"Morphtronic Boomboxen, attack Vortex Trooper!"
Transformed into robot form, Boomboxen wobbled over to Vortex Trooper. The two robots quickly clashed, sparks flying, parts scattering all over.
In a moment, Vortex Trooper crumbled into junk, bits flying everywhere—no one even knew where the fan on its head landed—finally, with a "boom!", it erupted in a sorry explosion.
"Vortex Trooper’s monster effect activates," Kira stated calmly. "When Vortex Trooper is destroyed, I draw a card from the deck."
Kira drew a card.
The bespectacled elementary student muttered from the side, "Drawing again..."
Sure enough, this silver-haired uncle really felt like he was looking for something.
But Leo was now wholly absorbed in his clever tactics and didn’t notice at all. "Now your field is empty, uncle! But my battle’s not done! Since Morphtronic Boomboxen’s in attack position, it can attack twice per turn! Next, Boomboxen attacks directly!"
Boomboxen leaped over the empty field, its iron fist punching directly into Kira.
[Kira, LP 4000 → LP 2800]
"Yes! Yes!" Leo hopped from foot to foot, brimming with excitement.
"I did big damage!"
Kira smiled back, encouraging. "You’re doing great."
But then he shifted gears.
"However, now my set card activates. Trap Card: ’Damage Condenser’. When I take battle damage, I can discard a card to Special Summon a monster from my deck with ATK less than or equal to the damage. I discard a card—now, from my deck, I Special Summon ’Treasure Panda’ in attack mode."
A rotund panda leapt onto Kira’s field, its huge paw pressing down its hat and its plump belly almost threatening to burst its buttons.
[Treasure Panda, ATK 1100]
Leo: "You even used my attack to summon a monster—uncle, you’re good!"
He didn’t think much about it, but the bespectacled classmate grew more confused.
"If you’d summoned the panda when Power Tool Dragon first attacked, wouldn’t it have blocked an extra Boomboxen attack?"
He quietly mumbled.
"No—that first Power Tool attack did 3200 massive damage. If Damage Condenser triggered then, he could have summoned a monster with up to 3200 ATK. Leo could never get through that."
But this man waited until the end just to summon the panda. Was there something special about this monster?
At the end of Leo’s turn, the Morphtronic Boomboxen summoned by Junk Box self-destructed and went back to the graveyard.
"My turn. Draw."
Kira looked at his drawn card and revealed it.
"I activate the Spell Card ’Allure of Darkness’. Draw two cards from the deck, then banish a DARK monster from my hand, or if you have none, banish your entire hand."
Leo gasped. "Wouldn’t that be dangerous if you had no DARK monsters?"
The glasses-wearing student squinted, "You just wouldn’t activate it, then."
Leo scratched his head. "Ahaha, true."
Kira drew two, then showed his DARK monster "Sangan", banishing it.
"Next, I activate ’Into the Void’. If I have three or more cards in hand, draw one card. But at the end of the turn, discard my entire hand."
Leo and Glasses: "!"
Both were shocked.


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