Chapter 29: Today's Target of Persecution is Ojama Black
"Summon a monster on my Field? Hmph, a card with no meaning, and what's Summoned are just a bunch of weaklings." He looked down at the three Ojama Monster cards that Hayato had placed on his Field to act as 'Tokens'. Their glaring 0 ATK and weak 1000 DEF were simply useless in Lucky's eyes.
What he couldn't see was that because he kept calling them "weaklings," the three Ojamas scrambled off the Field and onto his body, punching and kicking him: "How dare you call us weaklings?" "Only Big Brother can say that about us!" "Yeah, yeah~"
However, the 'Spirit Power' Hayato had gained—the essence of his ability to 'communicate with Card Spirits'—was only the lowest level, and Ojama Yellow and the others were merely simple phantoms, without even a shred of combat power. And even if their level increased, Ojama Monsters with 0 ATK still wouldn't have any destructive power.
[Lucky: Hand 3→4]
"Then it's my Turn again, Draw a Card." Hayato drew a Card, putting on a very surprised expression. "Oh my, Mr. Lucky, it seems I've drawn quite an incredible Card."
Flipping the Card over, Hayato had drawn a [Toll] into his Hand.
Lucky recognized this Card: "A Card that prevents attacks unless you pay 500 Life Points? Hmph, that's completely insignificant to my 2000 Life Points, and I can just Attack once to take down that monster on your Field that refuses to die obediently."
"What, are you going to activate it?"
A smirk played on Lucky's lips, but before his smile could fully form, he heard Hayato say with certainty: "Isn't that obvious?"
[Toll] was placed on the Field by Hayato. From now on, neither player can declare an Attack unless they pay 500 Life Points.
"Although my [Arktos of the Crystal]'s ATK, even if doubled, can't defeat your [Launcher Spider] and would only result in a mutual destruction, I can still take down those three [Ojama Tokens] that were just Summoned to your Field." Hayato narrowed his eyes, his gaze lingering on the three Ojama Monsters under their terrified stares. "Now I'm going to randomly select one lucky audience member for a beating. Who will be so lucky?"
Terrified, the Ojama Brothers huddled together, trembling.
"Summoning monsters to my Field, then destroying them? Utterly boring." Lucky looked at the squinting Hayato. "Attacking a monster in Defense Position won't deal damage to me, whereas you, next Turn, will have to face my invincible [Launcher Spider] again."
"Attacking and destroying a monster in Defense Position theoretically won't deal damage, but I just happen to have a Spell Card in my Hand that can make a difference."
Hayato played a Card from his Hand. Now he only had one Card left in his Hand.
"[Meteor Stream]? A Card that grants Piercing Effect when attacking a monster in Defense Position? So what? It's just a mere 800 points of damage."
"No, it's not 800 points of damage, it's 2600 points of damage." Hayato didn't mention that [Ojama Tokens] also deal Effect Damage when destroyed, because that 300 points of damage wasn't very important this time. He played the last Card from his Hand. "[Megamorph], it can double or halve a monster's ATK based on the difference in both players' Life Points."
Lucky glanced at the Card in Hayato's Hand. This [Megamorph] of his had a slightly different Effect than the [Megamorph] circulating on the market. The Effect of the one on the market was to unconditionally increase a monster's ATK and DEF by 20%, whereas the Effect of Hayato's Card was a terrifying doubling.
However, powerful Cards also come with risks. When Hayato's Life Points were higher than his opponent's, the doubling Effect of [Megamorph] would instead become a double-edged sword, halving the monster's ATK.
"That's quite a powerful Effect. But kid, did you forget something?" Lucky wore an arrogant smile. "Because of that [Damage Vaccine] you activated last Turn, your Life Points are currently equal to mine, so this [Megamorph] won't activate at all. It seems you've been scared silly by the fear of losing, heh ha ha ha."
"I never expected a kid like you to have such a powerful rare Card. I've decided, after this game is over, this Card of yours will be mine. Recently, the guys from KaibaCorp have been collecting powerful Cards everywhere, if I take this Card to the Black Market, it should fetch a good price, right? Thinking about it this way, you really are my lucky star!"
Watching Lucky, who was talking to himself and already imagining a wonderful life after getting the money, Hayato lightly coughed: "Ahem, Mr. Lucky, I think you might have forgotten something?"
"Hm?"
"If you've forgotten, let me help you remember." Hayato pointed to the Field. "Right now, I'm going to declare an Attack with [Arktos of the Crystal], equipped with the two Cards [Meteor Stream] and [Megamorph], targeting the, hmm~ [Ojama Token Black] on your Field."
"Then, because of [Toll]'s Effect, I need to pay 500 Life Points!"
"What, that Card!" Lucky's eyes widened as he stared in surprise at the [Toll] Card he had completely forgotten about after it was activated. If Hayato paid 500 Life Points because of [Toll]'s Effect—
[Hayato: 2000LP→1500LP]
"At this moment, because my Life Points have changed, [Megamorph]'s Effect needs to compare Life Points, and since 1500 is less than 2000, [Megamorph]'s Effect activates, doubling [Arktos of the Crystal]'s ATK!"
[Arktos of the Crystal] [ATK1800→3600]
"The attack target is an Ojama Token with 1000 Defense, because of [Meteor Stream]'s Effect, when attacking a monster in Defense Position, it grants [Arktos of the Crystal] Piercing Effect, Now take this 2600 points of Life Points!"
Under the trembling gaze of [Ojama Black], the [Arktos of the Crystal], invisible to ordinary people, engaged in battle with it. The doubled-in-size [Arktos of the Crystal] raised its equally enlarged greatsword in its hand, and forcefully thrust it down towards the [Ojama Black], which was no bigger than its toe.
[Lucky: 2000LP→0]
"Oh dear, that was quite an interesting Duel." Calmly starting to tidy up the Cards on the table, Hayato said in a sarcastic tone, looking up to meet the gaze of Lucky, whose face had turned pale from losing the Duel, and the Revolver he had raised again, pointing at his forehead.
"You lost the Duel, so you're getting angry out of embarrassment? Adults' Mental Fortitude isn't all that strong either, huh?" Even though he knew he was being pointed at with a Handgun, Hayato acted as if he didn't see it, continuing to tidy up the scattered Cards on the table. "Are you going to shoot? Mr. Lucky. Oh no, it seems you're not very lucky right now, Mr. Unlucky."
"Shut up, you brat! I don't want to waste bullets on a kid like you!" Putting on a gloomy, scowling face, Lucky growled in a low voice, "Tell me your Bank Card Password, and hand over that [Megamorph] of yours!"
The Duel is over. There won't be any Duel scenes for the next few chapters, it's not that there's no description at all, there will be descriptions of Yugi and Kaiba's Duel, but not the full version, after all, everyone knows how Pharaoh utterly defeated Seto Kaiba with five cards of unknown meaning.
We're about to enter the Duelist Kingdom arc, and finally, I can happily start making things up.
(End of Chapter)