And that was when Justice Katou realized the true nature of the Pervert, and his eyes flew open in surprise!!
“So that’s what this is...! Little Miss Aria here, the Pervert she’s summoned... At first I thought it was a normal Exhibitionist-type! But I was clearly wrong!” His face twisted up into a cruel, cruel grin of pure malice as he pointed at the Pervert, oozing with self-satisfaction! “Your Pervert... is an ‘Ultra-Masochist’ type!”
“What the hell’s this guy talking about?” Dear Readers, it is entirely natural for you to be puzzled by this sudden declaration!
“I’ll explain it for you!” continued Justice Katou, without anyone asking! “I said earlier that Monsters with high Perversity can change their abilities according to the type of monster they’re fighting against—but there’s a subclass of Perverts that can also change their abilities in response to certain behaviors!”
Wataru, Résistance, Aria—literally everyone within earshot was confused by this “explanation”! You could literally see the question marks hovering over their heads!
“And then Little Miss Aria here has an ‘Ultra-Masochist’ type! The more physical damage it receives, the more aroused it gets, and so the stronger its attacks become! It’s a super freaky ability to see up close!!”
Justice Katou ground his teeth with frustration, even as he explained the rules of the game!
“Of all the Monsters! A fearsome opponent, indeed... A monster’s type changes randomly each time you summon it, but for it to be this type during this battle...”
“Hey, Résistance! You got any idea what this guy’s saying...!?”
“Don’t worry about him, Wataru, I’ve got no idea what he’s on about. I bet anything that whatever he’s explaining right now is completely irrelevant in the later chapters, so don’t bother trying to remember it.” She was certainly right about that!!
“So, basically... This is a chance for me to turn things around!”
Aria mostly understood what was going on, and clenched her fists in anticipation! Now, Aria, press the attack!!
“Knowing that...” Aria took one of her four remaining cards from her hand, and suddenly sent it zooming—quick as a throwing star, it flew through the air—and stabbed right into the Pervert’s back!
“A-Aria! What’re you doing!?”
Résistance made a small nod of approval, muttering, “Ah, an excellent strategy...! Wataru, that Pervert is an ‘Ultra-Masochist’ type. That means that the more physical damage it takes, the more powerful its attacks become. So...”
“Wow! I think I get it now! If Aria damages the Pervert, then its attack power will go up!!”
Players were forbidden from directly touching their monsters in a Monster Duel! However!! The act of throwing cards at one’s own monster was not, in fact, against the rules! Aria had made a clever decision right there!
Without missing a beat, she threw the other three cards at its back in quick succession! Every time a card sliced into its back, it moaned in the most disgusting fashion! “Ooooh!” Truly, a Pervert!! The Author himself does not wish his Dear Readers to imagine something so grotesque, but he has no choice but to describe the events precisely as they unfolded!
Justice Katou let out something like a strangled yell as he lurched forward!
“Urgh! If that’s how it’s gonna go... Cyclops! Hit that Pervert so hard it can’t possibly absorb all the damage!”
His monster, the Black-Eyed Blue Cyclops, charged the Pervert! Raising its thick, wooden club high in the air with both hands, it flexed every muscle in its body as it prepared to bring it down!
It was then that Aria yelled!
“Now’s our chance, Pervert! Show us just how powerful you can be!”
The half-naked, middle-aged man, with four cards sticking out of his back, assumed an attack position with a bloodthirsty vigor! It lowered its hips, spread its legs, and clenched its fists! Its imposing stance was incredibly similar to the way Wataru looked whenever he was about to use his thrusting attack!
The Cyclops brought down its club, aiming right at the Pervert’s face! No matter how much of a masochist the Pervert may have been, if this attack landed head-on, it would be an instant knockout for sure!
“This is bad! If the Pervert doesn’t dodge that attack, he’s gonna lose!!”
But then! The Pervert’s fists moved at light speed! Punching quite literally at the speed of light, it moved faster than the Cyclops could bring down the club, and successfully landed its attack right against its torso!
BOOOOOOOM!!!!!
It was unbelievable just how much stronger this attack was compared to its earlier, pathetic little love-tap!
“Ngh! ...Ooooooooh...!”
