Chapter 38
Line of Hero
"You…Spectre…I will avenge Blue Angel…for what you did!" Cyber Man said angrily.
"What's wrong? Why are you mad? Aren't heroes supposed to smile even during a tough time?" To add emphasis, Spectre made a smiley face with his hands to his cheeks.
"Why you…!" He hissed.
"If you want to see her again that badly, it will be a pleasure to do that for you," Spectre said. "Just sit tight, alright!"
Count Dracule stood stoically with a blank expression. "I end my turn."
"My turn! Draw!" Spectre drew. "I play the Continuous Spell, Sunvine Roots Absorber!" Suddenly, the ground shook and then tree roots popped out from the ground, tangling Vampire Sucker, Cipher HERO Speedstar, and Vampire Genesis.
"What's going on!?" Cyber Man questioned.
"Let me explain, hero. When this card is activated, any non-Plant Type monster on my side of the field becomes Plant-Type with their effect negated and cannot attack." The two vampire and one hero glowed in green aura until their eyes turned the same color, all three being tangled by the tree roots.
"Now, open the future circuit that lights up our path! The summoning condition is one Plant-Type monster! I set the Plant-Type Cipher HERO Speedstar to the Link Marker!" The influenced superhero turned into green twisters as it sucked into a single arrow.
"Link Summon! Link 1! Sunvine Gardna!" The armored white and brown Sunvine appeared with its armored body ready.
"What is he planning to do?" Cyber Man wondered aloud.
"I open the future circuit again!" He declared as a second Link Square appeared. "The summoning condition is two Plant-Type monsters! I set the now Plant-Type Vampire Sucker and Vampire Genesis to the Link Markers!"
The two vampires turned into green bats, which flew into the arrows. "Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! Sunvine Magician!"
This new Sunvine was a handsome-looking male humanoid figure with green skin, dark green eyes, and what appeared to be a seed for the hood and tree barks for the clothes as branches extended on each shoulder, acting as its shoulder pad. It wielded a long staff with glowing orange orbs tangled with roots and leaves.
Sunvine Magician-Link 2, EARTH, Plant/Link/Effect, 1900 ATK. Link Arrow: Top, Bottom
"Sunvine Magician's effect!" He continued. "When this monster is Link Summoned in the zone a Sunavalon monster points to, then I can destroy a number of monsters my opponent controls equal to the total Link Rating of the Sunavalon monster!"
"Wait…what!?" Cyber Man gasped.
"Sunavalon Dryanome's Link Rating is three and you control exactly three monsters! Therefore, all your monsters are destroyed!" Sunvine Magician used its staff to cast a powerful spell, causing glowing roots to spurt out of the ground and gripped Cyber Man's monster until they were destroyed.
"Look at that. Your field is wide open now. There is only one thing to do," Spectre pointed out. "I declare my two Sunvine monsters to attack you directly!"
Sunvine Magician shot a green energy ball while Gardna headbutt right to him.
"Gaaaaaaahh!" He screamed as he dashed to the ground.
Cyber Man (1h): 2700 – 2500 = 200 LP
"I activate Sunvine Roots Absorber's additional effect. I send this card to add a Sunvine card from my Graveyard to my hand. I set a card and end my turn," he finished.
"What's wrong, Mister Hero? Are you going to give up? If you do, what would Blue Angel think of you?" Cyber Man clutched his hand and then slowly stood back up.
"Don't you…speak about her like that!" He stated.
Spectre looked at him with the same smirk. "You won't get away with this! You killed her, and you must be punished for that! In the name of justice, I will make sure you will pay for it!"
"Uuuuh, scary! I feel so afraid!" Spectre said overdramatically, yet sarcastically.
"You better be! I draw!" Cyber Man exclaimed.
"I Normal Summon Cipher HERO Capt. Mavis!" His staple female hero appeared. "Battles! I declare her to attack your Sunvine Gardna! At this point, her effect activates! Whenever she declares battle, she gains 600 ATK for every Cipher HERO monsters face-up on the field!"
Her body glowed in the flame aura as her ATK rose to 1600.
"Sunvine Gardna's effect! When it is targeted for an attack, I can target a Sunavalon monster that points to this card, I reduce any battle damage I gain by 800 points for the Link Rating! So, the damage is reduced by 2400, so in other words, I gain no damage!" The plant-type gardna blocked Capt. Mavis's flaming punch attack.
