Yugioh 5D's: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
Yusei: "Kalin's tactics must have changed a lot over the past 2 years. While he once relied on powerful monsters in his hand, he couldn't care less as he now throws them to the grave. Just when I thought things couldn't get worse, Kalin summoned his One Hundred Eye Dragon, a Dark Synchro monster that absorbs the powers of all the monster in his graveyard. He reminded us all of how we spent our last mission together as The Enforcers. My life was in his hand that day; and now he wants to send me away! Can I appeal to his senses? And more importantly, how can I defeat a monster more powerfui that my Stardust Dragon? Well, find out now, in this latest chapter!"
YuGiOh! 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 12: Dark Signs
Part 4: Earthbound Impact
The duel was still underway as Yusei stared down Kalin's most powerful monster, the One Hundred Eye Dragon.
"It looks like your precious duel runner is about to give up on you, Yusei!" Kalin laughed as Yusei noticed his front wheel shaking up bad and it looked like it was about to fall apart.
A small bump in its path threw the runner off-balance. Yusei fought to keep control, getting it back on the ground and steering sharply away from the fiery wall. It seemed to be going slower, because the rate at which the wheels were turning couldn't keep up with the momentum Yusei already had, skidding against the ground and kicking up lots of dust, right in Yusei's face. Still, he was not about to let it show, "It's fine, Kalin. It's just a little wobbly, is all."
"Then I guess it's a perfect fit for your game!"
As he raced across the burning track, Yusei could hear Rally, Blitz, Tank and Nervin as he passed the trash-heap Crow was ontop of, chanting his name.
"Did you hear that? It sounds to me like you have a couple of loyal friends out there watching the duel," Kalin said, "I just hope for your sake that you never have to feel the stinging pain of their betrayal!"
Jack: "Kalin can run the table with this combo of his. He made it so that as long as he has no cards in his hand, he can pretty much use any monster in his graveyard and activate their special ability. Yusei needs to do something about that or he's finished!"
"It's my turn!" Yusei drew his next card, 'I've only got one way to throw 'im off his strategy. It's a longshot, but I gotta try something!' "Alright, Kalin; since you've got monsters on your field and my field is empty, I'm able to special-summon this next card as a Lv-4 monster! I summon (*) Level Warrior(3/300/600)!" a man in a red superhero suit with a red helmet covering his head and a yellow star in front appeared (ATK: 300). A bright-glowing star appeared, indicating the extra level (Lv: 3-4), "Next I'll bring out Hyper Synchron V2 to the field in attack mode!" Yusei's Lv-4 metalic-red tuner appeared (ATK: 1600)
"I'm shaking," Kalin joked.
"And now I'll use the power of my Hyper Synchron Synchron to tune my Level Warrior so I can summon out your destruction!" the synchron's chest opened and it fired 2 synchro-gates and disappeared. Level Warrior soared through the gates, transforming into golden outlines as Yusei chanted:
"Clustering hopes will become a new shining star! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Take flight, Stardust Dragon!"
In a flash of power, Stardust Dragon exploded from the synchro-jet (ATK: 2500).
"Busting out your deck's top performer!" Kalin said mockingly, "I was worried you weren't taking me seriously. I guess in a way I should be flattered!"
"Well this next move'll really make ya feel special! See, when Hyper Synchron is used to summon a synchro monster, the summoned monster then gets a power boost!" Hyper's power coursed through Stardust Dragon, giving him 800 ATK.
Stardust Dragon: (ATK: 3300)
Nervin: "Thatta boy. I bet even with One Hundred Eye Dragon on the field, Kalin never saw that coming."
Rally: "Go get 'em, Yusei!"
Crow: "But Kalin can still activate lots of abilities..."
"Stardust Dragon, attack with Cosmic Flare!" the dragon fired its signature star-glittered flame at the dark synchro.
"Attack all you want, because now my One Hundred Eye Dragon gains the special ability of Infernity Guardian!" the dragon's main eye revealed a skeletal ghost in a dark shaman's robe, "And thanks to this power, it can't be destroyed in battle!"
"That may be, but your life-points're still gonna take some damage!" the backlash from Stardust's flare hit Kalin.
