Riding Duel...
Yugo (who took over Yuya) led the others to a their hideout. After explaining what happened, Selena questioned, "Why is Shadow using Odd-Eyes? And why does he look like you, Yuya?" "Your guess is as good as mine, at this point." Connor entered the hideout and commented, "We need at least two wins. Our overall duel win-lose ratio in this dimension needs to be at least 51 percent." Gong questioned, "How many wins do we need?" "2 wins... However, most of the duels are somewhat illegal..."
Yuya spoke, "We don't have a choice."
Almost everyone got their second win, and Shun was up next. He was going up against a duelist named Jerome.
"DUEL!"
Turn 1
Jerome: 4000
Hand: 5
Shun: 4000
Hand: 5
Jerome shouted, "I'm in first! To start things off, I normal summon Clown Gunner!" A clown wielding a gag gun appeared, a flag with an explosion shooting out of the barrel.
Clown Gunner
Level: 3
Attribute: Dark
Type: Fiend/Effect
ATK: 0
"Next I activate the spell Circus Delivery Box!" A wooden crate appeared as Jerome explained, "Since I control a Clown monster, I can special summon a level 4 or below Clown from my hand! Appear, Clown Walker!" A clown with stilts appeared.
Clown Walker
Level: 3
Attribute: Dark
Type: Fiend/Effect
ATK: 0
"I'll end things here with a face-down." Shun scoffed and declared, "My turn!"
Turn 2
Jerome: 4000
Hand: 1
Shun: 4000
Hand: 6
"I normal summon Vanishing Lanius!"
Vanishing Lanius
Level: 4
Attribute: Dark
Type: Winged-Beast/Effect
ATK: 1300
"And since I control this monster, I can summon Fuzzy Lanius to join the flock!"
Fuzzy Lanius
Level: 4
Attribute: Dark
Type: Winged-Beast/Effect
ATK: 500
"Now, I overlay these two birds to build the overlay network! Avian hunter of the afterlife! Seek the truth with your dark eyes and grasp glory with your sharp talons! Xyz Summon! Take flight! Rank 4! Raidraptor - Force Strix!"
Raidraptor - Force Strix
Rank: 4
Attribute: Dark
Type: Winged-Beast/Xyz/Effect
ATK: 100
ORU: 2
"I now activate it's special ability! By using one overlay unit, I can add a level 4 Dark Winged-Beast to my hand!"
Force Strix
ORU: 2 = 1
"I add another copy of Vanishing Lanius to my hand! And since Fuzzy Lanius is in my graveyard, I get to add another copy of it to my hand! Now, through the effect of the first Vanishing Lanius, I can special summon it's copy to the field!" The process was repeated two times.
Raidraptor - Force Strix
Rank: 4
Attribute: Dark
Type: Winged-Beast/Xyz/Effect
ATK: 100
ORU: 1
Raidraptor - Force Strix
Rank: 4
Attribute: Dark
Type: Winged-Beast/Xyz/Effect
ATK: 100
ORU: 2
"Now, all three gain 500 ATK for every other member of the flock!"
Force Strix x 3
ATK: 100 = 1100
"Battle! Force Strix number 1, attack Clown Walker!" Jerome quickly responded, "I activate the continuous trap Circus Trapeze Act! If a Clown monster I control is being attacked, I can negate the attack and swap out the actor with one from my hand! Appear, Clown Swinger!" The clown with the stilts vanished, before a different clown on a trapeze appeared.
Clown Swinger
Level: 2
Attribute: Dark
Type: Fiend/Tuner/Effect
ATK: 0
"In that cast, my second Force Strix attacks Clown Gunner!" "Clown Gunner's effect! Once per turn, I can negate the attack against it, then swap it out with another clown in my hand! Appear once more, Clown Walker!" "My final Force Strix attacks Clown Swinger!" "Clown Swinger's monster effect! I can negate the attack, then summon a Clown from my hand! Welcome back to the stage, Clown Gunner!"
Shun growled as he spoke, "I set two cards face-down and end my turn." Jerome laughed, "My turn!"
Turn 3
Jerome: 4000
Hand: 2
Shun: 4000
Hand: 2
Jerome declared, "I use the other effect of Trapeze Act! By destroying it, I get to draw a card! Now then, I shall proceed to set all three of them face down and begin the grand finale! I tune my level 3 Clown Walker and my level 3 Clown Gunner with my level 2 Clown Swinger! Appear, from the crazy circus! Synchro Summon! Level 8, Chaos Clown!" A monochrome clown appeared, laughing with a mixture of mischief and madness.
