Photon's Lab
Meanwhile in the laboratory that belonged to one of the commanders of the Star-vaders, Mayu was observing the battle closely from a large monitor at the far end of the large room. Despite her faith in her friend's loyalty to her and everything she had done for her since that day, she knew that her General's true views of the outside world and its denizens were ones that she had to keep to herself, less she would possibly lose what other assistance and trust she had from her other associates. As such, whenever she would observe the battles that Miyako would participate in, she always requested that she would observe them alone with the Star-vaders without any exception.
As the view of the monitor switched to display the face of Kai who stared off with both her closest friend and the Clown who was fighting beside her, the mastermind's gaze had turned into a glare as memories of the moment where she had lost to both him and Aichi after possessing Ruko's body in the previous battle immediately surfaced once more. Then, as if that wasn't enough, there was something he had said to Miyako in the battle that had otherwise annoyed her.
"He dares to compare my only friend... to him?!" she growled as she slammed down a closed hand on top of the console in front of her "No one in that world... even reached out to me...!" No one but the Void...
As Mayu clenched her teeth, her temper immediately cooled off the moment she heard a clanking in the footsteps that came over towards her. She turned around to see that Photon was entering the premises of his laboratory.
"What news have you to bring?" she asked.
"Renovations of separate blocks in the Pit for the captured units along with both the waiting and 'rebellious' LRIGs are under way," he spoke "Remember right now is conducting the transfer of the Silver Thorn beasts. Futase is assisting her after a... difficulty as you would call it."
"Excellent news," she replied, feeling a little happier with having some form of good news after the events of today "And what of Tawil?"
"My forces are working on her as we speak," the commander answered "But we expect to have her ready in a matter of days."
Mayu simply nodded once in acknowledgement to let Photon know that she was pleased with the news she had just received from him. With nothing further to discuss with the mastermind of the Selector Battles, he continued on his way across the gantry surrounding the edge of his lab, passing by one of the open doorways leading out of the lab. When he had passed by, a sneering Ulith crept from out of the darkness and gazed up at Mayu, having heard over every single word of the conversation he just had and what Miyako had revealed in regards to her reasons for fighting for the mastermind herself.
"That woman wants to wipe out humanity to avenge her 'dead' mistress... Laughable," she snickered "Well, it doesn't matter. I can hardly care for whatever happens to them anyway, as long as I can have my fair share of 'entertainment'. Besides... wiping 'her' out wouldn't be too bad now, wouldn't it."
And with that, she disappeared into the shadows once more, preparing to plot out her next schemes for anyone who was unfortunate enough to be on her list of potential victims... including a certain fighter she had grown rather fond of.
Steel Wall Prison
(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Link Joker Theme)
Back within the cold confines of the hardened Steel Wall Prison, Chaos Breaker and Dragonic Overlord stared off with one another, as did Kai and Miyako after the latter had summoned two Nebula Captors to the field from the cards she previously drew from removing his Locked SIGNI. The Kagero user knew that there was much to expect from what the General of Mayu's associates to the world outside of her White Room had shown him throughout the battle. She had been far more methodical in her executions of her strategies, only attacking with SIGNI that could deal him damage directly to his units acting as LRIGs in order to limit the amount of Ener he could make use of during his turn as well as the power of Lock being an extra hindrance.
He knew that even though Chaos Breaker could not conduct a Lock on this turn from the effect of the ARTS named Chaos Refresh, there had to be a reason why she would willingly fill his Ener Zone with more cards that would be unlocked by his turn's End Phase. He had a feeling from the Clown's unnerving smile however that he wouldn't find out until the following turn, if he could make it past this one first.
"I still can't believe it..." Aichi breathed as Ruko looked over to him "Even though Kai took Link Joker's power as his own then... Miyako knew everything and planned to use him for her own agenda."
"I don't know what to think..." the Selector replied, shuddering a little "That this is what mother was doing the whole time... and I didn't know anything about it..."
"Don't blame yourself Ruko," Yuki replied resolutely "All of us may understand why is she doing this... but even I can agree that doesn't justify her actions in the slightest. To think this was the same General all of the original LRIGs, Tama and myself included worked under without even knowing..."
Tama who had now heard what the girl of black just mention couldn't help but ponder, wondering if this was yet another memory she had been missing from her head after using up all of her power to restrain the dark curse that first transformed LRIG into Berserk Draconis. Aside from what she could only recall of the event, she remembered feeling great doubt before she decided to confront Chaos Breaker herself to voice her disagreements of the Selector System and she could only ponder if Miyako's extreme views of wanting to help Mayu 'punish' humanity or something similar to that was what drove the girl of white herself to do so.
"Tama feels the same like before..." she mumbled depressingly, bringing everyone else's attention away from the battle in front of them to her "Tama doesn't want to help hurt anyone again..."
"That's not true," Midoriko replied putting a hand on the LRIG's shoulder "Sure you were a bit crazy for Selector Battles at first... but you found your true feelings about everything around you and how you saw Ruko."
"Really?" Tama replied.
"Yeah," Hitoe replied "Even when Ruko ran away then... you helped Kai to understand the Selector Battles and brought her back when she was in danger."
"Besides, it wouldn't be all of us together without you, right?" Yuzuki interjected in as bright of a mood as she could be, mustering up a smile to try and cheer her friend up.
Ayumu could only stare at the group in wonder now, seeing that his original intention of helping Ruko to try and fit in with a crowd of people to call friends with the deck that he first gave her had not been in vain as he originally believed after Miyako had twisted the truth to turn him to her side. Now seeing why they had so much faith in both Aichi beside him and Kai who was now facing his mother head on, he decided that he had enough with being depressed over the truth and felt now was the time to take a stand for everyone's sakes.
"Go Kai!" he called, briefly bringing the Kagero user's attention to him "Don't you dare lose your units to our two-faced mother!"
Nodding once to acknowledge the words of encouragement from Ruko's older brother, Kai turned back around to face Miyako once more, noting her distasteful glance was still as sharp as ever.
"Nebula Captor and Osmium attack Dragonic Overlord!" she declared.
The Cyber Fairy took flight on her small wings and aimed its crossbow down towards Dragonic Overlord whilst Osmium hauled the large cannon it wielded over his shoulder. The red dragon snarled under its breath as it held out the blade of its sword in front of its face to block the small bursts that were shot from Nebula Captor's crossbow before gazing ahead to see that the charge of the cannon was complete. A large dark purple beam erupted from the cannon and struck Overlord head on, causing it to screech in pain before a large explosion engulfed Kai's entire side of the field as he shielded his face from the impact of the blast. When the shockwave subsided, his next two Life Cloths revealed Servant D2 and Dragon Monk, Genjo, the latter of which glowed brightly.
