My anime-style card deck is fine!

“This country is quite valuable, and the members of the Brave Team are dissatisfied with the current state of Sakura, so we naturally hit it off.”

"A perfect match?"

Amon was speechless: "What they mean is, they're abandoning their old master and going to fawn over their new one, right?"

"That's a really harsh way to put it. We're partners who have signed an alliance." The goat-headed man shook his head with some disdain. "For some people, America seems much farther away than China, which is right next door, doesn't it?"

"Distance can create beauty."

"To negotiate with a tiger for its skin, to naively believe that one is right—is nothing but a bunch of selfish little devils, shamelessly playing the innocent while wielding their butcher's knife in the name of good intentions."

This time, Amon finally understood what the brave team meant.

It's nothing more than the old adage that the emperor is far away and the United States is too far from Japan to care about Japan—but the problem is that the US military stationed in Japan is still on Japanese soil!

Your country's military power is still in the hands of the United States!

Why do you only have one Gold Card Master in your team? That's because all the extras were forcibly transferred to America and forced to immigrate to become noble Americans!

As a result, these guys didn't look at anything and didn't bother to understand anything at all.

They unilaterally dreamt of cooperating with the United States, overthrowing the old regime, launching an armed rebellion against China, and then kicking aside their ally, the United States, in order to become king and hegemon.

"Whimsical."

Amon's Sharp Commentary.

"Right, I think so too." The goat-headed man nodded with a smile, mocking the foolishness of some people: "Our country has invested a lot of money, manpower, and resources... No matter what, we have to break even!"

"However, although these guys are complete idiots, their plan is quite interesting."

"—Reincarnate all the people of Sakura as a hero!"

"It's amazing they came up with this idea." Perhaps feeling confident of victory, the goat-headed man's emotions fluctuated wildly, and his urge to confide in others became unusually strong. He ended up chatting with Amon.

"But if they succeed, these guys might actually be able to create a society where everyone is a card master." Goat Head suddenly became somewhat expectant.

"The fact is, they couldn't possibly succeed."

Amon interrupted, saying that he saw absolutely no chance of success for such an unrealistic plan: "Not to mention the backlash from the local Sakura card masters, the opposition from the public alone would be enough to bankrupt their plan."

"The will of the people will influence the collective consciousness. Hatred, hostility, fear, and anger—these negative emotions combined are enough to cause their deck to collapse."

"Putting everything else aside, even disregarding all the above conditions, death is essential to completing reincarnation, isn't it?" Amon asserted.

"They can't kill more than ten million people in one go."

"...Yes, there are."

The goat-headed man remained silent, instead looking at Amon with a half-smile: "Killing ten million people in an instant, a death recognized by all of Japan, does exist in history."

Chapter 277: An Old Acquaintance in Tokyo

Q: Why are people from Japan generally thin and have a high rate of aging?

A: Because both the fat man and the little boy exploded.

……

"In fact, it wasn't ten million, it was only one hundred and forty thousand."

Amon's subconscious rebuttal.

"That's all?!" Not only Goat Head, but also Wang Quan, Huang Jie and the others looked at Amon with surprise, wanting to see how this guy's 37.5-degree mouth could utter such cold words.

"In short, you want to make cherry blossoms your old acquaintances again, right?" Amon changed the subject.

But it would have been better not to change the subject at all...

They instantly understood the meaning of "old acquaintance" and became even more speechless.

"You want to recreate the day in Hiroshima in Tokyo!"

Huang Jie was somewhat surprised.

More than anything, there was fear and unease. Amon's meaning was clear: the opposing team of heroes intended to use a nuclear explosion to awaken people's acceptance of death!

This is a wound etched into the land of cherry blossoms.

Before the emergence of Gold-level Card Masters, [Technology] and [Violence] were the ultimate manifestations of the two poles that once vied for dominance with cards!

Even after the emergence of the Gold Card Master, nuclear weapons remained the ultimate force that threatened the entire world.

Until two mushroom clouds rose slowly over the land of cherry blossoms.

The gold-level card master from China withstood the nuclear explosion head-on, which ultimately rendered the nuclear bomb a thing of the past.

But even so...

Those two consecutive outbreaks still brought enormous casualties to Sakura—this is what the people of Sakura acknowledge as "death"!

