# 48 - Secret! The True Nature of Project Triple D!
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GY5VKE9EY/future-card-buddyfight)
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**[00:02] ---**
What did you just say?
**[00:03] ---**
We weren't able to prevent Dragon
Drei's completion from happening.
**[00:08] ---**
But why didn't you tell us about this?
**[00:11] ---**
That's right, bal! Bal thought
we were friends, bal!
**[00:14] ---**
They did it for your sake, obviously.
**[00:16] ---**
That's right. Senior Tasuku wanted to let
you focus completely on the deciding round.
**[00:21] ---**
I get it. I'm fine about that now.
**[00:24] ---**
More importantly, check this out.
**[00:26] ---**
I was Buddyfighting with
Senior Aragami just now...
**[00:29] ---**
During the match, I had my Dragon Force
in my hand cards, and it evolved.
**[00:34] ---**
Yeah. Our Dragon Forces can evolve.
**[00:38] ---**
Me and Gaito have already evolved ours.
**[00:40] ---**
But we weren't enough to
overpower Kyoya's Dragon Drei.
**[00:46] ---**
Presumably, we can't counter Dragon Drei unless
we have all three Dragon Forces evolved.
**[00:55] ---**
Could this be?
**[00:56] ---**
Our Dragon Forces...
**[00:58] ---**
Are resonating?!
**[01:04] ---**
It's flowing into Bal, bal!
**[01:11] ---**
Bal?
**[01:12] ---**
He's not in a Buddyfight,
yet he turned into Balle Soleil!
**[01:15] ---**
Meow meow?
**[01:16] ---**
Bal!
**[01:17] ---**
What's happened to you,
all of a sudden?
**[01:19] ---**
Bal!
**[01:24] ---**
So that's how it is, bal.
**[01:27] ---**
Bal understands everything now, bal.
**[01:29] ---**
Bal?
**[01:35] ---**
Hey, Bal!
**[01:36] ---**
Where are you going?
**[01:38] ---**
Bal!
**[03:18] ---**
Bal remembers everything, bal.
**[03:21] ---**
All of it. Everything.
**[03:25] ---**
Bal has to fight Azi Dahaka, bal.
**[03:31] ---**
But...
**[03:33] ---**
But...
**[03:34] ---**
If that happens, Bal will have to...
**[03:37] ---**
Gao...
**[03:45] ---**
Here we go...
**[03:48] ---**
Gao...
**[03:50] ---**
You had us worried.
**[03:52] ---**
Why'd you take off so suddenly?
**[03:57] ---**
Bal just remembered something from a long time
ago, and started wembling with excitement, bal.
**[04:02] ---**
The phrase is usually
trembling with excitement.
**[04:03] ---**
B-Bal has heard it both ways, bal.
**[04:07] ---**
Looks like Bal's going to be okay.
**[04:09] ---**
Yeah.
**[04:10] ---**
I'm so relieved!
**[04:11] ---**
Let's leave them alone for now.
**[04:13] ---**
Good idea.
**[04:15] ---**
It's already late. Let's discuss
the future tomorrow.
**[04:20] ---**
All right.
**[04:26] ---**
Secret! The true nature
of Project Triple D!
**[04:37] ---**
Gao! How much longer
are you gonna sleep?
**[04:41] ---**
Noboru?
**[04:42] ---**
Baku.
**[04:42] ---**
Kuguru.
**[04:44] ---**
Come on, time to get up.
**[04:46] ---**
We're going to have a meeting.
**[04:48] ---**
Meeting?
**[04:50] ---**
Yesterday, Senior Aragami suddenly showed up,
and we couldn't have our meeting.
**[04:54] ---**
Oh! That's right!
**[04:57] ---**
Thanks to Senior Tasuku and Gaito,
we know what kind of card Dragon Drei is.
**[05:03] ---**
It's definitely an overpowered card,
but it's not impossible to counteract.
**[05:07] ---**
Are you serious?
**[05:09] ---**
Who do you think you're talking to?
**[05:11] ---**
I'm the great deck builder, Baku Omori.
**[05:13] ---**
Don't underestimate me!
