"So when you said you'd settle this with Fusion Summoning… you ant this kind of fusion?" Yugi said, barely managing to understand.
Although [Demon King – Oda Nobunaga] does carry the "Fusion" suffix, the fact that it can only be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck through the effect of Demon King Descends makes it closer in nature to Masked HERO's Mask Change.
[Demon King – Oda Nobunaga ★★★★★★★★★★ (Level 10)][FIRE][Warrior/Fusion/Effect][ATK 3000/DEF 2500]
[This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Demon King Descends." This card is also treated as a "Heroic Spirit" card.]
"Yoshi! Yoshi! Yoshi! All causality converges here—where the strongest Nobunaga walks, all becos an endless hell that shatters the ten realms, and supremacy shall pierce through the three thousand worlds—!"
From the pillar of flas ignited by the Spell Card, Demon King Nobunaga strode forward with a spear in hand, grinning wildly.
"My blood is boiling! I never expected you, Master, to summon my strongest form. Now, that frail swordswoman—even if she wore a hundred layers of swimsuits—could never hope to compare!"
"So this is the strongest Nobunaga? The presence is definitely overwhelming…" Eve blinked, then asked, "But the ATK and DEF haven't changed?"
"You useless shrine maiden over there, listen well!" Nobunaga casually swung her matchlock gun, pointing it at Eve, her eyes blazing with killing intent.
"At my level, attack and defense are aningless! The na of the strongest—Oda Nobunaga—is enough to make ten thousand enemies flee!"
"But none of the opponents seem scared of you at all," Eve pointed out rcilessly, glancing at the six still-roaring dragon heads on Guardian Spirit Kaiba's field.
"Oh? They're not retreating? Then—! Heavenly Demon Bombardnt Descends!"
Raising her crimson cloak and pointing toward the sky, three thousand—no, more than ever before—matchlock guns filled the heavens, instantly painting the sky in flas.
"Since you refuse to retreat, only annihilation awaits you beneath the bombardnt of the Demon King across the three thousand worlds! I'm making my move, Master!"
"Go! The effect of Demon King – Oda Nobunaga activates—!"
[This effect can only be activated when this card is successfully Special Summoned from the Extra Deck. Destroy all cards on the field except this card.]
Slamming the Demon King Nobunaga card onto the Duel Arena, Hoshino activated the field-wide destruction effect blazing across the sky.
"Witness my power—the Sixth Heaven Demon… no, no, the Sixth Heaven is no longer enough! This is the true Demon King born from all my possibilities across the three thousand worlds gathered into one!"
Slowly rising, Demon King Nobunaga rged with the blazing backdrop of three thousand flas, three thousand guns, and three thousand infernos—forming an absolute barrier that could slay gods and annihilate Buddhas, engulfing all the White Dragons on the opponent's field along with Hoshino's own.
"I am! The Great Heavenly Demon King of the Three Thousand Worlds—Oda Nobunaga! And this attack is the culmination of my past, present, and future—'Demon King Hajun: Three Thousand Worlds Heavenly Demon King'!"
Descending from the sky, the explosive bombardnt transford into a scorching tidal wave of flas that reduced gods and Buddhas of the three realms to ashes, overturning heaven and earth as it completely engulfed the Duel Arena.
However, in the next instant, as the images of the White Dragons shattered with anguished cries, the light of the entire duel—and even the Duel Arena beneath their feet—suddenly went out.
"…I overlooked that problem. This is bad," Kaiba muttered. "Even if the Duel Arena from seven years ago hasn't deteriorated, its outdated computing power simply can't handle Hoshino's attack."
Back then, Hoshino was practically known as a "killer of hologram systems." The absurd Noble Phantasm effects from her Heroic Spirits had more than once caused duel arenas, duel disks, and other systems to crash without rcy.
"Well… Hoshino really doesn't know how to hold back," Mokuba said awkwardly, scratching his cheek.
There was even a ti when, just to let the original Duel Disk handle the load of Okitan clashing with Wicked Avatar, the entire Duel City hologram system had to be shut down and redirected—nearly burying KaibaCorp under a mountain of custor complaints.
