Recognition.
“Hayato Kobayashi, I have to admit, you are a Duel King in name and in reality. Even using a Deck you're not very familiar with, you can still excavate its Potential to this extent.”
As he spoke, Alister looked down at his Deck: “You might not know, this Deck I'm using, I've always hated it, because what it represents is the root of my Pain. Every time I Draw a Card, I'm tearing open my wound.”
“I hear the wailing of The Dead, I hear the Cannon Fire and smell the Gunsmoke.”
Alister closed his Eyes, his Expression becoming calm. At the same time, his index and Middle Fingers rested on the Card at the top of his Deck, “But it is precisely because of this that I can see my Goal even more clearly.”
“I will kill that Man, even if I become like the person who created the hatred within me, I don't care!”
“With this Draw, let me show you my Resolve!”
“My Turn, Draw a Card!”
“Then, I activate the Magic Card **Pot of Greed**!”
As Alister Drew two Cards, Hayato's Gaze narrowed, because he could feel the power of a Card Spirit clearly attached to the Card Alister had just Drawn!
In other words, Alister seemed to have made a Divine Draw of a Powerful Card.
“I activate the Effect of **Machina Fortress** from my Hand. By Discarding Machine Type Monsters from my Hand with a combined Level of 8 or higher, I can Special Summon **Machina Fortress** from my Hand! What I will Discard is the Level 10 **Machina Force**!”
“Roar! This is divine retribution! Come forth, **Machina Fortress**!”
As Alister discarded a card from his hand into the graveyard, the ground suddenly cracked open, and a hollow cannon barrel burst out of the ground, followed by a strangely shaped tank, which aimed its cannon barrel at Hayato as soon as it appeared, as if threatening Hayato!
**Machina Fortress** [Level 7/EARTH]
[Machine Type/Effect]
[2500/1600]
“This is my resolve, Hayato Kobayashi, even if I have to use these murderous weapons full of sin to transform into a demon in order to achieve my goal, I am willing!” Alister said, playing the last card in his hand, “I equip the equip magic card **Air Cracking Storm** to **Machina Fortress**, and then enter the battle phase!”
Saying that, Alister waved his hand forward: “Start the attack, **Machina Fortress**, attack **Cyber Dragon**!”
“Electromagnetic Cannon!”
After Alister's order was issued, **Machina Fortress** immediately turned its cannon barrel to aim at the wary **Cyber Dragon**. The hollow cannon barrel began to charge, and with a "boom", a shell fired out at three times the speed of sound. Even the sound couldn't keep up with its speed, and it hit **Cyber Dragon**'s head in an instant, causing Hayato to take excessive battle damage!
[Hayato: 4000 → 3600LP]
Before Hayato could catch his breath, Alister ordered again: "It's not over yet, my resolve is more than this!"
"The effect of **Air Cracking Storm** is activated when the equipped monster destroys an opponent's monster in battle. During this battle phase, **Machina Fortress**, which is equipped with **Air Cracking Storm**, can attack again only once!"
"Target locked on **Proto-Cyber Dragon**, reload, second electromagnetic cannon strike!"
Having just fired an electromagnetic cannon, **Machina Fortress**'s strange cannon barrel became hot due to the excessive current charged at once, and it needed to cool down for a turn before it could attack again, but as the **Air Cracking Storm** it was equipped with was activated, a large amount of air was drawn into the cannon barrel to accelerate cooling. In just a moment, **Machina Fortress** regained its attack ability!
“Boom!”
In the face of **Machina Fortress**'s standard protagonist ace attack power—2500 points, **Proto-Cyber Dragon** wanted to resist, but its drive response speed could not keep up with the flying speed of the electromagnetic cannon shell, and it was destroyed and sent to the graveyard in an instant.
[Hayato: 3600 → 2200LP]
"Ugh!"
It seemed that the card spirit in **Machina Fortress** also felt the owner's desire to win. Hayato felt that the power of this attack was quite high. While grunting, he could not help but take a half step back to receive the impact.
Alister looked at Hayato very seriously: "Duel King, do you feel the pain? But, this is just the pain simulated by the Kaiba Corporation's virtual projection system, not even one ten-thousandth of my pain."
"In the next duel, feel more pain, Hayato Kobayashi. With this pain, become a stepping stone for me to achieve my ambition!"
"Set down one card, my turn ends."
[Alister: 2400LP, Hand 0]
**Machina Fortress** (Air Cracking Storm) [ATK2500]
[Set Card]
After hearing what Alister said, Hayato's gaze bypassed the temporarily stalled **Machina Fortress** and met Alister's.
