Chapter 281: Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! (Two-in-one)

It was a pure white world.

A person with a hairstyle that looked very much like a crab was sitting on a wooden bench, looking at the desert-like scene in front of him.

The end of the world—

I don't want it, I absolutely don't want this kind of world to come...

"Yusei, Kiryu!?"

The crab-head slowly opened his eyes. In the sky, a blond man looked at the person on the ground and shouted in surprise.

Jack Atlas was standing at the cabin door of a helicopter at this time, looking down. In the plane, besides him, there were three other people: a police pilot from the Security Bureau, his colleague Mina Simington, and the reporter Carly Carmine who had followed to record the explosion incident here.

At this time, Jack saw Yusei, whose figure he had been unable to find on the ground, and furthermore, he also saw a familiar person laughing crazily—Kiryu Kyosuke.

"Ah, hahahaha, what kind of day is it today." Kiryu glanced at Jack in the sky, swept a glance at Crow who had parked his car on the ruins, and finally looked at Yusei, laughing wildly, "Everyone from the Satisfaction Team is all here!"

His smile was too terrifying and instantly frightened Carly, who hurriedly asked Jack what had happened. Jack frowned but did not explain directly.

Tenjou Hikari drove to Crow's side, parked his car on the ruins with him, and then glanced at the opposite side. Over there, Shinji was not acting with the rioting resistance army and was also waiting for the duel to begin.

Yusei and Kiryu parked their cars at the same time, and eerie purple flames burned from this location as a starting point, forming a huge wall of fire.

Jack, standing in the helicopter, widened his eyes. He could see a blue giant appearing on the ground in the form of a geoglyph!

"Dark Signer..." His expression was not very good.

On the field, Yusei appeared very calm.

From beginning to end, he did not take off his helmet, and from arriving at the scene until now, he had not gotten off the car. Clearly, he had long been prepared for the duel.

Only before this duel that dragged him into the "Only God" war, he still had some things to say: "Hikari—"

Tenjou Hikari was a bit surprised to hear his name.

This is your old friends' reunion duel, why are you suddenly calling me again?

He thought it had nothing to do with him, so he was preparing to take the time to calculate the alchemy formula.

"What's wrong, Yusei?"

"...After the duel, I hope you can do me a favor." Yusei looked at Tenjou Hikari, lifting his left hand, hinting at Tenjou Hikari's Dark Mark, "It's about that Dark Mark of yours."

"Ha—that would be great." Tenjou Hikari agreed.

This saves a lot of trouble.

"You're actually thinking about things after this? Yusei, but you don't need to think so much, because you will die here immediately! Hahahahaha!!" Kiryu laughed wildly, and then pressed the button on his D-Wheel.

Yusei also pressed the button together.

"Duel mode, activated!"

"3."

"2."

"...1!"

"Riding Duel! Acceleration!"

Boom!!

Two D-Wheels started almost at the same time. The two D-Wheels on the huge geoglyph seemed completely identical, as if carved from the same mold.

Kiryu had a sneer on his face. He noticed that Yusei was actually riding side-by-side with him, without any sign of falling behind. He was slightly surprised, but didn't care too much. After laughing wildly twice, he said casually: "Hahahaha, since you want to go first so much, then I'll let you!"

He slowed down, and in the next second, at the moment of turning, Yusei got the first move.

Fudo Yusei, LP: 4000.

Kiryu Kyosuke, LP: 4000.

"My turn, draw."

Yusei drew a card from his deck and then placed it directly into the Duel Disk: "Normal Spell card, Tuning."

"Add 1 'Synchron' Tuner monster from your deck to your hand. After that, send the top card of your deck to the Graveyard."

"I add Junk Synchron to my hand."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the Graveyard, and then his eyes widened slightly.

"If you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. Come, Junk Forward!"

A warrior with armor made of scrap metal appeared from the summoning halo, running.

Junk Forward, Level 3, Earth, Warrior-type, ATK 900.

"Normal Summon, Tuner monster, Junk Synchron."

A yellow-armored warrior wearing glasses, looking like a researcher, opened his arms and appeared on the field.

Junk Synchron, Level 3, Dark, Warrior-type, ATK 1300.

