Queen of Flames – Blaze Rose
It was just another day in Den City.
I was sitting in the park next to the hospital, relaxing and trying not to think about the horrible things that I saw last night when I logged into LINK VRAINS. Doctor Souma has told me the servers were under attack by some sort of cyber terrorist group called the Knights of Hanoi who went on a rampage and deleted the accounts of many users. Thankfully due to the chip in my Duel Disk I was forcefully logged out of the serve when my heartbeat became too quick.
From the doctor's words there was someone called Playmaker who had defeated the Knights of Hanoi so there shouldn't be any dangers to log inside LINK VRAINS for the time being, but I'm not sure if I want to go back there ever again. The experience this game gave me last time was enough for a whole lifetime. The only time I felt so much fear was when that car was about to hit me and…Now that I think about it, I woke up in this strange world right after the incident.
Could it be that this isn't really happening and I'm just having a dream? It was highly unlikely because trading card games are the last thing I would dream. Before coming here I didn't even knew any of the rules or types of cards in order to be able to create such a realistic dream. But why did I woke up with a Duel Disk and an already built Deck?
I'm not sure how to explain it, but there is a feeling. I feel that there is some sort of higher purpose for me here, but I can't for the love of God think what it could be. I could keep wondering and wondering for all of this, but that won't help me with anything. I need answers and in order to get them I would need to learn a few skills, including (as much as I don't want to) the skill to duel well and win. But for that I will need someone to teach me, as I surely as hell won't go back to training with that mean AI.
"What should I do?" I leaned back and looked into the sky, hoping for an answer. Dueling seemed to stand in the center of most things here, I also had to find myself a place to live. I would be able to stay at the hospital for a day, two at most. What after that?
I know no one here and I don't like living in other people's' houses for nothing so I had to find a lodging, preferably cheap as well as a job to pay for it. Ugh! The more I think about all of this the more my head starts to hurt! Why couldn't mom or dad be here? I don't know anything about how to find a job or to survive on my own, I never expected to be separated from my family so soon.
I pulled out my phone and began to check out the web and sites that could help me find a good yet cheap place to stay. Not much luck there unfortunately, but all social networks were filled with people talking about Playmaker and his identity. Even I was starting to get curious about that mysterious hacker.
"No! Get yourself together!" I shook my head, now wasn't the time to think about guys, any less some virtual avatar that fights cyber terrorists.
"Playmaker is totally my type! He's super cool and makes my heart flutter!"
But then again, how was I supposed to think about anything else if the whole social media was talking only about Playmaker and how cool he is! Even the big screens around the city showed nothing more than avatars from LINK VRAINS talking and speculating about him/or her. I mean-
"Really? He's just an avatar. He can look like anyone in real world."
Exactly! Thank you TV avatar lady for the vote of support. It would be a little better for me if I at least knew how to duel good, but who is going to teach me?
"There is no point in just standing here." I told myself out loud and stood up. I had to start working out my issues not just speak them out.
Thankfully, Doctor Souma allowed me to leave the hospital and go around, so I didn't have to worry about making the staff freak out because one of the patients has disappeared or ran off.
I looked around the city, it was big with huge buildings and skyscrapers, and everything was technologized. The place was far more advanced that the little town I came from. One of the small amount of advantages that this new life of mine has, at least until my internet gets stopped because I couldn't pay for it.
I stopped at the center of the city, and noticed that everyone around me was looking somewhere high so I turned around as well. A large building was before me with multiple screens on it, showcasing some duels happening inside of LINK VRAINS. One of them showed a girl with blue hair and a mostly blue and white outfit with wings winking at the camera. I liked her outfit, it reminded me a little of an angel.
"That's all for today!" The blue-haired girl waved causing the crowd to burns in cheers. "Sit tight and behave 'till next time! Bye bye!"
I smiled a little at the girl's cheerful personality, it just had that effect that made me feel somewhat better despite my problems. Shame that I came just when she was about to leave though, maybe I would have better luck next time.
After the duel ended most of the crowd began to disperse and return to whatever they were doing before. I looked around, seeing a hotdog truck parked nearby and since I haven't had breakfast yet I went to check it. Of course now you will probably say that hotdogs for breakfast is a bad idea and I agree, but my choices were limited, so I had to work with what I got.
"Hello." I greeted the owner, trying to be polite.
