A/N: Most of the chapters show flashbacks of the past chapters. If you like to skip it, please go to almost the end of the chapter to see a new duel starting. Thank you and enjoy.
Chapter 47
Aftermath – Playmaker vs. Codebreaker
Two weeks passed since the Tower of Hanoi had stopped by Playmaker. It was also two weeks since Dark Knight or Emoti-chan disappeared.
Yu and Tom went back to their normal, daily life, just without Emoti-chan. Tom was surprised when Yu explained to him about Emoti-chan. Everyone else at Den High School thought Emoti-chan had moved to somewhere far, far away, and Yu and Tom kept it that way. Yu was also going to school on time more than usual, now that Emoti-chan wasn't there to scold him.
During lunch break, they hung out at their usual place even without Emoti-chan. At least now they were in-company with Rossy, who was revealed to be an Ignis.
"You know." Yu spoke up. "It feels so weird."
"What is?" Tom asked, though afraid to. He thought that Yu was going to say something related with Emoti-chan not being here with them.
"It feels so weird that it's been two weeks since the Tower of Hanoi was destroyed and everything went back to normal," he commented.
Tom dropped his head for a moment, but looked relief as he thought it was something else.
"Well, yeah, but not everything is back to normal. There are still limited access to LINK VRAINS since it is under reconstruction by SOL Tech," Tom said. "I heard that they're upgrading it."
"I have heard that news, too," Rossy stated as she appeared in her Ignis form on Yu's VR duel disk.
"And even though it's been few weeks, I'm still getting used to seeing you in that form, too, Rossy," Yu smiled as he scratched behind his head.
"I do not comprehend your joke, Master Yu," Rossy said, confused.
"Me, too. I mean, with everything that happened in the past..." Tom mentioned as the boys and the Ignis remembered the past events.
- Flashback -
"Hey, hey, hey! What's up, Playmaker!" Codebreaker rode up to him as he interrupted in the middle of his duel with the Hanoi grunt.
"Who are you?" Playmaker asked.
In the real world, people who were watching the duel were now watching Codebreaker and surprised to see who he is.
"Who is that guy?" Naoki asked.
"Yeah, who is he?" Another guy asked.
"I've never seen him before," said one lady.
"It's please to meet you, Playmaker. I'm, umm, actually I really don't have an account name. I haven't really decided what I would call myself while I am here," Codebreaker said.
"Is this guy for real?" Ignis said as he sweat-dropped.
"Hey! Did that Duel Disk of yours talk!?" Yu asked.
"Hey you!" He and Playmaker turned to their shoulder behind them.
"Get out of my way, intruder! This is just between me and that punk, Playmaker!" He snorted until he made a smirk. "Unless you want to be eliminated along with him."
"Be eliminated? Do you mean lose to a Duel?" Yu just laughed at the Knight's mockery.
"What's so funny!?" he grunted.
"Sorry, man, but I think this is really a misunderstanding. I just want to Duel with Playmaker here, you see, ever since when I heard about him today!" Yu explained. "But, it looks like to me that you two are having a Duel, so…how about I join you guys and make it a Tag Duel instead!"
"What?" Playmaker said.
"Nani!?" Ignis gasped.
The Knight of Hanoi smirked. "Interesting. Very well then. If that is what you want, then it would be honor to delete you, too!"
"Sweet! Then, let's Duel and show you what….(think of a name…ah, got it!) Codebreaker can do!" Yu joined in with his Duel Disk ready and his Life Points appeared with 4000 points.
"Penalty Intrusion: 2000 damage!" The Duel Disk stated.
"What!?" Yu gasped before he got shocked by his own disk. "Aaaaaah!"
- Flashback Ends -
"Right! I forgot that the first time I dueled a Knight of Hanoi, I got damaged on my first turn because I butt-in a duel!" Yu laughed.
Tom looked sorry for Yu.
"Indeed you had, Master Yu, but do you recall that first duel with the Hanoi was also the first time we used my power?" Rossy asked.
- Flashback -
"Master, I can sense that there are some unknown signals within this Data Storm. It appears to be….living. I couldn't explain any further, but I believe that the possibly of using this skill, Storm Access, we can bring forth a powerful card that can lead us to victory," Rossy said.
"Then, what we are waiting for!? Let's crack the code and unlock this Skill!" Codebreaker declared.
Playmaker nodded. "Indeed!"
They both reached out their arm with their hand wide opened.
Storm Access!
Energy swirled and gathered on their hand. It was so strong that they both have to grab their arm with their own other hand.
"So…strong!" Codebreaker gritted.
"Hang on, Master! It is almost complete! Don't give up now!" Rosey exclaimed.
He laughed. "Of course I won't! I never give up! If I do here, I will never meet Tom and Emoti-chan again! I will never have a chance to Duel Playmaker!"
You still want to do that!?
"And most importantly of all, I will never fulfill my dad's dream! Awaaaaah!" He roared as something materialized in his hand. He saw silhouette of young magician girl swirling with her wand. "Eureka! I crack the code!"
The boys surfed out of the Data Storm without any scratches. KoH looked surprised while the people in the real world looked relieved and cheered for them.
"Hey Playmaker, did you get the card?" Codebreaker asked.
"Yeah," he replied.
"Sweet! Me too and let's use it well, and beat this jerk!" Codebreaker exclaimed excitedly.
Playmaker smiled a little. "Aa, let's do it then."
"Hmm, you're seem to be enjoying this with him, aren't you, Playmaker-sama?" Ignis said.
"I draw!" Playmaker drew his card, ignoring Ignis and gave the usual stoic, cool expression.
Playmaker: 400 LP (3h)
Codebreaker: 200 LP (4h)
KoH: 3000 LP (4h)
"I use my Cyverse Wizard's effect to change Cracking Dragon to Defense Position once again! Cyverse Algorithm!" Playmaker declared as his wizard shot a powerful electricity out of his wand, shocking the dragon and forcing it to change battle position.
