Chapter 37
Mother Tree and Father Blood
"My turn. Draw!" Count Dracule drew his card and immediately picked one from his hand. "I play the Field Spell, Vampire Kingdom!"
A dark, ominous castle on the hills appeared briefly behind Count Dracule and Spectre before it vanished.
"Vampire Kingdom. That is his key card!" Blue Angel stated.
"I see," Cyber Man said as he read the card's effect on his duel disk's hologram screen.
"Then, I normal summon Vampire Lady from my hand!" A light white skinned vampiric lady with green hair appeared as she hissed at Blue Angel, revealing her sharp fangs, but winked seductively at Cyber Man.
"I set two cards and declare to vanquish your monster! Vampire Lady will attack Blue Angel's Trickstar Lycoris!" He declared. "Due to Vampire Kingdom's effect, Lady gains 500 ATK during the damage calculation!"
Vampire Lady's ATK rose by 500 points before she slashed Lycoris in half with her vampiric wings.
Blue Angel: 3600 – 450 = 3150 LP
"Now, Vampire Lady's effect activates," Count Dracule said. "When she inflicts battle damage to my opponent, I declare 1 card type and then my opponent must send 1 card of that type from their Deck to the Graveyard! I declare the type Spell!"
"In another word, you both must discard a Spell Card from your respective Deck," Spectre added. "Since this is tag duel, both partners must abide the rule."
"What!? That isn't fair!" Blue Angel complained.
"No, Blue Angel!" Cyber Man shouted. "It's alright! Even so, a duel is a duel and we must obey the rules, even ones that may not be fair equally to both sides."
"Fine.." She complied as she discarded her Field Spell, Trickstar Light Stage from her Deck. Cyber Man discarded his Spell Card, too, which had the name HERO Resurrection, showing Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman shining brightly and rising from the ground at a scarred battlefield, with just the light shining down on him.
"Then, Vampire Kingdom's additional effect!" He pointed at the same castle reappeared behind him. "Once per turn, when my opponent's card is sent from the Deck to their Graveyard, I can target 1 card on the field, send 1 DARK Vampire monster from my hand to the Graveyard, and destroy that target!"
Spectre chuckled. "I wonder what card he will choose?"
"I target Elemental Flame Wingman and send my Vampire Familiar to the Graveyard!" He showed a vampire card, which was a shadowed bat with a single red eye as he placed it in his Graveyard Zone into his duel disk. "Now, Elemental HERO Flame Wingman is destroyed!"
A group of the sent Vampire monsters appeared and surrounded the hero monster, covering him and taking him away to the Graveyard.
"Flame Wingman!" Cyber Man cried.
"And so this is the start of the fallen hero. How unfortunate!" Spectre commented.
"Before this turn ends, I activate my sent Vampire Familiar's effect from my Graveyard!" Count Dracule continued. "If it is in my Graveyard, by sending 1 Vampire monster from my hand or face-up field to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon it, but banishes when it leaves the field!"
He chose "Vampire Lord" from his hand and send it to the GY.
"Rise from death, Vampire Familiar!" The spirit Vampire bat appeared, presenting a demeanor 500 ATK.
"Vampire Familiar's additional effect! If this card is Special Summoned, I can pay 500 LPs to add 1 Vampire monster from my Deck to my hand." He paid his Life Points as he added a Vampire card. "I add Vampire Lord from my Deck and end my turn."
Count Dracule (2h): 3500 LP
"Well start, my partner!" Spectre praised him as he applauded. "Now, it is my turn!"
"Wow! What a great start from Charisma Duelist, right Senpai?" Pigeon said.
"Indeed!" Frog nodded in agreement. "Count Dracule starts off well with his usual tactic, even though this is my first time seeing it, but from what I heard about him, this is just his beginning!"
'Count Dracule indeed started well for his first turn! However, I don't think this is an exact full strength! As long as I protect Blue Angel's LP and mine, we should be fine, and we got to survive whatever Spectre will bring now!' Cyber Man thought as he focused on the duel.
"I discard a card to activate my Continuous Spell, Sunvine Shrine!" His set card revealed to be a spell card. "Once per turn, I can target Level 4 or lower Plant-Type monster from my Graveyard and Special Summon it! I revive Level 1 Sun Seed Genius Lochi!"
