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[[Gerard]] has successfully hacked in one of the computers in [[Duel Academy]]'s library, and is able to find the information he needs. He finds a list of students that are studying abroad, which includes [[Atticus Rhodes]]. However, the list is so large that he determines that it must be a cover-up - each of those students must be among the missing. Elsewhere, the Duel between [[Jaden Yuki]] and [[Bastion Misawa]] to determine Duel Academy's representative against [[North Academy]] continues. Though Jaden has a 1200 point advantage in terms of [[LP]], Bastion has sealed off Jaden's use of "[[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]]" through "[[Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell (anime)|Cursed Seal of the Forbidden SealSpell]]", thus preventing Jaden from using his primary way of [[Fusion Summon]]ing.

[[Zane Truesdale]] is impressed, as Bastion has essentially crippled Jaden's Deck via the use of a single card, since all of Jaden's known trump cards are [[Fusion Monster]]s. Unable to Summon "[[Elemental Hero Tempest (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Tempest]]" as he had intended, Jaden Summons "[[Elemental Hero Avian (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Avian]] in [[Defense Position]] and switches "[[Elemental Hero Sparkman (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Sparkman]]" to Defense Position before ending his turn. Despite the situation, Jaden is still confident he can find another way to win the Duel. Bastion Summons "[[Mathematician (anime)|Mathematician]]", whose effect forces him to [[send]] the top card of his [[Main Deck|Deck]] to the [[Graveyard]]. Bastion has "[[Water Dragon (anime)|Water Dragon]]" and "Mathematician" attack and destroy "Sparkman" and "Avian", respectively.

Gerard intends to leave the island, and print a news story about the [[Abandoned Dorm]] and the missing students, which would bring him instant fame and fortune, but ruin Duel Academy's reputation in the process. On his way out, he opts to stop by the Duel Arena and begins to watch the remainder of the Duel. Jaden Summons "[[Elemental Hero Bubbleman (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Bubbleman]]", [[Draw a card|drawing]] two cards via its effect. He then [[equip]]s it with "[[Bubble Blaster]]", increasing its [[ATK]] by 800. He attacks and destroys "Mathematician", whose effect lets Bastion draw a card. Jaden [[Set]]s two cards and activates "[[Mirage of Nightmare (anime)|Mirage of Nightmare]]", commenting that Bastion is making a big mistake if he thinks his Deck functions on nothing but Fusions. The [[Elemental HERO]]es have other combinations he can use, not just Fusions. Bastion starts his turn and "Mirage of Nightmare" lets Jaden restore his hand to four cards during Bastion's [[Standby Phase]]. After that, he activates his [[face-down]] "[[Emergency Provisions (anime)|Emergency Provisions]]", sending "Mirage of Nightmare" to the [[Graveyard]] to gain 1000 LP, and avoid the negative effect of the card - he would have to discard the same number of cards he just drew during his own Standby Phase. Gerard is impressed, but still feels he's wasting his time watching the Duel. However, he can't bring himself to leave.

Bastion activates "[[Pot of Greed (anime)|Pot of Greed]]", drawing two cards. This means that ten cards are now on top of the "[[Carboneddon (anime)|Carboneddon]]" in his Graveyard, which lets him activate its effect, [[Banish|removing]] it from play and [[Special Summon]]ing "[[Hyozanryu (anime)|Hyozanryu]]" from his Deck. This effect is likened to carbon being turned into a diamond when subjected to immense pressure, in this case represented by the ten cards on top of it. "Hyozanryu's" name in the Japanese version is "Diamond Dragon", and the English version adds that phrase to the end of "Hyozanryu's" name in order to make this more clear. "Hyozanryu" attacks "Bubbleman", which destroys "Bubble Blaster", negating the [[Battle damage]] and destruction of the monster, but reducing "Bubbleman's" attack to 800. "Water Dragon" attacks and destroys it, dealing Jaden 2000 damage, but letting him activate his face-down "[[Hero Signal (anime)|Hero Signal]]", Special Summoning "[[Elemental Hero Clayman (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Clayman]]" from his Deck in [[Attack Position]]. Bastion Sets a card to end his turn. Jaden plays "[[The Warrior Returning Alive (anime)|The Warrior Returning Alive]]", adding "Bubbleman" from his Graveyard to his hand, before Summoning it and activating "[[Bubble Shuffle (anime)|Bubble Shuffle]]". This switches both "Bubbleman" and "Water Dragon" to Defense Position, and lets Jaden [[Tribute]] the former to Summon "[[Elemental Hero Bladedge (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Bladedge]]" in Attack Position. He than activates "[[Skyscraper (anime)|Skyscraper]]" and attacks with "Bladedge", destroying "Water Dragon", as "Skyscraper" increases the ATK of Elemental Hero monsters by 1000 when they battle monsters with higher ATK. Bastion is reduced to 500 LP, but "Water Dragon's" effect activates, letting him Special Summon two "[[Hydrogeddon (anime)|Hydrogeddon]]s" and one "[[Oxygeddon (anime)|Oxygeddon]]" from his Graveyard, all in Defense Position. Since a monster was destroyed in battle, Bastion is also able to activate his face-down "[[Last Magnet]]", which equips to "Bladedge", decreasing its [[Original ATK and DEF|original attack]] by 800. Jaden ends his turn by destroying "Oxygeddon" with "Clayman", whose ATK is increased by 1000 via "Skyscraper".

