City Streets
Eventually after a long and hard struggle, Kai had finally managed to defeat the last of the reversed Selectors that he had been facing off against for some time now, feeling a heavy sigh of relief that none of them had taken the opportunity to pursue Kamui or Chiyori, unaware of the former's current struggles with both Remember and the gash that was inflicted on his abdomen. The Kagero user kneeled down as he observed the unconscious Selector who was currently motionless from the ordeal as those who had chosen to remain after having their Reverse undone watched on nervously for a brief moment. Eventually after a few tense seconds, she opened her eyes and stared up at him, seemingly both confused and in slight pain as they clutched their head.
"Ugh... what was I doing...?" she murmured in confusion before blinking and looking at Kai.
"Do you remember anything before you were Reversed?" he asked.
The Selector, though confused shook her head in response to his question, in truth feeling that she could not recall anything before she had been Reversed. The two of them stood up as the girl walked over to the remainder of the unreversed group, murmurs of confusion going around all of them as they eventually took their leave from the area, leaving Kai on his own just outside of the front of Card Luck. He noted one of the girls mentioning the name Yuragi, having recalled meeting the girl on the first night he arrived in this world with Mako and the voice he had heard then, which he now presumed was one of their LRIGs. He didn't have time to ponder on this any further as he saw Aichi and Ruko run up to him.
"Kai-kun!" the Royal Paladin user called.
"Are you alright?!" the Selector asked.
"Yeah," he replied as he gazed up to the darkened sky, made clear by the much darker clouds that were still present amongst the top of the various buildings surrounding them "It seems you've noticed it too."
"Yuki sensed that there was Reverse nearby here, but it looks like you took care of it," Umr murmured from her card.
(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Akira)
Kai nodded in confirmation to the black LRIG's presumption, much to the hidden relief of Aichi and Ruko who looked at each other with a happier expression before turning their attention back to their friend.
"But... who could have reversed them all?" the Royal Paladin user pondered.
"Just one," Kai replied as he recalled what one of them had said earlier "The LRIG who currently possesses the body of one we know as Piruluk and one who Katsuragi intends to confront again. Remember."
Before anyone could comment any further on the subject, a buzzing noise went off in his pocket as he pulled out the phone that was inside his jacket pocket. The Kagero user stared at the screen for a moment to see that it was Hitoe who was contacting him at this very moment as he tapped an icon to accept the call, wondering what she wanted to talk about.
"What is it?" he asked.
"We've got trouble!" Hitoe's voice called out "Amika's wish has been tainted and Kamui's gone to the hospital!"
"Is she alright?!" gasped Aichi.
"We have a problem on that..." Midoriko's voice sounded out "She took off immediately after not recognizing us and we lost her."
"Her mother..."
Ruko immediately brought out Yuki's card from her pocket upon hearing the LRIG's assumption to the issue. The girl of black's gaze was hardened, having now realized the dire situation that Amika's mother was in.
"If her wish is tainted, then Kamui must be trying to save her mother himself," she spoke "Or at the very least, trying to find a sign of her recovering so he can reassure Amika."
"What should we do then?" asked Yuzuki, her voice echoing out from the speaker of Kai's phone.
"There's still the possibility of Remember reversing more Selectors in the city," he replied as he looked back to Aichi and Ruko "Head to Hitoe and look for Amika."
After the Selector nodded in agreement with his statement, he began to walk off before the Royal Paladin user raised a hand out of concern.
"Wait Kai-kun!" he called "About the Seed fragment... did you...?"
The Kagero user simply nodded in reply to his friend's question before Aichi reached into his pocket and tossed a small box to him, which he caught almost effortlessly. He opened it to find Dragonic Overlord and all of its forms as well as Burning Horn Dragon and Dragonic Burnout placed all together inside of it as he then looked back to the Royal Paladin user, silently thanking him for being able to return Overlord to him as soon as he could. He then turned around and began walking off in search of Remember, not knowing where she presently was for the time being.
"Be careful Kai!" called Ruko, to which he waved back in response to reassure her.
"Let's go and find Hitoe," said Aichi, to which the Selector nodded in agreement, hoping that they wouldn't be too late to assist Amika in her current state.
(End Music)
Link Joker Fight Field
Ethics Buster growled vocally as it stared towards the pair of Dark Zodiac and Astro-reaper, now that they had finished their current onslaught for the time being. Sharing in the Battleroid's annoyance at their current situation was Kamui, seeing that two of his SIGNI and a single card in his Ener Zone had become Omega Locked from the earlier Legion skill. He was thankful that he was able to dodge any leeway attacks that had come his way during Remember's most recent turn, if only for the sake of his injury not getting any worse than it already was. By some miracle, if he could even call it one however, he had managed to last out long enough for his opponent to tie the battle with both of them on 3 Life Cloths each with him having the greater amount of Ener available.
"It's your turn now," Remember spoke with a smile "I wonder if my earlier 'advice' on that troublesome Lock will actually help you?"
(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Nova Grappler)
Kamui simply gritted his teeth as he drew his next two cards from his deck, managing to just ignore the pain of his injury as he pulled back his right arm. He recalled earlier on the previous turn that she had felt 'generous' in telling him on how he could simply skip his Ener Charge by moving one of the Locks he currently had to his Ener Zone. He knew there had to be a reason she had no problem in exposing this to him and with the way she had previously played both him and Piruluk for fool in the past, he had to be extra careful.
"Here we go!" he declared as he reached out for the Locked card on the left SIGNI space of his table, cringing in pain from the sparks as he tapped it.
The card remained face down, but moved over to his Ener Zone as a result, confirming to him that what Remember told him thus far happened to be the very truth. Taking out one card from his LRIG deck, he decided that now was the time for him to go all out.
"Go! Burning Fire! Roaring Thunder!" he declared "The great Kamui Crossbreak Grows Strongest Beast Deity, Ethics Buster Extreme!"
In a bright neon flash, Ethics Buster underwent its familiar transformation as shinier plates of armour covered over its body and various floating bits appeared all around it as it took up an offensive stance onto the battlefield. Shortly afterwards, both Max Beat and Hatred Chaos joined it on the battlefield on the spaces which weren't occupied by Remember's Omega Locks, the former LRIG still remaining smug and rather calm considering what was unfolding before her.
"I'll definitely won't let you get away with what you did then!" Kamui called as he brought out a card from his LRIG deck "Arc Destruct!"