A yellow seed monster came out of the Graveyard portal, with only zero ATK.
"A Normal Monster?" Cyber Man looked with a questionable expression.
"Appear! The future circuit that lights up our paths!" A Link Square appeared from the ground. "The summoning condition is at least 2 Plant-Type monsters! I set my Link 2, Sunavalon Dryas and Sunseed Genius Lochi to the Link Markers!"
His seed monster turned into yellow twister as it sucked into the arrow while Dryas used its two vines to pierce into two more arrows.
"Link Summon! Rise from the earth you are born on and part of! Link 3, Sunavalon Drynanome!"
A bigger version of Dryas rose up from the ground and this one was its third form.
"The tree grew bigger!" Blue Angel exclaimed.
"Holy Kuriboh…" Cyber Man gasped.
"I activate the effect of Sunvine Seedling from my Graveyard that I discarded due to the effect of Sunvine Shrine!" Spectre spoke up. "If Sunavalon Link Monster is summoned, I can Special Summon it from my Graveyard!"
A little seed with cute anime-like eyes appeared next to the link monster's bottom-right link.
"Now, reappear! The circuit that lights up our paths!" The Link Square appeared again.
"He's going to Link Summon again!" Cyber Man proclaimed.
Yeah. We kind of know that.
"The summoning condition is one Normal Plant-Type monster! Via Sunvine Seedling's second effect, it can be treated as a Normal Plant monster!" He explained.
"What!? I never heard of a card effect like that!" Blue Angel mentioned aloud.
The little seed turned into green twister as it sucked into the arrow. "Link Summon! Appear! Link 1, Sunvine Thrasher!"
The green plant warrior appeared. "Sunvine Thrasher's effect! If it is Special Summoned, it gains 800 ATK for every Link Rating of Sunavalon Link monster that it points to this card! Currently, it is pointed out by Sunavalon Drynamome and it has a Link Rating of 3! Therefore, it gains 2400 ATK!
The plant warrior raised its sword as it ATK rose up to 3200.
"Now, who should I pick to attack? Let's see now…" Spectre joked around as he pointed his finger at Blue Angel and Cyber Man. "Ennie, Mini, mine…Blue Angel! I declare Sunvine Thrasher to attack you directly!"
"What!? How is that possible? We both share a field; therefore you cannot attack directly to her due to that I control a monster!" Cyber Man yelled.
"Yes, in the normal tag duel, your monster would protect your partner duelist's Life Points, but in the normal tag duel, you both share the Life Points! In this type of tag duel we're in, you can share the field, but whoever summons their monster has control over that monster only, not someone else's even if it is their partner! Since Blue Angel doesn't control a monster of her own, then I'm allowed to do directly attack her!" Spectre explained.
"You purposely didn't tell us that rule, didn't you!?" Cyber Man accused.
"No. I just merely forgot to mention until I realize it now," Spectre claimed as he trolled with them.
Sunvine Thrasher jumped in for a sword slash.
"However, I will stop this attack!" Cyber Man shouted. "I activate my Trap, Speedy Cipher Savior!" A Trap Card showed Cipher HERO Speedstar rescuing a young boy from collapsing building with his superspeed power. I Special Summon a Cipher HERO monster from my hand to reduce the damage to zero! I Special Summon Cipher HERO Speedstar!"
The same Cipher HERO from that Trap appeared in front of Blue Angel, protecting her from the attack.
"However! That means your monster is destroyed and you gain the damage instead!" Spectre stated.
"True, but I can reduce that damage with Speedstar's effect! During the battle it involves in, its ATK is increased by 500 and if its ATK is different from its original ATK, I get to draw 1 card!" Cyber Man claimed as his monster's ATK increased, drew a card, and then finally his monster was sliced in half.
Cyber Man (1h): 4000 – 1300 = 2700 LP
'He summoned his monster to protect me and take damage instead of me!' Blue Angel looked at him as he fixed himself from the damage.
