There were few things that could cause Victor Santiago to lose his temper and failure was something that he could normally tolerate to a degree, this was one of those moments where the failure couldn't be tolerated.
"I told you to find someone who I could hire who could retrieve the laptop." Victor said as he turned to Jack with a look of anger on his face. "To give him the Seal of the Orichalcos and any of our new cards that he thought would suit his deck encase he failed, what happened?"
"He not only stole the wrong laptop but he lost an Orichalcos Duel before he could retrieve the right one." Jack grunted as he folded his arms. "Not my fault sir, I was led to believe that he would be the right man for the job."
"And who led you to believe that?" Victor asked and Jack frowned.
"My contacts in the underworld recommended him." Jack said as he shook his head. "I've already sent out Orichalcos Duelists to deal with them and to establish new, better contacts for me."
"Good, I won't tolerate this operation being hindered by outside influence." Victor responded with a nod. "As for the laptop, leave it for now, they are bound to keep it under lock and key following his failure."
"And if they manage to get at the encrypted files?" Jack asked and Victor frowned.
"Then prepare for war." Victor added and Jack said nothing else before leaving Victor's office. "I don't know what happened to Phillip following the Battle City operation and frankly I'm terrified to find out." Victor thought as he glanced towards his deck. "But I can avoid that fate easily, my deck is much more powerful than his and I won't fail!"
*the next day*
It was the day after the attempted theft of Chelsea's laptop (and by extension the laptop they found) and Chelsea had spent most of the day making sure that all off her files where intact and that there wasn't any viruses on it despite Chloe telling her that they hadn't gotten past the login screen, fortunately everything was in working order and Chelsea was able to save her homework to a flash drive.
Chelsea was working away at her laptop when she heard her roommate wake up with a yawn and she looked up. "Good morning Chloe."
"Morning, you convinced that there's nothing wrong with the laptop?" Chloe teased her and Chelsea rolled her eyes at that comment.
"Cute." Chelsea grunted in annoyance as she turned her attention back to the laptop. "You were right though, those idiots never made it past the login screen, then again given how many passwords I have for this thing either they never bothered to try to login or they gave up after numerous tries."
"Why are you even wondering about that?" Chloe asked as she got out of bed and walked over to the mirror in order to brush her hair. "Either way they didn't get to your files."
"I don't know morbid curiosity?" Chelsea shrugged her shoulders before she glanced over her shoulder. "I did notice that the laptop was pretty wet which probably means that it was handled on a boat off some kind." Chelsea added as she shook her head. "Fortunately none of the internal components where affected."
"I'll just take your word for that that's a good thing." Chloe shrugged her shoulders as she finished brushing her hair and started picking out her clothes. "So, are we going to the matches today?"
"Nah, I'd rather not watch Cameron and Jessica duel in person." Chelsea answered with a shake of her head. "Besides they've been streaming the matches for guys who choose not to attend or have classes during the matches so we won't miss anything."
"You know anything about their opponents?" Chloe asked as she started to get dressed and Chelsea shrugged.
"Haven't met them but I know Frank's in Osiris Red and Heath's in Ra Yellow." Chelsea answered as she got the link to the stream up. "Which may be a problem since their up against two of the best students in Obelisk Blue."
"If they had the foresight to add Mask of Restrict to their decks like I did when I dueled Cameron then they should be fine." Chloe pointed out before realizing something. "Then again if Cameron's smart he would've added a few countermeasures to his deck."
"That's a pretty big if." Chelsea answered with a grin. "Okay, Stream's not running yet but I got some e-mails waiting for me so I may as well answer them." Chelsea added before checking the e-mails. "Huh, Tyler wants us to come over to his room."
"Did he say why?" Chloe asked and Chelsea shook her head.
"Nah, just that he wants to discuss something whilst we watch the stream on his computer screen, which suits me just fine because that's a pretty big screen he's got." Chelsea answered as she turned to Chloe who was putting on the naval exposing tank top she wore during the Battle City Finals. "I'm ready to go when you are."
"In that case let's go." Chloe said as she finished putting on her blazer and stood up; Chelsea picked up her laptop and carried it with her as she led her roommate out of the dorm room. "I'm surprised that you're taking that with you after what happened yesterday."
