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Chapter 609 The Unquenchable Hatred (5K)

Intelligence is a crucial element in competitive duels.

Even though you may know your opponent's deck and hand, there are many times when you still can't beat them, like when "Intelligence Sky Striker" is playing against "Health Tears". But that doesn't mean intelligence is meaningless.

If a duelist knows what cards are in their opponent's deck and what type of cards they have before the duel, they can prepare counter cards in advance. Even if they can't win 100%, they can still make their opponent break out in a cold sweat. For example, if they know that their opponent is using a Hellfire deck, they can prepare Holy Lance and Demon Prison in advance; if they know that their opponent is using a Hero deck, they can prepare a few Lightning Bolts for their opponent.

These cards may not guarantee victory, but they will definitely give your opponent a real scare.

Looking at the card in his hand, Jaden realized that he was actually quite familiar with Bell, based on his memories of the Overlord's impression of Bell and the "tutoring" that Amagi Hikaru had given him during this time.

He came here to duel with Hubert not to "atone for his sins," but to make Hubert understand that "pain" is not love.

Just as he and Hikaru Amagi had agreed, he would not allow his relatives and friends to suffer the price and pain of "losing Yuki Judai".

So, before the duel, he crammed on everything he needed to know.

"When Ubel Phantom has an opponent's monster activated an effect, Tribute itself. Change that effect to [Your opponent destroys 1 Ubel monster in your hand, Deck, or Field]."

Hearing Judai describe the effects of his illusion, Hubert's expression turned even uglier.

The Jade Generation actually knew about this effect!

This, how is this possible?

While she was in a panic, the duelists around her looked at each other, and many of them gasped, clearly quite frightened by the effect.

Because this is not a simple effect.

Transform that effect into...

This effect means that it is not invalid or interference, but rather it modifies the effect of the opponent's monster. In other words, even if a monster's effect is "not affected by the effects of other cards", its activation will be modified by this effect to "destroy Bel".

It can be said that it has an effect that is both domineering and self-destructive.

"Ubel's monsters cannot be destroyed in battle, and the battle damage they receive is zero. However, after the battle ends, they will cause the opponent to suffer that damage." Jaden continued to explain the effects of Ubel, making the friends watching feel a pang of envy.

As he spoke, his eyes began to gleam with golden light, and his demeanor shifted from calm to domineering: "Not only that, with the nightmare of yours on the field present, my monster must attack Hubbell, and I will bear the damage inflicted..."

In other words, any monster I summon to attack your Hubel will suffer double the combat damage.

"Hiss..." Jianshan felt physically uncomfortable just listening to it; his deck seemed unable to handle this situation.

Marufuji Sho listened and shook his head hurriedly, thinking that even if he used his own and his classmates' cards, he probably wouldn't be able to handle the situation.

What about the eldest brother?

Can the older brother's deck solve this problem?

Jaden looked at the cards in his hand and calmly held up one of them: "Pay 1000 life points to activate the Spell Card, Cosmic Cyclone."

"what?"

"This card can pay 1000 Life Points to target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field and banish it. I'll banish Nightmare's Pain."

In the dark depths of the universe, a golden storm, seemingly from nowhere, swept across Bell's arena, instantly engulfing the pain, tearing through space, and carrying it away from there.

Yujo Judai, LP: 4000 → 3000.
"Hubel, I know that even though you didn't use that effect, if you have a Level 10 monster on your field, you can add 1 Continuous Spell Card from your Graveyard to your hand once per turn with Seven Essences' Release Gate."

"If I simply destroy Nightmare's Pain, next turn you'll just take that card back and continue dueling with Pain and Torment, right?"

“This…you…” Hubert didn’t know how to describe her current feelings.

Whether in the past or present, she has always been the one taking the initiative in her relationship with Judai. She knows Judai's thoughts and ideas inside and out, and she can "help" Judai do whatever he wants.

But now, she feels that things are not going in the right direction!
"Hubert, without my knowledge, you secretly made those children who made me sad fall into a coma because you saw me sad and in pain. This excessive protection made me suffer even more when I was a child, but you thought it was protection."

At that time, I didn't know you existed, so when my parents sent you into this world, I just assumed that my card design had been approved by Seahorse Company.

