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Chapter 694 Pain Reappears (1 words, please vote with monthly tickets~)

Izayoi Aki drew a card and looked down at her hand.

Although they mustered their courage and resumed the duel, the effect of defeating the Gun King was still far too powerful.

There's no way to summon or special summon monsters, and all face-down cards will be destroyed by the Gun King. How can we overcome this obstacle?

She began to think about the cards in her deck.

It is unaffected by any card effects, cannot be destroyed in battle, and cannot be summoned or special summoned.

In some ways, this monster is indeed invincible, because once it appears, the opponent can do nothing.

Fortunately, it is not entirely without weaknesses.

Firstly, although the summoning and special summoning of monsters are blocked, monsters can still be placed on the field, which gives players a certain opportunity.

Furthermore, it only blocks monster summoning and special summoning; you can still use spell cards and trap cards to find a way to counter it.

Her deck contains strategies to deal with this situation!
That is—effect damage!
Even if a Duel Monster is powerful, it will still lose if its life points reach zero!

Victory can still be achieved by dealing damage through effects!
And her deck happens to contain a large number of plant-related cards and effect damage cards!

However—everything will vanish before the Hero Champion can defeat the Gun King.

Destroy all the cards!

what to do……

She frowned, racking her brains, but still couldn't figure out how to keep her cards or how to continue her tactics.

"Aki-nee! 86 must remove one material to maintain its existence during the end phase of your turn!" At this crucial moment, Yuma Tsukumo, hoping to become a megaphone, shouted at Aki Izayoi.

Remove material!

Izayoi Aki suddenly shuddered—

She remembered that Xyz Monsters in Xyz Dimension had to remove materials to activate their special effects. She hadn't removed materials before, so she thought that the Gun King didn't have that effect.

So that's where it was!

"Tsk, damn astral body..." Feng Yan An Ying couldn't help but curse under his breath.

As a collection of "rumors and gossip", it enjoys the feeling of tormenting others by exploiting the unknown and fear.

"I see!"

"If that's the case, then that monster isn't that strong!"

"No, no, no, don't get excited just because there's a little good news. Even if it only removes one material per turn, this Gun King is still invincible. Where do we have so much time and turns to hold out?"

The Gun King was simply too powerful, ridiculously powerful, beyond what one would expect of a monster. Even the "gods" in most people's minds couldn't compare to him. Even so-called divine monsters were utterly helpless against him.

"I see, thank you, Kotori, Yuma. I know how to handle this now." Izayoi Aki looked at her hand cards and pondered the situation for a moment.

I have two tactical options to solve this...

"Activate the Spell Card, Pot of Greed." Aki Izayoi activated the card she had just drawn, "Return Black Rose Dragon, Crimson Rose Dragon, Izayoi Rose Dragon, White Rose Dragon, and Red Rose Dragon from the Graveyard to the Deck, shuffle, and draw two cards."

She tugged at the cards as if playing a musical instrument, her two slender fingers holding the cards as she drew two cards from the deck.

"Activate the Continuous Spell Card, Black Rose Garden."

A huge black rose dragon statue slowly rose from behind Izayoi Aki, and countless branches sealed off the room, making Fengyan Anying feel extremely cold and gloomy.

"As part of the effect of this card's activation, you can add 1 Rose Dragon monster from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand. I added Red Rose Dragon to my hand."

"You searched for Rose Dragon again, didn't you? But don't forget, it's pointless." Wind and Shadow spread their hands. "On your first turn, you can use this card to perform a series of Synchro Summons, completing what you 5DS call Synchro Summoning. But against the invincible Annihilation Gun King, this level of skill is useless."

Izayoi Aki didn't care and continued to explain the effect of Black Rose Garden: "As long as this card is on the field, all face-up monsters on the field become Plant-type."

?

A strange effect.

"Destroying the Gun King is unaffected by the effects of other cards!"

Although I don't know the significance of this effect of Black Rose Garden, I can just ignore it.

