Chapter 44

A multi-headed mechanical dragon whose body was almost entirely made of tires appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field after the smoke cleared. In its place, both the Ancient Gear Double Hunting Hound and the Cyber Dragon disappeared.

"This..."

"My Double Hunting Hound!?"

"What happened!?"

"Heh heh heh," Tenjou Hikari held up the monster card on the field, "The Fusion materials for Chimeratech Fortress Dragon are Cyber Dragon and one or more Machine-Type monsters. It is a Fusion monster that can be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck by sending the Fusion materials described on the field to the Graveyard.

This process does not require [Fusion], nor does it require the opponent's consent.

And its ATK is Fusion materials x 1000 points."

Chimeratech Fortress Dragon, Level 8, Dark Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK 2000.

"Bastard..." Kamibayashi Kaname clenched his fists, his whole body trembling non-stop.

When Tenjou Hikari pointed at him and scolded him for being neither Fusion nor a club, he didn't feel as uncomfortable as he did now.

Double Hunting Hound couldn't be counted as a soul card. For him, it could only be said to be a tool, but watching his own monster, which was so big, be fused without even saying a word, his fists were truly hard.

"Ryo, that Cyber Dragon...?" Asuka asked curiously.

Marufuji Ryo nodded: "Tenjou exchanged a Cyber Dragon with me for Cyber Revolution before."

He had many, many Cyber Dragons—Proto, II, III, IV, all kinds. Even the original Cyber Dragon, he had several extras, preparing to give them to his brother later, so he could indeed take them out to exchange with Tenjou Hikari.

Exchanging Cyber Dragon for Cyber Revolution, no matter from which angle, it was worth it.

"As for Chimeratech Fortress Dragon... it's different from mine." Kaiser responded with a smile, "I'm afraid it's a different card from another world he obtained somewhere in another dimension."

Not to mention this—this world originally had various "cards that are the same card but have different effects," such as Kaiser's Future Fusion, which was completely different from Tenjou Hikari's Future Fusion. He was also curious why Tenjou Hikari's Future Fusion was so weak. Now with the existence of "another world," the appearance of different cards was too normal, so a group of people accepted this matter immediately after hearing it.

"Then, Chimeratech Fortress Dragon, direct attack!"

"Tch—Trap Card, Mirror Force! Activate!"

Oh my god, Hanewata Force!

"Sigh, so close, so close, Tenjou could have inflicted huge damage!"

"Eh, it's actually Mirror Force. If it weren't for this..."

"In this way, isn't Tenjou's field empty!"

Tenjou Hikari supported his forehead with his left hand, looked at the dissipating Cyber Dragon, sighed, and shrugged.

"Watch carefully, Sho." Just at this moment, Kaiser suddenly spoke.

"Eh?"

"Watch Tenjou's next operation."

Sho was startled again and hurriedly concentrated to watch carefully.

"Then, Main Phase 2." Tenjou Hikari pressed the field button, letting the Duel Disk automatically pop up the field zone, "Field Spell, Fusion Recycling Plant!"

Ding-dang—clatter, clatter.

A bunch of strange machines rose from the field, replacing the surrounding forest, allowing everyone around to observe the new environment. A huge factory appeared behind Tenjou Hikari, constantly scanning the surroundings.

"What is this?"

"A Field Spell for... Fusion?"

"The effect of Fusion Recycling Plant. Once per turn, discard one card from your hand to activate this. Select one [Fusion] from your Graveyard and add it to your hand."

"Eh?" Sho Marufuji tilted his head. Then why not use Fusion Sage?

Kamibayashi Kaname also frowned in confusion.

"I discard Substitute Fusion from my hand. Add the second Substitute Fusion from my deck to my hand."

???

Except for duelists like Marufuji Ryo, Judai, and Manjoume who understood the situation at a glance, almost everyone was confused by Tenjou Hikari's operation.

Discard one Fusion, then take another Fusion?

What's the meaning of this?

But soon, Misawa Daichi, who had an excellent memory and was very willing to explain to students who didn't understand, sighed and said: "So that's it... the effect of Substitute Fusion. Banish it from the Graveyard, return a Fusion monster to the Extra Deck, and draw a card."

"Fusion monster..." Kamibayashi Kaname muttered to himself, and then his face changed drastically.

"That's right, that's it!" Tenjou Hikari snapped his fingers, "You should understand now, right? I return Chimeratech Fortress Dragon to the Extra Deck, banish Substitute Fusion, and draw a card."

Kamibayashi Kaname's face didn't look good.

What's more terrifying than knowing the opponent has an Extra Deck monster that can eat all your Machine-Type monsters?

The answer is the opponent recycling the monster right in front of you, and clearly indicating that they will eat your monsters again next turn.

"Bastard!!"

"Bastard?" Hearing such words, Tenjou Hikari's face turned even darker, "Who exactly is the bastard!?"

"Senior, I respect you and call you senior. If I don't respect you, you are the bastard!"

"The Fusion Department is full of bullying, students between academies hate each other. Clearly a club specifically for researching Fusion, but they act like military training all day. You guys, how dare you call yourselves the Fusion Department!?"

"Today, since I have this opportunity, I must let you see my determination!"

"Fusion should be combination, unity, contact, collaboration, cooperation..."

"Not like you guys!"

"Set three cards, end turn!"

A full three cards!

Set face-down! Today's Tenjou Hikari's main theme is torturing the opponent!

Kamibayashi Kaname felt his hands shaking a bit.

Three face-down cards, what could they be?

At the same time, some first-year students who were more inclined toward Tenjou Hikari couldn't help but echo, and some students couldn't help but complain, talking about how uncomfortable they were in the Fusion Department these days.

In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the academy. Even if it's not the Fusion Department, there is a serious tendency for bullying between colors.

After all, this branch system is not the Hogwarts branch system, where they are on equal footing. What's more, even in that kind of branch system, bullying will still be born.

But the Fusion Department amplifies this idea, then it really deserves to die.

Kamibayashi Kaname reluctantly drew a card.

He, who had always been strict with himself, looked like he was already sweating profusely, couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead regardless of his image.

Although he had long known that Tenjou Hikari was a real, genuine Fusion extremist duelist, he had never dueled Tenjou Hikari personally before. Now that he was dueling, he understood more and more why the Professor didn't like him.

Tenjou Hikari's purity made him feel his own insignificance...

What's going on? Clearly, he is a third-year student! He should be much stronger than Tenjou Hikari!

He wiped the cold sweat again.

"Don't think it's over like this!"

Indeed, next turn, he can use Cyber Dragon to solve his own Machine-Type monster.

But, as long as he can win this turn, it doesn't matter!

Ancient Gear monsters cannot use face-down cards when attacking!

Sorry, I went to test the deck for a while. I originally thought about recycling Cyber Dragon with the field, then I realized Chimeratech Fortress is a Special Summon and cannot be recycled with the field. I modified it temporarily.

Seeking monthly tickets, seeking recommendations~

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(End of chapter)