Chapter 45
Identity
Codebreaker rode his bicycle all the way down across Den City to the downtown area. He was riding quickly, but noticed around that he was in the old area of the city.
The buildings were modern or high-tech like he would usually see since he hadn't come to this area before.
"If I am right, her address should be somewhere…here!" He stopped at an old pink house. It had white fence and cut-clean lawn, with different f lowers in the flower pots.
He opened the fence gate, and entered the property, walking up the stairs to the door.
He pressed the doorbells few times, and even knocked the door. "Hey, are you home? Is anyone home? Hello?"
He looked through the window, but couldn't see a thing. Then, he tried the doorknobs, and the door silently opened.
Without hesitation, he went inside the house. It was quiet, too quiet.
He saw the clean-living room with an old television set connected to a digital TV cable, and there was an old, traditional fire chamber connecting to the chimney, and even saw a radio box on the table.
"Woah! I never knew someone actually still uses radio box nowadays," Yu said, looking around. "But where is everybody?"
He checked the kitchen, which was clean and spotless. He noticed the dishes placed neatly in the drawers, and few dishes in the sink, indicating that somebody was using the sink, but he also noticed something else. For a big house, it looked like a family could live here, but the strangest part is nobody here, except for him and no sign of her, just as he thought.
Then, he heard a booming noise.
"Hello? Is somebody here?" He questioned aloud.
Suddenly, through the small dog-door on the kitchen door, a tiny little robot entered the kitchen.
"Greeting." The tiny robot said to him.
"Oh, um, hello. Do you know if I can find her? I want to meet her now," Yu demanded.
"Right this way. Follow me please," the robot said as it turned around, and led Yu to somewhere.
He followed the tiny robot at the same speed. The robot and he walked through the long hallway. As he did, he noticed different pictures on each wall. It showed of a man, woman, and little girl with pink bows. It showed their life together. One showed her birth, another showed her first-time walking, her playing with her parents at a park, her ascension to her kindergarten, an award ceremony at some kind of piano contest (he did notice that there was a piano in the living room), and others.
The robot led him to a door at the end.
"Please open the door, and walk upstairs," the robot said as it then turned around and left him.
He turned to the door and opened it. The robot was right. There was a stairway, leading only to upstairs.
He went upstairs, which led to the attics and saw a ladder. He went up the ladder, leading him to the roof and saw her standing and watching the sunset, and the city as this house was built on the hillside.
"Hey…Emoti-chan." Yu called out to her. "I want to talk with you."
"Hello, Yu." She said, but turning around to look at him. "I expected you to come here. Did you come all the way from Tom's mansion on that old bicycle? I saw you coming up the hill. It was probably very tiring since you have to put little more effort if you are riding on an old bicycle without a help of AI."
"Emoti-chan, I…I want to know the truth." He stepped forward with one step. "Are you really Dark Knight?" He stepped one more. "Have you always been like watching me?" He stepped one more again. "Why are you doing this?" He stepped more. "What's for? Have you been…lying to us?"
She sighed and turned around to face him, with much serious expression, not looking like her usual self. "I never have lied to you, Yu or Tom or anyone. You just didn't know or notice it until now."
"Please, Emoti-chan, explain yourself! Are you really Dark Knight?" He questioned.
"Yes, I am," she answered.
"Then, why? Why did you do all of this? I mean…I…I'm just so confused. Just…. who are you really, Emoti-chan? I don't even know you anymore!" Yu said panickily.
"You don't know anything about me, Yu!" She shouted, making him gulp and stop.
"You don't know anything about me, Yu," she said softly. "I've been Dark Knight since a long time ago. I have lived this double life for a very long time."
"But, why? Why haven't you told me about this? Aren't we friend?" Yu asked.
"Oh, Yu. Let me tell you a story, a story that is part of your life and how fate can be so cruel and strange," she said. "You see, have you noticed the photos in the house?"
"Um, yeah. About the ones with the little girl, the man, and the woman? I assume that they are, well, you and your parents, right?" He asked.
"That's right," she nodded. "They are my parents. Well, they were my parents. When you saw them in the photos, do you remember them at all?" She questioned.
"No…Why do you ask?" He questioned back.
"You've seen them before, but I guess the shock you got when your father…passed away, you probably forgotten about them," she remarked. "They used to work for your dad, Yu. They were programmers and researchers, like your father and they also worked on part of the Hanoi Project."
