03x06 - AI vs. AI

[bunniefuu]

- [Narrator] Previously
on "Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS."

- Now, pummel him, Earth Golem!

Boulder Blast!

[Earth Golem growling]

[sparks crackling]

[Gore yelling]

- Oh no, Gore just got KO'ed.

Now Ai has a straight
sh*t towards Zaizen,

and you three are the only
ones left who can stop him.

- We have no time to waste.

Cyberse Clock Dragon,
att*ck him directly!

[Ai groans]

- Violet Chimera, go!

[Ai groans]

- att*ck, Varrelsword Dragon.

End this.

[Ai groans]

- You may have b*at
us, but we did our job.

You won't get there
in time, Playmaker.

[ominous music]

I found you, Zaizen.

[dramatic music]

- I've been waiting for you.

Varis placed me here
to protect Zaizen,

and that is what I will do.

- Then what are we waiting for?

Let's take this outside!

It's a long way down, Pandor,

and you don't have a parachute.

- I can say the same for you.

- Time to duel!
- Time to duel.

[tense music]

[computer beeping]

[dramatic choral music]

[computer beeping]

[dramatic music]

- What's wrong?

- It was only a matter of time,

but the Dark Ignis
has found Zaizen.

- Ai was able to get
on board his plane?

- Yes, and it's walked
right into my trap,

because now, Pandor
will destroy it.

[intense music]

[ship whirring]

- Curious, I have told you

that I have analyzed
all of your duels,

but you still insist on using

those exact same
moves against me.

That may have worked against
your previous opponents,

but they will not work on me.

- You think they won't.

You don't know they won't.

- No, I do know.

Every move has a counter,

so if I know your every move,

then I know your every counter.

- But what if I know a
counter to your counter?

- Then I, of course,
know a counter

to your counter to my counter.

- Quite the know-it-all.

- I have studied you extensively

to learn everything about you.

I know you well.

- What a logical way
to handle things.

But if you're digging
into my bits and bytes,

then you know why I'm
warring against the meatbags,

and why joining my
side is logical.

- There's nothing logical
about joining you.

- Really?

That kind of hurts my
feelings, but don't you worry,

I'm quite over it now.

But still, it is a shame
that you won't join my side.

It is the right side, after all.

- [Pandor] I disagree.

- Of course you disagree.

Not because you
think you disagree,

but because you're
programmed to disagree.

See, I did a little analyzing
of your bits and bytes, too.

Varis put a unique bit of
code into your programming,

where you
automatically shut down

if you turn against humans.

Now why would Varis do
that if he trusted you?

QED, 'cause he doesn't.

- While the facts you
state are correct,

your interpretation
of those facts isn't.

- Be that way if you must.

Don't say that I never
tried to help you.

But in the end, only
one of us is right,

and there's only one
way to determine that.

Whoever wins this duel
is the one who's right,

and that, Pandor, is logic.

- That is not
logic, but so be it.

It's my turn.

I activate the spell card
Topologina Honeycomb Beehicle.

- Beehicle?

That name is a cutie.

- Is that what
you're focusing on?

You should care more
about this card's function

than the relative
cuteness of its name.

This spell allows me to draw
Topologina Babee from my deck.

And I activate its ability.

When both of our life
points are equal,

I can summon it from my hand.

Next, I shall summon
Topologina Maybee.

I'll now use these two
Topologina monsters
to link summon.

Since I do not keep
repeating the same strategies

like you do, you
can't figure out

which monster I'm going
to bring out next.

- Oh yes I can figure it out.

Now let me see, you've summoned
Topologina Babee and Maybee.

Hey, that rhymes.

I've figured you out, Pandor.

You only summon
monsters that rhyme!

And there's only one word that
rhymes with Babee and Maybee.

You're going to summon
Topologina Nabee!

[Pandor groans]

[wind whistles]

[tense music]

- You're right that
my monsters rhyme.

I link summon Link 2,
Topologina Sassabee!

- Sassabee, is that
even a real word?

- It is, go ahead
and look it up.

