Chapter 258: Pure Performapal
"Just so you know, the Deck I'm using this time is a pure Performapal Deck."
"I activate the effect of Performapal Hip Hippo from my hand," Hayato played a card from his hand. "If your field has a monster, but my field does not, I can special summon it from my hand."
"Hayato is actually using the Performapal Deck he used to defeat Maximillion Pegasus? He's completely serious now," Samejima, as one of the spectators of Hayato and Yugi Mutou's Duel against Maximillion Pegasus at Duelist Kingdom, naturally recognized this Deck. "Since Hip Hippo has appeared, the next card should be that one."
"Hip Hippo's job is to liven up the atmosphere with a hot dance at the start," watching the blue-haired lady appear on his field, Hayato played a second card. "Now that the atmosphere is lively, the stage performance officially begins!"
"I Tribute Performapal Hip Hippo to perform a Tribute Summon! Performapal Hip Hippo can be treated as two Tributes when Tributed for a Performapal monster!"
"Showtime! Appear! Performapal Sky Magician!"
Behind Performapal Hip Hippo, a human-sized wooden box appeared. She walked into it and closed the box. The next moment, the box disassembled, and what appeared on Hayato's field was Performapal Sky Magician, holding four rings!
Performapal Sky Magician [ATK 2500]
Hayato immediately ordered, "Enter my Battle Phase! Performapal Sky Magician, attack Jinzo!"
"Forbidden - Quadruple Presence!"
"Performapal Sky Magician's ATK is higher than Jinzo's!" Ishizu Ishtar said with a hint of joy. "As long as Jinzo is destroyed, its trap negation effect will naturally be lifted."
However, Samejima next to her had a different view. As the successor of the Electronic Flow, which had been entangled with the Psychic Flow for a long time, he understood the dueling style of Psychic Flow Duelists better than anyone.
"Although the representative monster of the Psychic Flow is Jinzo, which negates traps, and it seems their Decks are specifically prepared to counter Duelists who are good at using Trap Cards, because of the existence of Amplifier, they are actually the ones most skilled at using Trap Cards."
As expected, just as Samejima's words fell, Juzo opened his set card in the backrow. "I activate the Trap Card I set last Turn!"
Performapal Sky Magician threw out the four rings in its hands, which floated in the air against gravity. Within each of the four rings, a sphere of magical energy converged. A powerful magical energy blast was fired, but just as it was about to hit Jinzo, it was blocked and even absorbed by a spherical shield that appeared out of nowhere!
[Juzo: 4000 → 6500 LP]
The reason for everything was the set card Juzo had just opened—
"Although Jinzo indiscriminately negates all Trap Cards on the field, because of Amplifier's effect, only I can still use Trap Cards now," Juzo's mouth curled up. "Draining Shield's effect is to negate the attack of one of your monsters and recover my Life Points equal to its ATK."
"So, you just 'negated' my monster's attack, right?" Hayato, however, calmly played a card, inserting it into the Spell & Trap Zone of his Duel Disk. "Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card Double or Nothing!! This card can only be used when my monster's attack is negated, allowing that monster whose attack was negated to gain a second attack opportunity!"
"Furthermore, its ATK is doubled."
The first round of magical energy blasts was negated. Performapal Sky Magician raised its hand again, and energy spheres once again converged in the four rings. At the same time, a trace of magical energy from the activated Double or Nothing! was also captured and absorbed by Performapal Sky Magician.
"Because I activated a Spell Card, I chain Performapal Sky Magician's effect. Once per turn, it can absorb magical energy from a Spell Card to strengthen itself!"
Performapal Sky Magician [ATK 2500 → 2800 → 5600]
"ATK, 5600 points?!" Juzo, who had just been smug, couldn't help but change his expression. Seeing the four magical energy blasts about to fire again, he quickly opened another set card in his backrow. "Activate the Trap Card, Half or Nothing?"
"Targeting one monster on the field, the targeted monster cannot be destroyed by battle this turn, and the damage I take from that battle is halved!"
"Boom!"
Almost the moment Juzo activated the Trap Card, Performapal Sky Magician's attack successfully hit Jinzo. The powerful force instantly shattered its defense, and the overflowing damage was weakened by a shield surrounding Juzo himself, not as terrifying as it was initially.
