"Revolver… I've been waiting to see you…." Queen gritted her teeth.
"I agree…. a chance to speak to a member of the SOL Tech board…. I've wanted this but all my invites got ignored…."
"Because you have nothing worth talking about."
"Not even answers… about Dr. Kogami?!"
In the background Ghost Girl was sending a typed message to Blue Girl and Playmaker.
….
"It's Emma." Blue Girl said a message appear on her duel disk.
"What's it say?" questioned Playmaker.
"Queen beat Miyu and Revolver is with them. We got a location."
"Let's go."
Real World
By a dockyard in Den City Kusanagi, Takeru and Jin were waiting.
"We're really going to rely on a guy who caught a Knight of Hanoi... in such a manner?" Takeru said.
"Well it means he's effective. Plus if Ghost Girl recommended him, he has to be trusted to a degree." Kusanagi replied.
"It'll be nice to finally get some action again!" Jin said.
"Jin…. last time…. you had your consciousness ripped out…. please stay behind." Kusanagi pleaded.
"I'm not having this conservation again." Jin pushed himself forward and away from his brother in his wheelchair.
"The boy must go so I can go." Lightning said who appeared out of his duel disk.
"I don't mean it like that…. I just…."
"You don't think I'm good enough?"
"I never said that! Of course you're a good duelist I just-"
"Save it." Jin hit back.
"His attitude is understandable." Lightning noted.
"Because he reminds you of protecting the Ignis?"
"Precisely. No matter the species, protecting is a constant it seems."
Approaching the group was a purple haired male in a long blue trench coat with a prosthetic right arm.
"So you're all here then?" he asked.
"And you are?" Takeru replied.
"I'm Blood Sheppard. Kengo in real life."
"Well, nice to meet you." Takeru held out his hand for a shake but Kengo ignored it as he walked past and towards a tied up boat.
"Well he's rude." Flame bluntly stated in eyeball form within the duel disk.
Kengo untied the boat and stepped on and pulled out a key.
"This guy also used Cyberse Cards; he's one of the six." Jin said.
"I would love to ask him questions but… he wasn't exactly a kind guy back in LINK VRAINS." Takeru responded.
"We're ready to go." Kengo said.
LINK VRAINS
"Dr. Kogami? What about him?" Queen asked.
"You know what SOL Tech did to him!"
"I am aware, yes…. but I was nothing to do with that. That all happened before I made it to the board."
"That might be so but you represent SOL…. I'll take you down and move to the next one until I find out who did it!" Revolver slammed.
"Why are you so attached to him?" Queen enquired.
"Because I'm his son…. now prepare to duel!"
"Wait!"
Queen, Ghost Girl and Revolver looked to the side street as Blue Girl and Playmaker arrived.
"The whole of LINK VRAINs inside one street…. small world." Revolver gave a light laugh to himself.
"Revolver…. what happened to Miyu?" Blue Girl asked.
"Queen defeated her in a duel… before I stepped in. You see we have a programme in effect here in LINK VRAINS to take your digital conscience if you lose…. but I stopped that before it happened!"
"When does this stop, Revolver? We saw you "download" those people… how many more lives?!"
"I never wanted to take humans but in order to save the world from the Ignis…. sacrifices are needed!" Revolver replied.
"You're the only one here causing any trouble!" Playmaker hit back.
"Right!" added Ai.
"The digital worlds are only going to cause more trouble…. how long before people use this current system to do something worse?! Plus with the Ignis…. there's so much potential for a grave threat!"
"So erasing it before anyone can use it…. it's logical but you fail to understand that there are people to stop that kind of thing!" Aqua hit back.
"SOL? You guys? You've been causing us a minor bit of trouble…. how would you stop rouge Ignis?!" Revolver slammed.
"None of us would go rouge!" Ai answered.
"Unless you're also able to predict the future…. anyone of you could!" Queen heard a bleep from her duel disk and she looked at it after which she gritted her teeth.
"All servers deleted except LINK VRAINS….."
