How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

Is there anything special about that sentence?

How did he manage to draw all the attention of the shadowy figure to himself?

If they shout this phrase every now and then to repeatedly distract the shadow, wouldn't they be able to keep the shadow stuck here indefinitely?

Just as Shirou Emiya was about to move further away from Artoria and try calling out again, he discovered that the shadowy figure suddenly revealed Sakura Matou, who had been hidden inside.

"Sakura!" ×2

Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya both called out in concern, but Sakura Matou had a blank look in her eyes and didn't respond to their voices at all, looking as if she were sleepwalking.

Sakura Matou raised her left hand, and the bandages that had been wrapped around her arm formed a black and red duel disk decorated with blood-stained bandages.

"DUEL!" ×2

【Yoto LP: 4000】

【Matou Sakura LP: 4000】

The two sides, standing at opposite ends of the corridor, simultaneously shouted the command to start the duel and unfolded the duel disks on their arms.

However, compared to the powerful voice of Yuwatari, Matou Sakura's shout was rather soft, at best it could only be described as a dreamlike murmur.

"I will take the first attack!"

Seeing that he had the first move on the Duel Disk, Yuuto took out the [Elemental HERO Solid Warrior] card from his five starting cards and placed it on the Duel Disk. The hero, covered in silver-white armor, immediately appeared on Yuuto's field.

"I Normal Summon Elemental HERO Solidman from my hand! Activate his effect to Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower HERO monster from my hand!"

"I hereby Special Summon [Phantom Hero Android] in Defense Position!"

Just as Shirou Emiya and the other two had finished receiving the information from Yuuto's Noble Phantasm, they saw the Solid Warrior in the arena shatter the ground with a single punch from the tip of his gauntlet, pulling out a purple-clad robot from the ground.

【Elemental Heroes Solid State Warrior】

【4 stars】

[Warrior Race/Land]

[Attack power: 1300]

[Defense: 1100]

【Phantom Heroes: Androids】

【4 stars】

[Warrior/Dark]

[Attack power: 1000]

[Defense: 1200]

"If [Phantom Heroes: Bionic] is Special Summoned, you can send 1 'HERO' monster from your Deck to the Graveyard! I'm sending [Elemental HERO Shadow Mist Lady] from my Deck to the Graveyard!"

Yuuto draws the card automatically retrieved by the Duel Disk and sends it to the Graveyard area. With this action, a purplish-black circular hole representing the Graveyard appears in the center of the field.

The Shadow Mist Maiden, who transformed into a ball of purple light, entered the cave, but just as the round opening was about to close, she released a ball of black mist containing something.

Shirou Emiya might not be able to see it clearly, but Rin Tohsaka, who was behind Yuuto, could tell it was a card because of the angle.

"When Elemental HERO Lady of the Mist is sent to the Graveyard, I can add 1 'HERO' monster other than Elemental HERO Lady of the Mist to my hand!"

Yuwatari caught the card shrouded in black mist. Even though he knew that Matou Sakura was still unconscious, he still subconsciously showed her the card, which looked like the card from Elemental HERO Neos.

"I'm adding this card to my hand: [Elemental HERO Neos]!"

Summoning, special summons, escorting to the grave, searching...

Yuuto's series of actions effectively helped Shirou Emiya and Artoria, who had just learned about the rules of duels, to gain a basic understanding of the card effects.

"This is... a Servant's Noble Phantasm?"

Emiya Shirou stared blankly at Yutari in the arena.

As the first Noble Phantasm he encountered in this Holy Grail War, Yuwatari's unique Noble Phantasm greatly expanded his understanding of Servant Noble Phantasms.

So there are such treasures...

Similar thoughts and ideas appeared in his mind simultaneously.

'If...if the range of this Noble Phantasm could cover the entire world, wouldn't that, in a sense, achieve world peace?'

The thought only flashed through Shirou Emiya's mind for a moment before his attention was drawn to a card activated by Yuuto in the arena.

"Activate the Spell Card! Fusion! I will fuse the Elemental HERO Neos Elf in my hand with the Elemental HERO Solidman on the field!"

"The fusion condition is two 'Hero' monsters with different attributes!"

The two-colored vortex swept the two heroes, who had transformed into a beam of yellow light and a beam of white light, into it. Youdu stood in front of the vortex and loudly proclaimed.

"Fusion Summon!"

"Come to my side! [Elemental Heroes: Sunrise Warrior]!"

A red figure flew out from the vortex behind You Du. It was a hero whose entire body was covered in crimson armor, and whose helmet was adorned with a bunch of exaggeratedly curved bull horns, as red as the morning sun.

【Elemental Heroes: Sunrise Warrior】

【7 stars】

[Warrior/Fusion/Light]

[Attack power: 2500→2700]

[Defense: 1200]

"Based on Sunrise's effect, I added a Miracle Fusion to my hand from my deck! Then I chained the second effect of Elemental HERO Solidity from my graveyard!"

"When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard by a Spell Card effect, you can Special Summon 1 HERO monster from your Graveyard in Defense Position, except for Elemental HERO Solidman!"

The circular hole in the middle of the arena leading to the cemetery was pierced by Solid Warrior's silver-white gauntlet, and then Neo-Universe Warrior, who was covered in starlight and looked slightly transparent, jumped out and stood in front of Youdu with his arms crossed.

"I've chosen [Elemental HERO Neos]! Special Summon it in Defense Position!"

【Elemental Heroes: Neo-Elf】

【7 stars】

[Warrior/Light]

[Attack power: 2500]

[Defense: 2000]

But that's not all. Yuuto didn't just bring the Neo Universe Spirits out of the graveyard to strengthen the defenses!