"What? No way!" He gasped.
"For you see, Yu… Oh, I just noticed I've been calling by your first name. Well…. Morse, you see, my parents were the greatest people I know, and I loved them very much. However, since the whole thing that happened with the Hanoi Project, the Lost Incident, and the passing of your father, my parents became depressed. I remembered very well during that one night, when my mother was crying in the sofa chair."
- Flashback –
"I can't believe it, dear! I can't believe it to what happened to those children and Mr. Akira!" The mother cried.
"Easy, Jonah! There is not our fault! We only worked on the prototype phase! It is all Dr. Kogami and his team's fault!" The father tried to reason with her.
Young Emoti-chan listened secretly to her parents' conversation.
"But, dear! Whenever I look at our little girl, my mind just reminds me about the incidents and I…I…I just can't take it anymore!" She cried more.
"Quit crying! I know it's hard! It hurts me, too, but we must forget about it all!" The father yelled.
Because of what I heard from my parents, I thought that they were arguing because of me. So, I ran away that night. Soon, my parents noticed that I went missing, and they went to look for me. The next thing I knew, they got into an accident and I became alone.
- Flashback Ends –
"And you know the rest of the story. I met you and Tom, and we became friend, but that was the day when I decided for myself to avenge my parents' death, and make this world a better place," she said.
"A better place? You mean you want to use the Legendary Codes to do that," he said.
"That's right. For you see, Morse, LINK VRAINS is supposed to be a world to unite people, duelists and non-duelists alike, but it became a network world of greed, corruption, lies, and simpleton who wants to make others feel bad or suffer. I'll use the Legendary Codes to make a better LINK VRAINS, one where everyone doesn't have to suffer and be true to to each other, both in the network world and in the real world. And the first thing I will do when I get all the Legendary Codes is to destroy anyone who opposes me, even if it means you!" She proclaimed.
"Emoti-chan…. I really don't want to believe what you are saying right now or everything that's happening now, but I know that this is reality and I know it hurts, but I must face it," he claimed. "But one thing I know is that I cannot allow you to do something that would hurt other people! I won't let you get away with things, even if it means I have to fight you!"
Emoti-chan smirked and said, "As I expected you would say that. You always look on the bright side. At least you're an honest, good person, Morse. The most honest person I've ever met, and I…sort of like you because of that. But I won't let my emotion for you to get in my way. Let's go back into LINK VRAINS and continue our business there!"
They both got their duel disk. Yu was using an older model of duel disk he still have, activating it.
"Into the VRAINS!" They shouted as the light consumed.
They entered the crumbling, decaying state of LINK VRAINS. Yu as Codebreaker and Emoti-chan as Dark Knight stood on the top of Den Tower, the tallest building in the entire city.
"This is Den Tower!" Codebreaker looked around as he saw the Tower of Hanoi almost at completion.
"The Tower is about 95% complete. Once the last ring is completed, the tower will activate, and this world will be gone for good. Like before, if I win the duel, I will take the Legendary Code that you found, and finish where you left off," Dark Knight said.
"Not if I win the duel!" He responded. "Let's continue where we left off, Dark Knight or…rather Emoti-chan!"
"In this world, just refer to me as Dark Knight as I will refer to you as Codebreaker, Codebreaker. Let's begin our real final duel!" Dark Knight declared.
"DUEL!"
Codebreaker vs. Dark Knight
Codebreaker (5h): 4000 LP
Dark Knight (5h): 4000 LP
"I set all five cards, and end my turn," Dark Knight said.
"What!? You set your entire hand?!" Codebreaker questioned dramatically.
"You'll see why," Dark Knight replied, sounding both serious and intimidating.
"Well then, it's my turn. I draw!" Codebreaker drew his card.
Codebreaker (6h): 4000
"First, I Normal Summon C# Data Miner!" The gnome Cyberse was ready with its pixel ax. "When Data Miner is Normal Summoned, I can draw one card. I draw!"
"I input the code to the circuit of hope!" He shot an electrical energy into the sky, opening a Link Square. "The summoning condition is one Level 2 or lower Cyberse monster! I set my C# Data Miner in the Link Marker!"
His monster turned into a single blue arrow, shooting into the bottom arrow. "Link Summon! Appear, Link 1 C# Link Sorceress!" A sorcerer of the C# tribe appeared majestically. "I activate her effect! When she is Link Summoned successfully, I can Special Summon one 1 C# Monster from my Graveyard to the zone that she points to. I bring back my C# Data Miner from the grave!"
