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Chapter 471: Okay, This Time We're Playing the XYZ Deck
Pushing open the large gate of the "Cyber Style" Dojo and stepping inside, Hayato was greeted by an extremely spacious area.
Inside the Dojo, many people stood in neat formations, wearing wooden models resembling Duel Disks on their wrists, performing a Draw a Card pose in perfect unison.
"Draw!"
The shout in unison couldn't help but startle Hayato, who had just walked through the door.
Hayato's appearance also caught the attention of a white-haired old man standing at the front of the line. However, after merely looking Hayato up and down, he didn't spare him another glance. Instead, he addressed the queue in front of him, "Alright, today's morning practice ends here. Everyone is free to practice now, but don't slack off on your practice."
After saying this, the old man turned his head to look at Hayato again. "You, you're not here to join our Cyber Style, are you? Are you looking for that Kid Samejima?"
That Kid Samejima? I thought Samejima wasn't young anymore?
But looking at the old man's head of white hair, he truly had the qualification to call Samejima Iemitsu a "Kid".
Hayato nodded, just about to say something, when he heard the old man suddenly let out a cold snort, looking at Hayato with a cold expression. "Hmph, just as expected. The moment you walked in, I could feel that sharp Duelist's aura on you. But dealing with people like you who are Challenging a Dojo doesn't require that Kid Samejima to step forward!"
"Huh?" Hayato was taken aback. He was invited by Samejima as a guest, not to Challenge a Dojo. What exactly had this old man misunderstood? He immediately said, "No, I'm not—"
"You want to say you're not here for me? You think only by defeating Samejima, the Current Master/Instructor of Cyber Style, can you complete your conquest of the Cyber Style? Hmph!"
The old man's hand, which had been behind his back, finally moved to the front. A Duel Disk, as if prepared long ago, had been worn behind his back the entire time. "Standing before you is the Cyber Style Menkyo Kaiden, the Previous Master/Instructor! Take out your Deck and prepare to face the complete Suppression from the Cyber Style!"
Although he looked white-haired and old, the old man spoke with full vigor. The Apprentices, whom the old man had arranged for free practice earlier, didn't actually disperse. Instead, they gathered around Hayato and the old man, both to support the old man and to conveniently slack off and watch the excitement.
However, among the Apprentices watching the show, a blue-haired boy around ten years old looked at Hayato, who was bewildered and trying to explain something but was repeatedly interrupted by the old man. He felt that the other person looked very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
"I already said, I'm not—"
"Don't look down on people, Kid!"
"I didn't, I just wanted to—"
"Then Duel!"
Repeatedly trying to explain, only to be interrupted again and again by this stubborn old man, even Hayato couldn't help but get a little angry.
Taking out his Deck and placing it in the Duel Disk, Hayato said through gritted teeth, "There's a limit to acting arrogant just because you're old, old man! Since you want to Duel so badly, I won't hold back at all. Don't blame me if you throw out your back!"
"Duel!"
Both Duel Disks were connected via KaibaCorp's mysterious black technology. However, the two beacons for the Virtual Projection System were not deployed. Instead, several Projection Devices extended from the seemingly ancient Dojo ceiling.
After all, Samejima had mentioned before that this was the newly established "Outer Gate" of the Cyber Style. Although the appearance looked very ancient, the new equipment wasn't lacking at all, and the Virtual Projection System was also configured.
Beside both players, virtual Life Point Counters lit up simultaneously.
[Hayato: 4000 LP, Hand 5]
[Previous Master/Instructor: 4000 LP, Hand 5]
With the scoreboards displayed, the theoretical next step should have been for Hayato and the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor to compete for the right to go first based on their speed.
However, surrounded by the watching Cyber Style Apprentices, Hayato and the Previous Master/Instructor, each holding five hand cards, didn't make a move. They just looked at each other, and the atmosphere became awkward.
The situation was quite awkward for a moment.
"Uh, you draw a card first?"
"No, you draw first."
"No, you first!"
"You draw first!"
