Chapter 444: Math, Formulas, Dueling

The stage for the quarterfinals was far above the audience. Standing on the stage, Daichi Misawa could feel a kind of excitement, a kind of hot-bloodedness.

He looked at Manjoume, who was also stepping onto the stage, and a friendly smile appeared on his face: "It's been a long time since we had a proper duel, Lightning."

"Indeed, it seems we only sparred during the first semester." Manjoume also recalled and nodded.

That's right, the number of times the two of them had dueled was indeed not many.

Of course, this refers to proper duels; inside the Fusion Sect, they had dueled many times on the Fusion Sect's tables using various decks.

Bang bang bang—

Fireworks burst, and the solid-vision images of the two appeared in front of the audience.

"Duel!" the two shouted at the same time.

Duel Academy Main School, Daichi Misawa, LP: 4000.

Duel Academy Main School, Jun Manjoume, LP: 4000.

Boom!

Flames rose from behind the two.

Neither of them had their representative cards rise.

Although some people at Kaiba Corporation felt they could give Manjoume a Light and Darkness Dragon, Manjoume refused.

On the other side, Daichi Misawa used several decks in this final tournament, with all kinds of attributes, and even used Amazoness cards, so Kaiba Corporation couldn't find any representative card for him.

"I'll start first, draw—" Daichi Misawa drew a card.

"Activate the Spell Card, Pot of Greed, draw two cards."

Daichi Misawa drew two cards and glanced at them: "Then, I activate the Spell Card, Graceful Charity. This card allows me to draw three cards, and then discard two cards from my hand."

"Draw—"

He drew two more cards from his deck, and then his eyes lit up.

Beautiful!

【Dragon's Mirror】.

The first card of the key chain was already in hand!

He examined his hand a few more times, looking at the Continuous Trap and a monster, calculated for a long while in his heart, and revealed a smile: "Discard the Evolution-Synthesis-Monster Oxygeddon and Chemicritter Oxy Ox from my hand to the Graveyard."

"Oh—is it Chemicritters?" Manjoume couldn't help but speak up when he saw this series of cards, "You didn't use Chemicritters much in the previous matches; are you finally using them this time?"

"That's right, dueling you is not the time for testing." Daichi Misawa looked at his hand, "Activate the Spell Card, Monster Reborn, to revive Evolution-Synthesis-Monster Oxygeddon from the Graveyard. Then, perform a second summon on it."

A giant with a strange appearance, looking like a combined monster, appeared beside him. On its body, there were still chemical formulas for oxygen.

Evolution-Synthesis-Monster Oxygeddon, Level 8, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, ATK: 2800.

"Oxygeddon—" Manjoume's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Some familiar friends couldn't help but smile.

Seeing this monster, they all couldn't help but think of the jokes Hikari Tenjou often made with Daichi Misawa.

However, on such a formal occasion, Manjoume couldn't possibly mention it, just nodded after a light chuckle: "Summoning a monster with 2800 ATK on the first turn, is this your tactic?"

"Tactic? No—" Daichi Misawa shook his head, "This is just 【Preparation】."

Preparation?

Manjoume raised an eyebrow.

"I thought a lot when I went to the Amazon camp with Hikari before."

"Ah—I heard about that, you and a spirit—"

"Cough cough cough, there's no need to mention that here!" Daichi Misawa hurriedly interrupted Manjoume's tactless remark. He coughed twice and said, "However, what you mentioned isn't without reason.

After that, I kept thinking that the Fusion Sect's attack on the X-Dimension caused the communication between our two dimensions to be obstructed. This kind of thing will definitely happen again in the future.

After all, people cannot understand each other. Between different dimensions, there will definitely be mutual precautions, and furthermore, between spirits and humans, there might be misunderstandings, conflicts, and even 【hatred】 arising from common sense or suspicion.

So, I am prepared to take this direction as my path to walk toward all dimensions in the future."

Manjoume looked at him in surprise.

"That's not an easy thing to do, Misawa. What are you going to do?" Manjoume looked at Daichi Misawa and asked the inner voice of countless people and spirits, "There are language differences between countries, and even the summoning methods are different between different dimensions. How are you going to do that kind of thing alone?"

"It's very simple. No matter what dimension, no matter if it's spirits or humans, there is one thing that will absolutely never change!" Daichi Misawa responded confidently.

"Is... what?" Manjoume asked suspiciously.

"Math!"

!!

It wasn't just Manjoume who was startled; some young audience members watching the match were also clearly taken aback when they heard these two words.

"No matter which world, no matter which dimension, no matter if it's spirits or humans, all dimensions, as long as they are duelists, must learn something—Math!" Daichi Misawa reached forward and said to Manjoume, "So, as long as there are 【Formulas】 and 【Numbers】, there will definitely be a way to make everyone peaceful and allow everyone to contact each other.

I want to become that mathematical dimensional diplomat."

