Chapter 233. Snake-Eye "Top G" 12-Chain! Deck-out in One Turn Leaves Every Veteran Stunned!
If Duels really looked like this, even Mokuba Kaiba would have to consider quitting!
After all.
He's not that familiar with Dueling to begin with.
If not for his big brother, he wouldn't even think about Dueling!
In the 5D's world.
Those Synchro-era Duelists were also shocked speechless by "Old Ai's Last Will."
After listening to the video, they all fell silent.
Indeed.
An environment like that—
So foul that even they couldn't accept it.
Good thing bans came later.
Otherwise, you really can't imagine if Yu-Gi-Oh! in the higher worlds would've just… been laid to rest for seven months in the cradle.
"Hah… my horizons have widened."
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes…"
"I really wouldn't have believed Old Ai's way of assembling all that."
"So there was a stretch when it could easily explode into a hyper-mainstream era!"
"As expected."
"Dueling truly is a mysterious thing."
"Every single card has its own value."
Yusei Fudo murmured after that flash of insight.
The other Duelists kept silent, saying nothing.
Main world.
Even Sei Yuki couldn't help but sigh.
He hadn't lived through Old Ai's "last-testament" meta.
So he wouldn't have known.
Turns out Old Ai also had such a glorious historical moment!
Now it's fine!
He's experienced it in a different way!
"As for the next video."
"Let me see."
"Pick a few fun 'gimmick' entertainment Duels!"
Sei Yuki knew there had been far fewer Duel videos lately.
So for the next one, he planned to watch some related "gimmick entertainment" Duels!
Maybe there'd be some flashy nonsense.
Moves that make your eyes light up—or go pitch black!
After a round of searching.
Sei Yuki locked onto his target.
Title: "Top G Twelve-Chain! Win the Duel in a Single Turn?!"
The moment he saw the title!
Sei Yuki's heart skipped!
He already had a hunch the video would be beyond expectation!
"This one!"
"Play!"
After he clicked, the Duel feed quickly appeared across every Dueling world!
Snake-Eye Synchro player vs. Rescue-ACE player!
Both at 8000 LP!
Snake-Eye Synchro takes the first turn!
Rescue-ACE goes second!
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "My turn! Draw!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "I activate the Spell Card, [The Original Sinful Spoils – Snake-Eye]!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "By its effect, I add [Diabellstar the Black Witch] from my Deck to my hand!"
"Activate the Spell, [Reinforcement of the Army]!"
"By its effect, I add [Junk Synchron] from my Deck!"
"I discard [Junk Converter] from my hand to Special Summon [Diabellstar the Black Witch]!"
"Diabellstar—effect!"
Rescue-ACE player: "Chain, I activate the effect of [Rescue-ACE Impulse] in my hand!"
Rescue-ACE player: "After it resolves, this card is sent to the GY; from my Deck I Special Summon [Rescue-ACE Fire Engine]!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Resolve Diabellstar!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "I Set the Spell Card [The Original Sinful Spoils – Snake-Eye] from the Deck!"
Rescue-ACE player: "The [Rescue-ACE Fire Attacker] in my hand—effect."
Rescue-ACE player: "When another 'Rescue-ACE' is Normal or Special Summoned to my field, I can Special Summon this card from my hand."
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Normal Summon [Junk Synchron]!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Its effect revives [Junk Converter] from the GY!"
Rescue-ACE player: "Chain, [Rescue-ACE Fire Engine] effect!"
Rescue-ACE player: "I Special Summon [Rescue-ACE Impulse] from my Deck!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "I Synchro Summon using [Junk Synchron] and [Junk Converter]!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "A mysterious Level 5 Synchro!"
"Come forth! [Junk Speeder]!"
"Activate Speeder's effect—I Special Summon [Stardust Synchron], [Revolution Synchron], and [Wheel Synchron] from the Deck!"
"Chain 2, [Junk Converter] in the GY! I revive [Junk Synchron]!"
"[Stardust Synchron] effect—add [Stardust Illumination] from the Deck."
Rescue-ACE player: "I activate [Rescue-ACE Fire Attacker] on the field!"
Rescue-ACE player: "I draw 2 cards!"
"After discarding 1, I activate the [Maxx 'C'] I drew."
"If you've got guts, keep Special Summoning!"
Opening thunderstrike!
All Duelists across the worlds were instantly dumbfounded!
Right now.
They stared blankly at the two players' opening exchange!
Snake-Eye with Sinful Spoils—at first they weren't sure what was coming!
But when [Junk Speeder] hit the field—
It all clicked!
Therefore!
