Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"Professor Kabayama... what... what is he planning to do?"

"Hmph! You'll find out soon enough!"

Maintaining his mysterious demeanor, Curry Mask placed his last two cards into the back row of the Duel Disk and activated them all at once: "Next, I equip [Number 59, The Rebellious Chef] with two Spell Cards, [Black Necklace], increasing his ATK by 1000!"

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Black Necklace

(Equip Magic Card)

effect:

①: Increases the attack power of equipped monsters by 500.

②: If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, activate this effect. Inflict 500 damage to your opponent.

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A necklace composed of red beads and inlaid with black gemstones appeared around the neck of [No. 59 The Rebellious Chef].

Because other cards appeared on the field, the All Resistance attribute of [No. 59 The Rebel Chef] was temporarily rendered ineffective.

At this point, aside from still not being destroyed by battle, he was able to receive effect bonuses from cards that other cards couldn't.

Therefore, after wearing two black necklaces, his attack power increased by 500 points twice.

(【No.59 The Rebellious Chef】Attack Power: 2300→3300)

"...Attack power of 3300...? Isn't that already surpassing my dinosaur?!"

"That's it. I don't need to tell you what to do next, right?"

When Curry Mask first activated his magic card, everyone thought he was planning to use a self-isolation tactic to forcefully drag out the 20 turns.

But looking at the current situation, it seems... that's not the case?

Professor Kabayama, who deliberately boosted the monster's attack power, clearly intended to turn the tables and launch an attack on Kenzan!

"...Battle has begun! [No. 59 The Rebellious Chef] (Attack Power: 3300) attacks [Graffiti Beast - Tyrannosaurus] (Attack Power: 2400), vanish!!!"

As expected, just as everyone predicted.

After gaining new powers, Professor Kabayama... well, Curry Mask's first action was to retaliate against the monsters that had previously harmed him!

With a look of hatred in her eyes, before everyone's eyes, [No. 59 The Rebellious Chef] unleashed her full power, blasting the paper Tyrannosaurus Rex that had touched her noble body into a pitch-black charcoal.

"……Well!"

Affected by the aftershocks of the flames, Kenzan lost the difference in attack power between the two monsters, which is 900 points of life points.

(Dilano Sword Mountain LP: 4000→3100)

"...Sword Mountain!!!"

Seeing Jian Shan in a disadvantageous position, his companions behind him couldn't help but express their concern.

After the only monster is destroyed, the Sword Mountain will be left empty.

"This isn't over yet! Sword Mountain... I'll show you my true power!"

Waving his arms, Curry Mask, having successfully damaged Kenzan during his Main Phase 2, clenched his right fist and shouted, "...Activate the effect of [Number 59, The Rebellious Chef]! Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to activate this effect. Destroy all other cards you control. After that, this card gains 300 ATK for each monster destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by this effect until the end of this turn. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn."

The two golden orbs surrounding him dispersed as Curry Mask finished speaking.

One of them paused in mid-air for a moment, as if attracted by something, and slowly merged into the body of [No. 59 The Rebellious Chef], becoming part of his power.

After absorbing this super-quantity material, a burst of substantial crimson flames erupted from the eyes of [No. 59, the Rebellious Chef].

Under everyone's watchful eyes, he raised his arm and began to unleash a massive wave of flames recklessly into the surrounding space.

"...Increase attack power by destroying your own cards?"

"But apart from [No. 59 The Rebellious Chef], Professor Kabayama doesn't have any other monsters on his field, does he? What's the point of adding that?"

"...Wait! Why would he do this on purpose? Could it be that he's planning to...?!"

As if they had considered a possibility, a questioning voice suddenly arose from the crowd.

“…Yes, that’s it!”

As Curry Mask's affirmative voice rang out, the three cards he had previously hidden in the back row, along with the two Equip Spell Cards equipped on the monster, were engulfed in flames by the effect of [Number 59, Rebellious Chef] and sent to the Graveyard.

"The three cards I have hidden in my back row are all Equip Spell Cards [Wind Demon Shuriken]. When these cards are sent to the Graveyard, each one will deal 700 points of effect damage to the opponent... And when the Equip Spell Card [Black Necklace] is sent to the Graveyard, each one will also deal 500 points of damage to the opponent."

Curry Mask carelessly sent all five cards to the graveyard, and as [No. 59 The Rebellious Chef] regained its invincible all-resistance attribute, three giant shuriken and two eerie black beams of light rushed straight towards the location of the sword mountain.

Three instances of 700 damage, plus two instances of 500 damage... This combination results in a total of 3100 damage, exactly matching Jianshan's current health!

