- Chapter 17 -
The Battle to End
Little did most people know that there are also worlds inside the data storm. Strange floating cracked pieces of lands were floating inside the huge data storm.
On one of the floating lands, Yu was unconscious until his senses returned and started to wake up.
"Uuuuuh...Where am I?" He asked as he slowly stood up, and regained his balance.
He checked Rossy in his duel disk mode. "Rossy, wake up. Are you alright, Rossy?"
"System Restore Initiate. System reboot to its last session…." A random loading screen appeared on the LCD screen until the familiar, friendly blue LED eyes appeared.
"Hello, Master Yu. My system function is perfectly OK," she replied.
He sighed in relief. "Thanks, Rossy. Anyway, where the heck are we? What is this place?"
"From the last session in my memory bank, you duel the Knight of Hanoi named Sir Lady, and unfortunately you lost...in a draw," she admitted.
"Oh, yeah! Now I remember..." He realized.
"I am scanning the area right now, Master Yu….Scanning completed! It seems like we are inside the data storm, which sucked us into it right after the duel was over," his AI partner explained.
"I see. Well, if we managed to survive, then maybe she is..."
"Alive and well." Yu jumped and turned around to see his enemy standing still and without even a scratch.
"You! You're still alive!?" Yu questioned as he stood firmly, ready to fight again.
"I will fight until I can no longer breathe, and I will finish our fight until I bring victory to our cause," Sir Lady stated.
Yu growled. "You Hanoi are a lot annoying to defeat than you look! Well, that's completely fine for me! At least now I have a second chance to beat you!"
"Before we duel, look over there." She pointed to her right.
Yu wondered and looked in the same direction, and noticed two other duelists dueling each other.
"Hey is that….Playmaker!?" He noticed. "And who is that other guy in the white armor?"
"That is our master, Revolver-same, the leader of the Knights of Hanoi," Sir Lady answered.
Yu gasped widely. "What!? He is the leader of the Hanoi!?"
She nodded. "Indeed. I was given a mission from him. To defeat you in order for you to not get what you want, and then destroy this pathetic fake reality."
"What do you mean by 'not get what I want'?" He questioned.
"Enough talk now. Let's resume our fight in a Master Duel!" She declared as she reactivated her duel disk.
"So, it shall be," he complied as he did his.
Codebreaker vs. Sir Lady (2nd Match)
Codebreaker: 4000 LP (5h)
Sir Lady: 4000 LP (5h)
"I will allow you to go first," Sir Lady said.
"Afraid to lose?" He asked in mocking, yet angry tone.
"I'm never afraid even in the face of defeat, which that won't happen in this duel," she replied.
Yu narrowed. "Hmph! Well, fine! I summon C# Data Miner!" The familiar gnome miner appeared beside him. "I activate his effect, which allows me to draw a card since I normal summoned him!"
Yu: 5h – 1 + 1 = 5h
"Then, I Special Summon C# Bot Fairy!" A monster appeared next to Data Miner. This one was a robot fairy with blue and white wings, and single pink LCD lens, acting as its only eye. Its right arm was a metal wand with a glowing green star with LED light, and its left arm is a small claw.
C# Bot Fairy-Level 1, LIGHT, Cyverse/Effect, 0 ATK, 0 DEF.
"C# Bot Fairy can be Special Summoned if I control a C# monster on the field," he said. "I set a card and end my turn."
Yu: 4000 LP (3h)
"I draw." Sir Lady drew her card. "I summon Noble Knight Borz."
"Is that monster again?" Yu stated.
"I equip him with the Noble Arms – Excaliburn and then activate Borz's effect, treating him as Effect Monster!" Sir Lady declared Borz now equipped with the legendary sword of myth. "It becomes DARK and its Level is increased by one. Then, I reveal three Noble Arms from my Deck."
She drew three cards from her Deck and showed them to Yu. They were the following; Noble Arms – Caliburn, Noble Arms of Destiny, and Noble Arms – Dark Excaliburn. Then, she flipped them over and shuffled them.
"I had to add one of them randomly to your hand, right?" Yu asked, looking agitated.
"Correct," she replied.
"Then, I will choose the one on the right!" He pointed.
"Very well," she said as she added the one he picked and sent the rest to the Graveyard. "The rest are sent to my Graveyard. Then, I play the Spell Card, Card of Destruction!"
"What!? That card?" Yu gasped.
