Rini's victory over Ai has given her a boost in confidence while Serana had an enjoyable Duel herself, just as they say goodbye to their opponents the television screens show Anthony the world champion just after he took out Team Rising Sun all on his own.
18. The World Champion.
The Blades were about to exit the city into the park area, at that moment his eyes caught a scene, a single Duelist stood across five other Duelists, each had their Duel Disk active, two others.
'That flashy get-up, the bleached hair and the sunglasses, that's Anthony Keith, current world champion.' Jack noticed.
'Then the two behind him must be the remaining members of his team.' Juliet added.
'And those five in front him, it's the Japanese team.' Leo concluded.
Jack held his team back, they had a good view of Anthony and team Japan.
'You think Duban agrees with this?' Juliet wondered.
Everyone's attention was drawn towards the screens as Duban appeared.
'An interesting challenge has been issued.' He stated: 'Anthony of the Star-Spangled Duelists, leader of the American team and current world champion wants to take on the entirety of team Rising Sun solo.' Duban paused for a second: 'I agree, the rules will be as follow Rising Sun gets the first turn, Anthony has a turn after every member of Rising Sun, when the last member of Rising Sun ends their turn it is for Anthony allowed to enter his battle phase, the first time Anthony gets his turn he is not allowed to draw a card after that he gets to draw every turn, Rising Sun get to draw a card after they all have had one turn.'
The rules flashed on the television screen while Duban continued talking: 'As per agreement if Anthony loses he and the remaining members of his team are immediately executed.' The television screens changed to one of the many drones one of them was now hovering over the six Duelists.
'What do you think Jack?' Leo asked.
'No Duelist will Duel under the conditions Anthony set for himself unless they are sure of victory, Anthony might be the world champion but Rising Sun has five of the strongest Duelists from Japan who participate in the pro league, five of those Duelists should be too much even for a world champion.' Jack confirmed what Leo was thinking as well.
In the meantime the Duel was about to kick off, from the looks of it Yasuo the leader of team Rising Sun was first, followed by Rai, then Azumi, after her was Jiro and finally Goro.
(Y: 8000, R: 8000, A: 8000, J: 8000 & G: 8000) - (Anthony: 8000)
Yasuo, the leader of the team made a formal bow towards his opponent, he then drew his opening hand. 'I summon legendary Six Samurai - Kageki.' His voice was calm and he sounded formal, lightning struck in front of him, with the second strike a warrior leaped off one of the nearby rooftops, a man wearing a futuristic version of classic samurai armor, he had two extra, mechanical arm attached to his back, he wielded four katana. (200 ATK)
'With Kageki summoned I can special summon another Six Samurai, I give you Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan.' Another futuristic samurai appeared, his armor was heavy and completely black. (1800 ATK)
Since Yasuo now had two Six Samurai with different names lightning appeared around the swords of Kageki as he powered up. (200- 1700 ATK)
'And now I control two Six Samurai, this allows me to special summon Great Shogun Shien.' A mighty warlord leaped off of a rooftop, he was clad in full, samurai armor colored crimson his katana was glowing with a faint, red light. (2500 ATK)
'As long as I control Shien only one activate one spell or trap during your turn.' Yasuo bowed his head as a sign he ended his turn.
Anthony was simply smiling as he looked at the powerful offense his opponent just brought out.
'I summon Bokoichi the Freightening Car.' He calmly stated, an old-fashioned train car appeared in the middle of the street it had a face on the back of the car. (500 ATK)
'Next I activate Machine Duplication to summon another two.' He stated, two identical cars appeared behind the first one. (500 ATK x2)
'I end my turn.' Anthony stated.
Rai took a card from her hand. 'I special summon Earth Armor Ninja, since I have no monsters and my opponent does.' She stated sand started to swirl on the field, a man leapt out dressed in a classic ninja suit colored brown showing his affinity with earth, his left arm and left side of his head were mechanical. (1600 ATK)
'I end my turn.' Rai stated.
Anthony simply smiled as he drew his card, quickly he added it to his hand then he played a different card which appeared as a face-down monster.
Jack was watching the Duel he was tense. 'So that's it?' He muttered.
'What is?' Kailyn asked she took Jack out of his concentration.