"Hmph. As I expected from a hero like you, Cyber Man! By the way, before I forget, since Sunvine Thrasher destroyed a monster by battle, I get to take control of that monster from your Graveyard and Special Summon it next to Sunavalon's link!" Spectre said as his ace Sunavalon used her roots like tentacles and pulled out Cipher HERO Speedstar from the Graveyard. Now his eyes showed brightly red, indicating it was under Spectre's control.
"You protect other while you get yourself hurt. Heroic, but not true like the real hero, my master, Revolver!" He exclaimed.
"Shut up, villain!" Cyber Man shouted. "You don't understand the meaning of heroism! What your boss does is nowhere near in the context of heroism! Hurting others, turning them into data, and destroying this world in the process! Is that really what you call the heroic act?"
Spectre stared at him before he burst out in laughter. "Silly, Cyber Man! You don't get it, do you?"
"What do you mean I don't get it?!" He asked.
"A heroism doesn't necessarily mean the same thing as morality! They mix, but don't mean the same thing! If you think my master's heroic act of destroying this world is not heroic, then fine, but if anything, your heroism is the true fake one from what I can tell and see!" He stated.
"What did you say?!" Cyber Man offended.
"You call yourself a brave hero who protects the innocent people of LINK VRAINS, but you are just a coward in the real world. You act like a hero in the virtual world while you are a scary cat and don't help others courageously like you would here. You're just a nobody like everyone else! A fake!" He commented.
Cyber Man gripped his hand into a fist. He was going to say something back at him, but….
"You liar!" Blue Angel shouted. Everyone watched her.
"Cyber Man is not fake! He IS the hero of LINK VRAINS as he claims it to be! Whoever he is in real life, he came here, risking his own life to save the people and protect LINK VRAINS! No real fake hero can do that, except him!" She claimed.
"Blue Angel…" Cyber Man mumbled.
"Ho, when did you start being supportive of others? A girl like you who is most selfish, only of thinking herself and wants to be alone." Blue Angel looked at him with a serious expression but with the also concerned look.
"The girl who only tries to seek understanding from her older brother. The girl who lost her parents in a terrible accident. The girl who cries and cries all alone. So Blue Angel…or rather, Aoi Zaizen, aren't you the fakest one here?" Spectre revealed.
'What!?' Cyber Man gasped mentally. 'Blue Angel…is AOI ZAIZEN!?'
Woooooh! I never expected that! Even though I am an omnipotent narrator who knows everything and anything that will happen in this story!
"Oops! Didn't I spill the bean again?" Spectre covered his mouth as if he was surprised. "Ha, ha, ha!"
"I don't care at this point you revealed who I am, but I…no, we will still defeat you, Spectre!" She stated.
"Umm…Yeah, that's right!" Cyber Man pretended what he just heard. "Like Miss Zai…I mean, Blue Angel said, WE will defeat you, villain, and stop the tower from completing!"
"Then try defeating you two! Prove to me that you two are the real heroes of LINK VRAINS!" Spectre challenged. "During the end of my turn, I destroy Sunvine Shrine to set 1 Trap from my Graveyard! I choose this one, set, and end my turn!"
"Hey Cyber Man," Blue Angel said. "Thank you for saving me a moment ago."
"Um, yes! Your welcome! It's what I do, that's all! Ha, ha, ha!" Cyber Man replied nervously.
'Shhhhhhhhiiittttttttttttttttttt! I can't believe that Blue Angel is really Aoi Zaizen! They don't even look so alike!' He thought as his heart was pounding.
"My turn! I draw!" She drew a card. "I Normal Summon Trickstar Cardinia!"
The yellow Trickstar appeared on her side.
"Trickstar Cardinia's effect!" She declared. "Since she is Normal Summoned, I can add 1 Trickstar card from my Deck to my hand! Then, I play the Equip Spell, Trickstar Poppy!"
The new Trickstar Spell Card showed a Goblin Force under control while carrying Trickstar Holly Blue Angel as she was sitting on a throne chair, decorated with poppy flowers.
"By equipping this card to a monster that I target, it is treated as Trickstar monster and its effect is negated!" She explained. "Cyber Man!"
"Um, yes!" He responded with a squeak.
"May I equip it to one of your monsters?" She asked.
"Sure! Go right ahead!" He gave a thumbs-up.
