Chapter 59
Fight For Trust: Cyber Man vs. Go
It was a lovely evening time in LINK VRAINS. It was Friday, so there were a lot of users online during this time. Some were dueling, others hanging with friends, but everyone was just enjoying their day.
"Out of our way!" A group of bad looking users zipped through two duelists who were Speed Dueling.
However, no matter what days or times, there were always some bad users causing troubles.
"Over there, Cyber Man!" Fate Kid pointed.
"I'm on it!" Cyber Man pulled a lever. They were riding on the latest, and coolest asset, the Cybermobile.
It was a white and blue hover mobile, and the only kind that exists in Link VRAINS. Nobody else, but Cyber Man used it. It was created with complicated program, and fun fact was Yu Akira aka Morse aka Codebreaker worked on some of the codes.
"Oh crap! They're behind us!" One of the bad users shouted.
"Shoot!" One of them cried. They increased their D-Board's speed, running away from the duo.
"They have no chance to out-speed the Cybermobile!" Fate Kid exclaimed.
"That's right, my young sidekick," Cyber Man agreed. "Now, time to activate this!"
Cyber Man pressed a button, making the Cybermobile to open up a hatch and shot a net over at the runaway criminals.
"Argh! What is this?!" Cried the group as they got caught in the net.
"Sweet! We caught the villains!" Fate Kid cheered.
"Yes, indeed we…." Cyber Man interrupted himself when his Duel Disk rang for notification message.
"Cyber Man?" Fate Kid snapped out of his thought.
"Oh, sorry. Anyway, let's take these troublemakers to the proper authority," he decided.
"Oh man..." The group moaned.
After handing the caught villains to the security bots, Cyber Man and Fate Kid took a break at one of the floating platforms.
"Oh boy! That was another exciting ride of adventure, Cyber Man! You and me, fighting villainy everyday!" Fate Kid said excitedly.
"Yes...indeed," Cyber Man said calmly.
Fate Kid noticed how calm he was, but felt something odd.
"Is there something wrong, boss?" He asked.
"Oh, well...It's something," Cyber Man said.
"What is it, Cyber Man? You can tell me anything you have on your mind. I am your partner, after all," he assured.
Cyber Man looked at the kid and smiled lightly.
"Thank you, Fate Kid. Actually, before you became my sidekick, I received an invitation," he said.
"An invitation? From who?" Fate Kid questioned.
"From SOL Tech," he admitted. "Their representative, Mr. Akira Zaizen, invited me to become the company's bounty hunter group to hunt down Playmaker and his AI, known as the Ignis," he said.
"Wow! That sounds like a big job," Fate Kid awed.
"But...I don't know. I am not sure if it is alright for me to join them. There is a….reason for why I don't want to accept the invitation. I am not sure if it is right for me to do it," he admitted.
Though, the only part of the truth he left out was that Playmaker is happened to be Codebreaker's ally, and Codebreaker is his best friend.
"I see….Well, I think no matter what you do, I am sure it is the right thing to do!" Fate Kid reassured his supervisor.
"Huh?" Cyber Man looked at the young sidekick.
"No matter what happens, you're Cyber Man, Cyber Man. You are hero to everyone and I think that whatever you do, I will always trust you." Fate Kid explained.
Cyber Man looked at his sidekick and smiled as he padded on his shoulder.
"Thank you, Fate Kid. That's what I like to hear the most and you are right," he said.
"No problem," he replied.
'And I believe I know what I must do next,' Tom pondered.
- Codes of Secrets -
"So you're saying that the little bounty hunter team you assembled failed to capture the Ignis, including Blood Shepard himself?" A woman asked in annoyed, yet serious tone. This person was a slender woman with blue and green hair in a style of punk rock. She wore only sunglasses and matching color bikini suit. She only appeared in this outfit in the office room by hologram communication device.
"My apology for the bad news, but we're working on it. Please give us more time," Akira stated.
"My, my. Aren't you taking your sweet time, Zaizen-kun?" Just then, a familiar man appeared as hologram.
The man was tall at around the same height as Zaizen. His hair was orange with one crescent-shaped bang outward on one side of his face. He wore a gray suit with white dress shirt and black tie, and pair of black slack pants and gray shoes.
"Kigen!" Akira said with a bit of surprise in his tone. "I...I didn't expect you to be with Queen."
"I am on a business trip, and currently working alongside Miss Queen here," Kigen said as he was holding a tray with glass of blue liquid, straw, and lemon with him. "Here you go, my lady."
"Thank you, Kigen-kun," she said with please.
"Say, sorry to interrupt your meeting with Queen, but you mention about your bounty hunter team?" He asked.
"Yes, I have," Akira responded sternly.
"Well, that's perfect. In fact, we've been developing a special tool that allows the bounty hunters to work better and I was just planning to ask you for one or two of your bounty hunters to test it out for me and my R&D team. What do you say?" Kigen asked, appealing to the Security Manager.
"I…." That was when Akira was receiving a different call. He put it on hold and then said, "I will think about it and get you back on that."
"Suit yourself," Kigen replied with a tint of disappointment in his voice.
"I will contact you again, Zaizen. And remember your position," Queen said strictly. The communication ended there, giving a room of relief for Akira.
He picked up his voice communication for the last call. "Hayami, who was calling me a moment ago?"
"Yes, Zaizen, sir!" Hayami responded with gleam. "According to the call, it was from….Ah?!"
"What's wrong, Hayami?" He asked.
"It's…It's…It's from Cyber Man, sir!" She gasped.
"What?" He said. "Really?!"
Akira Zaizen was surprised. He had contacted Cyber Man many times before, but he always denied his offer to join his bounty hunter team. This may be his luck, and he didn't hesitate to take his chance.
"Thank you, Hayami. I will take this call," he said as he pressed a few button and call was made.
"Hello, Cyber Man. This is Akira Zaizen," Zaizen answered.
"Mr. Zaizen, I would like to speak with you about the…offer for your bounty hunter team. May we see each other in LINK VRAINS? Also, please come with one of your bounty hunters," Cyber Man said.
Akira Zaizen felt strange, but didn't question about it and said, "Sure. When would you like to meet, Mr. Cyber Man?"
"Tomorrow afternoon would be a best time. Please meet me near the Central Sector, at the western side. We will be waiting," Cyber Man said, ending the call.
