Chapter 27

Darkness, if translated literally, means darkness.

However, in the world of "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX," it is not merely a noun, but a truly existing "person."

Its true form is a goat-headed demon with six wings, representing the "Darkness" of the world's laws. Its true identity is the ruined future of humanity.

Yes, its existence is the "end" of humanity.

In terms of status, this is not something any character from the "early" stages of the plot is qualified to challenge.

Rather, possessing "brainwashing," "existence erasure," "memory reading," and "memory tampering"—and being quite shameless to boot—even in the later stages, no one can touch it.

Even the protagonist Jaden Yuki was only able to escape unscathed and avoid being brainwashed and thrown into the spirit world because he possessed two souls in one body in the later stages, which is why he wasn't brainwashed.

This brings us to something many people might misunderstand.

In the world of "Yu-Gi-Oh!", it has never been about card games deciding everything.

You have to "clash" first; if you win the clash and aren't instantly killed, then you are qualified to play the card game!

Whether it's the original Yu-Gi-Oh!, or the subsequent GX, 5D's, or Zexal, there are plots where "supernatural" means can't kill people, so they use "Shadow Games" that "definitely can kill people" to resolve things with others.

In the original work, Chazz Princeton (Manjoume) was brainwashed by Darkness due to an accident, lost his memories, called himself Darkness, became one of the Seven Stars, and then came to unseal the Sacred Beasts.

After this incident passed, it wasn't until two years later, under the circumstances of the world's sudden mutation, that he wanted to find out what happened in his lost memories, asked Jaden for help, and finally truly realized that the world was about to be destroyed.

It seems that because of the development of this world's alternate dimensions, this final boss has opened a smurf account early to join in the fun.

Tenjou Hikari frowned and looked at Asuka beside him.

She looks quite conflicted right now, the whole person caught in an internal struggle.

Seeing this, Tenjou Hikari was not surprised.

Don't look at how Darkness seems to have an overwhelming aura, and how it looks invincible in the later stages of the plot, but why does everyone like to call it the most embarrassing boss?

The reason is simple: it is... truly shameless.

In the plot, many characters who played cards against it actually had a chance to win; for example, O'Brien had a chance to defeat it, but it manipulated O'Brien's memories, making O'Brien think he had caused his mother's death, and finally, he failed in pain.

It's normal for this thing to do anything!

"Asuka, are you going to stand by and watch again, watching your brother fall?" Dark Chazz held his chest with one hand, "You should have seen it, right?"

"I—" Asuka felt the world spinning, her body swaying.

Ye... yes.

Back then, her brother walked into that dimensional gate and never came back. It was clearly said to be an unknown space, so why didn't she stop him?

But why have I never had this memory before?

"As long as you stop him, your brother can come back, you should understand, right?" Dark Chazz lowered his voice and said, "No matter what method you use..."

"I..." Asuka hugged her head tightly, trembling all over, looking at Tenjou Hikari in pain.

Tenjou Hikari clicked his tongue.

No wonder.

In the original work, Asuka was accidentally involved when Jaden was transported.

And the reason why there is an Asuka here now is that it was intentional.

"I activate the effect of Flame Sword Domain!" Tenjou Hikari, however, was completely unaffected, directly revealing the card in his hand, "I send the Ancient Gear Knight from my hand to the Graveyard, Fusion Summon, Flame Swordsman!"

"Wait a minute, Tenjou-kun! Please—" Hearing Tenjou Hikari's move, Asuka moved as if possessed, hugging Tenjou Hikari's arm and pleading repeatedly.

"Tenjoin-san."

"!?"

"You know, this is a Shadow Game."

"...Yes." Asuka appeared so weak at this moment, "But, there must be other ways! There must be! That is... that is my brother's body!"

She was almost about to kneel down and say "I'll do anything."

Tenjou Hikari forcibly pulled her up.

"Listen well, Tenjoin-san. This is a Shadow Game; the soul of the person who loses this duel will be sealed into that card."

"Yes..."

"Haven't you realized it yet?"

"Realized?"

"That is your brother's [body]!"

"!!"

An impatient look appeared on Dark Chazz's face, and he urged, "Asuka?"