To prevent that from happening again, Mokuba had specially upgraded Hoshino's Duel Disk, boosting its processing power as much as possible with a mini-computer.
But this Duel Arena, clearly, had never gone through such "training."
"Hey, hey—what's going on now?!"
When she first arrived at Duelist Kingdom, Hoshino had felt nostalgic about this Duel Arena—but reality proved that good mories should stay in the past.
Faced with being unable to Xyz Summon and now having the duel abruptly cut off, Hoshino was reaching her limit—if she could, she'd have Nobunaga burn the whole arena down.
["Well, that settles it—no need to duel anymore. Let's just start unscrewing things~"]
"No. I won't let you escape, Hoshino Chiyuki."
From across the Duel Arena, Guardian Spirit Kaiba—rarely speaking about anything outside the duel—gripped the materialized World Legacy relic, 'Star Spear,' and hurled it toward the center of the crashed arena.
"—'Demon King Hajun: Three Thousand Worlds Heavenly Demon King'!"
"—ROAR!!"
In an instant, the duel projection reappeared—as if soone had pressed pause midway, only for Guardian Spirit Kaiba to forcibly restart it.
["(꒪Д꒪)ノ What kind of sci-fi tech is that Star Spear?!"]
Back in the duel, Hoshino smiled confidently. "Oh? Even though I had the absolute advantage, you still dared to restart the duel? Then, by the effect of Demon King – Oda Nobunaga, all cards on the field are destroyed!"
Engulfed in the Demon King's bombardnt, the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and even Kaiba's face-down monster were all wiped out.
On Hoshino's side, however, Mash—defending in Defense Position behind her shield—was not destroyed by the effect.
Instead…
"Hot, hot, hot! Hey, you idiot—you're hitting your own allies too?!"
With no resistance whatsoever, Sumr Nobunaga was caught in the burning barrier, even her beloved rock guitar going up in flas.
"What do you an 'gathering all possibilities across three thousand worlds'? Does swimsuit Nobunaga not count as Nobunaga too?! Damn it!"
[Heroic Spirit – Sumr Oda Nobunaga] destroyed
[Blue-Eyes White Dragon] ×3 destroyed
[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] destroyed
"Hahahaha! Now the opponent's field is completely wide open!"
Paying no mind to the friendly fire, Demon King Nobunaga swung her matchlock gun with overwhelming presence, aiming it directly at Guardian Spirit Kaiba.
"Press the advantage and strike straight at the enemy's core, Master!"
[Guardian Spirit Kaiba LP 3500]
Eve said excitedly, "If you just switch Mash to Attack Position and go all-in with direct attacks, you can win this!"
"Still… even if it's the forr Guardian Spirit Kaiba, he shouldn't be that easy to defeat."
Cautious as ever, Hoshino looked toward the face-down Defense Position monster on Kaiba's field, still engulfed in flas.
Faint remnants of a clown mask lingered there.
"Hmph—activate the effect of Peten the Dark Clown!"
As expected, after sending the destroyed monster to the Graveyard, Guardian Spirit Kaiba imdiately activated its effect.
[When this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can banish it; Special Summon 1 "Peten the Dark Clown" from your hand or Deck.]
"I Special Summon another Peten the Dark Clown from my Deck in Defense Position!"
[Peten the Dark Clown ★★★ (Level 3)][DARK][Spellcaster/Effect][ATK 500/DEF 1200]
The comical clown mask regenerated from the flaming remains, as if mocking Demon King Nobunaga.
"Annoying… Master, can I just shoot it dead?!"
"I'm pretty annoyed by it too—do it! Activate the effect of Demon King – Oda Nobunaga!"
[Once per turn: Target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn.]
"Target locked—destroy that Peten the Dark Clown, Demon King Nobunaga!"
Spinning her matchlock gun, Nobunaga unleashed a full barrage, the bullets blooming midair like explosive lotus flowers.
"—I'll blast you until your insides burst! Gudaguda-style slaughter—Sixth Heaven Demon Barrage!!"
Shredded by the rain of fiery bullets, the second Peten the Dark Clown was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard.
