Flames burst from the three Ojama Token and the set monster, slamming into Kirk Dixon. His digital body flickered as data scattered.
Kirk Dixon, LP 4000 to 2000.
The tokens continued their mockery. One commented politely, another rustled his paper, the third kept snoring. Kirk Dixon's face darkened with anger.
"My Turn! Draw." Yugen drew and immediately revealed Spell Card 'Pot of Greed'. "I draw two more cards." He then Normal Summoned 'Inaba White Rabbit'.
'Inaba White Rabbit', ATK 700.
"It is Beast-Type like 'Ojama Yellow', so it is not restricted by 'Rivalry of Warlords'. It can attack directly." He gestured forward. "Direct attack."
The rabbit dashed in and smashed its hammer into Kirk Dixon's head. His Life Points fell from 2000 to 1300.
The tokens added more comments between sips of tea and lazy snores. Kirk Dixon could barely contain himself.
"I set one card." Yugen placed another face down. "'Inaba White Rabbit' returns to my hand during the End Phase."
The rabbit turned into light and flew back as a Card. Yugen folded his arms calmly.
"My turn ends."
Kirk Dixon took a deep breath.
"My Turn! Draw!"
With the combination of 'Rivalry of Warlords' and 'Ojama Trio', he had no way to Summon monsters, and his Life Points were down to 1300. At this rate, he would likely be finished next turn by a direct attack from 'Inaba White Rabbit' combined with burn damage. He glanced at the card he had drawn and narrowed his eyes.
"No choice. I have to rely on drawing to create an opening." He placed a card onto the field. "I set one card. Then I activate this…"
"Spell Card 'Card of Sanctity'!
Until both players have six cards in hand, we draw from our Deck!"
Yugen raised an eyebrow. As expected of a duelist from the DM era, 'Card of Sanctity' was practically as standard back then as 'Pot of Greed' was in GX.
"Here it comes!"
Drawing up to six cards in one go seemed to bring him hope. Kirk Dixon laughed and slapped a card down.
"Spell Card 'Dark Hole'! Destroy all monsters on the field!"
A thin black line split open in the air, widening into a sphere of darkness. Everything on the field was dragged in by its pull and crushed without exception.
"All monsters are Destroyed! That means the Summon lock is Released!" Kirk Dixon shouted.
Once the Ojama Tokens were gone, he could freely Summon again. If he brought out a Machine-Type monster, then 'Rivalry of Warlords' would only restrict him to that Type. Since his Deck only contained Machine-Type monsters anyway, the restriction no longer mattered.
"However, the follow up effect of Ojama Token also activates," Yugen reminded him. "When an Ojama Token is Destroyed, its controller takes 300 damage for each one."
"Nani?!?!"
Kirk Dixon's face changed. The three clown like spirits reappeared like transparent ghosts, shouting "Ojama Delta Hurricane!" as they rammed themselves into him.
"Ugh!"
Kirk Dixon, LP 1300 to 400.
Cold sweat ran down his back. Those disgusting things had hidden a burn effect, and he had almost blown himself up.
"But at least the lock is broken!" he roared. "Now I can Summon monsters! I activate the effect of 'Machina Fortress' in my Graveyard!
By discarding Machine-Type monsters from my hand whose total Levels equal eight or more, I revive 'Machina Fortress' from the Graveyard! I discard Level 8 'Machina Megaform'! Rise again."
"'Machina Fortress'!"
The heavy artillery unit emerged once more, its cannons locking onto Yugen's empty field.
"'Machina Fortress' can revive itself again and again! Feel the absolute firepower of Machina! Direct attack!"
The cannons fired, and a blazing beam shot straight at Yugen.
"Then I activate my set card."
Yugen flipped it up. "Trap Card 'Dimension Wall'. When you declare an attack, you take that battle damage instead." (ANIME EFFECT)
"Another trap?!"
"Counter Trap 'Trap Jammer'! I negate and Destroy your Trap Card!" (ANIME EFFECT)
The wall shattered, and the blast struck Yugen. His body flickered as he staggered back.
Yugen, LP 3200 to 700.
He steadied himself and looked at his hand. "So even in data form, the impact feels real inside the Link System."