"Got a Life Burst!" he called "Recover one Life Cloth!"
"With Osmium's skill, Omega Lock the Servant D2 in your Ener Zone," Miyako continued in a cold tone before holding out her metallic hand out wide "Chaos Breaker Dragon, bring another misfortune!"
The Clown then reeled back its scythe once more before taking flight and charging straight towards Dragonic Overlord who growled and took flight to intercept the attack at once. Both dragons clashed with their weapons once more, only this time with Chaos Breaker having a slight edge in overpowering its opponent as it sneered deeply, sensing much annoyance and agony from its victim. As it knocked back Overlord and was about to slash down the front with its scythe, Dragon Knight Gimel then immediately appeared alongside two Genjos, Lintwurm, Artpique and Goddra who manifested to the defence.
"Now that's no fun my pupil..." Chaos Breaker muttered in a seemingly pouty tone, though Kai could easily tell that his former 'mentor' was still toying with him at this point "It seems I will have to let one of my other toys have its way with you first."
After the units and SIGNI vanished along with Gimel, the Clown simply landed back in front of Miyako's table as she gazed directly across towards the person she intended to use as her own subordinate once he had fulfilled the other Takuto's intended role.
"It would seem that Quintet Wall from my earlier presumption has gotten you somewhere," she muttered "But on the next turn... your fate will be decided by my hands!"
End of Turn 7
Kai vs Miyako
Hand - 4 : 2
Life Cloths - 2 : 2
Current LRIGs - Dragonic Overlord : Star-vader, Chaos Breaker Dragon
SIGNI : Dragon Monk, Genjo - EMPTY - EMPTY : Flash Gun Star-vader, Osmium - Star-vader, Nebula Captor - Star-vader, Nebula Captor
Ener - 13 (4 Locked) : 1
"That Heal burst just allowed Kai to remain tied," Kamui muttered "But with that much Ener, he can go all out now!"
Kiyoi remained silent in response, having not much of an opinion to offer on the matter as her attention was focused on Chaos Breaker, knowing full well that she had become more than acquainted with it when she had first become the LRIG Piruluk and in some of the conversations with Mayu whenever her Selectors all had their wishes tainted. But the last thing that even she was expecting was for Kai to have a past connection with the Cyber Dragon, let alone Reverse itself with his own actions. She this was something she would have to press him on about, having been in the dark on the subject compared to almost everyone else around her once the battle was over when he would hopefully win and escape whatever fate Miyako and Mayu had planned for him, tainted wish or not.
As Kai upped the cards of Genjo and Dragonic Overlord before drawing his next two cards, he turned his attention back to the woman in front of him, having not quite finished with what he had to say to her.
"So your aim in assisting Mayu was wiping out humanity, when Link Joker invades your world," he spoke harshly "I had my suspicions when Hatsu mentioned you briefly after Ruko's first battle with Ayumu, wondering what it was when she suspected you having an 'ideal of control'. But I believe it finally makes sense now."
(End Music)
"Go on then," she replied harshly.
"Your goal may be to bring the end of our own race, for seeing it as nothing more than evil and cruel," the Kagero user explained "And I won't deny that there are people from both of our worlds that may have done unspeakable things that even you are correct on labelling them for such. But in the midst of your hatred and drive for vengeance, you've forgotten something."
He then glanced over towards Ruko, Ayumu, Aichi, Kiyoi, Kamui and all of their LRIGs who were watching the battle from the side of the prison.
"Every person is different from one another, as they seek their own potential and their own path in life, even having their own wishes they wish to pursue, just like those who have been allured into the Selector Battles. They have their own freedom and the choice to decide their own path. By generalizing every human as being equally evil for your own selfish goals and using Ruko and Ayumu the way that you have, you've become nothing more than a hypocrite of the very ideals you've stated to hate!"
"You...!" she growled as she clenched her metallic hand with a loud clank "I threw away my humanity long ago and this 'relic' that you see on my right arm is proof of my severed ties! Now then, continue with your turn!"
(Cardfight! Vanguard OST: Kai's Determination)
Kai said nothing more before taking ahold of three of his non-Locked Ener and moving them straight to his Trash Pile in one swift motion as a bright orange glow emitted from the top card of his LRIG deck.
"At the end of an endless quest, you arrive at the final evolution! Sublimate the savage soul and show your true form!" he declared as he took ahold of the card before slamming it down on top of Dragonic Overlord's card "Crossbreak Grow!"
The dragon roared loudly as it hovered above the floor of the prison a little before stretching out its arms and becoming engulfed in a large blaze of crimson red coloured flames. Chaos Breaker simply stared into the inferno as it witnessed the shadow of Dragonic Overlord beginning to change shape in multiple ways with the most notable being the double in number of arms that it had. Eventually, the fire died down to reveal the changed Kagero commander in an attire familiar to all of those present on the battlefield, save for Ayumu and Midoriko who simply stared in awe for seeing this 'evolution' before them for the first time as Kai announced the all-too familiar name of this form.
"Dragonic Overlord... the End!"
"Oh...? You can now control the power that put you into that 'eternal' slumber?" the Clown murmured in a seemingly curious tone before deepening its smile "Interesting..."
"This is... Dragonic Overlord's evolution..." Kiyoi murmured.
"Kai's using the End...?" Kamui pondered in confusion "Whatever happened to the Great?"
"He said it went missing along with his Perdition cards when he arrived in this world..." Aichi answered "But even so, any form of Dragonic Overlord isn't to be overlooked. Kai-kun knows exactly what he's doing now that he's gotten his confidence back."
As a low growl sounded from under Dragonic Overlord's breath, Miyako simply looked down to the two cards she held along with the two Life Cloths that she had remaining, not seeming concerned with the situation that she now found herself within.
"So you're fighting me with one of that cursed reptile's earliest forms," she murmured "I must say, I am disappointed to say the least."
"Don't underestimate me," Kai replied "If you really know me as well as you say you do, you should what is about to come. Here I come!"
After Berserk Dragon entered the battlefield along with Seal Dragon, Artipque, Dragonic Overlord the End roared loudly as it looked down upon Osmium who could only stare up at it as the dragon opened its jaw to unleash a large torrent of flames upon the defenceless Cyberoid. After he was banished at once, a bright red glow surrounded the Kagero commander as it then immediately took aim at Chaos Breaker Dragon before firing both of the guns in its upper arms at the Cyber Dragon. The Clown shielded itself the best it could as it was forced back from the impact of the bullets.