[Juzo: 6500 → 4900 LP]
Even though it was weakened to half of the initial damage, the damage caused by Performapal Sky Magician after its ATK doubled was still a full 1600 points. However, it was a pity that Hayato ultimately failed to destroy Jinzo within this turn, and the one-sided Trap Card negation still existed.
Performapal Sky Magician [ATK 5600 → 2800]
"It was dodged, what a shame." Hayato shook his head regretfully, drawing two cards and placing them in the Spell & Trap Zone. "Set two cards, I End Turn."
[Hayato: 4000 LP, Hand 1]
Performapal Sky Magician [ATK 2800]
[Set cards] X2
"Heh heh, no intention of summoning a monster, or perhaps he didn't draw any powerful cards." Juzo once again looked at the somewhat dull-looking Performapal Barrier Balloon Baku on Hayato's field with disdain. "With that ridiculous appearance, you'd think it wouldn't be a powerful monster."
"Only the Psychic Flow is the strongest! It's my Turn, draw!" Looking at the card he drew, Juzo beamed with joy. "Activate the Spell Card Pot of Greed, I can draw two more cards!"
Seeing the two cards he drew, Juzo was stunned for a moment, then became ecstatic, laughing triumphantly. "Heh heh, ha ha ha ha, I drew it, I drew the strongest monster of the Psychic Flow!"
"Let me show you, King of Games! Witness the ultimate secret technique of the Psychic Flow style!"
Hayato's heart skipped a beat when he heard that. "Ultimate secret technique monster?! Could it be a monster comparable to Cyber End Dragon or Chimeratech Rampage Dragon?"
"First, I Normal Summon Jinzo - Psychic Jacker." Juzo first summoned a monster to the field.
Jinzo - Psychic Jacker maintained the consistent body modification style of the Jinzo series monsters, but compared to other Jinzos, Jinzo - Psychic Jacker's biggest feature and strength was that he had hair, although it was made of tubes.
Juzo continued, "The strongest monster of the Psychic Flow requires Tributing a Jinzo on my field to be special summoned. However, while Jinzo - Psychic Jacker is on the field or in the graveyard, its card name can be treated as Jinzo."
"I Tribute Jinzo - Psychic Jacker and send it to the graveyard! Don't blink, the pain will be over in an instant!"
"Come forth, the ultimate secret technique of the Psychic Flow style, Jinzo - Lord!"
The "luxuriously haired" Jinzo - Psychic Jacker disappeared, replaced on Juzo's field by another familiar bald head, similar to Jinzo. As soon as Jinzo - Lord appeared on the field, the familiar psychic energy was released again, sweeping towards Hayato's backrow.
Jinzo - Lord [Level 8/DARK]
[Machine/Effect]
[2600/1600]
"Jinzo - Lord possesses the same effect as Jinzo, and can also negate Trap Cards on the field, so don't think about protecting yourself with your set cards in the backrow," Juzo said smugly. "Battle Phase! Jinzo - Lord, attack that Performapal Barrier Balloon Baku!"
Jinzo - Lord, with an ATK as high as Gaia The Fierce Knight, raised a hand. Powerful psychic energy accurately captured the stunned Performapal Barrier Balloon Baku. As his palm closed, Performapal Barrier Balloon Baku was instantly crushed by the psychic energy and sent to the graveyard.
"Then, Psychic Commander performs a direct attack!"
[Hayato: 4000 → 2300 LP]
Seeing that Hayato's Life Points indeed decreased and he didn't activate any cards from his hand or set cards, Juzo couldn't help but reveal a triumphant smile. "Life Points are still 2300 points, huh? Heh heh, it's as fragile as a candle in the wind. Well then, I'll end this Turn for now."
"Next Turn, I will end this Duel, and then declare to everyone that what the Electronic Flow couldn't do, the Psychic Flow will! We are the strongest style!"
[Juzo: 4900 LP, Hand 0]
Jinzo - Lord [ATK 2600]
Psychic Commander [ATK 1700]
"No, Psychic Flow Duelist, Juzo, you don't have another Turn." Just as Juzo was already envisioning the beautiful future of the Psychic Flow Dojo growing bigger and stronger after defeating Hayato, Hayato, who had his finger on his Deck ready to draw, spoke up.