"Activate the Continuous Spell Card, Seed Bullet." Aki Izayoi precisely activated another Continuous Spell Card to counter this strategy. "Each time a Plant-type monster is Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned, place 1 Plant Counter on this card. You can place up to 5!"

"Oh--"

Someone realized what was happening.

"Oh! Beautiful—Aki!" When Crowe saw the card, he immediately understood Aki's intention.

If Black Rose Garden is destroyed, you can inflict 100 damage to any Plant-Type monster in your Graveyard that is banished. Seed Bullet can inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each counter you send to your Graveyard.

By collecting 5 counters and 15 Plant-type monsters, you can win through effect damage, completely bypassing the Strike Gun King!

"Set a monster on the field... End your turn."

Despite having devised a strategy, Aki Izayoi wasn't entirely confident.

No matter what, if the Gun King is present, she will have a hard time dealing with him if he summons even a few monsters.

If she summons even more monsters beyond her capacity, she might have even less chance of winning.

Therefore, every action that follows must be taken with utmost care.

"Huh? Covering monsters? Didn't they say we can't summon them?" a viewer asked.

“Covering monsters is not a [summoning],” Hikaru Amagi suddenly said.

This is something that many non-duelists may not be aware of.

Because often when people talk about "summoning," they mean "usually summoning a monster."

But in reality, that's not the case.

Normally, there are two forms of summoning: one is the normal, face-up summoning of a monster, and the other is directly setting a monster face-down.

The former is what is called "Summoning", while the latter is "Setting". Therefore, KOG King, which blocks Summoning and Special Summoning, cannot restrict the opponent's Set monsters. In fact, KOG King cannot prevent the opponent from "Flip Summoning"!
However, it is worth mentioning that, despite this, the inside special summon is still a special summon and cannot be performed when the 4-material Gun King is present.

In the City, around the world, and in front of all the spectators watching this duel, Hikaru Amagi suddenly spoke up, calmly addressing the drone, as if he knew the camera was watching him. Like a commentator, he explained the details, gradually making the audience understand.

No wonder Miss Izayoi was still trying to persevere despite the situation; it turns out there really were still ways and ideas!
"Tsk, at the end of your turn, the effect of defeating the Gun King removes one material."

Fengyan Anying flicked his hand, and a special golden ball of light flew out from beside the Gun King, transforming into a black Xyz Monster and falling into the graveyard.

Rumors and Shadows chuckled.

It doesn't just randomly pick materials and send them to the cemetery.

It knew, of course, that the effect of destroying the Gun King required an excess of materials to maintain, so it had already devised other corresponding tactics.

First, remove yourself, then revive yourself with a card like Xyz Resurrection. Then, when you only have two materials left after defeating the Gun King, restore them to the materials from defeating the Gun King, and you can continue to block the opponent.

Thinking about it carefully, this might be the most difficult aspect for Gun King.

Despite the immense power of the Strike Gun King, the three-material Strike Gun King has the effect of being "unaffected by the effects of other cards." Therefore, as a versatile material provider, it can only send materials to the Strike Gun King stack when there are only two materials left.

But it's not important.

In most cases, when a gun king is eliminated, the opponent has no way to resist and will be taken down in an instant.

"Fine, you still don't want to admit defeat even now? You still think you've won? That's ridiculous."

"I only need to summon a monster with an attack power of over 1000, and you're finished—"

"My turn, draw a card—hmm..."

coming!

Overdose regeneration!

Wind and Shadow chuckled, but then looked at the other card in its hand.

Before using this, first...

"Normal summon, Knight of War!"

Shila-

A bolt of lightning struck, and a monster fell to the ground.

A level 4 knight, Earth attribute, Warrior → Plant race, attack power 1500.
Seed pellets, plant indicators: 1.
"Oops……"

"Attack power 1500!"

"As long as we defeat the Gun King and then attack, and then use the Knight of the Battle to attack directly, Miss Izayoi will lose!"

Wind and Shadow commanded the monster: "Hahaha, in eternal despair, go mad! Destroy the Gun King and attack the face-down card!"