**[05:14] ---**
Yeah! I'm counting on you.
**[05:17] ---**
The decks that you build
are always the best!
**[05:20] ---**
I'm volunteering to help you practice,
so you'd better be grateful.
**[05:24] ---**
Hey, shrimp dragon!
Time for you to wake up, too!
**[05:27] ---**
The pizza looks delicious, bal...
**[05:31] ---**
Huh?
**[05:34] ---**
This is bad!
Bal's still half-asleep!
**[05:37] ---**
What? Don't tell me that...
**[05:39] ---**
Noboru! Run!
**[05:41] ---**
I've got a bad feeling about this...
**[05:43] ---**
Time to eat pizza, bal...
**[05:46] ---**
Ow!
**[05:47] ---**
Hey! Gao!
Do something!
**[05:54] ---**
After losing at the World Championships...
**[05:57] ---**
When I was able to awaken the Dragon Force
during that battle with Bigmachine...
**[06:00] ---**
What if that was part of
Kyoya Gaen's plan, too?
**[06:04] ---**
Have I simply been manipulated
by him all this time?
**[06:08] ---**
Hey, Gaito.
You're overthinking this.
**[06:11] ---**
Even if that was the case... so what?
**[06:15] ---**
No matter who gave it to you, your Dragon
Force is a power that's all your own.
**[06:19] ---**
I started out as an artificial
monster created by Kyoya.
**[06:24] ---**
But now...
I'm your Buddy.
**[06:26] ---**
I know.
**[06:28] ---**
I was just feeling unsure of myself.
**[06:30] ---**
We're heading to Gao and Bal's place now.
**[06:35] ---**
Dragon Drei has already been completed.
**[06:38] ---**
Kyoya Gaen is clearly planning on using it
in the deciding round two months from now.
**[06:43] ---**
If we take Kyoya Gaen, currently
at Gaen Tower, into custody...
**[06:47] ---**
We can secure the Dragon Drei card!
**[06:49] ---**
It's not going to be that easy.
**[06:51] ---**
Kyoya Gaen has already been reinstated
as the head of Gaen Financial Group.
**[06:56] ---**
Unless we have definitive proof of
wrong-doing, we can't touch him.
**[07:00] ---**
So in the end, there isn't a thing
that the Buddy Police can do.
**[07:05] ---**
Tasuku, don't be so quick to give up.
**[07:06] ---**
We still have two months.
**[07:08] ---**
We just need to figure out a
countermeasure once more.
**[07:11] ---**
Jack has the right idea.
**[07:13] ---**
Tasuku, there must be something
that we can still do.
**[07:17] ---**
Let's work with the Buddy Police in Los Angeles and
think of a way to get the situation under control.
**[07:23] ---**
You're right.
**[07:24] ---**
And there's one more way
to block Dragon Drei.
**[07:28] ---**
Really? There's a way to block it?
**[07:31] ---**
Yeah.
**[07:32] ---**
At the Buddy Champion Deciding
Round two months from now...
**[07:35] ---**
Gao needs to win before Kyoya Gaen
has a chance to use Dragon Drei.
**[07:41] ---**
Rouga Aragami turned traitor on us...
**[07:45] ---**
And so I eliminated him.
**[07:48] ---**
You've overstepped your bounds.
**[07:49] ---**
Huh?
**[07:51] ---**
Leave me.
**[07:51] ---**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[07:54] ---**
I've given everything
for Project Triple D.
**[07:58] ---**
There's no way I could regret anything.
**[08:01] ---**
For the sake of the new
world that I desire...
**[08:04] ---**
I'd be willing to sacrifice anything.
**[08:07] ---**
Master Kyoya.
**[08:09] ---**
The requests for interviews
have been non-stop.
**[08:13] ---**
Do you seriously mean to accept them all?
**[08:17] ---**
Of course. After all, I'm trying to
become a deity to this world.
**[08:23] ---**
Then I'll make the necessary arrangements.
**[08:28] ---**
Becoming a deity, eh?
**[08:31] ---**
Is that the true goal of Project Triple D?
**[08:36] ---**
They'll find out in time.
And so will you.