"Is she destroying both hands to get better one or is it on purpose?" Rossy stated.
"Both players now have to send all their cards currently in their hand and draw a new one with the same amount of card they had before." Sir Lady re-drew 4 new cards while Yu changed his hand, too.
"Then, I activate Lady of the Lake's effect in my Graveyard! Resurrect from the death!" The familiar Tuner maiden appeared out of the Graveyard portal.
"So, that was the plan!" Rossy realized. "She played Card of Destruction just to get her Lady of the Lady to her Graveyard and use its effect to bring it back!"
"She's going to Synchro Summon!" Yu exclaimed.
"Not quite," she admitted.
"What!?" Both Yu and his AI partner said in a surprised tone.
"I activate another warrior from the dead! I activate Noble Knight Arthur's Soul's effect! If I control a Noble Knight monster while this card is in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon it!"
A batted warrior with short, blond hair appeared. Multiple swords pierced through all over his body, with some blood dripping on his armory and clothes. He wielded a sword, but it looked like it has seen better days.
Noble Knight Arthur's Soul – Level 4, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 0 ATK, 0 DEF.
"Now, I open the magical circuit of power!" A blue circuit board appeared, hovering above them like a UFO. "The summoning condition is two Warrior monsters. I set my Noble Knight Borz and Noble Knight Arthur's Soul to the Link Markers!"
The two said warriors raised its weapon, transforming themselves into two purple twisters and hitting two arrows, making them glow in a red light.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 2, Isolde, Reminiscence of the Noble Knights!" A pair of ladies, one with long white hair, gray clothing, and fair skin and another with curly, blond hair with braid and red clothing, appeared.
"She can Link Summon!" Rossy shouted.
Rossy's shout caught some attention by other duelists and one spectator's ears.
"Isn't that…Morse?" Playmaker stated.
"What is he doing there!?" Ai asked as he squinted his eye to see well. "And is he dueling someone?"
"Right now, your ally, Codebreaker is facing against one of my Pro Hanoi Duelists," Revolver said.
"What!?" Playmaker responded.
"No way! Not again?!" Ai gasped.
"Well, well, isn't that Codebreaker? Why is he doing there?" Ghost Girl questioned to herself before she lightly smiled. "Well, this got a bit more interesting. I might have two scoops today."
"What the heck is he doing here!?" Shoichi stated as he was watching the feed of the duels at his truck.
"Isolde's effect activates! If she is Link Summoned or rather they are Link Summoned, I can add 1 Warrior monster from my Deck, but in exchange, I cannot Normal Summon, Special Summon, Set, or activate the effect of that monster with the same name for this turn! I add my Noble Knight Medraut!"
She added the said card. "But, I am not done yet! Isolde's additional effect activates as well! By sending any numbers of Equip Spell with different names from my Deck to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon 1 Warrior monster from my Deck whose Level equals to the number of cards I sent by this effect! I send another Noble Arms – Excaliburn from my Deck to the grave, and bring back Noble Knight Borz!"
"Not him again!" Yu exclaimed.
"Battle! I declare Noble Knight Borz to attack your C# Bot Fairy!" Borz sliced the small Cyverse fairy into two, causing it to explode.
"Grgh!" Yu twitched in pain.
Codebreaker: 2300 LP
"Next, Isolde attack your last monster! Double Sword Seal!" The Link pair summoned two swords of energy and shot them at Data Miner, causing him to turn into dust.
"Gaaaaah!" Yu said in agony as he took more damage.
Codebreaker: 1100 LP
"I set two cards and end my turn," Sir Lady said as she finished her turn.
Sir Lady: 4000 LP (2h)
"Master Yu, are you OK?" Rossy asked.
"Don't worry about me. I'm fine," he said but looked in pain.
"Now, fight me with your own blade," Sir Lady said.
"I won't lose to you, Hanoi!" Yu shouted in anger. "I draw!"
Codebreaker: 3h + 1 = 4h
"Damn it! This is not even a good hand!" Yu thought as he looked at just three Spells and one monster.
"Master Yu." He looked at his AI's "face." "I know that you are in great pain and you…really wanted to defeat this Knight of Hanoi for revenge, but if you continue on this path, the probability of losing is 100%."
"I don't care about probability, Rossy! All I want is to get revenge for Tom! They hurt my friend and they must be taught a lesson!" Yu argued.
