"Duel!" x2
[Yugen, LP 4000]
[Kagurazaka, LP 4000]
"Hmm, looks like I have the first move." Yugen glanced down at his Duel Disc.
"Heh, it doesn't matter." Kagurazaka put his hands on his hips. "With the strongest deck in my possession, I can't lose. First or second, it makes no difference.
Dueling with the students of this academy—even with you—is just a casual play."
"He's really getting into character, huh..."
However, Yugen thought to himself, it's not the cards in your deck that are impressive, but the person using them...
"Well, against that deck, this deck might just be perfect." Yugen smiled, taking the first move without hesitation. "My turn, draw a card.
Activate the Magic Card 'Angel's Charity,' draw three cards from the deck, then discard two from my hand.
Next, I activate this card..."
Yugen raised his arm, projecting the image of the Magic Card before him.
"Speed Attack Magic - Magic Guidebook Organization. I can check the top three cards of my deck..."
He swiftly drew three cards, rearranged them, and placed them back on top of the deck.
"Rearrange them as I please, then return them to the top of the deck."
Kagurazaka mumbled, "Rearranging the deck order... increasing the probability of a certain combo?"
He had studied and analyzed the decks of all the famous people in the academy, but Yugen's was the one he never understood. Yugen's deck seemed to employ completely different strategies each time, making it difficult to understand his thought process just by looking at the end result.
But Kagurazaka noticed that Yugen particularly liked to suddenly whip out strange combos that caught everyone off guard.
"Cover a Monster, and then set a Cover Card." Yugen said, "End my turn."
"Even if I don't know what strategy you're going for, it won't work on me as I am now! My turn, draw a card!" Kagurazaka declared, "I too activate the Magic Card 'Angel's Charity'!
Draw three cards from the deck, then discard two cards from my hand.
Next, I activate the Magic Card 'Silent Dead'! Revive the Ordinary Monster from the graveyard in Defense Position!"
[Queen's Knight, Defense Power 1600]
"Then, I Normal Summon 'King's Knight'!"
[King's Knight, Attack Power 1600]
The area they were in was near the Yellow Dormitory. Although it was late, it wasn't completely deserted. A Yellow Dormitory student walked by, pointing in their direction: "It looks like there's a duel going on over there!"
"Hmm? It's actually 'that person' from Yellow Dormitory. Is there really someone in the Yellow Dormitory who dares to duel them..."
"Wait, I just heard that Duel King's deck was stolen. Do you think that looks like it..."
"Nani!?"
Seeing Yugen dueling in Yellow Dormitory already attracted attention, and the "Duel King's deck" gossip immediately drew a crowd of nearby students.
The Master of the Yellow Robe challenges the Duel King's deck!
It's practically the drama of the year.
"Heh, excellent, looks like more people will witness the moment I attain the number one spot in the Yellow Dormitory." Kagurazaka said, immensely inflated with pride. "Watch carefully, this is the King's duel!
King's Knight's effect! When this card is successfully summoned, and 'Queen's Knight' exists on my field, Special Summon 'Guard Knight' from the deck!"
[Guard Knight, Attack Power 1900]
Students immediately recognized it with excitement: "I know! This is the three knights for Summoning God! The combination that Muto Yuugi used to summon the Phantom God!"
To put it bluntly, it's a set of sacrificial offerings.
"Hmph, unfortunately, there's no Phantom God in this deck. But the union of my monsters more than makes up for that." Kagurazaka said, "From my hand, I activate the Magic Card 'Royal Flush'!
Sacrifice 'Queen's Knight,' 'Guard Knight,' and 'King's Knight' from my field to Special Summon this card from the deck..."
The Three Musketeers turned into light particles and dispersed, their energy converging to form a summoning gate. Violent golden energy streams burst from the gate, and a stately swordsman with his hand on the sword hilt emerged from the vortex.
"Summon Straight Flush Swordsman!"
[Straight Flush Swordsman, Attack Power 2400]
Originally an Ordinary Magic Card, Royal Flush was given a physical card many years later when K Society decided to enhance it, turning it into a Speed Attack Magic Card.
The swirling cloak of the swordsman stirred the students into a frenzy.
"The legendary monster!"
"It really is the monster used by the Duel King, it's so cool..."
"..."
Kagurazaka enjoyed the cheers around him as if the praise was meant for him. With a wave of his hand, he continued to operate.
"Straight Flush Swordsman's effect, once per turn, send one monster of Levels One through Five from the deck to the graveyard, destroy all cards on the opponent's field!"
He quickly pulled out five cards from the deck, swiftly sending them to the graveyard.
"Send five monsters of 1 to 5 stars to the graveyard, and I'll destroy all cards on your field!
Royal Flush Annihilation Slash!"
The swordsman unleashed a sword energy storm, sweeping across the entire field! The Monster Card Yugen had set and his covered card were swept into the air and shredded to pieces. Everyone noticed that the Cover Card was 'Divine Protective Shield - Reflective Mirror Force.'
"Reflection Mirror Power's defense was broken..." A student couldn't help but say, "Amazing, summoning a monster like that and clearing the field in the first turn..."
"Is this the Duel King's deck? It's so powerful..."
"Hahaha, I said it already, with this deck, I'm unbeatable now!" Kagurazaka shouted, "No matter how many traps, no matter how many tricks, they won't work!
Not even the nameless legends of the Yellow Dormitory!"
Looking at the excessively inflated Kagurazaka, Yugen almost wanted to say, no, no, you might not know how the owner of the deck you're using got defeated in the end. He surely wouldn't agree with your theory that 'traps won't work'...
"Go, Straight Flush Swordsman, direct attack!" Kagurazaka continued to inflate his ego, launching an attack with high spirits, "Royal Annihilation Slash!"
The swordsman, having cleared the field, lunged forward, the sword light slashed towards Yugen, who had an open field.
"Thinking you have victory in hand with just this level? It seems you haven't learned much from the Duel King's deck." Yugen chuckled.
"What?" Kagurazaka frowned.
"Then let me give you a little hint." Yugen slowly raised his arm, "The true ace power of Duel King Muto Yuugi."
Kagurazaka felt a chill in his heart.
Muto Yuugi's true ace? Could it be the Black Magician...
"Activate the effect of 'Clean Chestnut Ball' in the graveyard." Yugen said, "When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack, banish this card from the graveyard, then draw one card from the deck.
If the drawn card is a monster, Special Summon it, and the attack target changes to that monster."
Kagurazaka: "!"
From the graveyard... Chestnut Ball!?
Clean Chestnut Ball, a card Muto Yuugi last used in a public tournament when dueling Seto Kaiba a few years ago.
Of course, at that time, Atum was no longer around, and the one dueling Kaiba was Tabletop Game.
And the demonstration deck Kagurazaka held was the deck that Dark Game Atum left behind. Even that demo deck didn't include this Chestnut Ball.
Kagurazaka clicked his tongue, saying solemnly, "But even so, you have to draw a Monster Card successfully..."
Kagurazaka: "!?"
Before he could finish his sentence, his pupils dilated as he realized the issue.
The last turn's Magic Guidebook Organization...
The card on top of the opponent's deck was determined by the opponent themselves. So since Yugen activated Clean Chestnut Ball's effect, the top card was naturally a Monster Card.
"According to Clean Chestnut Ball's effect, draw a card."
Yugen calmly drew a card, and without looking, immediately slammed it down.
"Special summon 'Interdimensional Female Warrior' in Defense Position.
Then, due to Clean Chestnut Ball's effect, your 'Straight Flush Swordsman' must forcibly attack 'Interdimensional Female Warrior.'"
Kagurazaka: "Nani!?"