**[08:44] ---**
So you keep secrets,
even from me.
**[08:47] ---**
Kyoya Gaen.
You're a cunning one.
**[08:55] ---**
Oh, aren't you Tasuku?
**[08:57] ---**
Welcome!
**[08:58] ---**
Gao, dear!
**[09:00] ---**
Tasuku is here!
**[09:02] ---**
Senior Tasuku!
**[09:03] ---**
Now, come on in!
**[09:05] ---**
Thank you for your hospitality.
**[09:07] ---**
Jack! Let's Buddyfight, bal!
**[09:10] ---**
Face me, Senior Tasuku!
**[09:11] ---**
What?
**[09:12] ---**
This is a new deck designed
to counter Dragon Drei!
**[09:15] ---**
Freshly built!
**[09:17] ---**
You already built a new deck?
**[09:20] ---**
That was fast.
**[09:21] ---**
Well, after seeing that incredible fight
yesterday, we just couldn't stay still!
**[09:26] ---**
I'd be happy to be your opponent,
if you'll have me.
**[09:32] ---**
Truly, my destiny is to feel
awkward about entering.
**[09:35] ---**
Gaito. This has nothing
to do with destiny.
**[09:39] ---**
Hide!
**[09:40] ---**
Why should we hide?
**[09:41] ---**
Shut up, Abygale!
**[09:43] ---**
Gaito?
**[09:44] ---**
Abygale, too!
**[09:47] ---**
You guys came to help me, too?
**[09:48] ---**
W-We just happened to be passing by!
**[09:51] ---**
Gaito. I know you're hiding your
embarrassment, but this is too much.
**[09:55] ---**
Gao! Bal!
**[09:57] ---**
Those two have experienced
Dragon Drei first-hand.
**[09:59] ---**
You couldn't ask for better opponents.
**[10:02] ---**
We'll hang back and think up an even better plan,
so go out there and train as much as you want!
**[10:07] ---**
All right!
**[10:08] ---**
Bal will train and become
even stronger, bal!
**[10:20] ---**
Bal! Attack the fighter!
**[10:23] ---**
Bal!
**[10:26] ---**
We're gonna really bring the pain!
**[10:30] ---**
...Is what I'd love to say,
but my turn is over.
**[10:34] ---**
My turn!
**[10:35] ---**
Draw! Charge and draw!
**[10:40] ---**
I pay 2 gauge and...
**[10:41] ---**
Dragon Force!
Style of Justice!
**[10:46] ---**
Release!
**[10:49] ---**
So this is Senior Tasuku's
evolved Dragon Force.
**[10:53] ---**
Here I come, Gao!
**[10:54] ---**
Black Dot, move to the center!
**[10:57] ---**
Can't move...
**[10:59] ---**
What?
**[11:00] ---**
Dragon Force,
Style of Justice.
**[11:02] ---**
If Jack is on my field,
and my center is clear...
**[11:06] ---**
It nullifies all abilities of all monsters
on my opponent's field!
**[11:16] ---**
Final Phase!
**[11:19] ---**
Impact Call!
**[11:21] ---**
I pay 3 gauge and transform Jackknife...
**[11:23] ---**
Into an Impact Monster!
**[11:27] ---**
Galactical...
**[11:30] ---**
Punisher!
**[11:43] ---**
Thank you very much!
**[11:45] ---**
Senior Tasuku!
**[11:47] ---**
One more round, please!
**[11:50] ---**
One more, bal!
**[11:52] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[11:54] ---**
Tasuku Ryuenji isn't your only opponent.
**[11:57] ---**
It's our turn next.
**[11:59] ---**
Oh yeah, that's right.
**[12:01] ---**
I'm looking forward to
working with you, Gaito!
**[12:03] ---**
Come at me with everything you've got.
**[12:05] ---**
Gao Mikado.
**[12:09] ---**
I pay 2 gauge and call to the right!
**[12:13] ---**
Super Sun Dragon!
**[12:15] ---**
Balle Soleil!
**[12:18] ---**
Bal will try his super-best, bal!
**[12:20] ---**
Right now, Balle Soleil
has a critical of 3.
