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【Cartoon Goblin Assault Force】【ATK0】

【God of Ten Thousand Hands】【ATK1400】

"【Thousand-Handed God】, attack 【Cartoon Goblin Assault Force】! Come and meet the Thousand-Handed Slayer!"

The bronze statue, with countless arms, roared "Ora Ora!" and swung its arms as it attacked the [Cartoon Goblin Assault Force]. Pegasus, seeing this, laughed: "Too impatient, Kaiba boy! You've completely fallen into my trap, desu~"

"Chain attack declaration of 'Manjushin', I open this face-down card, Trap Card 'Interrogation', I can check your hand, Kaiba Boy. If there is a monster card in it, I can negate 'Manjushin's' attack, and afterwards I can choose one monster from your hand to discard."

Pegasus pointed at Seahorse's hand, "Even without looking at me, I can tell that Seahorse boy, you should have another [Blue Eyes] in your hand, right?"

Looking displeased, Kaiba, bound by the rules of Duel Monsters, turned his hand over to Pegasus. In his hand, besides a Fusion and a Counter Gate, there was indeed another card: Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

It's noticeable that this time, Kaiba unusually didn't stick all three Blue-Eyes White Dragons together and drew them all in the first turn, but it's still possible to make a Blue-Eyes Double Burst Dragon.

"Hmph, well then, because of the Blue-Eyes and Manjusaka monsters in your hand, the attack of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon is nullified, and I can choose to discard the only monster card in your hand—the Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

After sending the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the graveyard, Kaiba's expression was quite displeased. He had thought that with his current strength, dealing with Pegasus, a guy who always seemed to be taking it easy, would be a piece of cake. However, after a few exchanges, he discovered that Pegasus could still suppress him as he had in the past.

Wouldn't that make it seem like Pegasus was right after all, that he hasn't grown at all since he left the Duel Kingdom?

The disgruntled Kaiba was helpless against Pegasus, since both of his monsters had already attacked, so he had no choice but to give up: "Set one card face down, and my turn ends."

[Seahorse: 4000LP, 1 cards in hand]

Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon [DEF0]

【God of Ten Thousand Hands】【ATK1400】

【GaiKa】

“Here I go, my turn, draw~” Pegasus casually pulled out a card. Unlike Kaiba, who was tense, Pegasus was much less concerned about duels now and treated them more like a game.

However, there is also a sense of "effortlessness" involved.

Pegasus glanced at the card he had drawn and said with a smile, "So lucky~ You drew a pretty good card, Kaiba boy~"

"Activate the Spell Card [Magic Flower Pot] to send the Continuous Trap Card [Dragon-Type Seal Pot] on my field to the Graveyard, and draw two cards from my Deck." Pegasus actively released [Dragon-Type Seal Pot]. Although [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon] was freed, Kaiba did not feel relieved at all.

Because such a move by Bekas likely means that he has a good chance of winning.

"Quick-Play Spell Card, [Toon Flip], can only be activated if [Toon World] is on my field." Pegasus placed a card he had just drawn on the dueling platform. "Choose three [Toon] monsters with different names from my deck, and then Kaiba Boy, you can randomly choose one and Special Summon that [Toon] monster to my field, ignoring its summoning conditions."

"The three monsters I've chosen are [Toon Chaos Warrior], [Toon Dark Magician], and [Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon]~"

Seeing Pegasus's smile, Kaiba clenched his fists tightly: "This again? Are you deliberately trying to provoke me, Pegasus?!"

Pegasus revealed the faces of the three cards he had chosen on the field, then flipped them over and shuffled them in an alternating pattern. Kaiba pointed at the middle card with a disgruntled expression and said, "I choose the middle one."

The card was flipped over, and Kaiba pointed to [Cartoon Dark Magician]. Pegasus looked at it with regret: "Oh, that's a real shame. I was hoping you could see the cute [Blue-Eyes Cartoon Dragon] a little more, Kaiba boy."

"Then, the selected [Toon Dark Magician] will be Special Summoned to my field, and the other two unselected cards will return to my deck."

[Anime Dark Magician] [7☆/Dark]

[Mage race/Cartoon/Effect]

[2500/2100]

Accompanied by animation-like smoke and star effects, the chibi version of the Dark Magician—the Cartoon Dark Magician—embracing a magic wand, leaped out from the Cartoon World in Pegasus's backstage, landing lightly and striking a cool and adorable pose.

"The biggest limitation of the [Toon] monster is that it needs preparation time after it appears. Just like you need to do the preparatory work in order to perform a perfect show, the Special Summoned [Toon Dark Magician] cannot participate in the attack this turn, so it's a pity~" Pegasus spread his hands helplessly, paused for a moment, and then said, "But, [Toon Dark Magician] can help me with the preparation work."

"Once per turn, discard one [Toon] monster from my hand,"

As Pegasus spoke, he showed off the [Toon Egg Dragon] in his hand and sent it to the graveyard. "Add a [Toon] Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand, or Special Summon a [Toon] Monster."