A brilliant white glow enveloped Ethics Buster as it received the swords that were depicted on the white ARTS' artwork, Remember sneered in response to the situation that she now found herself in.
"So that's your trump card?" she murmured as she reached into her LRIG deck "Impressive, given Ethics Buster's power. But, I'm not so easily unprepared!"
After revealing the card, two cards named Servant T3 and D2 moved from her Ener Zone to her Trash Pile as a giant hammer began to materialize within Dark Zodiac's claws. When the weapon became physical, the Cyber Golem swung the large weapon back before hurling it straight into Ethics Buster, crashing into the Battleroid and knocking it down to the 'ground' of the space. Sparks flew across it as it screeched in pain, much to Kamui's shock. He looked back to see that Remember had activated her own white ARTS, this one named Baroque Defense.
"With this, Ethics Buster cannot declare an attack during this turn!" she declared "So sorry to ruin your quick attempt to finish me!"
"Oh, come on!" he groaned.
"Did you really think I wasn't aware of Arc Destruct's properties with Ethics Buster's Break Grow skill?" Remember chuckled "I saw every single card in your deck when you battled with Kiyoi!"
"So you really were watching then!" the Nova Grappler user muttered as he looked to Ethics Buster, still weakened by the ARTS the former LRIG played "But, my other units can still attack!"
With a simple scoff from underneath Remember's breath, Hatred Chaos and Max Beat immediately took to the charge and immediately banished both a motionless Neon and Astro-reaper, who vanished in a series of black sparks as their cards were moved to her Ener Zone. Kamui could only clench his teeth as his turn came to an end and the Locks he had remained as they were.
(End Music)
End of Turn 6
Kamui vs Remember
Hand - 3 : 3
Life Cloths - 3 : 3
Current LRIGs - Strongest Beast Deity, Ethics Buster Extreme : Star-vader, Dark Zodiac (Legioned with Star-vader, Astro-reaper)
SIGNI : Beast Deity, Brainy Papio (Locked) - Beast Deity, Hatred Chaos - Beast Deity, Max Beat : EMPTY - EMPTY - Star-vader, Francium
Ener - 3 (2 Locked) : 4
The former LRIG giggled to herself, much to the Nova Grappler user's obvious discomfort as she drew her next two cards. Looking to her LRIG deck and taking a single card out from it, her smile suddenly grew even deeper than it had ever been. Holding it up into the air, the dark aura of Reverse poured out from it as she gazed directly upon Kamui, a crazed glint present amongst the eyes that were rightfully Kiyoi's.
"Kiyoi-chan, I know you're watching!" she called "Now is the time for me to bring about the surprise I saved for you and your 'final hope' over here!"
"Ngh...! It's coming!" Kamui groaned, upon realizing what exactly was about to show itself.
"Dark titan of ultimate might, overlap yourself with a lost soul and crush those who oppose you! Grow, Level 5!"
(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Fury of the Overlord)
After slapping the card down on top of Dark Zodiac, as Astro-reaper's card moved to her Ener Zone as a result of the action, a dark surge of Reverse enveloped her entire side of the field as the two Cyber Golems vanished from the battlefield and an all too familiar sized metal giant descended onto the conflict. As Ethics Buster stared on to the abyss before it, its eyes narrowing as a result, the aura dispersed to reveal the 'surprise' Remember had been saving for everyone. The black rings and colours, the familiar amour shapes and the two large cannons mounted on its arms made it clear this was the exact thing that the Nova Grappler user saw in his earlier 'fortune'. A glow faintly emitted from the green glass covering the canopy as the tall Battleroid descended onto the field, as the former LRIG announced its name once again.
"Death Star-vader, Necro Raizer!"
"My Ultimate Raizer...!" Kamui growled.
His annoyed expression clearly showed he was still angry over the fact that the Star-vaders had 'defaced' one of his favourite units and transformed it into the indomitable titan that stood in his way of defeating his opponent. Then with a snap of her fingers, Remember remained still with a sneer as to her left and the cardfighter's right, a purple aura appeared on the side of the battlefield, fading a little to show an image of Piruluk who was watching the battle from the White Room. Both she and Kamui gazed at one another for a brief moment before turning their attention back to Remember's field as both Nebula Captor and Photon appeared in her empty spaces. The Cyberoid commander pointed one of his swords towards Hatred Chaos and trapping it inside of a Lock in an instant as it struggled in vain to avoid being captured.
"Another Lock?!" Kamui gasped.
Remember kept her calm and collected sneer present on her lips as she downed of her SIGNI in one swift motion over each of her cards. Whilst Photon easily slashed through Max Beat and banished it from the field, Francium and Nebula Captor were immediately upon the weakened Ethics Buster as it leaped to avoid the Cyber Fairy's shots from her crossbow. But it was immediately downed by Francium's two blades as it fell back to the ground once again. Kamui stared on in worry as he looked back to his crushed Life Cloths as both Servant D2 and Beast Deity, Rescue Bunny landed in his Ener Zone, the latter glowing upon landing there.
"Phew!" he gasped "I recover one Life Cloth!"
"Necro Raizer..." Remember breathed "Attack."
As the corrupted Battleroid's eyes lit up, a faint red glow emitted from the canopy behind the green glass as well as a shrill screech that was familiar to Kamui as he suddenly compared it to the one he heard in his 'fortune'. Whilst Piruluk stared on in confusion, the noise having caught her attention as well, Necro Raizer raised its cannons and charged them up before firing them in two large dark red coloured beams. As Ethics Buster braced itself for the worst, Solar Falcon materialized in front of it and deployed a green circle in front of it in an attempt to deflect the attack. Though the attempt was successful, both units found themselves being forced back from the impact of the attack before it eventually dispersed.
As Kamui breathed heavily in relief that he had blocked the onslaught for now, a quiet but noticeable laugh from Remember had immediately put him back on edge as she immediately revealed a second copy of Neon from her hand before dropping it into her Trash Pile.
"Limit Break!" she declared as a dark red Vanguard circle flashed above Necro Raizer as its eyes flashed once again "Each turn, I can discard 1 card for every non-Locked SIGNI space you have and Up this LRIG!"
The Nova Grappler user gasped in shock as Necro Raizer began charging its cannons once again and aimed them towards both him and Ethics Buster as he knew with grim acknowledgement that he could not block the next attack. Before the weapons had reached their complete charge, he heard the exact same shrill noise from the cockpit as he gritted his teeth.
