Fusion is the noblest form of summoning!.

Chapter 808 Parent-Child Relationships (4K)

"My turn!"

Regardless, the duel has begun.

Yuya Sakaki looked at the five cards he had drawn, scanning the words and pictures on them, and couldn't help but feel a surge of childhood memories and joy.

He took a deep breath.

Regardless, now that the duel has begun, I must show my father how much I have grown during this time.

He looked at the card on his left.

And you—

Heterochromatic eyes, thank you for always being there for me.

Fortunately.

Although I didn't have time to adjust the deck, my hand is still pretty good.

"To activate this effect, you can discard 1 Entertainment Partner Monster other than Entertainment Partner Angel from your hand and this card. Draw two cards from your Deck."

"I send my Entertainment Partner Odd-Eyed Butler from my hand to the graveyard and draw two cards from my deck."

In the wooden Duel Dojo, an angel in a white, transparent dress softly sings a song, takes a card from his hand, and then gives him two more cards.

He glanced at the card he had drawn and his face lit up with joy.

"Set the pendulum scale of the Pendulum Monster with scale 1 in your hand!"

Yuya Sakaki raised his left hand, and a card was held high. At the same time, a blue beam of light slowly flickered and appeared in the Duel Dojo.

Yusho Sakaki watched his son's actions and the appearance of the Pendulum Monster without any reaction.

"Father, this is the pendulum summoning I've been working hard to create all this time!"

“Very good, Yuya.” Although Yusho Sakaki is somewhat “godlike”, as an entertainment duelist, his dueling skills are beyond doubt. He can perfectly integrate dueling content and entertainment tricks, making him a truly outstanding entertainment duelist, hence the name of entertainment duelist.

However, the pendulum summoning didn't surprise him much.

The reason is also very simple.

The birth of Pendulum Summoning was something he and Red Horse Zero King witnessed firsthand.

Thinking back on this, even he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Time flies, and what they saw as the "future" back then has finally become the "present".

Noticing that his father wasn't surprised, Yuya Sakaki wasn't discouraged and continued with his normal actions: "The effect of Piano Key Monkey can only be activated during your Main Phase of the turn this card is activated. Add 1 Level 4 or lower Piano Key Monkey monster from your Deck to your hand."

Yuya Sakaki threw a bunch of cards into the sky, where they turned into balloons and then exploded with a series of bangs.

"Oh?" Seeing this, Sakaki Yusho couldn't help but clap his hands softly.

Magic combined with dueling—that's a remarkable change.

"I added the Entertainment Partner Skeleton Acrobat Clown to my hand, and then Normal Summoned it!"

"Yo ho~"

The blond clown, twirling his hat, jumped onto the field.

Entertainment Partner: Skeleton Acrobatic Clown, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Mage Race, Attack Power 1800.
"You can activate this effect when this card is Summoned. Add 1 Entertainment Partner Monster, Magician Pendulum Monster, or Odd-Eyes Monster from your Deck to your hand, except Entertainment Partner Skeleton Acrobat Clown."

"I added Mr. Rudeness from my deck to my hand."

Yuya Sakaki hurriedly added the cards from his deck to his hand.

As the name suggests, this card and the previous Angel Lady are a "pair" of pendulum components, obviously a combination used to assist in and perform pendulum summons.

However, adding this card to your hand at this moment is somewhat "too hasty".

but--

For Yuya Sakaki right now, this is the most correct choice!

Two years ago, he might have chosen the "more interesting" card; a year ago, he might have considered the "more powerful" card. But after about a year, and after meeting several genuine "top duelists," seeing their mentality, their will, and their ego, Yuya Sakaki has gradually come to understand.

Staying true to oneself is the most important thing for a duelist.

If you can't even maintain your true self, then there's no way you can become a good duelist.

If you're not even a good duelist, how can you be a good "entertainment duelist"?
That is impossible!

So at that moment, he did what he truly believed was the right thing to do.

Even.

At this point, it may not be the best choice, but it doesn't matter.

