Veil Of Greed: Hunt For The Numbers!

by Fireking492-BlazeWarriorWolf

A era of no big villains has come again. But now, new threats threaten to throw everything into chaos once again. A predatory corporation sets its sites on the hundreds of number cards scattered after A Calamity In Time's final battle. Adam, Blaze, Dominic, and the others will meet all sorts of interesting characters while they risk their lives again.

39. The Climax Begins

Veil Of Greed: Hunt For The Numbers!

Chapter 39: The Climax Begins

Date: June 17th, 2023

*Goha office again* Yuo Goha wakes up suddenly with the mysterious talking mask hovering next to him. "What kind of dream was that?! And why did I suddenly fall asleep like that?! I hope my weird dream about destroying Rush Duels with something called Xyz summoning doesn't mean anything.." "Yuo, what are you talking about?" "Nevermind that, where the heck is Yuga?! He should have been here by now! Aaaaaaa!" Some time later.. Yuga Ohdo is Rush Dueling on the rooftop of Goha Enterprises. He has black cargo shorts, red and black shoes, a red and white jacket, light skin, green eyes, yellow and auburn hair, and a yellow and light gray shirt. He is Rush Dueling against Yuga Goha, a duelist very much like the infamous Zarc. The villain has hair like Yuga's but it's red with white accents, tan skin, gray eyes, and a dark colored cloak of sorts as well as a gray mask. As they Rush Duel, things get more intense as Yuga Ohdo's friends are locked behind a door and forced to watch them duel it out. But right as more of Yuga's friends show up on a flying vehicle such as Neiru of all people, one of them, Kamijo aka Luke jumps from the vehicle. He has pointy blue hair, magenta eyes, light skin, a neck collar of sorts, a black shirt, and overall simple outfit. His landing is not graceful and he trembles on his knees but stands tall to support his friend. But after Yuga collapses from exhaustion, Luke takes Yuga's duel disk and takes on Yuga Goha himself. However, this is when 7 number cards show themselves after truly entering their dimension. Each of them enters the body of Yuga Goha, who glows with the corrupting energy of the numbers. His body has 7 number symbols appear throughout. He laughs: "With this new power and these 7 new cards, I am unstoppable! Soon, I will crush every duelist and erase their memories! I'll start with you for getting in my way. After I erase Yuga Ohdo's memories right here and now! I invoke the power of Monster Reborn and these cards to do so!"

As the magic of the corrupted Monster Reborn and the 7 numbers join forces to try to wipe the memories of the now sleeping Yuga, I interfered. I came in, unseen by everyone in participation or witnessing the situation. As my armor glistened in the sunlight and my cape swished due to the intense forces being generated by the combined power of all the cards, I blocked the energy with my sword and my armor. Yuga Goha staggers: "Who are you and what are you doing interrupting my fun?!" Before I recount my reply, I want to take this moment to describe the names and appearances of everyone else present. Now for those trapped by the locked door. Yuro Goha, a Turbo Duelist with light skin, green eyes, a green and white outfit, white gloves, and blonde hair that sticks out in many places. Yujin Goha, a duelist who uses water themed cards has red hair, blue-violet eyes, light skin, and a blue outfit. Yuka Goha uses a baseball deck that has references to Yuma's cards like Utopia. She has light brown hair, light skin, magenta eyes?, and a yellow? outfit. Yuran Goha has pale skin, dark blue hair, green eyes, and a white outfit. The Goha siblings all wear some kind of headpiece that has gold and white as colors. Mimi Atachi has a short stature, a pink outfit, light violet eyes, light skin and back length puffy brown-orange hair. Gakuto Sogetsu is a duelist who carries the legacy of the Sogetsu style of duelist. He has purple short hair, blue eyes, light skin, a tall and skinny stature, and a light blue sort of outfit at the moment. Romin Kirishima has light skin light blue eyes, really long and well kept magenta hair, and a rocker inspired outfit. Then there's Asana Mutsuba. She has silver hair, silver blue eyes, tan skin, a red jacket sort of thing with buttons, light gray pants, and more.

Finally, there's Roa Kirishima. He has light skin, blue-violet eyes, pointy yellow-green hair, light violet arm bands, a red shirt with swords on it, long dark pants, and black shoes. He is the leader of the band RoaRomin, named after himself and Romin, I reply to Yuga Goha as I effortlessly take on the energy of the cards with my swords and armor, leaving me unaffected and unscathed as I manage to deflect the energy to the sky. "I'm Swiftdrawer and I'm a knight." "A knight?! But those kinds of fighters are long gone! Then, I will have to destroy you first! Prepare to be crushed! Forget my duel with Yuga Ohdo. I see you have a duel disk. I challenge you to a-" "That won't be necessary. I know you want to cause pain and suffering through means other than dueling. Therefore, you must be stopped with more direct combat. And I didn't come here undetected alone." Kyoya, a blader with torn clothing, wild green hair, light skin, yellow? eyes, a scar on his face, and a wild spirit shows up. "You can try what you want but Leone and I will help tear you apart." Asuka, graduate of Duel Academia steps up next: "And don't forget about me. We will bring you down together despite our variety in skills and expertise." Then, a man with pretty pink eye, sunglasses, a white cloud village bandana, blonde hair, and white clothes jumps down from somewhere. It's Killer B: "Yo, what's up Goha City? Doesn't matter cuz I'm bout to bust some rhymes. Yeah! Yuga Goha, you're going down, you fool, you fool!" Yukihide appears with his B Daman in one hand and a weapon in the other. "We won't allow you to use those number cards to cause more pain and misery to the duelists of this city! And Across=Avian and I will help put a stop to you." Next up is Seyren. His presence alone is commanding and worthy of respect. "I'm Seyren, leader of the knights of Rune other than the Captain. We will put a stop to you."