- Codes of Secrets –
The day of the strange, yet anticipated meeting arrived. Akira Zaizen logged in, along with Go Onizuka.
They appeared at the exact location for the meeting. They looked around and noticed that they were the only two who arrived and presented.
"Well, we're here, so, where is he?" Go asked, looking a bit out of patient.
"Patient, Go. This is the first time he responded. Besides, we're only five minutes early," Akira said.
Meanwhile, his secretary, Hayami and Go's two partners were watching from the security room in the real world.
Akira and Go waited for five minutes and they noticed a sound of engine, like a car.
They looked up to see a shadow just flew over them. It revealed to be the Cybermobile. Akira and Go were amazed to see an actual flying vehicle in LINK VRAINS. Cybermobile was the only kind it exists as of now.
"Thank you for coming, Mr. Zaizen," Cyber Man greeted.
"It's pleasure to finally meet you in-person, more or less," Akira said.
Go saw Cyber Man, and then noticed his little sidekick next to him.
"I didn't expect you were babysitting," Go said.
"Huh? Hey! I am his great sidekick, Fate Kid!" Fate Kid complained.
Cyber Man reached his hand out in front of Fate Kid.
"It's OK, Fate Kid," Cyber Man assured as he turned his attention to Akira and his bounty hunter member. "As you know, Mr. Zaizen, I asked to meet you for this private meeting on the topic of your offer."
"Yes, I understand," Zaizen stated.
Meanwhile, a tiny firefly flew near their area without noticing them. It was one of the fireflies that sent footage feed to Ghost Girl's computer. Ghost Girl aka Emma Bessho and Akira's sister, Aoi Zaizen watched as the meeting unfolded.
"Why does my brother want to meet Cyber Man?" Aoi questioned.
"It's not that he wants to meet Cyber Man. It's rather Cyber Man wants to meet your brother," Emma corrected.
"But still, why? Is he really going to accept my brother's offer? To become a bounty hunter," she said, worried.
"Let's just watch and see," Emma stated as she watched the monitor. Though, she was thinking a bit about Aoi and her reaction to this.
"So, what do you want, exactly? Have you decided to join the bounty hunter team?" Go asked. "Your help is appreciated, but we already have enough hands, anyway, so I don't know how you are joining us can change anything."
"Go!" Akira gasped.
"Hey! Listen to what my boss, says, you big bully! We took our time to setup this little meeting, and don't you think that you're being here makes you the boss!" Fate Kid argued.
Go gritted his teeth and looked the other way, not saying anything back.
"I understand, Go Onizuka," Cyber Man spoke up, catching the man's attention. "I understand that you have some doubt about me. In fact, that is the reason why I am here."
Go and Akira Zaizen, as well as everyone who were watching, were surprised to hear what the hero said.
"What do you mean, Cyber Man?" Akira asked. "To be quite frank, I have no doubt about your skill. You are one of the strongest duelists in LINK VRAINS and even a real hero to the people who looks up to you, even saving this world during the Tower of Hanoi incident!"
"That is true. I am strong, but I am not that strong, and I want to find out if I am strong enough to even be part of the bounty hunter team. That is why, Mr. Zaizen, I asked to you to bring one of your bounty hunter members to duel me. To test to see if I am trustworthy to join your bounty hunters rank," he admitted.
"Now I get it," Go said. "You want to duel me to see if you're worthy."
"That's exactly what I mean, Go Onizuka," Cyber Man said.
"I see," Akira sighed. "Very well. If you duel Mr. Onizuka here and beat him, then you can join the bounty hunter group. However, even if you lose, I will still consider you to join us and aid us, Mr. Cyber Man."
"Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Zaizen, but in order for me cast all my doubt and accept the job, I must prove myself first," Cyber Man said.
Cyber Man and Go Onizuka jumped onto their D-Board respectfully. Cyber Man's D-Board was also upgraded with new looks. It was now a skinny D-Board in whitish blue color with two small angelic wings attached on the side.
"Mr. Zaizen, you can ride with me on the Cybermobile, so we can watch their duel while following them," Fate Kid offered.
"Thank you," Akira accepted as he sat down in the front seat.
"Please put your seat belt, sir," Fate Kid stated as the guest did just that. Next thing they knew, the Cybermobile began moving by itself automatically and then flew off after the two duelists.
"Wooah…" Akira Zaizen were bit shook when the hovering mobile moved by itself. He had to admit that this mobile was very impressive. It must had taken a lot of coding to get it working.
"Impressive, don't you think?" Fate Kid asked, smiling. "Here. We can watch it here through our remote cam monitor."
Fate Kid pressed a single button, showing a footage of the two duelists on the center monitor.
Cyber Man and Go Onizuka flew over the Central Sector of LINK VRAINS, catching some attention from other users who noticed them.
"Hey, is that Cyber Man?" One user asked.
"Yeah and I think that's Go Onizuka with him!" Another user exclaimed.
"What?! Go Onizuka?!" Naoki Shima as Brave Max in LINK VRAINS gasped as he looked up just to see the two flew over him. "So cool! The Hero versus the Former Champion in an epic Speed Duel!"
Just then, two familiar VRAINS personality users appeared.
"Hello, everyone! This is Kitty in the house!" Kitty introduced.
"And I am Mimi, her trusty partner," Mimi said.
"Yup! And we're here live to see a duel that we never would've thought would happen, but it is the duel between the hero, Cyber Man versus the former champion, Go Onizuka!" Kitty announced to her flying camera, broadcasting it.
Everyone in LINK VRAINS were watching the duel, including some bystanders in the real world as well as our protagonists.
"Hey, check it out! It's that VRAINS superhero, Cyber Man! He's going to duel with Go Onizuka!" Ai exclaimed.
"This is getting interesting. This will be the first time I see what Cyber Man can do," Flame noted.
"But I wonder why Go Onizuka is dueling Cyber Man," Takeru thought aloud.
"Same here, but there must be some reasons," Yusaku said.
"Whatever it is, it seems like it's already getting a full attention. It's already number one on the trending search!" Kusanagi stated.
At Tom's home, Yu and Rossy were watching from their basement lab room.
"Oh boy! Tom, I mean, Cyber Man is going to duel Go Onizuka!" Yu stated excitedly.
