Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

The enthusiastic echoes reverberated through the dueling arena.

Upon hearing Professor Chronos's words, the spectators couldn't help but show excited expressions.

"To my right is Daichi Misawa, who came in first place in the written exam for the Duel Academy entrance exam!"

With his signature hoarse voice, Professor Chronos began to introduce the two opposing teams: "And on my left is... well, from the crane we... Osiris Red's Wanderer."

When introducing Yotsawa Sky, Professor Chronos wore a very warm smile.

However, when it came to introducing Osiris Red, he adopted a dismissive and indifferent attitude, completely different from before.

Such blatant discrimination is confirmed!

"Judging from Misawa's expression, has he already assembled his seventh deck?" Jaden Yuki, watching from the audience, asked Misawa Daichi, who was sitting in the duel arena with his arms crossed and eyes closed in meditation.

"Huh? So that means Mitsuki has already prepared measures against the [Hero Deck]? In that case... won't Yusei face all sorts of restrictions..." Marufuji Sho exclaimed in surprise.

If things are really as he thinks, then Yusei is in danger today!

"Yusei... Good luck!"

Quietly cheering for Yusei, Asuka, who was holding onto the railing in the stands, was watching Yusei's figure in the dueling arena with her beautiful eyes.

Beside her, Ryo Marufuji, with a smirk on his face, crossed his arms and said, "Yusei and Misawa... it seems to have turned into a very interesting duel!"

"Now that both sides are in position, I hereby declare the duel officially open! Here you go!" Professor Chronos lowered his arm, finished speaking, and then jogged away from the dueling arena, returning to Principal Samejima's side.

"Ha ha……"

In the faculty and staff section, Daitokuji-sensei, who was gently stroking Pharaoh, was looking in the direction of Yusei with a playful expression.

"Yusei, just wait and see what I'm about to do!"

Daichi Misawa lowered his arms from his chest, opened his eyes, and said to Yusei, who sat opposite him with a calm expression, "Next... I'm going to use my seventh deck to completely defeat you!"

"Oh?...You want to defeat me? That's interesting." Upon hearing Daichi Misawa's words, Yusei smiled but didn't say anything more. Instead, he slowly raised his Duel Disk.

You can say such boastful things after you beat me!

That's exactly what Yusei was trying to express.

“Then, I’m going to go!” Daichi Misawa raised his Duel Disk.

“Come on!” Yusei replied.

"Duel!" *2

(Misawa Daichi LP: 4000)

(Yusei LP: 4000)

With their shouts, the duel that would determine the academy's representatives officially began.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Misawa Daichi, who took the initiative, drew a card from his deck.

"Heh, here you come!" A smug smile played on Daichi Misawa's lips as he showed Yusei a card from his hand: "I activate the monster effect of [Deuterium Dragon] in my hand. During my Main Phase, I discard this card from my hand, and then add 1 'Chemical Combination' Spell/Trap Card from my Deck to my hand."

"【Deuterium Dragon】? Is that the new card I used in my previous duel with Manjoume?" Yusei raised an eyebrow upon seeing the card in Misawa Daichi's hand.

Monster cards with search effects, if I'm not mistaken, next up is...

"Based on the effect of [Deuterium Dragon], I added the trap card [Chemical Combination - DHO] from my deck to my hand."

"really……"

Just as Yusei had expected, Daichi Misawa retrieved a Trap Card from his deck to Special Summon the Water Dragon.

"Next, I summon [Carbon Dragon] (Dinosaur/EARTH/Level 3/ATK 800/DEF 600) in Defense Position, then set up two cards, and end my turn!"

Since they cannot attack in the first round, Misawa Daichi chose to defend here.

With a defense-position monster and two face-down cards, that's his endgame.

"Two face-down cards... My turn, draw!" Watching Misawa Daichi's actions, Yusei immediately drew a card from his deck.

"The moment you draw your card, I reveal my face-down card in the back row!" Daichi Misawa declared, extending his arm towards Yusei, "Continuous Trap Card—[Fragrance of Seal] activated!"

An incense burner, emitting gray smoke, entirely black, with a demonic face and a chilling smile, appeared on the duel field as a trap card was activated.

"According to the effect of [Fragrance of the Spell Seal], as long as this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, neither player's Spell Cards can be activated unless they are Set, and cannot be activated until the player who set the card's next turn." Daichi Misawa began to explain the effect of this card.

In other words, after Misawa Daichi activates this card, both players' spell cards must be set face-down for one turn before their effects can be activated, just like trap cards.

Apart from Quick-Play Spell Cards, other Spell Cards generally cannot be activated during the opponent's turn, so strictly speaking, it's equivalent to locking the Spell Cards for two turns.

"What?! It's a magic seal?" Upon seeing Daichi Misawa activate this card, Jaden Yuki in the audience was immediately taken aback.

hiss--

Cannot activate Spell Cards...

In other words, fusion cannot be performed during one's own turn...

What's the point of playing then!

"Oh no, this means Yusei won't be able to use the [Fusion] Spell Card during his turn!" Asuka exclaimed worriedly from the stands.

