A/N: Updated my note at the end of the chapter.
Chapter 28
Enter the Dragon
Somewhere in a private network, out of normal reach from Link VRAINS, there was a private server that belongs to only the Knights of Hanoi. Here, this was their secret hideout.
It was mostly dark and mysterious, with strange, glowing data stream going in different directions and it was the only thing that lightens up this strange place.
"Gem-Knight Sapphire, direct attack!" A Gem-Knight with sapphire gem encrusted in its chest hit the opponent directly.
"Aaaaaah!" A regular KoH grunt fell in defeat as his Life Points just went down to zero.
The other members watched as their fellow member was brutally defeated.
"What's wrong with you a lot? You're all pathetic and weak! You should be all deleted!" Gemma yelled at the defeated KoH member, including ones who were watching. "Next!"
The members on the left and the right sidestepped away as the one in the middle looked to his left and right, surprised to see himself standing alone.
"Yeah, you in the middle! You're next." She pointed.
"Um…um…yes, maim!" He said nervously as he quickly activated his duel disk.
Just before the duel began, someone logged-in and interrupted it.
"Gemma…" She turned over her shoulder to see Sir Lady.
"You…" Gemma responded before she turned to her pupils. "You lot leave now! I need to have a moment to talk."
"Yes, maim!" They replied as some of them logged out quick like a bee while two of them helped the one who was defeated, and they logged out with their fallen comrade, too.
"Gemma, you're being too harsh on the new trainees," Sir Lady said.
"Is that all you want to say to me?" She asked strictly.
"Anger doesn't solve anything," she said directly.
"Don't lecture me, S.L! I thought you understand me the most!" She complained.
Sir Lady sighed. "I do understand how you feel, Gemma. I know that you want to get your revenge on Codebreaker as soon as possible, but Master Sir Revolver's order is absolute. For now, we need to focus on training the hooligans into fine soldiers for our cause."
"Sir Lady is right, Gemma." They turned to see Spectre appearing out of nowhere as he walked over to them.
"Sir Spectre!" Sir Lady bowed to him like a noble knight.
"Spectre…" Gemma hissed.
"Like Sir Lady said, you must obey Master Revolver's order. Until he says so, you'll stay put and train the trainees," he emphasized.
Gemma growled under her mouth. "I will! But…I need a break."
She quickly logged out without saying any words.
"Please do not blame her, Sir Spectre. She's not being herself since her…the last encounter with our enemy," Sir Lady said.
"As long as she doesn't upset Master Revolver, I don't care her attitude toward me, more or less. Just keep an eye on her," he commanded.
"Yes, sir!" She complied as he nodded in return before he logged out.
Meanwhile, Revolver was alone, watching footages in front of a huge holographic screen. He was watching all of the duels that Codebreaker was part of.
"Yu Akira…" he mumbled to himself.
-Flashback-
"What!? Is that true?" Revolver was talking with Dr. Kogami, the man who was behind of the Hanoi Project.
"It's true. He's definitely the son of my former colleague and friend, Dr. Yoshinobu Akira," said the doctor.
"So, if he's his son, then that means he must know something about what you and Dr. Akira did in the past," Revolver stated.
"I doubt that. Yoshinobu was a very busy man, but his son often hangs with him even during work. I've seen him when he was just a little boy with his father before at work," Dr. Kogami remarked.
"I see. Then, what should we do? It is most likely that he has one of it from his father. It would explain the reason why he also has Cyberse cards, too," Revolver said.
"It is best to stop him and eliminate it," Dr. Kogami said. "As much as I hate to destroy the accomplishment that I and late Yoshinobu achieved, it is for the best of humanity."
-Flashback Ends-
"Yu Akira…Like Playmaker, I must stop you, no matter what!" Revolver decided
-Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets-
It was a normal time during class. Surprisingly, Morse was in a class, but sleeping like a baby behind a textbook neatly standing in front of his head while laying down on the desk.
Tom, who was sitting next to him, was focusing on his test, but also kept an eye on Yu. Meanwhile, Yusaku was still spying on Yu. The only thing strange today was that Emoti-chan was missing.
After the class was over, the school bell rang for the end of the school today.
"Uuwaaaah!" Yu stretched his arms. "What a nap…"
"Morse, you shouldn't be sleeping during classes," Tom warned. "I barely keep you noticed from the teachers."
"Tom is correct, Master Yu. You should be more studious like your friends," Rossy suggested.
"I just wonder where Emoti-chan is. She hasn't come to school today," Yu thought aloud, not paying attention to Tom or Rossy.
"He's not even paying attention…." Tom sighed. "But, Morse, you know what else is something strange."
"What, Tom?" He asked.
"I don't know why, but I've strange feeling we are being watched," Tom said as he looked around.
"Really? Maybe it is Santa Claus, making sure we're not doing anything naughty!" Yu joked.
"Yeah..maybe. I don't know what I was thinking," Tom agreed as he laughed, too. They walked home together while Yusaku watched over them.
"It looks like one of his friends already feel suspicious about us," Ai warned.
"He will not notice us. Kusanagi-san and I thought up of a plan to get closer to Yu," Yusaku said.
"You say that, but you don't do it. Besides, why don't you just casually ask him to go to his place and hang out? Like a friend, except you're doing it for our mission," Ai suggested.
"Shut up. Let's get going," Yusaku replied.
"You're not even paying attention to me!" Ai complained.
As they were walking home, Rossy started beeping (as she was in her smartphone form).
"You got mail, Master Yu." She notified Yu.
He opened up his Inbox and checked the new message. "Hey, it's from Emoti-chan! She…wants to see me in Link VRAINS, at this server."
"Really? Well, that's strange. She never has logged-in to Link VRAINS before or ever have seen her in Link VRAINS," Tom remarked.
"True and this server name, DP101110, isn't this one of the old servers for the data dump?" Yu questioned.
"It is," replied Tom. "I don't know, Morse. Something about this message doesn't feel right."
Yu didn't look worried. "Don't worry, Tom! Besides, maybe she needs a help. I will go in and see."
