Chapter 25
Beast of the Phantom Mist
Last time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets….
Codebreakr rode on his D-Board with Dark Knight who was in the lead with his Phantom Mist Purple Dragon flying alongside with him, but it was covered in mist as it flew beside him.
"You have lost great amount of Life Points, Master Yu," said Rossy.
"Yeah…" He smirked as his Life Points showed 1500 LP left. "That monster of his. Phantom Mist Purple Dragon is strong!"
Dark Knight rode on his black D-Board confidently in front with his dragon beside him.
"With the battle ends, my turn is finished and my dragon's ATK is returned to normal."
He turned and looked at Yu. 'Now, Codebreaker. How would you counter this?' He thought.
"I won't give up here or ever!" He declared. "I draw!"
Codebreaker (3h): 1500 LP
'At this rate, I got to summon Cyber Magician Girl and use her effect to take control of his dragon, and then I can direct attack him with ease," Yu thought as he then looked at his hand. 'But, I don't have the necessary cards to summon her right off the bat, but I can still manage.'
"Here I go!" He exclaimed. "I normal summon C# Ad-Werewolf!"
Several ad boards and merged into one monster. It turned into a werewolf monster, with sharp claws and glowing red eyes. Its body was made up of colorful ads from head to toe and its tail, too.
C# Ad-Werewolf-Level 4, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 1500 ATK, 500 DEF.
"And, since I control a C# monster, I can Special Summon C# HDMEye from my hand!"
A monitor with single eye and HDMI cables for its tentacles appeared next to Ad-Werewolf. It was put in Defense mode. "I set a card and end my turn here."
Codebreaker (1h): 1500 LP
"I see that you're playing defensive, but I can see through your thought, Yu Akira!" Dark Knight pointed. "My turn!"
Dark Knight (4h): 4000 LP
Meanwhile, Kitamura and Wirisu watched the duel while another duel was happening. The other duel was between Playmaker and Akira Zaizen at the data bank.
"Curse them all! Why are they even here?! What do they want in that old data core, anyway?" Kitamura grumbled.
"My, my. Zaizen-kun is hard working. This clearly show he is a traitor. What a rascal!" Wirisu commented excitedly as he then turned his attention to his second screen. "However, I'm more interested in Codebreaker's development."
Dark Knight and Codebreaker turned sharply to the right and then to the left. "I summon The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak!"
A blue ghost wearing a purple cloak and red scarf appeared on his left, presenting with 800 ATK and 1000 DEF.
"It's a regular Effect Monster," Yu said.
"It's no regular monster," Dark Knight stated. "I activate its effect! If this card is in Attack Position, I target 1 DARK monster on the field, change this card to DEF position, and that monster gains 800 ATK and DEF until the end of your turn!"
"What!? My turn?" He questioned surprisingly.
Ancient Cloak's blue flame erupted out of its cloak, swarming it around his ace dragon. It roared strongly as its ATK rose to 3300.
"I set a card and then fight! I declare Phantom Mist Purple Dragon to attack your C# Ad-Werewolf!" The misty dragon turned around and faced forward the target.
"Attack! Phantom Mist Raid!" He declared. The mysterious, misty dragon attack with a purple light.
"Not so fast!" Codebreaker shouted. "Trap Card opens, C#Hack Attack!"
His set card flipped right before his dragon attacked. "With this card, I change your monster's attack target to another C# monster I control on the field! I change the target to C# HDMEye!"
The purple light disintegrated HDMEye instead with its brightness.
"So, you protected your monster? However, it won't last!" Dark Knight said. "I play the Quick-Play Spell, Phantom Mist of Iron Spirits!"
The Spell Card showed an old, rusty iron boots with ghostly blue flames whirling around the boots. One flame had angry eyes while the other one had sad eyes.
"If my opponent activated a card effect during the battle when a Phantom Mist monster I control attacked, then by sending 1 Phantom Knights monster from my field to the Graveyard…" Ancient Cloak disappeared and was sent to the GY. "I can destroy 1 card on your side of the field and I destroy your C# Ad-Werewolf!"
"No way!" He gasped as his wolf cried in pain before it got engulfed by a blue flame, burning it into ashes.
"Then, I activate Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak's additional effect!" He kept going. "By banishing it from my Graveyard, I can add 1 Phantom Knights card from my Deck to my hand, except this card itself! I add The Phantom Knights of Cursed Robe!"
"With that card, Dark Kngiht is ready to counter an attack on our next turn if there will be one!" Rossy exclaimed.
"With that ended, my dragon's ATK is returned to normal again," Dark Knight reminded. "Now, my turn, once again."