"I know what you mean but don't worry; I don't plan on leaving it this time." Chelsea answered as she turned to Chloe. "Besides we won't be competing until round two begins so it's not like I'll have to leave for a tournament match."
"True enough, with any luck we won't have to worry about the Orichalcos Duelists for a while anyway." Chloe answered as the two girls made their way to the center of the island.
*meanwhile at the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm*
"Are you sure about this?" Brandon asked as he looked at the screen. "I could've sworn that I was right about them."
"I'm sure; this came from I2's official website." Tyler answered as he typed away at his computer screen. "But this isn't even supposed to be out for another couple of months, how did they get their hands on it?"
"So are you boys going to fill us in or are we supposed to assume that you are watching porn?" Kimberly asked with a dull look on her face as she, Theresa, Marcus, Andreas and Lance tried to look at the screen. "Also the match is starting soon, are you going to switch to the stream at some point?"
"I checked ten minutes ago, the match is slated to start in twenty minutes." Tyler answered with a sigh as he turned to them. "As for what we've been checking I'd rather wait for Chloe and Chelsea to come over before I reveal it."
"Fine but if they don't arrive in ten minutes I'm e-mailing everyone I know to tell them that Tyler Kaiba and Brandon Thomas looks at porn, after fifteen I'll add that it's the most disgusting porn I've seen." Lance said just before he got punched in the back of the head by Theresa. "What did I do?"
"Oh, I don't know, how about the fact that sending that could imply that Brandon watches that stuff with me?" Theresa said and Lance quickly backed off, fortunately for him there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" Lance yelled out before quickly running over to the door, he opened it up and sighed in relief. "Oh thank god!"
"Err, why are you thanking god?" Chelsea asked as large sweat-drops rolled down hers and Chloe's heads. "I know you like Chloe but…"
"Okay, let's change the subject and quick!" Lance interrupted her once he saw the grin on her face before standing aside. "Guys, Chloe and Chelsea have arrived."
"Good, come in girls." Tyler called out to them and the two Osiris Red students entered the room. "Chelsea. I don't even need to turn around to know that you've brought your laptop with you so feel free to set it up."
"Thanks." Chelsea responded as she set her laptop up on a desk, Brandon brought up a chair to her and she made herself comfortable. "Hey, where's the laptop we found?" Chelsea asked once she realized that the laptop was no longer where it was.
"After yesterday's attempted theft Martin thought it would be safer to keep it in the technician's office and let the technicians finish what we started." Tyler answered as he turned to her. "But he did say that he'll call us if there are any developments."
"Makes sense, I wouldn't keep it in a student's dormroom either." Chloe responded as she took a seat. "Err, no offense Tyler."
"No offense taken." Tyler answered before motioning them over to the screen. "The match doesn't start for another twenty minutes but after what happened the last time we watched Cameron duel in person I figured it would be better if we did it this way." Tyler added and the others nodded in agreement. "Besides, I have some new theories about the Orichalcos Duelists."
"What do you mean?" Chelsea asked as she nudged up to the screen. "Is that a new Dark Scorpion monster?"
"It's one of two that have been confirmed." Brandon responded with a nod. "Dark Scorpion – Elten the Elder and Dark Scorpion – Bull the Red, respectfully they are a Synchro and a Tuner Monster."
"Hold up, the set that those cards are being released in won't be released for another couple of months yet." Chelsea realized as she read the post. "Why is this important?"
"My opponent used those monsters in my duel against him yesterday." Brandon answered with a frown. "At first I thought that they were just more custom cards like the other new cards that the Orichalcos Duelists have used but then I heard their side effects."
"Elten requires three Dark Scorpion monsters, one tuner and two non-tuners, to summon him and can only use his effect if he's summoned via a Synchro Summon." Tyler added as he pointed to the line of text in question. "That and it requires Don Zaloog to be in the graveyard for the effect to work."
"Bull the Red has a similar effect." Brandon added as he brought up the link.
"To put it simply it can only be used in the Synchro Summon of a Dark Scorpion Synchro Monster which suggests that there's more than one." Tyler added with a frown. "The only one we know off is Elten the Elder."
"And knowing I2 there will be one on the way." Chelsea responded before frowning. "So just to recap, these guys have access to legitimate cards, they have access to legitimate cards that haven't even been released yet and they still use these fake, broken cards." Chelsea added with a frown. "The more info we find out about these guys the more confusing it gets."
