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"My Turn..." Looking at the five Set Cards on Hayato's Field, Hiroya Misawa drew a Card, complaining, "Draw! Tsk, it's not a Card to clear the Spell/Trap Zone. With so many Set Cards, how is anyone else supposed to play Duel Monsters?"
"Heavy Traps are an important part of the Duel Monsters Experience. If you don't like it, don't play."
Hearing Hayato's words, Hiroya Misawa gritted his teeth: "You're exactly the same as the Hayato Kobayashi I know. To be able to say something so shameless, only you would think that way."
"Forget it, the Traps are just sitting there anyway and will be activated sooner or later. I'll just use this Card to test things out." While speaking, Hiroya Misawa played a Card, "I Normal Summon Mezuki."
As the Card was placed on the Duel Disk, a Monster with the body of a Minotaur, covered in pitch black, holding a great hammer, appeared on Hiroya Misawa's Field. It was as if it were a member of the legendary Underworld duo, "Ox-Head and Horse-Face".
Looking at its appearance, it actually looked the same as the Normal Monster Minotaurus that often appeared in Kaiba's early Decks. The only differences were its skin color and weapon.
Mezuki [Level 4/EARTH]
[Zombie-Type/Effect]
[1700/800]
After Summoning Mezuki, seeing that the appearance of Mezuki, with an ATK above the 1500 ATK threshold, did not activate the Traps in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone, Hiroya Misawa tentatively believed that there should be no Summon Traps among the five Cards in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone. He continued, "During the Main Phase, I activate Mezuki's Effect. Once per Turn, I Send one Zombie-Type Monster from my Deck to the Graveyard."
"I Send this Gozuki to the Graveyard."
"Mezuki sending Gozuki, a classic Zombie strategy setup." Hayato raised an eyebrow, watching as Hiroya Misawa was about to Send the Card to the Graveyard, but then spoke up, "I was thinking of using this Card later to Banish Kaiba's Blue-Eyes to Counter Buster Blader."
"Although banishing only one card is a bit of a pity, a card is meaningless if it's not used when it should be." Pressing the button to activate a Set Card, Hayato Declared, "I Activate the Normal Trap Card, Dimensional Fissure! Monster Cards that are Sent to the Graveyard this Turn are Banished instead!"
"Nani?!" The Gozuki in Hiroya Misawa's Hand hadn't even been placed in the Graveyard Zone yet, when suddenly, the Graveyard Zones on all four Duel Disks lit up. The Gozuki he was Sending to the Graveyard was intercepted midway and forcibly Banished without ever entering the Graveyard.
"Why would anyone carry such strange cards?!"
Hearing this, Hayato said proudly, "Don't ask. If you ask, it's because of the deep bond between me and my Cards, Gozawa Sky."
"It's Hiroya Misawa!"
Compared to Hiroya Misawa, Kaiba noticed something: "Normal Trap? Why did you specifically emphasize that point, Hayato? In a normal Duel, isn't it usually just abbreviated as 'Trap Card'?"
"Yeah, why is that?" Hayato flipped the single Card in his Hand. "Of course, it's because this Monster in my Hand has a special synergy with Normal Traps."
"It can be activated when a Trap Card is Activated. I Special Summon Labrynth Archfiend with its own Effect!" The Monster Card in his Hand was placed horizontally on the Duel Disk by Hayato. A fiend statue with wings, clad in armor, descended onto Hayato's Field. Its greatsword was plunged into the Ground, and it leaned on it with its hand.
Hayato said proudly, "This time, we're playing a pure Labrynth Deck!"
Last time, Hayato spent a large amount of money and only managed to finally complete this Labrynth Deck. Although the official Archetype Name is actually Labrynth, just like the Eldlich Deck is called Golden Land, and the Resonator Deck is called Tamashii Deck, only idiots care about the original names.
And since he drew them all, how could anyone resist playing a game with a new Deck?
"Labrynth?" Not only the two opponents, but even Kaiba heard of this Deck for the first time. However, Kaiba was already somewhat used to Hayato always pulling out strange cards. "A Monster that can be Special Summoned from the Hand by chaining to a Trap Card? That's certainly your style."
Labrynth Archfiend [Level 7/Dark]
[Fiend-Type/Effect]
[2000/2800]
"A Monster with Level 7, 2000 ATK, and 2800 DEF, was summoned so easily?!" Hiroya Misawa said, feeling annoyed, "And even during my Turn?"
