Chapter 125: The New Name on the Book

Black Magician, in this world, can be called a myth-rarity card, and to some extent, its fame can rival that of the "Three Sacred Gods" cards.

After all, this is the trump card of the original Duel King, Ryo Fujiki!

Precisely because of this significance, although Black Magician cannot be called "the rarest card," its rarity is far below cards like Black Magician Girl, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, or the recently discovered "Jade Beast," yet its card value is by no means lower than those top-tier rare cards.

Of course, more importantly, since Duel King Ryo Fujiki has switched careers and begun designing cards, the remaining Black Magicians have become collectibles in every sense, and the Black Magicians circulating among duelists have become the most scarce cards.

Even if you wanted to replicate it, there would be no place to do so.

In other words…

"This is a genuine card!" Hearing Hikari's explanation, Tierra exclaimed in surprise, "But how come the card art is different from the promotional posters we saw before?"

"Among Black Magicians, some are 【Legendary Magician】, while others are just Black Magician," Hikari murmured, flipping through the card, "This alternate-art Black Magician—no one knows where they obtained it—but since someone wants to create a synthetic spirit of Black Magician, it means that originally, this card had no spirit at all; it was merely an extremely rare treasure card."

Hikari remembered that in the original Yu-Gi-Oh!, Ryo Fujiki once dueled a magician named "Pandora" who possessed a Black Magician.

The Black Magician in his hands could even react from time to time, but the one in his hand now looked completely soulless.

The Alliance Doctor was captured by two robots; Hikari hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to greet A-Strike Core, wanting to ask what they planned to do.

"Headquarters has been contacted."

A-Strike Core first responded to Hikari's words, then added further explanation.

First, as "recompense" for the torture they endured, they could never let these humans go; moreover, they must interrogate these humans to find out which dimension the other Alliance mechanical residents were captured in.

Beyond that, as their rescuer, if Hikari wished to take them away, they could reluctantly accept it, as it is the request of their benefactor.

"Then no need. I've always been indifferent. But please investigate whether any of them have been brainwashed—don't just lump them all together as guilty."

"Understood."

Hikari had also considered possible solutions.

First, releasing them was out of the question—either leave them as "burdens" for Ma Ling Wang to keep, or they absolutely could not be released.

After all, if these people were revived, they'd become accomplices again; unless directly sent to prison, they could never be released.

But human contact with the other dimension had been so brief; although Seamon Company had designed many "Seamon Company Special Laws," most of them related only to duelists.

Seto Kaiba had always been this way—he wasn't interested in anything else; to some extent, you weren't even considered a "resident" in his eyes if you didn't have a deck.

After all, he was the one who decided to expel anyone whose deck had fewer than forty cards from Tonoyama City.

In other words, the vast majority of rules humans collectively follow regarding contact with the other world are actually long-established unwritten norms.

Either from suffering caused by contact with spirits, or from rules established due to the actions of certain insane humans—like researching spirits, which is indeed forbidden under these unwritten norms—but what punishment should be applied? That's entirely unclear.

For Hikari, the best option now is to let the local spirits "contain" them—whether by locking them in a cryo-chamber or directly imprisoning them in a spirit jail—according to the local spirit world's laws and regulations, hold them for now; when questioned, Seamon Kaiba and Seamon Company's stance would surely be: "Since they lost to spirits in a duel, they must bear the consequences themselves."

Meanwhile, during this process, collaborate with Wan Wan Zhangmu to prepare for what comes next—after all, Wan Wan Zhangmu already has this inclination, and researching this matter falls squarely within his goals.

Hikari asked A-Strike Core to handle the nearby computers; as a Machine-type spirit, it could easily search for information in an unprotected network.

Unfortunately, Hikari had no Electronic World cards; otherwise, he could have obtained far more meaningful information.

Hikari had A-Strike Core erase all recordings, especially completely deleting the footage of the Super Fusion activating the Three… Two Sacred Demons; under normal circumstances, Hikari might not have cared about erasing traces, but he didn't want anyone else to see the activation signature of Super Fusion.

Then he searched further to see if the research facility held any information about other dimensional research institutes.

Regrettably, in the end, Hikari found no information about any other dimensional research institutes; it was clear that each institute had no connection with the others, likely for secrecy.

How cautious that egghead is.

Hikari frowned.

"Master," as Hikari pondered where else he could extract something, A-Strike Core rolled its wheels back to his side, "Headquarters has issued new orders."

"What is it?"

"Regardless of whether your friend wins or loses, you and he will be our Alliance Mechanical's best allies."

Hikari nodded.

"Also—please open your Alchemy Book."

Hearing A-Strike Core's words, Hikari paused for a moment, then took out his carefully guarded Book of Emerald, opened it, and flipped through the pages: "I didn't expect you'd have heard of this book too?"

"The legendary Alchemy Book of the peerless Alchemist," A-Strike Core emitted a beeping sound, "It is said that by signing a contract, one can leave messages within the book, enabling communication even across dimensions."

Hikari nodded.

He had heard from the God of the Golden Heresy that the Lord of the Golden Kingdom, the Lich Golden Minister, could hear the voice of Professor Dadesi even in his own dimension, because Professor Dadesi could directly contract with him through this book.

Originally, it and the Golden Captain were sent to the human world by the Golden Kingdom upon hearing Professor Dadesi's call for help.

But because Professor Dadesi had tagged each dimensional coordinate with a "task," Hikari had never been able to establish contact with any of them.

And now.

Hikari drew a rune in the air; a green alchemy rune floated forth. A-Strike Core lowered its head and transmitted an electrical signal through the symbol. A grand voice rang out: "Thank you for rescuing our residents."

An image appeared on the book.

It was…

AtoZ-Draco Destroyer Cannon!

On its image was drawn a strange three-dimensional pattern—clearly, this was the coordinate of this dimension.

Wow.

Seeing this image, Hikari gasped in awe.

Literally, it was the complete fusion of every Alliance Mechanical from A to Z—indeed, the strongest spirit in this dimension was this one!

This was an extremely powerful monster card, possessed by a powerholder of the "Three Colors Kang"—it could discard one card from hand as cost whenever the opponent activated a monster effect, spell, or trap, then negate and destroy that activation.

Unfortunately, it seemed that in terms of spiritual power, it was suppressed by the Sacred Demons; otherwise, with its attack power comparable to Lei Huang, it could have rescued the residents itself.

"Human warrior," its voice echoed from the image, "In the future, you may freely contact us regarding any matters related to this faction. We shall assist from the sidelines—our treads and cannons shall wage eternal war against them!"

So this was how Professor Dadesi Master's connections and agreements with other spirit worlds were formed?

A smile appeared on his face.

First one!

"Thank you, Draco Destroyer Cannon!"

He closed the book, preparing to return and find Wan Wan Zhangmu to see how things were going on his end—when Tierra's voice spoke again.

"Don't rush off—take apart their dimensional gate! All this is material!"

"Oh, right!"

You might as well squeeze every last drop!

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(End of Chapter)