"Hmph, I activate its effect again! I banish it from the Graveyard and Special Summon a third one from my Deck!"
[Peten the Dark Clown DEF 1200]
The virtual image reappeared yet again—more mocking than before—as Peten made a repeat appearance in Defense Position.
"What is this thing?! Why won't it die no matter how many tis we kill it? Is it so kind of gag character? Nobu, do you think this is funny?!"
Completely enraged, Demon King Nobunaga was about to rush into battle and tear the opponent apart—if Mash hadn't stopped her.
Eve tapped her chin thoughtfully. "So… what exactly is a 'nobu'?"
"Well… 'nobu' is… kind of hard to explain," Mokuba forced out an awkward smile.
If there was anything strange about Hoshino's deck, "nobu" would definitely be on that list. Yet ironically, this kind of codic monster had once played a decisive role in tipping the scales in Hoshino's duel against Kaiba five years ago.
"Well, it's easier to explain with visuals. Even Da Vinci said overthinking things just makes you tired."
Switching Mash's card on the Duel Arena from Defense Position to Attack Position, Hoshino entered the Battle Phase.
[Mash Kyrielight ATK 1000]
"Go, Demon King Nobunaga—destroy the last Peten the Dark Clown!"
"Die—!"
The long-prepared bullet pierced through and shattered the clown mask. Since it wasn't a truly immortal gag character, once all its copies in the Deck were destroyed, it could no longer summon a fourth.
[Peten the Dark Clown] destroyed
"Next, Mash attacks directly!"
"Yes, Senpai!"
Mash charged forward with her technique, "Shield Bash Slash," striking Guardian Spirit Kaiba directly and taking away another 1000 Life Points.
[Guardian Spirit · Kaiba LP 3500 → 2500]
"Finally, I set one monster in face-down Defense Position, then set two cards. End turn!"
[Hoshino: 1 Hand Card | 2 Set Card]
"My turn, draw! From my hand, I activate the Spell Card—Pot of Avarice!"
[Pot of Avarice – Spell Effect: Target 5 monsters in your Graveyard; shuffle them into the Deck, then draw 2 cards.]
"I return the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and Peten the Dark Clown from my Graveyard to the Deck. After shuffling, I draw two cards!"
After recovering all the Blue-Eyes monsters, Spirit Kaiba replenished his hand back to five cards.
"Next, I activate the Spell Card—The lody of Awakening Dragon!"
[The lody of Awakening Dragon – Spell Effect: Discard 1 card; add up to 2 Dragon monsters with 3000 ATK and 2500 or less DEF from your Deck to your hand.]
"I discard one card and add Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon to my hand!"
"It's here—Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!" Kaiba, watching from the side, said seriously.
By revealing a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from the hand, this variant dragon could be Special Summoned—and possessed destructive power beyond that of a normal White Dragon.
"Then I activate the effect of Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon! By revealing the Blue-Eyes White Dragon I just added with lody, I Special Summon it to the field!"
[This card cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. It can be Special Summoned by revealing 1 "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" in your hand.]
["Aibo, close your eyes! If you don't see it, they can't Special Summon!"]
"Oh right—why didn't I think of that before?!"
Hoshino imdiately shut her eyes. If she didn't see the card being revealed, then technically the condition for Special Summoning wouldn't be fulfilled… right?
The air suddenly fell silent.
After Hoshino closed her eyes, not a single sound could be heard. Kaiba and Yugi both turned their heads away, unable to watch.
"…Why is it so quiet? What's happening?"
The unnatural silence made Hoshino uneasy. On top of that, Guardian Spirit Kaiba hadn't made any move since she closed her eyes, making her even more curious.
"(〃´-･) Maybe it's fine if I peek a little…"
The mont Hoshino slightly opened her right eye—
Spirit Kaiba, who had been holding the reveal pose all along, seized that instant and slamd down the Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon.
"Answer the summon—!"
"Crap, I let my guard down… wait, no!"
Suddenly realizing sothing, Hoshino angrily shook the golden Pyramid of Light hanging on her chest.
"Other , now that I think about it—this trick doesn't work at all! I can't duel with my eyes closed forever!"
After all… a duelist needs their eyesight.
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