Chapter 44
Confrontation
"Alright! The duel is over and now we can move on to the Tower!" Codebreaker exclaimed.
"But, Master Yu, due to that Kronos lost the duel, wouldn't Chronomaly Laputa…" Rossy was interrupted when they heard a crack sound, a very huge crack sound.
"Hey, now that is mentioned, wouldn't this duel monster we're on right now be disappeared now because Kronos lost the duel?" Claire questioned as she was sweating.
"Ummm, it should, but then that would mean…." The cameraman said nervously as he was sweating, too.
Chronomaly Laputa began cracking and cracking more until the ground they were standing on it collapsed and crumbled into pieces.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" Codebreaker screamed.
"Kyyyaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" Claire cried as tears coming out of her eyes.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" The cameraman screamed as snots coming out of his nose while free-falling.
Rossy made the screaming noise like R2-D2 from Star Wars, falling from the high sky.
The debris fell over the ground as pieces crumbled. Fortunately, everyone was safe and unharmed.
"OOooooohh…" Well, almost everyone was safe and unharmed.
"Master Yu, are you alright?" The duelist turned to his robot AI partner, who had transformed into a flying machine in time before the monster collapsed.
"Yeah, I'm fine…" Codebreaker cracked his neck.
"Why does this keep happening to me?" Claire got out of the rubble herself. "Hey, is the camera OK?!"
"I'm OK too, and so for the camera…." The cameraman moaned as he stretched his back, making a huge crack noise.
"I'm very sorry to not transform into a D-Board in time, Master Yu, but at least you are OK if you say so," Rossy said apologetically.
"No worries, Rossy. Let's get to the tower now! Playmaker needs our help!" Rossy soon transformed back into the duel disk, latching on back to Codebreaker's wrist as he ran toward the tower.
"Hey, they're on the move! Come on, you lazy bone! After them!" Claire exclaimed, forcing the cameraman to drag his feet.
Codebreaker ran up to the near the area of the tower's base until he stopped when suddenly the ground shook hard.
"What the?!" He gasped as he noticed debris started flying around the tower.
"What's going on?!" He questioned.
"Look, Master Yu!" Rossy exclaimed. "I see Playmaker dueling Revolver!"
He looked up to see Playmaker and Revolver in a duel, spinning around one of the rings of the Tower, with debris floating around in the data winds.
"They must have started!" Codebreaker stated. "Come on! Let's go and help him!"
"Not so fast, Codebreaker." Codebreaker and Rossy stopped as a dark portal opened up, with a familiar dark figure walking out from it.
"Dark Knight!" They both shouted.
Claire and cameraman caught up and stopped as they hid behind a debris.
"Hello, folks! We are back on-line, and apparently, from what we can see, Codebreaker has encountered someone! However, I have never seen this person before! Is he a friend or foe? In all honest opinion, he doesn't look too friendly…"
"What are you doing here, Dark Knight?!" Codebreaker asked.
"I came here to stop you, Codebreaker," he said, which doesn't surprise him at all.
"But, why?" He asked so. "What do you want from me this time?!"
"I know that you found the first Legendary Code, but you still have not deciphered it, correct?" Dark Knight asked.
"How did you know about that?" Rossy questioned.
"I have my way," Dark Knight answered. "I will take that Legendary Code and finish deciphering it. Even if the other four codes are destroyed along with this world, at least having one is enough. Now, hand it over to me…this instant!"
"Never! No way, pal! I won't let you, even if the entire world comes to end!" Codebreaker countered.
Dark Knight didn't look surprised at all. "Very well. I expected you to say that. I have no other choice, but to take it from you by force."
Dark Knight summoned his dark D-Board, and duel disk. Codebreaker jumped onto his D-Board, flying after Dark Knight.
They flew near one of the rings around the tower. Debris was floating around.
"Hey wait! How would I get my footage if we can't fly?!" Claire complained.
"Hey, Claire! I got a message from the studio! They're providing us with a copy of the data helicopter!" The cameraman stated.
"What?! Then, what are you waiting for?! I activate it now!" She ordered.
He complied, pressing a button just once to make a helicopter to appear. They rode on and chased after the duelists.
"This duel may be our last duel if this world isn't saved in time," Dark Knight said. "Let's end this for all!"
"Dark Knight…. I don't know why you want the Legendary Codes, but I have my reason to find them all! So, that's why I will protect the one I have, no matter what happens!" Codebreaker shouted.