'His Deck, I've likely figured out what his Deck is, but even considering that for Anthony to take on an entire team full of capable Duelists is stupid, not to mention his Deck is luck dependent, if he gets the wrong cards he outright loses.'
Meanwhile Azumi took a card from her hand.
'I summon Gagaga Girl.' She stated, a young woman with spiky, yellow hair appeared she wore a blue tunic-like garb with a light-pink skirt over it and several dark-pink ribbons tied to her outfit, she wore matching boots and a hat similar to the one Dark Magician Girl wore, she was standing in a relaxed pose frantically busy with her pink phone. (1000 ATK)
'Next I activate Double Summon.' Azumi continued the spell appeared on the field. 'And I normal summon Gagaga Magician!' Next to Gagaga Girl appeared a slightly older man with short, white hair, he wore a male version of the costume Gagaga Girl was wearing. (1500 ATK)
'Gagaga Magician's level stays four and I increase the level of Gagaga Girl to be equal to that of Gagaga Magician!'
The two Magicians nodded at each other then both changed into black orbs, they swirled into the air. 'Xyz summon Gagaga Cowboy!' Azumi shouted.
An old-fashioned gunslinger leaped from one of the rooftops, he had blue hair and wore a white short with a yellow cowboy vest over it, brown leather pants with many belts and black boots, in each hand he carried a revolver, his red cloak was flowing behind him in the wind. (2400 DEF: 2 ORU)
'Since Gagaga Cowboy is in defense mode I detach a monster to deal eight-hundred points of damage.' She stated, one of the orbs floating around the cowboy disappeared into his revolver then he unleashed a quick salvo of shots at Anthony. (2- 1 ORU)
(Y: 8000, R: 8000, A: 8000, J: 8000 & G: 8000) - (Anthony: 8000- 7200)
Anthony dusted off his clothes before he drew his card, he said nothing as he played yet another card, it also appeared as a face-down monster.
'I end my turn.' The American champion stated.
Jiro looked at his team leader then he spoke to Anthony: 'You dishonor us world champion.' Anthony showed a devious smile. 'You think we are so far beneath you that you can easily step on us?'
He took a card from his hand: 'I summon Cryomancer of the Ice Barrier.' A bald, muscular man appeared he wore a white tunic, his weapon was a short staff an icy wind swirled around it. (1300 ATK)
'Next I special summon Speaker for the Ice Barriers.' He continued a young child appeared with long, silver hair they wore white robe with a blue coat over it. (1000 ATK)
Seconds later the green Synchro light lit up the area. 'Synchro summon! Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier!' Jiro shouted, a ferocious white tiger leaped onto the field from behind one of the buildings, he wore black armor decorated with a golden pattern, two nasty icicles protruded from the shoulder piece of the armor. (2000 ATK)
Anthony drew his card, his face showed nothing.
'I flip Dark Mimic LV1.' He stated one of his two face-down cards disappeared, in its place appeared a small, light-blue treasure chest, it had several eyes placed in random places on the chest, tiny tentacles grew out of its body, if you looked inside the lid you could see several rows of sharp teeth. (100 ATK)
The lid of the chest closed, with an awful, gurgling sound it barfed up a card.
'I start to dislike him more and more.' Goro growled, he looked over his hand. 'So he likes to thin out his Deck? My Needle Worm will help him a bit.' Quickly Goro played his card the Needle Worm appeared face-down.
'I end my turn.' He stated.
Anthony drew his card. 'First I send Dark Mimic LV1 to my Graveyard in order to special summon Dark Mimic LV3!' The chest started to glow, it grew to twice its original size, the wood became red and was adorned by silver, it had five eyes on the lid and another five on the front, the lid was slightly opened a mass of small tentacles crawled from under it. (1000 ATK) 'Next I flip Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive!' A gigantic, purple locomotive appeared in front of the three Bokoichi, it had a face on the front that resembled that of an Oni. (1400 ATK)
'By flipping Dekoichi I get to draw one card, than I can draw another one for each Bokoichi I control.' With one swipe he drew all four cards at once, one by one he added them to his hand.
'My three Bokoichi attack Shien!' Everyone was confused, Anthony was simply laughing, one-by-one he watched his train cars being annihilated by the mighty Shogun.
(Y: 8K, R: 8K, A: 8K, J: 8K & G: 8K) - (A: 7200- 5200- 3200- 1200)
'Dekoichi attack Kageki!' He then continued, the locomotive got sliced in half by the mighty warrior before it could even gain some speed.