“From your attack just now, I can feel your pain. Alister, you are moving forward with hatred on your back.” Hayato’s face showed a helpless expression, “If it were Seto here, he would probably say something to you like ‘Hatred is in the past’ or ‘All I can see is the future’, right?”
“But I won’t say those cannon fodder-like words.”
Saying that, Hayato's finger rested on the deck, and he drew the card without stopping: "My turn, draw card."
"Someone said that people's joys and sorrows are not connected. Unfortunately, although I feel your pain, I can't understand it, especially your idea of using duel monsters to bring pain to more people."
“I said, duel monsters can bring smiles to people. You who use them to inflict pain are taking the wrong path.”
While speaking, Hayato looked at the card in his hand and was a little surprised that he would draw such a card. But, since I drew it, let’s use it.
“Since I’m going to deal with you who are using duel monsters on the wrong path, then using this card is better, right?” The corner of Hayato’s mouth hooked, and he flipped the card in his hand to show Alister, and subconsciously tapped the side of the card, “I activate the magic card **Card of Demise**!”
“I draw cards from my deck until the number of cards in my hand reaches five. On the fifth standby phase after activating this card, I discard all cards in my hand!”
Suddenly drawing the card, looking at the cards in his hand, Hayato said with a smile: “But there’s no need for that, because in this turn, I will end this duel!”
“I activate the magic card **Overload Fusion**!”
As Hayato activated **Instant Fusion** from his Hand, the **Cyber Dragon** and **Proto-Cyber Dragon** on his Field immediately intertwined, transforming into a double-helix pillar of light like DNA, flying into the vortex of **Instant Fusion**!
The result of the Fusion between the futuristic and imposing **Cyber Dragon** and the industrial-style **Proto-Cyber Dragon** was a Q-version monster that looked like a tandem bicycle with eyes and arms added: **Twin-Cycled Robo**!
**Twin-Cycled Robo** [Level 5/EARTH]
[Machine Type/Fusion/Effect]
[1600/1200]
“That's what you Fusion Summoned? That thing?” Alister felt like the Fighting Spirit he had finally mustered was completely wasted. Did he really need to use **De-Fusion** on this monster that looked like it had no Battle Power?
Especially since the **Machina Soldier**'s ATK was equal to this **Twin-Cycled Robo**'s.
“Heh heh, the Two-Seater Bicycle is invincible. It's much stronger than you think, so don't underestimate it.”
Hayato wouldn't tell Alister that **Cyber Dragon** and the like were just for fun; the true Cyber Style ultimate technique was the 'Mud Truck Fatal Five Consecutive Hits' combo: Fusion Summoning Two-Seater Bicycle using two Proto-Cyber Dragons, then immediately following up with De-Fusion and Instant Fusion. If the Opponent wasn't prepared with Defense Cards, even a Meta Deck would fall under the Mud Truck's might.
Although Hayato didn't explain that **Twin-Cycled Robo** had the Effect of Direct Attack, Hayato's certainty made Alister wary: “Is that so? Looking at your Expression, it seems you genuinely think this Monster is very strong.”
“You should cherish such a powerful Monster. You can't just Summon it onto the Field casually.”
As he spoke, Alister ultimately decided to activate his Set Card. Although he didn't quite know where Hayato's smugness came from, it was enough if his Set Card made him irritated.
“Trap Card **Fusion Failure**, this card can only be activated when a Fusion Monster is successfully Fusion Summoned. Return all Fusion Monsters on the Field to the Deck!”
As Alister's Set Card activated, cracks suddenly appeared at the connection point between the front and back sections of the **Twin-Cycled Robo**'s body. It had just appeared on Hayato's Field and hadn't even had a chance to ram anything. With a "boom", it exploded violently, and white Smoke enveloped Hayato's Field.
However, before Alister could gloat and mock him, he saw a silver-white metal tail suddenly whip out from the exploding Smoke. The Smoke was instantly dispersed, revealing the refreshed **Cyber Dragon** and **Proto-Cyber Dragon** beneath the Smoke, as if Hayato hadn't activated **Instant Fusion** at all!
“That was close, that was close. You almost cleared my Field.” Hayato's tone was quite provoking. “Of course I cherish powerful Monsters, but they won't be bounced back by your Card; I'll return them myself.”
As he spoke, Hayato pointed his Hand towards his Field, letting Alister follow his Finger to see a Card Hayato had activated—the Quick-Play Spell Card **De-Fusion**.
“**De-Fusion**'s Effect is to return one Fusion Monster to the Deck, and if the Fusion Material Monsters used for that Fusion Summon exist in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon the Monsters that were sent to the Graveyard due to the Fusion Summon to my Field.”