"Yes and right now the anti data is flowing from the edges and soon to hit the center… then LINK VRAINS and the Ignis will cease to exist!" Revolver smirked.
"Which means Earth is alive…." Aqua said to herself.
"For now…. now since you can't log out, Queen…. you have no other choice."
"Not now, Son."
"What was that?" Ghost Girl looked around as did the others. Appearing in the middle of the two sides was Dr. Kogami.
Real World
"They found us?!" Baira and Genome surrounded Faust's computer on the boat as they looked at a radar with Kengo's boat approaching.
"They really are annoying." Genome said.
"Alert Ryoken, I'll try and lose them." Faust stood up and went to the wheel.
As he put his foot down the trio heard a loud metal clang from the back.
"They've hooked us!" Genome had rushed to the back of the boat and saw that Kengo locked them with their boat to prevent Hanoi from getting further.
"That was an amazing shot…." Jin stuttered as Kengo continued to look at the Hanoi boat.
"He really is a bounty hunter…." Takeru said in a similar tone.
"So we board the boat?" Kusanagi said as he had taken the wheel.
"We can't while they're in there. We need to remove them." Kengo replied.
"How exactly?" Takeru asked.
"We have to hack their systems from here…. we need to distract them. This will help." Kengo threw a sphere into the air.
"That's remarkable….." Flame said.
"What is it?" Jin asked.
"It's a portal LINK VRAINS…. we can duel without logging in!"
"Hanoi used something similar against me back in the hospital…." Jin clenched his fist as Kusanagi observed this.
Across the ocean a green sphere appeared sealing the two boats in.
"And now they've sealed us in.…" Genome gritted his teeth.
"That kid is very impressive…. you two go and keep them out by dueling them. I'll maintain the anti data flow." Faust said.
"Fine, let's go." Baira said to Genome.
"Since we're now in virtual reality…." Genome touched his jacket and it changed to the white Hanoi coat along with his mask. Baira and Faust also did the same.
LINK VRAINS
"Dr. Kogami…." Queen and him locked eyes.
"I've heard a lot about you, Queen." Kogami said. "My issues are not with you but the company you represent."
"Well that company I represent…. I speak for them. Very smart to upload your mind to the LINK VRAINS system… once it's destroyed, you lose your last chance of life."
"Which is why I founded the Knights of Hanoi. My life is irrelevant to the bigger picture." Kogami replied.
"If you're after who gave you your illness…. I can't help you. None of that is to do with me."
"But those remaining on the board did. They are not good people…. and I can tell you feel overwhelmed with them as well."
"You can't tell me that!" she snapped.
"The Knights of Hanoi have caused unprecedented amount of troubles for you. You're in charge of the network servers and we've just destroyed five of the six. You've come into LINK VRAINS to show that you're worthy of being on it…." Kogami replied.
"My job is under threat all the time! King and the others are shareholders while I just hold the job as a single director…. they promised me some shares if I performed…. and by eradicating you lot will prove my worth!"
"You really wish to work for a company who undermines you all the time?"
"You're the one causing it all!"
"Father, let me duel her!" Revolver yelled.
"No, Ryoken. This isn't your job." Kogami pushed out his hand and Queen dissolved.
"What did you do?!" Ghost Girl gasped.
"I logged her out. She is no use to us. Ryoken, we must protect the anti data cannon." Kogami turned around to his son. Revolver gritted his teeth and fists.
"Fine…. I'll check up what's happening on the boat…. as for you lot…. I need you, Spectre, Trojan!"
Revolver and Kogami disappeared as taking their place was the two other generals.
Real World
"Since we're in virtual reality, we can teleport to their boat." Kengo said as he transformed into Blood Sheppard.
"That makes it much eaiser." Takeru said as he changed into Soulburner.
"I'll keep the boat going; the hook will easily keep us attached." Kusanagi said.
"And what about me?" Jin replied.
"You can stay here." explained his brother.
"No, Lightning and Flame both need to be in there. We don't know what they have done to the Earth Ignis." Jin said back.