"Welcome." He returned my greeting.
"How much would a normal hotdog cost?" I asked, wanting to make sure that I would have the money to pay.
"That would be two hundred yens." My eyes widened as I heard the price.
"Two hundred!?" I asked for confirmation. Back at my town a hotdog would cost two dollars, not two hundred. "That's a lot for a hotdog! Do you think a kid could have two hun-!"
I paused as I looked into my wallet and saw that I had multiple banknotes of 500 yens. Which was strange because the last time I cheeked I was carrying only like 10 dollars with me. I looked at my money and then back to the hotdog truck owner. The man smiled a little and continued to cook.
"You aren't from around here, are you?" He asked me.
"No." I shook my head in embarrassment. "I'm not."
The owner nodded and began to make my hotdog as I stood next to the truck and waited for my breakfast. I turned toward the big screens again and they showed a hologram of a man in a green suit talking on a microphone. What he said wasn't of much importance and I didn't remember most of it, though it was about the duel and so on.
"Here you go." I turned my head to the owner who held the hotdog. I hand him the money and he looked up at the screen as well. "Are you a fan?" He asked me.
"N-no." I shook my head. "I just had nothing else to do."
"Ah, I thought that since you are a duelist, you were interested in the duels."
As the owner said that I glanced down at my hand and saw the Duel Disk attached to my arm. I quickly looked back to the owner and waved my hands defensively in front of me. "No, no." I told him and took a step back, for some reason the idea of being mistaken for a duelist made me feel bad for not being a good one.
"No, actually I just got this Duel Disk, actually, I don't remember much about how I got it, but yeah, I'm not a duelist."
The owner's expression turned even more confused as I mentioned that. He was probably going to ask me how I don't remember and all that stuff now.
"What's that?" Thankfully the announcer's sudden shout turned the man's attention off me. I turned to look at the screen which showed a match that was just about to begin.
"It's Blaze Rose!" the announcer, well, announced. "It seems that she has finally returned after her last duel two weeks ago."
I had no idea who the announcer was talking about and there probably wasn't a way for me to know anyway. There wasn't anything for me to do right now, so I figured that I could sit down and watch for a bit. It was pretty early as well. Maybe I would get something useful out of this.
3rd POV
In a server that looked like the Grand Canyon, the bright sun shined upon the wasteland as a pathway made of purple energy and static followed the canyon. Two people were surfing through the Data Storm on their D-Boards as they prepared to begin a Speed Duel.
The first duelists was a guy in a yellow and blue leather outfit with a pair of futuristic looking green shades on his head and spiky blonde hair. He was surfing ahead of his opponent with a smirk of someone who was sure in his victory.
The second duelist was a girl and her expression showed that she was far from being interested in the duel, in fact she seemed annoyed to be here, wasting her time. She had long black hair with red edges that reached down her waist with the sides raised slightly like horns. Her eyes were grey with red marks underneath them. The girl was wearing a short, sleeveless red vest with green flames over a black shoulderless top. She had a red belt tied around her waist, holding her skirt which was red with green borders. Her appearance was finished with a pair of black thigh highs and dark red combat boots.
"You are going down today, Blaze Rose!" the boy shouted back as he speeded further.
"Yeah, yeah." Blaze Rose rolled her eyes. "I have heard that before, can we skip the trash talk this time?"
"Don't get over yourself!" the boy shouted back then his smirk returned. "Or could it be that you are scared of losing before so many people?"
"Please, there are like two people who could defeat me and you are neither of them." Blaze Rose narrowed her eyes.
"That again?" the boy laughed. "The Demon and Angel duelists are an urban legend!"
Blaze Rose lower her eyes and gritted her teeth in anger. How could that little punk dare to speak to her like that. Her D-Board suddenly shot forward like a bullet, going past the boy as if he was standing still. Blaze Rose turned her head to look back and raised her Duel Disk.
"Speed Duel!"
『Blaze Rose LP: 4000 Hand: 4 (VS) Koriking LP: 4000 Hand: 4』
"I will start first!" Koriking declared as he pressed a card in his hand and it disappeared before reappearing before him. "I summon Snow Weathery Ciel (LV. 3, ATK: 0)!"
A small human in blue clothes and with blue hair appeared on the field. Blaze Rose didn't say anything but she narrowed her eyes a little. Most people would just set a monster with 0 attack to avoid damage so that would mean that her opponent's turn wasn't over yet. What a pain.
