Yu Gi Oh Duel Monster GX by Janime

While following Tsutomu into a street behind buildings, O'Brien is now confronting Mr.T. He questions whether Mr.T is actually the cause of all strange events in the city and where people in the city are. Mr.T chuckles as taking a deck from his hand and placing it into his duel disk. He tells O'Brien to duel him if O'Brien wants to know the answer. O'Brien agrees that this should be the best. He sets up his gun duel disk into his arm and opens a small monitor attached with the duel disk. It's a video recorder. O'Brien plans to leave a record of this duel for everyone to know about this strange incidence. When both of them are ready, the duel starts.

O'Brien	You?! Mr.T! Was it you who caused strange events in this town?! Where are people this town?
Mr.T	If you want to know that, duel me!
O'Brien	That might be best option. (To let everyone know about this strange incidence, I'll leave record of this duel)
O'Brien, Mr.T	Duel!

The first turn is with O'Brien. Drawing a card, he summons [Volcanic Edge - 4/1800/1200: Once per turn, you can inflict 500 damage to your opponent. If you activate this effect, this card cannot attack during this turn] onto the field in attack position. According to the special effect of Volcanic Edge, it can inflict direct damage to Mr.T by 500 points. Thus, Mr.T gets hit by the first turn and his LP decreases to 3500 (4000-500). Setting up a face-down card, O'Brien ends his turn.

The turn comes to Mr.T. He draws a card and summons [Dark Archetype - 4/1400/400: If this card is sent to the Cemetery by battle, you can activate this effect. At this time, select 1 Monster with an attack power equal to the Battle Damage taken by the player and send monsters in your hand with total levels equal to that of the selected monster to the Cemetery. Special Summon the selected monster] onto the field in attack position.

O'Brien remembers Dark Archetype well that it's the monster Judai used to fight. (episode 160). Mr.T then declares the attack of Dark Archetype towards Volcanic Edge. O'Brien clearly sees that Mr.T intentionally lets Dark Archetype attack despite that fact that it has lower attack points than Volcanic Edge's. This can make O'Brien read the game that Mr.T aims to kill his own monster to play its special effect. Dark Archetype is then destroyed, and Mr.T's LP decreases to 3100 (3500+1400-1800).

As O'Brien has expected, Mr.T activates the special effect of Dark Archetype at this moment. When it's destroyed, he can special summon a monster with the same attack points as the received damage by sending a monster from his hand with the total level equal to the summoned monster into the cemetery. Mr.T sends a level 3 monster (Volcanic Revolver) on his hand into the cemetery to special summon [Dark Psycho Eye - 3/400: When this card is destroyed, gain control of 1 of your opponent's monsters until the End Phase] onto the field in attack position.

Note: According to the special effect of Dark Archetype, the received damage and the level of the discarded monster have to match the attack points and the level of the summoned monster respectively. In this case, the damage of 400 (1800-1400) and level 3 of the discarded monster (Volcanic Revolver) match those of Dark Psycho Eye to allow it to be summoned successfully.

O'Brien realizes that Dark Psycho Eye is a new monster that he doesn't have any information from Judai's duel. At this timing, he decides to open his face-down trap card [Buster Trap - Trap: You can only activate this card when a monster is Special Summoned during the Battle Phase. Destroy that monster and end the Battle Phase]. This card can be activated only when a monster is special summoned in the battle phase. Its effect can destroy the summoned monster or Dark Psycho Eye and end Mr.T's battle phase immediately.


Dark Psycho Eye Monster Card	Buster Trap Trap Card

Once O'Brien finishes his words, the big eye of Dark Psycho Eye is open widely following by very bright light. The light blinds O'Brien and pulls him into hallucination full of clouds. While O'Brien is wondering whether the place is, he notices light in front him forming into a shadow of a man. The man keeps calling O'Brien "My Son!". O'Brien remembers this face and voice very well before calling the man "Daddy!" in response. Obviously, the man is actually O'Brien's father.

