Chapter 1

"Student Tenjou, you want to join the Fusion Club?"

"Yes."

"Uh... alright, then leave your name."

"Later, the Fusion Club will arrange for a student who also signed up to duel you."

In the school's Duel Hall, a girl wearing a blue school uniform asked Tenjou Hikari two questions, and after receiving an affirmative answer, she wrote down Tenjou Hikari's name.

At Duel Academy, different colleges are distinguished by the color of the school uniforms. The lowest "status" is Osiris Red, wearing red uniforms, who are the school's "underachievers"; the middle tier is Ra Yellow, considered upper-middle students; finally, there is Obelisk Blue, the students with the highest status in the academy, the "honor student" level.

The student in charge of recording in front of him was wearing a blue uniform, so naturally, she was an "honor student," while Tenjou Hikari was in a yellow uniform, making him a middle-tier student.

Honestly, Tenjou Hikari was surprised—he never expected that his predecessor's deck and skill level could still be considered a "middle-tier student."

The female student in charge of recording looked at Tenjou Hikari with a strange expression, as if looking at a pervert or a lunatic.

This is normal; Duel Academy has various activity clubs, and every student can choose according to their own preferences.

The "Fusion Club" used to be an activity club that many students would choose, but ever since the possibility of other dimensions was discovered, some extreme fanatic factions developed a hatred and fear of "complex other summoning methods," thus forming the "Fusion Fanatic Supremacy" faction led by Leo Akaba.

The current Fusion Club is already the headquarters of the "Fusion" Army. Seeing a freshman apply to join such an activity club, it really seems a bit crazy to other ordinary students.

Tenjou Hikari scanned the surroundings of the venue; there were only a few scattered Yellow Academy students, as well as a few Red Academy students, and there was even a jellyfish-haired one inside...

—It's Jaden Yuki!

I didn't expect to see the original protagonist so early; it's quite happy.

"Hey!! Go for it!!" Jaden shouted enthusiastically when he saw a student go up.

Although Jaden Yuki is a brainless dueling fanatic who will play cards almost whenever he can, this match happened to be the type he wouldn't participate in—although he likes Fusion very much, if you want him to listen to "Fusion is absolutely supreme and everything else is trash," then forget it.

But taking the opportunity to watch a duel is a must for his personality.

It's even possible he's been watching all day.

"Hey! Kid, stop looking around!" While Tenjou Hikari was distracted, his opponent had already lost patience, "Hurry up and surrender, I can't wait to wear a purple uniform!"

On the side, in the spectator stands, several Blue Academy students were also shouting: "Hey, Yulong, hurry up and let that Yellow Academy kid know that Ancient Gear is a deck only we Obelisk students are worthy of using!"

"Haha, no need for you to tell me!"

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow.

Indeed, it seems that the vast majority of Fusion Club students are Blue Academy students, and Yellow and Red ones are very rare.

It seems that even among Fusion fanatic students, there is color discrimination.

"Duel!" "Duel!"

[Tenjou Hikari, LP: 4000]

[Yulong, LP: 4000]

The two duel disks unfolded, and they simultaneously drew five cards as their starting hands.

"I'll take the first turn!" the Blue Academy student shouted, drawing a card at light speed.

Holy crap—he's cheating—

Tenjou Hikari just wanted to shout that, but suddenly remembered that in the era of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, you could still draw a card on the first turn, so he hurriedly stopped his action.

However, the opponent's "I'll take the first turn" and immediately drawing a card really caught Tenjou Hikari off guard.

If you can take the first turn just by shouting fast, then he must train this ability in the future; how cool would it be to go first every time?

After Yulong drew his card, he looked at the cards in his hand and grinned: "Haha, you're finished."

"Activate Spell card, Fusion Sage!"

He showed a card from his hand with a fanatical smile: "This card can add a Fusion from the deck to the hand!"

"He actually got Fusion at the start!"

"Haha, that Yellow kid is done for."

A group of Fusion Club students who had already changed into purple uniforms nodded repeatedly and praised when they saw Yulong playing like this.

"A Yellow Academy student actually came to participate in the Fusion Club screening; he's really overestimating himself!"

"The Ancient Gear deck is a deck only we Blue Academy students are worthy of using!"

"Exactly, our professor in charge is Professor Vellian Crowler!"

"Don't think that just because the professor made a mistake and lost to a Red Academy underachiever, anyone can challenge our status!"