"What did you say?"
"I said, you don't have another Turn. Because this Turn, I will end this Duel," Hayato said, drawing a card. "It's my Turn, draw!"
"Hmph, I have Jinzo - Lord with 2600 ATK and Psychic Commander with 1700 ATK on my field. You don't think you can defeat me by using the relatively weaker Psychic Commander as a breakthrough, do you?"
Juzo showed a contemptuous smile. "Even if that were the case, I still have a full 4900 Life Points. Can you draw a monster with over 6600 ATK to finish me off instantly?"
"If you don't try, how do you know I can't?" Hayato said, placing a monster card on his field. "I Normal Summon Malice Doll of Demise, and then equip it with the Equip Spell Card Wonder Wand."
A seemingly delicate girl appeared on Hayato's field. Her clothes were thin, and she was powerless, even holding the Wonder Wand that could increase ATK. Her combat power was extremely weak, only enough to bully monsters like the Ojama family.
Malice Doll of Demise [0/100 → 500/100]
"Then, I activate Wonder Wand's effect. I Tribute Malice Doll of Demise, which is equipped with it, and send it to the graveyard. I draw two cards from my Deck."
Watching Hayato draw two cards from his Deck, Juzo sneered disdainfully. "First, you summon a weak monster that can't even scratch me, and then you personally send it to the graveyard, wasting your Normal Summon opportunity. Is this what you meant by ending the Duel this Turn, King of Games?"
"I don't see any chance of winning at all."
"Is that so? Perhaps it's because you're looking in the wrong place," Hayato raised his Duel Disk, pointing to the Graveyard Zone where the Malice Doll of Demise card had just been sent. "My chance of winning has gathered in the graveyard. The puzzle leading to victory is complete!"
"Activate the Spell Card, Magicalized Fusion!! This card is used to Fusion Summon cards limited to the Spellcaster Type. As Fusion Material for the Fusion Summon, I can choose Spellcaster Type monsters from my field or graveyard!"
As Hayato placed a card from his hand into the Spell & Trap Zone to activate it, the field suddenly became windy.
From Hayato's graveyard, one after another, the monsters that had been sent to the graveyard in previous turns were revived. The common point among these monsters was that they were all Spellcaster Type monsters.
Performapal Hip Hippo
Performapal Sky Magician
Performapal Sky Apprentice
Skilled Blue Magician
Malice Doll of Demise
Five monsters gathered on the field as transparent spirit forms. Juzo remembered the other four, but he couldn't recall when Hayato had used Skilled Blue Magician.
Hayato noticed the confusion in Juzo's eyes and smiled, explaining, "Earlier, I activated a Graceful Charity."
"Was it sent to the graveyard at that time?" Feeling the inexplicable pressure emanating from the spirit forms of the five monsters on Hayato's field, Juzo gritted his teeth. "Using five Spellcaster Type monsters as Fusion Material, what kind of monster will it be?"
Ishizu Ishtar looked at the five monsters on Hayato's field and was also quite shocked. "As far as I know, the legendary strongest Dragon-Type monster, Five-Headed Dragon, is a monster that can only be Fusion Summoned using five Dragon-Type monsters. Hayato is actually Fusion Summoning five monster cards now?!"
"To use hidden power again and again..." Samejima recalled what his Master, the Previous Master of the Electronic Flow Dojo, had told him when he returned to the Electronic Flow Dojo from Duelist Kingdom island and inherited the Cyber Dragon.
'You met an incredible person on the island of Duelist Kingdom, Samejima. Having grown, you have become a mature Duelist worthy of the Cyber Dragon. However, don't become arrogant. What you see with your naked eye is just the tip of the iceberg of reality.'
'The Electronic Flow is a style that excels at absorbing the strengths of others to grow itself. It has no limits; even the limit of Fusion can be broken through.'
"Following the breakthrough of the limit of perfection, are you now going to show me the limit of Fusion, Hayato-kun..." Samejima stared intently at Hayato. "I'm looking forward to it!"