Yu-Gi-Oh! Heroes

Ed: "Yujo Judai, I will let you see what horror, coldness and darkness are!"

Yucheng Judai: "..."

Ed: "...According to the permanent effect of Phoenix Destroyer, the attack power of all monsters on the opponent's field will be reduced by the number of [Heroes] in my Graveyard x 200 points. There are a total of 8 cards in my Graveyard, including [Elemental Hero] and [Fate Hero], so...Yuki Judai, the attack power of the monsters on your field will be reduced by 1600 points!"

"Varied……?!"

It does not take an object and does not enter a chain.

Therefore, Yuki Judai was unable to counterattack against this effect, and even the Shining Flame Winged Man, who had gained the resistance blessing of [Beloved Hero], could not escape the ensuing influence.

Before Yuki Judai could finish his words of surprise, the Phoenix of Destruction floating in the air, after receiving the command from Ed, a materialized blood-red ripple suddenly appeared on the surface of its body.

Afterwards, under the influence of this wave, the scorching heat, accompanied by a strong spiritual pressure, continued to spread in all directions, centered on the destruction of the Phoenix Man.

Although they were extremely reluctant in their hearts, under the influence of absolute power and the high temperature that continued to burn the earth, the two heroes had no time to resist and had to temporarily lower their bodies to endure the divine punishment that fell from the sky.

([Elemental Hero: Thunder Giant] Attack Power: 2400 → 800)

([Elemental Hero: Flash Flame Wingman] Attack Power: 5800 → 4200)

"The attack power of the Tenth Generation's Flash Flame Wingman has been lowered... Now the attack power of Ed's Flash Phoenix Man is 100 points higher!"

"No! Not only that... Judai's current HP is 3000, which means that Ai De only needs to let Shining Phoenix (Attack Power: 4300) attack the weakened Thunder Giant (Attack Power: 800) to win the duel..."

"Judai... He has no cards in his hand, and there is only one resource of an evil hero in his graveyard... This... is the end!"

"The hero of destiny... is so terrifying!!!"

"No... I always feel that this is not Ed's full strength..."

The audience on the side began the usual commentary session at this appropriate time.

As they said, the current Judai Yuki has no way to survive the current difficult situation.

What awaits him next is only a cruel fate of defeat.

"D-Hero, the hero of destiny... a hero more powerful than E-Hero and the elemental hero..."

"Sure enough, there is! My elemental hero should also have a different path to a higher level than the masked hero."

Faced with the desperate situation before him, Yuki Judai's face did not show much despair.

He and Ed grew up in different environments, and his sincere words could not reach her heart, so they could not understand each other.

But it doesn't matter. Yuki Judai has no intention of falling in love and has no interest in women, so there is no need to consider his tone to win his favor.

After realizing the new evolutionary path of the elemental heroes and opening his eyes, his goal was achieved.

As for the outcome of the duel, it is not that important.

"Yujo Judai, you can no longer escape from your fate of defeat."

"Ah...I know, but I've already tried my best, so I don't care about the ending."

After a pause, Yuujo Judai spoke again: "Besides, I don't believe in the so-called fate. The future path is paved by myself."

"Oh... Really? Then... just open it up for me to see?"

"Uh... there's nothing we can do now..."

Scratching his head awkwardly, Yugi Judai continued, "After I gain new powers and make the heroes evolve, then... I can show it to you!"

It seems that the evil hero alone cannot defeat Ed's Phoenix of Destruction...

Although it is also possible to use the effect of [Dark Summoning] to pull out [Evil Hero·Evil Blade Dead Fiend] who is not destroyed by battle and effects to serve as an immortal meat shield, it is just to delay time and cannot solve the difficult problem at hand.

What Yugi Judai needs is something that will bring about change, a new power that no one else has had before.

“Hahahahahahahaha…”

Suddenly, Yuki Judai started laughing as if no one was around.

"...Yuki Judai?" With a puzzled look on his face, Ed repeated his opponent's name in a questioning tone.

"Awesome! It's really amazing! Ed, you are the hero of destiny!"

"..."