(Y: 8000, R: 8000, A: 8000, J: 8000 & G: 8000) - (Anthony: 1200- 900)
'Now my Dark Mimic attack Kageki!' The lid opened up as the tentacles lashed out, the samurai cut them in half easily, then he dashed forward thrusting his sword vertically through the lid of the chest.
(Y: 8000, R: 8000, A: 8000, J: 8000 & G: 8000) - (Anthony: 900- 200)
'Dark Mimic LV3 is destroyed I get to draw one card, since I special summoned it through the effect of Dark Mimic LV1 I draw two instead.' Quickly he added the cards to his hand, slowly Anthony spread his arms, when he did a gigantic pentagram appeared behind him.
First two gigantic fists broke through, as huge as house the skin was made of bronze, then the body appeared, half naked wearing only a schenti, a sort of skirt that men in ancient Egypt used to wear, the legs like the arms were gigantic and muscular, finally his head appeared through the pentagram it was a small head mostly covered by a Nemes, the headdress Pharaoh used to wear. 'Exodia! Hellfire of Rage!' Anthony roared the creature behind him unleashed a wall of flames that started to swirl around the five Japanese Duelists.
(Yasuo: X, Rai: X, Azumi: X, Jiro: X & Goro: X) - (Anthony: 200)
Jack was quick to approach Anthony despite his team objecting to it, on his way there team Japan passed him he could see the anger in their eyes.
'Anthony!' Jack roared as soon as he was within earshot.
'Oh look an adoring fan.' Anthony replied casually.
'I thought the arena was closed to the public.' He said then he noticed the rest of Jack's team: 'And you brought some other fans, love the dedication but I'm busy at the moment.'
Jack held up his Duel Disk.
'A contestant?' Anthony's demeanor changed immediately, the two behind him stepped forward. 'No need to get involved guys, I think I can handle a nobody.' The champion stated.
'These nobodies took out two of you.' Jack calmly replied.
'In a two versus one Duel as well.' Violet added.
'So that was you guys? You disgraced my team even though Brian and Carol were newbies, I still had expected better from them.' Anthony sighted.
'You a real kind person aren't you?' Jack sneered.
'You got something against me punk?' Anthony snapped.
'In fact I think I do, I have a challenge for you Anthony.' Jack replied the eyes of the champion narrowed.
'You're the world champion, clearly you outclass me, or so you want to believe.' Jack said behind his sunglasses Anthony's eye twitched: 'I'm sending one of my Duelists at you, if you beat her I will challenge you myself.'
Anthony replied with a chuckle: 'If you think you're better than me then why don't challenge me right now?' He asked.
'I don't want to waste my time with someone who is not worthy of my time.' Jack answered he wanted to get under Anthony's skin and he knew it was working.
'All right punk, you've done it, I'll take your stupid challenge so that I can pound you into the ground afterwards!'
Jack signaled Kailyn to come over. 'I've got this Kailyn, just Duel him it'll all be okay in the end.' Jack whispered as she passed him.
'Real nice of your team leader to throw you aside.' Anthony spoke as he took his place across the street from Kailyn.
'I trust Jack.' Kailyn replied as she activated her Duel Disk and D-Gazer, Anthony did the same, when he drew his opening hand he took his sweet time to organize the cards, Jack had seen him do that earlier against the Japanese team as well. 'Duel!' Both shouted.
(Kailyn: 8000) - (Anthony: 8000)
'My turn.' Kailyn stated she knew Jack was planning something, it didn't seem he expected her to win, whatever it was Jack was she hoped she could give him what he needed.
'I activate Celestial transformation.' She stated a spell appeared on the field. 'I special summon Athena, her attack is halved and she is destroyed during the end of my turn.' She explained, a blinding light started to shine, a tall woman with long, silver hair appeared she wore a white dress, several pieces of jewelry around her arms, she wore a silver helmet with a large blade on top, in one hand she held a round, silver shield with a gold edge in the other hand she held a large, silver, decorated and ornate trident-like spear. (2600- 1300 ATK)
'Now since I have no monsters in my Graveyard I can special summon Guardian Eatos.' Another woman appeared behind Kailyn she was dressed like a Native American, she wore a hat shaped like the head of an eagle, two pure, Angel-like wings spouted from her back. (2500 ATK)
'The effect of Athena kicks in since a Fairy was summoned I deal six-hundred points of damage.'