"When Snow Weathery Ciel is Normal Summoned I can activate Snowy Weathery Pattern from my Deck!" a new card formed in Koriking's hand as he put it on his field, activating it. "When a Weathery monster is in the same column as a Weathery Spell or Trap Card they gain additional effects! I banish Snow Weathery Ciel to add Thunder Weathery Pattern to my hand."
Blaze Rose didn't say anything and just looked at her opponent, waiting for his next move.
"I set a card, turn end!" Koriking finished. "Your move Blaze Rose!"
『Turn 2 [Blaze Rose] LP: 4000 Hand: 5』
"About time." Blaze Rose sighed and put a hand on her Duel Disk, drawing a card. "Now, activate Snow Weathery Ciel's effect."
"You know?" Koriking asked shocked by that, then gritted his teeth in anger. "How?!"
"I read the card text, duh!" Blaze Rose responded with a mocking tone as she looked back. "Come on, do it."
Koriking didn't like that his opponent wanted him to call out a monster when his field was wide open, but he knew that if he did then Blaze Rose would be able to land a direct attack or even One Turn Kill him. There wasn't really a choice in the matter.
"During the Standby Phase I Special Summon the Snow Weathery Ciel that was banished to activate a Weathery card's effect!" Koriking declared as the blue monster appeared on his field with 2200 DEF.
"Defense Position? How sad." Blaze Rose took a card and put it on her Duel Disk. "When my opponent controls a Defense Position monster I can Special Summon this card from my hand! Come, NitroGear Veteranion!"
A large muscular monster with red skin and flames coming from its shoulders and head appeared on the field. He had a mouth piece covering him lower face with several metal spikes coming from the back of his arms, large metal gloves and a single piece of animal skin wrapped around his torso.
NitroGear Veteranion
Level: 5/Attribute: FIRE/Type: Warrior/Effect
ATK: 2300/DEF: 1300
Effect: If your opponent controls a Defense Position monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). If the battle position of a monster is changed, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower FIRE monster from your hand.
"Following that I Normal Summon NitroGear Acid Lancer!"
A slender green humanoid with black rocky hands and a nitro tank strapped to its back. Its face resembled that of an insect, it had two large spikes on its hips and three more on its back. The monster held a single spear made of a broken horn with a green cable connecting the weapon to the back of the monster's head.
NitroGear Acid Lancer
Level: 4/Attribute: FIRE/Type: Warrior/Effect
ATK: 1700/DEF: 700
Effect: Once per turn, you can change the battle position of a monster. You must control another "oGear" monster to activate and resolve this effect. If a monster is changed to Defense-Position: Draw 1 card.
"I activate NitroGear Acid Lancer's effect!" Blaze Rose declared. "I change the battle position of Snow Weathery Ciel!"
Acid Lancer fired a stream of acid from its spear, causing Ciel to jump back in order to avoid it, while also changing its own position with a hologram showing its attack power of 0. Attacking it now was going to be just like attacking directly.
"My monsters total attack is exactly four thousand, but I'm not done!" Blaze Rose shouted back at her opponent then gestured toward Veteranion. "When a monster's battle position changes Veteranion calls out another monster from my hand! Come, Nitro Synchro (Lv. 2, ATK: 300)!"
"What is this?" The announcer grasped his mic tighter. "Blaze Rose has one of her signature tuner monsters on the field! We are about to witness the legendary Synchro Summon!"
"I can feel a soul burning for battle!" Blaze Rose shouted and threw her hand upward. "I tune my Level 5 NitroGear Veteranion into my Level 2 Nitro Synchron!"
The pressure gauge on Nitro Synctron's head went to the red as it turned into two rights. NitroGear Veteranion gained a bright yellow outline as it moved through the rings before turning into five orbs. A blast of light passed the rings as the silhouette of a bulky monster appeared inside it.
"Synchro Summon! Level 7, NitroGear Warrior!"
A large green humanoid flew out of the beam and roared. His skin was green with black armor on his shoulder, arms and legs along with several red plates on his chest and waist. Two large horns were coming from the side of its head with several smaller ones on his knuckles. He had a bee-like abdomen with the lower area being modified into a mechanical string.
