Blue Academy—now in the White Academy, Saiou gently shuffles the Tarot cards, then draws one.
It's still Death.
He grins.
So, the "Death" of the human world isn't enough to reach the heights of the sun, so a true "Death" is needed?
Purple light flickers in his eyes.
The future.
In the Duel Academy Northern Branch, a sealed Spirit Card will be taken out by someone.
It's a card sealed with "Death," possessing a power beyond ordinary cards, enabling duelists to draw whatever they wish.
Heh...
"Lord Saiou, since that gentleman failed, let me, Gin Ryuusei, challenge Tenjo Hikari!"
"No, Lord Saiou, my Frog Princes are eager to contribute to you..."
"Hehe...everyone." Saiou hears the two students speak, gently turns around, smiles, and slowly says, "It's not about contributing to me, but to Destiny."
"It's not I who guides you, but Destiny."
"Yes!" All the students bow.
"Destiny reveals, the duel with Tenjo Hikari will be with the legendary Spirit Card."
"As for now..."
He looks at the washed-out students: "Please complete Mr. Napoleon's contract and duel Yuki Judai of the Red Academy."
"Yes!" The response confirms the core work of the Light Society thereafter.
Challenge the Heroes, uphold Destiny.
On the other side.
The duel ends, X shakily stands up, rubbing his head.
The new "realistic duel hologram" built by Fengguang Company makes damage and battle appear more realistic, and the damage received is more evident.
Of course, it was only somewhat painful.
He didn't retort by claiming that next time he'd win by bringing the right counter cards, after all, he was just a hired hand, and if he couldn't win, he'd just hand what Saiou prepared to Tenjo Hikari.
Tenjo Hikari takes the cards, gazing at the blinking coordinate points on them, hesitating for a while.
He somewhat doubts whether Saiou would give him a genuine coordinate.
But it doesn't really matter, he can also test it.
Tenjo Hikari had previously dismantled many of Akaba Leo's Other Dimension Research Institutes in his spare time, but he found no trace of the "Lord of Phantasms" in those institutes. He suspects that Akaba Leo has already noticed someone targeting his Fusion Army and changed his strategy; many of Tenjo Hikari's raids were met with urgent relocations, transferring the most important cards and ambushing Tenjo Hikari instead.
Despite this, Tenjo Hikari still managed to save many spirits, but he never found the core point.
Raviel, Lord of Phantasms, although its practical effect is nowhere near as useful as the other two, is truly the head of the Phantasms, possessing the strongest Power of Phantasms.
Therefore, the place where the user of this card resides must be a very important core point.
Although he estimates Saiou isn't providing these coordinates with good intentions—after all, he heard about a conflict between Saiou and Akaba's subordinates earlier—he might want to use Tenjo Hikari to exact retaliation.
But Tenjo Hikari doesn't care.
More than those trifles, he wants to get "Raviel"—even though he has already fused Chaos Phantasm Armityle, he still needs Raviel.
After all, without Fusion Materials, saving one card is a card saved.
Tenjo Hikari put away the coordinates, chatted with Professional Duelist X for a while, then saw him off from the Fusion Department.
To be honest, the opponent chose the wrong adversary.
In the original story, this old man forced Judai to use "Godslaying Moss," making Judai sweat bullets.
But unfortunately—
Tenjo Hikari isn't bothered by that tactic!
Unless they can banish the cards sent to the graveyard, Tenjo Hikari won't be fazed.
But there's a problem.
In this world, "Macro Cosmos" is still the unique card of Teacher Daitokuji!
The only Macro Cosmos, now turned into the Great Cosmic Workshop, so who can use it?
"Remarkable, Hikari, with only a few cards left in the deck, you still managed such a cool duel!" Judai called out to Tenjo Hikari enthusiastically when he stepped off the platform.
"Ha, it was mainly the opponent's mistake; that strategy is not aimed at me."
Indeed.
Ed nodded gently.
Now it seems many of Tenjo Hikari's cards actually have discard effects more beneficial than having them on the field.
Professional Duelist X encountered such a counterintuitive duelist for the first time.
"Speaking of which, Hikari, that Elder Entity N'tss, why have we never seen you use it before?" Mitsuzawa Daichi asked curiously.
"Now that you mention it, it's the first time I've seen this card." Judai mused, stroking his chin.
"It's not that I didn't want to use it, but rather..." Tenjo Hikari took out a card from his deck and showed his friends.
Then—
"Ah, so that's what you meant." Manjome's eyes widened.
Before, Tenjo Hikari stood on the field saying, "With everyone restless after Caesar's recent events, it's just the right opportunity to show everyone."
Why would he say that?
"Fusion Conditions are Synchro Monster and Xyz Monster!?" Even Ed Phoenix couldn't help but exclaim when he saw the card.
Tenjo Hikari chuckled, placed the card onto the Duel Disk, and linked it to the projection device in the Activity Department, projecting the entire card onto the screen.
"What? What?"
"These Fusion Conditions!?"
"A Fusion Monster that needs no Polymerization, and... it is?"
"Wow, as expected of Senior Tenjo..."
Now everyone finally understood why Tenjo Hikari would suddenly say something like that in the middle of the duel.
Synchro Monster?
Xyz Monster?
They're all fusions!
"Truly impressive." Ed couldn't hold back his genuine admiration.
While many students feel disillusioned and fearful seeing this world now conducting "Xyz Summons," Tenjo Hikari staunchly and unwaveringly adhered to his path.
No matter what, he only wants to fuse!
Ed couldn't hold back and clenched his fists, looking at his card box.
Seeing the fervor kindled in Tenjo Hikari's last duel, this time it seemed even more intense.
But—
He quickly suppressed his emotions.
Before finding his father's murderer, he couldn't act impulsively!
Seeing this kind of Fusion Monster, some ordinary students, worried about drastic changes in this world, suddenly feel lighter.
Originally, for them, this world didn't have so many fancy things; usually, it's just drawing Monsters, either Tribute Summoning, Ritual Summoning, or Fusion Summoning, and the duel ends just like that.
But ever since linking with other dimensions, resulting in the emergence of Xyz Summons and Synchro Summons, some people fear the world drastically changing.
For them, the dueling they've adhered to for over a decade is so "unchanged through eternity."
Suddenly telling them this world is about to change drastically is quite terrifying.
To cope with other dimension summoning techniques and powerful Monsters, this world's dueling was already accelerating, and now, with even Xyz Summons appearing, it only stirs more fear.
Some yearn for change, but naturally, there're those who wish to stay the same.
Yet now, Tenjo Hikari tells them there's no need to worry, just adhere to their own paths.
"Synchro Monsters can be Fusion Materials, and Fusion Monsters can also have Levels, becoming materials for Synchro Monsters or Xyz Monsters." Tenjo Hikari puts away the cards, "So there's no need to be fussed about these things; focus more on the process.
Even if you aren't fusing, even trying Xyz or Synchro Summoning, as long as you don't go astray or down a wrong path, you'll always be my friends. So there's no need to be so troubled.
Fusion is never exclusive."
After speaking, Tenjo Hikari stretched lazily.
After returning from the Critical Point Dimension not long ago and having just finished a duel, he wanted to extract some Duel Energy.