"Yu Akira…" Yu looked at him while they were riding on the Data Storm.
"Are you even aware of what Legendary Codes are?" Dark Knight asked.
"Why, of course I know! My dad said they are very important!" Codebreaker answered.
"Important, yes, but DO you know what they are exactly," said Dark Knight.
"Well…not exactly," Codebreaker answered honestly.
"Some says they are most powerful, rarest cards in the world while others say they are treasures of wildest imagination. One thing for sure is that whoever has them all can change the very fabric of this network world, Link VRAINS. And, if it falls into the wrong hands…"
Dark Knight clutched his hands hardly. "I won't let it happen, and I won't let you have it, either!"
"Sorry, pal, but the Legendary Codes are something that my dad used to search long and hard for, and I will fulfill his dream!" Codebreaker replied.
"Foolish boy!" Dark Knight argued. "Do you even know the reason why he wants those Legendary Codes?"
"Well, he said it is his life-long dream! What's other good reason there?" Codebreaker countered.
"You know nothing, Yu Akira. Your father, Doctor Yoshinobu Akira, didn't seek for the Legendary Codes for some dream. No, he seeks them…for the destruction of our world!" Dark Knight exclaimed.
"HELL NO!" Codebreaker yelled in anger. "That aren't true! You're lying!"
"Let me tell you something that not even you know about your father," Dark Knight said calmly as he slowed down a bit. "Your father used to work another bright researcher. His name was Dr. Kogami, and they worked on a special project together. That project…was the Hanoi Project."
"The Hanoi Project?" He repeated. "But, that sounds alike…!"
"Exactly. The Hanoi Project relates with the current threat of Link VRAINS, the organization, the Knights of Hanoi!" Dark Knight claimed. "However, fortunately your father soon recognized the wrongs of the project as they were experimenting six children that they kidnapped to create something extraordinary."
"Six kids?" Codebreaker said.
"Yes, and because of the wrong they did on those poor children, Dr. Akira also recognized that his project on the search of the Legendary Codes will doom humanity, but his employer, the SOL Tech demanded him to continue his project, but instead of obeying, he took his own life to prevent that from happening," Dark Knight explained.
"So…what is your point, then? What are you trying to say?" Codebreaker demanded.
"My point is…it was wise for him to take his own life away, so that the Legendary Codes cannot be found!" Dark Knight answered. "However, there are still people out there who wants to seek the Legendary Codes! For the sake of the world and safety of the people in the real world, the Legendary Codes must be found and be destroyed!"
"NO YOU WON" T!" He yelled, making him stop and listened to him. "I won't let you! What you says is baseless!"
"And why you do you say so that my argument is baseless?" Dark Knight questioned.
"Because my dad said to me long time ago! The Legendary Codes…will help people and make things better for everyone. He only wants to find them, so he can help more people and I support him for that! That's why I continue to search for the codes for him and after him! He and all the people who used to work for him worked so hard for it…until…until…. just like what you said, but I will continue to carry his dream! That is why…I will be the one who find the Codes first before you!"
"Master Yu…" Rossy wept.
"If you say so, Codebreaker," Dark Knight said. "If you believe that your father had good attention, then prove it to me through this duel! Show me your resolve!"
"I draw!" Yu drew his card strongly.
Dark Knight (1h): 4000 LP
Codebreaker (1h): 1500 LP
"Yes!" Codebreaker beamed. "Now, Dark Knight, you don't know this, but this Deck I use is created by my dad and he answered my help! I play the Spell Card, C# Link Data Access!"
The card showed Gagaga Girl using a desktop PC, moving one image file that resembled C# Binary Witch to an external HDD on the computer screen.
"With this, I can Special Summon 1 C# Link Monster from my Extra Deck by paying half of my Life Points!"
Codebreaker: 750 LP
"I Special Summon C# Lagging Net Dragon!" A serpentine dragon roared. "Then, its Link is increased by one!"
'It became a Link 4…' Dark Knight thought.
"With that, I set my Link 4 C# Lagging Net Dragon to the Link Markers!"
The Link Square appeared in front of him as his dragon separated into four clones and they all turned into golden twisters, sucking into the arrows.
"The summoning condition is at least 3 Effect Monsters! Link Summon! Appear, Link 4! Null Dragon!"
Yu's ace dragon appeared, and it roared for battles, first time appearing in a while since it first introduced.
"Null Dragon's effect activates when it is Link Summoned!" Yu declared. "All face-up Spell and Trap Cards have their effect negated and no other card effect can be activated in response to this activation of the effect!"
