Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 1089

Chapter 1089: Chapter 1089: The Self I Despise

Provocation.

Brazen, blatant provocation.

But what Kira said was true. Everything he’d had on the field was already wiped clean by Black Rose Dragon—totally, with nothing left behind. Even the Volcanic Queen he summoned this turn was bounced back by Wall of Thorns, and he didn’t set any new cards in his back row.

If anything, the only card he had left was the "Remove Brainwashing" trap—Kira’s pure "NTR" card, which returns control of all "bull" monsters to their original owners (a play on ’bull’, slang for mind control in some circles).

But as long as Akiza doesn’t do something crazy like Monster Reborning the monsters from Kira’s grave, Remove Brainwashing was now useless, with no chance to defend during the opponent’s turn.

It was a completely empty field. At this point, Kira was like someone laid bare—leaving himself wide open, taunting and provoking, just to see whether Akiza had the guts to capitalize on it.

But that only made Akiza all the more furious.

"Just how little do you think of me...? You’d better not regret this!"

Akiza pointed to the small Phoenixian Seed on her field.

"At your end phase, the monster summoned by ’Intruder Alarm - Yellow Alert’ returns to its owner’s hand. Phoenixian Seed returns to my hand."

The little seed transformed into golden light and flew back to her hand.

"And now, to my turn—draw!"

Akiza drew a card.

"At this moment, the effect of the Trap ’Synchro Back,’ activated last turn, triggers! The Synchro Monster I returned to my Extra Deck for Backtrack is Special Summoned again during this Standby Phase. Come back—Black Rose Dragon!"

A storm of roses whirled up again; countless crimson petals reformed into dragon wings. Black Rose Dragon danced amid the wild storm, its roots trailing as it descended again.

[Black Rose Dragon, ATK 2400]

"Next, I’ll normal summon the card that returned at the end of last turn. Normal Summon—Phoenixian Seed!"

[Phoenixian Seed, ATK 0]

"The effect of Phoenixian Seed—I send it to the Graveyard to Special Summon Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis from my hand!

Bloom once more—Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis!"

The seed hit the ground, then quickly burst into flame, growing before their eyes, until the familiar burning form of the Cluster Amaryllis appeared again.

[Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis, ATK 2200]

"You’ve even got a second one," Kira remarked. "You must really like that monster."

Well, it is a Forbidden card—a banlist staple. Makes sense.

"If you want to throw yourself to death, I’ll grant your wish!

Battle!"

Akiza barked the command again.

"Black Rose Dragon—direct attack! Black Rose Trickery!"

The Black Rose Dragon let out a sharp cry; from beneath its petal wings, thorny vines shot out. Spinning crimson roses danced with the vines, screaming through the air at Kira’s open field.

Kira calmly revealed a hand card.

"Then I discard ’Kiteroid’ from my hand."

He sounded lazy about it.

"When your opponent declares a direct attack, Kiteroid can be discarded from hand to make that battle damage zero."

Black Rose Dragon’s blast, empowered by Akiza’s full psychic might and rage, landed on the cartoonish little kite—instantly vanished.

Akiza: "Another hand monster effect!?"

Kira chuckled: "Is that it?"

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