"That sound from before..." he muttered "It's gotta be whoever's piloting it."
Seeing Ethics Buster take up an offensive stance, the two glanced at each other as if they knew what the other was thinking and planning at the same time.
"Go, Ethics Buster!" he declared.
"What would be the point of that?" Remember murmured musingly "You can't damage my Life Cloths in the middle of my attack."
"Maybe... but we can still see who you've got flying about in that 'hollow' machine!" the Nova Grappler user called "GO NOW!"
Ethics Buster immediately took flight and charged towards Necro Raizer who suddenly held out one of its cannons in self-defence to block the 'supposed' attack coming its way now. The non-corrupted Battleroid reeled back its right fist before smashing it as hard as it could onto the exposed portion of the glass canopy, before before being swatted away by Necro Raizer's other arm. The blow was enough to damage a portion of the glass as it cracked from the top and slowly started to do so towards the bottom.
"Katsuragi, just what was your intent?!" Piruluk's voice called from the 'portal' on the battlefield.
"It's just a hunch I've got!" he replied "You've heard that noise as well, right?!"
The blue LRIG then began to ponder on what he had just addressed, now seeing that he had a reason to try and unveil the 'pilot' of Necro Raizer, to see who exactly Remember may have forced to fight inside the cockpit of the corrupted Battleroid. There was something indeed that bothered her about the shrill noise, but she still couldn't quite put her finger on why. As the two of them looked back to Necro Raizer, the noise for the charge of its cannons unexpectedly died down as one shard of glass began to break off of the canopy frame, then another and another. Seeing that his efforts were successful, Kamui watched closely as the canopy glass began to fall off, but the deathly silence beside the shattering glass was still having him on edge with Remember's sneer not helping in the slightest.
(End Music)
Eventually as the final panel cracked even more, the rest of the shattered glass fell apart, revealing a human like figure that was hung from the frame of Necro Raizer. It appeared to be female as evidenced by her body shape and cables from the frame of the Battleroid appeared to be plugged right into her arms, legs, back and the very back of her head. But what had suddenly turned both Piruluk and Kamui's expressions to utter shock and possible horror was the brown hair, the way it was stylized and the figure's 'face'.
"What the...?!" he gasped, upon seeing who or what was attached to the cockpit "A... Amika?!"
"No, that's not her!"
Upon closer inspection though, Kamui could soon see why Ethics Buster had suddenly concluded that the 'person' hanging from the cockpit of Necro Raizer was not the former Selector in question. He could soon see that despite sharing the same coloured eyes and a similar hairstyle, the body was in fact not quite 'human' to say the least. There were hints of it being so through the otherwise emotionless face and the hair present, but the rest of the 'person' before him seemed to appear more metallic, almost like the Cyberoids around Photon's Lab, particularly the commander himself. Then, upon seeing where exactly the stylized ponytail was present, Kamui soon realized that there was only person who looked like whatever it was that was before him.
"If that's not Amika..." he murmured "Then that looks like...!"
"That's right!" Remember answered in both a gleeful and sinister tone "Kiyoi-chan! Katsuragi Kamui! I give you... the new and improved, Sakaguchi Ayumi!"
The White Room
"W... What?!"
(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Nightmare ~ Reversing Wish)
Piruluk's face went pale as she stared into the window displaying the battle in disbelief, now seeing that it was viewing 'Sakaguchi' as the cybernetic body loosely hung from the inside of Necro Raizer through the cables she was fused to. Mayu kept a calm smile on her lips as she kept an eye on the blue LRIG, before turning around to see Photon return into the premises of the White Room, this time with Takuto reluctantly walking in front of the commander much to his displeasure as his wrists like Cocytus' were also bound by a single black ring. When they came up to the mastermind's throne, the Cray being suddenly noticed Cocytus, noting it as another unit that must have been captured before seeing Piruluk and how she appeared to be.
"This isn't possible..." she breathed "Sakaguchi is dead! All of us, even Katsuragi saw it with our own eyes!"
Takuto could only stare at the scene that was shown to everyone currently present in the White Room, having been unaware of the entire conspiracy between the blue LRIG and Remember in regards to the person that was seemingly dangling in the cockpit of Necro Raizer. Looking out through the window where she had been watching the battle from, he could see both Kamui and Remember along with both Ethics Buster and the corrupted Battleroid in front of it. But he knew from her reaction that this was something that his opponent had planned for her and he wanted to know exactly just what was going on.
"Ah, good timing Takuto," Mayu spoke in a gentle tone "I believe have come to witness our latest triumph regarding the capture of one of Cray's units and his... cooperation."
"Cooperation...?" he questioned before looking back to Piruluk who looked over to the group.
"Why are you saying that's Sakaguchi?!" she demanded "She's been dead for nearly an entire year since that day...!"
Takuto listened carefully to the blue LRIG's words before looking back at Cocytus and suddenly fitting the entire puzzle together, the picture forming in his head having only disturbed him even further. He would not have a chance to explain it all to her however as their 'guest' had quickly beaten him to that.
"She forced me to resurrect that girl's spirit from limbo so they could accomplish what you see now..." the Granblue necromancer growled under its breath, staring through the window displaying the abomination that was now on the battlefield "Had it not been for Photon's intervention... I could have banished this room's mistress in return. Instead, that girl's spirit is trapped inside the very body wired to that twisted piece of Star Gate technology."
Piruluk couldn't help but feel her legs shake upon hearing the words come out of the unit's skull, almost as if she was quivering with slight fear in confirmation to her worst suspicions. From what she could assume, Remember had defeated and marked a fighter in Kamui's world to enable the capture Cocytus from Cray before forcing him under Photon's gaze to revive Sakaguchi's spirit from the dead. This was all just so the Star-vaders could capture it and trap her inside of the Cyberoid body that was directly fused to the cockpit and the main systems of Necro Raizer which the Nova Grappler user now faced on the field of battle.
Shaking in disbelief and horror, she could only look back to the window displaying the battle, the view now zoomed in on the 'body' Sakaguchi's spirit was imprisoned inside of, the blank and lifeless eyes further disturbing her.
"Why are you upset?" Mayu asked in a seemingly gentle tone "I had one of Cray's underlings bring back Sakaguchi for you, at least in spirit. Didn't you want to see her again, even if she is now a machine, after Remember 'granted' your wish?"
