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Chapter 1497: Sera's Insect Demon
"I got the first strike, draw a card!"

Sera took the initiative and drew a card from the deck first. After taking a look, she added it to her hand and played another card. "First, I activate the magic card [Pot of Greed] and draw two cards from the deck."

Seeing that Judai didn't search for any hand traps, Sera was happy to earn two cards. She drew two more cards from the deck and placed a monster card horizontally on the field: "I Normal Summon [Putica's Bug Bewitching Demon] in face-up Defense Position on the field, and activate its effect when it is successfully summoned. I add a [Bug Garden] from my deck to my hand, and then I activate it."

[Putika's Worm Demon] [4☆/Earth]

【Plant Family/Effect】

[900/1900]

A girl with flowers on her head and wearing extremely cool ancient Roman-style clothing appeared on Sera's field. After looking at Judai timidly, she shyly hid in a soft-looking "cushion" for defense. At the same time, some kind of fragrance was secreted from the cushion, allowing Sera to retrieve a card from the deck and add it to her hand.

As Sera played the card she had just retrieved, the surrounding environment changed rapidly, from the original forest to a peaceful plain. A sweet fragrance filled the air, and there was even an illusion of a green-haired girl running freely and happily on the field.

But if you look closely, you can find that if you follow the girl's footsteps, you will accidentally fall into the wetland swamp hidden under this "plain". What is swaying in the wind on the plain is not ordinary pasture grass, but sundew with countless pearl-like crystal clear mucus beads hanging on the branches - a famous carnivorous plant. Even Hayabusa's [Predatory Plants] has a monster based on it.

"According to that gentleman, there is still greater potential to be explored in my deck, but it seems that I am limited. This potential has not been transformed into a specific monster card. It has only materialized into this card." Looking at the disappearing girl on the unfolded field, Sera said with some regret.

Although she didn't know what kind of power the so-called "super" and "link" that Hayato told her were, the girl who appeared in the [Insect Garden] proved that Hayato was not lying, but she really didn't have the ability to print out the corresponding cards out of thin air.

(The Sera's Insect Demon deck does not have the Sera's Insect Demon)
Listening to Sera's mumbling, Judai looked confused: "I don't understand. I play Hero."

Seeing this, Sera responded casually: "Anyway, you just need to know that I have deployed my deck - the powerful field of the deck called [Insect Demon] is enough."

"I then activate this card, [Insect Lure], and can only activate this card by discarding a Level 4☆ Insect-Type or Plant-Type monster or a Normal Trap Card from my hand."

"I discarded this Level 4☆ Plant-Type Monster [Lise's Insect Bewitcher], and then under the effect of [Insect Bewitcher's Lure], I drew two cards from my deck."

[Sera: 4000LP, hand 6→6]

Seeing that both of the two cards Sera used were girls from the plant family, Maruto Sho couldn't help but recall his experience in the "Duel-Links" world last semester: "Are all [Bug Monsters] cute girls? Although the name sounds dangerous, aren't they all cute? But why are they called [Bug Monsters] when they are obviously plant families?"

"Don't be careless, Sho. Beautiful roses have thorns." Unlike Marufuji Sho, whose worldview is determined by his senses, Judai didn't seem confused at all. He kept looking at the cards of [Kazula's Bug Devil] that had just been sent to the graveyard, and [Putika's Bug Devil] that was still on the field, "[Kazula], [Lise]. These names sound so familiar."

"Ah, aren't those the names of plants? 'Pudica' comes from the Latin word for shyness, 'Pudicus'? So she must be referring to 'Nepenthes-pudica', and 'Lise' is 'Genlisea'."

After hearing Judai's words, Maruto Sho was also shocked, but not because those cute girls were named after plants, but because of Judai's words: "Brother, you actually know so many things that have nothing to do with special effects or heroes? Unbelievable!"

"Hey! That's so rude, Sho. I also learned about this by accident. I was free so I looked up Hayato-sensei's "Predatory Plants" and learned about a lot of carnivorous plants."

After hearing Judai's words, Maruto Sho was stunned: "Carnivorous plant. Big brother, what do you mean?"