Hayato spoke, looking at Alister with a contemptuous Gaze, a mocking Smile playing on his lips: “Come on, the Monster Fusion Summoned by **Instant Fusion** destroys itself. I didn't forget this Effect, so of course I prepared a Card to Avoid this Side Effect. Or did you not even know about this Effect?”
The Pressure from the **Proto-Cyber Dragon** and **Cyber Dragon** that had Revived and returned to the Field was ordinary, but Hayato's highly provocative words successfully enraged Alister.
“You bastard, what are you so smug about!”
Hayato spread his Hands innocently: “I'm not smug about anything. It's just that I seem to remember hearing someone say just now that I couldn't inflict even a single point of Damage on him?”
“Too bad. Now, I will Enter Battle Phase.” Hayato raised his Right Hand like a Handgun, aiming at Mr. Alister's **Machina Soldier** on the Field. “**Cyber Dragon**, Attack Mr. Alister's **Machina Soldier**,”
“Gaia Energy Cannon!”
Although **Machina Soldier** tried to perform a small knife slashing at an Energy Cannon before being Destroyed, not everyone is Kira Yamato. The **Machina Soldier**, which could at best be considered a mass-produced fodder unit, was instantly swallowed by "Evolution Burst," which had nothing to do with "Gaia Energy Cannon."
[Alister: 4000 → 3500 LP]
“Then, **Proto-Cyber Dragon**'s Direct Attack!”
“Garuru Missile!”
[Alister: 3500 → 2400 LP]
A white laser swept across. Because his Life Points were deducted twice in a row, Alister couldn't help but take a step back, his face extremely grim.
His Goal was to Destroy KaibaCorp and kill Kaiba Seto. For this, he paid close attention to Kaiba's Movements and naturally watched the Battle City Finals broadcast on Television. In that Duel, Kaiba had a complete advantage in the early stages, using both **Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon** and **Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon**.
Using that Duel as a reference, Alister believed that if he wanted to defeat Kaiba and give him a complete Defeat, he needed to be even better than Hayato. This meant that if Alister could defeat Hayato, he would have 1000% confidence in defeating Kaiba.
His encounter with Hayato in the Qualifiers was a pure Accident. But who would have thought that Hayato, who wasn't even using his Main Deck but his rarely used **Cyber Dragon** Deck, and didn't even have a God Card, could gain the upper Hand in the first Turn's clash and even inflict nearly half of his Life Points as Damage?
“Truly, a disgrace...” Alister lowered his head, his voice filled with suppressed Wrath.
If even the not-fully-in-form Hayato Kobayashi couldn't achieve complete Victory, how could he talk about defeating Kaiba Seto?
When would he finally achieve his Revenge against him!
“I Set one Card, my Turn ends.” Hayato didn't Mind Read, so he naturally didn't know Alister's thoughts at this moment, nor could he imagine how someone could be so enraged they were close to losing their Sanity just because 1600 Life Points were deducted.
[Hayato: 4000 LP, Hand 0]
[Cyber Dragon] [ATK 2100]
[Proto-Cyber Dragon] [ATK 1100]
[Set Card]
It was Alister's Turn. He didn't Draw a Card from the top of his Deck immediately. Instead, he looked up at Hayato, revealing an Expression that was hard to describe.
It was like Jealousy, like Resentment, and at the same time, somewhat like Recognition.
“Hayato Kobayashi, I have to admit, you are a Duel King in name and in reality. Even using a Deck you're not very familiar with, you can still excavate its Potential to this extent.”
As he spoke, Alister looked down at his Deck: “You might not know, this Deck I'm using, I've always hated it, because what it represents is the root of my Pain. Every time I Draw a Card, I'm tearing open my wound.”
“I hear the wailing of The Dead, I hear the Cannon Fire and smell the Gunsmoke.”
Alister closed his Eyes, his Expression becoming calm. At the same time, his index and Middle Fingers rested on the Card at the top of his Deck, “But it is precisely because of this that I can see my Goal even more clearly.”
“I will kill that Man, even if I become like the person who created the hatred within me, I don't care!”
“With this Draw, let me show you my Resolve!”
“My Turn, Draw a Card!”
“Then, I activate the Magic Card **Pot of Greed**!”
As Alister Drew two Cards, Hayato's Gaze narrowed, because he could feel the power of a Card Spirit clearly attached to the Card Alister had just Drawn!
In other words, Alister seemed to have made a Divine Draw of a Powerful Card.
“I activate the Effect of **Machina Fortress** from my Hand. By Discarding Machine Type Monsters from my Hand with a combined Level of 8 or higher, I can Special Summon **Machina Fortress** from my Hand! What I will Discard is the Level 10 **Machina Force**!”