The Black-Eyed Blue Cyclops froze, its club mere inches from the Pervert’s face! Then, slowly... it fell backwards, landing with a crushing boom onto the mat!
Justice Katou hung his head in despair! “How can this be!? My... My strongest monster, lost...!!”
“Yeah, buddyyyy! Nice job, Aria!!”
“I wasn’t sure how it would end up there for a moment... but that was great, Aria!”
Wataru and Résistance had nothing but praise for Aria! She turned to face the both of them with a smile on her face so radiant, it was as brilliant as the sun on a clear day!
“Thanks! I really beat him!”
The smile was extraordinarily cute, just like we’d expect from our main heroine!!
Now then, let’s review the rules of a Monster Duel once more! In this battle card game, two players have their summoned monsters fight each other, and the owner of the winning monster wins the Duel! It’s that simple!
As Aria’s Pervert had landed a crushing blow on Justice Katou’s Black-Eyed Blue Cyclops, Aria was the victor!
—But perhaps not! Justice Katou, at that moment, began to laugh most menacingly!!
“Hahahaha... We’ll just see about that, Little Miss Aria!”
“What!? Wh-What do you mean!?” Flustered, Aria turned back around to face Justice Katou, with a look of total suspicion on her face as she listened to what he had to say next!
“The Monster I used, ‘Black-Eyed Blue Cyclops’... It has a special ability!!”
“Wha-Whaaaaaat!?”
Not even our Dear Readers can contain their surprise at this most shockingly unexpected development, I’m sure!
“I shall explain the special ability of my Black-Eyed Blue Cyclops! The truth is, whenever it is destroyed by an enemy’s attack, it can, just once, wipe away the results of the battle as if it never happened!”
“H-How!!”
Wataru, Aria, and Résistance could scarcely believe their ears at this revelation!! All three of them were thinking exactly the same thing!! You bastard! You should’ve told us about that sort of crap right at the beginning!!
“But that’s not all! The Cyclops returns to my deck, and I can use another one of my cards to summon a different monster!!”
“Wh-What a pain in the—!!”
In that instant, the fallen Cyclops disintegrated into tiny balls of light! Justice Katou watched as they disappeared, then raised another card high up into the air!
“My next summon is—this monster!!”
The card let out a blinding burst of light! Another monster appeared in the center of the ring!
“Heed him who Hails from the Holy Heavens High Above! Bestow a New Age upon us, ‘White-Eyed Orange Cyclops’!!”
The new monster he had summoned was... another cyclops!
It looked almost exactly the same as the Black-Eyed Blue Cyclops that had been there earlier! The only thing different about it was its orange skin and large, pure white eye!
“It’s just different colors! What a joke!”
“Sure, but the words he used to summon it were kinda cool, I must say.” Résistance was impressed with the flair by which Justice Katou had called upon this newest monster! His words had found a home in her hopelessly emo soul!
“You just watch yourself, little Aria! This isn’t just a different color! The White-Eyed Orange Cyclops has way higher attack and defense compared to the Black-Eyed Blue Cyclops! No matter how strong your Pervert—”
Then, as if to interrupt his arrogant little monologue!
Aria’s Pervert—moved!
WHA-BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!
“What... did you do... !?”
Justice Katou was shocked! In the blink of an eye, the half-naked, middle-aged man had darted from one end of the ring to another and had launched his fists right into the unbelievably muscular abdomen of the White-Eyed Orange Cyclops!!
“There’s—there’s no way! This thing’s supposed to have amazing defense! It won’t go down with just one punch!” So shouted Justice Katou, but however!
“Ngh! ...Ooooooooh...!”
The White-Eyed Orange Cyclops fell over without so much as attempting a counterattack, baying a soulful, agonizing moan as it died!
“......”
Justice Katou was silenced! Aria’s Pervert stood there, victorious, looking as though he was about to say something like, “Oh no, did I do that again?”
The Pervert was invincible! Using his Ultra-Masochistic abilities, he had been strengthened to become more powerful than any other monster! What a cheap tactic!!
“Um...” Aria awkwardly asked, ”Are you done now?”
Justice Katou, crestfallen, gave her one, quick nod!
“Yeah... I lose...”