Chapter 268: The Value of the Past

"Alright Seto, what are you going to do now?" Gozaburo asked.

Kaiba didn't speak for a moment.

"Heh heh heh ha ha ha ha——"

The President suddenly looked up and laughed loudly, and only after laughing did he say.

"Perhaps you have improved a little bit, and have prepared for this duel. But it still doesn't change the fact that you are just a short-sighted third-rate duelist.

The world of dueling is far wider than you imagine. If you can't understand this, then remember it with your body through this duel."

He immediately played another card from his hand.

"I summon 'Justice Partner - Kaibaman'!"

Well, it looked like the President summoned himself on the screen. It's just that the summoned President was wearing a white dragon helmet that covered half of his face.

The President even printed himself into a card.

【Justice Partner - Kaibaman, ATK 700】

"Use 'Kaibaman' as an Offering to summon this card from my hand! Descend, my strongest servant who has crossed three thousand years of time——

——Blue-Eyes Bai Long, summon!"

【Blue-Eyes Bai Long, ATK 3000】

"And 'Blue-Eyes Alternative Bai Long' can be treated as 'Blue-Eyes Bai Long' while on the field or in the Graveyard." Kaiba shouted. "I fuse 'Blue-Eyes Bai Long' and 'Blue-Eyes Alternative Bai Long'!

Transform into a bursting posture in endless radiance——

——Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, Fusion Summon!"

Two white dragons flew into the sky, turning into two dazzling white lights like meteors cutting through the sky. The white dragons intertwined in the vortex, intertwined together, and bloomed with the ten-thousand-foot divine light like brilliant gems.

The radiance dissipated, and the brand-new two-headed white dragon broke through the air, leaving a silver trail when flying with its wings spread.

【Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, ATK 3000】

"Blue-Eyes' double fusion." Gozaburo said. "It's also the result of your efforts over the years, Seto."

However, he then changed the subject: "But because of the increase in the number of Dragon-type monsters on the field and in the Graveyard, Buster Blader's ATK has become higher."

【Buster Blader, ATK 3100 → ATK 4100】

"Battle." Kaiba said coldly. "Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, attack 'Buster Blader'!

Destructive Double Burst Stream!"

Two dragon heads opened their mouths at the same time, and endless white light roared out like a white-hot storm! But Buster Blader was fearless, holding the sword in his hand, and the domineering sword energy and the storm of light collided head-on.

"Buster Blader's ATK is higher." Gozaburo said.

【Kaiba, LP 4000 → LP 2900】

Kaiba was expressionless: "But Twin Burst Dragon cannot be destroyed by battle.

And when this card's attack fails to destroy the opponent's monster, after the damage step ends, that monster is banished directly from

He said in a deep voice.

"There's nothing to fear from a Buster Blader not in that guy's hands. Disappear."

The torrent blasted out by the Bai Long grew increasingly surging, quickly swallowing the swordsman until his form twisted and vanished.

"Did you successfully conquer the Buster Blader?" Gozaburo seemed unconcerned.

"Battle Phase ends, Main Phase 2," Kaiba continued. "Next, I activate the Spell Card 'Card of Demise', discard the Level 8 monster in my hand, and draw two cards.

I discard the other 'Blue-Eyes Bai Long' in my hand and draw two cards."

Kaiba drew two cards, then revealed another one.

"Quick-Play Spell 'Hand Destruction'. Both players discard two cards, then draw two cards."

After drawing, he picked out two more cards from his hand.

"I set one card in the back row. Finally, the Quick-Play Spell 'Super Rejuvenation'!

During the End Phase, I draw cards from my deck based on the number of Dragon-type monsters discarded from my hand and Dragon-type monsters used as Offerings during this turn.

This turn, I just discarded three Dragons from my hand, so I draw three cards from my deck!"

Kaiba drew three cards.

"The strongest regenerative ability of the Dragon tribe. It is indeed just like you—never giving up, no matter what kind of blow you receive or what kind of situation you are in, you can always find a way out.

It's just like the ability of 'Super Rejuvenation'."

"Why bother saying such nonsense now? You have never truly been my father, Gozaburo. Not in the past, and even less so in the future."

Kaiba interrupted impatiently.

"Stop wasting time, draw your card!"

"Heh, then it's my turn, draw."

Gozaburo chuckled.

"You really are as aggressive as ever, Seto. Indeed, for you, the past has nothing worth lingering on; it's even something you want to cut off and discard.

I was once like that too; the past had no meaning to me. Only those who grasp the future can become kings; those who wallow in the past are just weaklings without the courage to face the future.

In this point, you are very much like me, Seto."

"I am not like you in any way, Gozaburo," Kaiba said coldly.

"You won't admit it? No matter. But my thinking has changed now. After experiencing everything and looking back today, I find that even the darkest corners of my memories are now as brilliant as pearls."

He slowly raised his hand.

"I activate my face-down card. Trap Card 'Buster Blader's Memories'," Gozaburo said. "By discarding one 'Buster Blader' card from my hand, I can Special Summon one 'Buster Blader' monster from my deck."

Gozaburo sent a card from his hand to the Graveyard, and at the same time, a golden light flew out from his deck.

"I Special Summon this card from my deck. Appear!

Buster Blader, the Destruction Swordmaster, summon!"

The Buster Blader who had exited the field last turn seemed to have returned to the field immediately. This time he had changed his armor, but his base stats remained unchanged.

【Buster Blader, the Destruction Swordmaster, ATK 2600】

"An evolved form of the Buster Blader, huh?" Kaiba hummed.

"Then I Normal Summon 'Dragon Buster Blade' from my hand."

【Dragon Buster Blade, ATK 1500】

"'Dragon Buster Blade' is a Union monster that can be equipped to any monster on my field," Gozaburo said. "I equip 'Dragon Buster Blade' to 'Buster Blader, the Destruction Swordmaster'.

The equipped monster's original ATK becomes 1000, and it can attack twice per turn."

【Buster Blader, the Destruction Swordmaster, ATK 2600 → ATK 1000】

Kaiba crossed his arms and sneered: "With this ATK, even if you can attack twice..."

"You will understand soon, Seto," Gozaburo said. "Buster Blader's effect activates.

Once per turn, Buster Blader can send one monster card equipped to this card to the Graveyard, and destroy all monsters on the opponent's field with the same type as the monster sent to the Graveyard!"

Kaiba frowned slightly.

Monsters of the same type...

"Therefore, I send the 'Dragon Buster Blade' equipped to the Buster Blader to the Graveyard," Gozaburo said. "'Dragon Buster Blade' is a Dragon-type, so all Dragon-type monsters on your field are destroyed!"

The swordsman drew his dragon-slaying sword. With a flash of sword light, it swept across Kaiba's field like a hot knife through butter, annihilating both Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragons in the sword energy with just one strike!

(End of Chapter)