"Do you want this damn guy to continue controlling your brother, then go harm others, and then you become that ghost, and go stop the next person who duels him? Or, right now, let me finish this guy off, seal his soul into the card, and then rescue your brother's body?"

"You know, even a battered body is better than being stolen by someone else, right?"

"..." Asuka wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and her eyes gradually regained their luster. The sanity that had just been affected by Darkness gradually returned, and she became the proud daughter of the Blue Academy again.

She let go of Tenjou Hikari's hand, turned around, and slapped herself twice, forcing herself to calm down.

"I understand, Tenjou-kun, please, you must defeat it, please... save my brother!" She wiped her tears firmly, thought for a moment, perhaps to ease the previous awkward situation, nodded with a blushing face, and said, "Even if you beat my brother up hard, it's fine; it's all his fault for leaving without saying goodbye!"

It seems she has finally managed to break free from the brainwashing control and has her own judgment.

Tenjou Hikari shook his head.

This Darkness, its ability as a clone is still too poor, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to wake up so quickly.

"Don't worry!"

"You guy..." Dark Chazz's face darkened completely, "A girl is holding your hand and won't let go, and you're still thinking about other things? It really makes me, a master of love, unhappy."

He was even still pretending to be Chazz Princeton!

"What kind of nonsense is that." Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow, "I am the one who will become the strongest Fusion Duelist in the multiverse; feelings and such will only get in the way!"

"..." The two were silent.

"Activate, the effect of Super Polymerization, send Burstinatrix from the deck to the Graveyard, then, activate the Magic Card, Miracle Fusion!"

"Banish Burstinatrix and Avian from the Graveyard, Fusion Summon, Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!"

"But, my attack power is still higher!"

"The effect of Flame Sword Domain: when a monster attacks, you can reduce the attack power of one Warrior-type monster on the field by 1000 points, and increase the attack power of all other monsters by 1000 points!"

"This is the end, attack with Flame Wingman!"

Flame Wingman jumped up and rushed towards Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon.

Darkness clicked its tongue and quickly pressed the back row: "Even so, I can still win. Open the face-down card, Metalmorph!"

"This card can be used as an Equip Card to increase the attack power of one monster on my field by 300 points—"

"Heh..." Seeing this card, Tenjou Hikari couldn't help but laugh.

Darkness's supernatural power is indeed extraordinary.

But it has a huge weakness—

Why does it especially like to play dirty tricks during duels?

Because it really doesn't know how to play cards!

What's the use of setting this kind of card!

"Then I will also open the Trap Card, Chain-Linked Dragon Fire. This card can also be equipped to a Fire-attribute monster. I equip it to Flame Swordsman, and according to its effect, I flip your Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon face-down!"

The black dragon, which was just preparing to put on new clothes, hadn't reacted yet when it was pulled directly by a chain, and then flipped over, turning into a pitch-black card.

"Tsk..." Under the blazing fire, a cold smile appeared on Dark Chazz's face, "Tenjou Hikari, is it? I'll remember you."

Boom—

Dark Chazz LP: 1050 -> 0

Heh.

"Brother!!" Asuka noticed the light board under her feet beginning to dissipate slowly and shouted anxiously.

The next instant.

A white light flashed.

By the time Tenjou Hikari came to his senses, he had already appeared on the academy's beach.

"Hikari!?" "Tenjoin!?" Several classmates and teachers who came to find them because of the key resonance noticed their appearance and rushed over frantically.

Asuka hurried to find her brother, went to support him, and after noticing that he was still breathing, let out a long sigh of relief.

Heh.

Although insidious, cunning, fond of playing dirty tricks, and having terrible card-playing skills, Darkness at least keeps its word.

He smiled and stretched. In the distance, the sky was already beginning to brighten.

With an opponent of this level, even if it's just a clone, he should be able to gain quite a bit of energy, right?

Sure enough, he felt a warm current gradually appearing in his body.

Eh, thank you ve... eh?

Eh!

Wrong!

He felt his whole body heating up, burning, and even beginning to rise in temperature violently!

Even if it was just a clone, its energy was too much!!!

His body began to sway.

"Hikari!!!"

Plop—

Before fainting, he was still thinking, at least... he could try card-printing again.

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(End of chapter)