They quickly came back home. In their basement floor, where their private computer room is, Yu stood on the platform and was ready to log-in.
Rossy already transformed into a duel disk for him.
"Deck set! Into the VRAINS!" A light sphere surrounded Yu, changing his school uniform to his avatar's outfit. Once the transformation was finished, he logged-in to Link VRAINS.
The server, DP101110, was one of the oldest parts of the Link VRAINS's network. It was used by the Den City's Recycle and Co, but due to the advancement of better server and network technology, this server was left unused for years, but it was still connected to Link VRAINS, collecting and dumping old or unused data everyday.
In the server's world, there were mountains of data garbage everywhere you see. For most people, it was a useless dump, but for the eyes of Cyber Treasure Hunters or hobbyists, it was mountains of potential treasures.
"I wonder why Emoti-chan invited me to here," Yu thought aloud.
"I do not sense any other users' presence, Master Yu," Rossy stated.
"Hey, Yu," Tom spoke through a comlink. "I think you should log-out. I have a…zzzzzh…rrrrrhg….bleep."
"Tom? Tom!" Yu called out to his friend, but he lost communication with him.
"The communication went off by an unknown cause, Master Yu. From my analysis…" Rossy scanned for issues. "It appears to be it was jammed!"
"Jammed? By who?" He asked.
"By me." A voice echoed the data dump.
Yu and Rossy gasped, and then looked around to see whose voice was it.
"Who's there?" He asked aloud.
"Master Yu, look up there!" Rossy exclaimed.
He looked up to see a single man in white clothing and strange looking mask standing on one of the data dump mountains.
"Who are you?" Codebreaker asked.
"My name is Revolver, and I'm the leader of the Knights of Hanoi!" He introduced.
"What!?" Yu and Rossy gasped.
"The leader of Hanoi, here!? But, why?" Rossy questioned.
"I'm here for you, or more specifically, your AI," Revolver admitted.
"What!? You want Rossy?" Codebreaker said.
"Me?!" She was surprised.
"What do you want Rossy for?" Codebreaker questioned seriously.
"If you don't give me your AI, then I wouldn't say for sure about your friend's safety," said Revolver as just then, a holographic screen appeared beside him, which showed Emoti-chan tied up and hanging on a crane.
Yu gasped, and then turned angry. "What did you do to her?!"
"Nothing. She's merely sleeping," he answered. "Yu Akira…no, I should refer to you as your avatar's username. Codebreaker! If you want to save your friend, you must give me your AI!"
"No way! Both Emoti-chan and Rossy are important friends! I won't exchange a friend of mine to save another friend!" He argued.
Revolver smirked. "I expected you to not give in. How about a Speed Duel?"
"Speed Duel?" Yu repeated. "Fine. If I win, you let go of Emoti-chan and leave Rossy alone."
"Very well," Revolver agreed. "If I win, then the AI will belong to me."
Hold it, guys! Timeout! (Went to my kitchen and then came back with snacks and drink). OK, now you guys can start.
As if on cue, the winds of the Data Storm flew through the data dumps. Codebreaker ran up on one of the piles of the data dump, and then kicked himself upward to jump when his D-Board automatically appeared and then rode onto the stormy wind.
Revolver followed behind him, riding on his D-Board which was sharp, gray color, and had light brown color on the front.
"SPEED DUEL!"
Meanwhile, Yusaku was with Shoichi and Ai at the Kusanagi Café when he felt a strange tingle in his mind.
"Hmm?" Ai noticed and felt it. "Yusaku, you felt it, did you?"
"What is it?" Shoichi asked. "Is it your Link Sense again, Yusaku?"
"Yes," he replied. "And, this feeling…could it be him?"
Codebreaker vs. Revolver
Codebreaker (4h): 4000
Revolver (4h): 4000 LP
"Make your first move, Codebreaker." Revolver declared.
"He's allowing me to go first," he remarked.
"There is 99.9% chance that he's reading your strategy, Master Yu," Rossy said. "He's the leader of the Hanoi, after all. Be careful and stay vigilant, Master."
"Alright. Time to break the code!" Codebreaker beamed with a positive look. "I play the Spell Card, Pot of Greed!"
A green pot with a smirky, smiling face appeared. "With this, I can draw two cards." Two cards came out of the pot before it disappeared.
"Then I Special Summon C# PSUninator!" A new C# monster appeared and this one looked very bulky humanoid figure. Its body was a regular computer's power supply in a black color, its eyes glowed in green color with the head shaped like a power cable, and hands and feet were robot-like. More or less, this monster looked like a character from Transformers.
C# PSUninator-Level 5, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 2000 ATK, 1000 DEF.
"This monster can be Special Summoned from my hand if I draw it other than through a Draw Phase," he explained. "Next, I Special Summon C# Webkumo through its effect, which it Special Summon if I control a C# monster!"
The staple Cyberse-type spider appeared next to the new monster.
"Now, I input the code to the circuit of hope and dreams!" A Link Square appeared in the sky. "The summoning condition is two C# monsters. I set my C# Webkumo and C# PSUninator to the Link Markers!"
The two C# monsters turned into blue and black twisters as they sucked into the arrows on the square.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 2, C# Stream Dragon!" One of his C# dragons appeared as it roared strongly to fight with its master on its side.
"Ho…" Revolver said, looking interested.
"Now, I normal summon C# Download Knight and activates his effect!" His staple warrior appeared next to Stream Dragon's link. "When it is Normal or Special Summoned, I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower C# monster from my Graveyard or Deck! I bring back C# Webkumo!"
His staple spider crawled out of the graveyard portal, returning alive to the field.
"I activate C# Stream Dragon's effect! Once per turn, if there is a C# monster next to its Link, my opponent is inflicted with 400 points of damage each! Since Stream Dragon is pointing to both Webkumo and Download Knight, you gain 800 damages!"
Revolver (4h): 3200 LP
"I input the code again to the circuit!" The Link Square appeared again. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is 2 or more C# monsters! I set my C# Download Knight and Webkumo. Plus, I activate C# Webkumo's effect now! I treat it as two materials for Link Summon!"