"When its effect is applied, all Cyverse-type monsters that I control can inflict piercing damage to my opponent," he said.
"Sweet! That means my monster can attack, too, if that is you want to borrow one," Codebreaker said.
"As I control a Machine-type monster, I activate my Trap, Pulse Bomb!" It showed some blue and white orbs floating cyberspace world. "Now your Cyverse Wizard is changed to Defense mode!"
Cyverse Wizrad changed to its defense mode. Codebreaker looked upset. "Oh dang it! Now you can't attack!"
"No worry!" Playmaker replied, making Codebreaker simpered at him as he knew that he used his line. "I normal summon Stack Reviver!" A white square-shaped monster appeared on his side, but it also changed to Defense Position.
"Fool! Each time you Normal or Special Summon a monster, it changes to Defense Position as well!" KoH admitted. "And since you summoned just one monster, I activate Cracking Dragon's effect. Now feel the taste of loss, Playmaker!"
Playmaker's LP: 400-100=300
"What!? You are supposed to lose all of your Life Points!" He gasped.
"I think you are the fool here, Knight of Hanoi!" Playmaker countered. "It looks like you are the one who don't understand Cracking Dragon's effect. Its effect is it can reduce a monster's ATK by 200 times its Level and inflict the same value to your opponent's Life Points. However, Stack Reviver's original ATK is 100, so I only took 100 damage!"
KoH gritted his teeth frustratingly while Codebreaker gave Playmaker a victory pump fist.
"Impressive. Using Cracking Dragon's effect just to increase his little defense," Rossy remarked.
"I activate my Spell, Effect Crowl, which prevents me from taking any effect damage this turn since I control a Cyverse-type monster! And since I took damage this turn, I activate my face-down Cyverse Beacon!" He revealed the face-down card, that showed machine shooting out a red beam into the sky.
"This Trap allows me to add 1 Level 4 or lower Cyverse-type monster from my Deck! I add Backup Secretary and Special Summon her!" A new monster appeared, which was a female humanoid cyborg in a skirt.
"Thanks to her effect, I can Special Summon it from my hand if I control a Cyverse-type monster on the field!"
"So, what! What would those traches can even do!?" KoH mocked until his expression changed to realization. "No, it can't be!"
"Come forth!" Playmaker raised his hand up to the sky. "The circuit that will lead to the future!"
He, along with his monsters, surfed up into the sky and went into the circuit board portal. He then turned around and floated just above the circuit board.
"The summoning condition are two or more effect monsters! I activate three Link Markers with my three monsters!" His three Cyverse turned into red, yellow, and blue energy as they entered three of the 7 markers.
"Link Summon! Come forth! Link 3! Decode Talker!" A dark blue armored knight appeared as he surfed alongside it.
"A monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck is placed in Extra Monster Zone," Playmaker said.
"Awesome!" Codebreaker awed.
"Impossible! So, your trump card is a Link Monster!?" KoH gasped.
"As expected of Playmaker-sama," Ignis remarked.
Playmaker nodded to his AI partner, and looked at his new summoned Link Monster. "Link Monster doesn't have Level nor Defense Point, meaning that Cracking Dragon's effect and Pulse Bomb won't have any effect on it! Now, as it was used as a material for Link Summon, the effect of Slack Reviver activates!"
Slack Reviver's card appeared briefly before something appeared on the field. "I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Cyverse-type monster from my Graveyard! I summon Cyverse Wizard!" His wizard returned to his side.
"More awesome!" Codebreaker cheered.
I'm guessing that this wizard is the new Dark Magician of this generation.
"I activate Cyverse Wizard's effect to allow my Cyverse-type monster to inflict pierce damage this turn!" His wizard performed its effect, making Cracking Dragon to switch into Defense Position. "Also, Decode Talker's effect activates! It gains 500 ATK for each monster its Link Markers point to!"
Decode Talker's sword glowed with blue aura, causing its ATK to increase to 3300.
"Battle! I declare Decode Talker to attack! Decode End!" His Link Monster slashed and hit the Cracking Dragon on the head with its sword.
"No! My dragon's effect can't allow it to be destroyed by monster with Level equal to or lower than its…No, wait! Link Monster doesn't have Level!" KoH realized as Decode Talker destroyed the dragon to smithereens.
"You have no right to call yourself a Duelist," Playmaker remarked.
However, KoH just laughed weakly and then laughed aloud. This made the boys look concern.
"Why is he laughing?" Ignis asked with worry tone.
"Fool! Do you think I will go down this easily! I activate Cracking Wyvern's effect in my hand!" He showed a dragon that looked similar to Cracking Dragon, except that it has two wings with sharp claw and its body glowed in red color. "If my opponent destroys a Cracking monster by battle, I can send this card to negate battle damage from that battle and then Special Summon that destroyed monster! Revive my Cracking Dragon!"
Cracking Wyvern-Level 4, DARK, Machine/Effect, 1500 ATK, 0 DEF.
His dragon roared as it returned to the field.
Everyone was surprised, upset, and scared that this wasn't over yet.
"Impossible! It shouldn't come back!" Ignis cried.
"But, it did," Playmaker remarked.
"Don't you see! I am invincible! As you end your turn, I will destroy you and delete you from existence, and capture that AI, Ignis! Nothing can stop me now!" He laughed.
"Um, excuse me." He stopped laughing and looked at his other opponent, who was waving at him. "You're forgetting about one thing in that evil plan of yours. And that is that it is not your turn until…I finish my turn!"
Codebreaker placed his finger on his deck. "This is it! The final draw! Time to crack this Cracking Dragon and crack this guy for good!"
"I heard enough of cracking for now," Ignis sighed.
"Eureka! Time to unlock the code! I summon C# Download Knight!" The brave armored knight from the last Duel appeared. "When C# Download Knight is Normal or Special Summoned, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower C# monster in my Graveyard or Deck! Download! Return, C# Data Miner!"
