Lincoln joins his friends watching a live video of the game on Stella's phone.
"Guys, what are you watching?"
"A Drake Blood match against the Shadowverse European Champion." Stella tells them.
"Who?"
"Drake Blood is an expert with the Bloodcast clan. He's really strong. But no one really knows who he is wearing that mask." Liam says.
Lincoln watches the video too. He sees a young boy in a black demon mask with a long purple jacket.
And next to him, he had a black quadruped vampire dragon with his bat wings.
"This dragon."
[Vampire Dragon, evolve!]
The vampire dragon evolves into a bipedal version of him with red scales.
[Vampire Dragon and Bat attack the player!]
The vampire dragon and the bats attack the opposing player.
LP 0
"Wow! Drake is really strong. And his vampire dragon."
"This follower. Yesterday when I was at Brandon's lair. I saw Seth with a shadow behind him that looked like this dragon." Lincoln tells the events of yesterday.
"Impossible. This card is really rare. The chances of finding it are really impossible." Rusty says.
"I must have seen some stuff."
"Also. Max is the first character to almost interview Drake."
"Ah yes?"
"Yes. He wrote in the school newspaper. I think Max has a copy of that article." Clyde says.
"I'm curious to know more. Let's go see it."
Lincoln, Clyde, Stella and Rusty go see the director of the school journalism club.
Max is a boy with black hair, a gray beret, a white sweater with a tie, blue pants.
"Max, Hi. I would like to know if you still have the Drake Blood article?"
"What? You too want to laugh at me like the others. If so, no way. I wrote the truth."
"I believe you."
"Are you going to believe me?"
"Yes, I'm curious to know what happened."
"Finally a person doesn't think I'm telling a lie. Here's what happened."
Flashback...
After the match, Drake Blood leaves the stadium and comes across Max.
"Drake Blood! I want to interview the school newspaper there."
The tomboy runs away. Max runs after it to an alley.
"I've got you."
"..." The masked boy jumps up, grabs a mini ladder and then jumps up again until he climbs up.
Once on the roof, Drake ran away.
"Come On! Nobody told me he was athletic."
The Flashback ends with Max writing what happened but no one believes him.
"Thank you Lincoln. You made me want to do more articles for the school newspaper. I'm happy."
Max is happy, he will publish more articles.
"I am happy."
"I'm surprised. I thought he was going to kick us out." Clyde believed.
"We are very lucky." Rusty comment.
The next morning. At Royal Wood Middle School.
Each of the students and teachers read the new article Max posted.
"The weirdo and his aliens. Zack is a lunatic who believes in aliens. That's why he always has his head up in the air." Stella read.
"What?! It's not true. They're real. And I'm not a lunatic." He finds it insulting.
"It's just an article. I don't think it's going to cause trouble." Lincoln says to reassure his friend.
Chandler walks over to them.
"Hey, moon boy. I understand better why you're strange because you're not from earth." Chandler says mockingly.
The next day. Max posts more information in the school newspaper.
"Lynn Jr is a cheat. During sports. She bribes the opposing team to make them pretend to lose."
"What?! I'll never be the same. I'm a real sportswoman. This editor will pay." Lynn is ready to hit him.
"Wait, Lynn. I'm sure he didn't mean it when he wrote it."
"Thought or not, he'll pay to make me look like a draw."
Lincoln tries to calm his sister down.
Max continues to post hurtful articles about students and teachers at the school.
Everyone had an article hurting their ego.
Everyone is mad at Max because of his diary.
"If this continues. Max is going to have everyone against him."
"We have to stop it."
"Yeah..." Seth gives his opinion.
Lincoln and his group notice that now the black-haired boy.
"Ahhh! Seth, how long have you been here?"
"From the start. I don't like the article Max wrote about me. I'm not a ghost."
"We'll settle this."
They go to see the editor of the school newspaper. Outside the door, there is a disgruntled crowd.
Lincoln and his group try to enter.
"Clear. I have an account with this publisher."
"He will pay."
"How will pass?"
Seth advances towards the crowd, reveals his red eyes with a terrifying look.
"You can pass."
Lincoln, Clyde and Stella come inside.
