Kazuma Shouji lost again against a Diffrider a few weeks ago, since he couldn't deal with Drachma retiring his whole field and lowering the grade of his Vanguard indirectly. Dumjid implied during their fight that he was the last key for reviving Gyze, as his avatar could summon the United Sanctuary's Zeroth Dragon.
After his defeat, he noticed a faint yellow mark, which faded a bit later. He couldn't be diffriden completely as he opposed resistance against the forced method, but this didn't mean he was fine. Part of Luard was sleeping within him, which slowly eroded his mind.
He tried to ignore the voice of the elf that told him to do bad things to his teammate. "Destroy Chrono Shindou," the voice bugged him daily since his loss with bad ideas, and the Unit kept nagging him to punch the redhead. Another symptom was hearing that his cards talked to him, but he dismissed it as being a mere hallucination.
He couldn't handle the voices anymore, therefore he asked Kazumi how to deal with his current issue when they met at Cardfight Capital. Since his diffride wasn't perfect, unlike the diffride done by Shiranui with his brother, the best bet was to suppress whoever entered his body without permission.
However, thanks to the voice he felt torn between being indebted to Chrono, as the swirly-haired boy saved his brother from Shiranui's clutches and thinking that he was the one that should have done it in the first place.
Kazuma and Taiyou decided to act against the remaining apostles, while Chrono stayed at Cardfight Capital 2 for avoiding his capture. Even if he and Ibuki sent Gastille back to Cray and avoided Messiah's demise, Chaos Breaker and Valeos were strong opponents. Chrono's bond with Chronojet was severed, meaning he could be used as the vessel anytime if he got defeated again.
'Tch, why I suddenly resent the swirl? Oh yeah, he made me look like an idiot as I barely beat Dumjid before and he stole all the glory.' The blue-haired boy thought while he followed Taiyou to an empty building after spotting Noa, or better said, Chaos Breaker Dragon.
Jealously ate him earlier during the U20 tournament, as Chrono was treated like he was the only important cardfighter of their team. Even if he defeated some opponents, losing against his big brother twice didn't contribute at all to his self-esteem. His father always claimed he was a failure and brought dishonor to the family, especially as he was a filthy bastard.
Those feelings would resurface soon, as he had to face the infamous clown. Psychological warfare was Chaos Breaker's specialty.
Kazuma and Taiyou reached a shady-looking room, where Valeos and Darkface hid in the ceiling. Chaos Breaker had a table ready for defeating and capturing the last apostle.
"Welcome to my modest room~" Chaos Breaker smirked, before asking who his next victim would be. "I guess that you came for protecting your precious swirl~"
"Yeah, to be honest, I would beat you up instead of cardfighting, but we have to solve this the legal way. Tch, Chrono told me that your deck is a real pain in the ass," Kazuma sighed, picking his deck as he guessed that Gold Paladin would be brutally destroyed by Link Joker.
Taiyou yelled as he saw a huge rat near the table. The boy hid behind Kazuma for avoiding the pest.
"I see, I think it will be fun to beat someone that believes can handle despair. You already experienced it first hand when Shiranui beat you into a pulp~" Chaos tried to rile Kazuma up, as he planned to piss him off before completing the diffride.
Kazuma ignored the taunt, starting the fight by riding Knies over Rute. He moved Rute not behind Knies for making it harder to lock his starter.
"Hahaha, you're just delaying the unavoidable. Accept it, you're nothing compared to Chrono and your precious brother. I will lock your soul," Chaos Breaker mentioned for triggering Kazuma's hate, which was one of the keys needed for awakening Luard.
The blue-haired student kept his field as empty as he could for forcing Chaos Breaker to use Chaos Universe twice. "Sorry bitch, but I won't let you get the upper hand! I will stomp you like the fucking roach that you are and end this bullshit," Kazuma yelled before he strode Carnivore Dragon. He planned to remove any rearguard that could become a bother soon.
"How cute, trying to use a garbage Unit instead of your precious elf. I doubt you have anything against lock," Chaos Breaker taunted more, but Kazuma called Naoise as he knew he could return whatever he called at the end of turn. Then when he was done with his turn, Cethlenn handled a pesky column, which caught Chaos off guard. Kazuma got rid of Naoise, freeing at least one front row Unit from lock's clutches.
"I fixed my deck, so it could handle this kind of crap better. You know I'm not a moron like the swirl," the student taunted back, which riled Chaos Breaker as he didn't expect to get a burn.
"Oh, I see you resent Chrono Shindou. Hm, I guess it will be easy to complete the plan, as you're acting as I calculated," the apostle muttered. "Embrace that anger more, please~"
Chaos Breaker taunted his opponent more, which was quite concerning for Taiyou as Kazuma could misplay if he was too pissed off.
"Kazuma, don't listen to his words! We're doing this for Chrono's sake!" the kid tried to stop his resentful mood, but it was too late. Even if he survived against Chaos Universe, the card that he topdecked froze him.
"What the fuck is this? I never had this creepy-looking elf!" the blue-haired cardfighter showed an evil-looking Luard to his teammate. He was too baffled by this, so he checked his G zone for being sure if nothing strange was there. Sadly, he also saw a quadruped dragon that looked like Gust Blaster Dragon.
"Ahahah! That must be the embodiment of all your rage against Chrono Shindou, who used you for challenging the U20. Heck, you also despise your family so Luard became a fallen elf since he resonated with your feelings," Chaos Breaker laughed like a hyena, which was the icing of the cake. Kazuma left his deck on the table, rushing against his enemy.
"Kazuma, please don't beat up your opponent! This may be a trap!" Taiyou tried to restrain the older guy, but he wasn't strong enough. He was blinded by rage, therefore the best choice was to put Chaos in his place.
Valeos and Darkface didn't stop the brutality, as they knew this was the easiest way to get their last partner in crime. Dragging Chaos Breaker to a hospital was a lesser concern if their plan was almost complete.
Kazuma stopped punching Chaos' face as his right hand hurt, seeing again that damned Shadow Paladin emblem. The clown smirked, which was the signal for diffridding the last apostle. Valeos had to choose the United Sanctuary one, so he did the ritual.
The blue-haired boy wasn't himself anymore. Taiyou was scared by his teammate's sadistic expression, which was the first reaction Luard had when he came to Earth.
"Fufufu, I subdued that annoying robot dragon and now I will crush his Vanguard's delusion. Gastille was right at the end, my real purpose is to set this trashy world on fire and see if those fuckers can survive it."
Stark wasn't summoned yet, however, Chaos didn't care as he had other targets for this task. He wanted to get his revenge against other Vanguards, so he focused now on finding them.