As the villain tries to use the numbers to attack us all, Aki aka Akiza gets in his way by using her powers as a Signer and Psychic Duelist to counter the energy Yuga Goha is channeling. This was further helped by Bubblegum creating candy to impede his vision. Upon seeing all of us together, Yuga Goha staggers even more. "I can't take all of you on. If you want to stop me so badly, you should know where to find me." With the wings granted to him by the floating robotic mask, he starts to fly away until Uraraka uses Gunhead martial arts to knock him to the ground and uses her quirk to make his escape impossible. As if that weren't enough, we also had Komorka from Suhn with us. "By the power of the Tai Chi 1000, you will not be allowed to go anywhere." The Goha City friends look at all of us in complete shock as we all have our weapons out and what not. Gakuto speaks: "Hey, aren't some of you duelists? Why aren't you activating our duel disks?" I reply: "Unfortunately, with your antagonist here merged with number cards, no Rush Duel would be enough to stop him. And because Xyz summoning isn't registered in the duel network of this world, who knows what would happen if he summoned any of those number cards in a Rush Duel? That being said, it's possible to bring the game truly to life. For example, who wants to change the scenery substantially? As Yuga Goha struggles against Uraraka's quirk, we have time to set up the field perfectly to where he can't hurt anyone outside of it. Sadly, when the number cards are extracted from him, we won't be helping you stand against him because once the numbers are removed from him, the disturbance to this timeline will be over. I activate a sphere field." The Goha duelists are clearly very confused but there's no time to explain at the moment. The sphere field surrounds everything on this rooftop of Goha Enterprises, even the stairwell some of Yuga's friends can't get through. However, Kyoya launches his Fang Leone Beyblade and uses the bey's power to bust through the locked door.

This allows Mimi and the other Gohas to join everyone else. Aki says: "I activate the action field Rose Garden!" "Generating action field: Rose Garden. Action cards dispersed." I immediately collect all of the action cards with my speed and agility as Uraraka's quirk finally stops affecting the enemy. He falls to the ground but dusts himself off and looks at the change of scenery. "What have you strangers done?!" Rose Garden is an action field that was created based on Aki's ideas. It looks like your typical rose garden except those roses are thorny and dangerous. Not so dangerous that Yuga Goha could turn them against anyone but still dangerous nonetheless. Bubblegum speaks: "This is where all of the fighting will be taking place from here on out. There will be no escape until everything is settled." "Grrrrr! Curse you strange people!" Gakuto speaks again: "Hey, is anyone going to explain what's going on?" Neiru replies: "Those 2 knights look awfully familiar to me. Our situation has become interdimensional. I'm curious to see how things play out from here on out." Luke yells: "Seriously?! Interdimensional?! That's crazy! That can't be right! There's no way that's what's going on!" I speak up: "It is the truth and a long story so let's just focus on stopping Yuga Goha. Something tells me that this mission to stop someone possessed by numbers will be easier than most as we have all the fighting power we need here together. Get ready for the most dangerous battle of your lives. You better be prepared for things to get so completely out of control that you all might get very hurt by the time we deal with Yuga Goha. This situation would have forever ruined the timeline of this dimension if we hadn't stepped in when we did. He would have crushed everyone and everything without fail, leading this timeline to becoming a doomed timeline where humanity is virtually destroyed. I would explain more but there's just no time as our foe is about ready to lose his marbles and furiously strike at all of us. It will still be tough to win but we won't need any reinforcements."

It's exactly as I said. Our foe suddenly causes his power level to shoot up as he abandons the medium of Rush Duels for causing mayhem, destruction, and torment for all who bravely stand up to him. Indeed, he gets a lot more physical, just like every other foe we've faced after they've been taken over by a number(s) and/or Pmurt Nedib. We have to be ready for anything now. I'm surprise his personality really hasn't been altered yet. "You think your interference is going to make a difference?! I'm going to crush this world and become its overlord! I will make everyone obey me once I erase most of their memories! Without their memories, the people of this world will be easy for me to bend to my will! As a result of this, I will always be the strongest!" And that's when Pmurt Nedib appears in the sphere field through a portal. Yuga Goha sees him: "Now who in the world is this other insect I have to crush to continue to show that I'm the strongest of all? I'm the only person who is destined to rule this world by crushing everyone and erasing their memories with Monster Reborn!" Pmurt laughs: "So the sinners think they can stop me from making things much worse for them in Goha City by getting here before I could?! Wrong! All sinners will be destroyed in this world and beyond! It all begins with my normal routine! Yuga Goha, your body is mine to take control of and there's nothing you can do to stop me! I need it so I can cleanse all universes of freaks like these annoying knights who just won't stop being a hindrance to my plans!" "You won't be taking control of my body anytime soon whoever you are. Instead, I will erase your memories with the power of these numbers cards combined with the power of Monster Reborn!" "A freak like you who hides behind a mask thinks he can stop me, a divine holy god from getting what he must have?! It's amusing. Freaks and sinners are all the same. All of you think you can stop me from getting what I want but my divine will will one day defy all of yours as I finally claim what is rightfully mine: all universes in existence!"