"There's also the fact that the guy I faced used The Pillager." Brandon said as he got another link up. "That card's been banned so long that most of the guy's I talked too following my duel against him have never heard of it."
"Yeah, I think that card was only played once in an official tournament, when Bandit Keith faced off against Joey Wheeler in the Semi-Finals of the original Duelist Kingdom Tournament." Kimberly remembered as she looked at the card. "That thing's basically a one-sided version of Exchange. I'm still surprised that thing got made."
"I'd say that it was a different time with different rules in place but not even that's applicable." Brandon agreed with her before shaking his head. "That card's so rare that it fetches for thousands of dollars on E-Bay, how did a lowly thief life him get his hands on it?"
"He either stole it from someone else, likely a collector since that card has no chance of coming back, or it's another broken card that this Victor Santiago guy has access to." Chelsea said as she shrugged her shoulders. "Just once I'd like some straight answers about these guys."
"Yeah, you and me both, and that's not even touching the fact that the guys we faced in Battle City didn't use any broken cards that where fakes." Lance agreed with her as he frowned. "How about we change the subject? By my watch the next match in the tournament should be starting soon." Lance added and Brandon nodded in agreement before bringing up the stream.
*meanwhile at the arena*
"Where are those idiots?" Jessica moaned as she and Cameron waited for their opponents. "I have a tournament to win!"
"We have a tournament to win, there is no I in team." Cameron corrected her and Jessica rolled her eyes. "Give them time. I'm sure they'll show up."
"We're here, sorry for the wait." A male voice rang out and the two duelists looked up to see a pair of younger, male students, the Ra Yellow Student was an Asian teen with short black hair and brown eyes whilst his partner, a younger teen with messy brown hair and blue eyes, was the one who had spoken up.
"You idiots would've been better off no-showing." Jessica scoffed as she and Cameron activated their duel disks and drew their cards, Heath and Frank did likewise and Heath's eyes narrowed.
"You'll be eating those words when we join the others in the next round." Heath responded with a frown that only deepened when Jessica laughed at his statement. "If you're not going to take this seriously then we'll give you a reason, Frank will go first, then Jessica then me then Cameron."
"You're a lowly Ra Yellow student, you don't get to decide the order!" Jessica mocked him once she stopped laughing.
"Actually I'm fine with that order." Cameron chimed in and Jessica turned to him. "And judging by the look on his face so is Frank, like it or not you've been outvoted."
"We are supposed to show dominance over these lowly students!" Jessica protested and Cameron's eyes narrowed.
"And we'll do that in the match!" Cameron answered before turning to Frank. "Go ahead, this won't take long."
"Ever heard of the phrase "famous last words"?" Frank asked as he drew his card. "I set one card facedown and I summon Ojama Blue!"
"Wait, what?!" Cameron yelled out as a strange monster appeared on the field, it seemed to be related to the Ojama Monsters but was blue in color (2/0/1000). "Am I supposed to be impressed?"
"You'll see soon enough." Frank responded before looking over his hand. "That ends my turn." Frank announced and Jessica drew her card.
"He's using an Ojama deck?" Chelsea wondered out loud as she watched the duel via the stream. "Sure Chazz Princeton is famous for using those things but how the hell is a deck built around them supposed to work?"
"We'll find out soon enough." Tyler agreed as the students watched the duel.
"He runs an Ojama Deck? This will be quick!" Jessica thought as she looked at her hand. "I play a Spell Card called Dark Room of Nightmare, now as long as you take effect damage you'll take an additional three-hundred points of damage."
"So the ice queen of Obelisk Blue runs a burn deck?" Heath scoffed and Jessica's eyes narrowed. "Then again given how many male Obelisk Blue students you've fucked….."
"Show some respect!" Cameron interrupted him and Heath scoffed.
"You show us respect first, otherwise you get none." Heath said and Jessica growled at him.
"Just for that I'm activating my Spell Card Poison of the Old Man and I chose to use its burn effect!" Jessica played the card and Heath and Frank winced as their life-points dropped to 6500. "I set a card facedown…." Jessica trailed off as she set the card. "And end my turn."