Having not seen his father for a long time, all he wanted to do at that moment was be that carefree child again, to have a classic "teaching duel" with his father, so that his father could also feel his growth and "changes" over the years.

"Set the pendulum scale using Mr. Rude, the entertainment partner of scale 8!"

hum-

This time, a red beam of light slowly appeared on his right, and a huge figure 8 appeared beside him.

"In this way, I can Special Summon all monsters from Level 2 to Level 7 at the same time!"

"It's not over yet... Before that... I activate the Field Spell Card, Rainbow in the Sky!"

With the activation of the Field Spell Card, a huge magic circle appeared in the sky, radiating rainbow-like light and transforming into the brightest "art lamp".

"As long as this card is in the Field Zone, Magician, Entertainment Partner, and Odd-Eyes cards in your Pendulum Zone cannot be targeted by your opponent's card effects."

"Then, you can only activate this effect once per turn. Target 1 face-up card on your field other than this card. Destroy that card and add 1 Odd-Eyes card from your Deck to your hand."

I destroyed my entertainment partner, the Skeleton Acrobatic Clown, on the field, and added the Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon from my deck to my hand.

Yuya Sakaki raised his hand, and behind him, two different dragon shadows began to flicker.

One moment it's a rainbow dragon full of light, the next it's a reflection of the rainbow like a black mist!

This is precisely the "pendulum".

"Alright, now all the preparations are complete!" Yuya Sakaki exclaimed excitedly.

This must be the happiest moment for him during this period!

He swept his hands across the duel disk, the light of the pendulum sliding from his left to his right in an arc.

"Swing, pendulum of the soul!"

The pendulum began to sway from side to side.

Click, click——

The pendulum of the soul begins to swing!
At this very moment, the soul of the [Heterochromatic Eyes] is in motion!

"Arches of light were drawn in the sky!"

"Pendulum Summon, appear, my slaving monsters!"

His clothes fluttered wildly as his soul swayed, and he flung out the three cards, which drew a bright arc in the air.

Thus, the red and green bicolor eyes shone brightly in the darkness.

"Pendulum Summon!"

"Level 7!"

"Heterochromatic Spirit Dragon!"

"Level 7!" "Odd-eyed Phantom Dragon!"

"as well as--"

Yuya Sakaki smiled like an innocent child: "Ladies and gentlemen!"

Stay tuned—Heterochromatic Eyes!

A simple, unassuming dragon, with only a large blue crystal on its chest and rather small bone blades, swung its tail and roared as it stood in front of Yuya Sakaki.

Heterochromatic Pendulum Dragon, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Dragon Race, Attack Power 2500, Pendulum Monster.

Heterochromatic Phantom Dragon, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Dragon Race, Attack Power 2500, Pendulum Monster.

Heterochromatic Dragon, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Dragon Race, Attack Power 2500.
"Oh my god!! A heterochromatic dragon!" At this moment, Yusho Sakaki's hearty smile became even more friendly. "It's been so long since I've seen it."

At this moment, a certain legend—the "King of Duels" who merged dimensions—was also watching this duel.

Muto game.

The strongest duelist.

The undisputed king of duels.

The seahorse's "arch-nemesis" is also the invincible one that the seahorse can never defeat.

At this very moment, he is also watching this duel closely.

In fact, he had been watching Yuya Sakaki's duels all along and was very satisfied with Yuya's growth during this period. He felt that Yuya was a very promising talent, just as he had thought at the time, so he had been paying close attention to him.

Unlike Yuya Sakaki, who was actually there, Yugi Muto only watched the exchange between the Sakaki father and son briefly before he realized that Yuya's father was probably not as perfect as he had imagined.

Of course.

This is actually not a problem.

Countless children idolize and yearn for their parents during their childhood, but as they grow up, they gradually discover that their parents are not omnipotent, and that they also have many troubles and shortcomings.

But this will not affect a person's feelings.

Unless the father or mother inflicted irreparable trauma on the child during childhood, it will not actually affect the parents' relationship.

The problem is that……

Yugi Muto gently pinched the space between his eyebrows.

Just as parents have different flaws, children are not really like sculptures that can be carved at will. In addition to upbringing, every "choice" is also extremely important.

