Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

What fills my eyes is gray and white reinforced concrete...

Small flying machines drifting around, transparent displays floating in mid-air...

Occasionally, you can see maglev trains passing by on the overhead tracks...

Faintly, one could also hear broadcasting in the distance...

By any measure, it looks like a futuristic city that is completely out of place with its original environment.

"How about that? This is my field magic! Just like the hero's field, the Skyscraper, it's a stage exclusively for mecha!" Sho Marufuji rubbed his nose with his thumb, standing on the reef with a confident expression.

After being repeatedly defeated by Yusei, Marufuji Sho's strength also increased to some extent.

At least, it won't be like before, where we stupidly summon a blank monster to get beaten up...

At the very least, we'll need to use a [Magic Cylinder] to retaliate!

"Well... never mind, the purpose of the search has been achieved anyway..." Kagurazaka took out the Spell Card located in the edge of the Duel Disk and placed it in the Graveyard, with a slightly regretful expression on his face.

Actually, this magic card has other effects as well.

However, it's pointless to talk about this now.

If it’s gone, it’s gone.

"Hey! Look over here!" Seeing Kagurazaka's expression, which seemed to completely disregard him and was more concerned with his own situation than the opponent's, Marufuji Sho couldn't help but complain.

"Okay, you can continue, I'm listening."

Giving a perfunctory answer absentmindedly, Kagurazaka then let out a big yawn.

"Damn it, how dare they look down on me!"

Seeing his former defeated foe now displaying such an arrogant attitude, Marufuji Sho couldn't help but feel a nameless rage rising within him.

"I set up an ambush card, then activate the effect of the Field Spell [Giant Machine City] to destroy my ambush card! In exchange, I add a [Machine] monster from my deck to my hand."

After placing a card from his hand onto the field, Marufuji Sho immediately activated the search effect of a Field Spell Card.

"A two-for-one search? Hmm... that's pretty good for you~"

Upon hearing Marufuji Sho's words, Kagurazaka put the card back on the field. As Marufuji Sho added a new card to his hand, Kagurazaka raised an eyebrow.

"It's not over yet! I'll activate the effect of the face-down card [Magic Garage] that was just destroyed. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Machine-Type [Machine] monster from my hand!"

"The monster I want to Special Summon is the Level 4 monster I just retrieved using the effect of [Giant City] - [Blender] (Machine/Wind/Level 4/ATK 0/DEF 2200)!"

Searching for Spell Cards, combined with Special Summoning of Trap Cards.

Having grown a bit, Marufuji Sho also learned new ways of developing his skills.

He clenched his right fist and swung it in front of him, then shouted, "Come out! Blender Man!"

An anthropomorphic green cement mixer truck slowly appeared in front of Marufuji Sho at his call.

The front tires become arms, while the rear end consists of strong, powerful legs. In the direction that was originally the headlights, there is a pair of adorable, big eyes.

Naturally, the [Blender Man] with 0 Attack is Special Summoned to the field in Defense Position.

"A monster with 0 attack power, what are you planning to do?"

Kagurazaka looked puzzled as he watched Marufuji Sho's actions.

2200 defense is indeed high for a 4-star monster, but if that's all, then this duel is basically over...

"I start..."

"—Activate the Spell Card [Machine Copy]!"

Just as Kagurazaka was about to flip over the "Eternal Soul" card in his back row, Marufuji Sho suddenly pulled out a magic card.

Upon realizing this, Kagurazaka quickly abandoned the idea of ​​activating the card.

No rush, we can take our time.

"The Spell Card [Machine Copy] can only be activated on one monster you control with 500 or less ATK. As part of the activation process for this card, I can Special Summon two cards with the same name from that monster in my Deck!"

Kagurazaka: "What?!"

Accompanied by the light of the monster summoning, two more green cement mixer trucks appeared on Marufuji Sho's field.

"Summoning three monsters at once, without even using up a turn's normal summon opportunity... You, a mere Osiris Red, can actually do something like this..."

Seeing this unexpected move, Kagurazaka couldn't help but show surprise on her face.

How could someone as insignificant as Marufu Sho have considered so much?

...This is truly bizarre!

Your deck, Marufuji Sho, is clearly terrible; it relies entirely on trap cards for counterattacks...

"Hehehe... Strictly speaking, it wasn't really my idea..." Sho Marufuji scratched the back of his head sheepishly, recalling the scene when Yusei defeated his older brother Ryo Marufuji with his deck.