"Master Yu, are you sure this is OK? Would your friend, Tom be alright?" Rossy asked.
"Hmmm, Go is different this time, but I know that Tom has gotten stronger. He will be just fine," He said confidently.
"The first one who goes through those rings over there takes the first turn!" Go pointed to the floating rings.
"Alright!" Cyber Man agreed as they raced against each other.
Go and Cyber Man were good at maneuvering their D-Board, dodging any floating objects. They passed in front against each other.
"Now!" Cyber Man sped up forward, faster than Go Onizuka. He passed through the rings first, turning them bright.
"The first turn is mine, Go Onizuka!" Cyber Man exclaimed.
"Hmph," Go hummed.
"SPEED DUEL!" They shouted.
Cyber Man versus Go Onizuka
Cyber Man (4h): 4000 LP
Go (4h): 4000 LP
'Morse told me that Go is now using a new deck,' he thought. 'If I can recall….'
- Flashback –
"What?! Go Onizuka is now working for SOL Tech as one of their bounty hunters!" Tom gasped.
"Yeah, it was pretty surprising," Yu said. "At least that's what Take…I mean, Soulburner said to me. He said that Go is now using monsters that looked like a dinosaur in wrestler clothes."
"I see…" Tom tried to picture a T-Rex in wrestler's shorts, but looking little too tight for the huge carnivorous, ancient creature.
- Flashback Ends –
'Whatever it is or what it can do, I better watch what it does and plan out a counter plan as it goes,' he thought. "I take the first turn! First, I play the Spell Card, Pot of Greed!"
The classic green pot with a face appeared, chuckling. "With this card, I can draw two more cards from my deck."
"Alright! Cyber Man is starting this duel very well. Now he has an extra card in his hand," Fate Kid approved.
"Then, I summon Cipher HERO Data-Dog from my hand!" The futuristic canine in superhero costume appeared as it howled for battles. "Now, appear! The circuit of justice!"
The Link Square portal appeared above him.
"Link Summon on his first turn?" Go said.
"Arrowheads confirmed. The summoning condition is one Level 4 or lower Cipher HERO monster. I set my Level-2 Cipher HERO Data-Dog to the Link Marker." His single monster turned into bright twister, swallowing into the arrow as it turned red.
"Circuit combine! Link Summon! Link 1, Cipher HERO Double-Byte Hound!" The new Cipher Hero that appeared looked like Data-Dog except this one had two heads, first one with red visor lens while the second head had blue visor lens. Its body was twice bigger of Data Dog.
Cipher HERO Double-Byte Hound-Link 1, DARK, Beast/Link/Effect, 1000 ATK, Link Arrow: Bottom-Left.
"Cipher HERO Double-Byte Hound's effect activates!" He declared. "If this monster is Link Summoned using Cipher HERO Data-Dog for the material, then this card can be treated as two materials for Link Summon. Now, appear again! The circuit of justice!"
"He's Link Summoning twice!" Akira exclaimed.
His two-headed canine superhero turned into two purple twisters.
"The summoning condition is 2 Cipher HERO monsters! Link Summon! Appear, Link 2! Cipher HERO Unknown!"
The next summoned new monster was a strange looking hero with glitchy body and single yellow cape. Its eye was a single purple eye on the faceless face. It had the letter "C" symbol on its chest for Cipher HERO.
Cipher HERO Unknown-Link 2, DARK, Warrior/Link/Effect, 1100 ATK, Link Arrow: Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right.
"Amazing first turn of the duel, folks! Cyber Man has Link Summoned a monster, Cipher HERO Double-Byte Hound and used that monster to Link Summon Cipher HERO Unknown!" Kitty announced excitedly.
"We wonder what the reason for it is, though," Mimi added. "However, I have a feeling that we will soon find out.
"He used a Link monster to summon a different higher Link monster. I wonder what's he planning," Aoi wondered.
"At this point, Cipher HERO Double-Byte Hound's effect activates! If this Link Summoned card is used for Link Summon of Cipher HERO Link Monster, then I can draw two cards." He drew two more from his deck, adding to total of 6 in his hand.
"Then, I activate Cipher HERO Unknown's effect! When it is Link Summoned, I can Special Summon one Cipher HERO monster from my hand by reducing this card's ATK to zero." A portal opened up at the right Main Monster Zone while Unknown's ATK reduced to zero. "Appear! Cipher HERO Web Surfer!"
The superhero on a surfing board appeared out of the portal.
"Cipher HERO Web Surfer's effect! When it is Special Summoned, I get to draw two more cards." He did just that, now adding a total of seven cards in his hand.
Go gritted and said, "Drawing two cards thrice in one turn. How annoying."
"He's really just drawing cards multiple times," Ai noted.
"For the very first turn, he's playing quite well, but I do want to see what else he can do," Flame remarked.
"Me too," Takeru nodded.
"Now, time for the leader of the team to appear! When Extra Deck monster I control has an ATK different from its original ATK, I can Special Summon this card. Appear! Link-4! Cipher HERO Gigavolt!"
The sky darkened with black clouds. Lightning struck down in between Cyber Man and Go as the strongest Cipher HERO appeared in a long time since last season. Cipher HERO Gigavolt presented with a high 2500 ATK, summoned to his master's center Main Monster Zone.
"A Special Summon from an Extra Deck?!" Go gasped.
"This is the power of Cipher HERO monsters! When Gigavolt is summoned by its own effect, then it can target one monster it co-linked with, then it gains ATK equals to that linked monster's original ATK halved until the end of this turn," he explained.
"Cipher HERO Gigavolt is currently Co-linked with Cipher HERO Unknown. Unknown's ATK is 1100 ATK," Rossy stated.
"In other word, Tom's ace monster gains 550 ATK!" Yu exclaimed.
Electrical energy surged through Gigavolt as he thrusted his muscle for emphasis of power increase. Its ATK was now at 3050.
"Holy Tuna! Cyber Man already summoned his ace monster to the field in one turn plus with ATK boost!" Kitty awed, with surprised look.
"He's really going full-on," Mimi commented.
"I am just getting started!" Cyber Man announced.
"What?! There's more?" Kitty gasped as everyone else thought the same thing.
