Chapter 183: The Power of Bonds

Kohara: "..."

Looking at the opponent's formation: Torture Wheel, Crossbow, Submarine. And then looking at the Ojama things clinging to his own field...

Suddenly, a deep sense of powerlessness washed over him.

In just this one turn, 1900 Life Points had been taken away, and the monster zone lock was still being maintained on the field. He didn't see any chance of a comeback in the remaining cards in his hand.

He was beyond saving...

"Don't give up!"

Oohara suddenly spoke.

Kohara behind the scenes was stunned: "Oohara..."

But then he shook his head and gritted his teeth: "What can we do? This is 'that person' from the Yellow Dorm; in the end, he was never an opponent we could beat.

And with this formation, I simply don't see any hope of breaking it... In the end, we haven't even touched his Life Points once until now.

In this situation, do you mean to say that we have a chance to turn things around with just one draw?"

Oohara was silent for a moment.

Then he said slowly: "Kohara. Actually, about dueling... I know I'm far inferior to you, and I don't really understand it either.

But, I only know that no one has ever cared about me before. Until I came to the Academy and was assigned to the same dorm as you. When you were as angry about my affairs as you were about your own, I was really happy.

I do these things, actually, not because I'm really that angry at those arrogant elite students. I do this just because I hope I can do something for you too."

"Oohara..." Kohara was so moved he was speechless for a moment.

"So..."

Oohara stepped forward, his momentum like a rainbow.

"Every duel has relied on you; it's by relying on your tactics that we've been able to come this far. But now, it's my turn... to do something for you!"

Fujiki You Xuan: "..."

No, did the two of you seem to have gotten something wrong? You two are the villains who illegally hunted for rare cards; why does this dialogue sound like I'm the Great Demon King...

"My turn, draw card!"

Oohara shouted, his arm drawing an arc in the air as he drew the card.

"Activate Spell card 'Allure of Darkness', draw two cards from the deck, then banish one Dark monster from your hand from the game!"

Oohara's morale was high as he drew two more cards.

Seeing the card he drew, Kohara's face couldn't help but freeze.

"That card..." he said blankly, "to actually draw this card in this situation. Oohara, you really did this for me..."

He quickly came back to his senses and cheered up again.

"Summon it, Oohara! This is the proof of our bond, the move for our reversal!"

"Okay!"

Oohara first picked out a card from his hand.

"First, according to the effect of 'Allure of Darkness', banish the Dark-attribute 'Goblin Attack Force' from my hand from the game."

After banishing one card from his hand, he played one of the cards he drew directly.

"I offer 'Swift Raptor' as an offering, Tribute Summon!

Appear, break through this desperate blockade, this card that connects the bond between me and Kohara—

—Level 6, Material Dragon, Summon!!!"

The raptor disappeared in the vortex of sacrifice, and a golden dragon race with an abstract body appeared from the radiance!

【Material Dragon, ATK 2400】

"Actually drew a Level 6 high-level monster at this last moment, and it's also the nemesis of burn effects, Material Dragon..." Misawa said.

"Indeed." Asuka nodded. "When Material Dragon is on the field, all effects that deal damage to Life Points are reversed into Life Point recovery. It's exactly the monster that counters the damage-dealing power of lockdown decks."

"In this way, the bound monster leaves the field, and 'Torture Wheel' is also destroyed!" Kohara gave instructions, "Then use the Equip!"

Oohara followed suit and played another card in his hand.

"Equip Spell 'Megamorph'! Equip to 'Material Dragon'; when your own Life Points are lower than the opponent's, the equipped monster's ATK becomes double its original!"

【Material Dragon, ATK 2400 -> ATK 4800】

"ATK 4800!" Misawa said. "As expected, I said it long ago. If he can overcome the problem of his weak willpower, Kohara is actually excellent in actual combat."

"The opponent has three monsters on the field, all in Defense Position. Since that's the case, let's start by breaking the most troublesome one." Kohara said.

Oohara nodded: "'Material Dragon', attack 'Ojama King'!"

Material Dragon spat out an impact like light flames from its mouth. Ojama King was pierced through the chest, shouted "Ojama Ojama" vaguely and low twice, and was blown into fragments.

"But of course, I won't take damage when a monster in Defense Position is destroyed."

Fujiki You Xuan closed his eyes and calmly accepted the transparent impact wave that swept across his field, saying calmly.

"Tch, of course I know that." Kohara said, "Set the other card we drew!"

Oohara followed suit: "Set one card, turn end."

"Then it's my turn, draw card." Fujiki You Xuan said.

"Standby Phase, your 'Crossbow Archer' will activate its effect, dealing 600 points of damage to me." Oohara said, "But because 'Material Dragon' is on the field, the damage will be reversed into LP recovery of the same value!"

【Oohara, LP 2100 -> LP 2700】

"Whoa, accidentally added health to the opponent. It's really troublesome; in this way, the means of locking and burn damage have all become counterproductive." Fujiki You Xuan said.

"Not bad." Kohara was a bit proud, "The bond between us completed the reversal of the situation in one breath!"

"Amazing, amazing... Then activate the Spell card 'Pot of Avarice'. Return five monsters from the graveyard to the deck, shuffle, and then draw two cards."

Five cards popped out of the graveyard in one breath.

"I return 'Magical Merchant', Ojama Yellow, Green, and Black, and 'Ojama King' to the deck."

The cards returned to the deck one by one, and the deck automatically shuffled.

"... Then draw two cards."

After drawing the card, he raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Huh, it seems I drew pretty well too."

Oohara and Kohara both felt a tightness in their hearts.

What is going to appear this time?

But it doesn't matter.

Kohara suppressed his anxiety.

Oohara's "Allure of Darkness" double-draw in the previous turn, besides drawing a "Material Dragon" that brought them back from the dead, the other card was also a very powerful Trap, "Bottomless Trap Hole."

As long as the opponent summons a monster with ATK over 1500, it can be directly destroyed and banished.

In this way, even if the opponent manages to make some powerful monster, it can be immediately excluded...

"I offer 'Crossbow Archer' as an offering, Tribute Summon."

The moment the monster card was slapped down, a red light seemed to flash briefly in Fujiki You Xuan's eyes.

It was as if the extraordinary power from that card briefly merged into the duelist's body at the moment of summoning.

"The nemesis of Traps, the artificial king who controls psychic power—"

"—Jinzo, Summon!"

Oohara x Kohara: "Nani!!?"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 184 =====