"No monsters? She's lucky that I won't be able to attack until next turn." Heath thought as he drew his first card of the duel and looked at it. "I start my turn with a rather popular Spell Card, Reinforcement of the Army!" Heath played the card and he picked up his deck, he searched through it and once he found the card that he was looking for he added it to his hand. "Now I activate a Field Spell, Shien's Castle of Mist."
"Ojamas and Six Samurais, this may not have been as one sided as I had hoped." Cameron grunted as the scenery changed to a Japanese Castle shrouded in mist.
"Next I set two cards facedown." Heath continued as the two cards appeared on the field. "And I set one monster in defense mode in order to end my turn." Heath announced as the set card appeared on the field and Cameron drew his card.
"Here we go, here comes the Steelswarm monsters." Chloe commented with a frown as she thought back to the duel she had against Cameron.
"Yeah well, if he pulls any stunts like the one in his duel against you I'll march over to the arena myself and kick him in the nuts." Chelsea responded with a smirk and Chloe smiled at that. "Anyone know anything about Heath or Frank?"
"Sorry but all I know about Heath is that he's an Asian American who moved to Japan to attend here." Brandon commented with a frown. "He could try some racist remarks but Heath has a fairly short temper as well, if he tries that then Heath may well beat you too it."
"As for Frank he joined at the same time you guys did, his test duel was the one after Chelsea's." Theresa added as she turned to them. "His deck choice is odd but it was good enough to get him in the school even if he's stuck in Osiris Red."
"My move and I believe it's time I showed you idiots how a real duelist duels!" Cameron commented as he drew his card. "For starters, since my opponents have monsters on their side of the field and I don't I can Special Summon Steelswarm Cell to the field!" Cameron played the card and a small, circular black fiend appeared on the field (1/0/0). "But this monster isn't staying around, I tribute it to summon Steelswarm Mantis!" Cameron played the card and Steelswarm Cell disappeared, in its place stood a large black humanoid mantis who prepared for battle (5/2200/0000).
"Your Steelswarms don't scare us!" Frank said confidently and Cameron grinned.
"Then I'll give you a reason to be scared, when Steelswarm Mantis is Tribute Summoned by using a Steelswarm monster its effect activates." Cameron explained as his life-points dropped to 7000. "It costs me a thousand life-points but in exchange I can Special Summon Steelswarm Cell from the graveyard." Cameron added as the small fiend returned to the field.
"Too bad you've already used up your Normal Summon." Heath pointed out and Cameron scoffed.
"Thank you for pointing out the obvious." Cameron said as he rolled his eyes. "But I never said I was done, I activate my Double Summon Spell Card!" Cameron played the card and grinned. "Now I get an additional Normal Summon and I use it to tribute Steelswarm Cell to summon Steelswarm Moth!" Cameron played the card and Steelswarm Cell disappeared from the field, in its place stood a massive moth with a human like body (6/2400/0000).
"And cue its effect…" Heath muttered under his breath which Cameron ignored.
"And when Moth is summoned using a Steelswarm Monster its effect activates." Cameron added as his life-points dropped to 6000. "It costs me an additional one thousand life-points but with it I can return up to two cards an opponent controls to their hand, I could target your backrow but where's the fun in that? I use Moth's effect to return Ojama Blue and Heath's facedown monster to your hands!" Cameron announced and the two duelists braced themselves as Moth beat its wings towards the monsters sending them flying.
"That move cost you two-thousand life-points and it was your opening move." Heath commented as he returned his monster to his hand. "How did you get in Obelisk Blue again?"
"Save your insolence you lowly reject." Cameron growled as he picked up two cards. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Cameron announced and Frank drew his card.
"Well, if that's all you've got then I've got bad news for you, first I summon Ojama Blue back to the field…." Frank announced as the small blue creature returned to the field. "And I end my turn with a facedown card."
"Oh, really, you question my boyfriend's lack of moves, yet all you can do for your move is Summon that ugly little thing back to the field." Jessica scoffed as she drew her card.
"Hey don't call Ojama Blue ugly!" Frank protested and Jessica rolled her eyes. "Especially since it's obvious that you haven't looked in the mirror lately, in fact the only ugly thing here is you!" Frank added and the crowd let out a collective "OOOOOOHHHHHH" in response to his burn.