"I play the Spell Card, Polymerization from my hand!" He revealed the classic Fusion Spell Card that started it all. "With this, I can fuse a monster on my field or in my hand to summon a Fusion Monster. I fuse the two heroes in my hand. I fuse Elemental HERO Clayman and Elemental HERO Bubbleman!"
He showed the two heroes in his hand and played them. Both monsters briefly appeared. The two heroes fist-bumped and then turned into red and blue particles respectfully. The particles turned into twisters of the same color until it merged into one purple twister.
"Two souls who fight for truth, justice, and peace. Become one, mighty defender of justice! Fusion Summon! Rise! Elemental HERO Mudballman!"
The hero made up of mudball appeared, summoning next to Gigavolt's left link arrow in face-up Defense Position.
"There it is! It's the Elemental HERO!" Ai pointed.
"We can see that, Mr. Obvious," Flame said, receiving a look from Ai.
"3000 DEF monster? Tch!" Go gritted. He could already tell that Cyber Man pulled off a big wall for him.
"I play the Continuous, HERO Chimer and set one card. Turn end and at the end of this turn, Gigavolt's ATK is returned to normal." He finished his turn as his ace monster's ATK returned to the original 2500 points.
Cyber Man (2h): 4000
"Nice! A great start for Cyber Man!" Fate Kid praised his idol and boss.
"Amazing. He made his entire side of the field full of his monsters, and performed both Link and Fusion Summons in one turn! I have to say it's impressive," Akira thought aloud.
"Wow. This is just…. just…incredible," Aoi said, looking speechless.
"The guy can really go all out," Emma smirked. "I never would've thought to see it."
"To actually summon Link and Fusion Monsters in one turn, I would applaud you for that," Go stated. "However, even with this odd, I won't back down! I draw!"
Go (5h): 4000 LP
"At this point, I activate my Spell Card, HERO Chimer!" The said Spell Card appeared as a clock with many gears. It looked both traditional and futuristic, with many silver gears turning and two clock hands pointing to the roman symbol for 12. "During either player's Standby Phase and as long as I control a HERO monster face-up on the field, this card gains one HERO Counter."
The clock hand moved to roman symbol for 1, turning it light blue.
"A card that uses Counter? I wonder what it does," Takeru questioned.
"Most likely, once it has certain amount of HERO Counter, some kind of effect can be activated," Flame hypothesized.
"Probably," Ai said. "What do you think, Yusaku?"
His partner ignored him as he just stared at the public broadcast and watched the duel.
"Hmph, very well. I activate my Skill! Dinowrestling Revolution!" Go declared as some parts of his suit glowed in yellow light.
"You're using your Skill now?!" Cyber Man gasped.
"He's going to use his Skill now!" Kitty repeated.
"I can activate the Field Spell, World Dino Wrestling from my Deck." He took one card out and played it onto his field. The card showed a wrestling ring in the middle of green jungles. "I Special Summon Dinowrestler Coelasilat."
A light green dinosaur-like humanoid in blue pants and red wrestler suit appeared, roaring for battles. It appeared with 100 ATK and 800 DEF points, but what's special about it was its Monster Type.
'That monster… Could Go be planning to do it?' Cyber Man thought.
"This card can be Special Summoned if I control no monsters on the field, and if it is summoned this way, it cannot be used as materials for Link Summon, except for the Link Summon of a Dinowrestler monster," he explained.
"That monster is a Tuner monster. If my calculation is correct, Go Onizuka must be planning to perform Synchro Summon this turn," Rossy said.
"Synchro Summon? Now, that's something I want to see!" Yu jumped excitedly.
"Then, I Normal Summon Dinowrestler Eskrimamenchi." A long-necked brown dinosaur in purple opened jacket, same colored-mask and blue pants appeared next to Coelasilat. It carried bones in both hands, mouth, and its armor also had bones as part of the decoration on its outfit.
"This card can be Normal Summoned without any Tribute required if I control a Dinowrestler monster." He then punched in air and said, "Not only that, but I also Special Summon Dinowrestler Pankratops!"
A triceratops humanoid wrestler appeared in his last Main Monster Zone. This one was wearing a green mask, green opened armor, purple shorts with belt, and green armor plate for the forelegs that came with spike.
"If my opponent control more monsters than I do, I can Special Summon Pankratops," he stated before the lights on his body turned from yellow to green.
"Could this be?" Yusaku said.
"What?" Ai asked.
"Go Onizuka is actually going to do it!" Flame exclaimed.
"If you are going all out at the start, then I will respond the same way! I tune my Level 2 Dinowrestler Coelasilat with Level 6 Dinowrestler Eskrimamenchi!" His two monsters turned into green particles. The particles transformed into two green rings and six brownish-orange rings. Several rectangles encircled the rings as the rings turned into blue. Two numbers, 2 and 6 appeared before it turned into 8 as a tower of light shot through the blue rings.
"Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 8! Dinowrestler Giga Spinosavate!" His new monster was a blue and white dinosaur with large dorsal spines on its back and white mask with two silver horns or feathers. It presented itself with a powerful roar, showing off its 3000 ATK.
"He Synchro Summoned a monster! He didn't do that when we dueled him!" Takeura pointed out.
"It seems like Go Onizuka must have evolved further after our duel with him," Flame noted.
"Even though he's not using his old Gouki Deck, he's really going full out! He really is a different person, like what Morse said!" Cyber Man wondered.
"Crikey! Look at that, Mimi! Go is really showing his inner dino-beast," Kitty remarked.
"I know. It's kind of scary. Scary cool, that is," Mimi commented.
The crowds who were watching cheered loudly.
"Awesome!" "Amazing!" "I don't know what happened to his old deck, but his new deck is so cool!" Some users commented and said the same thing.
"Wow! I don't know what happened to him over these past months, but Go Onizuka is really gotten stronger than ever!" Brave Max exclaimed.
"I set a card." He Set one card face-down. "Then, I declare battle! Giga Spinosavate will attack your Cipher HERO Gigavolt!"
"Not so fast, Go Onizuka! I activate my..."
"Dinowrestler Giga Spinosavate's effect activates! If it battles, you cannot activate Spell and Trap cards until the end of the Damage Step!" Go interrupted.
"Say what?!" Fate Kid gasped as Cyber Man thought the same thing.
