Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"Champion...?"

"...That's exactly right!"

Just as everyone was surprised by the champion status of the boy with the pompadour hairstyle, Silver Meteor, suddenly... Wan Zhangmu's voice echoed in everyone's ears.

Dressed in a white uniform, he appeared at the entrance of the room, surrounded by his underlings.

After glancing at Yusei and the others, Manjoume smirked and then moved to the other side to watch the battle.

"...Manjoume?!"

"...It's white lightning!"

After correcting the way the other person addressed him, Manjoume then said, "Accept this duel, Judai! If you don't accept, I'll take it as you voluntarily giving up, and then the Red Dormitory will be abolished!"

"What... why is it the red dormitory again?"

Being targeted repeatedly will make even the most good-tempered person start to get angry.

Facing the direction of Manjoume, Yusei frowned and questioned, "...Manjoume, you wouldn't happen to have made some unspeakable deal with Napoleon, would you?"

"How...how is it possible!"

When Yusei saw through the truth of the matter at a glance, a look of shock instinctively appeared on Manjoume's face.

However, having tempered his mentality, he quickly suppressed his shock and regained his previous calm and cheerful expression: "...Hmph! Think what you want, there are all sorts of reasons! Judai, if you don't go, then I'll take it as you being too scared to go!"

"...So, what do you plan to do?" Seizing the opportunity, Silver Meteor interrupted the conversation, making a provocative gesture towards Jaden Yuki: "A duel... to come or not?"

"Heh...does that even need to be said?"

Straightening his back and speaking with an air of matter-of-fact confidence, Jaden Yuki replied with a smile, "This is a duel! There's no way I wouldn't come, right?"

"Then, let me see your skills!" Seeing Jaden Yuki stand on the other side of the platform, ready for a duel, Gin Meteor immediately raised his arm and unfolded the Duel Disk in his hand.

As he watched his opponent unfold his Duel Disk, Jaden Yuki simultaneously inserted his own deck into the Duel Disk and unfolded it as well.

"...Duel!!!"

(Silver Meteor LP: 4000)

(Yujo Judai LP: 4000)

And so, under the watchful eyes of Yusei and the Society of Light, the duel between Gin Meteor and Jaden Yuki officially began.

"My turn, draw!" Silver Meteor drew a new card from his deck, glanced at his hand, and slammed it onto the Duel Disk: "...I summon [Assault Core] in Attack Position! (ATK: 1300)!"

A brown space fighter appeared on his field as Silver Meteor moved.

These mechs, which are practically impossible to see in reality and only exist in shooting games, are now being displayed before everyone as dueling monsters.

"As long as the [Core Fighter] is face-up on the field, its card name can be used as a [Giant Battleship] monster!"

Explaining the monster's effect, Silver Meteor waved his hand, placing three cards from his hand to the back row in one go: "Three cards hidden, end of turn!!!"

"...He summoned a monster with 1300 ATK and then set three cards in one go. Could this kid be a master of traps?" Yusei stroked his chin and began to speculate about Silver Meteor's tactical arrangements.

Since he is the world champion of the original shooting game, he is definitely not a weakling who can be defeated in a few moves.

If we can't glean anything from that monster, then the key point is probably the face-down card in the back row of Silver Meteor.

Who knows, those face-down cards might be heavy trap cards like Torrent Tribute, Bottomless Trap Hole, or Divine Shield - Mirror Force!

"My turn, draw a card!"

When it was his turn, Jaden Yuki drew a brand new card from his deck.

After a moment's thought, he drew a card and activated it: "Spell Card [Fusion] activated! I send [Elemental HERO Wingman] and [Elemental HERO Burst Girl] from my hand to the Graveyard to perform a Fusion Summon!"

"Come forth! My (former) favorite card—[Elemental HERO Flame Wingman] (Attack: 2100)!!!"

It has a single white wing and a dragon's tail on its back, and a red dragon head on its right hand.

The Flame Winged Man, who was on par with the Phoenix Man, appeared before Jaden Yuki at his call.

"...What?! A fusion summon right off the bat?!"

Whether it was real or fake, after witnessing Jaden Yuki's actions, Gin Meteor immediately uttered a shout filled with shock.

"Charge! Entering battle phase! [Elemental Hero - Flame Wingman] (Attack Power: 2100) attacks [Core Fighter] (Attack Power: 1300)! Flame Shot!!!"

Jaden Yuki decisively launched an attack in the direction of the silver meteor.

Upon receiving the command, the Flame Winged Man dashed forward and charged straight towards the location of the core fighter jet.

As the two monsters' bodies intersected, the core fighter jet exploded in mid-air, turning into golden particles of light.

The debris from the explosion caused Silver Meteor's health to be affected by the difference in attack power between the two monsters, which amounted to 800 points of combat damage.

"...Gu!"

Silver Meteor, who covered his head with his arm to protect his hairstyle, experienced a decrease in health points.

(Silver Meteor: 4000→3200)

"...It's not over yet! The effect of [Elemental HERO Flame Wingman] activates! When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK!"

"Take this! Sparks Shatter!!!"

With a mid-air turn, the winged fireman shattered the giant warship, then swooped down towards Silver Meteor, delivering a silent, powerful blow to his abdomen, knocking him to the ground behind him.