You must have suffered a lot of inhuman torment in that other dimension, right?

That was my fault, a fault of my ignorance. Therefore, you don't need to force yourself to believe that this torment is love, you don't need to justify everything I've done, you don't need to... torture yourself with endless suffering.

He reached out his hand to Bell and said, "I'm willing to give you my true love, as long as you're willing to give up this painful cycle."

Upon hearing this, Hubert felt as if the boy before her had transformed back into the child from countless years ago, the child for whom she was willing to sacrifice herself and be transformed into a dragon…

Judai's self-reproach left her in a daze. She reached out her hand, wanting to respond, but two opposite colors emanated from her body.

One was a terrifying curtain of light billowing black smoke, and the other was blackness flowing like viscous paste.

She shook her head, not responding to Judai's words.

"Is there no way to get through this with just words?" Seeing Hubert's reaction, Judai knew that Hubert might have listened to her, but she was still more self-centered.

But he is not discouraged.

This duel was different from his usual practice. He had discussed it with his friends and teachers beforehand. His words were not impromptu, but rather the result of a serious self-analysis and long-term deliberation.

"Then, activate the Spell Card, Change Contact. If you have no monsters on your field, send one 'Neo Skull Ranger' from your hand and one from your Deck to the Graveyard. After that, draw two cards from your Deck."

"I discard the Water Dolphin in my hand and send the Earth Mole from my deck to the graveyard. Draw two cards."

He glanced at the card that had been drawn, the golden light in his eyes almost tangible.

"One more card, switch to Contact, send Sky Hummingbird from my hand and Dark Panther from my deck to the graveyard, and draw two more cards."

“New Space Hero…” Huber stared at the monsters, his tone venomous.

How many portions of Jaden's love did these monsters, these monsters "created" by Jaden, steal from her?
Originally, Jaden's love should have belonged to her alone, but it was not only shared with the heroes, but also with these inexplicable cosmic spirits. Therefore, she had no good feelings towards these monsters from the new space.

"Next, if you have no other cards on your field, this card can be activated from your hand. Trap Card, Neo-Spatial Expansion!"

Special Summon any number of NeoTsukuru and Elemental HERO Neos from your hand and Graveyard in Defense Position. Special Summon all 4 NeoTsukuru in your Graveyard!

Hummingbird, Black Panther, Mole, and Dolphin—four monsters with confident smiles—appeared beside Jaden, guarding him.

Hubert's hands clenched into fists, and his whole body was trembling.

“A magic card, a gift from aliens.” Jaden silently activated a brand new magic card: “For each type of face-up monster with ‘NeoSpacian’ in its name that you control, draw 1 card from your Deck.”

I have four types of cards on the table, so I'll draw four.

"How terrifying is the gacha system."

"Jūdai, you're really serious..."

Several friends were also shocked by Judai's outrageously serious gacha pulls, and they all sighed that Judai had probably never been more serious than he was now.

"Magic Card, EN - Battle in the New Universe!"
把1只【新空间侠】和1只【元素英雄】怪兽从手卡以及卡组各1只送去墓地发动这张卡。我把手卡的元素英雄雾影女郎和卡组中的新空间侠光辉青苔送去墓地。从卡组把1只新空间侠或者5星以上的元素英雄怪兽特殊召唤，从自己的卡组·墓地选1张【融合】加入手卡。这张卡发动的回合，自己不是融合怪兽不能从额外卡组特殊召唤。

If the monster Special Summoned by this effect is Neos, its ATK increases by 1000.
I Special Summon Elemental HERO Neos from my Deck, then Fusion Summon it to my hand!

"Next, the effect of Elemental HERO Lady of the Mist in the Graveyard. This effect can be activated if this card is sent to the Graveyard. Add 1 HERO monster other than Lady of the Mist from your Deck to your hand."

Judai stared at Huber and opened his mouth to say, "Hubert, how about it? Want to activate your effect?"

Hubert felt uneasy listening to Jaden's words, because it was clear that Jaden had deliberately forced it to activate the effect.

But wouldn't it be too wasteful to activate its own effect just for the effect of a search?

It doesn't know.

