Chapter 1151: The Enforcer
"Enforcer?"
Kira stood from the sofa, sizing up the newcomer.
Their face was masked, but their bearing was extraordinary—a battle-hardened aura, like a blade drawn from its sheath, making no effort to hide its edge.
"That’s right," the figure replied in a deep, chilly voice.
"I am a Iliaster Enforcer, tasked with erasing all those who betray the organization or leak its secrets."
Clark wailed in despair on the floor, "No! I didn’t betray the organization! I didn’t le—I just...just..."
"Just foolishly stumbled into a simple Shadow Game and was manipulated at will." The Enforcer was frostily indifferent. "I don’t doubt your loyalty. I know you were simply stupid.
But reasons don’t matter now. In any case, Iliaster has passed judgment—the sentence is erasure."
Clark’s despair deepened to boundless regret.
Why did I have to be so foolish as to roll that die?!
"And you," the Enforcer’s eyes turned to Kira.
"To master such a degree of Shadow Game power... no surprise; such people are almost extinct in this era. However—"
He gave a low snort, raising his arm. Floating mechanical devices whirred into position, attaching to his arm. Swiftly, they assembled into a strange, floating duel disk.
"No matter who you are. Anyone seeking Iliaster secrets must be erased!"
"Oh? Is that so? Interesting..."
Kira mused. In the anime, it always seemed like the only Iliaster members shown were the Three Pure Nobles, with the rest being mere faceless ghost soldiers.
But obviously, an organization that manipulates history and infiltrates every corner of the world must be huge; it couldn’t possibly be just three leaders.
"Well then, I suppose those three won’t show up unless I deal with you first. I still have questions for them—I’ll settle you first."
The Enforcer said coldly, "If you can do it."
"Duel!" x2
[Kira, LP4000]
[Enforcer, LP4000]
"I’ll go first. Draw."
The Enforcer moved first. After drawing, he swiftly set two cards from his hand.
"I set a monster on the field."
"Then set a card face-down. My turn ends."
Kira: "My turn. Draw."
He added his drawn card to his hand, then took another from his hand.
"I’ll also set a monster face-down on the field..."
As his monster card hit the duel disk, a shimmer of starlight revealed its form in the hologram. Right then, the Enforcer flipped over his set spell/trap.
"In response, I activate the set trap card—’Shadow of Eyes’!"
A huge eye appeared in the trap field, radiating an irresistibly alluring magnetism.
As if under its pull, the monster Kira just set forcibly turned from defense to attack position—flipping face-up.
"’Shadow of Eyes’ can only be activated during the opponent’s set phase," said the Enforcer. "It forcibly changes the set monster to attack position. If it’s a flip effect monster, its effect can’t activate!"
Kira: "So it counteracts flip effects?"
His monster wasn’t a flip effect monster, but—
With the monster revealed, a soft little white figure appeared, grumbling: "Gah, now everyone can see everything..."
[Marshmallon, ATK 300]
"Marshmallon," mused the Enforcer. "When attacked while set, it deals 1000 damage and can’t be destroyed by battle. Troublesome.
But if flipped face-up, it can’t reflect damage. And with just 300 attack, it’s now a huge liability."
"Indeed. Flipping my Marshmallon—isn’t that a bit much?"
Kira sighed. "Well, fine. I’ll set one card and end my turn."
Enforcer: "My turn. Draw."
He slapped another monster card down.
"Normal Summon: ’Ally Salvo’!"
A round bomb, wreathed in purple flames, floated into play.
[Ally Salvo, ATK 400]
"And now, I flip my set monster—Flip Summon!"
The covered monster flipped up—a spider-like mechanical bug.
[Ally of Justice Cycle Reader, ATK 1000]
Kira: "An Ally of Justice deck?"
An archetype from the earliest Synchro era—it appeared in the anime when the mass-produced ghost army used Ally of Justice cards.
"Level 2, Tuner monster: Ally Salvo!
Level 3: Ally of Justice Cycle Reader!
Tune!"
[2 + 3 = 5]
A surge of purple light accompanied the Synchro Halo, avatar of the mechanical bug forming amidst virtual data.
"With metallic fangs that gnaw at the light, grinding hope into dust with manifold machine limbs!"
The Enforcer lifted his arm. The virtual bug’s dark steel plates blossomed and burst with a crimson emblem; its core began to overheat and spin.
"Synchro Summon—
—Ally of Justice Catastor!"
[Ally of Justice Catastor, ATK 2200]
"So it’s Ally of Justice." Kira glanced at his own Marshmallon, half-smiling. "Looks like it’s my unlucky day."
Marshmallon, puzzled, turned his head. "Huh?"
What does that mean? I’m attack position, but it’s my master who’ll take the damage. I can’t be destroyed by battle, so...who cares?
Why’s this unlucky?
The Enforcer raised his voice: "Battle! ’Ally of Justice Catastor’, attack ’Marshmallon’!"
The mechanical bug menaced Marshmallon, energy focusing at its eyes, firing a golden beam.
At first, Marshmallon stood proud—but the Enforcer recited, "Catastor’s effect! When battling anything but a DARK-attribute monster, destroy that monster instantly!"
Anything but DARK? Marshmallon turned pale.
Crap!
This bug won’t battle, it just destroys with its effect!
What a cheat move!