The gnome Cyberse returned from the dead. "Now, C# Data Miner's second effect activates! When he is Special Summoned, I get to draw two cards!"
"Next, I Special Summon C# PSUninator!" The terminator with a bulky body like a power supply was summoned. "This monster can be Special Summoned if I drew this card other than through a normal Draw Phase.
"Now, I re-input the code!" The Link Square appeared for the second time. "The summoning condition is two C# monsters! I set my Link 1 C# Link Sorceress and Data Miner in the Link Markers!"
The two C# monsters transformed into two blue twisters, absorbing into the arrows. "Link Summon! Link 2! C# Stream Dragon!" His staple Link 2 monster appeared as it roared for battles. "Next I Special Summon C# Memory from my hand!"
A stick figure made up of RAM sticks appeared, with glowing yellow eyes and body just made up of RAM stick stuck together.
"This monster can be Special Summoned next to a Link Monster's Link," he explained.
C# Memory-Level 3, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 800 ATK, 0 DEF.
"Now, C# Stream Dragon's effect activates! Once per turn, it can inflict 400 points of damage for every C# monster it points to! It is pointing to C# PSUninator and Memory, so 800 points of damage is dealt to your Life Points! Stream Blast!"
The dragon shot a ray of streaming power over Dark Knight, causing her to feel a sting.
Dark Knight (0h): 4000 – 800 = 3200 LP
'At this rate, I can make all my monsters to attack her directly to win this duel now, but those set cards give me a bad feeling! One of them has to be a Trap Card and I don't have any cards to counter it, but I could work around with it for now,' Codebreaker thought.
"What's the matter, Codebreaker? If you dwindle too long, I will declare that you end your turn and make my turn next," Dark Knight stated.
"Hold on! I'm thinking!" Codebreaker replied. "I set two cards and end my turn."
Codebreaker (4h): 4000 LP
"So you decided to not attack me directly," Dark Knight said. "That's smart thing to do and expected for you to act. However, that is your first mistake, Codebreaker and I'll show you why!"
"Uh oh! Did I do something wrong?" Codebreaker questioned worryingly.
Dark Knight (1h): 3200 LP
"During this Draw Phase, I activate my Trap Card, Phantom Mist Draw!" The said card revealed a shadowy figure drawing a card from the deck, creating a blue wisp over his hand when doing it.
"By skipping my Draw Phase, I can draw a number of cards equal to the difference between the number of Phantom monsters I control and the number of monsters that my opponent controls. You control three monsters while I control none, so I can draw three cards, but in exchange for that, I must send three Set cards to my Graveyard!" As she drew three cards instead of one, she sent three Set cards.
'Yup. Those three cards she sent are definitely Phantom Knights cards!' Codebreaker thought as he sweated.
"Then, I discard one card to Special Summon Phantom Mist Whisper from my hand!" The ghostly monster returned from their last duel. "I then activate Phantom Mist Sleeper's effect from my Graveyard! If it is sent from my hand to the Graveyard by a card effect, I can Special Summon it with its ATK reduced to zero!"
The giant hunchback Frankenstein's monster appeared as it groaned, almost shaking the ground itself.
"I activate the effect of Phantom Knights of Shadow Mace from my Graveyard!" It revealed to be a phantom holding a black mace, with the spiky ball burning in blue flames like the owner's body. "If I Special Summoned a Phantom monster while this card is in the Graveyard, I can Special Summon this card as an effect monster. Since I have two cards, I summon them as two monsters!"
Phantom Knights of Shadow Mace-Level 4, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 1000 ATK, 0 DEF.
"Then, I Normal Summon Phantom Mist Hellhound!"
The new monster that was summoned looked a like dog, but undead with red flaming spirit possessing the dog's corpse. It only had one eye socket glowing with yellow light.
Phantom Mist Hellhound-Level 3, DARK, Fiend/Effect, 1200 ATK, 300 DEF.
"Phantom Mist Hellhound's effect! When this monster is Normal Summoned, I can add one copy of itself to my hand from my Deck!" She added the copy to her hand.
"All your Main Monster Zones are filled!" Codebreaker exclaimed.
"Indeed and watch this, Codebreaker! I open the circuit of the shadowy world!" The Link Square appeared in the middle of the field. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is at least 2 DARK monsters! I set my Phantom Mist Sleeper, Whisper, and Hellhound in the Link Markers!"