"I like Frank already." Chloe said as she tried her best to keep herself from laughing her ass off, Chelsea on the other hand wasn't even trying.
"Oh man, I'm gonna have to make a clip off that from the replay that DA will put on its YouTube channel later and upload it!" Chelsea said in between bursts of laughter. "My YouTube channel will get a million hits easily."
"You know as well as I do that YouTube doesn't work that way." Tyler commented with a frown as Chelsea regained her composure.
"Yeah, that's why I'm gonna post it on Duel Academy's Website!" Chelsea responded as she wiped away some laughter induced tears.
"You'll pay for that comment!" Jessica growled as she looked at her card. "All right, I have one half of my combo in my hand, soon as I draw one of the other components this match is mine!" Jessica thought as she set the card. "I set one card facedown and I'll flip my facedown card up, Just Deserts, this card may be old but with the ability to inflict five-hundred points of damage to your life-points for each monster you control!" Jessica announced Frank and Heath winced as their life-points dropped down to 6000. "And now Dark Room of Nightmare comes into play." Jessica added as their life-points dropped to 5700. "That ends my turn."
"Out of curiosity, does your deck have any monsters in it?!" Heath asked as he drew his card, Jessica merely smirked at the comment.
"Oh I do have monsters in this deck." Jessica said with a devilish smirk. "In fact once I summon my best monster you'll wish you never enrolled in this academy!"
"Then I guess it's up to us to make sure that that doesn't happen!" Heath responded before looking at the card he had just drawn. "I didn't do this last turn because I was worried about those traps but seeing as how Frank was able to make his move without incident…." Heath trailed off before playing his card. "I summon Kagemusha of the Six Samurai to the field!" Heath played the card and a samurai in green armor appeared on the field (2/400/1800).
"You were afraid to do what? Summon a pathetic monster?" Jessica scoffed and Heath grinned.
"Don't jump to conclusions. Next I flip my facedown card up, Asceticism of the Six Samurai!" Heath announced as his Quick Play Spell Card flipped up. "And this is a very lethal spell card, when it's flipped up I can target one Six Samurai on my side of the field such as Kagemusha and Special Summon a monster with a different name but the same attack points, such as Elder of the Six Samurai!" Heath played the card and a much older samurai in white robes appeared on the field, he was wearing a mask over his face and was crouching down in defense mode (3/400/0000).
"You summoned two pathetic monsters in the same turn? Well, thanks for the easy targets!" Cameron scoffed and Heath's grin grew wider.
"I'm not done yet, next since I control a Six Samurai monster I can Special Summon the mighty Grandmaster of the Six Samurai!" Heath played the card and an old warrior appeared on the field though he wasn't as old as elder, he was muscular and had long flowing white hair, a beard and was wearing gold and black armor (5/2100/800).
"Well, he's an improvement over your other monsters but still no match for my Steelswarms!" Cameron said cockily and Heath's grin grew into a broad one. "Unless….."
"Unless one of my monsters is a Tuner Monster, in this case it's Kagemusha and I'm tuning him with Elder!" Heath announced as the two samurai leapt into the air, Kagemusha dissolved into two green Synchro Rings that quickly surrounded Elder. "So that I can Synchro Summon the mighty Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En!" Heath played the card and once the flash faded a new samurai appeared in place of Elder, this one was fully decked out in red and gold armor, had a gold cape and was carrying a sword (5/2500/1400).
"He doesn't look so legendary to me." Cameron scoffed and Heath grinned.
"He's still stronger than your Steelswarns, speaking of which Shi-En, attack Steelswarm Mantis!" Heath commanded and the samurai charged towards the monster…
"And once again a lowly reject has fallen into my trap!" Cameron said as his trap card flipped up. "Mirror Force reflects the attack right back….." Cameron trailed off when Shi En cut Mirror Force's hologram in half before doing the same to Mantis bringing Cameron's life-points down to 5700.
