Chapter 478: Wanting to understand (6k for monthly tickets)

"Battle, use Lightning Golem to attack Goyo Defender. Oh, attack your second Goyo Defender—the one that wasn't properly summoned!"

"Tch, activate Goyo Defender's effect, activate when this card is selected as an attack target. This card's ATK increases by 1000 points for every other Earth Attribute Warrior-Type Synchro Monster on the field until the end of that damage step!"

Goyo Defender, ATK: 1000 -> 2000.

"Activate Trap Card, Half Counter.

Target 1 monster on your field to activate. This turn, the selected monster cannot be destroyed by battle, and the battle damage caused by that monster's battle becomes half."

Countless bubbles appeared on the monster, blocking the electric shock for it. The electric shock penetrated the bubbles and bounced onto Ushio, causing him some damage, but it didn't lower his speed.

Tetsu Ushio, LP: 4000 -> 3800.

"End turn just like that."

"Then I'll open my set card, Continuous Trap Card, Enhanced Rebirth."

A card automatically flipped open.

"Target 1 Level 4 or lower monster in your Graveyard to activate. Special Summon that monster.

I choose Rose, Warrior of Revenge in the Graveyard."

The red-haired female warrior spun her body, jumped onto the field, and followed the motorcycle forward quickly with a ninja run.

Rose, Warrior of Revenge, Level 4, Fire Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 1600.

"The level of the monster resurrected by Enhanced Rebirth increases by 1, and its ATK and DEF increase by 100!"

Rose, Warrior of Revenge, Level: 4 -> 5, ATK: 1600 -> 1700.

Tenjou Hikari looked at the police car that was still widening the distance and couldn't help but start looking at the map and equipment.

Honestly, this track was actually very short; perhaps because it was a "Pursuit Duel," the track was deliberately shortened.

From the track, he hadn't been pulled too far away; the entire track journey still had at least three-quarters left.

However, if Ushio kept using this defensive tactic to drag it out, then even he would find it somewhat difficult.

After all, he really didn't know how to drive, so he couldn't force a switch to manual driving mode to catch up.

Moreover, it seemed that for safety, the speed limit Wan Zhang Mu prepared in the equipment was also based on stability and safety.

Perhaps in his view, it was unlikely he would lose in a duel; since that was the case, safety was more important. If it were too fast and he couldn't handle the operation, the duel might have problems.

"My turn!!"

Ushio pulled out a card violently. The next second, his vehicle speed increased sharply, exceeding Tenjou Hikari by a lot again.

Now, a normal duelist could only hear each other's voices by relying on the sound inside the Duel Runner.

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow.

Forgot about this—

In 5D's, every turn, Turbo Duels would increase Speed Counters, increasing vehicle speed, but in this dimension, it seemed there were no Speed Counters, but the acceleration characteristic was retained.

If this were the case, Tenjou Hikari's previous calculations would all have to be overturned.

At this speed, if he didn't win quickly next turn, he might be arrested.

"Kid, I've watched that Friendship Cup you dueled in with the duelists here before." Ushio said while drawing a card. "I know you are a person full of courage and conscience.

However, there are differences between dimensions; you can't just directly analogize what you saw in your dimension to our side."

"Ha... self-deception?"

"Shut up!" Ushio looked serious. "Listen to me, if you really want to be safe in this dimension and return to your own dimension, don't say those things from before anymore.

Being arrested by us and then deported quickly, that way you still have a bright future. Otherwise..."

He said while talking.

In this dimension, there existed something called the "Council." Although a civil strife broke out before, now they only listened to Director Goodwin's orders, but this didn't mean the nobles would sit and wait for death.

This duel now, those nobles and high-class people were all watching.

He didn't want Tenjou Hikari to be caught, attacked, or even conspiratorially executed by those people because of this duel and his careless nonsense: "Those duels you saw before can at best be called ordinary duelists of our dimension. The strongest, Yusei Fudo, hadn't even risen to fame at that time.

As someone who accidentally ended up here, I advise you..."

"Accidentally? No, you're wrong." Tenjou Hikari said calmly. "I came to this dimension because of my own heart! To pursue a higher realm!"

Ushio's eyes widened.

He was silent for a long time: "Then... I won't be polite."

"Tune the Level 5 Rose, Warrior of Revenge and the Level 3 Goyo Defender!"

Rose, Warrior of Revenge's figure gradually became illusory and transparent. Its body eventually turned into 5 transparent stars. Immediately after, these stars turned into 5 huge green rings, appearing in front of the Duel Runner.

The first Goyo Defender exerted force with a "Hah" and directly rushed into the ring.

Its body began to change, and gradually, a larger shadow loomed over it.

"Start the arrest work now!"

"Come!"

"The King of the Goyo clan!"

"Goyo King!"

