Chapter 1006

"The good show is just about to begin!"

The fake Dragon Asia had a fake dragon on his head, but his sister behind him poured a basin of cold water over him.

"You're getting carried away again, Dragon Asia. Why don't you summon my ancient demon dragon?"

"Eh?!"

Fake Dragon Asia froze, then glanced sheepishly at his sister behind him.

"Ah, that—I mean, look, the duel has just begun, so how could you go all-in with a king bomb right away, right? First, use my power to probe the opponent's strengths and weaknesses, and if that doesn't work, then finish with Ryuka's ancient demon dragon—this, this..."

Fake Dragon Asia stammered, but the gloomy loli-faced sister stared at him expressionlessly for a moment, then said nothing and went back to playing with her chestnut-ball doll.

Fake Dragon Asia breathed a sigh of relief.

Good, it seems Ryuka has accepted—at least for now.

So I must perform well, or else she'll fly into a rage later.

Nothing in the world is more terrifying than when Ryuka flies into a rage.

Fake Dragon Asia muttered in his heart, raised his hand, and played another card: "Activate the Equip Spell 'Devil's Axe'!

Equip it to 'Machine Dragon·Power Tool'!"

A ferocious axe with a demonic face appeared on the field, seized by the Power Dragon in one hand. As the Power Dragon gripped the axe, the handle and the dragon's arm somehow connected, as if mechanical structures extended from that arm to cover the surface of the devil's axe, making it seem as though the axe had become part of its steel body.

"The equipped monster's ATK increases by 1000!" Fake Dragon Asia said.

【Machine Dragon·Power Tool, ATK 2300 → ATK 3300】

"Now, the effect of Machine Dragon·Power Tool also activates." Fake Dragon Asia said, "When this card equips an Equip Card, draw one card from your Deck!"

Fake Dragon Asia drew a card.

"That ends my turn!"

Fake Dragon Asia felt pleased with himself.

Hey, I summoned Power Tool Dragon right off the bat, boosted its ATK to 3300, and drew a card. I think I played pretty well.

"My turn, draw."

Fujiki You Xuan casually played a card from his hand.

"The King's New Power—I'll try it out on you guys."

Copy Twins: "?"

The King's New Power? What is that?

Sounds like something not good.

But the next moment, Fujiki You Xuan played a monster completely beyond their expectations.

"I summon 'Jam Berry Magical Girl'!"

The summoned monster was a tiny magical girl—no, to call her a magical girl is a stretch; she's more like a magical loli, given how small she is. She had butterfly-like tiny wings, short arms and legs, and even seemed to be sucking on a pacifier.

【Jam Berry Magical Girl, ATK 400】

Fake Dragon Asia exclaimed in surprise: "A monster with 400 ATK?"

And it's in Attack Position.

"The effect of Jam Berry Magical Girl: when this card is successfully summoned, add one 'Magical Girl' monster from your Deck to your hand."

The Jam Berry girl waved her tiny wand, magic surging into Fujiki You Xuan's Deck. His Deck glowed with a faint golden light, and a card automatically popped out. "I add 'Kiwi Fruit Magical Girl' from my Deck to my hand."

Fujiki You Xuan shook the searched monster, added it to his hand, then picked another card from his hand.

"Set one card, end turn."

"Huh? Is that it?"

Fake Dragon Asia expressed confusion at this play, but then laughed boisterously: "You actually put a 400 ATK monster in Attack Position? What are you doing? This guy might just be weak!"

Fake Ryuka said coldly: "That's why I said the scarecrow broke—his head's as simple as can be. This monster definitely has catnip in it."

Fake Dragon Asia pouted, dissatisfied.

"Tch, whether it has catnip or not, we'll find out by trying. My turn, draw!" Fake Dragon Asia said, "During this turn's Preparation Phase, the Field Spell 'Morning Light of the Journey' activates!

This card can send itself to the Graveyard during your Preparation Phase to activate the Field Spell for Chapter Two of the Fairy Tale Story from your hand or Deck!"

A card popped out of Fake Dragon Asia's Deck, which he drew into his hand and swung out.

"The Fairy Tale Story enters Chapter Two, ding ding ding!

'Fairy Tale Story Chapter Two—Furious Sun'!"

The entire fairy tale world suddenly violently trembled. The once gentle morning light seemed to have been splashed with scorching magma, and the sky instantly turned a sickly orange-red. That perpetually smiling Sun Grandpa was now undergoing a horrifying transformation. His round golden outline twisted into jagged edges, his two burning eyebrows shot up, his formerly kind eyes glared blood-red, and from his pupils spewed tangible flames. His gaping mouth no longer held neat white teeth, but uneven, sharp fangs, and each roar spat out lava-like fireballs.

Fujiki You Xuan rested his chin on his hand: "So that's it—an automatically changing field."

"Exactly." Fake Dragon Asia smiled, "The Fairy Tale Story series is a field that changes according to chapter order during each Preparation Phase! This turn, we've already moved from the Prologue to Chapter Two!

And each chapter's field effect is different.

The Prologue's field effect was: while the Prologue field is active, battle damage taken by both players is halved! And Chapter Two's effect is"

Fake Ryuka said coldly: "Dragon Asia, you're talking too much—why are you revealing all this to the enemy?"

Fake Dragon Asia hastily shut his mouth, afraid to speak further.

"Anyway, anyway, the new Fairy Tale field is now active!" Fake Dragon Asia said, "Next, I'll activate the Equip Spell 'Flash Twin Swords—Thunder Shock' from my hand!"

The new double-edged blades appeared on the field, one on the left, one on the right, each equipped onto the Power Machine. Just like the Devil's Axe before, the equipped blades weren't held in hand but seemed to be fused with steel parts extending from the Power Dragon's body, becoming part of its bodily equipment.

In both the anime and manga versions, the Power Tool series is a Deck themed around equipping, so Fake Dragon Asia's Deck naturally includes various types of Equip Cards.

"The Flash Twin Swords can only be equipped by discarding one card from your hand. Its effect is: as a cost, reduce the equipped monster's ATK by 500, allowing that monster to attack twice during one Battle Phase.

So I reduce 'Machine Dragon·Power Tool' by 500 ATK, enabling Power Tool to perform a double strike!"

【Machine Dragon·Power Tool, ATK 3300 → ATK 2800】

"Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes!"

The false dragon Ah Ya shouted.

"Mechanical Dragon·Power Tool, attack the jam berry magic girl!"

The power tool dragon began charging, releasing arcs and lightning from its entire body. Endless energy surged into the demon axe and flash twin swords mounted on its power arms, converging into a thunderbolt-like thrust aimed directly at Fujiki You Xuan.

Fujiki You Xuan's mouth corner twitched slightly upward.

This is what I've been waiting for.

(End of chapter)