"Do you believe desecrating the spirits of the deceased and turning them into soldiers for Photon will make them happy?!" Takuto growled.
In response, he was knocked onto the floor by Photon as the Cyberoid pointed one of its blades towards him. Piruluk stared at Photon for an instant before looking back through the window to the one on the field, a suspicion in the back of her mind now confirming itself. But she knew that was a subject being the very least of her concerns as she decided to voice her opinion to Mayu's question. As she did so, tears began to leak out of her eyelids.
"It's true... I always wished to speak to Sakaguchi again, to tell her how much she really meant to me and to apologize for my ignorance that resulted in that coma and her death," she spoke, her voice on the verge of breaking "But... I never wanted to desecrate her spirit to achieve this!"
"What a shame."
Piruluk walked back towards the front of the window, now seeing that it was Remember who had chosen to speak out at this very moment.
"After all the trouble we went through for you, this is the thanks I get?" she said be-musingly "But do not worry, once this battle concludes, I can assure you that you and Sakaguchi will get along once again just fine, right?"
"Shut your mouth!"
Link Joker Fight Field
Blinking her eyes for a moment, Piruluk looked at Kamui who had angrily clenched an open fist tightly upon hearing everything that was just spoken from both the small viewing portal of the White Room and Remember herself. A low growl from Ethics Buster showed that it too was sharing a similar opinion over everything that the two of them and the blue LRIG had now learned.
"How can you just say stuff like that when you were the one who killed Sakaguchi in the first place!" he roared "Did you even give two toots about Kiyoi's feelings when she trusted you to save her like she wanted?! Heck, do you even care about Amika or her family since you're gonna kill her mom next?!"
Piruluk was clearly not in the mood to correct Kamui on his grammar once again, assuming that he intended to say 'hoots' instead of 'toots' to a certain degree. But at the same time, she couldn't help but find a somewhat new-found respect for the Nova Grappler user in the face of the danger that was in front of him. Just like her, he clearly did not want to stand for everything Remember had done to Sakaguchi from her death to her 'resurrection' and what she planned to do after the battle to Amika's mother, simply as retribution for the former Selector's wish being rewritten.
"Honestly, the two of you can be such a pain with your words," the former LRIG yawned "But I believe we've got a battle to finish and my attack isn't over yet."
Snapping her fingers, red sparks surged across Sakaguchi's Cyberoid body, the latter letting out a shrill screech as she forced her arms forward. In turn, Necro Raizer also moved its arms forwards, aiming and charging the cannons towards both Ethics Buster and Kamui. He stared at Sakaguchi for a moment, now seeing that she was clearly in pain from the declaration of the attack just now, but the question that remained was why.
"Sakaguchi, stop this!" cried Piruluk "You're not a machine, nor are you the pilot of that corrupted Raizer!"
"It's useless," Remember replied "Hardwired to 'my' Raizer, Sakaguchi only answers to me. In fact, I believe the correct way to describe this situation is that she isn't really the pilot... she is Necro Raizer!"
"You think you can take me and Ethics Buster out with a defaced Raizer and a dead girl's spirit?!" Kamui called as he looked to his hand for a brief instance "Do your worst Remember!"
"As you wish!" she gleefully replied.
At that moment, the left cannon of Necro Raizer fired a larger dark red beam towards his side of the field as Ethics Buster braced itself with its arms folded out and crossed together in front of its face. The Battleroid was knocked back by the impact of the attack as it exploded on contact before its opponent then fired a second beam from the right cannon this time. This time, it struck the ground right in front of Kamui's table as the following explosion was even larger than the last, engulfing both the cardfighter and Ethics Buster in the blast as they cried out loudly in immense pain, the former's injury now worsened even more as they were both sent flying into the air.
When the smoke cleared, both were flat on the ground as the Battleroid was only just able to attempt to stand back on its two feet, bits of armour having broken off from both blasts of Necro Raizer's second attack. Kamui however was in much worse shape as he had to crawl to his table under worsened pain of his injury, too tired to notice that small trickles of blood were starting to drip from the open wound he had received earlier. Heaving himself up onto his table, he could see the next crushed Life Cloth was Weapons Dealer, Govannon, glowing to indicate its Life Burst going into effect. Wordlessly, he weakly reached out for the top card of his deck and drew it before adding it to his hand, barely able to ignore the pain.
(End Music)
Whilst Remember remained smugly silent as the turn came to an end, unbeknownst to everyone present on the battlefield or those watching from the White Room, from the Cyberoid body that had served as a prison for her disturbed spirit, a single tear trickled down Sakaguchi's cheek from her otherwise emotionless left eye.
End of Turn 7
Kamui vs Remember
Hand - 3 : 3
Life Cloths - 1 : 3
Current LRIGs - Strongest Beast Deity, Ethics Buster Extreme : Death Star-vader, Necro Raizer
SIGNI : Beast Deity, Brainy Papio (Locked) - Beast Deity, Hatred Chaos (Locked) - EMPTY : Companion Star Star-vader, Photon - Star-vader Nebula Captor - Star-vader, Francium
Ener - 7 (2 Locked) : 1
Panting from just being barely able to stand back on his own two feet, Kamui looked over towards Ethics Buster, relieved to see that it was still just about able to fight on. Right as he was about to begin his turn however, his vision started to blur as he stumbled backwards a little ways, clutching onto his blood soaked injury. Taking his right hand off and shaking all the blood off of it, he began to reach out for his deck before his vision suddenly became hazy again as he found he couldn't keep his eyes open for any longer.
"Damn it..." he groaned weakly "Not... now...!"
And with that, he lost complete consciousness as he fell backwards flat onto the ground behind the table, laying motionless without a single sound coming out of his mouth.
The White Room
(Selector Spread Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Limit)
Takuto stared out through the view of the window in shock and horror, now seeing that Kamui had fallen and succumbed to his injury, now visible to all who were watching the battle. Whilst Mayu, Photon or Cocytus' expressions had not changed in the slightest, Piruluk on the other hand could feel panic rising through her after witnessing what had just happened and having discovered about this from just a few minutes earlier, guilt from her earlier actions in the previous battles had only increased as she couldn't help but open her mouth at this point.
"Katsuragi!" she cried.