Webkumo split itself into two clones as both clones turned into blue twisters while Download Knight transformed into a dark blue twister. The three twisters absorbed into the arrows on the square.
"Circuit combines! Link Summon! Appear, Link 3! C# Lagging Net Dragon!" His second C# dragon appeared, making its roaring entrance as it flew alongside C# Stream Dragon. Now, Codebreaker's two dragons stood on their master's side; Stream on the right and Lagging Net on the left.
"I set a card and end my turn," he finished as he thought to himself. 'Don't worry, Emoti-chan. I'll save you!'
Codebreaker (1h): 4000 LP
"Nice job, Master Yu! You summoned two strong Link Monsters!" Rossy exclaimed. "Now, we just have to see how your opponent would respond."
Revolver smirked. "Not bad. You link summoned your two Cyberse dragons to your field and use their high ATK as your defense. Not a bad strategy. Now, I'll present you my dragons!"
"Here he comes. Be careful, Master!" Rossy gave a warning.
"I draw." He drew his card and quickly looked at his hand. "Due to that you control a Link Monster, I can Special Summon Gateway Dragon from my hand."
A gold shield appeared, but it opened in three pieces, allowing a serpentine-like dragon appeared out of it. The split shield was now behind the dragon as it posed to look threatening.
"I activate Gateway Dragon's effect! When it is Special Summoned, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower DARK Dragon monster from my hand. I Special Summon Level 4 Sniffer Dragon!"
A red bipedal dragon with a weird shape for a head appeared when Gateway Dragon used its "shield" body to open it, allowing the red dragon to come out.
"Sniffer Dragon's effect activates, which allows me to add 1 Level 4 or lower Dragon-Type monster from my Deck to my hand. I add my second Sniffer Dragon and summon it!" He added the monster card and then immediately summoned it as soon as he got it.
"He has his three Main Monster Zones filled!" Rossy remarked. "According to my calculation, this could only mean…!"
"He's going to Link Summon!" Codebreaker interrupted.
"Come! Future circuit that lights up my path!" Revolver hovered in front, passing by Codebreaker as the link square appeared in front of him.
"Arrowheads confirmed. The summoning condition is at least two DARK Dragon-type monsters. I set my Gateway Dragon and one of my Sniffer Dragons to the link markers!"
His two dragons turned into gold and red twisters respectfully, sucking into the link arrows.
"Circuit combines! Link Summon! Rise, my dragon! Link 2, Twin Square Dragon!" The new Link Monster was a large bipedal dragon that looked like Twin Triangle Dragon, except it wore a golden square-shaped bracelet around its wrists and its head was the shape of a square, except that it was shaped in a way that the square head was diagonal to look like a diamond. The color for the body parts was same as Twin Triangle Dragon.
Twin Square Dragon-Link 2, DARK, Dragon/Link/Effect, 1400 ATK. Link Arrow: Top, Bottom.
"Twin Square Dragon's effect activates!" Revolver declared. "By paying 500 LPs, I can Special Summon Level 5 or higher Dragon-type monster from my Deck and place it next to its Link, with its effect negated! I Special Summon Cracking Dragon!"
Revolver (3h): 3200 – 500 = 2700 LP
"Hey, I remember that monster! I haven't seen it since like 23 or 24 chapters ago!" Codebreaker exclaimed as the familiar dragon roared when it was summoned.
Yeah, nobody appreciates that monster anymore.
Just then, Cracking Dragon roared angrily at yours truly as it caused me to spill my soda all over my pants.
"And since I special summoned a Dragon-Type monster, I can Special Summon Twin-Headed Wyrm from my hand!" This dragon had no arms or feet. It was more of serpent-like creatures, but with two heads. One head was blue with red eyes and the other head was red with blue eyes. Its body split into two respectful colors as well, with a shiny green gem encrusted in the middle of its chest.
Twin-Headed Wyrm-Level 2, DARK, Dragon/Effect, 200 ATK, 200 DEF.
"This monster can be Special Summoned from my hand if I Special Summoned a Dragon-type monster this turn," he explained.
"Man! You have a lot of Dragon monster cards!" Yu commented.
Well, duh! He uses a Dragon Deck, after all. (while I was wiping the spilled soda on my pants)
"Hmph. I'll take that as a compliment," Revolver acknowledged. "Now, reappear! The future circuit that lights up my path!"
The Link Square appeared for the second time on his field. "The summoning condition is at least 2 Effect Monsters! I set my Sniffer Dragon, Cracking Dragon, and Twin-Headed Wyrm to the link markers! At the same time, Twin-Headed Wyrm's effect also activates! This card can be treated as two materials for Link Summon!"
"Say what!? It has that kind of effect!" Codebreaker gasped. "And, here I thought the two heads were just a part of cool appearance!"
"Circuit combines! Link Summon! Appear, Link 4! Topologic Bomber Dragon!"
One of Revolver's ace monsters has appeared even though this was still Revolver's first turn in the duel and the second turn of the duel overall. It roared so loud and strong that echoed through the network.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, Yusaku and Ai felt the sensation.
"It's that sense again," Yusaku said as he stood up and went to log-in. "It's got to Revolver!"
"Are you sure, Yusaku? Is it really him?" Kusanagi asked.
"Yes, I remember it very clearly. It has to be him," he replied. "I'm going now, Kusanagi-san!"
"Alright," he nodded back. "Just be careful, Yusaku."
Yusaku nodded back to reassure his friend. "Deck set! Into the VRAINS!"
Yusaku transformed into Playmaker as they logged in to Link VRAINS.
"If you and I have the same feeling, Revolver must be in a duel right now," Ai said.
"Ah, I agree. The question is who's he dueling with," Playmaker stated.
Back to the speed duel, Codebreaker and Rossy were now facing against possibly the strongest monster they've ever faced in a duel ever in their life.
" thing is huge!" Codebreaker exclaimed as he looked a bit horrified.
"I play the Spell Card, Zone Switch from my hand." He presented the last card in his hand, which showed Borreload Dragon in the Main Monster Zones switching to the Extra Monster Zone to replace Decode Talker, who was replacing the same spot where Borreload Dragon was.
