"Jaden, your attack is finally over, right? Now it's my turn to strike back—get ready to grit your teeth!!"
Just like an immortal being, Illya—who had Phantasm-summoned Heracles—remained standing on the field even after withstanding Jaden's relentless barrage of attacks.
Shivering slightly, Jaden forced out a strained smile.
"Don't be so scary, Sensei… you're reminding of every ti I had to take makeup exams at the end of the sester."
…You do take makeup exams every sester. That's not really sothing you can bla others for.
"But no matter how strong your montum is, Sensei, you can't change the fact that you have no cards in hand! I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
Thanks to the effect of the Field Spell Neo Space, Jaden's Elental HERO Aqua Neos wouldn't return to the Extra Deck, despite its usual drawback.
"Hold on… I activate my set Continuous Trap Card—Heroic Spirit – Intelligence Gathering!"
The mont Jaden set his card, Hoshino imdiately flipped up the Trap she'd recovered earlier.
[Heroic Spirit – Intelligence Gathering | Continuous Trap
If you control a "Heroic Spirit" monster: You can declare 1 card type (Monster, Spell, or Trap), then target 1 Set card your opponent controls; reveal that card, and if it is the declared type, draw 1 card.]
Pointing to Jaden's lone set card in the back row, Hoshino said seriously,
"Since I don't have any cards in hand, I need to seize every chance to replenish it~ Maybe the next draw will be the one that brings hope."
[But aibo, you have to guess correctly to draw. It's basically a blind guess. You're just gambling here.]
The Evil God chid in.
"Still, since it's the last card set at the end of the turn, there's a good chance it's a Trap."
"Nope. The card type I'm declaring is—a Spell Card!"
Jaden frowned, his expression growing slightly complicated.
Hoshino smiled smugly, her eyes curving into crescent moons.
"Looks like I guessed right. Co on, flip it over and show your teacher, Jaden-kun~"
"Ugh…"
Reluctantly, Jaden sighed and flipped over the still-warm card he had just set.
"The card I set this turn—Quick-Play Spell Bubble Shuffle—was guessed correctly by you, Sensei."
Hoshino had guessed right—but in truth, she'd never even seen Bubble Shuffle before and didn't know what it did.
The Evil God sounded incredulous.
"It really was a Spell Card… How the hell did you guess that? Anyone would've said Trap."
"Hmph! It's simple deduction from Jaden's past plays. Up until now, the only Trap he's ever set was Hero Signal. Most of his set cards have been Quick-Play Spells."
Hoshino Alter remarked admiringly:
[So honest. Unlike a certain soone whose deck is half traps.]
"Since I correctly guessed your set card using Heroic Spirit – Intelligence Gathering, I get to draw one card!"
Hoshino gently touched the top of her deck. For a mont, she felt a burning soul radiating from the card.
"I can feel it… the reversal card that brings hope! Here it cos—my destiny draw!!"
—Hoshino drew Oda Nobunaga.
"Pfft—!!" (spits blood)
—Hoshino, dead.
"Master, I want a new form too... I can't stand Okita flaunting her new look anymore."
Pulling a total brick at a critical mont and still daring to ask for upgrades—go die a hundred tis, please.
Though it was a self-draw, Hoshino could only grumble about it silently in her heart.
Fortunately, it was now her turn—aning she could still draw again.
"My turn, draw! Then I activate the Continuous Spell Phantasm Summoning Install!"
[Phantasm Summoning Install | Continuous Spell
During your Standby Phase: You can target 1 Level 4 "Magical Girl" monster in your GY or among your banished cards; Special Summon it, but its effects are negated.]
"I Special Summon Magical Girl – Miyu from my Graveyard with its effects negated!"
The elentary-school-attired Miyu was summoned back and quietly stood next to Berserker Illya.
With the Standby Phase over, Hoshino officially entered her Main Phase.
"I continue activating Phantasm Summoning Install's effect—once per turn, I can send Fusion Materials from the field or Deck to the Graveyard to perform a Fusion Summon!"
Pink starlight swirled around Miyu's petite fra as Hoshino searched and sent the required materials from her Deck.
