Here I stand…a young man who has betrayed his friend…
Zeff…I told you to run…
Why did you take the fall for me? I deserved that punishment instead of you…
You idiot…
Now look what you've made me do…
I have to avenge you, ya jerk…
And standing against this duelist…I will leave my Kaisers out of this match, and face him with a new strategy that I came up with…
Chinto…our match was interrupted last time…but now…
We end this farce of justice!
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Chapter 25
Corrupted Justice
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Holding his breath, Mustang watched intently at the small group in the library. Fomalhaut and the two reds were sitting at the table, each of them performing simple yet different actions.
Fomalhaut was reading his newspaper as usual, the red haired guy was looking through some cards and the weirdly dressed red…was drinking from what appeared to be a gourd as if he was in the desert for weeks.
"…Densui, please drink responsibly," Talo sighed shaking his head while he gathered all the cards he had in front of him into a small pile.
"Get off my case Talo," Densui snarled slamming his gourd on the table, making a small amount of liquid splash up from the small opening.
"…do I have to separate you two like little kids?" Fomalhaut growled lowering his newspaper to glare at young men with a fiery aura surging from his body. "Or, how about I snap both of your necks? That'll shut you up!"
'Okay…what the hell is this?' Mustang thought before the echo of footsteps began to sound through the library's large hall.
"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late!" A clear pristine voice apologized, from Mustang's deduction, the voice belonged to a young girl…and he'd look to see who it was, but there would've been a chance for him to be seen.
"Yeesh, leave it to a gal to make us wait," Densui sighed shaking his head a few times.
"There's no need to be a sexist Densui," Talo moaned slapping his forehead. "I must apologize for him…"
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"One win for each side," Kurro chuckled meeting Daigo in front of the dueling platform. "Keep this up Daigo and you'll lose more than just that money you've got."
"…Joy…" Daigo muttered rubbing the back of his head. "…but now then…shall we get onto our next match?"
"Hmm…eager to sleep in the void?" Kurro chuckled slightly raising his hand up to his mouth to quell the laughter that would ensue otherwise.
"…I don't get what's so funny, but there are still two more rounds," Daigo replied raising his hand up with his two fingers. "And we still have to discuss the final match…"
"Not like you'll get there old man," Kurro muttered tapping his cane on the ground.
"You're older than me!" Daigo shouted narrowing his eyes down at Kurro. "Anyway…who's up next to duel?"
"Hmm, well, I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't know this," Kurro stated rubbing his chin. "But one of the students whose in the stands right now trespassed on some private property in my small time owing this academy…during that time, one of duelists had an interrupted duel. I think it would be appropriate for the two to face against once more time…"
"Very well, who's the student?" Daigo asked rubbing his chin.
"He went by the name…" Kurro started raising his hand towards the stands…
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"Vergil Redgrave…it's been a while you've contacted us."
Standing in the hallway, Vergil was currently talking into his blood red cell phone, there was no one around with the exception of Rox (Vergil promised Taylor that he'd watch the wolf cub.) "A lot has happened sir…this is the most recent chance I've had to call you commander…"
"Yes well…what's the status on the targets?"
"As far as spotted targets, I've only had two accounts when two were sighted on this academy," Vergil answered sitting down on the ground to scratch Rox behind his ears. "I believe one of the duelists was the one that defeated Zeff and cast him from the island itself…I believe Zeff told you of this in his report…"
"Agent Redgrave…Agent Bates never reported back to us. We haven't even been able to contact him for a while now…"
"What?!?" Vergil gasped into the phone, scaring Rox slightly. 'But that doesn't make any sense…according to the sense. According to the files in the school, the boat that Zeff on was docked at Domino Port…but, I would've thought maybe he'd contact the commander as soon as he got there…'
Vergil didn't realize it, but Rox seemed to smile as Vergil continued to pet his head.
"In any case, we'll look into Agent Bates' disappearance, but I'll expect a full report on the two sighted members of the Saints of Sin…"
"Yes sir, I will immediately…" Vergil replied snapping his phone shut and placing it into his pocket. Then focusing his attention on Rox, Vergil lifted Rox to his lap and began to pet Rox gently. "Heh…maybe you know what happened to your master…"
"…woof…" Rox snickered slightly with a devious smile on his face.
"…did you just snicker?" Vergil questioned with a large question mark over his head.
"Well, well, well, looks like the stress made ya crazy," A broad voice chuckled making Vergil and Rox look up to see none other than Chinto standing over them with a large smile on his face. "Nice ta see ya again ya trespasser!"
Carefully pushing Rox off his lap, Vergil stood up and glared at Chinto. "…"
"Silent treatment? Heh, like that's going to affect me," Chinto snickered shaking his head. "I just hope you're not silent during our duel…"
"…I see…Kurro and Daigo must've selected you and me to duel next," Vergil pieced together, rubbing his chin as Rox began to snarl and have his hair stand up on his back.
"I'd have that mutt put down if I were you," Chinto chuckled spinning on his heel and heading towards the dueling arena. "Don't want that mutt to give ya rabies now…Ha!"
Rox was furious, the snarling became louder and he would've charged after Chinto if it wasn't for Vergil grabbing Rox by his makeshift collar. "I know my words won't reach you Rox…but, it's my fault that Zeff's no longer here. I wish I could make amends…"
"…But all I can do now is defeat Chinto in Zeff's honor. I'll make amends to you, I swear…"
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A few minutes later…
"Heh…I was starting to think you wouldn't show little man," Chinto chuckled as Vergil slowly ascended the stairs to the dueling platform. "Ya got guts…and maybe I'll respect ya for that…"
"But not very likely…"
"If I had you're respect," Vergil sighed reaching into his pocket to pull out his dueling deck. "I'd be seen as trash by others…so keep it to yourself Chinto."
