Chapter 6

Night of the Gem Knight

After his short victory, Yu and his friends were walking back home, a bit late in the evening…due to that he was lectured by Emoti-chan and finished some of his make-up assignments.

"Phoo! What a day," Yu sighed.

"That was a lot of hard work," Tom remarked.

"But, we still have more left to finish for tomorrow," Emoti-chan reminded.

"What? Really?" Yu didn't look happy to hear that.

"It's your assignment, and at least appreciate that you are not doing it alone," she said.

"Yeah, thanks for all the help today, guys," he grinned. "But, today's duel sure was fun!"

"Hey Morse, was it good idea to admit in front of everyone that you are Codebreaker?" Tom asked in worry tone.

"Hmmmm, I am not sure," he admitted with a smile.

"Expect a lot of media after you for the rest of your life," Emoti-chan warned him. "Although, I will admit that…I am proud of you, Morse."

"Huh? What do you mean, Emoti-chan?" Morse asked.

"Well, unlike most of Charismatic Duelists, you admit to everyone who you are, and you didn't mind that, which I think it's very honest…and brave of you to do. I don't like Charismatic Duelist because of lack of honesty in identity. I think most of them are fake in one sense or another," she explained sweetly.

"Go Onizuka is real, and even his real is Go Onizuka…I think," Yu remarked.

"Anyway, the whole point is...I am proud of Morse, but don't get any funny idea, especially a certain somebody here," she said as she looked at me.

Don't worry. I won't say anything.

"Well, look at the time!" Tom exclaimed. "We better get back home quick!"

"Yeah, see ya guys later!" Emoti-chan waved goodbye to the boys as she headed in the opposite direction.

"See ya, Emoti-chan!" Yu waved back at her.

As they all go back home, I was alone.

Quick, everyone! Think of a good name for that shipping moment!

Tom and Yu arrived back at home when they were greeted by their butler and maids.

"Welcome back, Young Master Thomas and Young Master Yu," said the butler in the middle. He was bald-headed and fit body with monocle wearing on his left eye.

"What's up, Charles," Yu greeted. "Say, we're gonna do some research in the basement, so you can bring our dinner and stuff for it, okay?"

"As you wish, Master Yu," Charles complied.

"Huh? We're gonna do it tonight, but it's school night," Tom moaned.

"Don't worry, Tom. We're not gonna search for the Legendary Code tonight," Yu said.

"Huh? We're not?" Tom questioned.

"Nope, today we're gonna research about Data Storm and Link Monster," Yu revealed.

The next scene showed Yu and Tom working in the basement. Tom was analyzing Yu's Link Monster card, Cyber Magician Girl, which just finished materialized into a real physical card.

"This is amazing!" He exclaimed. "I can't believe a card in data form cabe be materialized into a physical form! I've never seen anything like this before!"

"According to my calculation," Rosey spoke. "Once Master Yu obtained it in the Data Storm, it would become into a real card, but it would take a bit longer for it to materialize at 100%. I think that the best approach to find out more is to log-in into Link VRAINS and collect data from the Data Storm."

"Good idea! Let's go, Rosey!" Yu declared as he stepped onto the teleporter machine.

"Wait a sec, Yu! You really want to ride on that dangerous Data Storm?" Tom asked, looking very worried and scared.

"Don't worry, Tom. I will be just fine, and you just handle stuff from here, OK," he assured as he grabbed his Link Monster card. "Rosey!"

"Yes, Master Yu." His AI maid tagged along with him as she transformed into his Duel Disk.

Into the VRAINS!

Many data streamed around him, turning him into his avatar form and entering the world of Link VRAINS. He entered Link VRAINS while surfing on his D-Board and already found a data wind blowing through the skyscrapers.

"There it is! Let's catch the wind!" Yu exclaimed.

"Affirmative, Master Yu," Rosey complied as they landed on the Data Storm and rode along on it.

"Time to collect some data," Yu started.