Athena thrust her weapon into the air, divine lightning struck Anthony down.
(Kailyn: 8000) - (Anthony: 8000- 7400)
'Now I normal summon Fairy Archer.' She stated the small fairy wearing purple and a skirt made of leaves appeared she had her bow trained on Anthony. (1400 ATK) Once again Athena trust her spear in the air and Anthony was struck down by lightning again.
(Kailyn: 8000) - (Anthony: 7400- 6800)
'Now I activate the other effect of Athena, I send Fairy Archer to my Graveyard that allows me to special summon a Fairy from my Graveyard.'
A warm light enveloped the small fairy as she disappeared, Athena started to chant and Fairy Archer reappeared. (1400 ATK)
Once more Anthony was struck by lightning.
(Kailyn: 8000) - (Anthony: 6800- 6200)
'And now Fairy Archer deals four-hundred damage for each Light monster I control.' Kailyn stated, the archer took three arrows and shot them in rapid succession each hitting Anthony in his chest.
(Kailyn: 8000) - (Anthony: 6200- 5000)
'I end my turn.' Kailyn finally stated slowly Athena faded from the field.
Anthony held his hand in front of his card slot, Jack heard something moving inside Anthony's Duel Disk before the card appeared out of the slot.
'You've had your childish fun, now you'll see what a true Duelist can do.' Anthony gloated: 'I start with Painful Choice.' He stated as his spell appeared on the field, all five pieces of Exodia appeared above his head.
'Choose one for me to keep, the rest goes to my Graveyard.' The champion explained.
'Keep the Left Leg.' Kailyn stated, quickly he added it to his hand then he discarded the rest.
'Now I activate Dark factory of Mass Production, which allows me to add the Right Arm and Left Arm to my hand.' Anthony quickly retrieved the cards from his Graveyard.
'Next I activate Magical Stone Excavation, by sending Dark Mimic LV1 and the Left Leg to my Graveyard I can retrieve Dark Factory of Mass Production to my hand.' Again the champion swapped cards, then he quickly activated Dark Factory of Mass Production again, this time he added the Left Leg and the Right Leg to his hand.
'One problem Anthony.' Kailyn then interrupted him: 'Dark Factory only works on two normal monsters.'
Anthony chuckled: 'I'll give you that choosing to send Exodia to my Graveyard because your simple mind thought I might use Dark Factory to retrieve them. Well I have Dark Eruption!' Anthony shouted as another spell card activated: 'This allows me to add a Dark monster with fifteen-hundred or less attack points to my hand, which include Exodia's head!'
Kailyn braced herself as the massive Exodia the Forbidden One rose behind Anthony. 'Hellfire of Rage!' Anthony roared as the creature behind him fired his mighty blast at Kailyn.
(Kailyn: X) - (Anthony: 5000)
Slowly Anthony turned around to face Jack. 'I've crushed your flunky, now it's your turn.'
Jack shook his head: 'I refuse.' He replied.
'Jack, I challenge you, you're not allowed to refuse.' Anthony sounded calm.
'And you're not allowed to cheat Anthony.' Jack calmly replied.
'Come again?' Anthony hissed.
'I say you cheated, I clearly heard the automatic searching system in your Duel Disk working when you were about to draw a card, the fact your Deck is in a closed off chamber is suspicious to say the least, then when you drew your opening hand you took your sweet time rearranging your cards, I could see you wiping something off of the back of your cards.'
Anthony started to laugh: 'Okay Mr. Funny Pants, then tell me exactly how I am cheating, bet you can't.'
Jack thought for a second: 'Simple.' He then said: 'Using glue to keep your opening cards together or cutting the edges will get you caught, even a weak glue make it so that a Duel Disk don't recognize the card.'
Anthony was tapping his foot on the ground he was clearly agitated.
'You use an invisible substance that your Duel Disk's card reader can read, the cards you marked will show up on top when your Deck is initially shuffled, you only need to wipe the substance off before playing your card or else your Duel Disk won't read it, then you used a mechanism probably a hidden button to search another card you had specifically chosen, hence why your search system activated when it shouldn't had to be, of course it is awfully convenient we can't see your Deck.'