"When Junk Synchron is summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 2 or lower monster from your Graveyard in Defense Position. The effect of the monster Special Summoned by this effect is negated."

"I Special Summon Speed Warrior from the Graveyard."

Speed Warrior, Level 2, Wind, Warrior-type, ATK 300.

"Hmph..." Looking at Yusei's field, Kiryu had already sneered.

"Tuning Level 3 Junk Synchron with Level 3 Junk Forward and Speed Warrior!"

Junk Synchron pulled the valve on his body, then his body began to virtualize, and finally turned into stars, floating beside the two monsters, turning into a green halo.

"Gathering wishes will become a new shining star, become a shining path of light!

Synchro Summon!

Fly, Stardust Dragon!"

Wind.

Strong wind blew up on the ground.

A giant dragon shining with starlight flew out from the wind, then jumped into the air, scattering faint, beautiful stardust in the air.

Stardust Dragon, Level 8, Wind, Dragon-type, ATK 2500.

"Ha—is that the dragon you have as a Signer?" Kiryu laughed loudly when he saw this monster, "Not bad, hahahaha, really not bad, only then can I be satisfied! Hahahaha—"

"Kiryu!" Yusei was beside Kiryu, not looking at the front of the car, but turning to look at Kiryu, one eye revealing a blue light under the helmet visor, "We are still very grateful to you even now!"

Kiryu's smile disappeared, and he looked at Yusei with a gloomy face.

"Huh?"

Along with Yusei's words, Jack finally slowly told their story.

He, Yusei, and Crow were children who grew up together in the Lower City. One day when the three of them were doing nothing, Kiryu suddenly appeared beside them and invited them to join his team.

At that time, the rulers of the Lower City were "Duel Gangs." Even in a place like the Lower City, there were people who wanted to oppress their compatriots to get a better life. Kiryu invited them to join his team and then paint all the areas of the "Lower City" black together.

And just like the final result, under Kiryu's leadership, their Satisfaction Team defeated all the Duel Gangs, became the strongest Duel Gang in the Lower City, and made the once-prosperous "gangs" of the Lower City disappear completely.

But...

Kiryu didn't do this to save others.

The reason he did this was only one: he craved "satisfaction."

The satisfaction of dueling!

Then, one day, he even set his target on the security police...

That day, the rain was heavy.

Yusei saw a corpse of a security policeman at Kiryu's feet.

"At that time, I wanted to go to prison for you, but that policeman saw it at a glance—that's why he patted my shoulder..."

Kiryu listened to Yusei tell this story, and the hatred on his face did not dissipate at all: "Are you trying to lie to me now? You traitor!!"

Yusei's heart was twisted with pain. He gritted his teeth and set a card on the field: "...Kiryu, I didn't lie to you, you are the person the three of us respect the most!"

This sentence was said very sincerely, so the madness on Kiryu's face finally dissipated a little bit.

However, resentment, anger, and pain still existed in his heart, so he just fell silent.

"Set this card, end turn..."

"Yusei, do you know, when I was chosen by the Earthbound Immortal and resurrected as a Dark Signer, what was it that really made me feel painful?"

"What?"

"It's that this world is still so stubborn, so boring, so suffocating! You three losers, what on earth have you done since I died, just wasting time!?" Kiryu roared angrily, his voice seeming hoarse because of it.

"Draw!"

He drew a card, glanced at it, and placed it in the Spell & Trap Zone.

"Set one... two, three cards."

"What?"

Setting cards right from the start, could it be a hand accident?

"Activate Normal Spell card, Allure of Darkness, draw two cards, then banish 1 Dark monster from your hand. If you don't have any Dark monsters in your hand, send your entire hand to the Graveyard."

"Oh, so it was to prevent discarding the hand." Shinji looked at the duel broadcast on the D-Wheel and realized.

Kiryu drew two cards and glanced at them: "Banish Infernity Guardian from my hand."

"Discard Infernity Beast from my hand, activate Equip Spell card, Dimension Explosion. Special Summon the banished Infernity Guardian!"

A skull appeared beside him, and immediately after, red Infernity fire burned beside Kiryu.