"In other words, Dark Knight cannot use Phantom Mist Purple Dragon's effect in response to Null Dragon's effect!" Rossy said.
Null Dragon roared as white light glowed from its wring, spreading that light as it enveloped the surrounding areas for a brief second.
"Uuuuwaaah! It's too bright!" Kitamura covered his eyes.
The light also vanished the mist that covered Dark Knight's dragon. After the light died out, Dark Knight's ace monster finally showed its true form.
It had a long neck, looking very serpentine. There were two purple orbs with horn sticking out on its head, glowing purple eyes, and single silver tusk on its chin. It had short arms and legs with metal claws and sharp, thin arrow-shaped needle at the tip of its tail. The underbelly was light purple while the backside was darker shade of purple. The most interesting part of its body was its wings. Crystals floated in mid-air but aligned together and barely touching each other, acting the dragon's wings.
This dragon….it reminds me of Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!
"So, that is your dragon's identity," Codebreaker said.
"Whoever seen this monster, face to face, fears and cowers," Dark Knight said.
"Well, I'm not afraid! And honestly, it looks kind of cool, but I will defeat it!" Codebreaker declared. "I activate Null Dragon's additional effect! Once per turn, I can Special Summon 1 monster from my Extra Deck, but it cannot attack this turn! I Special Summon Cyber Magician Girl!"
His ace spellcaster appeared just behind Null Dragon. "And since Null Dragon is pointing to a Link Monster, it gains additional Link Marker! I choose its left arrow!"
Cyber Magician Girl's left arrow glowed in red, indicating it was now active. "Then, I activate her effect to take control of one Special Summoned monster on your side of the field and place it next to her link! I choose your one and only Phantom Mist Purple Dragon!"
Cyber Magican Girl whipped and caught the dragon, and then pulled hard to her side.
"With that, Dark Knight can no longer use his dragon's effect!" Rossy exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Codebreaker cheered. "Here is the finale! I activate C# Link Data Access from my Graveyard! By banishing this card and C# Link Monster in my Graveyard, I can increase the ATK of one Link Monster on my side of the field by the ATK of the banished monster! I banish my one and only C# Lagging Net Dragon and give Null Dragon a boost in ATK!"
Null Dragon roared stronger as its ATK increased to 4700. "This is for my father! Battle! I declare Null Dragon to direct attack!"
His ace dragon charged up its attack. "Omega Null Force!"
The attack hit him. "Yes, you've done it, Master Yu!" Rossy cheered.
Codebreaker looked happy first, but then soon realized something was wrong or rather something was amiss or a mist.
Rossy beeped. "Master, this mist is the same mist from before when Dark Knight summoned his Xyz!"
"Foolish Codebreaker. Do you think your own dragon can stop me?" Dark Knight said as he stood still, barely seeable in the thick mist.
"How is that possible!?" Rossy gasped.
"I activated my skill, Phantom Mist," Dark Knight admitted. "When my opponent's monster declares a direct attack, I can negate it and add 1 Phantom card from my Graveyard or Deck to my hand. I added one from my Deck."
"No, no way…" Codebreaker widened his eyes, looking very disbelieved, but also despairingly.
"It seems that you have nothing else to do," Dark Knight said. "In other words, you couldn't prove your resolve. Very well…My last turn!"
Dark Knight added his last card.
"I play the Spell Card that I added via my skill! Phantom Xyz Revolution!" The said card showed Phantom Knights of Cloven Helm and Phantom Knights of Fragile Armor zipping forward with blue lights behind them while a silhouette of Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon in the background.
"With this card activated, I can Special Summon two Phantom Knights monster from my Deck with their effect negated. I Special Summon The Phantom Knights of Cloven Helm and Fragile Armor!"
The very same two monsters in the artwork of the spell card appeared. "Then, because of Phantom Xyz Revolution's effect, both monsters will be used for Xyz Summon!"
"Again with Xyz?" Rossy questioned.
The two monsters turned into two dark energies and both sucked into the galaxy-like portal.
"Rise! Rank 4! Phantom Mist Purple Dragon!" A second dragon appeared, surprising Codebreaker and Rossy.
"You had another one!?" He gasped.
"Yes," Dark Knight replied. "And since it is Xyz Summoned, all Spell and Trap cards cannot be activated that negate this card's effect! Continuing, I detach my dragon's overlay unit to negate one monster you control on the field and reduces half of its attack, and then add it to my dragon's ATK!"
"Not so fast! Did you forget that I still control your first dragon and can use its effect to negate your second dragon!" Codebreaker countered.
"The effect of Xyz Monster that was summoned by the effect of Phantom Xyz Revolution cannot be negated this turn!" Dark Knight countered.