The mining digital gnome came back, looking jolly for that. "According to my calculation," said Rosey. "You have 99.99% chance you would win this Duel, Master!"
"That's good enough for me! Let's go, my monsters!" Just like Playmaker, he summoned the circuit board in the air.
"He can Link Summon, too!?" KoH gasped.
Everyone watched with anticipation as Codebreaker went into the circuit. "The summoning condition is 4 Effect Monsters!"
"4 Monsters?" Playmaker repeated.
"But, he only has three!" Ignis pointed out.
"I can answer that for you, my little friend! Thanks to C# Webkumo's effect, this card can be treated as two materials for Link Summon!"
"Nani!?" Both Ignis and KoH gasped.
"Impressive," Playmaker smirked.
"Say what?!" Naoki surprised with his eyes popping out.
"Well, well." Kusanagi looked approved.
His three monsters turned into four colorful energy; red, blue, yellow, and green. Each one hit four markers; Up, Down, Down-Right, and Down-Left.
"Magician who studies in the arts of the cyber magic, I call upon you to aid me in this battle! Link Summon! Come forth! Link 4! Cyber Magician Girl!" The silhouette before revealed itself to be his ace monster. She giggled and winked to the invisible camera, which then she smiled to the people who was currently watching the duel.
- Flashback Ends -
"I remember that moment. It was my first time using Storm Access and getting my ace monster, Cyber Magician Girl." Yu looked at the very card he mentioned.
"Since then, I just been getting stronger and stronger, getting more and more new cards and new forms for Cyber Magician Girl," he said.
"Indeed, you had, Master Yu. Thanks to your tenacity and the power you obtained through Storm Access, you've won many duels," Rossy commented.
"Hey, I know you two had a lot of memory together, but don't forget about me," Tom stated.
"What about you, Tom?" Yu asked as Tom responded with a back-flip dumb-fondly.
"Maybe I should just show it to you," he grumbled.
- Flashback -
Later that day, way after school time, the same three nerds were messing around in Link VRAINS. When I mean by that, I mean they were bullying another duelist.
"Please sir, I don't want to give my card to you! It is my most important card!" A young duelist yelped.
"You lost the duel fair and square, and you agree to give it up when you lose," Buggy said. "So, give it to me, bub!"
"Hold it right there, villains!" A heroic shout was heard, making the nerds and the victim turned around and looked up to a mysterious figure in cape standing on top of antenna tower.
"Who the heck are you?" Buggy asked in annoyed tone.
The mysterious figure jumped off from the tower and presented himself to the nerds.
"I'm justice. I am the light. I am…Cyber Man!" The figure revealed himself. He wore a light blue suit with matching colored cape, helmet with green visor, white boots and gloves, and a silver belt with blue Letter C in uppercase and digitalize-like font for the buckle.
"Cyber Man?" Buggy echoed before he and his two goons laughed. "What kind of ridiculous name is that!?"
"It is a name that will strike fear to all who opposes justice and peace," Cyber Man stated. "Now, stop bullying that young boy and come with me!"
"Oh yeah! Make me," Buggy resisted as he pulled out his duel disk.
"So, I see we're going to play the hard way. Then, I have no choice, but to accept it this way! Don't say I warn you," Cyber Man said as he activated his duel disk, which was light blue with the same C symbol.
Meanwhile, someone nearby, a dove carrying a big frog was flying by until they noticed the duel starting.
"Look at that, Yamamoto-sensai! A duel is going on," the dove pointed.
"A duel, eh? It is not Playmaker vs. Knights of Hanoi, but meh, let's just tape roll since we have nothing else better to do," Yamamoto said.
Few minutes later…
Buggy and his two pals were fainted in defeat, each with their Life Points showing zero.
"Wow! I can't believe it! This new guy defeated all those three guys, one by one!" Yamamoto exclaimed.
"I know right, senpai! This got to be a big scoop!" His assistant stated.
"Thank you so much, sir," the boy said.
"No worry, young boy. Now, if you would excuse me, I must go now. Crime is calling for me, and I must be there to stop it and defeat all evil!" Cyber Man said as he jumped from one building to another as he shouted a heroic call.
"Tra-la-laaaaaaa!" He shouted.
- Flashback Ends -
"Oh yeah! That was the first time you became Cyber Man, right?" Yu questioned.
"Be quiet!" Tom covered Yu's mouth and looked one side to another with his eyes. "Don't say that out loud! Someone might hear us!"
"Sorry, Tom, but that reminds, what happened during the whole Tower of Hanoi incident?" He asked.
"Oh, well that's…." As Tom was going to explain, another flashback scene began.
- Flashback -
"I AM HERE!" He shouted heroically as he successfully landed with his feet on.
"Ouch!" He whispered silently but kept his posture. "Cyber Man is here!"
He looked at the Tower of Hanoi.
"The villain is most likely there! No matter what, I will stop it and save LINK VRAINS!" He stated as he headed there.
"Kyaaah!" He heard a cry.
He looked down to see two people dueling each other and one of them was a familiar person.
"That's…!" Cyber Man noticed and then leaped off the tall building.
"FEAR NOT!" He yelled, catching the people's attention.
"Hey, Yamamoto-senpai! Is that?!" The pigeon asked.
"Don't call my name! And yes, I think I know who it is!" The frog answered.
Cyber Man landed on his feet, ignoring the pain this time.
"Cyber Man!" Blue Angel gasped.
"That's right!" He posed heroically. "The fighter of Justice and symbol of Peace, it is I, Cyber Man!"
Her opponent, Spectre of the Knights of Hanoi, looked and then laughed.
"Well, well, well! Isn't this a surprise? It looks like your shining knight in armor came to rescue you, Blue Angel!" He said sarcastically.
"He's nothing like that to me and I don't need help!" She exclaimed, causing Cyber Man to back-flip himself comically.
