01x17 - New Colleagues

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Enter the fray, king of all Knights!

I ride...

the King of Knights, Alfred!

I call the Solitary Knight, Gancelot!

The Little Sage, Marron!

The Yggdrasil Maiden, Elaine!

And the Knight of Truth, Gordon!

Thattaboy, Aichi!

He still had good cards left!

Well, it's not all wine and roses.

Eh?

Look at Aichi's hand.

His hand...

He's got nothing!

Mm.

He was driven to the point where
he had to use up all his cards.

And even with that, Alfred's
power is only 18000.

He wasn't able to reach full power...

To make matters worse, he just put
Gordon into the deck this morning...

The deck that Brother's using now has
never even been play-tested before!

It's a deck he just put together!

W-What?!

Nobody knows whether that deck...

...works well or not!

The Knight of Truth, Gordon...

This unit is a new card I couldn't
wait to put into the deck,

but how can I... No, not only Gordon.

Which way of fighting would make
the best use of this new deck?

What's wrong?

You thought about and chose
that deck yourself, didn't you?

Right now, all you can do is believe in that.

What's up?!

How long are you gonna keep me hangin' here?!

Or is your turn over?

N-Not yet.

Please wait just a little longer...

Don't tell me it's your first
time at a tournament like this?

I see. No wonder...

The most important thing in a
Vanguard fight is keeping your cool,

so, given the way he looks, they might as
well declare me the winner right now...

New Allies

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

I attack with Gancelot, boosted by Marron.

I guard with Tahr!

Next, Alfred!

Let's go!

Twin drive check!

Yes!

There it is!

Critical trigger!

I add +5000 to the power of Gordon!

I give the extra critical to Alfred!

There you go! What about the damage trigger?

First card...

Second card...

No trigger!

All right! So that's 4 damage!

I attack with Gordon, boosted by Elaine!

I guard with Barri!

I drop Bahr to activate Barri's skill!

During this battle, this
Kagero unit cannot be hit!

I can repel any number of
namby-pamby attacks like that one.

My turn's over...

-Damn it!
-It's weird...

It's too weird... Snake...

You've got Yaksha, don't you?

Since it's grade 3...

The image I have and that one
are a little different...

You don't have a strong imagination, do you?

NI, yo!

I'll show you what a real
attack looks like...

I call Bahr!

I attack your Alfred with my
Berserk Dragon, boosted by Joka!

No guard!

Let's go, Bahr! Give me a boost!

Twin drive! Come on, trigger!

Critical trigger, activated!

I can't believe he really got one!

It's like he really is a wizard!

Brother!

I add +5000 to the power of Tejas!

And I also add +1 critical!

Damage check!

First card...

Second card...

This isn't good! Now he's at 5 damage!

Even though his opponent's got
another attack left with Tejas...

Aichi! Whatever you do, protect yourself!

I know, but...

Well, let's see what Aichi does.

This is the end of the line for you!

Tejas attacks Alfred!

Of course, Jarran boosts... and at
the same time, he activates a skill.

Tejas's power is +4000!

I guard with Wingal!

No! He's still 8000 short!

Aichi! One more card!

You need one more card!

Llew's shield is 10000...

If I use him to guard, I'd be
able to block Tejas's attack.

But...

If I use Llew now, I won't have
any cards left in my hand.

Isn't there some other way?

I've got it!

What are you doing, Aichi?! This
is no time to be daydreaming!

Right now, from my hand...

I only use Wingal!

Whaaat?!

You're still rattled?

Can't you count how
much damage you've taken?"

No, I'm calm now.

What?!

This is the conclusion I've
come to after thinking coolly.

The action I should take right now is...

Please, Gordon! Intercept!

Intercept, eh?

That's what you came up with?

When intercepting, that unit's
shield is only 5000, I believe.

You're still 3000 short.

He's getting creamed!

This will make the sixth
time he's taken damage.

I-I don't believe it!

Why isn't he hurt?!

Yesss!

What?!

Why was his shield at 10000?!

Because it wasn't a regular interception.

Say what?!

When Gordon intercepts...

if a Royal Paladin is in the
Vanguard circle, his shield gains +5000!

What is this?!

It's an unshakable intercept that
reliably ambushes the approaching enemy.

It's an S Special Intercept.

S Special Intercept?!

I've never seen that skill before!

It's the first time for me, too.

Huh?!

See, the Knight of Truth, Gordon, is a card
that I just put into my deck this morning.

You mean it's from Wild Dragon Soul Dance?!

That's right.

Wow!

Thank you, Gordon. You saved me.

How could he have learned to use a
"Wild Dragon Soul Dance" card already,

when the boosters just barely came out?!

I think I may have underestimated
him a little...

That's the end of my turn!

He did it.

He withstood that attack brilliantly.

Damage 5...

I only have Llew in my hand.

No matter what happens, I
wanna settle it this turn!

I got it!

I call Gigantic Charger!

I activate its skill!

I open the card that's on top of the deck!

Since it's a Royal Paladin,
I move it to the rear-guard!

Gigantic Charger?

I haven't seen that unit before, either.

More important is Flogal, which
he brought out with that skill.

Huh? Even though it's grade 0?

As always, you're fixated
on grades, Lose-umi.

That's right!

What?!

Look closely, Lose-umi.

Because of Flogal, Brother Aichi's
Alfred is up to full power.

That's another new card
he's used effectively.

And now...

Here I go!

Here I go!

I attack with Gigantic
Charger, boosted by Elaine!

Trigger check!

Yes! No trigger!

If the next attack hits...

Aichi wins it!

Okay, here I go!

I defend with Tahr!

And add Joka as well!

If I can just get through this turn, I win...