When Jack was done Anthony burst out laughing: 'You really this salty of losing a team mate!' He laughed.
'The man actually got a point.' A familiar voice suddenly sounded, Jack turned around only to see Duban standing there with some of the tournament's security staff and an official from the jury.
'What?' Anthony hissed.
'I said that Jack here has a point, the technique he described for cheating is a known method, one of the most used ones in fact.' Duban then turned his attention towards Jack: 'You sure you want to accuse him of cheating? If you call it wrong we can decide to disqualify you, of course when you're right Anthony here is disqualified, the remaining members of his team will be as well, and all Duelists Anthony has eliminated will be allowed back into the tournament.'
A few minutes later the staff returned with Anthony's Duel Disk and Deck.
'Jack was right.' The referee said: 'We've found traces of the substance on Anthony's cards, we read out his Duel Disk as well and the auto search function was activated during times it should not have, I hereby declare the accusation of Jack right and Anthony a cheater.' The Half-Dwemer looked at Duban. 'If that is the case then Anthony and his team are hereby disqualified.' The Dwemer stated then Jack interrupted him.
'Duban, this man is the filth of the Dueling world, as the world champion he has to set an example.'
Jack saw he had piqued Duban's interest. 'I have a proposal, I want to kick this scum out myself, even though I am here to settle a thing with you Duban I am still a Duelist at heart, a good match excites me seeing a world champion Duel excites me, I take on Anthony if he wins he stays in the tournament his team as well and anyone he has eliminated stays eliminated. I win however Anthony is eliminated, his team stays in the tournament but anyone Anthony has eliminated is allowed back in.'
A grin formed on Anthony's face.
'Jack you sure?' Duban asked: 'You basically have the faith of six Duelists resting on your shoulder.'
Jack nodded: 'I am sure, of course I want your referee to keep a close watch on Anthony, he cheats again I immediately win, Exodia Decks are complicated it's hard to get Exodia out, Anthony cheated to get Exodia out I'm, sure I can take out his Deck if he plays fair.'
Minutes later Jack, Anthony and the referee were on their way to the skyscraper which functioned as the city arena, Anthony had gotten a standard Duel Disk and D-Gazer from the referee, the man also held on to Anthony's Deck until they got there.
Anthony's gaze could kill and the worst part for him was this entire ordeal was broadcast not only across the tournament are, but all over the city and on television as well, one thing was for sure his career was over after this.
Skyscraper: City arena.
Jack stood on one side of the helicopter landing platform on top of the skyscraper, several drones were zooming around broadcasting the Duel.
Anthony was clearly annoyed he had an angry look in his eyes, the referee called in by Duban stood behind him.
'Duelists, activate your Duel Disks and D-Gazers.' The referee stated, Anthony gave the man an angry glare.
'Ready?' The referee asked when both Duelists had activated their gear. 'Set.' The referee stated both players drew their opening hand. 'Duel!' He then shouted.
(Jack: 8000) - (Anthony: 8000)
'Anthony!' Jack roared: 'This is for the shame you've brought upon the Dueling world! All those people who looked up to you, the children who wanted to be like you. Let them witness your downfall!' Jack let out all his anger, he felt magic throbbing inside of him wanting to explode, he kept it under control.
Jack's comment was met with Anthony's laughter: 'Coming from you? A nobody! You have nothing to your name!'
Jack said nothing he simply took a card from his hand and discarded it, before him the jester-like The Tricky appeared. (2000 ATK)
Jack then played another card, the spell card Monster Reborn appeared and under the holy symbol the Junk Giant rose. (2000 ATK)
Jack then played a third card which appeared face-down behind his monsters. He then made clear to the referee he had ended his turn, Jack didn't want to say anything to Anthony.
Anthony drew his card, a grin formed on his face when he saw a second piece of Exodia. 'I set these two cards first.' He stated both cards appeared vertically on the field.
'Next I summon Sangan.' A small, brown, furry creature with three yellow, cat-like eyes appeared, it had green limbs ending in sharp claws. (1000 ATK)
'Attack The Tricky!' He stated the furry creature let out a snarl. 'Next I activate Shrink on The Tricky!' As the spell card appeared the jester shrunk to half his size. (2000- 1000 ATK)
Sangan bit The Tricky in his throat as the jester fell to his knees he blasted away the creature with his magic sending it flying off the roof.