Just moments ago, they had been full of tension, looking like they wanted to slam their Duel Monsters Cards onto the opponent's face. But when it came to the first turn right, both players unusually yielded to each other.
It wasn't that Hayato suddenly had the idea of respecting the elderly and cherishing the young. When dueling others, having the first turn right to draw a card is very beneficial. But if the opponent was Cyber Style, Hayato would rather go second turn.
Although there was Samejima, a non-typical Cyber Style Duelist, the main characteristics of Cyber Style, no matter how you looked at it, should be a beatdown style combining speed and ferocity.
In another world, there were two extremely malicious curses about duels involving Cyber Style Decks.
If you're playing Cyber Style, may you always go first turn;
If your opponent is Cyber Style, may you go first turn this time.
Taking the most classic example of Power Bond + three Cyber Dragon to Summon the invincible Cyber End Dragon with 8000 ATK and built-in piercing effect, if you weren't prepared beforehand and the opponent played another Limiter Removal to double the ATK again, even a meta deck could suffer defeat if they didn't have a countermeasure.
Of course, if Cyber Style's opponent was an Underworld Deck filled with red and green stall cards like Magic Cylinder, that would be another matter. But Hayato didn't think his Deck was that shady (playstyle), so he felt it was safer to let the opponent go first turn.
However, it was quite clear that his opponent thought the same way.
He even said it quite righteously: "Hmph, even for malicious guests who Challenge a Dojo, our Cyber Style Dojo still has the most basic etiquette. Stop being so hesitant and draw a card quickly."
In the old man's words, Hayato had become someone who didn't take the first turn right because he was timid and afraid to Duel. Since he had said that much, Hayato had no choice but to place his finger on his Deck. "In that case, my turn, draw!"
The card Hayato drew was the Trap Card Union Emergency Mobilization, a support card for the Union Monster Series, but practically a dedicated support card for the XYZ Deck.
For the first time in a while, Hayato took out his pure XYZ Deck to Duel. And his luck was pretty good; he had already drawn his key cards in the first turn.
"I activate Magic Card Terraforming! From my Deck, I add a card to my Hand! Then I activate the Field Spell Card I added to my Hand!"
Hayato held a card between two fingers and flicked it downwards with an arrogant motion. The card was perfectly sent into the opened Field Spell Zone on his Duel Disk. "Since my opponent is the Machine Type Cyber Dragon, then to deal with you, it's better to use XYZ, which is also Machine Type, right?"
"Heroes have their stage to battle on, and mechanical constructs naturally have their maintenance workshop! Field Spell Card Union Hangar activate!"
As Hayato activated his Field Spell Card, a giant mechanical pillar rose from the Open Space behind Hayato. The pillar had multiple segments that seemed to rotate independently, and each segment was connected to a container holding something. Counting them, there were a total of eight containers, labeled with the letters "A", "B", "C", "V", "W", "X", "Y", and "Z".
The old man opposite Hayato saw the pillar rising behind Hayato and found it strange. "What's with these letters? And where did D through U go?"
"Yeah, why is that? I'm also looking for the answer to that question," Hayato said perfunctorily, placing his hand on the side of his Deck and catching the card that was automatically searched and ejected from the Deck. "According to the Effect of Union Hangar when it's Activated, once per Turn, if a Machine Type, LIGHT Attribute Union Monster is Summoned or Special Summoned to my Field, I can choose a Machine Type, LIGHT Attribute Union Monster from my Deck with a different Card Name that can be Equipped to that Monster, and Equip it to that Monster."
"The monster I choose is A - Assault Core."
"And I normal summon it to the Field in Attack Position!"
As the monster card in Hayato's hand was summoned to the Field, the top layer of the tall mechanical pillar behind him began to rotate. The container labeled with the letter "A" moved above Hayato as the pillar rotated.
The container's hatch opened, and a yellow tank detached from the container, landing steadily on Hayato's Field using the thrusters beneath its treads. Its beam emitter, shaped like a scorpion's tail stinger, aimed in the direction of the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor.