"With the Break Grow skill, Overlord receives Lancer whenever it attacks a SIGNI this turn," Kai spoke.
"No matter," Miyako spoke as she revealed her next Life Cloth as Pixie Powder which shone brightly.
"Oh come on!" Kamui groaned.
Upon placing the card beside Osmium's in her Ener Zone, she immediately moved the top card from her deck to her remaining Life Cloth to join it on the surface of her table. Kai then revealed a copy of Lintwurm from his hand and dropped it into his Trash Pile before one of the two Genjo's from his Ener Zone also moved there.
"The flames of purgatory never rest!" he declared "Break Grow skill!"
Dragonic Overlord roared loudly as it stood up once more and prepared its two guns to carry out another attack against Miyako's remaining forces on her side of the battlefield.
"Use your apocalyptic flames to reduce everything in this world to ash!" he declared "Mow down her center Nebula Captor!"
Upon priming both of its firearms and pointing them down at the defenceless Cyber Fairy which remained still and motionless, Dragonic Overlord the End fired off both of its weapons once again as a shower of fiery hot bullets rained down upon her, banishing her from the prison field as well. Miyako's next Life Cloth revealed Servant D whose Life Burst immediately moved a second copy of Francium from the top of her deck to her Ener Zone.
"The end is not over!" Kai declared "Counter Blast and... Persona Blast!"
A small series of embers erupted around the card representing Dragonic Overlord the End as it stood up once more, just as a second copy of the card revealed itself from the Kagero user's LRIG deck before dropping itself into his LRIG trash on top of Sadegh and One Rule, Two Birds. Dragonic Overlord growled loudly as it then set its sights upon its current opponent, Chaos Breaker Dragon who simply clutched ahold of its scythe in preparation for the coming combat.
"Overlord's mowing down her SIGNI and dealing damage through Lancer..." Ruko breathed "And to think it's standing back up with each successful hit..."
"Just a little more Kai!" Ayumu called "You just need to break through now!"
"Dragonic Overlord the End... ravage Chaos Breaker with your explosive flames and burn everything before you to ash!" Kai declared as he down the card for the third time this turn.
Dragonic Overlord then flew towards Chaos Breaker Dragon once again as this time, it chose to chuckle loudly, much to nearly everyone's discomfort as a second copy of Rejection Dragon then suddenly appeared in front of it along with two Pixie Powders, Osmiums and a single Servant D. The Kagero commander in all of its fury slammed down both of its blades onto the barrier, having little success in breaking through it.
"I expected you to call upon "The Яe-birth" after hearing you managed to regain control of the Seed fragment's power for yourself," Miyako muttered "But it seems it is not this day."
"You think I would do that after being aware of Chaos Breaker's power?" Kai replied.
"Naturally," she replied after moving the five cards she had called through Rejection Dragon to her Ener Zone "But believing your previous experience with Chaos Breaker was beneficial against me... that will prove to be your undoing now."
The Kagero user could only remain silent as he watched three of the four Locked cards in his Ener Zone turn face up, leaving only the Servant D that was moved there from Chaos Refresh face down as the turn came to an end.
(End Music)
End of Turn 8
Kai vs Miyako
Hand - 3 : 1
Life Cloths - 2 : 1
Current LRIGs - Dragonic Overlord the End : Star-vader, Chaos Breaker Dragon
SIGNI : Dragon Monk, Genjo - Seal Dragon Artpique - Berserk Dragon : EMPTY - EMPTY - Star-vader, Nebula Captor
Ener - 7 (1 Locked) : 9
"The only saving grace is that there weren't any Locks in Kai's SIGNI Zones for Chaos Breaker to banish," Yuki spoke.
"But with all that Ener Ruko's mom now has... she's gotta be planning something," Kamui replied.
Whilst Aichi, Hitoe and Ruko herself could only ponder on what the General of Mayu's associates could be planning for the coming turn, especially in the precarious position she had been put in by Dragonic Overlord the End, Kiyoi however had her suspicions kept to herself. The former blue LRIG had kept her gaze towards Chaos Breaker since it had entered the field, sensing that something was amiss from its playful tone alone. Miyako simply kept her frown present on her expression as she drew her next two cards before gazing back across the field to Kai.
"This is your final chance," she spoke sternly "Help me purge these filthy worlds of the scourge that ravages them! Reclaim your birthright that you wielded once before!"
"I already told you, the answer is no," he replied resolutely "I will not make the same mistake twice and I certainly have no intention of aiding your agenda. The same goes for you as well, Chaos Breaker."
"Kai-kun..." Aichi breathed, feeling relieved that indeed, all previous doubts of his friend rejoining Reverse through his own will or not, was not going to come to pass at this moment.
As the battlefield fell silent for a brief moment, Dragonic Overlord growled lowly beneath its breath as it kept its gaze trailed upon Chaos Breaker who simply ran the nails of its right claw down the pole of its scythe patiently. Then in a matter of mere seconds, the next reaction that anyone had expected at all was not one that they had thought of in regards to associating it with Miyako, given all of her moods that she had been through. From what they could gather, she was actually laughing to herself as she shook for a brief moment before regaining most of her composure.
(Selector Infected Wixoss OST: Battle ~ Even if I Hurt Someone)
"So in the end... even you proved to be a lost cause for me," she muttered as her face slowly became scrutinized, now seeing that all sense of trying to win him back to Chaos Breaker's side was pointless now "No matter. It seems what you will succeed in helping me achieve is reducing Cray's underlings by a reasonable amount, be it through your will or not."
Raising her metallic hand into the air, the pink gem shone brightly as multiple streams of Reverse began swirling around her entire side of the field from all around the walls of the prison. Then to the surprise of everyone, Chaos Breaker chuckled loudly as it then suddenly vanished from the battlefield in a blinding dark red flash as Kai could only stare at the Clown's silhouette before the Cyber Dragon's presence was completely gone.
"I'll be seeing you again very soon, my student," it cackled "Or as you would prefer... Kai Toshiki."
"Wait...!" he called as he glanced around the prison to see if it had simply teleported to a different area like before.
"Final Turn!"
The Kagero user suddenly blinked as he heard those familiar words declared out aloud by Miyako as she was already holding a new LRIG card high into the air with her metallic hand with streams of Reverse pouring off of it. Everyone on the side of the battlefield stared at it, wondering it was that she was planning to Grow now that Chaos Breaker had unexpectedly decided to take its leave from the conflict.