Yusei: 1000 (6)
Kalin: 3700 (7)
The Dark Signer snickered, "It's good to see you finally hitting back. I know that's not all you've got, Yusei, what's next, huh?"
"Since Stardust Dragon managed to successfully deal battle damage, the Shard of Hope trap card automatically activates, which means I can now draw one card from my deck, and if that card is a trap card, then I can activate it by destroying Shard of Hope!" Yusei placed his hand ontop of his deck. It all comes down to this draw. If he could get the one card he needed, then he might be able to turn the table. If not...well, there's no need to explain the consequences. And finally...
"Swish..."
Yusei's eye wandered to the card he drew. And suddenly, his strategy instantly clicked in his mind. Each card connected with another, each perfectly compatible for his victory. From time to time, in times of need as this, destiny gives you a piece of a puzzle you never had, wich allows you you connected with others, therefore synchronizing each of its attribute into one unified whole, a gift in which Yusei now wield, a move known as... Cross Game! "Here goes everything! I'm destroying the card Shard of Hope, so that I can activate... the power of my Miracle Locus trap! This trap forces you to draw one card, and gives Stardust Dragon 1000 more attack points, and the ability to attack for a second time this turn. So add a card to your hand, Kalin!"
"Hmph. With pleasure," Kalin drew, as if not caring.
Stardust Dragon: (ATK: 4300)
Crow: "Alright, there we go! Now that Kalin's got a card in his hand, that combo he built is useless!"
Rally: "And so are the abilities of the monsters in his graveyard!"
"Stardust Dragon, time to inflict another dose of damage! Attack!" and this time, Stardust's Cosmic Flare managed to obliterate the One Hundred Eye Dragon.
Yusei: 1000 (6)
Kalin: 2400 (6)
Crow: "And the One Hundred Eye Dragon goes down! And that means Kalin's gonna have to figure out a new game plan!"
"Thanks for the help Yusei, because now that your monster destroyed my mighty beast, I can select one card in my deck, and then add it to my hand!" Kalin said as he took did what the effect said. But unbeknown to Yusei, something sinister pulsed in that card, like something evil was waiting from beneath.
"It won't matter, 'cause now, I activate my trap, Synchro Destructor! Now when my dragon destroys your monster in battle, you take damage equal to half that monster's ATK points!" as Yusei's trap activated, a glowing red image of Kalin's slain dragon hovered over Yusei, which ten split into two separate copies, "And then, if the monster I destroyed was a synchro-monster, you get hit again for the same amount of damage."
Crow: "So Kalin's basically getting served his own dragon's ATK points! So that's what, like, 3000? If this move is successful-"
Tank: "Yusei wins this thing!"
Nervin: "I've never seen a combo so perfectly executed!"
Rally: "He's the best! Nothing can stop him now!"
The two ghostly dragons then chase after Kalin in an attempt to end this duel.
"Gah! This can't be, I'm done-for!" but then the Dark Signer grinned, "But seriously, folks, I activate the Damage Translation trap! This card halves the harm I take from a card effect," a transparent shield formed over him. The first one hit Kalin really hard.
Yusei: 1000 (6)
Kalin: 1650 (6)
Then a second one hit making him groan in pain.
Yusei: 1000 (6)
Kalin: 900 (6)
"Impressive string of attacks Yusei." Kalin chuckled. "But look who's still standing!"
Tank: "Y'know, I never liked him..."
Magic: "Come to think of it, I don't even remember him being this nuts."
Blitz: "He may've managed to survive that attack, but he's finished. He's got no monsters on his field and Yusei's got Stardust Dragon!"
Nervin: "And I'd bet a salami sandwich that facedown card of Yusei's is Scrap-Iron Scarecrow. So if Kalin summons a new monster, Yusei can negate the attack!"
Jack: "Yusei's biggest mistake would be thinkin' he's got this one wrapped up."
Carly: "Huh?"
Jack: "That card Kalin added to his hand earlier... it's gotta be something powerful."