"I switch my monsters' position between Main Monster Zone and Extra Monster Zone. I switch my Twin Square Dragon in the Extra Monster Zone with Topologic Bomber Dragon in my Main Monster Zone," he explained as his two monsters quickly switched their spots.
"Then, I release Twin Square Dragon to Special Summon Boost Burst Dragon!" Replacing Twin Square Dragon's spot was a new dragon, and this one had a barrel that guns use with glowing red eyes, and two flames acting as wings flaring out from the side of its mouth and the back of its head. Its color was mainly red and gray, and it had large red wings.
Boost Burst Dragon-Level 5, FIRE, Dragon/Effect, 1800 ATK, 1300 DEF.
"Now, Topologic Bomber Dragon's effect activates!" Revolver declared.
"This is getting ridiculously long for a turn!" Codebreaker remarked.
"I 100% agree with your statement, Master Yu," Rossy said.
"If a monster is Special Summoned next to a Link Monster's link, all monsters in both player's Main Monster Zones are destroyed!" Revolver explained. "Full Overlap!"
His ace monster charged up its wings with energy until it burst out a powerful, bright light of energy, which covered the entire field.
"Aaaah! I can't see anything!" Codebreaker shut his eyes from the brightness of the light. Lagging Net Dragon vanished when he reopened his eyes.
"Lagging Net Dragon is gone!" Rossy screamed.
"Battle! Topologic Bomber Dragon attack your C# Stream Dragon! Ultimate Malicious Code!" The Topologic dragon fired a powerful energy beam at C# Stream Dragon. It tried to fight back with its own energy beam, but Topologic Bomber Dragon's attack was more powerful than its own, and it quickly overwhelmed it. C# Stream Dragon was obliterated before Yu's eyes.
Codebreaker (1h): 4000 – 1000 = 3000 LP
"No! Both Master's C# Link Monsters are destroyed!" Rossy cried.
"Now, Topologic Bomber Dragon's additional effect activates!" Revolver announced. "After damage calculation, if this card attacked my opponent's monster, it inflicts damage equal to that destroyed monster's original ATK. Your C# Stream Dragon's ATK was 2000, so therefore you gained 2000 points of damage!"
"What!?" They both gasped.
"Aiming Blast!" His monster fired an energy lightning from its charged wings, shocking Codebreaker in pain.
"Garrrraaaaahhhhh!" He screamed in pain.
Codebreaker (1h): 3000 – 2000 = 1000 LP
"With that, I end my turn." Revolver finished and then he turned around to look at his opponent. "This is my power, Codebreaker! Now, fight me and see if you can overcome me!"
Revolver (0h): 2700 LP
"Man…he's so powerful…" Yu huffed and puffed, looking so exhausted and in pain from his dragon's onslaught. "But, at least I can do this! I activate my Trap Card, C# Boot Recovery!"
The said trap showed C# Stream Dragon being materialized as it was coming out of the hard drive.
"When a C# Link Monster is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon it to the field during the turn it was destroyed," he explained. "I bring back C# Stream Dragon!"
His dragon came back alive as it roared triumphantly for its resurrection.
"My turn! I draw!" Codebreaker exclaimed, but with a more serious look.
Codebreaker (2h): 1000 LP
"Codebreaker!" Codebreaker stopped for a moment to listen to his opponent. "Before you continue with your turn, there is something I must ask you."
"Ask me?" He questioned.
"Do you know anything about what your late father did in his work?" Revolver asked.
Codebreaker looked puzzled. "What? Why would you want to know?"
Revolver looked at him quietly without a word. "Well, if you want to know…" Codebreaker said. "My father was a researcher. He and his company, their job was to find the Legendary Codes. It was his life-long dream, and they also did other stuff, like creating a simple program for other companies and stuff."
Revolver hummed. "Hmmm…You only have half of the truth."
"What do you mean by that?" Codebreaker asked, looking curious now.
"Your late father, Dr. Akira, was indeed a researcher, possibly one of the most brilliant researchers in the world. However, the matter of truth is that he also committed a sin."
"Sin? He was a good man!" Codebreaker yelled in anger.
"You can believe that and I wouldn't blame you, but the sin he committed was that…he were part of the Hanoi Project," Revolver admitted.
"Hanoi Project?" Codebreaker looked surprised.
"Hanoi Project…" Rossy whispered.
"It was a secretive project to create humanity's greatest miracle of all times….AI with free will!" He revealed.
"AI with free will?" Codebreaker repeated.
"That's right." The Hanoi's leader said. "Your father and another researcher who used to work for SOL Tech conducted a great experiment, but this experiment had a dark side to it, and great consequence following after. Six children were kidnapped to be the mice for the experiment, and by making each of them duel in countless of simulations for a long amount of time, your father and his fellow researchers created six AI with free will. They achieved something that only God can do!"
"Six children kidnapped? Experiment? AI with free will?" Codebreaker looked more puzzled but shrugged the thought away. "That isn't possible! Even if technology advances, there is no way that an AI can achieve free will!"
"Oh, really? Then, if I may ask, what kind of AI does Playmaker has? Or, rather, what kind of AI is your 'Rossy' there alike?" Revolver counterargued.
"Rossy? Rossy is my friend! She and my Deck were given by my dad! He said to me that if I get lonely, Rossy will take care of me and play with me!" Codebreaker said.
"Ho, so he gave them to you. Then, as he even told you where Rossy and your Deck came from?" Revolver asked further.
"Well…. No, but I accept his gifts wholeheartedly, like what any child would do!" Codebreaker responded.
"That AI you call Rossy, your friend …is the prototype AI with free will, created by your late father!" Revolver admitted.
"What!?" Codebreaker gasped.
Rossy didn't say anything as she just listened.
"That's right, Yu Akira! Your father's sin is the creation of the very AI you use for all daily devices, including the very duel disk you're using now!" Revolver stated strongly.
"Rossy, is what he says not true, right?" Codebreaker asked his AI partner, but she didn't respond. "Rossy, are you online? Rossy!"