"Fear not, Blue Angel! I'm only here to support you, that's all!" He said.
"What are you doing here, Cyber Man? LINK VRAINS is too dangerous, even for you! You got to log-out now before it's too late!" She warned.
"No, no can do, maim!" He disagreed. "I will never leave this world in perils with a villain at large! I also cannot leave a young woman alone, fighting against a villain such as that man over there!"
He pointed accusingly at Spectre. "Who? Me?" He asked comically.
If this was a sitcom show, people would be laughing right now.
"Cyber Man… You…." She whispered before she looked a bit disgruntled but accepted him. "Fine. You can help, but don't get in my way."
He smiled and gave her a thump up. "OK!"
"You know, you two look so like a couple, to be frank with you," Spectre admitted. "However, two against one is so unfair if you ask me…. but, lucky for me, I also have someone to aide me. Not a night, but a powerful ally from the dark side!"
Suddenly, a familiar male figure appeared and walked over from nowhere, standing next to Spectre.
"Ah! Count Dracule!" Blue Angel shouted as the male figure revealed to be Count Dracule.
'Count Dracule?! He is one of the Top 10 Charisma Duelists! Why is he with the Hanoi?!' Cyber Man thought as he was surprised like her.
"Count Dracule, what are you doing with Spectre?!" She shouted to him.
Count Dracule didn't respond as he only showed with silence.
"Let me tell you both a little secret," Spectre said. "He is now under my control, or rather my master's wonderful, powerful mind-control program."
"What!?" The two heroes gasped.
"Surprised, aren't you both? Today is so many surprises!" Spectre laughed.
"You fiend!" Cyber Man accused. "Why would you do this!?"
"Why? Why not, rather?" He questioned back. "Now that we're even, how about let's continue this duel as now a tag-team duel?"
"Tag-Team Duel?" Blue Angel repeated.
"Yes, both you against me and my ally here, Count Dracule. We share the field with our respective partner, but we keep our own Life Points individually," he proposed.
"Well, fine! We do it your way!" Blue Angel agreed quickly.
"Wait, Blue Angel! We should…" However, it was too late.
"Then, we decided! Let's continue the duel, starting with Cyber Man's turn!" He pointed at him.
"Hey! I should be going first since you finished your last turn and I was going next!" She argued.
- Codes of Secrets -
"I Normal Summon Cipher HERO Prof. Upload!" The professor Cipher HERO appeared on the field with its floating, mechanical chair. "I activate his effect! Once per turn, I can reduce his ATK by half to Special Summon 1 HERO monster from the Graveyard to the field, with its ATK increased by 500 points and effect negated! I bring back the one and only, Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!"
A fiery tornado burst out of the graveyard portal as Flame Wingman came out with powered- up 2600 ATK.
"Since Flame Wingman is Special Summoned next to Wonder Driver, his effect activates! I choose Polymerization in my Graveyard and then set it!"
"Also, since Cipher HERO Prof. Upload's ATK is changed this turn, I can Special Summon Level 4 or lower Cipher HERO monster from my Deck!" Cyber Man added. "Come out, Cipher HERO Data-Dog!"
The cyber-digitized canine superhero appeared as it barked bravely for battles.
"Now, open the circuit of justice!" Another Link Square appeared on the ground in front of him.
"The summoning condition is 2 or more HERO monsters, including at least one Cipher HERO monster! I set my Cipher HERO Data-Dog, and Xtra HERO Wonder Driver to the Link Markers!"
The heroes turned into twisters of distinct color in gray and blue, sucking into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Trap the villains with your webs of justice! Appear, Link 3! Cipher HERO Webcrawler!"
The new hero monster had white eyes with dark blue outlines and Cipher HERO symbol on the chest inside a white spider drawing on the costume. The costume looked cybernetic in light blue and white color. This monster looked like Spider-Man from Marvel comics.
Cipher HERO Webcrawler-Link 3, WIND, Warrior/Link/Effect, 2200 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom-Right, Bottom-Left.
"When Cipher HERO Data-Dog is used for Link Summon, I can Special Summon it next to Webcrawler's Link!" Data-Dog appeared next to Webcrawler. "Then, Cipher HERO Webcrawler's effect! Once per turn, I can reduce its ATK by half to Special Summon 1 Cipher HERO monster from my Graveyard! I revive Cipher HERO Algorithman!"
The Link 1 HERO monster reappeared. "Now, Cipher HERO Webcrawler's additional effect activates! If its ATK is different from its original ATK, I can target 1 monster that my opponent controls and if I do, that monster cannot attack, and its effect is negated!"
"Wait…Are you planning to do what I think you are thinking?!" Spectre looked frightened.
"That's right! I target your Sunavalon to negate its effect! Web Block!" His new Cipher HERO link monster shot multiple webs all over on Sunavalon Drynome, making her effect unusable.
"Oh no! My Sunavalon!" Spectre cried with a fake tear.
"I will finish you here, Spectre! I activate the effect of Cipher HERO Gigavolt in my Extra Deck!" Cyber Man declared. "I can Special Summon my ace hero from my Extra Deck to a Linked Zone when a Cipher HERO monster I control has its ATK changed from its original ATK! Hammer the wrongdoer with the lightning of justice! Cipher HERO Gigavolt!"
An electrical energy surged out to the field as his ace Cipher HERO appeared in the long while since its debut.
"Cipher HERO Gigavolt's additional effect! If he is summoned by his own effect, he gains ATK equal to half of the Co-Linked monster's original ATK until the end of this turn, and it will be your end, Spectre! Power Charge!"
Electrical energy shocked through his ace monster, increasing its ATK to 3600.
"Now, Cipher HERO Alogrithman's effect activates!" He continued. "If more than one Cipher HERO monster's ATK is changed during this turn, then those monster gains additional 200 ATK for every Cipher HERO monster I control on the field!"
"Impossible!" Spectre gasped.