"Thanks!" She grinned. "I equip Trickstar Poppy to Cipher HERO Alogrithman, becoming Trickstar Algorithman!"
"What are you planning to do?" Spectre asked like a curious kid.
"Come out, the circuit of dreams and hope!" A Link Square appeared above them. "The summoning condition is two Trickstar monsters! I set Trickstar Cardinia and Trickstar Algorithman to the Link Markers!"
The yellow Trickstar and the hero monsters turned into yellow and blue twisters, with each absorbing into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 2, Trickstar Crimson Heart!" A red-dressed Trickstar appeared next to Wonder Driver's bottom link on the field.
"As I Link Summoned a Trickstar, I can Special Summon a Trickstar monster I used for the Link Summon from my Graveyard! Come back, Trickstar Cardinia!"
The yellow Trickstar appeared next to Crimson Heart. "Crimson Heart's effect! When Trickstar monster is Normal or Special Summoned next to her link, I gain 200 LP!"
"Crimson Heart's additional effect! By discarding 1 Trickstar card, both players draw 1 card! I choose you, Spectre!" Blue Angel discarded her card and then drew one while Spectre drew his.
"Then, I play the Spell Card, Trickstar Bouquet from my hand!" She revealed the card. "By returning a Trickstar monster to my hand, I can increase ATK of one monster on the field by that Trickstar monster's ATK until the end of this turn! I return my Trickstar Cardinia, so I can increase your Sunavalon's ATK equal to Cardinia's ATK!"
Cardinia turned to yellow sparkles as her card form animated into Blue Angel's hand while Spectre's Link Monster's ATK increased to 1800.
"Now I can use this!" She admitted. "I play the Quick-Play Spell, Trickstar Temptation! If I control a Trickstar monster, I can target 1 one monster on the field whose current ATK is different from its original ATK and return it to the hand! I target your Sunavalon Drynome!"
"Of course! By using that, Spectre's defense is gone and he won't be able to restore his Life Points multiple times as well as summon more Sunvine monsters no longer!" Cyber Man realized.
"Ho, you actually found out my Sunavalon's weakness! While it is true that it cannot be targeted for an attack, it is not protected from card effect! However, this can!" Spectre revealed a card in his hand. "I activate the effect of Sunvine Maiden in my hand!"
"What!?" Both Charisma Duelists gasped.
"By Special Summoning her, I can negate the effect!" A little plant spirit appeared and blocked the effect, protecting her master's Sunavalon boss.
"Phew! That was close," Spectre said as he wiped the sweat on his face.
"Darn it!" Blue Angel frustrated.
"No worry, Blue Angel! I will take care of him when my turn comes!" Cyber Man stated.
"Oh, but the turn is not over just yet, my dear hero!" Spectre mentioned aloud. "Count Dracule."
"I activate my Trap, Vampire Dominion!" The Trap flipped up, revealing a man with blank stare expression as if he was in a trance while the shadow of Vampire Lord overcasting the man. "By either sending one Vampire monster from my hand or face-up field, I take control of one Link Monster that was summoned during this turn. I send my Vampire Familiar, so I take control of Trickstar Crimson Heart!"
"What!? No!" Blue Angel cried as Vampire Familiar flew around Trickstar Crimson Heart and bit her on the neck.
She screamed horrifically, but soon stopped and her head lowed. She floated gently over to Count Dracule's side and rose her head up abruptly, with her eyes now glowing evilly in bright red color.
"When a monster is affected by Vampire Dominion's effect, it is treated as a Zombie-Type monster," Count Dracule said.
"So unfortunate! I almost feel bad for you, Young Miss Zaizen! So, are you going to pull out anymore trick or is this the end?" Spectre teased.
She gritted her teeth in frustration but sighed. "I…end my turn and with that, your Sunavalon's ATK is returned to normal."
'So cruel! Her Trickstar Link monster is under their control again! I cannot let this pass!' Cyber Man thought deeply. "My turn, I draw!"
Cyber Man (2h): 2700 LP
"I Normal Summon Cipher HERO Prof. Upload!" The professor Cipher HERO appeared on the field with its floating, mechanical chair. "I activate his effect! Once per turn, I can reduce his ATK by half to Special Summon 1 HERO monster from the Graveyard to the field, with its ATK increased by 500 points and effect negated! I bring back the one and only, Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!"
