The group had reunited in the main empty road. They had seen the anti data fire into the sky from Revolver's cannon.
"Earth must be powering it…." Aqua stated.
"Kusanagi, how much of LINK VRAINS is left?" Playmaker asked into his duel disk.
"I expect LINK VRAINS will be destroyed within two hours. If you're going to make your move, you need to move now."
"We've also worked out a way to bypass the log out system." Kengo said.
"We can't even think about that." Blue Girl replied.
"We know you have to defeat Revolver, Aoi but you need to think about what happens if you can't." Ghost Girl said.
"What do you mean?"
"Maybe it'll be better to…. prepare to say goodbye."
"Not going to happen!" she snapped back.
Before anymore could be said, they could hear Lightning.
"This is not the time for emotions. You must defeat Revolver."
"You don't understand!" Ai hit back. "I might also be separated! You would miss me, wouldn't you, Playmaker?"
"No."
"What?! Why?!"
"I have no intention of letting a living being die… but our partnership ends after I destroy the Hanoi." Playmaker affirmed.
"Me too!"
Takeru's voice was heard coming from the duel disk.
"Soulburner?" Blue Girl replied.
"I'm logging in. I have to fight in this final duel!"
"I understand."
"Ghost Girl, you better log out and Soulburner will take your place." Kengo said.
"Are you sure?"
"You can trust me." Blue Girl said as Ghost Girl nodded. She logged out of LINK VRAINS while Soulburner emerged in the same spot.
"Take down then Hanoi and save the Ignis." Jin said.
"Jin…. I'll help close this chapter on our lives."
"Just remember, we can't save the Ignis." Blood Shepherd said.
"Don't worry, we will." Soulburner stated.
…..
Emma reappeared in the real world on the Hanoi boat. Alongside her were Kengo, Kusanagi and Jin.
"So it works." Emma sounded relieved.
"Yes but the programming is only for humans. It seems the Hanoi put a bit more effort into keeping the Ignis locked in." Kusanagi replied.
"Well we just have to hope those three can do it." Jin said.
"Regardless, I'm done." Kengo stated.
"Wait! We haven't defeated the Hanoi yet?" Emma hit back. "They ruined your life…. don't you wish to watch?!"
"I have helped get your friends to the leader of the Hanoi…. and I prefer not to look back at the past. The Hanoi is your battle alone." Kengo said as he took a seat on the Hanoi boat.
….
"I had to come." Soulburner said.
"I understand." Blue Girl replied.
"I might not have known Flame for long but…. we can't let the Ignis die today!"
"We have to get moving." Aqua stated.
"Revolver will be expecting us so let's go straight to him." Playmaker said as all three made their way north.
Rooftop
Revolver watched from up high as saw LINK VRAINS begin to shrink once more. He looked to his side and saw his father watching on.
"You're just going to accept it?" Revolver asked.
"Ryoken, my body has already passed… just the like the others, I am prepared to give my soul up to stop the Ignis."
"I know but-"
"This is my wish, Ryoken. Anyway…. they are here." Kogami stated as they saw the trio arrive in front of the building.
"Let's go." Revolver said as both he and Kogami disappeared.
On the road Blue Girl looked up at the white light firing into the sky.
"We're here." Blue Girl said to her duel disk.
"Understood, we're looking at the Hanoi machine to see what we can do." Jin replied.
At that point Revolver and Kogami appeared before the three.
"This is fate." Revolver said.
"Or how Hanoi failed to stop us at every point." Playmaker hit back.
"And now we're here to finish the job." Soulburner added.
"You cut through my loyal comrades but their sacrifices will not be in any vein." Revolver replied.
"And I guess you're Kogami?" Blue Girl asked.
"I am, Miss Zaizen."
"Our life was ruined thanks to you!" Soulburner yelled.
"I expected you would say that and I understand." Kogami explained calmly.
"Understand?!" Playmaker hit back.
"I stand by my actions to create humanity's successor. I have zero regrets in that."
