It's said that people are easily nervous the first time, especially if you're Marufuji Shou.
Now he's on stage with his Duel Disc open, and Marufuji Shou's fingers are still trembling, while his thighs are shaking quite embarrassingly.
Even Jainandao couldn't resist leaning over and asking his buddy, "Hey, can your student handle this? Isn't he the fighter jet among losers? Letting him go up, won't he just give it away?"
"Don't worry, no problem." Nora Tatsu replied confidently.
After all, this semester Marufuji Shou had deeply absorbed his teachings, most of the meaningless cards in his deck were booted out and it was completely reshaped in the image of Brother Tatsu.
Brother Tatsu crossed his arms, full of confidence.
Come on, Xiang, show her the true essence of the Mecha Card Deck!
Camilla went first. The Vampire contestant was very relaxed at this moment, feeling that this was merely a pretest before the actual battle, and didn't even regard the trembling shorty in front of her.
"Summon 'Undead Werewolf', attack position!"
[Undead Werewolf, attack power 1200]
Undead Werewolf, an animation-exclusive card used by Camilla, had a weak panel and a mediocre effect, an ordinary Undead-Type small monster.
"Set one card face-down, turn end." Camilla smiled flirtatiously.
"Don't hold back, do your best to attack, little guy. If you please me, there's a reward~"
Marufuji Shou shivered all over, keeping his head down and daring not to meet her gaze.
The attack power of Undead Werewolf is only 1200, and it hides a special effect like a will. When destroyed, it can special summon a card with the same name from the deck, and that monster's attack power will increase by 500.
Camilla summoned the werewolf precisely to entice the opponent to launch an attack on it, but Marufuji Shou completely ignored this bait.
Only to see Marufuji Shou directly... directly played an indomitable "Submarineroid"!
[Submarineroid, attack power 800]
Don't be fooled by its attack power of only 800; it's actually very crafty. The invincible submarine can bypass any monster's defense on the opponent's field, directly assaulting the duelist's face, and after the attack, it can automatically switch to defense position, boasting a terrifying defense value of 1800 points — practically a favorite for late-night players.
Locally, Nora Tatsu had long been envious of Marufuji Shou's submarine, as it perfectly aligned with his deck strategy.
After taking Marufuji Shou as his apprentice, Brother Tatsu immediately checked his deck, rummaged through to find it devoid of the invincible submarine, leaving him stunned, asking why his Mecha didn't have a submarine.
Then Marufuji Shou timidly drew a submarine from his pocket, saying he thought this monster's attack power was too low, too useless, hence he ditched it...
Local Nora Tatsu was furious.
What? Are you kidding me, you think the invincible submarine is useless?
Brother Lich immediately ditched a pile of what he saw as useless cards like Freightroid and Steamroid and then filled the deck with a full set of three Submarineroid cards.
Marufuji Shou was bewildered, saying, "Teacher, I don't even have a decent monster to fight; how can I kill anyone?"
Brother Tatsu slapped him, saying, "Just use the invincible submarine to slap them, like I do!"
Thus, Marufuji Shou followed his teacher's teachings, regardless of what monster the opponent put on the field, he simply ignored it, summoned the submarine and delivered a long-range bombardment to Camilla, shockingly turbulent.
[Camilla, LP 4000 → LP 3200]
"Humph, just this extent? It hardly stings."
The vampire clearly hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation, completely ignoring the damage caused by the submarine, and even had the energy to mock, "Is that it?"
"After Submarineroid attacks, it switches to defense position." said Marufuji Shou.
[Submarineroid, attack power 800 → defense power 1800]
"Set two cards face-down, turn end."
Camilla's confidence wasn't shaken, she decided to launch a counterattack in this turn, taking down the insignificant opponent right away.
"I offer 'Undead Werewolf' as Tribute, Tribute Summon 'Vampire Lord'!"
The werewolf vanished, replaced by a pale-faced, sharp-fanged vampire aristocrat. It's an ancient vampire card, one that Kaiba Seto from the DM Era also had in his deck.
[Vampire Lord, attack power 2000]
"Open... open the set card!" Marufuji Shou nervously pressed a button on his Duel Disc, "Trap 'Floodgate Trap Hole', change the summoned monster to face-down defense position, its battle position cannot change."
As Vampire Lord made its entrance, it laughed "Haha," but before it could steady its footing, a gaping trap hole opened beneath it, sending it tumbling into a facedown position.
Camilla was startled at first but quickly regained composure.
"Heh, not bad. Then I banish the face-down 'Vampire Lord' from play to special summon this card, my true ace—
—Reveal yourself! Vampire Genesis!"
The Vampire Lord sent to oblivion was evidently of no use to her, so she simply booted the miserable aristocrat from the Other Dimension. A burly vampire with a muscular build descended, landing heavily, his aura like a dark typhoon.
[Vampire Genesis, attack power 3000]
Quite a few observing students turned pale.
What? A monster with attack power on par with Blue-Eyes White Dragon!
This vampire actually possesses such a powerful card! And summoned it in an instant!
Having summoned her ace, Camilla was quite pleased. She then activated Genesis's effect, allowing her to discard an Undead-Type from her hand and special summon a lower-level Undead-Type from the graveyard.
So she discarded the level 5 "Vampire Dragon" and brought back the "Undead Werewolf" from the graveyard.
[Undead Werewolf, attack power 1200]
"Such a powerful monster!?" Marufuji Shou turned pale.
"Hahah, do you see? This is the absolute strength gap between you and my vampires!"
Camilla inflated, even her bust seemed to have enlarged by a size.
"Go, Vampire Genesis! Destroy Submarineroid!"
Marufuji Shou shivered in fear, lowering his head and timidly saying, "Open... open set card, Trap 'Wide Destroyer — Claymore Mine', when the opponent attacks, destroy the opponent's highest attack monster."
What!?
Watching her proudly standing ace, "Vampire Genesis", step onto a mine and explode on the spot, Camilla almost exploded on the spot too.
Her ace hadn't had a chance to attack before disappearing, leaving only an "Undead Werewolf" on the field. Frustratingly, the werewolf's attack power of 1200 was utterly incapable of challenging the invincible Submarineroid's formidable 1800 defense bottom...
Having set into two pitfalls, Camilla now took another look at the Submarineroid she had previously dismissed, and a terrifying possibility suddenly surfaced in her mind—
—My gosh, is he planning to slap me to death with that thing one hit at a time?