A fiery tornado burst out of the graveyard portal as Flame Wingman came out with powered- up 2600 ATK.
"Since Flame Wingman is Special Summoned next to Wonder Driver, his effect activates! I choose Polymerization in my Graveyard and then set it!"
"Also, since Cipher HERO Prof. Upload's ATK is changed this turn, I can Special Summon Level 4 or lower Cipher HERO monster from my Deck!" Cyber Man added. "Come out, Cipher HERO Data-Dog!"
The cyber-digitalized canine superhero appeared as it barked bravely for battles.
"Now, open the circuit of justice!" Another Link Square appeared on the ground in front of him.
"The summoning condition is 2 or more HERO monsters, including at least one Cipher HERO monster! I set my Cipher HERO Data-Dog, and Xtra HERO Wonder Driver to the Link Markers!"
The heroes turned into twisters of distinct color in gray and blue, sucking into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Trap the villains with your webs of justice! Appear, Link 3! Cipher HERO Webcrawler!"
The new hero monster had white eyes with dark blue outlines and Cipher HERO symbol on the chest inside a white spider drawing on the costume. The costume looked cybernetic in light blue and white color. This monster looked like Spider-Man from Marvel comics.
Cipher HERO Webcrawler-Link 3, WIND, Warrior/Link/Effect, 2200 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom-Right, Bottom-Left.
"When Cipher HERO Data-Dog is used for Link Summon, I can Special Summon it next to Webcrawler's Link!" Data-Dog appeared next to Webcrawler. "Then, Cipher HERO Webcrawler's effect! Once per turn, I can reduce its ATK by half to Special Summon 1 Cipher HERO monster from my Graveyard! I revive Cipher HERO Algorithman!"
The Link 1 HERO monster reappeared. "Now, Cipher HERO Webcrawler's additional effect activates! If its ATK is different from its original ATK, I can target 1 monster that my opponent controls and if I do, that monster cannot attack, and its effect is negated!"
"Wait…Are you planning to do what I think you are thinking?!" Spectre looked frightened.
"That's right! I target your Sunavalon to negate its effect! Web Block!" His new Cipher HERO link monster shot multiple webs all over on Sunavalon Drynome, making her effect unusable.
"Oh no! My Sunavalon!" Spectre cried with a fake tear.
"I will finish you here, Spectre! I activate the effect of Cipher HERO Gigavolt in my Extra Deck!" Cyber Man declared. "I can Special Summon my ace hero from my Extra Deck to a Linked Zone when a Cipher HERO monster I control has its ATK changed from its original ATK! Hammer the wrongdoer with the lightning of justice! Cipher HERO Gigavolt!"
An electrical energy surged out to the field as his ace Cipher HERO appeared in the long while since its debut.
"Cipher HERO Gigavolt's additional effect! If he is summoned by his own effect, he gains ATK equal to half of the Co-Linked monster's original ATK until the end of this turn, and it will be your end, Spectre! Power Charge!"
Electrical energy shocked through his ace monster, increasing its ATK to 3600.
"Now, Cipher HERO Alogrithman's effect activates!" He continued. "If more than one Cipher HERO monster's ATK is changed during this turn, then those monster gains additional 200 ATK for every Cipher HERO monster I control on the field!"
"Impossible!" Spectre gasped.
"There are currently 4 Cipher HERO monsters, so that means 800 ATK!" Blue Angel analyzed as the Prof. Upload's ATK increased to 1800, Webcrawler 1900, and Gigavolt's ATK to 4400.
"Oh no! If I get hit by your ace monster's ATK to my Sunavalon, I would lose the duel!" Spectre exclaimed.
"That's right! With Gigavolt's 4400 and your Sunavalon Drynome's 0 ATK, it is over!" Cyber Man claimed. "Battles! Cipher HERO Gigavolt, attack Spectre's Sunavalon! 10,000 Volt Blast!"
Gigavolt charged up its ATK until he created a giant ball of electrical energy. He then threw it at Sunavalon Drynome, moving slowly but surely.
"With this, Spectre is defeated," Blue Angel said as she looked at Cyber Man. 'Cyber Man…you really are strong!'