But the question is: is Yusei lucky? Well, is he, punk? 'If I can hold Kalin off 'til next turn, my speed-counter will be 8, and I can activate the Stardust Accelerator speed-spell, which'll double Stardust Dragon's attack points. Then I'll finish 'im off!' "I end my tu-"
"Slow down! I'm not done!" Kalin cut Yusei off, "See my Damage Translation's other effect activates during the end-phase, and since I took damage from card effects twice, I can summon two ghost tokens(1/ATK: 0/DEF: 0) to my field!" two semi-opaque ghosts swirled like streamers above Kalin, who cackled as they moaned ethereally.(ATK: 0x2)
"What's so funny?" Yusei demanded.
"The irony is delicious! The irony is delicious! You did all that work to force me to add a card to my hand" Kalin presented Yusei with said card, "did you ever stop to think that the card I might end up adding to my hand would be my most powerful?"
"What is it?"
"Time for the big finale! Come on out, everybody!" beyond the haze of the fiery edges of the arena, dozens of figures in drone robes begin to appear around them, waiting silently.
"What is this?" Yusei questioned, "Kalin, who are they?"
Rally: "Ya see that? It- it looks like there's people in the purple mist!"
Tank: "Where'd they come from?"
Nervin: "Your guess is as good as mine, Tank."
Crow: "Maybe they're the same people who were taken in by that weird group and went underground."
"I had a feeling it was you Dark Signers who'd been taking people! What're you gonna do to 'em?"
"It's my turn now," unfortunately because of Power Baton, Kalin cannot draw another card, "
"Answer me, Kalin! What're you doing with these people!"
The Dark Signer chuckled, "What do you think, Yusei? I am going to channel their spirits to this card!"
"You're... you're gonna do what?"
Their combined energy is going to give this card unbelievable power! By releasing the two ghost tokens from my field, I banish the taken-to-the-netherworld as an offering to the (*) Earthbound Immortal, Ccapac Apu(10/3000/2500)!" the two ghosts rose to the sky. Twining around each other and vanished, they were replaced by a large object, stone-looking, apparently coiled up on itself, more or less the shape of a land snail shell, with large black veins. On top of that is what looks like a couple of apparatuses like square metal pipes, stacked on top like a hook that hangs the shell in the sky. The figures in robes began to scream as one by one they glowed purple and turned into streams of energy, these all shoot up toward the thing in the sky.
"Their energy has been assimilated. And now Ccapac Apu will descend upon this world!," Kalin raised the card over his head. As the streams of light shoot into the giant stone monument, the black veins began to pulse with shadowy purple light. Then the whole thing exploded, creating a column of purple fire from ground to heavens, with dark mist swirling around and ripples spreading rapidly across the dark clouds above. The whole island began to shake violently. Suddenly, a massive hand burst from the ground, and a giant mass of shadow rose. Glowing blue stripes form inlaid designs on its black stone exterior, and the whole thing glowed with blue light. The circle in the center of the giant's face glowed, and it stood to its full height. Lightning crackled in the sky above shadowy behemoth (ATK: 3000).
"Okay, how come Goodwin didn't warn me about this guy?" Yusei exclaimed, astonished.
"Hahahahahahaha! Get ready to join the rest of the taken in the shadows of the netherworld! Ha! Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu, pound this pathetic Signer into the darkness!" the giant reached one huge knobbly black hand toward the Star of the Satellite, whose runner was rocking back and forth by now.
Thinking quickly, Yusei defiantly gives a battle cry and fought back, "Stardust Dragon, attack!"
"Stardust flew at the hand descending on Yusei, but the lizard passes right through it, "Oh, it didn't do anything! Well at least I got Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!"
"Come on, Yusei! D'you seriously think a little trap like that can stand up against the power of an Immortal? Ccapac Apu is immune to any, every and all card effects!" Kalin laughed and sped ahead of him as the scarecrow was immediately pulled back into its card.
Yusei was officially out of options. His dragon was useless, his trap backfired, there was nothing he could do to stop the giant's hammer of a hand. The ground started to explode around the black mitt as it started to get closer and closer each second. Yusei closed his eyes bracing for the worst. But then, his runner gave in. The engine exploded causing Yusei to skid backward, out of control, and out of reach of the big hand as it descends where he was a moment before.
"YUSEI!" Everyone cried as the giant's hand smashed into the ground, and Yusei came flying in its wake, thrown free of his runner...
At Blister's apartment...
The light from Luna's mark faded...
"Why'd it stop glowing, what's that mean?" Leo asked his twin, "Did something bad just happen to Yusei?"
