The giant dice slowly rotates in the air, and all the students watching the duel have their mouths wide open.
Number 85: Crazy Box, Rank 4, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, ATK 3000, Xyz Material 2.
"An Xyz Monster..."
"And is it a Number Monster? So, there must be at least 84 more?"
"Its ATK is 3000! That's on par with Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"Just one is so formidable, how about the rest!?"
Assassin 44 chuckled under his breath.
Using this card made his body very fatigued, his mind completely absorbed with gambling and slaughter.
Originally, he intended to use a more covert and safer method to quietly attack Tenjo Hikari.
Because in a normal duel, he wasn't entirely confident he could take down Tenjo Hikari.
But then, one day, he suddenly gained this power, this exquisite power beyond ordinary understanding.
He discovered that simply by "taking a gamble," he would always achieve the result he desired, and so he became increasingly eager for more victory!
"Crazy Box's monster effect, once per turn, remove one Xyz Material, roll the dice once, activate different effects!"
"I'll remove one Xyz Material!"
Crazy Box, Xyz Material 2→1.
The gigantic black box started spinning wildly, through the different points on Crazy Box, one could see the bizarre scenes within, wings, eyes, legs, strange and surreal.
After a moment.
The box crashes to the ground.
Five crack lines face up, it's a gigantic arm.
"Haha—5!"
"Crazy Box's effect activates, when a 5 is rolled, destroy 1 card on the field!"
He pointed towards the Continuous Spell Card behind Tenjo Hikari: "I'll destroy your Scatter Fusion!"
Crazy Box opened from the top, and a demonic claw emerged, grabbed the bright diamond on Tenjo Hikari's field, and with a forceful squeeze, shattered it with a boom.
"Sixth's chance, Tenjo Hikari, you're not so lucky." Tierra commented casually.
"Damn it!!!"
Serena screamed in panic.
"Trouble! Because Scatter Fusion was destroyed, Gem-Knight Ruby loses its power support and will go to the graveyard. With this, Hikari's field has no monster to protect him!"
"That Crazy Box has 3000 ATK, if it directly attacks!"
"No problem." Amid everyone's panic, Tenjo Hikari remained calm and fearless, "Crazy Box can't attack."
"What?"
"Huh?"
All students were stunned.
Even the opponent, the assassin, couldn't help but pause and instinctively ask: "How do you know that..."
Upon saying this, he hurriedly shut his mouth, glared fiercely at Tenjo Hikari, and spoke no more.
In a duel, having the opponent guess your actions or ask the opponent, really affects both sides' mindset. He couldn't afford that mistake.
"Set two cards, end turn."
Meanwhile, a fiery light reignited in the sky.
Final Countdown, Flame: 3
Tenjo Hikari stroked his chin.
An opponent as a Number Monster?
If it's a Number Monster, then no wonder, normally, people of this world seem unable to perform regular Xyz summons. Even Caesar uses bizarre Photon Equipment to perform Xyz summons.
For some reason, Caesar must have had contact with the Tenjo family.
So encountering a Number Monster didn't surprise Tenjo Hikari much.
However——
Being a Number Monster, it should possess that "attribute."
The O-version Number Monsters usually lack this attribute, but the original version, all Number Monsters possess this feature, which is——can't be destroyed by Non-No. Monsters.
The guy must have thought of this trait, planned to pair it with Final Countdown, possessing 3000 ATK and can't be destroyed by battle Crazy Box isn't easily handled in this world, hence why he built this deck in this way.
Actually, it kind of makes sense.
After all, Crazy Box itself cannot attack.
Clever, but unfortunately not "Number 59: Crooked Cook."
Crooked Cook has Full Resistance, in this world, should also not be destroyed by battle, this is the excellent survival card.
This Crazy Box...
Moreover.
Tenjo Hikari pondered.
Too many han have encountered laid-back Cook decks before he traversed, so he's very aware of the weaknesses of such countdown decks, otherwise he wouldn't prioritize fusing Ruby instead of his favorite Gem-Knight Prismaura.
"My turn, draw a card."
He glanced at the card he drew.
"Activate Spell Card, Shaddoll Fusion, on the opponent's field..."
"Dream on!" Seeing him do this, he immediately activated the Set Card, "Trap Card, Solemn Judgment!"
"Pay half of LP to negate and destroy the activation of Spell·Trap Cards!"
Before Tenjo Hikari's card could activate, Old God appeared and told him "No way."
Assassin 44, LP: 3950→1975.
"Smart!" A student muttered, "He looks crazy, but he seems to understand Hikari's recent situation well. If Shaddoll Fusion is activated successfully, Hikari only needs to Fusion Summon Nephilim, forget 3000 ATK, even 30,000 ATK would be destroyed by Nephilim."
"Alright." Tenjo Hikari saw his card destroyed, but didn't mind.
"Then, I'll activate this." Tenjo Hikari slotted a Spell Card into his Duel Disk, "Normal Spell Card, Instant Fusion!"
