"Amagi-san, you want to join the Fusion Club?"
"Yes."
"Uh... Well, write down your name then. Later, the club will arrange for some students to duel with you."
In the school's dueling hall, a girl in a blue school uniform asks Hikaru Amagi two questions, and after receiving an affirmative answer, she writes down Hikaru Amagi's name.
In the Duel Academy, different skill levels are distinguished by the color of the school uniform, and the lowest ranked is Osiris Red, who wears a red school uniform and are the typical "bad students" of the school; The middlerank is Ra Yellow, which is considered to be an upper to average student, with the highest rank being Obelisk Blue. which housed the highest ranking students - The creme of the crop.
The student in charge of registration in front of him was wearing a blue uniform, so she was an elite student, while Amagi was a middle-level student with a yellow uniform.
To be honest, Amagi Hikaru was surprised - he never expected that the level of the original could still be considered an "average student".
The girl in charge of recording looked at Amagi Hikaru with strange eyes, and she felt like she was looking at a madman.
This is normal, Duel Academy has a variety of activities and interest clubs, and each student can choose according to their preferences.
The "Fusion Club" used to be the activity club that many students would choose, but since the discovery of the possibility of other dimensions, some extremely fanatical factions have become disgusted and afraid of "complex other summoning methods", so they formed the "Fusion Extremist" faction led by Reo Akaba.
The current Fusion Club is already the base camp of the "fusion" army, and seeing a freshman apply to join this kind of club is really the actions of a madman in the eyes of other ordinary students.
Amagi glanced around the venue, there were only a few students from the Ra Yellow, and a few students from the Osiris Red, and there was even a jellyfish head inside...
- It's the Yuki Judai himself!
I didn't expect to see the protagonist of the original work so early, which is quite a good thing.
"Hey!! Come on!!" Judai saw a student on the field and shouted enthusiastically.
Although Yuki Judai is a brainless duelling fanatic who plays almost any card, this tournament happens to be the type he won't participate in - although he likes fusion very much, if you want him to listen to the words "fusion is absolutely supreme and everything else is rubbish", then forget it.
But take the opportunity to watch the duel, with his character, he was bound to come and watch.
It's even possible that he's been watching it all day.
"Hey! Boy, don't look around! When Amagi Hikaru was distracted, his opponent was already impatient, "Hurry up and admit defeat, I can't wait to wear the purple school uniform!" On the side, there were several students from the Obelisk Blue in the spectator seats, who were also shouting: "Hey, Yulon, hurry up and let that kid from the Yellow Academy know that the ancient machine is a deck that only we in Obelisk Blue can use!"
"Haha, I don't need you to say it!"
Hikaru Amagi raised an eyebrow.
Indeed, it seems that the vast majority of students in the Fusion Department are students of the Obelisk Blue, and Ra Yellow and Osiris Red were very rare.
It seems that even the club of fanatics has color discrimination.
"Duel!" "Duel!"
[Hikaru Amagi, LP:4000]
[Yulon, LP:4000]
The duel disc unfolds, and five cards are drawn as cards in the hand at the same time.
"I'll go first!" The student of the Obelisk Blue let out a loud shout and drew a card at the speed of light.
'That's a foul!!' Amagi Mitsuya wanted to shout, but suddenly remembered that in the era of Yu-Gi-Oh GX, it was still possible to draw cards for the first turn, so he quickly stopped himself.
However, the other party said "I'll go first" and directly started drawing cards, which really made Amagi Hikaru a little upset.
If you can gain the first turn just by shouting fast, then he must train this ability in the future. How awesome would it be to always have the first turn?
After Yulon drew the card, he looked at the card in his hand and smiled: "Haha, you're finished."
"Unleash the spell card and Fusion Sage!"
He flashed a card from his hand and smiled wildly: "This card can add Polymerization from my deck into my hand!"
"I actually got a Polymerization at the beginning!"
"Haha, that Ra Yellow boy is finished."
A group of Fusion Extremists who had changed into purple uniforms nodded and praised when they saw Yulon fighting like this.
"It's really beyond the strength of a student from Ra Yellow to come to participate in the screening of the Fusion Department!"
"The Ancient Gear deck is the card deck that our Blue Academy only uses!"
"Yes, especially with our professor, who has a PHD in duelling, Professor Cronos!"
"Don't think that just because the professor made a mistake and lost to the trash students of the Osiris Red, anyone can beat us!"
The man said excitedly.