"I'm not sure, but... I think he's been hurt."
At Arcadia HQ...
As did Akiza's...
"Yusei's in danger..."
At the Tops...
And so did Jason's, who watched the entire duel from his Duel Transer...
"I can't believe Yusei lost..."
But that was not all whom witnessed Yusei's in the city streets, Sarah Lyrtle just finished collecting her new data, 'Hmm, another Dark Synchro monster. Wonder where the got them from...'
Back at the Satellite,,,
Kalin rode over next to his fallen foe...
"In the moment all hope is lost, Yusei's crummy duel runner breaks! Officially ending the duel before the duel can officially end him!" the Dark Signer announced, "Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Just look at you- you're so pathetic! You may have managed to survive this little encounter, but I'm afraid you can't fight your fate! You can't stop the Satellite from being obliterated! And you can't save yourself," hr then lift up his Earthbound card, "Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu, come back to me now!"
The Earthbound Immortal vanished in a flare of purple light, sinking into the earth from whence it came, along with the flames that made up the previous arena.
"What was it that tournament emcee started calling you? 'Satellite Shooting Star'? More like 'Satellite's falling star'! See ya 'round, Yusei!" Kalin left on his runner leaving Yusei in pain.
"Yusei!" Rally cried as he Blitz, Nervin, and Tank, and especially Magic ran towards him.
"We're coming buddy!" Tank said. The group soon gathered around him.
"Yusei, you still with us?" Blitz asked as he turned Yusei over with his back on the ground only to reveal a large piece of shrapnel on his stomach.
"Ugh… my gut…" Yusei muttered.
"Of my god!" Magic gasped, covering her mouth.
"Is it bad?" Tank asked.
"Yusei, can you hear me-?" Rally asked.
"Don't touch him!" Crow called our raced down the side of the nearest pile of garbage on his runner, and stopped on the other side of Yusei, "I'll take him to Martha's place!"
"Is she still in the Knotting District?" Blitz asked as he and Tank each grab one of Yusei's shoulders and lift him onto the back of Crow's runner.
"Yeah. I'll see you there," Crow then rode off.
"What're you waiting for?" Jack shouted at the pilot, "I've gotta catch that creep, put this bird on the ground!"
"No, don't, we have to get back to the City right away," Mina said.
"What're you talking about? Are you suggesting that we let Kalin just escape?"
"I know you're upset, Jack, but right now, without your duel runner with you, there isn't anything that you can do."
Jack sighed; he was frustrated, but she has a point. The helicopter then flies off toward the City...
"We gotta go through Outcast Alley to get to Martha's house, don't we?" Tank asked.
"Then we should move before it gets late and the thugs come out to play," Nervin said. The group started on their way.
"Wait a minute!" Magic called out, kneeling over Yusei's broken and fallen runner, "You're not going to leave this here, are you?"
"Are you kidding? We can't push that thing all the way to Martha's, it'll slow us down!" Nervin replied, "Besides, when we get to Ripper Row, a runner like that is gang bait!"
"And you think leaving it our of the open will help Yusei more?"
"She's right!" Rally pointed out, "We can't just leave it for someone to come and steal it! There's a piece of every one of us in this duel runner."
"The do got a point," Tank said, "We all pitched in to help build that thing. Remember? We spent weeks spreadin' out and gathering parts we thought could be useful, and we brought everything back to Yusei! And when Yusei revved that engine for the first time, It was a feeling that I'll never forget! It was like we had really accomplished somethin', together! We gotta bring it!"
"He's right," Blitz pepped, "that runner is a testament to the power of our friendship!"
"Uh, what he said!"
Tank, Nervin and Blitz both then helped pushed the runner. Unfortunately, Nervin was still reluctant.
"Sheesh! Don't blame me if we get jumped!"
Later on, the five were doggedly pushing the runner through deserted, half-wrecked streets, surrounded by buildings much the same. Rally looked up and noticed someone watching from a hollowed-out building, and the person walked further inside with a sinister laugh. More quiet, unpleasant laughter surrounded them; it was like swimming among shark fins...
"I could really go for a donut right about now," Tank complained.
"When could you not go for a donut, Tank?" asked Blitz rhetorically.
