As he waved goodbye, Tenjo Hikari watched his classmates and professors board the Dimensional Train, leaving the academy.
The voice of the Red Dragon became increasingly clear by his ear.
Tenjo Hikari knew he would soon head to the Synchro Dimension too.
But before that, he still had a few matters to handle.
The next day, under the watchful eyes of Tenjo Hikari, Tierra, and others, several Spirits gradually awakened.
The first to awaken was the "Armor" White Knight of Dogmatika, followed by Tragedy and Fierce Tragedy, and lastly, the Fallen of Albaz.
When the Spirits first awoke, they were a bit dazed, especially the White Knight, who immediately raised its weapon as if to attack. However, after the "Separation," Tierra effortlessly bound it with countless Puppet Strings.
Seeing the White Knight's plight, the remaining three Spirits gradually calmed down.
After inquiry, the Spirits gradually summarized some information, and Tenjo Hikari managed to understand the situation.
Just as he always knew.
The Spirit World and the "True Original Scripture" are not the same thing. Just like how the DT Dimension not only has "El Shaddoll Midrash" but also "Winda, Priestess of Gusto" and "Spiritual Beast Tamer Winda," the same existence can have multiple or even different period entities in the Spirit World.
The "Branded World" is the same.
In the same Spirit World, it was possible for the Taught Knight, White Knight of Dogmatika, Despian Quaeritis, The Iris Swordsoul, and Despian Luluwalilith to exist. But before, the "Branded" world was countless Spirit influences that either collaborated or were hostile with each other, and then one day, that "Red Light" descended, leading to the separation of the Spirit Dimension.
Originally, the Branded Dimension's many influences wanted to distinguish themselves into individual tribe dimensions like the other dimensions' Spirits, but unexpectedly, being very close to the central area, the remnants of the Power of Red Light caused incomprehensible changes in their dimension.
This led to a severe error during the separation of the dimension.
In the same coordinate, at the same time and place, different things appeared!
Quite a few Spirits possessed both "past and future" bodies and outcomes simultaneously.
Initially, there were solutions for the overlaps of multiple dimensions because the Spirits could still be separated, but due to the Power of Red Light's strong enhancement on the Spirits, some ensnared Spirits lost control and harbored devouring thoughts, fusing with each other, leading to the current situation.
Fierce Tragedy rubbed its forehead.
It was the culprit that mixed four Spirits together, but it didn't want to do so; it was driven by instinct—after the four Spirits completely merged into "Despian Quaeritis," they gained terrifying power exceeding ordinary Spirits, namely "Despian Proskenion" and "Masquerade the Blazing Dragon."
Under the inducement of such strong power, the bodies of the four Spirits mixed more and more and eventually completely became Despian Quaeritis.
Now saved by Tenjo Hikari, Fierce Tragedy was pretty grateful to him, but as it enjoyed watching tragedies, it wasn't planning to go back to its dimension to solve anything but intended to settle in another Demon Dimension to watch the fun—Tragedy also shared the same thoughts.
This was also the survival law of their "Despian" Spirits.
However, since Tenjo Hikari saved them, they willingly left their power as a token of gratitude.
Unfortunately, because they were separated, the Power of Red Light flew out from their bodies. Now, they no longer had Despian Proskenion and Masquerade the Blazing Dragon; they could only express their regrets to Tenjo Hikari.
The White Knight had no particular thoughts. Its thinking was closer to that of a Machine-Type Monster. As for the disaster in its world, it had little thought. It simply wished to serve as a knight-guard for Tenjo Hikari since he saved it—at least providing an additional Spirit guard.
Among all these Spirits, only the most unremarkable one and, in the memory of the four, the first to be absorbed, "Fallen of Albaz," was clutching its eyes in pain, softly saying: "Lord Hikari... I think, it shouldn't be like this..."
Despite being the weakest and the first one to be devoured, after the dismantling, it didn't yearn for that strong power, instead believing that such a causeless mix wasn't reasonable and was quite evil.
While it could understand sacrificing oneself for power, causeless mixing and being driven by power to devour each other, this chaotic "fusion" was indeed excessive.
Because this was not the idea of the "fusion" objects themselves! It was like randomly throwing a bunch of things into a blender without caring for the result or effectiveness—like pigheaded stuffing!
"Wow..." Flame Swordsman exclaimed beside them.
Black Flame and Crystal even clapped directly.
"Interesting, Tenjo Hikari, looks like you've found yourself a brand new companion," Tierra remarked casually.
Tenjo Hikari nodded, extended his hand towards Ah Bu Si, who hesitated for a moment before slowly raising his right hand to meet Tenjo Hikari's.
"I don't know if you still have leftover memories, but it's okay; I can say it again," Tenjo Hikari said with a smile. "I am the Fusion Duelist in pursuit of Extreme Fusion, Tenjo Hikari. I seek all like-minded companions. Lord Ah Bu Si, your concept of fusion, I greatly agree with—let me join you in that dimension and slowly fix everything."
Ah Bu Si hesitated for a moment, then gradually smiled and said reluctantly: "That's great, Lord Hikari... I just regret that we no longer have such power as before. I hope I won't drag you down."
It didn't possess much confidence, just relying on its enthusiasm and instinct to say these words.
Before its dimension split, it had never won a Duel Ceremony, making it the most shameful one among its tribe.
"It's okay," Tenjo Hikari shook his head.
In fact, Ah Bu Si himself was a "reinforcement" to Tenjo Hikari!
Moreover.
Tenjo Hikari glanced down at the cards left by Fierce Tragedy and Tragedy, besides their main form, there was also [Despian Quaeritis].
Moreover, this Ah Bu Si also carried a card in the form of "Titaniklad the Ash Dragon," at least not just a blank card.
In most cases, it could already resolve the enemy!
Listening to the dragon chant by his ear, Tenjo Hikari slightly stretched his body, doing some warm-up exercises.
"Next... It's time to head to the dark world."