"Slender being that creeps in the darkness, manifest and infect all who stand before you!" she announced before slamming down the card onto Chaos Breaker's, just as Pixie Powder vanished from the battlefield "Grow, Star-vader, Venom Dancer!"
A dark pink cloud suddenly manifested within the portion of the prison where only a pitch black void with stars remained as the familiar shadow of the slender Cyber Golem faded into existence before dispersing to reveal the tall figure in all of its despicable glory. Like before, markings representing pink coloured eyes were littered all over its body as it primed both of its claws for battle. Overlord simply growled under its breath as it stared at the new monstrosity that Miyako had now summoned before it and its cardfighter.
"So it ran away for us to deal with this?!" it snarled.
"This isn't just any Star-vader...!" Kai replied as he gazed closely at it "This is... Raul Serra's trump card!"
"Seek the mate!" Miyako declared as three cards from her Trash Pile landed on top of her deck before she snatched the fourth which was the Legion-Mate in mind "Manifest, Sword Viper! Legion!"
As a dark red version of the Legion symbol flashed above the two cards, Sword Viper appeared in a flash of dark red beside Venom Dancer as both units then immediately set their sights upon Dragonic Overlord the End who simply held up its swords in a defiant stance, prepared for battle. One of the few who were shocked about this particular unit and its original owner in his world was Aichi himself, having been brought up to speed on Serra's betrayal that had occurred whilst he had been unconscious after a fight with Neve when the completed Seed had overwhelmed him. Before he could voice his opinion, he could hear the sound of someone's teeth being gritted as everyone looked to their right immediately.
"Kiyoi... what's up?" Kamui pondered in confusion as he saw her scrutinized expression.
"That unit...!" she growled, unable to hide both her anger and frustration "Remember used that to Reverse me and Amika!"
"Venom Dancer's Counterblast! Lock 1 Ener each time I pay the cost!" Miyako declared "Then with Dust Tail Unicorn's skill, I Lock Berserk Dragon!"
Venom Dancer held both of its claws high into the air above its head as black sparks began surging between them, along with a giant black orb that manifested in the center of the streak. It grew larger and larger with every passing second until the slender Cyber Golem grasped it with its right claw before reeling it back and hurling the large sphere towards Kai's side of the prison. In retaliation, Dragonic Overlord roared loudly and slashed the orb, causing it to shatter like glass in an instant. But that had done very little to remedy the situation as black sparks suddenly struck the Kagero commander and Kai who cried out aloud as they were both forced to the ground as Berserk Dragon was trapped inside of another Lock whilst four more cards in his Ener Zone turned face down.
"Finally, I use Oversalvage to place Rejection Dragon and a second Sword Viper into my hand!" she called before threw down the cards representing the latter and two Franciums as they appeared onto the field.
"Her formation's been rebuilt!" Ayumu growled "And she's also got back a Quintet Wall!"
As everyone else but Kiyoi could only watch anxiously as to what could unfold next, especially with Miyako having declared this to be the Final Turn of the battle, the woman herself kept a harsh glance upon Kai.
"This ends now," she spoke before downing one of her cards "My SIGNI Sword Viper attacks!"
The Sword Viper to her left rushed across the field towards Dragonic Overlord the End, priming its blade for combat. The smaller Cyber Golem swung its weapon at the Kagero commander who roared and swung both of its blades in its lower arms in front to shield itself from the initial attack. Then as the stinger tail rose up and was about to stab the dragon in the chest, it was immediately deflected by the shield of Dragon Knight, Gimel who appeared with two Seal Dragon, Artpiques, the final Lintwurm, Barri and another Gimel.
"So you had another one," Miyako muttered as the five units and Dragon Beast SIGNI then vanished from sight. "But..."
Wordlessly, the two Franciums that remained on her field each leaped into the air and dived down towards their respective targets, slashing past them effortlessly with the greatest of ease. Genjo and Artpique lifelessly fell to the floor before vanishing in a series of black sparks as their cards were moved to Kai's Ener Zone.
"Mother's already taken down his SIGNI again!" Ruko gasped.
"But she hasn't damaged him successfully yet..." Yuzuki muttered "What's she up to?"
Kai simply kept his glare fixated on Miyako as the fingertips of her metallic hand, knowing that this was it. He and Dragonic Overlord were now about to face the same terror that Gaillard had done so nearly a year ago and this time, he knew had he to be prepared the best that he could to counter these last few attacks or who knew what would happen to him, especially given that his Selector Rights were also in the balance in this battle. He gritted his teeth as he gazed at the twisted woman who stood in front of him and the unit he always considered his 'true form' back home and now, after everything he had been through to reach this point, he was prepared to do everything he could to last out until the very end.
"You should have taken my offer when you had the chance...!" she spoke in a harsh tone "Mayu and I could have given you everything...! A system to battle to your heart's content, the continued use of Chaos Breaker and the 'other' Takuto's teachings and...!"
"And what?" he asked, narrowing his eyes as he did so.
"The one thing that Mayu never had in this filthy world and the one thing that you lost!" she replied "That's right... I wanted to give you, a family to call your own again!"
At this point, the eyes of everyone but Kiyoi could only widen in complete shock as to the final details of the ultimatum that Miyako had now given to Kai. None were more gob-smacked by this sudden revelation other than Aichi, Ruko and Ayumu, the latter of which was far more surprised and somewhat disturbed by the meaning of what she was saying right now.
"Are you saying that you intended to bring up Kai under those guys like you planned before... as if he were your own son?!" he exclaimed.
The LRIGs from amongst the group could only stare at the Kagero user in question as his gaze was now down upon the table, wondering if her words had somehow had a profound effect on him at this point. None were more confused than Umr, who had very little familiarity with the concept of family from being a part of one of the first LRIGs created by Mayu's own power. But from what she could gather from the reactions of her friends around her, whatever she saw from Miyako's perception of family was clearly a series of opinions that none of them agreed with for their reasons.
"Jet-black darkness in which neither time nor space exist! Wander for eternity a midst visions of nothingness!" Miyako declared as she down the Legioned cards she had "Legion Attack!"
Venom Dancer then began charging up for another attack in the same manner that it did before when it Locked down most of its opponent's Ener whilst Sword Viper primed its sword in preparation to make a run towards Dragonic Overlord who remained in its defensive stance.
(End Music)
"Kai-kun!" cried Aichi as he looked over to his friend, worried that his current stance was one that gave off a hint of uneasiness.
