Yu-Gi-Oh! Fourseasons

"Oh my god! I'm going to be late for the competition!" You Dong, who had just finished class, ran all the way to the store, looked at the watch in the store, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew—I'm not late yet..." Suddenly, You Dong realized, "Wait a minute! I'm number sixty-four! The last one, even if I'm late, I can't just give up."

At this moment, the boy, who was wearing a mask and sunglasses, walked over to You Dong and said with a smile, "You Dong, I didn't expect you to participate in the shop competition hosted by my family."

You Dong felt the voice sounded familiar but couldn't quite place it, so he asked, "Who are you?"

The person paused for a moment, then put the sunglasses on their forehead and pulled their mask down slightly.

“Long Dou!” You Dong recognized him as the one who often filled the Demon Trap Zone.

When Long Dou saw that You Dong recognized him, he quickly put on a mask and sunglasses, complaining, "This is really inconvenient."

You Dong asked, "What did you mean when you said this was a competition hosted by your family?"

Long Dou smiled slightly and explained, "This store is a branch of our company, and the store competition held by this store is basically the same as the store competition held by our company."

You Dong was taken aback and exclaimed, "A tycoon is right next to me!"

Long Dou looked speechless and complained, "What's so good about this? If the people here recognize me, they'll just give me the championship. After the shop competition ends, I won't be able to find a decent opponent."

You Dong paraphrased Long Dou's words: "Why don't you go find your lifelong nemesis, classmate You Chun?"

Upon hearing the name "You Chun," Long Dou's blood boiled instantly: "You Chun truly deserves to be my lifelong nemesis! Last month, I went to challenge her to a duel, but she wouldn't open the door for me. So, I used a few small tools to break through the security bars on her window and went in to fight her! I never expected that she would tell my parents about it afterwards! They confiscated my tools! You Chun truly deserves to be my lifelong nemesis!"

Hearing Long Dou's passionate words, You Dong thought to himself, "Come on, bro, you're practically committing trespassing on the main house!"

You Dong asked curiously, "What tools did you use?"

Long Dou counted on his fingers as he answered, "Electric chainsaw, manual chainsaw, machete, kitchen knife, fruit knife, hammer, screwdriver, wrench, pliers... You Chun truly is my nemesis; even her security grille is so difficult to deal with!"

Upon hearing Long Dou's suggestion of those "small tools," You Dong's lips twitched. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

You Dong suddenly remembered that Long Dou was also here to participate in the competition, and asked, "Is your competition alright?"

Long Dou laughed and said, "It's alright, I'm number sixty-three, I'm not that fast yet."

You Dong was taken aback for a moment, then said, "What a coincidence! I'm number sixty-four, we're rivals."

Long Dou's lips curled up slightly as he smiled and said, "You Dong, let me see your strength."

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After a while, the match between Long Dou and You Dong began!

"Duel!" x2

You Dong: "First strike is mine. My turn."

"I set a monster face-down, then set another card face-down to end my turn."

It seems that You Dong is stuck with a bad hand.

Yu Dong has 2 card in hand, 1 in front row, 1 in back row, 8000 life points, 0 in graveyard, and 0 banished cards.

Dragon Fight's turn: "My turn, draw a card!"

"I activate the Spell Card [Angel's Charity] from my hand, draw three cards, and send two cards to the Graveyard."

"I've set the pendulum scale for [Earth Lizard] at scale 3 and [Magic Rabbit] at scale 8! This way I can summon monsters from level 4 to level 7!"

Pendulum Summon!

"Come forth, my monsters!"

"[Dragon Armor Beast - King Dragon]!"

"[Dragon Armor Beast Hammer King Dragon]!"

"[Hammer King Dragon]'s effect activates: while this monster is on the field, all [Dragon Beast] monsters on the field gain 100 ATK!"

"I activate the pendulum effect of [Earth Lizard] to Special Summon [Forest Lizard] from my Deck."

"When there are three or more [Dragon Beast] monsters on the field, [Dragon Beast Sword King Dragon] can be Special Summoned from the Deck!"

"You Dong, this card is something I prepared specifically to deal with You Chun. Now I'll show you its power!"

"I will have [Gun King Dragon], [Hammer King Dragon] and [Sword King Dragon]!

"The king of the holy sword resides within the body of the sword-wielding dragon, let the world witness the power of the king! Xyz Summon! Rank 7! [Dragonmon Sword King Dragon Arthur]!"

