Chapter 5
Marshmallon and Winged Kuriboh were in the World Cup stadium, waiting for Eggy to come back with more food. They had already finished five out of fifteen bags of marshmallow-flavoured popcorn, and their hot dogs and soda were already finished. "The next Duel between Yuma, with NASDAQ: UTOP and William, with NASDAQ: PNGN will begin in five minutes.
"Who do you think's gonna win?" asked Eggy, just coming back with tons more food.
"I dunno. I've never heard of William before," began Marshmallon, frowning. "but he must be good to enter the tournament. Yuma, on the other hand, is famous and is the ZEXAL dimension champion with Astral."
"Yeah. I think that Yuma actually might win this one." said Kuriboh.
"Duel UTOP and PNGN. Begin in 005 seconds." said NASDAQ. Yuma and William entered the field.
"Duel Begin." said NASDAQ calmly. Both players drew five cards and rock-paper-scissored. William won the RPS.
"I choose to go first!" said William. William looked at his hand, thought for a moment, and said: "I summon Penguin Soldier!"
Penguin Soldier
WATER/LV2
Aqua/Effect
ATK/750 DEF/500
FLIP: You can target up to 2 monsters on the field, return those targets to the hand.
"Ooooooookkkkkay." said Kuriboh, slightly sweat-dropping. "He's an epic noob. He's Normal Summoning a Flip effect monster instead of setting it."
"Next, I activate the field Spell, Arctic Wind, and I Special Summon Puny Penguin!"
Arctic Wind
SPELL/FIELD
Once per turn, the turn player may Special Summon one "Penguin" monster from their hand or Graveyard. This card may not be destroyed once per turn. All WATER monsters on the field gain 500 ATK.
Puny Penguin
WATER/LV1
Aqua/Effect
ATK/400 DEF/200
When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard after being flipped face-up: Target 1 "Penguin" monster in your Graveyard, except "Puny Penguin"; Special Summon that target in face-up Attack Position or face-down Defense Position.
"My best guess right now is that he's trying to do something random, or Synchro by some other means, because Puny Penguin is Level 1." said Kuriboh.
"I use Level Eater II and Special Summon it, and reduce Penguin Soldier's level to 1!" said William, Special Summoning Level Eater II.
Level Eater II
EARTH/LV2
Insect/Effect
ATK/100 DEF/100
If this card is in your hand: you can target up to 2 face-up monster(s) in Attack Position you control, reduce its/their level by 1, and if you do, Special Summon this card. This card cannot be used as Synchro Material.
Marshmallon, Kuriboh, and Eggy all fell back into their seats as what William was trying to do hit them. By the looks of the other spectator's faces, they also realized what William was doing. Yuma, however, was apparently still oblivious to William, as he kept on looking at his Deck and hand. "He's overlaying them!" said the entire stadium in unison. The crowd looked at one another, and shrugged.
"I use Level Eater II's effect and Special Summon another one from my hand!" said WIlliam. "I reduce its own level and Level Eater II's level, and I play the spell card, Pot of Greed!"
Pot of Greed
SPELL
Draw 2 cards.
"I Special Summon my last Level Eater and reduce it by 1 also!" cried WIlliam.
"Holy cow!" said Marshmallon, his eyes widening. "He's got five Level 1 monsters on the field, for goodness' sake!"
"Yeah!" said Kuriboh, his own eyes widening. "He's going to get something good . . . I know it."
"Then I build the Overlay Network and Xyz Summon Penguin Soldier Ultimate!" said William, with all five monsters disappearing.
Penguin Soldier Ultimate
WATER/RK0
Penguin/Xyz/Effect
ATK/0
DEF/4000
5 monsters of the same levels, except for Xyz Monsters and Level 0 monsters. (This card's original Rank is always treated as 1)
This card may not be destroyed by card effects once per turn. Once per turn, you may detach 1 Xyz Material, and based on the Level of the detached Material, activate one of the Following effects:
1-4: Inflict 2000 damage to your opponent.
5-7: This card gains 1000 ATK and DEF.