"Activate the effect of Neos Elf! If this card is Special Summoned, I can add 1 Spell/Trap Card or Fusion Card with the name of an 'Elemental HERO' monster from my Deck to my hand!"

"I add [Beloved Contact] to my hand! Then I activate another effect of Neos Elf, return this card to the Deck, and Special Summon [Elemental HERO Neos] from the Deck in Attack Position!"

On the field, the body of the New Universe Elf began to solidify. There were no special effects of switching, and in the blink of an eye, the materialized body of the New Universe Warrior stood in front of Youdu in place of the New Universe Elf.

【Elemental Heroes: Neo-Universe】

[Attack power: 2500→2900]

【Elemental Heroes: Sunrise Warrior】

[Attack power: 2700→2900]

After replenishing his hand to 4 cards, Yuuto glanced at his current hand and, instead of using [Miracle Fusion] to fuse another Hero Monster, he set [Beloved Contact] face-down and ended his turn.

"I'll set a card face down, and that ends the turn!"

Time, which had been frozen, began to move again, and Shirou Emiya, who was watching the battle, was panting heavily.

Yu Du had done so much and so quickly in that one round that he had become so nervous that he had involuntarily held his breath, watching Yu Du's actions one after another with rapt attention, and only now did he remember to start breathing again.

It's Matou Sakura's turn.

"My turn... draw a card..."

Sakura Matou, who had been staring blankly at Yuuto with her lifeless eyes, finally made a move. In a weak voice, as if she were talking in her sleep, she announced the start of her turn.

Fortunately, Yuwatari's Noble Phantasm thoughtfully added an amplification function to the duel disk she created, so the people present could hear what she was saying clearly.

After drawing a card, Matou Sakura glanced at her hand.

Honestly, Yuuto really doubts whether she can actually see it...

"I activate the Spell Card 'Temptation of Darkness' from my hand, draw two cards from my Deck, and then banish 1 DARK monster from my hand."

Like a manipulated puppet, Matou Sakura stiffly raised her hand to draw two cards from her deck, and then picked out a card from her hand to send to the graveyard.

"I banish the [Demon Giant Insect] from my hand, and then activate [Rough Man's Expectation] to Special Summon the Level 4 Normal Monster [Demon Bloodstone] from my Deck."

A bronze-green swordsman emerged from the darkness, three curved blades embedded in each of his shoulder guards, and the sword in his hand was speckled with red marks, like bloodstains that had not yet faded.

[Entering the Demonic Realm: Bloodstone]

【4 stars】

[Rock/Dark]

[Attack power: 1950]

[Defense: 650]

Chapter Thirty-Four: Triple Contact Fusion!

So it was a demon-possessed deck?

Yuuto pondered for a moment. Considering the shadow's ability to reverse the transformation of Servants, he had thought that Matou Sakura might be using a brainwashing-specific deck.

While we still need to remain vigilant, there's no need to be so tense anymore.

Knowing that Matou Sakura was using a demonic possession deck, Yuuto already had several contingency plans in mind.

At this time, Kirisakura's turn was still ongoing.

"Continuous Spell [Dimensional Rift] activated. As long as this card is in the Spell/Trap Zone, monsters sent to the Graveyard will not be sent to the Graveyard, but will be banished directly from the game..."

As the cross-shaped sword light slashed through, a gap was instantly torn open in the space around Matou Sakura. A powerful suction force erupted from the black space, constantly trying to draw in the surrounding life.

"Next, I will Normal Summon [Entangled - Northern River] from my hand. Based on its effect, this turn I can Normal Summon, in addition to my regular Summon, one monster with 'Entangled' in its name, once per turn."

"I Normal Summon [Demonic Whaleman] from my hand."

【The Demon Whale】

【4 stars】

[Aquarium/Dark]

[Attack power: 1750]

[Defense: 1050]

"At this moment, I open the face-down card! Trap Card [Beloved Contact]!"

Without waiting any longer, the moment [Entangled Whale Man] was summoned by Matou Sakura, Yuuto flipped over his face-down card without hesitation.

Just as depicted on the card, a silvery-white vortex appeared behind him.

"Based on this card's effect, I can return the Fusion Material Monsters determined by the Fusion Monster from my hand, field, graveyard, or banished state to the bottom of my deck in any order I like."

Special Summon 1 Fusion Monster made using "HERO" monsters as Fusion Material from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions!

Yuuto drew two cards from his hand, which, along with the [Elemental HERO Neos] on the field, transformed into three beams of light—black, yellow, and white—and flew into the silvery-white vortex behind him.

Because the monster is returned to the deck instead of being sent to the graveyard, the monster used as Fusion Material will not be banished due to the effect of Matou Sakura's "Dimensional Rift" on the field.

"I'm returning [Neo-Spacian Dark Panther], [Neo-Spacian Earth Mole] from my hand, and [Elemental HERO Neos] from the field to the bottom of my deck!"

"Triple contact fusion! Born from the galactic vortex! [Elemental Hero Nebula Neos]!"

A brand new hero leaps out of the vortex, and he is very different from the original New Universe Knight.

Not only was part of his body covered in darkness, but dark green armor covered his legs, shoulders, and chest, with only the azure gem in the center of his chest remaining exposed as always.

It wields a double-drill weapon that resembles claws, and its back is equipped with a pair of wings and two thrusters.

Elemental Heroes: Nebula Neos

【9 stars】

[Warrior/Fusion/Earth]