Chaos Clown
Level: 8
Attribute: Dark
Type: Fiend/Synchro/Effect
ATK: 0
"Zero ATK?" "I use it's special ability! While when its synchro summoned while it's the only monster I control, I get to send a card from your extra deck to your graveyard for every Clown used for it's summon!" "What?" Rise Falcon, Blaze Falcon, and Satellite Cannon Falcon were sent to the graveyard. "Continuing on, my monster's other ability activates! If you control a special summoned monster, it gains ATK equal to the sum total of all your monsters!"
Chaos Clown
ATK: 0 = 3300
"Battle! Chaos Clown, attack the middle Force Strix!"
Shun: 4000 = 1800
Force Strix x 2
ATK: 1100 = 600
Chaos Clown: 3300 = 1200
Jerome concluded, "And that's my turn." Shun growled before shouting, "My turn!"
Turn 4
Jerome: 4000
Hand: 0
Shun: 1800
Hand: 3
Jerome interrupted, "I target my Chaos Clown to activate the continuous trap Big Top Stand! While this card is on the field, if there are no cards in my hand, Chaos Clown cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects! I also target my clown for the continuous trap Continue The Show! While on the field, I can't draw during my draw phase and take no battle damage involving my monster! The only problem is that if my monster's ATK is zero during the end phase, they are all automatically sent to the graveyard." Shun saw the tactics and narrowed his eyes.
Yuya commented, "Jerome made his monster nearly indestructible."
Shun declared, "I activate the trap Xyz Reborn! With this, I revive Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon with it as an overlay unit!"
Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon
Rank: 8
Attribute: Dark
Type: Winged-Beast/Xyz/Effect
ATK: 3000
ORU: 1
Force Strix
ATK: 600 = 1100
Chaos Clown
ATK: 1200 = 2200 = 5200
"Next, I use the effects of my Force Strix, adding a winged-beast to my hand!"
Force Strix x 2
ORU: 1 = 0
"I now use Satellite Cannon Falcon's special ability! By using one overlay unit, one monster you control loses 800 ATK for every Raidraptor in my graveyard! There's a total of 9, so your monster's ATK becomes 0!"
Chaos Clown
ATK: 5200 = 0
"I set two cards face-down and end my turn. At this moment, your circus act vanishes!" All but one of the cards vanished. Jerome yelled in anguish, before slowly going into full blown laughter. "My turn!"
Turn 5
Jerome: 4000
Hand: 1
Shun: 1800
Hand: 3
"I activate the continuous trap Eternal Encore! With this card, if I control no monsters, I can revive a Clown monster from my graveyard by simply discarding a card during my stand-by phase! And the card is choose, is my Clown Walker!" The clown on stilts reappeared, confusing everyone. Shun asked, "Why that monster?" "Easy explanation. You see, Shun, it was simply for this act! I activate the effect of Phantom Clown from my graveyard! By destroying my Clown Walker, it is summoned to the field!" The clown slowly vanished, before a phantom jester appeared.
Phantom Clown
Level: 10
Attribute: Dark
Type: Fiend/Effect
ATK: 0
"Get ready, Shun! I use my ace's special ability! And you may be wondering what my ace card is. Well, it's actually Clown Walker! You see, it has an ability which allows me to prevent me from drawing. An ability that works in my favor! When Phantom Clown takes center stage on my field, it gains 1000 ATK for every clown in my graveyard!"
Phantom Clown
ATK: 0 = 4000
"Luckily, you take no battle damage involving this card, and my monster must eliminate the weak monsters first. However, each time it destroys a monster by battle, I can ether set a continuous trap from my graveyard to my field, destroy a spell/trap on the field, or send a continuous trap from my deck to my graveyard." "What's the purpose of that?" "I'll show you by attacking one of your Force Strix!" The bird exploded as a card materialized from a graveyard portal.
Force Strix
ATK: 1100 = 600
"Get ready for my greatest combo yet!"
If curious on the full stats on Clown Walker, here you go.
Clown Walker
Level: 3
Attribute: Dark
Type: Fiend/Effect
ATK/DEF: 0/0
Effect: While you control a "Clown" monster and have no cards in your hand, you cannot draw during your draw phase or by card effect. This card must be in your graveyard in order for you to use this effect.
Possible sneak peek(?):
Omega thinks as he slowly walks around the Academy, "Nothing much has changed since I left."
Omega is now standing in front of a machine, stepping back slightly in shock. "No... I was replaced?!"
Omega is now overlooking the execution stadium, before walking to two figures and speaking, "So, you two have replaced me..."
Amazoness Queen destroys an unknown monster. "Do you two have any idea of what I went through?!"
Omega's voice speaks as a spotlight shines in the sky, "Next time in the Fusion Dimension, Of Heroes and Villains. Time to discover who I really am."