His dad tells O'Brien not to lower his guard. The world has already been a battlefield. If O'Brien isn't alert, his steps will be caught. Meanwhile, O'Brien is surprised by seeing his Volcanic Edge standing nearby his dad. O'Brien's dad tells his son not to trust his friends even they are on the same side (He means O'Brien shouldn't trust his monster, Volcanic Edge, that can switch the side).

O'Brien realizes shortly that the person standing in front of him isn't his dad, telling him to stop this show quickly. He won't lost his pace just because of his daddy appearance. As far as he knows, his dad has already retired and had separate life in mountains. Heart and kindness of his dad is inside O'Brien's mind. O'Brien says that he won't be changed by just a bluff, telling the man to finish this off.

Hallucination is gone, and O'Brien then comes back to the normal world. However, Mr.T now appears to be O'Brien's dad. O'Brien doubts whether this hallucination isn't going to be finished. O'Brien's dad tells his son to calm down and make a decision carefully. These words reminds O'Brien of his childhood. At that time, Little O'Brien was running in the forest for a training. As he's stopping, there was groaning sound of wild animals around him. Little O'Brien looked scared and thought of his dad's words to calm and make a decision carefully.

Little O'Brien could eventually calm down and got back in his sense. With cold head, he finally was able to catch up his dad's quick attack. After the practice, both of them were sitting and talking around a campfire. His dad was teaching his son to act calmly and control the battlefield, situation and his own feeling. He then told his little son that they were leaving the mountain to see mother at the following day. Little O'Brien looked very happy shortly, getting excited to see his mum soon.

O'Brien	This place?
O'Brien's Dad	My son... My son!!
O'Brien	Daddy!
O'Brien's Dad	Your guard is down, my son! This world has already been a battlefield. If you are not alert, your steps will be caught.
O'Brien	My Volcanic Edge!
O'Brien's Dad	You shouldn't trust people even if they are on same side.
O'Brien	No! You're not daddy! Stop this ridiculous show! You can't ruin my pace by showing daddy. Daddy already retired and is living a solitary life in mountains. However, his heart and kindness reside in me! I'm not the one who gets altered by fake! Back off! Aren't you going to put hallucination off?
O'Brien's Dad	Calm down your feelings.
O'Brien	What?!
O'Brien's Dad	Make decisions without loopholes. Calm down your feelings. Make decisions without loopholes.
Little O'Brien	(No... the fear... the shaking heart.... is drawing even bigger shadow from inside... The enemy is not this side!)
O'Brien's Dad	My son.
Little O'Brien	Daddy...
O'Brien's Dad	Act calmly! Control the battlefield, the situation, the feelings!
Little O'Brien	Yes daddy.
O'Brien's Dad	We're climbing mountains tomorrow. You can meet mommy.

That's the past that O'Brien can remember. O'Brien doesn't care what kind of person Mr.T wants to disguise by his dad's form, telling him to continue. O'Brien's dad comments that his son has already acted calmly as he did to his mother in that mountain. O'Brien gets surprised and doesn't understand what his father is talking about. The eyes of O'Brien's dad turn blue and glow while he is telling his son again to calm down and act carefully.

O'Brien doubts what this fake dad actually knows about him. He doesn't want to be confused anymore and tells himself not to be deceived by this fake dad. He tells himself to calm down and think only to win this duel. Suddenly, Dark Psycho Eye explodes. This is the effect from O'Brien's previous trap card, Buster Trap, to destroy the monster and end his dad's battle phase immediately.

Note: The basic words they say are "Reisei Ni Taisho Suru" which means "Act or cope with situations calmly".

O'Brien	No matter what kind of clothes you wear, you are off. Fine! Let's continue!
O'Brien's Dad	Yes, that's it. Now you're coping coldly. Just like that time.
O'Brien	That time?
O'Brien's Dad	The time when you left mommy in that mountain!
O'Brien	Mommy? What are you talking about?
O'Brien's Dad	Calm down your feeling! Act with cold head!
O'Brien	What do you know about me? No, don't be deceived! He is deceiving me. That's right. Act calmly! I should think only to win this duel.