"Sorry to disappoint you but this "lowly reject" as defeated your trap." Heath said cockily as Shi En returned to his side of the field. "Once per turn during either of our turns Shi En can negate the activation of a Spell or Trap Card and destroy it!" Heath said before pointing to Grandmaster. "And I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it seems your girlfriend's field is wide open, I'm sure she's used to having her legs wide open but that's beside the point." Heath added whilst ignoring the glare from Jessica as Grandmaster drew his sword. "Grandmaster, attack her life-points directly!" Heath commanded and the old warrior charged towards Jessica…
"You fool! Mirror Force was a bluff and you fell right for it! I activate my trap card Sekeretsu Armor!" Cameron announced as his second trap card flipped up. "And since you said that Shi En's effect only works once per turn….."
"I know what I said but I have a trap of my own! I activate my Counter Trap Card Musakani Magatama!" Heath activated the trap and grinned. "This trap card….."
"Does anyone have a translator for that card's name?!" Frank asked abruptly and Heath sweat-dropped in response.
"All you need to know about this card is two things, one, the name is a play on Yasakani no Magatama, one of the three Imperial Regalia of Japan." Heath explained only to get a confused look from Frank. "I'll explain after the match, second when a Spell, Trap or Monster Effect that would destroy a card whilst I have a Six Samurai monster on my side of the field is activated this trap negates the activation and destroys it!" Heath explained and Jessica's eyes widened as Sekeretsu Armor's hologram shattered and Grandmaster sliced his sword down the middle of Jessica bringing her life-points down to 5900. "It would appear that these lowly rejects have taken the lead, I set one card facedown and end my turn."
"It's about time!" Cameron growled as he drew his card. "And I'll make you pay for that comment towards Jessica! First I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Steelswarm Cell!" Cameron played the card and the small fiend returned to the field for the third time in the duel. "But they won't be staying around, I tribute my monsters to summon the dreaded Steelswarm Caucastag!" Cameron played the card and the two monsters vanished from the field, in the place of Moth stood a huge insect like fiend with butterfly like wings and a long tail (8/2800/0000).
"That looks bad." Frank gulped as he stared down the massive monster. "But he's still nothing that we can't handle!"
"That's where you're wrong, if you think the effects of my other Steelswarms are bad enough then I have bad news for you!" Cameron said with a cocky grin. "When this monster is tribute summoned using two Steelswarm monsters I can activate one of two effects, either destroy every other monster on the field or destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field and since I don't want to mess with Jessica's strategy….."
"You won't get a chance to do either! By discarding Effect Veiler from my hand I can negate that thing's effect!" Frank announced as the he discarded the card and the large insect like fiend grunted in pain, Cameron growled at him as he glared at him.
"Just for that I'm having my monster squash Ojama Blue!" Cameron announced as the large fiend charged towards Ojama Blue….
"I activate my trap card! Go Magical Hats!" Frank activated the trap and three comically large magician's hats appeared on Frank's side of the field, one of them covered up Ojama Blue and the hats shuffled around for a few seconds before stopping. "Three hats, one of them has Ojama Blue underneath it, the others…well that's for me to know and you to find out!"
"Fine, have it your way!" Cameron grunted as his eyes narrowed. "Caucastag, attack the hat on the right!" Cameron commanded and the fiend charged towards the hat before chopping it in two, the contents was revealed to be Ojama Blue which was quickly destroyed.
"Thanks for that, when Ojama Blue is destroyed by battle I can add two Ojama cards from my deck to my hand!" Frank announced as he picked up and searched through his deck, he found the cards that he was looking for and added them to his hand. "And since you've used up your attack you have to end your battle phase."
"Yes, I do!" Cameron grunted as he looked over his hand. "As a matter of fact I end my turn which means that whatever was contained in those hats goes to the graveyard!" Cameron added as the two hats vanished.
"And I have more bad news for you! One of the two facedown cards I set was Ojamamajic and when they are sent to the graveyard I can add one copy of Ojama Yellow, Red and Black to my hand!" Frank added as he picked up and searched through his deck again, once he found the cards that he was looking for he added them to his hand and shuffled his deck again before drawing his card.
"So, wait, he just added five cards to his hand AND drew his card." Chloe realized as she watched the duel. "Is that move even legal?"
"It is and it's very lethal." Tyler responded with a nod. "Especially if he can get the best monster in the Ojama series on the field, if he can do that then we may see an upset!"
"My move and I activate Polymerization!" Frank played the card and picked up the three cards that he had added to his hand via Ojamamajic. "I fuse the three Ojamas in my hand together to fusion summon Ojama King!" Frank added as the three Ojamas appeared on the field briefly before being sucked into a portal, from the portal emerged what could be best described as a giant, grey Ojama complete with a red thong, tiny eyes and a small golden crown (6/0/3000).