"Is that why I need my [echoes of history]?"

Huang Jie finally understood the reason.

Because they don't need to actually detonate a nuclear bomb, but what they need are a large number of living people who can be possessed and parasitized by the returning reincarnated ones!

They don't need dead people.

Therefore, what can evoke a false history, yet give a true death, is the nuclear explosion of history—and what is necessary for this is Huang Jie's [echo of history]!

"Yes."

The goat-headed man stood beside his hero, calmly nodding.

"...Is this really a good idea?" Wang Quan frowned, a hint of anger visible on his serious face. "This information should all be classified, right? It seems you're certain we can't win?"

"Just a mere gold-level follower!"

Amon looked at the goat-headed man with a nonchalant expression, drawing a card from his deck: "It's not like we haven't played before!"

Gold-tier minions aren't actually that mysterious.

The truly powerful are the Gold-level card masters!

However, once you reach the Gold level, you will indeed have a strong level suppression ability when facing Silver and Bronze levels, and attacks and effects below the Gold level will be greatly weakened.

This effect is not very noticeable when comparing silver to bronze, only about 3% to 5%.

But at the Gold level, this suppression will increase significantly!

Depending on the type of effect, the reduction can range from 30% to 50%!

This is class oppression!

This oppressive effect even amplifies the attack power of gold minions when attacking lower-tier minions—it can even double the power when attacking bronze-tier minions!

In addition, gold-tier cards and minions are inherently stronger than silver-tier cards. After this back and forth, the strength of gold minions has almost doubled!

but……

That's all!

Long before the final college entrance exam, when Amon was still researching card making in a company with military investment, he had experienced a duel with a Silver Rank VI, and even a duel with a Gold Rank card master!

It is precisely because he personally experienced the oppressive feeling emanating from gold that Amon has such confidence!

He will win!

Pokémon and Godzilla represent the ultimate dreams of childhood and adolescence, respectively!

With these two dream-inspired decks, Amon is confident he won't lose to anyone!

"I'll show you [The Quintessential Quintuplets - Nino Nakano] in my hand, and I can add one [Miku Nakano] to my hand from my deck!"

Amon immediately revealed the card he had been holding since the beginning, which turned out to be Amon's fantasy wife!

It gave the goat head almost no time to react.

The newly acquired Miku was immediately shown off by Amon, and then Yotsuba, Itsuki, and Ichika were added to the hand in turn, and then...

"Send Nakano Ichika to the graveyard and bring Godzilla back to my field!"

Amon unceremoniously discarded the flower he had just acquired.

Ichika:?

A delicate and beautiful girl is thrown into a cold graveyard, and a giant atomic dinosaur returns to the battlefield!

As soon as Godzilla returned, Amon couldn't wait to throw three cards into the graveyard: "Send Nino, Miku, and Yotsuba to the graveyard to activate Godzilla's effect!"

The three cards transformed into massive amounts of atomic energy, filling Godzilla's body!

The originally ordinary rigid structural bone plate was instantly charged by the massive atomic energy, and its whole body was as if it was lit up by blue light, filled with a restless and massive energy!

"Roar!!!"

All the beautiful girls I just acquired were thrown into the graveyard.

But it doesn’t matter!

Although the quintuplets are a combo in [Seishun Romantic Comedy SNAFU], they are surprisingly well-suited to Godzilla!

Since the girls' effects are activated as [Special Summon].

Amon doesn't even need to consume a normal summon!

He only needs to ensure that he has one [quintuplets] card in his hand. In the next turn, the other girls who were sent to the graveyard will return to the deck. Then, he can activate the remaining May effect to give himself four more cards in his hand!

As for the final shot?

Not to mention the card draw once per round.

The effects of the Godzilla support card alone are enough to complete the final piece of the puzzle!

These support cards all have the ability to be activated from the deck, and aside from their other main effects, they all share a common secondary effect!

—Provide Godzilla with an [atomic energy] indicator!

With the help of four of the quintuplets who were sent to the grave, Amon can guarantee five times of control per turn, and one board clear with all characters banished!

This awesome combo only requires Amon to draw one of the quintuplets from a deck of 40 cards to unleash the full potential of Godzilla!

As for Godzilla?