Tenjo Hikari packed up the Duel Disk and deck, and walked off the stage.
As he was stepping down, he happened to see the Nordic Trio and waved to greet them.
The trio was about to respond when they noticed this Light's teammate walking this way.
Originally, when they saw Jack and his group approaching, the trio was planning to leave, but unexpectedly, Tenjo Hikari stood still and stopped here.
What's going on?
"Good job, Light." On the other side, Yusei and the others also arrived at this moment.
Tenjo Hikari looked to the left, smiled, and said, "Yusei, these three are contestants from Northern Europe."
Yusei?
The trio noticed Fudou Yusei.
"The New King?"
Dragan squinted slightly.
Is this the Fudou Yusei who defeated Jack Atlas?
Yusei looked at these three with slight confusion.
Why did Hikari specifically point out these three?
He took a closer look at the trio, suddenly recalling their information—more precisely, a small piece of data.
So he quickly reached out his hand towards Harald, who uncertainly extended his hand, puzzled.
What's happening?
"It's truly fortunate, I've always wanted to meet you... You are the chosen ones of the Polar Gods, right?"
The trio was momentarily stunned.
It seems that Light didn't introduce them to Fudou Yusei, so how did he guess their identity?
"You're not wrong." Harald, unyieldingly, replied, "We are duelists blessed by the Polar Gods... It seems you are similar?"
He looked up past Yusei.
Besides Jack Atlas, he didn't recognize anyone else.
But the lean guy seemed not to be an ordinary person either.
While he was observing, Dragan had already locked eyes with Jack Atlas, like schoolboys having a staring contest. Brever was a bit speechless, elbowing Dragan, but unexpectedly, Crow was bolder, directly patting Jack on the back of the head.
"What are you doing! What are you doing!" Jack was startled by Crow's slap, thinking it was another argument about time, and he became somewhat edgy.
Crow, hands on his hips, shook his head and sighed.
Such an idiot without a clue.
"Sorry. My friend and your friend have some old grudges." Brever explained while spreading his hands slightly.
But Dragan was not so good-tempered, he just snorted coldly and said, "Jack Atlas, you didn't participate in the match yourself and let your teammate expose his trump card first, always as despicable as ever. Someone like you doesn't deserve to be king."
???
Jack was completely bewildered.
"Harald, Brever, we should also go register."
Obviously, he didn't want to waste time with the 5DS members anymore.
The other two of the Nordic Trio, hearing this, naturally wouldn't go against their friend's wishes, they briefly greeted the 5DS team and then turned to leave.
"So strange." Jack was a bit confused.
"There must be some misunderstanding." Yusei did not dwell on this issue too much. If it's a misunderstanding, it can be resolved. If there's a real conflict, there's also a way to mitigate it, since they're WRGP contestants, since they're duelists, naturally, there'll be a time for Jack and that man to face each other and resolve things then.
"Northern Europe... Polar Gods..."
Yusei thought to himself.
In the information from ZONE, there was a mention of the Polar Gods, but in the history that "ZONE" experienced, the Three Polar Gods did not perform particularly well in the "The One Battle," they didn't even have time to participate before being defeated, so he only had a general understanding.
Unfamiliar opponents...
Unfamiliar foes represent new possibilities and uncertainty, but for Yusei, this is a good thing.
In the history ZONE experienced, since they didn't even have time to participate before being eliminated, they now have a greater chance to connect together!
Thinking of this, he thanked Tenjo Hikari again, because he knew that Tenjo Hikari must have noticed the Nordic Trio's peculiarity beforehand and deliberately stopped them.
Now that they've encountered each other, it's good to attempt some interaction.
It's just a pity there wasn't more contact.
But he didn't dwell too much on it, called Tenjo Hikari, and headed to their "team hall."
Before leaving, Tenjo Hikari glanced at the spectator seats.
He wasn't specifically looking for anyone, just casually glancing, but unexpectedly saw someone that surprised him.
It seemed to be Yugo—but Yugo couldn't possibly be sitting in the Pendulum team.
It's Sakaki Yuya.
He felt a mix of emotions for the first time, feeling a sense of confusion about the "future."
That tomato... what is he like now?
The 5DS Team had a dedicated team storage room in the Upper Area. After entering the room, Tenjo Hikari took off his mask, took a deep breath of fresh air, and seeing that the person under the mask was indeed Tenjo Hikari, Jack was incredulous.
How could that Tenjo Hikari duel look like that?
Tenjo Hikari smiled and explained that the duel wasn't something "he" participated in, but was conducted by the "God" he supported.
Now everyone immediately understood.
They knew Tenjo Hikari's real "support god" was an Otherworld God named Tierra, thinking back now, the monsters Tenjo Hikari used in that duel indeed had a different style from what he usually used.