Chapter 75

"So, so big!"

Rosemary looked at the huge man-eating flower in front of her and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

So scary!

Predaplant Chimerafflesia, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Plant-Type, ATK 2500.

"Beautiful!" On the side, Tierra excitedly punched the air.

"Activate the effect of Shaddoll Dragon in the Graveyard." Tenjou Hikari opened the Graveyard and held up a card, "If Shaddoll Dragon is sent to the Graveyard by an effect, I can activate its effect, targeting 1 Spell/Trap card on the field. Destroy that card."

"I want to destroy the set card."

Although he didn't know what the set card was.

But it wasn't too important.

In any case, destroy it first and see.

"Hmm..."

Shaddoll Dragon's body rose from the darkness, turned into a shadow, and hit Marjoram's field, knocking the set card open.

Trap Card, Sacred Barrier - Mirror Force.

It's a trap card that can be activated when the opponent declares an attack, recovering Life Points equal to that attack value.

Combined with that Rosemary of Aroma, it can directly change the attack/defense form of monsters on the field. In this world, it is indeed very useful.

"Activate the monster effect of Predaplant Chimerafflesia, once per turn, banish 1 monster on the opponent's field with a lower level than it."

"What?"

"Removing it so easily?"

Misawa Daichi couldn't help but exclaim while looking at this huge man-eating flower.

"Banish Aromage Jasmine."

The huge man-eating flower rolled its vines. Several vines rolled to Jasmine's front, pushing her body and pushing her out of the battle field.

"Immediately after, enter the Battle Phase! Chimerafflesia attacks Aromage Rosemary!"

Rosemary was scared silly, her legs trembling, holding onto the staff in her hand for dear life, closing her eyes and firing lasers forward.

But this kind of attack was completely useless against Chimerafflesia.

"Chimerafflesia's effect!"

"Can only be activated when Chimerafflesia declares an attack against an opponent's monster! Until the end of the turn, the opponent's monster's ATK decreases by 1000, and its ATK increases by 1000!"

Aromage Rosemary, ATK: 2300 -> 1300.

Predaplant Chimerafflesia, ATK: 2500 -> 3500.

"So exaggerated..."

"Is that Fusion monster too strong?"

Rosemary, who didn't have much confidence to begin with, only felt that the plant power in her body was all sucked away by the opponent, her whole body weak, as if she was about to be swallowed immediately.

But after a long while, she didn't perceive any damage, only feeling a force gently pushing her, pushing her away.

When she came to her senses, she tried hard to open her eyes and found that she had already appeared outside the field.

Wow, I'm still alive!

Aromage Marjoram, LP: 4500 -> 2300.

"A Plant-type monster on my field was destroyed by battle. I can Special Summon myself." Marjoram revealed her card.

Afterward, she stepped gently, walked forward a few steps, and stepped on the vegetation: "At that time, I can recover 500 Life Points."

Aromage Marjoram, Level 5, Dark Attribute, Plant-Type, ATK 2000 -> 2500.

Marjoram, LP: 2300 -> 2800.

"In addition, because of the effect of Aroma Garden, if an Aroma monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I recover 1000 Life Points."

Marjoram, LP: 2800 -> 3800.

Back and forth, it was almost equal to no loss.

"So amazing! Miss Marjoram!"

"Hmph, the damage caused by that Fusion guy was wiped out all at once!"

"Finally, when I recover Life Points, my own effect also activates! Once per turn, banish cards in the opponent's Graveyard equal to the number of [Aroma] on my field. I banish your Shaddoll Dragon."

Shaddoll Dragon was pulled up from the Graveyard by plant roots, then landed on a small table, looking at the Aroma refreshments on the table, a bit confused.

"Battle end." Tenjou Hikari said as usual.

Afterward, he looked at his hand.

"Set one card."

"End turn."

Tenjou Hikari finished setting the card. On the side, Tierra kept looking at Chimerafflesia, nodding her head continuously, looking very satisfied with Chimerafflesia's appearance.

