#447 - From 0 to Infinity

"Dragon's Mirror?" Manjoume looked towards Misawa Daichi's graveyard.

He was very clear about what was in Misawa's graveyard.

"Could it be that the Chemical Beasts are a Fusion Deck—no, that's not right either… Oh, you're going to fuse that, right?"

"That's right, the card I'm going to summon is this one!"

"The fusion conditions are two Gemini monsters, Fusion Summon, Level 8, Superalloy Beast Raptinus!"

The familiar synthetic dragon from the Fusion Club appeared on the field.

"That's the dragon that the club president fused with Ancient Gear—"

"Misawa is starting to use Fusion too?"

Some of the Fusion Club members who had seen this Fusion Monster before curiously muttered.

The Fusion Club doesn't force members to use Fusion. Amagi Hikari has always been straightforward; the Fusion Club is just a happy club where everyone gathers, without any mandatory measures.

Superalloy Beast Raptinus, Level 8, Light Attribute, Dragon Type, Defense 2200.

"Attack Power 2200…" Manjoume pondered, "This value definitely isn't for attack power, which means it's for the effect?

But Raptinus's effect, as I recall, is just to allow Gemini monsters to directly enter the Gemini state, right?"

That's nothing significant.

"Don't miss the details, Manjoume. What you're about to see is the wonder of [Mathematics]—"

Oh?

What kind of duel can claim to be the "wonder of mathematics"?

"Looks like that," Amagi Hikari said, watching the scene, "So Misawa was practicing that—indeed, with this kind of routine, no matter which dimension, any duelist, or even someone with a little brain, would know."

That?

Several people looked at each other, not knowing what Amagi Hikari was talking about.

But precisely because Amagi Hikari said that, they realized that Amagi Hikari definitely knew what Misawa Daichi wanted to do—which was terrifying.

Misawa was seen through with just one card; how strong is Amagi Hikari?

"Open the face-down card, Continuous Trap Card—Blood Meef!"

"As long as this card is on the field, I can pay 500 Life Points to Normal Summon 1 monster."

"Here it comes? Is he trying to use the Chemical Beast strategy?" Manjoume wasn't surprised to see this card of Misawa's.

Last year, when Misawa Daichi dueled Amagi Hikari, he also used this card, so he was already prepared.

"Normal Summon, Flame Viper."

Flames burned, and a butterfly with wings made of fire flew out from behind him.

Flame Viper, Level 4, Fire Attribute, Insect Type, Attack Power 1500. Gemini Monster.

"Gemini Monster…" Manjoume stroked his chin and nodded slightly.

It's perfectly normal for Misawa to use a Gemini deck and include some other Gemini monsters besides Chemical Beasts.

"Here it comes—" When no one else noticed the situation, Amagi Hikari shook his head directly after seeing this monster, "Let's see if Thunder has any effective defensive measures."

What?

Is it that exaggerated?

The few people around looked at each other.

What exactly is it that makes Amagi Hikari so sure?

"Haha—I'll keep you in suspense. It'll be more interesting if Daichi plays it out," Amagi noticed their confusion and couldn't help but laugh.

"Pay 500 Life Points, and tribute the Flame Viper on the field to Advance Summon, Gigaplant!"

Misawa Daichi LP: 4000 → 3500.

The butterfly flew slowly on the duel field, and the fragments of its fiery scales merged into the soil, turning into a giant plant.

Gigaplant, Level 6, Earth Attribute, Plant Type, Attack Power 2400, Gemini.

"What's this again?"

"Looks so strange?"

"It's a bit like the club president's Predaplant; the roots look a lot like knives or something."

"Gigaplant's Gemini Summon effect, once per turn, during your Main Phase: Special Summon 1 Insect or Plant monster from your hand or Graveyard."

Misawa Daichi held up a finger, making a number: "This is—1."

"Revive, Flame Viper!"

"Then, I pay another 500 Life Points to Normal Summon—Cannon Soldier!"

Misawa Daichi, LP: 3500 → 3000.

This time, a different monster appeared!

"Huh?"

"Isn't that a material for a Fusion Monster in the Ancient Gear Deck?"

"Ah! Is that the one, Labyrinth Tank? Hikari used to love using it!"