"However, your monster is destroyed!" Her attack pierced through Gardna's armored body, destroying it in the process.
"Since Gardna is destroyed by battle, the Battle Phase ends this turn," Spectre added.
"Even so, Capt. Mavis' additional effect activates! If her ATK is different from her original ATK, I can add one Cipher HERO monster from my Deck to my hand!" He did so. "Then, by reducing this card's ATK to zero, I can Special Summon it! Calling forth, Cipher HERO Dr. Graphics!"
The spellcaster-type Cipher HERO showed up next to the female hero. "And when his ATK is different from his original ATK, I can draw a card and if it is a Spell, I must discard it. Draw!"
He drew and then looked at it. "Luckily, it isn't a Spell Card and I will set it immediately. Turn end!"
Cyber Man (1h): 200 LP
"Is this going to the hero's last stand? Would you prevail where good overcomes evil?" Spectre said. "Your time is up, Mister Hero. It's time to show you who you really are!"
"What do you mean?" Cyber Man said. "I assume you know my real identity in real life."
"Correct, but it's more than that, Cyber Man or rather Tom Gates," Spectre said. "Remember I said you are fake? Well…I take that back. You aren't just fake. You are coward, fear to be brave like your friend, Yu Akira or Morse or Codebreaker. You won't stand up for anyone or even for yourself. You are weak!"
He didn't say anything back but swallowed his throat deeply.
"What's wrong? What happened to that whole justice thing and saying 'I will defeat you' or something? Cat caught your tongue?" Spectre joked. "Well, whatever! My partner here will finish you, anyway. Count Dracule, if you would please."
"I draw." He drew.
"I play the Spell Card, Vampiric Resurrection." It showed Vampire Lord rising out of the coffin in the hole at a graveyard with misty purple fogs in the background and full blood moon in the sky.
"When this card is activated, I can Special Summon one Vampire monster from my Graveyard, ignoring its summoning condition and effect negated. I Special Summon Vampire Genesis!" The king beast of all vampires reappeared.
"Battle. I declare Vampire Genesis to attack Capt. Mavis!" Vampire Genesis gripped its right hand into a fist. It quickly punched Cyber Man's monster, causing a huge debris of dirty air around the field.
"Hmph. It is over then," Spectre said.
"Oh no, senpai! Cyber Man is defeated!" Pigeon exclaimed.
"Is this really the end of our hero, Cyber Man!?" Frog cried.
"Guess again!" Everyone gasped and looked.
"I. AM. STILL. HERE!" Cyber Man shouted as the smoke was blown away by his shout.
Cyber Man (1h): 100 LP
"What's this?! How is it possible that you still have Life Points?" Spectre asked.
"I activated my Quick-Play Spell that I discarded earlier in the duel," he revealed as the card shined from his side of the field, showing Cipher HERO Gigavolt fist-pumping to the air with some lightning crackling in the background. "HERO Resurrection!"
"He's alive, he's alive!" Frog cheered.
"Senpai, please stop moving!" Pigeon cried.
"If this card is in the Graveyard, I can pay half of my Life Points to activate it! When it does, all HERO monster I control will be destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, but in return, I get to Special Summon one HERO monster from my Graveyard with 1000 ATK boost!"
"A HERO monster?" Spectre looked at what the resurrected hero, revealing Elemental HERO Flame Wingman using both its arm to block Vampire Genesis' punch.
"The monster I Special Summoned is Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!" He stated. "And with its 3100 ATK, it destroys Vampire Genesis and Count Dracule takes damage equal to Genesis' ATK!
Elemental HERO Flame Wingman's dragon arm breathed out the flame, burning Vampire Genesis alive.
The cooked and burned Vampire Genesis fell over Count Dracule. Once it died out, Count Dracule still stood, but with zero Life Points.
"…. Thank you," he spoke with his head bowed a little before he turned into data.
Cyber Man watched the fluttering data to the tower.
"You are right about one thing, Spectre," Cyber Man spoke. "I am…a coward in real life, but as long as I can at least save one life who needs saving in this world, at least the one saved here is also saved in real life. That is what a true hero does!"
"During the end phase of this turn, the HERO monster summoned by the effect of HERO Resurrection is banished." Elemental Flame Wingedman disappeared.
"So, is that it? Was that the hero's last stand? You couldn't save Blue Angel but only saved your own opponent. How pathetic are you!" Spectre laughed.