"Even though it ruined our lives?!"
"Six children for the sake of the world… those odds are more than justifiable."
"How dare you say those words!" Soulburner slammed as he clenched his fist, shaking it greatly.
"You had no right to create us." Aqua said as she, Flame and Ai came out of the duel disks.
"And there are my creations." Kogami snarled.
"You created us to aid humanity…. but you judged us purely on simulations." Flame stated.
"When we are much more than that!" Ai added with a clenched fist in his usual over the top manner.
"We have come to understand that we might be built on code but our free-will isn't!" Aqua said.
"Simulations are the best thing we have to judge how the future will be." Kogami replied.
"No one can know that for sure!" Aqua answered.
"We know we don't agree." Revolver stepped in. "I didn't stop seeing LINK VRAINS being destroyed just to have the same arguments we've had before."
"I agree." Blue Girl activated her duel disk.
"And we shall also help." Playmaker said.
"You can't leave me out." Soulburner added.
"Three vs. one is fine!" Revolver smirked.
"Then I shall guard the Earth Ignis." Kogami said as he vanished. As he did the trio heard a building collapse in the far distance as the base of the tower was being dissolved. They looked back and saw the anti data getting closer. There were pieces of data flowing around the ever shrinking LINK VRAINS.
"We better get started then!" Revolver said.
"We have about an hour left…. let's do this." Blue Girl replied as Soulburner and Playmaker nodded.
Turn 1
Revolver LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Blue Girl Playmaker Soulburner LP: 4000 Hand: 5 5 5
"Naturally I'll go first! My Field Spell Boot Sector Launch will begin your downfall!"
"Allowing him to summon two Rokkets from his hand…." Aqua stated.
"Exactly, Ignis! Appear Magnarokket Dragon and Shellrokket Dragon!" Two robotic-dragons with similar shapes to bullets emerged. Magna had blue armour while Shell had yellow.
Magnarokket Dragon ATK: 1800 DEF: 1200 Dark/Dragon/LVL 4
Shellrokket Dragon ATK: 1100 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/LVL 2
"Boot Sector Launch increases their attack and defence by 300 each!"
Magna ATK: 2100 DEF: 1500
Shell ATK: 1400 DEF: 2400
"If I control a Rokket Monster I can summonAbsorouter Dragon from my hand!" A light blue and black dragon emerged. It had long spikes on its back.
Absorouter Dragon ATK: 1200 DEF: 2800 Dark/Dragon/LVL 7
"I set Shellrokket in my circuit! I Link Summon LINK-1, Striker Dragon!" Shell fired into the sky and taking its place was blue metal dragon with light blue wings.
Striker Dragon ATK: 1000 Dark/Dragon/LINK-1/Left
"When Link Summoned I add another Boot Sector Launch from my deck. I set Striker and Absorouter! I Link Summon LINK-2, Dillingerous Dragon!"
Dillingerous Dragon ATK: 1600 Dark/Dragon/LINK-2/Up, Down
"When Absorouter is sent to the graveyard I add a Rokket to my hand from my deck! I add Rokket Synchron!"
"Synchron?" Playmaker replied.
"Yes and now I Link Summon my third Monster! I set Dillingerous and Magna! Emerge LINK-3, Vorticular Drumgon!" An orange lizard emerged from the sky, it had sliver amour with canons on its shoulders. Its head was encased in a circular disc.
Vorticular Drumgon ATK: 1000 Dark/Dragon/Link/LINK-3/Bottom, Left, Right
"When Vorticular is Link Summoned, I draw a card… normally. However I wouldn't be able to use its arrows…. so instead I Normal Summon Rokket Synchron!"
Rokket Synchron ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Dark/Dragon/Tuner/LVL 1
"He can Synchro Summon as well?" Blue Girl replied.
"Indeed and you'll find it matches quite well! When Rokket Synchro is Normal Summoned I can summon a level five or higher Dark Dragon from my graveyard with its effects negated!"