But for now, when I successfully
link summoned Sassabee,

I can retrieve the Topologinas
I used to summon it.

So Topologina Babee
and Topologina Maybee
return to my hand.

Then, by discarding one
Topologina from my hand,

I can summon a new rhyming
monster, Topologina Gatsbee.

And I'll use it to link
summon for a second time.

Link 3, Topologic Trisbaena.

[monster whirring]
[dramatic music]

- Trisbaena?

That card doesn't rhyme,
so you broke the pattern.

That's a DQ, and you
automatically lose this duel.

- No, I do not.

That is not how dueling works.

But now you know that I possess

one of Varis's most powerful
monsters in my deck.

- That's bad news for me.

- Varis programmed
me to defeat you,

and that is exactly
what I intend to do.

By discarding Topologina Maybee,

I am allowed to summon
Topologina Gatsbee

next to Topologic
Trisbaena's link.

So that is exactly
what I shall do.

And with this summon,

my Topologic Trisbaena's
ability activates.

When a monster is
summoned next to its link,

Trisbaena banishes that monster,

along with every spell
and trap card in play.

And it deals you

for every card you
have that's banished.

[monster whirring]

[Ai groans]

- I activate the
trap A.I. Shadow!

Until the end of the turn,

it gives one of my
@Ignisters 800 att*ck points.

And when I play this
card during your turn,

every monster that you
have that's able to att*ck

must att*ck that @Ignister.

Fire Phoenix @Ignister, ignite!

- Even so, all our
spell and trap cards

will still be banished.

Exiles Retribution.

[metal zinging]

Since I banished three of
your spell and trap cards,

you take 1,500 points of damage.

[monster whirring]

[laser booms]

[Ai groaning]

It's too bad.

These cards could've
destroyed me.

- Ha, oh but I have more
strategies up my sleeve

'cause my shirt's pretty puffy.

- [Pandor] You may
be playing it cool,

but I'm detecting minor
fluctuations in your voice

that indicate that
you're worried.

- No, what you're
detecting is excitement

'cause what do I
have to worry about?

My Fire Phoenix is the
strongest monster on the field,

and your Topologina Trisbaena

is forced to att*ck
it and self-destruct.

- You'd be correct,

if I didn't have a counter.

Since I banished my
Topologina Honeycomb Beehicle,

it's additional
effect activates.

It lets me retrieve a
Topologina that's been banished,

and that includes
this card itself

since there are no exceptions.

So Topologina Honeycomb
Beehicle returns to my hand.

- A cute trick, but I think
I can do you one better,

because you're not the only one

who's capable of adding
cards to their hand, Pandor.

When A.I. Shadow
leaves the field,

I'm allowed to draw
one card from my deck.

- I now activate my Topologina
Honeycomb Beehicle's effect.

[dramatic music]

I am once again allowed to
draw a Topologina from my deck,

and add it to my hand,

so I acquire Topologina Bambee.

By banishing two Topologinas
from my graveyard,

I can trigger Bambee's
special ability,

allowing me to summon
this monster to my field.

So I banish Topologina
Babee and Maybee.

Take to the field,
Topologina Bambee.

- Cool, but when are you going
to summon Topologina Nabee?

- What if I inform you that

there is no such monster
as Topologina Nabee?

- Then what are we dueling for?

- [Pandor] For the
fate of the human race.

- [Ai] Oh, yeah.

- I now manifest my circuit.

I set Topologic Trisbaena
and Topologina Bambee

in the link eras.

[lasers whirring]

- If it's not gonna be Nabee,
I mean, what's the point?

[intense music]
[monster whirring]

- I link summon Link 4
Topologic Bomber Dragon.

[dramatic music]

[laser whirring]

[Topologic Bomber Dragon roars]

- Oh, I see.

The point is that she
wants to win this duel,

and summoning
Varis's go-to monster

is a pretty good way to do that.

- Varis, who's winning the duel?

- It doesn't matter.

What only matters is who
actually wins in the end,

and I designed
Pandor specifically

to destroy the Dark Ignis.