"I need to get access to their computers; there will be at least three on the boat. I need all the duelists I can get to hold two of them off." Blood Sheppard said.
"Jin….."
"I can do this." he said back to Kusanagi.
"Well let's get going!" Soulburner yelled.
"But how…. will Jin get across…. he doesn't have an avatar?" Kusanagi questioned.
"I programmed this virtual reality space to work via teleportation. Just like the Knights of Hanoi can do." Blood added.
"So all we need to do is think it… cool!" Takeru cheered.
"Okay… let's go…." Jin clutched his wheelchair's sidebars and Lightning looked at him.
"Being nervous will hinder your decision making, now is not the time to feel that."
"Lightning…. that's not how humans work…." Flame interrupted his fellow Ignis.
"I know what you mean, Lightning…. we have to do this. Now let's go."
"Lightning is the least unable to understand humans but Jin accepts that…. interesting…." Flame said.
"Even you don't understand everything I do…." Soulburner replied.
"Ignis feel emotion as well it's just we don't didn't understand it from a human's point of view at first. We started as logical creatures doing things purely through percentages but the more time we were alive… we became more real." Flame said.
"I understand. Now let's get going!"
"Just be safe…." Kusanagi said to his brother who nodded back to him. All three disappeared.
On the back of the Hanoi boat the three appeared as Jin looked around as he struggled to believe he had actually moved.
There standing before them was Baira and Genome.
"So you caught us…. well done boys." Baira teased.
"We're putting an end to Hanoi right here and now!" Soulburner yelled back.
"You two take these two…. I'll fight the other one inside." Blood Sheppard added.
"Well I guess we have no other choice, Genome." Baira said.
"Yeah, though it's funny how full circle this goes… taking on the kids we kidnapped used!" Genome smirked.
"Now let's duel!" Jin yelled.
"Not here… this is a small boat…." Genome put his hand into the air and all four disappeared.
…
Jin looked around and saw that he was no longer on a boat but instead further out to sea on a small rock. Towards him was Genome also on a rocky surface.
"What have you done?" Jin asked.
"Just made more room…. just like in that hospital when I took your soul… I guess I'll do the same again!"
"But this time you'll have to go through me." Lightning said as he appeared from Jin's duel disk.
"Of course you're here as well, Light Ignis…" Genome groaned.
"And the boy is much stronger now he has me and our new deck."
"New deck?"
"Lightning created a Cyberse deck… fresh for me to use!"
"It doesn't matter what type of deck you have…. you clearly couldn't beat me before and you won't do again!"
Both duelists held out their duel disks. Jin's was a yellow older model with a blade while Genome's was a yellow ring type.
"Duel!" both yelled.
Turn 1
Genome LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Jin LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I summon Serziel, Watcher of the Evil Eye!" A long pink haired female appeared with demon red arms and in brown battle armour with a yellow eye symbol around her.
Serziel, Watcher of the Evil Eye ATK: 1600 DEF: 1400 Dark/Fiend/LVL 4
"When she's summoned I can add an Evil Eye Card to my hand and I choose Evil Eye of Selene!"
"The same move as before…" Jin said to himself.
"Now I can summon Basilius, Familiar of the Evil Eye since I control another Evil Eye!" A blue serpent with a red jewel on its head appeared. It emerged in defence.
Basilius, Familiar of the Evil Eye ATK: 400 DEF: 2000 Dark/Fiend/LVL 3
"I send an Evil Eye Spell from my deck to the graveyard. I send Evil Eye of Gorgoneio! Now I Link Summon! Appear LINK-2, Gorgon, Empress of the Evil Eyed!" A light purple haired woman emerged in black bulky dress. It stretched out at the bottom with dark trims.
Gorgon, Empress of the Evil Eyed ATK: 1900 Dark/Fiend/LINK-2/Up, Down
"I equip it with Eye of Selene! This Equip Spell means my Monster cannot destroyed in battle or by card effects nor can it be targeted!"