Running towards the very edge of the window, Mayu immediately saw what the blue LRIG was attempting to do before a purple aura enveloped her right hand. Holding it out towards said window, she closed that hand as solid gates materialized in front of it, preventing Piruluk from running through it or whatever it was she tried to attempt. Immediately, she grabbed ahold of the gates and tried desperately with all of her might to pry them open with what little strength she had to offer. When she saw her efforts were in vain, she knew that the 'viewing' portal on the battlefield still allowed everyone present there to hear her.
"Get up Katsuragi!" she called "You're the only one who can save Sakaguchi and Amika's mother now!"
But no matter how much she called to him, Kamui still remained motionless, having blacked out from the extensive pain to his injury. All sense of sound drowned out as Piruluk fell to her knees in defeat, the last thing she registered hearing at this moment being Ethics Buster desperately calling for the Nova Grappler user to wake up so they could continue the battle. Takuto, who was no longer pinned by Photon's blades heaved himself back onto his feet and walked over to the blue LRIG. Before he could speak with her, Remember's voice echoed out from the battlefield, directed towards her.
"I can already tell what you want to say next," she spoke before suddenly changing her tone of voice to mimic that of Piruluk's own"'Please Mayu! Let me take his place and finish this battle to the end!' I'm afraid that even if I allowed you to go there, intruding on Kamui's side would disqualify him from the battle immediately and then, I believe you know what would happen next."
"Remember...!" the blue LRIG growled.
"Katsuragi Kamui has 5 minutes to get back up or he will be disqualified!" Mayu declared.
Takuto clenched his teeth upon seeing that the situation for both Kamui and Piruluk had gotten far more dire than it already it was and right now, it was seemingly hopeless out there. The Nova Grappler user was unconscious on the floor, time was ticking away until he would be disqualified by Mayu's decree and if what Remember said was true, there was no way Piruluk would be permitted to enter the battlefield without disqualifying him immediately. And even if she was, the gates were blocking her only way into the battlefield, if his previous attempt to escape with Tawil and Umr had taught him. He knew the mastermind herself was somewhat of an enigma, using the allure of granting wishes and employing LRIGs, sometimes against their will, to deceive those outside into playing the game the way she desired. She had set up these rules, rules that she would never allow to be broken unless she otherwise permitted it for her own goals.
Just then, an idea had suddenly formed in the back of the Cray being's mind and he knew that with time running out, this was the only chance he had to put it into effect, even if he had to rely on some blind cooperation.
Selector Battlefield
Meanwhile in a different battlefield that had been opened up at the hospital entrance earlier, both Noriko and Ayumu were still in the midst of their current battle at the end of the eighth turn. Kaen was already at her strongest form with her large black wings and the gauntlets she bore as well as a SIGNI lineup of Scarlet Marauder, Scarlet Daemon Queen and Scarlet Lancer on the 'Queen's' field with two cards in her Ener Zone. On the other side however, Ruko's brother had no SIGNI, two Life Cloths and the clone LRIG he wielded this time around had taken on the form of a bulky creature covered in red armour with purple and gold coloured spikes. Held in its right arm was an object shaped like a ball belonging to a certain Earthworldy sport, only it too was littered in a variety of spikes and was also made of hard steel to account for its durability.
"Well, I can certainly see why mother calls you a 'traitor' or a fallen Queen," he spoke "But to think you had a hand in Ruko being scary six years ago...!"
"I didn't think you would be that weak."
Ayumu suddenly blinked for a moment as he stared at Noriko who had chosen to otherwise rudely interrupt what he had to say to her at this point, from his perspective of what happened six years ago.
"I knew on that day you were reluctant to question your loyalty to Miyako, but I didn't think you would be that cosy with her," she spoke "Then again, you were always outside of the criteria of the Selector Battles until Kai Toshiki first came to this world."
"You... you dare to question my loyalty to mother?!" he growled.
"Yes," Kaen interrupted "That is all."
Gritting his teeth, Ayumu pulled the next two cards from the top of his deck to start his turn before taking two of the cards from his Ener Zone and placing them in his Trash Pile. Sparks began flying off of him once again as the unit's form disappeared to reveal the clone LRIG who also had red sparks flying off of him. Only this time, he did not seem to be in as much pain as he was when he previously battled Ruko and Tama.
It's funny. You actually get used to it after a while he mused within his thoughts as he took out his next card Watch me mother! With my skill, I'll wring in your secondary problem from that time as well!
(End Music)
"An indomitable force with the ability to demolish all in its path! Allow me to harness your form and bring justice to my opponents! Break Grow!"
(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Spike Brothers)
Throwing down the card on top of the one on the LRIG space named Bad End Dragger, the clone LRIG glowed a bright red before the giant form of his next copied unit appeared in its place. Like Bad End, this new unit appeared to be an ogre of some kind as evidenced by its bulky mass and horns as well as the dozens of teeth from its jaw that was visible. It had two large shoulder armour plates littered with large spikes and had an ammo belt wrapped around itself across from the left shoulder. Much like Bad End Dragger also, this copied unit also wielded a ball like projectile that was also littered with multiple spikes, making it a dangerous weapon to use on the battlefield. The unit's name was finally announced by Ayumu when the transformation was stabilized.
"Bloody Ogle!"
"So this is his copied trump card..." Kaen murmured.
As Noriko gazed at the copied Bloody Ogle, seeing only a hollow form covering over the clone LRIG from her perspective, Ayumu held out his hand wide to declare his next action.
"Seek mate!" he called.
As a bright glow shone over his side of the battlefield, four cards hovered up from his Trash Pile and set themselves on top of the deck before a file of light scanned through it and pulled out the card he wanted to his free hand. Sparks flew over him once again as well as he held it high into the air.
"Smash all in your path and bring us to victory! Come to me, Frozen Ogle! Legion!"
After throwing the card onto the table beside Bloody Ogle's card, the Legion symbol flashed to all before the copied Frozen Ogle appeared beside its 'leader', both letting out a fierce roar coupled with a mechanical shriek from the clone LRIG itself. Neither Noriko nor Kaen were fazed by the opposition that faced them now, even after three more units materialized onto the table. In the center space appeared another Frozen Ogle and to both sides of it appeared two more units, each of them appearing just as bulked up with similar armour and a helmet stylized with a skull like design that had had a long spike pointing out the 'forehead'.
"Attack!" Ayumu declared as Frozen Ogle charged into a dash towards Scarlet Daemon Queen "With Bad End's Break Grow skill, add 10000 power! Then with the Legion Skill, add another 5000!"