"Oh, a comedian are ya now?" Chinto growled before noticing something at Vergil's shoulder. "Hmm? Looks like you've got some trash on ya now…"
"Don't refer to Rox as trash," Vergil snarled as he mimicked Rox who sat on his shoulder. "Especially since he's higher in the intelligence pyramid…"
"What the hell!?!" Chinto roared slamming his foot into the ground. "That little pup can't even talk? What makes you think he's smarter than me?!?"
"…the ability to speak doesn't prove intelligence," Vergil answered wagging his finger at Chinto. "The best way to prove your intelligence is to prove that you can still defeat me…"
"So, are you calling yourself dumb?" Chinto asked raising an eyebrow, literally confused with Vergil's statements.
"No…I'm saying I've got experience," Vergil replied making Chinto clutch his head in pain.
"You're not making any sense!!" Chinto shouted flailing his head around. "You're just doing that on purpose!"
"Heh…you just figure that out?" Vergil asked snapping his dueling deck into his duel disk, activating the machine. 'That gives me an idea…' (VLP: 8000)
"Enough of your mumbo jumbo!" Chinto roared pulling his six cards from his duel disk. "And make way for a real duelist!" (CLP: 8000)
'If anything, he still uses his Enforcer cards…with their low stats, they seem like nothing,' Vergil thought blinking a few times as Chinto looked over his hand. 'But, they've got those unique effects and support cards…'
"I'll start with the spell card, Boss Battle!" Chinto announced as his spell card materialized in front of him, showing a large demonic warrior standing in front of a large amount of medieval warrior. "Now…this spell allows you to special summon any level four or higher monster from your deck…of course, you'd have to fulfill any special requirements for the monster…but since it's your first turn, I doubt that you'd have that done…"
"Correct," Vergil responded pulling his deck out and fanning it in front of himself and Rox. 'That Boss Battle seems somewhat strange…there has to be another effect to it…but if he's giving me a strong monster for free…'
Reaching for the Mystic Art Kaiser, Vergil couldn't take it out of his deck for obvious reasons; Vergil slowly fingered the card…
"Grr…"
Turning his head slightly, Vergil saw that Rox was growling at the Mystic Art Kaiser card. 'Huh? Is…is Rox warning me? If that the case…then maybe…maybe I should rethink this decision…'
Immediately taking another card from his deck, Vergil immediately slapped it onto his duel disk as Rox calmed down. "I choose my Clay Ronin!"
From the duelist platform, a large amount of clay began to build up from the metallic platform, forming into the clay samurai, wielding a large yet long katana that sparkled in the light (1750/0). Like all of Vergil's clay monsters in the past, this one bore an expressionless face as it raised it sword in the air.
Chinto's mouth pouted slightly at the sight of the monster. '…oh well…I was expecting a very strong monster, but I guess that I can't expect that to work all the time…still…I didn't expect this guy to get that…'
"Now then…for the counter effect of my Boss Battle!" Chinto shouted pulling his dueling deck from his duel disk, and pulling two cards. "For every two stars on the special summoned monster, I can special summon one level three or lower monster from my deck with zero attack points…"
"So, four divided by two is two! So help me in welcoming the Enforcer Cadet and Enforcer Trainee!"
In two bright flashes of light, two futuristic armored monsters appeared in front of Chinto. One was a thin blonde haired young woman wearing a black jumpsuit with a metallic band over her eyes, wearing a thin, futuristic silver armor. At her waist was a high tech gun that she immediately pulled and aimed towards Vergil (0/0).
While the other light died down to reveal a thin brown haired young man wearing a black jumpsuit with a metallic band over his eyes, wearing a thin, futuristic silver armor as he struck a fancy pose (0/0). Both of the monsters knelt down in a defensive stance. "I'll keep them both in defense mode…just in case. And I'll set another monster in defense mode as well as a face down card…turn end."
"…Draw…" Vergil announced slowly pulling his sixth card into his hand. 'Hmm…It's a given that he's planning something…the question is what?'
"…I summon Clay Tekagi Soldier!" Vergil announced slapping his card onto his duel disk, creating another clay samurai appearing next to the Clay Ronin, only this one had longer arms and larger fists (1400/0). "And now…Clay Ronin! Clay Tekagi Soldier! Attack his two face up Enforcers!"
"Heh…you said attack…can't take it back!" Chinto laughed as the two clay warriors charged towards the two surprised Enforcers. Then just as the two Enforcers were about to bite the dust, Chinto's face down card flipped up, showing two men preparing to cut each other's hands off, this didn't stop the two clay monsters though. "Cause now I activate my trap card, Cruel Justice!"
"Cruel Justice?" Vergil questioned as the two Enforcers were shattered by the two Clay samurai monsters.
"Yeah…you see, it follows the principle eye for an eye," Chinto explained pointing towards his eye while sticking his tongue out. "When you destroy my Enforcers, I can destroy your cards in response! So kiss your two Clay monsters goodbye!"
From the trap card, two small grenades began to bounce on the ground next to two Clay monsters…only seconds later exploding in a pair of fiery explosions. "Ha! Looks like you need an update in monsters! Those are too fragile!"