The attack consumed Spectre and his monsters. Everything was consumed in a flash of light.
"Yikes! I can't see anything!" Pigeon screamed.
"Me too!" Frog yelled. "What happened to Spectre?!"
The light dimmed, and the visibility became clearer. When it did, something was not quite right.
"What!? But, how!" Cyber Man gasped.
"It can't be…!" Blue Angel looked with widened eyes.
Right in front of Drynome, the controlling Trickstar Bloody Mary was in the way as she looked all crispy and burned.
"Why Trickstar Bloody Mary is there!?" Cyber Man questioned.
"I believe my partner here can explain that!" Spectre stated.
"When my opponent targets a monster for an attack, I can switch that attack to another monster under the effect of Vampire Dominion," Count Dracule explained as Bloody Mary was sent to Blue Angel's GY.
Count Dracule: 3500 – 2400 = 1100 LP
"He used my monster to protect Spectre's monster!" Blue Angel said.
"However, I can still attack with my other monsters! Elemental HERO Flame Wingman will attack your Drynome instead!" The classic hero monster went next.
"By banishing Vampire Dominion and one Vampire monster in my Graveyard, I can negate an attack this turn! I banish it with Vampire Familiar!" Flame Wingman's attack was blocked by a group of vampire bats formed into a big, black shield.
The shield dissembled into bats before they disappeared completely.
"Then, Cipher HERO Webcrawler will!" His second Cipher HERO link monster shot an array of arrows made of spider webs at Drynome.
"I activate the effect of Vampire Blood Harvester from my hand!" A young Vampire girl who dressed like a farmer appeared, wielding a pitchfork. She had gray skin, red eyes, sharp fang, pink lips, long brown hair, and small dark purple wings sprouting from her back.
Vampire Blood Harvester-Level 3, DARK, Zombie/Effect, 900 ATK, 0 DEF.
"By discarding it, a monster on my side of the field cannot be destroyed by battle! Sunavalon Drynome cannot be destroyed this turn!" Count Dracule pointed as the web arrows shot Drynome but didn't cringe at all.
"However, Spectre will still gain the damage!" Blue Angel countered.
"Due to Vampire Blood Harvester's effect, all damage is instead regenerate Life Points!" Count Dracule stated.
"Say what!?" Blue Angel and Cyber Man gasped together.
"Ah! Feels so refreshing!" Spectre embraced.
Spectre: 4100 LP + 1900 = 6000 LP
"All I did was for Spectre to gain more Life Points!" Cyber Man displeased.
"Correct, Cyber Man! It shows that Count Dracule is truly a good partner to me," Spectre praised as he applauded.
Cyber Man looked disappointed but didn't want to give up. "I'm not done yet! I activate Cipher HERO Gigavolt's additional effect! Once per turn, if its ATK is different from its original ATK, I can destroy one monster my opponent controls on the field! I choose Sunavalon Drynome!"
Gigavolt unleashed the last attack on Drynome, but Spectre smirked and didn't look worried.
"Trap Card! Vampire Glorious Night!" The said card presented Vampire Lord with his bat wings spread out, Vampire Lady on the left, and Vampire Vamp on the right while a blood red moon shined in the sky above them.
"This card can only be activated if I control the Field Spell, Vampire Kingdom. When my opponent activates a card effect that destroys a monster on the field, by sending one Vampire monster from my hand or face-up the field, that effect is negated, and the card is destroyed!"
Vampire Lady, his only monster that he controls on the field, jumped over to Gigavolt, grabbed the hero around his neck, and bit him. Both monsters were sent to the Graveyard.
"Gigavolt!" Cyber Man screamed.
"Then, in return, I can Special Summon a Vampire monster from my hand or Deck! I Special Summon Vampire Scarlet Scourge!" A handsome-looking male vampire appeared with 2200 ATK and DEF.
"Vampire Scarlet Scourge's effect! If it is Normal or Special Summoned, I get to summon additional Vampire monster from my Graveyard, but it cannot attack this turn! Revive, Vampire Lady!" The female vampire rose out of the grave.
"I hate to admit it but Count Dracule's Vampire Deck is actually a good pair with Spectre's Sunavalon!" Blue Angel admitted.