[A - Assault Core]
[Machine Type/Union/Effect]
[1900/200]
"It's a level 4 monster, but its ATK is already 1900 points, and it's also a Union Monster. Is it the same type as XYZ?"
The Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor frowned as he looked at A - Assault Core. A monster with 1900 ATK wasn't something he would pay too much attention to, after all, Cyber Style was rarely afraid of anyone when it came to ATK boosting. What truly made him serious was the appearance of another purple Wyvern that landed on Hayato's Field along with the debut of A - Assault Core.
The container labeled "C" had opened simultaneously with the container labeled "A". This purple Wyvern flew out from that container, and as soon as it landed, the purple mechanical construct disassembled itself into several parts and attached itself to A - Assault Core.
Although both Hayato and Kaiba used the XYZ set of Union Monsters, this set of Union Monsters wasn't particularly rare. It wasn't cheap enough to be 50 Yen a card, but many Duelists whose archetypes could accommodate this set of Monsters included them in their Decks to fill space. Therefore, the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor had also seen this type of Union Monster.
The connection between the purple Wyvern and the yellow tank before him certainly looked like the battle position of a Union Monster. However, even though the purple Wyvern was equipped to A - Assault Core as an equip monster, its ATK didn't show any change.
"The Effect of Union Hangar is, once per Turn, when a Machine Type, LIGHT Attribute Union Monster is Summoned or Special Summoned to my Field, I can choose a Machine Type, LIGHT Attribute Union Monster from my Deck with a different Card Name that can be Equipped to that Monster, and Equip it to that Monster."
Hayato began to explain. "What I chose is C - Crush Wyvern, which has a different Card Name from A - Assault Core. However, although C - Crush Wyvern itself has the Ability to Special Summon itself by entering the Unequipped State, due to the Influence of Union Hangar, C - Crush Wyvern equipped to A - Assault Core by its Effect cannot be Special Summoned this Turn."
"Additionally, although it cannot Increase the Equipped Monster's ATK/DEF like other Union Monsters, C - Crush Wyvern Grants the Monster it's equipped to the Ability to not be affected by the Opponent's Trap Card Effects."
"Hmph, it's just a monster with 1900 ATK. If it can't be affected by Trap Effects, why not just destroy it directly with battle?" the Previous Master/Instructor said dismissively.
Hayato smiled and displayed a card from his Hand. "I never said my turn was over. On the contrary, my operation this turn has just begun. Without fully preparing the complete set of mechanical equipment, they cannot unleash their full strength."
"Continuous Spell Card Frontline Base activate, and apply its effect! Once per Turn, I can Special Summon a Union Monster directly from my Hand!"
Watching the card Hayato activated, the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor's pupil constricted, because he knew Hayato's plan.
"ABC, similar to XYZ? It took me until now to realize this. My thinking is indeed a bit slow."
"A - Assault Core, C - Crush Wyvern, then the next to appear will be B, right?"
Just as the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor thought, as Hayato activated Frontline Base, the container labeled "B", sandwiched between "A" and "C" on the tall mechanical pillar behind him, began to move. A green raptor carrying a pair of back cannons leaped high and landed on Hayato's Field.
[B - Buster Drake]
[Machine Type/Union/Effect]
[1500/1800]
"At this moment, I have assembled A - Assault Core, B - Buster Drake, and C - Crush Wyvern on my Field! The party begins now!" Hayato shouted, raising his arm. "Polymerization is completely unnecessary! Let my opponent witness the ultimate machine!"
"Banish all A, B, and C from my Field from play! Special Summon ABC - Dragon Buster!"
Similar to C - Crush Wyvern earlier, B - Buster Drake's body was also disassembled and fully loaded onto A - Assault Core as a mobile platform. ABC - Dragon Buster, which once sparked the outrageous claim "Even my grandma can play Yu-Gi-Oh!" in another world, made its appearance!