"I've finally found you….Codebreaker!" Yu gasped and looked what was behind him.

He saw masked, white armored woman on a D-Board chasing after him.

"Oh hello, who are you?" he asked.

"Hmph. You're even naïve than you look," she commented.

That's what I think of him, too!

"But, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Gemma, and I am elite member of the Knights of Hanoi!" Gemma admitted.

"Say what!?" Codebreaker and Rosey gasped.

"Are you for real!? Are you from the Knights of Hanoi?" He asked, with curiosity sparkling in his eyes.

You know, dude. I know you are unique and all, but most protagonists aren't supposed to show that much interest in their enemy, like how you are doing right now.

"That's right!" she replied. "And, I'm here to defeat and gather some information out of you about your partner, Playmaker!"

"Playmaker?" He repeated. "Well…to be honest with you, I really don't know much about him. But, if it is a Duel you want, then I will give you that instead!"

"This boy is definitely playing dumb with me…" she mumbled. "I must teach him a lesson!"

I don't think he is playing…

Speed Duel!

Codebreaker's LP: 4000 (4h)

The Knight of Hanoi, Gemma's LP: 4000 (4h)

Somewhere nearby, a gray pigeon was flying by and it looked a bit stressed out and bored.

"Man, this is just hard and boring." It spoke. "There's no sign of this Playmaker-guy, but only fake ones everywhere! Maybe an interesting duel would be a nice thing to capture, but Yamamoto-senpai ordered me to do this, so…"

Suddenly, Codebreaker and Gemma surfed passing by him, causing him to spin himself.

"Waaaaah! What just happened?" He spun around until he stopped. "Uuuu, what the…"

He saw Codebreaker surfing with the Knight of Hanoi behind him, which he responded with a gasp.

"Oh my god! Was that the Knight of Hanoi!? I got to broadcast this!" He exclaimed.

In short time, Codebreaker's Duel with the Knight of Hanoi, Gemma was broadcasting live on TV, computer, and everywhere.

"Oh no! Morse is Dueling with the Knight of Hanoi!" Tom gasped.

At SOL Technologies, the control center was receiving multiple alerts.

"Knight of Hanoi has appeared in Link VRAINS!" said one of the workers.

"Damn it! Another one!" Akira Zaizen grumbled. "And, it is only just a day later since the last attack!"

At other place, Yusaku, Kusanagi, and some other random people were also watching the Speed Duel.

"It's the Knight of Hanoi!" Kusanagi burst out while some other people said the same thing.

"Hey! Are we going to log-in and beat that chick's digital butt?" Ignis suggested.

"No," Yusaku replied.

"What? Why Yusaku?" Kusanagi asked.

"Yeah! Aren't you supposed to be de Playmaker, the fighter who stops every Knights of Hanoi?" Ignis questioned in surprising tone.

"There are three reasons for me to not go to Link VRAINS and stop that Knight of Hanoi," Yusaku said. "One, the Speed Duel is already started, two, she is Dueling against that guy Codebreaker, and three, I want to see more of what this guy can do."

"Hooo, I see. You want to study this guy," Ignis nodded.

"You really are interested in this guy, huh, Yusaku?" Kusanagi thought as he smirked at Yusaku, but he didn't notice.

Back to the Speed Duel…

"Lady goes first," Codebreaker stated.

Gemma gave him a look that showed disapproval, but just went along with it. "Fine by me. I Normal Summon Gem-Knight Garnet in attack mode!"

A red knight with flaming arm appeared as it showed off with its high 1900 ATK.

"Then, I set a card and end my turn," she concluded, with one face-down card in front of her before it disappeared shortly.

"Cool! OK, it's my turn! I draw," Codebreaker said excitedly as he drew a card.

Gemma: 2h

Codebreaker: 4h + 1 = 5h

He looked at the cards he drew and smiled at them. "Sweet! I got good hand here!"