NitroGear Warrior
Level: 7/Attribute: FIRE/Type: Warrior/Synchro/Effect
ATK: 2800/DEF: 1800
1 "Nitro" Tuner monster + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Effect: If this attacking card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, after damage calculation: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; change that target's battle positon, then this card can make a second attack in a row, on that monster. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict double piercing battle damage to your opponent.
Roxy stared at the screen in awe. Synchro Summoning, she had read about it in the tutorial, but other than it was about summoning an Extra Deck Monster she didn't know much about it, let's not talk about actually seeing it.
"That's not something you see often." The hotdog truck owner commented as he leaned forward and look at the screen as well. "I thought that no one was using Synchro anymore, but it seems that I was wrong."
"Why is nobody using them anymore?" Roxy asked curiously.
"Because of the Extra Monster Zone. You cannot control more than one Extra Deck monster unless you have Link Monster pointing toward one of your zones and since Synchro Decks most often rely on swarming the field that made using them a disadvantage."
"I see…" Roxy sighed. She too had a Synchro in her deck for some reason, but now she wasn't sure if she should keep it or remove it to not waste space.
"When Nitro Synchro is used as material for the Synchro Summon of a Nitro monster I get to draw a card!" Blaze Rose added another card to her hand, raising it to three. "I set a card then I attack Snow Weathery Ciel with NitroGear Acid Lancer!"
"I activate Thunder Weathery Pattern!" a Trap Card appeared on Koriking's field, right behind Ciel. "I banish Snow Weathery Ciel and return NitroGear Acid Lancer to the hand!" Ciel turned into snow while Acid Lancer's body was covered in statistic as it was forced to leave the field.
"I expected so much!" Blaze Rose pointed forward. "I attack you directly with NitroGear Warrior! Nitro One-Hit!" NitroGear Warrior hit his fists into one another and roared as the jets on his back activated and sent him straight toward Koriking.
"I activate my Skill! Pattern Recolor!" Koriking raised his hand upward and his body began to glow with white aura. "I discard a Weathery card from my hand and Special Summon one of my banished Weathery monsters!" The white aura flew out of his body and gained a humanoid shape as it transformed into Ciel who was kneeling in Defense Position.
"Then NitroGear Warrior will attack Snow Weathery Ciel! And when NitroGear Warrior battles a Defense Position monster you take double piercing damage!" NitroGear Warrior didn't slow down his charge and slammed right into the smaller monster, causing an explosion to engulf both of them.
『Koriking LP: 4000 - 2800 Hand: 2』
"What the?" Blaze Rose titled her head in confusion as the smoke disappeared and Ciel was still standing on her opponent's side of the field. Clearly there was some sort of effect in play here however she had no idea what it was.
"Confused Blaze Rose?" Koriking asked smugly. "Let me explain then. The first time that the monster Special Summoned by my skill would be destroyed it isn't destroyed! Furthermore since you no longer have any monster to attack me with I activate Snowy Weathery Pattern effect to banish Snow Weathery Ciel and add Cloudy Weathery Pattern to my hand." A new card materialized in Koriking's hand.
"How convenient." Blaze Rose muttered annoyed. "Fine, I end my turn." She then said loud enough for her opponent to hear.
"Ran out of options, didn't you?" Koriking laughed. "Fine then. My turn, draw!"
『Turn 3 [Koriking] LP: 2800 Hand: 4』
"During the Standby Phase Snow Weathery Ciel returns to my field!" Koriking declared as his monster flew in through a portal and rested in defense position. "At this moment I also activate Inferno Reckless Summon to Special Summon two more Snow Weathery Ciel from my deck!" Two more copies of the monster appeared, filling Koriking's field.
'He has three monsters on the field, is he going to Link Summon now?' Blaze Rose wondered.
"Appear! The circuit of colors!" Koriking pushed his hand forward as a circuit appeared before him. "Arrowhead confirmed. The summoning condition is 3 Weathery monsters. I set the three Snow Weathery Ciel in the Link Arrow!" The Ciels all turned into a blue, pale blue and green twisters that crashed in the bottom arrows of the square. "Link Summon! Appear, Link 3! Rainbow Weathery Arciel (ATK: 2400, LINK-3)!"
"A fine monster you got there." Blaze Rose commented crossing her arms. "But its attack is far too inferior compared to my NitroGear Warrior."