"I fuse the Magical Girl – Miyu on the field with Magical Ruby from the Deck!"
Used as Fusion Material, Ruby exclaid excitedly,
"Ah… I've betrayed Illya and fused with Miyu! Is this the NTR scenario I've always dread of?!"
"—Fusion Summon Heroic Spirit – Miyu!"
[Heroic Spirit – Miyu ★★★★★★ (Level 6)]
[LIGHT][Spellcaster/Fusion/Effect][ATK 1000 / DEF 1000]
["Magical Girl – Miyu" 1 Effect Monster]
Amid the blinding light of fusion, Miyu appeared transford into her magical girl form.
Strangely, the Magical Wand she held had changed—Ruby was gone, and Sapphire had taken her place.
Sapphire sharply declared,
"Too naive, Nee-sama! You can't replace my place in Miyu's heart. As a Fusion Material, you were just disposable trash thrown into the Graveyard~"
...Truly showing your venomous tongue, Sapphire. If Okita heard that, she might actually cry.
"I activate the graveyard effect of the 'trash'—I an, Magical Ruby!
When she's sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon 1 'Magical Girl' monster from my Deck."
Drawing the card representing Illya herself from the Deck, the complete magical girl trio finally assembled in the Duel.
"I Special Summon Magical Girl – Illya in Attack Position!"
[Magical Girl – Illya ★★★★ (Level 4)]
[LIGHT][Spellcaster/Effect][ATK 1000/DEF 1000]
Illya, dressed in her school uniform, quietly leaned against Miyu's side.
With the regular Illya on the left and Berserker Illya on the right, and now joined by Chloe, Miyu had finally tasted the joys of the double-Illya experience.
"When Magical Girl – Illya is Special Summoned, I can add 1 Phantasm Summon from my Deck to my hand! And now, it's ti for Heroic Spirit – Miyu's effect—!"
[Once per turn, if this card does not have an Equip Card equipped to it: You can target 1 of your banished monsters; equip that target to this card as an Equip Card.]
"I choose the banished Half Magical Girl – Chloe to equip to Miyu! Her ATK increases by 1000!"
[Magical Girl – Miyu ATK 1000 → 2000]
In this limited event, the magical wand in Miyu's hand—Ruby—transford into Chloe's usual dual blades.
Jaden suddenly realized sothing: from the start of her turn until now, Hoshino hadn't used either of the two cards she had drawn.
"Are you bricked, Sensei? With just 2000 attack points, you can't break through my two HERO monsters!"
On Jaden's field, the only one that could be easily taken out was Bubbleman, with 800 ATK. The other HERO monsters wouldn't even flinch at a Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
"Don't be in such a hurry, Jaden. You're not escaping this beatdown even if you try!"
Hoshino raised her Duel Disk, her fingers gliding smoothly across the monster zones, linking two Fusion cards together.
"Now, witness a power you've never seen before! A form of magical girl that rivals the path of the stars—a new strongest form under the starlit sky!"
Heroic Spirit – Miyu and Magical Girl – Hercules Illya, linked by the power of the stars, combined into a gentle light that pierced the dark sky.
"Even on nights without a moon, the shining stars still adorn the sky! Fusion Summon—Child of God – Sakatsuki Miyu!!"
[Child of God – Sakatsuki Miyu ★★★★★★★★★★ (Level 10)][LIGHT][Spellcaster/Fusion/Effect][ATK 1000/DEF 1000]
[1 "Miyu" Fusion Monster 1 Fusion Monster]
[This card is also treated as a "Heroic Spirit" card. Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards from your field. (You do not use "Polyrization.")]
Empowered by the strength of the stars, Miyu's magical girl outfit evolved into a sacred shrine maiden costu. Her wand, too, transford from a cute magical stick into a majestic priestess staff.
"Let's show the HEROes the prayer of the gods! Miyu, activate your effect!"
[When this card is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, return all face-up Attack Position monsters on your opponent's field to their owner's hand.]