"I may be an AI, so I cannot comprehend human emotion, but if you continue with this, you won't able to win a duel with a mindset like that. Please, Master, please change your mind and return back to how you duel the usual way!" Rossy demanded.
"Until after I cure Tom!" Yu argued back.
"You should listen to your AI there." He looked at his opponent. "I may be your enemy, but I know that if you let your anger and hatred drive you through the duel, then you won't win."
"What do you know!? Wouldn't you be mad if someone hurts your friend!?" Codebreaker argued.
"Of course I would. It is part of human nature to become upset and be mad at someone who hurt a dear friend, but I don't let my emotion to cloud my mind in a duel. I duel for one thing; for peace and justice!"
"For peace and justice…." Yu repeated that phrase in his mind. He remembered a similar thing of what would he say.
"I am Cyberman, the hero for peace, justice, and all things good in the world!"
"That is what Tom as Cyberman would say…but…although, now that I think about it, why would he say that? In fact, why did he become Cyberman? He was kind of scary cat….oh….I get it."
Well, finally someone gets it!
"Not now, Mr. Narrator!" Rossy shouted.
"Tom…He just wanted to be brave…even though he is not…well the bravest guy in the world…but he is fearless….and he won't let being angry gets in his way….Tom…." Yu thought deeply before he gave a slight grin.
"Tom, I'm sorry. I know it is not my fault or anything, but if you were here, well as Cyberman or maybe in-person, you would say something like that be upset or have fun and be nice. Something cool like that, right, Tom?"
Then, a light in his head popped into his head as if all of his anger and other negative emotion just banished, faded away by the light and only tranquility left.
"OK…I am back and ready!" Yu stated as he showed the same, old goofy face.
"Hmm?" Sir Lady noticed a change in his state.
"Master Yu!" Rossy "smiled".
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Hanoi Lady, but you are wrong about one thing," he said.
"And what is it?" She asked.
"That I WIL wins this duel!" Yu replied with conviction. "I summon C# Wyrm from my hand!"
The white, wyrm Cyverse appeared as it made a strong cry of determination, just like its owner.
"Now, I input the code to my circuit of hope!" He shot single electricity up into the air, creating the circuit board to appear.
"You are going to Link Summon…with just one monster?!" Sir Lady asked in a surprised tone.
"That's right, crocodile! Here we go! The summoning condition is 1 Level 2 or lower Cyverse monster! I set my C# Wyrm to a Link Marker!" The little wyrm turned into a strong, blue twister, absorbing into the bottom link arrow.
"Circuit combines! Appear! Link 1, C# Link Sorceress!"
The new Link monster was a woman in big, puffy dress like a princess. She wore a very tall black hat with glowing circuit buses running through it in glowing yellow energy. Her hair was purple, which was down to her back. Her eyes were light blue, with codes running through them. The dress was composed of white and dark blue with circuit buses, like her tall hat, running through them with different colors of red, blue, yellow, and green. Her skin was fair white, and she also wielded a white scepter with Link Arrow at the top.
C# Link Sorceress-Link 1, LIGHT, Spellcaster/Link/Effect, Link Arrow: Bottom, 1000 ATK.
"A Link 1 Monster?" Ghost Girl said. "This is gonna be interesting."
"Link 1 Monster? Don't make me laugh! Are you trying to mock me?!" Sir Lady accused.
"Not a bit!" Yu replied with a wink. "I activate Link Sorceress's effect! If she is Link Summoned, I can Special Summon 1 C# monster from my Graveyard next to her link! I Special Summon C# Download Knight!"
The Link Sorceress used her scepter as she spun it around a bit before she pierced the arrow top to open a portal to the Graveyard. Download Knight jumped out of the portal before it closed in.
"C# Download Knight's effect activates! When he is Normal or Special Summoned, I can Special Summon more monsters! I Special Summon C# Webkumo from my Graveyard!"
C# Download Knight used its sword to summon the said monster by opening a portal. C# Webkumo crawled out of the portal.
"Using C# Webkumo's effect, I treat it as two Link Materials and use all of my monsters to set up another Link Summon!" Yu declared as another circuit opened.
"So, that is what you are up to! You're going to summon your ace monster!" Sir Lady said.
"That's right!" Yu replied as his monsters turned into four blue twisters.
"Come out! Link 4! Cyber Magician Girl!" His mighty ace, the young and cute magician of the Link VRAINS appeared.