Kappa opened the box, revealing a red rose dragon with its claws raised in front of it, fiercely guarding Izayoi Aki.

Red Rose Dragon, Level 3, Dark attribute, Dragon → Plant race, Defense 1800.
"Activate the effect of the Guardian Fence in your hand! During battle damage calculation, send this card from your hand to the Graveyard to activate this effect. Monsters you control cannot be destroyed in that battle. This is an effect from your hand, so even defeating the Gun King can't stop it!"

Seed pellets, plant indicators: 1→2.
"...You actually made it through, didn't you?"

Rumors and Shadows were somewhat exasperated.

Despite summoning the world's strongest monster, they still managed to keep the opponent going until this point!
But then it couldn't help but chuckle and shake its head, saying, "You don't actually think you still have a chance, do you? The effect of the Seed Bullet is to send yourself to the graveyard and deal 500 points of damage to the opponent's counter. At most, it's only 2500 points of damage."

Do you really think you can hold out until then?

"Ha, let's see how long you can keep this up!"

"Cover a card, end the turn!"

Izayoi Aki breathed softly. Facing a monster like Gun King, the psychological pressure was too high. She was very worried that her tactics would be seen through before she could even put them into practice.

"We've made it through another round..."

"But the enemy's monsters will only increase, right?"

"Thank goodness we made it through! Once this turn is over, the little girl from 5DS can start summoning and Synchro Summoning! Then we'll show this arrogant Xyz Dimensional Maniac the power of Synchro Summoning!"

Yuma Tsukumo and Kotori Kanzuki, who were standing nearby, couldn't help but cheer.

The situation is excellent!

The astral body silently frowned, deep in thought.

No. 86 Hero Champions defeated Gun King. The reason they were able to defeat Ghosh last time was entirely due to good luck. They drew "Xyz Overlay Delay". Otherwise, they would have had no way to defeat Gun King.

No. 75 definitely knew about that duel, so he should have been prepared.

He continued to watch the duel with a worried expression.

"My turn, draw a card——"

Izayoi Aki drew the card, glanced down at it, and slightly squeezed the card in her hand.

"Cover a monster and end your turn."

At this moment, you need to obtain the materials to eliminate the Gun King!

"Yay!! Team 5DS can be summoned now!"

"As long as I can summon monsters, 3000 attack power isn't so terrifying!"

"Yeah, it's just that it's unaffected by other cards' effects, there's always a way—"

The audience gradually gained confidence.

Even the Nordic trio, who were intently watching the duel, couldn't help but slowly breathe a sigh of relief.

Perhaps it was because their opponent was a bizarre creature from the Xyz Dimension, perhaps their words were simply too harsh, or perhaps despair simply didn't appeal to them. In any case, in this duel, they wholeheartedly supported Team 5DS, even though they had never met Izayoi Aki.

"My turn, draw a card——"

Wind and Shadow leisurely drew a card from the deck. It glanced at the card it had drawn and then chuckled: "The effect of the Continuous Spell Card Seed Bullet is that it can send itself to the Graveyard and inflict damage to the opponent by 500 counters."

Five markers deal 2500 damage. You want to use the card's effect to reduce my health to zero, right?

As always, Aki Izayoi had no interest in talking to her opponent.

Moreover, she would never reveal something as important as her strategy for the duel.

"However, this was exactly what I expected—I activated the magic card, Harpie's Feather Duster!"

"Asshole——"

"broken!"

"Hehehe, destroy all of the opponent's Spell & Trap Cards on the field!"

bang bang bang-

The wind howled, shattering vines, statues, and everything else.

Aki Izayoi frowned slightly and said softly, "The effect of Black Rose Garden. If this card is destroyed, activate this effect. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to 100 for each Plant-Type monster in your Graveyard or banished."

1 sheet.

Suddenly, black, thorny vines shot out from the void and lashed out at Feng Yan's shadow with a whoosh.