"…I would…but the classics are great," Vergil replied with a smirk on his face, making a few more question marks appearing over Chinto's head.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Chinto asked as the platform under his feet began to recede, and just as the Enforcer duelist noticed this, a large clay fist collided with his chin, sending him staggering backwards. "ERG!" (CLP: 7500)
"Allow me to clarify this…" Vergil explained lifting his Clay Ronin and Clay Tekagi Soldier's cards, immediately sliding them into his graveyard. "First, my Clay Tekagi Soldier inflicts five hundred points of damage to your life points when it's sent to the graveyard, but you've already figured that out hopefully…"
"Yeah…the hard way…" Chinto moaned rubbing his chin slightly.
"Well then…as for my Ronin's ability, I can summon two Clay Ronin Tokens!" Vergil announced as two smaller Clay Ronin monsters appeared in front of Vergil, both of them crouching down in front of the Clay duelist (500/500 x2).
"Heh…I can already tell…" Chinto chuckled wiping his mouth clean. "…You're not the same runt that I faced in front of the cave!"
"This time…I've got a much better purpose!" Vergil shouted looking at the remains of his hand. '…I think I know what he's planning next…but unfortunately, I don't have anything to counter it…but I can use this to my advantage…'
"To wrap up my turn, I'll set one card face down," Vergil stated as Rox yelped with joy at the sight of the face down card. "…and now then, let's see what you can do."
"Heh…good…" Chinto chuckled nearly ripping his next card off his duel disk. "Now then…I first flip up my face down monster, reveal yourself, Enforcer Sergeant!"
Leaping from the face down card, the familiar golden haired enforcer landed on the ground in a strong pose (1000/200). "…and here I thought you didn't like old moves?"
"Well…like you said," Chinto chuckled fitting his newly drawn card into his duel disk, allowing the large Overfuse Cannon to appear on the field, allowing the Enforcer Sergeant to leap atop the large weapon. "The classics are great! And now…I discard my Enforcer Supplier from my hand! This will allow my Enforcer Sergeant to attack you directly!"
"And thanks to your cannon," Vergil pieced together as the large cannon began to charge with a large amount of energy. "…the attack will count as twenty-five hundred points…"
"Correctomundo!" Chinto shouted throwing his hand towards Vergil as the cannon fired the powerful blast of energy into Vergil's body, making the clay duelist disappear into the blinding light.
"Ha! Like shooting fish in a barrel!"
When the blast died down, smoke began to rise off of Vergil and Rox's bodies, making them both seem a little weakened by the powerful attack. (VLP: 5500)
Then, with a small beep, another card popped from Chinto's deck and into his hand. "Now, thanks to my Enforcer Supplier's effect, I can add another one from my deck to my hand. However, this card can't be discarded, summoned or set. Not like that's a problem."
"Yeah…it's just ammunition for next turn," Vergil calculated easily standing up as Chinto looked over his other cards.
"Correct again!" Chinto laughed looking at his small hand. "But now then…I think its time I show you what's going to happen next…"
Spinning his other card in his fingers, Chinto revealed another trap card, this one depicting three muscular criminals charging towards many Enforcers. "As soon as you draw your next card, I'll activate this trap, and you'll be getting even more damage to your life points!"
"Interesting…I'd like to see how that's possible," Vergil stated as two face down cards appeared one Chinto's field.
"You're going to get your wish," Chinto laughed loudly with his tongue sticking out in a sick manner.
"…no one wants to see that Chinto," Vergil sighed shaking his head while Rox followed suite.
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Walking from the library, Mustang shook his head trying to get the memory of that small meeting from his mind. 'Not something that I want to experience again…'
It was then, time just seemingly stopped in the hallway, Mustang's breathing slowed down as footsteps began to echo through the hall.
"...Die Hard Kaiser Mustang…correct?"
Time returned to normal as Mustang slowly turned to be met none other than Lucian, allowing his cloak to cover his body easily. Blinking a few times, Mustang combed his hair with his free hand. "That's right, and who might you be? Itachi?"
"I assure you, I only like the cloak," Lucian replied stepping forward with his cloak fluttering behind him. "…as for who I am…that's of a little importance right now. I just need to know what you've heard…"
"What I've heard?" Mustang questioned tilting his head a little bit to the side as a large question mark appeared over his head. "I honestly have no idea what you're referring to."
"…I see…" Lucian replied turning his eyes to the side. "Very well…"
Mustang kept his eyes on Lucian as he slowly walked past the Die Hard Kaiser, the fact that he was dressed like that…well, it was just weird. "…someone reads too much manga…"
"…don't piss me off you second rate Kaiser…" Lucian suggested stopping slightly before continuing to head towards the library. "…it wouldn't be best for your health…"
Keeping his glare on Lucian as the mysterious teen disappeared into the distance of the halls. "…I swear, all the freaks come out this time of the semester…"
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"Draw!" Vergil announced as he did so.
"I activate my spell card! Go, Mystical Space Typhoon!" Chinto roared as his set card began to spin around violently before becoming a powerful twister that spun around the field. "Now, then I think I don't need to tell you what this little card is capable of…right?"
"I see…you intend to destroy my face down card," Vergil speculated looking at his face down card as Rox did the same.
"Heh…I could, but my spell allows me to destroy any spell or trap card on the field! And I choose my own face down!" Chinto laughed as the powerful twister exploded into Chinto's other set card.
