Manjome carefully examined his hand cards.
He had 4 cards in his hand.
Despite having spent quite a few monsters, thanks to the strong sacrificial abilities of the Ojama minions, his hand was still quite plentiful.
Just...
Trying to defeat his master with the cards in his hand, that's not feasible.
"Activate Spell Card, Magical Mallet!" Manjome drew out a powerful card.
If Tenjo Hikari were here, he'd definitely exclaim, "Wow, it's the anime version of Magical Mallet!"
"This card can return all cards in your hand, including itself, to the Deck, and then draw the same number of cards—"
Exactly—
The Magical Mallet in Manjome's hand was a super-cycling card that returned to the deck without wasting hand cards!
In one move, he placed all four cards from his hand, including Magical Mallet, back into the Deck, and automatically shuffled it.
Roar—
A voice echoed in his ears, a black-and-white dragon appeared in his hand.
He couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart.
Light and Darkness Dragon, you're here.
He glanced at his hand cards.
Unfortunately.
His hand didn't support summoning Light and Darkness Dragon, but seeing the companions he grew up with all gathered in his hand, he felt much happier.
Then—
Armed Dragon, thank you for always being by my side!
Today, I'll use your strength to defeat my master!
"Discard Armed Dragon LV3 from my hand and activate the effect of this card! Special Summon directly from my hand!"
Manjome flipped a card engulfed in lightning and storm, showing it to Kaiba, "Pile Armed Dragon!"
Buzzzz—
An Armed Dragon appeared on the field, a huge machine was mounted on its right claw, soon that machine, filled with drills, started spinning wildly.
Pile Armed Dragon, LV 7, Wind Attribute, Dragon-Type, Attack Power 2800.
"Oh? A new Armed Dragon?" Kaiba Seto had never seen Manjome use this card, and lightly nodded upon seeing it.
"That's right, this is a card even my master has never seen! It's the power given to me by Armed Dragon!" Manjome punched forward, "Pile Armed Dragon's effect! Send an Armed Dragon monster other than Pile Armed Dragon from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard, choose 1 monster on your field to activate!
This turn, I can only attack with that monster, the ATK of the chosen monster increases by the ATK of the sent monster plus 300 times its LV!"
"I send Armed Dragon LV10 from the Deck to the Graveyard!"
"Thus, Pile Armed Dragon's ATK increases by 3000 points!"
Rawr!!!
Armed Dragon LV10 was sent from the Deck to the Graveyard, simultaneously, Pile Armed Dragon's drill spun frantically on its right claw, roaring defiantly.
Pile Armed Dragon, ATK: 2800→5800.
Far surpassing XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon, even exceeding Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!
Kaiba Seto lightly nodded his head.
Not bad.
"Battle!!" Manjome clenched his fist, "Use Pile Armed Dragon to attack XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon!"
Buzzzz—
The drill pressured the machine, even with the Hyper Dragon Cannon's strong effect of destroying cards during the opponent's turn, it could only defend continuously against such an attack.
Yet the drill crazily pierced down, cracking its body, causing it to disintegrate and collapse, finally—
Boom!
Demolition!
Scattered mechanical parts flew everywhere, hitting Kaiba Seto, causing him to lose life points.
Kaiba Seto, LP: 4000→1200.
"Awesome!"
Manjome excitedly clenched his fist.
"This is the power of the dragon with the most formidable arms, Master!"
There's hope!
He rejoiced in his heart.
He looked to the side.
His Set Card was the Continuous Trap Card, Call of the Haunted.
Unfortunately, XYZ-Dragon Cannon cannot be Special Summoned from the Graveyard, or he could've won this turn. But as long as he has this card, even if the master deals with Armed Dragon, he can revive Armed Dragon again, whether for defense or offense, there's still a chance!
"I end my turn—"
Pile Armed Dragon, ATK: 5800→2800.
"Jun, did you forget something?"
"Huh?"
"At the end of your turn, this card's effect activates!"
!?
Manjome widened his eyes.
Card effect?
What's going on, what card?