However, Tenjou Hikari's turn made the people around a bit dissatisfied.

Not only the students of this school, but some students from branch schools, or professional duelists, started shouting.

"Tenjou Hikari, what exactly are you doing!?"

"It hasn't been long since the Fusion Army incident! Why do you still dare to use Fusion!"

"Exactly, the cooperative development we finally established with the X Dimension might end because of the Fusion Army incident! How are you going to compensate for this!"

The discussion was very intense.

Not only because Tenjou Hikari actually attacked their beloved Marjoram.

At the same time, because of the existence of Chimerafflesia, it blocked Marjoram's figure to a certain extent, making them unable to see Marjoram completely. Therefore, "wisdom" briefly reappeared in their minds—but in this way, the malice toward Tenjou Hikari was even more magnified.

"What exactly is going on?" Rosemary asked suspiciously on the side.

"Miss Rosemary, you don't know, in our world, terrorists attacked other worlds, causing the deaths of thousands of people. The slogan of those people was that Fusion is the most noble summoning method in the world... exactly the same as this guy!"

"Eek!" Rosemary was startled.

Only, she looked at Tenjou Hikari, but was a bit suspicious.

Would that human warrior who controlled the monster just to push her away really do such a thing?

"Understand now, Miss Rosemary, stay away from this guy, he is a very dangerous person!"

"Really don't know what he's thinking, still daring to use Fusion at this point."

"Miss Marjoram—you too, you must be vigilant when you see a guy using Fusion!!"

Tenjou Hikari tapped his forehead gently.

Marjoram's expression looked a bit bad.

"Heh..." Before Marjoram could speak, Tenjou Hikari spoke, "How stupid."

"?"

"Pay attention. The Fusion Army's slogan is that Fusion is the most noble summoning method in the world; while my slogan is that Fusion is the most noble summoning method in the world."

"Ha, playing word games, Tenjou Hikari?"

"No, I am reminding you, don't get it wrong." Tenjou Hikari glanced at them, "Whatever the summoning method is, whether it's Tribute Summon, Ritual Summon, Synchro Summon, or Xyz Summon, it doesn't matter. What's truly important is the duelist's heart.

Look at you useless guys, just because the Aromage mages are beautiful, you've stayed here for so many days.

Is there a mark on your badge?

It's been ten days, right?"

Being pointed out on this, many people's faces flushed red, their sore spots poked.

No matter what, coming to this dimension so far in advance, only to have no marks, and still pestering here, it's unqualified no matter how you look at it.

"Dueling doesn't have such a thing as looks, and there is no such thing as good-looking or ugly for duel monsters, only liking and disliking!

You guys are talking nonsense like this, do you think the dueling spirits will like duelists like you who only look at the surface?

Don't go too far. If you are still duelists, leave quickly and stop pestering Marjoram here.

The duel I love, the Fusion I love, is absolute. No matter what happens in the outside world, it doesn't matter—because I will persist in Fusion forever!"

"No one can stop me." Tenjou Hikari said very calmly.

"As for changing other people's thoughts, I won't say any grand words, nor do I need to." Tenjou Hikari looked at the duel disk, "Because it will happen."

"You..."

"Miss Marjoram, this guy's cards are all Fusion-related, there's nothing to worry about with Trap cards, most likely it's still Fusion, just fight to your heart's content!"

When Marjoram heard this, she wasn't as annoyed as before, because she wasn't listening to the voices of the people around her at all: "What a pure warrior... Among humans, there are indeed true warriors."

Doesn't care about appearance, doesn't care about public opinion, only cares about Fusion.

What a pure duelist!

Even the two watching spirits, Rosemary and Jasmine, couldn't help but nod in approval at this time.

"So that's it, then I understand." Marjoram looked at her hand.

Since the opponent is a true warrior, there is no need to dwell on Kaiba Corp's rules.