"Max, you have to stop. Your posts are humiliating the students."
"No way. I must let my pen speak."
"I offer you this. A Shadowverse duel? If I win you'll stop rambling but if I lose you can keep going."
"Agreed."
"Battle, Shadowverse!"
Lincoln LP20
Hand 3
Max LP 20
Hand 3
"I begin!"
Max
Hand 3→4
PP 0 → 1 / 1
"I put on a Drone Watch."
A drone with a camera screen appeared.
Drone watch 2/1
Max
Hand 4 → 3
This is Lincoln's turn. Two new maps are added.
Lincoln Main 3 → 5
"I play Card Counter."
Card Counter 1 / 2
Lincoln Main 5 → 4
A superhero version of Lisa has appeared.
Lincoln PP 1 → 0 / 1
Its power allows the player to gain a PP orb.
Lincoln PP 0 / 1 → 2
It's up to Max to play.
Max
PP 0 / 1 → 2 / 2
Hand 3→4
"I play a second follower. T.v boy."
Max hand 3 → 2
PP 2 → 0 / 2
A white Android with a rectangle screen appeared.
T.v boy 2/1
"I attack with a Drone Watch!"
Lincoln LP 20 → 18
"I end my turn."
It's in Lincoln. It now has 3 PP and is used to add Night Club.
lincoln
Hand 4 → 3
MP 3 →1/3
Night Club's power deals 3 damage to the enemy follower.
Max has zero no creatures. Lincoln launches an attack with Card Counter.
Max LP 20 → 19
"I play an Amulet: read comics. It allows me to add a Swordcraft follower from my hand at the end of my turn."
lincoln
Hand 3→2
PP 1 → 0 / 3
Lincoln ends his turn and a card is added.
Lincoln Main 2→3
It's Max and a card is added to his hand.
Max
Hand 2→3
PP 2/2→3/3
"I play a spell: Syntonization to add Paradigm Shift to my hand."
Max
PP3→2/3
Hand 4 → 3
"I'm playing Inner Discovery!"
An Analyzing Artifact has appeared.
Analyzing Artifact 2/1
"And I use Supersonic Breakthrough."
Analyzing Artifacts gains Rush and evolves.
Analyzing Artifact 4/3
The Artifact attacks Card Counter which is destroyed.
Analyzing Artifact 4/3→2
Card Counter 1/2→0
T.v boy attacks Lincoln and loses 2 lives.
Lincoln LP 18→16
It's up to Lincoln to play. A new map is added.
Lincoln a 5 PP.
"I put Ace Savvy! I evolve it."
Ace Savvy 7/5
Lincoln PP 5→0/5
Lincoln ends his turn and a Swordcraft follower card in his hand.
It's up to Max to play. Max casts Syntonization three times to add three Paradigm Shifts.
It fuses the three Paradigm Shifts to reduce the cost of the card by 1.
"I can finally play my most powerful card! I play Delta Drone #4.5
Delta Drone #4.5 6/7
Its power allows it to put three Drone artifacts with Storm game.
Drone 2/2x3
Max launches an assault on Lincoln. He loses 12 lives.
Lincoln LP 16→4
It's up to Lincoln to play. A new card is added to his hand.
"I play two Night Club. She deals 3 damage to enemy followers.
Drones are destroyed.
Delta Drone 4.5 6/7→1
"I play a spell: Combine Heroes! And Ace Savvy attacks the player!"
Ace Savvy 7→8/6
Night Club 4→5/4 x 2
Ace Savvy attacks Max twice.
Max LP 19→3
"Night Club Attacks Delta!"
Both followers die.
"Second Night Club attacks the player."
The guitarist girl vibrates her guitar to create sonic waves to attack the enemy.
Max LP 3→0
"Lincoln won!"
"Okay you won. No choice. I'm going to stop telling lies."
Max stops telling lies about people. That's when he publishes positive articles.
Later in the day. Lincoln accompanies Lucy to her club near the cemetery.
Lincoln saw a boy in a black mask.
"Drake Blood?!" The white-haired boy did not expect to meet him.
"Lincoln Loud, I've been waiting for you. I challenge you." Drake announces by taking his purple phone.