8-10: You gain 2510 LP.
11-12: If this is the last Xyz Material to be detached, you win the Duel. If not, this card loses 800 DEF and ATK.
"I set two cards face-down and end my turn!" said William.
"Woah. He's not that inexperienced after all." said Eggy.
"Well well well." said Yuma, smirking. "So you know what you're doing after all. I am totally feeling the flow! Draw! And I summon Gagaga Magician!"
Gagaga Magician
DARK/LV4
Spellcaster/Effect
ATK/1500 DEF/1000
Once per turn: You can declare a level from 1 to 8, this card's level becomes that level until the End Phase. You can only control one "Gagaga Magician". This card may not be used as a Synchro Material Monster.
"Next, I play the Spell card, Double Summon!" said Yuma.
Double Summon
SPELL
You can Normal Summon/Set again once per turn. (This effect can only be used on the turn this card is activated)
"I summon Gogogo Golem in Attack Position!" said Yuma.
"He's overlaying." said Kuriboh.
"Probably gonna be Utopia." said Marshmallon, agreeing.
"I use Gagaga Magician and Gogogo Golem to build the Overlay Network!" said Yuma. Twin yellow lights began to come out of the Magician and Golem. "I summon . . . Number 39: Utopia!"
"Yep. Utopia. After all, it's one of the most flexible Xyzs, and can evolve more." said Eggy.
Number 39: Utopia
LIGHT/RK4
Warrior/Xyz/Effect
ATK/2500 DEF/2000
During either player's turn, when any player's monster declares an attack: You can detach 1 Xyz Material, and negate the attack. If this card is targeted for an attack while it has no Xyz Materials: Destroy this card.
"Utopia's not going to do anything against Penguin Soldier!" said Eggy.
"I play Rank-Up Magic Numeron Force!" said Yuma. "And I Xyz Summon Number C39: Utopia Ray Victory!"
Number C39: Utopia Ray Victory
LIGHT/RK5
Warrior/Effect
ATK/2800 DEF/2200
If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step.
If this card has a "Utopia" monster attached to it as Xyz Material, it gain some this effect:
When this card declares an attack against a face up monster your opponent controls, you can detach 1 Xyz Material, target the defending monster, negate that monster's effects, and if you do, this card gains attack equal to the attack to the targeted monster's.
"Woah." said Kuriboh. "He's got a Ray Victory."
"I wonder why he didn't upgrade to Ray first, and then play Rank-Up, as that would give it more Xyz Material." commented Eggy.
"I'm 99.99999% sure that the reason that he didn't do that is because Eggy didn't feeling like writing Ray's effect, and was too lazy to do it." guessed Marshmallon. "Anyway, too bad that the Ray Victory won't help him for defeating the Ultimate Penguin Soldier. I have no idea why he didn't go to Utopia Ray V instead. Ray V would've killed the Soldier."
"I set 2 cards face-down and end my turn." said Yuma.
"Draw!" said William. "I use my Penguin Soldier's effect and detach 1 overlay unit to inflict 1000 damage to your Life Points! I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
"Draw!" said Yuma, slightly gritting his teeth. 'I got the wrong Utopia. I should have Ranked Up to Ray V. But I can't just give up! I have to find a strategy to break through of his Soldier.' thought Yuma. "I got it! I activate ZEXAL Weapon - Utopia Direct!" said Yuma.
ZW - Utopia Direct
LIGHT/LV4
Warrior/Effect
ATK/0 DEF/2000
You can equip this card from your hand, Graveyard, or from your side of the field to a "Utopia" monster you control. The equipped monster gains 2000 DEF. The equipped monster can attack your opponent directly. You can only control one "ZW - Utopia Direct".
"That's a cool ZEXAL Weapon that he has!" said Kuriboh, staring at the small Utopia-shaped device in Utopia Ray Victory's shield. "I think he created it himself. It doesn't look like any of the ones that I've seen before." he commented.
"I think so too," said Eggy. "as the ZEXAL Weapon isn't as shiny and mythical as the other ones.