The three monsters turned into three ghostly wisps in each distinct color. All three wisps sucked into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 3 The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche!" The armored ghost appeared once more, with its flaming blue parts firing up with urge of fighting. "I activate its effect! You remember what it does, don't you, Codebreaker?"
"I know what it is!" He responded, almost childishly like how he would respond to when she as Emoti-chan would ask to him. "During your Main Phase, you can allow to set 1 Phantom Knights Spell or Trap card from your Deck by sending another one to your Graveyard."
"Correct," she nodded. "I send my The Phantom Knights of Cursed Robe from my Deck to Set one Phantom Knights card to my side of the field. Now, I use my two Shadow Maces to construct the Overlay Network!"
The two copies transformed into two purple energies, diving into the spiral galaxy portal of Xyz. "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!"
Her ace dragon roared as it appeared out of the mist, showing its form with two purple orbs going around its body. It was summoned next to Rusty Bardiche's bottom-right arrow.
"I activate my Rusty Bardiche's second effect! When a DARK Xyz monster is Special Summoned in the zone this card points while it is on the field, except during the Damage Step, I can target one card on the field to destroy it! I target your C# PSUninator! Phantom Slash!"
Her Link Monster slashed the C# monster in half, turning into sparkles as it was destroyed.
"I now activate Phantom Mist Purple Dragon's effect! By detaching one overlay unit, I can target one monster you control to have its effect negated and if that monster is in the Extra Monster Zone, Purple Dragon gains that monster's original ATK until the end of this turn! Phantom Possession!"
Her ace dragon absorbed one of the purple comets, and then howled as its body glowed in light-purple aura, which caused C# Stream Dragon to cry in response as its effect grayed out while Purple Dragon's attack increased.
"Battle! I declare my Rusty Bardiche to attack your C# Memory!" First her Link Monster sliced C# Memory into pieces, destroying it before it turned into sparkles.
Codebreaker (4h): 4000 – 1300 = 2700 LP
"Now, Phantom Mist Purple Dragon will attack your C# Stream Dragon! Phantom Mist Raid!" Dark Knight declared as her dragon roared for battle.
It covered itself into the strange mist. The mist covered the entire field until nobody can see anything. That was when they heard a loud screeching sound, and rustling sound of struggles.
"I activate my Trap Card right now! C# Link-Split Backup!" The new Trap Card showed two hard drives connecting to a PC with a monitor that shows C# Stream Dragon being saved to both drives at the same time while hand of Gagaga Girl was shown typing on the keyboard. "If I were to take battle damage involving my C# Link Monster I control, then the damage I take is halved!"
Codebreaker (4h): 2700 – 1250 = 1450 LP
"After the monster is destroyed, I can send that monster to my Extra Deck instead, but the next time it is destroyed, it is banished," Codebreaker explained.
"Hmph. Very well. I end my turn here," she said.
Codebreaker wiped his sweat and said, "Phew! If I didn't activate my Trap Card, I would have lesser Life Points."
"Yes, you survived during my turn, Codebreaker." Dark Knight spoke up. "However, you don't have any monster on the field and only four cards in your hand, it indicate to me that you don't have the right card to turn against the current odd you're facing right now! Not to remind you, but I still have one more Set card on the field, and I have Phantom Knights of Cursed Robe in my Graeyard, which allows me to negate your attack! You're completely tangled in my web, Codebreaker! You have clearly lost this duel already!"
"No way, Dark Knight!" He argued. "If you know me, then you know that I don't give up!"
However, in his mind, he was thinking the exact opposite. 'Although, I am not quite sure of myself. I've always drew the right card and won my duel with Rossy all the time. Now that she is gone, I don't know what to do!'
"I…." Suddenly, he stopped to see his vision getting blurry and his hand was shaking.
'Dang it! I can't even focus on drawing my card! What the hell is wrong with me?! I got to remember what my dad always said to me. If there is a problem, there is always a solution!' He said to himself mindfully.
"Mas….ter…...Yu…." He stopped again when he heard a small voice coming from his duel disk.
"Huh? Is that...you Rossy?" He said to the duel disk.
Suddenly, a small pink glow turned on the duel disk and small pink figure coming out of it. The eyes were blue and the marking on the body was also blue.
"Rossy! You're alive! Thanks to Egyptian Gods!" He praised joyfully. "And have you lost a weight or something? You are puny!"