"Mamma Mia ..." In the first row of the viewing seats, Professor Cronos, who had a face like the "Pot of Greed" and a large blue long-tailed uniform, heard the students talking and became even more depressed.
Although he does not support the Fusion Club and their actions, the main deck of the Fusion Club is "Ancient Gear" after all, and as an expert with this deck, he had to see how students will play this deck.
But as soon as he heard the nonsense from the students, he couldn't accept that this was what they were doing.
"Look at the duel, watch the duel!" He bit his handkerchief and gritted his teeth. On the other side, Yulon was still going: "I normal summon, Ancient Gear Knight!"
?
Amagi Hikaru was slightly stunned.
Suddenly, an old robot covered in steel, holding a shield in his left hand and a lance in his right hand, emerges and becomes the first monster summoned in the duel.
Ancient Gear Knight, level 4, ground attribute, attack power 1800, double.
"Ancient Gear Knight?" Many Ra Yellow and Osiris Red students in the stands showed puzzled looks.
You already have an Ancient Gear deck, so why are you still participating in this kind of screening duel?
Amagi Hikaru looked to the right-hand side and looked at the students of the Fusion Department, all of whom looked like they saw the funniest joke in all their lives, grinning as if they had already predicted the ending.
"A powerful monster that usually summon only 1800 points! That's amazing! Ten generations shouted excitedly.
"Hmph, I got Polymerization in the first turn, and I also summoned a 1800 attack wall, my first turn wasn't bad!"
"Now, he just has to wait for other fusion materials."
"It's not in vain that we lent the deck to a few of our classmates from the Obelisk Blue."
The students of the Fusion Department discussed enthusiastically, and the voice was loud, as if they were afraid that the students of the other dorms wouldn't hear them.
"I end my turn." Yulon sneered arrogantly.
Amagi Hikaru was dumbfounded.
The other party was certainly a piece of work.
That's it?
"What's wrong? Scared? Yulon laughed, "If you're afraid, then surrender quickly!" Let me tell you, fusion is not something that everyone can touch!
Amagi raised his eyebrows and pursed his mouth slightly.
Hmph.
Such a weak first turn.
There are no interruptions at all, only a wall of 1800 points... You must know that even if the opponent was playing Axe Raider Beatdown, he would still have at least one backrow.
Even if you just had Sakuretsu Armor, I would have given you some credit!
He shook his head slightly: "Classmate."
"How?"
"In my long school life, I realized one thing."
"Hm?"
"The more people chase fusion, the more they can't understand fusion. Because people always want to fusion summon using monsters as materials. Just like you.
"Added the Polymerization, but only holding it in the hand, and then normal summons a monster! Why should you join the Fusion Club!?
"Fusion should be the noblest way to summon, and any superfluous action is disrespectful to fusion!"
"What!?"
Not to mention Yulon, even some of the students of the Fusion Department were stunned when they heard Amagi Hikaru's words, and some even couldn't help but check their ears, suspecting that they had heard it wrong.
We just advocate fusion, however, you really are crazy!
"My turn, draw!"
The corners of his mouth twitched as he looked at his hand.
Dang, brick hand! Six spell cards.
In Master Duel, he would have surrendered, but he wasn't playing Master Duel.
A cold smile appeared on his face, he looked straight ahead, directly raised his hand, and shouted: "Fusion is the Noblest Summoning Method! So, all it takes is fusion!!"
"I pay 1000 Life Points, activate the Fusion spell card, Ready Fusion!
"This card allows me to special summon a level six or lower non-effect fusion monster from my extra deck, treating it as a fusion summon!"
"Come forth, Fusion Summon, Bracchio-raidus!"
With his shout, a blue dinosaur roared and flew straight out of the extra deck, standing beside Amagi Hikari.
[Bracchio-raidus, level 6, 2200 ATK 2000 DEF]
"What?!?! No materials, yet you can just fusion summon??" Yulon opened his eyes wide and subconsciously wiped his eyes.
"Wow, that's too strong." Judai saw the Bracchio-raidus directly summoned, and his eyes showed a look of surprise, "Wow, if my Hero's have this kind of card..."
All the students who were watching, whether they were not interested in the Fusion Department, or those who borrowed cards from Yulon and other test students, ready to see the jokes of other academy students, or Professor Cronos, who was a little uninterested in watching, were all shocked by Amagi Hikaru's card.
Normally... Can fusion still be played like this?
---------
Some other translations I've seen calls ready fusion, instant fusion. Definitely not fusion purists, or even researches about what they're translating.
-SkyRokket