Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds: Duelists Beyond Light

"The Chimera Overload Dragon! Is it finally going to appear?!"

Jack Atlas's eyes burned with intensity.

Having grown up in the Satellite District, he had naturally heard many legends about duelists; these once incredibly glorious and legendary monsters were deeply etched in his mind.
Jack Atlas felt much the same way as all the dueling enthusiasts watching the match, as did the rest of the 5Ds.

But Crowe Hogan couldn't help but say, "But... this still won't allow us to summon the Chimera Overload Dragon!"

"Huh? Why?!" Long Ya was stunned. As a poor student at the Duel Academy, he only had a vague understanding of the classic "Future Overload" combo.

Yusei Fudo calmly watched the game live and explained, "Chimera Overload Dragon can only be summoned through Fusion Summon. When this card is successfully Fusion Summoned, it will send all other cards on your field to the Graveyard."

“But,” Jack Atlas continued, “Future Fusion is a card similar to Call of the Dead.”

"When this card leaves the field, the Fusion Monster summoned with this card is destroyed."

"Therefore, in order to fuse and summon the true Chimera Overload Dragon, another spell card is needed—Overload Fusion!!"

Ryuya suddenly realized: "I get it! Overload Fusion has no side effects, and it can banish monsters from the graveyard to perform Fusion Summoning!!"

"The Chimera Overload Dragon perfectly meets the summoning conditions for Overload Fusion."

"Therefore, the purpose of future Fusion is merely to fill the graveyard with Overload Fusion; the card that truly summons the Chimera Overload Dragon is actually Overload Fusion!!"

"But……"

"Ryota Taguchi has no cards left in his hand."

"He has no way to summon Chimera Overload Dragon. If they wait until the next turn, the conflict between Chimera Overload Dragon and Future Fusion's effects will ruin their tactics..."

Fudo Yusei smiled and shook his head, gesturing for Ryua to look at the place he was pointing to.

Longya blinked, paused for a moment, and then realized what was happening.

Yusei Fudo was referring to the Electronic Team's SPC counter!
Based on the effect of High Speed ​​World 2, the Duelist can remove seven SPCs and draw one card from the deck, at which point the Cyber ​​Team has enough SPCs!

Ryota Taguchi just sent almost all of his monster cards to the graveyard to prepare for the summoning of Chimera Overload Dragon. This means that in his next draw, with only a handful of cards in his deck, there's a high probability that he'll draw a crucial key card!

At this moment, Longya longed for high-speed duels even more.

He finally understood why the players ahead of him on the Electronic Team were working so hard to accumulate SPCs so that Ryota Taguchi could replenish his hand with the necessary cards at crucial moments!
“Beep beep beep——————————”

The SPC counter of the electronics team started jumping in the opposite direction, decreasing all the way down!

Ryota Taguchi placed his hand on the deck, his eyes flashing as if he were seeing glimpses of the past.

When he was studying at Electronflow, Ryota Taguchi had already shown exceptional talent. He had shrewd calculation skills and was a genius at dueling.

However, there are geniuses above geniuses, and even brighter lights beyond the brightest ones.

Marufuji Hikaru, also a member of the Electro-ryu school, possesses strength far surpassing his own.

Compared to Hikaru Marufuji, Ryota Taguchi's light seemed insignificant.

However, they are very good brothers, always have been.

So when the two graduated from Electronic Stream at the same time and participated in their first professional competition, they both chose the same event—the Fantasy Cup, organized by the International Fantasy Society.

They imagined fighting with all their might and without reservation in the final moments of the Duel Kingdom tournament, just like Yugi Muto and Katsuya Jonouchi had done. However…

I'm having really bad luck.

The two met in the initial elimination rounds.

They are not in the same professional team, but the requirements of each professional team are similar.

That year's Fantasy Cup required professional teams to reach at least the top 16 in order to qualify for the next competition; otherwise, they would have to give the opportunity to others.

But their match was the Round of 32.

The cruelest thing is when close friends who share dreams are forced to fight each other for survival.

Those who lose are destined to be far, far away from their dreams.

Ryota Taguchi lost badly in that match, after all, Hikaru Marufuji was far superior to him.

That year, Hikaru Marufuji became the most dazzling newcomer, winning the Fantasy Cup right from his debut; while Ryota Taguchi could only sit in the shadows, watching his best friend in the spotlight, swallowing his instant noodles bite by bite...

And so, Ryota Taguchi was forced to sit on the sidelines for more than a year. In that city with an extremely high cost of living, Ryota Taguchi, with only a meager income, was extremely strapped for cash.

After learning that Ryota Taguchi had been hiding his true state, Hikaru Marufuji generously offered him the greatest help, both in terms of daily life and emotional support.

Nearly two years later, Ryota Taguchi finally got the chance to participate in a major competition again. After a year of accumulation and refinement, his strength was far greater than before. In half a year, he won two championships and three semi-finals. Even in the strongest competition, the Fantasy Cup, where Hikaru Marufuji played, he made it to fifth place.

Although he wasn't as famous as his dazzling best friend, Ryota Taguchi also became a highly sought-after professional duelist.

He knew very well that he would not have been able to get through that difficult year without Hikaru Marufuji's help.

Therefore, when Hikaru Marufuji said he wanted to participate in the WRGP tournament for Electronflow, he resolutely agreed to become his teammate.

In order to make Hikaru Marufuji and Cyberse even more dazzling, Ryota Taguchi was willing to be the sacrificial shadow, using the entire deck of cards to summon that legendary monster for Hikaru Marufuji!
As he sped along the track, Ryota Taguchi's eyes shone with an intense desire to win.

"If we can draw that Overload Fusion card, we can achieve our combo..."

"I'm not a lucky guy..."

"But, as a duelist, as one of the inheritors of the Electro Stream, for glory, for light!!"

"I absolutely have to get that card!!"

"Activate the effect of High Speed ​​World 2, removing seven points of SPC!!"

“Draw a card!!!!”

"Whoosh——————————————————————"

Amidst a rousing shout, Ryota Taguchi swung his arm, drawing out a card brimming with the chance of victory. His eyes lit up, and he slammed it down.

"Here it comes!! Activate the Spell Card - Overload Fusion!!" Ryota Taguchi shouted, "Remove Cyber ​​Dragon and thirty-four other Machine-Type monsters from the Graveyard from the Duel!!"

"Fusion Summon!!"

"Chimera Overload Dragon!!!" (End of Chapter)