"Strong word. Let's see if you can," Dark Knight said.
"SPEED DUEL!"
Codebreaker vs. Dark Knight
Codebreaker (4h): 4000 LP
Dark Knight (4h): 4000 LP
"I will go first!" Dark Knight declared. "I set two cards and play the Spell, Heavy Storm!"
"There it is! Dark Knight's starting strategy! Using Heavy Storm to destroy his set cards to get them into his Graveyard, and most likely activate it during your turn, Master Yu!" Rossy analyzed.
"Yeah, most likely! I remember he uses that Phantom Knights Deck, usually using Trap Monsters," Codebreaker thought aloud.
Suddenly, a big debris came toward Codebreaker.
"Master Yu, above you!" Rossy shouted.
Luckily, he dodged it, but a small fragment scratched his cheek, giving a red, glitchy data, but quickly healed.
"Don't try to get hit, Codebreaker," Dark Knight said. "Even if a small piece of the debris hit you in the wrong spot, it can hurt you heavily in the real world. Even it may cause you to die."
"Thanks for the warning," he replied.
"With Heavy Storm, all Spells and Traps on the field are destroyed!" A giant whirlwind destroyed his two set cards. "I end my turn."
"My turn! I draw!" Codebreaker drew his card, adding a total of five cards in his hand. "I know what you're up to, Dark Knight!"
"Really? You think I would do something same as in our last duel?" Dark Knight asked.
"I'm more aware of what kind of deck you use, and I made some preparations for it!" Codebreaker replied. "First, I Normal Summon C# Download Knight!"
His staple C# monster appeared. "Then, I use its effect to Special Summon another C# monster from my Graveyard or Deck! I choose one from my Deck, and that is C# Webkumo!"
"Now, I input the code to the circuit of hope!" A Link Square appeared in front of him. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is two C# Effect monsters! I set my C# Webkumo, using its effect to treat itself as two Link Materials this turn!" The spider split into two before both turned into blue twisters, absorbing into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! C# Deleter!" The new Link Monster was a recycle bin with two glowing, angry red eyes just barely showing under the lid. The arms and legs were made up of glitchy, static chunks of data.
C# Deleter-Link 2, DARK, Cyberse/Link/Effect, 700 ATK, Link Arrow: Left, Bottom-Left
"I activate C# Deleter's effect! Once per turn, I can Tribute a C# Monster it points to and when it does, I can banish a number of Spell or Trap Cards in either player's Graveyard equals to that monster's Level!"
Dark Knight watched silently as the turn was unfolding. "I release my C# Download Knight to banish up to four cards, just more than enough to banish whatever Spell or Traps you have in your Graveyard!"
"Then, before that, I will activate it now! Trap Card, The Phantom Knights of Busted Armor!"
The said card revealed a black armor with a bunch of spears and swords piercing through it. "When my opponent activates a card effect that banishes this card from my Graveyard, it is Special Summoned as an Effect monster instead!" The same armor depicted in the card animated and appeared on the field.
The Phantom Knights of Busted Armor-Level 4, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 500 ATK, 500 DEF.
"Then, I will just banish your other card then!" His second banished from his Graveyard.
"Even with just one monster, that won't stop me! I then play the Spell Card, Monster Reborn!" The classic Spell Card showed up. "With this, I can Special Summon a monster from either player's Graveyard! I resurrect C# Download Knight and use its effect to bring back C# Webkumo!"
The two C# monsters returned from the grave.
"Battle! I declare C# Deleter to attack your Busted Armor! Delete Stream!" The Link Monster opened its trash lid, releasing a stream of buggy data at Busted Armor. It overwhelmed it until it turned into sparkles as Dark Knight covered himself.
"Now, I declare a direct attack with both my monsters! Go, Download Knight and Webkumo! Download Web Slash!"
Webkumo shot a venomous web while C# Download released a beam of sword slash at Dark Knight. He stood strongly but wobbled a bit as he got hit.
Dark Knight (1h): 4000 – 1600 – 600 = 1800 LP
"Great job, Master Yu! You've taken down half of his Life Points!" Rossy cheered.
"I set a card and end my turn here!" Codebreaker wrapped up.
Codebreaker (2h): 4000 LP
"Not bad, Codebreaker. You actually learned from our last duel. If only you can use that kind of mentality to get better in classes," Dark Knight commented.
