Heroic Spirit Deck in Yu-Gi-Oh! Chapter 512 - 512

"I told you already, Master—this ti, I can carry!"

Pressing her hand firmly onto the card in her Monster Zone, Hoshino Alter activated her effect before declaring battle, clearing the path ahead.

"First, I activate Super cha Nobu – MARK II's special effect!"

[Effect: When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can destroy Spell/Trap cards on the field up to the number of other 'Nobu' monsters you control.]

"Since Oda Nobunaga is already on my field, I can destroy one of your Spell or Trap cards, Kaiba!"

Akasha's eyes widened in realization.

"So that's her plan! If she destroys Kaiba's Future Fusion, then because of its drawback, the Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon summoned through it will also be destroyed!"

Yugi nodded gravely.

"Back in Duelist Kingdom, when Hoshino first fought Kaiba, she used the exact sa tactic to destroy Future Fusion's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon."

Jaden and Akasha snapped their heads toward him, their expressions filled with disbelief.

"Wait—Sensei fought Kaiba during Duelist Kingdom? How co we've never heard of this?!"

As their "big sister" and self-proclaid teacher, Hoshino had endlessly bragged about her legendary dueling history, retelling it so many tis it practically sounded like a serialized novel titled How I Defeated Everyone in Duelist Kingdom with My Heroic Spirit Deck.

"…She never told you?" Yugi scratched his cheek with a sheepish smile. Of course he knew why. That duel was one of the rare tis Hoshino had actually lost—a black mark she had buried deep in her record.

But Hoshino Alter's sharp declaration pulled the kids' attention back to the duel.

"The card I'll destroy is—your Continuous Trap Depth Amulet! Do it, Super cha Nobu—MAGIC BEAM!!"

From the V-shaped chest crest, a parody of Mazinger Nobu's design, a blazing energy beam erupted, vaporizing the protective amulet in Kaiba's back row.

"Nani?!" Even Kaiba hadn't expected her to target Depth Amulet instead of Future Fusion.

"So she really intends to face Kaiba head-on… And that toy monster's effect is actually pretty solid."

Mana pressed her cheeks against the glass barrier, tail sticking up as she stared, utterly forgetting her composure.

"Battle! Super cha Nobu Mark II, attack Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!"

"NOBU!!"

Responding to Hoshino Alter's command, the jet-black machine extended its twin humming laser blades and charged directly at the Alternative White Dragon.

"And at the mont of attack declaration, I activate Mark II's effect! It gains 500 ATK for every other 'Nobu' monster on the field!"

[Super cha Nobu Mark II ATK 2500 → 3000]

Mana gasped.

"o(ﾟДﾟ)っ! That toy monster's attack power is equal to Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon?!"

"Counterattack, Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon—Destruction Burst Lightning!!" Kaiba roared.

"Go, Super cha Nobu! This is the strike that defines your pride!"

Hoshino Alter and Kaiba's voices overlapped as their monsters collided within the blazing Honnōji. Beyond art style and dinsional logic, their clash transcended into pure spectacle.

"NOBU!! (At this mont, the interweaving of light and darkness—Cataphract shift!!!)"

Super cha Nobu Mark II spun its dual laser blades at breathtaking speed, even shouting borrowed lines from soone else's Noble Phantasm.

"——NOBU!! (Starburst Stream!!)"

The two monsters' equal powers clashed. Mark II cut through Alternative's body, only to be consud by the bursting lightning in turn.

"NOBU~~!! (My life… without regret!)"

[Super cha Nobu Mark II – Destroyed]

[Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon – Destroyed]

"——CHA——NOBU——!!" Nobunaga scread, devastated by her chanical counterpart's noble sacrifice.

"Kaiba's Alternative White Dragon… was actually taken down by a gag monster?"

"So even sothing that dumb, in the Duel King's hands, can rival the White Dragons."

"Suddenly, Blue-Eyes doesn't seem so legendary. It's basically just a unit of asurent for attack power."