"There are currently 4 Cipher HERO monsters, so that means 800 ATK!" Blue Angel analyzed as the Prof. Upload's ATK increased to 1800, Webcrawler 1900, and Gigavolt's ATK to 4400.
"Oh no! If I get hit by your ace monster's ATK to my Sunavalon, I would lose the duel!" Spectre exclaimed.
"That's right! With Gigavolt's 4400 and your Sunavalon Drynome's 0 ATK, it is over!" Cyber Man claimed. "Battles! Cipher HERO Gigavolt, attack Spectre's Sunavalon! 10,000 Volt Blast!"
Gigavolt charged up its ATK until he created a giant ball of electrical energy. He then threw it at Sunavalon Drynome, moving slowly but surely.
"With this, Spectre is defeated," Blue Angel said as she looked at Cyber Man. 'Cyber Man…you really are strong!'
The attack consumed Spectre and his monsters. Everything was consumed in a flash of light.
"Yikes! I can't see anything!" Pigeon screamed.
"Me too!" Frog yelled. "What happened to Spectre?!"
The light dimmed, and the visibility became clearer. When it did, something was not quite right.
"What!? But, how!" Cyber Man gasped.
"It can't be…!" Blue Angel looked with widened eyes.
Right in front of Drynome, the controlling Trickstar Bloody Mary was in the way as she looked all crispy and burned.
"Why Trickstar Bloody Mary is there!?" Cyber Man questioned.
"I believe my partner here can explain that!" Spectre stated.
"When my opponent targets a monster for an attack, I can switch that attack to another monster under the effect of Vampire Dominion," Count Dracule explained as Bloody Mary was sent to Blue Angel's GY.
Count Dracule: 3500 – 2400 = 1100 LP
"He used my monster to protect Spectre's monster!" Blue Angel said.
"However, I can still attack with my other monsters! Elemental HERO Flame Wingman will attack your Drynome instead!" The classic hero monster went next.
"By banishing Vampire Dominion and one Vampire monster in my Graveyard, I can negate an attack this turn! I banish it with Vampire Familiar!" Flame Wingman's attack was blocked by a group of vampire bats formed into a big, black shield.
The shield dissembled into bats before they disappeared completely.
"Then, Cipher HERO Webcrawler will!" His second Cipher HERO link monster shot an array of arrows made of spider webs at Drynome.
"I activate the effect of Vampire Blood Harvester from my hand!" A young Vampire girl who dressed like a farmer appeared, wielding a pitchfork. She had gray skin, red eyes, sharp fang, pink lips, long brown hair, and small dark purple wings sprouting from her back.
Vampire Blood Harvester-Level 3, DARK, Zombie/Effect, 900 ATK, 0 DEF.
"By discarding it, a monster on my side of the field cannot be destroyed by battle! Sunavalon Drynome cannot be destroyed this turn!" Count Dracule pointed as the web arrows shot Drynome but didn't cringe at all.
"However, Spectre will still gain the damage!" Blue Angel countered.
"Due to Vampire Blood Harvester's effect, all damage is instead regenerate Life Points!" Count Dracule stated.
"Say what!?" Blue Angel and Cyber Man gasped together.
"Ah! Feels so refreshing!" Spectre embraced.
Spectre: 4100 LP + 1900 = 6000 LP
"All I did was for Spectre to gain more Life Points!" Cyber Man displeased.
"Correct, Cyber Man! It shows that Count Dracule is truly a good partner to me," Spectre praised as he applauded.
Cyber Man looked disappointed but didn't want to give up. "I'm not done yet! I activate Cipher HERO Gigavolt's additional effect! Once per turn, if its ATK is different from its original ATK, I can destroy one monster my opponent controls on the field! I choose Sunavalon Drynome!"
Gigavolt unleashed the last attack on Drynome, but Spectre smirked and didn't look worried.
"Trap Card! Vampire Glorious Night!" The said card presented Vampire Lord with his bat wings spread out, Vampire Lady on the left, and Vampire Vamp on the right while a blood red moon shined in the sky above them.
"This card can only be activated if I control the Field Spell, Vampire Kingdom. When my opponent activates a card effect that destroys a monster on the field, by sending one Vampire monster from my hand or face-up the field, that effect is negated, and the card is destroyed!"
Vampire Lady, his only monster that he controls on the field, jumped over to Gigavolt, grabbed the hero around his neck, and bit him. Both monsters were sent to the Graveyard.
"Gigavolt!" Cyber Man screamed.
"Then, in return, I can Special Summon a Vampire monster from my hand or Deck! I Special Summon Vampire Scarlet Scourge!" A handsome-looking male vampire appeared with 2200 ATK and DEF.
"Vampire Scarlet Scourge's effect! If it is Normal or Special Summoned, I get to summon additional Vampire monster from my Graveyard, but it cannot attack this turn! Revive, Vampire Lady!" The female vampire rose out of the grave.
"I hate to admit it but Count Dracule's Vampire Deck is actually a good pair with Spectre's Sunavalon!" Blue Angel admitted.
Cyber Man became sad. "I…I end my turn and with that, my monsters affected by Cipher HERO Algorithm have their ATK returned to normal.
As he did, all his monsters' ATK returned to what it was before.
"My turn…I draw!" Count Dracule drew his card, counting his hand up to 2 cards. "Now, open the circuit of bloody hell!"
"He's going to Link Summon! Watch out, Cyber Man!" Blue Angel warned as Cyber Man became defensive with his pose as Link Square appeared.
"The summoning condition is two Zombie monsters! I set my Vampire Scarlet Scourge and Vampire Lady to the Link Markers! Circuit Combines!"
The two vampires turned into their bat forms, flying into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Link 2, Vampire Sucker!" A female vampire wearing colorful clothing appeared.
"Vampire Sucker's effect!" He declared. "I can target one monster in my opponent's Graveyard to Special Summon it to their side of the field in Defense Position, but it becomes a Zombie monster! I choose Trickstar Holly Angel from Blue Angel's Graveyard!"