"Classes? Why did Dark Knight mention about classes?" Rossy thought.
"My turn! I draw!" He began.
Dark Knight (2h): 1800 LP
"At this point, I activate the effect of The Phantom Knights of Banished Sword!" Suddenly, a sword with dark purple handle and two blue wisps floating around it appeared on his side of the field. "When this card is banished from my GY from the last turn by a card effect, I can Special Summon it as an Effect Monster!"
The Phantom Knights of Banished Sword – Level 4, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 1000 ATK, 0 DEF.
"Wait!? Is that the card I banished?!" Codebreaker questioned.
"That's correct, Codebreaker. It is the very card you banished due to C# Deleter's effect!" Dark Knight answered. "I knew you would have some kind of preparations against my Phantom Knights Deck, but even so, I prepared something for it, too, so I can counter your scheme!"
"He prepared a counter-strategy for Codebreaker's strategy against him," Claire said.
"And that is not all! I activate Banished Sword's second effect! When this card is summoned by its effect, I can draw one card and if it is a Phantom Knights Trap Card, I can immediately set it and activate it during this turn, if I want to!" He explained.
"During the same turn?!" Codebreaker flabbergasted.
"I draw!" He drew. "…. Lucky for me. The card I drew is indeed a Phantom Knights Trap Card! I set it and activate it now! The Phantom Knights of Cursed Pot!"
The card revealed to be a jar with saddened face while the other half showed the typical face of Pot of Greed while two blue wisps floating around it.
"If I control at least one Phantom Knights monster on the field while my opponent controls more monsters, then I can draw a card equal to the difference! You control three cards while I control only one, so I draw two more!" Two cards added to his hand. "Then, by sending one card from my hand, I can Special Summon my Phantom Mist Whisper from my hand!"
The new monster was a light purplish ghostly figure with glowing blue eyes.
Phantom Mist Whisper-Level 1, DARK, Fiend/Effect, 0 ATK, 0 DEF.
"I then activate Phantom Mist Sleeper's effectfrom my Graveyard!" He continued on. "If I control another Phantom monster on my side of the field, it can be Special Summoned from my Graveyard with its ATK reduced to zero!"
A giant monster that looked like a crossbreed of Frankenstein's monster and a hunchback appeared. Its skin was green while eyes glowed in red without a pupil. It revealed only two teeth on the bottom jaw, with one that had a hole in it. It wore a shaggy cloth, with a giant hunchback that couldn't be covered even by his own clothes. His facial expression looked sleepy.
Phantom Mist Sleeper-Level 7, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 2500 ATK, 1500 DEF.
"He has three monsters on his field, but none of them have an equal Level!" Codebreaker pointed out.
"What? Did you expect me to summon my dragon, Codebreaker?" Codebreaker's eyes reacted to his word. "Not yet, I would say that much. Instead, I open the circuit to the misty world of shadows!"
The Link Square appeared in the sky just above him. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is at least two DARK monsters! I set my Phantom Knights of Banish Sword, Phantom Mist Whisper, and Phantom Mist Sleeper in the link markers!"
The three monsters turned into three dark purple twisters, sucking into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Rise to avenge the fallen! Link 3! The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche!" A headless, armored warrior with a black ax and blue flames burning on some parts of its armor, as its shoulders and abdomen area appeared.
"Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche's effect activates! During my Main Phase, I can send one The Phantom Knights card from my Deck to my Graveyard to Set one The Phantom Knights Spell or Trap Card from my Deck! I send my The Phantom Knights of Cursed Robe from my Deck to my Graveyard and then set a different Phantom Knights card to my side of the field!" He sent one, and then set another to his field.
"That card has an effect to negate a monster's attack while it is in the Graveyard!" Rossy remembered. "Be careful, Master Yu!"
"No worry, Rossy! With C# Deleter, I can banish it in my next turn!" Codebreaker said confidently.
"If that monster is alive in next turn, that is!" Dark Knight stated. "Battle! I declare my Rusty Bardiche to attack your C# Deleter! Phantom Slice!"
The monster's choice of weapon burned into blue flames as it slashed C# Deleter.
"Not so fast! I activate my Trap Card, C# Alert Firewall! When this card is activated, I can pay half of my Life Points to either take no Battle Damage this turn or negate the destruction of all C# monsters I control! I choose the latter!" Codebreaker decided.