"Huh? By why would you do that?" Vergil asked blinking a few times before three black orbs began to immerse themselves onto his field.
"Well, in order to activate the trap, Criminal Targets," Chinto explained as the orbs shattered to release three convicts wearing the stripped prison uniforms onto Vergil's field (500/500 x3). "It has to be destroyed! Then, it special summons three Criminal Tokens on your side of the field. And guess what? During the battle phase those monsters must attack first and can't destroy monsters that have a level equal to or lower than the attack target!"
"Hmm…it's a very good plan," Vergil admitted rubbing his chin in deep thought. "And since I don't have any tribute monsters, I can't use the tokens as such…"
"Heh…I'm glad you see it that way," Chinto chuckled rubbing the bridge of his nose with a large smile plastered on his face.
"However…"
Chinto didn't like the sound of that one at all…
"Surely you realize that when you're playing against me, tokens happen to be the worse thing to use," Vergil pointed out wagging his finger at Chinto.
"What do you mean by that?" Chinto asked blinking a few times before Vergil lifted up another card of his in the air.
"First, I activate my trap card! Soul's Backlash!" Vergil announced as his face down card flipped up to show a large amount of orb like souls escaping from the Clay General of Flames. "And instead of telling you what this card does…why not demonstrate? I activate the spell card, Token Thanksgiving!"
With the card's appearance onto the field, all five of the tokens shattered into orbs of light that began to float down on top of Vergil's body. "And this is reason number one! If there are a large amount of tokens, I can gain a large amount of life points!" (VLP: 9500)
"Damn it!" Chinto snarled before noticing two floating orbs of light swirling around his body. "Huh? What the hell are these things?"
"They're the souls of the Clay Ronin Tokens…" Vergil answered in the scariest voice he could…apparently it worked since Chinto's eyes widened. "And thanks to Soul's Backlash, you lose three hundred life points per Clay monster that's destroyed…and tokens count!"
Before Chinto could say a word, the two orbs of light crashed into his chest, making him take a step backwards while clutching his chest. "C-Cheap shot!" (CLP: 6900)
"And I still have my normal summon this turn," Vergil answered looking over his meager hand, immediately slapping them onto his duel disk. "And I've got just the thing to take your Sergeant down! I call Clay Assassin!"
Instead of forming from the ground as was custom to Vergil's other Clay monsters, this clay samurai leapt from the ceiling clutching onto two jagged daggers in his hands as he softly landed on the ground (1000/0). "And now…attack Enforcer Sergeant!"
"A tie in attack points won't work! Remember! My Enforcer can't be bested in battle!" Chinto shouted as his Enforcer Sergeant leapt from the Overfuse Cannon towards the Clay Assassin, spinning in the air. "So kiss your monster goodbye!"
In a quick second, the Enforcer Sergeant slammed his foot into the Clay Assassin's head, making the clay head fly off into the stands and making the rest of the body fall into dirt. "Heh! That was pathetic!"
"I agree," Vergil responded making Chinto blink a few times. "I would've thought that you'd be more careful than when taking on an assassin. Especially since I used this move before!"
"What are you getting at?" Chinto asked with a few question marks appearing over his head. That's when he noticed that the Enforcer Sergeant began to stagger around on the field. "Huh? What's the matter with you?"
Then, the Enforcer Sergeant finally fell backwards, Chinto's eyes widened at the sight of two jagged daggers that were stabbed into the Enforcer's chest cavities, causing the high tech warrior to cry in pain. Chinto didn't notice as his life points began to lower slightly thanks to Soul's Backlash, he was too preoccupied with his monster shattering into pixels. "N-No!" (CLP: 6600)
"When my monster is destroyed in battle," Vergil explained fitting the card into his duel disk graveyard. "He takes the other monster with him, does that ring a bell to our last match?"
"I guess you think that you're so smart?" Chinto growled looking at his Overfuse Cannon…it was the only thing that was left.
"Not too brag, but I've managed to get a very high score on an IQ test a while back," Vergil pointed out making Rox and Chinto sweatdrop. "And since I was able to have some foresight and learn a little more about these Enforcers of yours…"
"Not what I was getting at," Chinto sighed as Vergil fanned his hand out in front of him.
"Regardless," Vergil stated lifting another card of his into his duel disk. "It's still my turn and I activate the spell card, Double Summon! This spell grants me an additional normal summon this turn! So I'll normal summon Clay Scout Soldier!"
Slapping the card onto his duel disk, this Clay Samurai that materialized onto the field raised a large banner in its hands with the symbol for clay on it (700/700), making Chinto narrow his eyes down on the monster. "Too bad that clay man can't do a thing to my life points!"
"I realize that…and that's why I'm ending my turn," Vergil answered back crossing his arms allowing Rox to jump off his shoulder and onto the ground. "I guess you were comfortable up there were ya Rox?"
"Bark! Bark!" Rox answered sitting down on the platform.
"…I wish I could understand wolf like Zeff could," Vergil admitted shaking his head.
In this momentary distraction, Chinto silently drew his next card. "…I discard my Discard Compensation for my Overfuse Cannon! Now I can draw one additional card from my deck."
Then looking over his next card, Chinto smirked to himself. "Now then…I activate the spell card, Trap Booster! I discard one card, like my Enforcer Supplier, and I can activate one trap card from my hand!"
"I see, you're trying to rebuild your forces," Vergil stated getting Chinto to blink a few times.