"I already know that." Koriking pressed a card in his hand. "I Normal Summon Cloudy Weathery Sleet (Lv. 3, ATK: 1500)." A boy with white hair in a blue suit with a white shirt appeared on Koriking's field. "But that's nothing yet, next, I activate the effect of Sunny Weathery Bengala from my Graveyard to send Snowy Weathery Pattern from my field to the Graveyard and Special Summon it."
Snowy Weathery disappeared as a man with a beard, wearing a red outfit appeared in its place with 1600 attack points. Now not only did Koriking had a Link monster but also two monsters linked to it. Despite that Blaze Rose was calm, knowing that those monsters couldn't do much harm to her.
"Since Sunny Weathery Bengala was summon by its own effect I can activate Cloudy Weathery Pattern from my hand!" Koriking continued as a new Spell was activated. "Furthermore, since a Weathery card is sent to the Graveyard while Cloudy Weathery Sleet is on the field I can activate up to two Weathery Spell or Trap Cards from my Graveyard." The boy smiled as Snowy Weathery Pattern reappeared on the field.
A screen with the card text of Cloudy Weathery Pattern appeared before Blaze Rose. She give it a single glance then turned it off, a small smirk formed on her face as she awaited her opponent's next move.
"Amazing!" The announcer yelled in enthusiasm. "Koriking has not only been able to do a Link Summon, but also refiled his entire field!"
"Let's see what you are made of!" Blaze Rose challenged her opponent and dashed forward.
"You will regret saying that!" Koriking exclaimed and followed after her alongside his monsters. "I activate Cloudy Weathery Pattern effect to banish Cloudy Weathery Sleet and halve your monster's attack points!"
Blaze Rose looked at her monster. NitroGear Warrior leaned forward, dropping his shoulders and panting a little as his power dropped from 2800 to just 1400, far under Koriking's monsters. Blaze Rose said nothing to that and returned her attention to the path before her.
"Battle Phase!" Koriking threw his hand forward. "Rainbow Weathery Arciel attack NitroGear Warrior! Rainbow Brush!" Rainbow Weathery Arciel raised her brush and draw a red circle which suddenly ignited and shot toward NitroGear Warrior.
"I activate the Continuous Trap, NitroGear Suppression!" A card that depicted Nitro Warrior unleashing a wave of fire that caused various types of goblin monsters to fly away appeared on the field.
NitroGear Suppression (Trap) Continuous
Once per Battle Phase, during either player's turn, if you control a face-up "Nitro" monster; you can target 1 face-up monster on the field: Change that target's battle position. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 "Nitro" monster in your GY; Special Summon it on either player's side of the field.
"Once per Battle Phase, if I control a Nitro monster I can change the battle position of a monster on the field! I choose Sunny Weathery Bengala!" Blaze Rose exclaimed as her monster roared, causing the target to slowly kneel.
"Pointless!" Koriking gestured toward his Link monster. "When you activate a card or effect I can banish one Weathery monster that Rainbow Weathery Arciel points toward and destroy it!" Sunny Weathery Bengala disappeared as Rainbow Weathery Arciel drew a phoenix who burned Blaze Rose's card.
"Just as I wanted!" Blaze Rose exclaimed and suddenly out of the flames came a nitro tank with armored body that had a red cross at the front and two yellow eyes. "When a card I control is destroyed during the Battle Phase I can Special Summon NitroGear Laughing Doc from my hand and negate your attack!"
NitroGear Laughing Doc
Level: 1/Attribute: FIRE/Type: Machine/Tuner/Effect
ATK: 200/DEF: 0
Effect: (Quick effect): When a card(s) you control is destroyed during the Battle Phase, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand), and if you do, negate the next attack this turn from a monster your opponent controls. Once per turn, you can tribute 1 Defense Position monster on your field; negate the effects of all cards in the same column until the End Phase.
"Damn it!" Koriking gritted his teeth in anger. There was no Main Phase 2 in Speed Duels and even if there was, he had nothing else to play. "I end my turn."
"As I thought, you weren't worth the effort." Blaze Rose commented bluntly and turned to face her opponent.
"Why you…" Koriking clutched his fist.
"Don't beat yourself over this." Rose put a hand on her hips and raised three fingers of his other hand, showing them to her opponent. "There are only three people in Vrains who are strong enough to beat me in a duel."
"And who would that be?"
