Chapter 290

Tenjou Hikari hadn't expected Dinosaur Ryuzaki to appear here.

But when he saw Dinosaur Ryuzaki, he felt it was reasonable.

It was normal, too.

After all, Dinosaur Ryuzaki's current strength was definitely enough to be an examiner.

Dinosaur Ryuzaki was also very happy to sit down and chat with Tenjou Hikari when he saw him, considering it a break from work.

When he was hospitalized, people from Kaiba Corporation approached him and asked if he was interested in appearing as a duelist among the "12-Star Duelists." Dinosaur Ryuzaki, who was prepared to completely say goodbye to his past, naturally accepted the proposal.

His star level was "Nine."

Very, very high.

According to the GX tournament rules, in regular seal acquisition, seals of the same star level only take effect once. Therefore, to obtain 8 seals, one must have eight 12-Star Duelists of different levels, or the recognition of a hidden duelist.

This was also a kind of elimination mechanism.

Otherwise, if anyone could get 8 seals and then participate in the finals, how long would the finals take?

Kaiba Corporation had seen the duel between Dinosaur Ryuzaki and Tenjou Hikari and Insect Haga, and had evaluated his current strength, so they gave him a "Nine-Star" rating.

Because his star level was high enough, some duelists who were confident or "arrogant" about their own strength would come to duel him.

As mentioned before, obtaining a seal didn't necessarily require winning; one only needed to gain recognition.

However, for the past half month, not a single person had gained Dinosaur Ryuzaki's recognition.

The reason was simple.

They were too arrogant and too self-righteous.

They hadn't even mastered the basics, yet they were aiming high, wanting to defeat him, a "legendary duelist," to become famous. It was truly laughable.

It wasn't that he didn't accept the students' innocence, but he found it hard to accept them challenging him out of self-righteousness just to become famous—that was what he hated most.

However, after seeing Tenjou Hikari, his mood improved a lot, and the anger accumulated over the past two weeks vanished in an instant.

"You saw those billboards outside, right?" Ryuzaki said with his hands in his pockets and his back hunched. "The company will promote your duels here later."

"?"

"Ha, although there are some bad rumors circulating in the market, the company will always support you."

He didn't say any nonsense, but stated the result directly.

Not only that, he pressed the switch for the dueling arena, lighting up the entire street. Suddenly, the whole street was filled with slogans and advertisements related to Tenjou Hikari, scaring some people who had just passed by into almost falling over.

Whether out of interest, future considerations, the company's long-term planning, or trust in excellent students who had helped the company, etc., the company would support Tenjou Hikari and would never change because of public opinion.

"... I understand."

True trust didn't need repeated assurances; with just two sentences, Tenjou Hikari thanked Dinosaur Ryuzaki.

Although those advertisements were a bit awkward, he was quite moved.

Of course, Dinosaur Ryuzaki didn't duel Tenjou Hikari at all; he just took Tenjou Hikari's badge and stamped it directly.

He was too lazy to deal with those superficial things.

As an examiner, it was definitely his call. It wasn't the first time he had watched Tenjou Hikari's duels; there was absolutely no problem—

Pass!

However—

Misawa Daichi and Serena didn't have such good luck.

Without showing their strength or the conviction that would make him recognize them, it was impossible for him to stamp these two.

And so.

In just a few days, Tenjou Hikari smoothly collected 3 seals, and each seal had a fairly high level.

As for Serena and Misawa Daichi.

Unfortunately.

Whether it was Misawa Daichi or Serena, neither satisfied Dinosaur Ryuzaki. After dueling once, he waved his hand to send them away, telling Tenjou Hikari to go do whatever he needed to do.

"You two brats, you haven't even figured out your own duels. Get lost and go learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division!" he shouted impatiently at the two.

In a daze, the two followed Tenjou Hikari out of the dueling arena.

Looking at their state, Tenjou Hikari estimated that it was unlikely they would gain Big Brother Dinosaur Ryuzaki's recognition in the short term.

It might even be hard to gain recognition even if they won.

But that was fine.

It just so happened that Tiera also needed to collect information for a while.

Having obtained three seals in just one week, Tenjou Hikari wasn't in a hurry at all.

"Three, huh? That's fast."

At the starting point of the critical point dimension.

Although at the very beginning, because of the principal's tears and curiosity about the other dimension, most students were still very excited to adventure in this dimension, after finishing the initial adventure, many students still hid at the starting point, harboring the idea of "laying flat" and not going out even if they failed all their subjects. Therefore, at the starting point, there were still many student dormitories and rooms in use.

And among them, there were some special cases.

They were the type who had the strength but wouldn't go out.

In a built fortune-telling house, Saiou Takuma flipped through tarot cards and muttered in a low voice: "Even though he arrived in this dimension nearly a week late, he can catch up to the duelist with the most seals in a very short time... This is the talent of a duelist."

Don't ask how the seals were obtained.

What mattered was that they were obtained.

A duelist's ability is not just dueling; interpersonal relationships, understanding of cards, and understanding of spirits are all important parts.

Knock, knock, knock.

The door was knocked.

"Lord Saiou."

Saiou did not speak, waiting for the other party to speak.

"The person you scheduled has arrived in the volcanic area."

"Fate has already informed me." Saiou flipped over a tarot card; the Death card appeared before his eyes.

The corners of his mouth curled up.

Tenjou Hikari's Wheel of Fortune had already told him the current situation.

"Then... please take a look."

The person behind him walked out slowly from behind the curtain and respectfully placed a card on the table with great care.

The smile on Saiou's face became even brighter and even more satisfied.

"Well done."

It was a purple card.

That is, a 【Fusion Monster】.

In the card's artwork, there was a giant with arms outstretched, like a saint, and near the giant, there was a small magician, holding a staff, controlling it with countless purple puppet strings.

El Shaddoll Construct!

After Professor Chi Ma Professor Chi Ma Chima Chima Lingwang's failed attack on the X dimension, he quickly abandoned most of his bases, cut off his tail to survive, and preserved his remaining foundation as quickly as possible.

Although he didn't know how that guy escaped his control of "fate" and hid, that didn't matter.

"Sure enough..." He picked up the card.

Professor Chi Ma Professor Chi Ma Chima Chima Lingwang had seen El Shaddoll Midrash before and had a deep understanding of that card's dark power. After divining that Tenjou Hikari had some kind of peculiar power, Saiou immediately thought of the idea of using this point to reverse-engineer it.

Therefore, he immediately dispatched all members of the Society of Light, relying on his understanding of fate, to search for this card in some of Professor Chi Ma Professor Chi Ma Chima Chima Lingwang's bases.

Sure enough—

Light Attribute Shaddoll.

This was a very excellent carrier!

He could even guess that Professor Chi Ma Professor Chi Ma Chima Chima Lingwang must have thought that since Tenjou Hikari relied on the Dark Attribute Shaddoll, the Light Attribute Shaddoll would definitely be able to counter him.

Therefore, he specifically used various technologies and sciences, spending countless manpower and material resources, wanting to obtain this card to counter Tenjou Hikari.

And now.

Everything was as fate had foreshadowed.

All of Professor Chi Ma Professor Chi Ma Chima Chima Lingwang's efforts had become his wedding dress, becoming a stepping stone for him to destroy the dimension!

This was the guidance of fate.

And next.

He picked up the Death tarot card.

Black smoke surged wildly on the tarot card.

Next, he would see the revelation of 【Fate】.

(End of chapter)