"Uh, yeah," Chinto admitted fitting the other card of his into his duel disk. "I activate the trap card, Training Hall! For one thousand life points, I can special summon two level four or lower monsters from my deck, both with zero attack points!" (CLP: 5600)
Then from the dueling deck, two red and silver blurs spun over Chinto's shoulders, landing in front of the Enforcer duelist. When both blurs stood up, they exposed their identities and characteristics. The two Enforcer monsters were bulky red haired older men wearing black jumpsuits with a metallic band over their eyes, wearing a bulky, futuristic silver armor. At their back are large shield that they both drew from their backs (0/0 x2). "Now then allow me to introduce the Enforcer Captains! And now…my Overfuse Cannon is still out! So I'll just have my first captain…blow away that scout!"
With a quick nod, the first Enforcer Captain leapt atop the cannon, firing the powerful blast into the small Clay Scout Soldier. However, as the remains of the Scout Soldier began to dissolve, Vergil began to smile along with Rox. "…you forget, my Clay Scout Soldier negates the battle damage. And since you destroyed another monster, I can inflict three hundred points thanks to my Soul's Backlash." (CLP: 5300)
"Yeah…" Chinto chuckled closing his eyes with a large grin on his face. "But…now I've got you with my…what the?!"
Standing in front of Vergil was another Clay Scout Soldier, this one standing a little taller than the previous (700/700). "Oh…how careless of me. My scout allows me to special summon a level three or lower Clay monster from my deck. And my Scout was a level three, so I bring out another one from my deck."
"Fine then! I'll just blast that one as well!" Chinto shouted as his other Enforcer Captain leapt onto the Overfuse Cannon, firing once more and making the Clay monster shatter into the remains of the statue like monster. That's when a dark blue aura surrounded Chinto, making him step backwards slightly. "Heh…and bring out another one! I'm ready for it!" (CLP: 5000)
"Very well…Clay Scout Soldier, appear," Vergil stated as the third scout appeared in front of him (700/700).
"Lucky for you…I've got to end my turn," Chinto snorted crossing his arms.
"That is a shame," Vergil muttered pulling his next card. Then, with his glasses reflecting the arena's light, Vergil reached for his duel disk. "I sacrifice my Clay Scout Soldier…and summon Clay General of Thunder!"
A large powerful bolt of lightning struck down upon the Clay Scout Soldier, shattering the statue like warrior into shards of clay. From the remains, a large clay soldier colored with a black paint stood where the Scout Soldier was. Unlike other clay soldiers, this one had six thin arms that each held onto a chained theme weapon, spinning them slowly and gaining speed. Its yellow mask on its clay face is a look of anger that seemed to make Chinto sweatdrop (2200/2200). "Somehow…I don't think that will be helpful…"
"For me it will," Vergil replied lifting his hand up towards one of the Enforcer Captains. "Clay General of Thunder! Attack his Enforcer Captain with Kamikaze Assault!"
Releasing all six of the weapons that he held, the Clay General threw all of the weapons into the surprised Enforcer Captain. Immediately, the force sent the Enforcer Captain flying into Chinto's body, knocking him over with a loud slam to the ground. "ARGH!" (CLP: 2800)
"In case you couldn't tell Chinto, my monster can inflict damage to your life points…" Vergil explained kneeling down to pet Rox on the head. "…but even if you use your cannon, my life points will be able to survive easily!"
'W…What the hell is going on!?!' Chinto thought slowly sitting up to see the serious look that Vergil had on his face. 'Last time…I had this kid in my palm of my hand!'
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Drawing his next card, Chinto's Overfuse Cannon slowly began to spark once more, only to calm down when Chinto discarded another card from his hand. "I'll keep my Cannon on the field…of course, it's essential when I take down that overgrown brute…"
"…coming from the muscle man," Vergil commented making Chinto narrow his eyes down at him.
"Just keep making the jokes," Chinto replied turning his next card around in his hand. "I activate the spell card, Shield and Sword! Defense, offense, swap!"
All of the holograms began to waver making the Kaiser of Defense (3000/2200), Enforcer Cadet (1000/0), Enforcer Trainee (800/0), and Enforcer Tokens (500/500) switch their stats. "But now everything will be made clear…I sacrifice my two Enforcer Tokens…"
Both of the tokens leapt into the air, creating a blinding amount of light that crashed into the ground, creating a large amount of dust to fly up into the air.
When the dust began to settle, a new enforcer was standing in front of the two duelists…this one a fancy silver haired youth with dark skin with a metallic band over his eyes. Over his black jumpsuit, silver band armor covered his skinny body. On his right arm was an enlarged bulky metallic arm that was flexed towards Vergil (2800/2400). "…for the Justified Enforcer! And now…my moment to win has just arrived! Justified Enforcer! Strike down his Kaiser of Defense!"
'Huh? I thought he would've attacked with his Cadet or Trainee first…unless this new enforcer has a secret ability!'
"Recruitment Punch!"
The Kaiser of Defense was taken back when the large fist collided with his face making him fly off into the sky, even Vergil was taken back.
And just as the Justified Enforcer slowly stepped back to Chinto's side of the field, another monster appeared on the field…
…Making Vergil's
eyes widen. "Kaiser of Defense!?"
"No…you see, whenever my Justified Enforcer destroys a monster as a result of battle," Chinto explained gesturing towards the Kaiser of Defense (3000/2200) now dressed in the same fashion with the other Enforcers. "I get a token with the same attack and defense of the destroyed monster…and currently your monster's attack was three thousand…"
A cold bead of sweat slowly dripped off the back of Vergil's head at the sight of his very monster turning against him. "Oh, but don't worry…this token can't attack the turn it was summoned…but my other two Enforcers can attack!