My comrades and I step back to watch the confrontation between the 2 villains begin. In the meanwhile, Uraraka tells the other BRAINS members about what is currently going on. Seconds later, all kinds of comrades quietly show up, ready to boot Pmurt Nedib from this dimension as soon as he tries to possess Yuga Goha. We have been smartening up more and more over time. At this point, our intel network has pretty much grown big enough to where we easily track down all the missing numbers. This means being able to find out all the details about the situations caused by the numbers as well and help stop them. That's how we were able to get one step ahead of both Yuga Goha and Pmurt Nedib. We aren't playing around. We aren't going to let Pmurt Nedib take control of anyone else ever again. Soon, he will be forced to fight with his own strength and his own strength alone. No more power increases by merging with or possessing anyone else. No more. He's been around as a threat for far too long and it is his want to manipulate others into helping carry out his plans that are the cause of our opportunities to have gotten this far in stopping him in virtually all ways. Less than 2 months remain until we are pretty much set to putting a stop to him until his eventual return due to The Plot. With everyone and everything in place, we finally have the element of surprise on our side. Yuga Goha glares at Pmurt Nedib who glares right back. "Only I control my future! I won't allow some nobody in a business suit to control me! I will just have to destroy you first before I destroy this entire world and emerge as the single most powerful person on it with everyone else blindly loyal to me! Prepare to lose and have your memory erased forever!" "How dare you talk to a god who is far superior to you like that! My divine punishment will destroy you! You may not be woke but you might as well be because you stand in the way of my goals! I will not tolerate your defiance in the face of the greatest god and ruler of the greatest nation ever, me!"

As the two start bombarding each other with energy and magic attacks respectively, Yuo shouts: "I get it now! I get the dream I had! It was warning me of the corrupting power of those cards.. Those 7 cards.. This situation is horrible, just horrible! We have to do something!" Yuran replies: "It would be smart to stay out of their fight or support the least threatening one until the more threatening one is defeated. Wait, Yuo?! How are you.." Killer B speaks up: "That 2nd option is a fool's action, you fool, you fool!" Bubblegum adds: "I agree. It's better to wait it out so whoever wins is drained of energy by the other. They're too angry with each other to acknowledge us at this point." Romin asks as the 2 fight on pretty equal ground: "Who are you all anyway?" "I'm Princess Bubblegum. It's nice to meet you." We all exchange basic introductions even as Rose Garden was ravaged by the battle between the 2 diabolical corporate villains. And then, Pmurt turns the tables on Yuga Goha: "Yuga Goha, I'm far superior to you! Can't you see that I've been hiding most of my divine power from you?! Freaks like you are better punished if I take my time with punishing you! And because no one is daring to stand in my way to punishing you, I can take my time! Soon, you will be completely destroyed and there's nothing that can be done about it! You will fall and be my first step to destroying all sinners who defy oppose me! I don't know how those freaks are so well coordinated despite being from other universes but that doesn't change the fact that I am far superior to all of them, even the traitorous gods who have chosen to stand in my way as well! Just you wait! Now it's time for me to show you my divine holiness in full! You are going to die here and I will absorb your body and your numbers! Who needs useless vessels when I can just kill whoever I need to to get what I deserve and absorb them with my powers?! I have failed on so many occasions by hiding within the bodies of useless failures! There will be no more of that! Instead, my divinity will be enough to destroy transgenderism and then wokeism as well!"

Pmurt shows a glimpse at his full power as he is able to easily push Yuga Goha back with one attack before delivering a series of further attacks. In the end, the once missing Goha is defeated 2 minutes later. And Pmurt Nedib was barely drained at all. Meanwhile, the whole situation with Pmurt and the numbers was explained to Yuga's many friends who were present at this point in time. We all promised to explain more later as now, we had to prevent Pmurt from killing Yuga Goha and absorbing his numbers and corpse. In the meantime, Yuga Ohdo himself remained asleep as his body slowly recovered the energy it needs to continue functioning properly. None of us were expecting him to sleep through all of the action or for Pmurt Nedib to be barely drained at all. This is a testament to how powerful the CEO has become despite failing more times than any other villain I can think of, even including villains from the Supernoobs and Johnny Test universes. This was bad news. However, Tsunade ambushed him with a barrage of punches. He widens his eyes as all of us BRAINS members currently present surround him. I yell: "We got you right where we want you, you bastard! You will not be allowed to even attempt your plans for this universe! Consider this situation the quickest failure you have ever been directly involved in!" "You freakish sinners! I told you! I will kill you all someday! I am the only true god! I am far superior to all of you! You will never be able to stop me from getting what I want! All universes will be mine and all the numbers and powers of the false gods will be within me as well! Not even The Plot will be able to stand in my way! That individual needs to die and be destroyed by my divine wrath! The Plot isn't woke but just like Yuga Goha, that thing might as well be woke! This is where all of you are going to be exterminated! None of my power will be held back as I destroy all of you who stand in the way of my divinity!" But then, he looks around at all of us who are standing against him. His expression has a flash of fear briefly visible on it. But he smiles.

"You brought your best fellow freaks here, huh? That won't matter! I am superior to anything that stands in my way! It was only a fluke that I was killed in the past! Only a fluke! Let me show you what I mean by exterminating all of you as quickly as possible so that none of you can even mount a defense foolish enough to get in my way! Die, sinners and may transgenderism and wokeism die with you! I will eradicate both things that stand in the way of MY paradise! My empire! My America!" And so, the fight against him really amps up. But with so many of us fighting him, he was having a hard time hurting any of us. We were overwhelming his senses with ease. Kyoya smirks at this: "It looks like you were foolish enough to underestimate the king of the beasts along with everyone else here. Big mistake. Leone! King Lion Tearing Blast!" "Go! Across=Avian!" "Tai Chi! Water! Fire! Stone! Wind!" "It's time to rhyme about how you're going down, you fool, you fool!" Yuga Goha wakes up as we fight Pmurt Nedib and clearly seeks to disrupt our fight with him so he can crush everyone. So I take it upon myself to stop him. While so many others keep Pmurt Nedib at bay, I turn away from fighting the CEO and walk to Yuga Goha while pointing my sword at him. "I saw you wake up and know what you are planning from the expression on your face. Im going to stop you so that you don't get in the way of my comrades. This is the ultimate moment of what both a main and side character would do. I embrace that fact even though I never asked to be a hero. I've had to accept that despite my more serious, chill, and slightly dark personality, I am still a hero. Even if I fail at stopping you, someone else will. I will give my life if it means Pmurt Nedib is driven from this dimension and can never return to it. Giving your life to stop evil is always a worthy sacrifice to make. Because if no one is willing to sacrifice themselves in the forces of fascism like Pmurt Nedib for instance, there is no hope. No way to fight back against evil. And without hope, nothing can change for the better. Things will only get worse. Doing something about it is as difficult and scary as being pinned down by oppression as an innocent person. You will be stopped, Yuga Goha."