"You fell…into my trap!" Sir Lady exclaimed as he rose up her left arm. "Trap card opens! Link Trap Hole!"
The first card flipped up, revealing a Trap Card with an image of Decode Talker, Trickstar Holy Angel, and Link Spider falling into what appears to be bottomless pit hole.
"When my opponent Link Summon a monster, that monster is destroyed!" The same pit hole appeared as soon as Cyber Magician Girl realized it and tried to not to fall, but failed comically.
"No! Cyber Magician Girl!" Codebreaker cried.
"I prepared for this that you will summon your ace monster! Now, you're defenseless and be defeated!" Sir Lady stated.
"Defenseless, yeah, but defeated, no way!" Yu responded as he gave a slight smirk.
Sir Lady looked at him with curious, yet concerned expression. "I play the Trap Card, C# Recovery!" The revealed Trap showed C# Download Knight restoring into its original form bit by bit inside a computer used by Gagaga Girl.
"When this card is activated, I can resurrect back 1 C# Monster from my Graveyard! Come back! C# Link Sorceress!" His Link 1 Link monster returned to his side.
"What are you up to, Codebreaker?" Sir Lady thought.
"Now, C# Link Sorceress's additional effect activates! When she is Special Summoned by a card effect, her Link is increased and gains a Link Arrow. I choose her most top arrow!" C# Link Sorceress's body glowed as electrical energy flowed through her "circuitry", causing her to gain a Link Arrow.
"And doing that would lead to what?" Sir Lady asked.
"This!" Yu answered as he pointed. "If there is a Link Monster in the zone where C# Link Sorceress is pointing to, then she gains that monster's ATK for a sweet power boost!"
"What!? It can't be!" Sir Lady gasped.
"Woh!" Shoichi was also surprised.
"I see what he did there," Ghost Girl said.
"With that set, it's time to fight back! Go, C# Link Sorceress! Sealed Link Spike!" His sorceress monster wielded her scepter up high into the air. Lighting struck from the head of the scepter until the same lighting struck back down at the target.
"No! My Link Monster!" Sir Lady protected herself from the explosion of her defeated monster.
Sir Lady: 3000 LP
"Now I play the Quick-Play Spell, C# Attack Code!" It showed a code with the acronym for "attack" (ATK) hidden in a bunch of other characters while C# Download Knight is charging up his final attack against a digital Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
"This Spell allows my C# monster to attack again!" Codebreaker explained.
"What!?" Sir Lady gasped again.
"Go for another round, Link Sorceress!" She nodded to her master and then used the same attack on her other Noble Knight, Noble Knight Borz.
"Argh!" She cringed.
Sir Lady: 2100 LP
"Moving to Main Phase 2, I play the Spell Card, Serial Port Armor!" This Spell Card is a mirror-image version of Parallel Port Armor card owned and used by Yusaku, but this one is based on a legacy serial cable.
"I equip it to my Link Monster and end my turn," he finished. "So, what do you think, Hanoi Lady? Am I good or what?"
"Master Yu! You are back. You are finally backed to your old self!" Rossy said emotionally, with watery eyes.
"Hey, don't cry, Rossy! I'm always me! I was just a bit grumpy, that's all," he smiled.
"You…so this is your power," Sir Lady said. "I…took you too lightly, but now, I understand that I can't save any punches!"
But, you are a knight. I thought you use a sword.
"Silence fool!" She shouted. "I draw!"
"I saved this in case if the situation becomes worse and as for last resort," she whispered to herself for a moment. "I activate the forbidden Trap Card, The Devil's Link Contract!"
"The Devil what?" Codebreaker asked in a confused tone.
The said Trap showed a man signing a contract with a mysterious hooded figure with two glowing red eyes and revealing demonic, monstrous hand. While the man was signing the contract, the hooded figure gave him what appeared to be a Link Monster card to the man.
"While this card is face-up on the field, I can Special Summon 1 Link Monster from my Extra Deck or Graveyard for each turn," she explained.
"What!? Each turn?" Yu gasped.
"I bring back Isolde, Reminiscence of the Noble Knights!" Her Link monster returned from the dead. "Then, I activate her effect! I can send any numbers of Equip Spells with different names to the Graveyard and then Special Summon 1 Warrior monster whose Levels equal to the numbers of cards I sent via this effect! I send four cards to Special Summon Noble Knight – Brothers!"
She drew four cards, discarded them, and then added a monster card and placed it on the field. Three Noble Knights appeared as one monster.