"So why wait?"
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'Now its like the tables turned and he's the one who had victory in the bag!' Slamming his fists into the ground, Chinto propelled himself to his feet, glaring intensely at Vergil. "I refuse to have that happen! I activate the special ability of my Captain! Now, I can special summon two Enforcer Tokens to my side of the field, equal to the level of your monster…divided by two! And since your monster is a level six, I can special summon three tokens!"
From behind the cannon, three younger versions of the Enforcer Captain dashed out onto the field, all three of them with enraged looks on their faces at Vergil defeating their original form (0/0 x3). "Now then, four eyes, I'd like you to guess what's in stored for you!"
"If that's the case…I'll set one card face down and end my turn," Vergil sighed standing up straight to fit the card into his duel disk.
"You think you're so smart, don't you?" Chinto snarled nearly ripping his next card off his duel disk, only to take his last Enforcer Supplier from his hand and fitting it into his duel disk's graveyard to keep his Overfuse Cannon on his field. "Well…think about this smart boy! I activate the spell card, Card of Sanctity! Now both of us draw till we hold six cards in our hands!"
"A very unwise move…you should never give your opponent cards this late in the duel," Vergil advised slowly pulling cards from the top of his deck till he held six in his hand.
"In a matter of moments, that won't matter!" Chinto roared looking over his hand. "Cause now I sacrifice two of my tokens to summon a familiar face!"
With a nod to each other, two of the Enforcer Tokens leapt into the air, combining into a large form of light. When the light died down, the Justified Enforcer fell too the ground, lifting up his two enlarged fists in the air (2800/2400), ready to deliver some cruel justice to Vergil. "Now then…Enforcer Token! Use the Overfuse Cannon and blast that General back to the earth where it belongs!"
Giving a thumbs up to his master, the remaining Enforcer Token climbed atop the large cannon as it began to charge. As soon as the futuristic warrior was standing straight on the cannon, the powerful attack was shot onto the easily destroyed General of Thunder…
…however, Chinto was the one who lost life points instead of Vergil. (CLP: 2500)
"Now then…you're wide open…" Chinto stated throwing his arm to the side.
"Am I?" Vergil asked snapping his fingers over his face down card, revealing a large amount of Clay Soldiers charging towards a large golden dragon. "My trap card, Calling an Army would like to disagree…when a monster on my side of the field is destroyed as a result of battle, I can special summon another Clay monster…"
"And I choose Clay General of Flames!"
In a powerful burst of flames, the Clay General of Flames appeared before Vergil, lifting both of his fans into the air (2300/2300).
"If that's how you want to play…then fine! Justified Enforcer! Destroy that monster now!" Chinto ordered as his large fisted warrior charged towards the Clay General, slamming his fist into the face of the monster.
But, as with the previous times, the powerful aura surged around Chinto's body, making him slightly weaker than before. (CLP: 2200)
From the remains of the Clay General, two smaller versions of the General appeared on the field, only these two wielded spears (1500/1500 x2). "And thanks to my monster's destruction, I can special summon two Clay Soldier Grunt tokens."
"Yeah!?! Well they're just targets to me!" Chinto roared as his Enforcer Captain leapt onto the large cannon, well aware what was coming next. "Enforcer Captain! Your target is the Clay Soldier Grunt Token on the right! And since your tokens don't share the same effect as your regular monsters…"
The powerful blast immediately destroyed the first Clay Soldier Grunt immediately, this time sending a powerful shockwave to both duelists. (CLP: 1900) (VLP: 8500)
"Ha! Finally! Finally I got you!" Chinto laughed loudly pumping his arms in the air.
"I must admit…it was an interesting move," Vergil sighed shaking his head. "But…all you really did was make a bruise appear…"
"…is that what you think?" Chinto asked raising an eyebrow as he fitted one card from his hand into his duel disk. "Well then…it'll be a pleasure to prove you wrong kiddo…"
"It'll be a pleasure," Vergil replied reaching for his deck, until the ground began to rumble. "Wait!?! What the?"
"Oh, did you forget about my Justified Enforcer's ability?" Chinto asked as a cybernetic version of the Clay General of Flames (2300/2300) appeared next the Justified Enforcer. "I can special summon a token of the monster he destroyed this turn…but enough about that…its your move, four eyes."
Vergil remained silent as he looked over the seven cards he had in his hand, contemplating what moves were possible at this point. Then raising his hand up into the air, Vergil narrowed his eyes at Chinto. "Clay Soldier Grunt Token, your target is the Enforcer Token!"
Lowering its spear, the Clay Soldier Grunt began to charge towards the surprised Enforcer Token…
BUZZZ!
A large 'No Entry' sign appeared in front of the Clay Soldier Grunt Token, making it take a knee. "Heh…I know exactly what you're up to kiddo…you were planning on damaging my life points with that little token of yours…"
Vergil's eyes widened as Chinto began to explain, raising his hand up in a manner that screamed 'Ha, ha, I am so smart!' "Then, you'd probably set another one of your clay monsters. Then, you'd probably suicide with both of the monsters and take whatever was left of my life points."
"Uh…wow…" That's all Vergil could come up at the moment.
"That hurts…" Chinto sighed shaking his head. "But anyway, thanks to my No Entry trap card, all monsters on your side of the field were moved to defense mode."
