[Bonus]
"Duel!" x2
[Kira, LP 4000]
[Archbishop, LP 4000]
"Looks like I get to go first."
The archbishop grunted in a low voice.
"My turn. Draw."
He glanced at his hand and quickly picked out a card: "I activate the Spell Card ’Pot of Duality’. Excavate the top 3 cards of your Deck, add 1 of them to your hand, also, after that, shuffle the rest back into your Deck. You can only activate 1 "Pot of Duality" per turn. You cannot Special Summon during the turn you activate this card."
Kira narrowed his eyes.
Whoa, the legendary Pot?
Back in the era transitioning from Synchro to Xyz, Pot of Duality was almost as prized as the old Pot of Greed—every competitive deck ran it.
Though Duality restricts you from Special Summoning that turn, for the pace of the game then, it was fine.
Kira had sought out every card with "Pot" in its name, so he knew Duality wasn’t yet released on the market. But it seemed KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions already had info on it—probably a not-yet-public new card.
Kira nodded slightly. No wonder this guy’s a well-known monster even with a disguise—he is an elite, already holding cards more valuable than the riffraff in the bunker.
Duality isn’t that useful for him now, but hey, it’s free. No harm in picking up a copy.
The Archbishop drew three cards from the top of his deck, then smirked, humming, "Looks like your luck isn’t so great—such a powerful card revealed right away."
He held up a card: "According to Pot of Duality’s effect, I choose this powerful Trap, ’Sakuretsu Armor’, to add to my hand!"
Kira: "..."
Well, how to put it...
That is a powerful Trap.
In every sense of the word.
"Then I activate the Spell Card ’Pot of Greed’ to draw two cards." The archbishop drew, "Then I summon ’Lion Alligator’!"
[Lion Alligator, ATK 1900]
"Next, I Set two cards in my backrow and end my turn," the archbishop declared.
Kira glanced at the monster on his opponent’s field.
Alligator? Not even a Fiend-type?
Then he recalled this guy had been using water spells since entering, and all his moves seemed water-based.
"So that’s it—a Water mage, so you use a WATER deck," Kira realized. "Then it’s my turn. Draw."
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell ’Card Destruction’ from my hand. Both players discard two cards from their hands to the graveyard, then draw two cards."
The Archbishop picked out two cards to discard, and let out a soft chuckle.
"Looks like your opening hand wasn’t so great. There’s still time to surrender, you know."
Kira ignored him and drew five cards in one go.
"I Set five cards in my backrow and end my turn."
Archbishop: "?"
Earl: "?"
No monster summoned?
And he set five backrow at once?
What’s this playstyle?
"Even after refreshing your hand, you didn’t draw a single monster to summon?" the archbishop sneered. "So you’re just a clown. Guess it’s no surprise not to meet any real opponents in a place like this."
Earl said gravely, "Be careful. I think this kid’s got something up his sleeve."
Earl was a loner in the bunker and hadn’t seen Kira’s duel in the plaza. But the other’s calm attitude, the confidence to set five backrow without hesitation and pass with an empty field—it all made him uneasy.
"Relax, Earl. Just a nobody. I’ll deal with him in no time," barked the archbishop. "My turn! Draw!"
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