[Dragonmon Sword King Dragon Arthur], Attribute: Light, Rank 7, Effect/Xyz/Pendulum Monster, Dragon-Type, Scale 9, ATK 3000, DEF 0.

"I activate the effect of [Arthur]. When this monster is successfully summoned, I add one monster from my Graveyard as my Equip Card! I choose to send [Dragon Beast Bloodcuckoo] to the Graveyard because of [Angel's Charity]!"

The Blood Cuckoo flew out of the graveyard and, as it approached Arthur, transformed into blood-red particles that attached themselves to Arthur's wings.

"[Arthur]'s effect is activated: When this monster is equipped with an Equip Card, place one [Arthur Counter] on all of your Equip Cards. For each Arthur Counter on all of your Equip Cards, [Arthur]'s ATK increases by 100."

"I activate the effect of [Forest Lizard] again, equipping this card to [Arthur], increasing [Arthur]'s ATK by 500!"

The [Forest Lizard] transformed into green particles and attached themselves to [Arthur's] sword.

"[Arthur's] effect has activated again!"

"I activate [Arthur]'s effect once per turn, consuming one Xyz Material to double the Arthur Counters on all my Equip Cards!"

"As a result, [Arthur's] attack power has increased to 4100!"

You Dong was startled: "A monster with 4100 attack power in just one turn! [Dragon Beast] is really strong when it comes to boosting attack power!"

Long Dou: "Advance to Battle Rank!"

"[Arthur] Attack the monster that's covered!"

The monster that was covered flipped over; it was a hibernating snake.

"It's not over yet! Because [Arthur] is equipped with [Bloody Cuckoo], he can attack twice in one turn!"

"[Arthur] Attack directly!"

In a moment of crisis, Creeper came to the rescue: "I banish [Winter Kuriboh] from my hand to negate this attack."

Long Dou ended his turn with resentment: "Turn over."

Yu Dong has 1 card in hand, 0 in front row, 1 in back row, 8000 Life Points, 1 in Graveyard, and 1 banished card.

Dragon Fighting hand 3, front row 1, back row 4, life points 8000, graveyard 2, banished 0.

You Dong: "My turn, draw a card!"

"I usually summon [Hibernating Frog] (Defense Position)."

"[Hibernating Serpent]'s effect activates, Special Summon it to the field (Defense Position)."

"I activate the effect of [Hibernating Frog], banish this monster, and Special Summon two [Tadpole Tokens].

"I'll level up my 1st-level [Tadpole Token] and 4th-level [Hibernating Serpent]! Synchro Summon! 1st-level 5! [Winter Ice Lance King] (Defense Position)!"

"I'll upgrade the level 1 [Tadpole Derivative] and [Ice Spear King]! Synchro Summon! Level 6! [Winter Axe Snowman]!"

"[Flying Axe Yeti] effect activated, dealing 1500 damage to you!"

"[Flying Axe Yeti] effect activated, add one [Snowy Flying Axe] to your hand."

"I equipped the [Snowy Axe] to the [Axe-wielding Yeti], and the [Axe-wielding Yeti]'s attack power increased to 2600."

"I'm sending [Snowy Axe] to the graveyard, dealing 1500 damage to you!"

You Dong has begun to fight back!

"I activate the Spell Card [Parallel Storm] from my hand, sending the face-down card I played to the Graveyard and destroying [Arthur] on your field!"

"What? How could this be?" Ryuto's expression behind his mask was quite exaggerated. "However, [Arthur] is a Pendulum Monster, and when it is destroyed, it returns to the Extra Deck, and so does his Equip Card."

You Dong chuckled: "But all his Xyz Materials will have to go to the graveyard! Long Dou, your deck is exactly the same as what You Chun described, it has absolutely no resistance!"

"Advance to the combat tier!"

"[Flying Axe Snow Monster] Attack directly!"

[Flying Axe Yeti] raised the axe in its hand and rushed forward to deliver a powerful blow!

"End of round."

Yu Dong has 0 card in hand, 1 in front row, 0 in back row, 8000 life points, 4 in graveyard, and 2 banished cards.

Dragon Fighting hand 3, front row 0, back row 2, life points 2900, graveyard 5, banished 0.

Long Dou: "My turn, draw a card!"

"I will use the pendulum scale I set beforehand to perform a pendulum summon!"

"Come forth, my monsters!"

"[Dragon Armor Beast Forest Lizard]!"

"[Dragon-Armored Beast Bloodstained Azalea]!"

"[Dragon Armor Beast Dark Night Owl]!"