"What the fuck is that?!" Chelsea yelled out as she stared at the computer screen. "I run Watts and that is still the weirdest monster I've ever seen!"
"You haven't seen the contents of my second deck." Tyler answered before shaking his head. "On a more serious note that is the best Ojama monster and you'll see why!"
"Is that…..thing supposed to scare me!?" Jessica scoffed as she stared down the massive Ojama monster. "I've seen scarier kittens!"
"Do you know any kittens that can render three Monster Card Zones useless?" Frank retorted and Jessica blinked in confusion. "That's the effect of Ojama King but since you don't seem interested in summoning monsters at the moment I'll use it on Cameron!" Frank added as three of Cameron's spaces sparked with electricity. "I have one more card to play but first I activate my facedown card Ojama Trio and I use it to Special Summon three Ojama Tokens to Jessica's side of the field!"
"This is your big play? Filling up our monster card zone spaces?" Jessica asked as the three tokens appeared on her side of the field.
"No, this is! I activate my Spell Card Ojamuscle!" Frank played the card and Ojama King grew to huge proportions. "First I destroy all over Ojama monsters on the field and thanks to Ojama Trio's effect you lose nine-hundred life-points for each one destroyed!"
"Wait a minute….." Jessica trailed off as Ojama King leapt into the air and flattened the three Ojama tokens bringing Jessica's life-points down to 3200.
"And here's the best part!" Frank added as Ojama King returned to his side of the field. "Ojama King gains three hundred attack points for each monster destroyed in that matter, feel free to do the math!" Frank explained as Ojama King's attack points shot up to three thousand. "Ojama King, attack her life-points directly!" Frank ordered and the massive king leapt into the air before squashing Jessica and bringing her life-points down to a mere two hundred. "At this point Heath could attack with one of his weakest Samurais and you'd be out of the duel."
"You little punk! No-one disrespects me like that!" Jessica spat as she forced herself to her feet, Frank merely smirked as he looked at his hand.
"That ends my turn." Frank announced and Jessica angrily drew her card.
"Man, I could watch that attack all day!" Chelsea said as she laughed her ass off at the attack, Chloe on the other hand was trying not to laugh. "And too think we were worried about those two!"
"I wouldn't dismiss them just yet." Tyler said grimly as he noticed the look on Jessica's face. "Are the rumors true? Does she really have that…..thing in her deck?"
"Well, this duel is practically over!" Jessica said with a smirk and Frank grinned. "Stop grinning! We'll never surrender to lowly rejects like you!"
"Really? Didn't your boyfriend use underhanded tactics to avoid losing to Chloe Richardson when she came back from Battle City?" Heath asked and the two Obelisk Blue Student's eyes narrowed. "That seems pretty close to surrendering to me!"
"That bitch got lucky!" Cameron spat and Heath merely shook his head.
"As I was saying, I summon Tour Guide from the Underworld!" Jessica played the card and the tour guide that Brandon used in his duel against the thief appeared on the field (3/1000/600). "And I use her effect to summon one more Tour Guide from my deck!" Jessica said as she played the card and another Tour Guide appeared on the field. "And now I construct an overlay network using my two monsters!"
"A Rank Three XYZ Summon?" Frank asked as the two monsters dissolved into orbs of light. "Meh, nothing I can't handle!"
"Don't get ahead of yourself! I use the Overlay Network to XYZ Summon Number 30: Acid Golem of Destruction!" Jessica played the card and a few seconds later a huge golem made of acid appeared on the field, it had multiple eyes all over its body and was terrifying to look at (Rank: 3/3000/3000).
"What…what the fuck…..is…..that!?" Chelsea stammered as she stared at the computer screen in shock as did the other duelists in the room and those in the audience.
"A Number Monster? This could be trouble!" Tyler thought as he and the others watched the duel.
"Allow me to introduce the best monster in my deck, Acid Golem of Destruction!" Jessica said with a broad grin. "And he does have a destructive effect, I have to detach an Overlayed Monster from him during each of my end phases, if I can't I'll lose two thousand life-points, or in this case the duel, whilst it's on the field I can't Special Summon and whilst it has no XYZ Material Monsters it can't attack."
