Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

With a slight smile, Yusei uttered the name that felt all too familiar: "The Hero Monster I've chosen to search is [Elemental HERO - Mist Lady]!"

"...The Mist Maiden? Is Yusei planning to summon Dark Claw?"

As is well known, [Elemental Hero: Shadow Mist Lady], [Mask Transformation], and [Mask Hero: Dark Claw] are linked together.

Generally speaking, whenever the Shadow Mist Lady appears, it's natural that the Friend Hero will also be there.

"...However, the Shadow Mist Lady can only activate her effect when she is Special Summoned, searching her Deck for one Quick-Play Spell Card, 'Mask Change,' and 'Mask Change' can only activate its transformation effect against monsters she controls..."

"Searching at this time? Yusei, what is he thinking?"

Puzzled by Yusei's actions, a look of bewilderment appeared on everyone's faces.

Is Yusei doing this because he didn't get his key cards in hand right away, so he's planning to search for them now to prepare for the next move?

"Heh... Next, I'll activate the Spell Card [Fusion] from my hand! I'll fuse my EARTH [Elemental HERO Solid Hero] with my DARK [Elemental HERO Mist Lady] from my hand!"

Noticing what everyone was saying, Yusei smiled and gave his answer.

"Fusion Summon! Appear here! Crimson Flash—[Elemental HERO Sunrise Knight] (Attack Power: 2500)!"

The warm light, like that of the morning sun, fell upon the ground.

Accompanied by the special light of this fusion summoning, the red hero wearing a bull-horned helmet descended from the sky, waving his silver cloak, and arrived in front of Yusei.

With his appearance, the search effect will be triggered again.

"At this moment, the effect of [Elemental HERO Sunrise Warrior] activates! If this card is Special Summoned, I can add one [Miracle Fusion] from my Deck to my hand!"

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"Furthermore, I can chain this search effect of Sunrise Knight and activate the second effect of Elemental HERO Solid Knight, which was previously sent to the Graveyard as Fusion Material from my field!"

Extending his arm, Yusei looked at the bewildered Kanda across from him and slowly curled the corners of his mouth into a smile: "...If this card is sent from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard by the effect of a Spell Card, you can target 1 HERO monster in your Graveyard other than Elemental HERO Solidman; Special Summon that monster in Defense Position."

"...And the one I want to Special Summon is none other than [Elemental HERO: Shadow Mist Lady], who was sent to my graveyard along with Solid Man as fusion material!"

The Shadow Mist Lady has two effects, and you can only choose one to activate per turn.

Alternatively, when she is sent to the graveyard, you can choose to activate the effect and search for a [Hero] card in your deck.

Alternatively, if she is Special Summoned, you can activate her effect to search your Deck for a [Change] Quick-Play Spell Card.

Yusei, intending to summon Elemental HERO Elemental Mist Lady, activated her second effect the instant she was Special Summoned to the field by Elemental HERO Elemental Mist Lady's effect: "[Elemental HERO Elemental Mist Lady] effect activated! If this card is Special Summoned: You can activate this effect. Add 1 'Change' Quick-Play Spell Card from your Deck to your hand."

As the Shadow Mist Lady, shrouded in black mist, slowly stepped forward and appeared in front of Yusei with one hand on her hip, the indicator light on the Duel Disk on Yusei's arm began to flash intermittently.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Duel Disk automatically ejected a card, which Yusei caught in his hand.

Needless to say, that card is naturally the hero-exclusive quick-play spell card—[Mask Change]!

561 Heart-pounding Quiz Duel

"Bury a card, end the turn."

Normal Summon Solidman to summon Skyman, then Skyman activates its effect to search for Shadow Mist Lady, and then fuse Solidman on the field with Shadow Mist Lady in your hand to Fusion Summon Sunrise.

In this way, the effects of Sunrise Warrior and Solid Warrior will be triggered simultaneously.

While adding Miracle Fusion to his hand, Yusei can also use Solid Man's effect to Special Summon the Shadow Mist Lady who was just sent to the Graveyard in Defense Position, thereby triggering the Shadow Mist Lady's second search effect to add Masked Change from his deck to his hand.

With a slight smirk, Yusei covered his back with the [Mask Change] in his hand.

Then, he announced the end of the round: "Oh, Kanda... let me see your duel!"

"...Is it my turn?"

Kanda shook his head sharply, clearing his mind of those distracting thoughts. After habitually adjusting his glasses, he drew a brand new card from his deck: "...My turn, draw!"

"I activate the Spell Card [Shock Search]. Based on this card's effect, I send one card from my hand to the Graveyard, and then I can add the Continuous Spell Card [Riddle Time!] from my Deck to my hand!"

"Then, I'll chain this to your activation and reveal my face-down card in the back row!" Seizing the opportunity while Kanda was searching, Yusei flipped up the card he had set down the previous turn: "Quick-Play Spell Card [Masked Change] activated! Send my [Elemental HERO: Shadow Mist Lady] to the Graveyard to Special Summon [Masked HERO: Dark Claw] from my Extra Deck!!!"

Leaping into the air, the Shadow Mist Lady, her body enveloped in light, was then encased in black armor in the form of a werewolf, appearing in the arena in a completely new form.

Let's be friends!

As this iconic line was uttered, Xiao Rong's friend, who had brought calamity to the opponent, raised his arm and pointed to Kanda's location on the other side.

"【Masked Hero - Dark Claw】's effect activated! Once per turn, if your opponent adds a card from their Deck to their hand outside of their Draw Phase, you can activate this effect. Banish 1 random card from your opponent's hand."

"At the same time, linked to the effect of Dark Claw, I activate the Graveyard Sending Effect of Elemental HERO Lady of the Mist, searching for a HERO monster from my Deck to draw into my hand!"

