Chapter 139: How Are You Again?

Karck took a deep breath.

"My turn, draw!"

The alliance's control and the trio's disruption prevented him from summoning monsters, and his life points were down to 1300. If he didn't act, his next turn would likely end in defeat from the Bai Tu's face-down attack combined with its life-drain effect.

He glanced at the card he drew, narrowing his eyes.

No choice—this was the moment to rely on a draw for an opening.

"I set one card face-down." Karck drew the card he had just drawn, "Then I activate this card—"

"—Spell Card 'Flood of Tears'!"

Both players draw cards until their hands reach six cards!" (Anime effect)

Fujiki You Xuan raised an eyebrow.

No surprise—he's a DM-era character. Back then, Flood of Tears was as standard as the Greedy Urn in GX.

"Here we go!"

Drawing six cards at once clearly turned the tide—Karck laughed and slammed a card onto the field.

"Spell Card 'Black Hole'! Destroy all monsters on the field!"

Thin black lines slowly unfurled in the air, like torn wounds, swiftly birthing a celestial body of annihilation. The expanding lines formed a miniature black hole—a ghostly flame from the abyss, an evil eye devouring all—everything on the field was indiscriminately sucked in and crushed to fragments by its ruthless gravity.

"All monsters on the field are destroyed! The summoning lock is broken!" Karck roared.

With the three disruption tokens gone, he could now freely summon monsters. Once he summoned a Machine-type monster, the Alliance's effect would restrict him to using only Machine-type monsters.

That would neutralize the disruption entirely—he already had only Machine-type cards in his deck.

"But at this exact moment, the follow-up effect of the disruption tokens activates," Fujiki You Xuan warned. "Each time a 'Disruption Token' is destroyed, its controller takes 300 damage."

"What?!"

Karck's face twisted again—suddenly, the trio of clowns reappeared like transparent ghosts, shouting in unison, "Underwear attack!" before thrusting their bare buttocks straight at his face.

"Ugh!"

【Karck, LP 1300 → LP 400】

He broke into a cold sweat.

Damn it, these disgusting things had hidden this trick—just 400 points away from self-destructing him.

But at least he'd broken this suffocating deadlock.

"Summoning lock broken—I can now summon monsters! I activate the effect of 'Mechanical Troops - Fortress' in my graveyard!"

By discarding Machine-type monsters from my hand with a combined level of eight or higher, Fortress revives from the graveyard!

I discard the level-eight 'Mechanical Troops - Super Transformation'—rise again in greater power—

"—Mechanical Troops: Fortress, revive!"

The heavy fortress emerged from the vortex of the graveyard, its cannons and missile launchers once again aimed at Fujiki You Xuan's empty field.

"Fortress can revive no matter how many times it's destroyed!" Karck roared. "Feel the absolute firepower of the mechanical army!"

"Mechanical Troops: Fortress, direct attack!"

The fortress's turret rotated, calibrated, and locked onto its target. The energy core within roared with a deep, thunderous hum, glowing with searing heat.

The heavy cannon fired—a blinding beam erupted from the muzzle, like a furious dragon of flame tearing across the field, leaving a brilliant trail of light.

"I activate my face-down card."

Fujiki You Xuan waved his hand—the face-down card flipped up.

"Trap Card—Dimensional Wall!"

When your opponent declares an attack, that battle damage is inflicted to them instead!"

"Another trap?!"

Beneath his glasses, Karck's eyes narrowed to slits as he gritted his teeth.

"But no! Counter Trap—Trap Interference Array! You can negate and destroy any trap card your opponent activates during the Battle Phase!"

"Dimensional Wall's activation is negated!"

The newly formed dimensional wall shattered—the fortress's firepower surged through unimpeded. Fujiki You Xuan absorbed the blast, staggered back two steps, his virtual form rippling like water.

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP 3200 → LP 700】

Yet he quickly steadied himself, glancing at his right hand, where data streams flowed across his skin.

"So even a data-based consciousness can feel physical impact as if it were real?"

"Precisely," Gui Ping said. "We strive to deliver the most authentic, top-tier dueling experience in the 'Link System.'"

Fujiki You Xuan pondered.

If that's true, then even a data consciousness could conduct a Dark Duel in this game space—no, it should be expected.

Dark Duels are a fundamental law of this world, transcending time and space. Even in Episode 2 of the DM anime, Pegasus achieved a Dark Duel using just a videotape and a game.

And back then, there was no internet—just a VHS tape playing on a TV.

Logically, achieving a Dark Duel through an online game should be far easier than that.

"Not over yet!" Karck said coldly. "I haven't forgotten you still hold that dangerous 'Bai Tu of Inaba.' If you use it to attack next turn, I'm done."

"So I activate Spell Card 'Hand Destruction' from my hand! Both players discard their entire hands, then draw the same number of cards!"

"Hmm, cautious indeed."

Fujiki You Xuan discarded the 'Bai Tu of Inaba' to the graveyard, then drew.

"My turn ends," Karck laughed. "Your lock is broken—yet you still couldn't overcome my mechanical army's absolute firepower!

Just one more turn—I'll bury you completely!"

The kid clearly had been pushed to his limit—but then again, it was no surprise. From Fujiki You Xuan's experience, being locked down and mocked often triggered this kind of breakdown.

"My turn, draw." Fujiki You Xuan said calmly. "Quick-Play Spell 'Emergency Rations'—send the Continuous Trap 'Alliance' to the graveyard, and recover 1000 life points."

