Armed Dragon LV7, destroyed!
"With that, my Battle Phase is over. But my turn isn't finished yet."
Kira gave a slight smile and played another card from his hand.
"Next, I activate this card—
—Spell Card, 'Metamorphosis'!"
Chazz held his breath. "That card is...?"
"By tributing a monster on my field, I can Special Summon a Fusion Monster with the same Level," Kira explained. "I tribute my Level 6 Ojama King to Special Summon a Level 6 Fusion Monster!"
Chazz still didn't quite get it, but Alexis and the others were already drawing in cold breaths.
In the deck Kira was using, a Level 6 Fusion monster could only mean...
"Come forth!"
Under the radiance that enveloped Kira's field, the Ojama King vanished, a storm brewing as a graceful figure glided out on ice blades.
"Level 6, Cyber Blader, Special Summon in Defense Position!"
[Cyber Blader, DEF 800]
(The real card is Level 7, but in the anime it's Level 6, same as Ojama King.)
Just as expected!
Those who'd seen this combo before, like Alexis and Misawa, were already casting sympathetic glances at Chazz.
To be hit by this move from Kira in a nationally televised duel...
Misawa said nothing, merely shaking his head.
He looked at Chazz as if he were already dead.
"Cyber Blader? Isn't that Alexis Rhodes' card? And in Defense Position?"
Chazz clearly hadn't seen this combo before and just frowned.
"Are you serious?"
As a Level 6 monster, Cyber Blader has 2100 ATK, but only 800 DEF. It was hard not to think Kira had slipped up...
"Activating my set card," Kira announced with a snap of his fingers, revealing the card he had set at the start of the duel. "Trap Card: 'Ojama Trio'!
It Special Summons three 'Ojama Tokens' to your opponent's field in Defense Position."
[Ojama Token, DEF 0] x3
The green, yellow, and black trio promptly jumped onto Chazz's field, each getting comfy—sipping tea, snoring, reading the paper.
Then Ojama Yellow Spirit popped out excitedly: "Hey, dropping by for a visit?"
"Whoa, a fellow countryman!" Ojama Yellow exclaimed, eyes lighting up.
Ojama Green grinned. "Come, sit down, let's have a chat."
"Yeah, yeah! Let me tell you, my Boss is so stingy—he says I'm too weak to get any screen time," Ojama Yellow Spirit whispered, sighing. "You guys are lucky, following the right boss. You get so many scenes..."
Ojama Black: "Zzz... zzz..."
Chazz took a deep breath.
Stay calm. Don't get mad. Tear up a card as a Duelist? Never. No matter how angry, you can't rip up this damned Ojama Yellow...
"Cyber Blader's effect: when your opponent controls exactly three monsters, all the effects of their Spells, Traps, and monsters are negated," Kira said, smiling.
Chazz's eyelid twitched.
All Spell, Trap, and monster effects negated? This Blader had such a broken lockdown effect?
Never saw that when Alexis Rhodes used it before...
(In the anime, Alexis used this effect only once; most people only know the first two effects, so those unfamiliar with Cyber Blader never realize it has a hidden ability.)
"Stay calm," Chazz muttered, suppressing his anxiety. "But the lock only works if I have exactly three monsters. It's strong, but I can break it just by summoning another monster..."
"Field Spell: 'Ojama Country'—effect activates," Kira continued. "Once per turn, I can send one 'Ojama' card from my hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon an 'Ojama' monster from my Graveyard."
He briefly showed a card from his hand before sending it to the Graveyard.
"I send the Trap Card 'Ojama Delta Wear!!' from my hand to the Graveyard."
Kira then picked up a card from his Graveyard.
"And I Special Summon this 'Ojama' monster from the Graveyard—
—Ojama King, revive!"
Ojama King hopped back onto the field, flexed his muscles, and let out a gruff cheer.
"Ojama, Ojama!"
The three tokens and the Ojama Yellow Spirit all applauded: "Awesome! So cool!"
But Chazz couldn't care less about the annoying losers. He'd just realized something terrifying: "That effect..."
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