"What!? My Trickstar?" Blue Angel looked surprised as her ace returned, but with her outfit looked torn and withered, and one eye missing and scars over her face.
"Then, I Tribute Trickstar Holly Angel as Zombie monster to summon Vampire Lord from my hand!" Count Dracule called out.
"What!? But, Holly Angel is under my control on my side!" Blue Angel exclaimed.
"She's right!" Cyber Man agreed but checked his duel disk. "Wait a second. He can do that!"
"He can?!" Blue Angel asked.
"Indeed, he can," Spectre nodded.
"If I would Tribute a monster for Tribute Summon, Vampire Sucker allows me to Tribute Zombie monsters that my opponent controls, even though I do not control them!" Count Dracule proclaimed.
"No way!" Blue Angel gasped.
"Come out, Vampire Lord!" The staple Vampire monster finally appeared. "Then, by banishing Vampire Lord, I Special Summon Vampire Genesis!"
Vampire Lord disappeared as powerful dark winds swept the field, causing the buildings' mirror to be shattered.
"Woooaaaaah!" Pigeon and Frog caught in the winds, blowing them around and around. The mightiest and strongest vampire appeared in front of Blue Angel and Cyber Man as they looked up to see its face. It roared powerfully as it stood mighty.
"Battles! First, Vampire Sucker will direct attack Blue Angel!" Vampire Sucker blew a heart shaped of a bat at Blue Angel, hitting her.
Blue Angel: 3150 – 1600 = 1550 LP
"Now, Vampire Genesis will suck all your Life Points!" Vampire Genesis looked down on Blue Angel.
She stepped back, looking frightened.
"No! I cannot allow this!" Cyber Man jumped in front of her.
"What are you doing, Cyber Man!? Get away!" She said.
"No! I cannot allow you to get hurt!" Cyber Man argued.
"If you do, you're going to get hurt, too!" She argued back.
"As long as you are safe, then I don't care what happens to me!" Cyber Man counterargued.
"Cyber Man!" She mumbled.
"Oh, such as touching moment!" Spectre commented. "Count Dracule, if you please."
"Vampire Genesis, attack Blue Angel directly!" Vampire Genesis turned into an army of bats. The bats flew around the two duelists. The army of bats hit straight to Cyber Man and Blue Angel, knocking him away while they took her away.
"No! Blue Angel!" He yelled.
"Cyber Man!" She screamed as the bats bite on her everywhere all over her body. "KYYYYAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"
Blue Angel: 1550 – 3000 = 0 LP
"Blue Angel!" The bats flew down to ground level, leaving Blue Angel on the ground as Cyber Man ran over to her and the bats reformed back into Vampire Genesis.
He held her in his arms. "Blue Angel! Wake up, Blue Angel!"
She barely opened her eyes, half-lidded. "Cy…ber…Man."
"Yes, I am here, Blue Angel," he said.
"I'm…sorry," she said.
"Sorry? There is nothing for you to say sorry for," he stated.
"I'm…I'm sorry for….mis…judging you… at first," she said softly as she started crumbling into data.
"No! Stay with me, Blue Angel! Everything is going to be fine!" Cyber Man started tearing up.
"You…." She put her hand on the side of his face as he held his hand on her hand. "always….come…to…me….when I….needed…the most….even…when…I….does not want to."
A single blue tear fell from her eye. "Thank…" She disappeared right before she finished her last sentence.
"Blue…Angel…..AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Blue Angel…She…She died!" Pigeon cried.
"I can't believe it! I can't believe it all!" Frog teared up.
Meanwhile, in the real world, Akira Zaizen and his secretary saw the live video.
"No, Aoi! Aoi, nnnnnoooooo!" Akira slammed on the wall.
"Touching. Very touching." Spectre spoke up. "That scene would have won an award or something, but oh well! Don't worry about her, Cyber Man. You will soon join her!"
Spectre laughed maniacally as if he was the Joker. Cyber Man punched the ground.
"ENOUGH!" He shouted aloud as he slowly stood up. "You worthless, cruel, heartless MONSTER! You won't get away with this!"
"Ho, is it just me or something different about you?" Spectre said.
"You will pay for this, Spectre and rest of you Hanoi bastards! In the name of justice, even if it means for vengeance, I! WILL! DEFEAT YOU!"
- Flashback Ends -
"Wow. Talk about unfair and brutal," Yu said.
"I know," Tom said sadly. "I was mad for what Spectre did to Blue Angel. I managed to defeat Count Dracule and free him from the mind control, but right after that, Spectre defeated me."
"Hey, cheer up, Tom!" Yu slapped on his friend's back. "You gave it all! For justice and….possibly your secret admiration for Blue Angel. Oooooooooh!"
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!" Tom argued, with his face reddened.
"Your face is red as tomato, Tom!" Yu teased.
Just then, the school bell rang, ending the lunch break. The boys went back to classes and soon after, the school day was over.
- Codes of Secrets -
At Kusanagi's Cafe, Ai was still hanging with Yusaku and Kusanagi, even though he was free to go.
"Hey I was wondering…. When can I leave already?!" Ai said panicked. "I helped you guys defeat the Hanoi and all! I really should go back home by now…."
"Yusaku, why are you still keeping him? He is free to go, and there's no use for him," Kusanagi said.
"Hey! I am still here you know!" Ai complained.
"There is actually one last thing. Something that Ai and I have to finish," Yusaku revealed.
"Huh? Something you and I have to finish?" Ai said, looking both confused and intrigued.
"What is it, Yusaku?" Kusanagi asked.
"Our last duel, the one who I wanted to get answer from for a very long time and one that should fit the last piece of the puzzle," Yusaku said.
- Codes of Secrets -
Yu and Tom were heading back home when suddenly, Yu got a message.
"Master Yu, you got an Email!" Rossy notified him.