"I activate Noble Knight Brothers' effect! Once per turn, I target three Noble Arms Equip Spell in my Graveyard. Then, I shuffle them back into my Deck and draw 1 card!" She shuffled three chosen Noble Arms card and then drew one.
"Now, I Normal Summon my second Lady of the Lake and tune up with Noble Knight Brothers!" As soon as Lady of the Lake appeared, she transformed into a single Synchro ring. The three brothers jumped into the ring, transforming into four spheres of light before the stream of energy went through the single ring.
"Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 5, Ignoble Knight of High Laundsallyn!" The dark Synchro Warrior monster appeared once again.
"It's her ace monster!" Rossy detected.
"When this card is Synchro Summoned, I can equip it with one Noble Arms Equip Spell from my Deck! I equip High Laundsallyn with Noble Arms – Dark Excaliburn!" The dark version of Excalibur replaced the Synchro Warrior's main sword, causing him to glow in a dark aura.
"Battle! High Laundsallyn attack your C# Link Sorceress and you remember what my Noble Arms – Dark Excaliburn can do!" Her Synchro Ace's attack increased by half of C# Link Sorceress' Attack points.
"Serial Port Armor's effect activates! The equipped monster cannot be destroyed by battle and I take no damage from it!" Before the sword even touched the sorceress, she turned transparent, like a ghost as the sword just went through her.
"Curses!" Sir Lady said frustratingly. "The Devil's Link Contract's additional effect activates! I can destroy 1 card on the field! I destroy your Spell, Serial Port Armor!"
His Spell Card shattered like a glass.
"Grrr! I play the Quick-Play Spell, Noble Knight Battle Cry!" This Spell showed an army of Noble Knight Monsters charging forward through a deserted battlefield.
"This Spell allows my Noble Knight to attack twice per turn, even if it is already attacked this turn! Battle again, my Synchro ace!" His ace attacked again, this time his sword contacted with the target.
Codebreaker blocked the impact of the explosion.
Codebreaker: 300 LP
"Just as I said before this duel started, you will be defeated and you will now!" Sir Lady declared as she commanded her final attack.
Codebreaker looked tense as he faced his impending duel. Suddenly, something moved in front of Codebreaker and blocked the attack in the nick of time. After the dust cleared away, a strange ghostly figure with tattered robes floated in front of him.
"What's that!?" Sir Lady questioned in a surprised tone.
"An abnormity detected! Someone interfered the duel!" Rossy stated.
"Interfered?" Codebreaker repeated as he looked around and the noticed someone standing nearby.
Codebreaker and Sir Lady turned to their left. Just about few feet above them, a single armored person stood tall. The person jumped off from the floating land platform and landed on the same one where Codebreaker and Sir Lady were.
"Who are you? Speak, intruder!" Sir Lady demanded.
The armored figure revealed itself. Whoever he or she is, the person wore a dark purple armored that looked almost like the Arkarm Knight from that one Batman video game, except with no Batman symbol on the chest. There were two glowing whitish, blue sharp eyes on the helmet face with two pointy ears.
"Wow! That's a dope armor you wear, whoever you are, dude!" Codebreaker commented.
"Penalty intrusion! 2000 LP damages!" The armored figure also had a duel disk on his left wrist, which shocked him, but he didn't look bothered at all.
"Who are you!?" Sir Lady shouted.
"I am your nightmare," he said simply.
"What!?" Sir Lady said.
"The card I played was The Phantom Knights of Cursed Robe and its effect is activated!" The mysterious armored figure said. "If the opponent's monster attacks another monster, this card negates that attack and the Battle Phase ends this turn."
"Phantom Knights? That Archetype is one of the rarest to get for the physical card, even for the digital copies. Are you….what I think you are?" Sir Lady's expression changed to something of a fear.
"So, you Knights of Hanoi even heard of me. Of course, I've been around since the time Link VRAINS was created," the mysterious figure said.
"I can't believe it! He is here in the flesh!" Ghost Girl was surprised.
"Ummm, am I missing something here?" Codebreaker asked honestly.
"I am the nightmare. I am the avenger. I am Dark Knight!" Dark Knight introduced. "And, now, it is my turn!"
Dark Knight drew his card. "I activate my Phantom Knights of Cursed Robe's effect! This card can be treated as two materials for Xyz Summon!"
"Xyz!?" Codebreaker, Sir Lady, and even Rossy gasped.