"But you will stay take damage!" Dark Knight pointed out as his monster slashed, but not destroyed C# Deleter.
Codebreaker (2h): 4000 / 2 = 2000 – 1400 = 600
"I end my turn here," Dark Knight said, ending his turn.
Dark Knight (2h): 1800 LP
"Codebreaker may have lost more than half of his Life Points, with only less than 1000 points left, but having his monster be destroyed by Dark Knight is a much worse outcome if he let it happen!" Claire remarked.
"My turn! I draw!" Codebreaker drew his card.
Codebreaker (3h): 600 LP
"I am going to use my C# Deleter's effect to banish your..!"
"Do you really want to do that, Codebreaker?" Dark Knight interrupted.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Codebreaker asked.
"Use your brain," he said. "You can use C# Deleter's effect to release a C# monster it points to banish my Spell and Trap cards in the Graveyard, including the Cursed Robe, which I have right now in my Graveyard. However, is that really what you want?"
Codebreaker thought to a moment, but then shrugged off the thought. "Your mind trick won't work on me! I will do what I believe is the right thing! I activate C# Deleter's effect! Once per turn, I release a C# monster it points to banish a number of cards in your GY equals to the released monster's Level! I release my C# Download Knight to banish four cards in your Graveyard!"
"Now I activate my Set card! The Phantom Knights of Cursed Chain!" Suddenly, black chains popped out of the card, trapping C# Deleter.
"What the!?" Codebreaker gasped.
"When my opponent activates a card effect that affects my Graveyard, then that effect is negated, and you cannot activate its effect as long as this card is on the field! Plus, if it is a Link Monster, it cannot be used for Link Material!" Dark Knight stated.
"No way! I got tricked!" Codebreaker exclaimed.
"I warned you," Dark Knight said. "However, you don't listen. Something of your bad trait, even in your personal life."
"Why does Dark Knight know about Master Yu's bad trait of not listening to others? He seems to know Master Yu very well about his personal life," Rossy thought.
"But I can still use my other monsters for Link Material! Come, out, circuit!" The Link Square appeared. "The summoning condition is two C# monsters. I set my C# Download Knight and Webkumo in the link markers!"
The two monsters turned into blue twisters, shooting into the arrows. "Link Summon! Link 2! C# Hack Wizard!"
The young male hacker spellcaster appeared with his laptop. "I activate C# Hack Wizard's effect! If this card is Co-Linked with another C# Link Monster, I can either increase that monster's ATK equal to its ATK or increase Wizard's ATK by the Co-Linked Monster's ATK, until the end of this turn! I choose the latter, making my Hack Wizard stronger!"
Hack Wizard typed stuff on his laptop, giving himself a green aura around his body as his ATK increased to 2500.
"Then, I Special Summon C# USBee from my hand!" The new monster looked a USB stick hybrid of a bee. The USB mouth replaced the stinger while two beady black eyes attached at the other end, with antennas.
C# USBee-Level 2, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 500 ATK, 500 DEF.
"USBee can be Special Summoned from my hand next to my Link Monster's Link and when it does, it gives that monster an ATK boost of 500 points!"
USBee stung on the back of Hack Wizard, giving it a boost of power.
"C# Hack Wizard's ATK is now at 3000! This will be enough to destroy that Dark Knight's Link Monster!" Claire claimed.
"I set a card and declare to battle! I declare C# USBee to attack your Rusty Bardiche!" The Cyberse bee shaped of USB stick detach from Hack Wizard, and buzzed as it flew toward the rusty armored monster.
"Wait!? What are you doing, Codebreaker? Stop!" Claire warned.
"You're forcing me to activate my Cursed Robe's effect? Very daring. Then I shall respond! I activate Cursed Robe's effect from my Graveyard!" Dark Knight declared. "When my opponent's monster declares an attack, I can negate that attack, end this Battle Phase, and Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster!"
The animated spirit robe appeared, blocking C# USBee's attack.
"I end my turn," Codebreaker said.
Codebreaker (2h): 600 LP
"My turn! I draw!" Dark Knight drew his card.
Dark Knight (3h): 1800 LP
"Why did you try attacking my monster when it has a higher ATK than your monster?" Dark Knight questioned him,
"Because I know that now you can summon that monster, and I've made preparation for it," Codebreaker admitted with a grin.
