Last time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Yu's school system has been hacked by the Knights of Hanoi's elite member, Gemma! She forced Yu to speed duel her in a revenge match and to our surprise (not really), she knows Yu's identity!
With two powerful Gem-Knight monsters on the field, could Yu defeat Gemma like before? Or would he not prevail?
-Chapter 9-
Birth of Null
Codebreaker: 1700 LP (2h), field: C# Security Hound, no set Spell/Trap
Gemma: 3500 LP (1h), field: Gem-Knight Mistress Diamond (Link Monster in EMZ), Gem-Knight Master Diamond (Fusion in Linked Zone), two set Spell/Traps, one Equip-Spell (Equipped on Master Diamond)
His classmates, friends, and the entire school, including people who are seeing the live broadcast of the duel were looking very worry and scared.
"Morse…" Emoti-chan mumbled in worry tone.
"Come on, Morse. I know you can do it, but the situation you are in looks very tough and scary," Tom commented as he shivered in fear.
"Ha, ha, ha!" Gemma laughed evilly. "What are you going to do, Yu Akira? Would you proceed or accept defeat? Either way, my revenge is set."
Yu smirked back. "I choose to proceed, of course! I draw!"
He surfed forward courageously as he stayed positive, not for his own sake, but also for his friends and fellow classmates.
Codebreaker: 2h + 1 = 3h
"I normal summon C# Wordzard!" A familiar, young wizard from the OVA appeared for the first time, flying next to C# Security Hound. "Its effect allows me to Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower C# monster in my Graveyard by reducing his ATK to zero until the End Phase. I bring back my other C# Security Hound in the graveyard!"
The first cyber-mechanical hound reappeared as it roared proudly for its resurrection. It ran next to Wordzard on the opposite side, showing its Defense of 700.
"I set a card. End my turn," he ended. "With that, Wordzard's ATK is returned to normal."
"So, you are doing defensive play?" Gemma said. "That won't stop me, though and you just left wide-open!"
She drew her card, and then declared to attack. "Battle! Gem-Knight Master Diamond, attack his puny Wordzard! Diamond Slash!"
"Oh no! If he takes that attack, it would be 2900! Enough for him to lose!" Naoki exclaimed fearfully.
"Morse!" Emoti-chan shouted.
Master Diamond had its sword over Wordzard as the short wizard shrieked.
"Trap Card, open! C# Hack Attack!" His set card showed C# Programmer at the holographic computer screen, typing in some code as she was hacking into a video game that looked similar to Super Smash Bros, with a game character using an infinite shield and other player's character being bounced off by that shield.
"When my opponent targets a C# monster I control for an attack, I can change its target to another monster of mine. I change the target to one of my C# Security Hounds," Yu stated.
Strange fuzzy sound occurred as Master Diamond's body glowed in blue. Suddenly, Master Diamond stopped its sword swinging onto Wordzard, which was only by centimeter away from hitting him. Wordzard sighed in relief, and then the Fusion Gem-Knight slashed one of the Security Hounds instead.
"Due to C# Security Hound's effect, you take 500 points of damage," he said as his opponent disgruntled a little, taking a little bit of damage.
Gemma's LP: 3000
"It does not matter! Thanks to the Equip Spell, Fusion Sword, I can make Master Diamond to attack for second time! Go, Diamond Slash!" Master Diamond aimed the attack on Wordzard, which he shrieked again in fear as the sword swings at him.
"My Trap Card, C# Hack Attack lasts until the end of this turn," Yu said as Master Diamond changed and slashed the other C# Security Hound.
Gemma's LP: 2500
"Damn it, but I still have one more attack from my Mistress Diamond!" She exclaimed. "Raining Diamond!"
Mistress Diamond spun her sword in slow motion, creating several after-images of the sword until complete clockwise and stopped the sword in the middle. She sliced Wordzard very quickly, faster than a blink.
"Grraaah!" Yu agonized.