O'Brien's dad activates the special effect of Dark Psycho Eye at this moment. When this monster is destroyed in battle, he can control one of O'Brien's monsters until the end of the turn. Thus, Volcanic Edge moves onto the field of O'Brien's dad. According to the special effect of Volcanic Edge, it can inflict 500 direct damage points to O'Brien. O'Brien, therefore, has to receive the direct hit, and his LP decreases to 3500 (4000-500). At the end phase of O'Brien's dad, he sets up a face-down card and returns Volcanic Edge onto his son's field. Then, his turn is finished.

The turn comes to O'Brien. Drawing a card, O'Brien declares the direct attack of Volcanic Edge towards his dad immediately. He yells to let his fake dad disappear. At this moment, O'Brien's dad opens his face-down trap card [Fire Wall - Continuous Trap: When your opponent declares a direct attack, you can negate that monster's attack by removing from play 1 Pyro-Type monster in your Graveyard. Pay 500 Life Points during each of your Standby Phases. If you do not, destroy this card].

Due to its effect, when O'Brien's dad is attacked directly, he can remove a Pyro monster in his cemetery to negate the attack. The monster he removes from the graveyard is Volcanic Revolver, which Mr.T previously discarded into the cemetery as a result of Dark Archetype's effect to summon Dark Psycho Eye. O'Brien's dad tells his son that to have Fire Wall in hand should clearly prove his father identity. He doubts why O'Brien still looks uncertain. O'Brien doesn't want to believe and doesn't respond, ending his turn.

Note: Fire Wall is one of the main Fire components in O'Brien's Volcanic deck.

It's now the turn of O'Brien's dad. Drawing a card, he pays 500 LP to keep Fire Wall onto the field in this turn. Therefore, his LP decreases to 2600 (3100-500). Next, he plays spell card [Flame Wall - Continuous Spell: While you control this face-up card, negate damage from effects of your opponent's Magic, Trap or Effect Monster]. The effect of this spell can negate all damages coming from the effects of O'Brien's spells, traps, or monsters.

After that, O'Brien's dad plays [Volcanic Wall - Continuous Spell: Send 3 cards from the top of your deck to the Cemetery. If there are any Fire-type monsters among them, inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent each. This effect can only be used once per turn and you cannot declare an attack in the turn in which you have used this effect].


Flame Wall Spell Card	Volcanic Wall Spell Card

According to its effect, he has to draw the top 3 cards on his deck and discard them into the graveyard. For each discarded Pyro monster, 500 damage points can be inflicted to O'Brien. The cards O'Brien's dad can draw are Volcanic Rat, Fire Cyclone, and Volcanic Bullet. This strategy reminds O'Brien of what his dad used to teach him.

In the campfire, O'Brien's dad was showing and teaching his son a combo of the three walls: Fire Wall, Flame Wall, and Volcanic Wall. Little O'Brien looked excited and listened to his dad carefully. O'Brien's dad confirms him that this is the strategy he used to teach his son on the mountain at that time. He asks whether this isn't a dear memory. O'Brien certainly remembers it well and doesn't understand why his arm is shaking.

O'Brien dad discards the three cards into the cemetery. Two of them are Pyro monsters, so they fly from the graveyard into the sky. The two burning flames look like two front-car lights, reminding of a car accident during O'Brien's childhood. There appears big explosion before O'Brien's LP decreases to 2500 (3500-500*2). O'Brien's dad is trying to make his son remember what happened on that mountain especially what O'Brien actually lost there and what he made a decision by his true will for surviving. O'Brien looking nervous is trying to tell himself not to be deceived by the words of this fake dad since the true enemy is aiming to take over his sense.

The turn comes to O'Brien. He draws a card and gets Blaze Cannon Trident. The cards on another hand are Volcanic Devil, Blaze Cannon, Switch Off, Volcanic Mine, and Big Volcano. O'Brien decides to play [Blaze Cannon - Continuous Spell: You can send 1 Pyro-Type monster with 500 or less ATK from your hand to the Graveyard to destroy 1 monster your opponent controls, but you cannot declare an attack during the turn if you do].