"Also, World Dino Wrestling gives my Dinowrestler monsters a boost of 200 ATK points if they attacks an opponent's monster during the damage calculation only," Go added as his monster's ATK increased to 3200. "Giga Savate Strike!"
His Synchro ace monster whipped its tail so strongly that it cut Gigavolt in half around its torso area. It cried before it exploded.
The explosion made Cyber Man to wobble a bit, but not enough to lose balance on his D-Board.
Cyber Man (2h): 4000 – 700 = 3300 LP
"Cyber Man!" Fate Kid shouted.
"Giga Spinosavate's additional effect! Once per turn, I can target one monster my opponent controls to destroy it. I choose your Elemental HERO Mudballman!" His Synchro ace whipped its powerful tail for one more time and this time on Mudballman.
Despite its impressive strength, even Mudballman couldn't stop Giga Spinosavate's tail whip.
"No, Mudballman!" Cyber Man gritted.
"I then activate Dinowrestler Pankratops' Quick Effect! By tributing one Dinowrestler monster I can target one card you control to destroy it. I tribute my Dinowrestler Giga Spinosavate to target your Cipher HERO Websurfer! Dino Rush!"
Giga Spinosavate disappeared, turning into a small yellow energy ball. The ball swallowed into Pankratops. It roared as it pounded its chest with its hands. It charged forward at Cipher HERO Web Surfer, running it over and turning it into a flat pancake.
"Finally, I attack your last monster standing, your Cipher HERO Unknown! Thanks to my Field Spell, Dinowrestler Pankratops gain 200 ATK!" His monster roared with increased power. It began charging forward Cipher HERO Unknown, but Cyber Man looked with no fear or worry.
"Watch out!" Fate Kid screamed.
"Trap activate! Justice Stand!" His Set Card revealed, showing a shining golden statue of hero with his biceps thrust and posed like it stood tall and mighty while the surrounding area was in ruins.
"When only one HERO monster attacks or is attacked by an opponent's monster with higher ATK than it, my monster is not destroyed by battle and I take no damage!" Pankratops and Unknown collided, but Unknown stood tall and mighty against it.
"Plus, I get to add one HERO monster from my Graveyard or Deck to my hand. I add my Elemental HERO Clayman from my Graveyard." He took the card and put into his hand before it disappeared.
"Hmph. I end my turn here," Go finished.
Go (1h): 4000 LP
"Phew! That was a close one," Fate Kid wiped off the sweat.
"Oh boy. That was close," Ai also wiped the sweat off if an Ignis could even sweat.
"Holy tuna-sandwich! Cyber Man survived from Go's last monster attack!" Kitty announced, making the crowds cheer.
Go flew toward to be next to Cyber Man.
"You may have managed to negate my monster's attack, but I still don't trust you to be a bounty hunter," Go said.
"That's fine if you think that way, but no matter what, I will prove myself and earn your trust, Go Onizuka!" Cyber Man responded.
"So be it," he replied as he flew ahead.
"My turn. I draw." Cyber Man drew a card.
Cyber Man (4h): 3300 LP
"During my Standby Phase, my Spell Card, HERO Chimer gains one HERO counter as long as I control a HERO monster." The said Spell moved its clock hand to two, indicating that it has two counters now. His hands glowed in blue as he chanted. "Open! The circuit of justice!"
The Link Square portal appeared once more above him. "The summoning condition is two HERO monsters. I set my Link-2 Cipher HERO Unknown to the Link Markers!"
Unknown split into two clones of itself before turning into two dark purple twisters. The twisters sucked into the top and bottom arrows, turning them red.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! Xtra HERO Wonder Driver!" The futuristic, blue hero was summoned to the right Extra Monster Zone. "Then, I summon Elemental HERO Clayman."
The bulky hero of clay appeared in Attack Position in the zone pointed by Wonder Driver's bottom arrow.
"Now, Wonder Driver's effect activates!" He declared. "If a HERO monster is Normal or Special Summoned to the zone it points, I target 1 Polymerization, Fusion Spell, or Change Quick-Play Spell Card in my Graveyard and Set it. I set my Polymerization from my graveyard and then I activate it!"
"He's going to Fusion Summon again!" Aoi said with her eyes wide.
"It must be another Elemental HERO Fusion monster," Emma guessed.
"I fuse my Elemental HERO Clayman on the field and Elemental HERO Sparkman in my hand!" The two heroes appeared together. They shook their hand strongly together before both monsters turned into red and blue vortexes. The two vortexes merged into one, becoming a purple vortex with glowing light inside of it.
"Two souls of defensive justice and sparkling courage, form into the giant that thunders down and warn all evils with its might! Fusion Summon! Appear, Elemental HERO Thunder Giant!"
Lighting struck and thunder roared. Another classic HERO Fusion monster arrived, with its mighty golden armor, helmet, and giant arms. It fist-bumped to the sky, causing lighting to strike it on its fist-bump.
"Elemental HERO Thunder Giant!" Go gritted.
"Alright! He has two monsters!" Ai praised.
"However, neither of his monster have higher ATK to destroy Dinowrestler Pankratops," Flame noted, but that would be all changed.
"Now, I open the circuit of justice once more!" Cyber Man shouted as his hand glowed in blue, making the link portal open again.
"Link Summon?" Akira wondered.
"Arrowheads confirmed. The summoning condition is two or more HERO monsters, including at least one Fusion HERO monster. I set my Link-2 Xtra HERO Wonder Driver and Elemental HERO Thunder Giant to the Link Markers!"
The two said monsters turned into blue and sparkling, electrifying yellow twisters respectfully into the arrows, turning them red.
"Link Summon! Link 3! Cipher HERO Ge-Fuser!" The new HERO monster that appeared was a masculine, mild muscular humanoid being. It wore mainly black costume with pair of silver fingered gloves and boots. Its eyes were X-shaped lens with golden edges and red light. Its cape was also black, and also wore a silver utility belt with the C symbol for Cipher HERO. On its each shoulder was X marks.
Cipher HERO Ge-Fuser-Link 3, DARK, Warrior/Link/Effect, 2400 ATK, Link Arrow: Top-Left, Top-Right, Bottom-Left
"It's a brand new Cipher HERO monster!" Kitty said.
"It seems like so," Mimi said.