"Then why summon…..actually let me rephrase, why the hell would you run that card in the first place?!" Heath asked once the shock wore off.
"Let me worry about that! First I play Lightning Vortex to clear your side of the field!" Jessica played the card and discarded a card…..
"And I negate it with Shi En's effect!" Heath announced as Shi En raised his sword and deflected the lightning. "Forget about Shi En's effect already?"
"No, actually I was counting on you using his effect because you've freed me up to use my real plan!" Jessica said as she played a card. "I activate Onmi-Gami Combo! I detach Acid Golem's overlay units and now he can attack twice!"
"What's the point in that? You said it yourself that he can't attack without his Overlay Units!" Frank pointed out as he stared at the large monster. "And don't get me started on the fact that you've basically committed suicide."
"You're wrong on both counts because I have another Spell Card to play, Forbidden Chalice!" Jessica played the card and Frank and Heath's eyes widened as Acid Golem's attack points increased to 3400. "Acid Golem, dethrone that king and slaughter Shi En!" Jessica commanded and the golem drew back it's fist before punching straight through Ojama King bringing Frank's life-points down to 5300, it would've done the same to Shi En but Grandmaster leapt into the path of the fist destroying him.
"When Shi En would be destroyed by battle I can have another Six Samurai take the hit for him." Heath commented as his life-points dropped to 5200. "I may still take the damage but you'll still lose the duel!"
"Sorry but no, I move into my second main phase and I activate Creature Swap, I'll take Shi En and you'll take Acid Golem!" Jessica activated the trap and Heath's eyes widened as the two monsters swapped place. "So it seems that I have you two in a no-win situation."
"We'll see about that." Heath grunted as he glanced at the field. "I have to admit, it's looking pretty hopeless, my Six Samurais are all about Special Summoning and Frank's best monsters are in his Extra Deck but as long as this monstrosity is on our side of the field we can't special summon!"
"That ends my turn." Jessica announced and Heath reluctantly drew his card.
"I move Acid Golem to defense mode and set a card in defense." Heath sighed as he made his move. "And end my turn." Heath added as their life-points dropped to 3300 and 3200 respectively and Cameron drew his card.
"In that case why not speed things along?" Cameron said as he added his card to his hand. "Caucastag, Shi En, make that punk pay for insulting Jessica!" Cameron commanded and Frank braced himself as the two monsters charged towards him, their attacks came quickly, almost as quick as his life-point's declension to zero. "That ends my turn."
"Come on Heath! You can still win!" Frank tried to encourage him and Heath shook his head.
"She's completely shut down my deck with her strategy and I'll lose next turn at this rate." Heath sighed as he surrendered. "I surrender."
"Good, grovel at our feet like the rejects you are." Jessica said with a laugh as the holograms disappeared and she and Cameron left the area triumphantly, Heath and Frank left dejectedly on the other hand and there was no cheering for once.
"Here are your winners, Cameron Matthews and Jessica Stevens!" Martin announced over the PA system and the crowd remained silent.
"That XYZ Monster has got to be one of the most broken cards I've seen!" Chelsea exclaimed once the stream switched back to the countdown to the next match. "Aren't the Numbers supposed to be incredibly rare? I think I heard something about their being Number Hunters or something."
"Your right about the rarity, as for the Number Hunters all I've heard is rumors." Tyler said as he scratched his chin. "And that confirms the rumor that Jessica has one of those monsters in her deck."
"There was a rumor about that?" Lance asked and Tyler nodded. "We'll have to watch out for that thing in the next round, that's for certain."
"Well, next up is Thomas and Raja; at least we know what they run." Theresa commented with a frown. "But for now let's worry about the Orichalcos Duelists."
"You really think they'll be dumb enough to try another attack after yesterday's theft?" Chelsea asked as she looked up from her laptop.
*meanwhile*
"All right, this is an operation so simple even a brain damaged monkey could do it!" Jack said as the two cloaked Orichalcos Duelist got off the boat. "Grab as many souls as you can before you're caught and leave, do I make myself clear?"
"Very and don't worry, I won't fail like that idiot did yesterday." The figure answered as he walked towards the center of the island. "Leave it to me!"