"That's not all. When Labrynth Archfiend is Special Summoned, I activate its Effect. I Set one Normal Trap from my Deck that can only be Activated during the Attack Declaration. Also, Labrynth Archfiend's ATK will increase by the number of Normal Traps in my Graveyard X 400!"
The single eye visible through the helmet gap of the giant fiend statue lit up. A Card appeared out of thin air to fill the spot that had just become empty in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone, making Hayato's Field setup into a "T" shape.
Labrynth Archfiend [2000/2800 → 2400/2800]
"It's clearly my turn, yet you can still place Set Cards. Also, that monster's effects are a bit too many, aren't they? It actually has three?!" Hiroya Misawa's expression while speaking was very annoyed. "But a Set Card that can only be Activated during the Attack Declaration isn't of any use right now, is it? There's nothing to be afraid of."
In this 2VS2 Duel, the Turn order is Hayato → Hiroya Misawa → Kaiba → Mysterious Person → Hayato. The first three players cannot attack during their turns. It's not until the Turn of the Mysterious Person, whose name Hayato and Kaiba still don't know, that he can Enter Battle Phase. This means the Card Hayato just Set won't have an opportunity to be used until then.
However, even if that's the case, there are still four unknown Set Cards Set in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone.
Looking at the Cards in his Hand, Hiroya Misawa played a Card: "My Turn continues. From my Hand, I Activate the Spell Card Proof of Destruction. I Select one Buster Blader from my Deck or Graveyard and Add it to my Hand."
"Next is this Sacrifice Puppet. I Tribute Mezuki on my Field as a Tribute, and Special Summon one Level 7 Monster that can be Normal Summoned from my Hand - which is the Buster Blader I just Added to my Hand! Come forth, Buster Blader!"
Hiroya Misawa's idea was very simple. Although I currently have no way to deal with Hayato Kobayashi's Set Cards, this Duel is a Tag Duel. Problems I can't resolve, I'll just leave for my teammate to resolve. I didn't have time to modify my Deck before, which resulted in a large amount of Cards specifically for countering Kaiba Seto still remaining in my Deck. Now, I might as well just go all the way and focus on dealing with Kaiba Seto.
And for dealing with Kaiba Seto, who mainly uses Dragon-Type Monsters, although I failed once before, this doesn't mean Buster Blader is not useful. This Monster is still Hiroya Misawa's first choice for countering Kaiba Seto.
However, looking at Hiroya Misawa's operation, Kaiba frowned and said: "This operation, aside from replacing Gluttonous Dragon with Mezuki, isn't it exactly the same as your operation in the last Duel? Hmph, you only have one or two schemes you keep repeating. What a boring Small Fry."
"Kaiba, you don't seem to have the qualification to talk about others. Don't you always have the same 'high-level' Opening Hand?" Hayato ranted, glancing at Buster Blader. He didn't activate any Cards in his Spell/Trap Zone, just said casually, "Well, because of Dimensional Fissure's Effect, Mezuki, which was Sent to the Graveyard, will also be Banished. It will be Banished alongside Gozuki."
"That word isn't used that way." Hiroya Misawa said, frowning. "Buster Blader, Special Summoned by Sacrifice Puppet's Effect, cannot Attack this Turn. However, I don't have a Battle Phase anyway, so this negative effect is basically nonexistent."
"I Set two Cards. My Turn ends—"
He took out two Cards from his Hand and Set them. But just then, Hiroya Misawa heard Hayato speak up and interrupted him again: "And in this instant, I Activate the Continuous Trap Card, Imperial Order! I Activate it by Targeting two Set Spell/Trap Cards on the Field. As long as this Card Exists on the Field, the Targeted Spell/Trap Cards cannot be Activated."
As another Set Card in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone was revealed, an ancient pot was shown. The open mouth of the pot released an attraction, pulling the two Cards that had just appeared in Hiroya Misawa's Spell/Trap Zone, and they were sucked into the pot. Afterwards, the mouth of Imperial Order was pressed down by a heavy object, and ropes were wrapped around it to seal it.
"Alright, it's your turn to play Duel Monsters." Hayato said with a smile, looking at Hiroya Misawa, whose face expression was quite distorted. According to the law of conservation of smiles, human happiness is constant. When one person's smile disappears, that happiness often transfers to another person's face, just like with Hayato and Hiroya Misawa now.