[ABC - Dragon Buster]
[Machine Type/Fusion/Effect]
[3000/2800]
(End of Chapter)
Pushing open the large gate of the "Cyber Style" Dojo and stepping inside, Hayato was greeted by an extremely spacious area.
Inside the Dojo, many people stood in neat formations, wearing wooden models resembling Duel Disks on their wrists, performing a Draw a Card pose in perfect unison.
"Draw!"
The shout in unison couldn't help but startle Hayato, who had just walked through the door.
Hayato's appearance also caught the attention of a white-haired old man standing at the front of the line. However, after merely looking Hayato up and down, he didn't spare him another glance. Instead, he addressed the queue in front of him, "Alright, today's morning practice ends here. Everyone is free to practice now, but don't slack off on your practice."
After saying this, the old man turned his head to look at Hayato again. "You, you're not here to join our Cyber Style, are you? Are you looking for that Kid Samejima?"
That Kid Samejima? I thought Samejima wasn't young anymore?
But looking at the old man's head of white hair, he truly had the qualification to call Samejima Iemitsu a "Kid".
Hayato nodded, just about to say something, when he heard the old man suddenly let out a cold snort, looking at Hayato with a cold expression. "Hmph, just as expected. The moment you walked in, I could feel that sharp Duelist's aura on you. But dealing with people like you who are Challenging a Dojo doesn't require that Kid Samejima to step forward!"
"Huh?" Hayato was taken aback. He was invited by Samejima as a guest, not to Challenge a Dojo. What exactly had this old man misunderstood? He immediately said, "No, I'm not—"
"You want to say you're not here for me? You think only by defeating Samejima, the Current Master/Instructor of Cyber Style, can you complete your conquest of the Cyber Style? Hmph!"
The old man's hand, which had been behind his back, finally moved to the front. A Duel Disk, as if prepared long ago, had been worn behind his back the entire time. "Standing before you is the Cyber Style Menkyo Kaiden, the Previous Master/Instructor! Take out your Deck and prepare to face the complete Suppression from the Cyber Style!"
Although he looked white-haired and old, the old man spoke with full vigor. The Apprentices, whom the old man had arranged for free practice earlier, didn't actually disperse. Instead, they gathered around Hayato and the old man, both to support the old man and to conveniently slack off and watch the excitement.
However, among the Apprentices watching the show, a blue-haired boy around ten years old looked at Hayato, who was bewildered and trying to explain something but was repeatedly interrupted by the old man. He felt that the other person looked very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
"I already said, I'm not—"
"Don't look down on people, Kid!"
"I didn't, I just wanted to—"
"Then Duel!"
Repeatedly trying to explain, only to be interrupted again and again by this stubborn old man, even Hayato couldn't help but get a little angry.
Taking out his Deck and placing it in the Duel Disk, Hayato said through gritted teeth, "There's a limit to acting arrogant just because you're old, old man! Since you want to Duel so badly, I won't hold back at all. Don't blame me if you throw out your back!"
"Duel!"
Both Duel Disks were connected via KaibaCorp's mysterious black technology. However, the two beacons for the Virtual Projection System were not deployed. Instead, several Projection Devices extended from the seemingly ancient Dojo ceiling.
After all, Samejima had mentioned before that this was the newly established "Outer Gate" of the Cyber Style. Although the appearance looked very ancient, the new equipment wasn't lacking at all, and the Virtual Projection System was also configured.
Beside both players, virtual Life Point Counters lit up simultaneously.
[Hayato: 4000 LP, Hand 5]
[Previous Master/Instructor: 4000 LP, Hand 5]
With the scoreboards displayed, the theoretical next step should have been for Hayato and the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor to compete for the right to go first based on their speed.
However, surrounded by the watching Cyber Style Apprentices, Hayato and the Previous Master/Instructor, each holding five hand cards, didn't make a move. They just looked at each other, and the atmosphere became awkward.
The situation was quite awkward for a moment.
"Uh, you draw a card first?"
"No, you draw first."
"No, you first!"
"You draw first!"