"Hmph. I see. You're much smarter and more daring. Very well then. I shall grant your wish if that is your final!" Dark Knight stated. "I activate Phantom Knights Cursed Robe's second effect! This monster can be treated as two Xyz Materials! I build the Overlay Network!"
Cursed Robe ripped into two purple energies, shooting into the galaxy portal.
"When hope disappears into darkness, despair takes over. The mist of the dead will cover the lands, and let no light pass through. No matter how much you try to rebel it, you cannot escape from this beast's sight! Xyz Summon! Rise Rank 4! Phantom Mist Purple Dragon!"
His ace dragon finally appeared as it roared out of the mist, revealing its form this time at the start with a mighty roar.
"There it is! Your ace monster, Phantom Mist Purple Dragon!" Codebreaker exclaimed as the dragon sneered at the opponent.
"I activate The Phantom Knights Rusty Bardiche's effect! If a DARK Xyz Monster is Special Summoned to a zone this card points to while this card is on the field, except during the Damage Step, I can target one card on the field to destroy it! I choose your C# Hack Wizard!"
Rusty Bardiche slashed C# Hack Wizard in half, turning into sparkles.
"Now, I activate my Trap Card! C# Emergency Recovery!" The said card showed Backup Secretary running a backup system that was resurrecting C# Download Knight. "When a C# monster I control is destroyed by my opponent's card effect, I can Special Summon it immediately!"
"Even so, it was futile since my dragon can destroy your C# USBee, which would be enough to deplete your Life Points! Go, Phantom Mist Purple Dragon, attack his USBee with Phantom Mist Raid!"
His dragon disappeared into the mist it created. Then the mist loomed over C# USBee, with glowing red eyes in the mist before the dragon appeared and snatched USBee as it made crunching sound.
"Not so fast! I activate Kuricipher's effect on my hand! When I would take damage from battle or card effect, by revealing this card from my hand, I don't take any damage this turn!" His Cyberse Kuriboh appeared briefly, creating a barrier as it protected its master.
"Tch! Fine, then I attack your C# Deleter! Phantom Slash!" His Phantom Knights Link Monster sliced the Cyberse Link in half, but the attack didn't even make a scratch to Codebreaker's Life Points.
"Before I end my turn, I activate Phantom Mist Purple Dragon's effect. I detach one overlay unit to target your C# Hack Wizard to negate its effect! Phantom Mist Curse!" One of the floating purple comets absorbed into the dragon, making it breathe out a purple, toxic mist over Hack Wizard.
Wizard coughed in sickness as his body turned gray.
"I end my turn," Dark Knight said. He slowed down D-Board to hover next to Codebreaker. "Codebreaker, I admit that I am a little bit impressed with how much you improved from our last duel. You really thought out how you could counter against my Deck."
Codebreaker grinned. "I don't know if I should take that as a compliment or not, but thanks! Since our duel, I trained myself, even during my lunch break at school, so that someday if I meet you again and duel you, I will be ready."
"I see… That explains a lot," Dark Knight said as if he was just mumbling to himself for a moment.
"Dark Knight…," Rossy spoke up, catching the duelist's attention. "I've been watching you for some time, and I ponder to myself."
"Pondering about what?" He questioned.
"About your identity. Ever since we met, I've been studying you, gathering as much data as possible from you, but there was so little thing about you except for couples of eyewitnesses, even ones that dating back to almost 10 years ago."
"10 years?" Codebreaker repeated.
"I don't have quite enough data to prove my theory, but I come to conclude that your real identity is someone that Master Yu knows of!" Rossy revealed.
"Woah! Really? Dark Knight is someone I actually know of?! Are you sure, Rossy?" He asked.
"Oh my! Did you hear that folks? Apparently, the talking AI in Codebreaker's duel disk has found out about Dark Knight's identity!" Claire announced.
"I've come to the conclusion that you must be one of the faculty members who go to Master Yu's school!" Rossy stated.
"What!? Seriously!?" Codebreaker asked overdramatically.
"So, you're saying that I am a faculty member who goes to Codebreaker's school? Are you suggesting my identity is his teacher?" Dark Knight asked, sounding a bit amused and interested.