**[12:23] ---**
And he'll come at us with
a Double Attack, too.
**[12:25] ---**
I know. Don't worry. I'll survive!
**[12:30] ---**
Prepare to meet your doom, bal.
**[12:32] ---**
Balle Soul Blade!
**[12:36] ---**
Double Attack!
**[12:38] ---**
This will finish you, bal!
**[12:43] ---**
Gao wins, bal.
**[12:46] ---**
No. Gaito told me not to worry.
**[12:50] ---**
That means...
**[12:53] ---**
I pay 2 gauge, and...
**[12:55] ---**
I discard one hand card and release
Dragon Force, Style of Retaliation!
**[13:00] ---**
I revive with 1 life.
**[13:03] ---**
8000 power.
**[13:05] ---**
A critical of 3!
**[13:08] ---**
So this is Gaito's evolved Dragon Force.
**[13:11] ---**
And when released, my Dragon Force's
effect lets me destroy Balle Soleil.
**[13:16] ---**
Bal!
**[13:18] ---**
Soulguard!
**[13:21] ---**
Revived, bal!
**[13:22] ---**
I'm not done yet!
**[13:23] ---**
I destroy five cards from your deck.
**[13:29] ---**
My turn is over.
**[13:31] ---**
My turn.
**[13:33] ---**
Draw.
**[13:34] ---**
Charge and draw.
**[13:36] ---**
Abygale. Attack the fighter.
**[13:39] ---**
Gale Thruster!
**[13:43] ---**
Take this, Gao Mikado!
**[13:45] ---**
I cast! Blue Dragon Shield!
**[13:47] ---**
Final Phase!
**[13:49] ---**
This is bad, bal!
**[13:51] ---**
Impact Call to the right!
**[13:53] ---**
I pay 4 gauge and transform Abygale...
**[13:55] ---**
Into an Impact Monster!
**[14:00] ---**
All cards on the field have their
abilities nullified, and are destroyed.
**[14:06] ---**
And if there are over twenty cards in your
drop zone, Abygale gains Triple Attack.
**[14:12] ---**
Now, count them.
**[14:14] ---**
How many cards are in your drop zone?
**[14:17] ---**
...Twenty one cards.
**[14:19] ---**
I will destroy all!
**[14:25] ---**
For the sake of our victory!
**[14:31] ---**
Last! Death!
**[14:33] ---**
Violence!
**[14:46] ---**
Couldn't even win once, bal.
**[14:48] ---**
What's going on, Gao? Bal!
**[14:51] ---**
What's the point of losing to
us over and over again?
**[14:53] ---**
I just couldn't draw my
Dragon Force at the right time.
**[14:56] ---**
Couldn't release it at all, bal.
**[14:59] ---**
How pathetic! If you can't
do it in a match with us...
**[15:02] ---**
You won't be able to do it in the Buddy
Champion Deciding Round, either!
**[15:08] ---**
Gaito is right. Kyoya Gaen
is stronger than this.
**[15:12] ---**
The way you're fighting right now...
**[15:14] ---**
You definitely can't beat him.
**[15:17] ---**
I never expected this result from a deck
designed to counteract Dragon Drei.
**[15:22] ---**
Becoming Buddy Champion is
beyond impossible for them.
**[15:25] ---**
That's not true, bal!
**[15:28] ---**
Bal?
**[15:30] ---**
Kitten Shirt taught Bal, bal.
**[15:34] ---**
Buddy Champion...
**[15:37] ---**
It's a title that's given to the person who loves
Buddyfight more than anyone else in the world.
**[15:42] ---**
Bal believes that Bal and Gao are
the ones who love Buddyfight
**[15:45] ---**
more than anyone
in the entire world, bal!
**[15:47] ---**
Bal...
**[15:49] ---**
That's why we can become
Buddy Champion for sure, bal!
**[15:53] ---**
That's why we can beat Kyoya
and Lots-of-Faces, bal!
**[15:57] ---**
That's right. You're
absolutely right, bal.
**[15:59] ---**
Bal!
**[16:00] ---**
But we can't do it the way
we're playing right now.
**[16:03] ---**
Bal?