On Jaden's field, all three HERO monsters were in Attack Position. Two of them were Fusion monsters—so if they returned to the Extra Deck, it would be as good as destroying them.
"Even the tiniest spark among billions still shines for an instant."
Miyu gracefully waved her staff, scattering soft, moonlight-like magic that etched glowing seals onto the opposing HEROes.
If Miyu's AOE bounce effect succeeded, Jaden's entire field presence would be wiped out in an instant.
"Activate the Quick-Play Spell—Bubble Shuffle!"
At this critical mont, Jaden had no choice but to activate his only set card.
"Bubble Shuffle's effect switches my Elental HERO Bubbleman and one of your Attack Position monsters to Defense Position! This way, Bubbleman won't be bounced back to my hand!"
Bubbleman crouched into a Defense Position, raising the jet device on his arm to fire off bubbles that looked utterly harmless.
A moonlight barrier shimred into view. Even though the attack seed feeble, Miyu still intercepted it flawlessly.
"It's no use, Jaden. Miyu can't be targeted by effects and gains ATK equal to the combined Levels of her Fusion Materials × 200!"
[Miyu ATK 1000 → 3800]
"Haha, but I wasn't trying to stop Miyu. Sensei, look at Illya beside her!"
"Blub-blub-blub~~"
Regular Illya was now completely engulfed in bubbles, her petite form cocooned in floating spheres. From Hoshino's viewpoint, she could barely hear Illya muffled inside, struggling and blowing bubbles.
[Magical Girl – Illya DEF 1000]
"With this, only Miyu on your field can attack. Also, Bubble Shuffle's remaining effect lets tribute Bubbleman in Defense Position to Special Summon 1 'Elental HERO' monster from my hand!"
With a crack of lightning, Bubbleman vanished and was replaced by a new armored HERO in Defense Position.
"I Special Summon Elental HERO Flash in Defense Position!"
[Elental HERO Flash ★★★★ (Level 4)][LIGHT][Warrior/Effect][ATK 1100/DEF 1600]
"With only Miyu able to attack, even if she takes down Elental HERO Flash, you won't be able to deal any damage to my Life Points."
Jaden let out a breath of relief, like he'd just survived a brutal final exam retake.
"Blub-blub-blub… slash—!"
A sudden slash sliced through all the bubbles surrounding Illya. Freed from the foamy prison, her sword glead coldly in the moonlight.
"It's still too early to relax!"
At so point, Hoshino had already activated another Quick-Play Spell on her Duel Disk, locking eyes with Illya.
"Quick-Play Spell Activate—Phantasm Summon! I banish Magical Girl – Illya in Defense Position to Fusion Summon Magical Girl – Okita Souji Illya from my Extra Deck!"
[Magical Girl – Okita Soji Illya ★★★★★★★★ (Level 8)][WIND][Warrior/Fusion/Effect][ATK 2500/DEF 2000]
Illya grumbled fiercely,
"First sonic attacks, then explosions, now even bubble attacks?! How dare you! I'm really mad now... hiccup~~"
But probably because she'd been trapped in bubbles too long, her threatening tone was undercut by a few accidental, see-through bubble burps.
"A goldfish?"
[She really does look like a goldfish.]
Miyu, staring, murmured,
"An Illya mimicking a goldfish blowing bubbles... is so adorable…"
Illya's cheeks flushed bright red as she clutched the hilt of her sword, trembling between embarrassnt and fury.
"Yaaah!! I'll let you feel my anger!"
With a sharp stomp, Illya vanished in an instant, her movent like teleportation—fast and precise.
"First step, swifter than sound... Second step, infinite suffering... Third step, the absolute sword!"
Hoshino quickly jumped in, riding the battle rhythm with practiced ease:
"Okita Illya, when this card battles a Defense Position monster, it deals double battle damage equal to the amount by which its ATK exceeds the target's DEF!"
"——Mumyou, Sandanzuki!!"
With three thrusts unleashed at once, the blade shattered Flash with precision. The slashing pressure alone surged past, rattling even Jaden himself.
[Elental HERO Flash destroyed.]
[Jaden Yuki LP 3200 → 1400]
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