Cherreads

Chapter 3 - Yet Another 0 ATK 0 DEF Monster

[Yuta's LP: 7000 LP --> 4700 LP --> 400 LP]

If I die down here, how will my brother survive? Who will work his ass off in the slums to make sure he has food to survive? 

"I-It's still... Not... Over!"

"Impressive, you got guts... Or, perhaps, lack a brain."

[End Phase]

Dark Games... They're deadlier than I thought. Not only does my body feel like I got run over by a truck. My head hurts. My vision is getting foggy, and I can't think properly. I guess this is the damn mental effects I heard Dark Games have on people.

[Turn 3]

[Yoshiro Yuta's Turn]

[Draw Phase]

I fight through the pain and check my drawn card. 'Toon Mermaid'. Good. I can Special Summon 'Toon Mermaid' and Normal Summon 'Toon Cannon Soldier'. That way I could Special Summon my XYZ Monster Number 41- 

I look up at the Emperor, who is smirking again. I felt he was doing so. Bastard.

I cannot execute this plan. As soon as I activate Number 41's effect, he'll just absorb it with his fusion Level 1 monster. Which will leave me with an empty field. No, I have to bait him into using it early. Okay, let's see if this works. It's my last shot

"I Normal Summon 'Toon Cannon Soldier' on my-" I cough twice, my head hurts. It burns. Fuck, I need to focus and summon the monster.

"Just surrender, you're clearly not strong enough to survive... Neither is that joke of a Deck."

"F-Fuck off... I Normal Summon 'Toon Cannon Soldier' in Face-Up Attack Position"

['Toon Cannon Soldier' Normal Summoned in Face-Up Attack Position on Yuta's Second Monster Zone]

['Toon Cannon Soldier', Dark Monster]

[Level 4/Machine/Toon/Effect]

[1400 ATK/1300 DEF]

I hear him laugh. What is so funny? 

"I Special Summon 'Toon Mermaid' in Face-Up Defense Position."

['Toon Mermaid' Special Summoned in Face-Up Defense Position on Yuta's Third Monster Zone]

['Toon Mermaid', Water Monster]

[Level 4/Aqua/Toon/Effect]

[1400 ATK/1500 DEF]

[Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand), while you control "Toon World".]

"Two Level 4 Monsters. XYZ Summoning is a lost cause, my monster will absorb yours!"

"I know, dumbass... I activate 'Toon Cannon Soldier', tributing itself to deal 500 Damage to you."

"Not so fast! I equip your 'Toon Cannon Soldier' to my 'Millennium-Eyes Restrict' using my monster's Quick Effect!"

Right what I wanted. Heh, you fell for my trap... Though I probably will lose anyway. Who gives a damn? I'll make this bastard suffer as much as I can.

['Millennium-Eyes Restrict', Dark Monster]

[Once per turn, when your opponent activates a monster effect (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Effect Monster in your opponent's field or GY; equip that target to this card you control. Gains ATK/DEF equal to that equipped monster's.]

[4700 ATK, 1300 DEF]

"The fool here is you!"

"Did my last attack fry the last brain cell you had? I have 2 monsters, and you only have one remaining; you've lost!"

"I don't give a fuck about that anymore... Take this! I activate my Spell Card 'Shadow Toon' and target your 'Millennium-Eyes Restrict'!"

['Shadow Toon', Spell Card]

[If you control "Toon World": Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of that face-up monster.]

[Relinquished Emperor's LP: 8000 --> 3300]

"AHh!! I-It's worthless, kid! You're finished!" He may say whatever he wants, but that doesn't change the fact that his voice trembles now. Suffer, asshole, suffer!

I have nothing left to do, just a Spell Card... I guess it could be a good bluff.

"I s-set a card face-down and end my turn..."

"Nice try, but I know that's a bluff."