"Yes and the Monster equipped with Selene gains 500 attack each time he uses an Evil Eye Spell or Trap or the effect of the equipped Monster." Lightning added.
"You know that, Ignis?" Genome asked.
"I have studied the boy's memories when I released his soul from your captivity."
"Another dangerous thing you Ignis can do…. Gorgon gains 100 attack for each different Evil Eye in my graveyard!"
Gorgon ATK: 2200
"And now it gains 500 attack thanks to using its effect!"
Gorgon ATK: 2700
"But you also lose 500 lifepoints…" Genome clutched his chest as a dark aura emitted over his body.
Genome LP: 4000 – 3500
"I set a card… your turn!"
Turn 2
Genome LP: 3500 Hand: 2
Jin LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"Here we go… I draw!" Jin yelled. "I summon Light Fighter – Spitfire!" Flying from above was a slim aircraft with a thin body and large wings. It had golden gems on each each wing.
Light Fighter – Spitfire ATK: 1800 DEF: 0 Light/Cyberse/LVL 4
"When it's Normal Summoned it returns back to my hand in exchange for summoning up to two more Light Fighters from my hand!" Spitfire fired back to Jin's hand in a yellow beam. "Appear Light Fighter – Battle Ship and Panzer!"
Appearing on the water was a large warship with golden gems around the side and Panzer hovered above the water, it was a golden tank.
Light Fighter – Battle Ship ATK: 1000 DEF: 0 Light/Cyberse/LVL 3
Light Fighter – Panzer ATK: 1200 DEF: 0 Light/Cyberse/LVL 3
"If Panzer was summoned from my hand via an effect, I can hit you with 600 damage!" Panzer locked onto Genome and fired rapid blasts of yellow beams at him.
"Damnit…." Genome gritted his teeth as he took the hits.
Genome LP: 3500 – 2900
"Battle Ship allows me to attack directly when Special Summoned from my hand!"
"I don't think so as I use Gorgon's other effect! When equipped with Selene it can negate an effect of one of your Monster's until the End Phase! And since I used its effect, Selene gives it 500 more attack while I took 500 damage!"
Gorgon ATK: 3200
Genome LP: 2900 – 2400
"He has powerful effects so he must conserve his lifepoints to pay in exchange." Lightning noted. "Now it's time to Link Summon."
"Yes! I build my circuit! I set Battle Ship and Panzer! Appear Light Fighter – Submarine!" Appearing before Jin was a golden small submarine.
Light Fighter – Submarine ATK: 2000 Light/Cyberse/LINK-2/Left, Bottom
"When summoned I can return a Light Fighter back to my hand from my graveyard! Return Panzer! And for each Light Fighter which returned to my hand this turn, Submarine gains 600 attack this turn!"
"Which is two." Lightning stated.
Submarine ATK: 3200
"Attack, Submarine!" The Machine fired a torpedo at the Monster but Genome felt nothing as it wasn't destroyed due to Selene's effect and it was only 200 damage.
Genome LP: 2400 – 2200
"That was nothing!"
"Each bit of damage adds up." Lightning stated.
"I set two cards and end my turn." Jin said with a prideful smile.
"Why are you smiling? You haven't even won the duel yet?"
"Sorry, Lighting… I'm just happy to finally be able to duel again!"
"That is a strange feeling…. is this what you humans call, being ill?"
"No it's called being excited!"
Submarine ATK: 2000
Turn 3
Genome LP: 2200 Hand: 2
Jin LP: 4000 Hand: 2
"I draw!" Genome yelled. "Normally as a price Gorgon would have to destroy a Monster in points to…. however there is none…. I summon Medusa, Watcher of the Evil Eye!" A purple haired female in a green and black outfit with a red gem in the middle appeared.
Medusa, Watcher of the Evil Eye ATK: 1400 DEF: 1600 Dark/Fiend/LVL 4
"When I Normal Summon her I add a Evil Eye Card in my graveyard back to my hand! Return Evil Eye of Gorgoneio!"