"Whatever you like," Hubert said with a smile.

"Then, I'll add Elemental HERO Skywalker to my hand."

After adding the card to his hand, Jaden looked at the monsters on the field. Several New Dimension Heroes noticed his gaze and nodded at him.

"I'm returning Neos, Water Dolphin, and Sky Hummingbird from the field to my deck for a triple contact!"

In the air, three monsters leaped up, and the dolphin and hummingbird reached out and placed their hands on the back of the new hero. Then, a streak of sea-blue light flashed, and a brand new hero slowly descended from the sky.

Azure wings and silvery claws together form a giant symbolizing the sea.

"Contact Summon, Elemental Heroes: Storm Neos!"

Elemental Heroes: Storm Neos, Level 9, Wind Attribute, Warrior Race, Attack Power 3000.
Attack power 3000?

Hehe, in terms of attack alone, it's indeed quite good, but attack power alone is useless. "Storm Neos' effect: Once per turn, during your Main Phase, destroy all Spell/Trap Cards on the field."

Tsk——

With this effect, there's no reason for Huber to ignore it.

"Activate the effect of Bell Phantom, unleash yourself, and let your effect destroy me."

She reached out her hand, and from her deck, a Hubert card appeared with a grin, welcoming the raging storm, before exploding into fireworks with a deafening roar.

However, Hubert's destruction was not the end. Along with Hubert's work, a brand new demon also crawled out of the darkness.

"Activate when Hubel is destroyed. Special Summon 1 [Hubel - The Hated Knight] from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard."

The two-headed demon knight has reappeared.

Hubel - The Hated Knight, Level 11, Dark Attribute, Demon Race, Attack Power 0.
"Then, I Normal Summon Elemental HERO Skywalker. Activate Skywalker's effect to destroy up to the number of other HERO monsters on your field that are Spell/Trap Cards. I destroy the face-down cards on your field."

"That won't do. Activate the effect of the Sacrifice Demon Lotus on the field. During your opponent's turn, if you control an Ubel monster, when that monster's effect is activated, you can Tribute this card. That effect becomes... destroy 1 Ubel monster on the field."

"Oh no, is that monster's effect also to destroy Bell?"

"This is a bit tricky—"

"Your Sky Knight's effect is to destroy my Ubel on the field, right?" Ubel smiled and spread his hands, letting Jaden choose. Jaden thought for a moment. He knew Ubel's card effect, so he figured there was probably no second set of Ubels, so he chose another Ubel.

However, reality was different from what he had imagined. The storm swept in again, and Hubert opened his arms to welcome the pain, accepting it with a sense of sweetness, as if it were something beautiful.

“Come on, Judai, let’s torture each other even more!” Huber said excitedly.

"Special Summon, the Second Abomination Knight!"

In this way, her board became two Abomination Knights, one face-down card, and two Continuous Spell Cards.

Jaden was surprised that Ubel even had two evolution forms. After looking at his hand for a while, he said, "Then, Magic Card, EN Switch."

"Return 1 Elemental HERO monster or Neo Squadron monster you control to your Deck, then Special Summon 1 Elemental HERO or Neo Squadron monster with a different name from that monster from your Deck."

I returned Sky Knight to my deck and Special Summoned him!

Elemental Heroes: Neocosmos!

"Synthetic Universe, Synthetic Universe again, Tenth Generation, why do you favor this guy so much?"

“…No favoritism, Hubel.” Jaden looked at Hubel without flinching. “I love dueling, I love every monster I have.”

This is essentially a confession.

But Hubert didn't appreciate it; she only wanted herself.

"Is that so... Then, New Universe Knight, Earth Mole, and Dark Panther will once again engage in triple contact!"

"Heroes from the Nebula, appear!"

"Elemental Heroes: Nebula Neos!"

Elemental Hero Nebula Neocosm, Level 9, Earth Attribute, Warrior Race, Attack Power 3000.
"Another 3,000-attack monster?"

"Two monsters at the level of Blue-Eyes White Dragons..."

"Hmph hmph hmph hmph, Judai, you haven't forgotten my effects, have you?" Hubel remained calm.

Anyway, you only have 10 attack power, so there's nothing you can do against her.