The crowd's voices rose in intensity as the duel escalated, their passion electrifying the atmosphere. Surrounded by the throng, Jonouchi tugged at his collar.

"Is it just , or is it getting hotter out here?"

Fanning her flushed face, Anzu nodded.

"It really is hot… but this is an open-air arena in March. It should be cool at night, shouldn't it?"

"Wait—don't tell it's because of that fire projection?" Bakura pointed in disbelief. As absurd as it sounded, the truth was undeniable: the audience closest to the stage was already being forced back by the heat radiating from the burning Honnōji.

"Disappear already, worthless fools! For this stage shall now beco the Great Scorching Hell! Even gods and buddhas will crumble to dust!"

Behind Nobunaga, wreathed in fire, a massive crimson skull apparition rose—towering even above the Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Its oppressive aura whipped the flas of Honnōji into a raging inferno.

Pointing toward Kaiba's field, Hoshino Alter declared:

"Attack! This is the strike of Oda Nobunaga, fully evolved—the blow that brings down gods and extinguishes buddhas!"

Her aura dwarfed even Kaiba's ultimate dragon. Though a codian by nature, in this mont Oda Nobunaga embodied the true Demon King—undaunted even before the divine.

"I am Nobunaga—reborn beyond the Tenku Heavens, sworn enemy of gods and all living things!"

"Fire at full power! Oda Nobunaga's effect activates! — During damage calculation, if this card battles a Level 10 or higher monster, its ATK doubles!!"

The flas of Honnōji raged higher, erasing the boundary between virtual projection and reality. It was impossible to tell whether it was the Field Spell burning hotter… or the infernal blaze of a Noble Phantasm consuming the battlefield itself.

Akasha's jaw dropped in awe.

"Battling a monster with Level 10 or higher doubles her ATK?! Then if the attack target is the Level 12 Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon..."

"Gods and Buddhas of the Three Realms, reduced to ash—"

"The Sixth Heaven gathers, the four seas overturn—"

[Heroic Spirit – Oda Nobunaga ATK 3000 → 6000]

"Burn away! My blood, my bones, my very life! Woooohhh—destroy it! Three Thousand Great Thousand Demon King!!"

Taking on a monstrous form beyond the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, the six-ard skeletal giant behind Nobunaga swung blazing fists, hamring down on Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.

The beast that symbolized toughness, invincibility, and ultimate supremacy—couldn't withstand six arms at once. The blows rained down like a scorching storm, leaving it no chance to counter.

"Roooar!!"

"Ora ora ora ora ora! The one who punishes you… is my Stand!"

With each strike and roar, Nobunaga's madness only grew. At that mont, she seed to have transford into a Berserker, her flas radiating with frenzied energy.

"No, wait!" Yugi, watching closely, suddenly realized. "Hoshino's attack isn't just to destroy the monster! She's trying to finish Kaiba in a single blow!!"

Mana blinked in disbelief at Yugi's tense expression.

"Finish Seto in one shot? Yugi, you can't be serious. He still has 5000 Life Points left!"

"Normally, yes—but if Hoshino combines it with that card..."

Her fingertip slid across the Quick-Play Spell before her, the AR light tracing a victorious path and infusing Nobunaga's strike with berserk power.

"Quick-Play Spell, activate—Mad Enhancent A ! Class Change! Nobu, this is the Berserker's ferocious strike!"

[Mad Enhancent A Effect: Activate only when your 'Heroic Spirit' monster destroys an opponent's monster by battle. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to that destroyed monster's ATK.]

"First, the battle damage from destroying Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"

Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon couldn't endure the storm of giant fists. After a final roar, its holographic body burned away and shattered.

[Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon – Destroyed]

[Seto Kaiba LP 5000 → 3500]

"And next—Mad Enhancent A inflicts direct damage equal to Ultimate Dragon's ATK! It's over, Kaiba!!"

Nobunaga's frenzied form rose into the air, drawing every fla from the burning Honnōji beneath her feet and compressing them into a final, devastating blow.