"And it happens again." Lightning said as Genome took more damage.
Genome LP: 2200 – 1700
"I Link Summon again with Gorgon and Medusa!Appear LINK-3, Zerrziel, Ruler of the Evil Eyed!" A green skinned female with pink hair appeared. Her body was that of a demon which had skeleton arms and fiery legs. It was summoned into Genome's left Extra Monster Zone.
Zerrziel, Ruler of the Evil Eyed ATK: 2600 Dark/Fiend/LINK-3/Up, Bottom Left, Bottom Right
"My Equip Spell doesn't have the same effect as Selene… but it does have this! The difference in our lifepoints is added to Zerrziel!"
Zerrziel ATK: 4900
"Since Zerrziel was Link Summoned with a Monster who had 2600 or more attack points… she can attack twice! I equip it withEvil Eye of Gorgoneio and this is treated as Evil Eye of Selene!"
"He has a card which acts as Selene?" Jin gasped.
"It's only logical."
"When Zerrziel is equipped with Selene, she can destroy a Monster on your field!" Zerrizel fired a dark blast from her arm and wiped out Submarine.
"Now I attack directly! Can you hold on?!" Zerrziel launched another blast at Jin who begun to panic.
"Defeating an opponent without a duel is dishonourable!" Lightning extended his arms open and a golden shield took the hit.
Jin LP: 4000 – 1100
"Lightning…."
"What was the point in that?!" Lightning begun to increase in anger.
"Oh come on… I just wondered how someone like him could cope in a virtual world!"
"I'm just as capable as you are, Genome… actually even more so!" Jin hit back. "I might not be as I once was…. but it's who I am right now! And right now we're going to defeat you!"
"If it wasn't for the Lost Incident…. you would've still been able to walk…. doesn't that make you angry? And you, Light Ignis…. to think you came from a pathetic child!"
"What's pathetic about him? He might be only a human but he has shown courage and strength…. something I didn't expect to see. Where as you… I see a weak, sadistic man."
"You cheeky…. I use a Quick Play Spell, Evil Eye Contribution! I banish a Spell or Trap while I control Selene! I choose the right hand card!"
Jin's card was banished; it showed the Trap, Beckoning Light.
"Attack again, Zerrziel!"
"I use the Trap Light Fighter – Alliance! I send a Light Fighter Monster from my hand to the graveyard to negate the attack and if it was a Link Monster who attacked, I summon one from my graveyard with less arrows!"
"What?!" said Genome as the attack faded and Submarine returned in his middle Monster Zone.
Light Fighter – Submarine ATK: 2000 Light/Cyberse/LINK-2/Bottom Left, Bottom
"When summoned I return a Light Fighter…. Panzer returns again!"
"Cyberse are annoying….. I end my turn with a face down."
Turn 4
Genome LP: 1700 Hand: 0
Jin LP: 1100 Hand: 2
"Draw! I summon Spitfire again!"
Light Fighter – Spitfire ATK: 1800 DEF: 0 Light/Cyberse/LVL 4
"I return it to summon Panzer!" Spitfire returned back in a golden beam and Panzer appeared in its place.
Light Fighter – Panzer ATK: 1200 DEF: 0 Light/Cyberse/LVL 3
"Take 600 damage!"
Genome ATK: 1700 - 1100
"Now we're equal." Jin cheered.
"No… we're better than him. Finish him off this turn with that card."
"An Ignis… better than a human?! What logic is that?!"
"You made us that way." Lightning bluntly said.
"I use the Continuous Spell Light Fighter – Upgrade! I return a Light Fighter from my field or graveyard to summon one with a higher level from my hand! Return Panzer and appear Spitfire!"
Light Fighter – Spitfire ATK: 1800 DEF: 0 Light/Cyberse/LVL 4
"When Panzer returns to my hand from my field, I can summon it!"