'With the effect of Sangan I shall add Right Arm of the Forbidden One to my hand.' Since the referee had given Anthony an old model Duel Disk he manually had to search the card.
Jack drew his card, quickly he added it to his hand then took another one to play, Junk Blader the purple-skinned warrior wielding the red sword appeared. (1800 ATK)
'Junk Blader attacks directly.' Jack stated the warrior heaved his sword above his head then charged in.
'Amateur!' Anthony laughed as one of his face-down cards activated.
'I activate Mirror Force!' He yelled.
A reflective wall appeared between Junk Blader and Anthony, just as Junk Blader was about to crash into it the roar of a dragon echoed over the skyscraper. 'What?' Anthony cursed as he looked to the skies only to see Stardust Dragon fly over, the dragon dove down through the Mirror Force then it pulled up again and started to circle the building. (2500 ATK)
'Mirror Force.' Jack then scoffed: 'Such an obvious trap, my Starlight Road did not only negate the effect and destroy it because you would have destroyed two of my cards with it, I also was allowed to special summon Stardust Dragon from my Extra Deck.' Jack crossed his arms Junk Blader had continued his charge he slashed Anthony across his chest, then Junk Giant retracted its limbs so it became a ball it quickly rolled over the helicopter pad and crashed into Anthony, when Junk Giant was rolling back Stardust Dragon unleashed its mighty breath attack striking Anthony down from above.
(Jack: 8000) - (Anthony: 8000- 6200- 4200- 1700)
'Anthony your display here is pathetic.' Jack coldly stated this gave him an angry glare from his opponent. 'I'd hoped to bring you down with a bit of effort, you know making you realize you were a strong Duelist without cheating, giving you a chance for redemption. But it seems I was wrong about that, you're just a weak and pathetic loser who cannot do anything without cheating.'
Jack's harsh words made Anthony tremble with anger. 'You dare?' Anthony hissed. 'If I am wrong about you Anthony then show me.' Jack simply replied.
Anthony smiled as he drew his card.
'First I activate Card Destruction.' Jack wasn't surprised by this move, he knew Anthony wanted the Exodia pieces in his Graveyard, Anthony drew three new cards, Jack only drew one.
'Next I activate Dian Keto the Cure Master.' Anthony stated a warm light enveloped him as he recovered some life points.
(Jack: 8000) - (Anthony: 1700- 2700)
After the light faded Anthony pressed a button on his Duel Disk, his face-down Foolish Burial activated. 'With this I discard the final piece of Exodia to my Graveyard.' He showed Jack the left leg before discarding it.
'And now! I activate Contract with Exodia!'
Anthony spread his arms a green mist burst out of the helicopter pad first it started to swirl around him.
(Jack: 8000) - (Anthony: 2700- 700)
Then a loud moan echoed over the rooftop, the massive form of Exodia stepped out of the green mist, his skin was a sick gray color, he towered above Jack. (1800 ATK)
'This beauty cost me a lot of money.' He boasted: 'Exodia Necross the data of this monster was stored in the servers of Industrial Illusions, Mr. Crawford apparently retrieved the data of this monster from a virtual world around the same time the finals of Battle City took place, Gozaburo Kaiba created this monster and Industrial Illusions saved the code, when Industrial Illusions stopped all their code was saved on a server including this monster, for me it was easy to recover this data and I found a card manufacturer who made it real, of course since the code was stored on the Industrial Illusions database this card is perfectly legal.'
Jack scoffed: 'Even pressed against the wall and exposed as a cheater you still use dubious methods.'
Anthony simple laughed: 'Exodia Necross' effects each Exodia piece in my Graveyard, the head makes it so that Necross cannot be destroyed by battle, the left leg, right leg and left arm make him invulnerable for destruction by spells, traps and monster effect and thanks to the right arm each time Necross battles he gains thousand attack points.'
Exodia Necross let out a war cry a green aura appeared around him.
'I wanted to crush you with Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord but there is only one copy of that card in the world, I found that the card was in possession of an Egyptian Duelist, when I approached her she refused to sell it to me, so you can imagine I was glad when I learned she would be participating here, that is why I have Exodia Necross to show her that I'm the better Exodia Duelist and that she is not worthy of Exodius.'