Cyber Man became sad. "I…I end my turn and with that, my monsters affected by Cipher HERO Algorithm have their ATK returned to normal.
As he did, all his monsters' ATK returned to what it was before.
"My turn…I draw!" Count Dracule drew his card, counting his hand up to 2 cards. "Now, open the circuit of bloody hell!"
"He's going to Link Summon! Watch out, Cyber Man!" Blue Angel warned as Cyber Man became defensive with his pose as Link Square appeared.
"The summoning condition is two Zombie monsters! I set my Vampire Scarlet Scourge and Vampire Lady to the Link Markers! Circuit Combines!"
The two vampires turned into their bat forms, flying into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Link 2, Vampire Sucker!" A female vampire wearing colorful clothing appeared.
"Vampire Sucker's effect!" He declared. "I can target one monster in my opponent's Graveyard to Special Summon it to their side of the field in Defense Position, but it becomes a Zombie monster! I choose Trickstar Holly Angel from Blue Angel's Graveyard!"
"What!? My Trickstar?" Blue Angel looked surprised as her ace returned, but with her outfit looked torn and withered, and one eye missing and scars over her face.
"Then, I Tribute Trickstar Holly Angel as Zombie monster to summon Vampire Lord from my hand!" Count Dracule called out.
"What!? But, Holly Angel is under my control on my side!" Blue Angel exclaimed.
"She's right!" Cyber Man agreed but checked his duel disk. "Wait a second. He can do that!"
"He can?!" Blue Angel asked.
"Indeed, he can," Spectre nodded.
"If I would Tribute a monster for Tribute Summon, Vampire Sucker allows me to Tribute Zombie monsters that my opponent controls, even though I do not control them!" Count Dracule proclaimed.
"No way!" Blue Angel gasped.
"Come out, Vampire Lord!" The staple Vampire monster finally appeared. "Then, by banishing Vampire Lord, I Special Summon Vampire Genesis!"
Vampire Lord disappeared as powerful dark winds swept the field, causing the buildings' mirror to be shattered.
"Woooaaaaah!" Pigeon and Frog caught in the winds, blowing them around and around. The mightiest and strongest vampire appeared in front of Blue Angel and Cyber Man as they looked up to see its face. It roared powerfully as it stood mighty.
"Battles! First, Vampire Sucker will direct attack Blue Angel!" Vampire Sucker blew a heart shaped of a bat at Blue Angel, hitting her.
Blue Angel: 3150 – 1600 = 1550 LP
"Now, Vampire Genesis will suck all your Life Points!" Vampire Genesis looked down on Blue Angel.
She stepped back, looking frightened.
"No! I cannot allow this!" Cyber Man jumped in front of her.
"What are you doing, Cyber Man!? Get away!" She said.
"No! I cannot allow you to get hurt!" Cyber Man argued.
"If you do, you're going to get hurt, too!" She argued back.
"As long as you are safe, then I don't care what happens to me!" Cyber Man counterargued.
"Cyber Man!" She mumbled.
"Oh, such as touching moment!" Spectre commented. "Count Dracule, if you please."
"Vampire Genesis, attack Blue Angel directly!" Vampire Genesis turned into an army of bats. The bats flew around the two duelists. The army of bats hit straight to Cyber Man and Blue Angel, knocking him away while they took her away.
"No! Blue Angel!" He yelled.
"Cyber Man!" She screamed as the bats bite on her everywhere all over her body. "KYYYYAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
Blue Angel: 1550 – 3000 = 0 LP
"Blue Angel!" The bats flew down to ground level, leaving Blue Angel on the ground as Cyber Man ran over to her and the bats reformed back into Vampire Genesis.
He held her in his arms. "Blue Angel! Wake up, Blue Angel!"
She barely opened her eyes, half-lidded. "Cy…ber…Man."
"Yes, I am here, Blue Angel," he said.
"I'm…sorry," she said.
"Sorry? There is nothing for you to say sorry for," he stated.
"I'm…I'm sorry for….mis…judging you… at first," she said softly as she started crumbling into data.
"No! Stay with me, Blue Angel! Everything is going to be fine!" Cyber Man started tearing up.