Hiroya Misawa, who was made angry by Hayato, glared fiercely at Hayato, and said annoyed, "My Turn ends!"
I clearly knew long ago that besides Hayato Kobayashi having extremely high fame as a Duel King, the high amount of Trap Cards in his Deck is also quite famous. Why would I foolishly continue after his Turn?
[Hiroya Misawa: 4000 LP, Hand 1]
[Buster Blader] [2600 ATK]
[Set Cards] X2 (Imperial Order)
After Hiroya Misawa's Turn, which was full of torment, ended, it was Kaiba's Turn. Although the opponent attempted to Set Cards to hinder Kaiba, because of Hayato's Imperial Order's activation, Kaiba, who was the third person to start their Turn, could now proceed with his Field setup without any hindrance, boldly and confidently.
"My Turn, Draw! Then I Activate the Continuous Spell Card, Blue-Eyes Spirit." Without the signature standard Opening Hand of Polymerization, De-Fusion, and three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, Kaiba first played a Continuous Spell Card. "Besides using this Card directly, I can also Activate it by Revealing one Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my Hand. In that situation, I can Special Summon one Monster directly from my Hand."
"I Reveal Blue-Eyes White Dragon, then I Special Summon Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon from my Hand!"
Compared to traditional Blue-Eyes, Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon, whose appearance is closer to Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon and Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, descended, spreading the light wings on its back. And as soon as it was appearing, it fiercely shot a beam of laser towards the Buster Blader on Hiroya Misawa's Field, directly crushing the gemstone on the long sword in its hand.
Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon [2500 ATK]
Even though the number of Dragon-Type Monsters on the Field increased, Buster Blader's ATK didn't increase at all. Hiroya Misawa didn't even need to guess; he knew it was definitely caused by the beam of light Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon shot out when it was just appearing.
And Kaiba had already spoken: "When Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon is successfully Summoned/Special Summoned, I Activate its Effect by Targeting one Face-up Monster on the Opponent's Field. That Monster's Effect is Negated. This Effect has no Turn Restriction. It will continue to Take Effect as long as that Monster Exists on the Field."
Although Kaiba said that people he had defeated once did not have the qualification to be remembered by him, this didn't mean he wouldn't remember the scheme of Hiroya Misawa that he had just learned.
The Buster Blader, whose ATK increases for each Dragon-Type Monster, and Destruction Sword Fusion, which can Fusion Summon using his own Dragon-Type Monsters. The latter, which might exist, has already been dealt with by Hayato's Imperial Order. It's just Buster Blader, a single monster. If I can't even resolve such a monster, wouldn't Hayato Kobayashi laugh me to death?
"Permanently negated? But even if that's the case, Buster Blader's ATK is still higher than Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon's." Hiroya Misawa said stubbornly, but saw Kaiba reveal a mockery cold laugh.
"Hmph, I never said I was going to make Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon battle Buster Blader. She has already done her effort. The rest will naturally be completed by my other Blue-Eyes." Saying this, Kaiba took out Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon's Card from the Duel Disk. "Blue-Eyes Spirit's Effect Activates. Once per Turn, I Activate it by Targeting one Face-up Monster on my Field. Return it to the owner's Hand."
"And after that, Apply the Effect based on the original Card of the Monster that returned to the Hand. When the Card Name is not Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the Effect is: I Special Summon one Blue-Eyes from my Hand."
Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon completed its task and withdrew. Its form gradually became transparent and disappeared from Kaiba's Field, returning to his Hand. In its place, that familiar white spirit dragon soared once again before Kaiba.
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
The Monster that has almost become synonymous with 3000 ATK Points - Blue-Eyes White Dragon - sure enough, manifested on Kaiba's Field. And even if he couldn't Enter Battle Phase, Kaiba still chose to Special Summon it in Attack Position. Blue-Eyes White Dragon bared its fangs at Buster Blader, whose Effect was Negated and ATK was still 2600 Points, seemingly plotting where to attack later.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon [3000 ATK]
Pitiably, because it was only the third Turn, no matter what Kaiba thought, he temporarily couldn't Enter Battle Phase. After Summoning Blue-Eyes White Dragon, he took out two Cards from his Hand and inserted them into the Spell & Trap Zone, saying: "Just wait a little longer, Blue-Eyes. It'll be ready soon. I Set two Cards. Turn End."