"It is not the sign of pathetic! You were controlling him against his own will! However, if there is even a slight goodness in your heart, then I will do whatever it takes to save you!" Cyber Man stated.
"Just like Blue Angel, you will try to save me? I dare say, try!" Spectre declared. "Try to save my soul, Cyber Man! But, I assure you probably can't."
"No…I can't," he replied, which made Spectre gasped a little.
"You have fallen so deep into the darkness, it may now be impossible to bring you back into the light. That is why I have no choice, but stop you here, once and for all!" He shouted. "Trap Card opens! Soul Explosion!"
It showed Cipher HERO Gigavolt releasing a huge amount of electrical energy with a ghostly HERO shadow behind it.
"If there is no HERO monster on my side of the field during the End Phase, then by banishing any number of HERO monsters in my Graveyard, both players take 500 damages for every banished HERO monster!" He explained.
"Every…hero!?" Spectre gasped.
"That's right! Currently, I have 12 HERO monsters in my Graveyard! That would be 6000 points of damage, just enough to defeat you!" He shouted.
"This can't be! Am I…going to be defeated!? Oh, my!" He exclaimed.
Cyber Man looked straight at him with a serious conviction.
"Even if this fails, at least I know that my friend, Morse…Codebreaker and his ally, Playmaker will stop the Tower of Hanoi from completing. They are the real heroes who will save this world and the real world. Whenever I see them duel, they are…very strong and even getting stronger. Though there are differences in their personality, they share one common goal and that is to never let evil win. I know they won't fail even if I fall. We will win in the end! That is the true justice!"
The spirits of every HERO appeared behind Cyber Man as he stated his final word before a flash of light consumed them and a huge explosion of the beam shot upward.
"Waaaaaaaaahhh!" Pigeon and Frog screamed.
"Good luck…. Morse," Tom said as the light consumed him while turning into a data.
The light disappeared, showing Spectre on the floor, but unharmed.
"What the!? Spectre is still here!" Pigeon yelled.
"Say what!?" Frog gasped.
"Uuuuuh….Good thing I activated my Trap, Sunavalon Guardian." The said card showed Sunavalon Dryanome protecting other Sunvine monsters with its root from a wildfire. "If I were to take effect damage while I control Sunavalone Link Monster, that damage is negated, but I have to pay half of my Life Points. Though, it doesn't matter since Dryanome can protect me."
He stood back up, though a bit injured.
"It seems like that hero sacrificed himself. His last word was admirable, but I'm still victorious," he said. "However, my job is not finished. I still must stop Playmaker and Codebreaker. Luckily, our other partners are still in the work, so one of them should be handling either of them right now."
-Codes of Secrets-
"My turn. Draw!" Playmaker drew.
Playmaker (6h): 4000 LP
Currently on the field, his opponent, Papilio, Number 8 Top Charisma Duelist, controlled Rank 7 Xyz monster, Butterfly Queen Titania with 2400 ATK and Level 4 Insect monster, Cairns Birdwing Butterfly, and two set cards.
"We can beat her so easily. We defeated Joker before and he is Top #3! We got this," Ai boasted.
"Never underestimate her," Playmaker said. "Even though she is Number 8 in the rank, I can tell she is still a formidable foe."
"If you say so, Playmaker," Ai replied, though sounded doubtful while picking his nose.
He looked forward to his opponent. "I play the Spell Card, Pot of Greed to draw two more cards. By sending one Level 2 or lower monster from my hand to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon Bitrooper from my hand."
As he drew two more cards, white Cyberse knight appeared as he sends Bitron to his Graveyard.
"Since you're the only one who controls a monster in the Extra Monster Zone, I can Special Summon Backlinker from my hand!" The strange-looking Cyberse monster appeared next. "I activate its effect. By tributing it, I can send all monsters in the Extra Monster Zones to the Graveyard!"
The strange Cyberse turned to sparkles as the sparkles fluttered around Papilio's Xyz monster, causing a hole to open beneath her monster. It fell into the hole and the hole closed once it did.
"Then, I normal summon Balancer Lord and use its effect!" Replacing Backlinker, another knight-looking Cyberse arrived on his side of the field. "Once per turn, by paying 1000 LP, I can Normal Summon a Cyberse-Type monster in addition to my regular Normal Summon or Set."
"In another word, we can Normal Summon again this turn!" Ai exclaimed.
"What?" Papilio gasped a little.