Codebreaker: 100
"The damage was not enough to defeat you, but it doesn't matter. I will achieve my goal in my next turn, and after that, I will bring you to my boss and he will deal what we'll do to you," Gemma said as she laughed evilly.
"Oh man! Oh man! He only has 100 Life Points left!" Tom pointed out.
"This is not good!" Naoki stated.
Emoti-chan looked sad and worry at Yu, who looked worn out from the last damage. "Morse…Yu…please…. please don't lose!" She prayed.
Back to the speed duel, Yu breathed in and out as he was taking a short break.
"Master Yu, you've taken a lot of damage! If you take one more hit, there is…no, IT IS 100% chance that you will take heavy damage, both mentally and physically and the survival rate is 0%!" Rosey warned.
"Thanks for the info," he breathed in and out. "But…"
He stood up and looked forward at his opponent and obstacle. "No matter what happens, I cannot lose. I will strive forward! Not for myself, but for my friends, school, everyone!"
"Hmph. Deep words, but just blabbing aloud won't define anything!" Gemma countered. "Besides, what do you care about your friends, this school, and everyone?"
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"People are evil in nature. Even the ones who you are close to you and you call friends have that nature deep within. It is the reason why, we, Knights of Hanoi exist! We are here to cleanse the evilness in people's heart and the entire world!" She emphasized.
"That's not true!" He shouted, which was first.
Gemma stopped as she and everyone stayed quiet and listened to him.
"People aren't evil in nature! Everyone defines evil differently, but people aren't born evil, if that is what you're implying. So, don't go around and saying people are bad because they are just bad!" Yu yelled in anger.
Everyone watched him in silence. The silence broke when Gemma laughed.
"If you say, kid," she replied. "You believe in what you believe and I go with what I believe in. Anyway, finish your turn already, so I can defeat you."
"Master Yu, there is only 10% chance of drawing the right card. This draw will determine the output of this duel," Rosey said.
"Yeah," he agreed. "But, like I said, I will strive forward, no matter what! I…"
The green stripes on his outfit glowed while he closed his eye in thought. "I draw!" He drew his card strongly. He slowly looked at the card he drew, and then his eyes widened.
"Eureka! I will input this code to my victory!" He declared. "I summon C# Cardulator!"
The new monster had a white calculator for its body, with two robot arms and white gloves for its hand, like what old cartoon characters used to have. It also had a glowing blue line through the side of its body. The monitor part of the calculator showed two green zeros in digital font, which were its eyes.
C# Cardulator-Level 1, LIGHT, Cyverse/Effect, 100 ATK, 100 DEF.
"Is this a sign of surrender or is this really part of your will to fight?" Gemma asked in mocking tone. "You can't possibly use that monster to defeat mine!"
"No, I can't," he replied. "But, it's here to call out some friends who will!"
"What?" she said.
"C# Cardulator's effect activates!" He exclaimed. "He allows me to draw card equals to the number of C# monster I have in my Graveyard. I have two Security Hounds, Download Knight, and Wordzard. Therefore, I draw four cards!"
Codebreaker: 1h + 4 = 5h
"Great job, Master Yu! You are turning around this duel into your favor," Rosey stated.
"Yeah! Let's keep this up, Rosey," he replied as he looked more positive than before. "I play the Spell Card, Monster Reborn. With this, I can Special Summon one monster from either player's Graveyard. I resurrect my C# Download Knight!"
His regular member of the deck reappeared with its sword ready for rematch. "Since Download Knight is Special Summoned, I can Special Summon Level 4 or lower C# monster from my Graveyard or Deck. Come out from my deck, C# Webkumo!"
The cybernetic spider crawled out of the summoning portal. His classmates, and other people cheered for they knew what was coming.
"Go Codebreaker!" Naoki cheered.
"You can do it, Morse! Fight!" Emoti-chan cheered, too.
"You can do it!" His entire class exclaimed while Yusaku just watched quietly.
"Time to crack the code! I input the code to my circuit!" Yu shot electricity from his finger, pointing up to the sky as it caused a circuit portal to open.
