Chapter 826

"Sleeping Giant Thud!"

Long Ya widened his eyes, staring at the card displayed by his opponent for a long while.

Then his mouth opened wide.

Thud... Thud Thud Thud!?

"Eh!?" Long Ya clutched his head in shock. "How could anyone use a card like this!?"

Sleeping Giant Thud was evaluated as a super-powerful monster comparable to the legendary Egyptian God cards, yet it wasn't rare; it was set as a super-common monster that "everyone has at least one of." Long Ya himself had several.

It was just that because the summoning conditions were so harsh, it had been evaluated as having "no practical value" for many years.

Did this Mister actually want to use a card like this!?

His bespectacled classmate, who seemed to be an honor student in his Duel Academy class, was much faster than Long Ya in both dueling knowledge and reaction, and said at this moment: "Wait, that's not right.

Thud's summoning condition requires Tributing a Level 1 Normal Monster that has remained on the field for more than ten turns. Who would just show Thud from their hand to their opponent right from the start?"

This was the summoning condition for Thud in the original 5D's anime.

"Ahaha, indeed," Fujiki You Xuan smiled. "This student has quite rich dueling knowledge. But the Thud in my hand is slightly different from the one you know."

After all, it was self-printed—the physical card version.

"Sleeping Giant Thud—the effect of my version is: once per turn, I can reveal this card in my hand to my opponent until the end of the turn and choose one Level 1 monster on my field.

Place one Thud Counter on that monster.

Sleeping Giant Thud can only be Special Summoned from the hand if I Tribute a monster on my field that has ten counters placed on it."

Long Ya was confused and counted on his fingers for a good while.

"Isn't there no difference?"

Long Ya looked up, puzzled.

"Revealing it to the opponent every turn and then placing a counter on a Level 1 Normal Monster on the field. By that calculation, you still have to keep that Level 1 monster with the counters on the field for ten turns before you can summon it..."

"No, it's different."

The bespectacled honor student had a complex expression.

"If it were the Thud I know, even if you hadn't drawn Thud yet, you could summon a Level 1 monster to the field to start accumulating turn counts. But with this Thud, you have to draw it from your hand first, and then keep the Level 1 Normal Monster on the field for ten turns—the difficulty is even higher."

Long Ya realized: "Ah! Oh, that makes sense..."

"And it's not just that," the honor student said. "Normally, even if someone summons a Level 1 Normal Monster, most people wouldn't even think the opponent is trying to summon Thud. Because as far as I know, no one has ever done it; it's almost impossible.

As long as the opponent doesn't guess your goal is to summon Thud and can't see through your strategy, they won't intentionally target it.

But this guy's Thud must be revealed from the hand starting from the very first turn..."

"Oh, right!" Long Ya suddenly realized. "That way, he even gives up the information advantage of Thud being a hidden strategy..."

The honor student had a very flexible mind, but after analyzing it, he himself was also completely bewildered.

It was the same Sleeping Giant Thud, yet the summoning conditions actually had subtle differences... Duel Academy had never taught such a situation; could such a thing really happen?

And now the opponent's Deck was almost empty; there weren't many cards left in total. Not to mention keeping a Level 1 monster on the field for ten turns, he didn't even have ten cards left in his Deck to draw, right?

"Hahaha, this student of yours has a quick mind."

Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

"Correct, in the history of dueling, no one has ever successfully summoned Thud... at least not in public.

But today, I hope you remember that the world of dueling has infinite possibilities. As long as you imagine it, nothing is impossible."

As Fujiki You Xuan said this, he revealed two other cards from his hand.

"I activate the effects of the other two 'Sleeping Giant Thud' cards in my hand.

I reveal the other two Thud cards in my hand separately, and place two more Thud Counters on the 'Skull Servant' on my field."

Honor student: "!!!"

The honor student was already shocked, but Long Ya was still blank: "Nani? Nani? What happened?"

"Right, although there are all the disadvantages mentioned above, if it's about placing counters... as long as you have multiple copies of Thud in your hand, you can place up to three counters on the same monster in one turn!"

The honor student said.

"In that case, the number of turns required for Thud to appear is greatly reduced!"

Long Ya was shocked: "Eh? Doesn't that mean it's very bad for me..."

"No, even so, it would still require at least four of the opponent's turns," the honor student said calmly. "Through the massive card drawing just now, even if he gathered three Thuds in his hand, he could only place three counters at most in one turn."

Fujiki You Xuan interrupted: "That's not necessarily true."

Long Ya and honor student: "!!"

"I said, the world of dueling has infinite possibilities; as long as you imagine it, there's nothing you can't do. Use your imagination and creativity, children."

Fujiki You Xuan said with a smile.

"Next, I activate the Spell card 'Magical Mallet' from my hand!

Shuffle any number of cards from my hand, including this card being activated, back into the Deck, then draw the same number of cards." (Original effect)

Fujiki You Xuan shuffled several cards from his hand, including Magical Mallet, back into the Deck. The Deck was automatically shuffled, and he drew again.

"And then draw cards!"

Immediately afterward, he revealed three cards from the cards he had just drawn.

"The three 'Sleeping Giant Thud' cards in my hand were just shuffled back into the Deck by the effect of 'Magical Mallet,' and now that they have been drawn back into my hand, the 'once per turn' effects have all been reset.

Therefore, I reveal the three 'Sleeping Giant Thud' cards in my hand again, and place three Thud Counters on the 'Skull Servant' on my field!"

【Skull Servant, Thud Counters 3→6】

Long Ya and honor student: "!???"

No, can you even do that!?

Shuffle back into the Deck, then draw back into the hand to reset the effect...

"Ahhh, this is bad, six counters in one turn!"

Long Ya scratched his head until it looked like a bird's nest.

"How is his luck so good? He shuffled them back with Magical Mallet, and the three Thuds were immediately drawn back into his hand..."

"No... it's not luck."

The honor student said with difficulty.

"Look at his Deck; there are only these few cards left in total."

Long Ya: "!"

Ah, this...

Long Ya also slowly opened his mouth wide, finally realizing the terrifying nature of the situation.

Yes, his Deck was empty; there were only these few cards left.

So no matter how many times Magical Mallet shuffled them back, as long as he drew them out again, he would definitely always draw Thud.

"Magical Mallet effect, draw cards again."

Fujiki You Xuan continued.

"Then reveal the three 'Sleeping Giant Thud' cards in my hand again, and place three more 'Thud Counters' on 'Skull Servant'."

【Skull Servant, Thud Counters 6→9】

Long Ya and honor student: "."

In this way, let alone ten counters, even if it were twenty, fifty, or one hundred, the opponent could still gather them all in one turn.

"... For the last time, reveal the Thud in my hand, and place one more Thud Counter on Skull Servant—that makes ten."

【Skull Servant, Thud Counters 10】

"Then I Tribute the Skull Servant with ten Thud Counters, descend—

—Sleeping Giant Thud!!!"

Summoning Thud in one turn!

(End of Chapter)