'That surprised me,' Vergil pondered looking over his cards. 'Then there's a good chance that he knows what I'm doing next.'
"I'll set one monster face down," Vergil announced as the set card appeared next to his Clay Soldier Grunt Token. "And set two cards face down as well…"
"Hmm…" Chinto mumbled to himself as he drew his next card, but immediately discarded it from his hand to keep his cannon on the field. "I wonder…what should I do?"
…
"Oh wait! I activate the spell card, Giant Trunade!"
In a powerful torrent of wind, all of the spells and trap cards, including the large cannon flew into the air and back into their owner's hands. "Now then…I'll just replay my Overfuse Cannon…"
The large cannon reappeared on the field next to Chinto, looking even more ominous now that Vergil lost more than half of his defenses. "And I'll activate the spell card, Shield Crush! So, say goodbye to that face down monster!"
Vergil's eyes widened as his face down card shattered as if it was nothing. "Dang…does everyone have that card in their deck?"
"It would seem…" Chinto chuckled snapping his finger as his Enforcer Captain leapt onto the large Overfuse Cannon. "…but now then…Enforcer Captain! Attack that Clay Soldier Grunt Token, Overfuse Blaster!"
Laughing loudly, the Enforcer Captain fired the cannon into the remaining token, destroying it and leaving Vergil alone on the field with Rox hoping off the duelist platform. "Heh…looks like your little wolf friend has the right idea…I don't want to be you right now either!"
"Enforcer Token!"
"Justified Enforcer!"
"Clay Enforcer Token!"
All three of the remaining monsters on Chinto's field ran up to the cannon, empowering the cannon with more energy than before. "Need I say more? Blast four eyes into the next millennium!"
"…This is going to sting," Vergil muttered before the cannon fired an extra powerful burst of light into his body, forcing him to the ground with static jumping all over his body. "…yep…it stings like hell…" (VLP: 1000)
"And it'll sting even more four-eyes," Chinto chuckled fitting two more cards from his hand into his duel disk. "There's no way you can get out of this…not with what I've got planned for ya."
"No…no…" Vergil muttered slowly standing up, allowing his hair to fall in front of his face, covering his eyes. "…I…I vowed to Zeff and Rox…"
The mention of his name, Rox leapt back on the field and growled at Vergil, making him look to his side and smile. "And…I keep my word!"
"Heh…that's nice four eyes," Chinto chuckled as Vergil drew his next card.
"Stop calling me four eyes!" Vergil shouted pulling a card from his hand. "I am Vergil Redgrave! The number one rookie of the Pacific Duel academy!"
"Titles mean nothing!" Chinto roared back as the wind in the arena began to twist and turn. "What's going on!?!"
"A storm is brewing," Vergil answered pointing over to his spell card. "A Heavy Storm to be precise! Now all spells and traps are destroyed!"
The large Overfuse Cannon and the two set cards on Chinto's field were immediately shattered into sparks of lightning. "Well…that's a bummer…"
"And now…I activate the spell card, Double Spell, by discarding my Sculptor of the Clay spell card," Vergil announced as a card shot out of Chinto's graveyard into Vergil's hand. "I can activate a spell card from your graveyard…and I choose your Trap Booster!"
Discarding another card from his hand, Vergil's Soul's Backlash appeared on the field once more, covering Vergil's form. "And now…I'll activate the spell card, Pot of Avarice, allowing me to shuffle five monsters from my graveyard into my deck…then draw two cards!"
"Heh…hoping for a luck of the draw?" Chinto chuckled as Vergil snapped the top two cards from his deck.
"…in a sense," Vergil answered slapping one of his newly drawn monster cards. "I summon Clay Scout Soldier!"
Once again, the banner wielding Clay Soldier appeared in front of Vergil (700/700) ready to attack. "And now…Clay Scout Soldier! Attack Justified Enforcer!"
"What!?!" Chinto shouted as the Scout Soldier charged towards the Justified Enforcer, only to slam the clay soldier into the ground. "What's the point of that?"
"My trap…that's the point! Now you lose three hundred points!" Vergil announced as a powerful blue aura appeared around Chinto's body, making him struggle. (CLP: 1600)
"Big deal! You can keep doing that to your heart's content! It won't make a lick of difference!" Chinto shouted before Vergil pulled out his deck in a fancy manner, showing all the cards in front of the Clay duelist. "Now what?!?"
"Did you forget so soon?" Vergil asked taking one of the cards before snapping his deck into his duel disk, as soon as he slapped the selected card onto his duel disk, another Clay Scout Soldier appeared on the field (700/700). "My Scout Soldier can special summon another level three or lower clay monster from my deck! So relax as the noose around your neck slowly begins to tighten around your thick neck!"
"Clay Scout Soldier! Attack the Justified Enforcer!"
Chinto's eyes widened as his Justified Enforcer slammed his fist into the Clay Scout soldier, creating the powerful aura around Chinto's body once more. 'H-He planned this ahead of time! There's no way out of this!' (CLP: 1300)
Another Clay Scout Soldier appeared before Vergil, only this one didn't wait for the order to attack the Justified Enforcer. And once again, the large fisted Enforcer slammed his fist into the Scout Soldier's body, creating the aura around Chinto's body again. (CLP: 1000)
Then pulling his deck out again, Vergil selected another card from his deck, slapping it onto his duel disk immediately. "Now, since I'm out of Clay Scout Soldiers, I must special summon a little different…and I think Clay Chain Soldier will do the trick!"