Playmaker: 4000 – 1000 = 3000 LP
"I Normal Summon Digitron." An upgraded or evolved form of Bitron appeared on his right Main Monster Zone.
"Appear, the circuit that leads to the future!" A Link Square appeared above in the sky.
"The summoning condition is one Normal Monster. I set my Digitron to the Link Marker!" Digitron turned into a blue twister, shooting into the bottom arrow. "Link Summon! Appear, Link 1! Link Spider!"
His staple Link monster appeared.
"Link Spider's effect! Once per turn, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from my hand to the zone it points to! I Special Summon my second Bitron!" The common Cyberse monster appeared next to Link Spider's bottom link arrow.
"Appear again! The circuit that leads to the future!" The Link Square appeared again, this time in front of him.
"The summoning condition is two or more effect monsters! I set my Link Spider, Bitrooper, and Bitron to the link markers!"
The three Cyberse creatures turned into blue, gold, and white twisters, shooting into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear, Link 3! Decode Talker!" His ace monster appeared, showing off its chivalry and strong appearance.
"Decode Talker's effect! It gains 500 ATK for every monster it points," he revealed.
"Right now, Decode Talker is pointing to Balancer Lord!" Ai pointed out as Decode Talker's Bottom-Left arrow was pointing to Balancer Lord.
"Battle! Decode Talker will attack Cairns Birdwing Butterfly!" Decode Talker slashed the butterfly in half.
Papilio (1h): 4000 – 1200 = 2800 LP
"Alright! We did quite a damage to her LP!" Ai fist-bumped.
"Trap Card, open!" Ai stopped celebrating himself when he saw the card. "Dead Scales!"
The said Trap showed a dead Cairns Birdwing Butterfly while its spirit form fluttered higher to a beaming light.
"When Insect-Type monster I control is destroyed, I can Special Summon one Butterfly monster from my hand or Deck!" She admitted. "I Special Summon Orange Sulphur from my Deck."
An orange butterfly fluttered around, showing off its 600 DEF.
Orange Sulphur-Level 4, FIRE, Insect/Effect, 1400 ATK, 600 DEF
"I set a card and end my turn," Playmaker said as a single card was placed down on his field before vanishing.
"Well, at least we got rid of her Xyz monster. That one was a bigger threat, her ace monster," Ai remarked.
"I don't think that was her ace monster," Playmaker thought aloud as Ai responded with a look.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"My turn. Draw!" She drew. "I Normal Summon my second Cairns Birdwing!" A green and black butterfly appeared. "Battle!"
"Um, hey! Don't you know that we have a 2800 ATK Decode Talker?" Ai spoke aloud.
"Cairns Birdwing's effect! This monster can declare a direct attack!" The butterfly fluttered around Decode Talker, dodging its sword swing attack and flapped its wing to unleash a powerful gust of pollens.
Playmaker held on with his feet on the ground.
"Waaaaah! How could a butterfly that flutters can make this strong gust!?" Ai screamed.
Playmaker (0h): 3000 – 600 = 2400 LP
"When Cairns Birdwing inflicts battle damage to my opponent, I change it to Defense Position and whenever it changes battle position, it gains 400 ATK and 1 Level," she stated as her butterfly monster's ATK increased to 1000 and its level went up to 5.
"I now activate my Trap, Cynet Damage Counter!" The set card revealed a damaged or corrupted data version of Decode Talker being resembled by Link Spiders. "When I take battle or effect damage while I control a Cyberse-Type monster, this Trap gains one Damage Counter."
"I end my turn," she finished.
"My turn. Draw!" Playmaker drew his card as his hand counted to 1. "Battle! Balance Loader will attack Orange Sulphur!"
Decode Talker slashed the orange butterfly in half.
Papilio (1h): 2800 – 300 = 2500 LP
"Orange Sulphur's effect activates!" She stated. "When it is destroyed by battle or card effect, I can Special Summon another Orange Sulphur from my hand or Deck and then inflict 400 points of damage to your Life Points!"
A second butterfly appeared as it fluttered its wings, releasing a deadly gust of pollens at Playmaker and Ai.
"Ugh!" Playmaker covered with his arms crossed.
Playmaker (1h): 2400 – 400 = 2000 LP
"Then, Monster summoned by this effect has its Level risen to 7." Her second Orange Sulphur's Level rose to 7.