[Kaiba Seto: 4000 LP, Hand 2]
[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [3000 ATK]
[Blue-Eyes Spirit] [Set Cards] X2
(End of Chapter)
"Heavy Traps are an important part of the Duel Monsters Experience. If you don't like it, don't play."
Hearing Hayato's words, Hiroya Misawa gritted his teeth: "You're exactly the same as the Hayato Kobayashi I know. To be able to say something so shameless, only you would think that way."
"Forget it, the Traps are just sitting there anyway and will be activated sooner or later. I'll just use this Card to test things out." While speaking, Hiroya Misawa played a Card, "I Normal Summon Mezuki."
As the Card was placed on the Duel Disk, a Monster with the body of a Minotaur, covered in pitch black, holding a great hammer, appeared on Hiroya Misawa's Field. It was as if it were a member of the legendary Underworld duo, "Ox-Head and Horse-Face".
Looking at its appearance, it actually looked the same as the Normal Monster Minotaurus that often appeared in Kaiba's early Decks. The only differences were its skin color and weapon.
Mezuki [Level 4/EARTH]
[Zombie-Type/Effect]
[1700/800]
After Summoning Mezuki, seeing that the appearance of Mezuki, with an ATK above the 1500 ATK threshold, did not activate the Traps in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone, Hiroya Misawa tentatively believed that there should be no Summon Traps among the five Cards in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone. He continued, "During the Main Phase, I activate Mezuki's Effect. Once per Turn, I Send one Zombie-Type Monster from my Deck to the Graveyard."
"I Send this Gozuki to the Graveyard."
"Mezuki sending Gozuki, a classic Zombie strategy setup." Hayato raised an eyebrow, watching as Hiroya Misawa was about to Send the Card to the Graveyard, but then spoke up, "I was thinking of using this Card later to Banish Kaiba's Blue-Eyes to Counter Buster Blader."
"Although banishing only one card is a bit of a pity, a card is meaningless if it's not used when it should be." Pressing the button to activate a Set Card, Hayato Declared, "I Activate the Normal Trap Card, Dimensional Fissure! Monster Cards that are Sent to the Graveyard this Turn are Banished instead!"
"Nani?!" The Gozuki in Hiroya Misawa's Hand hadn't even been placed in the Graveyard Zone yet, when suddenly, the Graveyard Zones on all four Duel Disks lit up. The Gozuki he was Sending to the Graveyard was intercepted midway and forcibly Banished without ever entering the Graveyard.
"Why would anyone carry such strange cards?!"
Hearing this, Hayato said proudly, "Don't ask. If you ask, it's because of the deep bond between me and my Cards, Gozawa Sky."
"It's Hiroya Misawa!"
Compared to Hiroya Misawa, Kaiba noticed something: "Normal Trap? Why did you specifically emphasize that point, Hayato? In a normal Duel, isn't it usually just abbreviated as 'Trap Card'?"
"Yeah, why is that?" Hayato flipped the single Card in his Hand. "Of course, it's because this Monster in my Hand has a special synergy with Normal Traps."
"It can be activated when a Trap Card is Activated. I Special Summon Labrynth Archfiend with its own Effect!" The Monster Card in his Hand was placed horizontally on the Duel Disk by Hayato. A fiend statue with wings, clad in armor, descended onto Hayato's Field. Its greatsword was plunged into the Ground, and it leaned on it with its hand.
Hayato said proudly, "This time, we're playing a pure Labrynth Deck!"
Last time, Hayato spent a large amount of money and only managed to finally complete this Labrynth Deck. Although the official Archetype Name is actually Labrynth, just like the Eldlich Deck is called Golden Land, and the Resonator Deck is called Tamashii Deck, only idiots care about the original names.
And since he drew them all, how could anyone resist playing a game with a new Deck?
"Labrynth?" Not only the two opponents, but even Kaiba heard of this Deck for the first time. However, Kaiba was already somewhat used to Hayato always pulling out strange cards. "A Monster that can be Special Summoned from the Hand by chaining to a Trap Card? That's certainly your style."
Labrynth Archfiend [Level 7/Dark]
[Fiend-Type/Effect]
[2000/2800]
"A Monster with Level 7, 2000 ATK, and 2800 DEF, was summoned so easily?!" Hiroya Misawa said, feeling annoyed, "And even during my Turn?"