Light Fighter – Panzer ATK: 1200 DEF: 0 Light/Cyberse/LVL 3
"Panzer's effect damage only works once per turn…. but I don't need to as I Link Summon once more! Appear LINK-2, Light Fighter – Warhawk!" A green plane with a golden nose tip flew onto the field. It was summoned next to Submarine's link.
Light Fighter – Warhawk ATK: 2000 Light/Cyberse/LINK-2/Right, Up
"When Link Summoned I can increase a Light Fighter's attack by 1000!"
Submarine ATK: 3000
"It's not enough!" Genome hit back.
"I haven't used Warhawk's other effect! If it points to a Light Fighter Link Monster, the Monster it attacks has its attack halved! However Warhawk can't attack."
Zerrziel ATK: 2450
"Go Submarine!" The Link Monster fired another golden missile at Genome's Link Monster.
"I use Evil Eye Defeat! This Trap activates while I have Selene on my field, I return two Monsters you control to your hand!"
"What?!" Jin panicked as his two Link Monsters vanished.
"That was a strong Trap…." Lightning noted.
"I… end my turn…." Jin froze.
Turn 5
Genome LP: 1100 Hand: 0
Jin LP: 1100 Hand: 0
"Now I'll finish you off. I draw! In case you're planning something I use Evil Eye Awakening! If I control Selene, I can summon a Monster from my deck! I summon Basilius, Familiar of the Evil Eye in defence!"
Basilius, Familiar of the Evil Eye ATK: 400 DEF: 2000 Dark/Fiend/LVL 3
"He set a defence despite our lack of Monsters…."
"I'm no fool, Ignis! Now then… Zerrziel ends this! Your soul is mine and your Ignis destroyed!"
Jin begun to smirk as he looked up to Genome.
"What now?!"
"I use Upgrade's other effect! I banish it to while I have no other Light Fighters in my hand, I can summon one from my deck! Appear Light Fighter – Tank Decoy!"
"Tank Decoy?!" Genome replied as an inflatable tank appeared.
Light Fighter – Tank Decoy ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Light/Cyberse/LVL 1
"When this is Special Summoned it can't be destroyed….!"
"You're fighting with… an inflatable?!"
"No… the clue is in the name… Decoy. It's an effective tactic to fool the enemy from long range." Lighting replied.
"I end my turn!" Genome snarled.
Turn 6
Genome LP: 1100 Hand: 0
Jin LP: 1100 Hand: 0
"Draw!" Jin looked at his card. "I use Monster Reborn… return Submarine!"
Light Fighter – Submarine ATK: 2000 Light/Cyberse/LINK-2/Left, Bottom
"I use Decoy and Submarine to Link Summon!" Submarine split into two as they flew into the arrows.
"Let's go!" Lightning yelled.
"I Link Summon LINK-3, Light Fighter – Missile Launcher!" Forming above the water was a golden carrier with caterpillar tracks. It had multiple chutes and a gold missile.
Light Fighter – Missile Launcher ATK: 2200 Light/Cyberse/LINK-3/Top Left, Top, Top Right
"A Link Monster with three upward arrows?!"
"You take 300 damage equal to each empty Main Monster Zone Launcher points to!" Launcher fired rapid missiles at each zone causing Genome to shield his eyes from the blasts.
Genome LP: 1100 – 200
"I can also use its other effect! I banish it to summon a Light Fighter from my graveyard and it's treated as being Special Summoned from my hand… I choose Battle Ship!"
Launcher vanished as Battle Ship appeared from the graveyard.
Light Fighter – Battle Ship ATK: 1000 DEF: 0 Light/Cyberse/LVL 3
"And this can attack you directly! Go!" Jin and Lightning said at once as the ship locked onto Genome who had frozen stiff.
The missile flew past his Monsters and into his chest, sending Genome high into the sky before he vanished.
Genome LP: 200 – 0 Jin Wins
"We…. did it?" Jin stuttered.
"That was a strong first fight." Lightning added.
….
Soulburner was facing up to Baira, both were remaining on the boat.
A/N
Thanks to RWBY Lover 25 for the review!
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