"The effect of Cynet Damage Counter gives me one Damage Counter" The Trap gains its second counter. "The battle still continues!" He reminded her. "Decode Talker will attack your DEF position Cairns Birdwing!"
Decode Talker rose its sword up above the butterfly monster, ready to slice it in half.
"Orange Sulphur's additional effect!" She declared. "If an Insect-Type monster I control would be destroyed, I can banish this card from my Graveyard instead."
Her first Orange Sulphur's spirit form appeared, blocking Decode Talker's attack and stopping it.
"I can't believe that thing stopped Decode Talker's attack, even though it is already destroyed!" Ai complained.
"Then, I activate my own Trap Card! Butterfly Pollen!" It presented Orange Sulphur releasing orange pollens over scared Ojama Trio as Yellow Ojama sneezing, Green scratching his reddened eyes, and Black's nostril dripping with snots. "When the Butterfly monster I control is destroyed by battle or card effect, you gain additional 300 points of damage!"
The card, like the artwork, released the same orange pollens and the pollens blew over Playmaker and Ai.
"Ah…Ah…Achooo!" Ai sneezed. "Just like those Ojama Trio in the artwork, I think I'm allergic to this butterfly pollen!"
Playmaker (1h): 2000 – 300 = 1700 LP
"Something about her move is suspicious. She's trying to dwindle my Life Points every turn," Playmaker mumbled. "I end my turn."
My turn. Draw!" She said as she drew her next card. "I Normal Summon Mirror Butterfly!"
The new monster was a butterfly with wings made up of pure crystal in the tint of blue color.
Mirror Butterfly-Level 1, LIGHT, Insect/Effect, 0 ATK, 0 DEF.
"Mirror Butterfly's effect! By targeting one Insect-Type monster on my side of the field, I change this card's Level to that target monster's Level!" She revealed. "I choose my Orange Sulphur to change Mirror's Level to 7!"
Orange Sulphur's reflection reflected in Mirror Butterfly's wing as blue arrow glowed around its body, changing its Level to 7.
"Is she planning to Xyz Summon!?" Ai asked.
"That is what it seems she's doing!" Playmaker answered.
"I overlay my two Level 7 Mirror Butterfly and Orange Sulphur!" The two butterflies turned into bright yellow and orange energies, shooting into the Xyz portal.
"Xyz Summon! Rise and be free! Rank 7! Butterfly Queen Titania!" Her second copy of the monster appeared.
"Great! She has more than one!" Ai exclaimed.
"Of course she would. She wouldn't be in the Top 10 if she didn't have another one," Playmaker said bluntly, making Ai feel embarrassed.
"He, he. You're right…" Ai replied sheepishly.
"You haven't seen it yet…" Papilio spoke, catching the boys' attention. "Behold! My true power! Open the circuit that flutters high to freedom and opportunity to all!"
The Link Square appeared above them in the sky.
"The summoning condition is two Butterfly monsters! I set my Butterfly Queen Titania and Cairns Birdwing to the Link Markers!" The Xyz and regular monsters fluttered high into the arrow when both became glowing green and blue butterflies.
"Link Summon! Descend! Link 2! Monarch Queen Butterfly Sabrina!" The new monster was a humanoid monarch butterfly with very large orange wings that looked like an eye of the animal. Her human skin was dark-skinned, her green compound eyes shined like emerald, and her antennas even gave off an electrical energy a little.
Monarch Queen Butterfly Sabrina-Link 2, WIND, Insect/Link/Effect, 1900 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom
It fluttered in front of Decode Talker.
"Haw! For Top #8, you made a terrible mistake! You summoned in the zone pointed by Decode Talker, so he gets another extra 500 ATK!" Ai pointed out as Decode Talker's ATK rose to 3300.
"That's the idea!" She responded.
"Say what!?" Ai gasped.
"If this card is Co-Linked with another Link Monster controlled by my opponent, that Link Monster's effect is negated! Additionally, if this card is Link Summoned using a Xyz Insect-Type monster for at least one of the materials, then it can make a direct attack this turn!" She boasted.
Ai screamed while Playmaker looked very worried.
"Battle! Monarch Queen Butterfly Sabria will directly attack your life points! Your time is over, Playmaker!" She declared as her butterfly monster unleashed many powerful gusts of wind at her target.
"Waaaaaaaaaah! We're finished! Is this really the end!?" Ai cried dramatically. "I can't believe I will be defeated by a…a…butterfly!"