Rose smiled a little at the question before answering. "Just a few urban legends." This caused her opponent's eyes to widen as she turned her back to him. "My turn, draw!"
『Turn 4 [Blaze Rose] LP: 4000 Hand: 2』
"During your Standby Phase Sunny Weathery Bengala and Cloudy Weathery Sleet return to my field." Koriking pointed out as two portals opened and his monsters flew back into the field with 1600 and 1500 attack respectively.
"Whatever, I activate the Field Spell, NitroGear Junkyard!" A card that depicted NitroGear Acid Lancer, Veteranion, Warrior and Nitro Synchron training and fighting in a junkyard appeared next to Blaze Rose.
NitroGear Junkyard (Spell) Field
When this card is activated, you can add 1 "Nitro" card from your Deck to the hand. If a monster's battle position is changed due to card effect, you can destroy 1 card on the field. If a "Nitro" Synchro Monster is used as Link Material you can apply one of the appropriate effects, depending on the original Level of the monster:
· 5 or higher: Treat that monster as 2 Link Materials for that Link Summon.
· 7 or higher: Treat that monster as 3 Link Materials for that Link Summon.
"I activate NitroGear Junkyard's effect to add a NitroGear card from my Deck to the hand." Blaze Rose declared.
"I banish Cloudy Weathery Sleet from my field to negate and destroy your Field Spell!" Koriking countered as his monster disappeared. A large black storm appeared over Blaze Rose, dropped a lighting onto her card and destroyed it.
"Then I will Normal Summon an old friend." Blaze Rose replied. "Come, NitroGear Acid Lancer (Lv.4, ATK: 1700)!" the familiar monster appeared on Rose's field.
"And what are you going to do with that monster?" Koriking asked.
"For starters I will use its effect to change NitroGear Laughing Doc to Defense Position and draw a card." Blaze Rose ran a hand through her hair as her monster was surrounded by a circle of acid.
"I won't let you! I banish Sunny Weathery Bengala to negate NitroGear Acid Lancer's effect and destroy it!" Koriking countered once again. His monster disappeared and the phoenix flew through Blaze Rose's field, destroying her monster.
"What is this?!" The announcer said in disbelieve. "Koriking countered every try for Blaze Rose to make a comeback. She has no more cards in her hand either, is this the end?"
"You have no idea." Blaze Rose muttered to herself then looked back to her opponent. "You did pretty good, but this is the end for real! I change Laughing Doc to Defense Position and activate its effect! I tribute it to negate the effect of all cards in the same column as it."
"What?" Koriking's exclaimed. Right now Rainbow Weathery Arciel and Thunder Weathery Pattern were in the same column as Laughing Doc which meant that their effects were now negated.
"And with that done I activate NitroGear Suppression's effect from the Graveyard." The card appeared on the field before turning into statistic. "I banish it to Special Summon Nitro Synchron on your side of the field!" a black portal appeared on Koriking's field and Nitro Synchron revived in Defense Position with 100 defense.
"Battle! NitroGear Warrior attack Rainbow Weathery Arciel with Nitro One-Hit!" The warrior roared and flew toward the fairy, throwing his fist forward.
"But my monster has more attack!?" Koriking looked forward dumbfounded as his monster created a white circle and shot a ray of light right through the warrior's chest.
『Blaze Rose LP: 4000 - 3000 Hand: 0』
"Now that a Nitro Synchro monster has been destroyed I can activate my Skill. Burning Spirit!" The green edges of her outfit began to glow and then ignited with green flames forming in her right hand. "I Special Summon the Synchro monster destroyed this turn!" Blaze Rose threw the flame and it turned into NitroGear Warrior.
"It returned!" the announcer gasped and rubbed his eyes to make sure that what he saw was real. "Blaze Rose used her skill to revive her ace!"
"And that's not all." Blaze Rose pointed out. "Now NitroGear Warrior is no longer affected by your card's effect so his attack power returns to normal! Let's try this again! Destroy Rainbow Weathery Arciel! Nitro One-Hit!"
Rainbow Weathery Arciel drew several more circles and fired them at NitroGear Warrior, but to no avail. The large warrior used his jets to avoid all of them and then launched himself over the fairy, brought both of his fists down and smashed her.
『Koriking LP: 2800 - 2400 Hand: 1』
"Next I activate NitroGear Warrior's effect! When he destroys a monster by battle I can change the battle position of a monster you control and battle it! Dynamic Impact!" NitroGear Warrior pointed at Nitro Synchro, forcing the little monster to turn to attack position.