Despite dealing only 100 points of damage, Wind Whisper Shadow cried out in pain, and the wall behind it was blasted open with terrifying cracks by the blow.

Rumors and Shadows, LP: 4000 → 3900
That's terrifying...

Feng Yan's face showed an expression of relief after surviving a disaster.

With that one move, it knew that if it relied solely on supernatural power, it would probably be beaten to death by Izayoi Aki.

Uh--

Speaking of this, we must mention a duel rule.

In the duel rules, if the opponent dies during the duel before the duel ends, the player is declared the winner.

In the end, it still comes down to a duel.

"You're thinking of surviving this round, then winning your next round through synchronization and other tactics, right?"

"Naive, so incredibly naive—"

"Open the overwrite card!"

"Trap Card: Xyz Resurrection!"

The astral body slowly widened its eyes.

"You can target 1 Xyz Monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that monster, and use this card as Xyz Material by overlaying it on the bottom!"

"Hehehe, what I'm going to resurrect is... myself, No. 75, the Shadow of Bewildering Words!"

A smaller version of the rumor-mongering shadow rose from the darkness, surrounded by materials formed from the Supergene.

"Hiss... It's that thing that can replenish super-explosive materials!"

"Oh no, if we let it replenish its materials, we're doomed."

"Before that, this guy's attack power was also 1000!"

Desperate!

Not only have monsters that can replenish materials reappeared, but also... if the defense of the monster covered by Izayoi Aki is less than 1500, it will be destroyed by Battle Knight in battle, and then attacked directly by Wind and Shadow, which will result in an immediate loss!
Rumors and Shadows chuckled wickedly.

The others hadn't thought about it carefully, so they didn't know that it currently had no way to activate its effect to replenish materials for defeating the Gun King.

"I activate the Continuous Spell Card, Overlay Network. You can target 1 Xyz Monster you control; add that monster as 1 Xyz Material to its owner's hand. I add the card 'Kaminacha Knight, the Destroyer of Guns' to my hand."

"Battle! Use the annihilation of the Gun King to attack the Crimson Rose Dragon!"

The Gun King once again raised his invincible spear and attacked the crimson Rose Dragon. The Rose Dragon could not resist and was pierced and dissipated in an instant.

"Then, use a knight's attack to overwhelm the monster!"

The monster's cover slowly flipped open, revealing its true form and numerical values—

Defense 500!

"Aaaaaah!" Yuma cried out in alarm, grabbing his hair.

Why is it only 500!

"Wait, Yuma! That card is—" Astral suddenly exclaimed with delight.

"The monster I'm covering is a fiber pot!"

A pot that was half mechanical and half plant-based shattered on Izayoi Aki's field, but the pot still radiated light and looked dazzling.

"That card is?!" many audience members exclaimed in surprise.

“A fiber jug?” Harald said in surprise.

"It's a fiber jar!"

"This card's Flip effect causes both players to shuffle their cards—cards on their field, in their hand, and in their graveyard—and then each draw 5 cards from their deck!"

"what?"

"Wow, this guy fell for it!"

The audience burst into laughter.

"Haha, this guy voluntarily removed one of his materials, making the Gun King no longer a monster unaffected by other card effects!"

"Wow!!"

"Genius!"

"As expected of Team 5DS, they actually came up with this method at such a crucial moment!"

A rare confident smile appeared on Izayoi Aki's face as she confidently said, "As expected, you want to continue replenishing Xyz Materials for defeating the Gun King in the duel, but because the Gun King with 3 materials has the ability to be unaffected by other cards, you must remove one material before you can add materials to it yourself."

Don't underestimate Yusei. Even in the most dangerous situations, he and I will definitely create a brand new world, brand new possibilities!

"The fiber pot's effect has been activated!"

Stab, prick, prick—

Countless cards were flipped over, and everything from Izayoi Aki's field, graveyard, and hand was shuffled back into the deck. In the end, even the No. 75 card was shuffled back into the deck, and finally, everything on the field returned to calm.

