"Yes indeed—" Tenjo Hikari raised his left hand before him, his right hand placed on the Deck, with a smile on his face, "Yes indeed! Millennium Eyes, even I don't know what these 5 cards will be. Don't you think that's exciting?!"
"Exciting?" Millennium Eyes scoffed, "In the end, your Dragonmaid sent 6 cards to the Graveyard, but there was no visible benefit. Is that effect really interesting?"
"Hahaha... then let's see these 5 cards!"
Tenjo Hikari swiftly drew 5 cards from the Deck and revealed them directly.
Monster Card, Shaddoll Squamata; Monster Card, B-Buster Drake; Spell Card, The Eye of Timaeus; Spell Card, Instant Fusion; Spell Card, Invocation.
"Three fusions, that's too many fusions!" Ansueeru still couldn't handle Tenjo Hikari's fusion-filled Deck.
"Oh! It's Shaddoll and Light Attribute Monster!" Maeda Hayato immediately exclaimed with joy.
"Fusion materials are gathered! How can that be?!" Millennium Eyes couldn't believe his eyes.
What more could he need, he piled up 11 cards already, there's no way he'd be unlucky enough to pile 20 cards without a reveal, right?
"Start the fusion! Fusion conditions are Shaddoll and Light Attribute Monster!"
Tenjo Hikari raised his fist high: "Fusion Summon!"
"LV 8, Light El Shaddoll, El Shaddoll Construct!"
The colossal Angel illuminated the sky, purple light shimmering throughout the laboratory.
"Then—at this moment, activate the effects of cards on the field and in the Graveyard! When Construct is successfully Special Summoned. Send 1 [Shaddoll] Monster from the Deck to the Graveyard!"
Shaddoll Squamata's effect, when this card is sent to the Graveyard by a card effect. Send 1 [Shaddoll] card other than [Squamata] from the Deck to the Graveyard!"
"Then, I activate the effect of Millennium-Eyes Illusionist," Millennium Eyes saw this, unfazed, pointing at the card on Tenjo Hikari's field, "I'll equip your El Shaddoll Construct as an Equip Card to Millennium-Eyes Illusionist!"
"Ha, then, don't forget the card I drew this turn—Quick-Play Spell Card, El Shaddoll Fusion, this card allows monsters from hand and field to be used as fusion material for Fusion Summon!
I'm going to fuse Construct and Laundry Dragonmaid for Water Attribute El Shaddoll fusion!"
Having Anoyatyllis, now Tenjo Hikari can perform Water Shaddoll fusion, but Millennium Eyes didn't stop either: "Hehe, don't forget, I also retrieved this card to my hand—Millennium-Eyes Illusionist!
There's no monster in your hand, so unless you have fusion material, you can't perform Fusion Summon!
I'll use Millennium-Eyes Illusionist's effect, equip that ridiculous monster as equipment to Millennium-Eyes Restrict!"
Millennium-Eyes Restrict's eyes aimed at Little Blue, who struggled briefly before turning into an acrylic board, hanging beside Millennium-Eyes Restrict's crown with a "wah" sound.
And on the other side, Construct met a similar fate, its once colossal form soon transformed into a large gemstone, floating next to Millennium-Eyes Restrict.
Millennium-Eyes Restrict, ATK: 2300→5100→5600.
"5600 points?!
"Wow... even higher than Five-Headed Dragon now..."
"Moreover, since they've been turned into equip cards by Restrict, their effects are nullified."
Millennium Eyes chuckled as if mocking Tenjo Hikari's lack of foresight: "How does it feel, Tenjo Hikari, your so-called [future], and your supposedly interesting [possibilities], all end here..."
"No—" Tenjo Hikari raised a finger, smiling as he replied, "Don't forget, I have the effect of a card still processing."
One card...?
"Shaddoll Squamata's effect, sends Shaddoll Dragon from the Deck to the Graveyard!"
Tenjo Hikari took a card from the Deck and placed it in the Graveyard.
"A brand new chain, Shaddoll Dragon's effect, when sent to the Graveyard due to card effect, can destroy 1 Spell·Trap Card on the field."
"...Damn it!" Millennium-Eyes Restrict's face changed.
Should have used Restrict's effect, chose this card to equip!
No, that's wrong—if used Restrict's effect to equip this card, then Tenjo Hikari wouldn't need to use 'El Shaddoll Fusion' to send Shaddoll Dragon to the Graveyard.
Even if Millennium Eyes used Millennium-Eyes Illusionist to equip Construct, Tenjo Hikari could still use El Shaddoll Fusion for fusion!
Even if he chose 'A-Assault Core', it wouldn't change the result, because a [Shaddoll Dragon] would definitely be sent to the Graveyard to destroy Restrict's equip!
Millennium Eyes realized the interaction.
"Information indeed has value, but an open-card duel is no big deal!" Tenjo Hikari's eyes shone with purple light, "My duel, my fusion, even if performed [randomly], is no big deal!
Rather... it's even better! Strategy-wise, I'm ready, but I won't abandon [instinctive] fusion! Only then can I truly achieve the ultimate fusion, pursuing higher, higher, ever-lasting fusion!"
"Destroy your equipped Construct on the field!"
Construct's gemstone shattered with a bang, then reappeared on Tenjo Hikari's field.
Millennium-Eyes Restrict, ATK: 5600→2800.
"Construct's effect, when sent to the Graveyard, activates by targeting 1 [Shaddoll] Spell·Trap Card in your Graveyard. That card is added to your hand...