Watching the last Doma Swordsman’s near-hysterical state, Mokuba couldn’t help but be a little absent-minded.
He thought back to the past, to Alister, one of the three swordsmen last time. He had also been this angry, and accused them in much the same way.
"What exactly happened to this person..." Mokuba murmured to himself.
Of course, he knew that no matter what, his brother would never ask, nor would he care. Or rather, maybe it’s not that he doesn’t care—he just never shows it, nor would he ever stop because of it.
Because that’s Seto Kaiba: someone who always moves forward, never stopping for any reason.
He had made this decision when he first set foot on this path—when he beat Gozaburo in chess at the orphanage and clawed his way to the top of KaibaCorp and even the world all on his own.
There had been sacrifices along the way, and certainly some underhanded methods. But he accepted that long ago, so no matter who blocked his path or for what reason, even if something stirred in his heart, he’d never show it, and certainly wouldn’t halt his steps.
"I set two cards face-down. Turn end." Kaiba said coolly.
"My turn. Draw!" Loren declared. "I activate the Spell Card ’Spell Books from the Pot’! Both players draw three cards from their decks." (Manga card)
Loren drew, and as he looked at one of the cards, his hand noticeably paused and his expression turned blank.
But it was only for a moment.
He added the card to his hand.
"With your Ultimate Dragon bounced back to the deck, your field is empty, Kaiba! It’s over!" Loren raised a card high. "First, I activate the Spell ’Foolish Burial’ to send a monster from my deck to the graveyard.
I send the Machine-type ’Barrel Dragon’ to the grave."
Loren revealed the Machine-type card from his deck and sent it to the grave.
"Next, I activate the Spell ’Double Evolution Pill’!
By banishing a Machine-type and a Dinosaur-type monster from my hand or graveyard, I can Special Summon a LIGHT-attribute Dinosaur-type monster from my hand or deck!" (Anime effect)
With a flash of golden light, two cards left his graveyard.
"I banish the Machine-type ’Barrel Dragon’ I just sent, and the Dinosaur-type ’Megalosmasher X’ for the ultimate evolution!
After millions of years of evolution, the strongest creature on earth and the power of industry combine to create—
—Cyber Dinosaur!!"
(The real-life version of this card was later made Machine-type with changed effects, but in the original, it was a Dinosaur-type.)
[Cyber Dinosaur, ATK 2500]
"It gains the effect of the Seal of Orichalcos, boosting its ATK!"
[Cyber Dinosaur, ATK 2500 → ATK 3000]
"This is the turn to settle our fate—all our grudges end now!" Loren stepped forward. "Cyber Dinosaur, direct attack!"
"Activate face-down." Kaiba remained unmoved by his roar. "Trap Card, ’Necro Fusion’!
Banish Fusion Materials from the graveyard face-down, and Fusion Summon a monster!"
"What!?" Loren was shocked. "Fusion from the graveyard, with a trap?"
"From my graveyard, I fuse three ’Blue-Eyes White Dragons’!"
Kaiba raised his arm high, and the three Blue-Eyes appeared once again, drawn into the fusion vortex and becoming one.
"The ultimate dragon of light, my most powerful servant, now descends—
—Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!!!"
"Roaaaar—"
The roar shook the sky, and the fused dragon landed fiercely, an insurmountable barrier before Kaiba!
[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, ATK 4500]
Another Ultimate Dragon.
Loren’s eyes were turning red.
The Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon—a symbol of power in the Duel Monsters world. Facing it was like facing Seto Kaiba himself.
Yes, it was the symbol of his hatred, the obstacle he had to overcome.
His gaze fell to his own hand.
The final monster card he had left.
That night from his memory, the card the man gave him before collapsing.
The card that had protected him countless times during his darkest moments.
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell ’Quick Summon’," Loren said. "Normal Summon a monster from my hand." (Anime card)
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