“Roar! This is divine retribution! Come forth, **Machina Fortress**!”
As Alister discarded a card from his hand into the graveyard, the ground suddenly cracked open, and a hollow cannon barrel burst out of the ground, followed by a strangely shaped tank, which aimed its cannon barrel at Hayato as soon as it appeared, as if threatening Hayato!
**Machina Fortress** [Level 7/EARTH]
[Machine Type/Effect]
[2500/1600]
“This is my resolve, Hayato Kobayashi, even if I have to use these murderous weapons full of sin to transform into a demon in order to achieve my goal, I am willing!” Alister said, playing the last card in his hand, “I equip the equip magic card **Air Cracking Storm** to **Machina Fortress**, and then enter the battle phase!”
Saying that, Alister waved his hand forward: “Start the attack, **Machina Fortress**, attack **Cyber Dragon**!”
“Electromagnetic Cannon!”
After Alister's order was issued, **Machina Fortress** immediately turned its cannon barrel to aim at the wary **Cyber Dragon**. The hollow cannon barrel began to charge, and with a "boom", a shell fired out at three times the speed of sound. Even the sound couldn't keep up with its speed, and it hit **Cyber Dragon**'s head in an instant, causing Hayato to take excessive battle damage!
[Hayato: 4000 → 3600LP]
Before Hayato could catch his breath, Alister ordered again: "It's not over yet, my resolve is more than this!"
"The effect of **Air Cracking Storm** is activated when the equipped monster destroys an opponent's monster in battle. During this battle phase, **Machina Fortress**, which is equipped with **Air Cracking Storm**, can attack again only once!"
"Target locked on **Proto-Cyber Dragon**, reload, second electromagnetic cannon strike!"
Having just fired an electromagnetic cannon, **Machina Fortress**'s strange cannon barrel became hot due to the excessive current charged at once, and it needed to cool down for a turn before it could attack again, but as the **Air Cracking Storm** it was equipped with was activated, a large amount of air was drawn into the cannon barrel to accelerate cooling. In just a moment, **Machina Fortress** regained its attack ability!
“Boom!”
In the face of **Machina Fortress**'s standard protagonist ace attack power—2500 points, **Proto-Cyber Dragon** wanted to resist, but its drive response speed could not keep up with the flying speed of the electromagnetic cannon shell, and it was destroyed and sent to the graveyard in an instant.
[Hayato: 3600 → 2200LP]
"Ugh!"
It seemed that the card spirit in **Machina Fortress** also felt the owner's desire to win. Hayato felt that the power of this attack was quite high. While grunting, he could not help but take a half step back to receive the impact.
Alister looked at Hayato very seriously: "Duel King, do you feel the pain? But, this is just the pain simulated by the Kaiba Corporation's virtual projection system, not even one ten-thousandth of my pain."
"In the next duel, feel more pain, Hayato Kobayashi. With this pain, become a stepping stone for me to achieve my ambition!"
"Set down one card, my turn ends."
[Alister: 2400LP, Hand 0]
**Machina Fortress** (Air Cracking Storm) [ATK2500]
[Set Card]
After hearing what Alister said, Hayato's gaze bypassed the temporarily stalled **Machina Fortress** and met Alister's.
“From your attack just now, I can feel your pain. Alister, you are moving forward with hatred on your back.” Hayato’s face showed a helpless expression, “If it were Seto here, he would probably say something to you like ‘Hatred is in the past’ or ‘All I can see is the future’, right?”
“But I won’t say those cannon fodder-like words.”
Saying that, Hayato's finger rested on the deck, and he drew the card without stopping: "My turn, draw card."
"Someone said that people's joys and sorrows are not connected. Unfortunately, although I feel your pain, I can't understand it, especially your idea of using duel monsters to bring pain to more people."
“I said, duel monsters can bring smiles to people. You who use them to inflict pain are taking the wrong path.”
While speaking, Hayato looked at the card in his hand and was a little surprised that he would draw such a card. But, since I drew it, let’s use it.
“Since I’m going to deal with you who are using duel monsters on the wrong path, then using this card is better, right?” The corner of Hayato’s mouth hooked, and he flipped the card in his hand to show Alister, and subconsciously tapped the side of the card, “I activate the magic card **Card of Demise**!”
“I draw cards from my deck until the number of cards in my hand reaches five. On the fifth standby phase after activating this card, I discard all cards in my hand!”
Suddenly drawing the card, looking at the cards in his hand, Hayato said with a smile: “But there’s no need for that, because in this turn, I will end this duel!”
“I activate the magic card **Overload Fusion**!”