"Master Yu, of course I'm still alive. I was only offline momentarily to repair myself after exhalting myself to my limit. As for my current state of size, I had to repair myself, but it would take much longer for me to return to my normal size, but at least I can maintain my physical form again," she explained.
"So that Ignis didn't die after all," Dark Knight mumbled under her mask.
Rossy turned around and looked at her master's opponent. "I'm well-aware of the situation as I heard everything even during my restoration process. I will assist you in anyway as possible, Master Yu!"
"Rossy…" He grinned. "Right! With you on my side, nothing is impossible for me! I draw!"
Everyone watched as they were anticipating what he drew. He slowly turned it over to see it.
"It looks like…I found the solution to the problem!" He exclaimed. "I play my oldie classic, Swords of Revealing Light!"
"Wait, what?" Dark Knight gasped. "You have that card!?"
"It is one of my oldest cards in my Deck," he answered. "When this card is activated, your monster cannot declare to attack, and it remains that way until the end of your third turn after this card was activated. Kick that!"
He couldn't tell, but she grumbled under her mask, but kept a calm composure.
"You certainly trapped me, at least for only three turns. There are other ways I can still deal damage to you, and I reassured you that I will so," she stated seriously.
"Before that happens, I will make sure that I'll win this duel!" Codebreaker replied, with his confidence back. "I Normal Summon C# Data-Block!"
A blue cube-shaped monster with two, cute beady eyes shaped of zero bit was summoned on the field.
C# Data-Block-Level 2, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 100 ATK, 500 DEF.
"I end my turn with that!" Codebreaker said confidently.
"With the Swords of Revealing Light on the field, Dark Knight cannot declare her monsters to attack us," Rossy remarked. "Even so, we should still be careful."
"My turn! I draw!" Dark Knight began.
Dark Knight (2h): 3200 LP
"First, I summon my Phantom Mist Hellhound from my hand and use its effect!" She declared as her ghostly dog beast appeared. "When it is Normal Summoned, I can add a copy of itself from my Deck to my hand."
"I then declare not to attack this turn, so that I can activate my Trap, The Phantom Knights of Hollow Scythe from my Graveyard!" The card revealed itself to be a spirit reaper with dark cloak and purple scythe with glowing blood red blade. "If I declared not to attack while this card is in the Graveyard, I can Special Summon it as an Effect Monster!"
The spirited reaper appeared from the Graveyard Zone, with the same scythe.
The Phantom Knights of Hollow Scythe-Level 3, DARK, Warrior/Effect, 800 ATK, 500 DEF.
"And when I do, it inflicts 200 points of damage for every monsters with Phantom in their name to my opponent's Life Points! Since I control 4 Phantom monsters, you're inflicted with 800 points of damage!" The reaper swung its scythe, creating a sharp energy wave that hit Codebreaker.
It stung him as red electricity shocked through his avatar body.
Codebreaker (3h): 1450 – 800 = 650 LP
"I may not able to attack you for three turns, but I can still damage you and win, even without attacking you at all. It is just a matter of time," she proclaimed. "I end my turn here."
"Are you alright, Master Yu?" Rossy asked worryingly.
He kept with a grin. "No worries, Rossy. I'll be just fine. I draw!"
Codebreaker (4h): 650 LP
"Sweet! Just what I need! I summon C# Download Knight!" His staple C# monster appeared. "When C# Download Knight is summoned, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower C# monster from my Deck or Graveyard! I choose the latter, and I bring back C# Data Miner!"
The Gnome Cyberse resurrected again for the second time. "When Data Miner is Special Summoned, I get to draw two cards!" Codebreaker drew two more cards. "Then I Special Summon C# Webkumo through its effect!"
The second staple C# monster appeared.
"I calculate that it is time for that!" Rossy stated.
"Yeah! I input the code to the circuit of hope!" The Link Square appeared. "The summoning condition is four Effect Monsters! I set my C# Download Knight, Data Miner, and Webkumo, using its effect here to treat itself as two Link Materials in the Link Markers!"
The four colorful tornadoes shot into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 4! Cyber Magician Girl!" His ace magician appeared as she posed with a wink.
"So, your ace monster finally shows up!" Dark Knight exclaimed.
"I activate Cyber Magician Girl's effect! Once per turn, I can target one Special Summoned monster that my opponent controls, and take control of that monster and place it face-up to the zone that my magician points to! I take control of your Phantom Mist Purple Dragon! CTRL Execute!" His ace magician whipped at the dragon, tangling it and then pulled it over to her side now under the control of a new master.