"... Hahahaha, amazing, Misawa!" Manjoume suddenly looked up and laughed, "Then give it your all, because I am the one who transcends the past, present, and future to become the strongest duelist! If you can't show your full strength here, it will be hard for you to be trusted!"

"Ha, of course I understand—Cover two cards, end turn!"

"My turn, draw—At this moment, activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, Armed Dragon Lightning, to Special Summon 1 【Armed Dragon】 monster from the deck in Defense Position.

Special Summon, Armed Dragon LV3!"

"Then—Preparation Phase, activate Armed Dragon LV3's effect. This card sends itself to the Graveyard during the Preparation Phase to activate. Special Summon 1 【Armed Dragon LV5】 from the hand or deck!

Evolve, my dragon!"

The small armored dragon slowly grew larger, then turned into a robust young armored dragon.

Armed Dragon LV5, Level 5, Wind Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK: 2400.

"Using a Quick-Play Spell Card to Special Summon the weakest LV3 during the Draw Phase, and then directly evolving it into LV5—"

"Wow, LV monster!"

"Didn't expect to see legendary-level monsters."

LV monsters might not be strong, but they are extremely rare. Every LV series monster is very rare. Seeing Manjoume use such cards right from the start, the audience naturally felt excited.

"Do you want to use LV5's effect to directly destroy my Oxygeddon? But it's not that easy—before Armed Dragon evolves to LV10, it must discard a monster with higher ATK than the opponent's monster to destroy the opponent's monster.

2800 points, Lightning, even for you, it's not that easy, right?"

"However, it's a pity—"

"Tsk, you happen to have it?"

"That's right—Misawa, activate Armed Dragon LV5's effect, discard Armed Dragon Thunder LV7 from my hand. Its ATK is exactly 2800!"

Discarded the LV7 Armed Dragon directly!?

Violent electric light seemed to light up on Armed Dragon LV5's hand. It leaped up and rushed toward Oxygeddon. The electric punch landed, instantly shattering Oxygeddon.

Daichi Misawa blocked the storm caused by the explosion with his hand, but he himself wasn't the least bit impatient.

"Armed Dragon Thunder LV7's monster effect can only be activated if this card is sent to the Graveyard for a Dragon-Type monster's effect activation. Add 1 【Armed Dragon】 from the deck to the hand!"

"I add Pile Armed Dragon to my hand, and then immediately activate its effect—discard a Wind Attribute monster or a Dragon-Type monster other than this card of Level 7 or higher from my hand, and it can be Special Summoned. I send Armed Dragon Thunder LV3 to the Graveyard. Special Summon!"

A huge Level 7 Armed Dragon jumped next to LV5 with a bang, then grabbed a huge pile driver and roared at the sky.

Pile Armed Dragon, Level 7, Wind Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK: 2800.

"Then, Armed Dragon Thunder LV3, like LV7, has an effect triggered when sent to the Graveyard by a Dragon-Type monster—draw a card."

Manjoume instantly drew a card and looked down at it.

"It's not over yet, activate Pile Armed Dragon's effect, send Armed Dragon Thunder LV5 from the deck to the Graveyard to increase its own ATK—then, Armed Dragon LV5's effect, add a Level 5 or higher Dragon-Type Wind Attribute monster from the deck to the hand—I add, Armed Dragon LV10!"

Pile Armed Dragon, ATK: 2800 -> 4300.

"Wow..."

"Monsters with 2400 and 2800 ATK were Special Summoned without any cost."

"And, it even destroyed the opponent's monster!"

"And increased ATK!!"

Just like Daichi Misawa said.

Math is the most "direct" thing.

Manjoume didn't waste a single card. Not only did he Special Summon a monster capable of directly killing 4000 LP, but he even directly destroyed Daichi Misawa's monster. Anyone who had seen a few duels would know how exaggerated Manjoume's actions were in this world.

"Hiss... this kid Manjoume, how did he get so powerful." Chifubuki didn't quite understand what exactly caused him to suddenly become like this, as if he had opened up his Ren and Du meridians.

"Lightning—haha, that guy..." Jūdai watched the duel with a pure smile on his face.

"Battle! Misawa! If you can't even block this—"

"Trap Card, Waboku!" Daichi Misawa was unhurried, saying with a hint of apology, "Sorry, Lightning, peace, peace. Being so violent right from the start will scare away people who could become friends."

"... Heh." Manjoume chuckled and shook his head.

It made sense.

"Cover two cards, end turn."

Pile Armed Dragon, ATK: 4300 -> 2800.

Then, he crossed his arms and waited calmly to see what Daichi Misawa would do.

"My turn, draw—"

Daichi Misawa drew a card, took a look, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

It's here—

The key 【second】 card!

He revealed a confident smile, and beside him, Tania's phantom also nodded gently at him.

"Here I go, Lightning—"

"Come on, Misawa!"

"Activate Spell Card! Dragon's Mirror!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 445 =====