He and his monsters flew into the portal, and then he turned around to face the circuit board.
"Arrowheads confirmed. Summoning condition is four Effect Monsters. Due to effect of Webkumo, it can be treated as two materials for Link Summon," he said.
His three monsters (with Webkumo as two) turned into streams of energy, and each dived into four markers.
"Magician who studies in the art of cipher, I call upon you to aid me in this battle! Link Summon! Appear, Link 4! Cyber Magician Girl!" His ace monster appeared gloriously as they both flew out of the circuit.
"Of course, you probably know, but just as a reminder, I can take control of one Special Summoned monster on your side of the field and Special Summon it to one of my Linked Zones. I choose your Gem-Knight Master Diamond!" Cyber Magician Girl turned her wand into a light whip and threw it to catch Master Diamond.
As he was doing that, Gemma smirked and Yusaku felt a bad feeling about this move.
"Aa, ha! I've been waiting for you to do that!" She shouted. "Gem-Knight Mistress Diamond's effect activates! Any Gem-Knight monster she is pointing to cannot be targeted by my opponent's card effect!"
Her Link Monster used its sword to cut off the whip from Master Diamond.
"Say what!?" Yu gasped, with Cyber Magician Girl having the same facial expression like him.
"But, that's not all! I activate the Trap Card, Gem-Knight Prison!" She revealed one of the set cards, which showed Gem-Knights guarding a prison mine, where the prisoners were other duel monsters, like Goblin, Ojamas, and Kuriboh, digging out gemstones, like ruby, sapphire, and emerald. "As long as this card is on the field, all Gem-Knight monsters I control cannot be targeted for card effect."
"With that, you can't use Cyber Magician Girl's effect on her Link Monster!" Rosey pointed out.
"But, wait, that isn't all," Gemma said. "I also activate my second Trap Card, Gem-Knight Taxation!"
The said card showed a poor man paying gems to Master Diamond as it sat on a throne chair, with two beautiful servant maidens on his sides.
"When this card is on the field, if you want to declare an attack or an effect that targets any of my Gem Knight monsters, you have to pay 500 Life Points!" She stated.
Yu, Rosey, and everyone gasped shockingly to this.
"What?" Naoki asked.
"No way…" Tom said depressingly.
"No, it can't be," Emoti-chan surprised.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Gemma laughed. "I got you where I want you! Now, anything you do is hopeless! The sweet victory and revenge are mine! Ha, ha, ha!"
"…Master Yu," Rosey said. "According to my calculation, there is 0 percent of winning this duel…. let me re-calculate that. Althought, most likely, the result will be 0 percent, no matter how many time I re-calculate it."
"Are you sure you took into all the factor?" Yu asked.
"Of course, Master Yu. I always do," she said.
Yu looked down on his AI in the duel disk mode and he grinned at it. "Rosey, I think I need to give you a new update."
"What do you mean, Master Yu?" she asked.
"Well, have you consider what we are riding on part of the factor?" He questioned.
"The Data Storm? …..Wait a second!" She realized something. "Calculating…calculating…."
"What is he blabbing on this time?" Gemma thought.
"Master Yu, I detect a very powerful distortion in the Data Storm, and it will appear…now!" Suddenly, an unstable Data Storm appeared in front of them, surprising Gemma, but not so surprising to Yu. He rather looked happy to see it.
"Could this be?" Yusaku thought.
"What is Morse thinking?" Tom asked.
Yu went straight into the Data Storm. He steadied his balance while being spun around inside the tornado. He placed his right arm out with his hand opened. Energy gathered in his palm as he held his arm, so that it won't be torn apart.
"I detect a very powerful monster dwelling in this storm," Rosey said. "Don't let go, Master Yu!"
"I won't!" He replied as he roared at the top of his lung and suddenly, a card began to materialize in his hand.
"Now Master Yu!" Rosey exclaimed.
"Storm Access!" He shouted as he created a new card. A faint silhouette of dragon appeared briefly before Yu surfed out of the tornado.