Only because they are not cards from any particular place, but merely monsters and Xyz Resurrected using Xyz Material, they lie quietly in the graveyard of No. 75, proving the existence and changes of the "world line".

"Oooo!!!"

"We've defeated and eliminated the Gun King!!"

"As expected of Team 5DS!!"

"Yes, yes, that's how it should be! Conquer time, conquer the impossible!"

The audience cheered excitedly.

but--

For some reason, Feng Yan An Ying showed absolutely no sign of tension. "Hmph hmph hmph... Hahaha—"

Almost simultaneously, it and the Jade Throne burst into wild laughter.

The smile on Aki Izayoi's face gradually froze and then disappeared.

Laugh, what are you laughing at?
"How naive, Aki Izayoi! Do you really think I don't know that as a Plant-type deck user, you have that kind of card in your deck?" Wind and Shadow laughed loudly. "Foolish! Do you think I wouldn't detach materials again in Main Phase 2 and then give the Destroyer Gun King Xyz Material!"

Intentional!!!

Izayoi Akira suffered a sudden cardiac arrest.

"You think you can really transcend time? Then let me show you. The complete form of this strongest monster!! Activate the Spell Card, Rough Man Predicts."

"If you have no monsters on your field, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from your Deck."

"Special Summon, Rank 3, Lightning-Repelling Assassin Guard!!"

Izayoi Aki's pupils contracted.

Thought, the power of thought—

"Then, if you control a Level 3 monster other than this card, you can Special Summon it from your hand."

"Thought Power Follows the Path!"

The second Level 3 psychic monster.

"Difficult, could it be that—"

The ninety-nine horses were greatly alarmed.

This level 75, it's only been a short time since I last saw him, and he's gotten so much stronger!?
"I'll stack two monsters on top of each other, appear, me!"

No. 75 Bewitching Winds and Shadows, Rank 3, Wind Attribute, Mage Race, Attack Power 1000, Xyz Material, 2.
The joy on Izayoi Aki's face gradually disappeared, leaving only panic.

in case……

If a second time—

The five cards she drew are not enough to deal with the current situation!

"Then, Normal Summon Goblindberg. When this card is successfully Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand. Special Summon Heroic Challenger Swordsman."

Next up are two four-star Warrior-type monsters!

"Oh no..." the left and right arms said in a deep voice.

Seeing this, Yusei, who had stopped in the corridor, couldn't help but close his eyes and murmur softly.

"Tie up the two Level 4 Warrior monsters on the field and come back! Level 4, the strongest monster in the world!"

No. 86 Hero Champion defeats Gun King!

The invincible monster has been revived from the Extra Deck. This domineering monster raises its spear, spins around the field, and then stands calmly in place.

No. 86 Heroic Champion Destroys Gun King, Rank 4, Light Attribute, Warrior Race, Attack Power 1500→3000→4000.
"4000!?"

"Heroic Challenger Swordsman monsters used as Xyz Material will gain a special effect - their Attack Power increases by 1000 points when an Xyz Material is successfully used!"

"That bastard!" The right-hand man grew even angrier.

They're really good at stealing!
I took away all the cards that make it easy to Xyz Summon at Rank 4!

"Activate my own effect, and send myself and all my materials to destroy the Gun King!"

It's like a cycle of reincarnation.

It's like a loop.

It's as if time is playing a cruel joke.

It was as if the world was telling Izayoi Aki that everything she had done was in vain.

When she regained her senses, she defeated the Gun King and returned to... 5 materials!
"And finally, the perfect pose... Activate the Spell Card, Forbidden Spell! Hahaha—Izayoi Aki, all that lies before you is absolute despair! Witness the most despairing pose of this strongest monster!"

!!!

"A declaration can only be activated with one card name. I declare, No. 86 Hero Champion, annihilate the Gun King!"

"You can only activate this effect by declaring a card name. This turn, your opponent cannot activate the effects of cards whose original card name is the same as the declared card. And after that... hehehehehe, hahahahahaha!!! In the following duel! I cannot activate the effects of cards whose original card name is the same as the declared card!"