Codebreaker and Rossy gave the biggest gasp ever that no words or voice came out of their mouth.
His second dragon absorbed one of its comets, and the purple orbs glowed brightly. "I choose your Null Dragon and negate its effect as well as steal half of its ATK!"
Null Dragon roared weakly as its ATK drained by half while his second Phantom Mist Purple Dragon roared strongly with its boost in ATK.
"This is the end. Attack his Cyber Magician Girl with Phantom Mist Raid!" Dark Knight declared.
His second dragon roared as it unleashed a bright purple light, obliterating Codebreaker's ace magician as she cried in pain before she was obliterated. Null Dragon and the first dragon also obliterated.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Codebreaker screamed as he fell off the D-Board.
"Emergency Log-Out!" Rossy exclaimed as she forced Yu to log-out.
-Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets-
"This is the end. Attack his Cyber Magician with Phantom Mist Raid!"
"Nnnnnnnnnnooooo!" Yu woke up abruptly, sweating a lot.
"Woah! Woah! Take it easy, Morse," said Tom, patting him on the shoulder.
Yu panted. "Where…am I? Why am I here?"
"Morse, you're back in our basement at our home," Tom stated. "You've been sleeping for awhile since Rossy activated the emergency log-out for you."
"Emergency Log Out" He questioned.
"Master Yu!" He turned to see Rossy floating beside him. "I calculate that you're 100% OK, which I found to be glad!"
"Um, yeah…Thank you, Rossy," he replied, not so happily. "Wait a sec! The data bank! I…I didn't reach it."
"No worry, Morse. I managed to reach the data bank with Blue Angel," said Tom.
"Really!?" Yu jumped out of his bed coach. "Did you found something in there!?"
"Woah, woah! Calm your horse down!" Tom exclaimed. "Let me explain it from the beginning…"
-Flashback-
"Just as we promised, I get the data," said Playmaker.
"Sorry, but I need you to wait in line." Everyone turned around and saw who also came into the data vault.
"Wh..what?" Zaizen said as he was aided by Aoi, his sister at his side.
"Dark Knight!" Ghost Girl gasped.
"Dark Knight? Who's this guy?" Ai asked.
"You! What did you do to my friend, Codebreaker?!" Cyber Man questioned.
"You're his ally?" Dark Knight replied. "I defeated him in a duel."
Everyone looked surprised.
"What!? That guy lost!?" Ai gasped over-dramatically.
"No, impossible!" Cyber Man didn't believe him.
"Codebreaker lost in a duel," Blue Angel whispered to herself.
"I admit that he was good and praise for coming here this far, but not worthy enough to come here," said Dark Knight as he walked toward the data vault. "Just as we bet it, I came victorious, so I get the data on the Legendary Codes."
"Legendary Codes?" Playmaker repeated.
"Stand aside, Playmaker," Dark Knight ordered.
"Hey, you don't boss my boss around like that!" Ai complained.
Dark Knight started fearfully at Ai, which he cowered in fright. Then Dark Knight stepped forward and began downloading data from the bank.
"I see…Just as I thought," said Dark Knight.
"You there! The data in that vault belongs to my friend and ally, Codebreaker! He deserves it most than anyone else!" Cyber Man argued.
Just as he finished downloading the data, he threw a card at Cyber Man, which he caught in response.
"That's a copy of the data I just downloaded," said Dark Knight.
"Huh? But…why would you give me this copy?" Cyber Man asked.
Dark Knight ignored Cyber Man's questioning and turned to Playmaker.
"Playmaker…Continue fighting the Knights of Hanoi and stop them. I wish you all the luck in the world," Dark Knight stated. "Just as long as you don't get in my way."
Playmaker just looked at him as Dark Knight started at him back before he walked away, passing by until he logged out.
-Flashback ends-
"And, that's what happened," Tom finished.
"I see…" Yu said. "But, you got the copy!"
"Yes, but I just don't understand why Dark Knight did it," Tom replied. "So, explain to me what happened between you and him or whoever he or she is."
Yu looked sad and disappointed. "I…I lost in a duel, but at least we still got the data. How about let's decode it to find what we came for!"
Yu got out of his bed and began working on the scanning and decoding the code. Tom looked worry, but he decided to help after what they went through.
However, deep in his mind, Yu was still frustrated and concerned about what Dark Knight said before he lost to him.
Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Ending
Writing Life (Codes of Secrets ver.)