"Calm down!" Playmaker shouted. "The second effect of Cynet Damage Counter activates! By Tributing one Cyberse-Type monster on the field and remove any number of Damage Counter it has, I can decrease a battle or effect damage by 500 points this turn. I Tribute my Decode Talker and remove all three to decrease the damage by 1500!"
The gust of winds weakened, but still hit Playmaker to cause him to skid on the ground with his arms crossed over himself.
Playmaker (1h): 1700 – 400 = 1300 LP
"Phew!" Ai wiped away his sweat. "That was close."
"But, we're not done yet," Playmaker said.
"Then, I activate Monarch Queen Butterfly Sabrina's another effect! Once per turn, when she is not co-linked with a Link Monster, I destroy one monster you control and inflict 400 points of damage to your Life Points!" Her Link monster released a gust of pollens over his last monster, destroying it, and then to Playmaker and Ai, causing him sneezing again.
"Achoo! A—Achoo!" Ai shouted.
Playmaker (1h): 900 LP
"I end my turn," she finished. "In my next turn, I will finish you!"
"This is bad, Playmaker! If you don't do something, we're going to be butterfly's food!" Ai cried.
"Calm down. I still have 900 LP left. It is not the end," he replied.
"I draw!" Playmaker drew and widened his eyes. "This turn, I will finish you instead!"
"What?" Papilio looked a bit surprised.
"I play the Spell, Monster Reborn! This card allows me to resurrect a monster from either player's Graveyard! I bring back Decode Talker!" His ace Link resurrected from the GY. "Then, I play the Spell, Copy Code!"
The new Spell showed a computer monitor showing Decode Talker being copying itself. "With this, I can target one code Talker monster on my field and Special Summon another one from my Extra Deck with its effect negated and if it leaves the field, it is removed from the game! I Special Summon Encode Talker!"
A light blue Talker appeared beside Decode Talker. "Appear, a circuit that leads to the future!" The Link Square appeared just above him. "The summoning condition is at least two monsters! I set my Decode Talker and Encode Talker to the Link Markers!"
The two Link monsters turned into blue and light blue twisters, absorbing into the link arrows.
"Link Summon! Rise! Link 4, Firewall Dragon!" The ace dragon appeared gracefully as it roared, displaying its strong and determined appearance.
"Firewall Dragon's effect activates! By targeting a monster on the field or GY up to the number of monsters this card is co-linked to it, I can return that monster to the owner's hand!" Playmaker explained.
"Since Firewall Dragon is co-linked with Monarch Queen Butterfly Sabrina, say goodbye to your monster!" Ai remarked.
"What!? No!" Papilio cried as Firewall Dragon roared at her link, causing it to shriek in response and then disappeared from the field.
"And now that it is gone, Firewall Dragon will attack you directly! Tempest Attack!" Firewall changed its form, glowing in red energy as it fired a powerful red energy beam.
"Nnnnnooooooooooo!" Papilio screamed as her life points go down to zero.
Papilio: 0 LP
Playmaker WINS!
Papilio was lying on the ground before slowly standing back up.
"Is she alright?" Ai asked.
"The mind-control program should be eradicated once her Life Points are gone," Playmaker stated.
Papilio looked at Playmaker with her hair messy after the attack. She gave a light smile before she vanished into data.
"It looks like she is free from the Hanoi's control," Ai said. "Too bad she turned into data."
"Hey, look at that Playmaker!" Ai pointed.
They turned to their right to see a beam of white light shooting up into the sky before it disappeared as soon as it appeared.
"What was that?" He asked.
"Not quite sure, but we wasted enough time here. We got to get to the tower to save everyone and stop Revolver!" Playmaker continued to the tower.
-Codes of Secrets-
Meanwhile, Codebreaker along with his AI partner, Rossy was running to the Tower until his duel disk beeped for the message.
"You receive a new message, Master Yu," Rossy said.
"What is it, Rossy?" He stopped and asked.
"It's…SNS from Tom!" She stated.
"From Tom? Read it for me, Rossy," he said.
"Dear Morse…" She began. "By the time you got this message, I am sorry to say, but…. I lost. I logged into LINK VRAINS to do the same thing you're doing. I tried to save someone, but I failed. I don't think I can make it out of this, Morse. However, please don't remorse over my failure and my defeat. Keep fighting, Morse! It is up to you and Playmaker now! Stop the Tower from completing and save everyone! I know you can do it, Morse… Good luck, Codebreaker."