"Don't worry, this little difficulty won't stump him." Marufuji Ryo said calmly, observing Yusei's reaction.

You couldn't see even a trace of panic on Yusei's face.

Clearly, Yusei had anticipated the current situation.

"I am summoning [Elemental HERO Solid Warrior] in attack mode!"

With a calm expression, Yusei took a card from his hand and placed it on the Duel Disk, immediately intending to activate Solid Man's effect to summon Sky Man from his hand to destroy the card and save the day.

"How naive you are, Yusei!"

"At this very moment, I activate my Trap Card again!" Seizing the opportune moment when Yusei summoned the monster and activated its effect, Daichi Misawa activated his second face-down card in the back row: "Trap Card [Chemical Combination - DHO] activated! Return [Deuterium Dragon] in my Graveyard, along with [Oxygen Dragon] and [Hydrogen Dragon] in my hand, to the Deck..."

"Then Special Summon this card from your hand or Graveyard!"

As he said this, Misawa Daichi displayed his final hand card: "Come on! My ace monster—[Water Dragon - Cluster] (Sea Dragon/WATER/Level 10/ATK 2800/DEF 2600)!"

A massive torrent of water swept across half of the arena, and accompanied by the call of Misawa Daichi, a colossal two-headed water dragon coiled and displayed its majestic form.

"[Water Dragon - Cluster] effect activated! If this card is Special Summoned, the ATK of Effect Monsters your opponent controls becomes 0, and they cannot activate their effects!"

Directing towards the Solid Man, the dual-headed water dragon sprayed out a high-pressure jet of water.

The hero, clad in silver-gray steel armor and wearing hard gauntlets, was weakened the moment he appeared, before he could even activate his abilities, due to the impact of the water column.

Solid State Hero, unable to rise again!

"Hehehehehe... As expected of Misawa, who can upgrade to Obelisk Blue at any time! The poor student of Osiris Red is completely unable to put up any resistance in front of him!"

Professor Chronos, praising his own cleverness and unable to hide his smile, looked smugly at Daitoku-ji Temple not far away.

So, wasn't the person I chose amazing? Weren't you scared off?

However, to his disappointment, Daitokuji didn't even glance in his direction, but was focused on playing with the fat cat "Pharaoh" in his arms.

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py: "Duel should be played with laughter"

303 Next, it's my turn to perform!

"Tsk... putting on airs... let's see how long your Daitoku-ji Temple can stay calm..."

Looking at Daitokuji, who was leisurely playing with the fat cat, Professor Chronos clicked his tongue in annoyance and then turned his attention back to the dueling arena.

On Osiris Red's side, the effect of [Elemental HERO Solid Warrior] has been nullified by Misawa Daichi, and the monster's attack power has also been reduced to 0.

Furthermore, the Fusion Spell Card was also sealed by Spellsealed Fragrance, preventing Yusei from performing a Fusion Summon this turn...

In the next round, Yusei will suffer massive damage, almost equivalent to a direct attack.

The attack power of [Water Dragon - Cluster] is 2800, and the attack power of [Carbon Dragon] is 800. Add another low-level monster card, such as the 4-star Axe King - [Bloody Beastman] with 1900 attack power, and Misawa Daichi can win the duel without any doubt!

In Professor Chronos's view, Misawa Daichi, on whom he had placed high hopes, was now in a position to win decisively.

Those who can represent the academy must be elites; it's absolutely impossible for Osiris Red's bunch of losers to be chosen!

……

"How about it, Yusei? In this situation, can you come up with any way to break the deadlock?" Daichi Misawa, who had already played all his cards, clenched his right fist tightly and showed an excited expression.

With this brilliant four-for-one trade, he successfully summoned his trump card monster.

The [Water Dragon - Cluster] boasts 2800 attack power and multiple effects!

He had prepared several tactics specifically for today's duel.

In his current deck, besides the tactic he has already demonstrated of using "Fragrance of Spell Sealing" to block the opponent's activation of spell cards, there is also a counter-trap card specifically designed to target spell cards, such as "Spell Sealing Spell".

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The Demon-Sealing Curse

(Counter Trap Card)

Effect: Discard 1 Spell Card from your hand. Negate the activation and effect of a Spell Card, and destroy it. Your opponent cannot activate any Spell Cards destroyed by this card's effect or any cards with the same name during this Duel.

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In addition to sealing magic cards, Misawa Daichi also specially prepared the "Litmus Death Swordsman" which can be used in conjunction with magic cards.

A monster that is unaffected by Trap Card effects and gains 3000 ATK and DEF when a face-up Trap Card is on the field.

By combining this monster with the Trap Card [Skill Drain], you can steal the effects of monsters on Yusei's field and create a situation where you can unilaterally overwhelm them.

Even if Yusei activates "Hano's Sublime Power" - [Divine Shield - Mirror Force -] at that time, he will not be able to destroy [Litmus Death Swordsman], which is unaffected by Trap Card effects.

Unfortunately...

I didn't even have a chance to get my hands on these cards.

Therefore, Daichi Misawa was unable to use these powerful tactics...