"As I said, I don't have quite the evidence to prove my theory, but through this duel, you made two mentions; First is that you mentioned about Master Yu's learning ability in his classes. You made comment about how Master Yu is a good learner in the school but doesn't use that the same mentality in his classes he goes to. Second is that you commented on how he doesn't listen to other's advice, even a warning. This indicates that you know how he behaves, so in another word, you must be someone who's relatively part of my master's real-life social relationship. I conclude that you must be one of the faculty members, possibly one of my master's teachers!" Rossy declared.
There was a moment of silence until Dark Knight laughed aloud.
"Ummm, what's so funny?" Codebreaker asked.
"Foolish AI!" Dark Knight stated. "That's a very nice theory, but it is incorrect!"
"Wait, so Rossy is wrong?" Codebreaker questioned.
"That's what I am saying," he replied. "But you are wrong! I only know what Codebreaker does in school and how he behaves because I researched him through the web. There are many ways to find out other people's lives with the technology we have today."
Suddenly, everything just stopped. The debris stopped moving in midair, the data winds, and everything else, too.
"What's going on?! Why everything just stopped…moving?!" Claire flabbergasted.
"It's Dr. Kogami!" Rossy pointed to the giant hologram of a man in a white lab coat.
"Woah! It's a giant dude!" Codebreaker shouted.
"The creator of the Ignis, Doctor Kogami!" Dark Knight exclaimed.
"Ryoken, this is my last strength to give you all my hope. Use it well, and move forward, my son!" The hologram of Dr. Kogami soon disappeared, and then everything started moving again.
Suddenly, Codebreaker noticed a piece of junk was hurling in Dark Knight's way.
"Hey, watch out!" He shouted.
Dark Knight noticed and saw the piece of junk, but he was too late to react. The junk hit over the side of his mask, cracking it into pieces as it revealed his half-revealed face.
"Hey, are you all….Oh my Kuriboh!? It's been you all this time!?" Codebreaker gasped.
"What!? But…. how!?" Rossy exclaimed.
The half-broken mask revealed a blond-colored eye and bit of blond hair.
"It can't be…How is it that's you!? No way….I just can't believe it!" Codebreaker said.
"Master Yu, stay focus! We're still in the middle of the duel!" Rossy reasoned with him.
"Um, right!" Codebreaker continued. "I draw!"
He drew his card. "Master Yu, I sensed a powerful data storm near the core of the tower! If you use your skill, Storm Access, you can summon a powerful new Link Monster to win this duel!"
"You're right, Rossy! I'm going in!" Codebreaker declared as he ran near to the core.
"Wait! Don't do it! It's too risky even for you!" Dark Knight warned as his voice sounded very glitchy.
"Skill Activate! When my Life Points is 1000 or lower, I can draw a random Link Monster from the Data Storm!" Codebreaker reached into the Data Storm, but it was so powerful that he got recoil from it.
"Yikes!" He got zapped.
"Master Yu, it's too powerful! Maybe we should just retreat and find another way to win," Rossy suggested.
"No, Rossy!" He shouted, surprising her. "I know in my heart and guts that this is the only way to win the duel! We got to keep trying until I succeed!"
"Master Yu…. I've known you for a long time since you were a young boy. It looks like my time has come…" Rossy said as a pink light glowed from the duel disk.
"What?" Codebreaker said as something coming out of the duel disk's screen. Out of it came a pink figure with ponytail-like shape attached to the hair, like a hair. Two yellow eyes appeared on the "face", and red marking that makes up a heart appeared on the chest.
"Rossy?!" Codebreaker said as he looked surprised at his AI's true form. "You look like…like…Ai!"
"That's because I am like Ai, Master Yu. I am Ignis, too!" Rossy admitted.
"What?!" He gasped.
"Hold on! I will make a barrier for you to get you the new Link Monster!" She stated as she turned into a barrier.
"Rossy! ….OK then. Let's do this thing!" Codebreaker exclaimed as he just jumped into the data storm.
"So that Ignis finally revealed its true form," Dark Knight said.
Codebreaker flew inside the Data Storm. The winds inside the storm were very powerful, but thanks to Rossy acting as the barrier, it protected him.
"Quickly, Master Yu! I am not sure how long I can hold on!" Rossy stated.
"Storm Access!" He shouted as a light glowed in the palm of his hand, reaching out to gather the data for the new Link Monster.
Random shadows of monsters flew around inside the powerful Data Storm. However, one shadow looked like a human being, with a feminine-shape of a body. Codebreaker roared as more data gathered into his palm until it was completed and turned into a complete card.