"I use my two Phantom Knights of Cursed Robe to construct the Overlay Network!" The two split Phantom Knights formed into two streams of purple energy and dived into the spiral galaxy portal.
"In the mist of unknowns, your might and look will put fear in any wanders who dare foot into its sight. I Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 4! Phantom Mist Purple Dragon!"
Suddenly, strange mist covered the surrounding area. It even reached where Yusaku and Revolver were.
"Hey! What is up with this mist!? Where it is coming from?" Ai asked.
"What is this?" Revolver asked a similar question.
"Damn it! This whole mist is clouding the feed! I can't see anything!" Shoichi complained as he tried to clear the feed on his computer.
"I can't see anything!" Codebreaker stated.
"Master Yu, the visibility is 99.99% unclear, but I detect 100% of something else other than us in this strange mist!" Rossy said.
"You do?" He asked as he looked around carefully.
Then, he felt something passed around behind him. Sir Lady stepped backward as she was being very tense in her surroundings as if she is watching out for something.
Suddenly, two glowing purple lights approached Sir Lady from behind. When she turned around to see it, it was too late.
"Kkyyyyyaaaaaaahhh!" She screamed.
Sir Lady: 0 LP
Codebreaker WINS
Shortly after the duel, the mist cleared away and whatever it was inside the mist also disappeared with the mist.
"Hey, look! The mist is gone," Codebreaker stated the obvious. He noticed that Sir Lady was on the ground with her back.
"Woah! What happened to her?" He asked.
"She lost the duel," Dark Knight spoke. "But, she will be fine. As for you…"
He looked straight at Codebreaker. "We will meet again soon, Codebreaker."
The mysterious figure logged out quickly like a ninja, leaving Codebreaker with many thoughts running through his mind, but there was one thing he wanted to say.
"That…was….awesome!" Yu praised.
"Master Yu, whoever the avatar was, he helped us and even saved you, but for an unknown reason or no explanation," Rossy said.
"Well, that doesn't matter! At least I know that he is on the good side!" Codebreaker assured.
"Damn you…" Sir Lady got up, but only in a grouchy mood. They noticed that at this time, Playmaker managed to defeat Revolver and he was going to escape, except that Ai just attacked him.
"Ah! Lord Revolver-sama!" Sir Lady jumped into action.
She came to Revolver's aid and he put his other arm around her shoulder as his other arm was eaten up by the Ai.
"Hey, Playmaker!" Codebreaker ran over to Yusaku's side.
"Codebreaker," Playmaker said.
"Playmaker, Codebreaker!" The two duelists looked up to Revolver. "For now, I spare you both, but the next time we meet, it won't be so lucky. Until then, enjoy your life…while you can."
The two Hanoi got away, logging out. "Dang it! They got away!" Codebreaker pointed out.
"But, I did manage to get that Revolver's data!" Ai said very confidently.
"And we got the virus removal program," Playmaker added.
"Really!? Then, that mean we can use it to cure Tom!" Codebreaker stated.
"That's splendid! We can use the program to cure him and analyze the other data to find out more about them!" Rossy said.
"Cool! I can help with that," Codebreaker beamed.
-VRAINS-
They both logged out safely from Link VRAINS. Yu headed quickly to Kusanagi Café to meet Yusaku. Meanwhile at the same time, both Tom (and Aoi) woke up from their unconscious state, as their mind was finally logged out properly from VRAINS.
"Hey, guys!" Yu opened the door for himself.
"Yu!" Shoichi and Yusaku noticed.
"Well, well, look who finally show up," AI said. "Now that everyone is here, it's time to show you all…my true form!"
"Your true form?" Yu asked.
"That's right! Hold your applaud because here it comes!" Ai stated. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!"
Suddenly, purple aura glowed from AI's eye as his "eye" materialized into two hands, arms, and the body. Suddenly, the head came at the top with two yellow eyes.
"Behold! This is my true form!" Ai announced epically.
"Wow! So….coool…." Yu couldn't say another word.
"Is that it?" Yusaku asked.
"Eh?" Ai looked at him.
"Wasn't there anything else in that data that you stole from Revolver?" Shoichi asked.
"Nope. It only contained the data for my body, and this is what I look like! Pretty cool, huh?" Ai showed off his original body by posing.
"There's got to be more to it," Yusaku said as he began typing stuff on the computer.
"Yeah. I will begin the search with this here," Shoichi said as he started typing things, too.