"It looks like your Ai is using her right to remain silent, but contradictory, she is already saying enough the truth!" Revolver said. "Back to the discussion, before they conducted the great experiment, they needed one prototype for their experiment. Yu Akira, has your father asked you to help in his work?"
"Well…yeah, he did. A couple of stuff. He asked me to code few parts of the program," Codebreaker answered.
"Did he ask you to do any duels?" Revolver questioned.
"Duel…. Oh! He did ask me to duel in a simulation room he had at his work," Codebreaker answered.
"Then, here is another revelation. That simulation room…. was the very same simulation room used for the kidnapped children!" Revolver admitted.
"No way!" He gasped.
"That's right! The simulation room that your father asked to help in his work was actually a test experiment to create the first prototype Ignis, and you were his very own test subject for that!" Revolver answered.
"No! No, no, no! That can't be true…. it can't be," Codebreaker argued as he laid down on his knee with his hands covering his ears.
"As hard the truth is, what I say is not false and the evidence is right in front of you or rather right on your very wrist! Your AI partner, Rossy is the prototype Ignis! Once the prototype Ignis was created, they confirmed that it worked and then they carried on with the real, main experiment. They kidnapped six children and put each of them in a different simulation room and forced them to duel intensely for enormous amounts of times until they were saved. However, your father and the researchers got away with it, successfully created the six AI with free will, something that only God had done when he created the first human, Adam and the first female human, Eve."
Codebreaker couldn't accept what Revolver was saying. He didn't want to believe it, but for whatever reason, he feels that what he said was all true.
"Please…no…. I don't…. believe it." He began to tear up.
"…. Yu."
Codebreaker heard a kind, sweet voice that he always recognizes.
"Rossy?" He looked at his AI.
"Yu, remember your father's words," she said.
"My dad's word…." He said as he quickly remembered. "No matter how hard to code a program, there is always a solution to every problem."
He slowly stood back up, wiping the tear away and then gave the biggest grin he could ever muster.
"Revolver!" He shouted, making Revolver be surprised. "Whatever you say to me, whatever you do to me, nothing will stop me! So what if Rossy is an Ignis, an AI with free will! She is still my friend since we first met, and she supported me during my good and bad times! All other else, you have another good friend of mine that I know for a very long time, and I'm going to save her by defeating you!"
Codebreaker moved from left to right, dodging the piles of data trash. "Skill activates! Code Access!" The lines on his outfit glowed in green color and then blue holographic keyboard appeared in front of him and then he began typing with it.
"So, you continue to fight! Well, bring it on, then! Come at me with your full force!" Revolver provoked.
"If I have 1000 or fewer Life Points, I can Special Summon 1 monster from my hand, graveyard, Deck, Extra Deck, or banished zone! I Special Summon Cyber Magician Girl!" His ace monster appeared, making her beautiful entrance.
"Cyber Magician Girl's effect activates!" He declared. "Once per turn, I can target 1 Special Summoned monster on your side of the field and take control of that monster and place it next to my magician's link marker! I choose your one and only Topologic Bomber Dragon!"
"I expected you to do that," Revolver smirked. "Boost Burst Dragon's effect now activates! When a card effect targets my Link Monster while this card is in the Graveyard, the activation of the effect is negated and then Topologic Bomber Dragon gains 500 ATK until the end of this turn!"
Cyber Magician Girl's glowing wipe was deflected as red aura glowed throughout Bomber Dragon's body, increasing its ATK to 3500.
"I won't be stopped here!" Codebreaker exclaimed, staying with a positive look. "I input the code to open the determining circuit of hope!"
The link square opened. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is at least 3 effect monsters. I set my Link 4 Cyber Magician Girl to the link markers!"
His ace magician split into four of itself in red, blue, yellow, and green color in that order before they all transformed into colorful twisters, absorbing into the arrows.
"Circuit combines! Link Summon! Appear, Link 4! Cyber Heart Magician Girl!" Cyber Magician Girl's upgraded form with angelic wings appeared as she winked cutely for her entrance.
"I activate her effect!" He continued excitedly. "Once per turn, I can target 1 monster on the field and return its ATK or DEF back to its original point! I choose your Link Monster and return its ATK back to its original ATK! Heartless Kiss!"
Cyber Heart blew a single heart-shaped kiss, which hit Topologic Bomber Dragon, causing itself to glow in deep pink color as its ATK drained down to 3000.
"Then, she gains ATK equal to a monster she's pointing to with her link marker!" The dual field showed us, viewers, that Cyber Heart Magician Girl's Bottom-Left arrow was pointing to C# Stream Dragon and soon her ATK increased to 4000.
"I set a card and battle! Cyber Heart Magician Girl, attack Topologic Bomber Dragon!" Codebreaker declared. "Heartful Pulse!"
His ace magician fired a heart-shaped beam from her wand, destroying Topologic Bomber Dragon as it exploded when the beam hit it.
"Argh!" Revolver gritted his teeth.
Revolver (0h): 2700 – 1000 = 1700 LP
"With his strong monster gone, he has nothing to defend himself!" Rossy said.
"Yeah!" Codebreaker cheered. "Now, C# Stream Dragon will direct attack you! Stream Beam!"
C# Stream Dragon unleashed a powerful blue ray beam out of its mouth, hitting Revolver as he shielded himself with his arms.
"Twin Square Dragon's effect activates!" Revolver declared. "By banishing this monster from my Graveyard, I only receive half of the damage this turn!"
Revolver (0h): 1700 – 1000 = 700 LP
"I end my turn." He finished.
Revolver brushed off some pieces of data trashes from his right shoulder.
"I see…." Codebreaker looked at him. "I understand now how you were able to defeat two of my Hanoi Admins. I can see that you're truly a worthy opponent, like Playmaker."
"Umm…. thanks," he responded.
"Now I have to take you more seriously!" Revolver exclaimed. "My turn! I draw!"
"So, you showed up finally!" They stopped while still surfing the data materials when they looked up to see a familiar avatar.
"Playmaker!" Revolver, Codebreaker, and Rossy gasped.
"And Ai-sama is here, too!" Ai said heroically, puffing out his chest to make it look bigger.