Jack simply let out a sigh: 'This is hinging on being childish Anthony, no matter what you do or say my impression of you becomes worse by the second.'
Anthony growled something under his breath: 'I attack Junk Blader.' Anthony shouted, Exodia Necross grabbed Junk Blader with his massive fists and quickly crushed Jack's warrior, the aura around Exodia Necross became larger. (1800- 2800 ATK)
'Now Jack you see the mistake of challenging me.' Anthony gloated.
'I'm tired of this.' Jack sighted quickly he played two cards which both appeared face-down behind his Junk Giant. 'Let's end this, I end my turn.'
Anthony drew his card.
'Exodia Necross!' He shouted but Jack interrupted him.
'I activate Majestic Mirage.' Jack's trap card opened up.
'Now I chain Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Majestic Mirage.' Jack continued, the second card he played opened up.
'With this I activate the effect of Stardust Dragon to negate the activation of Mystical Space Typhoon and destroy it.'
Stardust Dragon let out a roar as it dissolved in stardust, Mystical Space Typhoon exploded.
'With Stardust Dragon leaving the field for the activation of its own effect my Majestic Mirage activates, I can now banish one monster from your field or Graveyard.' A portal opened up behind Anthony. 'I target the Right Arm.' Jack stated, Anthony cursed as he removed the card from his Graveyard, the arm of Exodia got its regular color back, Exodia Necross became weaker. (2800- 1800 ATK)
Anthony threw his only card on the ground, a Backup Soldier.
'You're cheating Jack!' Anthony roared: 'You hear me Jack! You're cheating!' He howled.
'You serious?' Jack replied with a sigh: 'You resort to cheap tricks and throwing money around to get technically legal cards, I've beaten your cheap tactics Anthony. Take it as a man.' Jack noticed two Half-Dwemer entering the arena, from the way they were dressed Jack guessed they were security.
'Referee search him! I say he cheats!' Anthony now turned his anger towards the tournament official.
'This is getting really childish and pathetic.' Jack said while he shook his head.
'Anthony, Jack is not cheating, you made a serious allegation, your allegation is denied. Remove yourself from this arena right now, I disqualify...' Jack stopped the referee: 'Don't bother.' He said behind Jack Stardust Dragon reappeared. (2500 ATK)
'Shooting Sonic!' Jack roared, Anthony cursed as the attack from Stardust hit Exodia Necross full on the chest.
(Jack: 8000) - (Anthony: 700- 0)
Anthony was breathing heavy, suddenly he let out a roar as he charged at Jack. 'Fus!' Jack shouted, just enough force to knock Anthony on his back, when the ex-champion tried to stand up the two Half-Dwemer from security jumped him, they worked him to the ground and cuffed him.
Jack watched as the two dragged a kicking, screaming and cursing Anthony away.
Eliminated:
Anthony: The Star-Spangled Duelists.
Next time:
Ushiwaka is close to Jack for the Duel Jack has promised him, but while Ushiwaka is on the move so are the members of Tamamo's team then there is the Japanese team out for revenge on the remaining two members of the Star-Spangled Duelists. ''The Trial'' coming next.
Card details:
Exodia Necross (anime)
Type: Spellcaster/Ritual/Effect
Attribute: Dark
Level: 4
ATK: 1800
DEF: 0
You can Ritual Summon this card with "Contract with Exodia". This card gains the following effect(s) while a "Forbidden One" card(s) is in your Graveyard:
● "Exodia the Forbidden One": This card cannot be destroyed by battle. (Damage calculation is applied normally.)
● "Left Leg of the Forbidden One": This card cannot be destroyed by Spell Cards.
● "Right Leg of the Forbidden one": This card cannot be destroyed by Trap Cards.
● "Left Arm of the Forbidden One": This card cannot be destroyed by the effects of other Effect Monsters.
● "Right Arm of the Forbidden One": Whenever this card battles an opponent's monster, it gains 1000 ATK at the end of the Damage Step.
Contract with Exodia (anime)
Ritual Spell card
Activate only by paying 2000 Life Points when "Exodia the Forbidden One", "Right Arm of the Forbidden One", "Left Arm of the Forbidden One", "Right Leg of the Forbidden One", and "Left Leg of the Forbidden One" are all in your Graveyard. Special Summon 1 "Exodia Necross" from your hand.