Chapter 56: Thousand Transformations, Ten Thousand Changes

"Two-headed Thunder Dragon?!"

"What's going on? This is a card Tenjo Kou has never used before!"

In a certain underground research facility, a blood-red-filtered duel footage played on the facility's monitor.

"Damn it, this data wasn't uploaded into One-Eyed Bear's brain!"

A researcher stepped forward, cleared his throat, and told them not to panic, "Tenjo Kou's deck is all about transformations—no one knows what fusion monster he'll pull out. If it goes wrong, it's not your fault. Besides, it's just a single fusion monster with no effect—what's there to fear?"

"One-Eyed Bear is our pinnacle achievement in spirit modification—how could an ordinary person possibly defeat it?"

After the director's explanation, the researchers breathed a little easier; while they nervously watched the large screen, a girl with purple hair tied in a high ponytail by a yellow headband quietly peeked in and glanced curiously at the screen.

A duel?

She leaned against the door, watching the duel with curiosity.

"Battle phase: Two-headed Thunder Dragon attacks."

"Trap card activated: Messenger of Harmony!" One-Eyed Bear, seeing Tenjo Kou controlling the indistinguishable two-headed dragon, immediately flipped his face-down card, "Too naive, human!"

"Messenger of Harmony's effect: This turn, I take zero battle damage, and my monsters cannot be destroyed by battle."

"Oh." Tenjo Kou wasn't surprised; he shrugged. "Main Phase 2."

"At this moment, Heavy Armor's effect!" The Heavy Armor Rhino on the field let out a roar, then its body slowly faded, "When the battle phase involving this card ends, you can return this card to your deck and special summon one Gladiator Beast other than Gladiator Beast Heavy Armor from your deck to your field!"

"I special summon Gladiator Beast Spear!"

"Shriek!"

A fully armored green bird flew down from the sky.

Gladiator Beast Spear, Level 4, Wind Attribute, Bird Beast Type, ATK 1500.

"Perfect! Now I can fusion summon Caesar next turn!"

"Hahaha! Let that ignorant Tenjo Kou see what true fusion really is!"

Tenjo Kou?

The purple-haired girl tilted her head curiously.

That duelist on the left—is his name Tenjo Kou?

"You've got a monster with higher DEF, Heavy Armor, yet you swapped it for one with only 1500 ATK? Light Brother, I think the opponent has a trap." After days of systematic learning (getting beaten), Guochuan Guochuan Qingren had developed some new insights of his own; seeing the 1500 ATK monster, he immediately felt uneasy.

"Ha, Guochuan Qingren, you're quick on the uptake." Tenjo Kou nodded. "Correct. As far as I know, there's a fusion monster called Gladiator Beast Caesar that doesn't require a Fusion Spell—just by returning Spear and another Gladiator Beast from the field to the deck, you can fusion summon it from the Extra Deck."

"When that monster is special summoned, it can destroy up to two cards on the field—it's extremely powerful."

"..."

The air froze, thick and suffocating; the entire research institute fell silent.

"How... how does he know about Gladiator Beasts?" someone couldn't help asking.

"No, that's impossible? Those cards are only obtainable by duelists in Professor's 【Barracks】, right?"

"These powerful cards, completely unlike the useless ancient machine series, are only accessible to trainees in the Barracks—how could he know about them?!"

The Gladiator Beast series is a deck never released to the public—it was discovered by Chi Ma Ling Wang himself, and is truly an internal card of the 【Fusion Army】!

"Don't panic! Even if he knows, what does it matter?!" the director interrupted their chatter. "Even if he knows, it's just watching death!"

He stared fixedly at the screen, at Tenjo Kou.

"Light Brother, how do you know its effect?"

"I'm a duelist who pursues the ultimate in fusion—there's no fusion I don't know." Tenjo Kou chuckled, spreading his hands wide, radiating absolute confidence.

Ultimate fusion?

The purple-haired girl nodded slightly.

Mm, very impressive.

"My turn continues: Main Phase 2, Normal Summon, Gem Knight Huang Bi."

"Fusion requirement: Gem Knight and Thunder-Type monster—I activate the Spell Card, Swap Fusion." Tenjo Kou revealed the card in his hand.

"Swap Fusion?" Another unfamiliar card.

"By rule, Swap Fusion's name is treated as 【Fusion】." Tenjo Kou explained casually. "Thus, combined with the main Fusion card, only three total can be in the deck. But that's not important. Swap Fusion is a Fusion Spell that can only fuse monsters already on the field."

"I fuse Gem Knight Huang Bi and Two-headed Thunder Dragon."

"Here we go, Captain!"

"Fusion Summon: Gem Knight Light Prism!"

The dazzling knight returns!

Gem Knight Light Prism, Level 7, Earth Attribute, Thunder Type, ATK 2450.

"Using a fusion monster as fusion material to perform a fusion summon—" Guochuan Guochuan Qingren swallowed hard. He felt that the moment he could use an Xyz Monster as Xyz Material for an Xyz Summon, he'd catch up to Tenjo Kou in understanding summoning.

"Next, activate Swap Fusion's effect from the graveyard: banish it from the graveyard, targeting one fusion monster in your graveyard. That fusion monster returns to the Extra Deck, and you draw one card."

Tenjo Kou returned Two-headed Thunder Dragon to the Extra Deck, then drew a card.

"Activate Gem Knight Light Prism's effect: send Gem Knight Fusion from your hand to the graveyard, targeting one face-up card on the field. Destroy that face-up card—of course, destroy Spear!"

"Activate the effect of the Gem Knight Prism Crystal: send a Gem Knight from your hand to the graveyard as a fusion material, and target one face-up card on the field. That face-up card is destroyed—of course, it's the Gun Duel that's destroyed!"

"Not over yet—I activate the effect of Thunder Dragon in my hand: discard it to add two other Thunder Dragons returned to the deck back into my hand."

"Wow..." One researcher couldn't help exclaiming, "After all that back-and-forth, it's almost back to how it started..."

"And he even swapped in a different fusion monster..."

"So... so strong."

"Cough!" The director cleared his throat.

Several stunned researchers quickly fell silent.

"Place a face-down card. Your turn." Tenjo Kou spread his hands, ending his turn.

The director took a deep breath.

"Increase the meter, increase the electric shock, amplify the shadow's influence—today's failure is not an option. This is the Professor's direct order!!"

"Increase the meter, increase the shock, increase the influence of the shadows—today's failure is absolutely unacceptable; it's a direct order from the Professor!!"

The Professor's direct order?

The purple-haired girl grew even more curious.

She tiptoed into the research facility, sat cross-legged on a chair, and stared intently at the duel.

Who could possibly warrant the Professor's personal attention? Let me see for myself.

"Ugh! Aaah! Oooohhh!" Electricity surged through One-Eyed Bear; the black mist and writhing insects within it grew even more frenzied. After a scream of agony, its already crimson eyes blazed with a terrifying red glow.

"Waaah! Aaaaoohhhoooo—!" A powerful current surged through the One-Eyed Duelist, and the black mist on its body, along with the writhing insects, grew even more frenzied; after a cry of agony, its already crimson eyes blazed with a terrifying, soul-chilling red light.

"I must win! Aaaahhh!" it shrieked in pain.

Tenjo Kou's expression slowly darkened.

How despicable...

He touched the card on his chest, narrowing his eyes.

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