Twin drive, first check!

Second check!

He got it!

Critical trigger!

What?!

I give the power and the
critical to Alfred!

N-No way!

Damage check...

...No trigger.

The result of the first matchup
of the first fight:

The winner is Aichi Sendou, from Team Q4.

Yeah!

I won...

You did it, Brother!

Kamui!

I knew you'd win!

Thank you.

Yeesh!

You had us on the edge of our seats!

Why didn't the other guy intercept?

Oh, he did the right thing.

Those two units...

Certainly, if even one
of them had intercepted,

he would've been able to protect
against Alfred's attack...

But Aichi still had Gancelot.

So even if the guy had
survived Alfred's attack,

against an attack from Gancelot, boosted
by Marron, without any triggers in play,

he would've had no defense.

Then he...

Can you imagine it?

That guy rubs me wrong...

Aichi, the moment you pulled
the critical trigger...

The outcome was decided.

And there we go.

Good for you!

I suppose luck was on your side...

But you had good command of a new deck...

and that made all the difference.

And now, we continue with the second matchup.

We're seeing excitement in event halls
across the nation for this regional tournament!

Now how about the contest here in Kanto
Region 3?! Let me hear some noise!

The next fight is between
Toshiki Kai and Laito Kurosaki!

Good luck, Kai!

Make it two wins in a row, you hear me?!

I don't need to be told.

Well, he doesn't need my advice to win.

Oh, you admit it, Lose-umi!

Shut up! The name's Katsumi!

Stand up, the Vanguard!

Huh. That guy uses Kagero, too.

A fight between two players
using the same deck...

This'll be a good one!

Interesting...

This'll decide which of us
is the real master of Kagero.

I hope you don't think you're gonna
keep that composed expression!

I see... So the much-hyped team
over there is advancing smoothly...

Oh, I'd say we're getting our
share of excitement, too...

I-I don't believe it!

Y-You protected yourself completely against
the fierce attack of my dragon army corps?!

You're all mouth.

I'll teach you the real way to use a dragon.

Counterblast!

I destroy your Tejas with my
Overlord, boosted by Bahr!

Check!

No trigger.

Overlord's attack hit me, which means...

Right. He stands.

Ready? Next up is Goku.

I guard with Ganlu!

That's fine.

Check the drive trigger.

I got a critical trigger.

Power critical...

to Overlord!

C-Crap!

It stands yet again.

Time to finish you off...

Oh, no... I have no guard!

If I can only draw a heal trigger,
there's still a chance...

Check the drive trigger.

Don't tell me...

Got it.

I give all the effects to Overlord.

I'm not dead yet! If I can
draw two heal triggers...

First card...

Second card...

The result of the second
matchup of the first fight:

The winner, from Team Q4...

Toshiki Kai!

So now we know that, when it comes to
using Kagero, I am better than you.

Lucky b*stard drew two criticals...

No, look closely!

Hm?

Kai still had two units left that
he hadn't attacked with yet!

In other words...

even without the critical triggers, I'm
pretty sure he would've won this turn.

Then...

Kai crushed him!

Awesome...

Kai really is incredible!

He overwhelmed the guy, ka-boom!

You know this Toshiki Kai?

Uh-uh...

Unbelievable that a fighter like that could
have stayed off the radar 'til now...

I see...

This is the team you turned
Team Handsome down to join...

Kamui...

Is something wrong?

Nope. I'm just lookin' forward
to victory even more now.

Congratulations, Kai!

If anyone could pull off an overwhelming
victory at regionals, it's you!

Hmph. At his level, it's not
even worth remarking upon.

Jeez, you oughta at least
be happy when you win.

Don't even bother!

Huh?

That's the kind of guy he is.

Besides, can you imagine
Kai smiling with delight?

Mmm...

Hmm...

Well...

Imagine, imagine...

II, yo...

Impossible!

Right?!

Congratulations, Team Q4!

You trounced us!

You guys are strong!

Yeah, you beat us good.

Um...

Who the hell are you guys?!

How cruel! It's us!

Look!

Are you saying you've forgotten us?

Whaaat?!

Th-They're...

Not dark at all...

Were they actually white magicians?!

Huh?

Ahhhh!

Look at those names!

Huh?

Hikaru Kurosawa...
[Note: Hikaru = to shine]

Laito Kuosaki...
[Note: Laito = light]

Akira Kuroda?
[Note: Akira = light]

Their last names all have "dark" in them...

...but every one of their first names...

is unbearably bright!

Since they've got this second common point,
why'd they have to go with the "dark side"?!

It was fun!

We're gonna get going!

'Scuse us!

Hold it!

You haven't fought the third matchup yet!

I'm gonna beat you to make the score 3-0!

Didn't you know?

Know what?!

In this team competition, the team that wins the
first two automatically advances to the next round.

In this case, you guys beat us twice
in a row, so you're bumped up already.

There is no third matchup.

W-What?!

It's true. It says it right here.

Sorry. I should've checked beforehand...

Kamui the Great didn't know...

DK, yo!

He's a little too slow to catch on!

N-Noooo...

Bye, Kamui. I look forward
to fighting you someday.

Yeah!

Me too!

Let me fight, too!

That was nerve-wracking!

I'm glad I somehow managed
to pull a win out of it.

You're lucky you were able
to fight, Brother Aichi.

But my heart was pounding, my knees were
shaking, and I'm completely exhausted.

Even so, you got to fight...

What should I do when I'm all fired
up like this, with nowhere to go?!

Don't worry! Next time,
you'll take center stage!

Next time: White Hot Tournament!

Wow. I'm learning just by
watching other teams fight.

All of their images clashing,

getting bigger and bigger...

It's fun just watching!