"You…." She put her hand on the side of his face as he held his hand on her hand. "always….come…to…me….when I….needed…the most….even…when…I….does not want to."
A single blue tear fell from her eye. "Thank…" She disappeared right before she finished her last sentence.
"Blue…Angel…..AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Blue Angel…She…She died!" Pigeon cried.
"I can't believe it! I can't believe it all!" Frog teared up.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Akira Zaizen and his secretary saw the live video.
"No, Aoi! Aoi, nnnnnoooooo!" Akira slammed on the wall.
"Touching. Very touching." Spectre spoke up. "That scene would have won an award or something, but oh well! Don't worry about her, Cyber Man. You will soon join her!"
Spectre laughed maniacally as if he was the Joker. Cyber Man punched the ground.
"ENOUGH!" He shouted aloud as he slowly stood up. "You worthless, cruel, heartless MONSTER! You won't get away with this!"
"Ho, is it just me or something different about you?" Spectre said.
"You will pay for this, Spectre and rest of you Hanoi bastards! In the name of justice, even if it means for vengeance, I! WILL! DEFEAT YOU!"
New Cards Cheat Sheet
HERO Resurrection-Type: Quick-Play Spell, Effect: Unknown
Sunvine Seedling-Level 1, EARTH, Plant/Effect, 0 ATK, 0 DEF. Effect: You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard if you Special Summoned a Sunvavalon Link Monster. This card is treated as Normal Monster if you summoned it by this card's effect.
Trickstar Poppy-Type: Equip Spell, Effect: Equip it to another monster that you don't control. The equipped monster becomes Trickstar monster
Vampire Dominion-Type: Counter Trap, Effect: Send 1 Vampire monster from your hand or face-up field; target 1 Link Monster on the field and take control of that monster, treating it as a Zombie monster. If your opponent targets a monster for an attack, switch the attack target to the monster affected by this card effect. You can banish this card and one Zombie monster from your Graveyard to negate one attack. You can only activate this effect of 1 "Vampire Dominion" once per turn.
Cipher HERO Webcrawler-Link 3, WIND, Warrior/Link/Effect, 2200 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom-Right, Bottom-Left. Effect: 2+ HERO monsters, including one Cipher HERO monster. Once per turn, you can reduce this card's ATK by half: If you do, Special Summon 1 Cipher HERO monster from your Graveyard. If this monster's ATK is changed from its original ATK: Target 1 monster that your opponent controls, that monster's effect is negated, nor it can attack until your next turn.
Vampire Blood Harvester-Level 3, DARK, Zombie/Effect, 900 ATK, 0 DEF. Effect: You can send this card from your Graveyard, then target one monster on the field; that monster cannot be destroyed by battle this turn. If this card in your possession is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, add 1 Vampire monster from your GY or Deck.
Vampire Glorious Night-Type: Continuous Trap, Effect: You can only activate this card if you control "Vampire Kingdom" on the field. If that card is removed from the field, then destroy this card. When your opponent activates a card effect that would destroy a monster on the field, send 1 Vampire monster from your hand or face-up the field; negate the effect and destroy it. You can only activate this effect once per turn.
Hi, guys! I am back again with another update for this story! I know I should work on my other stories, but I will in next week or so. Though, I will be getting my wisdom tooth removed on next Monday, so I decided to at least get this chapter out because of three reasons; One, I felt like it, two I am sort of having a mental block for my "My Hero Academia" story, and three this is one of the duels I wanted to write about it.
However, it is not over yet! Next time, we will wrap up this duel in the next chapter as well as see what Playmaker is doing with his duel, too! Until then, have a nice summer day ;)
Preview for Next Chapter
Avenging for Blue Angel, avenging for not being a hero, avenging for himself. All this feeling boils in Cyber Man's heart and mind.
Codebreaker: Wow! I never seen Tom this mad before!
Rossy: According to my calculation...or at least something I can calculate, his temperature is rising due to the feeling he has for...
Cyber Man: Spectre, I WILL DESTROY YOU!
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Line of Hero.
Playmaker & Codebreake: INTO THE VRAINS!
Ai: Hey, wait a second...I didn't appear at all in this chapter!
Playmaker: Just be patient until the next one.