Absorouter Dragon ATK: 1200 DEF: 2800 Dark/Dragon/LVL 7
"I tune Absorouter and Rokket Synchron!" Synchron fired into the sky and became green rings as Absrouter flowed through.
7+1=8
"I Synchro Summon! Borreload Savage Dragon!" A black dragon encased in bulky sliver amour appeared. The armour had light green light stripes which lit up around its body. It had green energy wings.
Borreload Savage Dragon ATK: 3000 DEF: 2500 Dark/Dragon/Synchro/LVL 8
"When Synchro Summoned I equip a Link Monster in my graveyard to Borreload! My Monster gains Borrel Counters equip to that Monster's Link Rating I equip Dillingerous which gives Borreload two!"
Savage Counters: 2
"It also gains halve of the equipped Monster's attack!"
Savage ATK: 3800
"I end my turn with a face down!"
"Those counters do something…. but we can't worry about that." Soulburner said.
"Then it's my turn!" Blue Girl stepped forward.
Turn 2
Revolver LP: 4000 Hand: 1
Blue Girl Playmaker Soulburner LP: 4000 Hand: 5 5 5
"I draw! I summon Cyberse Nimph!"A pink fairy appeared on the field.
Cyberse Nimph ATK: 500 DEF: 200 Light/Cyberse/LVL 2
"I draw a card and if it's a Cyberse Monster I can summon it but that Monster can't attack!" Blue Girl drew but it was a Spell. "Great….regardless If I control a Light Cyberse Monster then I can summon this from my hand! Orchid Striker!" A female with crystal purple armour with a white cape emerged.
Orchid Striker ATK: 1200 DEF: 300 Light/Cyberse/LVL 3
"I use my Continuous Spell Cyberse Converter! I send a Monster from my hand to activate it. I send Viburnum Witch. I can Normal Summon a Cyberse once per turn for a second time! Appear Fern Strike Knight!" A black knight with weeds around its sword in defence appeared. It fired a black blast from its sword into Violet.
Fern Strike Knight ATK: 800 DEF: 300 Dark/Cyberse/LVL 3
"I set my three Monsters! I Link Summon LINK-3, Holly- The Angelic Knight!" A long blonde-haired female in blue and silver amour appeared.
Holly- The Angelic Knight ATK: 2300 Light/Cyberse/LINK-3/Bottom Left, Bottom, Bottom Right
"Awesome!" Soulburner cheered.
"Yes, Holly can negate all my Monster's effects and you gain 300 attack for each… you used that on my before…" Revolver stated. "Which is why Borrell Savage Dragon's effect activates!"
"Now what?" Playmaker questioned.
"I remove a counter and Savage negates the effect activation!"
Savage Counter: 1
"Fine but I banish Fern Strike Knight to hit you with 600 damage and I can summon another from my deck!" Blue spores fired towards Revolver who barley flinched at the hit. Fern appeared in Holly's bottom left link and in defence.
Revolver LP: 4000 – 3400
Fern Strike Knight ATK: 800 DEF: 300 Dark/Cyberse/LVL 3
"If Holly is linked with a Monster, when I attack, your Monster's attack becomes zero!"
"Are you sure about that?" Aqua asked.
"We don't have time…." Blue Girl replied. She had a feeling Aqua was right but she knew the time was ticking.
"Do what you think is best." Playmaker encouraged.
"Thanks. Then I attack!"
"I use my Trap! Magic Cylinder!"
"No!"
"I negate your attack and you take the hit instead!" Revolver smirked as two cylinders appeared and the blast fired into one and fired back at the trio from the other. The blast sent Blue Girl flying.
Blue Girl Playmaker Soulburner LP: 4000 – 1700
"I… set one card and end my turn…." Blue Girl stuttered as she got back up. "I walked right into that one…."
"No, Aoi… it's okay. We cleared the Trap at least." Aqua replied.
"He knew from his last duel with Blue Girl and had a perfect set of responses." Ai noted.