At this moment, You Dong remembered the effect of the [Magic Rabbit] and broke out in a cold sweat.

"I activate the pendulum effect of [Magic Rabbit] to transform [Forest Lizard] into [Arthur] with an attack power of 4100!"

"Advance to Battle Rank! [Forest Lizard] Attack [Flying Axe Snow Monster]!"

[Arthur] appeared behind the [Forest Lizard], a phantom image of [Arthur], who cleaved the [Flying Axe Snow Monster] in two with a single sword strike!

"[Dark Night Owl] and [Bloody Cuckoo], attack directly!"

Two birds and beasts flew to You Dong's head and pecked him several times!

"End of round."

Yu Dong has 0 card in hand, 0 in front row, 0 in back row, 1900 life points, 5 in graveyard, and 2 banished cards.

Dragon Fighting hand 3, front row 3, back row 2, life points 2900, graveyard 5, banished 0.

You Dong: "My turn, draw a card!"

"I activate the Spell Card [Pot of Greed] from my hand and draw two cards."

"I banish [Winter Synchron] from my hand and Special Summon two [Winter Tokens]."

"I release one [Winter Token] to Tribute Summon [Winter Multifaceted Snowflake]. This monster only requires one tribute to Tribute Summon."

"I activate the Spell Card [Winter Lantern] from my hand and Special Summon [Hibernating Frog] (Defense Position)."

"[Hibernating Serpent]'s effect activates, Special Summon it to the field (Defense Position)."

"I'm adjusting the star rating of the level 1 [Winter Derivative] and the level 7 [Multifaceted Snowflake]!"

"The dragon that slumbered beneath the ice has awakened! Let the glaciers return to the world! Synchro Summon! Level 8! [Winter Dragon]!"

"[Winter Dragon]'s effect is activated. This monster's ATK increases to 3500. Draw two cards."

"I activate the Field Spell Card [Ice Age] again, and [Winter Dragon]'s ATK increases to 3800!"

"Advance to the combat tier!"

"[Winter Dragon] Attacks [Forest Lizard]!"

Zero Degree Strike!

"Then, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Inertia] from my hand. [Winter Dragon]'s ATK drops to 3500, so it can attack again!"

"[Winter Dragon] Attacks [Night Owl]!"

Zero Degree Strike!

Under the double attack of [Winter Dragon], the Dragon Fighter's basic score is reduced to zero!

The referee announced the result: "Contestant number 64 wins!"

……

After being defeated by You Dong, Long Dou kept his head down, and you couldn't feel any passion in him at all.

You Dong stepped forward and asked with concern, "Um, Long Dou, are you alright?"

Long Dou suddenly raised his head and stared intently at You Dong!

At this moment, You Dong was filled with thoughts: "What's going on? Is he becoming withdrawn because he was defeated by someone other than his nemesis? Or is he angry because he was defeated by someone other than his nemesis?"

Suddenly, Long Dou's blood boiled! He grabbed You Dong's shoulders and shook him violently, shouting, "It's decided! From now on, You Dong, you're my second nemesis for life!"

No wonder I couldn't feel Long Dou's passion earlier; he was holding back a big move!

The image of Long Dou pestering You Chun for a duel flashed through You Dong's mind, and he then imagined himself being pestered by Long Dou in the future...

"Um, Long Dou! I need to go back and cook! I'm leaving now!" You Dong turned and ran!

"Hey! You Dong!"

On the run, You Dong thought to himself, "You Dong, what are you going to cook when you get back?! Every time it's You Yue's culinary disaster!"

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Original Card Encyclopedia.

[Dragon Beast Sword King Dragon Arthur], Attribute: LIGHT, Rank 7, Effect/Xyz/Pendulum Monster, Dragon-Type, Scale 9, Effect: 3 Dragon-Type [Dragon Beasts]. 1. When this monster is Normal Summoned, equip 1 face-up [Dragon Beast] in your Graveyard or Extra Deck. 2. When this monster is Equipped, place 1 Arthur Counter on each of your Equipped monsters. 3. This monster gains 100 ATK for each Arthur Counter on its Equipped monsters. 4. Once per turn, consume 1 Xyz Material to double the number of Arthur Counters on this monster's Equipped monsters. 5. When this monster is destroyed, Special Summon 1 [Dragon Beast] monster from your Pendulum Zone, then place this card in your Pendulum Zone. ATK 3000, DEF 0.

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(There's less homework this week, so here's an extra chapter.)