Five 1x8

Title: "Out of sync [Side B]"

Short Summary

 * Kazuo seems hopeless against Nishio's combo and is driven to a corner.
 * Silence or Hanaoka gives more details about Eisuke and his domain, and is hinted to make a move.
 * With Nishio's, Hanaoka's and Silence's eyes on him, Kazuo has no other choice and reveals his hidden "trump".

Featured Duel: Kazuo Abe vs. Nishio
Continues from the previous chapter.

Turn 10: Nishio


 * Normal Summons "Fluffal Mouse".
 * Activates its effect, Special Summoning two more copies from his Deck.
 * Activates "Triple Trade", banishing 3 "Gather Your Mind" from his GY to add 3 "Evil Thorn" from his GY to his hand.
 * Tributes 3 "Fluffal Mouses" to Special Summon "Cold Shackles of the Trinity" from his hand (Kazuo's LP: 7100 → 7400).
 * Discards 3 "Evil Thorn" to Special Summon "Stone Pillar of the Trinity" from his hand (Kazuo's LP: 7400 → 7700).
 * Banishes 3 "Ra's Disciple" from his GY to Special Summon "Searing Rain of the Trinity" from his hand (Kazuo's LP: 7700 → 8000).
 * The effect of "Cold Shackles" renders the ATK of Kazuo's monsters zero and negates their effects.
 * Attacks and destroys "Robin" with "Searing Rain" (Kazuo's LP: 8000 → 6000).
 * Attacks and destroys "Griggle" with "Cold Shackles" (Kazuo's LP: 6000 → 4000).
 * Attacks directly with "Stone Pillar" (Kazuo's LP: 4000 → 2000).
 * During the End Phase, the effect of "Searing Rain" activates, destroying Kazuo's "Child's Play" and face-down "Witch's Strike", as well as Nishio's face-down "Solemn Strike".

[Kazuo's hand: 0] [Nishio's hand: 1]

Turn 11: Kazuo


 * Activates "One Day of Peace".

[Kazuo's hand: 1] [Nishio's hand: 2]

Turn 12: Nishio


 * Activates the effect of "Stone Pillar", allowing both players to draw 1 card.
 * Sets 1 card.

[Kazuo's hand: 2] [Nishio's hand: 3]

Turn 13: Kazuo


 * Sets 1 monster.
 * Activates the effect of "Parasite Goblin" in his GY, adding "Grumpy Robbin' Goblin" from his GY to his hand.
 * Sets 1 card.
 * Activates "Shard of Greed".

[Kazuo's hand: 1] [Nishio's hand: 3]

Turn 14: Nishio


 * Attacks Kazuo's face-down monster with "Searing Rain". It's revealed to be "Nimble Momonga".
 * Kazuo activates his face-down "Grumpy Robbin' Goblin", selecting "Momonga".
 * "Nimble Momonga" is destroyed (Kazuo's LP: 2000 → 3000) (Nishio's LP: 2700 → 1700). Kazuo Special Summons a 2nd "Momonga" from his Deck. [Note: He only has two copies of it]
 * Nishio ends his Battle Phase.
 * Normal Summons "Marshmacaron".
 * During the End Phase, the effect of "Searing Rain" activates, destroying Kazuo's face-down "Nimble Momonga" and his own "Marshmacaron".
 * The effect of "Marshmacaron" activates in the GY, Special Summoning two more copies in Defense Position.
 * Activates his face-down "Triple Bonus", banishing 2 "Marshmacaron" from his field and 1 from his GY to allow him a draw during his next three turns. In exchange, Kazuo Special Summons "Cupid Volley" from his GY.

[Kazuo's hand: 1] [Nishio's hand: 4]

Turn 15: Kazuo


 * "Shard of Greed" gains 1 counter.
 * Sets 1 monster.
 * Activates the effect of "Parasite Goblin" in his GY, adding "Shy Robbin' Goblin" from his GY to his hand.
 * Sets 1 card.
 * Uses "Cupid Volley" as material to Link Summon "The Guilty Clown".

[Kazuo's hand: 1] [Nishio's hand: 4]

Turn 16: Nishio


 * Attacks and destroys Kazuo's face-down monster with "Searing Rain", which is revealed to be "Spear Cretin".
 * The effect of "Spear Cretin" activates, with Kazuo Special Summoning "Metal Scorpion" in face-down Defense Position. Nishio Special Summons "Evil Thorn" in face-down Defense Position.
 * At this point, Nishio realizes Kazuo's plan; he would use the effect of "The Guilty Clown" to force Nishio's monsters to attack "Metal Scorpion", while preventing its destruction, and then use "Shy Robbin' Goblin" to power it up. However, he explains that "Cold Shackles" will negate all of his monster effects on the field, rendering his entire combo useless.
 * "Cold Shackles" attacks and destroys "Metal Scorpion".
 * "Stone Pillar" attacks and destroys "The Guilty Clown" (Kazuo's LP: 3000 → 1000).
 * During the End Phase, the effect of "Searing Rain" activates, destroying Kazuo's face-down "Shy Robbin' Goblin" and his own "Evil Thorn".
 * During the End Phase, the effect of "Triple Bonus" would kick in, but Nishio opts not to draw to avoid giving Kazuo a Special Summon and corner him for good, declaring he already saw that's the limit of what he can do.

[Kazuo's hand: 1] [Nishio's hand: 5]

Turn 17: Kazuo


 * "Shard of Greed" gains 1 counter.
 * Sends "Shard of Greed" to the Graveyard to draw 2 cards - one of which is a Code Card.
 * Kazuo begins to Decode his Code Card.

Continued in the next chapter.

Featured cards
New cards are in italic.