What does this mean? Countless people have had their brains shut down because of this, unable to comprehend it.

“Destroy the Gun King needs to be discarded every opponent’s turn, because that’s the power that a powerful card needs to rely on,” Amagi Hikaru explained to those who didn’t understand. “However, because of the ban, the Duelist Wind and Shadow can no longer activate Destroy the Gun King’s effect, which means… it can no longer activate the effect of removing materials.”

"Although as a price, it cannot destroy all of the opponent's cards once per turn, in return, it does not require... removing materials to transform into a truly invincible monster."

"How could this be..." "Isn't that... the end?" An atmosphere of despair permeated the entire world. This truly invincible scene terrified them.

But Hikaru Amagi saw this as an opportunity. Just like when Jack lost before, 5DS wasn't afraid of failure. And this unexpected yet anticipated "card" was something Aki Izayoi might not know, but Yusei certainly did... understand.

Izayoi Akatsuki was in a daze and almost fell.

In that case... even the strategy of just holding on is impossible!

it's over!
There's absolutely no way out!
She reached out to touch her deck, but in that instant, she felt as if her deck was very far away from her.

further and further……

Further and further away!

She could almost see Yusei's back as he walked further and further away. She desperately tried to hold him back and protect him, but she couldn't grasp his hand at all.

A dark energy enveloped her entire body, perfectly matching her despair, after she truly experienced "seeing the possibility of hope and then falling to the bottom"...

Cold, pain, chill, torment—despair!
She felt she had lost all control over herself; she felt that life, warmth, hope, everything was slipping away from her!
All is over!

Even when Yuma Tsukumo and Kotori Mizuki tried to cheer her on, she couldn't hear them at all.

She reminisced about the past.

Because she was born with a telekinetic talent that is beyond human comprehension, she was feared by countless people since childhood. In duels, she can instantly knock down her opponents and even easily injure them. Even machines and firearms are helpless against her.

This is her—the Black Rose Witch.

At that moment, she suddenly had a feeling.

Perhaps, it would have been better if I had never met Yusei.

In this way, she would still be the "Black Rose Witch," wallowing in pain and darkness, without ever encountering Yusei who would rescue her from her suffering, and without watching Yusei lose her last days one by one.

Perhaps, becoming a local legend and an unwanted witch in the gutter is her destiny.

There is no time—

She's gone too!
"Autumn--"

She heard the voice she had longed for day and night.

"Autumn--"

But that must have been an illusion.

"Autumn."

She suddenly opened her eyes, only to see the person she had been longing for day and night.

However, he didn't look... well.

Although he was still dressed in his usual attire, the obvious mechanical modifications to his right side, the internal organs visible through the mechanical structure, and the wildly surging blood all told her something—

There really isn't enough time.

“Yusei, I…” Izayoi Aki’s eyes welled up with tears.

"I'm sorry, Aki."

"No, you don't need to apologize to me, it's my fault..."

"No, it's my fault. I didn't realize your feelings. I'm sorry," Yusei said.

It really is Yusei!?

It wasn't the Yusei I had imagined—

Just as she was thinking this, Yusei gently grasped her right hand: "There's another possibility, isn't there?"

"!?"

"Autumn, my harmony is concord, coordination, and resonance. I have never really tried to understand your thoughts, and that is my fault. But it doesn't matter. From today onwards... everything will continue to move forward."

This [Synchro], which he learned from Hikaru Amagi and gradually perfected under the guidance of various events, is truly transforming into a special power, influencing Yusei Fudo and his companions.

"I...I can also bear this pain for you!" Izayoi Aki finally revealed her thoughts.

They endured inhuman pain and torment.

"……I trust you."

Yusei didn't say anything more. He opened his eyes and said to his two companions, "Let's go."

"Autumn's duel isn't over yet—" Crowe was worried.

“It’s alright. Qiu will definitely win!” Every word Yusei spoke was firm and resolute.

