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On the playground, the duel had reached a fever pitch.
Smoke filled the air as the dust from a monster's explosion slowly dissipated across the field. With a solemn expression, Alexis Rhodes placed Cyber Blader, which had just been destroyed by Sakuretsu Armor, into her Graveyard.
On her field, a girl in a cyan ballet dress with two bright red ornaments on her head was bound tightly by chains. Beside her, Alexis's other monster a girl with pink hair and a short skirt was also ensnared by pitch-black chains.
[Etoile Cyber]
[Level: 3]
[ATK: 1000, DEF: 800]
[Status: Bound by Continuous Trap - Spellbinding Circle]
[Blade Skater]
[Level: 5]
[ATK: 1800, DEF: 1600]
[Status: Bound by Continuous Trap - Fiendish Chain]
[Dimitri: 2000 LP]
[Alexis Rhodes: 800 LP]
"Hahaha! Well? Faced with this, you're completely out of options, aren't you, Rhodes!"
Dimitri couldn't help but let out a smug laugh at his current advantage. He was playing a Troll Deck. By utilizing various Trap Cards, he could constantly disrupt his opponent's plays. While it wasn't designed for a quick one-turn kill, it was peerless at breaking an opponent's mental state.
"This is the Evil HERO Deck I learned from Lord Jaden!" Dimitri said, glancing at the cards in his hand. "I Set two more cards and end my turn!"
As two more face-down traps materialized, Dimitri concluded his round.
"Be careful, Alexis! Those Set cards could be Floodgate Trap Hole or Trap Hole!" Mindy, who had already suffered at Dimitri's hands, couldn't help but shout a warning from the sidelines.
Alexis didn't respond. She merely stared seriously at the field, her finger resting on the top of her Deck.
It was true. Playing against a deck focused purely on disruption was aggravating. And yet... for some reason, even though Dimitri clearly held the upper hand, her heart remained calm.
Is it because I can see the path to victory? Alexis asked herself, her eyes fixed on the top card of her Deck.
Sensing a win it was a strange sensation. Perhaps every duelist experienced this mystical intuition during a match. The moment your finger touched your Deck, you could sense the identity of the next card and believe wholeheartedly that you would draw the countermeasure you needed.
But... this was different from the feeling of facing Jaden Yuki. Against Jaden, she had felt only powerlessness... that unreachable distance between them was something Dimitri could never hope to replicate.
"Dimitri, no matter how much you imitate him, you will never be Jaden Yuki." Alexis spoke firmly. "Because what truly affects an opponent's mind isn't his deck it's the man himself. My turn! Draw!"
Alexis drew the top card. The moment she saw it, her eyes lit up. It was here. Her comeback card.
"Wh-what do you mean?" Dimitri stammered, taken aback by her words.
"Are you saying my imitation of Lord Jaden isn't good enough?" Dimitri gritted his teeth, anger flashing in his eyes. "I've been watching him since his very first match! His personality, his deck, even his appearance I can copy them all perfectly!
It's exactly because I wanted to observe him from up close that I fought to get into Duel Academy's Junior High! And now, I believe it... I have imitated Lord Jaden one hundred percent! I am Jaden Yuki!"
Dimitri tilted his head back and let out a hysterical roar.
"..."
Standing by the window, Jaden Yuki's eyelid twitched violently. Since when did he have such a fanatical follower? This guy was a total creep.
"Heh, how interesting... choosing to become someone else out of pure adoration?" Yubel smiled. "Humans really are fascinating creatures..."
"..."
Jaden remained silent. Fanatics were everywhere, but someone obsessed to this degree was just frightening.
"Is that so?" Alexis asked coolly. "Well, if you've truly become Jaden Yuki, then surely you can handle this."
She revealed the card she had just drawn. "I activate the Spell Card, Giant Trunade!"
The spell's light flashed across the field. In an instant, a gale erupted. Powerful wind pressure swept across the arena, battering everything in its path.
"Giant Trunade?" Dimitri's expression twisted. He clearly hadn't expected this play.
"When Giant Trunade is activated, all Spells and Traps on the field are returned to their owners' hands! Which means..."
Before Alexis could even finish her sentence, the restraints binding Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater vanished without a trace. Simultaneously, the four cards in Dimitri's Spell and Trap Zone turned into streaks of light and flew back into his hand.
"How can this be..." Dimitri staggered back, looking at his field. All that remained was a single monster in Defense Position: Elemental HERO Clayman.
With 2000 DEF, Clayman couldn't be destroyed by the two monsters Alexis had on her field. And yet... seeing the smile on her face, panic began to set in.
"Hmph. Jaden Yuki would never make a face like that." Alexis's gaze toward Dimitri grew increasingly cold.
For some reason, she found it intolerable. A person this weak actually thought they could replicate Jaden's dueling? Even she couldn't see the true depth of Jaden's strength. How did this guy have the nerve to claim he'd imitated him perfectly!
"The real Jaden Yuki isn't someone an ordinary person like you can just imitate!" Alexis shouted. "I activate my Ritual Spell! Machine Angel Absolute Ritual!"
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