"Ah." Judai nodded and looked at Sera's field. "Nepenthes pumilis and Utricularia spiralis are both carnivorous plants. The girls we saw are not their real bodies, so their race is the plant race. And [Insect Demon] probably refers to a collection of insects and plants that are good at camouflage to hunt."

Take a closer look, and you will see that the seemingly weak [Putika's Insect Devil] is clearly a pitcher plant using a girl-like bait to lure its prey! Have even plants kept up with the times and played honey traps these days?
"Did you notice it? After all, it's an obvious answer. You're not fooled by what you see like those people. This is pretty good." Sera said. She didn't let Judai down because of his performance. She inserted a card into the backfield and showed a card in her hand. "I put a trap card on the backfield and discarded a normal trap card from my hand."

"The card I set is this [Broken Ludia Bug Devil], which can be activated by discarding a Normal Trap Card from my hand during the turn it is set." I press the button to activate the set card, and the Trap Card I just changed is activated during the turn it is set, breaking the basic rules. "And after activating this card, it becomes a Normal Monster and is Special Summoned in Defense Position in my Monster Zone!"

On Sera's field, a cluster of green vines were growing rapidly, with leaves spreading freely and bright yellow flowers blooming. Under the leaves, the fruits on the stems were also rapidly ripening and turning black. A young girl was hiding under the leaves, staring blankly at Judai, who was not afraid of people at all and seemed to pose no threat.

However, Judai, who had learned about carnivorous plants in order to study "predatory plants", quickly recalled its plant prototype based on its name and appearance, "Lutia". The key point is "Lutia", which is lutea "yellow flower" in Greek, referring to the world's most bizarre and legendary invasive plant, the yellow-flowered sesame, known as the "yellow-flowered devil's claw".

(Although it looks furry and has horns, like a bug, it is actually a plant. The fruit of the original model does have long horns, and they are stupid.)
[Broken Ludia Bug Demon] [4☆/Earth]

【Plant Family/General】

[400/2400]

"Unlike ordinary Trap Monsters, the [Broken Lutia Bug Demon] on my field is not considered a Trap Card, but a Normal Monster, so it supports me to use this card."

Sera played a card and said, "The Normal Spell Card [Counterpoint of Horse Bones] can only be activated by sending a monster other than a One Effect Monster on my field to the Graveyard. I send [Broken Lutia's Worm Bewitching Demon] to the Graveyard, and then draw two cards from my Deck."

[Sera: 4000LP, hand 3→4]

The Trap Monster that was just activated was immediately sent to the Graveyard. After playing several cards in a row, Judai didn't see anything else on Sera's field, but her hand was getting less and less. "Send your own monster back to the Graveyard?"

"Because this is how the [Insect Devil] fight. Compared to their ordinary counterparts, they are less able to obtain the nutrients they need to survive, so they can only disguise themselves and absorb the power of the dead to survive." Looking at the cemetery, Sera said calmly, "People can't live alone. Even in ordinary days, something is being sacrificed behind the scenes."

"Are you willing to carry the sacrifices?"

"Mr. Keith seemed to have said something similar not long ago?" After hearing Sera's words, Judai was stunned for a moment, then said without hesitation, "I don't have that awareness. Because a hero can't sit back and watch others sacrifice in front of him!" "Even if you say so, the world is like this. Just like the trolley problem, there is always a victim. No matter how reluctant you are, the most you can do is to change the number and object of the victims."

Sera said, gesturing behind her: "Like your three companions behind me, if you can only save two of them, what will you choose?"

"A childhood friend who I always get along with? A school buddy whose name I don't even remember? A junior who I've known for less than half a month?"

Sera asked Judai this question. She wanted to see what kind of person the student Hayato favored was, and what kind of power Prana sensed.

But Judai completely ignored the prerequisite given by Sera, and said stubbornly: "All three! Whether it's Manjome, Kenzan or No.3, I will save them all!"

"Although I have never heard of the trolley problem, I will not make the choice to sacrifice others. How can I know if I can push the trolley back if I don't try?"