Manjoume looked at these monsters, a little confused.

He mainly didn't recognize these cards and didn't understand what Misawa was doing.

Some who recognized these cards were gradually starting to sweat, even feeling like a venomous snake was wrapped around their bodies, their spines chilling as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

"Cannon Soldier's monster effect: Tribute 1 monster on your field to inflict 500 damage to your opponent!

I release Gigaplant! Inflicting 500 damage to you!"

The giant plant instantly turned into a red cannonball, merging into the ammunition magazine behind Cannon Soldier.

"This is—2, Thunder!"

The cannon soldier fired flames, instantly reducing Manjoume's Life Points.

Manjoume, LP: 4000 → 3500.

Manjoume slightly blocked the flames with his left hand, then suddenly paused, as if realizing something.

If it's just tributing a monster to deal 500 damage, it's impossible to win. So, Misawa Daichi's goal is definitely not that simple. There must be something he hasn't thought of!

"Flame Viper's monster Gemini Summon effect: Release this card and target 1 Gemini monster in your Graveyard other than [Flame Viper]. Special Summon that monster. The monster Special Summoned by this effect is treated as being Summoned again!"

Boom boom boom—

The flames fell sporadically, and the plant's roots began to churn again. The scene from before reappeared in this world.

"Watch closely, Manjoume, this is—3, Misawa Daichi's 3—"

"Special Summon—

Revive, Gigaplant!"

"Roar!!!!"

Manjoume's eyes widened.

"Ah?"

"Wait—"

"The re-summoned Gigaplant can activate its effect once again! I activate Gigaplant's effect to Special Summon 1 Insect or Plant monster from my hand or Graveyard!

Revive again, Flame Viper!!"

"Wow!!!!"

"I'm super—"

"Infinite!!"

Infinite!

That's right.

Whether it's Flame Viper or Gigaplant, their effects are not "Card Name once per turn." Therefore, each time they are Special Summoned from the Graveyard, their status is refreshed, and they can activate their effects again!

And as long as Cannon Soldier's effect is used, each time it's revived, Cannon Soldier can use Gigaplant as a cannonball, dealing 500 damage to Manjoume.

And this operation can be used infinitely!

Therefore, no matter how many Life Points Manjoume has, they will eventually reach zero!

This is the "Infinite LOOP"!

"So, so terrifying—"

"This… is it even possible to do such a thing with those unused Gemini monsters?"

"Oh my goodness!"

"This this this this, isn't this guy the strongest duelist in the world?"

"It's impossible to lose, right? That guy named Manjoume can't possibly win!"

"Ha, I knew it… Manjoume Group's duelist built on news and traffic is just like this."

Some people even began to doubt their eyes, constantly rubbing them.

Some people were even so frightened that they accidentally kicked over furniture or machines.

Misawa Daichi spread his hands, holding his hand in his left hand and opening his right hand, pointing to the sky: "Do you see it? This is my answer—no matter which dimension, whether human or spirit, everyone should be able to see this possibility!

This number—

That is [Infinity]!

From one to three, from three to infinity!

Infinite dimensions, infinite lives, infinite communication, and infinite peace—"

"That's quite an exaggeration…" Even Kaiser couldn't help but lean over to the window to watch.

He originally thought that the duelists participating in the competition were lively enough.

Now it seems that everyone was thinking too simply.

None of the duelists in the top eight are simple!

In the midst of the conversation, Cannon Soldier had already used the second Gigaplant as a tribute, once again inflicting 500 damage to Manjoume.

Manjoume, LP: 3500 → 3000.

"One more time, Flame Viper's effect: Release it as a tribute and target a Gemini monster in the Graveyard. Special Summon that monster—"

Manjoume supported himself with his left hand. As Misawa Daichi shouted this sentence passionately, he suddenly lowered his head and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Peng!

The Flame Butterfly once again turned into sparks, disappearing from Misawa Daichi's field. A huge cloud of smoke reappeared on Misawa Daichi's field, but although the thick smoke billowed, the huge plant did not appear.

"What?" Misawa Daichi's movements suddenly stopped.

On his field were no longer the plants he had wanted to revive, but three small things, each a different color, ugly but full of energy.