Once after that, he sends Blaze Cannon into the cemetery to activate [Blaze Cannon Trident - Continuous Spell: Activate only by sending 1 face-up Blaze Cannon on your side of the field to the Graveyard. You can send 1 Pyro-Type monster from your hand to the Graveyard to destroy 1 monster your opponent controls and inflict 500 damage to your opponent] from his hand.

Repeatedly, O'Brien sends Blaze Cannon Trident into the cemetery, summoning [Volcanic Devil - 8/3000/1800: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned by sending 1 face-up Blaze Cannon - Trident you control to the Graveyard. During your opponent's Battle Phase, your opponent must attack this monster with any Attack Position monsters they control. When this card destroys a monster and sends it to the Graveyard, destroy all monsters your opponent controls and inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each monster destroyed by this effect] from his hand onto the field in attack position.

This is the special summon by the special effect of Volcanic Devil. In addition to its special effect, any of his dad's monsters must attack Volcanic Devil. When Volcanic Devil can destroy a monster, all monsters on his dad's field must be destroyed and his dad has to receive 500 damage for each destroyed monster. His dad reminds him of Flame Wall's effect to negate all monster effects on the field. Also, with Fire Wall, the direct attack of Volcanic Devil can be negated.

O'Brien understands the condition of Fire Wall well that it requires Pyro monsters in the cemetery to make Fire Wall's effect work. Thus, O'Brien plans to wipe out Pyro monsters in his dad's cemetery. He starts by declaring the double direct attack of Volcanic Edge and Volcanic Devil.

O'Brien's dad activates the effect Fire Wall at this timing, removing Volcanic Rat and Volcanic Bullet in the cemetery from play to negate the two direct strikes of Volcanic Edge and Volcanic Devil. By this, O'Brien realizes that his dad no longer has Pyro monsters in the cemetery. His dad is impressed by that his son did well on this plan.

O'Brien corrects the fake dad that the fact is different. This is actually the strategy that his dad taught him. If this fake person is calling himself his dad, O'Brien thinks that he shouldn't forget what he used to teach to his own son. At that time, Little O'Brien was paying attention to his dad's teaching. His dad was explaining the combo of three Wall cards and placing Volcanic Rat, Volcanic Bullet, and Volcanic Edge on them.

Setting up 2 face-down cards, O'Brien ends his turn. He tells himself not to be scared of beast's sound. The true enemy is going to be shot by his two face-down trap cards. One of them is Volcanic Mine, which can create 5 Bomb Tokens on the 5 available slots on his dad's field.

Switch Off
Trap Card

Another face-down card is [Switch Off - Trap: Negate the effects of 1 Permanent Magic or Permanent Trap card on your opponent's side of the field until the End Phase. You can select 1 monster in defense mode on your opponent's side of the field and switch it to attack mode], which can negate one permanent spell or trap on the opponent's side until the end phase. Also, he can select 1 defense monster on his dad's field and change it into attack mode. By these 2 trap cards, the effect of Switch Off can negate the effect of Fire Wall, and O'Brien is allowed to use any trap/spell card.

When he can activate Volcanic Mine to special summon Bomb Tokens on his dad's field and change them into defense position, he can next let Volcanic Devil attack them. By the special effect of Volcanic Devil, when it can destroy one Bomb Token, other monsters or all Bomb Tokens under his dad's control must also be destroyed. After that, 500 damage points for each destroyed Bomb Token will be inflicted to his dad.

Now, his dad has 2600 LP. If Volcanic Devil destroys one Bomb Token changed to attack position as a result of Switch Off's effect, his LP will be decreased to 600 (2600+1000-3000). With additional 2000 damage points (500*4) from the remaining 4 Bomb Tokens, LP of O'Brien's dad will certainly be wiped out. By this whole plan, O'Brien believes that his mission will be completed. This is also the strategy his dad taught him.

O'Brien's dad has realized that his son has already taken over all strategies he taught him on the mountain that day. His son even has already forgotten about his mum. O'Brien becomes very surprised by what his dad is talking about his mum.