"And now he gets a second turn…." Playmaker said.
Turn 3
Revolver LP: 3400 Hand: 1
Blue Girl Playmaker Soulburner LP: 4000 Hand: 1 5 5
"My turn! I draw! I play the Spell Quick Launch to summon a Rokket from my deck but it can't attack and is destroyed in the End Phase. I choose Rokket Tracer!" A red armoured dragon appeared.
Rokket Tracer ATK: 1600 DEF: 1000 Dark/Dragon/Tuner/LVL 4
"I Link Summon using Tracer and Drumgon!"
"It's coming!" Blue Girl said as the a beam shot down from the sky.
"I Link Summon, LINK-4, Borreload Dragon!" A metallic dragon in red and black plating was summoned. Around its neck looked like the barrel of a gun. Its wings glowed a light green colour.
Borreload Dragon ATK: 3000 Dark/Dragon/LINK-4/Left, Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right
"Borreload Dragon is immune to your targeting card effects and it can reduce your Monster's attack by 500 but I won't need to do that… as I can take control of your Monster and place it into one of Borreload's links but it's destroyed at the End Phase next turn! I attack with Borrel!"
"Revolver doesn't care about taking Cyberse Monsters if he aids his cause…." Playmaker gritted his teeth.
Borreload fired a grappling hook from one of its cannons and grabbed Holly which pulled her to Revolver's field.
"Holly attacks Fern Strike!" Revolver ordered as the Monster slashed her way past. "And now I attack directly with Savage!"
"My Trap doesn't direct attacks!" Blue Girl yelled.
"I have it covered!" Soulburner interrupted. "I can summon Salamangreat Parro from my hand!" A flaming bird emerged.
Salamangreat Parro ATK: 2000 DEF: 1000 Fire/Cyberse/LVL 5
"Savage attacks Parro instead!" Revolver said as the Cyberse was quickly destroyed. "I end my turn."
Turn 4
Revolver LP: 3400 Hand: 1
Blue Girl Playmaker Soulburner LP: 1700 Hand: 1 5 4
"I'm up! I draw!" Playmaker shouted. "I discard Dotscaper to summon Threshold Borg!"
Threshold Borg ATK: 2400 DEF: 2000 Earth/Cyberse/LVL 7
"Since Dotscaper went to the graveyard, it's summoned to my field!"A white creature with green eyes and made of cubes appeared.
Dotscaper ATK: 0 DEF: 2100 Earth/Cyberse/LVL 1
"I banish Fern Strike Knight from the graveyard. Blue Girl." Playmaker nodded to her.
"Okay!" Blue Girl removed the card and the spores hit Revolver again.
Revolver LP: 3400 - 2800
Fern Strike Knight ATK: 800 DEF: 300 Dark/Cyberse/LVL 3
"I set Threshold, Dotscaper and Fern Strike! I LINK Summon Transcode Talker! Appear LINK-3, Transcode Talker!"
Transcode Talker ATK: 2300 Dark/Cyberse/LINK-3/Up, Bottom Right, Down
"Since I control two Monsters with the same type, Cyberse White Hat can appear!" A shadowy figure who wore a white long coat was summoned.
Cyberse White Hat ATK: 1800 DEF: 2400 Light/Cyberse/LVL 6
"I Link Summon with White Hat and Fern! Appear Security Dragon!" A small white dragon with red scales appeared.
Security Dragon ATK: 1100 Light/Cyberse/LINK-2/Up, Down
"White Hat reduces your Monster's attack by 1000 when it's used as a Link Material!"
"Then I use Savage's last counter to negate!"
Savage Counter: 0
"Just what I wanted! When Security Dragon is co-linked, I can return a Monster you control!"
"What?!"
"I return your Synchro Monster!" Security Dragon unleashed a large roar and Revolver's Monster was fired back into the duel disk.
"Nice!" Ai cheered.
"I use the Spell Co-Link Up! My co-linked Monsters gain 1000 attack!"