"I will Special Summon [Cartoon Chaos Warrior]!"

[Cartoon Chaos Warriors] [8 stars/area]

[Warrior Race/Cartoon/Effect]

[3000/2500]

Pegasus looked at the two monsters on the Seahorse's field and snapped his fingers: "[Toon Chaos Soldier] cannot attack either, but once per turn, [Toon Chaos Soldier] can target one of your opponent's monsters and banish it."

The cartoon Chaos Warrior, wielding a sword and shield, raises his longsword high above his head, with black and white chaotic energy gathering at the tip of his blade.

"The Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon has the ability to not become the target of your effects," Kaiba added. Pegasus nodded in agreement. "Of course, so I'll exclude your 'Man-Handed God' from Kaiba-boy."

As Pegasus selected his target, Toon Chaos Warrior swung his longsword, and the crescent-shaped slash instantly banished Kaiba's Man-Armed God from the field. After activating this effect, Toon Chaos Warrior looked completely exhausted.

“Finally, I activate this card from my hand, [Toon Rewind], granting my only combat-capable [Toon Goblin Assault Team] the ability to attack twice during a single battle phase, and then enter the battle phase.” Pegasus said, pointing to Kaiba’s [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon] in defense position on the field, “Attack Kaiba boy’s [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon]!”

Kaiba was puzzled that Pegasus would use his last card—Toon Rewind, which allows Toon monsters to attack twice—onto Toon Goblin Assault: "Are you mistaken, Pegasus? The effect of Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon that reduces Toon Goblin Assault's ATK and DEF to zero is permanent."

"The [Cartoon Goblin Assault Force] with an attack power of 0 and the [Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon] with an attack and defense power of 0, neither can hurt the other."

Pegasus's lips curled into a smile: "Realy? In Game Boy's words, it's like, 'Sorely?'"

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Contraction], targeting my [Toon Goblin Assault Force], reducing its ATK to half its original ATK until the end of the turn." Pegasus picked up the last card on the back field, waving it with a hint of smugness. "Kaiba boy, I remember you using this card quite often, so you should know its effect."

"Although the attack power was reduced to 0 by the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, it was actually reset to half of its original attack power, which is 1150 points, because of the Contraction skill..." Kaiba said coldly, explaining the situation where the Contraction skill applies.

Upon hearing this, Pegasus nodded in satisfaction: "Bingo! Seahorse Boy, you really know the [Contraction] card well. Well then, let's continue the attack, [Toon Goblin Assault Force]!"

Previously demoralized by the effects of the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, the Toon Goblin Assault Force gained the power of Shrink. Although their size shrank to half, they regained their morale and charged aggressively at the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, which was in a defensive stance.

[Cartoon Goblin Assault Force] [ATK 0 → 1150]

Despite the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's attempt to resist, as the price for acquiring the power of chaos, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's originally high defense of 2500 points—a level that even made the Red-Eyes Black Dragon frown—disappeared. Finally, with a dragon's roar, the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon was destroyed and sent to the graveyard.

However, since it was in defense position, Kaiba wasn't harmed. But Kaiba didn't forget that Toon Goblin Assault Troops had a second chance to attack due to the effect of Toon Rewind.

Despite possessing an exceptionally high attack power of 2300 for a 4-star monster, the Toon Goblin Assault Force, being a motley crew, suffers from a lapse in concentration after an attack. As expected, having just defeated the formidable Blue-Eyes, the Toon Goblin Assault Force became careless and decided to sit down and rest.

However, as if someone had pressed the rewind button on the TV anime to watch it again, the [Cartoon Goblin Assault Force] made strange movements as if time had reversed in a few breaths, returned to Pegasus's field, and then launched a direct attack on the empty seahorse.

A goblin wielding a spiked club approached him menacingly. Seahorse said coldly, "Pegasus, are you trying to humiliate me with these weak monsters? There's a limit to how much you can look down on someone. Besides, have you forgotten that you just saw my hand last turn?"

"Activate Faceless Card, Counter Gate! This can only be activated when attacked directly by an opponent's monster, negating that attack. Watch me send that measly attack from Toon Goblin Assault Force flying!"

The goblin attacks were blocked by a wall that appeared in front of the seahorse. The gray dimensional wall seemed to separate the two worlds, protecting the seahorse from the attacks of the [Toon Goblin Assault Force].

Pegasus could understand Kaiba's mood. After all, Kaiba had always been a proud person. He could accept losing in a battle of equal strength, but he could not tolerate the humiliation of being hurt by weaklings.

Although, in fact, the seahorse was often humiliated by Hayato with the name of a small fish.

"Of course I haven't forgotten your card, Kaiba Boy, but if you use Counterattack Gate for a mere 1150 points of damage, you won't have any cards to protect yourself next turn~"

Pegasus said smugly, having taken the seahorse's psychology into account in the battle and devised this tactic.