"Cipher HERO Ge-Fuser's effect! If this Link Summoned card is summoned in the same turn that I Fusion Summoned a monster, then I can use two or more monsters in my Graveyard, field, or Extra Deck to Special Summon a new Fusion HERO monster from my Extra Deck. Also, this summon is treated as Fusion Summoning."
"Nani?" Go gasped.
"He's Fusion Summoning by using Link Monster's effect!" Aoi surprised.
"Not only that, but Ge-Fuser is also ignoring the summoning condition of the Fusion Summoned monster. Meaning that Cyber Man can Fusion Summon any HERO Fusion monsters from his Extra Deck without any limits," Emma said.
"I fuse my Elemental HERO Flame Wingman from Extra Deck with Elemental HERO Sparkman in my Graveyard!" The two heroes appeared on the field briefly before they turned into fiery red and sparkling yellow vortexes. The vortexes swirled together and merged into a single purple vortex while a single ball of light shined within it before it burst out, causing the whole area to consume by the light.
Everyone covered their eyes.
"Nya! I can't see anything!" Kitty cried.
"It's too bright!" Mimi complained.
The light dimmed, allowing everyone to reopen their eyes. The light came to a single point, revealing to be a green-skinned being in shining, white armor with wings.
"Meet the Hero of Light, Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman!" Cyber Man introduced the monster to Go.
"Wooo! It's upgraded version of Flame Wingman!" Ai exclaimed. "It's so shiny."
"That's very plain and obvious," Flame said as Ai gave him the dirty look.
"Shining Flare Wingman's effect! For every Elemental HERO monsters in my Graveyard, he gains 300 ATK points!" Shining Flare Wingman's wings glowed, along with its armor while its ATK increased to 4600.
"4600 ATK?!" Akira was surprised.
"Wow! 4600 ATK is very high! Enough to extinct that Pankratops!" Ai stated.
"Not only that, but Shining Flare Wingman has a deadly effect after its power boost," Yusaku said.
"What do you mean?" The purple Ignis asked.
"Battle! Shining Flare Wingman, attack Go Onizuka's Dinonwrestler Pankratops! Shining Flare Blast!" The Hero of Light's right hand glowed in white light and then burst out an energy from it at Pankratops.
The poor triceratops wrestler cried in pain as the light consumed it. The energy also hit Go as he covered his eyes again from the brightness.
Go (1h): 4000 – 2000 = 2000 LP
"Shining Flare Wingman's additional effect! When he destroys a monster by battle, he can inflict damage equal to that destroyed monster's ATK to my opponent's Life Points. Dinowrestler Pankratops' ATK is 2600. So therefore, you are damaged with 2600 points!" Cyber Man exclaimed
"Yes! Cyber Man wins this duel!" Fate Kid praised.
"Not on my watch! Trap Activates, De-Extinction!" Go revealed his set card, which showed Dinowrestler King T. Wrextle punching rapidly at an oncoming fiery asteroid.
"If Dinowrestler monster is destroyed by battle and I have lower Life Points than my opponent's Life Points, battle and effect damages are negated for this turn, and I get to Special Summon one Dinowrestler monster from my Deck. I summon Dinowrestler Systegosaur."
A green stegosaurus-humanoid appeared with green camouflage-patterned trunk and black armored forearms.
"Dinowrestler Systegosaur's effect! I can add 1 Dinowrestler monster from my Deck to my hand," Go said as he added one from his Deck. "I add Dinowrestler Capaptera to my hand."
Cyber Man winced his eyes and said, "Well done. I end my turn. Due to the Field Spell, World Dino Wrestling's effect, it prevents me to make my second attack with Cipher HERO Ge-Fuser."
Cyber Man (0h): 3300 LP
"Uuuuh! So close." Ai, Fate Kid, and Kitty mumbled.
"Both of them are going all out against each other," Takeru remarked.
"True, but Cyber Man still has that 4600 ATK Shining Flare Wingman on the field. If Go don't do something to it this turn, then he would lose," Kusanagi said.
"Ah, it's alright. My boss will surely beat Go Onizuka. He got this in the bag," Fate Kid boasted.
'Cyber Man shows quite a tremendous force since this duel started. If anything, I think he already earn more than trust from me,' Akira thought. 'However, could he able to earn trust from Go?'
'I had to say. He is very strong and persistent. He really wants to prove himself. I would admit that I admire his attitude...if I was still a Charisma Duelist, but right now, I'm Go Onizuka, the bounty hunter!'
"My turn. Draw!" Go drew his card.
Go (3h): 2000 LP
"HERO Chimer's effect!" Cyber Man reminded as the clock hand landed on the three.
"I play the Spell Card, Graceful Charity!" He said as he showed the Spell Card, with a female angel holding a card in her hands. "I get to draw three cards in exchange that I discard two cards."
He drew three and discarded two. "I activate the effect of Dinowrestler Nanokickasaur from my graveyard! If my opponent controls more monsters than I do, I can Special Summon it!"
A light green-bluish Nanotyranus appeared as it roared. This new Dinowrestler wore blue wrestler's mask, green finger-less boxing gloves, and green cushion armor for the forelegs.
Dinowrestler Nanokickasaur-Level 2, EARTH, Dinoasure/Effect, 900 ATK, 0 DEF.
"Then, I summon Dinowrestler Capaptera!" The winged Dinowrestler appeared next to Nanokicksaur. "I activate Capaptera's effect! If my opponent controls more monsters than I do, I can target one monster to send it to the Graveyard. I target your Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman!"
Capaptera used its wings to flap a powerful gust. The gust blew Shining Flare Wingman, sending him to the graveyard zone.
"Appear, my circuit!" His hand glowed in blue as Link Square portal appeared above him. "Arrowheads confirmed. The summoning condition is two or more Dinowrestler monsters. I set my all three Dinowrestlers to the Link Markers!"
The three Dinowrestlers turned into green, light bluish-green, and orange twisters as all twisters sucked into the arrows, turning them red.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 3! Dinowrestler King T. Wrextle!" His ace monster appeared as it flexed its muscle in a pose and then roared strongly.
"Eek! It looks this must be Go Onizuka's new ace monster, a replacement to Gouki the Great Ogre!" Kitty remarked.
"I wonder what it can do compared to his old ace monster," Mimi said.
The crowds watched anxiously as they await for what will happen next.