"Remember, Master Codebreaker, in Speed Duel, you have three Main Monster Zones and three Spell/Trap Zones," Rosey reminded.

"I know, I know." He replied. "And I'm gonna summon some! But, first I set a card face-down and then I normal summon C# Download Knight from my hand!"

A familiar knight appeared as it swung its sword and then posed for battles.

"I activate its effect! When it is Normal or Special Summoned, I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower C# monster from my Deck or Graveyard! I choose C# Programmer!"

A new monster was summoned on his side of the field when it came out of the data portal. It looked humanoid and by looking at its physic, it is a female. She wore a light white armor with two green tubes attached on her back. Green light ran across her body. Her eyes shined with emerald green color, blond hair spiked wildly in every direction and her skin was fair color.

C# Programmer-Level 3, LIGHT, Cyverse/Effect, 1000 ATK, 500 DEF.

"Next up, I activate my C# Programmer's effect!" He continued. "When she is Special Summoned by the effect of my monster, I can Special Summon a C# monster from my hand or Deck! Code Execute! Here comes my third one! Go, C# Webkumo!"

Another familiar monster appeared next to his two monsters.

"He summoned three monsters in one turn!" Ignis shouted.

"With this condition, he can immediately Link Summon," Yusaku claimed.

"With my C# Webkumo's effect, I can treat it as two materials for Link Summon! Let's go, my monster partners! Time to crack some code!" He and his monsters flew up to the sky, when suddenly; a circuit board portal opened up and they went inside.

He turned around to face the portal. "The summoning condition is 4 Effect Monsters! I setup my four Link Markers with my monsters!" His monsters turned into red, blue, yellow, and green energy and brightened four markers on the circuit board.

"Magician who studies in the arts of cipher, I call upon you for your aid in this battle! Link Summon! Appear, Link 4 Cyber Magician Girl!"

His ace monster materialized in her monster form as they both came out of the circuit board portal, with her flying by her master's side.

"So, the data is correct. You can Link Summon," Gemma said.

"Sure can!" He responded as he turned around to face her. "Now, it's time to battle! Cyber Magician Girl, attack with Digital Plasma Beam!"

His magician pointed her wand and shot a powerful beam at the lone Gem-Knight. It cried as it banished from the field, but its master stood still strongly while taking the damage.

Gemma's LP: 3900

Codebreaker: 5h – 3 = 2h

"With that, I end my turn!" He finished.

"I can't believe he summoned Link Monster in one turn!" Ignis exclaimed. "This kid, Codebreaker is impressive!"

"Ignis, search the data about Codebreaker," Yusaku ordered.

"Huh? Oh, alright," he complied as he searched it and found it. "Found it! And…what!? This guy revealed himself and he is from the same school you go to!"

"No way!" Kusanagi gasped. "Wouldn't that be dangerous!?"

Dangerous is apparently his middle name, and all this time I thought it was Sheldon.

Gemma chuckled as she drew a card. "Aren't you interesting?"

"Thanks for the compliment! I guess not every Knights of Hanoi members are bad people," he said.

"Bad people? Ha! We are not doing what's right in this world, and now, I draw!" She drew a card and smirked at what she drew.

Gemma: 2h + 1 = 3h

"I play the Spell Card, Gem Hand!" She showed a Spell Card that revealed a Duelist drawing a card and holding other cards, each with gem for the artworks of each card. "With this, I can draw number of cards equal to the number of Gem Knight Monster I have in my hand or field. Since, I have two, I draw two!"

She drew two more, and added to her hand. "With my gem of luck, it seems like this duel is in my favor, and you will be defeated here! I play the Spell Card, Graceful Charity, so that I draw three more, but discard two from my hand!"

"What's up with drawing these cards?" Codebreaker wondered.