Chapter 514 Ultimate Burst

Pegasus's reminder made the seahorse somewhat unhappy.

From a purely rational perspective, even if the [Cartoon Goblin Assault Force] successfully attacks him directly, it would only reduce his base score by 1150 points, which is practically negligible for a Seahorse with a full base score of 4000.

Using the [Counterattack Gate], which could be life-saving in the right situation, for a mere 1150 points of damage is indeed a waste, but even if Kaiba knows this, he won't admit that there was anything wrong with his operation.

"If you keep calculating and scheming about such a small amount of basic points, your purity is only at this level, Pegasus."

The dimensional barrier in front of Kaiba shrank to the position of his deck. After negating the attack of [Toon Goblin Assault Force], the draw effect of [Counter Gate] awaited Kaiba's attention.

Taking a deep breath, Kaiba coldly looked at Pegasus's three monsters on the field: "While you are calculating your immediate gains and losses as always, I have already found the path I must take, the glorious road leading to the other side of victory!"

"Draw a card!"

Looking at the card he had drawn, Kaiba's lips curled into a smile: "Hmph, as expected, victory is already in my hands."

"Prepare to receive the ultimate defeat bestowed upon you by me, Pegasus, creator of 'Duel Monsters'."

"That look!" Pegasus and Kaiba locked eyes, both horrified. "They completely ignored me, focusing instead on something else entirely!?"

"At the end of my battle phase, [Toon Goblin Assault] changes to defense position and cannot change its position until the end of my next turn. Then my turn ends, the [Shrink] effect disappears from [Toon Goblin Assault], and its attack power is restored to its original value."

Pegasus, empty-handed, had no cards to cover in the back row, and his turn ended there.

[Bekas: 3000LP, 0 cards in hand]

[Cartoon Dark Magician] [ATK2500]

[Cartoon Chaos Warriors][ATK3000]

[Cartoon Goblin Assault Force] [ATK1150→DEF0]

Cartoon World

Despite having three powerful monsters on his field, Pegasus felt utterly insecure under Kaiba's cold gaze.

Kaiba's back row and front row are completely empty. Apart from the card he just drew with Counter Gate, he only has one Fusion card that he confirmed last turn. Even for Kaiba's strongest Fusion Monster, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, two of the three Blue-Eyes cards required for fusion have already been buried in the graveyard.

On my side, [Toon Goblin Assault Force] is in a safe defense position due to its own effect. The other two monsters are [Toon Dark Magician] with 2500 attack power and [Toon Chaos Warrior] with attack power equal to [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]. Even though [Toon] is the biggest weakness, I actually have hidden ways to protect it.

Pegasus glanced at his graveyard. There, the Toon Bookmark used to search for Toon World in the first turn lay dormant, possessing the ability to banish this card from the graveyard instead of Toon World if it was destroyed by an effect on your field.

Given all these precautions, where does my unease come from?

Bekas doesn't know.

However, it was Kaiba's turn, and he drew a card from his deck: "My turn, draw."

"Hmph, the first card I activate is [Pot of Greed]. I draw two cards from my deck."

He drew two cards, and upon seeing one of them, Kaiba raised an eyebrow and sneered, "I really didn't expect to draw this card. I was thinking of using that monster, but in that case, I'll just use you."

"I'm going to activate the Spell Card [Dark Factory] to add two Normal Monsters from my Graveyard to my hand. Had enough rest? [Blue-Eyes]!"

Kaiba's movements were impressive as he retrieved two Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards from the graveyard, causing Pegasus to pause in surprise: "Could it be..."

"I'm going to activate the Spell Card [Fusion], using the two [Blue-Eyes] monsters I just added to my hand, and the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] that I added to my hand earlier due to the effect of [Counter Gate], as fusion materials!" Kaiba's right hand clenched loosely, as if he wanted to take control of the future. "Since the goal is to interrupt you, this monster is more suitable."

"Come before me, transcending the boundaries of time and space, the strongest and most ultimate white dragon in history!"

"Fusion Summon! Blue-Ace-Altimeto-Doragon!!"

"Resilient! Invincible!! The strongest!!!"

Despite being just an ordinary monster with no real effect, Pegasus was surprised to find that when Kaiba activated [Fusion] and combined the power of the three [Blue-Eyes White Dragons] into one, the commotion caused by the appearance of [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] was like a dark game, causing cracks to appear in the center of the dueling arena they were using, as if it were really going to tear space apart!

"It's actually [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]?" At the same time, Pegasus didn't quite understand why Kaiba would use [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] instead of [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]. "With only 4500 attack power, [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] should be inferior to [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]."

"Hmph, what a low-quality idea, Pegasus. Don't think I'm the kind of person who would give up everything for power." Holding the last card in his hand, Kaiba sneered. "In my eyes, whether it's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon or True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, they are both equally important."

"If it's just about defeating you, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon will suffice. It will also be a way to end the duel where I was defeated by you!"