"Still can’t let go of your obsession with Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Seto?"
Gozaburo spoke lightly, then suddenly raised his voice and shouted:
"But! Even the Ultimate Dragon cannot break free from the shackles of the Dragon-Type! With Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Sword’s effect, even the Ultimate Dragon must remain in Defense Position!"
[Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, DEF 3800]
"You’ve summoned your strongest monster. Looks like this is your limit, Seto," Gozaburo said. "In the end, you still can’t break through."
Kaiba: "I activate the Spell Card ’Advance Draw’! By tributing a Level 8 or higher monster, I draw two cards from my deck.
My tribute will be—"
He pointed at his own field.
"Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
Gozaburo: "?"
What’s the point of going through all that trouble to summon the Ultimate Dragon, only to immediately tribute it?
Yet, the three-headed white dragon had already vanished in a flurry of light, and Kaiba drew two cards.
Gozaburo frowned.
What are you planning, Seto?
"You’re thinking, ’What are you planning, Seto?’" Kaiba said.
Gozaburo showed a surprised expression.
"Frustrated? Confused?" Kaiba folded his arms and sneered smugly. "That’s why I said, you only think you’ve evolved, but it’s not true at all, Gozaburo.
You could never read my tactics back then, and nothing has changed now.
This duel has long since fallen into my rhythm. You’re just one step away from defeat. You’re just too slow to realize it."
"What?"
For the first time, Gozaburo’s surprise was clear on his face.
"I’ve countered all your tricks. I have an invincible Buster Blader on my field.
Even though your ’Deep-Eyes White Dragon’ from the Graveyard is equipped to my side, and even with the ’Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon’ you just summoned, you have seven Dragons in your graveyard, so my Buster Blader’s attack remains 9800.
With things like this, what are you going to do—"
"If you want to know, just watch, Gozaburo. Just like you watched me beat you at your own chess game all those years ago, just like I dismantled your power step by step and took KaibaCorp from your hands.
You’re always a lousy chess player, Gozaburo. And I’ll always be three steps ahead!"
Kaiba played another card.
"Spell Card: Pot of Avarice! I shuffle five monster cards from my graveyard back into my deck, then draw two cards!"
Gozaburo reacted immediately: "Pot of Avarice... I see, you’re trying to reduce the number of Dragons in the Graveyard?"
"I return ’Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon’, the ’Dragon Spirit of White’ discarded by Card Destruction, Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, Exiled Force, and ’Kaibaman’—five cards shuffled back, then draw two cards!"
All five cards turned into golden light and flew back into the deck, and Kaiba drew.
"Three fewer Dragons in the graveyard, so Buster Blader’s ATK drops by 3000!"
[Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman, ATK 9800 → 6800]
"Ugh—" Gozaburo frowned. "But even so, it’s still 6800 ATK..."
But he quickly realized something was off.
If you chose to shuffle back five Dragons, you could have dropped Buster Blader’s ATK by 5000. Why only three?
"Spell Card: Dragon’s Mirror!" Kaiba declared. "By banishing the fusion materials from my graveyard, I Fusion Summon a Dragon monster!"
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