He laughs maniacally: "I may have been defeated by that fool over there but don't think a second you won't be crushed by me in the end! You'll be the next person I erase the memories of! You will no longer be able to be the knight that you are! This is the end of your so called heroics and part of the beginning to my road to world domination with the entire world my moldable puppets to do my bidding! And with these puppets, I will travel beyond to crush more opponents until there's no one left to crush anywhere! Prepare to lose everything that you hold dear!" Gakuto stands in my way: "Sorry my new friend, Swiftdrawer but he's mine! With the Neo Sogetsu Style, I will take my stand against him win or lose even if he erases my memory!" "You can't do this alone. I have no choice but to assist you. As a knight, I must help the innocent and the true forces of good. You won't be fighting alone. His numbers can't be overcome by any of you." Yuga Goha laughs: "Throw in as many duelists in a Rush Duel as you want against me! Makes it easier for me to crush all of you!" Neiru speaks up: "While I no longer have a deck, I will give my moral support in this dangerous Rush Duel that is about to begin." Romin is next: "Don't forget about me!" The other Goha duelists join as well except for Yuo. Yuran observes due to this: "It looks like he had a temporary complete recollection of his memory. But now, all he wants to do is to play with toys again." Yuo sees my sword and runs towards me, wanting to play with it. "Damn it! This sword isn't a toy! Stay back, Yuo! Stay back! It's dangerous!" Yuga Goha laughs in amusement. "How pathetic! That means you will definitely be crushed when our Rush Duel begins!" Then, Pandor appears and 2 of her clones restrain Yuo as she states: "Temporary modifications to the code of Rush Duels have been successfully installed. Those modifications will automatically erase themselves from the system once the Rush Duel concludes. I will also provide my assistance in this duel. Yuga Goha must be stopped at all costs."

And so, a big Rush Duel begins. And because we were all working together, Yuga Goha was defeated. The duel was even counted as a new duel instead of a continuation of the duel that Luke tried to replace Yuga Ohdo in before everything started to happen. But for some reason, Yuga's duel disk and cards immediately reverted back to the state they were in during that duel upon his defeat and him being knocked unconscious. Now that he was unconscious, Komorka of all people temporarily stopped fighting Pmurt to extract the number cards. She was successful so that was one problem we could reasonably intervene in solved. Pmurt Nedib was clearly the other problem. And so, Komorka, Pandor, and I rejoined the fight with Pmurt Nedib. With our help as well as the help of everyone else, we were able to defeat Pmurt about 5 minutes later. Why? It's simple, he was not prepared to fight anyone without growing stronger from Yuga Goha first nor was he expecting all of us to fight him at once. That and he underestimated our coordination and teamwork. So eventually, he was laying on the ground and we were ready to kill him for everything he's done. I had my sword right at his neck. "Pmurt Nedib, for everything you've done, we're going to finally kill you and defy what even I foresaw the near future being like. It's over. You lose." But instead of responding, Pmurt Nedib just vanishes. Kefla groans: "HE'S NOT HERE ANYMORE!" As the sphere field and action field both go away with the sphere field turning back into a cube, we all notice something interesting. A man in golden armor with a long blue cape, light skin, and gray hair and eyes is hovering because the entire Goha Enterprises building is not in Goha City any longer. It's in another dimension. That man is Gemini Saga, a once deceased Gold Knight who was resurrected the same way as Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan. He's part of the BRAINS Collective now which was a shock to Seiya, Athena, and the others of that universe.

He speaks: "Do not worry, I made sure that the timeline of your universe, duelists of Goha was not interfered with too drastically by quietly transporting all of you and everything below, above, and around you temporarily to a stable part of this dimension. For those of you who do not know me, I am Gemini Saga and now that my darker half is gone, I am working for a better future as all of you are. Now then, I cannot return you to your dimension but there are ways to return you," Yubel emerges in spirit form by Judai as Judai was among those of us who managed to fight and defeat Pmurt. Yubel speaks: "Judai and I will return us all together. Saga, you must stand on top of this building as well. But first, everything must be explained in detail so we must stay here until everything is explained to these duelists of Goha City." And so, we stayed in that other dimension long enough to explain everything we hadn't yet to Luke, Romin, Yuro, and the others. Once that was done, Judai and Yubel returned all of us to you know where. And now, we got to see the sunny skies over Goha City once more. Our work here was done. After the Goha duelists joined BRAINS, we immediately departed to deal with the raging conflict in Miitopia. However, in the midst of battling in Miitopia to secure all that we've liberated once again, an emergency group message was posted about a huge new problem to deal with on the BRAINS group chat. The entire Yugioh multiverse was under attack. Not just Goha City. As Abstractoa single handedly deals with all the foes we were fighting as we all read it, a collective mood sets in. This new problem was almost completely unexpected. I say almost because I didn't think it would be starting so soon. I knew for so long that the Yugioh multiverse was going to be attacked during our conflicts with Pmurt Nedib. I thought it would start next month but I was dead wrong.