Codebreaker quickly got out of the storm safely.
"He survived!" Claire cheered.
"The Skill was successful. Good, now…I can….rest….eassssssiii…." Rossy suddenly disappeared from the duel disk.
"Rossy? Rossy! Rossy!" Codebreaker yelled. "Rossy…."
"The Data Storm was too powerful for it to handle," Dark Knight though.
"Rossy….Thank you," Codebreaker whispered as he then turned back to his opponent. "Now, it's time for the end game! First, I summon C# Copier!"
A copy machine with two beady eyes and bionic arms and stubby bionic legs appeared. Its body was mainly white with blue lining.
C# Copier-Level 3, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 600 ATK, 1200 DEF.
"I activate C# Copier's effect! By banishing one C# monster in my Graveyard, Copier can copy that monster's effect until the end of this turn! I copy my C# Webkumo's effect!" Copier made a copy of Webkumo, turning into a complete replica of that monster.
"Now, I input the code to the circuit of hope!" He declared, causing the Link Square to appear in front of him. "The summoning condition is four Effect Monsters! I set my Link 2 C# Hack Wizard and Copier using the copied effect of Webkumo to treat itself as two Link Materials in the Link Markers!"
Both monsters split into four blue twisters, sucking into the arrows. "Link Summon! Appear! Link 4! Cyber Magician Girl!"
His ace magician appeared on the field as she winked.
"Codebreaker has Link Summoned his ace monster, but even so, how he would defeat Dark Knight's two monsters?" Claire questioned.
"Unless…!" Dark Knight realized it.
"Now, I re-input the code to the circuit once more!" The Link Square reappeared. "The summoning condition is at least 3 Effect monsters! I set my Cyber Magician Girl in the Link Markers!"
His ace monster split into four clones, one red, one blue, one yellow, and one green. They all absorbed into the arrows on the circuit, making it brighter.
"Link Summon! Come out, my new Link Monster! Link 4! Cyber Dancer Magician Girl!" A strong gust of wind blew all over the field when a brand-new form of Cyber Magician Girl appeared.
This one wore a belly dancer outfit, which consisted of a green bikini, green harem pants, green face veil, and gold jewelry. Her eyes were now yellow as bright as the sun, and long purple hair a in ponytail stem stalk. She also had a light-green veil that she holds with her hands that goes behind her head.
Cyber Dancer Magician Girl-Link 4, WIND, Spellcaster/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Top-Left, Top-Right, Bottom.
"So that is your new evolved form of Cyber Magician Girl, huh?" Dark Knight said.
"That's right!" Codebreaker responded. "And it will be the one to defeat you and your monsters! I activate her effect! Once per turn, with the power of wind, she can destroy one monster in the zone that she points to! Currently, one of her arrows is pointing to your monster, your Phantom Mist Purple Dragon!"
"Futile! I activate my dragon's effect!" Dark Knight interrupted. "By detaching one overlay unit, I can negate the effect of a monster's effect, and if that monster is in the Extra Monster Zone, my dragon gains that monster's original ATK until the end of the turn!"
"That won't work at all!" Codebreaker countered. "Cyber Dancer Magician Girl has another effect! If she is Link Summoned by using just a Cyber Magician Girl monster as the only Link Material, then her effect cannot be negated by other card effect and I can destroy an additional monster on the field as well!"
"What?" Dark Knight looked surprised.
"Now, Cyber Dancer Magician Girl! Use your Whirlwind Dance!" His new ace magician began dancing as the music started playing. The background music sounded very Arabic, something from the Middle East as her dance was also magically alluring.
Suddenly, her dance caused a powerful whirlwind to appear as it howled at the two monsters. The dragon and the armored ghost roared in unknown pain before they both shattered.
"My monsters!" Dark Knight cried.
"With your monster out of the picture, you're wide opened for an attack and you only have Life Points less than my magician's ATK! Go, Cyber Dancer Magician Girl, attack Dark Knight directly!"
However, just before his monster attacked, an explosion occurred just above them, and the impact reached them, causing both duelists (including Claire and her cameraman) to lose balance, and fall off.
"Aaaaaaahhh!" Codebreaker screamed as he got log-out forcefully.
"Kyaaaaahhh!" Dark Knight screamed as he was also log-out.