What shocked them most wasn't Snake-Eye—
It was this Rescue-ACE engine right before their eyes!
This engine!
What on earth is it?
It can keep leaping out on the opponent's turn, Special Summoning nonstop?!
And!
They're all big bodies!
The statlines aren't weak at all!
Yet this is still Turn 1.
A turn where you can't attack,
So the Snake-Eye player can't just wipe the Rescue-ACE player out in one go that easily!
That one copy of [Maxx "C"]…
Was the key draw at the key moment!
It should be enough to stop Snake-Eye in its tracks, right?
Wait, no?
Hold on?
Something feels off…
Only now did the Duelists recall the video's title!
Don't tell me? That [Maxx "C"] was actually foreshadowing?
With that question in mind.
Yugi Muto, Yuma Tsukumo, Yuya Sakaki, and the others fixed their eyes back on the clip.
Waiting for what would come next!
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Top G? So what?"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "A man's romance doesn't stop for a single 'C'!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "I Synchro Summon with [Junk Synchron] on the field and Diabellstar!"
"Level 10! [Baronne de Fleur]!"
"[Revolution Synchron] and [Junk Speeder]—Synchro Summon!"
"Level 8! [Accel Synchro Stardust Dragon]!"
Rescue-ACE player: "I activate [Confronting the 'C'] from my hand!"
Rescue-ACE player: "I Special Summon it; the monster Special Summoned by this effect is unaffected by monster effects that target it."
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "I activate the [Stardust Illumination] in my hand!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "I Special Summon [Stardust Trail] from my Deck!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "On the field, [Wheel Synchron]—its effect lets me Special Summon [Doppelwarrior] from my hand!"
"Activate the [The Original Sinful Spoils – Snake-Eye] searched earlier!"
"I Tribute Doppelwarrior to Special Summon [Snake-Eye Ash] from my Deck!"
"[Snake-Eye Ash] effect—add [Kurikara Divincarnate] from my Deck!"
"[Snake-Eye Ash] and [Stardust Synchron]—Synchro Summon!"
"Level 5! [T.G. Hyper Librarian]!"
"[Revolution Synchron] in the GY—effect! Send 1 card to the GY; Special Summon it as Level 1!"
"[Stardust Trail] + [Revolution Synchron]—keep Synchroing!"
"Level 5! [Accel Synchron]!"
"Librarian draws 1!"
"[Stardust Trail] in the GY—effect! Special Summon 1 [Stardust Token] (Dragon/LIGHT/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) to my field."
"[Accel Synchron]—send [Jet Synchron] from the Deck to the GY; Accel's Level drops by 1 to 4!"
"I change [Accel Synchro Stardust Dragon] into [Stardust Dragon]!"
"Then [Stardust Dragon] + [Accel Synchron]—Level 12 Synchro Summon!"
"Come forth—[Crimson Dragon]!"
"Librarian draws; Crimson Dragon's effect—search [Synchro Overtake] from the Deck!"
"[Assault Synchron] in my hand—pay 700 LP to Special Summon!"
"[Assault Synchron] + [Wheel Synchron]—Synchro Summon!"
"Level 7! [Shooting Riser Dragon]!"
"Librarian draws; Riser sends [Fairy Tail – Snow] to the GY and reduces its Level to 3!"
"[Crimson Dragon] targets [Baronne de Fleur], then returns it to the Deck to Special Summon [Bystial Dis Pater]!"
"Librarian draws."
"I Synchro [Shooting Riser Dragon] with the Level 1 Token!"
"Level 4! [Herald of the Arc Light]!"
"Librarian draws."
...…
As expected!
Every piece is a hard bone to chew!
This Snake-Eye entertainment player is flat-out ignoring [Maxx "C"]!
He's even building the board more and more smoothly—letting the opponent draw without even a frown!
Bruno—who'd suffered against Sei Yuki last time for greedily riding [Maxx "C"]—went pale at once!
If he remembered right.
He got greedy with [Maxx "C"] back then…
And walked himself straight into a dead end!
Right now!
Snake-Eye's topping ["C"] to build the board.
The Rescue-ACE Duelist keeps drawing from the Deck.
Watching the Deck get thinner and thinner—
Not just Bruno.
The other Duelists all had a bad feeling!
Yugi Muto: "No way? Masaka? Is the Deck going to get decked out by 'C'?!"
Professor Crowler: "Mamma mia! Can't be! If it is, that's way too tragic!"
Jaden Yuki: "This is insane! Does anyone remember this is still the first turn?"
Aoi Zaizen: "Huh! It really is! This is just Turn 1! I almost thought several turns had passed!"
The chat lit up with murmurs.