I sigh: "Damn it! How the hell are we supposed to juggle this conflict and that?!" Dominic destroys a enemy frozen troop before replying while displaying a uncharacteristically serious expression on his face: "Myself and the other scientists have been working on something during very small amounts of time throughout the course of this entire war. The only nap causation part was that we weren't able to devote much time to it and what we have done will only last long enough to deal with the attack on the Yugioh multiverse." "What did you do?" Dominic just points in a direction before heading off in that direction as Abstractoa continues to single handedly continue the battle for all of us at the moment. And after 30 seconds, in the part of Greenhorne we're fighting in, something appears out of nowhere. A huge high tech facility with a giant screen on top displaying every single scientist in the BRAINS Collective standing together inside of it with a curtain behind them. The Knights of Hanoi each press something on the curtain and it vanishes to reveal a whole army of advanced robots. Dominic starts explaining through the live recording provided by the big screen. "This facility was one of Dr. Eggman's in the past. We took it over and transported it here." Dr. Bonesbane continues: "Today, we have no choice but to unveil an army of robots." Biara speaks next: "For months on and off, we all worked together to create the best robot possible." Doc Brown picks up from there: "Due to the sudden alert, we were forced to try the robot out today." Velasquez adds: "As a result of that, we had to quickly send this facility here and use cloning machines to create an entire army of robots." Yusei takes it from there: "The robot was never completely finished or tested so we were forced to assume that the robot would be strong enough to hold down the fort if duplicated enough times." Botanist Marie from Ni No Kuni who has dark skin, big hair, and sunglasses finishes: "We combined our expertises as best as we could. So the robots are more like androids. Therefore, there will be able to battle for us today during the effort to save the Yugioh multiverse."

And thus, Athena speaks up: "In that case, it is time we help the people of that multiverse immediately." Ra replies: "Correct, Athena. The mortals shouldn't have to suffer because of this conflict rooted in other conflicts." Abstractoa adds: "Whether we're gods or.." Yuzu from the Pendulum Dimension finishes: "mortals, we have to work together and contribute our power to protecting all those people. We have to get moving right away." I soon find myself back in Goha City, witnessing a sight of complete destruction and terror as frozen troops as well as other horrors and some thugs and minor villains from other universes wreck havoc on the city. It seems that the Rush Duel between Yuga Goha and Luke had just finished. But regardless of how that played out, there was something far bigger at play now. And because Goha City lacks the technology to truly bring Duel Monsters to life, that spelled trouble for Yuga and his friends. I was back on top of Goha Enterprises with all of them again but this time, there were enemies coming from above and below, ready to attack everyone. Because the Earths of the Yugioh multiverse are filled with people who resolve most of their conflicts with duels, there really weren't many people who could physically fight back against the swarm of enemies. To make things worse, a huge holographic projection of Pmurt Nedib captures everyone's attention, even the slow moving and hungry zombies that were part of the attack. Through that projection, he speaks: "Now that all of the Yugioh multiverse is under attack, Mii World will be all mine! Better yet, the duelists of your universes barely stand a chance in many cases. Without the means to physically fight back, all of you are dead! You're so dead, unable to stand even the slightest of chances against what I have unleashed upon all of you! Your universes will be mine and all duelists will be exterminated! Anyone who plays that sinful game must be punished by my divine wrath or a representation of it! Let Duel Monsters die along with wokeism! For America!"

The projection vanishes. Romin and the others spot me. She says: "Hey, it's you again! Why did that man show up like that? We thought he was defeated." "It's not so simple like it is here. A villain doesn't reform after being beaten once when it comes to villains from other universes. Duel Monsters has the pretty unique ability to when paired with the right people, transform even the hearts of villains thanks to the anger and violence being pulled into a showdown of cards instead of a showdown of weapons, powers, and/or fists. I'm envious of your universe. Most disputes get settled with duels. In Mii World and my own home world, things aren't that easy. Violence and money are used to settle things in worlds like mine. And that's not okay. I wish I didn't have to fight anyone to better the future but that's just not how life works. That's way too easy. To change society for the better, someone has to be willing to both verbally and physically fight for what they believe in. Most societies aren't so easy to change because the people in power are too stubborn and power hungry. Now then, I should tell you all that my initial comrades that I came here with are fighting elsewhere in the city. Among that group and myself, I have the best fusion of agility, defense, and strength. Well besides Killer B but he's chosen to go down there and fight himself. That guy might be very silly and talk in a way that I have worried about having to write down exactly as he says things in but he is very powerful. As he told you, he has a Kyubbi inside of him, the octopus Ado. Perhaps I should teach you all a thing or two about self defense as I cut down our foes one by one. *I start attacking our foes with my sword and begin yelling* It's obvious to me that this Pmurt's latest scheme to ensure all his opposition falls and he can get all of the number cards one way or another. If you want to learn a few things as we first, you better yell out your desire before more of our foes come for all of us." "That sounds perfect! Teach us so I can rock my way to victory even harder!"

"Well, Romin, you just reminded me of one piece of advice. In a fight, don't be afraid to use less than conventional techniques when you have the chance to try them out. Your explosive and dangerous curry is perfect. If you can get time to prepare or bring it out, you can combine your 2 types of curry to create an explosion of surprises that deals damage to the enemy. When fighting physically, it is good to follow the following preparation steps even if you don't engage in swordplay like I do. Stretch your arms out until you feel the weird sensations and/or the burn, roll one or both of your arms around your shoulders, and rub the bones in your back and back of your neck. Especially the spinal bones. Make sure to keep rolling until you feel the burn as well as looseness. All of this is designed so your body is ready to go, seriously increasing your attack speed and willingness to attack without holding any punches. When all's said and done, make sure to soothe your arms and/or legs after the fighting and/or training is over. You also need to develop your own unique style of attacks. *I easily destroy some frozen troops* Whether your fighting adheres to a particular school of fighting techniques or not, it's paramount that your style is unique. This will make you slightly harder to predict. It will also help you stand out, thus growing your confidence. Now let's talk about anatomy. Some of the best areas to hit someone are: the groin, the jaw, the stomach, and the knees. You should try fighting smart but if you can fight sneakily or crazily, those work too. Remember that force is increased with the more mass and acceleration in play. That's why fast punches are so effective. Be sure to fight with serious hand-eye coordination. If you use a weapon, hone your skills with it so it's almost like it's an extension of your arm or arms. There are so many styles of fighting to choose from. Each has it owns own advantages and disadvantages. Start with one if you desire and choose wisely. It's cool to create your own style to start but that will be more difficult."