"So your ace monster has finally enter the ring," Cyber Man thought aloud.
"Dinowrestler Capaptera's additional effect! If it is sent to the Graveyard due to that it was used as Link Material for Link Summon of a Dinwrestler monster, then that summoned monster gains 1000 ATK until the end of this turn." King T. Wrextle flex its muscle as its power increased to 4000 ATK.
"I place the Continuous Spell, Dinomuscle." The said card showed a Dinowrestler gaining a muscle growth as its arm glowed in red. "With this, all Dinowrestler monsters I control gain 400 ATK." His ace monster's muscle glowed in red as its ATK increased to 4400.
"I set a card and then battle!" He declared. "Dinowrestler King T. Wrextle attacks your Cipher HERO Ge-Fuser! Also, like Giga Spinosavate, you cannot activate Spell or Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step."
King T. Wrextle grabbed Ge-Fuser, threw him to an imaginary ring rope, punched him up into the air, kicked him on the back, and finally head-butt the poor hero with his head on the top of his stomach, leading them crashing down the center of the ring while King T. Wrextle had his arms crossed.
Cyber Man (0h): 3300 – 2200 = 1300 LP
"I end my turn here. With that, King T. Wrextle's ATK is returned to normal," he finished.
Go (0h): 2000 LP
The crowds cheered loudly and praised for Go Onizuka as if this was all a show, which most of them thought that way.
"This is incredible, folks! Go Onizuka, despite his new look and new deck, had made a turnabout just like back in the old days! He truly has returned to LINK VRAINS!" Kitty announced.
"No! No! Cyber Man can't lose, he can't just lose here!" Fate Kid complained.
Cyber Man was down on his knees while his face darkened.
Go turned around to face him and said, "What's wrong? Are you giving up now?"
Everyone looked worry and concern. They wondered the same thing.
"Cyber Man..." Aoi said quietly as she held her hands together as if she was praying.
"...Hah..." Cyber Man smiled behind his helmet mask. "Ha, ha, ha!"
He laughed whole-hardheartedly as he stood back up.
"Cyber Man!" Fate Kid exclaimed with a bit of tear in his eyes, yet relieved to see his idol standing again.
"You surprise me, Go Onizuka!" He pointed to his said opponent. "You are by the far the strongest duelist I've ever faced. It seems like I am in a huge pickle! But, that doesn't mean that I am not done! Now I shall go far beyond!"
"Huh?" Go looked confused.
"My turn! Draw!" Cyber Man drew his card in a shining arc.
Cyber Man (1h): 1100 LP
He looked at the card, revealing it as a monster card.
"Yes! It's finally here!" Cyber Man exclaimed. "I activate HERO Chimer's effect! During my Standby Phase, it gains one HERO Counter!"
The clock hand was now pointing at the four.
"Now, I activate its true effect!" He declared. "When this card has 4 or more HERO Counters, by removing just three counters, I can add one HERO monster from my Graveyard to my hand. I choose my Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman, but since it is an Extra Deck monster, it is sent to there instead."
"What are you planning?" Go asked.
"This!" He stated. "I Normal Summon Digi Sidekick!"
The new monster looked like Cyborg from Teen Titans Go, except that the armor was black instead of white and the blue part was replaced with red, and his eyes were covered with yellow goggles.
Digi Sidekick-Level 3, EARTH, Warrior/Tuner, 800 ATK, 800 DEF.
"That's a Tuner monster!" Flame pointed out.
"Digi Sidekick's monster effect! When it is Normal or Special Summoned, I can use one of its two effects and I choose its first one. I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower HERO monster from my graveyard. I bring out my Elemental HERO Sparkman!"
The spark hero resurrected as he made his shocking entrance.
"I tune my Level 3 Digi Sidekick with Level 4 Elemental HERO Sparkman!" The lines on his costume glowed in green, including his helmet's visor lens.
His two monsters turned into three green rings and four yellow rings as data clustered together. The rings turned blue as they stacked into a tower, with two numbers, three and 4 appeared in the blue square. The two numbers combined into 7 as a tower of light pierced through the rings.
"No matter where or when, justice will prevail and protects the past, present, and future! Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 7! Cipher HERO Oscillatorider!"
The new Cipher HERO that appeared was a humanoid hero in white and blue costume. Light blue lines went all over its body. The word "HERO" marked over its masked face, making up its "eyes". Its hands were worn with white gloves for the top side while the bottom side was black. The bottom half of the costume was mainly light-blue with black and white accents. Two circle slots were attached on each arm as well as its shoulder, which all looks like a clock. Two horns made of blue crystals pointed like clock hands on the forehead.
Cipher HERO Oscillatorider-Level 7, DARK, Warrior/Synchro/Effect, 2600 ATK, 2100 DEF.
"Is this Cyber Man's new ace monster?" Aoi questioned.
Everyone else was surprised. They never had seen a Cipher HERO Synchro monster before.
"So what you Synchro Summoned a monster. It's not strong enough to defeat my King T. Wrextle!" Go claimed.
"That may be, but you haven't seen my new HERO's power yet," Cyber Man said. "Cipher HERO Oscillatorider's effect activates! If it is Synchro Summoned, I can send one Extra Deck monster from my Extra Deck to the graveyard. Depending on its type, this card gains a different effect."
"What? It gains different effect based on the sent monster's type?" Go confused.
"I send my Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman!" When he did, a watch that had the face of Shining Flare Wingman appeared in its hand. His new ace monster turned the dial and pressed the button on the top, making the watch to call out "Shining Flare Wingman". He inserted the watch on the belt knuckle, pressed the button on the top, and spun it before it locked again.
"Fusion Armor Time!" The belt on the new hero spoke by itself. Suddenly, the spirit of Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman appeared. His new monster kicked it, causing several new armor parts to materialize and appeared. All the armor parts latched onto the monster that kicked them.
His new ace monster now wore the same helmet, wings, and some armor for the forearms, forelegs, and chest from Shining Flare Wingman.
"Now, my new monster is known as Cipher HERO Shining Flare Oscillatorider!" Cyber Man announced.
"What's this?!" Go gasped as he really didn't know what exactly happened.
"Now, Oscillatorider gains 1000 ATK and it can attack twice this turn!" Cyber Man stated.
