Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Beneath the dawn sky, a tsunami of explosive energy erupted from the ground like a waking beast.

It was Victory's annihilating strike, surging like a raging tide and obliterating everything in its path. Even Chaos Sorcerer couldn't resist, crushed into fragments by the onslaught.

"You were planning to banish my Victory with Chaos Sorcerer, weren't you? Too bad, it's not that simple," Luca taunted.

Kira just shrugged. "Then I'll set a monster face-down, and set another card before ending my turn."

"End Phase: 'W Nebula Meteorite' triggers again!"

Luca swept his arm.

"All LIGHT Reptile monsters I control are turned face-down, then I draw cards equal to the number set this way.

So Victory goes face-down, and I draw one card!"

Luca drew, and the huge bug once again retreated into a set card.

"But that's not all. 'W Nebula Meteorite' lets me Special Summon a Level 7 or higher LIGHT Reptile from my Deck."

Luca searched and revealed his choice.

"Appear, my second 'Worm Victory'!"

A second Victory rose from the ground, its massive shadow looming like a mountain.

[Worm Victory, ATK 0 → ATK 3000]

"Worm never die! Defeat one, and another appears!" Luca declared. "My turn, draw!"

Kira just shrugged—without Macro Cosmos on the field, Luca was far more confident.

"I activate 'Spell Books from the Pot'. Both players draw three cards from their Decks."

After drawing, Luca grinned wickedly, regaining his earlier momentum.

"The Worms' assault is relentless. Activate this card from my hand—

—Continuous Spell, 'Future Fusion'!"

"Hm?" Kira frowned slightly.

So both the Equip and Continuous versions of Future Fusion exist?

Both did appear in GX—Zane had the Equip, Nightshroud had the Continuous. Kira had only picked up the Continuous version from a random duelist.

"This version of 'Future Fusion' lets me select a Fusion Monster and send the required materials from my Deck to the Graveyard. After two turns, I can perform the Fusion Summon.

But that's not my main goal this time.

Of course, I choose the 'Worm Zero' that I shuffled back into the Extra Deck!

Now, from my Deck—"

Another handful of cards was pulled out.

"Send 23 different Worms to the Graveyard!"

Only 23 this time. There are 26 types total, minus Zero and the ones already in the Graveyard, and he's out of Worm Victory in the Deck.

Twenty-three cards cascaded into the Graveyard, charging the field with a surge of energy, as if pouring power into the massive bug on the field.

"Victory's attack increases by 500 for each Worm in the Graveyard," Kira realized.

"Correct," Luca replied. "With 23 added, Victory's ATK becomes—"

[Worm Victory, ATK 3000 → ATK 14500]

"Fourteen thousand five hundred attack, huh."

Kira looked up at the behemoth.

"Exactly! And don't forget, I still have another face-down Victory." Luca flipped his other Victory face-up!

[Worm Victory, ATK 14500]

"Victory's flip effect destroys all non-Worm face-up monsters, but all you have is a face-down, so nothing happens."

"Doesn't matter. With Victory's power, even the smallest wall will be crushed!"

Luca shouted.

"Go, Victory! Attack that face-down monster!"

Victory's gigantic form thundered forward, its claws smashing toward Kira's set monster.

"An attack power of 14,500, even greater than Worm Zero—this is the power of the Worms, the pride of the Doma Duelists?"

Kira gazed up, face solemn.

"Well, then. I activate a set card—"

He raised his arm, and a flash of golden light transformed into a pair of barrels.

Luca's heart skipped a beat at the sight.

That's—

Magic Cylinder!

"Negate the attack, and deal damage to you equal to Victory's ATK—14,500!"

"Magic... Cylinder!?"

Luca's eyes went wide.

You were holding Magic Cylinder all along with that pained, poker face?!

But Victory's punch was caught by the cylinder, its devastating force absorbed, ready to be fired right back.

If he took that head-on, he'd owe his own soul eight times over.

"Then, Quick-Play Spell—'Forbidden Chalice'!" Luca snapped. "Target a monster, it gains 400 ATK but its effect is negated.

I target my attacking Victory!"

"Victory's original ATK is 0. If its effect is negated, it becomes 0, plus Chalice and Orichalcos—so 900."

Kira nodded, smiling faintly.

"Not bad, you even survived Magic Cylinder."

"Don't get cocky, it's not over—Quick-Play Spell: 'Emergency Provisions'!" Luca said, "Send Forbidden Chalice and Future Fusion to the Graveyard, gain 2000 LP!"

[Luca, LP 1600 → LP 3600]

After resolving the chain, Victory's attack reflection only dealt 900, and Luca withstood the blow.

[Luca, LP 3600 → LP 2700]

"You're a sneaky one."

Luca wiped his brow.

"If I'd let my guard down for a second, you would've had me... Battle continues.

Second Victory, attack the defense monster!"

The set monster flipped, destroyed under the massive blow.

"That was 'Mask of Darkness'."

Before it hit the Graveyard, Kira revealed the card.

"When flipped, it lets me add a Trap from my Graveyard to my hand.

I retrieve—"

He took a card from the Graveyard.

"Continuous Trap: 'Macro Cosmos'."

Luca: "..."