Frozen Ogle: 5000 - 15000 - 20000
With a mighty roar, the ogre covered itself in a dark purple aura before ramming itself straight into the red Devil SIGNI, sending her flying into the air and seemingly on the verge of being banished. At first, it seemed like Ayumu's attack had been successful, but then a bright red glow enveloped the field as a new unfamiliar winged SIGNI caught Daemon Queen and helped her back down to the ground, the Devil SIGNI seemingly recovering her strength before her 'savior' suddenly vanished.
Scarlet Daemon Queen: 12000 - 22000
"What the...?!" exclaimed Ayumu.
"I discard Scarlet Carbuncle from my hand," Noriko spoke, the card now visible to him "Until the End Phase, Scarlet Daemon Queen cannot leave the field by effects and it gains 10000 power."
"No matter," he huffed "Frozen Ogle, return to my deck!"
The blue coloured ogre then vanished in a flash of purple light as its card moved straight to the bottom of Ayumu's deck.
"Juggernaut Maximums, charge!"
Both of the Giant units then let out bellowing roars of their own before dashing over towards Scarlet Marauder and Scarlet Lancer, knocking them back with a swing of the chains that hung from their 'wristbands' before ramming themselves into the two Devil SIGNI. After both were banished from the field, the two Juggernaut Maximums also vanished in purple glows as their cards also moved to the bottom of Ayumu's deck.
"This will end it! Bloody Ogle attacks!" he called "With its skill, Superior Call Frozen Ogle from the deck!"
With a bellowing roar, the copied Bloody Ogle charged towards Kaen with Frozen Ogle following closely behind it as they left the table, just as a second Frozen Ogle appeared on the leftmost space there.
"Summoning a SIGNI from the deck this way..." Noriko murmured quietly to herself "Frozen Ogle serves more than just a Legion-Mate..."
Taking one card from her hand and throwing onto the center of the table, she remained silent as both members of the Legion pair leaped up high into the air and hurled each of their respective ball like projectiles at Kaen who folded her wings in front of her in a defensive stance. The projectiles made contact and detonated, causing a large explosion on the table and bringing up quite a bit of smoke as Ayumu watched on.
"Good," he said "Next, I will..."
His confident smile suddenly faded when the smoke cleared much quicker than he anticipated, revealing the presence of Rampart Dragon who stood in front of Kaen to protect her from the damage of the blast, a green circle generated in front of the Kagero unit having deflected most of the backlash. After a few short moments, the dragon vanished from the battlefield, much to the annoyance of Ruko's brother.
"Persistent, aren't you?" he muttered "No matter, my next three attacks will finish this battle right now, then the two of us can pay mother a little visit."
"Three attacks..." Kaen spoke from behind her wings "I see now!"
Noriko nodded in agreement, though kept her gaze down on the table, seemingly not even feeling bothered to address the situation that she and her LRIG were now in. Roaring loudly, Frozen Ogle charged in a mad rush towards Kaen who remained motionless as it rammed itself into her wings. Though her face was concealed from everyone on the battlefield, she quietly growled to stave off the pain of the armoured spikes from the ogre.
"Frozen Ogle's skill!" Ayumu declared "When it finishes an attack, I pay the cost and move it to my Ener Zone to summon any SIGNI I want from my deck!"
And as if on cue, the second Frozen Ogle that attacked turned into purple light as the card moved to his Ener Zone, just as yet another Frozen Ogle emerged onto the field as the card slid out from the deck into the exact same SIGNI space. Ayumu kept a grin on his face as wordlessly, he pointed towards Kaen as the Ogre unit rammed itself into her again, crushing yet another Life Cloth as the 'switch-out' happened once again. One Frozen Ogle vanishing only to be replaced by another, this time being the fourth and final one. And just like before, this one threw itself right into Kaen's wings, this time knocking her back just a little before disappearing.
"Now who should I pick?" Ayumu murmured as he began considering his options on what to summon with the fourth Frozen Ogle's skill. It didn't take long for an idea to form in his head "Ah, you'll do just fine. I Superior Call Lilith, Recurring Nightmare!"
And with that, the Level 4 Black Devil SIGNI materialized into the space that was formerly occupied by the three Frozen Ogles that had now finished all of their consecutive attacks.
"This will end it!" he declared "Lilith!"
Lilith giggled sinisterly as she received power bonuses from both Bad End Dragger and Bloody Ogle before taking flight on her wings across the battlefield towards Kaen who had remained in a defensive stance, despite choosing to unfurl her wings now. As the axe was brought down on the LRIG, it was immediately greeted and deflected by a bright flash, much to Ayumu's shock as Dragon Knight, Gimel along with several Scarlet SIGNI and Gattling Claw Dragon appeared to repel the attack successfully. Lilith pouted before returning to the bottom of the deck, now that her attack had finished.
(End Music)
"No matter," he huffed "I still have everything I need to last through you turn and finish you off on the next. I'll switch out to a different Legion and reset 3 of my Frozen Ogles whilst using Salvage to recover the fourth. You never had a chance against my mother's will, fallen Queen."
At this moment however, Noriko had finally chosen to raise her head back into sight and her gaze was not just showing she was unhappy, but that she was also seemingly ticked off.
"Kominato Ayumu... Is this all you were capable of?!" she bellowed.
For the first time in the battle, Ayumu couldn't find any words to respond to her question, almost as if he was somehow frozen not just by her fierce gaze or words, but the tone in that she addressed him by.
"S... So what?!" he snapped "The battle has already been decided. You know I have a Quintet Wall from Mecha Trainer's skill earlier! In the name of my mother...!"
"I see," she interrupted.
"What...?"
"It seems in the end, you were just a waste of time in my search for answers," she growled before drawing her last two cards and having Daemon Queen vanish into her Ener Zone. "Kaen, Level Down!"
(Selector Destructed Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Negative Chain (breakdown mix))
A column of flames enveloped Kaen as her wings shrunk in size and some of her armour vanished, revealing that she had gone back down to Level 3 for whatever Noriko had in mind.
"W... What was the point in that?!" Ayumu gasped in disbelief.
"For this," Noriko answered as she revealed yet another card from her LRIG deck "Phosphorescent Samsara!"
The older brother of Ruko stared in confusion at the card, wondering why it was that his opponent, the 'fallen' or 'traitor' Queen that Miyako had referred to her as, had decided to play this card after downgrading her own LRIG to yet another copy of her Level 3 form. Then after analysing the cards that were played throughout this entire match, he suddenly found his answer.