"What did you do in that storm?" Gemma questioned him.
"You'll see, right now!" Yu replied. "I input the code again to the circuit!"
He summoned the circuit portal again as he and Cyber Magician Girl flew into it.
"What the!? He's Link Summoning again!" Naoki exclaimed.
"What is Morse doing?" Tom asked.
Everyone watched anxiously while Yu as Codebreaker aligned himself to the center of the circuit board, hovering above it in the air.
"Arrowhead confirmed! The summoning condition is at least 3 Effect monsters. Link Monster's Link Number can be treated as the number of material required for the summon," Yu stated. "I offer Cyber Magician Girl as Link Material!"
Cyber Magician split herself into four of herself in each different color; red, green, yellow, and blue. Each flew and absorbed into four arrowheads; up, down, left, and right.
"Dragon who is born out of nothingness, cleanse Link VRAINS, and the world and make them born anew! Link Summon! Appear for the first time! Link 4, Null Dragon!"
The monster that appeared was a dragon with two arms, two claws, two feet, and two wings. Its body was silver gray, with some veins showing that looked cybernetic and they glowed a bit in rainbow color. The arms have orbs implanted in them on each; one for each shoulder and other for each wrist. Its claw was silver metallic, sharp as a knife. Its inner skin of the wings was white while the outer skin or scale was silver gray, like the rest of its body, except for the chest where it was white, too. The head had two horns, making it look like a letter V, and its eyes were pure white with no pupil. It roared so strongly that it echoed throughout Link VRAINS.
Null Dragon-Link 4, LIGHT, Dragon/Link/Effect, Link Markers: Up, Down, Left, Right. 2400 ATK.
At SOL Technologies' HQ, the security dept's employees were having a problem with their computers, with all of them having a fuzzy screen and no matter what they input, their computers were not responding.
"There are no connections to our system!" said one of the workers.
"Reset the connection as soon as possible!" said another worker.
"What is going right now!?" Akira Zaizen yelled.
Back to the Speed Duel, the new dragon flew above Yu due to its size.
"What is that dragon!?" Gemma gasped.
"This is my new power, and one that will help me win!" Yu exclaimed. "When Null Dragon is Link Summoned, all face-up Spell and Trap Cards have their effect negated."
"Foolish boy! Don't you remember that you have to pay 500 LPs due to the effect of Gem-Knight Taxation?" She reminded him.
"When this effect activates, no other card effect can be activated in response to it!" He countered.
"What!? That means!" Gemma felted betrayed.
"That's right. Your traps don't apply to my Null Dragon!" He proclaimed. "Nullification!"
Null Dragon roared again, causing her traps to dull out, signifying that they can't be used anymore.
"No! My Traps!" She cried.
"But, that isn't it!" He continued on. "Null Dragon allows me to Special Summon 1 Extra Deck monster from my Graveyard to either of its Linked Zones. I summon my Cyber Magician Girl from my Graveyard!"
The pretty magician ace reappeared as she winked happily. She flew just below Null Dragon, patting it on the side of the neck and it made purring-like noise, like a cat.
"So, what if you return your magician! I know what you are planning," she groaned. "You're planning to take control of Master Diamond to destroy my Mistress Diamond, but have you forgotten that Mistress Diamond protects the monster she points to from any and all card effect!"
"Yes, that's true…except it can't protect itself!" Yu exclaimed.
"What!?" She gasped in shock.
"You see, when Null Dragon is pointing to another monster, I can target that monster and have its effect negated! With that, your Mistress Diamond can't use its effect!" He declared.
"Null Dragon, use your Nullification!"
His new Link Dragon roared at Mistress Diamond, causing her to cringe and dulling her into colorless.
"My beautiful Link Monster!" Gemma cried.
"Now, I use Cyber Magician Girl's effect to take control of your Master Diamond!" He followed up.
"But, you can't! Your magician's effect allows it to take control a Special Summoned monster to its Linked Zone, but your Cyber Magician Girl is not pointing anything!" She argued.
