He looked at his Hand Cards, saying nothing.
"Next—Card Destruction!" Yaiba Todo played his next card.
"Both players discard all cards in their hand, then draw the same number of cards!"
"Nice! That way, both the Pendulum scales and that troublesome Trap are sent to the Graveyard!" Seeing this, Sakaki Yuya immediately cheered for his teammate.
When he saw Re-qliate, he'd really been clenching his fists for Yaiba Todo, but he hadn't expected that, even in such a situation, Yaiba could still find a way to deal with the terrible board.
Except…
Except, he probably wouldn't be able to hold out any longer.
Tenjo Hikari casually sent all the cards he had drawn to the Graveyard.
"Sorry, Masumi, Shijima—looks like this is as far as I go!" At this point, all Yaiba Todo could do was believe in his teammates.
"It's fine, you already cleared the way for us!" One of the core tactics of a relay Duel is teammates collaborating and setting things up for one another!
"Yeah!"
"Turn… end."
Tenjo Hikari's turn. He drew a card, glanced at it, then silently set it face-down.
"Materialism's effect: once per turn, you have to send either a Hand Card or a Monster on your field to the Graveyard!"
"Bring it on!!" Yaiba Todo forced himself to shout, "I send the Monster on my field to the Graveyard."
"Then, once more—direct attack!"
The pillar of light crashed down, the rainbow-like D-wheel track erupting with a deafening roar. Amidst the thunderous boom, Yaiba Todo was blown straight off his D-wheel and slammed into the ground.
"Yaiba!" "Todo!" His friends and classmates shouted his name, worried for him.
On the other side, having defeated one opponent, Light's turn was forcibly ended, and the turn passed back to the Pendulum Exchange Team.
Masumi Kotsu grit her teeth, leaping onto the gorgeous Gemstone D-wheel and accelerating in hot pursuit.
Because, at this stage of the WRGP Tournament, the track wasn't a "circuit" but a straight line, when a player wiped out they didn't need to push their bike back to the starting point. Correspondingly, since you had defeated an opponent, the match tilted slightly in favor of the "advantaged side"—they could use this chance to sprint ahead and gain more distance.
However, as Masumi Kotsu joined the Duel, Light's D-wheel speed would gradually slow back down, returning to normal.
"As expected of 5DS, that's way too strong!"
"Strong, sure—but in the end, it's that Yaiba kid who wasn't strong enough, right?"
"Yeah… Still, forcing Light to reveal his Pendulum, that's already impressive."
"But… using Pendulum, using Monsters that require Tribute Summon—does this guy really fit 5DS? What's going on with them?"
"It's pointless. No matter how you slice it, it's 1 versus 3, and now his Pendulum and Trap are all gone. It's going to be hard, isn't it?"
The spectators from this world were full of praise for 5DS's Light—because the stronger 5DS was, the more "face" they had before other Dimensions, and the more they felt a kind of shared pride.
Conversely, seeing Light win using this kind of tactic, many from the Fusion Dimension felt disappointed.
Some of them genuinely believed Light might be Tenjo Hikari—if Light really were Tenjo Hikari, then the theory Marufuji Shou and Tenjouin Fubuki had, that Polari was Marufuji Ryo, would become something they could really try to verify.
But now…
It was hard to believe that someone who relied on Tribute Summon was Tenjo Hikari!
His understanding of Pendulum Summon and Tribute Summon was just too astonishing; he really seemed more like a native of this Dimension.
Of course—there were also some people who were even more suspicious of Light's true identity.
Too deep an understanding of Pendulum and Tribute?
Is that a problem?
For the sake of better fusion, Hikari has been researching everything!
Tenjo Hikari took a moment to glance at the comments, not reacting much, as he heard a roar from afar.
Coming?
His bike's speed dropped, though he hadn't actually gone that far to begin with.
At the end of the day, the Duel had gone too fast; it hadn't lasted long at all.
Pendulum Exchange Team, No. 2 member: Masumi Kotsu, LP: 4000.
"My turn, Draw!"
Masumi Kotsu looked at the cards in her hand, that strange sense of foreboding growing stronger and stronger. She shook her head, fixed her gaze forward, staring at Light's back.
"Activate Spell Card, Scatter Fusion!"
"Huh?" At that moment, everyone from the Fusion Dimension let out cries of surprise.
It was… Scatter Fusion?
Meanwhile, Shijima had reached the spot where Yaiba Todo had crashed, hurriedly hoisting him up and helping push the bike off the track. As they walked, he chuckled, "Masumi's a Duelist who uses Fusion Summon. Materialism may have 3000 ATK, but all she needs to do is go above 3000!"
"And Todo already took care of all the troublesome stuff! Masumi can definitely beat that guy!"
Exactly!
It might be unaffected by Spells, Traps, and Monsters with lower ATK, but as long as you surpass its ATK, there's no problem!
"Scatter Fusion's effect: activate if your opponent controls a Monster. Send the Fusion Materials specified for a Fusion Monster Card that is a Gem-Knight Fusion Monster other than a Rock-Type from your Deck to the Graveyard, then Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck. When this card leaves the field, destroy that Monster. After this effect resolves, until the end of the turn, you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck except Gem-Knight Monsters.
I send Gem-Knight Garnet and Gem-Knight Sapphire from my Deck to the Graveyard."