"It's been a long time, Miss Ishizu, Mr. Rishid."
Muto Yugi walked forward to greet those emerging from the sandstorm.
It was clear he was quite familiar with these people, perhaps having had other interactions with them after "Duel City" ended.
Apart from the two, the rest of the Gravekeeper Race quickly saluted Yugi.
Rishid was the first to return the salute, then looked at Tenjo Hikari, and asked Muto Yugi with curiosity, "Yugi, what exactly do you want to say?"
Yugi lightly tugged at his shoulder strap, raising the drawing board a bit, and then said, "Mr. Rishid, Miss Ishizu, haven't I told you? I really hope you can leave here and venture into a wider world, instead of..."
He chatted with the two.
According to his thoughts, now that the technology for Dimension Travel has matured, the world is filled with all sorts of new cards, but at the same time, countless Other Dimension beings have entered this world.
In places unseen by the Gravekeeper Race, many strange Spirits have harmed humans in this world, and it has been Kaiba Company secretly handling these matters.
Moreover, interactions with other human Dimensions have grown increasingly close, with worlds influencing each other.
One day, this world will become completely different, but if by then the Gravekeeper Race still clings to old ways, they might disappear into history.
He very much hopes that doesn't happen.
That's why he earnestly persuaded the Gravekeeper Race before, encouraging them to send new members to the GX Tournament, hoping they could see what the world is like now.
The outcome was actually not bad.
The Duelists of the Gravekeeper Race ended the competition early, and after returning, they talked about some things they saw at the GX Tournament.
Rishid looked at Tenjo Hikari.
GX's... Champion?
A genius among geniuses, an Absolute Fusion Master...
Rishid had already learned about Tenjo Hikari from stories his newly adopted "brother" told him and had watched videos in his spare time to understand Tenjo Hikari's duels.
"Next, I plan to visit a newly discovered human Dimension... where it seems to be filled with an atmosphere of entertainment and lots of new gaming devices, which I'm very interested in..." Muto Yugi said while gesturing, "In short, I might stay there for a long time, and just as Tenjo starts challenging 'Legendary Duelists,' I thought of you.
Now is a rare opportunity, and I really hope Mr. Rishid can duel with the new generation of Duelists born in the Dimension Duel environment, to see what Duelists of the new era are like.
Otherwise, if you miss it this time, who knows when there will be another opportunity. Reaching out to you again might take a long time."
So that's how it is.
Tenjo Hikari gently nodded beside him.
So he was persuading his friends to take a look outside.
As the saying goes, it's better to be timely than early, coincidentally hearing that Tenjo Hikari was dueling with "Legendary Duelists," he seized this chance to approach Rishid, a "Legendary Duelist."
Unlike the sort of "Legendary Duelists" like the Maze Brothers who mixed up the waters, Rishid was genuinely strong, having once dragged Jonouchi into a hard fight, and he only lost because his "sworn brother" Marik directed him to use a copied The Winged Dragon of Ra card, leading to his being punished by The Winged Dragon of Ra's godly wrath and falling into a coma.
In short, he was a truly powerful Legendary Duelist.
Tenjo Hikari looked again at the people behind him.
He didn't see that "Marik," but rather some unfamiliar faces.
Rishid himself was a child adopted by the Gravekeeper Race, so the new recruits of the Gravekeeper Race, like the one who participated in the GX Tournament last time and those unfamiliar faces behind him, were also children adopted by the Gravekeeper Race.
Exploring new worlds?
Rishid pondered.
He looked at Tenjo Hikari.
Challenge the "Legendary Duelists"?
Interesting.
Although not all "Legendary Duelists" are outstanding, and quite a few are actually just filling the numbers.
But for a young person to dare to challenge the "legend," it speaks to his courage and confidence.
Furthermore, he had heard his brothers talk about the stories of Tenjo Hikari, knowing he grew up in the "Fusion Army" and turned against it, which made him have a good impression of Tenjo Hikari.
If it's merely to duel a junior, he has no major objections.
Besides...
He could see that his brothers seemed eager to see the outside world.
He looked at Ishizu, who was silent for a moment before nodding lightly.
All right —
Rishid looked at Tenjo Hikari: "Alright, Yugi, this is indeed a good proposal."
He did not wish for Marik's tragedy to repeat itself, so if his brothers truly wanted to see the outside world, he wouldn't deliberately stop them.
But perhaps it was precisely because of his attitude that the siblings he adopted were very obedient to the Gravekeeper Race's rules, having never violated them all these years until Muto Yugi personally came to the Gravekeeper Race and invited some to participate in the GX Tournament, where they experienced "Dimension Travel" and ventured into that Other Dimension adventure called "Critical Point."