Infernity Guardian, Level 4, Dark, Fiend-type, ATK 1200.

"Infernity? What kind of monster is that?" Crow frowned.

"Infernity... not Kiryu's previous deck." Jack also realized Kiryu's change.

Infernity, huh...

Tenjou Hikari had a very deep impression of this deck. Not only the legendary deck with the huge name of Infernity Trishula, but the story of Infernity players setting monsters in the back row and then surrendering directly to Harpie's Feather Duster also left a deep impression in Tenjou Hikari's heart.

"Heh, Normal Summon, Tuner monster, Infernity Sage."

A demon fanning a fan and burning with flames appeared beside Kiryu.

Infernity Sage, Level 2, Dark, Fiend-type, ATK 400.

"Tuner... is he going to Synchro?"

"Tuning Level 2 Infernity Sage with Level 4 Infernity Guardian!"

Infernity Sage flew into the air, then slowly decomposed, turning into two huge black stars. The two stars condensed onto Infernity Guardian, burning it into black flames.

"When the dead and the living intersect in nothingness, become the evil ghost in hell!

Synchro Summon!"

"Level 6, Infernity Doom Archfiend!"

A demon with huge golden bracelets on both hands and wings like clock hands on its back spun its body and descended onto the field.

Infernity Doom Archfiend, Level 6, Dark, Fiend-type, ATK 2200.

"ATK is only 2200?"

"That's good, with this kind of ATK, it's no match for Stardust Dragon."

Jack and Crow breathed a sigh of relief.

"Infernity Sage's effect, activate when this card is sent to the Graveyard. Send 1 Infernity monster from your deck to the Graveyard. This effect can only be activated when you have no cards in your hand. I send Infernity Dwarf to the Graveyard."

"Hahahaha, because the ATK is low, you let your guard down? Naive, too naive, Crow, Jack!" Kiryu laughed wildly, "Infernity Doom Archfiend's effect, once per turn, target 1 face-up card you control. Negate that card's effect until the end of the turn."

He raised his right hand and pointed at Stardust Dragon.

Negate?

"If you have 0 cards in your hand, you can also destroy that card."

"Eh?" Jack and Crow exclaimed at the same time.

"Huh? It doesn't matter, right? Yusei's Stardust Dragon can release itself to negate and destroy the effect that destroys cards, right?" Carly Carmine counted on her fingers and asked suspiciously, "Since that's the case, then it doesn't matter, right?"

"No, Stardust Dragon has no way to deal with this effect." Jack frowned slightly, "Stardust Dragon's effect is to activate when a Spell, Trap, or monster effect that destroys cards on the field is activated. Release Stardust Dragon itself to negate and destroy that effect.

But—Infernity Doom Archfiend's effect is [Negate the opponent's monster effect]. If your hand is 0, then destroy the monster.

That is to say, Stardust Dragon cannot respond to this effect to counter!"

"Eh eh eh??? Isn't that completely targeting Stardust Dragon's effect!?" Carly shouted in disbelief.

"Yeah..." Jack frowned tightly and looked at the scene worriedly.

Crimson flames burned on Infernity Doom Archfiend, and then it flew toward Stardust Dragon. The flames burned and discolored Stardust Dragon, which was riding in the air, causing it to lose its power, and the second group of flames followed closely, wrapping Stardust Dragon and blowing it into pieces with a boom.

"Hahahahaha, ah hahahaha!!!" Kiryu laughed crazily.

"Yusei, why is your dragon so vulnerable? If that's the case, how can you make me satisfied!!" He laughed wildly, "Battle, Yusei, Infernity Doom Archfiend attacks directly!"

Flames rose on the ground, and hellfire like magma flowed crazily. The ground was blown into countless large pits. Seeing that he was about to be hit directly, Yusei flipped over a set card: "Open set card!

Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!"

A scarecrow made of scrap iron, wire, and a mask appeared directly in front of Yusei.

"When the opponent's monster declares an attack, target that monster. Negate that attack. After activation, this card is not sent to the Graveyard, but set directly."

The scarecrow blocked the attack and then slowly set itself back.

"Heh ha, as an opening, it's not bad, right." Kiryu didn't care at all and ended his turn just like that.

"End turn."