With a bright smile on his face, Yuki Judai sighed inwardly: "I didn't expect that there would be such a monster in the hero deck. I have always felt that I have reached a bottleneck, but after seeing your destiny hero, I always feel that... the image of a new hero has begun to emerge in my mind!"

"You mean... a new hero? That kind of thing... a new hero who can rival the Hero of Destiny, there is no way that exists on Earth!"

"The Hero of Destiny is the ultimate form of power that surpasses the power of the Elemental Heroes. It is the destination that heroes with a dark fate can reach."

"Is that so? But I always feel that... there are other heroes out there! If there are none on Earth, then what about outer space?"

"Stop saying such thoughtless things, okay? Yuki Judai...are you planning to go to the M78 Nebula to summon Ultraman?"

"...Uh... maybe it's possible?"

"..."

462 After the sadness, once again

"Ascension! Ascension! Yuki Judai! Your fate has been determined in advance..."

On the other side, in the pure white room, Saiou was monitoring the current situation of the duel through his eyeliner. After learning that Ed had an absolute advantage in the duel as predicted, he couldn't help but reveal a smug look on his face: "...Yuki Judai, no matter how you struggle, it's useless in front of the fate that has been determined!"

"Through the duel with you, Ed will reach a higher level. The stronger you become, the greater the tempering and growth Ed will gain..."

"And, at this moment of your defeat, my power that was previously attached to the Aid card group will guide your destiny in the future and allow you to be immersed in the true light!"

"Go! Yujo Juyoi... from now on, you will become my servant, Saiou Takuma, and we will meet in the Path of Light!!!"

"...Hehehehehe!!! Yugi Judai...your fate is in my hands!"

……

The perspective turns back to Duel Academy.

Ed, who was left speechless by Yuki Judai's imaginative remarks, paused and adjusted his mentality.

"The Phoenix of Destruction... is the embodiment of my soul and will. This phoenix born from the fire of anger is an existence that other heroes cannot contend with!"

Gripping his right hand again, Ed made a final announcement in a deep voice: "Yuki Judai, you are still too naive after all... It is true that you are indeed a very capable duelist, but... you will never be able to defeat me."

"If you ask me why, it's because... I have something that you don't have!"

"Something I don't have...?" Seeing Ed repeating what he said at the first moment, Yuki Judai couldn't help but raise his arms with a confused look on his face.

"Yes, that's the reason...for my desire for a hero!"

Raising his arm vigorously and pointing at Yuki Judai opposite him, Ed continued to express his thoughts: "The reason why I chose to use the power of D-HERO (Destiny Hero) is to avenge the guy who killed my father!"

Everyone: “What…!!!”

Yugi Judai: "You mean... revenge?"

When he first heard what Ed meant, Yuki Judai couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face.

That talented girl who was at the peak of her career, that Ed who defeated Caesar... With such a perfect life and financial freedom, her real purpose was actually... revenge?

"Well... my father is a card designer for Fantasy International, the company that created Duel Monsters. He is a father who created many excellent cards and I am very proud of him from the bottom of my heart."

The girl's eyes were turbulent, and her face was filled with reminiscence. Then a look of hatred appeared on her face: "But one day... my father was attacked by someone and lost his life!"

"How could it be... could it be your father?" Thinking of a certain possibility, a look of realization appeared on Yuki Judai's face.

Destiny Hero, this is a card that has never been heard of before.

But if that's the case, then it all makes sense.

"That's it... The last card my father made is the D-series Destiny Hero that I'm using now!" Raising her arms, the girl's face was filled with a firm determination to never give up until she achieves her goal: "D-HERO, this is... the power my father gave me! It's also the driving force that keeps me climbing!"

"In the past, I also believed in the power of justice like you, so I have been waiting for the criminal to be caught, waiting and holding on to hope..."

"However, this long wait was ultimately a joke. Not only was the criminal not caught, but even his specific traces were not found... The punishment I expected did not fall on the prisoner as I had expected."

"So at that time, I swore in my heart that I would become a hero to find the criminal, and for this, I would use any means necessary..."

Her whole body was shrouded in extremely negative emotions, and her eyes revealed real anger.

That passionate feeling contained hatred, confusion, resentment, anger... and many other things.

Even Youxing, who was sitting far away in the audience, couldn't help but deeply understand the feelings she wanted to express.