At first, all remained silent as the orb above Venom Dancer's head began crackling in intensity and growing in size as the larger Cyber Golem aimed it steadily towards the Kagero commander that stood resolutely in front of Kai's table.
"I see now."
Miyako tilted her head slightly upon hearing those words leave the Kagero user's mouth as he slowly lifted his own head back up to face her once more.
"The reason you showed me that vision of my parents... this was the answer... no, the bargain that you had for me," he spoke "If this was your last attempt to bring me back to Chaos Breaker, then you have already failed."
"I know that...!" she snarled.
"But, you don't understand why!" Kai continued "Because of your rage blinding you to the world around you, not only haven't you moved on from that event since that day... you've also developed a warped view on how a family looks out for one another! If this was your attempt to say that your vision of a family life was better than anything Mayu's father had given to her... then not only have you failed in that regard as shown by your treatment of Ruko and Ayumu, but you also had the nerve to tell me that you would dare to replace those dear in my heart to further use me in your schemes!"
He then pointed from his right hand towards her as he continued to speak out what he had to say to her.
"I have just one thing to say to you. I may have done things that I'm not proud of and there are regrets that may still lie within, but it appears this is a lesson you've never learned with how long you've served in the Selector Battles! And that lesson... is to grow up!"
(Cardfight! Vanguard G NEXT Unreleased Soundtrack: Shiranui's Last Stand)*
Upon hearing those last two words, Miyako clutched her head as she stepped back for a moment, as another memory from her past echoed within her mind, with those exact words having been said to her once before. Only that time, it was Hatsu that had said them to her at some point before she discovered that her friend's spirit lived on within the Selector System.
"How dare you say those words... when Mayu never had the chance!" she yelled "Disappear, Kai Toshiki!"
And with that, Sword Viper dashed across the floor of the Steel Wall Prison towards Dragonic Overlord the End who remained on the defensive in preparation for what seemed like the inevitable hit. However, within a bright flash of red light, Wyvern Guard, Barri immediately swooped in from above and rammed himself and his mechanical Wyvern right into the smalled Cyber Golem, sending it skidding on its back and tail right back towards Miyako's side of the field. When some dust from the impact had settled, Venom Dancer hurled its large orb directly at its opponent as it began crackling.
Dragonic Overlord the End then opened its jaw before unleashing a torrent of flames right at the oncoming projecting, superheating the sphere as a result before it eventually exploded, sending a brief shockwave that shook the battlefield as everyone was almost forced onto their knees. When the smoke cleared, Miyako gritted her teeth in frustration as Kai never took his gaze off of her for a even a single sentence.
"As I expected, you blocked that as well...!" she growled "But you no longer have any Quintet Walls to protect you! Your limits on being human have brought your time in the Selector Battles to an end!"
"If you're that certain..." Kai replied calmly "Then try to finish me. You said that this is the 'Final Turn', so show me."
"Very well then! Venom Dancer's skill!" the woman declared "Stand all my SIGNI and gain another attack step with them!"
The eyes of the second Sword Viper along with the two Franciums flashed a bright red as each of them took offensive stances once again as their respective cards were swiftly upped one at a time by Miyako's metallic hand.
"Her SIGNI can attack him again?!" Tama exclaimed.
"And Kai no longer has any Quintet Walls..." Umr murmured "He has only two Life Cloths and all of his Genjos are either on the field or in his Trash."
Aichi, Hitoe and Ruko could only stare at the onslaught that Kai was now about to face with seemingly almost no hope of being able to overcome it at all, worried that his fate was seemingly sealed as Umr had rightly pointed out.
"This is the end!" Miyako yelled "My other Sword Viper, attack Dragonic Overlord the End!"
The smaller Cyber Golem primed its blade as it ran across the field towards Dragonic Overlord who snarled under its breath as it willingly allowed them to leap up and slash past it, knocking it back a little as Kai's final Life Cloths revealed Gattling Claw Dragon. The Kagero user calmly drew his next card before staring down at it to see what exactly it was, just as Gattling Claw turned face down as a result of being Locked. He then looked back at Miyako who was now breathing heavily as she reached out for the center Francium's card.
"Now you fall, traitor!" she called "Finish it, my two Franciums!"
The two Franciums then both dashed across the prison as Dragonic Overlord fired off multiple bullets from the firearms that it held in its upper two arms, forcing them to diverge across several paths from one another. As the one on the Kagero commander's right came to a halt, it gazed to its left just in time to see the other one having already leapt into the air immediately slash down its front, causing it to snarl after being struck. After that happened, the other Francium them took its opportunity to rush across the field towards its target as it remained motionless for a moment.
"You're all beneath me now!" Miyako declared "With this victory, more of your units from the Planet Cray will belong to me in the Pit where they belong! And when the final plan goes into motion, all the 'survivors' will beg for mercy and accept Mayu as this dimension's salvation... no, this universe's GODDESS!"
"Come to me!"
The woman's eyes then widened in shock to Kai's sudden declaration as in a burst of red flames, a new Kagero unit suddenly emerged in front of Overlord and pounced on Francium, pinning the Cyberoid straight to the ground. It wasn't a unit with the Quintet Wall ability as she tell, but a unit that not even she had heard of before and judging from the sounds of the surprise from most of the crowd on the sidelines, not even they had seen this one. The new creature had steel plates shaped like wings attached to its shoulders with a circle in the middle of each of them that glowed a bright orange.
? / 2000 - 4000 - 9000
"What did you just do?!" she demanded in anger "Tell me!"
"This is Guard Griffin," Kai calmly explained as he gazed down to his table, the card now in his center SIGNI Zone "By paying 1 Red and no Colourless when my Kagero LRIG is attacked by a SIGNI, I can summon him to an empty SIGNI Zone in the same column as that SIGNI and have it become the new target with 5000 power until the end of that battle. Once that battle ends, Guard Griffin then moves to my Trash Pile."
"So he had defensive options outside of Gimel to use against her SIGNI the whole time?" Yuki breathed.
"Amazing, Kai-kun!" Aichi cheeered.
"Way to stick it to her!" Kamui interjected.
(End Music)
Miyako could only hiss as Guard Griffin vanished from the field of the prison before Francium retreated back to her side, now realizing her Final Turn had failed from a countermeasure that no one, not even she had expected at this point.
"You really are a persistent human, regardless of what world you are in," she snarled before clasping onto Rejection Dragon's card tightly "Turn end!"
