The Critical Pendulum
3: loophole
Dark Rebellion Dragon surprised none of them. Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon surprised both Rin and Ruri, who'd never seen a Pendulum summon before. But when Clear Wing Synchro Dragon and Starve Venom Fusion Dragon appeared on the field, all four of them were flabbergasted.
Maybe Ruri didn't recognise Clear Wing, but they all knew Starve Venom Fusion Dragon and who it belonged to. And it shouldn't have been in Yuuya's deck at all. Except it must have gotten there somehow since they'd last seen it, because it was right in front of them.
The four dragons. Right in front of them. And they had no idea which spells were the ones the Professor had talked about to counter them.
Zarc's face – Yuuya's face – twisted into a smirk. 'I have them,' he crowed, 'the four Dragons! I can summon Astrograph Magician and be one again!'
The girls tensed. So did Akaba Leo. But there was no stopping this.
'I banish my four dragons and summon Astrograph Magician!'
But when the blinding light that had emerged from his duel disk cleared, there was only Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.
Yuzu slowly smiled. The pieces clicked into place, and by all rights she should have collapsed into a fit of hysterical laughter except there was still a duel to finish. 'Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon,' she pointed out. 'Not Odd-Eyes Dragon. Pendulum didn't exist in the original world, right?'
No, Pendulum hadn't existed in the original world, even if it had been one of Zarc's reincarnations who'd brought it out.
'No,' agreed Akaba Leo, 'but all four Dragons have evolved. It won't matter.'
It wasn't quite right. It mattered. The evidence was right in front of them.
However…what was stopping Astrograph Magician from evolving too?