"Thanks to Null Dragon, if it is pointing to a Link Monster I control on the field, it gains an additional Link Markers parallel to it! Therefore, she gains Left and Right markers!"
Gemma cringed as she gritted her teeth, feeling very annoyed, upset, and frustrated.
"Cyber Magician Girl, CRTL Execute!" His magician threw her whip and caught Master Diamond in her trap, and then she pulled it to her master's side, with it being his ally now.
"Here we go!" He declared. "First, Master Diamond attack! Diamond Slash!"
Master Diamond and Mistress Diamond attacked with their sword. They hit with their sword several times until Master Diamond overpowered her and sliced her in half, with her being sliced in half in the process.
Gemma: 2200 LP
"Unfortunately, Cyber Magician Girl cannot attack when she is summoned via Null Dragon's effect, but I can still attack it with my dragon! Go, Null Dragon! Omega Null Force!"
Energy spurred inside the dragon's body as its body glowed in rainbow. The energy gathered inside its mouth, charging it before it fired a powerful beam of pure white.
"Nnnoo! This can't be! I lost again!? Awwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!" Gemma got blasted in the attack, falling off from her D-Board.
As soon as she was defeated, the lock on all the rooms in the school was opened.
"Hurray! We're free!" All the classmates shouted happily.
"And I don't have to go to the bathroom anymore!" One student exclaimed.
Gross, man!
Yu continued surfing forward with smile on his face.
"Now that was fun! And all thanks to you, Null Dragon," he said. The dragon roared in return before it disappeared as the card itself shined until it dimmed. He grinned lightly at it, and put it in his Extra Deck, with his ace monster card.
Few minutes later, he logged-out of Link VRAINS. He walked off from the platform, but his feet wobbled like a jelly until he tripped over to the sofa.
"Wooo!" He fell over onto the sofa.
"Master Yu, are you alright?" Rosey asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Guess I am tired from the duel. Had too much fun," he laughed.
"But, Master Yu, what about school?" She asked.
"I think, uwah, going to take a little nap now," he yawned as he snoozed into dreamland immediately.
"Master Yu!" Rosey shouted, but to no avail, she couldn't wake him up.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Link VRAINS….
Gemma returned to the Knights of Hanoi's secret lair. She was on her knees in bowing position with her leader in front of her, watching the recorded video of the duel. Spectre was standing beside Gemma.
"Gemma, you've lost to this Cyverse user not once, but twice," he said calmly.
"Yes, Revolver-sama, but I assure you! The next time I meet him, I will finish…."
"No!" He interrupted her. "You've failed more than necessary for your actions. A well punishment will serve you right."
Gemma mumbled sadly until they heard some kind of alarm sound.
"It's that again," Revolver said. "I need to log-out now. You are dismissed, Gemma."
"Yes sir!" She complied as she logged-out.
"Spectre, I'll leave the matter about Codebreaker to you," Revolver ordered.
"Affirmative, Revolver-sama," Spectre accepted. Revolver nodded before he logged-out to stop the alarm.
Spectre walked over to the floating screen, and looked at Codebreaker, with his hand patting on his chin.
"Codebreaker, Yu Akira…, what should we do next to you?" He thought.
At the SOL Technologies, their system returned normal just before the duel concluded. Akira Zaizen was watching the recording caught by the news.
"Codebreaker…or rather, Yu Akira, you are just strong as Playmaker. I wonder if you are really his side-kick as the media claimed you to be." He was talking to himself.
"If you have anything to do with, Playmaker, perhaps I can ask...her to get information from him," he decided as he reached for his Smartphone to contact with a certain person.
Meanwhile, at the same building, we see another important character, Kigen in his own room, also watching the recording of the speed duel. His desk looked similar to Akira Zaizen's desk; big and white. He also had three holographic monitors in front of him, along with a holographic keyboard on the desk.
"Remarkable. Truly astounding and interesting you are…Yu Akira-kun," he said.
Remember, kids. When a man is talking to himself, it means that he is the antagonist of the story.