A standard Japanese warrior spinning the fork-sword used for arrest in his hand, dancing a strange dance, appeared in front of Tetsu Ushio.

Goyo King, Level 8, Earth Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 2800.

After Goyo King appeared, it directly put a rope on Tenjou Hikari's Duel Runner, making the speed even lower.

Tenjou Hikari curled his lips.

"Hahaha, as expected of Captain Ushio."

"Sure enough, the number one policeman, easily blocking the Otherworlder's progress."

"It seems that in this pursuit duel, Captain Ushio will win in the end."

The Upper City people watching this pursuit duel shook their wine glasses gently, commenting on the duel, as if they were treating a police pursuit as an after-dinner pastime.

"Activate Spell Card, Monster Reborn, resurrect the properly Synchro Summoned Goyo Defender from the Graveyard."

The small warrior stood on the field again, holding a shield, facing Tenjou Hikari.

"Battle!"

With a vroom, Ushio turned sideways, pointing at Tenjou Hikari: "Use Goyo King to attack your Lightning Golem, activate Goyo King's effect, activate when this card declares an attack on an opponent's monster. This card's ATK increases by 400 for every Earth Attribute Warrior-Type Synchro Monster on my field until the end of the turn.

There are a total of three Earth Attribute Warrior-Type Synchro Monsters on my field, so ATK increases by 1200 points!"

Goyo King, ATK: 2800 -> 4000.

"Oh! It even exceeds Jack Atlas's Red Dragon Archfiend!"

"Wonderful, fought really well."

"Good, good, good, just keep up the pursuit like this and take down that Otherworld criminal!"

"Maybe we can even torture out some Otherworld knowledge..."

Some nobles in the Upper City began to fantasize.

Goyo King spun the weapon in his hand, and with the help of two ministers, threw a dart, hitting Lightning Golem.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 4000 -> 2400.

Because he lost over a thousand life points at once, Tenjou Hikari's speed dropped further. The vehicle, which wasn't fast to begin with, moved forward as slowly as a calm bicycle stroll.

"Activate Goyo King's effect! When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, I can activate one of its two effects.

First, Special Summon the destroyed monster to my field; second, target 1 face-up monster on the opponent's field and take control of that monster!"

"Now you have no monsters on your field, so I want to take control of your Lightning Golem!"

"Arrest time—"

"Sorry!"

Suddenly, Tenjou Hikari shouted: "Lightning Golem can only be Special Summoned by 【Dark Fusion】 effect."

"What?" Ushio was shocked. "How can there be such a strict condition? A Fusion Monster can only be Fusion Summoned?"

What era is this, and an Extra Deck monster can only be Special Summoned by proper methods?

If he could put 5 Goyo Defenders in his Extra Deck, he could Special Summon 5 Goyo Defenders in one turn; what restrictions were there!

Moreover, that Lightning Golem wasn't strong either? Not only were the fusion materials fixed, but the ATK itself was only 2400, and the effect was just average.

And this still needs restrictions?

"Heh, every monster has its own characteristics. Although simple, in specific situations, that's where its strength lies.

Just like now, your idea of relying on Lightning Golem to attack me and win directly can't be completed at all."

Although there were severe restrictions, the restrictions also had particularly useful moments—for example, when facing the Goyo series, Lightning Golem was very easy to use.

"Tch, forget it, then I'll reduce your life points and speed.

Goyo Defender attacks you directly!"

"Wait, I don't want to slow down anymore. If this continues, it won't be as good as walking.

When a monster declares an attack, this card can be Special Summoned in Defense Position."

"Special Summon in Defense Position, Vampire Fraulein."

A black parasol appeared beside Tenjou Hikari. Then, the parasol opened violently, several bats flew out from inside, and then, a blonde girl slowly emerged.

Vampire Fraulein, Level 5, Dark Attribute, Zombie-Type, DEF 2000.

The Goyo Defender that was preparing to rush up and hit Tenjou Hikari's vehicle was immediately intercepted.

Ushio looked unhappy.

All strategies were interrupted, seen through, and broken; it was a very painful thing for him.

However, Goyo monsters can basically be used as monsters with around 3000 ATK during the opponent's turn, so the defensive strength is still very high, and it's not so easy to lose.

Not to mention.

Now, he had already finished more than half of the journey. Next turn, as long as Tenjou Hikari's operation was slower, he had a chance to win.

As for catching up to him?

That would be too ridiculous.

This person didn't look like he knew how to drive a Duel Runner, and the Duel Runner was also an old-fashioned police Duel Runner; he still had a good idea.

"End turn."

"My turn, draw card—"

The Duel Disk automatically started reading data. A card appeared before Tenjou Hikari's eyes. He caught the card, glanced at it, and nodded gently.

Transmigration Fusion.

Looks like I won.

He looked at the Dimension Resonance - Synchro Fusion on his left hand and felt somewhat regretful.