Transcode ATK: 3300
Security Dragon ATK: 2100
"Borrel's effect! I reduce Transcode's attack by 500!"
Transcode ATK: 2800
"You're annoying!" Ai taunted back.
"I use my Trap!" Blue Girl replied which surprised Revolver. "Cyberse Power increases the attack of a co-linked Monster on the field by 1000!"
Transcode ATK: 3800
"And it has one more effect." Aqua added. "During the Battle Phase, you can't counter the Monster's attack but only that Monster can attack this turn.!"
"Now attack, Transcode!" Playmaker ordered as the orange robot fired a missile from its launcher arm. It struck Borrel and sent Revolver flying.
Revolver LP: 2800 – 2000
"I end my turn with a face down." Playmaker concluded.
"And Holly is destroyed and returns to me!" Blue Girl said as Revolver's board was wiped.
Turn 5
Revolver LP: 2000 Hand: 1
Blue Girl Playmaker Soulburner LP: 1700 Hand: 1 1 4
"I draw! I use the Spell Rokket Reprieve! I send a Rokket Monster from my hand or a card which lists Rokket and draw two cards! I discard my second Boot Sector Launch to draw two more!"
"We have about thirty minutes left." Flame noted.
"He could just stall us but…. Revolver is determined…." Soulburner replied.
"You took down my comrades so you're right! I use Boot Sector! If I have less Monsters I can summon Rokkets up to the difference from my graveyard! You have two so I return Rokket Tracer and Magnarokket Dragon!"
Magnarokket Dragon ATK: 1800 DEF: 1200 Dark/Dragon/LVL 4
Rokket Tracer ATK: 1600 DEF: 1000 Dark/Dragon/Tuner/LVL 4
"I Synchro Summon again!"
"No!" Playmaker snarled.
4+4=8
Borreload Savage Dragon ATK: 3000 DEF: 2500 Dark/Dragon/Synchro/LVL 8
"I equipDillingerous Dragon once more!"
Savage Counters: 2
Savage ATK: 3800
"Thanks to you, Playmaker…. you returned it to my extra deck! I use the Spell Link Recovery! I resummon Borrel!"
Borreload Dragon ATK: 3000 Dark/Dragon/LINK-4/Left, Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Right
"And if you control less Monsters than the Link Monster's Link Rating, you can draw cards to equal the difference. You have two and Borreload is four."
"Then I'll draw two more since I'm next." Soulburner said.
"Borreload attacks Transcode and now he will join my field!" Revolver said as the grappling hook pulled the Cyberse to left hand side of Borreload.
"Security Dragon loses its attack boost…." Playmaker reluctantly said.
Security Dragon ATK: 1600
"Now Savage Dragon attacks your Cyberse!" Savage Dragon opened its mouth and cylinder appeared which spun around as it fired rapid missiles at the trio's Monster.
"Please someone say you've got a response?!" Soulburner said as the gunfire was heading towards the group.
"I won't lose to any Hanoi! We get our justice today!" Playmaker yelled. "Rescue Interlancer's effect in my hand! When we are attacked, by discarding this card we take no damage from that battle!"
"I use Savage Dragon's effect to negate it!"
Savage Dragon Counter: 1
"Then I use my Trap! Cure Conversion! I tribute Security to end the Battle Phase and draw a card! If it's a Monster, we gain lifepoints equal to its attack!"
Playmaker drew and looked at it.
"I drew Micro Coder… with 300 attack…"
Blue Girl Playmaker Soulburner LP: 1700 – 2000
"We're level in lifepoints but it's clear who is superior as a duelist." Revolver stated. "And would you look at that!"
The trio looked around the sides and saw the anti data begin to demolish the buildings were surrounded the road.
"But… that's not right?!" Flame said.
"I guess my father was able to speed it up!"
"How?!" Playmaker said.
Revolver had a scan appear from his duel disk and closed his eyes.
"He's giving up his life force to speed it up…. which means I have to hurry as well! I set one card and end my turn!"