Yu-Gi-Oh!: Madoka, start!

"Hope King Hope?" Looking at the handsome monster in front of him, Dark Onitsuka suddenly felt a little confused.

In order to defeat Mathmech and Playmaker, Dark Onitsuka repeatedly reviewed their games for several days and changed his deck construction accordingly.

With hard work, Dark Onitsuka wrote down the effects of every card they used, as well as their deployment routes, so that they could respond in time.

But all these efforts vanished when Mathmech took out the unknown deck of Dark Onizuka.

"Dark Onitsuka, I can feel that you have indeed spent a lot of energy studying me. But you overlooked one point: card effects are fixed, but people are alive. No one will stand still, just as you have made progress compared to before, and I will also make progress. A duelist who only immerses himself in the past is not qualified to create the future." Mathmech admired Dark Onitsuka's efforts in his heart, so he seriously pointed out Dark Onitsuka's problems.

After hearing this, Dark Onitsuka was slightly stunned, and then burst into laughter.

"Hahahahaha, a Duelist who is obsessed with the past cannot create the future? As expected, there is a reason why you and Playmaker can change the times."

Then, Dark Onizuka looked at Mathmech seriously: "Even so, I am undoubtedly the villain now. I will fight you to the end!"

Looking at Dark Onizuka's serious expression, Mathmech smiled and said, "I couldn't ask for more!"

"The duel will resume."

After saying this, Mathmech raised his finger and pointed at King Hope, activating the effect.

"As the effect of the Ascended Sage of the Xyz Material of Hope, the King of Hope, if the Xyz Summon is successful, add a 'Upgraded Magic' Normal Magic Card from the deck to your hand;"

"Then the effect of Armed Sage is that if a Xyz monster that is Xyz Material is successfully Xyz Summoned, add a 'Heat-Concentric Weapon' monster from the deck to the hand."

"Reverse the chain effect. With the effect of Armed Sage, I will add the Heterothermic Weapon Unicorn Royal Spear to my hand; with the effect of Ascended Sage, I will add the Upgraded Magic Heterothermic Force to my hand."

"Targeting my Hope King Hope on the field, I activate the upgraded magic, the power of the different heat and the same heart!"

"Using this effect, I can Xyz Summon a 'Hope King Hope' monster or 'Heterothermal Weapon' monster from the Extra Deck that is one tier higher than the target monster by placing it on top of the target monster. In addition, select a 'Heterothermal Weapon' monster or 'Heterothermal Servant' monster from the Deck and place it on top of the Deck."

"The golden robe draped over the fighter's body. The roaring sound shook the earth. The lightning and thunder infused the fighter with the power to kill gods."

"Come on! Furry suit combination, Lion Hope!"

Furry Combination Lion Hopeley Attack 2500

"It looks like it's not just the appearance that has changed." Seeing the new monster in front of him, Dark Onitsuka felt a sense of danger in his heart.

"According to the rules, Beast Suit Fusion Lion Hopeley is used as 'CNo.39 Hope King Hopeley'."

"Therefore, I can equip the Heterothermic Concentric Weapon Unicorn Royal Spear and Heterothermic Concentric Weapon Ashura Side Arm in my hand to Lion Hope. The effect of Unicorn Royal Spear increases the equipped monster's attack power by 1900 points; the effect of Ashura Side Arm increases the equipped monster's attack power by another 1000 points."

Furry Combination Lion Hopeley Attack 5400

"Then there's the effect of Hope the Lion. Once per turn, you can activate this effect by removing one Xyz Material from this card. I remove Hope the King of Hope, which is an Xyz Material. Equip Hope the Lion with one 'Heat Concentric Weapon' from the Deck or Extra Deck. The activation and effect of this effect cannot be negated."

"According to this effect, I equip the Heat Concentric Weapon from my Extra Deck, Beast King Lion Armor, to the lion Hopeley. According to the effect of Beast King Lion Armor, the equipped monster's ATK increases by 3000 points!"

Furry Combination Lion Hopeley Attack 8400

"Attack power...8400 points!" Dark Onitsuka stared at the powerful monster in front of him in amazement. His heart was not only shocked, but also filled with passion.

