Chapter 138

The duel ended, but Aster was not discouraged or in pain; instead, he showed a rare, gentle smile.

However, this smile was only fleeting.

"As expected of Department Head Tenjou, the brand-new Flame Swordsman born under fire and Fusion is as dazzling as the sun."

After the duel ended, Aster and Tenjou Hikari shook hands.

The two had no conflicts, and before this, there had been almost no intersection in events, but whether it was the first meeting or the several times Tenjou Hikari dueled with members of the Fusion Army or interdimensional people, Aster, as a member of the Fusion Department, had always watched silently. He had always admired Tenjou Hikari's belief in pursuing Fusion.

Although he had long wanted to duel Tenjou Hikari to improve his strength from other aspects, he actually didn't want to duel in this kind of scene. He wanted to duel Tenjou Hikari in a more formal and reasonable venue, such as a professional arena.

Yes, he personally believed that a duelist like Tenjou Hikari might be the duelist most suitable for the professional arena.

However, although he encountered an unexpected accident, he dueled Tenjou Hikari under this coincidental "destiny."

Perhaps, this was the best time.

After the duel ended, Aster didn't stay at the scene for long.

On one hand, he wanted to see what cards his father left him before he left, and on the other hand, Aster was still thinking about Saiou.

After calming down, the Light of Destruction could no longer affect his thinking, so he immediately realized the various abnormalities before.

At that time, when dueling D.D., that voice of Saiou.

And the voice of Saiou he heard later...

Although they were helpful to him in terms of results, looking back now, the two voices were not the same.

One was gentle, one was violent; one was persuading, one was enticing.

Could it be.

He recalled his previous state.

Although he was not completely controlled by the Light of Destruction, he also had some self-destructive impulses. So, what about Saiou, who was eroded by more, larger, and stronger Light of Destruction, and had been infected since childhood?

I'm afraid Saiou had completely split into "two thoughts"!

He had never noticed it!

Must prepare for what's next...

"Aster."

Just as he was leaving, heavy with thoughts, Tenjou Hikari called him again. He stopped and looked back at Tenjou Hikari.

"If there are still difficulties, there's no need to think about them alone," he said.

Because he was very afraid that Aster would suddenly challenge Saiou when he didn't know, and if he was careless, he would be sent off, and he wouldn't even know.

After the initial surprise, Aster slowly calmed down, nodded gently, and replied to Tenjou Hikari.

"...Thanks for your concern, Department Head."

Then, he turned and left with a smile.

He was not alone.

Saiou, his father, were actually always with him, and the reason he lacked friends was simply because he didn't want to accept more people.

But now, the clock of his life began to run, the hands of his life began to rotate forward. Perhaps the clock would return to the same position, but in fact, he had already moved forward a circle.

Seeing Aster choose to leave, Tenjou Hikari didn't say anything more.

After all, Aster Phoenix was also a person with his own opinions, with his own thoughts and decisions.

After sending Aster away, Tenjou Hikari turned back to look at the members of the Society of Light.

Several members were expressionless, clearly brainwashed to the extreme.

Silver Meteor and Rose Princess came to Tenjou Hikari. Silver Meteor stood with his hands behind his back, first congratulating Tenjou Hikari on his victory and praising Tenjou Hikari's dueling level.

Although he was also brainwashed, his dueling level was still there. After seeing the duel between Tenjou Hikari and Aster, he felt that he couldn't compare to anyone, so he was very respectful.

But—his life had been handed over to Lord Saiou, handed over to destiny, so he was just respectful.

"Then, according to the agreement, Tenjou Hikari, this card is the gift we prepared this time."

As Silver Meteor spoke, several members of the Society of Light in white uniforms respectfully took a small box and handed it to Tenjou Hikari.

"What's in this box are the cards and addresses we obtained from the Fusion Army. I believe Department Head Tenjou will definitely like these things."

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow, took the box, and opened it to take a look.

In the box that could hold two large rows of mooncakes, it was filled with white ornaments, and two cards were placed inside. One had dots of stars drawn on it, clearly the coordinates of some dimension. Below that, it was written "Fluffal Sanctuary."

Whoa.

It's the dimension of Fluffals.

Tenjou Hikari's eyes lit up.

It really was. He had rummaged through every base of the Fusion Army and hadn't found any trace of Fluffals. For the Fusion Army, Fluffals were also a top-secret location.

In this regard, it was indeed easier for those in the Society of Light who had "guidance" to find them.

As for the other one.

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow.

D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc.

D/D/D??

Where did this come from?

Tenjou Hikari was shocked.

"This card is a card Lord Saiou obtained from Reiji Akaba."

"What?" Tenjou Hikari looked up suddenly and asked Silver Meteor in surprise.

"Ah?"

"That's Reiji Akaba's card?"

"Hmm..."

Many students who were still watching clearly showed expressions of discomfort.

Over this period of time, they had completely recognized Tenjou Hikari's purity and extremity, so they would no longer suspect that Tenjou Hikari was a member of the Fusion Army.

But seeing someone take out Reiji Akaba's own card to give to others really made people mutter.

What's going on with this Society of Light?

On the other side, Serena kept lifting her feet, looking up, watching curiously.

Father's card—

What kind of deck does he use?

Tenjou Hikari frowned as he looked at the d'Arc in his hand, which was D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc.

How on earth did this come about?

Only this card, there's no reason for it to appear, right?

"A year ago, Lord Saiou met Reiji Akaba in another dimension. At that time, Reiji Akaba used cards as a reward to invite the Society of Light to cooperate with their Fusion Army." Silver Meteor stood with his hands behind his back and said directly. Many people heard these words and immediately showed hostility towards the Society of Light. Even those students who were saved by the Society of Light couldn't help but start to worry, "But—"

Soon, Silver Meteor's words began to turn: "Lord Saiou saw at a glance that Reiji Akaba harbored evil intentions and was not an upright and kind teacher. Although he recommended Mr. Aster to the Fusion Army, under the guidance of [Destiny], he let him get to know Tenjou Hikari's Fusion Department."

Tenjou Hikari couldn't help but pout and bite his teeth lightly to keep himself from laughing out loud.

How can you talk such nonsense?

Tenjou Hikari still remembered that on that day, Aster clearly dueled the representative of the "opposing side," Sho Marufuji, because of the "Fusion Department," and joined the Fusion Department by mistake.

Although Tenjou Hikari didn't see it at the time, after communicating later and chatting a few more times, Tenjou Hikari had known about this for a long time.

However, although Silver Meteor was talking nonsense, maybe Saiou just let him talk nonsense like that.

He might not know the real situation at all.

Moreover, in his words, there were actually some useful intelligence.

Looking at it this way, at the beginning, Aster was really recommended by Saiou to be the commander of the Fusion Army!

The Fusion Army with Aster as commander and the Fusion Army without Aster as commander were not the same thing.

After all, Aster was truly a hero favored by destiny.

If Aster were present, things like the Heart-Land raid would definitely not have been fought like this or fought so early.

As a reward, Reiji Akaba probably gave Saiou a lot of things, right?

Cards were probably a small part. After all, Reiji Akaba was better at technology!