"...!!!"

Just as Jianshan finally realized this, the five attacks arrived in front of him simultaneously.

Unavoidable, unavoidable, and utterly impossible to refuse...

Realizing that Professor Kabayama was about to win, some people who couldn't bear to see the outcome closed their eyes.

then……

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the sword mountain, whose front field had been cleared, was swallowed up by the smoke of the explosion, losing all its life points and being defeated in the duel... or so it seemed.

Curry Mask: "Hmm...?"

(Dilano Sword Mountain LP: 0)

When the smoke cleared, what appeared before everyone was indeed Dilano Sword Mountain, whose health points had been reduced to zero.

However... even with the outcome already decided, the Duel Disk did not emit a notification sound indicating the end of the duel.

"...Hey! I almost sent it!"

With a laugh tinged with relief, Jian Shan appeared before him. A massive, high-star dinosaur monster, its body crackling with tangible electricity, was also present.

"...Huh? What exactly happened?"

Confused by the current situation, others, including Curry Mask, couldn't help but ask questions out of curiosity.

Your health points are all gone... How come you haven't fallen yet?

Sword Mountain, are you cheating?

"Wow~~~~ As expected of the teacher! Your fighting skills are indeed very strong!"

"...Thank you for the compliment? But...what exactly happened?" Curry Mask paused, looking puzzled, before regaining his composure and asking Kenzan.

Even a professor as experienced as him felt somewhat bewildered by the current situation.

"Hehehe... If I hadn't covered this card beforehand, I would have already lost!"

Shaking his head, Kenzan took the activated trap card from the back row and showed it to everyone present.

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【Soul Relay】(Anime Card)

(Trap Card)

Effect: You can activate this effect when your Life Points reach 0. Special Summon 1 monster from your hand. Your defeat condition becomes that the monster Special Summoned by this effect is destroyed.

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"As my life points reached zero... I also activated the Trap Card I had hidden in my back row—[Soul Relay]. Based on this card's effect, I Special Summoned my ace—[Ultimate Conduction Terror] from my hand!"

"And the conditions for my defeat changed with the appearance of the monster..."

Pointing to the enormous dinosaur in front of him, Kenzan grinned and let out a smug laugh: "Teacher, do you have a way to destroy this ultimate dinosaur on my field?"

Do you dare to defy me, who possesses ultimate power?

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【Ultimate Transmissive Terror Beast】

(Dinosaur Race/Light/10-Star/Attack: 3500/Defense: 3200)

Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned. You can Special Summon it by banishing 2 Dinosaur-Type monsters from your Graveyard.

①: Once per turn, during your or your opponent's Main Phase, you can activate this effect. Destroy 1 monster in your hand or on the field, and change all face-up monsters your opponent controls to face-down Defense Position.

②: This card can attack each of your opponent's monsters once.

③: This effect can only be activated at the start of the Damage Step when this card attacks a Defense Position monster. Inflict 1000 damage to your opponent, and send that Defense Position monster to the Graveyard.

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"Gulp... I really can't do anything about this monster, but only for this round!"

"...The round is over."

Despite his reluctance to admit it, Curry Mask has no more options to deal with the card "Ultimate Terrorbeast" now that he has used up all his cards.

After all, who would have thought that Kenzan would put such a weak card in his deck!

What the hell? You can still duel even when your health is at zero... I suspect you're deliberately targeting my old man's blood-draining strategy by drawing cards from me!

"Hehe... Now it's my turn!"

After wiping his nose, Kenzan, who had successfully surprised everyone, suddenly drew a brand new card from his deck: "...My turn, draw!"

Another fireball in the sky disappeared as Jian Shan's turn approached.

However, for Kenzan now, this is no longer important.

The so-called countdown to destruction is still a long way off! As long as he ends the battle before then, the threat will essentially disappear!

Professor Kabayama (Curry Mask) has 1900 health points left. What he needs to do now is reduce that number to 0!

"First, the initial step... I discard the [Phantom Creation Hybrid Dinosaur] from my hand and activate its effect. This way, during the main phase of this turn, my Dinosaur-Type monsters will not be affected by my opponent's effects."

Maintaining a cautious attitude, the first thing Kenzan does during his main phase is to give his monsters a buff that makes them immune to the effects of the opponent's effects.

Even if he doesn't necessarily need it, having this layer of protection will put his mind at ease, and he won't have to worry about Curry Mask giving him an unexpected surprise.

The dinosaurs have been protected, and even if a meteorite comes, it won't have any effect on them now!