Calculated Carnage

With a swift movement, he slammed his next card on the slot, eyes sparkling with mischief.

"Appear Poltergeist!"

As his words lingered, icy mist rose amidst the dark battlefield. Hair-bristling laughter reverberated next, an ominous call promising torment and madness to the living.

Thom's and Aurora's brows shot up like swords as worry formed a knot in their hearts.

"How do you have a ghost?!"

Thom's question echoed. But he only smirked in answer.

"Activate your effects! Once per turn, I can discard a monster to summon another ghost!"

The Poltergeist suddenly appeared, leaving the comfort and safety of its passive invisibility. An ugly kid with distorted features gazed at Thom, sending a jolt of terror course through his body. Then, its hand raised slowly as scarlet negative energy pierced the darkness.

Simultaneously, he placed the dullahan in the graveyard slots and slammed his next monster.

"Come forth, Doppelgänger!"