As if in a dream, the Floating Island slowly dissipated into the air, and the world returned to that sandstorm-filled world.
The golden sun hung high in the sky, with the Immortal Phoenix, symbolizing the Sun God, looking down on everything.
Looking down, at the opponent who dared to use itself as Polymerization Material.
The opponent who dared to fuse into the "Extreme Alchemy," making it unable to descend.
It opened its mouth, singing an incomprehensible birdsong mixed with a dragon's roar, leaving people stunned to the core. Then, the Divine Phoenix gradually spread its wings, flying into the sky, to the unknown, until it vanished.
"It seems, it was quite pleased with this duel."
Huh?
The members of the Gravekeeper Race looked at Yugi, who uttered this sentence. But they saw Muto Yugi, at some point, had taken down his drawing board and sketched a cartoon of the Sun God on it.
"Sorry, Muto Yugi, it seems that even after obtaining the God's Card, I still couldn't achieve victory." Rishid approached Yugi, handing over the card, showing no emotional fluctuation, just regretful for losing the duel, as Muto Yugi had specifically lent him the card for use.
Yugi gently took the card, smiling as he said, "No, duels will always have winners and losers, but as long as they bring joy to everyone, it's a good duel."
After hearing Yugi's words, Rishid glanced back at the children. Seeing Rishid looking at them, they quickly cheered for him.
"Big brother, you were amazing!" "Yeah, big brother, if you knew the effect of that monster, you definitely wouldn't have done that!"
Definitely wouldn't have done that?
Perhaps—
Rishid thought to himself.
Indeed, he didn't know Tenjo Hikari's Fusion Monster's effect, didn't know that the monster couldn't be used as a Sacrifice, but conversely, Tenjo Hikari hadn't anticipated his use of the Sun God, yet he was prepared to face the Divine Fire directly.
However…
After this duel, Rishid could confirm that he indeed needed to go out and see the world.
He turned back to express gratitude to Tenjo Hikari, calling out to his younger siblings. It was clear, as the leading elder brother, he planned to heed Yugi's advice and travel with him.
On the other side, seeing that Rishid was finally willing to step out, Yugi breathed a sigh of relief. He then picked up The Winged Dragon of Ra card, examining it briefly.
After watching for a while, he put away the card and approached Tenjo Hikari, smiling as he said, "Sorry, Tenjo, for not informing you in advance and letting the opponent use the Sun God."
Tenjo Hikari didn't mind much.
The core reason being, Muto Yugi clearly didn't come with ill intention, and Tenjo Hikari somewhat experienced a mental impact in this duel, which could later prepare him for entering "Ecole de Zone."
Muto Yugi continued discussing the cards in his hand: "Even though support cards were designed, there still seem to be some mistakes."
Mistakes?
"According to my expectations, there should have been a third form of the Sun God… hmm, it seems I will need to continue researching this further with Mr. Pegasus."
You mean the Sun God in the "Divine Phoenix" state, right?
Indeed, he hadn't seen Rishid use the Sun God in that state, and it seemed it hadn't been designed yet.
Yugi chatted with Tenjo Hikari for a while, expressing his appreciation for his assistance, then couldn't help but discuss "Pendulum" with Tenjo Hikari.
As someone aiming to be a game designer, and having already released a game, Muto Yugi was very interested in this entirely new type of card.
Unlike Synchro and Xyz cards, Muto Yugi already had channels to explore and collect these for research, but the Pendulum Monsters were only known to be owned by Akaba Leo and Tenjo Hikari thus far.
Therefore, he wanted to take a look at the "Pendulum" monsters in Tenjo Hikari's possession.
Tenjo Hikari opened his spare deck and handed the Starving Venemy Dragon to Yugi.
Yugi seemed like a boy… no, perhaps his love for "games" kept his heart forever young, as he excitedly examined the card, as if gazing at a treasure.
"I see, not only a monster but also acts as a Spell Card… Kaiba said, the current Duel Disk still can't accommodate Pendulum Monsters, probably due to the lack of some core element?"
Yugi roughly speculated.
Tenjo Hikari nodded, sharing some words Akaba Leo had mentioned during duels with Yugi.
Though as a Duelist, Akaba Leo would only play down powerful cards, as a scientist, Akaba Leo was already a top-notch scientist at a world-class, even a multi-dimensional level.
"The swing of the soul… so that's it, I understand now." Muto Yugi nodded, then realized, "Ah, no wonder I always thought that dimension was strange, it's because of this."
?
"What dimension?"
"Oh—you all probably don't know yet." Muto Yugi began to share some insider information with Tenjo Hikari, unknown to the general public, "Actually, Kaiba Company recently discovered a whole new human dimension."
!!!
Tenjo Hikari widened his eyes in surprise.
"That dimension calls itself the [Basic Dimension] and refers to us as the Fusion Dimension."
This feeling—
Could it be!
"According to my current speculation, that dimension should be the homeland of Akaba Leo."
As expected!
"However, that dimension is currently extremely xenophobic, almost refusing any exchange of information with us." Muto Yugi helplessly spread his hands, "This is also the reason why I said I'd be leaving for a long period.