Chapter 62: Unfortunately, I'm on a Different Level
"What a, what a powerful Combo!" someone among the surrounding Duelists exclaimed.
"This is Weevil Underwood's most skilled strategy, strengthening and weakening the Monsters on the Field through Spell and Trap Cards, and then counterattacking all at once!"
"That guy named Hayato is in danger."
"That damn Insect bastard, stop attacking, Death Stalker!" Joey Wheeler watched, his heart burning with anxiety. If he could Enter the Field, he might actually go up and physically grab the Death Stalker that was about to Attack.
"I'm afraid not, Joey Wheeler," Yugi explained. "Hayato had just declared an Attack, and the Monster on Weevil's Field only changed its state, so it couldn't trigger the Battle Replay rule."
"Hayato is in a Bad situation now."
But unlike the worries of Yugi and the others below the stage, Hayato saw the Skull-Mark Ladybug on Weevil's Field change to Defense Position, and said with a slightly strange expression: "I thought your Spell/Trap Zone would have something like Savior's Antlion Pit or Sakuretsu Armor, but it's a defense counter-strategy that changes to Defense Position instead?"
"A Monster with 2500 DEF? So strong, too strong."
"Then I won't hold back. Activate my Set Card, Tragedy of the Guillotine!"
Hayato activated the Set Card he had Set since the start. Weevil didn't immediately realize what kind of Card it was: "Tragedy of the Guillotine? I seem to have heard of this Card somewhere."
Meanwhile, below the stage, Yugi, who "loved Trap-Heavy Decks since he was a child," relying on his Ji-chan's background of running a Card Shop, immediately recited the Effect of Tragedy of the Guillotine: "I remember that Card is a Trap Card that can only be Activated when a Monster on the opponent's Field in Attack Position changes to Face-up Defense Position, and its Effect is to Destroy all Monsters on the opponent's Field that are in Defense Position?!"
As Yugi recited the Card's Effect, Joey Wheeler and the others' eyes lit up, and Weevil also recalled the Card's Effect, his face suddenly turned pale: "That means—!!!"
"How could anyone carry a Card like this!?"
"That's right, constant defense will only lead down the path of Louis XVI; you cannot survive without Battle. Weevil, you like to use Shady methods to avoid Battle, but that is precisely what will lead you to failure!" Hayato watched the giant guillotine projected onto the Field, and the Skull-Mark Ladybug whose head was stuffed into the guillotine, its insect face full of bewilderment,
"—Execution complete! Death shall be the hope for tomorrow!"
The large blade hanging high on the guillotine instantly fell. Even though it had a sturdy shell and was bound with a reliable Shield, even so, the Skull-Mark Ladybug still couldn't block the falling giant blade, and was Destroyed with a "crunch."
"Damn it!" The Skull-Mark Ladybug was Destroyed, his rather proud Combo was broken before it could even show a hint of its effect. Weevil was both angry and unwilling. "Because Skull-Mark Ladybug was sent to the Graveyard, I can recover 1000 Life Points!"
[Weevil: 3600 LP → 4600 LP]
"But also because Skull-Mark Ladybug was Destroyed, the wall blocking my Monsters' advance is no longer there." Hayato waved his arm, "Launch a full Attack on the Insect bastard, Death Stalker, Mystical Elf!"
"Scarlet Poison Needle!" "Iai Lion Elegy!"
Although the Attack Names Hayato shouted were cool and imposing, the two Monsters on the Field simply ran normally to Weevil's Duel Platform, Attacked normally, and then retreated normally. Even so, many Duelists below the stage still shouted excitedly:
"What a cool Attack!"
"That swordsmanship is so fluid! I'm going to collect a Mystical Elf Card too!"
"Hey, I remember yesterday on the Cruise Ship you wanted to trade your Mystical Elf for my Painful Choice, right? I traded with you."
"No way, I wouldn't trade even if you threw in that Lightning Vortex."
Even Téa, who wasn't very interested in Duel Monsters, pulled on Yugi's arm, her eyes sparkling: "Hey, Yugi? I remember you have several Mystical Elves, will you give me one? I can go on a date with you, you know?"
"Ugh!" The Virtual Projection System on the Duel Platform was the same intensity Impact Simulation System that Yugi and Kaiba used before. Before he was only hurt by the residual impact from Ojama Yellow's Attack, but this time he received Direct Attacks from two Monsters consecutively, and Weevil felt a real sense of pain.
[Weevil: 4600 LP → 3700 LP → 2300 LP]
Hayato, who knew well that he should either finish him off in one go or hold back a little in case of "locking LP" cheats, seeing that Weevil's Life Points had reached 2300, Set four Cards from his Hand. "I'll leave your life for the next Turn for now. Struggle to survive as much as you can, Weevil Underwood. I Set four Cards. My Turn ends."
[Hayato: 5000 LP, Hand 7 → 3]
[Mystical Elf] [ATK 1400]
[Death Stalker] [ATK 900]
[Set Card] [Set Card] [Set Card] [Set Card] [Set Card]
Field: Ojama Country
Weevil looked at Hayato's Field and couldn't help but shiver. The two Monsters staying on the front Field weren't much of a threat at all, and that Ojama Country was just a piece of scrap paper because the Ojama Monsters had disappeared. But the five Set Cards completely filling Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone were truly terrifying.
Weevil considered his own Duel style to be quite Shady, and that simpleton Rex Raptor, who was the Runner-up of the National Duel Monsters Tournament, after Duelling him, had even become furious and cursed him as a treacherous villain because he was controlled by various Trap Cards throughout the entire Match.
He should really let that simpleton Duel this detestable Hayato Kobayashi himself and see, and let him witness what Shady truly is.
"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and Draw a Card, I'm waiting so long the flowers are wilting."
Hearing Hayato opposite him completely unaware of his "T-set" setup, and even urging him to hurry up and Draw a Card, Weevil suppressed his anger and angrily drew a Card. When he saw the Card he drew, he was slightly stunned.
"Heh heh, Hayato, do you think you've already gained the advantage? Watch closely, this is my true Ace Card!"
"Come forth, my darling, Larva Moth, and then Equip Cocoon of Evolution from my Hand onto it!"
[Larva Moth] [Level 1/EARTH] [Insect Type/Normal] [300/200]
"He's Equipping a Monster Card onto another Monster Card!? What kind of strange Operation is that?" Joey Wheeler saw that on the Duel Platform's Field, just as Weevil said, a small caterpillar had just appeared, and immediately started spinning silk, turning into a giant Cocoon that settled on the Field.
However, this time it wasn't Yugi who answered his confusion, but a female voice: "This is Weevil Underwood's true Ace Combo; a powerful Monster will hatch from inside the Cocoon. It looks like Weevil Underwood is finally serious."
Before Joey Wheeler even turned his head, he smelled an extremely familiar perfume scent. He turned around to look, and sure enough, it was Mai Valentine, whom he had met once on the Cruise Ship.
(End of Chapter)