**[16:04] ---**
We need to learn to love
Buddyfight even more!
**[16:08] ---**
So we can say with pride that we love
Buddyfight more than anyone else in the world!
**[16:13] ---**
Bal understands, bal!
**[16:15] ---**
But how can we learn to love
Buddyfight even more, bal?
**[16:20] ---**
It's obvious, isn't it?
Training!
**[16:23] ---**
For the two months until the Buddy Champion
Deciding Round, we're going to train hard!
**[16:27] ---**
Train hard, bal!
**[16:29] ---**
We'll help, of course.
**[16:32] ---**
Right?
**[16:33] ---**
When I've got time.
**[16:35] ---**
I'm grateful!
**[16:36] ---**
Now that that's decided...
**[16:38] ---**
Continue training, bal!
**[16:40] ---**
Let's go home!
**[16:41] ---**
Bal?
**[16:43] ---**
We're going to fine-tune this
deck to make it the best ever!
**[16:46] ---**
Bal understands, bal!
**[16:49] ---**
See you, Senior Tasuku! Gaito!
**[16:51] ---**
Jack! Abygale!
Bye-bye, bal!
**[16:54] ---**
Race you home, bal.
**[16:55] ---**
Huh? Hey! Wait!
**[16:58] ---**
How can they be so happy?
**[17:00] ---**
But I think that's one
of their best qualities.
**[17:03] ---**
Th-This isn't fair!
**[17:07] ---**
Defeating Dragon Drei...
**[17:09] ---**
Means he'd have to chip
away at a total of 25 life.
**[17:12] ---**
25 life, huh.
**[17:15] ---**
When you stop and think about it,
that's a really big number.
**[17:18] ---**
The question is how he can efficiently,
and quickly, chip away at that.
**[17:23] ---**
Sounds like Gao and Bal have come home.
**[17:26] ---**
Baku!
**[17:29] ---**
Bal wins first place, bal!
**[17:35] ---**
It was really hard to draw my
Dragon Force card with this deck.
**[17:38] ---**
Actually, I thought up another deck
that I'd like you to test out.
**[17:42] ---**
Great!
**[17:43] ---**
It's all thanks to Kitten Shirt, bal!
**[17:45] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[17:46] ---**
And for the record,
it's not a kitten, it's a tiger.
**[17:50] ---**
What's this?
**[17:53] ---**
This is a triple card!
**[17:56] ---**
And it came out of little Bal's shell?
**[17:58] ---**
Looks like another card was born, bal.
**[18:01] ---**
For the next battle against Lots-of-Faces!
**[18:05] ---**
Let me see that for a second.
**[18:07] ---**
Sure.
**[18:08] ---**
Sun Deity's Choice, huh.
**[18:10] ---**
Looks like an interesting card!
**[18:39] ---**
A countermeasure
against Azi Dahaka?
**[18:42] ---**
If he shows up, our monsters all get taken out.
Even Balle Soleil would be defeated.
**[18:48] ---**
Your usual Dragon Shields can
only block an attack once.
**[18:53] ---**
So if your opponent has
enough life, it's pointless.
**[18:57] ---**
But Dragon Shields aren't the only
defensive card you've got.
**[19:00] ---**
If you can't block an attack,
you just need to prevent it!
**[19:04] ---**
What do we do, bal?
**[19:05] ---**
You use this!
**[19:07] ---**
Stout Arm of the Sun, huh?
**[19:11] ---**
It's true, we could use that
to turn the attack around!
**[19:13] ---**
But I can't use Stout Arm of the Sun
unless the opponent's center is open.
**[19:18] ---**
But Balle Soleil has the ability to destroy the
opponent's center monster as many times as necessary.
**[19:24] ---**
That's why, as long as Balle Soleil is on the field,
Kyoya can't recklessly call monsters to the center.
**[19:29] ---**
In other words, he'll think that
Azi Dahaka Daeva...
**[19:31] ---**
Can't be called by him!
**[19:34] ---**
-I get it!
-Bal gets it, bal!
**[19:36] ---**
Th-That's amazing!
**[19:38] ---**
Gao and Bal will defeat
the great Kyoya Gaen!