"Tsk." Even Sera was speechless about Judai's disobedience, but she hadn't thought of using simple words to confirm it, otherwise there would be no reason for this duel to begin. "Then let me see what answer your card can give. But before that, I have to use the power of 'Sacrifice' first!"

"The first effect of [Insect Garden] is that I can summon a [Insect Demon] monster only once during my main phase in addition to the Normal Summon. This means that even though I have already Normal Summoned [Putica's Insect Demon], I can still Normal Summon it once more."

"I Normal Summon [Tio's Bug Demon] to my field in Defense Position!"

On the grass, a Venus flytrap grew. Its two huge, bloody mouth-like leaves opened up, revealing a lazy-looking girl lying in the middle. She stretched and said, "Ko~no~Dion~"

Because it was too obvious, even without Juudai's explanation, Marufuji Sho also recognized that the name of "Dion's Bug Demon" came from the abbreviation of the first half of the English name of Dracula's flytrap "Dionaea-muscipula", "Dion".

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Marufuji Sho was not as easily mesmerized by the girl in front of him as he was when he first saw [Putika's Bug Demon]. It was not only because he had seen so many cute girls that he naturally developed some immunity to them, but more importantly, although he was wearing glasses, he still noticed the skull hidden deep in the leaves behind the girl's disguise revealed by [Tio's Bug Demon].

Other beauties are scammed, but the girl from [Insect Devil] is a scammer! Others want money, but she wants her life!

(Manjomu, Kenzan, and Misawa: Oh no, we've been tricked)

[Tio's Insect Demon] [4☆/Earth]

【Plant Family/Effect】

[1700/1100]

"When [Tio's Bug Demon] is successfully summoned, you can activate the effect by targeting a [Bug Demon] monster in my Graveyard, and Special Summon the target monster to my field in Defense Position."

Sera retrieved the card she had sent to the graveyard to activate [Insect Lure] from the graveyard, "The one I Special Summoned is naturally the only monster in my graveyard, [Lise's Insect Lure]."

The main body is the aquatic carnivorous plant Spiral Utricularia. [Lise's Bug Demon] came ashore from the wetlands hidden under the grassland. When she appeared on Sera's field, there were still water droplets dripping from her body. Her white hair has a special attack on a certain country, and the hole at the end of her long white hair can even make people have some bold ideas - but like other [Bug Demons] before, the skulls that appear around her show that she is equally dangerous.

[Lise's Worm Demon] [4☆/Earth]

【Plant Family/Effect】

[1200/1600]

In the blink of an eye, the number of monsters on Sera's field increased from one to three, but Sera only had four cards left in her hand.

"Although I just returned to the field, I am now going to activate the effect of [Lise's Bug Charm] to free her." As Sera said this, she sent the card to the graveyard and took out another card from the graveyard. At the same time, she retrieved a card from the Duel Disk. "From my deck and graveyard, select a Normal Trap Card with [Hole] or [Pitfall] and set it on my field. If the card set by this effect leaves my field, exclude it."

"The cards I set aside are the [Hollow] Normal Trap Card that was sent to the Graveyard earlier to activate [Broken Ludia Bug] - [Hollow of Purgatory], and [Hollow of Electric Grid] in my deck."

Putting two cards on the backcourt was not enough. Sera even put down three of the remaining four cards in his hand and said, "Next, I will put three more cards on the backcourt to end my turn."

[Sera: 4000LP, 1 cards in hand]

[Putika's Worm Devil] [DEF1900]

[Tio's Worm Devil] [DEF1100]

[Cover Card (Purgatory's Hole)] [Cover Card (Grid's Hole)] [Cover Card] X3
Venue: [Insect Garden]

Sera looked at Judai, showing a "sunny" smile through the mask, and learned from someone: "Okay, next it's your turn to play Duel Monsters."

Seeing the title, some people will ask, "Hey author, isn't Sera a link monster? How did you get Sera in GX?"

Good question, but the person who uses [Insect Devil] is called Sera.

(The fried rice made by the chef named Shark Fin is called Shark Fin Fried Rice)