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'''"Eye of the Storm"''', known as '''"Impact! Cyberse Vanishes"''' in the Japanese version, is the tenth episode of the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime. It first aired in Japan on July 19, 2017, became available with official subtitles via Crunchyroll on the same day, and aired in Canada on September 30, 2018.
{{Episode summary|Due to [[Varis]]'s brutal assault, [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]] is now on the defensive. Playmaker then uses [[Skill|Storm Access]] to obtain [[Firewall Dragon (anime)|a card ]] in order to turn things around. However, due to Varis's tactics, the stage of their battle has moved to the inside of the [[Data Storm]]...}}
==Summary==
[[File:Varis' father releases the glowing card.png|thumb|250px|left|[[Varis]]'s father releases the glowing card.]]
Playmaker declares his turn and draws, and [[Ai]] gasps that this is bad; they managed to survive, but they'll lose if they don't do something this turn (in the dub, they snark at one another). Playmaker replies that he knows, and Ai comments that they'll have to use their special plan, and Playmaker comments that they'll use "[[Skill|Storm Access]]". Ai notes that they'll need to summon a more powerful monster than Varis's, so they'll need a bigger [[Data Storm]]. Playmaker asks if that means that they'll have to pray for one, but Ai confidently replies that AIs don't pray - they only calculate ways to win. He orders the [[Cyberse (world)|Cyberse]] to generate new data material, and a spear of purple light erupts from Playmaker's [[Duel Disk]]. A massive Data Storm twists out of the sky and engulfs the buildings, and Ghost Gal asks in shock what it is as she is swept away. [[Akira Zaizen|Zaizen]] notes that this happened the first time he saw Playmaker (in the dub, he begs Playmaker to in win and save [[Skye Zaizen|his sister]]). Varis smiles, commenting that he knew that Playmaker would do it; he was waiting for this moment. Now his goal for this [[Speed Duel]] is complete. In the [[Knights of Hanoi]]'s headquarters, the [[Dr. Kogami|man in the lab coat]] comments that they're ready, and he muses on the concept of having to destroy his own child, commenting that this must be poetic justice (in the dub, he makes no such allegory). He holds up a [[Fire Prison (anime)|brightly glowing card]] and releases it into [[LINK VRAINS]], causing it to appear above the city and glow brightly. Varis comments that it seems like his father is ready (in the dub, he just observes that it's the signal).
[[File:New monster in the Data Storm.png|thumb|250px|[[Firewall Dragon (anime)|A new monster ]] moves through the [[Data Storm]].]]
The Data Storm rises behind Playmaker, and Ai tells him to go; his courage will give rise to a new power. Playmaker rises up the face of the wave and he declares the activation of his Skill, and the wave crests and engulfs him. Playmaker explains that when his [[LP]] is 1000 or less, he can obtain one random Link Monster from the Data Storm. He reaches out, already grasping his right wrist to steady it in the torrent, and Ai gasps that it's a giant Data Storm; there's definitely someone powerful in here (in the dub, Ai comments that if Playmaker doesn't get a powerful monster, it's on him, not Ai). Playmaker struggles to keep his balance as the data swirls in his palm, a far bigger burst that previously, and above him, a [[Firewall Dragon (anime)|dragon]] flies through the Data Storm. Ai tells Playmaker to seize the wind, and Playmaker declares "Storm Access!" as the card coalesces in his hand. He emerges from the Data Storm with the glowing card in hand, and Varis admits that he's impressed. As Playmaker descends, Ai crows that this is the key card for a comeback, and Playmaker chants, "Appear! The Circuit that leads to the future!" as he releases the burst of light from his fingertips.
The glowing card shines above them, releasing rays of light that cause the Data Storm to rise where they meet it. Ai asks what's happening as the Data Storm rises around them, and Varis laughs that he used their power to his advantage. Playmaker asks if he planned this, and Varis agrees that he did. The Data Storm forms into a twister between them as Varis claims that a Speed Duel is too limiting for their battle; the next stage awaits them. Ghost Gal is swept back as she asks what is happening (she simply groans in the dub), and her feed goes dead. Kolter cries Yusaku's name and Playmaker screams as the Data Storm sucks him off his [[Duel Board]] and into its depths. Varis laughs as he too is drawn inside the Data Storm. In the church, Zaizen stands with Blue Angel's comatose body, and he asks what happened to Playmaker and Varis. Ghost Gal explains that the tornado swallowed them, and he orders her to go after them. Ghost Gal tells him not to be crazy; she can't see anything. Zaizen grits his teeth angrily, and he looks at Blue Angel's body, whispering his sister's name (in the dub, he apologizes to Skye - he's failed her).
In the [[SOL Technologies]] headquarters, [[Knight]] mutters that Playmaker and Varis are planning to finish this where they can't reach them. [[Bishop]] muses that if the [[Ignis]] falls into the hands of the Knights of Hanoi, it'll put their company in the worst situation. [[Rook]] snaps that they should be more worried about why the Knights of Hanoi can control the Data Storm. Knight muses that there is someone who can, but it can't be... (In the dub, this conversation is completely changedshortened. Bishop wonders since when the Knights have been able to control the Data Storm, and Knight notes that only one man could, but it would be impossible to be him.)
[[File:Playmaker watches as Varis acquires a new card.png|thumb|250px|left|[[Playmaker]] watches as [[Varis]] acquires a new card.]]
Playmaker is flung through the depths of the Data Storm, groaning as Ai screams. They are hurled into the eye of the Data Storm, bordered by the purple walls, and Playmaker glows blue as he drifts through the air, where jade fragments of rock litter the area. Ai observes that they're in the eye of the Data Storm, but it's quiet (in the dub, Playmaker makes these observations, and Ai notes that it's ''too'' quiet, tripping over his words before pointing out that something bad is going to happen since something bad ''always'' happens). Playmaker spots Varis standing on an island below them, and as he descends to the island, he observes that this is Varis's field (in the dub, he declares that he's found Varis). He lands on another island in front of Varis, who declares that Playmaker has arrived, and this will be the stage for their final battle (in the dub, he snarks that he wasn't hiding, and they can continue their battle away from prying eyes here). Around them, the Data Storm twists violently through the flaming city as the glowing card lowers into its depths. Varis declares that they will settle this in a [[Master Duel]], and Playmaker repeats the term. The field appears beneath them and cubes of data twists through the air around them as Ai notes that in a Master Duel, the [[Monster Zone]]s and [[Spell & Trap Zone]]s are bigger than in a Speed Duel (Varis is the one to note this in the dub, and he specifies the number). Varis comments that the true power of a Link Monster's [[Link Arrow]]s can only be unleashed in a Master Duel; now he and Playmaker can fully unleash their powers. Playmaker agrees; he'll finish Varis here (in the dub, he asks if they're going to talk or Duel). Varis raises his Duel Disk, causing the interaction ring to appear around it as the glowing card descends and adds itself into his Deck. Ai asks what that card is, and Playmaker notes that it's likely something to power up his Master Duel. Ai admits that strategies in Speed Duels and Master Duels are completely different, and Varis tells Playmaker, "Let's go!". They both declare "Duel!"
[[File:FirePrison-JP-Anime-VR-NC.png|thumb|250px|"[[Fire Prison (anime)|Fire Prison]]" encloses the field.]]
[[File:LinkbeltWallDragon-JP-Anime-VR-NC.png|thumb|250px|left|[[Varis]] [[Special Summon]]s "[[Linkbelt Wall Dragon (anime)|Linkbelt Wall Dragon]]".]]