"Shit!" he gasped as Noriko's lineup was immediately filled to the brim by 2 Scarlet Marauders and a single Berserk Dragon, all of whom snarled under their breaths as they gazed upon the opponent who was on the verge of panic.
"Ayumu, you said you would easily end the battle on the next turn," Noriko spoke harshly "Well this is reality!"
With a loud roar from Berserk Dragon, it launched two fireballs straight at the copied Legion Pair with both Scarlet Marauders dashing across the field towards their intended target.
"Q... Quintet Wall...!" Ayumu called as he revealed a card named Baron Amadeus, summoning the unit who deflected the attack of Berserk Dragon along with two Juggernaut Maximums, Highspeed Brakki, Sky Diver and Reckless Express.
That didn't stop the two Scarlet Marauders in their assault however as they simply dashed past the commotion on their respective left and right before catching the defenceless Frozen Ogle and slashing past it, the impacts briefly revealing the true form of the clone LRIG for just a brief moment. Ayumu flipped over his next two Life Cloths in worry, knowing from searching his deck with Frozen Ogle and Mecha Trainer that he had burned through all of his Life Bursts and Kaen was now next to attack, powered up by the ARTS Noriko had played. Speaking of whom, with a loud growl, the red LRIG was already taking flight through the air with her right gauntlet already ablaze and a fierce look in her eyes as if the irises themselves had somehow narrowed in intensity.
"Kneel before the Queen's avatar!" Noriko declared "For my ARTS, I declare Levels 1 and 3, Exceed for Triple Crush and the ability to Stand! Scorching Crimson Knuckle!"
Kaen dived down towards the now defenceless Bloody Ogle, immediately opening up her flame covered right hand before slamming it right into the abdomen of the clone LRIG, disabling its function that camouflaged itself as the Spike Brothers' ogre. As it let out a mechanical shriek in pain, red sparks flew all over it and Ayumu who also cried out in pain.
"GAH!" he groaned "This is...!"
Before he had time to process his thoughts, the back of his head suddenly started throbbing in immense pain as he screamed out aloud, images flashing right before his eyes. Though it was for only a brief instance, the details for one of them were all there for him to register in the very back of his mind and for some reason, these images felt almost... familiar. The only one he could fully make out was how it depicted both a younger Ruko with glowing eyes and a pained expression whilst a younger Noriko had landed a hard punch on the gemstone embedded on the metal hand of Miyako, whose head for some reason was almost blurred out in the vision. Back in reality, Kaen glanced at Ayumu as she eventually ceased her attack to end the battle, taking note of not just his pained, but utterly confused expression as well.
Immediately, she flew back on her wings over to Noriko's table, who had been watching the entire spectacle for herself. When the LRIG arrived back, she glanced back up at her Selector.
"Just as we suspected," she spoke "That clone LRIG of Miyako's is messing with that boy's mind!"
"Indeed, that seems to be the case," Noriko replied "But considering the role 'she' has in the Selector Battles, the question that remains is why?"
Before anyone could ponder on the subject, the entire battlefield went pitch black.
(End Music)
The White Room
Back in the White Room, Takuto had now finally decided to put his last ditch plan into effect, silently praying that whatever it was he intended to carry out now, especially with time running out for both Kamui and Piruluk, would hopefully succeed. He immediately brought everyone's attention over to him as he made a loud cough to start it off.
"What do you have to say Tatsunagi?" Mayu pondered.
"I must admit, it is a bit of a shame to be honest," he began in somewhat of a musing tone, much to the confusion of everyone present "Remember is fighting a battle she cannot even win and she is decided as the victor because of a handicap Kamui was forced to endure?"
"And what are you insinuating?" the mastermind questioned curiously.
"You heard me," he said with a smile "Allowing things to go as they are would only prove one thing. She can't win against him, that this method would be the way out for a coward unless you have anything to object to that."
As Mayu raised an eyebrow in confusion, Photon simply kept a sharp gaze upon the Cray being, suspecting that there was something more to his words at this very moment. Even Piruluk couldn't help but ponder about what it was that Takuto was talking about, saying that Kamui was already stronger than Remember from the start given the circumstances. Whilst everyone else was busy pondering in their confusion, Takuto quickly turned to the LRIG and winked to her, praying that she would hopefully understand the meaning behind what he was saying soon enough. Piruluk blinked for an instance as she continued to wonder, before suddenly realizing that he too had witnessed everything that unfolded from Remember's last turn alongside her as well as her desperation to head onto the battlefield to aid Kamui.
"Interesting..." Remember's voice echoed from the field "Are you saying that I'm only going to win because of his injury now and not by my fortune?"
"Yes," he replied "I've heard whispers about how sketchy some of these... fortunes could be. If you win against Kamui this way, then that means you were wrong about your abilities and your entire fortune telling for your battles was a sham. Am I wrong?"
"T... Then what's the point?!" she growled, clearly showing she was unnerved of her 'fortunes' being called into question.
"What I'm saying is, if you want to prove that point," the Cray being concluded "Then allow someone to finish the battle in Kamui's place."
"And who would that someone be?" asked Mayu, clearly intrigued by what he was saying.
Takuto, loosening his smile a little, turned over towards Piruluk whilst raising his bound hands the best he could before pointing his fingers at her.
"I suggest we allow..." he began "Kiyoi, was it?"
"Y... Yes," she replied, a little surprised from the sudden motion.
Then, everything started to click into place for the blue LRIG as she then turned to face Mayu on her throne. The mastermind fiddled with her fingers on the right armrest of her throne in ponder, wondering why it was that Takuto was making this offer.
"Mayu, I request that I finish Katsuragi's battle through to the end!" she called "I have something of my own that I want to settle with Remember! If she wins, the Beast Deity units he commands are yours to keep and I shall resign my fate to her next crime!"
"Very well then Kiyoi," Mayu replied "I shall make an slight exception, but only this once. I'll give you three turns to end this battle, starting from what was Kamui's Draw Phase. Fail to do so and you and he will lose immediately."
Moving her right hand to the sealed window, she opened up the gates and caused a suction of wind to emerge from it. It pulled the blue LRIG into the window itself as she disappeared in a flash before the display showed her reappearing on the battlefield, just a few inches away from Kamui. Takuto then looked to Cocytus who nodded discreetly, knowing what exactly it was that the Cray being had planned for them. He then looked through the re-sealed window to watch how the final three turns of the battle would play out, hoping that his efforts for this 'exception' would not go to waste for neither Kamui or Piruluk.