"This is completely 99.99% unexpected!" Rossy stated.
"And, I did not expect you and your user dueling the Hanoi Leader!" Ai responded.
"Wait, I got an idea! Playmaker!" Codebreaker shouted, making him look at him. "Could you go and save Emoti-chan!"
"Emoti-chan?" Ai repeated.
"Revolver kidnapped her and she is tied up to a crane! She's somewhere on this server, so please go and find her!"
"You want us to save your girlfriend?" Ai asked. "Sounds like a good idea, but what do you think, Playmaker?"
Playmaker wanted to confront Revolver but learning that he actually kidnapped someone and the current predicament right now, he didn't have a choice.
"Alright. I'll go save her," Playmaker decided.
"Playmaker…" Codebreaker's eyes almost teared up.
Revolver didn't say a word but growled a little under his mouth and then quickly breathed out to relax.
"You better not lose when we come back!" Ai said.
Codebreaker nodded. "No worry!"
Playmaker and Ai quickly went away to find Emoti-chan.
"You know, I'm very proud of you. Helping your frenemy and all," Ai remarked.
"If Hanoi has a hostage, it's normal to do something about it," Playmaker responded. "However, Revolver's LP…."
"What about his Life Points?" Ai asked.
"It was less than 1000 LPs," he said.
"Less than 1000, then that means Codebreaker's winning if Revolver's LP is that loooooo—oh crap! That's actually BAD!" Ai realized.
Back to the Speed Duel, Revolver continued with his turn.
"Codebreaker, I admit you duel well and I respect a strong duelist like yourself, but the end is near!" He declared. "I set a card and then…."
He raised his hand up into the air. "Come! Data Storm! Lead me your strength!"
Suddenly, a strong Data Storm appeared out of a portal above the sky, slamming into the garbage-filled server, creating much stronger data winds.
"Woah!" Yu cried as he waddled and tried to balance himself.
"According to my calculation, the data forecast stated a stronger Data Storm, but for what purpose is unknown!" Rossy analyzed.
Revolver continued riding on the wind surprisingly well despite the increased strength and the wild nature of the storm becoming even wilder. A giant wave of data swallowed him whole, but he still continued moving through.
"Skill activates! Storm Access!" He shouted.
"Ah! So, this was part of his plan to use his Skill!" Rossy stated.
"He has the same skill as Playmaker's!" Codebreaker said.
"When I have 1000 or lesser Life Points, I can add one random Link Monster from the Data Storm and add it to my Extra Deck!" Revolver explained as outfit glowed yellow for the stripes and he reached his hand into the winds.
She roared bravely despite how painful it looks. "Yes! I can feel it! The pulse of life within this storm!"
A shadow of a monster swam nearby him as the data materialized into a card in his hand.
"Storm Access!" He took out the completed, materialized card from the storm and then he got out of the storm safely.
"He obtained a new Link Monster successfully!" Rossy detected.
"I end my turn here," he decided.
"He ended his turn already?" Rossy questioned.
"In that case, let's use this is our chance!" Yu exclaimed. "My turn! I draw!"
"Now, I activate my set card! Trap Card, Dragon Gifts!" His set card flipped to reveal a Trap Card, which showed a man receiving a bag of treasure from a dragon. "During the start of my opponent's turn, I get to add 1 Dragon-Type monster from my Deck and each time I do, my Deck is reshuffled. Also, if I have more than 3 cards in my hand at all times, I must discard a card or this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard."
Revolver (1h): 500 LP
"That way, he can choose freely what monster to add to his hand," Rossy said.
"But, there's still hope! He only has 500 LP left!" Codebreaker remarked. "I declare Cyber Heart Magician Girl to direct attack! Heartful Pulse!"
His ace monster fired a ray of hearts at Revolver, but he smirked in response.
"With this, I win!" Codebreaker beamed.
"Are you sure about that?" Revolver asked, making him think otherwise.
"I activate the effect of Shield Portal Dragon from my hand!" Suddenly, a bulky metallic dragon with a huge shield on each arm appeared and blocked the attack. "When my opponent's monster declares a direct attack, I can reveal this card from my hand, negate that attack, and Special Summon it to the field!"
Shield Portal Dragon-Level 4, DARK, Dragon/Effect, 0 ATK, 2200 DEF.
"Dang it!" Yu gripped his hand. "So close to winning!"
"This was your last turn, and this turn will be my last! I draw!" Revolver drew his last card.
"Maiden of luck shines upon me today," Revolver said. "I normal summon my third and last Sniffer Dragon and activates its effect! I add a Dragon monster from my Deck to my hand, and then I summon it! Then, I activate Shield Portal Dragon's second effect! Once per turn, I can Special Summon 1 Dragon-Type monster from my hand in exchange that it cannot attack this turn! Come out, Magnarroket Dragon"
A mechanical blue dragon with a gun-like weapon on its forehead appeared along with his last Sniffer Dragon.
"Now, open the future circuit that lights up my path!" He shot a powerful electricity out of his palm, making the link square appeared above him. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is three Effect Monsters, except Token monsters! Also, I activate Shield Portal Dragon's additional effect! When it is used for Link Summon of Dragon-Type monster, it is treated as two materials! I set my Shield Portal Dragon, Sniffer Dragon, and Magnarroket to the Link Markers!"
The three dragons turned gray, red, and blue twisters respectfully as they absorbed into top-right, top-left, bottom-left, and bottom-right arrows.
"Circuit combines! Link Summon! Rise, my new power! Link 4! Borremecha Dragon!" The new summoned link monster was a dragon that looked very identical to Borreload Dragon, except that its head covered mostly with silver-colored armor. The barrel of a gun for the torso was also silver color, metallic spikes attached to each kneecap, and the tail was also armored. Four strange tubes were attached on the back together as it looked mechanical and it revealed small opening where you can see multiple gears that were part of some kind of mechanism.
Borremecha Dragon-Link 4, DARK, Dragon/Link/Effect, 3000 ATK. Link Arrow: Top-Right, Top-Left, Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right.
"What is this monster?" Yu asked, looking very horrified.