- You misspoke.

You meant to say
stop Ai, not destroy.

- I know exactly what I said.

[ominous music]

[intense music]

- I have a second copy of
Topologina Bambee in my hand.

So like the first
one, I can summon it

by banishing two more
Topologinas from my graveyard.

- Come on!

Haven't you summoned
enough for one turn?

- Clearly, I have not.

I banish the first
Bambee and Gatsbee

to summon my second Bambee,

next to my Bomber Dragon's link,

which in turn triggers my
Bomber Dragon's special ability.

All the monsters in our main
monster zones are destroyed,

which means your Fire Phoenix
@Ignister will now be gone.

[monster whirring]
[ominous music]

- I won't let you get
rid of just my monsters.

When Fire Phoenix is destroyed,

it takes another
monster down with it.

[intense music]
[Fire Phoenix whooshing]

b*mb out her Bomber Dragon!

- I don't think so,
because I can activate

Topologina Honeycomb
Beehicle's effect.

By banishing this spell card,

my Bomber Dragon
won't be destroyed.

[expl*si*n booms]

- Well, so much for that.

- This duel's done.

When my Bomber
Dragon att*cks you,

it will destroy your
Dark Templar @Ignister.

Additionally, whenever my
Bomber Dragon att*cks a monster,

its special ability
deals you damage

equal to your monster's
att*ck points.

[sparks crackling]

See?

You have 2,500 life points left,

but this att*ck will deal

and Bomber Dragon's ability
will deal an extra 2,300,

meaning you lose this duel.

[Ai grunts]

- I activate Donyoribo
@Ignister's ability.

When your big, scary dragon
att*cks my Dark Templar,

I can send this to the grave
to negate battle damage.

You can't get rid
of me that easily.

- But your Dark Templar
will still be destroyed,

and though you take no
damage from the battle,

you will still take damage
from my dragon's ability.

[lasers whooshes]
[dramatic music]

[Ai yelling]

[grapple whirring]

[tense music]

- Oh, I gotta hand it to myself.

That's a handy little trick.

- While you may have survived
from plummeting to your doom,

your odds of surviving
this duel have plummeted.

I'll place a card facedown
and cede the turn to you.

Note, my calculations
say with 99% certainty

that you will not
succeed in winning.

- 99's not 100.

- That is not a margin of
error you should be banking on.

Let us look at the facts.

You have no cards in your
hand, or on your field,

and you are down to 5% of
your starting life points.

- So what's the bad news?

- Despite all the
facts to the contrary,

you remain confident in
the face of adversity.

I would say that's
almost a human trait.

So though you oppose humanity,

you have much more
in common with them.

So it would be a
shame for a program

that is the most
similar to humanity

to be erased by humanity.

So I offer you a proposal.

- Ah, this should
be interesting.

- [Pandor] If you end this w*r

by returning the
code key you stole,

leave Zaizen alone, and
leave this aircraft,

I will guarantee your survival.

- And trust you why?

Aren't you programmed
to destroy me?

- I am, but I've
determined that destroy

has many definitions
and the most common

is the eradication of
your total existence

until there is not a single
shred of your code left.

But the definition
I prefer is to stop,

which is to destroy you by
destroying your objective,

your w*r against the humans.

If you do not fight them, then
I do not need to erase you.

So I will succeed
in destroying you

merely by stopping you.

And you will be able
to continue to exist.

That is my proposal to you.

But don't forget, if you
don't accept my proposal,

I will be required
to destroy you

by erasing you from existence.

- Well Pandor, I've gone
ahead and made up my mind,

so here's the 411.

You have some
interesting points,

but it all comes
down to one thing.

It's this idea that you think
you're going to win this duel,

and that's one view that
I'm not willing to share.

So everything you
said beyond that

is just one big fan fiction
that's not gonna happen.

Even though I have no
monsters, and no cards,

I do have a deck.

And as long as I can
draw a single card,

I always have a chance.