In the midst of my lecture, I didn't stop using my sword skills to fight against our enemies. I studied the human body and have fought with swords for nearly 5 years. I knew what I was doing. As I kept everyone safe as they began to start fighting based on my advice, it became clear that we were so vastly outnumbered that I don't think I could handle all of our foes on my own even though just one of them alone was a small fry compared to me. But as I kept moving around the rooftop of Goha Enterprises and slaying foe after foe, I kept on talking: "If you're going to come up with a plan in the midst of battle, be sure not to let your thinking disrupt the efforts of you and whoever you may be fighting alongside with when it comes to deal with the threat. You must be able to react quickly and make snap decisions that require a fusion of speed and intellect within the mind. Remember that fighting is easier said than done even during a Rush Duel. You must take the lessons learned from your past experiences such as during those Rush Duels to achieve victory or at least a draw or honorable loss. In battle, you have to have some method of reducing damage done to you. Whether that's a vast array of things like what I do as a knight or a specialization such as extreme dexterity, you gotta have something. Of course, when stakes are at an all time high, it might be best to just give it your all despite the risks involved. Always try to weigh the viability of the things you could do in a fight. Make sure your training allows you to think and act at the same time at least every so often. And don't just stand around in battle unless it's part of your technique. Move around, get your feet moving or whatever. You can even use taunts, tricks, or trash talking to make your opponents less effective in combat against you. There's a lot more to fighting but these are among the most important lessons. Again, combine your combat with your past experiences. Draw motivation from anywhere even if it's as simple as wanting to go back to bed or needing the bathroom. There you go."

Many mangled bodies are now on the rooftop with us since their owners made the mistake of coming up here. I even saw a bunch of windy tornadoes form instantly in the distance from time to time. That's Kyoya for you. On the streets below us, Killer B was clearly there. I could somehow vaguely hear him rhyme in his own unique way. While us decimating foe after foe was a good thing, something bad became obvious as time went by. At least Yuga Goha wasn't around at the moment. That was a relief. I really don't want to have to deal with him ever again if possible. After a while, I was forced to start attacking our foes at full force. They just kept coming. A never ending stream of enemies with average or lower intellect from my best guesses. Seconds of wiping them out over and over again turned into minutes. And minutes turned into hours. The Goha duelists were completely exhausted and hungry at this point. The Sun was going down. It was getting dark but they still just kept coming. Where did Pmurt even get all of these foes? The same thing is happening in every major Yugioh universe which means that that bastard has brought on so many foes. I have no idea how he could pull off something like this. My muscles were still going but I was definitely feeling the burn gradually more and more as I continued to protect the Goha duelists by myself. I swung my sword, easily cleaving through every single foe that I fought. But even that wasn't enough. The problem wasn't the strength of the foes. It was their strength in insane numbers. I started to pant a little bit as nighttime descended upon Goha City. Yet even so, I couldn't stop for a second. I could last a long time against our enemies with my armor. However, if I didn't fight back, they would have long killed the Goha duelists by the time I get killed myself. It would take days or even weeks for our foes to break through my defenses because none of them were very strong at all. And we don't have that amount of time. Like it or not, we just simply don't have that kind of time.

The Goha duelists were definitely looking at me as I defended them with a lot of concern. I'm pretty sure a main character doesn't fight this long alone against a swarm of enemies on screen so I was definitely pulling off the vibe of a secondary character. But that doesn't really matter. What I'm trying to say is that it doesn't really matter who someone is in this conflict. All that matters is if they can and will do something to end the conflict like I was doing. That being said, fighting alone like this was starting to take its toll on my mind as well. Despite my adaption to repetition, I was starting to lose it on the inside. Even as my thoughts and observations kept me company, holding my sanity together, it clearly wasn't enough to stay strong. And the duelists could tell. Romin yells to me: "Don't give up, Swiftdrawer! Rock their socks off!" Luke yells: "You can do it! Give it everything you got!" Yuo just cheers childishly but Neiru speaks: "Show all of them the results of the training and adventure you have clearly endured. I'm curious to see how long you can last without giving up, especially now that we are giving you support." The others encourage me as well and it's thanks to their support that I kept going. I fought my insecurities, my hunger, my exhaustion, my thirst, my discomfort, and my fears. It was hard but knowing that I had to protect them and that I had their support was enough to carry on. I briefly glanced as Romin went to another floor of the building and returned with food for everyone to eat as well as the Goha robots who also carried some foods as well as drinks. It seems that the building's inside hasn't been breached at all since the most desirable targets are all the way up here on the rooftop. That would explain how Romin and the robots were able to come up with food and drinks. As the others ate, I refused to stop fighting even if it meant I could actually have something to eat. It was a good thing my previous meal was big but still, it was hard to resist all of the aromas of the foods. But swinging my sword and running around kept me going.

