Two days later, the duels between Duel Academy and Heartland Academy also concluded.
Unexpectedly, Duel Academy won everything!
Yes, although Heartland Academy had some duelists whom Tenjo Hikari had no knowledge of, whether they were from Z4 or A5, their hairstyles were quite ordinary, they were at the top of their grade, and had more modern monsters, yet couldn't win a single match.
Not counting Caesar and Tenjo Hikari, even the second-year seniors managed to defeat their opponents.
The way the second-year students won was by copying Tenjo Hikari's technique, filling their decks with cards like Book of Moon, allowing the second-year Heartland students to have a great time.
"Didn't expect to lose again." Kunikawa Haruto dueled Tenjo Hikari again today, and lost again.
Thinking about how even the seniors lost previously, he couldn't help but lament, "It seems our skills are clearly lacking?"
He scratched his head.
After that day, Tenjo Hikari challenged Kunikawa to duel every day, and he was always up for it. Although he lost, he often lost in school and was not undefeated among his peers. Additionally, dueling in their world is more for entertainment than practical use. Even though their duels had led to the development of incredible technologies, these weren't applied elsewhere.
Moreover, dueling with Tenjo Hikari did not cause the same fatigue and pain as dueling with Spirits. Also, having nothing else to do in Domino City, he was more than willing to learn something from the duels with Tenjo Hikari.
After three days of exchange duels, he clearly felt smarter than before and believed he would perform better in his world.
As the two finished today's duel in Domino City's Dueling Arena, Flame Swordsman and Dark Flare Knight suddenly emerged, standing beside Tenjo Hikari, startling Kunikawa Haruto.
"Master, there's a situation!"
"Master, something's off!"
"Whoa—what is that!" he was startled.
"Haruto, come here, to me—"
Just as Tenjo Hikari shouted, a pitch-black figure flew from the shadows. Sensing the danger, Tenjo Hikari jumped high, with bright white Armor appearing on him, kicking the shadow.
"Wow..." Kunikawa Haruto's mouth opened wide, feeling like he was in a movie.
"What was that just now!?" He was somewhat excited, "That was so cool—"
Tenjo Hikari, however, didn't share the excitement, urgently pulling Kunikawa closer, scanning him quickly, before suddenly widening his eyes. He took a card from around his neck and swiftly slashed it across Kunikawa's hand like a razor.
"Ah..." Kunikawa Haruto felt a sharp pain in his arm, and upon realizing, he saw a disgusting-looking bug on the ground!
"Captain!"
"Here!" The massive form of Crystal sheltered the two in front of Tenjo Hikari, emitting a bright flash. Then, the red and black swordsmen waved their Greatswords, slashing towards the shadow.
A large swarm of bizarre bugs was chopped out, burnt to death, leaving the two Spirits looking slightly pale and disgusted.
In the next moment, a tall giant slowly emerged from the darkness, covered in black fur, wearing purple Armor, with blood-red eyes, crawling with countless tiny bugs, dense and disturbing. Plus, it emitted a faint black smoke, visibly ominous.
"What's going on here? Who is this guy?" Kunikawa still hadn't grasped the situation.
"I...am...the proud Beast Warrior, here to...claim your...life..." the bear spoke human words.
"Is it Gladiator Beast Andal?" Flame Swordsman furrowed his brow, "How did...become like this?"
In the Warrior's Sanctuary, he saw Andal's Spirit before. Though a Beast Warrior-Type, the Chaos Soldier master didn't mind him learning alongside. Though it may not be the same Spirit, it was still discomforting.
After all, they were once comrades.
"Probably being Mind Controlled." Tenjo Hikari looked at those disgusting bugs on it, pursed his lips, and lowered his voice, "That egghead must be bored, looking to retire early."
Tenjo Hikari didn't know that Akaba Leo was President Kagemaru's "right-hand", but he recognized these damn Fusion Parasites.
Half of Tenjo Hikari's animosity towards Yu-Gi-Oh! A5 came from these "Fusion Parasites."