He stood quietly. "Tom…." He spoke quietly before showing a slight grin. "You're much braver than I thought. Thank you, Tom and I will finish it where you started, buddy! Hang in there! I will save you and everyone else!"
"Master Yu…. Yes, you are 100% correct. Let's us keep going," Rossy said.
They continued running to the tower with stronger conviction in his heart. Somewhere else in LINK VRAINS near the Tower of Hanoi, two duelists were facing each other, starting their own fight.
It was Sir Lady, the remaining Hanoi admin and her opponent is….
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Sunvine Roots Absorber-Type: Continuous Spell, Effect: All non-Plant Type monsters on your side of the field turn Plant-Type monster with their effect negated and cannot attack this turn. You can send this card to the Graveyard to add one Sunvine card from your Graveyard to your hand.
Sunvine Magician-Link 2, EARTH, Plant/Link/Effect, 1900 ATK. Link Arrow: Top, Bottom. Effect: 2 Plant Monsters. When this card is Link Summoned in a zone that Sunavalon monster points to, you can destroy a number of monsters your opponent controls equals to the Link Rating of the Sunavalon monster.
Vampiric Resurrection-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Special Summon 1 Vampire monster from your GY with its effect and summoning condition negated.
Soul Explosion-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If you control no HERO monster during the End Phase of this turn, you can banish any number of HERO monster in your GY currently, then inflict 500 points of damage each to both players.
Sunavalon Guardian-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If you would take an effect damage while you control a Sunavalon Link Monster on the field, negate that damage and then pay half of your Life Points.
Dead Scales-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: When an Insect-Type monster you control is destroyed, you can Special Summon one Butterfly monster from your hand or Deck.
Cynet Damage Counter-Type: Continuous Trap, Effect: When you take damage by battle or card effect while you control a Cyberse-Type monster, this card gains one Damage Counter. You can remove any number of Damage Counter from this card to reduce any battle or effect damage by 500x.
Orange Sulphur-Level 4, FIRE, Insect/Effect, 1400 ATK, 600 DEF. Effect: This card can attack your opponent directly. When this card is destroyed by battle or card effect, you can Special Summon 1 "Orange Sulphur" from your hand or Deck. Then, inflict 400 points of damage to your opponent. If this card is summoned via this effect, this card's Level becomes 7.
Mirror Butterfly-Level 1, LIGHT, Insect/Effect, 0 ATK, 0 DEF. Effect: When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can target one Insect-Type monster, then this card's Level becomes the Level of that targeted monster.
Monarch Queen Butterfly Sabrina-Link 2, WIND, Insect/Link/Effect, 1900 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom. Effect: 2 Insect monsters. When this card is co-linked with a Link Monster, it can negate that monster's effect. If this card is Link Summoned using Xyz Insect-Type monster for one of the materials, it can make a direct attack. If this card is not co-linked with a Link Monster during the End Phase of either player's turn, inflict 400 points of damage to your opponent.
Copy Code-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Target 1 "code Talker" monster on your side of the field, then Special Summon another code Talker monster from your Extra Deck, with its effect negated. The monster summoned by this effect is removed from the field if it leaves from the field.
Hey guys! Sorry for not being so much update other than this story. I wanted to get this chapter out as soon as I started writing it and before July ends.
This chapter concludes Cyber Man's duel against Spectre and Count D. Dracule as well as for Playmaker's. What did you think of this chapter? Also, what do you think of Soulburner's backstory?
In the next upcoming chapters, it will be most likely longer than this chapter because we will be covering more duels in a single chapter next time. We only have 11 more chapters to go for season 1. Hopefully, I can finish this story's first season before Christmas.
With all that said, here is a preview for the next chapter and until next time, have a wonderful rest of summer days!
Preview for Chapter 39
Siblings. Sometimes they fight each other, but in the end, they really care for each other. When two sisters meet each other first time in awhile, but now that they are enemies, what would happen?
Sir Lady: So, this is it. My challenger, perhaps the last one in LINK VRAINS, will be my own flesh and blood.
Jaune Arc: Big sis! If it means to save this world and all the innocent life you've taken, then I will do whatever it takes to stop you, even if it means to fight you!
Sir Lady: I couldn't say much better, my young sister. Now, come at me! With your duel disk blade!
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Battle of Their Own!
Playmaker & Codebreaker: INTO THE VRAINS!