"Tch. Just as I expected," Dark Knight gritted.
"I then activate my C# Data-Block's effect!" Codebreaker declared. "When this monster is pointed by a Link Monster's link, then it can be used as two materials for Link Summon! So, I will re-open the circuit!"
C# Data-Block split in half to make two copies of itself before turning into two blue twisters. The twisters absorbed into the arrows on the Link Square.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! C# Data-Switcher!"
The new Link Monster seemed to look like a blue hooded figure with bionic arms and no feet as it floated in midair, carrying a mechanical wand.
C# Data-Switcher-Link 2, DARK, Cyberse/Effect, 1000 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom.
"Now I activate C# Data Switcher's effect!" He declared. "When this card is mutually linked with another Link Monster, I can switch their places on the field! Data Switcheroo!"
The lower Link C# monster flashed his wand, switching its place with Cyber Magician Girl.
"Why would he do that?" Dark Knight mumbled to herself.
"Now, I re-open the circuit again one last time!" The Link Square re-appeared. "The summoning condition is at least three LIGHT Effect Monsters! I set my Link 4 Cyber Magician Girl in the Link Markers!"
His ace split into four clones before they all turned into twisters, sucking into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 4! Cyber Knight Magician Girl!" The knight form of Cyber Magician Girl appeared in fiery fashion.
"Battle!" He stated. "Cyber Knight Magician Girl will attack your Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche! At this point, her effect activates, which allows her to gain 1000 ATK during the Battle Phase only and since she is Link Summoned just using Cyber Magician Girl as the only Link Material, as long as there is no monster she's pointing to, she is unaffected of Trap Card nor monster's effect from opponent's hand!"
"Even with your Cyber Knight Magician Girl's effect, that isn't enough to defeat me!" Dark Knight argued.
"True….Unless I play this card! Quick Play Spell, Cyber Gem!" This Spell Card showed a Cyber Magician Girl wearing a blue gem necklace around her neck as the gem itself glowed in light.
"When a monster with "Cyber Magician Girl" in their name battles and there is another Cyber Magician Girl monster in the Graveyard, then the ATK is doubled until the end of the Damage Step!" Cyber Knight Magician Girl's sword flame grew much bigger.
"6000 ATK!?" Dark Knight gasped.
"Go, Cyber Knight Magician Girl! Soul Blaze Cleave!" His ace monster sliced Phantom Knights of Bardiche, burning it alive before it turned into sparkles and created a huge fire around the area.
"Good job, Master Yu! You defeated Dark…. Wait. I still can see Dark Knight still has a Life Point left!" Rossy was surprised.
They saw Dark Knight still standing on his feet, but looking a bit tiresome as the fire around him died out.
Dark Knight (2h): 100 LP
"But how?! How could you still have 100 Life Points?" He questioned.
"Right before you destroyed my monster, I activated my last Set Card, Soul Offering to Ra," she admitted.
A flashback scene showed Dark Knight activated her last Set card, which was a Trap Card that showed a man offering his soul as it was being sucked by a silhouette of the Egyptian God itself, Winged Dragon of Ra.
"If I were to take 3000 or more damages, then my Life Points would decreased only to 100 Life Points, but I must send all monsters on my side of the field to use this effect," she explained. "No matter what happens, I cannot lose this duel!"
"Then, I set a card and end my turn," he finished.
Codebreaker (2h): 650
"Dark Knight...or rather, Miss Emoti do not really want to lose this duel. She's doing everything in her power to protect her Life Points," Rossy remarked.
"Yeah, but what else can she do? Swords of Revealing Light is still in-play for two more turns, and she has no other cards on her side of the field. All she can do is just keep stalling, but..." Codebreaker said, looking both sorry and also curious of what his opponent would do next.
"My turn! I draw!" Dark Knight drew her card.
Dark Knight (3h): 100 LP
"It looks like Lady Luck has not abandoned me yet!" She called out. "I Normal Summon my last Phantom Mist Hellhound to the field!"
The ghostly zombie dog beast appeared as it howled. "I activate its second effect! When Hellhound is summoned while there are two more Phantom Mist Hell hounds, then I can Special Summon them!"
Two more of the same monsters appeared side by side.
"Now, I construct the Overlay Network with two of three Phantom Mist Hellhound!" Two dog beasts turned into purple energy as they swallowed into the spiral galaxy portal.