End of Turn 9
Kai vs Miyako
Hand - 1 : 1
Life Cloths - 0 : 1
Current LRIGs - Dragonic Overlord the End : Star-vader, Venom Dancer (Legioned with Star-vader, Sword Viper)
SIGNI : EMPTY - EMPTY - Berserk Dragon (Locked) : Star-vader, Sword Viper - Star-vader, Francium - Star-vader, Francium
Ener - 13 (6 Locked) : 0
Although Kai had managed to last through the turn, it wasn't without any consequences however. Half of his Ener was now Locked along with a lone Berserk Dragon that was also trapped, severely limiting his options as to what he could do this turn. However, he also knew that Miyako had given up all of her resources in order to regain her formation and have one defensive card at the ready. Looking over to Dragonic Overlord who stood back up after the beating it had previously taken, it turned its head back to face him before lowering it briefly, as if it was to represent a nod of some kind. Seeing that the two of them were finally back on mutual terms with one another after the initial mistrust from the night before, the cardfighter looked back at Miyako as he drew his next two cards.
"You said that humanity has its limits," he spoke "You are certainly correct to an extent, Miyako. But even limits can be surpassed, leading to further heights."
"And what do you intend to do?!" she growled "I know what my last Life Cloth is due to Legion and you have a Locked SIGNI! There is nothing more you can do!"
As a harsh breeze whistled throughout the prison, Dragonic Overlord let out a loud growl from underneath its breath as it set its sights upon the legioned Venom Dancer and Sword Viper.
"Allow me to show you..." Kai spoke as he moved the Locked Berserk Dragon to his Ener Zone "What a real Final Turn looks like!"
(Cardfight! Vanguard Unreleased Soundtrack: Blazing Perdition)
Miyako clenched her teeth for a moment, still seeming doubtful that Kai could surpass her final defences so that she could finish him off on the very next turn, that is if there was even going to be one from his statement just now.
"Summon!" he called as Dragonic Burnout manifested onto the field "Burnout's skill! Return the End in my LRIG Trash to the LRIG deck and Exceed the Break Ride Overlord!"
The Flame Dragon roared loudly as an orange aura surrounded it and Dragonic Overlord the End before it unleashed a torrent of flames towards the Francium that was directly in front of it. The Cyberoid let out a mechanical shriek as she was incinerated in an instant as the card itself landed in the Trash Pile.
"One more, Berserk!" Kai declared as the two headed dragon appeared again "Banish Sword Viper!"
The Flame Dragon then roared loudly before unleashing two fireballs from its mouth towards its target as the projectiles eventually made contact, engulfling the other Sword Viper in a large explosion and brought up a lot of smoke from the impact.
"What difference does it make?!" she snarled "Even if you clear out two of my spaces, I still have a Life Burst and a Quintet Wall to fend through your attacks!"
"Not yet."
The woman then stared at him in disbelief, wondering what it was he was up to at this point. Everyone looked to one another in ponder on the sidelines, wondering what it was that Kai intended to do next to allow him to progress onwards with his own final turn. Upon seeing the pattern that was going on, mowing down Miyako's SIGNI one by one, Tama suddenly gasped out aloud.
"This is..." she breathed "Tama saw this in Kai's first battle!"
"Then, this is a similar Final Turn...?" Midoriko murmured.
"Next, Salvage!" Kai continued as he revealed the Colourless ARTS "I add another Burnout to my hand and summon it!"
"And since Kai has another Overlord in the LRIG Trash..." Kiyoi murmured.
"Burn once more, Francium!" he declared.
The other Dragonic Burnout upon materializing onto the prison's battlefield roared loudly before gazing upon the last remaining Francium who was immediately removed from the field by a blazing pillar of fire that erupted beneath it. Miyako hissed upon seeing that her formation had been decimated in an instant before glaring back to Kai, as if despite her annoyance, she was still confident somewhat that she could outlast all of his attacks.
"Attack!" he declared as Berserk Dragon roared loudly.
The two headed Flame Dragon then opened its jaw and unleashed two streams of flames towards Venom Dancer and the remaining Sword Viper. Both Cyber Golems were struck by the inferno as a large explosion covered over Miyako's side of the field. Her Life Cloth revealed itself to be Star-vader, Pixie Powder, which immediately dispersed the smoke.
"I knew you would have that," Kai murmured "And if my suspicions are correct, you must have returned more to the deck with Legion."
"Perceptive as always," Miyako muttered as she kept her gaze on Rejection Dragon's card in her hand "But that changes nothing!"
"Then let's find out for ourselves," he continued as he downed the center Dragonic Burnout's card.
The Flame Dragon roared loudly before flapping its wings and soaring through the air towards Venom Dancer who grappled ahold of its front claws with its arms, preventing it from advancing any further. In retaliation, Burnout opened its jaw and unleashed a torrent of flames into the Cyber Golem's faceplate, forcing it to let go as it swirled around violently. Miyako immediately placed her metallic hand down on the table on top of the newly created Life Cloth she had gained from the Pixie Powder that was previously crushed.
"I am Mayu's only true friend...!" she growled "All of you... humans, units and measly LRIGs along with your disgusting worlds are beneath me and this is proof of that!"
Upon turning the card face up however, her face immediately dropped into shock as it revealed instead of a second Pixie Powder as she expected thanks to the previous turn's Legion, a third copy of Star-vader, Francium which she then dropped onto her Ener Zone of the table.
"WWWHHHHYYYYY?!" she screamed loudly.
"With this, you can no longer protect yourself!" Kai called "My final Burnout attacks!"
Miyako, having no longer had the rationality to control her temper yelled out aloud as she threw Rejection Dragon's card onto the table, summoning the unit along with the final Francium, Promethium and three Pixie Powders.
"Her final defence is gone now..." Ruko breathed as she looked at Miyako, noting her blown temper and her anger at this point.
And yet, despite all of the things she had done with Mayu, even using her and Ayumu in her plans at respective times along with a multitude of girls in an attempt to resummon Ut'ulls and her attempts to bring Kai to her side, the Selector couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her. All she wanted to do was to save her friend before she had died from her terrible illness under her father's negligence, the very same being that was now in charge of the Selector Battles with the Star-vaders, Ulith and other associates assisting her.
"Go for it Kai!" Ayumu cheered "You've got her!"
"We're behind you, Kai-kun!" Aichi called.
"Don't you dare screw this up!" Kamui interjected.
Upon turning back to his friends calling out to him on the sidelines of the prison battlefield, Kai nodded once to assure them that he acknowledged their words and was now about to put an end to this battle once and for all. As Overlord growled loudly and began to charge up its two guns for its next attack, it briefly gazed down at him.
"Just give the word," it spoke from under its breath.