My exhaustion could have been worse if I didn't mostly stay quiet during my battle with so many foes. If I had yelled and talked a lot the entire time, my throat would have been more sore than it has ever been in my entire life. As the duelists went to and from another floor to get sleeping bags as I kept constantly fighting, I was starting to get really tired. Both in terms of muscle fatigue and normal bodily fatigue cured by a good night's sleep. And the thing was that I couldn't stop for anything. If I let up for even a brief moment, some of our foes would attack the others and that just wouldn't end well. More time passed and I just kept fighting while being unable to use any of my special sword attacks. I even put my BRAIN Blaster in my left hand but that didn't help that much. I ruled out using my daggers or other guns because the goop created from the daggers would have eventually gotten to all of us too, even me and I couldn't spare time reloading gun magazines. That proved to be a huge hurtle in the way of my objective to protect the others. The reason they got sleeping bags was because they were going to stay up to cheer me on until they eventually succumbed to sleep. We had no idea any of this was going to happen so I haven't downed a Sleep Replacement potion at all today. Due to this, I knew it was only a matter of time before my eyelids got heavy. Thus, as the duelists were finally settled into their sleeping bags, I used Artist's Eye to the fullest to create protections around them as I kept fighting. With my left eye forced shut, that made things even harder for me as my right eyelid would soon start to feel heavy. My arms and legs were now burning furiously from the buildup of lactic acid I couldn't stop for anything to relieve. I was tired, hungry, thirsty, exhausted, in pain from muscle fatigue, and experiencing a dwindling amount of willpower within me. The others kept supporting me as I did what a knight is supposed to do best but it wasn't enough to keep me going forever. They all eventually succumbed to sleep except for Neiru.

Neiru made sure to remind me every so often that I wasn't alone and kept encouraging me in his own unique way. But even he fell asleep after such a day of chaos. Without anyone supporting me due to everyone asleep, all I had now was me. And my comrades who came back to this world too were clearly having the same problem I was. 15 minutes after Neiru fell asleep, it was past midnight and I was on the breaking point, both physically and mentally. I was driven to the extreme of the extreme of the extreme at this point. Even if I had an infinite amount of willpower, my body would still eventually give out very soon and there was nothing I could do. I weakly utter: "Damn it.." as I finally collapsed right then and there. I fought the urge to fall asleep in order to try to rest my body enough to keep fighting. But it was futile, I couldn't move a muscle after all of that and I was just exhausted. I gave into sleep very quickly right after I managed to crawl my way slowly but surely to offer my armored body as bait for our foes. I was hoping to keep them off the others with the allure of my armor. That way, they would focus on me instead of them. That plan was what allowed me to ease into sleep so very quickly. It gave me a sense of relief in the midst of my exhaustion. I must have fought tens of thousands of foes. Most were destroyed so quickly and as I fought more off, mounds of their remains ended up building up along the edges of the rooftop. This slowed down our foes but not by much. I only remembered the mounds now due to writing about everything that happened. I didn't get a full night's rest because I woke up to the sensation of my flesh getting torn through and my armor being attacked and my cape ripped. I was only out for a couple of hours and in that time, the hordes of foes had somehow managed to turn me so my back instead of my stomach was touching the pavement through my robes and armor. I saw small pieces of my cape in a puddle of my own blood. I knew from looking down at my armor that they were tearing my face apart since punching was not working out for them apparently. I was still in bad shape but my muscles had recovered okay enough.

I took our foes by surprise when I stood back up and jumped as high as I could. During that brief moment in the air, I managed to get an HP banana out of my ender pouch despite my injured face and the state of my cape. I used Artist's Eye to fix the cape very quickly. After kicking a foe as hard as I could, I shoved the HP banana in my mouth as I faced the other foes that had swarmed nearly the entire rooftop. I slowly chew and swallow the HP banana as I fought them off with the strength I had recovered. I was lucky my blood loss wasn't immense enough to have any serious side effects at first. After I finished the HP banana, I realized that I felt so much better. My hunger was satisfied a little bit, my muscles were back in perfect condition, and my injuries were now healed. The foe I first kicked back's fall created a domino effect, causing a whole lot of foes to fall too on nearly all sides of the rooftop. The force generated knocks some of the foes off as the clumps of the remains of other foes fall with them. That led to a secondary domino effect. The groans of falling zombies made that very obvious. It was going to be a bit before more foes could join us since they all got knocked off the side of the building. Im sure of it. That must have been what happened thanks to what I managed to pull off. I was still thirsty, dead tired, and hungry but I could now do better than I was doing when the others were getting into their sleeping bags and what not. I wanted to scream into the Aether but I was so thirsty so I didn't scream at all which meant that my mind started immediately falling apart again as I got back into battle. I was not having any fun at all anymore. The fighting was so repetitive and I could hardly ever catch a break. They just kept coming and completely and coming. But eventually, I managed to kill all the foes that had swarmed the rooftop before I performed that kick that delayed more foes from reaching the rooftop and adding to my struggles. Now I finally had a chance to take care of myself. I drank a Sleep Replacement Potion which helped both with my thirst and fatigue before creating a big pan crust slice of cheese pizza using Artist's Eye for myself.