"Even if you attack my monster, it would only just self-destruct itself!" Go pointed out.
"At this point, my Spell Card, HERO Chimer's additional effect activates! If Cipher HERO Oscillatorider is on the field, I can remove all HERO counters from this card to increase Oscillatorider's ATK by 200 points!"
His ace monster's ATK went up to 3800.
"Battle! Cipher HERO Osciillatorider, use Fusion Time Kick!" The hero jumped up into the air, and placed his foot out. It charged with its kick out at King T. Wrextle, but Go smirked and said, "You fell for it, Cyber Man! Trap Activates, Mirror Force!"
"What?!" The protagonists gasped, more so for Yusaku and Ai. It was the same Trap Card used by Revolver.
"With this, when my opponent declares an attack, all their Attack Position monster is destroyed! You came very far, Cyber Man, but this is the end for you," Go said.
"No, it's not the time!" He countered. "Skill activate! Justice For All!"
"He's using his Skill right now!?" Akira gasped while Go was also surprised.
"When my opponent activates a Spell or Trap Card during the Battle Phase involving my HERO monster, that card is negated and destroyed!"
"No, what?!" His Mirror Force shattered into pieces.
"Continue with your attack! Fusion Time Kick!"
King T. Wrextle used his arm to block Oscillatorider. They collided against each other, but the latter overpowered King T. Wrextle, destroying him.
Go: 2000 – 200 = 1800 LP
"One more time! Finale Fusion Time Kick!" His monster jumped up one more time, and kicked Go Onizuka off from his D-Board.
"Aaaaaaaaaahhh!" He screamed as he fell down to his loss, but thankfully he landed safe in a tree.
Go: 0 LP
Cyber Man WINS!
"We have a winner! This duel's victory belongs to Cyber Man!" Kitty announced.
The crowds cheered. Everyone watching cheered and praised Cyber Man.
"Let's go have an interview with them!" Kitty decided.
"Hold up!" Mimi stopped her. "Another job just got in. We got to log-out now."
"What!? But we just…!" Before she finished her sentence, both girls were force logged-out.
Cyber Man stopped at the area where Go landed, followed by Fate Kid and Akira Zaizen.
"You did it, boss! You won the duel!" Fate Kid cheered.
"Congratulations, Mr. Cyber Man! That duel was spectacular and you did a splendid job," Akira said.
Go walked over to Cyber Man.
"Cyber Man…." He said as he showed with his hand open. "That was an excellent duel. Despite that I lost, it would be waste of potential for someone of your caliber to not be accepted into my team."
He looked at hand and said, "Thank you, Go Onizuka."
They shook their hand in agreement.
"However, I have one other condition if I decide to join the team," Cyber Man said.
"What is it?" Go asked.
"My partner here, Fate Kid, must also join alongside me," he stated, which surprised Fate Kid himself, Go, and Akira.
"But, Cyber Man, he may be your partner, but he's too young! I am sorry, but I must have to say it here that…."
"If that's enough convincing for you to work for us, Mr. Cyber man, then we accept such condition." The boys turned around to be confronted by Queen.
"Queen!" Akira gasped as Go shot an eye at her.
'So this is Akira Zaizen's boss and one of SOL Tech's higher-ups,' he thought.
"I saw your duel with Go Onizuka here, and like the hero you are, you are by far one of the strongest duelists in LINK VRAINS. Possibly on the level of Charisma Duelists," she commented.
"I am...honored, maim," Cyber Man said.
"I will allow your young partner, Fate Kid to join the team and become a fellow bounty hunter," she stated.
"Sweet! I mean, thank you, Miss," Fate Kid said politely.
Akira didn't quite like how this was going on, but he kept his comment to himself and let it slide this time.
"Akira, I hope you make our two new members welcoming. I leave you to that," she said to him. "Good luck, you two heroes."
Queen logged out right after that.
"Is she gone?" Fate Kid asked.
"Yes, she's gone," Go said.
"Like I was saying, this is SWEET! We're bounty hunters now!" Fate Kid jumped up and down excitedly.
However, is this turn of event really a sweet thing indeed? Only the future would tell.
Post-Chapter Show
"Hello, everyone! Welcome to another episode of Kitty and Mimi's Post-Chapter Show!" Kitty announced excitedly. "I am your lovable, tuna-sandwich eating cat idol, Kitty!"
"And I am her hopping, bunny partner, Mimi," Mimi greeted nonchalantly in almost bored expression.
"Wow! What do I have to say about this chapter? I say...the DUEL WAS AWESOME!" Kitty shouted.
"Yeah. Cyber Man and Go Onizuka really dueled well. By far, this must be the longest duel and the longest chapter of the entire season 2 for this story so far," Mimi commented.
"I know right!" Kitty agreed. "So, what is the card of the chapter?"
"Today's card of the chapter is..." The monitor showed the new Synchro Hero monster. "Cipher HERO Oscillatorider!"
"Cyber Man's new ace monster, Cipher HERO Oscillatorider is a Level 7 LIGHT Warrior-Synchro monster with attack points of 2600 and defense of 2100. This monster gains effect depending on the type of Extra Deck Monster you send to your Graveyard by its effect," Mimi explained.
"It looks like what of those Japanese superhero TV series character. I think it has to do with them riding motorcycle, but I heard the latest series doesn't use motorcycle like the original," Kitty said.
"The OG is always the best," Mimi nodded. "Well, this chapter wraps up the end for the little story arc with Cyber Man."
"Yup, but before we do finish here, we would like to make a special mention to user named pokemonking0924 for this chapter," Kitty said.
"Our boss wants to say thank you for making Digi Sidekick for Cyber Man's HERO Deck. Your very welcome," Mimi praised.
"Hey, I just remember something! What about the New Cards Cheat Sheet that always come at the end?" Kitty asked.
"According to the writers department, they (or rather he) will add it later due to tiredness. This chapter's total word is OVER 9000!" Mimi exclaimed.
Kitty gasped, but with normal expression and said, "OK, whatever."
"Until next time...see you later, alligators!"
Preview for Chapter 60
A lone duelist is taking out the former and current Top Charisma Duelists. For what reason and why is unknown, but the fact remains; his next target is Blossom Star!
Blossom Star: So you must be...!
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Blossom Star: Into the VRAINS!