Chapter 1058: Leveling Up While Lying Down

"So, are you willing to talk about why you, who have been missing for so long, would suddenly appear now..."

Judai turned to Taniguchi-kun in the Obelisk Blue uniform behind him.

"... and then interfere with the cognition of my companions, Senior Taniguchi?"

The senior called Taniguchi looked at Judai up and down with some surprise for a moment, and then said slowly.

"They said you were a bit different, and now it seems that's true."

"They?" Judai put one hand on his hip and said, "If you're talking about those Mr. T's who have turned abuse into pleasure, then we're actually quite familiar now."

Taniguchi said lightly: "You underestimate the power of the invincible Darkness, and you will pay the price for it sooner or later."

"So this is your goal?" Judai asked, "To make me pay the price?"

Taniguchi shook his head.

"No, my original goal was not you. Mixing into this academy silently, without attracting anyone's attention—rewriting cognition is for this purpose."

"This was originally prepared for a chance at a one-hit kill."

Judai: "One-hit kill?"

However, there was no need to ask again; Judai had immediately understood the other party's meaning.

"So that's it, the target you want to sneak attack... Fujiki You Xuan-kun, right?"

If the other party went to such great lengths to sneak into the academy and wanted to sneak attack someone, and that target wasn't himself...

The answer was already obvious.

In this academy, probably only Fujiki You Xuan is worthy of such treatment.

It is obvious that like Chazz Princeton before, after going missing in the old dormitory, this Senior Taniguchi had also been completely assimilated into a puppet of Darkness. His appearance now was entirely as a thug for Darkness.

"So the one you were targeting wasn't me; honestly, I'm a little hurt."

Judai smiled.

"Fujiki You Xuan has been gone for so long, and I thought that during this time, I had at least risen to become your number one threat."

Taniguchi sneered: "No matter. You seem to have some incredible power, and cognitive bias has no effect on you at all. In that case, if I don't get rid of you first, the plan to sneak into the academy would probably be considered a failure."

As he spoke, he raised his arm, and a black gas similar to Mr. T's condensed on his arm, transforming into the form of a Duel Disk.

Judai: "Oh? So sure enough, it's still a duel, right?"

"I said, I'll solve you here," Taniguchi said.

Judai also unfolded his Duel Disk: "That's just right, just like with Senior Chazz, let me help you wake up from this long nightmare."

"Duel!" x2

【Judai, LP4000】

【Taniguchi, LP4000】

At this very moment, in the pitch-black subspace, countless Mr. T's were watching this duel.

"Although Taniguchi is not the rarest, he is also an important sample."

A Mr. T said lightly.

Those students who went missing in the old dormitory of the academy and were absorbed by Darkness back then were actually important samples to them. Among them, the most excellent Yusuke Fujiwara was even chosen as the agent of Darkness and was already close to being a leader-like existence.

Unlike those Mr. T's who had more clones no matter how many were killed, these samples assimilated with the power of Darkness were far stronger than mass-produced cannon fodder, and their numbers were limited. If it weren't necessary, they actually didn't want to send these samples to fight at this stage of the plan.

"Let's watch first," another Mr. T said. "If our previous ally is to be believed, then this Taniguchi... should be able to exert power stronger than ours."

The darkness fell into silence, and everyone stopped speaking, just looking at the duel below. "I'll go first, draw."

Taniguchi's first turn.

After he drew a card, he played a card from his hand calmly.

"Magic Card 'Graceful Charity.' Draw three cards from the deck, then discard two cards from your hand."

Taniguchi drew three cards and then selected two cards from his hand to send to the Graveyard.

"Then I set a monster in face-down defense position, and the turn is over."

"It's over like this, is it really okay?"

Judai smiled.

"Only one wall monster, but it might be instantly killed by me."

Taniguchi only had an expressionless face: "If you can do it, you are welcome to try, Judai Yuki. Let me... no, let Darkness see your potential."

Judai smiled and rubbed his nose: "It seems we have been provoked."

Yubel said coldly: "Don't be careless, Judai. This guy is different from the previous cannon fodder."

"I know," Judai said, "My turn, draw."

Seeing the card he drew clearly, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and then he looked up confidently; "I haven't stood still while Fujiki You Xuan was away, and during this time, my heroes, my partners from the universe, have all achieved a qualitative leap, and this card is the proof!

I activate the Magic Card from my hand—

—Neos Fusion!!!"

The Magic Card was inserted into the Duel Disk, and the whole sky seemed to twist and deform. A huge colorful vortex rotated and unfolded in the clouds, like a spilled paint can splashing flowing aurora in the sky.

"Neos Fusion allows two Fusion Materials including 'Elemental HERO Neos' to be fused in the deck!" Judai said.

Taniguchi's calm expression disappeared, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Fusion in the deck!?"

Can it be like this?

"I fuse 'Elemental HERO Neos' and 'Neo-Spacian Flare Scarab' from the deck!"

"The fusion condition is 'Elemental HERO Neos' plus any Effect Monster of Level 4 or lower! Fusion Summon—

—Elemental HERO Brave Neos!!!"

The light band hanging down from the center of the vortex reached into Judai's deck like a living thing, accurately rolling out two flashing cards. The silver-white phantom of Neos on the left unfolded its light wings, and the crimson outline of Flare Scarab on the right burst into sparks. The two light streams intertwined and rose like a DNA helix. The moment they collided in the center of the vortex, the bursting strong light made Taniguchi raise his hand to cover it involuntarily.

When the light dissipated, Brave Neos, with a streamlined body and a timer-like crystal core on its chest, had broken through the last few wisps of rainbow stardust, and the light of fusion was still flowing around its body.

【Elemental HERO Brave Neos, ATK 2500】

"Brave Neos?"

Taniguchi's face changed slightly.

A new form not in the information about Neos...

Sure enough, rumors say that Judai Yuki has top-notch spirit power, and he can naturally and automatically print cards without warning every few days, and his main monsters can automatically upgrade and evolve even if they lie down and do nothing...

Are the rumors true?

"Elemental HERO Brave Neos's ATK increases by 100 for each 'Neo-Spacian' and 'HERO' monster in my Graveyard."

Judai said.

"I have Neos and Flare Scarab in my Graveyard, so Brave Neos's ATK increases by 200!"

【Elemental HERO Brave Neos, ATK 2500 -> ATK 2700】

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1059 =====