"Utopia Ray Victory! DIRECT ATTACK!" said Yuma. Utopia Ray Victory swung his sword over Penguin Soldier's head. WIlliam was knocked over, and his Life Points dropped to 1200.
"Woah! Utopia Direct! And William can't even defend himself, as Victory's effect prevents him from activating his face-down!" said Marshmallon.
" I set one card face-down and end my turn!" said Yuma, a face-down card appearing on the field and then disappearing from sight, but the crowd knew that the card was there, invisible, just waiting to be activated . . . or destroyed, whichever came first.
William gritted his teeth. "Draw!" he said, swiping a card from his Deck. "I use Penguin Soldier Ultimate's effect, and make you take 1000 damage!" said William.
LP Count: William-1200
Yuma-2000
"Next, I Set one monster face-down and play the spell card, Book of Sun!" cried William.
Book of Sun
SPELL/QUICK-PLAY
Target one face-down Defense Position monster on the field, flip that card to face-up Defense Position. (if that monster has an effect which activates when it gets flipped face-up, the effect still activates.)
"Penguin Soldier, flip face-up!" said William, with Penguin Soldier getting ready to defend himself with his shield. "I return itself and Utopia Ray Victory to the hand and Extra Deck!"
"Wow. Book of Sun? Never heard of that before." said Marshmallon, curious about the card. "It's kinda like the opposite of Book of Moon, but normally when cards make cards flip, it usually doesn't make flip effects activate."
"Yeah," agreed Kuriboh, "It's probably an invented Power Disk."
"No!" said Yuma, watching helplessly as his powerful ZEXAL Weapon and Utopia Ray Victory returned to the Extra Deck.
"I Set one card face-down and end my turn!" said William, throwing out a card onto the field.
"Draw!" said Yuma. "I summon Ganbara Knight in Attack mode!"
Ganbara Knight
EARTH/LV3
Warrior/Effect
ATK/0 DEF/1800
If this card is targeted for an attack: You can change it to Defense Position.
"Next, I activate Monster Reborn!" said Yuma. "And I revive my Gagaga Magician from my Graveyard and use its effect to reduce it to level three!"
Monster Reborn
SPELL
Target one monster in any player's Graveyard, Special Summon that target in face-up Attack Position on your side of the field.
"I overlay the two monsters and Xyz Summon Number 20: Giga-Brilliant!" said Yuma.
Number 20: Giga-Brilliant
LIGHT/RK3
Insect/Xyz/Effect
Once per turn, you may detach one Xyz Material for all monsters you currently control to gain 300 ATK.
"I detach one Xyz Material to let Giga-Brilliant gain 300 attack!" said Yuma. "Then I Set two cards face-down and end my turn!"
"Oh, no!" said Kuriboh, worried about the outcome of the Duel. "William will detach from his Penguin Soldier and Yuma's going to lose!"
"Draw!" said William. "I activate Penguin Soldier's effect and detach one Xyz Material to inflict 2000 damage to Yuma!"
"Not so fast!" said Yuma. "I play my face-down, RRRRReflecto Shield!"
RRRRReflecto Shield
TRAP/COUNTER
Activate only when a card effect will inflict damage to you. You opponent takes half the damage and you only take half of the damage instead.
"Woah!" went the crowd.
LP Count-
Yuma- 1000
William- 200
"OH!" exclaimed Marshmallon. "Yuma deflected the damage!" It was true, now Yuma was winning and William was almost out of Life Points.
Just then, Marshmallon and Winged Kuriboh's EMK (Emergency Kit)'s phone rang at the same time. "Hello?" they said.
"If you are a Marshmallon or a Winged Kuriboh or a normal Kuriboh, G O TO 34 Number Avenue NOW! We need your help or the world is doomed!" and the caller hung up after that.
Marshmallon and Kuriboh exchanged glances, and told Eggy that they had to go, and all about the call. Eggy reluctantly let them go alone. "I'll tell you about the cup when you get back." he said. The two friends left the arena and hitched a cab to Number Station. The went over to number 34 of Number Avenue, and knocked on the door. The door slowly creaked open to reveal . . . .