Everyone started to worry.
Could [Maxx "C"] really be the traitor this time?
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "I activate the Spell [Synchro Overtake]!"
Rescue-ACE player: "Chain, [Retaliating 'C'] from my hand!"
Rescue-ACE player: "I Special Summon it!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Resolve my effect."
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Revive [Jet Synchron] from the GY!"
"[Baronne de Fleur]—pop your [Retaliating 'C']!"
"[Hop Ear Squadron] in my hand—effect!"
"Target [Herald of the Arc Light]; reduce it by 2 Levels; then Special Summon this card."
"I Tuner-Synchro the Level 2 with [Jet Synchron] for a Level 3—"
"Come forth! [Shamisen Samsara Sorrowcat]!"
"Librarian draws 1."
"Next—activate the Spell!"
"[Card Destruction]!"
"We both discard our entire hands, then draw the same number from our Decks!"
Rescue-ACE player: "??"
Rescue-ACE player: "Hey—what are you trying to pull?!"
Rescue-ACE player: "Not happening! Chain 2, [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] to negate!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Chain 3, [Herald of the Arc Light]!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Tribute to negate your Ash!"
Rescue-ACE player: "Chain 4, from my hand—[Rescue-ACE Preventer]!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Chain 5, [Called by the Grave]!"
Rescue-ACE: "Chain 6, [Bystial Druiswurm] from hand!"
Snake-Eye: "Chain 7, [Bystial Dis Pater]!"
Rescue-ACE: "Chain 8, [Rescue-ACE Air Lifter] from hand!"
Snake-Eye: "Chain 9, [Baronne de Fleur]!"
Rescue-ACE: "Chain 10, [Bystial Magnamhut] from hand!"
Rescue-ACE: "Chain 11, [Hop Ear Squadron] from hand!"
Snake-Eye: "Chain 12, [Maxx 'C'] from hand!"
A dense flurry of effects processed in order!
Every Duelist across every Duel world was stunned!
At this moment.
All six protagonists.
Stared slack-jawed at the on-screen chain!
What… is this?
Tell me!
What on earth is this?!
What kind of terrifying interaction can—
Stack a chain all the way to twelve?!
What's more bewildering to the protagonists—
After a 12-chain like that…
What's actually going to happen next?!
Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo and the rest swallowed hard.
All of them watched the resolution with utmost focus!
Rescue-ACE player's Chain 11, [Hop Ear Squadron], Special Summons itself.
It Tunes with Level 3 [Rescue-ACE Impulse] to make the Level 5 Synchro, [Garden Rose Maiden]!
Chain 10, [Bystial Magnamhut], Special Summons itself.
Snake-Eye player's Chain 9, [Baronne de Fleur], resolves—
Negates Chain 8, [Rescue-ACE Air Lifter]!
Snake-Eye player's Chain 7, [Bystial Dis Pater], resolves!
It destroys Chain 6, [Bystial Druiswurm]!
Snake-Eye player's Chain 5, [Called by the Grave], resolves!
It banishes Chain 4, [Rescue-ACE Preventer] from the GY and negates its effects!
Snake-Eye player's Chain 3, [Herald of the Arc Light], resolves!
It negates Chain 2, [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]!
And finally—
[Card Destruction] successfully resolves!
Next scene—
Every single card the Rescue-ACE Duelist drew off [Maxx "C"]…
All hit the Graveyard!
And after drawing that same number again—
The Deck was… empty!
Yes!
The Rescue-ACE player had no cards left!
The moment the opponent Special Summons even one more monster—
They'll lose by Deck-out from being unable to draw!
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "I activate [Nibiru, the Primal Being] in my hand!"
Snake-Eye (entertainment) player: "Tribute everything on the field and Special Summon Nibiru!"
"You draw 1 due to 'C.'"
"Oh—sorry."
"You have no cards left to draw. Duel over."
"Victory—claimed."
And with that—
It became art.
One last giant meteor.
Took the Rescue-ACE player's life outright!
The Duel ended just like that.
One turn!
That's right!
A true, literal Turn 1 FTK!
On full display right now!
Duelists across every world stared blankly at the short clip in front of them!
A long beat later.
Yugi Muto, Yuma Tsukumo, Kite Tenjo, Alexis Rhodes, and the others still hadn't recovered.
Or rather!
They couldn't believe what they'd just seen happened in a single turn!
Even harder to believe—
The card originally used to stop the opponent's plays, to generate advantage—
That "always-profit, no-loss" [Maxx "C"]—
Actually turned traitor and helped the FTK!
Who could stand that?
Beaten—
By your own hand trap? .
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