"What the fuc….!" Before she cursed out, Claire and the cameraman were also forced log-out, too.
Back in the real world, Yu woke up. "No!" He shouted as he looked around, breathing fast. He soon calmed down a bit, realizing that he was back in his basement room.
He soon got out of the room and headed outside on his bike, heading somewhere.
"I still can't believe what I had happened! I still can't take it to be real, but…. I got to find out! I got to know the truth! I now know where Dark Knight is, and who he really is or rather…. who she really is."
New Cards Cheat Sheet
C# Deleter-Link 2, DARK, Cyberse/Link/Effect, 700 ATK, Link Arrow: Left, Bottom-Left. Effect: 2 C# Monsters. Once per turn, you can Tribute one C# monster in the zone this card points to, then banish a number of Spell and Trap Cards in your opponent's Graveyard equals to that monster's Level.
The Phantom Knights of Busted Armor-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If this card is in the Graveyard while your opponent activates a card effect that affects your Graveyard, then Special Summon it as an Effect Monster (Level 4, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 500 ATK, 500 DEF.)
The Phantom Knights of Banished Sword –Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If this card was banished from the last turn by a card effect, you can Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Level 4, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 1000 ATK, 0 DEF.)
The Phantom Knights of Cursed Pot-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If you control at least one Phantom monster and your opponent controls more monster than you, draw a number of cards equal to the difference.
Phantom Mist Whisper-Level 1, DARK, Fiend/Effect, 0 ATK, 0 DEF. Effect: You can discard one card to Special Summon this card from your hand.
Phantom Mist Sleeper-Level 7, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 2500 ATK, 1500 DEF. Effect: If this card was sent from your Graveyard and you control a Phantom monster, you can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard with its ATK reduced to zero.
The Phantom Knights of Cursed Chain-Type: Continuous Trap, Effect: When your opponent activates a card effect, negate that effect and that card cannot activate its effect. If it is a Link Monster, then it cannot be used as Link Material.
C# USBee-Level 2, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 500 ATK, 500 DEF. Effect: You can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard or hand if you control a Link Monster on the field; place this card face-up next to its Link. When you do, the Link Monster gains 500 ATK as long as this card is next to its Link.
C# Emergency Recovery-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: When C# monster you control is destroyed by battle, Special Summon it immediately. When that same monster is destroyed again, it is banished instead.
C# Copier-Level 3, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 600 ATK, 1200 DEF. Effect: You can banish 1 C# monster in your Graveyard, then this card gains that banished monster's effect until the end of this turn. You can only use this 1 card name's effect once per turn.
Cyber Dancer Magician Girl-Link 4, WIND, Spellcaster/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Top-Left, Top-Right, Bottom. Effect: 3+ Effect Monster, including one WIND monster. This card can be Link Summoned if you use a monster with "Cyber Magician Girl" in their name as Link Material. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can destroy one monster in the zone this card points to. If this card is Link Summoned by just using "Cyber Magician Girl" monster as the only Link Material, then this card's effects cannot be negated by another card effect and you can destroy one additional monster on the field in any zones.
Hello guys! The new chapter is done, and so fast too! I am just in a very good mood to write this story because we're so close to the finale of season 1! I know that two stories I am reading, one of them is written by my friend, OPFan37, completed season 1 and started season 2. We are in the end game now guys!
This chapter introduces a big reveal! Who do you think is Dark Knight? I really like to hear what your thought about it and make up any theory you have.
I worked on this chapter even when I was sick and taking care of my mother due to her knee pain she had since last month, but she is recovering and we met the doctor today, and told us that it is normal, and the pain is just as it is. She did slip once after taking a bath after she took her X-Ray, but the pain relief is healing her, which is a good sign, so hopefully she gets better in few more weeks.
I will work on the next chapter as I am still in the good mood (but hopefully not get procrastinated because I have also been playing Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and I LOVE that game now! It is officially my favorite game on the Nintendo Switch, and it is the best game in the entire Smash series!)
See you guys soon.
Preview for Chapter 45
After the confrontation in the LINK VRAINS, Yu goes and meet the real Dark Knight in the real world. Once he meets the person who he now knows who it is, the truth is learned and secret is revealed!
Yu: Why?! Just tell me why you did all of this?! Why have you been lying to us for all these years!?
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Code of Secrets, Identity!
Playmaker & Codebreaker: Into the VRAINS!