"According to my calculation, this monster's Power Level is…. OVER 9000!" Rossy exclaimed as she was steaming to show she was overheating.
What!? Nine Thousand!? That's impossible (I never get old of that joke.)
"Borremecha Dragon's effect activates now!" Revolver declared as his new dragon turned around to face its opponent's monsters. "When there is a Link Monster next to its Link, that monster is sent to the Graveyard! Mechanize Mayhem!"
It opened its armor-plated mouth to release a yellow energy bullet, which shot through C# Stream Dragon, completely obliterating it.
"No, Stream Dragon!" Codebreaker cried.
"Then, Borremecha Dragon gains the original ATK of that destroyed monster until the end of this turn, but once after this effect activated, it cannot attack for the next turn," Revolver explained. "However, it doesn't matter since this is my last turn!"
His dragon began making some kind of noises. The revolver part of its body spun fast while the strange tube objects detached from each other and moved away; two pointing upward and other two pointing downward. It opened its armored mouth again, this time a longer canon came out. The wings folded away as the canon began charging.
"Target locked on. Safety lens on. Gears on," Revolver said as he changed his lens to much darker shade to cover his face from something. "This is the end, Codebreaker! Borre-Mechanize Shot Burst!"
The powerful dragon shot a red energy bullet that left a trail of red energy behind it when it shot it. The bullet obliterated Cyber Heart Magician Girl completely.
"Not so fast! I activate the Trap Card, Negate Atta…"
"When Borremecha Dragon attacks, the effect of Spell and Trap Cards cannot negate it!" Revolver declared.
Codebreaker couldn't do anything except to watch himself and bullet coming closer and closer. It hit him, but he didn't feel the pain because the impact happened so quick that he didn't feel it now, and everything was silent.
Next thing he knew, he fell hard and crashed through piles of data trashes. Revolver checked on him as his new dragon then landed behind him before it disappeared.
Codebreaker's LP: 0
Revolver WINS
Revolver slowly walked over to him. "You fought well, but nothing will stand in my way and our goal."
Rossy woke up quicker and noticed her owner's state. "Master Yu!"
"Your user is defeated, Prototype Ignis 01," Revolver said. "There's nothing you can do but come with me."
"No!" Rossy stood to protect him. "I will not leave Master Yu's side!"
"Persistent Ai," Revolver hissed. "If that is your choice, I'll delete you here at this spot."
Revolver charged up an electrical energy in the palm of his head and was ready to fire at Rossy until a huge shadow of a monster flew over them and landed hard over Yu and Rossy.
"What's this!?" Revolver jumped out of the way for safety.
The wait is that….
The mysterious monster revealed to a familiar, nostalgic dragon of white body and blue eyes.
Holy Crap! It's Blue Eyes White Dragon!
"No, that is Blue-Eyes Alternative Dragon," Revolver corrected.
"Stop right there, Revolver…" A figure stepped off from the Dragon in front of Rossy. This figure was a tall, slender woman with long white hair twirled in pony-tail that was behind shoulder length. Her left eye was blue as sapphire while the other eye was a normal gray color, and her outfit consisted of light blue small armor with a big bosom, and only the belly button revealed, white pair of pants and high-heels with diamonds on each side of the heels. Her mouth was covered with a mask, like Ghost Girl.
"What's going on!? I cannot compute the situa….." Just then, Rossy ran out of battery power.
"You… So, you and your people finally started moving, or have you already been started?" Revolver said.
"Leader of the Knights of Hanoi, Revolver!" said the mysterious avatar. "Log-out now, or if you continue to fight, I'll give you the fight and we'll see who's much stronger Dragon-Type duelist."
Revolver looked at her dragon as the dragon looked back with a growl and rows of sharp teeth.
"Fine. I'll make you pay for this, including to your group as well," Revolver said before he logged-out.
The dragon disappeared to as the mysterious user tended Yu and his AI. Just then, Playmaker arrived back and noticed them.
"Hey, who is that?" Ai asked.
He jumped off from D-Board and landed near the spot.
"You there! Who are you?" He asked.
The mysterious avatar turned around. Ai blushed red and steamed.
"Woah! What a hottie avatar!" Ai exclaimed. "What is your name, Miss?"
"Sorry, but that is confidential," she replied as Playmaker glared at her.
"Then, what is your username?" Ai asked.
"Could you be quiet for a minute or two?" Playmaker said strictly.
"You may refer to me as 'Blue-Eye',
"Then, tell me. What happened here and where is Revolver?" He asked.
"Revolver just logged-out. You won't be seeing him soon for now. In the meantime, this user…" She did something with Rossy, causing her to do emergency log-out for Yu.
"Wow! She's a hacker!" Ai said. "I like her already!"
"Shut up," Playmaker ordered, causing Ai to wince back.
"Yu Akira and his AI are back in the real world. He will be fine for now, but I wouldn't say for sure for his emotional or mental health," she said.
"What do you mean?" Playmaker asked.
"He lost to Revolver by his new Link Monster," she admitted.
"What!? So, Revolver did use his Skill, Storm Access to summon a new Link Monster," Ai stated.
"I see," Playmaker said.
"Is that all you got to say? Your frenemy got hurt even though he is a frenemy, more or less!" Ai complained.
"Frenemy or not, he will be fine and can overcome his loss," Playmaker said. "In the meantime, I would like to ask more…"
When he looked away from AI, Blue Eye was already gone.
"Huh!? She gone, disappeared like a ninja," Ai said as he made a ninja pose.
"You distracted me enough for her to escape." He blamed on Ai.
"Hey, hey, chill. Sorry, Ok," Ai replied. "Look, at least we know Codebreaker and his Ai will be fine now that they are in the real world."
"Perhaps, but I just wonder why he had a duel with Revolver," Playmaker thought aloud before he also logged-out.
-VRAINS Codes of Secrets-
Revolver retreated to his secret hideout. He materialized a couch chair for him to sit and relax.
Then he banged on the chair's arm. "Damn it, that Blue-Eye! I almost got that Ai until she got in the way!"
"You failed to achieve the Prototype Ignis?" A man with gray beard and dark blue hair in a lab coat appeared.