"I know that, Rossy. You don't have to remind me all the time," he teased. "Now, who could it be?"
He opened the email and gasped at the sender's name.
"What's wrong, Morse?" Tom asked.
"It's an Email from Playmaker, and he's asking me to come and duel him in LINK VRAINS!" He exclaimed.
"What!?" Both Tom and Rossy said at the same time.
As soon as they came back home, they headed downstairs to their basement computer lab room. Yu and Tom put on their duel disk and their Deck.
"Deck Set! Into the VRAINS!" They both stated as data material surrounded them, transforming into their avatar.
Codebreaker and Cyber Man entered LINK VRAINS. There were flying bots that were working on rebuilding LINK VRAINS.
Most of the buildings were in repair, but there was a data wind around and some chunks of data materials floated around like floating platforms.
"You arrived." They turned to the voice, revealing to be Playmaker on his D-Board.
"Playmaker, what is that you want the duel for?" Cyber Man asked.
"Of course, we wants to do it for fun and it's no better time now that Knights of Hanoi is out of the way!" Codebreaker exclaimed.
"Actually, we have a reason!" Ai shouted.
"Be quiet," Playmaker ordered, making the Ignis cringe.
"What's the reason?" Codebreaker asked.
"There are three reasons why I called you here," Playmaker said as he showed one finger. "One, there is unfinished business I must complete, two, that business is related with you, and three, to do that, we must duel right here and now!"
"It looks like to me he won't actually say what it is until you accept the challenge, Morse," Cyber Man whispered.
"He's right, Master Yu," Rossy agreed.
"Sure thing, Playmaker! How would you want to do it? Speed Duel or Master Duel?" He said.
"Speed Duel," he replied.
"Speed Duel it is!" Codebreaker declared as he summoned his D-Board, jumping onto it and flying away.
Playmaker followed after him while Cyber Man flew behind.
"Look at the mess that the Tower left, sir," Pigeon said.
"It's going to take some times for LINK VRAINS to restore back to its original form," Frog said. "After going through everything we went through last few weeks, they could at least give us a break, but no, they want us to be out here!"
"Well, at least it's not that bad! Playmaker saved the day and we got big check for that," Pigeon assured.
"True….Um, hey, is that Playmaker and Codebreaker!?" Frog exclaimed.
"Huh? Where?!" Pigeon asked.
"Right there! Follow them, you bird brain!" Frog ordered.
"Aye, aye, sir!" Pigeon flapped his wings as fast as possible.
Meanwhile, not so far away, Claire and her cameraman were also in the area, broadcasting the left-over damage in LINK VRAINS.
"As you can all see, this is what's left of LINK VRAINS. According to SOL Tech, it would take about some months to complete the entire server of LINK VRAINS, but they also state that rest assure that they will get it back in full functionality as soon as possible," Claire said.
"And cuts!" The cameraman announced.
"Man...This is just boring!" Claire moaned. "I'm still upset that we didn't finish that scoop between Codebreaker and that Dark Knight guy's duel two weeks ago!"
"Don't feel bad. At least we're alive," said the cameraman.
"There's no point for me to live without a scoop!" She cried over-dramatically. "If only there was a sign!"
The cameraman sweat-dropped at her acting, but then noticed Codebreaker flying by.
"Hey! There's Codebreaker!" He pointed.
"What!?" Claire woke up, all energized. "Quick! Follow him!"
The helicopter followed after the duelist while cameraman began broadcasting.
"We interrupt for this important broadcast, but I am currently in-purse of Codebreaker riding on his D-Board! It looks like that he's going to head-on-head duel against an opponent and that opponent is none other than Playmaker himself! That's right! I repeat, it's Playmaker himself!" Claire announced excitedly.
Everyone in the real world were watching the broadcast shown by Claire and the Frog, and Pigeon, both on TV and Internet.
"No way! Playmaker versus Codebreaker! Finally a dream-come-true duel of century!" Naoki said excitedly as he was hanging out the cafe.
"Playmaker is dueling Codebreaker?" Aoi said as she just go back home when the TV was on. "Wait a second...Is that Cyber Man behind them?"
"So, the time has come between two heroes of LINK VRAINS to throw a throwdown between them," Go said as he smirked. "It sounds like fun."
Aoi and Go put on their duel disk and said synchronously, "Into the VRAINS!"
Blue Angel and Go Onizuka appeared in LINK VRAINS as they also rode on their D-Board.
"Cyber Man!" Blue Angel called to him, catching his attention.
"Blue Angel?!" He gasped. He was still getting used to knowing that she is really Aoi Zaizen, his classmate from the same school. "Um, what a surprise to see you!"
"I'm surprised to see you, and do you know why they're going to duel?" She asked.
"Oh, that's!" Cyber Man said nervously. "Well, you see...um..."
"Hey, you two!" They turned around to see Go Onizuka coming to ride with them. "You both came to see the duel?"
"Yeah. It looks like you're doing fine, Go Onizuka," Blue Angel commented.
"Heh! Of course, I am! I am Go Onizuka!" Go said before he turned to Cyber Man. "Ah, you must be Cyber Man. This is our first time meeting."
"Um, yes!" Cyber Man replied. "It is I, Cyber Man, the hero of justice and defender of peace!"
"Right, right," Go said, though not caring too much. "Anyway, do you know why Playmaker's going to duel Codebreaker?"
"No clue," Blue Angel said. "But whatever the reason, I want to see this in-person."
"Same here," Go agreed.
"Um, right! Let's see the duel unfold together," Cyber Man stated.
Meanwhile, Ghost Girl was also present in the sense. One of her fireflies was spying on the event unfolding.
"This looks like going to be a good duel," Emma said, smiling. "I can't wait to see what these two can do against each other."
"SPEED DUEL!"
Playmaker vs. Codebreaker
Playmaker (4h): 4000 LP
Codebreaker (4h): 4000 LP
"I will go first!" Playmaker declared. "First, I Normal Summon Bitron!"