"We've still got a long way to go; don't you start complaining now," said Nervin.
"You 5 lost or something?" Suddenly, people in raggedy clothes appeared out of the buildings on either side, surrounding them. They sport a wide variety of tracking dye; very few were not marked, "There's a toll for passin' through Outcast Alley, ya know."
"That shiny red bike you're totin' oughta take care of it," another said.
For protection, Blitz grabbed a small railing off the ground and brandished it at the nearest thug, "Just back off, buddy! Why don'tcha crawl back into the sewer ya came from!"
"Just so you boys know, he does not speak for all of us," Nervin cowarded, the punks still approaching, "Told you bringing the duel runner was a bad idea."
"Okay, look, fellas, calm down, I mean surely we can work somethin' out, we're all gentlemen here."
"Who you callin' a gentleman?" one thug growled.
"Look, youse, just fork over the duel runner and we'll le'chyas go," another offered.
"You're not gettin' one bolt off this thing!" Tank warned.
"Okay, well then what about your decks? You guys have decks, right?" a thug asked.
"Of course we do! But there's no chance you're gettin' em from us!"
"You either give us your decks or the duel runner, or we take both!"
"So whaddaya think we should do?" Blitz asked.
"I think we should listen to me next time," grumbled Nervin.
"Our cards aren't as important as Yusei's bike," Rally said.
"Kid's right." Magic reached into her person for her deck after Rally, "Anybody know how to play 52-pick-up?"
The rest grimly pulled out their decks; and the five tossed all of their cards up into the air. The thugs descended on the fallen cards as they fled the scene.
"I think we,,, got away..." Rally panted as they stopped to catch their breaths further down the alleyway.
"Have I said 'I told you so' yet?" Nervin asked.
"Five times," replied Tank brightly.
Just then they heard menacing chuckles once again, their way blocked by more thugs, "Ya gotta pay the toll if you wanna pass."
"You've gotta be kidding me," Nervin whined.
"We don't have any more cards to give 'em!" said Tank.
"No, but we do have clothes."
Knowing exactly what Rally was talking about, Magic practically hugged herself, "Well. they're not taking mine! Uh-uh!"
"C'mon! We-"
"No."
"But-"
"NO!"
"Do you wanna help Yusei or not?"
Magic grimaced, but Rally did have a point. So in unison, they all flung their clothes in the air, except their undergarments (sorry, pervs; it's rated T-for-Teen for a reason) and scampered off as soon as the thugs fought on the ground.
Meanwhile...
Elsewhere in the Satellite, Crow's runner came to a stop outside a house. Not many people in the Satellite seem to live in houses that stand alone, but Martha's place is an actual house with what looks like a backyard and no other houses around it. It looked pretty spacious, and, considering the disrepair of the Satellite, somewhat like a haunted house.
"Hey, Martha! It's me, Crow!" the redhead shouted, banging on the window-panned door, "I need your help, hurry, wake up! Come on, Martha, wake up!"
"It's the middle of the night, Crow," a dark-skinned woman opened the door, holding a candle. She was about as tall as Crow, middle-aged, with brown eyes and thick black shoulder-length dreadlocks. She wore a dark-red dress with a wide white collar and a black, clinging top underneath, and a white apron, "This better be good," she yawned.
"No, it's bad, it's real bad," Crow pointed to his runner, showing Yusei slung like a sack of flour, still wearing his helmet.
"Is that Yusei?" Martha gasped as she ran over to him. she held the candle to see and saw the shrapnel, "He's shivering... I need hands out here, people! Come help me get Yusei inside!" she called out to the door, "You hang in there, Yusei. I'm going to do everything I can to help, just hang in there."
Rally, Blitz, Tank, Nervin, and Magic pushed Yusei's runner up a hill, in the middle of the bad part of the Satellite, late at night, barefoot, in their drawers. In case the readers were interested or if anyone didn't watch the show, Blitz's boxers match his bandanna, Rally's are dark blue, Tank's have light brown stripes, and Nervin's in white briefs (and in case you pervs are still wondering, Magic wore a dark-violet bra and panties, matching her hair).
"I'm about to pass out!" Tank moaned.
"Maybe we should take a little break," said Nervin.
"Good call," Blitz agreed.