Jack and Crow exchanged a glance, hesitated for a moment, and then decisively chose to go with Yusei to find Kaito Amagi.

It wasn't just because they trusted Yusei, but more importantly, they also believed that Izayoi Aki would be able to overcome this difficulty.

"Eh?"

Unbeknownst to them, Kotori Mizuki and Yuma Tsukumo noticed that the eerie aura surrounding Aki Izayoi had vanished—

No, it was integrated!
Izayoi Aki placed her hand on top of the deck, and in that instant, it felt as if there was another person behind her...

"Pick the card."

Izayoi Aki drew a card.

Yes--

Yusei!

This card will definitely be in my deck and in your deck!

She slowly broke into a smile, a smile that wasn't the so-called witch's smile, but an ordinary, girlish, gentle smile.

"Hmm?" Feng Yan An Ying was somewhat puzzled.

At this point, is there still any point in struggling?
The audience gradually began to feel that there was little hope left.

Now that things have come to this, is there any other way?

Izayoi Aki took a deep breath: "Cover a monster."

"Hmph, there's still no way to get around it."

“Then—” Izayoi Aki slowly revealed the card she had drawn, “Activate the Spell Card, Share the Pain.”

"...Share the pain!!!!???" Feng Yan An Ying was shocked.

"Tribute 1 monster you control to activate this effect. Your opponent must ribate 1 monster!"

On the stage of Izayoi Autumn, the Crimson Rose Dragon vanished in a magnificent display amidst the flames.

“This…” Feng Yan An Ying was drenched in cold sweat. He opened his mouth, but couldn’t utter a word.

How could this be?

How could anyone put something like that in their deck?!
"Why is that guy so nervous?"

"Huh? This seems to be right?"

With a furrowed brow, Yu Zuo watched the live stream and slammed his hand on the chair.

To achieve such a record with such an invincible monster?!

“Sharing pain is a special card.” Hikaru Amagi stroked his chin as he thought, “Most cards in the world have different targets, even effects like drawing cards or restoring life points are the same.”

The King of Guns is indeed an invincible monster. It cannot be destroyed by battle or affected by effects, and it even has a near-omnidirectional blocking effect.

but……

The Duelist is not invincible.

Sharing Pain is a card like this; its target is the player themselves. Even an invincible monster can be released as long as it can be released.

Despite claiming to be the strongest duelist, in the end, he's just a guy who provides the raw material for defeating the Gun King.

Rumors and shadows...

Hikaru Amagi thought to himself that Aki Izayoi should really thank it. Without it, even if another year passed, until the war against the One God ended, until the very end, until she never saw Yusei again, Aki Izayoi would never have been able to express her feelings, and Yusei would never have taken the initiative to ask.

Activating this card, Aki Izayoi felt pain, yet her body grew increasingly warm.

This is... the true symbol.

From the moment Yusei dueled with her, he has always insisted on "protecting" her.

"Hurry up and choose. I don't want to waste time—besides, you don't have any time left."

"Ugh...uh..." Feng Yan An Ying had no choice but to obediently send the monster to the graveyard.

"Whoosh!!!" As the true owner of the Gun King, Ghosh let out the loudest cheer, "This is so exciting! 5DS, super exciting!!"

Feng Yan and An Ying forced themselves to keep looking at the opposite side.

It's alright.

There's still a way to fight again.

Ultimately, you'll probably only play one copy of the "Share the Pain" card. As long as you recycle it next turn, then...

but.

How could there possibly be "time"?

Izayoi Aki won't waste time!

"Discard Princess of the Rose from your hand and add White Rose Corridor from your deck to your hand."

"Field Spell Card: White Rose Corridor!"

As Izayoi Akira quickly covered the ground, the broken and damaged rooms were gradually covered by flower beds and white roses. Mizuki Kotori cried out "Wow~" and gently caught a white rose, exclaiming, "How beautiful!"

"You can activate this effect only if you control no monsters. Special Summon 1 [Rose Dragon] or 1 Plant-Type monster from your hand."