"That is correct," Mokuba Kaiba said. "We aim to recreate the most authentic Duel experience."
"Not over yet!" Kirk Dixon said coldly. "You still have that dangerous 'Inaba White Rabbit'. So I activate Spell Card 'Card Destruction'! Both players discard their hands and draw the same number!"
Yugen discarded 'Inaba White Rabbit' to the Graveyard and drew again.
"My Turn! ends!" Kirk Dixon laughed. "Your lock is broken. Next turn I will finish you!"
"Then my Turn! Draw." Yugen spoke calmly. "Quick-Play Spell 'Emergency Provisions'. I send Continuous Trap 'Rivalry of Warlords' to the Graveyard and gain 1000 Life Points."
Yugen, LP 700 to 1700.
"Next, Spell Card 'Ojamandala'. I pay 1000 Life Points to revive 'Ojama Green', 'Ojama Black', and 'Ojama Yellow' from the Graveyard."
Yugen, LP 1700 to 700.
The yellow, green, and black trio returned to the field. Kirk Dixon felt irritation rise the moment he saw them.
"Now I activate Spell Card 'Polymerization'! I fuse 'Ojama Black', 'Ojama Green', and 'Ojama Yellow'!"
"Fusion? Them?"
"Triple fusion of Ojama Trio! The crystallization of brotherly power, appear"
"'Ojama King', Fusion Summon!"
A large version of the clown appeared in a flashy pose.
'Ojama King', ATK 0.
"Zero attack?" Kirk Dixon frowned.
"Field Spell 'Ojama Country'!" Yugen Do declared. "While an Ojama monster is on the field, all monsters' original ATK and DEF are swapped!"
Attack and defense reversed.
'Ojama King', ATK 0 to 3000. 'Machina Fortress', ATK 2500 to 1600.
"'Ojama King', attack!"
The clown hero flew forward with a punch.
"I activate Trap Card 'Dark God Catastrophe'! When you declare an attack, all monsters on the field are Destroyed!" (ANIME EFFECT)
A violent surge wiped out everything.
"And at this moment, the effect of 'Machina Megaform' in my Graveyard activates!" Kirk Dixon laughed. "When 'Machina Fortress' is sent to the Graveyard, by banishing it from my Graveyard, I can Special Summon 'Machina Megaform'!" (ANIME EFFECT)
The massive machine reassembled into a towering robot.
'Machina Megaform', ATK 2600.
Yugen set two cards and ended his turn.
"My Turn!." Kirk Dixon drew. "In the face of my invincible Machina.""
"Activate set card, Trap Card 'Ojama Trio'. I Special Summon three Ojama Tokens to your field."
Three tokens appeared on Kirk Dixon's field.
"How is that going to stop me now?" he snapped.
"Another set card." Yugen snapped his fingers. "Trap Card 'Torrential Tribute'. When a monster is Summoned, all monsters on the field are Destroyed."
Kirk Dixon froze.
When the flood wiped the field, his machine and the three tokens were all destroyed.
And the tokens' effect was clear.
When Ojama Token is Destroyed, its controller takes 300 damage each.
The three clown spirits reappeared again.
"No... stay back..."
They charged him once more.
Kirk Dixon, LP 400 to 0.
"Not agghhhh!"
After the cards were played, both the onlookers and the one who had been beaten stayed silent for a moment.
One was wondering what kind of Duel he had just watched, and the other was wondering what on earth he had just played.
'Ojama Trio' was the kind of trash card most Duelists would ignore, a small fry from the Level Series that people would rather throw into a dry well than put in a Deck. Yet it was exactly these small fry that had given Kirk Dixon, an expert professor, a lesson and shown him a darker side of Duel.
Whether it was 'Ojama Trio' or the 'Ojama King' formed through 'Polymerization', their own ATK was 0. Only in specific situations, combined with effects that swapped attack and defense, did they have any combat ability at all.
And yet, facing a Deck whose monsters' original ATK were almost all 0, he had felt a deep sense of helplessness he had never experienced before.
He had never played such a suffocating Duel in his life.
Kirk Dixon looked at Yugen with a complicated expression, then glanced strangely at Mokuba Kaiba beside him.