A cute white Cyberse with small wings appeared with 200 ATK.
"Then, since I control a Cyberse monster, I can Special Summon Backup Secretary from my hand!" A woman in cybernetic look with cool shades appeared.
"Now, open the circuit that leads to the future!" He summoned the Link Square. "The summoning condition is one Normal Monster! I set my Bitron in the Link Marker!"
The small Cyberse turned into blue twister, sucking into the arrow.
"Link Summon! Link 1! Link Spider!" A blue Cyberse spider appeared. "Link Spider's effect activates! Once per turn, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from my hand to the zone this card points to. I Special Summon my second Bitron!"
A second one appeared just below Link Spider's arrow.
"According to my calculation, Master Yu, he's going to summon that monster," Rossy stated as she came out of the duel disk in her Ignis form.
"What the!?" Ai came out of the duel disk, too. "You….You...YOU ARE IGNIS like me!?"
"What!? But how!?" Kusanagi gasped at the screen.
"So your AI was an Ignis all this time?" Playmaker questioned.
"Oh, well about that….I found out about it two weeks ago, too. Long story short, Rossy here is an Ignis and as you may be thinking, you would be right. She is made by Dr. Kogami and...my father, but she is based on me and my late mom who passed away long time ago," Codebreaker revealed.
"Whhhhaaaat?" Ai opened his mouth wide if he had a mouth. "No way!"
"Then, it's true. Your father was indeed involved in the Hanoi Project and the Lost Incident!" Playmaker exclaimed.
"No, Playmaker! It's not like that! He was involved in the project, but he wasn't involved in the part where he kidnapped you and the other five kids!" Codebreaker assured him. "He only helped Dr. Kogami to make Rossy, who is a prototype Ignis!"
"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Ai interrupted. "You're saying that your AI, she is a prototype Ignis? Is that mean she's just less inferior compared to more perfect, surperior, and sexier Ignis like me?"
"Be quiet!" Playmaker scolded him.
"Other than what Ai said with that….description, yes, I am a prototype Ignis," Rossy said.
"Codebreaker's AI was an Ignis!" Blue Angel said, covering her mouth with a surprised look.
"Who knew…!" Go was also surprised. "Then again, there was something a bit different about his AI than any other AI I met before."
"Interesting. So like that Ai-kun, Rossy is an Ignis, but a prototype one," Emma thought.
Meanwhile, Akira Zaizen was also watching the duel.
"I can't believe it! If Yu's Ai is an Ignis, that means that his father was also part of the Hanoi Project like Dr. Kogami," Akira mumbled.
"Anyway, I continue my turn!" Playmaker stated. "I open the circuit again!"
The Link Square reappeared. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is at least 2 Effect Monsters! I set my Link 1 Link Spider, Bitron, and Backup Secretary in the Link Markers!"
The three monsters turned into light-blue twisters, absorbing into the arrows.
"Circuit combines! Link Summon! Appear! Link 3 Decode Talker!" His ace code Talker monster appeared with its sword ready and 2300 ATK presented.
"There it is! Playmaker's ace monster, Link 3 Decode Talker!" Codebreaker exclaimed. "I can't wait to fight it!"
"I set a card and end my turn!" He finished.
"I can't believe that all this time, that there was an Ignis who made before me and the other five!" Ai remarked.
"I admit that I'm surprised myself, too," Playmaker said. "Who knew that Dr. Kogami and Codebreaker's late father, Dr. Akira actually made a prototype Ignis?"
"But if it's a prototype, then that would mean that it is in-complete then. Maybe it doesn't have a free will?" Ai said before he turned to Rossy. "Hey you! Do you have free will?"
"I can have free will if Master Yu wants me to," Rossy responded.
"Yup! She's incomplete alright," Ai declared.
"That's doesn't make any sense," Playmaker said seriously. "How could you ask her a question if she has a free will or not?"
"Technically, I don't have a free will, if that is the answer you wants to hear, Playmaker." Rossy spoke up. "I'm a prototype Ignis with ID code IG0000 and I was built with all human-like traits except for free will."
"Hey! That's exactly why I asked you the question before!" Ai complained.
"Your logic is very illogical," Rossy remarked.
"What did you say?!" Ai became upset.
"Just be quiet!" Playmaker stopped him.
"Well. Now that our Ignis partner knows little more about each other, let's continue on!" Codebreaker declared. "My turn! I draw!"
Codebreaker (5h): 4000 LP
"First, I Normal Summon C# Download Knight!" Codebreaker summoned his first monster, one of his staple monsters. "Then, I use its effect to Special Summon one Level 4 or lower C# monster from my Deck or Graveyard! I choose one from my Deck, and I choose C# Data Miner!"
"With Data Miner, he can draw a number of cards depending how it was summoned," Cyber Man stated.
"Since Data Miner is Special Summoned, I get to draw two cards!" He drew so.
Codebreaker (6h): 4000 LP
"Then, I Special Summon C# Webkumo!" His staple C# spider monster appeared. "If I control a C# monster, I can Special Summon it from my hand! Now, I input the code to the circuit of hope!"
His Link Square appeared. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is four Effect Monsters!"
"Here it comes! His own ace monster!" Ai mentioned aloud.
"I set my C# Download Knight, Data Miner, and Webkumo, using its effect to treat itself as two Link Materials!" The four C# monsters turned into blue, green, and two light-blue twisters, sucking into the arrows. "Link Summon! Rise! Link 4 Cyber Magician Girl!"
His ace Spellcaster Link Monster appeared as she posed and made a wink at the end, presenting with 2000 ATK.
"I set two cards," Codebreaker said and then pointed his finger at Playmaker. "Get ready, Playmaker! My Cyber Magician Girl will kick you and your Decode Talker's butt!"
They looked eye to eye while Decode Talker and Cyber Magician Girl looked at each other as they were also ready to fight.