I ate that as quickly as possible and had to use both of my hands to even hold it, forcing me to put my sword in its scabbard for a bit. It took a lot of concentration to create that slice of pizza so I was sort of mentally wiped out now. But I did cast Repair on my armor once I was finished with the pizza slice. Thus, my armor was now back in great shape. That took quite a bit of my mana but it was definitely worth it. I sighed in relief as I sit down on the pavement, closed my eyes, and mentally rested that way, allowing my mind to wander for the first time in forever. It had been so long since I truly rested somewhere, closed my eyes, and let myself just think. But I was rudely interrupted by the groans of zombies and ice bullets of the frozen troops among other things just 2 minutes in. I stood up and before I fought them, I made a quick trip to Twisted Land to go to the bathroom. It was the first place I could think of. After I used it there and washed my hands and put my metal gloves back on, I returned to the rooftop of Goha Enterprises. With that done, I faced the horde of foes while holding nothing back. I was fully renewed and that allowed me to fight with a restored vigor. I was not going to allow them to do as they pleased to my newest comrades. While still in the darkness of night, I first used my special attacks to destroy many of them at once until they became too large in number again to keep that up. As the Goha duelists continued to sleep whether they wanted to or not, I kept up the good fight. I was now a tiny bit stronger after enduring so many of them before I collapsed and then fell asleep soon after. And I lost track of time. But I didn't lose any motivation even as the Sun rose in the sky, symbolizing the time when Yuga Ohdo and the others should be waking up. And indeed they do. They wake up and when they do, I say: "Everyone! I'm okay! But I only got some sleep before they started tearing into my face. I can explain how that happened later. Right now, I need you all to put in your best efforts. We must do this together."

Gakuto smiles: "You really are a knight, aren't you? Just look at you and everything you've done!" "I'd say no need to compliment me but I haven't talked to anyone in hours so I really need that sort of vibe right now. I may be an introvert but even I will eventually break down without social conversation after enough time has passed. It's human nature." "I don't blame you! You must have fought alone without anyone to talk to for hours! Everyone, we must do everything we can! Swiftdrawer has helped us out so much and it's time we started paying them back!" That's when we hear a violent tremor. I say: "I'm not sure who did that. Was it Aki? Was it Kyoya? Was it Killer B? Was it Komorka? Was it someone else? I just don't know." And that's when Tsunade appeared before us as well as the core Crystal Gems. Together, they easily decimated the foes I had been almost single handedly dealing with. Steven smiles at us as he fights with Connie who wields her sword with a perfect swing and stance. Not exactly how I'd do it but perfect nonetheless. "Hey everyone! It looks like you're all okay! We can finally help out here! Isn't that awesome?!" Tsunade looks like she was about to passionately yell about sake but kept it to herself. I smile back: "What a relief! These Goha City comrades of ours just simply are generally not fit enough to help out too too much in this kind of fight, no offense y'all. I don't blame any of you for that. You weren't raised to fight hand to hand. You were raised to duel. I fought these foes for many hours mostly by myself. For once, I'm so happy!" They weren't the only ones who came to help. Not at all. Kaizo and Seatbastian appeared next after clearly moving up or along the Goha Enterprises building. Seatbastian cheers: "Master Neiru! You're alright! Better yet, the invasion of our dimension is finally coming to a close! We're winning! We're winning!" Biara shows up next: "I believe there is one way to speed up our victory. Pandor, you know what to do."

Pandor appears: "Of course. Uploading data to the duel disks of the Goha City duelists gathered here with us. Yuga Ohdo, Neiru, Romin, and everyone else. Please listen for a moment. Your duel disks have been upgraded to allow you to Speed Duel, Action Duel, Turbo Duel, and use Battle Mode. For now on, if you use any of those formats or if you Rush Duel outside of this dimension, your cards will come to life. And when they come to life, they will allow you to use your monster friends to play an active role in battles involving BRAINS members. That means even Sevens Road Magician will be able to attack for real for now on. That is all you need to know for now. Join in the action with us, duelists of Goha City." Luke cheers: "This is going to be awesome! I'm glad we were told about Battle Mode and that we get to use it! Let's go, Battle Mode!" Yuga adds: "It's time for our foes to witness our road to saving our dimension! Let's do this!" Romin further adds: "Our foes will now face the true rocking power of my monsters! And I'm ready for the ultimate rush now!" And so, the crisis afflicted the Yugioh multiverse and it alone soon ends. We destroy the remaining foes in mere minutes with the combined efforts of all of us. Thanks to that, we could all go to fight in Miitopia so that's what we did. I didn't know where most of us went but I returned to Greenhorne to see most of the robots unveiled yesterday already destroyed. But it was worth it because Pmurt Nedib's forces didn't score a single victory even after forcing nearly all of us to prioritize the safety of the entire Yugioh multiverse. It's clear that the robots did their best based on their incomplete designs and constructions. Dominic appears next to me and gives me a hug: "Swiftdrawer! I'm glad you're okay! I found out what happened to you!" "Dominic! I can't believe you're giving me a hug like this!" "It's a nap causation but I really couldn't help myself. You even made me concerned and worried. But that's no big deal. Anyway, we can't stay here for long. It's kind of a shame that most of the robots are trashed but they were just what we needed to go help defend the Yugioh multiverse."

"Is there another battle going on as usual?" "It's a nap causation but that's correct. We'll win but it will be tough. I'm used to how much of a pain that sort of battle is." "Well, we can't just stand around here all day. Where's it happening?" "The outskirts of Powdered Peaks." "Pmurt is really salty about losing that region to us." "No big deal, it's easy to make him feel salty. Let's get this nap causing annoying battle over with already so I can experiment and take a nap or go into another battle sooner so I can get to those things sooner." Dominic teleports there and I'm about to join him when the familiar texture of a wing is processed through my nervous system. I turn around and Herbsalvin kisses me while transformed back into a knight. "Herbsalvin! Now's not the time!" "I couldn't help myself. You're right but when this war is over, we're spending a lot of time together. I love you." "I love you too. But the war will just be one of multiple conflicts down with more to go. The next 2 are coming soon so we had better train a lot as well as fight a lot together. Because that's most of what we'll be doing for the foreseeable future." "You're right. We must go to Powdered Peaks now." "Aye. Let's go together to motivation each other a little bit." They nod before we teleport there. Another battle for not just Miitopia but for all of Mii World has begun and we were ready. With our swords in our hands, we joined our comrades for yet another battle.