"I Special Summon this card from my hand."

Aki Izayoi looked at the card that had appeared in her hand at some unknown time—it must be a card that resonated with Yusei's heart and her own heart.

"The Black Knight of Night Rose!"

"Ah! Despair—" Wind and Shadow felt a familiar power.

Night Rose Black Knight, Level 3, Dark Attribute, Plant Race, Attack Power 1000.
"This effect can only be activated if it is Normal or Special Summoned. Special Summon 1 Black Rose Dragon or a Level 4 or lower Plant-Type monster from your Graveyard."

"Special Summon, Princess of the Rose".

"Use a level 3 Rose Princess and a level 3 Night Rose Black Knight to adjust the star rating!"

A more familiar power was revealed to the whispers and shadows.

"Ahhh... What's going on? This isn't what we agreed on!"

"Synchronic Summon!"

"The Witch of Black Rose and Thorns".

Aki Izayoi gently placed her hand on her chest; the monster that had suddenly appeared in her deck felt just like herself.

The Witch of Black Rose and Thorns, Level 6, Dark Attribute, Plant Race, Attack Power 1600.
This effect can only be activated if this card is successfully Fusion Synchro Summoned. Send up to 1 Plant-Type monster from your Deck and 1 from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard. After this effect is activated, you cannot Special Summon non-Synchro Monsters from your Extra Deck until the end of this turn.

"This is the 5DS, our continuous synchronization!"

"Send Roselover to the Graveyard. Then activate its effect, banishing it from the Graveyard. Special Summon 1 Plant-Type monster from your hand."

Adjusting the monster, Rozen Maiden.

Rozen Maiden, Level 3, Earth Attribute, Plant Race, Attack Power 800.
"If you control Black Rose Dragon, or any monster or Plant Synchro Monster whose name is written on your card, you can activate its effect. Special Summon it from your hand."

Special Summon: Violent Witch of Violet.

"Use the level 3 Tuning Monster Rozen Maiden and the level 4 Violet Violence Witch to adjust the star rating."

"The cold flames will devour everything in the world."

Dark flowers, bloom!
Synchro Summon!

"Come forth, Black Rose Dragon!"

The most ordinary, the most direct, not even Crimson Rose Dragon, but Izayoi Aki's most fundamental ace monster, the one that truly bound her and Fudo Yusei together—

Its enormous body, composed of countless dark red petals, appeared so sacred and beautiful in this scene.

Black Rose Dragon, Level 7, Fire Attribute, Dragon Race, Attack Power 2400.
2400 and 1600.
Exactly 4000!

Even without the 100 health points lost, Izayoi Aki could have won at this point!

"This is... mine, my and Yusei's, in sync... resonance!" She was a little too excited, her face was already hot and red, but she did not hide her feelings at all.

"Battle! Attack directly with two monsters!"

Feng Yan and An Ying cursed angrily, throwing the things beside them.

It knew it was over the moment it killed the Gun King and disappeared.

When the Gun King was present, this single monster was enough to defeat an army of thousands.

It's gone—

Then it has nothing else!
Just like what Hikaru Amagi said—the strongest duelist, in the end, is nothing more than material to destroy the Gun King!

A violent force swept through the entire room, and the storm mixed with thorns almost instantly tore the Shadow of Rumors to pieces. Before this gossip-loving fellow could even feel much pain, he was reduced to a card.

Upon discovering this, the astral body quickly flew over to retrieve 75 and 86. When it touched 75, it successfully retrieved the unfortunate thing. However, in the next instant, 86 vanished from its sight!

Once again—

His expression instantly turned somewhat grim.

Rumors and shadows, LP: 3900→1500→0.
At that moment, the audience who had been watching the duel couldn't help but cheer together!

This is Team 5DS. Even when facing such a terrifying monster, they can still find a way to synchronize in dire straits!
Even if time repeats itself, even if tragedy strikes again, even if hope is followed by an even deeper despair, there is a way to overcome it!

The winner is Team 5DS, Izayoi Aki!

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