**[19:42] ---**
Yeah!
**[19:43] ---**
We'll become Buddy Champions, bal!
**[19:45] ---**
Try your best!
**[19:46] ---**
You'd better win!
**[19:50] ---**
I pay 2 gauge and...
**[19:53] ---**
Dragon Force!
**[19:56] ---**
Style of Impact!
**[19:59] ---**
Release!
**[20:04] ---**
Here I go, Senior Tasuku!
**[20:10] ---**
Final Phase!
**[20:13] ---**
Dragon Force, Style of Impact can attack
one more time during Final Phase!
**[20:18] ---**
And its critical is 4!
**[20:30] ---**
All right! Thank you very much!
**[20:33] ---**
Thank you very much, bal!
**[20:36] ---**
That was spectacular, Gao.
**[20:38] ---**
Tomorrow's the big day.
**[20:40] ---**
I've done everything I can.
**[20:44] ---**
All that's left is to fight with
everything I've got!
**[20:50] ---**
Bal. You seem a little subdued.
**[20:51] ---**
What?
**[20:52] ---**
Th-That's not true, bal. Bal thinks he loves
Buddyfight even more than he did before, bal!
**[21:01] ---**
That's...
**[21:02] ---**
Could it be?
**[21:03] ---**
Bal's new...
**[21:04] ---**
Impact Monster card?
**[21:08] ---**
Bal? Is this...
**[21:17] ---**
Tomorrow, we'll arrive in Los Angeles.
**[21:19] ---**
The day after tomorrow, at
the World Buddy Stadium...
**[21:22] ---**
The Buddy Champion
Deciding Round will begin.
**[21:25] ---**
But it sure is generous of them to send not just your
family, but your companions to America for free!
**[21:33] ---**
That's for sure.
**[21:35] ---**
Did Kitten Shirt come to see us off, bal?
**[21:38] ---**
I keep telling you, it's a tiger!
**[21:40] ---**
And I'm not seeing you off, I'm going too!
**[21:42] ---**
To America!
**[21:46] ---**
I hope you don't mind if we
cheer you on in America, too.
**[21:50] ---**
Please.
**[21:51] ---**
Of course!
**[21:52] ---**
With Tasuku and Jack with us, we'll
have the strength of a hundred, bal!
**[21:57] ---**
It's my destiny to find it difficult
to bring up certain topics.
**[22:00] ---**
Gaito. This has nothing
to do with destiny.
**[22:03] ---**
Besides, we're going to cheer them on too.
**[22:05] ---**
I think there's no need to hide.
**[22:07] ---**
Shut up!
**[22:09] ---**
Now, let's go!
**[22:10] ---**
Let's become Buddy Champions!
**[22:16] ---**
Gao Mikado.
**[22:17] ---**
You should consider it an honor
to be defeated by a deity.
**[22:22] ---**
Master Kyoya.
Your private jet is ready.
**[22:27] ---**
Thank you.
**[22:28] ---**
Kyoya... I'll no longer
be called by that name.
**[22:33] ---**
Because I'm going to
abandon my humanity.
**[22:40] ---**
Today's winning card!
**[22:42] ---**
Stout Arm of the Sun!
**[22:44] ---**
That was super-amazing, bal!
**[22:47] ---**
Bal wants to see it again, bal!
**[22:48] ---**
When you have a Sun Dragon on your field,
**[22:51] ---**
and the opponent's center is open,
you can destroy a monster on the left or right.
**[22:56] ---**
If Balle Soleil is on your field, you can
clear the enemy's center monster any time,
**[23:00] ---**
so you can seal the deal
with Stout Arm of the Sun!
**[23:03] ---**
A combo with Bal, bal!
**[23:05] ---**
Getting hit with a stout arm hurts!
**[23:08] ---**
Muscly-muscles, bal.
**[24:41] ---**
Gao and Kyoya's Buddyfight match starts!
**[24:43] ---**
This time, we'll defeat Kyoya Gaen and
become Buddy Champions for sure, bal!
**[24:48] ---**
Next episode: Fight!
Buddy Champion Deciding Round!
**[24:50] ---**
Buddyfight, bal!