Hearing the declaration of "final turn," all the spectators became revved up.
They were greatly curious about why Hikaru could be so confident, calling it the "final turn."
"Interesting, Hikaru, he's full of confidence," Zane crossed his arms, watching him with a gleam of joy in his eyes. More and more excellent duelists were appearing in the academy, and though he was about to graduate, he still felt pleased.
Although Jaden had already begun showing some talent, through his eyes, Jaden was still far from his level. Now another person of his interest showed up, how could that not excite him?
The thrill of the cards was taking over!
"But, with insufficient hand resources and all the monsters on the field having their ATK reduced by half, how can he possibly turn the situation around?"
Alexis's question was the same as that of most of the students.
With not enough cards in hand, monsters having their ATK halved, and trap cards destroyed, it seemed like a dire situation. In such a case, even Fusion seemed almost useless.
After all, even if he wanted to Fusion Summon the "Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem," looking at the field and hand, it seemed he wouldn't have enough resources.
Albeit Hikaru knew better than anyone his deck didn't even have "Ancient Gear Golem". It was impossible to Fusion Summon the Ultimate Golem.
"Jaden, Hikaru's field looks awful. If you can just hold on, you've won for sure!" Chumley cheered Jaden on.
"At this point, could this guy possibly have other tricks?"
Even Elemental HERO Great Tornado couldn't understand. How was Hikaru going to defeat Jaden in such a desperate situation?
It wasn't that he was boasting, but with his evolved form, he was confident he could defeat even Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Even though the effect had already been activated, the Labyrinth Tank, with just 1200 ATK, was nowhere near his level.
Jaden didn't understand either.
Yet, the thrilled beat of his heart made him look forward to Hikaru's next move!
"Alright, bring it on, Hikaru! Let me see your Fusion!"
"Okay, Jaden, let me tell you why you'll lose. It's because you're challenging me in my area of expertise, I activate the Spell Card, Lullaby of Obedience!"
"That card…"
The students who had seen the duel yesterday immediately recognized the card.
"I pay 2000 Life Points, I declare the name of a card. If that card is in your deck, you must choose, add it to my hand or Special Summon it to my field!"
[Hikaru, LP: 2100 → 100]
"Hmm..." Jaden was confused.
At this point, why pay 2000 Life Points?
"So, what are you declaring?"
"Elemental HERO Burstinatrix!" Hikaru smiled and pointed to Jaden's duel disk. "I've checked your graveyard, and since you haven't used Burstinatrix since the duel started, she must be deep in your deck!"
"Ah, that's right..." Jaden pulled out his deck, checked, and found Burstinatrix buried at the bottom. He took her out and threw her to Hikaru.
Once Hikaru got the card, he didn't rush to use it.
He then activated the effect of his "Flame Swordsrealm" on the field: "I'll send Labyrinth Tank to the graveyard and Fusion Summon the second Flame Swordsman from my Extra Deck!"
"Haha, I'm back!" Although one of the Flame Swordsmen was a regular card and the other was a Spirit possessing the card, the Flame Swordsman Spirit could travel between the two cards.
Now, with the opportunity to appear, he cheered and puffed out his chest towards the "Dark Flare Knight" in his deck, not on the field.
"The Labyrinth Tank's ATK and DEF are reduced, and leaving it on the field would just make it a target. Using it as Fusion material is definitely the right move," Zane nodded.
But... what did it mean?
"Now... the final preparation, Jaden." Hikaru pointed to the Continuous Spell on his side. "I activate the effect of Over Future Fusion."
"Huh?" Jaden froze. "That card is supposed to Fusion summon Labyrinth Tank, right?"
He was a tad slow to react.
"According to the effect of Over Future Fusion, I reveal a Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck and send one of its Fusion materials to the graveyard! This turn, I can't Special Summon that monster or activate its effects!"
Hikaru pulled out his Extra Deck, looked for a card, and smiled as he spoke: "What I'm showing is... this one!"
He raised a purple, Fusion Monster card for everyone to see as clearly as possible!
"Ah!?"
"What?!"
"Holy cow!"
"Jaden!"
Even Zane took a few steps forward in shock and exclaimed, "It's that card?"
Jaden slowly opened his mouth and then speechlessly revealed an excited expression, "Flame Wingman!"
Yes, the Fusion card Hikaru showed was... Flame Wingman!
"I send Avian from my deck to the graveyard!" Hikaru opened his deck and showed Avian from his deck before placing it in the graveyard. Seeing this, Great Tornado felt an indescribable unease.
'It's over! He'll be hit from the side by his own move…'
"You've been carrying this card all along?" Jaden suddenly realized. "Ah! Yesterday, during the duel, you told a senpai you would use this card to fuse my monster!"
"That's right. Since I returned from the Dimension, I've always had this card in my deck."
In fact, it was that day when Super Fusion fused two Elemental Heroes from his deck into this one.
Jaden gasped, "It's not just fusion materials, even fusion monsters..."
Hikaru spread his arms wide and boldly proclaimed, "Fusion is the noblest form of summoning in the world!
As a duelist who pursues the ultimate fusion, as a member of the Fusion Army, as a Fusion duelist.
Not just Fusion materials, but even Fusion monsters must be fully mastered!
Now, I Normal Summon, Burstinatrix! And, sorry, Jaden, I win.
Fusion Spell, Miracle Fusion!"
From there, no explanation was needed.
The Fusion materials were Burstinatrix and Avian, while a winged warrior with a gigantic dragon head growing from his right arm descended into the blazing fire domain!
[Elemental Hero Flame Wingman] Level 6│WIND│Warrior│2100 ATK
When it destroys an opponent's monster by battle, it deals damage equal to that monster's ATK to the opponent!
The Flame Swordsrealm domain can reduce the ATK of a Warrior-type monster on the field, raising all other monsters' ATK by 1000 points.
The attack of Flame Swordsman is... 1800.
800 and 3100, a total of 3900, while Jaden's Life Points are 3200!
Although Jaden was not at his full strength and was just a newly enrolled protagonist, there was no doubt, Hikaru had won!
"Battle Phase. Flame Wingman attacks, activating the effect of Flame Swordsrealm!" Hikaru wore a smile on his face.
Defeating the real "protagonist," for him, was quite the challenge!
Seeing his favorite monster charging at him, Jaden didn't regret not using Wild Wingman to destroy the Flame Swordsrealm earlier. That would have greatly increased his chances of winning. Right now, he only had one thought;
'What a fun duel!' He happily raised his fist, facing his favorite monster. "Come on, Hikaru!"
"Wooooah!!!"
"Fusion! Fusion! Fusion!"
"Hikaru! Hikaru!"
The duel image slowly faded. The field became bright again.
A thunderous cheer and applause echoed through the duel arena. They had witnessed a true duel, one with no "loser."
No one could have imagined that, in the end, it would be hero versus hero!
"The winner, Hikaru!"