Chapter 45

"I activate the Continuous Spell card, Ancient Gear Castle!"

Rumble, rumble, the classical medieval castle slowly rose behind Kamibayashi Kaname. Cronos saw this familiar card and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"As long as this card is on the field, each time I Normal Summon, I place a counter on it. And as long as it's on the field, the attack power of Ancient Gear monsters on the field increases by 300 points."

"I summon Ancient Gear Hunting Hound in attack position!"

Ancient Gear Hunting Hound ATK: 1000 -> 1300

Kamibayashi Kaname Normal Summoned the Hunting Hound from his hand, then let it bite Tenjou Hikari again.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 3400 -> 2800.

2800.

Kamibayashi Kaname looked at his hand, his brows tightly locked.

Hunting Hound's attack power is 1300; to decide the winner this turn, he needs at least 1500 more attack power.

Next...

He glanced at his hand.

In his hand, there were two more monsters and one "Double Summon." The two monsters were Ancient Gear Soldier and Ancient Gear Wyvern. The former can Special Summon an [Ancient Gear] monster from the hand ignoring conditions when summoned or Special Summoned; the latter can add an Ancient Gear card from the deck to the hand when summoned or Special Summoned.

However...

He looked at Tenjou Hikari's three set cards.

When he Normal Summoned the Hunting Hound just now, Tenjou Hikari didn't make any move, didn't even check the cards, so his set cards should still be that one, right?

Flame Sword Dance?

That trap card that covers the opponent's monster when Special Summoned and Special Summons Flame Swordsman or Dark Flame Knight!

"Hehe, I activate the magic card, Double Summon. This turn, I can perform one more Normal Summon." Kamibayashi Kaname laughed loudly, then showed the card in his hand, "I Normal Summon, Ancient Gear Wyvern, and activate its effect, adding Ancient Gear Tank from the deck to my hand!

The turn I activate this effect, I cannot set cards."

A mechanical wyvern covered in gears landed in front of him.

Ancient Gear Wyvern, Level 4, Earth, Machine-Type, ATK 1700 -> 2000.

Good, plus the 600 points from the Equip Spell Ancient Gear Tank, this turn I can definitely...

"Stupid." Just as he was calculating and stealing joy, Manjoume, who was standing among the audience, hummed lightly, and even shook his head subconsciously.

"Eh, Manjoume, what do you mean?!" Sho couldn't help but ask.

"That senior named Kamibayashi has been tricked." Misawa Daichi on the side also couldn't help but shake his head.

!??

Kamibayashi Kaname stopped his movements instinctively after hearing their discussion.

"Sho, you should remember, right?" Misawa liked to teach, seeing Sho still didn't understand, couldn't help but start explaining, "What is Tenjou's most commonly used trap card?"

"Of course it's... Flame Sword Dance, which can not only directly Fusion Summon monsters but also set a card, and even if it's destroyed, he can Special Summon Flame Swordsman with a set monster on his field. It's Tenjou-san's soul card, right?"

"Yes, that's a trap card that combines fusion and interference. It symbolizes Tenjou Hikari's thoughts on fusion traps, I guess." Manjoume crossed his arms and nodded lightly, "Clearly, that Kamibayashi Kaname also thought of this, so... he summoned this monster. And didn't choose to Special Summon."

"He's been tricked. I'm afraid Hikari didn't set that card."

What!?

Kamibayashi's eyes widened.

"Hikari put Cyber Dragon and Chimeratech Fortress Dragon into his deck, and even returned Chimeratech Fortress Dragon to the Extra Deck last turn, which means, next turn, what Hikari wants to do is continue to fuse the Machine-Type monsters on his field.

The set monsters on the opponent's field can't be used as fusion materials." Kaiser added again.

"Then—" Sho looked at Tenjou Hikari's set card.

Could it be!?

"...Regardless, anyway, I activate the magic card Ancient Gear Tank, equipping it to Ancient Gear Wyvern. This way, its attack power rises to 2600!"

"Then, enter the Battle Phase!"

He gritted his teeth; as long as he attacks, he wins—

"I've been waiting for this moment! I open the set card!" Tenjou Hikari curled his lips, not preparing to hide anything, and directly opened the set card, "Gladiator Beast's Unity!"

"Gladiator Beast!?" Kamibayashi Kaname's face changed drastically.

The academy representatives behind him also changed color suddenly.

They know [Gladiator Beast]!

"What's going on, this set card is—"

"This card can only be activated once per turn. The turn I activate this card, I cannot declare an attack unless it's a [Gladiator Beast] monster. Of course, since it's activated during your turn, it doesn't really matter.

Can be activated during your/my Battle Phase. Return the fusion materials decided by the [Gladiator Beast] fusion monster from your hand/field/graveyard to the owner's deck, and Special Summon that 1 fusion monster from the Extra Deck ignoring conditions!"

"Co, could it be—" He looked at Tenjou Hikari's hand, unable to help but be terrified instinctively.

"That's right!" Tenjou Hikari waved his hand, "I return Gladiator Beast Retiari and Gladiator Beast Bestiari from my hand to the deck! Special Summon, Gladiator Beast Gyzarus!"

The fighter, full of armor, feathers in his head, brave and good at fighting, slowly appeared!

Gladiator Beast Gyzarus, Level 6, Dark, Winged Beast-Type, ATK 2400.

"Ba... bad..." Kamibayashi Kaname was undoubtedly aware of this card and clearly knew what had happened, "You only have two cards in your hand, which means..."

"Hehe... you finally understand. Activate Gyzarus's effect. When this card is Special Summoned, I can destroy up to two cards on the field. I destroy your Ancient Gear Castle and this set card on my field—"

Boom!

The classical castle slowly collapsed. At the same time, a card Tenjou Hikari had set on his field also shattered; it flipped open, and it was actually a "Substitute Fusion"!

"A big trick." Manjoume shook his head.

Clearly had Ancient Gear Wyvern, but it ended up like this.

"Alright, senior, your Ancient Gear Castle is destroyed, the attack power of the monsters on your field will return to their previous values." Tenjou Hikari waved his hand, "The 2300-attack Wyvern is no match for Gyzarus.

Not only that, you can't set cards this turn... although there are no cards anyway."

He revealed a strange smile and gently folded his hands.

Letting that old man organize this dimensional exchange meeting was indeed correct. He had obtained even more useful information.

Now that he had seen the level of the X Dimension students, he was winning even more!

Chronos, you definitely wouldn't have guessed that I proposed this, right!?

Next, only the final step remained.

Get rid of Chronos, Tenjou Hikari, and Marufuji Ryo, those three master and disciples!

At least make sure they don't come back so soon!

After the live broadcast ended, he returned to his office and contacted his subordinate, a scientist who looked very strange.

"It's time, let that guy take action."

"Yes!" The scientist gave a military salute, then let out a sinister laugh. Beside him, there was a huge, sealed "can," and inside was an evil creature covered in black energy, looking terrifying and twisted.

The scientist frantically pressed various buttons and pulled everything he could, releasing the monster.

Akaba Leo couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Duel Academy might be your territory, but in the other dimension, it's my world!

On the other side...