Just moments ago, they had been full of tension, looking like they wanted to slam their Duel Monsters Cards onto the opponent's face. But when it came to the first turn right, both players unusually yielded to each other.
It wasn't that Hayato suddenly had the idea of respecting the elderly and cherishing the young. When dueling others, having the first turn right to draw a card is very beneficial. But if the opponent was Cyber Style, Hayato would rather go second turn.
Although there was Samejima, a non-typical Cyber Style Duelist, the main characteristics of Cyber Style, no matter how you looked at it, should be a beatdown style combining speed and ferocity.
In another world, there were two extremely malicious curses about duels involving Cyber Style Decks.
If you're playing Cyber Style, may you always go first turn;
If your opponent is Cyber Style, may you go first turn this time.
Taking the most classic example of Power Bond + three Cyber Dragon to Summon the invincible Cyber End Dragon with 8000 ATK and built-in piercing effect, if you weren't prepared beforehand and the opponent played another Limiter Removal to double the ATK again, even a meta deck could suffer defeat if they didn't have a countermeasure.
Of course, if Cyber Style's opponent was an Underworld Deck filled with red and green stall cards like Magic Cylinder, that would be another matter. But Hayato didn't think his Deck was that shady (playstyle), so he felt it was safer to let the opponent go first turn.
However, it was quite clear that his opponent thought the same way.
He even said it quite righteously: "Hmph, even for malicious guests who Challenge a Dojo, our Cyber Style Dojo still has the most basic etiquette. Stop being so hesitant and draw a card quickly."
In the old man's words, Hayato had become someone who didn't take the first turn right because he was timid and afraid to Duel. Since he had said that much, Hayato had no choice but to place his finger on his Deck. "In that case, my turn, draw!"
The card Hayato drew was the Trap Card Union Emergency Mobilization, a support card for the Union Monster Series, but practically a dedicated support card for the XYZ Deck.
For the first time in a while, Hayato took out his pure XYZ Deck to Duel. And his luck was pretty good; he had already drawn his key cards in the first turn.
"I activate Magic Card Terraforming! From my Deck, I add a card to my Hand! Then I activate the Field Spell Card I added to my Hand!"
Hayato held a card between two fingers and flicked it downwards with an arrogant motion. The card was perfectly sent into the opened Field Spell Zone on his Duel Disk. "Since my opponent is the Machine Type Cyber Dragon, then to deal with you, it's better to use XYZ, which is also Machine Type, right?"
"Heroes have their stage to battle on, and mechanical constructs naturally have their maintenance workshop! Field Spell Card Union Hangar activate!"
As Hayato activated his Field Spell Card, a giant mechanical pillar rose from the Open Space behind Hayato. The pillar had multiple segments that seemed to rotate independently, and each segment was connected to a container holding something. Counting them, there were a total of eight containers, labeled with the letters "A", "B", "C", "V", "W", "X", "Y", and "Z".
The old man opposite Hayato saw the pillar rising behind Hayato and found it strange. "What's with these letters? And where did D through U go?"
"Yeah, why is that? I'm also looking for the answer to that question," Hayato said perfunctorily, placing his hand on the side of his Deck and catching the card that was automatically searched and ejected from the Deck. "According to the Effect of Union Hangar when it's Activated, once per Turn, if a Machine Type, LIGHT Attribute Union Monster is Summoned or Special Summoned to my Field, I can choose a Machine Type, LIGHT Attribute Union Monster from my Deck with a different Card Name that can be Equipped to that Monster, and Equip it to that Monster."
"The monster I choose is A - Assault Core."
"And I normal summon it to the Field in Attack Position!"
As the monster card in Hayato's hand was summoned to the Field, the top layer of the tall mechanical pillar behind him began to rotate. The container labeled with the letter "A" moved above Hayato as the pillar rotated.
The container's hatch opened, and a yellow tank detached from the container, landing steadily on Hayato's Field using the thrusters beneath its treads. Its beam emitter, shaped like a scorpion's tail stinger, aimed in the direction of the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor.