"Of course I haven't forgotten... Nebula Neos's effect: If this card is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, you draw the same number of cards your opponent controls from your Deck. After that, select 1 face-up card on the field, and negate that effect until the end of the turn."

"what?"

Everyone felt like they were hallucinating.

Can you really smoke that much?
How many cards did you draw in one round?

“You have 5 cards on the field, so I’ll draw five cards.” Jaden drew all five cards from his deck, glanced at the cards in his hand, and then pointed at the cards on the field in Hubert: “I negate the effect of the Abomination Knight!”

Upon hearing this, Hubert stared blankly to her side. To her left, the jet-black dragon, under the influence of the nebula, gradually lost its color and transformed into a grayish-white monster.

"Spell Card, Fusion: Fusion Summon Elemental HERO Sailor Man from my hand to Bubble Man from my hand. Fusion Summon Elemental HERO Sailor Man."

Elemental Hero Sailor, Level 5, Water Attribute, Warrior Race, Attack Power 1400.
"Overwrite a card."

Judai selected a player card, picked one, and covered it up.

"Beautiful—" At this moment, Manjoume was the first to react, "Sailor can attack directly if he has a face-down card in his Spell/Trap Zone. Since one Abomination Knight has been nullified, whether Nebula's attack or Storm's attack succeeds, there will be 3000 combat damage!"

That adds up to a whopping 4400 points of damage!
If the attack succeeds, we win!

Of course, this is on the premise that Huber's overlay card is not a defensive card.

"Hubert, there's no need to hate anymore... I've never hated you. I just didn't understand, didn't comprehend your existence. Now, I know everything. Although I'm no longer the person you remember, I can still accept your existence."

You can also be my friend, my partner...

Activate the Spell Card, R-Justice Judgment! Destroy the number of Elemental HERO Spell/Trap Cards on your field!

"Pretty!"

"Now everything is foolproof!"

As Hubert looked at the Storm Neos with his hand raised, many images flashed through his mind.

There are scenes from the past where she was a knight protecting Jaden, and scenes from this world where she is a card spirit protecting Jaden.

Bonds? Friendship?
That kind of thing is completely meaningless!

Her evil thoughts grew stronger.

If that stuff were useful, the Overlord wouldn't have died from betrayal!
"Activate the Trap Card and destroy the Ring!"

"..."

"Destroy 1 face-up monster on your field, and both players take 1000 damage—of course, the one I'm destroying is the Abomination Knight whose effect is negated!!"

The hatred that is eradicated will never disappear; it will remain within her forever.

A massive wheel, studded with explosives, was strapped to Hubert the Hated Knight. Then, the horrific explosives detonated, filling the entire area with a mad cacophony of resentment and screams.

As the explosion subsided, the light of justice emanating from the heroes shone on Bale's field.

"I don't need you guys to judge me. When I'm fighting for justice, there are no heroes!" Huber casually flicked her wrist, shaking off the R-shaped object that was shining on her. Although she dodged the explosion, she couldn't save her magic and traps.

After an explosion, the Seven Stars' Unlocking Gate and the Chronicle of Maturity disappeared from the field.

Judai looked at his opponent, scratched the back of his head, and felt that his brain was not working properly.

We discussed it with everyone before, and it felt like we were almost out of supplies.

"Sigh—Sailor Man, attack directly."

Sailor Man swung the anchor in his hand and then threw it onto Huber's body.

The tenth generation LP: 3000 → 2000; Hubert, LP: 3000 → 1600.
"Oh, what a pity..."

"That spirit has too much resentment. Jaden was unusually clever today, like he was using cheat codes in a game, but she was still unmoved."

"Lightning, what do you mean? Are you saying that Big Brother isn't usually very smart?!"

Below the stage, a group of people were making a lot of noise, but they were actually using this method to relieve the pressure in their hearts and their worries about Judai.

Judai looked at the large number of cards in his hand and hesitated for a while.

"Field Spell Card: Neoverse. This way, Neoverse Fusion Monsters won't return to the deck during the End Phase."

"Then, set both cards face down. End turn."

　5K5K, sorry, I promised to finish writing tonight, but I've gotten so late. *scratches head* I'll continue later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)