Light Society.
Under the leadership of Saiou Takuma, the organization aims to make Saiou the person who leads the destiny of this world.
Members include Saiou Takuma himself, his sister Saiou Mizuchi, the Earth, Water, Fire, and Thunder Four Monarch group, and several Professional Duelists.
Besides that, the main pillars of the Light Society are...
Manjome White Thunder, and Tenjouin Asuka.
That's right.
It's these two.
Among them, in the original story, Manjome was brainwashed by Saiou through a duel after his fear of Judai was seen through, and was controlled to become a mainstay in the academy.
As for Asuka, she was affected and brainwashed by Saiou's power after losing to Manjome's "precognition" in a duel meant to stop him from turning the Blue Academy into the White Academy, thus becoming a member of the Light Society.
These two, as main members within the academy, dispatched various Blue Academy "elites" to target Judai, but all were countered by Judai's "Divine Draw Power."
This was indeed a chapter in the original that constantly revolved around Judai's frequent divine draws.
Judai, the original protagonist, was able to draw miraculously to an extent that even duelists in the original worldview, full of miraculous draws, thought his luck was ridiculously excessive.
However, Tenjo Hikari's focus is not on this.
Rather...
In this world, Manjome is not only a disciple of Kaiba Seto, but he has absolutely never "feared" Judai; at most, he fears himself, afraid of not doing well.
Under such circumstances, for Saiou to brainwash him, who possesses a Duel Spirit, is considerably challenging.
After all, even though Manjome has never used the Light and Darkness Dragon, given the spirit strength shown in battles in the Union Hangar, where Panda Dragon easily withstood cannon fire, Saiou wanting to brainwash him is rather overthinking.
Secondly.
In the original, the reason Saiou wanted to brainwash Manjome was not simply because he was strong, but because Saiou himself couldn't see Duel Spirits, so he wanted to recruit someone who could see them to duel Judai, to determine the direction of the Wheel of Destiny.
But in this world, it's different.
With the vigorous development of Other Dimension exploration, Duel Spirits are no longer just stuff of legend or fairy tales.
Thus, with Saiou's kind of supernatural level in the original, enhancing his adaptability through Other Dimension science, seeing spirits is not a problem.
After all, Mitsuzawa Daichi, a genuine ordinary human, can now see them.
So, Saiou's goals and purposes in the original at this point don't exist in this world.
Therefore, Tenjo Hikari is actually quite curious about what Saiou's doing at Duel Academy in this world now.
After all, the principal hasn't returned yet, and Prince Aokim, who has a space laser satellite capable of directly destroying Earth, wouldn't come to the academy at this time, so what's the point of Saiou coming here?
The point, is significant.
Saiou smiled and nodded in greeting with Instructor Napoleon, exchanged some pleasantries, and humbly explained that the only reason he could become Ed Phoenix's manager was because he and Ed were childhood friends; otherwise, signing Ed would be impossible, then he explained his reasons for coming to the school.
First, naturally, is transferring schools; after all, he's also a high school student, and since Ed is here, as his friend, whether for friendship or duty, he'd transfer.
Second, he wanted to scout more excellent talents to become Professional Duelists because he watched a duel between Ed and Marufuji Ryo, a duel where Ed smiled for the first time in ages, making him, as a friend, quite joyful, and naturally wanted to come to Marufuji Ryo's alma mater to see how great the academy that educated such duelists is.
He said all this, leaving even Instructor Napoleon, who invited him, without words, and Professor Cronos, too, hurriedly smiled with delight, happy for the students having new possibilities.
At this moment, he wouldn't argue with Instructor Napoleon for not consulting him about inviting Ed Phoenix's manager to the academy.
When asked about Ed Phoenix's studies, Saiou said, "Sorry, teachers, Ed's schedule is full for the next three years, only outside of duel schedules will he possibly attend classes here."
"Oh, that's such a shame." Instructor Napoleon seemed somewhat regretful.
Even though he lost to Yuki Judai once, he also won once; in his view, Ed Phoenix was the best weapon against the Red Academy.
"Hmm, who are those students?" Suddenly, Saiou changed the subject, lightly chuckling while nodding towards the direction of the academy's academic building.
Over there, students in different colored uniforms—red, yellow, blue, black, and purple—were leaving the building, seemingly in good spirits.
"Ah," Professor Cronos glanced briefly, puffed out his chest confidently, "those are what make Duel Academy proud, the prestigious Duel Academy club, the Fusion Department, a club founded by my student, Tenjo Hikari—oh, by the way, Saiou, are you interested in inviting him to the Professional Duelist circuit..."