The Dimension Resonance - Synchro Fusion in his hand was the "OCG version," which couldn't be treated as a Fusion or Synchro Summon; otherwise, he could have used it directly last turn. More importantly, the OCG version directly sends monsters to the Graveyard and then activates the effect, so even Fusion Dragons couldn't be fused.

Must find the "Dimension Resonance - Synchro Fusion" of this world in this dimension as soon as possible.

As for now, let's duel as soon as possible—

"Normal Summon, Tuner monster, Spore."

A small flower bud appeared beside Tenjou Hikari, following him forward as he ran.

Spore, Level 1, Dark Attribute, Plant-Type, ATK 0.

"Tuner monster!?" Ushio turned back in shock.

"Tuner monster!?" Some Upper City people watching the pursuit duel also exclaimed.

Tenjou Hikari tried hard to step on the accelerator, but unfortunately, although he had tried hard to accelerate, the vehicle's speed still wouldn't go up.

However, he didn't care that much, so he simply raised his voice and talked to Ushio: "Officer Ushio, do you know why you have such a big reaction to my words, and why you can't understand the people in the Lower City?"

"What do you want to say?" Ushio was confused.

"The real reason is that you don't understand others at all, and you don't even want to understand the people in the Lower City. You just rely on instinct, duty, and imagination to make your own judgments.

Too narrow-minded!"

Ushio looked back at Tenjou Hikari silently. He didn't understand, and he was indeed somewhat reflective after Tenjou Hikari's words.

"And now, I'll tell you why I came to this dimension, and why I said I want to pursue a higher level of fusion here, because I want to understand!

Understand more content and duels, understand the duels of your dimension, to make my own fusion stronger!

Activate Normal Spell Card!

Transmigration Fusion!"

"Transmigration Fusion?" Ushio knew just by the name that this was definitely not something he had seen.

"Pay 2000 life points to activate. Send the 2 fusion material monsters decided by the Fusion Monster card from your field to the Graveyard, and perform a Fusion Summon."

Tenjou Hikari LP: 2400 -> 400.

"Actually have to pay a full 2000 life points?"

Spore and Vampire Fraulein slowly turned into a vortex and disappeared beside Tenjou Hikari.

"With the souls of two dead, summon the Dragon of the Underworld!"

"Break through the gates of the Underworld!"

"Fusion Summon!"

Tenjou Hikari raised his left hand. He felt his left hand burning, and the Dark Mark emitted a more obvious red light. It seemed something was awakening.

Not only that, vaguely, he heard strange hoofbeats ringing behind him.

"Descend, Level 8!"

"Underworld Dragon Dragonecro!"

Boom!

Boom!

A huge skeletal dragon crazily slammed into the "air," creating a large hole in the sky and appearing in this world.

"Aooooo!!!!"

It roared crazily, venting its anger, declaring—it was back!

Underworld Dragon Dragonecro, Level 8, Dark Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 3000.

"Underworld Dragon... Dragonecro?" Ushio looked at this giant dragon in surprise, always feeling that this dragon was extraordinary.

"However, if the ATK is only 3000, it's useless." Ushio looked down at the display screen on the Duel Runner.

As long as he held on, he had a chance to win.

"Activate the effect of Transmigration Fusion in the Graveyard, banish this card from the Graveyard, and target 1 monster Fusion Summoned by this card's effect. Special Summon a set of fusion material monsters used for that monster from your Graveyard. The ATK and DEF of the monsters Special Summoned by this effect become 0, and their effects are negated."

"Eh? At this point, what's the point of summoning these two monsters... even the ATK has become 0."

"Heh, need I ask? Of course, it's to use the technology of your dimension."

"...!!!???" Ushio looked at Tenjou Hikari in shock.

Tenjou Hikari raised his hand: "Tune the Level 1 Spore and the Level 5 Vampire Fraulein!"

"Come, ancient Fusion Explorer!"

"Synchro Summon, Level 6, Muddy Mudragon!"

Muddy Mudragon, Level 6, Dark Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 500.

Mudragon spread its wings made of mud, flying as Tenjou Hikari moved forward.

"You actually... even mastered Synchro?" Ushio said in shock.

An Otherworlder actually learned the Synchro Summon of their dimension—

【Because I want to understand!】

That sentence wasn't fake!

"Muddy Mudragon can be used as a substitute for 1 Fusion Monster listed as a Fusion Summon card name. As a Synchro Summoned monster, it can also directly activate its effect to fuse with monsters on the field.

However, what I want to use is this—

Normal Spell Card, Miracle Synchro Fusion!"

"Synchro... Fusion?" Ushio's eyes widened slowly.

"Synchro Fusion!? Actually putting our Synchro and the old Fusion into one card!?" Some people in the Upper City also exclaimed.

Both Synchro and Fusion!

This guy!

