Heartand Academia Barian War Arc Episode 15

"**Heartland's Assassin! The Merciless Hunter**" is the 15th episode of the series.

Yuma is approached by Shun to help him as Kaito from his dimension has began attacking more duelists and carding them....Astral sees that he's being controlled by a Number....So Yuma challenges him to a duel to restore him back but will he able to overcome Kaito's Galaxy eyes? Meanwhile, Shark discovers that...

## Featured Duel: Yuma Tsukumo vs. Kite Tenjo (ARC-V)

**Turn 1: Yuma**

Yuma draws. Yuma Normal Summons "Gagaga Magician" (1500/1000) in Attack Position. He then activates "Gagagamirror" to target "Gagaga Magician" (a "Gagaga" monster) and treat "Gagaga Magician" as an Overlay Unit of the same Level. Yuma then overlays "Gagaga Magician" and "Gagagamirror" in order to Xyz Summon "Number 39: Utopia" (2500/2000, ORU: 2) in Attack Position. Yuma Sets a card.

**Turn 2: Kite**

Kite draws. Kite Normal Summons "Cipher Wing" (1400/1200) in Attack Position. Since Kite controls a "Cipher" monster, he Special Summons another "Cipher Wing" (1400/1200) from his hand in Attack Position via its own effect. Kite then activates "Cipher Interference". Now once per turn, when Kite controls two copies of the same "Cipher" monster and one of them is battling, the ATK of that monster is doubled. One of the "Cipher Wings" attacks "Utopia". The effect of "Cipher Interference" activates ("Cipher Wing": 1400 → 2800/1200). "Utopia" isn't destroyed as "Cipher Wing" isn't a "Number" monster (Yuma 4000 → 3700). Kite Sets a card.

**Turn 3: Yuma**

Yuma draws. Yuma then activates "Blustering Winds" to increase the ATK and DEF of "Utopia" by 1000 until his next Standby Phase ("Utopia": 2500 → 3500/2000 → 3000). "Utopia" attacks a "Cipher Wing". The effect of "Cipher Interference" activates ("Cipher Wing": 1400 → 2800/1200). Kite activates his face-down "Cipher Shield" as he controls two or more "Cipher" monsters. Those monsters cannot be destroyed by battle and Kite will take no effect damage. The attack continues (Kite 4000 → 3300).

**Turn 4: Kite**

Kite draws. Kite Normal Summons a third "Cipher Wing" (1400/1200) in Attack Position. Kite then activates the effect of the newly summoned "Cipher Wing" to Tribute the latter and increase the Levels of all other monsters he controls by 4 (Both copies of "Cipher Wing": Level 4 → 8). Kite overlays his two "Cipher Wings" in order to Xyz Summon "Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon" (3000/2500) in Attack Position. Kite activates the effect of "Cipher Dragon", detaching an Overlay Unit to take control of a monster his opponent controls until the End Phase. That monster's effects will be negated and it will be unable to attack directly, but its name and ATK will become the same as that of "Cipher Dragon". He targets "Utopia" (3500/3000 → 3000/2500). "Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon" attacks directly. The effect of "Cipher Interference" activates (3000 → 6000). Yuma activates the effect of the "Rainbow Kuriboh" in his hand, equipping itself to "Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon" and prevent it from attacking. Kite Sets two cards. On Kite's End Phase, the control of "Utopia" is returned to Yuma and returns to normal (3000/2500 → 3500/3000).

**Turn 5: Yuma**

Yuma draws. Yuma activates "Xyz Treasure" to draw two cards (One card for each Xyz Monster on the field). "Utopia" attacks "Galaxy-Eyes Cipher", but Yuma activates the effect of "Utopia" to detach an Overlay Unit and negate the attack. Yuma activates "Double or Nothing" to double the ATK of "Utopia" ("Utopia": 2500 → 5000) and allow it to attack again. "Utopia" attacks "Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon", but Kite activates his face-down "Double Cipher", which lets him detach all Overlay Units from a "Cipher Dragon" he controls to Special Summon another copy of "Cipher Dragon" (3000/2500) from his Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. With the effect of "Cipher Interference", he doubles the ATK of a "Cipher Dragon" ("Cipher Dragon" 3000 → 6000 ATK) until the end of the Battle Phase. "Utopia" isn't destroyed as "Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon" isn't a "Number" monster (Yuma 3700 → 2700). Yuma Sets a card.