"That's not all. When Labrynth Archfiend is Special Summoned, I activate its Effect. I Set one Normal Trap from my Deck that can only be Activated during the Attack Declaration. Also, Labrynth Archfiend's ATK will increase by the number of Normal Traps in my Graveyard X 400!"
The single eye visible through the helmet gap of the giant fiend statue lit up. A Card appeared out of thin air to fill the spot that had just become empty in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone, making Hayato's Field setup into a "T" shape.
Labrynth Archfiend [2000/2800 → 2400/2800]
"It's clearly my turn, yet you can still place Set Cards. Also, that monster's effects are a bit too many, aren't they? It actually has three?!" Hiroya Misawa's expression while speaking was very annoyed. "But a Set Card that can only be Activated during the Attack Declaration isn't of any use right now, is it? There's nothing to be afraid of."
In this 2VS2 Duel, the Turn order is Hayato → Hiroya Misawa → Kaiba → Mysterious Person → Hayato. The first three players cannot attack during their turns. It's not until the Turn of the Mysterious Person, whose name Hayato and Kaiba still don't know, that he can Enter Battle Phase. This means the Card Hayato just Set won't have an opportunity to be used until then.
However, even if that's the case, there are still four unknown Set Cards Set in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone.
Looking at the Cards in his Hand, Hiroya Misawa played a Card: "My Turn continues. From my Hand, I Activate the Spell Card Proof of Destruction. I Select one Buster Blader from my Deck or Graveyard and Add it to my Hand."
"Next is this Sacrifice Puppet. I Tribute Mezuki on my Field as a Tribute, and Special Summon one Level 7 Monster that can be Normal Summoned from my Hand - which is the Buster Blader I just Added to my Hand! Come forth, Buster Blader!"
Hiroya Misawa's idea was very simple. Although I currently have no way to deal with Hayato Kobayashi's Set Cards, this Duel is a Tag Duel. Problems I can't resolve, I'll just leave for my teammate to resolve. I didn't have time to modify my Deck before, which resulted in a large amount of Cards specifically for countering Kaiba Seto still remaining in my Deck. Now, I might as well just go all the way and focus on dealing with Kaiba Seto.
And for dealing with Kaiba Seto, who mainly uses Dragon-Type Monsters, although I failed once before, this doesn't mean Buster Blader is not useful. This Monster is still Hiroya Misawa's first choice for countering Kaiba Seto.
However, looking at Hiroya Misawa's operation, Kaiba frowned and said: "This operation, aside from replacing Gluttonous Dragon with Mezuki, isn't it exactly the same as your operation in the last Duel? Hmph, you only have one or two schemes you keep repeating. What a boring Small Fry."
"Kaiba, you don't seem to have the qualification to talk about others. Don't you always have the same 'high-level' Opening Hand?" Hayato ranted, glancing at Buster Blader. He didn't activate any Cards in his Spell/Trap Zone, just said casually, "Well, because of Dimensional Fissure's Effect, Mezuki, which was Sent to the Graveyard, will also be Banished. It will be Banished alongside Gozuki."
"That word isn't used that way." Hiroya Misawa said, frowning. "Buster Blader, Special Summoned by Sacrifice Puppet's Effect, cannot Attack this Turn. However, I don't have a Battle Phase anyway, so this negative effect is basically nonexistent."
"I Set two Cards. My Turn ends—"
He took out two Cards from his Hand and Set them. But just then, Hiroya Misawa heard Hayato speak up and interrupted him again: "And in this instant, I Activate the Continuous Trap Card, Imperial Order! I Activate it by Targeting two Set Spell/Trap Cards on the Field. As long as this Card Exists on the Field, the Targeted Spell/Trap Cards cannot be Activated."
As another Set Card in Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone was revealed, an ancient pot was shown. The open mouth of the pot released an attraction, pulling the two Cards that had just appeared in Hiroya Misawa's Spell/Trap Zone, and they were sucked into the pot. Afterwards, the mouth of Imperial Order was pressed down by a heavy object, and ropes were wrapped around it to seal it.
"Alright, it's your turn to play Duel Monsters." Hayato said with a smile, looking at Hiroya Misawa, whose face expression was quite distorted. According to the law of conservation of smiles, human happiness is constant. When one person's smile disappears, that happiness often transfers to another person's face, just like with Hayato and Hiroya Misawa now.
Hiroya Misawa, who was made angry by Hayato, glared fiercely at Hayato, and said annoyed, "My Turn ends!"