These people said excitedly.

"Mamma mia..." In the first row of the spectator area, Professor Crowler, wearing heavy makeup and a long blue uniform, heard the students' words and buried his head low.

This is also normal; although he doesn't support the Fusion Club, the Fusion Club's general-purpose deck is "Ancient Gear" after all. As an expert in this deck, he naturally wants to see what kind of students want to use his deck.

But upon hearing these discussions, this face-conscious professor immediately couldn't hold his head up.

"Watch the duel, watch the duel!" he bit his handkerchief and said through gritted teeth.

On the other side, Yulong was still operating: "I Normal Summon, Ancient Gear Knight!"

?

Tenjou Hikari was slightly stunned.

Along with Yulong's operation, an old robot made entirely of steel, holding a shield in its left hand and a spear in its right, suddenly emerged, becoming the first monster summoned in this book.

Ancient Gear Knight, Level 4, Earth attribute, 1800 ATK, Gemini.

"Ancient Gear?" Many Red and Yellow students in the stands showed puzzled expressions.

If you already have an Ancient Gear deck, why are you participating in this screening duel?

Tenjou Hikari looked to his right, at those Fusion Club students; they all had expressions of watching a joke, as if they had already predicted the outcome.

"A powerful monster with 1800 points just by Normal Summoning! So amazing!" Jaden shouted excitedly.

"Hmph, getting Fusion on the first turn and summoning a wall with 1800 attack points, Yulong's first turn isn't bad!"

"In this way, we just need to wait for other Fusion materials."

"It was worth lending the deck to a few Blue Academy classmates."

The Fusion Club students discussed enthusiastically, their voices so loud that it was as if they were afraid other academy students wouldn't hear them.

"End turn." Yulong sneered arrogantly.

Tenjou Hikari was dumbfounded.

The opponent performed too many tricks for him.

That's it?

"What's wrong? Scared?" Yulong laughed, "If you're scared, then hurry up and surrender! Let me tell you, Fusion isn't something just anyone can touch!"

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow and curled his lip slightly.

Tsk.

What a weak first turn.

No disruption at all, only a 1800-point front row... You know, even in a simple beatdown, you wouldn't leave your back row empty.

If you had set a Sakuretsu Armor, I would have considered you to have made an effort!

He shook his head gently: "Classmate."

"What?"

"In my long learning career, I realized one thing."

"?"

"The more people chase Fusion, the less they understand Fusion. Because people always want to gather Fusion materials. Just like you."

"You searched for Fusion, but you could only hold it in your hand, and then Normal Summon a monster! With you like this, why should you join the Fusion Army!"

"Fusion should be the noblest summoning method; any redundant action is disrespectful to Fusion!"

"What!?"

Let alone Yulong, even some Fusion Club students were stunned when they heard Tenjou Hikari's words, and some even couldn't help but pick their ears, suspecting they had misheard.

Brothers just admire Fusion, you are truly crazy!

"My turn, draw—"

He looked at his hand, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Damn, six Spell cards.

In any other situation, he would have conceded, but fortunately, he wasn't playing "Master Duel."

He showed a cold smile on his face, looked straight ahead, raised his hand, and shouted: "Fusion Summon is the noblest summoning method!

Therefore, you just need to fuse!!"

"I pay 1000 Life Points to activate. Fusion Spell card, Instant Fusion!"

"Special Summon a non-effect Fusion monster of Level 6 or lower from the Extra Deck as a Fusion Summon!"

"Come, Fusion Summon, Bracchio-raidus!"

Along with his shout, a deep blue dinosaur roared and flew directly out of the Extra Deck, standing beside Tenjou Hikari.

Bracchio-raidus, Level 6, Water attribute, 2200 ATK. Fusion monster.

"No, not using any Fusion materials, just fusing??" Someone opened their eyes wide and subconsciously rubbed them.

"Wow, so strong." Jaden saw the Bracchio-raidus that was Special Summoned directly and showed surprise, "Wow, if the Heroes had this kind of card..."

All the students watching, whether they were uninterested in the Fusion Club, the Fusion Army students who lent cards to Yulong and others to watch the other academy students make a fool of themselves, or Professor Crowler who didn't even want to watch anymore, were all shocked by Tenjou Hikari's move.

So... Fusion can be played like this?

(End of this chapter)