They could alter the thoughts of the parasitized, brainwash them, and turn them into obedient slaves.
Tenjo Hikari didn't have any fondness for Akaba Leo because, in the original work, this egghead was supposedly obsessed with his daughter but brainwashed her with this crap.
Can you call this a normal person? This is clearly a madman.
In this world, he hadn't heard of Serena yet and wondered why this egghead caused trouble, and since there's no daughter, supposedly not needing these things, he hadn't imagined he'd use this technique on Spirits?
And not only that...
He noticed the black smoke emerging from Andal was identical to what was on Crystal! This egghead used everything, possibly incorporating "shadows"?
"Come, human, duel!" Andal was stabbed by the parasite, slowly speaking.
"Hmm...alright." Tenjo Hikari's left hand shook, and the Duel Disk unfolded, "I do like the Gladiator Beasts."
No need for Polymerization, Gladiator Beasts!
He had long wanted the next level of Fusion!
"Flame Sword, Dark Flame, keep watch around us, allow no insect to approach."
"Yes!" "Understood!"
"Duel!" ×2.
"I will go first!" Andal drew a card and glanced at his hand, "Summoning in Defense Position, Gladiator Beast Hoplomus."
A large, heavily armored rhinoceros warrior appeared on the field.
Gladiator Beast Hoplomus, LV 4, Earth Attribute, Rock-Type, DEF 2100.
"Set two cards, end the turn."
"A mundane first turn." Kunikawa Haruto initially wanted to touch the swords of Flame Swordsman and Dark Flare Knight but shifted his focus onto the duel instead.
Having dueled Tenjo Hikari several times, he recognized his level, feeling that such an opening seems quite defenseless.
"My turn—" Tenjo Hikari glanced at his hand, "Spell Card, Instant Fusion, pay 1000 Life Points, Special Summon Thousand-Eyes Restrict!"
Tenjo Hikari LP: 4000→3000
The evil god Thousand-Eyes returned to the field.
"Activate Set Card, Sudden Strike of the Gladiators. Target cards equal to the number of Gladiator Beast types on the field. Destroy those cards." Andal lightly raised a bear paw, gesturing toward one, "Destroy, Thousand-Eyes Restrict."
"Oh woah!" The rhino's eyes suddenly turned red, followed by a fierce charge, forcibly crushing the evil god.
"Oh no—" Kunikawa Haruto came to, realizing that the opponent wasn't him, of course, there would be obstacles.
"The Fusion Monster summoned by losing 1000 Life Points fell immediately, Tenjo, be cautious! That thing gives me a bad feeling."
Tenjo Hikari understood this better than Kunikawa Haruto, but nodded without speaking, continuing, "In that case, I activate Thunder Dragon's effect in my hand, discard it to add up to two Thunder Dragons to my hand from the Deck.
I add the second Thunder Dragon to my hand, then activate the second Thunder Dragon's effect, discard it and add the third Thunder Dragon from my Deck to my hand."
Since acquiring Gem-Knight, Tenjo Hikari had added Thunder Dragon to his Deck. After the duel with Vampire Fraulein, he obtained new cards but never had the chance to use them.
"Is there any point to this move?" Kunikawa Haruto asked in confusion.
Why not just take two directly, now it's reversed as tossing one more away.
"Of course there is, Haruto— I activate Fusion Spell, Thunder Dragon Fusion!" Tenjo Hikari pointed to the ground, shouting, "Thunder Dragon Fusion is a Fusion Spell exclusive to Thunder-Type, allowing the Fusion Summon of a Thunder-Type Fusion Monster by returning banished Thunder-Type monsters from the field, Graveyard, or exclusion zones to the Deck!"
Kunikawa Haruto's mouth was agape. Can it recycle Fusion!?
Indeed, this is Fusion by returning to the Deck!
"Witness my new power—" He clapped both hands.
"Fusion Summon, Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon!"
Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, LV 7, Light Attribute, Thunder-Type, Attack Power 2800.
This attack power is impressive!