From the ground, another clay soldier emerged from the platform, this one spinning a very long steel chain (0/1350) that looked ready for battle. "And now…Clay Chain Soldier, your target is the Justified Enforcer!"
Throwing his chain towards the large fisted Enforcer, the Justified Enforcer stepped to the side and grabbed onto the chain. Then with a mighty pull, the Justified Enforcer swept the Clay Chain Soldier into its mighty fist…
…but like with the other clay monsters, Vergil's life points were spared while Chinto's were as lucky. "Heh…oh well…at least you failed at your calculations four-eyes…" (CLP: 700)
"I thought I told you to stop calling me that," Vergil stated as his graveyard began to glow as many chains began to erupt from the ground in front of him. "And my calculations aren't wrong. My Clay Chain Soldier allows me to special summon another clay monster from my graveyard."
Being pulled up by the chains, the large fisted Clay Tekagi Soldier (1400/0) appeared on the field, shattering the many chains into the broken links. "And this is the end! Clay Tekagi Soldier! Attack Justified Enforcer!"
Both large fisted warriors charged towards each other, time slowly down as both duelists glared at each other…
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Card Stats
Enforcer Trainee / Wind / LV. 2 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 800 / Spellcaster/Effect: By sending this face up card from the field to the graveyard you may destroy one spell or trap card on the field.
Description: A thin brown haired young man wearing a black jumpsuit with a metallic band over his eyes. Wearing a thin, futuristic silver armor.
Enforcer Cadet / Wind / LV. 3 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 1000 / Machine/Effect: By sending this face up card from your side of the field, you may inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent's life points.
Description: A thin blonde haired young woman wearing a black jumpsuit with a metallic band over her eyes, wearing a thin, futuristic silver armor. At her waist is a high tech gun.
Enforcer Captain / Earth / LV. 4 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Machine/Effect: When this card is destroyed as a result of battle, you may special summon one 'Enforcer Token' (Earth / LV. 2 / ATK: 500 / DEF: 500 / Warrior) for every two levels of the monster that destroyed this card
Description: A bulky red haired older man wearing a black jumpsuit with a metallic band over his eyes, wearing a bulky, futuristic silver armor. At his back is a large shield.
Enforcer Supplier / Dark / LV. 1 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Machine/Effect: When this card is discarded from your hand for a card effect, you may add one 'Enforcer Supplier' from your deck to your hand. (The added card cannot be discarded this turn, summoned, or set.)
Description: A young woman with messy bubblegum pink hair wearing a black jumpsuit with a metallic band over her eyes, wearing a thin, futuristic silver armor. On her back is a large supply carrier.
Boss Battle / Spell / Effect: When this card is activated, your opponent may special summon one level four or higher monster from his or her deck. For every two stars on the special summoned monster you may special summon one level three or lower monster from your hand or deck with 0 attack points.
Image: A large demonic warrior standing in front of a large amount of medieval warriors
Discard Compensation / Spell / Effect: When this card is discarded from your hand for a card cost, you may draw one card from your deck.
Image: As a young man raises a hand of cards to an older man, he's making a grab for a sack of silver
Cruel Justice / Trap / Effect: During the turn this card is activated, whenever a monster with 'Enforcer' on your side of the field is destroyed, you may destroy one card on the field.
Image: Two men preparing to cut each others' hands off.
Criminal Targets / Trap / Effect: When this card is destroyed while face down, you may special summon three 'Criminal Tokens' (Dark / LV.4 / ATK: 500 / DEF: 500 / Warrior) on your opponent's side of the field. 'Criminal Tokens' must attack first during your opponent's battle phase and cannot destroy monsters with an equal or lower attack.
Image: Three muscular criminals charging towards many enforcers.
Training Hall / Trap / Effect: Pay 1000 life points. You may special summon two level four or lower monsters from your deck with 0 attack points.
Image: Many Enforcers jumping through an obstacle course.
Clay Scout Soldier / Earth / LV. 2/ ATK: 700 / DEF: 700 / Rock/Effect: Negate all battle damage involving this card. When this card is sent to the graveyard you may special summon one level three or lower monster with 'Clay' in it's name from your deck or hand to the field.
Description: A clay samurai holding onto a flag with the symbol of earth on it.
Clay Chain Soldier / Earth / LV. 3 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 1350 / Rock/Effect: Negate all battle damage involving this card. When this card is sent to the graveyard, you may special summon one level four or lower monster with 'Clay' in it's name from your graveyard in face up defense mode.
Description: A clay Japanese samurai wielding a long silver chain with a large scythe at the end
Clay Tekagi Soldier / Earth / LV. 3 / ATK: 1400 / DEF: 0 / Rock/Effect: Negate all battle damage involving this card. When this card is sent to the graveyard, inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent's life points.
Description: A clay Japanese samurai with longer arms and large fists.
Soul's Backlash / Continuous Trap / Effect: Each time a monster on your side of the field with 'Clay' in it's name is destroyed, you may inflict 300 points to your opponent's life points.
Image: A large amount of souls leaving the Clay General of Flames.
Calling an Army / Trap / Effect: When a monster on your side of the field is destroyed as a result of battle, you may special summon one level six or lower monster from your deck with 'Clay' to your side of the field.
Image: A large amount of Clay Soldiers running towards a large golden dragon
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Vyser D: Unfortunately…I'm keeping the next chapter secret…as to not spoil anything that might happen…
I can't even tell ya the title.