**Turn 6: Kite**

Kite draws. The newly summoned "Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon" attacks "Utopia", but Yuma activates his face-down "Battle Break" to destroy the attacking "Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon", however Kite activates his face-down "Cipher Bit" to negate his monster's destruction and attach "Cipher Bit" to it as an Overlay Unit. The effect of "Cipher Interference" activates ("Cipher Dragon": 3000 → 6000). Yuma activates his face-down "Half Unbreak" to prevent "Utopia" from being destroyed by battle and halve all Battle Damage involving it (Yuma 2700 → 950).

**Turn 7: Yuma**

Yuma draws. He then activates "Attraffic Control", which prevents Nelson from attacking whenever he controls three or more monsters. Yuma switches "Utopia" to Defense Position. Yuma Sets a card.

**Turn 8: Kite**

Kite draws. Kite Sets a card.

**Turn 9: Yuma**

Yuma draws. Yuma overlays "Utopia" with its Overlay Units to Xyz Summon "Number C39: Utopia Ray" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. Yuma activates his face-down "Superior Overlay", which will destroy Kite's Xyz Monsters unless he detaches an Overlay Unit from each of them. Kite detaches "Cipher Bit" from the second "Cipher Dragon", so the other "Cipher Dragon" is destroyed.Yuma then activates the effect of "Utopia Ray" three times to detach all of its Overlay Units ("Utopia Ray": 3 → 0 ORU) and increase its ATK by 500 for each Overlay Unit as well as subsequently decrease the ATK of "Cipher Dragon" by 1000 for each Overlay Unit detached ("Utopia Ray": 2500 → 3500 ATK, "Cipher Dragon": 3000 → 1000 ATK). "Utopia Ray" attacks "Cipher Dragon", but Kite activates his face-down "Rank-Up-Magic Cipher Shot" to prevent the destruction of an Xyz Monster, end the Battle Phase, and Rank-Up that monster by using it as an Overlay Unit for a "Cipher" Xyz Monster 1 Rank higher than it (Kite 3300 → 800). Kite overlays "Cipher Dragon" and performs a Rank-Up Xyz Evolution to Xyz Summon "Neo Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon" (4500/3000) in Attack Position. Yuma Sets two cards.

**Turn 10: Kite**

Kite draws. Yuma activates hia unknown face-down (Unknown because the internet refuses to tell me what it is) to switch "Utopia Ray" to Defense Position and draw a card. Kite activates the effect of "Neo Cipher Dragon", detaching an Overlay Unit to gain control of all monsters his opponent controls and treat them as "Neo Cipher", but their effects will be negated and they cannot attack this turn. Kite takes control of "Utopia Ray". Kite activates the Quick-Play Spell Card "Galaxy-Eyes Nova" which allows him to Tribute a "Galaxy-Eyes" monster and Special Summon a "Galaxy-Eyes" monster from the Graveyard. Kite Tributes "Utopia Ray" and Special Summons "Cipher Dragon" (3000/2500). "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" attacks Yuma directly, but Yuma activates the second effect of "Rainbow Kuriboh" to revive it (100/100) in Defense Position (as a direct attack was declared). A replay occurs and "Neo Galaxy-Eyes" attacks and destroys "Rainbow Kuriboh". "Cipher Dragon" attacks Yuma directly, but Yuma activates his face-down "Dimensional U-Turn" to Special Summon the banished "Rainbow Kuriboh" (100/100) in Defense Position. A replay occurs and "Cipher Dragon" attacks and destroys "Rainbow Kuriboh". Kite Sets a card.

**Turn 11: Yuma**

Yuma draws. Kite activates his Set "Rank-Up Gravity", which forces Z-ARC to only attack Monsters Special Summoned by "Rank-Up-Magic" cards. At the end of the Battle Phase, Kite can banish all of Z-ARC's monsters that did not attack. Yuma draws "V Salamander" and subsequently Normal Summons it (1500/1300) in Attack Position. As "V Salamander" was Normal Summoned, Yuma activates the first effect of "V Salamander" to revive "Utopia" (2500/2000) in Attack Position. Yuma then activates "Rank-Up-Magic Limited Barian's Force" to Rank-Up "Utopia" via Chaos Xyz Evolution in order to Xyz Summon "Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray V" (2600/2000, ORU: 1) in Attack Position. Yuma then activates the second effect of "V Salamander" to equip it to "Utopia Ray V" (a "V" monster). Yuma activates the effect of "Utopia Ray V" to destroy all monster his opponent controls (through the fourth effect of "V Salamander") and inflict damage to Vector equal to the combined ATK of his destroyed monsters on the field (through the final effect of "V Salamander") by detaching "Utopia" ("Utopia Ray V": 1 → 0 ORU), but the effect of "Cipher Shield" protects Kite from effect damage. "Utopia Ray V" attacks Kite directly (Kite 800 → 0).