Link Joker Fight Field
(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Triumphant Limit Break)
Piruluk, now standing firmly on the battlefield ran over to Kamui as Ethics Buster struggled back onto its feet and looked over to her, the jets on its back that allowed the Battleroid to make a large jump or hover for a few moments having been damaged by Necro Raizer's previous attack. Looking to the long 'sleeve' of her garb, she immediately tore a large piece off of it and began wrapping it around the wound and his upper body just beneath his chest like a bandage, hoping it would be enough to stop any further bleeding. Much to her further relief, it appeared that he was still breathing, albeit slowly as he still couldn't regain consciousness in his current state.
"To think I hated you for the way you behaved..." she muttered "I despised you for your immaturity and yet... you went out of your way to try and help Amika, even standing up to Remember when I warned you not to."
She then looked over to the cards beside him that made up his current hand, presumably dropped when he lost consciousness and fell backwards to the ground and took ahold of them as her own.
"You've done everything that I asked of you as best you can," she murmured "I may not know why this Takuto convinced Mayu to give me this one chance... but right now, that doesn't matter. I'll finish everything now."
Walking back to the table that had been left unoccupied, Piruluk could see that Remember's expression had reverted back to her calm smile, now that she had regained her composure after Takuto had brought her very own fortunes into question. Ethics Buster turned around to face the blue LRIG as she gazed up at the head of the tall Battleroid.
"Ethics Buster," she spoke "I understand we haven't been on the best of terms and that you won't forgive me for previously harming Katsuragi. But right now, I need your strength to free Sakaguchi's spirit from Remember!"
"You got it!" the unit replied as it turned around to face Necro Raizer.
The corrupted Battleroid's eyes flashed to signal its impatience to battle whilst Remember sneered for a brief instance, through the lips of the body that once belonged to the blue LRIG.
"It's just you and me, like old times," she spoke.
"Indeed," Piruluk replied "But right now, we're finally face to face, just as I initially wanted when I thought of nothing but revenge."
Closing her eyes for a brief moment, she thought back to all of the times she spent around Sakaguchi for the amount of time when she was still alive, Amika who she initially viewed as another pawn only for her to become her first friend in nearly a single year and Kamui for all the times they had butted heads with one another over their views on their respective situations and how they came to understand one another after she had shown him the memory of 'that day' and after she had been un-reversed. Opening her eyes once more, she gazed up at the Cyberoid body that housed Sakaguchi's spirit, silently vowing that this time, she would do everything in her power to save her and allow her to rest in peace once more where she could no longer be disturbed again.
"Here I come, Remember!" she declared as she drew her next two cards, knowing that the battle would now be decided on her choices from now.
(End Music)
And there we go! Kamui fights on valiantly, but when he attacks Necro Raizer, he discovers that Sakaguchi's spirit is powering the corrupted unit. He and Piruluk then learn from Mayu that Remember had previously captured Cocytus after defeating Gouki and forced the Necromancer to resurrect Sakaguchi's spirit and trap her inside the body that is fused with the Battleroid. To make matters worse, Kamui blacks out from his worsened injury and things look hopeless until Takuto convinces Mayu to allow Piruluk to take his place in order to prove Remember's fortunes were not as fake as he believes so. Meanwhile, Noriko and Kaen mark a brutal end to their battle with Ayumu, whilst also discovering that all is not as it seems with his memories.
What will happen next? Can Piruluk finish what Kamui started to save not just the Raizers, their crew and Amika's mother, but also the spirit of Sakaguchi from the prison she had been bound to? What mysteries lie in the memory that Ayumu has suddenly received from the end of his battle? Can Aichi and the others track down Amika before anything bad could happen to her from her tainted wish? Find out on the final part of the Peeping Analyze sub-arc as we conclude it next time on a double-length chapter. Please share your thoughts and criticisms in the reviews, feel free to follow or favourite to those who haven't had the chance yet and I'll see you next time as the Peeping Analyze sub-arc draws to its conclusion. Until then!
Cards of the Chapter:
Strongest Beast Deity, Ethics Buster Extreme
Level 4
Colour: Silver
Grow Cost: 3 Silver
Limit: 11
LRIG Type: Nova Grappler
[Use Timing - Attack Phase] Limit Break (This ability is active when you have 3 or fewer Life Cloths): When this LRIG attacks, reveal the top two cards of your deck, one card at a time. For each card you reveal with "Beast Deity" in its card name that doesn't have a Life Burst, you may add it to your hand, pay 1 Colourless, then choose 1 of your Silver SIGNI and up it. Any other card(s) revealed through this effect are sent to the bottom of the deck. Then at the end of the battle, if you upped a SIGNI through this effect, you may conduct your SIGNI attack step again.
[Constant]: If you have a card named "Beast Deity, Ethics Buster" beneath this LRIG, all of your Silver SIGNI gain +2000 power.
[Constant]: Lord
Scarlet Carbuncle (Story Original Card)
Level 1
Colour: Red
Class: Devil
Limiting Condition: Kaen LRIGs only
Power: 2000
[Use Timing - Attack Phase] Pay 1 Red SIGNI and discard this card: When your SIGNI with "Scarlet" in its card name attacks or is attacked, you may pay the cost. If you do, that SIGNI gains 10000 power and cannot leave the field by card effects until the End Phase.
Bloody Ogle
Level 3
Color: Black
Grow Cost: 2 Black
Limit: 8
LRIG Type: Spike Brothers
Effect:
[Legion] "Frozen Ogle" (If your opponent's LRIG is Level 3 or greater, this LRIG may return four LRIG and/or SIGNI cards from your Trash and/or LRIG Trash into your main deck and/or LRIG deck once, search your deck and/or LRIG deck for the specified card and Legion. Then shuffle your main deck. Whilst in Legion, this LRIG's Level becomes 4 and its Limit becomes 11.)
[Constant] During the turn this LRIG performs Legion, when your Black SIGNI attacks, that SIGNI gains 5000 power and is placed on the bottom of your deck at the end of the battle.
[Use Timing - Attack Phase] Pay 2 Black and choose a card from your hand and place it in your Ener Zone: When this LRIG attacks, you may pay the cost. If you do, search your deck for up to one SIGNI and summon it. Then at the end of the battle, conduct your SIGNI attack step again.