"Oh..." Saiou followed Cronos's direction, looking towards someone in the crowd.
Meanwhile, as if sensing something, Tenjo Hikari looked up and turned his head to meet Saiou Takuma's gaze not far away.
"So, that's the Absolute Fusion Master, Duel Academy's new symbol, Tenjo Hikari? Truly impressive in every way." Saiou responded with a smile, a faint purple light flickering in his eyes.
Tenjo Hikari slightly squinted his eyes.
Suddenly—
Swoosh...
Swoosh...
At the tranquil shores of Duel Academy, a gentle breeze suddenly whipped up, growing stronger and faster.
"Huh, huh??" Instructor Napoleon felt his body a bit unstable.
"Mamma mia, wh-what's happening? Why did the wind suddenly start blowing? Saiou, maybe we should hurry to the school building for a visit?"
A fleeting, fervent, and almost insane smile flashed across Saiou's face, which turned gentle and kind again after Instructor Napoleon instinctively rubbed his eyes. At the same time, the gleam in his eyes gradually dissipated, and the storm slowly subsided.
"Ah, no need, I'll just wander around the island by myself for now. Thank you both for your company in your busy schedule." Saiou Takuma lightly bowed to the two teachers, then turned with a smile and walked in another direction.
"Eh?" "Wait, wait, Saiou... walked away."
The two teachers felt somewhat baffled.
On the other side, due to Tenjo Hikari suddenly stopping, both Judai and Manjome asked Tenjo Hikari what was wrong, and Tenjo Hikari frowned, thought for a moment, and shook his head.
Just when he met Saiou's gaze, his power "collided" with Saiou's fate, causing a brief contact without incident.
Why would Saiou bother him for no reason, why not pester Judai and Ed instead?
Could it be that Saiou from this world wants to turn him, the "Minister of Fusion," into an agent for the school's Light Society?
"Truly a peculiar human." On the other side, Tierra also voiced her opinion, "It's like there's a me and a Sofia inside him fighting for control of his body's system."
To be honest, it really is.
Elsewhere, Saiou walked alone into the woods, hitting a tree with one hand, creating a terrifying pit, and leaned against it, hunching over and growling quietly.
If anyone could see it, they'd notice his current "face."
His left face, full of compassion, shedding tears in sorrow; his right face, cold and heartless, filled with maniacal laughter.
"The person who represents the Tarot card of [Sun]."
"Light, hope, brightness, whether upright or reversed, is beneficial to people."
"But, you saw it too."
"His [Sun] is not a warm, white light like it."
"But a deep, black hole that can devour everything, transformed into a dark sun."
"He doesn't emit light; he only absorbs everything around him."
"Such a sun will only destroy others."
"No, I believe, even a dark sun is still a sun, still a nourisher of all things."
"And the destructive desire to obliterate everything, those ruinous waves, will never be our hope!"
He muttered to himself, self-denying yet self-affirming for a long time before slowly calming down.
Perhaps, indeed, he might be a little schizophrenic.
Especially after the "battle" between the Light Society and Fusion Army ended, and the portion of light that belonged to him was taken some, his symptoms intensified.
However—
The ruinous wave of light also far exceeded his imagined insane growth, surpassing the possibilities he divined in his childhood!
At first, the wave of light he understood could merely destroy planets within the cosmos.
But now, amidst wars and more and more worldly struggles, this light power has gradually inflated.
Therefore...
Though there is less, his total amount is even more than before!
"To fuse all the Absolute Fusion Masters. I see, even if it is the sun, for us, that pure radiance is too dazzling, instead like a black hole making it impossible to gaze upon, to see."
Saiou Takuma regained his gentle and elegant demeanor, contemplated his recent experiences, squinted slightly, raised the corners of his mouth, and thought of an opportunity.
His smile turned extremely sinister, exaggeratedly healthy."
He knows Tenjo Hikari and Akaba Leo have a quite bad relationship.
Destiny has already revealed the answer to him!
He raised his hand lightly, and unknowingly, a table suddenly appeared beside him; he casually reached out and took a card from the deck on the table.
It was a Coordinate Card marking a [Fusion Army] dimensional base, a node where Light Society previously failed to attack.
There seem to be many interesting cards hidden there.
Moreover, he knew through precognition that there was a bloody secret hidden there.
But at the same time, the [Guard] there is also the strongest guard.
Let me witness it——
Sun!
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