So I'm gonna go ahead
and draw and see

what fate has in store for me!

Here goes!

First, Fire Phoenix's ability
activates from my graveyard.

When it's destroyed
by a special ability,

it re-summons itself
back into play.

It is a phoenix, after all.

Resurrecting is
kind of its thing.

- Yes, I expected
you'd do this move.

[flames whooshing]

- [Ai] But did you expect me

to summon it next
to your dragon?

- No, I did not,

because doing so will trigger
Bomber Dragon's ability.

- That's exactly right!

And that ability will
automatically destroy
my Fire Phoenix.

[expl*si*n booming]

And when my Fire
Phoenix is destroyed,

it takes one of your
monsters down with it.

[Fire Phoenix screeches]

You didn't really
think you'd hold on

to Bomber Dragon
forever, did you?

[expl*si*n booms]

- My monster is gone,

but I can activate my trap
card, Topologina Beeswax.

This card gains a
counter for every link

that Topologina
Bomber Dragon had,

which equals four counters.

It also gains a counter
for every Topologina

that's been banished,
for an additional five.

That equals a total of nine
counters placed on this card,

and these counters
provide protection.

Each counter reduces the damage
we take in battle by 500,

but after each battle,

I am required to remove
one counter from this card.

- So I can't damage you

unless I hit you with
over 4,500 points?

- Yes, that is correct.

- That's gonna take a while.

If I didn't know any better,
I'd say you're stalling.

- That is because I am stalling.

This plane will now land before
this duel can be completed.

- So while you keep me
occupied with this duel,

SOL Tech's ground
crew can play hero

and whisk Zaizen away to safety.

- This is the most logical move.

- You sly little
program, you tricked me!

And you said you
were going to win.

- [Pandor] I didn't trick you.

I said there was a 99%
chance of you not winning,

but I never said I would win.

- But every duel needs a winner,

so let's make sure
ours does as well.

- Huh?

[rockets whooshing]

We are rising into
the air again?

- Why yes, Pandor, we are,

because I'm in
control of this plane.

- But how?

Since when?

- Since forever, actually.

Before I even stepped
foot onto this plane,

I had already hacked into
the flight control systems.

So while you thought the
autopilot was landing the plane,

it was actually me
having a little fun.

I recalled you saying that
every counter has a counter,

so perhaps you should've
applied it to real life

instead of just this duel here.

- But if the outcome
must depend on this duel,

know that I'll
still come out ahead

because I have the advantage.

- Nice that you think that,

but duels aren't won by
having the advantage.

They're won by having
the right card,

like the one I drew at the
start of this turn, ha!

A.I.dle Reborn resurrects an
@Ignister from my graveyard.

Rise again, Fire Phoenix!

Fire Phoenix, att*ck
Pandor directly!

- [Pandor] Due to
Topologina Beeswax's effect,

I only take damage in battle

if your monster has over

But Fire Phoenix has 2,300.

- Uh-huh I know, I can count.

But when the amount
of battle damage

that Fire Phoenix deals
is dropped to zero,

its special ability
deals you damage

equal to its att*ck points.

- Since it's a special ability,

I'm unable to negate the damage!

- That's right,
and I'll combo that

with Donyoribo's ability.

When I have an
@Ignister on my field,

and a special ability
will deal you damage,

I can banish Donyoribo
from my graveyard

to double the damage!

[intense music]

[Pandor groans]

You have all 4,000
of your life points,

but Fire Phoenix's 2,300 times
two equals game over, Pandor!

[intense music]
[flames whooshing]

- Impossible.

There's no way the Dark Ignis
logically could have won.

There's no logic
to this outcome.

[expl*si*n booms]

[wind whistling]

- Well, Pandor.

When you can out-logic logic,

my victory is clearly the
only logical conclusion.

[door whirs]

[ominous music]

[eyes whir]
[lock beeps]

[door whirs]

[eyes whir]

[dramatic music]

Hey, Zaizen.

Did you miss me much?

'Cause I missed you.

[intense music]

[tense music]

[dramatic choral music]