[Card Set Face-Down in Yuta's Third Spell/Trap Card Zone]

[End Phase]

[Turn 4]

[Relinquished Emperor's Turn]

[Draw Phase]

He draws a card, trembling slightly. I notice the damage from my Spell Card has affected him, but so did his two attacks affect me. Matter of fact, I cannot even stand anymore, I'm down on my two knees.

[Main Phase]

I'm too focused on thinking about all the stuff I wish to do before dying to even focus on what is going on. I hear him say something, but I can't tell what it is. Maybe I should listen to the Duel Disk narration. Yes, that might help me keep consciousness.

['Manju of the Ten Thousand Arms' Normal Summonned in Face-Up Attack Position on Emperor's Fourth Monster Zone]

['Manju of the Ten Thousand Arms', Light Monster]

[Level 4/Fairy/Effect]

[1400 ATK/1000 DEF]

Weak fodder... He says something else, but I don't pay attention to it. I am distracted by his Deck; I see a funny light shining on it.

Heh, I must be seeing things. This Dark Duel really is driving me insane, huh?

Shit, right, focus on the Duel!

['Manju of the Ten Thousand Arms', Light Monster]

[When this card is Normal or Flip Summoned: You can add 1 Ritual Monster or 1 Ritual Spell from your Deck to your hand]

He added another 'Relinquished' to his hand. What does that card even do? I've seen him banish one copy to create 'Millennium-Eyes Restrict'.

"Keep your eyes peeled, I activate 'Black Illusion Ritual', discarding 'Relinquished' from my Hand to Special Summon my other 'Relinquished' on my Hand in face-up Attack Position!"

['Relinquished' Special Summonned in Face-Up Attack Position on Emperor's Fifth Monster Zone]

['Relinquished', Dark Monster]

[Level 1/Spellcaster/Ritual/Effect]

[0 ATK/0 DEF]

So he had 3 copies of that 0 ATK and 0 DEF monster, what does it even do...? Does it also steal my monsters?

Why is he even extending this duel? I was already lost to his Kaiju and Millennium monster thing... I sigh. Whatever. Just absorb my Mermaid already-

"I activate 'Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju's effect from my hand, which lets me Special Summon it on your side of the field by tributing one of your monsters! Attack Position!"

['Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju' Special Summoned in Face-Up Attack Position on Yuta's Third Monster Zone]

['Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju', Dark Monster]

[Level 7/Fiend/Effect]

[2800 ATK/2400 DEF]

[You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) to your opponent's field in Attack Position, by Tributing 1 monster they control.]

Great... Just... Keep doing that...

"I activate 'Relinquished''s effect. Watch and tremble as my Ritual monster absorbs yours, leaving you vulnerable!"

"Man... that Kaiju is not even mine..."

['Relinquished', Dark Monster]

[Once per turn: You can target 1 monster your opponent controls; equip that target to this card (max. 1). This card's ATK/DEF become equal to that equipped monster's.]

[2800 ATK/2400 DEF]

"Enter the Battle Phase!"

"I knew the temple made a mistake by choosing you." I don't know what he means by that, to be honest.

My opponent had the perfect hand while I had just an average hand.

And my deck is not that strong.

[Battle Phase]

"'Millennium-Eyes Restrict', finish him!"

I guess I learnt something today. 0 ATK and 0 DEF monsters are absolutely broken. Would be cool if I could live another day to use this knowledge... But I'm about to eat the full power of a 4700 ATK monster.

[Direct Attack!]

"AHHHHHHH!!"

[Yuta's LP: 400 LP --> 0 LP]

I feel the full force of the thunder hit me, the thunder that the millennium-eyes monster had access to through the power of the monster it absorbed. The monster my enemy summoned on my field... What a completely deranged way of dueling.

I can feel my body leaving me. I look at my arms, and I can see through them. Am I disappearing? My body tumbles forward as my legs disappear, and I close my eyes as I slowly lose consciousness... I guess this is how I die, huh?

What a shitty, unfair life. Fuck off... Man

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