Bastion begins his turn, activating the [[Ritual Spell Card]], "[[Litmus Doom Ritual (anime)|Litmus Doom Ritual]]", Tributing his two [[Level]] 4 "Hydrogeddons" to [[Ritual Summon]] the Level 8 "[[Litmus Doom Swordsman (anime)|Litmus Doom Swordsman]]". Though it has 0 original ATK, that stat increases to 3000 if their is a face-up [[Trap Card]] on the field. With "Last Magnet" still face-up, both its ATK and [[DEF]] become 3000. It also cannot be [[Destroyed by battle|destroyed in battle]], and is immune to the effects of Trap Cards. He uses it to attack and destroy "Bladedge", which sends "Last Magnet" to the Graveyard with it so its stats return to 0. "Hyozanryu" then attacks and destroys "Clayman". Basttion activates "[[A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon (anime)|A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon]]", returning "Hyozanryu" to his hand to destroy "Skyscraper". He Sets a card to end his turn.

Jaden has 2800 Life Points remaining and controls "Elemental HERO Hero Sparkman" (1600/1400) in Attack Position and "[[Spark Blaster (anime)|Spark Blaster]]" (equipped to "Sparkman").

Bastion has just used "[[Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell (anime)|Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell]]" to negate Jaden's "[[Polymerization (anime)|Polymerization]]" and destroy it. Jaden then [[Normal Summon]]s "[[Elemental Hero Avian (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Avian]]" (1000/1000) in [[Defense Position]] and switches "[[Elemental Hero Sparkman (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Sparkman]]" to Defense Position.

Bastion [[Draw a card|draws]] "[[Mathematician (anime)|Mathematician]]" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1500/500) in [[Attack Position]]. Since "Mathematician" was summoned, its first effect activates, [[send]]ing "[[Ring of Destruction (anime)|Ring of Destruction]]" from the top of Bastion's [[Main Deck|Deck]] to the [[Graveyard]].<ref group="Notes" name="carbonten">The ten cards on top of "[[Carboneddon]]" in the [[Graveyard]] are shown to be "[[Oxygeddon]]", two "[[Hydrogeddon]]s", "[[Bonding - H2O]]", "[[Living Fossil (anime)|Living Fossil]]", "[[Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell]]", "[[Double Spell]]", "[[Mathematician]]", "[[Pot of Greed]]" and "[[Ring of Destruction]]". Via process of elimination, "Ring of Destruction" must be the card [[Send|sent]] from the [[Main Deck|Deck]] to the [[Graveyard]] when "Mathematician" was Summoned.</ref> "[[Water Dragon (anime)|Water Dragon]]" attacks and destroys "Sparkman". "Mathematician" then attacks and destroys "Avian".

Jaden draws "[[Mirage of Nightmare (anime)|Mirage of Nightmare]]". He then Normal Summons "[[Elemental Hero Bubbleman (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Bubbleman]]" (800/1200) in Attack Position. Since "Bubbleman" was summoned while Jaden had no other cards on his side of the field, its second effect activates, letting Jaden draws two cards. Jaden then activates "[[Bubble Blaster (anime)|Bubble Blaster]]", [[equip]]ping it onto "Bubbleman" and increasing its [[ATK]] by 800 ("Bubbleman": 800 → 1600 ATK).

