Chapter 259: Rabiel

A new day.

Chronos hummed a tune, dancing in the steps of his homeland, entering a classroom and pulling open the door to begin today's lesson.

Lately, his mood had been excellent: he was acting principal, suppressing Napoleon, the headmaster who clashed with him, and had a large group of capable students supporting him; even his beloved student Marufuji Ryo had achieved "Xyz Summoning" in this world, earning him immense prestige among teachers and students alike, satisfying his vanity.

He gently pulled open a door, glanced inside, and suddenly froze.

"No, it's gone!"

"It's disappeared!?"

Apparently, at a single glance, the entire classroom lacked one single color—

Blue!

He screamed, clutching his cheeks, "Where's the blue?!"

As if standing amid a sea of red and yellow tulips, their fragrance overwhelming yet missing the most vital shade of blue, Chronos involuntarily let out a mournful cry.

Amid the bizarre scene of students seated in alternating red and yellow, with occasional purple ones, Chronos concluded his lesson for the day.

"So… Professor Chronos wants us to find the cause?" In the Fusion Department, Wan Wan Zhangmu perked up.

He loved this kind of task!

"Not exactly," Tiancheng Guang shook his head. "Actually, Principal Chronos already knows. He got into another argument with Napoleon, and then it was all about 'my school, you regret'."

"What's 'my school, you regret'?" Judai raised his hand, bewildered.

"Cough, cough— that's a minor side note. I'll tell you about it next time," Tiancheng Guang coughed. "In short, it's aimed at you, Judai."

"Me?" Judai pointed at himself, even more confused.

"Ah, I see. Napoleon has always wanted to eliminate Red Academy and has tried many methods before. So this time, he even brought in outside help? That makes sense," Wan Wan Zhangmu quickly understood, nodding vigorously.

On the other side, Sanze rarely joined in the chatter; instead, he kept writing.

He was writing "Application for Visit to Tsubame City."

After witnessing Caesar's Xyz Summoning, he felt he had finally unlocked his long-sealed "Duel Door," and now sought multiple opportunities to enter Tsubame City to find his own "fateful opportunity."

"Ah ha, leave it to me!" Judai, having understood, slapped his chest with absolute confidence. "Sounds fun—just duel the Blue Academy folks and make them change back into their original clothes, right?"

He probably didn't fully grasp what had happened, but for Judai, understanding wasn't necessary.

Dueling? Awesome!

"Chief—"

While the group was holding their "meeting," the student on front desk duty approached and handed him a letter.

The letter contained a challenge.

"What's this?" Even Sanze Sanze Dadi couldn't help but glance over curiously.

"A challenge?"

"In this day and age, do people still use these?"

Tiancheng Guang was equally baffled. He opened the envelope, pulled out the letter, skimmed through it, and quickly spotted several key phrases.

Under Lord Lord Zhai Wang's command, Professional Duelist X, ordered to challenge him.

If Tiancheng Guang loses, he joins the Light Society; if he loses, Lord Lord Zhai Wang will provide Tiancheng Guang with information on "Rabiel"…

Tiancheng Guang narrowed his eyes.

"Rabiel? What's that?" someone asked, puzzled.

"Maybe a card related to Fusion," said Judai instinctively, though he'd never seen it.

"Hmm… could you ask the front desk student to prepare the duel footage?" Tiancheng Guang said, still reading the letter closely, to the student beside him.

At the same time, Tierra's figure materialized beside Tiancheng Guang, leaning slightly forward to peer at the letter: "So it's finally appeared."

Tiancheng Guang nodded in agreement.

During this period, aside from regular studies and experiments,

Tiancheng Guang had used coordinates from the laptop he obtained from the Fusion Army to dismantle several Fusion Army outposts—but at all those locations, he had found no "Phantom King Rabiel."

Lord Lord Zhai Wang…

It seemed the fellow had performed a "fate" divination on him.

Who knew what the bastard was calculating now.

People like this—those who predict or divine—always have a touch of mysticism. Lord Lord Zhai Wang was the pinnacle of them: sane, he was a charlatan; insane, he was a madman.

Logically, only two people determined Lord Lord Zhai Wang's future path: "Yūsei" and "Eden Phoenix," both crucial figures influencing whether he would walk the path to destruction.

But Tiancheng Guang? He had nothing to do with him.

Though confused, Tiancheng Guang didn't dwell on it.

Perhaps because this world was different, Lord Lord Zhai Wang had redirected his original plan—aimed at Wan Wan Zhangmu—toward him.

Hearing that Tiancheng Guang would duel a Professional Duelist, the Fusion Department students instantly sprang into action, adjusting the footage and waiting for the challenger to arrive.

"It's him," said Eden, unable to suppress a low murmur of surprise as X entered and greeted those present.

"Eden, do you know him?" Judai asked curiously.

"Professional Duelist X… ranked higher than me."

"What!? He's stronger than Eden?!" Asuka exclaimed. "Then Tiancheng, you have to be careful—"

X wore his eternal, unchanging smile, radiating calmness. Tiancheng Guang, seeing the flowing bangs, immediately recognized him.

So it was him.

Professional Duelist X.

"Rank is just rank. Only a real duel can determine victory," Wan Wan Zhangmu wasn't concerned.

"But that man… even among Professional Duelists, he's an anomaly," Eden frowned, lowering his voice further. "Anyone who duels him for the first time always loses."

In other words, the first duel against him is always a guaranteed win.

In the Professional Duelist world, no one wants to duel him."

"What!?" Wan Wan Zhangmu, ever the cool one, blurted out in shock.

That's extreme!?

"So powerful—so have you lost to him too, Eden?" Judai turned to look at Eden.

Eden frowned slightly, then shook his head.

His schedule was booked solid until three years from now; he'd never had a duel scheduled with this duelist.

Of course, Lord Lord Zhai Wang might have deliberately avoided arranging it.

Either possibility existed.

"Duel!" x2.

As the group conversed, the duel had already begun, and the Fusion Department students in the hall erupted in excited cheers.

X, LP: 4000.

Tiancheng Guang, LP: 4000.

"Then, I'll take the first turn," X bowed slightly, drew a card from his deck with a swift motion, and placed a monster card on the field. "Attack Position, Trap Interferer."

A bizarre machine, composed of countless small spheres and pillars, appeared on his field.

Trap Interferer, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Machine Type, ATK 800.

"I'll set two cards face-down. End turn."

"That's it? Already?" a student couldn't help asking.

Years ago, such a start might've been acceptable.

But now, after so much interaction with the Other Dimension, is this really a valid opening?

Tiancheng Guang stared at the monster card and raised an eyebrow slightly.

Another exaggerated fake card from the original story…

Professional Duelist X, in the original story, used a deck designed to destroy other decks.

But destroying other decks didn't really harm his own deck much.

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