"Wait...Are you summoning your second Phantom Mist Purple Dragon?!" Codebreaker asked.
"That's the plan!" She responded. "Xyz Summon! Rise! Phantom Mist Purple Dragon!"
Her second copy of the dragon appeared as it roared.
"I then play the Spell Card, Phantom Mist Dwelling Place!" The said card showed a warrior entering a dark cave with two pairs of glowing purple eyes hiding in the shadows.
"When this card is activated, if there is two monsters with same name, then both must be placed next to each other on my side of the field! Return to me, my first Phantom Mist Purple Dragon!" Her first dragon returned to its true master's side.
"I activate my first dragon's effect! By detaching one overlay unit, I can target a monster on your side of the field to negate its effect! I choose your Cyber Knight Magician Girl!" Her dragon spewed out a toxic purple mist.
Yu's ace monster breathed in and then began coughing, making her sick as her effect grayed out.
"The preparation is met," Dark Knight said. "Now, I open the circuit of the shadowy world!"
"She's going to Link Summon here?!" Rossy questioned surprisingly.
"I shall and I will!" Dark Knight exclaimed. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is two Rank 4 DARK Xyz Monsters! I set my two Rank 4 Phantom Mist Purple Dragons in the Link Markers!"
Both dragons roared as they turned into two purple twisters. The twisters absorbed into the arrow while the overlay units attached to her second dragon also sucked into the arrows as well.
"Link Summon! Appear, my ultimate power! The ultimate beast of the Phantom Mist! Link 4, Phantom Mist Ultraviolet Dragon!"
The new monster that was summoned looked like Purple Dragon except it was bigger and more ferocious looking. Two horns grew out on the top of its head and another one grew on its chin, making it looks like a devil. Its eye glowed in dark pink color with a tint of flames burning in the pupils. It skinny body from its former form was now bigger, coating with hard armor and mechanical parts for the wings, shoulder pad, forelegs and forearms. Purple lines glowed across through its body. More or less, it looks resembled like Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon.
Phantom Mist Ultraviolet Dragon-Link 4, DARK, Dragon/Link/Effect, 3000 ATK, Link Arrow: Top-Left, Top, Top-Right, Bottom.
"Wow! What is this dragon?!" Codebreaker awed, horrified.
"It seems to be an evolved form of Phantom Mist Purple Dragon in a form of Link Monster!" Rossy exclaimed.
"But, wait a second!" He noticed. "It is a Link 4 monster, and she used two monsters to summon it! That's cheating!"
"No, it's not," Dark Knight said. "For you see, Codebreaker, Phantom Mist Ultraviolet Dragon can be Special Summoned if I used Phantom Mist Purple Dragon as one of the Link Materials, and if there was an Xyz Material attached to it, then those materials also become the Link Materials to summon this monster."
"Of course! When she performed the Link Summon, her second Purple Dragon had two overlay units attached to it!" Rossy recalled.
"That's right! We saw it when it sucked into the link arrows!" Codebreaker added.
"This monster is my most powerful card in my Deck and I only summon it for occasion like this," she admitted. "Now, prepare for your end, Morse!"
Her evolved dragon roared powerfully.
Hey, ladies and gentlemen. I am just rolling with this update. At this rate, I might able to finish season 1 within this month before end of the year, but who knows!
The secret is out! Dark Knight's true identity is in fact Emoti-chan! You remember her? Well, she doesn't quite appear a lot throughout this story. Only at the beginning with the first OVA chapter, Chapter 3, and some other chapters, but yup, Emoti-chan is Dark Knight.
Did anyone predict that? If you did, then you earn a cookies, but I don't have any, so...yeah.
The New Cards Cheat Sheet will be posted at later time. Before season 1 ends, I am going to ask a question of the chapter at the end and here is the first one!
Q. Were you surprised that Emoti-chan is Dark Knight? Or did you predict Dark Knight to be her?
Let me know your thought and answer in the review, and I will see you all again soon hopefully ;)
Preview for Chapter 46
The final showdown that ends all final showdown, and possibly the long friendship between the two duelists. Despite with low Life Points, Codebreaker is still not giving up, even with the odds stack again him!
Codebreaker: For everything that happened in my life, for my father, my friends, for everyone I faced in every duels I had, this is my last draw!
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Final Farewell!
Codebreaker: Into the VRAINS!