I clearly knew long ago that besides Hayato Kobayashi having extremely high fame as a Duel King, the high amount of Trap Cards in his Deck is also quite famous. Why would I foolishly continue after his Turn?
[Hiroya Misawa: 4000 LP, Hand 1]
[Buster Blader] [2600 ATK]
[Set Cards] X2 (Imperial Order)
After Hiroya Misawa's Turn, which was full of torment, ended, it was Kaiba's Turn. Although the opponent attempted to Set Cards to hinder Kaiba, because of Hayato's Imperial Order's activation, Kaiba, who was the third person to start their Turn, could now proceed with his Field setup without any hindrance, boldly and confidently.
"My Turn, Draw! Then I Activate the Continuous Spell Card, Blue-Eyes Spirit." Without the signature standard Opening Hand of Polymerization, De-Fusion, and three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, Kaiba first played a Continuous Spell Card. "Besides using this Card directly, I can also Activate it by Revealing one Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my Hand. In that situation, I can Special Summon one Monster directly from my Hand."
"I Reveal Blue-Eyes White Dragon, then I Special Summon Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon from my Hand!"
Compared to traditional Blue-Eyes, Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon, whose appearance is closer to Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon and Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, descended, spreading the light wings on its back. And as soon as it was appearing, it fiercely shot a beam of laser towards the Buster Blader on Hiroya Misawa's Field, directly crushing the gemstone on the long sword in its hand.
Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon [2500 ATK]
Even though the number of Dragon-Type Monsters on the Field increased, Buster Blader's ATK didn't increase at all. Hiroya Misawa didn't even need to guess; he knew it was definitely caused by the beam of light Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon shot out when it was just appearing.
And Kaiba had already spoken: "When Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon is successfully Summoned/Special Summoned, I Activate its Effect by Targeting one Face-up Monster on the Opponent's Field. That Monster's Effect is Negated. This Effect has no Turn Restriction. It will continue to Take Effect as long as that Monster Exists on the Field."
Although Kaiba said that people he had defeated once did not have the qualification to be remembered by him, this didn't mean he wouldn't remember the scheme of Hiroya Misawa that he had just learned.
The Buster Blader, whose ATK increases for each Dragon-Type Monster, and Destruction Sword Fusion, which can Fusion Summon using his own Dragon-Type Monsters. The latter, which might exist, has already been dealt with by Hayato's Imperial Order. It's just Buster Blader, a single monster. If I can't even resolve such a monster, wouldn't Hayato Kobayashi laugh me to death?
"Permanently negated? But even if that's the case, Buster Blader's ATK is still higher than Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon's." Hiroya Misawa said stubbornly, but saw Kaiba reveal a mockery cold laugh.
"Hmph, I never said I was going to make Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon battle Buster Blader. She has already done her effort. The rest will naturally be completed by my other Blue-Eyes." Saying this, Kaiba took out Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon's Card from the Duel Disk. "Blue-Eyes Spirit's Effect Activates. Once per Turn, I Activate it by Targeting one Face-up Monster on my Field. Return it to the owner's Hand."
"And after that, Apply the Effect based on the original Card of the Monster that returned to the Hand. When the Card Name is not Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the Effect is: I Special Summon one Blue-Eyes from my Hand."
Blue-Eyes Solid Dragon completed its task and withdrew. Its form gradually became transparent and disappeared from Kaiba's Field, returning to his Hand. In its place, that familiar white spirit dragon soared once again before Kaiba.
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
The Monster that has almost become synonymous with 3000 ATK Points - Blue-Eyes White Dragon - sure enough, manifested on Kaiba's Field. And even if he couldn't Enter Battle Phase, Kaiba still chose to Special Summon it in Attack Position. Blue-Eyes White Dragon bared its fangs at Buster Blader, whose Effect was Negated and ATK was still 2600 Points, seemingly plotting where to attack later.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon [3000 ATK]
Pitiably, because it was only the third Turn, no matter what Kaiba thought, he temporarily couldn't Enter Battle Phase. After Summoning Blue-Eyes White Dragon, he took out two Cards from his Hand and inserted them into the Spell & Trap Zone, saying: "Just wait a little longer, Blue-Eyes. It'll be ready soon. I Set two Cards. Turn End."
[Kaiba Seto: 4000 LP, Hand 2]
[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] [3000 ATK]
[Blue-Eyes Spirit] [Set Cards] X2
(End of Chapter)