Following the chain reverse processing order, after the Shadow Mist Lady's effect is activated, the Dark Claw's banishing effect will be activated, and only then will Kanda's search effect be processed.

As Kanda adds a new card to his hand from his deck, he will also randomly banish one card from his hand due to the effect of Dark Claw!

"Gulp! Unbelievable..."

One of the cards in my hand was snatched away by Dark Claw and sent to an unknown other dimension.

As Kanda gritted his teeth, a sense of relief welled up inside him.

Fortunately, the card that was excluded was [Monster Resurrection], not [Riddle Time!] which I had already drawn.

Although I feel heartbroken, it's not unacceptable.

"...Next, I will activate this card!"

Feeling regretful about the lost card, Kanda, after showing a somewhat sad expression, reached out and inserted the magic card he had just retrieved into his back row.

As he moved, the projection of the magic card grew larger and was projected onto everyone's faces as a virtual image.

After a flash of light, a giant monster whose body was a magic plate used to embed cubes appeared behind Kanda's body as the magic card was activated.

At the same time, a device similar to a quiz button on a TV quiz show appeared in front of Yusei and Kanda.

"what is this?"

Raising an eyebrow, Yusei looked at Kanda's unconventional actions and a big question mark appeared above his head.

"Hehehe~~ This is my unique way of dueling! A riddle duel!" Kanda swung his fingers, a smug expression spreading across his face.

After activating the Continuous Spell Card [Riddle Time!], he seemed to have gained some kind of possession, and a considerable degree of self-confidence began to emerge in his heart.

"What's that? A guessing game show?"

"Hmm? This guy's aura... seems to have changed?" In the audience, Yuki Judai and his group, who noticed Kanda's change, scratched their heads and expressed their feelings.

"...The effect of the Continuous Spell Card [Riddle Time!] is activated! I place the three monster cards [Obelisk-10], [Ragu-10], and [Osiris-10] face down on the Duel Field."

With a change in his aura, Kanda adjusted his glasses and explained the effect of the card he had activated: "...By the way, these monsters have an attack and defense rating of 0, so you can attack them as much as you want."

Everyone: "...0?!"

Manjoume: "All zeros? How does this guy plan to win?"

Jaden Yuki: "Interesting! Doesn't this make it just like those quiz shows on TV?"

"Heh... a riddle, is it?" Yusei stroked his chin as he observed Kanda's grounds.

Putting aside other aspects, the fact that it can place three monster cards from your hand in one go is enough to prove the excellence of this spell card.

It seems this is Kanda's key card.

"That's right! Just as you thought!" Kanda spread his arms wide and said in an extremely smug tone, "Next up is the heart-pounding Q&A session! The one answering the questions is Yusei Osiris Red, and the one setting the questions is Kanda Tsutomu of the Society of Light, which is me!"

Asuka, just watch! This is my most prized puzzle deck, as an otaku!

Kanda, clenching his right fist and holding this belief in his heart, glanced at Asuka, who was standing in the audience with her arms crossed, out of the corner of his eye.

Asuka: "A riddle? That seems kind of interesting..."

Manjoume: "Hmph! All flash and no substance!"

The two executives of the guild gave different evaluations of Kanda's deck.

Asuka had an interested look on her face, while Manjoume's face was full of disdain.

In his opinion, it would be more reliable to hope that a sow could fly than to expect Kanda, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, to defeat Yusei.

"My turn is over. Now it's your turn, Yusei!" Kanda lowered his arm, set three monster cards face-down on his field, and ended his turn.

"My turn, draw a card!"

With a wave of his arm, Yusei drew a new card from his deck.

Next, he slammed the HERO monster he had previously retrieved using the effect of [Elemental HERO: Lady of the Mist] onto his Duel Disk: "I Normal Summon [Elemental HERO: Liquid Man] in Attack Position and activate its effect!"

"...When this card is successfully Summoned, you can target 1 Level 4 or lower 'HERO' monster in your Graveyard, except for 'Elemental HERO Liquidman'; Special Summon that monster."

"...Revive! [Elemental Hero - Shadow Mist Lady]!"

Like the Mist Lady, Liquid Man can only choose one of his two effects to activate per turn.

You can either summon him to the field normally and then have him revive a lower-ranked hero from the graveyard.

Alternatively, it can be used as a fusion material to trigger its "draw two and discard one" effect.

Yusei naturally chose the effect of Liquid Man.

"At the moment of being Special Summoned, the effect of [Elemental HERO: Lady of the Mist] will be activated again, and I will add a second [Mask Change] from my deck to my hand!"

The female hero, shrouded in black mist, returned to Yusei's field with one hand on her hip.

Using her effect, Yusei added another "Mask Change" card from his deck to his hand.

At this point, Yusei has a total of five Hero Monsters standing on his field: Elemental HERO Sunrise, Elemental HERO Skywalker, Elemental HERO Liquidman, Elemental HERO Shadow Mist Lady, and Masked HERO Dark Claw!

Due to Sunrise Knight's passive effect, all monsters on Yusei's field will gain 200 points of the Attributes of all monsters on his field!

Sunrise Warrior is of the Light attribute, Sky Warrior is of the Wind attribute, Liquid Warrior is of the Water attribute, and Shadow Mist Lady and Dark Claw are of the Dark attribute...

Therefore, the attack power of these hero monsters will increase by 800 points!

[Elemental Hero - Sunrise Knight] Attack Power: 2500 → 3300

[Elemental Hero - Sky Knight] Attack Power: 1800 → 2600

[Elemental Hero - Liquid Knight] Attack Power: 1400 → 2200

[Elemental Hero - Shadow Mist Lady] Attack Power: 1000 → 1800