"No way!" Koriking yelled.
"Yes way!" Blaze Rose responded. NitroGear Warrior fled in and hit Nitro Synchro, destroying his smaller counterpart as well. Koriking cried out as he was knocked off his D-Board by the explosion that followed after the attack.
『Koriking LP: 2400 - 0 Hand: 1』
『Winner: Blaze Rose』
Koriking fell and smashed into the ground below him, but Blaze Rose ignored the duelist and continued to surf through the data. She then turned toward the screen that was broadcasting her duel and pointed at it.
"This was just a preview of how strong I'm now." She said to those watching her, although it seemed like there was a special someone who she was trying to pass this message to. "The title of strongest duelist in LINK VRAINS is going to be mine and not even legends will stand a chance!"
Roxy's POV
I finished my hotdog just before the duel has ended. There were many things on my mind about what I saw, the duelists in VRAINS seemed pretty competitive and Blaze Rose, well, let's just say that she isn't someone I would want to duel or meet. Her expression was just… She was so full of herself, I could feel it and that thing she said at the end, it almost feel like a threat.
There was also her Deck which is the thing that took most of my attention. Her monsters were called NitroGear, similar to my BrioGear.
Though I needed someone to teach me how to duel, I definitely wouldn't want my teacher to be someone like her, nor would I want to become like her either. Blue Angel on the other side seemed pretty nice, but, come on, she is an idol! I couldn't expect someone so famous to even care about me, let alone accept being my teacher. They also had to defend their place as strong duelists so the less competition the less headaches for them.
"Kusanagi!"
A boy in a black uniform, probably from a school suddenly came and the owner of the hotdog truck turned toward him. This was probably what the hotdog man's name was. I looked the new arrival from head to toes, his hair was blue with pink accents and there was a Duel Disk on his left hand. It seemed almost identical to my own, but there was something like a large yellow eye on it, giving the device a creepier look.
There was something about the boy as well, something familiar that I'm sure I have seen before. But I couldn't put my finger on what it was or where I could have seen him.
"One hot dog." The boy said.
"Coming." Kusanagi nodded and turned to make the order.
I stood a feet behind the boy and slowly moved to the side to get a better look at his face. The eye seemed to be following my moves and that gave me the chills. I just hope that the boy won't take me for a creep or something.
"What are you doing?" the boy suddenly turned toward me and I could see his face. Oh my god!
"It can't be!" I leaned forward to get a better look. I just couldn't have such luck, but the resemblance was too big to be 'just my imagination'. "You… You are Playmaker!"
The boy and the hotdog truck owner just stared at me and from the looks they were giving me, I could tell that I was right.
"I told you to add a bat mask to your avatar." The boy's Duel Disk spoke, just giving further evidence to prove my theory.
Skills:
Pattern Recolor: During your opponent's turn, discard 1 "Weathery" card to Special Summon 1 of your banished "Weathery" monsters. For the rest of this turn, the first time the monster Special Summoned by this effect would be destroyed by battle or effect, it is not destroyed
Burning Spirit: When a "Nitro" Synchro monster is destroyed by battle or effect: Special Summon 1 of your "Nitro" Synchro monsters that was destroyed this turn. Then destroy all non-FIRE monsters in the Main Monster Zone, and if you do, each players takes 500 damage for each of their monster destroyed this way.
And introducing to you our secondar character, Blaze Rose! Ever since I picked up the Synchron Deck, it was baffling me how Nitro Synchron's effect works for any-"Nitro" Synchro Monster, yet there are only three "Nitro" cards one of which is a Synchro Monster... Like, were they planing to make "Nitro" into an archetype like "Junk" but then gave up? I guess we will never know.
As for our lovely hacker duo, they seem to have finaly met with Roxy and she figured out who is Yusaku by a single look at him... Yeah, its somewhat funny how in Arc-V I never saw the four Yu-boys being similiar yet everyone kept mistaking them in-universe and here they changed only the hair color and no one noticed it in-universe. Expect for Aoi probably... And Go...Maybe its not that they don't notice it, but more like they don't believe it.
Well, leave your thoughts about this chapter in the reviews, I always respond to them, if they containt something to respond to, and until next time!
Diabolic Tracer out!