"Oops, sorry to bother you!"

"What are you looking at? Can't you see I'm reading!"

"Oh, oh, brothers, this stuff is so good—"

Disruption—

Misawa Daichi suddenly looked up at Manjoume.

"That was close... I didn't expect you to be able to do something like that, Misawa."

Manjoume's left hand still had the fiery heat from the Cannon Soldier's grenade. He slowly straightened up. Beside him, a Trap Card was glowing.

"I used this card when you activated the effect of the Flame Butterfly—"

"Ojama Trio."

Misawa Daichi cursed inwardly.

Ojama Trio: Special Summon 3 "Ojama Tokens" in Defense Position to your opponent's field. These tokens cannot be Tributed for a Tribute Summon. When these tokens are destroyed, their controller takes 300 damage for each token.

"You said it yourself, Misawa."

Manjoume raised his left hand, making a five with his fingers.

"Mathematics is universal across all dimensions—and it's simple. The Monster Zone can only hold a maximum of five monsters.

In order for each Gemini monster to activate its effect, you must have Superalloy Beast Raptinus on the field, and to inflict damage, you need to ensure that you have Cannon Soldier on your field.

So—as long as I activate this card when you release Flame Spirit Butterfly to revive Gigaplant, you won't be able to Special Summon it because you already have 5 monsters on your field, so you'll miss the chance to revive Gigaplant!"

The audience erupted in a thunderous cheer.

Before, when they saw Misawa Daichi inflicting infinite damage, they were already amazed by Misawa Daichi's unconstrained operations and his amazing understanding of "Gemini" monsters.

Some people who previously thought that Manjoume would definitely not win were now staring at this scene in astonishment.

The seemingly invincible operation in their minds still had a chance?

Moreover... it's also "mathematics."

"Although the Ojama monsters cannot be used as Tribute for Tribute Summons, they can be released by your effects, but even if you release all 5 monsters on your field, it will only deal 2500 damage."

Manjoume had a confident smile on his face: "So—you have no way to win this turn. For you, who has used up almost all your resources, there is almost no way to win next turn!"

"Amazing... Thunder."

"That's obvious!"

Manjoume raised one finger, pointing at the sky, "Because, I am, one, ten, hundred, thousand—"

"Manjoume Thunder!"

He gave a teasing smile: "Much more than you."

"Hahaha—"

Misawa Daichi laughed.

He looked at his hand.

He wasn't without a chance to win either.

"Activate the Magic Card, Pot of the Forbidden. This card can send a Continuous Trap on my field to the Graveyard to draw two cards. I send Blood Sucker to the Graveyard to draw two cards."

He looked at the cards he drew.

Soul of the Pure and Amazoness Swords Woman.

Amazoness Swords Woman, huh...

He frowned slightly.

Manjoume has Armed Dragon LV10. If he keeps a large number of monsters as shields, he will definitely find a way to Special Summon LV10 next turn and activate LV10's effect to destroy all the monsters on his field.

So at this time, leaving a Superalloy Beast Raptinus to deal enough high Life Points damage, and hoping to battle with Amazoness Swords Woman next turn, is the more ideal situation.

Find a way to force Manjoume to activate the effect, and then use Soul of the Pure to revive Gigaplant in the Graveyard as a Normal Monster, so that he can at least last one turn.

And if he only uses Armed Dragon LV5's effect to destroy Superalloy Beast Raptinus, if Pile Armed Dragon doesn't activate its effect, the monster revived by Soul of the Pure can withstand the next attack. Whether it's LV5 or Pile, the damage isn't enough for 3000. And if Pile Armed Dragon activates its effect, then only one monster can attack that turn, so you can use Soul of the Pure to directly block the damage.

Very good, let's do it this way—

"Activate Cannon Soldier's effect to release your three tokens and Cannon Soldier itself as tributes in order, dealing you 4 times 500 damage."

Manjoume, LP: 3000 → 1000.

"Set one card, end my turn—"

"Wait, just before that, activate Trap Card."

"Continuous Trap Card, Ojama Pajama Party. Activate during either player's Main Phase. Add 1 "Ojama" card from your Deck to your hand. After that, discard 1 card from your hand—I add Ojama Magic to my hand, then discard it. By doing so, I can activate Ojama Magic's effect to add three Ojama monsters from my Deck to my hand."