Kai nodded in response before turning his attention back to Miyako and placing two fingers from his right hand on top of the card that represented Dragonic Overlord the End.
"Miyako, I have a message that I want you to know," he spoke as he immediately downed the card "I have no intention of throwing away myself for power as I did in my desperation before. I will never rejoin Chaos Breaker or Mayu in their goals to bring despair to our worlds before destroying them with whatever gateway they are planning to open this time. And... never use my memories of my parents to influence my heart again!"
Dragonic Overlord then roared loudly as it then pointed both of its fully charged weapons towards the lone Venom Dancer who remained motionless as it prepared for the inevitable outcome whilst Miyako could only clench her teeth and close her eyes in frustration as the outcome she aimed to avoid was now about to befall her.
"You win... this round..." she muttered.
(End Music)
And with that, the Kagero commander unleashed all of the ammunition it had charged up in its firearms straight at Venom Dancer as it was constantly showered by a barrage of fiery bullets that dented its armour constantly with each strike one made. Eventually, the last few managed to pierce through the Cyber Golem's body before it then exploded and fell to the ground in a blazing inferno, signally the end of the battle in Kai's victory. Once that had happened, the dark void littered with stars that covered over Miyako's side of the field disappeared, reverting back to the floor of the prison that it once was.
"Kai did it!" called Aichi.
"Amazing..." Hitoe breathed.
"You know what is next," Kai spoke as black coloured smoke rose above the Life Cloth zones of both his and Miyako's tables "The very prisons of the Quatre Knights you replicated also have the same consequences for using them."
"I know...!" she hissed "But you won't get that satisfaction." She then looked up to the ceiling of the prison. "Mayu, this is my way of accepting punishment for failing you at this point! Another opportunity will come to me soon enough! But for now, I accept the burden of this prison! Come forth, Judgement!"
And upon her declaration, several steel pillars rained down from the ceiling in a flash of light before stabbing themselves into the ground around the area where the woman was standing. Then each of them began crackling with electricity before they all struck her at the same time, causing everyone on the side of the battlefield to be shocked at what was transpiring.
"She cast Judgement on herself willingly?" Aichi breathed in disbelief.
"Look!" Ayumu called.
Everyone was confused as to what he was pointing out until they realized that Miyako was not crying out in pain for a single second, despite the twitches in her body that were going on through the electricity coursing through her. Kai narrowed his eyes, intially expecting that something was off until he heard her groan quietly for a second as the battlefield then immediately faded to black in an instant.
City Park
When everyone opened their eyes back up, they could see that they were now standing inside of the park once again as they looked to one another and in the case of both the Selectors and Aichi present, they could see that the LRIGs that they were holding were now back within their respective cards, feeling rather strange from the sudden transition of being human sized throughout the battle to going straight back to how they were normally portrayed in the regular Selector Battlefield. Kai kept his gaze upon Miyako as she stumbled backwards for a moment before regaining her balance and glaring back up at him.
"You seem to be resistant to the prison's Judgement," he murmured.
"I'm merely used to the pain..." she hissed as she dug her metallic hand into her pocket "But that pain is nothing compared to the one I've felt for all those years..."
Ruko simply stared at her mother in further disbelief, unable to fathom that she would willingly harm herself as a result of her own battlefield.
"As I won, hand back the units you stole from the fighters in my world," Kai spoke.
"I'm afraid I can't do that," she replied, much to his sudden confusion "The only way to undo the marks of all those I have defeated and return those units is if you defeat me in either a Selector Battle or a cardfight whilst you were already marked by me."
"Wha...?! Are you saying that Kai defeated you for nothing then?!" Kamui exclaimed.
Miyako then stepped backwards away from the group, staggering a little as a result of her still recovering physically from the effects of the earlier Judgement. She then held up a Wixoss card with a white backing, but with a blank face, indicating it was one that she used to travel between both this world, Kai's world and the White Room itself.
"This isn't over...!" she declared as the card began to glow brightly "I'll deal with you again soon en...!"
Before she could finish her sentence, a clank was heard as she suddenly felt her metallic hand and the arm it was connected to being yanked to her right. Everyone but Kai gasped as they could see that a familiar cuff had been attached to the top half of the card and they looked down the cable it was connected to see that Ayumu had used the device that was still mounted on his arm to try and prevent her from getting away at this point.
"You're not going anywhere!" he declared as he tried to reel in the cable "Unless you plan on taking us to wherever it is you're going!"
"Grr! Let go you imprudent vermin!" she snarled as she tried to pull back the card from his grip.
Everyone quickly stepped back as the scenario had suddenly escalated into a tug of war as Ayumu and Miyako physically fought for control of the card she was trying to use to escape back to both the White Room and Mayu. As this was happening and it slowly began to bend, it started to glow brightly as sparks began to surge off of it. That was when the mother of both Ayumu and Ruko decided to make her move.
"Open!" she declared as she pulled back on the card as hard she could.
"You're not getting away...!" he yelled as he too pulled back at the exact same moment.
In his effort to try and yank the card out of her hand however, Ayumu reeled back on the cable much harder than he anticipated and fell backwards as the cuff tore off half of the card it had snagged onto, much to the shock of Miyako.
"You fool!" she yelled as both halves of the torn card illuminated brightly.
Suddenly without warning, a series of sparks erupted between both fragments as they grew dark before a violent wind suddenly erupted within the center of the park as the clouds above started to swirl violently as well. Then without warning in the center of the park where the fragments had landed, a large hole with sparks raging around it began to manifest from where they lay. The hole began to swirl and slowly expanded as Miyako, too weakened from her legs being affected by the Judgement was instantly sucked into the growing vortex, screaming loudly as she did so.
(Selector Infected Wixoss: Nightmare ~ Reversing Wish)
"This is...!" Kai gasped in shock before he suddenly felt himself being dragged towards the center.
"Everyone, grab onto something!" cried Yuzuki.
Upon seeing a nearby shelter beside the stone steps that lead out of the park, everyone quickly began to make a run for it, hoping they would be fast enough to escape the growing vortex and avoid whatever fate it was that had just befallen Miyako. Quickly, Aichi, Hitoe and Ruko shoved their cards containing their LRIGs into their pockets before buttoning or zipping them up to avoid losing them in an instant. But everyone was having difficultly in trying to reach the shelter as the force of the expanding hole was dragging each of them backwards no matter how hard they were trying to go forward.
Eventually, Ayumu was the first to make it to the shelter and quickly grabbed ahold of Aichi before moving him to behind a stone table of sorts to shield him from the force that was pulling on both of them.