[A - Assault Core]
[Machine Type/Union/Effect]
[1900/200]
"It's a level 4 monster, but its ATK is already 1900 points, and it's also a Union Monster. Is it the same type as XYZ?"
The Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor frowned as he looked at A - Assault Core. A monster with 1900 ATK wasn't something he would pay too much attention to, after all, Cyber Style was rarely afraid of anyone when it came to ATK boosting. What truly made him serious was the appearance of another purple Wyvern that landed on Hayato's Field along with the debut of A - Assault Core.
The container labeled "C" had opened simultaneously with the container labeled "A". This purple Wyvern flew out from that container, and as soon as it landed, the purple mechanical construct disassembled itself into several parts and attached itself to A - Assault Core.
Although both Hayato and Kaiba used the XYZ set of Union Monsters, this set of Union Monsters wasn't particularly rare. It wasn't cheap enough to be 50 Yen a card, but many Duelists whose archetypes could accommodate this set of Monsters included them in their Decks to fill space. Therefore, the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor had also seen this type of Union Monster.
The connection between the purple Wyvern and the yellow tank before him certainly looked like the battle position of a Union Monster. However, even though the purple Wyvern was equipped to A - Assault Core as an equip monster, its ATK didn't show any change.
"The Effect of Union Hangar is, once per Turn, when a Machine Type, LIGHT Attribute Union Monster is Summoned or Special Summoned to my Field, I can choose a Machine Type, LIGHT Attribute Union Monster from my Deck with a different Card Name that can be Equipped to that Monster, and Equip it to that Monster."
Hayato began to explain. "What I chose is C - Crush Wyvern, which has a different Card Name from A - Assault Core. However, although C - Crush Wyvern itself has the Ability to Special Summon itself by entering the Unequipped State, due to the Influence of Union Hangar, C - Crush Wyvern equipped to A - Assault Core by its Effect cannot be Special Summoned this Turn."
"Additionally, although it cannot Increase the Equipped Monster's ATK/DEF like other Union Monsters, C - Crush Wyvern Grants the Monster it's equipped to the Ability to not be affected by the Opponent's Trap Card Effects."
"Hmph, it's just a monster with 1900 ATK. If it can't be affected by Trap Effects, why not just destroy it directly with battle?" the Previous Master/Instructor said dismissively.
Hayato smiled and displayed a card from his Hand. "I never said my turn was over. On the contrary, my operation this turn has just begun. Without fully preparing the complete set of mechanical equipment, they cannot unleash their full strength."
"Continuous Spell Card Frontline Base activate, and apply its effect! Once per Turn, I can Special Summon a Union Monster directly from my Hand!"
Watching the card Hayato activated, the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor's pupil constricted, because he knew Hayato's plan.
"ABC, similar to XYZ? It took me until now to realize this. My thinking is indeed a bit slow."
"A - Assault Core, C - Crush Wyvern, then the next to appear will be B, right?"
Just as the Cyber Style Previous Master/Instructor thought, as Hayato activated Frontline Base, the container labeled "B", sandwiched between "A" and "C" on the tall mechanical pillar behind him, began to move. A green raptor carrying a pair of back cannons leaped high and landed on Hayato's Field.
[B - Buster Drake]
[Machine Type/Union/Effect]
[1500/1800]
"At this moment, I have assembled A - Assault Core, B - Buster Drake, and C - Crush Wyvern on my Field! The party begins now!" Hayato shouted, raising his arm. "Polymerization is completely unnecessary! Let my opponent witness the ultimate machine!"
"Banish all A, B, and C from my Field from play! Special Summon ABC - Dragon Buster!"
Similar to C - Crush Wyvern earlier, B - Buster Drake's body was also disassembled and fully loaded onto A - Assault Core as a mobile platform. ABC - Dragon Buster, which once sparked the outrageous claim "Even my grandma can play Yu-Gi-Oh!" in another world, made its appearance!
[ABC - Dragon Buster]
[Machine Type/Fusion/Effect]
[3000/2800]
(End of Chapter)