"According to my calculation, she's increasing the amount of cards into her hand by 10% in order to get ones she favors the most," Rosey stated as their opponent drew more cards, and increased her hand

Gemma: 3h - 1 + 2 – 1 + 3 – 2 = 4h

"Then, I activate Gem-Knight Obsidian's effect sent via my Spell Card, Graceful Charity!" She declared. "If it is sent to the Graveyard from my hand, then I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Gem-Knight Normal Monster from my Graveyard! I resurrect my Gem-Knight Sapphire in defense mode!"

Gem-Knight warrior with white armor and sapphire gem encased on either side of its waistline appeared on her side. It showed off its 2100 Defense Points.

"2100 DEF? That's a solid defense!" Rosey pointed out. "With it, her Defense has just increased to 15%!"

"Now, I activate my face-down card! Trap Card, open! Fragment Fusion!" The set card revealed itself, showing Gem-Knight Crystal falling to unknown death while several gems spun around, like a fusion swirl. "With this Trap, I can banish a number of Fusion Materials in my Graveyard to Fusion Summon a Gem Knight monster from my Extra Deck!"

"So, that was her plan!" Rosey figured out. "She must had sent one of those cards through the effect of Graceful Charity, so she can get the right material for Fusion Summon!"

"She's gonna Fusion Summon with monsters in her Graveyard?" Codebreaker questioned in surprise tone.

The audiences or the people were also surprised, including Tom, Yusaku, and everyone else.

"No way! I've never heard that Knights of Hanoi use Fusion Summoning, too!" Kusanagi gasped.

"I fuse my Gem-Knight Garnet with Gem-Knight Obsidian!" Ghostly forms of the two Gem Knights appeared before they turned into a swirl of red and purple color. "Burning Gem-Knight of Passion, combine your power with the Gem Knight of Clarity and transform into a mighty Gem-Knight of Burning Pride! Fusion Summon! Come forth, Level 6! Gem-Knight Ruby!"

Red-armored Gem-Knight appeared with a powerful scythe for its weapon, and long blue cape. This one had 2500 ATK, typical for most standard ace monster.

The whole world was shocked that a Knight of Hanoi performed a Fusion Summon, one of traditional summoning types in the world of Dueling, but they've never seen it happens in a Speed Duel before.

Other two members from the organization, Revolver and Specter were also watching the Duel.

"Now that she had Fusion Summoned a monster from her Extra Deck, victory is guaranteed," Specter said, smirking. Revolver didn't show any expression as he just watched silently.

"I set a card and then equip my Ruby with Fusion Sword!" Her monster's weapon was replaced with a sword that has mix color of orange and green, just like the same color in Polymerization. "With this, Gem-Knight Ruby's ATK is increased by 1000 ATK and if it successfully destroys a monster, it can attack again!"

"Woah, really!?" He asked.

Cyber Magician Girl was sliced in half as she cried before she turned into sparkles while her master got some damages.

"Grrgh!" He gritted in pain as he wobbled a bit, but it wasn't enough to lose balance.

Codebreaker's LP: 2500

Gemma: 3h

"Your so-called ace monster is gone, and you only have 2500 Life Points! Ruby has 3500, more than enough to deplete your entire Life! Now, perish!" Gemma laughed as her Fusion Gem-Knight strike onto Codebreaker next.

Yu is now in deep trouble! With his Link Monster destroyed and facing against an appending doom, what will he do now? Are there any hopes for our hero!? And, when will that pizza guy with my order!? All questions will be answer in the next chapter!

New Cards Cheat Sheet

C# Programmer-Level 3, LIGHT, Cyverse/Effect, 1000 ATK, 500 DEF. Effect: When this card is summoned via C# Monster's effect, Special Summon one C# monster from your hand. The summoned monster cannot attack this turn.

Gem Hand-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Draw number of cards equal to the number of Gem Knight Monsters you have in your hand or field currently. The Gem-Knight monster must be face-up on the field to apply this effect.

Fusion Sword-Type: Equip Spell, Effect: This card can only be equipped to Fusion Monster. It gains 1000 ATK, and if it successfully destroys a monster, it can attack again for second time.

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