"This is my last strike! Burn in the raging fire of vengeance, you debtor!!"

The explosion erupted from the center of the field, flooding the Do in firelight that pierced even the night sky.

Even though it lasted only an instant, every spectator felt the searing fla touch their soul—a fla powerful enough to destroy gods and Buddhas alike.

"Did she win?!" Jonouchi squinted through the blazing light, trying to see Kaiba, who had taken the full force of the attack.

But what he saw left him speechless.

Hoshino Alter blinked in disbelief.

"You've gotta be kidding ... I know you treat Blue-Eyes like your wife, Kaiba, but this is way too surreal."

She muttered, "A Heart of the Cards mont? Is this Kaiba's reward for truly understanding his cards?"

On the blazing dueling stage, Kaiba stood completely unhard—even though he had been engulfed by Nobunaga's berserk flas. The reason: a massive body shielding him, a Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon protecting Kaiba with its form.

"Wait—Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon... protected Seto with its body?! How is that possible?"

"Ultimate Dragon was destroyed, wasn't it? How could it still protect its duelist?"

Mana and Jaden stared wide-eyed, unable to comprehend.

But Akasha, noticing the detail, explained:

"Look closely—it's not the Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. It's the original, the standard Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon."

From a distant hill, the young spirit-form Sera gazed silently at the battlefield, her expression unreadable.

"As I thought… even Seto Kaiba has been chosen by the higher dinsions. He is a duelist deed worthy..."

Dissolving from her berserk form, Nobunaga landed with a scowl.

"Oi oi oi! Even my strongest strike was blocked. You cheat, debtor!"

"Thank you, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon," Kaiba said—shocking everyone by actually uttering the word thank. He smiled at the dragon who had shielded him.

"When you believe in the heart and bonds of your cards, they'll answer you in return. That is the true war of a duelist's soul, Hoshino! —Counter Trap, activate! Fusion Guard!"

[Fusion Guard – Counter Trap Effect: When a damage effect is activated, negate it, then send 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard at random.]

"Thanks to Fusion Guard, I negate the direct damage from Mad Enhancent A ! And as its cost, I sent Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon from my Extra Deck to the Graveyard!"

Hoshino Alter suddenly realized.

"So that's it... Because Fusion Guard required sending Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to the Graveyard, it looked like the dragon itself was protecting Kaiba."

"No—not sacrifice. It was the will of Blue-Eyes that carried this far! Let's continue, Hoshino!"

Hoshino Alter frowned.

"This Kaiba's such a pain. Wouldn't it be simpler to just pursue power like before? Now you're suddenly talking about card bonds and understanding—are you trying to steal the protagonist's role?"

Ending her Battle Phase, she placed a card facedown.

"Your field is empty now, Kaiba. Even if I didn't finish you in one shot, the tables have turned. I Set 1 card and end my turn."

[Hoshino Alter's: 2 Hand Cards | 2 Set Cards]

"If you can reverse the duel in one turn, Hoshino, then so can I!"

Drawing without hesitation, Kaiba dragged the holographic card forward.

"Spell Card, activate—Monster Reborn!!"

The holy light of revival bathed the field, making Hoshino Alter frown.

"Monster Reborn... don't tell you're reviving Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon again?"

"No. This ti, I'll revive a beauty that surpasses any previous Blue-Eyes—the one with the power to destroy Oda Nobunaga! Special Summon—Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon!!"

Hoshino Alter gasped.

"Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon?! Don't tell it's the card you sent to the Graveyard earlier..."

Indeed, it was the monster Kaiba had discarded earlier to counter Mash Alter's strike.

[Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon ★★★★★★★★ (Level 8)][LIGHT][Dragon/Effect][ATK 2500/DEF 2500]

"Wait a damn minute!!" Hoshino Alter looked from the shining Blue-Eyes now resurrected on the field, down to her own increasingly shrinking body.

"It's still just a White Dragon—so why does your figure look so good?!"