The first scene showed Yu standing alone and on the side in a hall with graffities on the walls. Some of the graffities said things, like "Odd-Eyes", "Exodia", and "GX". The scene then changed digitally, showing Yu looking up the clear, blue sky with a tall skyscraper behind him and giant statue of the Thinking Man with shortly afterward, the background changed with sad, worried Emoti-chan and Tom with serious, calm expression. Then, the next scene all his friends and people he has met appeared, including Yusaku, Aoi, Akira Zaizen, Kusanagi, and the mysterious Dark Knight, including people he hasn't met, like Go Onizuka. Then, it showed Yu as Codebreaker flying on the data wind with his two aces, Cyber Magician Girl and Null Dragon flying beside him. Next, it showed all of the respective duelists, first to last with Playmaker (with Ai) and his Decode Talker, Go Onizuka with his Gouki the Great Ogre, Aoi Zaizen as Blue Angel with Trickstar Holly Angel, Ghost Girl with Altergiest Phamshee, Cyber Man with his Cipher HERO Gigavolt, Revolver with Borreload Dragon, and Sakura Aoba and her VR alias Blossom Star standing next to her, with former showing a neutral expression while the latter with more positive, excited face. Finally, the last scene showed Yu as Codebreaker surfing on his D-Board with his two aces as they rode toward a full moon.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
C# Ad-Werewolf-Level 4, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 1500 ATK, 500 DEF. You can activate one of the following effects:
1) If your opponent activates a Trap Card during your turn; change that effect to the following: "You take 1000 damages to your Life Points."
2) If your opponent activates a Trap Card during their turn, negate it and destroy it.
Phantom Mist of Iron Spirits-Type: Quick-Play Spell, Effect: If your opponent activates a card effect during the battle when a Phantom monster you control attack or is attacked, send 1 Phantom card to the GY; Then destroy 1 card on the field.
C# Link Data Access-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Pay half of your Life Points; Then, Special Summon 1 C# Link Monster from your Extra Deck. The monster summoned by this effect is banished from the field during the end of this turn.
Phantom Xyz Revolution-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Special Summon 2 "The Phantom Knights" monster from your Deck to the field, with their effect negated. Then, you can immediately use them as material to Special Summon 1 DARK Xyz Monster from your Extra Deck (This summoning is treated as Xyz Summon).
Hello, everyone! Man, I am on FIRE with this update for my VRAINS story! Maybe it is because the anime is just doing so great with the episodes and the story lately, it is all so much fun!
What do you guys think of Phantom Mist Purple Dragon? Did you expect me that Dark Knight has two Phantom Mist Purple Dragons in his Extra Deck? Well, neither did I and that is coming from me!
Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS season 1 is coming to a close, and even though there were at least four recap episodes within just the first season, I think it still great with so much content in the episode and I think it got better and better with each episode after one another.
As an early birthday present, I give you guys my own iteration of the second ending theme song for Codes of Secrets. What do you guys think of it? Also, IMPORTANT ANNOUCEMENT for the future:
This chapter...marks the last chapter for the story arc, Infiltration Arc! I know it was short, but the next story arc and possibly the last story arc will be the "Battle for the Codes Arc". It will mostly be about Yu and his friends as they search for the Legendary Codes, but down the road, many secrets will be revealed (hinted from the very title itself) such as more about Yu's past and his father's involvement with the Hanoi Project, more new characters, and of course, the number 1 current biggest secret of them all...who is Dark Knight?
With all that said, I hope you all enjoy the rest of the day (I need to work remotely from home after this) and be safe if you live in New Jersey and New York City because another Nor'Easter is here again. See you guys later and as always, here is a preview for the next chapter.
Fates are strange things. Even the people you meet for one day can profoundly change your life forever. As Yu, his friends, and their allies reflect on the recent event, the Knights of Hanoi prepare their plan and the SOL Tech is also preparing their own as well to counter them! And the new heroine, Sakura Aoba gets involved despite her initial thought!
Blossom Star (Sakura Aoba's VR avatar/alias): Wa-Wait! Is this really necessary? I mean, like...!
Top Charisma Duelist #2 (chuckling): Mff, mff, ffuu, fuu, fu, fu! Blossom Star, you may be new and this is all sudden for everyone, but can't you see?
Blossom Star: See what?
Top Charisma Duelist #2: We're seeing a turn of history! Possibly...no, definitely that change the world and Link VRAINS itself!
Kusanagi: Yusaku, I finally decoded the file!
Yusaku: What did you find, Kusanagi-san?
Ai: Something good, most likely.
Kusanagi: That's...one way to put it, but listen, I found out the founder and his members who created the Hanoi Project!
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Shocking Revelations!
Codebreaker & Playmaker: INTO THE VRAINS!