"Banish the fusion material monsters decided by the Fusion Monster card from your field or Graveyard, and Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster that uses a 【Synchro Monster】 as a fusion material from the Extra Deck.

I banish Muddy Mudragon on the field and Avian in the Graveyard.

Fusion Summon!"

Boom!

Tenjou Hikari felt the deceleration bound to the vehicle disappear, and his vehicle suddenly became fast under the effect of the wind.

Not only that—

Accompanied by more obvious hoofbeats, he looked back and actually saw an undead horse burning with flames, covered in skeletons, stepping on fire and rushing over!

Tenjou Hikari's eyes lit up.

"Aooooo!!" The next second, the Underworld Dragon also roared happily. It seemed to be welcoming the reunion of an old friend.

The skeletal horse came to Tenjou Hikari's side, its figure began to turn illusory. Under Ushio's "Oh my god, what is that" gaze, it slowly merged into Tenjou Hikari's Duel Runner. Then, the Duel Runner Tenjou Hikari was driving began to change drastically, gradually becoming larger, and the speed Tenjou Hikari couldn't control also grew crazily as he wished.

A moment later, the image of the police Duel Runner instantly dissipated, replaced by a post-apocalyptic style skeletal horse Duel Runner with a lot of skeleton decorations!

"Wow." Tiera sighed softly from the side. She still remembered this skeletal horse; wasn't this the mount of the ghost who gave Tenjou Hikari the Underworld Dragon?

Although driving a Duel Runner, Tenjou Hikari could vaguely hear hoofbeats. With the activation of Fusion, a huge Long Qishi spread its wings and held a dragon spear, appearing beside Tenjou Hikari.

"Level 10, Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana!"

Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana, Level 10, Wind Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 3200.

Ushio was already dumbfounded.

"Battle, Underworld Dragon Dragonecro attacks Goyo King!" Tenjou Hikari didn't have the leisure to watch him be shocked.

The Underworld Dragon breathed, spraying a black torrent at Goyo King, who was still insisting on hindering Tenjou Hikari's progress. The next second, Goyo King lost all its strength and knelt on the field.

Tetsu Ushio LP: 3800 -> 3600.

"Monsters that battle with Underworld Dragon are not destroyed by that battle. In addition, at the end of the battle damage step, the ATK of the monster that battled with it becomes 0, and not only that, a Dark Soul Token with the same ATK and Level as the one it battled with will be Special Summoned to my field."

Dragonecro spat out a white soul. The next second, a gray-white Goyo King appeared on Tenjou Hikari's field.

Goyo King, ATK: 2800 -> 0.

"Continue attacking, Dark Soul Token attacks Goyo King."

The Dark Soul Token spun the spear in its hand and shot down Goyo King with a swoosh.

"Gwaaa!!"

The speed Ushio had managed to increase dropped completely, and he was actually overtaken by Tenjou Hikari!

Tetsu Ushio LP: 3600 -> 800.

"That's the end, Officer Ushio. Having lost Goyo King, your Goyo Defender's ATK can only increase to 2000!"

That's right, because he lost Goyo King, there were only two Goyo monsters left on the field. As long as Dragunity Knight attacked, it would be 3200-2000. Ushio, who only had 800 life points, couldn't withstand this attack at all.

"Then, this is the end, Officer. I hope you can understand, or... I hope you won't just be a 【Defender】 anymore, and don't just 【Goyo】 anymore!"

"Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana, attack Goyo Defender!"

Tenjou Hikari drove the vehicle, turned the head of the vehicle, and drove backward—originally, this action was impossible for him to complete, but now, with the blessing of the skeletal horse, Tenjou Hikari could actually do even this!

Tenjou Hikari was quite happy.

He had long wanted to try this.

Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana slowly jumped into the air, spread its wings, and held the dragon spear above its head, as if symbolizing Tenjou Hikari's infinite pursuit of fusion.

Then, it leaned forward, turned the spearhead, aimed at the Goyo Defender on Ushio's field, and then, like a wild wind, it stabbed down directly from the sky, piercing through Goyo Defender.

At the same time, the wild wind also blew Tetsu Ushio away, making him move backward continuously, almost falling off the track.

"Gwaaa—"

Tetsu Ushio LP: 800 -> 0.

"Life points reach zero, Duel Mode, disengaged."

"Ssss—"

A large amount of gas was discharged from the Duel Runner, and the Duel Runner began to slow down until it stopped.

Tetsu Ushio stopped the vehicle, looked at Tenjou Hikari disappearing in the distance, and couldn't help but take off his helmet and fall into deep thought.

"Sigh!" A moment later, he rubbed his hair. "Let a rookie win! So annoying!"

He was sulking alone, and even the scolding and orders from his superior in the communicator didn't bring him back to his senses, just venting his anger.

However...

"Understand... huh..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 479 =====