"If I can't punish him in the outer world, then I will use the power of this [Hero of Destiny] to punish the criminal in the inner world!"

Retracting his arm, his expression regained its composure, and Ed spoke again: "And so, I became a professional duelist, constantly traveling around the world in search of the criminal..."

"But, Ed... if even the official authorities haven't found any trace... aren't you looking for a needle in a haystack?" After listening to Ed's explanation, Yuki Judai also raised his own doubts.

The world is so big, Ed...how do you plan to find that person accurately?

Do you want to spend the rest of your life in this vortex of revenge?

"Heh, about that... the criminal who killed my father is holding the only card in the world that only he has - the first and strongest Ultimate D...!"

Placing his palm on his chest, trying to calm the anger welling up in his heart, Ed narrowed his eyes and looked up: "No matter what, I can't forgive the criminal's behavior... No! It should be said that I can't forgive those guys who do evil with a clear conscience!"

"If no one can punish them, then I will do it."

"Ed... don't you realize that this behavior is using the hero that your father left behind with great difficulty as a tool for revenge? Does your father really want you to do these things?"

"Don't talk like you know everything! Yujo Judai!"

The sadness of the past and the memories with his father came to his mind, and big tears welled up in Ed's blue eyes. "If you don't understand... I'll say it again! It's so infuriating! People like you who use hero decks just because they want to look cool!"

"All I need is a dark hero who can give me the power of revenge! I don't have the time or the luxury to enjoy the so-called campus life like you do!"

"You have never experienced such despair, and you cannot understand my thoughts. You have no reason or ability to convince me!"

Their paths cannot intersect, their opinions are mutually exclusive, and they are unable to achieve understanding and tolerance.

Yuki Judai's words could not reach Ed's heart, and Ed would not change his own principles because of the words of others.

Perhaps at some point in the future, the girl who has achieved her goal of revenge with her own hands will be able to get over her own emotional knot and overcome this long-standing sadness.

But nowadays, this is impossible to achieve.

"Haha... we fought! This is the end!"

“Go ahead! Flash Phoenix, Destruction Phoenix… Attack! Vent out my anger, my unwillingness, and my will!”

Amid Ed's cry filled with sorrow, two Phoenix men, one light and one dark, with completely different attributes, nodded to each other, and raging flames ignited on their bodies at the same time.

The two heroes, surrounded by flames of different colors, soared into the sky like phoenixes. They flapped their wings and rushed towards Yuki Judai's front court with a rain of fire.

Along with the loud sound of the phoenix, black flames and light flames swept over together, covering the entire venue. In an instant, the entire venue turned into a purgatory of fire.

Under the influence of the Destruction Phoenix, the Thunder Giant, who had only 800 attack points left, was pierced through the body by the Flash Phoenix with an attack power of 4300, and turned into a spot of light and disappeared on the field.

At the same time, affected by the aftermath, Yuki Judai lost all his health and was defeated regretfully. His deck scattered all over the ground and his body fell backwards.

(Yucheng Tenth Generation LP: 3000 → 0)

"……it's over."

“…Judai!!!”

After completing the finishing blow, Ed turned around and left without hesitation, leaving only his back to the people who had rushed to the stage.

Without her knowing, the influence of the Light of Destruction that Saiou had previously attached to the deck was also transferred to Yuki Judai.

So, in the eyes of the fallen Yuki Judai, all he saw were the blank cards scattered around him.

The connection with the duel spirits and the bond with the deck, with the defeat in the duel, no longer existed at this moment, turning into pure white nothingness...

“Aibo…Aibo!”

Yuki Judai, who was half asleep and half awake, entered his own world of consciousness.

He was in a pure white world, and after seeing the winged chestnut ball floating not far in front of him, he subconsciously reached out his hand to touch its body.

However, a transparent wall suddenly appeared, hindering his movements and making it impossible for him to reach his partner's body no matter what.

At the same time, the huge projection of the ferocious-looking King Zhai quietly emerged and appeared behind him.

Although he had never met Saiou in person, Yujo Judai instinctively sensed a bad aura from him.

"Yujo Judai, your fate is in my hands. No matter how hard you struggle, you can't escape!"