It is not wrong to discover your parents' flaws, still love them, choose to understand them, make your own better choices, and communicate and negotiate with them reasonably.

What's truly frightening is discovering that one's parents have flaws, that they are far inferior to oneself, and that they completely fail to understand oneself at times, leading to outbursts, resentment, and ultimately hostility or even severing of the parent-child relationship.

For every parent and child, for every individual, even slight changes in personality can lead to different outcomes.

If parents are open-minded, their children may be more understanding.

If parents are strict, their children may have different outbursts, or they may become more withdrawn and eventually turn into puppets.

And at this moment...

Yugi Muto deeply understood the terror of the "pendulum".

Because he discovered the power of the pendulum itself!
Once the swing of the soul ends, it can probably never be changed again!

In other words, it will not recover unless it undergoes another oscillation of the same magnitude.

At this moment, three monsters were standing on Yuya's field!

The original "heterochromatic dragon" symbolizes his own "soul".

Bright, the creation of the "heterochromatic pendulum dragon" symbolizes the appearance of the pendulum, which reignites his stagnant inner flame.

The gloomy, stagnant "Heterochromatic Phantom Dragon" symbolizes the appearance of the pendulum, causing him to hesitate.

Although these three dragons wouldn't affect Yuya Sakaki's choice, and even from Yugi Muto's perspective, these three dragons were essentially just "one," once a choice was made...

Then there's no way to change it!
He tilted his head slightly, clasped his hands together, and looked conflicted.

He discovered Sakaki Yuya's psychological problems back then, so he tried to guide him, but he felt at the time that there were too many unresolved issues involved, and it wasn't something that could be resolved with just a few words.

He was unaware that Amagi Hikaru had later engaged in two more duels and conversational therapy sessions, so he was somewhat worried.

"Hopefully the child will swing to the right position..."

The good news is.

Compared to the first time we met, this time, Yuya's duel clearly had a lot more "soul".

No longer following the rules, no longer like puppets on strings, no longer fighting purely for show or performance; they have their own understanding and their own principles.

This is pretty cool.

"Cover a card and end the turn."

Yuya Sakaki quickly covered the next card, feeling refreshed.

He hadn't experienced this feeling of "happiness" for a very, very long time.

Yes--

Although he was a recreational duelist, he hadn't actually had a genuine, hearty laugh in a long time.

Even when he completed the "Pendulum Summon," defeated the strong Ishijima, and proved their Yusho Academy, he wasn't this happy.

His father's disappearance has always been a thorn in his side, and as long as he doesn't see his father for a day, he inevitably feels depressed and loses control of his thoughts.

No matter how much you persevere, no matter how hard you try, no matter if you really think, "If you want to cry, then laugh," this feeling of sadness keeps accumulating.

He even had a moment of self-doubt before.

One instance was when he saw Reiji Akaba use scientific methods to replicate the Pendulum Cards and even complete the Pendulum Summon.

That time, he even doubted that he was not suited for dueling at all.

Fortunately, he met Mr. Yugi Muto that time.

After that, he did have moments of self-doubt, but just as these thoughts began to emerge, just as he began to wonder if there was something wrong with their world, he happened to run into Amagi Hikaru.

That's why he was able to persevere until this point, until he could finally see his father again.

He was even somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, he saw his father a little later.

As long as he can see him, it's not too late. After all, if it had been any earlier, he would only have been able to talk to his father for "600 seconds." Now, he can not only talk to his father about the past for 10 minutes, but also have a free and unrestrained duel with his father—without any time limit.

"Well done, Yuya." Sakaki Yukatsu clapped again.

His face always wore that unchanging smile.

"I've always been proud of you, Yuya."

Yuya Sakaki's eyes welled up with tears again, but he held them back.

"However, I suggest you avoid pendulum summoning for a while."

!! ? ? ? ?
"Father?! Father?!"

　4K, those two good brothers, Akaba Rei-oh and Sakaki Yusho, are really my nemesis. Either the cards are hard to get, or the characters are hard to get... I'm so frustrated...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)