"Hyozanryu" attacks "Bubbleman", but Jaden destroys "Bubble Blaster" via its second effect to prevent "Bubbleman" from being destroyed and reduce the Battle Damage he would take to 0. "Water Dragon" attacks and destroys "Bubbleman" (Jaden: 3800 → 1800 LP). Since a monster Jaden controlled was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, Jaden activates his face-down "[[Hero Signal (anime)|Hero Signal]]" to Special Summon "[[Elemental Hero Clayman (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Clayman]]" (800/2000) from his Deck in Attack Position. Bastion Sets a card.

Jaden draws. He then activates "[[The Warrior Returning Alive (anime)|The Warrior Returning Alive]]" to add "Bubbleman" from his Graveyard to his [[hand]]. Jaden then Normal Summons "Bubbleman" (800/1200) in Attack Position. He then activates "[[Bubble Shuffle (anime)|Bubble Shuffle]]" to switch "Bubbleman" and "Water Dragon" to Defense Position and [[Tribute]] the former monster to Special Summon "[[Elemental Hero Bladedge (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Bladedge]]" (2600/1800) in Attack Position. Jaden then activates "[[Skyscraper (anime)|Skyscraper]]". Now if an [[Elemental HERO]] battles a monster whose ATK is higher than it, that Elemental HERO will gain 1000 ATK during damage calculation.

Bastion draws. He then activates "[[Litmus Doom Ritual (anime)|Litmus Doom Ritual]]" to Tribute his two "Hydrogeddons" and [[Ritual Summon]] "[[Litmus Doom Swordsman (anime)|Litmus Doom Swordsman]]" (0/0) in Attack Position. Since there is a face-up Trap Card on the field, the ATK and DEF of "Litmus Doom Swordsman" become 3000 due to its second effect ("Litmus Doom Swordsman": 0 → 3000/0 → 3000). This monster also can't be destroyed in battle and it is unaffected by Trap Cards.

Jaden draws "[[Elemental Hero Wildheart (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Wildheart]]" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1500/1600) in Attack Position. Due to this monster's effect, it can't be affected by Bastion's Trap Cards. Bastion activates his face-down "[[Spirit Barrier (anime)|Spirit Barrier]]". Now while Bastion controls a monster, he takes no Battle Damage ("Litmus Doom Swordsman": 0 → 3000/0 → 3000). Jaden then activates "[[Cyclone Boomerang (anime)|Cyclone Boomerang]]", equipping it to "Wildheart" and increasing its ATK by 500 ("Wildheart": 1500 → 2000 ATK). "Wildheart" attacks "Litmus Doom Swordsman". "Litmus Doom Swordsman" destroys "Wildheart" (Jaden: 1300 → 300 LP). Since the monster equipped with "Cyclone Boomerang" was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, its second effect activates, destroying "Spirit Barrier" and inflicting 500 damage to Bastion (Bastion: 500 → 0 LP).

* [[Gerard]]'s disdain for "[[Skyscraper (anime)|Skyscraper]]" comes from his Duel against [[Seto Kaiba]]. ** Ironically, the person Jaden uses it against, Bastion, is voiced by the same actor as Kaiba in the dub, [[Eric Stuart]].** Another irony is that Jaden suffered the same defeat as he did when he dueled [[Kaibaman (character)|Kaibaman]].

* In the original, when Jaden told Bastion that [[Elemental Hero Wildheart (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Wildheart]] was unaffected by trap cards, Bastion was already aware of this effect. In the dub, Bastion didn't know about it.

* [[Elemental Hero Avian (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Avian]]* [[Elemental Hero Clayman (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Clayman]]* [[Elemental Hero Sparkman (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Sparkman]]

* [[Elemental Hero Bladedge (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Bladedge]]* [[Elemental Hero Bubbleman (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Bubbleman]]* ''[[Elemental Hero Wildheart (anime)|Elemental HERO Hero Wildheart]]''

* [[Litmus Doom Swordsman (anime)|Litmus Doom Swordsman]]

* ''[[Litmus Doom Ritual (anime)|Litmus Doom Ritual]]''