After doing all this, the Flame Winged Man flapped his wings and returned to Jaden Yuki's side.

(Silver Meteor LP: 3200→1900)

"Huh? There aren't any pitfalls?"

Seeing that Jaden Yuki's attack had successfully passed, Yusei, who was watching from the sidelines, was stunned for a moment.

What the heck? There are three face-down cards, but none of them have any counter-attacks or debunkers?

Could this guy named Silver Meteor be a paper tiger, a real novice?

"Uh ah ah..."

Having suffered two consecutive blows, the destroyed Silver Meteor let out a strange cry and leaped up from the ground.

After dusting himself off and concealing his embarrassment, he pressed the button on the Duel Disk: "You've taken the bait! Jaden Yuki... At the very moment my monster is destroyed, I'm opening my back row face-down card and activating the Trap Card 'Alert'!"

"...An alarm?" Looking at the card that Silver Meteor had flipped open, Jaden Yuki instinctively showed a puzzled expression.

"That's right! Based on this card's effect, I can activate the Continuous Spell Card I've been hiding on the field!"

With a smirk and a knowing look on his face, Silver Meteor activated his second face-down card in the back row: "Based on the effect of the Trap Card, I activate my Continuous Spell Card hidden in the back row—[Bosses. Battle]!"

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[Bosses' Battle]

(Continuous Magic Card)

effect:

You can only activate this card during a turn when you don't have a Normal Summon.

①: You cannot Normal Summon this card while it is in the Spell & Trap Zone.

②: If a face-up "Giant Battleship" monster you control is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you can activate this effect during the End Phase of that turn. Special Summon 1 "Giant Battleship" monster from your Deck.

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Everyone: "...???"

No way... are you crazy?! Since it's a Continuous Spell Card, why didn't you activate it during your own turn?! Was it really necessary to deliberately set it face-down and waste a Trap Card to activate it?

Or are you planning to disguise it as a trap card to put pressure on your opponent, making them hesitant to attack after seeing a large number of face-down cards?

But did you know that this has absolutely no effect on someone as straightforward as Jaden Yuki?

He doesn't care about your tactics, he just goes for it!

Whether there are any pitfalls or not, we'll see after we trigger them.

"Based on the effect of the Continuous Spell Card [Bosses. Battle], if a [Giant Battleship] monster I control is sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon a new [Giant Battleship] from my Deck at the end of this turn!"

"However... I cannot perform a Normal Summon when [Boss Chain Battle] is on the field."

Explaining the positive and negative effects of Continuous Spell Cards, Silver Meteor reached out again and flipped over the third face-down card in the back row: "Next, I'll flip over the third face-down card and activate the Continuous Trap Card—[Cyber ​​Summoner]! As long as this card is on the field, inflict 300 damage to your opponent's Life Points each time a Machine-Type monster is Special Summoned!"

Jaden Yuki: "This combination... could it be..."

Silver Meteor: "...That's right! Jaden Yuki, it's exactly what you thought! Due to the effect of [Boss Link Battle], I will Special Summon the [Giant Battleship] monster from my Deck at the end of this turn! And as the Machine-Type [Giant Battleship] monster is Special Summoned, the effect of [Cyber ​​Summoning Demolitionist] will also be triggered, dealing 300 damage to your opponent!"

Raising his arm and opening his right palm, Silver Meteor spoke in a boastful tone towards Jaden Yuki: "Jaden Yuki... even if you defeat my 'Giant Battleship' monster, it doesn't matter. At the end of the turn, I can pull a new 'Giant Battleship' monster directly from my deck without any tributes... A boss character's continuous attacks, this is the duel I use techniques from shooting games!"

"Heh... Special Summon, huh? Not bad!"

Seemingly acknowledging Silver Meteor's tactics, Jaden Yuki smiled and then placed his two cards face down in the back row: "Then, I'll lay two cards in wait, end of turn."

"At the very moment your turn ends, the effect of the Continuous Spell Card [Boss Chain Battle] will also be activated!"

Pointing to the Continuous Spell Card unfolding in front of him, and precisely at the moment Jaden Yuki ended his turn, Silver Meteor raised his arm and loudly proclaimed, "...Since my [Giant Battleship] monster was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard this turn, I can now Special Summon a new [Giant Battleship] monster from my Deck!"

Silver Meteor pulled his deck from the Duel Disk and began choosing the monsters he would Special Summon next.

516 Fleeting Beauty

"Through the effect of a Continuous Spell Card, during the End Phase of the turn the [Giant Battleship] monster is sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon a new [Giant Battleship] monster from my Deck!"

Silver Meteor shoved his deck back into the Duel Disk, selected the monster he planned to Special Summon, and slammed it onto the deck of the Duel Disk: "...Come forth! [Giant Battleship Cannon Core]!"

The evolved form of the [Giant Battleship Core], a massive silver battleship trailing several golden streaks of light, appeared on Silver Meteor's field as his words fell.

To be precise, it was suspended above his head.

The original spaceship, comparable in size to a planet, changed its shape when projected into this space to fit the size of the dueling arena.

Even so, everyone could clearly sense the colossal object hovering overhead and the powerful pressure emanating from its core.

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[Giant Battleship Explodes with Core]