"If the record is correct, then he must have it. I must retrieve it, but how would I do that?" He asked to himself, with nobody else around…. well, except me.
As he was thinking, he noticed an alert message on his left monitor. He checked, and then smirked a bit sinisterly.
"Well, well. I wonder who Zaizen-kun is calling to, this time," he said as he checked it. "Oh! Interesting. It looks like I found the solution to my question."
Well, now I know this creep is a hacker himself, too. Then, again, this whole series is revolved around a hacker, anyway. Hacker who plays children's card games, in VR!
New Cards Cheat Sheet
C# Hack Attack-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: During the Battle Phase, if your opponent's monster declares an attack on C# monster you control, change the target to another C# monster on the field.
C# Cardulator-Level 1, LIGHT, Cyverse/Effect, 100 ATK, 100 DEF. Effect: Draw a number of cards equal to the number of C# monster you have in your Graveyard. You can only activate the effect of 1 "C# Cardulator" once per turn.
Gem-Knight Prison-Type: Continuous Trap, Effect: All face-up Gem-Knight monsters aren't targeted for card effect.
Gem-Knight Taxation-Type: Continuous Trap, Effect: If your opponent activates a card effect or declares an attack that targets Gem-Knight monster(s) you control on the field, he/she must pay 500 Life Points.
Null Dragon-Link 4, LIGHT, Dragon/Link/Effect, Link Markers: Up, Down, Left, Right. 2400 ATK. Effect: 3+ Effect Monsters. When this card is Link Summoned, all face-up Spell and Trap Cards have their effect negated. Any other card effects cannot be activated in response to this activation, except this card and any other cards that you control. When this card is pointing to a monster that your opponent controls, that monster's effect is negated. You can Special Summon 1 Extra Deck monster from your Graveyard or Extra Deck to this card's Linked Zone, but if you do, it cannot attack this turn. If the card is pointing to a Link Monster that you controls, it gains additional Link Marker to its left and right sides.
Preview for Chapter 10
Yu is seen being interviewed at some TV station.
Due to his streak of winning and defeating the Knights of Hanoi three times, Yu became an equally popular new hero as Playmaker. His fame also caught the attention of many people, including some who likes him and others who despise him. When Yu meets Yusaku, the wheel of fate finally turns for both of them!
The next scenes showed Aoi Zaizen attempting to approach Yu, but interrupted when Kogo Chuzaimon with her secretary butt-in, Yu in the Duel Club, and Yusaku talking with Yu as Yu poked AI in the eye, which upsets him and gets scolded for it.
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Old and New Faces!
INTO THE VRAINS!
Hello, boys and girls! Here is another quick update to my newest project. Man, I am just loving this series so much, maybe too much, but it is cool, alright!
Yu obtained a new secondary ace monster, Null Dragon. This monster has been in my mind lately, and I tried to make a good effect that can help Yu to get out of most dying situations, and here it is finally. What do you guys think of it?
A little news for my other projects aka stories, I am currently writing an one-shot for my first Yo-Kai Watch story for its 1st anniversary, which is June 20th. I will upload it on that day next week. So, for anyone who is been following my Yo-Kai Watch fanfic or like Yo-Kai Watch in general, please look forward to it. It will be very full of spring loads of fun you can say.
Here is QOTC: What do you think will happen in the next week VRAINS episode, the duel between Playmaker and Blue Angel? Plus, what do you think of Aoi Zaizen/Blue Angel?
To me, I've been waiting to see what kind of character Aoi or her VR alter ego, Blue Angel is, and I think the creators made a good introduction of her in the latest episode. The scene where it shows that she wants to proveher brother-in-law, Akira, that she can hold on her own is very touchy, but also a bit creepy. Did you see what her eyes looked like when she decided to find and duel Playmaker? That was just awkward. Kind of remind me of how Godzilla looks like with its googly eyes in the movie, Shin Godzilla (or Godzilla Resurgence in English).
With all that said, thank you for reading this another quick update to Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, and until next time...INTO THE VRAINS!