"I activate the effect of Hope the Lion. Once per turn, when this card is equipped with a Heat-Sensitive Weapon, I activate this effect targeting the Thunder Ogre on your field, negating its effect and halving its attack power."

Gouki Thunder Ogre Attack 1100

"What!" Dark Onitsuka was really surprised, but then he immediately took action.

"But, no one can tell until the end of the battle! You're not the only one who can increase the attack power! Gouki Fixed Cobra's effect. I release the Flash Axe Kick Scorpion on the field and activate it targeting Gouki Thunder Ogre. Thunder Ogre's attack power increases by 2300 points!"

Gouki Thunder Ogre 3400

"At the same time, I activated the effect of Flashing Axe Kick Scorpion, which was sent to the graveyard, and added Gouki's Arm Lock Octopus to my hand. How about that? As long as I defend well, I can survive this round of attacks."

Dark Onizuka looked at Mathmech with high morale.

"A fighting style that sacrifices companions to make yourself stronger? You're worthy of being a villain." Mathmech also looked back with high morale.

"Battle!" Without giving Dark Onitsuka time to be surprised, Mathmech went straight into the battle phase.

"Hopley the Lion attacks the stationary cobra!"

"Why didn't you attack the Thunder Ogre?" Dark Devil looked at Mathmech with a puzzled look.

"I'm not letting you win." Mathmech saw Dark Onizuka's puzzled look and shook his head gently. "With the effect of Ashura's secondary arm, I can attack all the monsters on your field once each."

"I see. When Fixed Cobra is destroyed, I activate its effect and retrieve a Gouki card from the deck; then chain this effect to the effect of Thunder Ogre. This card's ATK increases by 400 points." Dark Onitsuka waved his hand and declared his own monster effect.

"But your Thunder Ogre has been neutralized."

Dark Onizuka nodded and continued to process the effects.

"I know, that's not my goal. The Thunder Ogre's effect is negated, so the attack power remains unchanged, but because of the effect of Fixed Cobra, I can retrieve Gouki from the deck to fight again."

"Have you learned how to chain yourself through reviewing the game? Interesting." In mathmech's opinion, Dark Onitsuka's strength has silently improved by one point.

"Next, Gouki's Dark Mask's effect. It can only be activated when the equipped monster activates its effect. Inflict 500 damage to the opponent." Dark Onitsuka continued to activate the effects of the cards on his field.

"You can actually counterattack me in advance? This is really interesting. However, due to the effect of Ashura's secondary arm, my Lion Hope can still continue to attack. Lion Hope attacks the Thunder Ogre!"

"During the damage determination phase, discard Gouki: Arm-Locked Octopus in your hand and activate its effect. In this battle, the combat damage I receive will be halved." Dark Onitsuka said as he sent the Arm-Locked Octopus in his hand to the graveyard.

Dark Onizuka LP 1500

A look of pain flashed across Dark Onizuka's face, but it was quickly hidden by Dark Onizuka.

Seeing the expected card, there was no surprise on Mathmech's face.

"Also, the effect of Gouki's Dark Mask is that the equipped monster will not be destroyed by battle once per turn." Dark Onitsuka said calmly while looking at the Thunder Ogre who was still on the field.

"It's on fire!" An excited look appeared on Mathmech's face.

"Then I activate the effect of Beastmaster Lion Armor and send this card to the Graveyard. During this Battle Phase, Lion Hopeley can attack once more."

Furry Combination Lion Hopeley Attack 5400

"Can you survive this time? Hope the Lion attacks the Thunder Ogre once again!"

"Discard the Gouki Arm-locked Octopus in your hand again and activate its effect. Reduce the damage of this battle by half!" Dark Onitsuka said and discarded the card again.

Dark Onizuka LP 500

Dark Onitsuka half-knelt on the D skateboard under the impact.

Then, Dark Onitsuka gritted his teeth and tried hard to stand up.

"How is it? I defended it well." Dark Onizuka looked at Mathmech confidently.

"I didn't expect that card wouldn't work once per turn. My turn ends like this." Mathmech shook his head helplessly.

"Although I have no other cards on the field, and only Gouki Fighting is left in my hand. But, thanks to you, I know where to focus. Now, it's my turn to counterattack!"

After saying that, Dark Onitsuka placed his index and middle fingers on the top of the deck.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Dark Onizuka announced the start of his turn.