"We can't stop here, you guys, it's not safe! You want Yusei to know that we lost his bike 'cause you guys got 'tired'?" Rally lectured, "Tank, think about the time when you were going through a jellybean withdrawal, and Yusei ran through the crossroads in the rain just to get you some. He had a cold at the time, but that didn't stop 'im from helping you out!"
"Well, yeah, but-"
"Now that I think about it, there was that time I needed an energy cell for a project and Yusei scored one for me by trading one of his favorite cards," Nervin remembered.
"You're right, little man, Yusei would do anything to help any of us, and he'd never complain about it," pepped Blitz.
"Let's go! Let's do this for Yusei!"
"For Yusei!"
"There's only one problem. Look at the road ahead of us," Nervin motioned in front of them...
"IT'S A DEAD END!" they all shrieked as they saw that fact.
"Now what do we do?" Rally started to panic.
"Are you in trouble?" an old man came out from a nearby building.
"NOT AGAIN!"
"We can't pay any more stupid tolls!" Rally whined, covering himself.
"I'm afraid if you wanna pass..." the senior pointed to a nearby alleyway, "you'll have to cut through the alley over there."
"Oh, uh, thanks."
"Here, boys, let me give you a hand with this thing. Together, now-," the six then rush down the alley, moving faster with the old man's help.
"Well, it's good to know there's at least one nice person in Outcast Alley!" Tank said.
"We're gonna make a left up here, and-" Suddenly the runner and the four of them go flying over an edge; it was a trap! Below them there awaited a rickshaw and two guys. Then Rally, Blitz, Tank, and Nervin bounce off in all directions, and the two guys catch the runner and spring into action, tying it down and pulling the rickshaw away along with a third guy.
"They're getting away with the duel runner!" cried Nervin.
"Our symbol of friendship!" Tank exclaimed.
"Somebody, help!" Rally cried.
Suddenly a light flashed on ahead, with two people barely visible beside it, "This is Sector Security. We've got you surrounded. Drop the rickshaw and give yourselves up!"
"They got us surrounded!" a thug cried out.
"They can't catch us all!" another shouted. They let go of the wagon and sprinted off in all directions, as Rally, Nervin, Blitz and Tank ran up to the Runner.
"Never thought I'd be so glad to see Sector Security!" Tank said.
Rally ran up and hugged Yusei's runner, "We almost lost you!"
"It's a machine, Rally," Blitz said, annoyed.
Then Nervin remembered, "...Hey wait a minute, Sector Security doesn't patrol way out here."
"So they who could that be?"
The pair stepped forward, revealing themselves to be the Jacks' Flush duo, Blister and Persian.
"You guys are dressed... interestingly," snickered, trying to stifle a laugh, "What happened?"
"It's Yusei," Rally exclaimed, "He's been hurt real bad!"
I know what you readers were thinking; 'Where was Magic when that happened?' Well, let me tell you, before they turned the corner, our Arcadia member was snatched into a corner, surrounded in shadow. She tried to scream, but her mouth was covered tight,
"Someone's been a 'bad girl'," a certain lime-haired psychic sneered, "Wait until Sayer hears about this."
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Level Warrior
Stats: [Warrior/Effect] Level 3 ATK/300 DEF/600
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: If there are no monsters on the field, you can Normal Summon this card from your hand as a Level 2 monster. If your opponent controls a monster and you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand as a Level 4 monster.
(2) Earthbound Immortal
Stats: [Fiend/Effect] Level 10 ATK/3000 DEF/2500
Attribute: DARK
Description: "Earthbound Immortal" monsters cannot be Summoned while this card is face-up on the field. While no Field Spell Card is active, the following effects are negated, and this card is destroyed during the End Phase: ● This card can attack your opponent directly. ● This card is unaffected by the effects of your opponent's Spell and Trap Cards. ● Your opponent's monsters cannot select this card as an attack target. ● When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK.
Leo: "A dark shadow looms over the city of New Domino. An evil force threatens the fate of planet earth. Standing between their home and destruction are five of who bear the Mark of the Dragon. It's up to the Signers to take on this evil and save the world! Watch as the search for the Signers begins next time on Reverse of Arcadia: Supersensory Shakedown! It's morphin' time!"
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