"Father!" Revolver stood up immediately as the chair disappeared. "My apology, sir! Blue Eye, an agent of the secret organization got in my way…"
"It doesn't matter. You did well enough, Revolver," Dr. Kogami stated. "The most important thing is to proceed with our plan."
Dr. Kogami walked over to multiple screens around him, which surrounded them.
"It is time to begin our plan, my son. Gather your strongest members, including all three admins! It's time to move into our final phase!"
New Cards Cheat Sheet
C# PSUninator-Level 5, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 2000 ATK, 1000 DEF. Effect: You can Special Summon this card from your hand if it is drawn from your Deck other than through a normal Draw Phase.
Twin Square Dragon-Link 2, DARK, Dragon/Link/Effect, 1400 ATK. Link Arrow: Top, Bottom. Effect: 2 DARK Dragon monsters. Once per turn, by paying 500 LPs, you can Special Summon 1 Level 5 or higher-level Dragon-type monster with its effect negated from your Deck next this card's link. You can banish this card from your Graveyard to receive half the battle or effect damage this turn.
Twin-Headed Wyrm-Level 2, DARK, Dragon/Effect, 200 ATK, 200 DEF. Effect: If you Special Summoned a Dragon-type monster this turn, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. This card can be treated as two materials for Link Summon only.
Zone Switch-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Target 1 monster in your Main Monster Zone, then target a Link Monster you control in the Extra Monster Zone: Switch their zone position with each other.
Boost Burst Dragon-Level 5, FIRE, Dragon/Effect, 1800 ATK, 1300 DEF. Effect: You can Special Summon this card from your hand if you Tribute 1 Dragon-Type monster on your side of the field. If your opponent's monster targets a Link Monster you control for an effect: Negate that effect and the Link Monster gains 500 ATK. You can only activate this effect of 1 "Boost Burst Dragon" once per turn, and only activate 1 Boost Burst Dragon's effect during the Duel.
C# Boot Recovery-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If C# Link Monster you control is destroyed by battle this turn, you can Special Summon that monster from your Graveyard at the end of this turn it was destroyed.
Dragon Gifts-Type: Continuous Trap, Effect: At the start of your opponent's turn, you can add 1 Dragon-Type monster from your Deck to your hand. Then, your Deck is shuffled. If you have more than 3 cards at all times, you must discard 1 card or else this card is destroyed.
Shield Portal Dragon-Level 4, DARK, Dragon/Effect, 0 ATK, 2200 DEF. Effect: If your opponent's monster declares a direct attack; negate that attack and then Special Summon this card from your hand. Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Dragon-Type monster from your hand, but it cannot attack this turn. This card is treated as two Link Materials for Link Summon of Dragon-Type Link Monster only.
Borremecha Dragon-Link 4, DARK, Dragon/Link/Effect, 3000 ATK. Link Arrow: Top-Right, Top-Left, Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right. Effect: 3+ Effect Monsters, except Tokens. Once per turn (Quick Effect): If there is a Link Monster next to this card's link, destroy that monster, then this card gains ATK equal to that destroyed monster's original ATK until the end of this turn. When this card battles, the effects of Spell and Trap Cards cannot negate its attack.
Happy Thursday and guess who's Birthday it is? ...That's right, it is yours truly!
It looks like the anime is coming to the finale of season 1 and season 2 will start probably a week after the next episode. What do you guys think of the latest episode? I knew Revolver would do what he did, but I couldn't believe it was still possible for him to make it happen.
What do you guys think of the duel between Codebreaker and Revolver? Would you like to see another one, maybe rematch in the future? Also, if you have noticed, I changed Codebreaker's Skill, Code Access a little to make it more useful. Let me know all your thoughts in the review!
Just to make an important announcement; due to that I uploaded a lot of chapters for this story within this month, I will take a month long break. So for that, here is an extended list of previews for the next couples of chapters after Chapter 28 and beyond (WARNING: The following below can be changed later on)!
Previews
Chapter 29-"Pre-Evolution of Gouki": In the aftermath of the great duel, Yu feels sad that he lost heavily, even more so than when after he dueled Dark Knight. As he hangs around Link VRAINS, he is encountered by Go Onizuka and invites him to a duel. He declines the offer, but later Go presses him in real life, and tells him that he only just want to test his new technique. Yu reluctantly accepts the duel, thinking that he won't win so easily against strong Charisma Duelist, like Go. However, he will learn something more than that...
Chapter 30-"Playmaker Makes a Move": Yusaku and Shoichi Kusanagi make their move to infiltrate Yu's home at Tom Gates' manor. Yusaku manages to hack through their private self-built server located in their basement and enters Link VRAINS, but he's stopped by Top Charisma Duelist #2, Joker, who stops his track. Joker declares a duel and Playmaker, with no other choice, accepts the challenge! Soon, he discovers that he can no longer Link Summon in the duel!
Chapter 31-"Ojama Trio": Playmaker faces Joker in the duel, but Joker's Ojama Deck is formidable and nearly impossible to defeat! Could Playmaker find a way to get out of this wacky, unique, and dangerous trap!? Meanwhile, Sakura Aoba questions whether Codebreaker is an enemy or not...
Chapter 32-"Gear On": Sakura decides to meet Codebreaker, so she decides to log-in to Link VRAINS. Instead of finding him, she finds or rather confronts an old opponent, Doctor Gear! Now, on the side of Hanoi, Doctor Gear traps Blossom Star into a Speed Duel! Can she master Speed Duel before she losses?!
Chapter 33-"Hero Encourage": Yu feels bummed after losing to Revolver and the information he learned during his duel with him. Tom feels worry for his friend, which Yu doesn't tell anything of what happened. In order to encourage him, Tom decides to do something drastic...
Chapter 34-"Diamond of Tenacity and Hero's Stand": Tom aka Cyber Man asks for too much. He now faces Gemma, one of Revolver's three admins for the Knights of Hanoi! Despite the opposition, he continues to fight for his friend! Therefore, he decides to show his new power!
That is all for now! See you guys later and as always...
Playmaker and & Codebreaker: INTO THE VRAINS!