"Hurry everyone!" he called as he then reached out to Hitoe and did the same.
Suddenly, a surge in the power of the vortex increased the wind speed around them as Kai desperately tried to pick up the pace. Then without warning, Kamui suddenly lost his footing and cried out aloud as he was forcefully dragged along the ground until he was almost at the edge of the vortex.
"What the heck?!" he yelled in shock before disappearing into the vortex, followed shortly by Kiyoi who was just as startled. Before long, even the blue LRIG had vanished from the park as well.
"Kamui...! Kiyoi...!" cried Ruko before gasping she too found herself being pulled backwards as well.
Kai, immediately seeing what was happening stepped to his right as fast as he could and grabbed ahold of the Selector's right arm, leaving both of them now in danger of being swallowed up by the vortex that was threatening to suck them both in. As Ruko was hanging on desperately in the air with her feet not on the ground, she immediately hung onto the Kagero user's back.
"I've got you!" he called as he tried to step forwards against the wind.
Ayumu, seeing that they weren't going to make it to what even he hoped was presumed safety at this rate, hung onto one of the roof supports of the shelter and fired the cable of his device once again.
"Attach the cuff!" he called "I'll pull you two in!"
Kai, heeding the words of Ruko's older sibling, immediately grabbed the end of the cable and placed the cuff over his right wrist, triggering its function to lock him with its wielder. Ayumu, with the added support of Aichi and Hitoe doing the best they could to weigh him down behind the stone table, desperately tried to reel in the cable as the Kagero user 'climbed' across the ground of the park against the strong winds pulling him and Ruko back towards the vortex. The sparks from the expanding hole intensified more with every passing second as too did the wind swirling all around them.
Then just as they were halfway, a sudden surge of wind along with a spark of electricity from the vortex struck the cable with great force, ripping it apart in an instant and deactivating the cuff around Kai's wrist. Shortly afterwards, both he and Ruko cried out aloud as they were briefly thrown in the air from the force of the impact before landing into the ever expanding vortex.
"Kai-kun!" Aichi screamed.
"Ruko!" Hitoe cried.
"No..." Ayumu breathed in horror as he could do nothing but stare down at the stone table he was standing behind "Ruko is... My sister..."
A few long moments later, just when it seemed like all hope was seemingly lost for the remaining three, the vortex suddenly glowed in a bright white colour which then blinded them for a brief instance before it suddenly vanished from the park. But not before the force of a following implosion knocking the three of them right back into the stone wall that was behind them. All of them groaned for an instant as they struggled back onto their feet before staring into the spot at the center of the park, where Miyako and their friends had all disappeared in a matter of unexpected moments.
"They're gone..." Aichi breathed.
"B... but that had to have taken them somewhere... right?" Hitoe murmured nervously, trying not to cry out in panic at the prospect of losing Ruko forever if that was possibly the case.
"I'm such an idiot..."
The two of them looked to Ayumu who was now on his knees, sobbing uncontrollably at what had just happened. His sister, the one that he initially despised because of the lies Miyako had put into his head, was now gone in a strange vortex and now, he had no idea if she or any of her friends that were sucked with her as well were even alive, let alone in a place where they could even find them if that were the case. And the worst part of it, he knew deep down from his reckless action to try and stop Miyako from escaping back to Mayu, was that this entire event was all his fault.
"Ruko..." he sobbed before yelling out to the sky "RUKO!"
Photon's Lab
Back within the lab, Mayu was standing in complete shock as to what she had just witnessed and the fact that her General, her only friend from the outside world was now gone and there was no telling if she was even still alive at this point. Gritting her teeth to regain her composure, she slammed a fist down on the console in front of her, getting the attention of all of the Star-vaders that were currently present in the lab.
"Track her down immediately!" she declared "I refuse to lose my only friend to a blasted wormhole such as this!"
And with that, the many Cyberoids and Cyber Fairies within the premises began work immediately to track down the life signature of Miyako, in the presumed hopes that they could find her and hopefully bring her back to the White Room intact. The mastermind also clenched her teeth in seething fury, her mind also having turned to the attention of Kai himself and how he was able to defeat her earlier.
"I promised I would bring your world a war for interfering..." she muttered "And now... all of the cardfighters are going to get it!"
(End Music)
And there we go! Miyako switches out Chaos Breaker for Venom Dancer in an attempt to finish off Kai, but an oversight causes him to survive the turn and counterattack by burning her field combined with Dragonic Overlord the End. After the battle, the disgruntled mother of Ruko repels the Judgement of the Steel Wall Prison and attempts to flee back to Mayu, only for Ayumu in his efforts to prevent her from doing so, accidentally tearing up the card that would take her back to the White Room. As a result, an unstable wormhole briefly erupts in the park, sucking up her, Kai, Kamui, Kiyoi, Ruko and her LRIGs. Where has it taken the two cardfighters, Selector and the former blue LRIG? And if they are still alive, what new adventures lie in wait for them?
Find out next time on Stand Up, the LRIG! as we enter the final chapter to close off the third arc! Please share your thoughts and criticisms and I'll see you next time!
*This plays in Turn 51 when Shiranui sees his comrades fighting beside him.
Cards of the Chapter:
Dragonic Overlord the End
Level 4
Color: Red
Grow Cost: 3 Red
Limit: 11
LRIG Type: Kagero
Effect:
[Use Timing - Attack Phase] Pay 2 Red and choose a card from your LRIG deck named "Dragonic Overlord the End" and send it to your LRIG Trash: When this LRIG's attack hits, you may pay the cost. If you do, up this LRIG and it can attack again.
[Constant]: This LRIG can attack any SIGNI your opponent controls. When this LRIG attacks a SIGNI, its power becomes equal to that of the attacked SIGNI until the end of that battle.
[Constant]: If you have a card named "Dragonic Overlord" underneath this LRIG, all your Red SIGNI gain 2000 power.
Guard Griffin
Level 1
Color: Red
Class: Chimera
Limiting Condition: None
Power: 2000
Effect:
[Use Timing - Attack Phase] Choose a Red SIGNI card from your Ener Zone and send it to your Trash Pile: When your Kagero LRIG is attacked by your opponent's SIGNI, you may pay the cost. If you do, summon this SIGNI from your hand to your SIGNI Zone in the same column with +5000 [Power] and it becomes the attack target instead. If that SIGNI would be banished after being summoned this way, send it to your Trash instead of your Ener Zone. At the end of that battle if it is still on your SIGNI Zone this way, send it to your Trash.