"Hey, hello? Can't you see how cool I am, guys?" Ai tried to get their attention.
"Hey, Kusanagi-san! I'm gonna eat these hot dogs, okay?" Yu asked as he already started eating one.
"Sure. Just don't eat all of them," he replied.
"Come on, guys! I got my body back! Hey! Guys!"
"Is there something I can assist?" Rossy asked in her robot form. "May I suggest some cups of teas?"
"That sounds like a good idea. What do you think, Yusaku?" Shoichi said.
"I guess so," Yusaku said.
"Yes, gentlemen. I will get the tea ready in 240000 milliseconds," Rossy said as she started making the teas.
"I want one, too!" Yu stated.
"Yes, Master Yu," Rossy said.
"Hey! This is no time for some tea party! I got my freaking body back! Aren't you guys at least a bit impressed or happy for me? Guys! LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEE!" Ai complained loudly.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
C# Bot Fairy-Level 1, LIGHT, Cyverse/Effect, 0 ATK, 0 DEF. If you control a C# monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
Noble Knight Arthur's Soul – Level 4, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 0 ATK, 0 DEF. Effect: If you control a Noble Knight monster, you can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard.
C# Link Sorceress-Link 1, LIGHT, Spellcaster/Link/Effect, Link Arrow: Bottom, 1000 ATK. Effect: 1 Level 2 or lower C# monster. If this card is Link Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 C# monster from your Graveyard next to this card's link. If this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard by a card effect, this card gains Link Arrow (you can choose) and its Link is increased by one. If your opponent controls a Link Monster in the zone pointed by this monster's Link, it gains ATK equal to that monster's original ATK.
Link Trap Hole-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If your opponent Link Summon a Link Monster, destroy that monster.
C# Recovery-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If a C# monster you control is destroyed or sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon it. If this card is in the Graveyard, you can banish it; then, you can Special Summon 1 C# monster from your Graveyard.
C# Attack Code-Type: Quick-Play Spell, Effect: Allows all C# monster on your side of the field to attack for second time.
The Devil's Link Contract-Type: Continuous Trap, Effect: You can Special Summon 1 Link Monster per turn and only during your tur only. Once per turn, you can destroy 1 card on the field. You must pay 1000 Life Points during each of your Standby Phase after the turn you activated this card effect. If you don't pay, this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard.
Noble Knight Battle Cry-Type: Quick-Play Spell, Effect: Target all of Noble Knight monster you controls; they can attack this turn for the second time.
The Phantom Knights of Cursed Robe-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: When your opponent declares an attack, negate that attack and end the Battle Phase this turn. Then, Special Summon this card in Defense position as Effect Monster (Warrior/Effect-Type/DARK/Level 4/ATK 0/500 DEF). This card treated as Effect Monster can also be treated as two materials for Xyz Summon only. If this card removes from the field, banish it instead.
Hey guys! Here is a long over-due for Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Legends! It's been awhile since I updated with the last chapter. What do you think of the conclusion of the duel and the mysterious new character revealed at the end, Dark Knight? I know the name may sounds generic, but he will play a big role in the story for Yu's side as he will be...oops, I almost let out the secret! Well, I guess you have to find that out in the future.
I will leave you guys with a QOTC:
What kind of role do you guys think Dark Knight play in this story?
I want to let you all know that I will be updating each of my Yu-Gi-Oh stories one chapter per month. For next month, it will be a new chapter for different Yu-Gi-Oh story, and it will go through a cycle, so this story, VRAINS Codes of Legends won't have another update for quite some time, but I promise that next chapter will be interesting and enjoyable.
Speaking of next chapter, here is a preview for it. See ya guys later:
Preview for Chapter 18
Playmaker and Codebreaker defeated the Knights of Hanoi. Since their battle, it's been quiet and there has not been any Hanoi attack. They reflect on their past, but only Yu looked forward to what future brings him too forwardly.
That is when their new history professor challenge Yu and remind him of an important lesson of past time.
Yu: Dueling you, new teach sounds pretty cool! OK! Let's do this thing!
Rossy: Master Yu, I suggest you to not underestimate your new professor!
Ai: Why is she using some old, crappy Normal monsters?
Yusaku: Be quiet. I am not quite sure, but I think there are reasons why she is.
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Legends, Blast from the Past!
Playmaker & Codebreaker: INTO THE VRAINS!