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP 700 → LP 1700】

"I activate Spell Card 'Disruption Mandala'—pay 1000 life points to revive 'Disruption Green,' 'Disruption Black,' and 'Disruption Yellow' from the graveyard!"

【Fujiki You Xuan, LP 1700 → LP 700】

The trio of green, black, and yellow clowns leapt back onto the field, hopping once more from the graveyard.

Karck's blood boiled at the sight: "Not these disgusting things again."

But at least this time they were on his opponent's side—he could finally beat the hell out of them and vent his rage.

"Spell Card 'Fusion'—triple fuse the 'Disruption Black,' 'Disruption Green,' and 'Disruption Yellow' on the field!"

Karck: "!"

Can disruption tokens fuse?

"Triple fusion of the Disruption Trio—the crystallization of brotherly power, appear now—

—Disruption King, Fusion Summon!"

From the swirling vortex of fusion, brilliant light exploded. Out stepped a figure wearing red underwear over his pants, cloak billowing, muscular and towering—

—a giant clown.

Sure, the summoning effect was flashy, but a clown was still a clown. A giant white head with a wide mouth, a grin that screamed "idiot," built exactly like a comedic character.

【Disruption King, ATK 0】

Karck: "?"

What's the point of a fusion monster with zero ATK? A joke?

"I activate Field Spell 'Disruption Village,'" Fujiki You Xuan said. "Whenever a 'Disruption' monster is on the field, all monsters on both sides swap their original ATK and DEF."

Karck: "Attack and defense swapped?!"

【Disruption King, ATK 0 → ATK 3000】

【Mechanical Troops: Fortress, ATK 2500 → ATK 1600】

Attack and defense reversed!

"Disruption King, attack Mechanical Troops: Fortress!" Fujiki You Xuan ordered.

Disruption King flexed his biceps, then shot forward like Superman, punching the mechanical fortress with all his might.

Karck's face darkened.

Are you kidding me?

Am I really going to lose to this clown monster?

If this punch lands, the damage will be massive—and the humiliation unbearable.

He couldn't accept it!

"I activate my face-down card! Trap Card—Calamity of the Evil Gods! When your opponent declares an attack, destroy all monsters on both sides!!" (Anime effect)

A trap once used by six-year-old Malik, though the real card was later changed to destroy all spells and traps on the field when an attack is declared.

"Disruption King, return to the graveyard!"

The trap unleashed a massive vortex—violent energy swept the field, swallowing both the heavy steel fortress and the charging Disruption King.

Full field destruction!

"And at this moment, the effect of 'Mechanical Troops - Super Transformation' in the graveyard triggers!" Karck laughed. "When 'Mechanical Troops: Fortress' is sent to the graveyard, I can banish Fortress from the game to special summon 'Super Transformation' from the graveyard!"

"Come forth! Mechanical Troops: Super Transformation!!!"

The recently destroyed fortress reappeared on the field—armor plates shifted rapidly like living tissue. Massive mechanical arms extended, the central column reconfigured into a colossal torso, forming a towering robot standing like a god of steel.

【Mechanical Troops: Super Transformation, ATK 2600】

Gui Ping's expression grew grave: "Breaking through such a lock and still pulling off a reversal in this situation… No wonder he's called the legendary Card Professor elite."

Fujiki You Xuan: "I set two more cards face-down. My turn ends."

"Hmph, so you've finally run out of options?" Kack sneered. "Then it's my turn."

Kack drew a card, then smirked.

"As a student, your performance has actually been quite surprising."

"But no matter—I'm just too strong. Before my invincible mecha,"

"Activate Gai Card: Trap Card—Disrupt Trio."

"Special Summon three Disrupt tokens onto your field."

【Disrupt Token, DEF 1000 → DEF 0】x3

The tokens are also affected by "Disrupt Country," swapping their ATK and DEF.

Three Disrupt tokens—yellow, green, and black—leaped onto Kack's field, landing with perfect familiarity.

Yellow Token: "Long time no see!"

Green Token: "So sorry to bother you again~"

Black Token: "Hrrrhh~ Hrrrhh~"

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Kack's forehead twitched with another vein.

Why are you three again?

But he quickly calmed: "What does it matter if you summon more tokens now? Your blockade has been broken. Even these trash tokens won't stop my invincible mecha."

"Activate another Gai Card," Fujiki You Xuan snapped his fingers. "Trap Card—Torrential Tribute!"

"When a monster is successfully summoned, all monsters on both fields are destroyed!"

Kack was stunned again.

He used the Disrupt Trio to summon monsters and trigger Torrential Tribute himself? To dismantle my "Super Transformation"?

No!

A flash of insight struck his mind—he realized something.

This wasn't that simple!

The effect of these disgusting Disrupt things is:

"The controller of a destroyed Disrupt Token takes 300 damage."

Kack's mind went utterly blank.

The next moment, an endless torrent erupted from the trap card, sweeping across the entire field, drowning his massive steel mecha and obliterating the three tokens in one sweep.

Then, the three Disrupt brothers reappeared in ghostly form.

"No no—"

Kack involuntarily stepped back; the three clowns in red triangle shorts now looked like a flood of monsters to him.

"Don't come closer! Stay away! Don't—"

But the three brothers had already raised their backsides and charged straight for his forehead.

High damage, and even higher humiliation.

"Noooooo!!!!!!!"

【Kack, LP 400 → LP 0】

(End of Chapter)