Kaiba revealed the Graveyard, pulling out a LV 1 Monster Card from it.
This is the effect activated for XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon, the card that's discarded!
"The White Stone of Ancients can Special Summon 1 Blue-Eyes Monster from the deck at the end of the turn when it's sent to the Graveyard."
Blue-Eyes White Dragon!
Oh no!
Master hasn't used Blue-Eyes yet!
"I Special Summon, Dragon Spirit of White."
What is that?!
Accompanied by Manjome's confusion, a pure white dragon, a bit more slender than a Blue-Eyes White Dragon, appeared on Kaiba's field.
Dragon Spirit of White, LV 8, Light Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 2500.
"For game rules, this card is treated as a 'Blue-Eyes' card."
"And when it's Special Summoned, you can target 1 Spell·Trap on the opponent's field and banish it!"
"Ah—"
Manjome watched helplessly as his Call of the Haunted was banished.
"My turn, draw." Kaiba Seto drew from his Deck and revealed a card, "By showing Blue-Eyes White Dragon, this guy can be Special Summoned from the Hand Card.
Come, my brand new servant—
Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!"
Alternative White Dragon!!!
Manjome was astonished.
This card, it was used by the Master in the S Dimension before!
Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, LV 8, Light Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 3000.
"As long as Alternative White Dragon is on the field, its name is treated as Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Once per turn, it can destroy 1 monster on your field."
"Alternative White Dragon, annihilate that dragon claimed to have the strongest armament!"
Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon inhaled and then exhaled a scorching stream, destroying the Pile Armed Dragon that dared to oppose it.
"But, an Alternative White Dragon that activated this effect cannot attack!" Manjome shouted, shielding his eyes with his hand.
He still had a chance!
"Ha... not bad, that's more like it." Seeing his disciple's determination, even in such circumstances, not giving up, Kaiba Seto nodded in satisfaction.
He looked at the cards next to him.
"In that case, I will bestow upon you the highest honor as my disciple."
"Eh?"
"Watch closely, Jun, this is a magnificent spectacle insomuch as others do not get to witness!"
"Activate Spell Card, Polymerization!"
"Fuse the Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon on the field with the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand."
"Two of them!??? Manjome's jaw dropped.
The Fusion of Blue-Eyes is not the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon fused with three Blue-Eyes White Dragons?!
"Exactly—fusing two Blue-Eyes White Dragons!
Ah, Blue-Eyes, I can feel your delight!
Come forth—
My most loyal servant!"
"Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!"
Clang clang—
Majestic white wings slowly spread, with a blue luminescence shimmering within the warm springs. Its holy glow penetrates layers of mist, exuding brilliance and purity.
Under Manjome's astonished gaze, a two-headed Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field!
Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, LV 10, Light Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 3000.
The attack power is sufficient now.
"Dragon Spirit of White attacks directly—"
"Aah—"
Manjome, LP: 3400→900.
"And now, Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon attacks directly!"
"Wait, Master—" Manjome was a bit reluctant to be directly head-on by Twin Burst Dragon.
But it was too late!
With a swoop from the sky, Twin Burst Dragon collided directly with Manjome, and with a bang, Manjome fell right into the hot springs, leaving only his badge and duel disk behind, which made a clinking sound on the ground.
"Pfft, cough cough cough—" Manjome sat up in the hot springs, looking up at Kaiba, "Master."
"Hmph. Not too bad." He said, while walking up to Manjome, reaching down to pick up the badge, stamping it, and tossing it back to Manjome.
"Master!" Manjome, forgetting he was soaking wet, jumped up, catching the badge in the hot springs, shouting excitedly.
After so many years, he finally received actual recognition from Kaiba Seto in person!
"What's your goal?"
Kaiba suddenly asked.
Manjome hesitated for a moment, then laughed and looked at Kaiba with determination, "Champion!"
So he said, as he stepped out from the hot springs.
"Heh, now that's more like it." While speaking, Kaiba picked up Manjome's duel disk, reached into his coat, and inserted a few cards into Manjome's deck.
"Go challenge higher and more beautiful views, Jun."
"Yes!"