Yusei used the effect of [Machine Copy] to pull a bunch of monsters from his deck, and then used them as a basis for a second wave of attacks, breaking through the defenses of [Cyber ​​Dragon] in one fell swoop...

The current Marufuji Sho is merely replicating the scene from back then...

"Next...I remember it was..."

Reflecting on the scene before him, Marufuji Sho turned his gaze to his hand.

Indeed, there was a [Fusion] spell card among them.

"Two monsters with the same name, the fusion materials have been collected..."

"It's time to summon the invincible bicycle..."

Muttering these words to himself, Marufuji Sho randomly and without hesitation inserted the Spell Card from his hand into the back row of the Duel Disk: "Spell Card [Fusion] activated! Using the two monsters with the same name on the field—[Blender Man]—as materials, I hereby perform a Fusion Summon!"

277 Invincible Little Car, details of his later years unknown.

Fusion Summoning performed using the effect of the Spell Card [Fusion].

As Marufuji Sho shouted, a vortex representing fusion formed in front of him, which then sucked in the two [Blender Men] in the front field.

After absorbing the two monsters, the fusion vortex began to spin faster.

Slowly, white light began to emerge from the center of the vortex.

Something seemed eager to burst forth from the vortex and inflict massive damage on Kagurazaka on the other side...

"Among all modes of transportation, it is the most popular and the closest to humankind..."

"Fusion Summon!"

"Come out!"

"——【Dual-person single-vehicle robot】(Mechanical/Earth/5-star/Attack 1600/Defense 1200)!"

With his fingers raised towards the sky, Marufuji Sho mimicked Yusei's movements, striking what he thought was a cool pose.

As he raised his finger, the [Dual-person bicycle robot] also emerged from the fusion vortex...

"...I'd give myself an 8.5 out of 10 for what I just did!"

The scenery around the coast is now covered by buildings created by the site magic [Giant Mech City].

The rocks on the shore where Marufuji Sho and Kagurazaka stood were replaced with a high platform made of cement.

Of course, these are just virtual duel images, not actual things.

If you jump around randomly, you might stumble and fall into the icy seawater in the next second...

"Attack power 1600... This trash monster is the result of your fusion?"

"Are you kidding me?"

Looking at the monster that was now in front of Marufuji Sho, with a pair of cute big eyes on its headlights, red paint on its body, and a bicycle-like shape with two pedals, Kagurazaka's eyes couldn't help but become playful.

His only monster on the field, the Magician's Wand, also has an attack power of 1600, which is on par with the Twin Bike Robot.

However, unlike the Fusion Summoning of "Double Bicycle Robot" by exchanging three for one, "Magician's Staff" is a lower-level monster that can be searched.

In terms of the difficulty of summoning and the proportion of rewards, the two are not equal at all.

[Two-person bicycle robot]...

Despite being a fusion monster that's supposed to be three for one, it only has a mere 1600 attack power...

It can't even beat the low-level, basic monsters [Axe King] and [Minotaur] with an attack power of 1700...

...You should leave the group!

They might as well just issue a fusion certificate... What a disgrace!

"Marufuji Sho... I think you're not planning to let this monster and my monster perish together, are you?"

Kagurazaka, who had intended to use her hand to activate a trap card, shoved it into the pouch at her waist. With a black scarf around her neck, she uttered a sarcastic remark without any mercy: "If that's really the case, then I'm very disappointed!"

"...You are not worthy to be my opponent at all!"

"Hmph! Is that really the case?"

Marufuji Sho remained completely unfazed by Kagurazaka's taunts.

He adjusted his glasses and said calmly, "The monster 【Double Bicycle Robot】 can ignore the monsters on the opponent's field and launch a direct attack!"

"...In other words, I can skip your [Magician's Wand] and deal 1600 damage directly!"

"...What!?"

Kagurazaka was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and her previous composure was replaced by sudden surprise.

Similar to the graveyard-blocking effect of Friend Hero (【Masked Hero Dark Claw】), the effect of 【Dual Bicycle Robot】 is also a built-in permanent effect, not considered activated, and cannot be chained.

Unless its effect is negated by cards like [Infinite Bubble] or [Skill Drain], it can continue to launch direct attacks...

If used well, the invincible bicycle combination can even achieve an OTK (one-shot kill) result!

"Hmph! Enough talk! Let's fight!"

Seeing the look of surprise on Kagurazaka's face, Marufuji Sho became more confident and resolute, and then waved his hand to enter his battle phase.