"Pay 1000 Life Points to Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster of LV 5 or lower from the Extra Deck."
"Oh my—no wonder it's Hikari!" A student excitedly stepped onto the table.
"Huh?" Some students from other schools didn't understand.
"What does Attack Power 3000 matter, even if it has a powerful Monster Effect, it's fine. As long as Hikari fuses into Thousand-Eyes Restrict, he can activate its effect to devour the Crazy Box, and that'll be it!"
"Oh oh oh! Thousand-Eyes Restrict! Does Tenjo Hikari really have that card?!"
A group of students shouted excitedly, "Then it's a win—"
"Heh heh heh heh, too naive." The assassin crossed his arms, smirking coldly.
He seemed extremely confident.
"Pay 1000 Life Points to Fusion Summon, Thousand-Eyes Restrict."
Thousand-Eyes Restrict, LV 1, Dark Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, ATK 0.
Tenjo Hikari LP: 4000→3000.
"At this moment, I'll also activate my card's effect." He slowly revealed his Set Card, "Quick-Play Spell, Forbidden Chalice."
"You can target 1 face-up monster on the field to activate this card. That monster gains 400 ATK, but its effects are negated until the end of this turn!"
"With this, the effect of Thousand-Eyes Restrict is negated."
In the sky, a chalice appeared, tilted slightly, and a drop of holy water fell on the Evil God, giving this powerhouse with both ATK and Defense Power of 0 some attack power.
Thousand-Eyes Restrict, ATK: 0→400.
But at the same time, it lost its powerful effect!
Quite a thoughtful plan.
"Then I'll end my turn." Tenjo Hikari also picked up the Thousand-Eyes Restrict from his Duel Disk and sent it to the Graveyard, "At the end of the turn, due to the effect of Instant Fusion, Thousand-Eyes Restrict is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard."
In the sky, that sinister smile became more apparent, and the fourth flame burned fiercely!
"How... how could it be, all the weaknesses we painstakingly found totally blocked."
"This, this—how could this happen, Tenjo Hikari! Come on, Tenjo Hikari!"
Inside the train, the students began to cry out, they didn't want Tenjo Hikari to lose, because if he lost, who knows if they would have to perish as well!
Become the unfortunate ones under the madman's command!
But now in this situation, all of Tenjo Hikari's answers have been resolved by that guy!
What to do now!
"...Master..." Serena clenched her fists, suddenly lifted her head and stood up from her seat.
The puppet strings only restrained her from going out, not her freedom: "Classmates, seniors! Don't give up, Master will definitely not lose!
Believe, believe in the fusing Master!
Master, go for it!!"
She cupped her hands like a megaphone and shouted hard towards the outside.
Some students who originally wanted to write their wills or wanted to escape by abandoning the train couldn't help but be touched by her persistent attitude.
Serena, the daughter of the Fusion Army leader, and Tenjo Hikari's disciple, the "convergence point" of everything, was still trying at this moment, how could they give up?
Yes—
"Damn it." One student suddenly slapped himself, "I actually suspected Tenjo Hikari was in cahoots with the Fusion Army."
The people next to him looked at him, understanding his implication.
They were all students who, after the Fusion Army incident, suspected Tenjo Hikari, finding it hard to believe someone who openly advocates fusion as the noblest form of summoning.
But now everything was laid bare in front of them.
In the face of demons, Tenjo Hikari recklessly jumped out of the train to protect others; when in personal danger, he didn't choose to abandon those on the train, but decided to duel that Fusion Army scoundrel—
Tenjo Hikari would never collude with the Fusion Army!
"Come on! Tenjo Hikari!"
All the students abandoned their previous suspicions, gathering in front of the broadcast players in each carriage, shouting and cheering for Tenjo Hikari with all their might.
"Heh..." Assassin 44 listened to the noise below, couldn't help but burst into laughter, "At this point, they still trust you, Tenjo Hikari. Making them disappointed later, that scene will surely be interesting!"
Tenjo Hikari looked down at the train.
He actually couldn't see the people inside the train, but his mood, worsened by the consecutive appearances of Dark World and the Fusion Army, was greatly relieved.
Perhaps he was really in a good mood, he even felt like chatting with his opponent.
"Disappointed?
What are you talking about, how... how could I let my classmates be in danger because of me?"
"Ha, still putting on a brave face—"
Tenjo Hikari raised his right hand, snapped his fingers lightly, while nearby, Tierra couldn't help but chuckle at his imitation of her.
But she didn't mind, snapping her fingers too, she lifted a bundle of puppet strings.
The train roared along.
Behind the puppet strings, a pile of metal materials was wrapped up, nearly indistinguishable, blown into the sky by the gale, with the strings entangling them reducing drastically under Tierra's control.
44's eyes widened—
Those were...
Bombs!
The bombs he planted on the train!
Using the power of the Numbers, it was laboriously hidden from the train's guards and detection, taking a whole day to plant the bombs!
Now, all flying in the sky, even dismantled!
"Foolish." Tenjo Hikari said.