"Yay! Big bro~"

"Big bro, we're here!"

"Yay~ Big bro~"

Manjoume added the three Ojama monsters from his Deck to his hand.

"My turn, draw—Activate Ojama Pajama Party's effect again, add Ojama Delta Hurricane!! from my Deck to my hand, discarding Ojama Yellow from my hand."

"Activate Magic Card, Ojama Delta Hurricane!! Banish any number of "Ojama" monsters from your hand, field, and/or GY; Special Summon that many monsters with the same original Type and Attribute from your hand, Deck, and/or GY."

"Ha, are you going to Special Summon that new XYZ Fusion Monster?"

Manjoume smirked: "No—"

"What I'm showing is, XZ!"

XZ?!

"Banish Green from my hand and Yellow from my Graveyard, Special Summon, X-Head Cannon, Z-Metal Tank!"

"Just like you use Gemini monsters, Misawa, sometimes, stronger, newer monsters, may not necessarily win."

"Crap..."

"Combine them both, banish—come on, XZ-Tank Cannon!"

The treads and the blue mecha were connected up and down, combining to create a brand new monster.

XZ-Tank Cannon, Level 6, LIGHT Attribute, Machine Type, Attack Power 2400.

"Activate Continuous Trap, Soul of the Pure—" Misawa quickly flipped open his set card, "Target 1 Normal Monster in your GY; Special Summon that monster in Defense Position!

Come back, Gigaplant."

"Defense Power 1200... That's not enough."

"I see, compared to the more powerful XYZ-Dragon Cannon, although XZ cannot activate its effect during the opponent's turn, it has the effect of discarding a card to destroy a face-down Spell/Trap Card."

Jim looked at the duel, nodding slowly, "Therefore, Manjoume's purpose in Summoning this monster is only one, and that is to force Misawa Daichi to use the set card, otherwise he will lose out for nothing."

"That's the end of it, Misawa—"

Manjoume picked up the card he got in his hand from the monster effect last turn.

Armed Dragon LV10.

Attack Power—3000!

"Ha... I was prepared for it... Amazing."

Armed Dragon has the effect of discarding a card to destroy the opponent's monster. Although LV5 can only destroy one card, and requires the discarded monster to have higher attack power than the opponent's, 3000 Attack Power is definitely not inferior to any ordinary monster!

"You are also very strong, if it wasn't for luck, I should have already lost."

Manjoume honestly admitted.

Misawa's chain, if he hadn't just drawn an Ojama Trio, he wouldn't have had any remedial measures at all, and could only watch himself take infinite direct damage.

"Perhaps you have found your own path, but, my goal is—the strongest duelist!"

"Oh! Oh! Oh!"

If before it was just a slogan.

Now, Manjoume not only stopped the infinite LOOP, but even prepared in advance, activating Armed Dragon's rather difficult effect, this strength is enough to make anyone take notice.

Even—his master, Seto Kaiba himself.

"Hmph—" Kaiba stood in the building, looking down at the duel, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Activate Armed Dragon LV5's effect—discard Armed Dragon LV10 from my hand, destroy your Superalloy Beast Raptinus!"

Armed Dragon's right hand spun into a gale, turning towards Superalloy Beast Raptinus, blasting it into golden light spots like sawing wood.

Manjoume raised his hand again.

"One!"

"Ten—" Some of the audience familiar with him followed along.

"Hundred!!!" Along with the rising voices of the audience, even the spirits at the scene shouted along.

"Thousand!!!" The viewers of the live broadcast, all the people who were interested, who were amazed by Manjoume, couldn't help but shout at the same time.

This person, has never been some "younger brother of the Manjoume family", but—

Pursuing the strongest…

"Ten thousand!" Manjoume punched, "Manjoume Thunder!"

"Thunder!"

"Thunder!"

"Battle, Misawa—"

"XZ destroys your Gigaplant, and then, Armed Dragons, direct attack!"

Two huge armored dragons flew in from the left and right, punching Misawa directly, knocking him flying backwards.

Misawa Daichi, LP: 3000 → 0.