Chapter 303: Pay First

The Duel ended, and the giant ground painting in the sky gradually lost its color.

The corridor of flames surrounding the middle of the city began to slowly recede.

Crow’s body swayed.

Although Tenjou Hikari didn't use any monsters with special powers to attack at the end, in a Duel using Earthbound Ground Painting, having one’s Life Points deducted to 1 and then directly losing the match, as a Duelist, he was naturally drained of physical strength and life.

The giant corridor of flames dissipated, and his body fell vertically again like a bird with broken wings.

Just when everyone thought that the tragedy was about to repeat itself, the giant vulture flapped its wings.

The Ultimate Earthbound Immortal didn't successfully complete the ground painting and didn't successfully revive, but its body wouldn't dissipate so quickly in a short time. Thus, supported by the giant bird god, Crow and Tenjou Hikari returned to the track.

"Phew—" The viewers who were concerned about the two of them all breathed a sigh of relief.

After Tenjou Hikari landed on the track, he stopped the car and ran to Crow’s side. At this time, Crow had no movement.

His clothes were still that Dark Signer uniform. The good news was that he seemed to be still breathing, but Tenjou Hikari couldn't figure out how much injury he had suffered.

"Not dead." Tierra on the side said, "Or rather, should it be reborn? This human is alive for now anyway."

Tenjou Hikari was relieved.

Afterwards, he couldn't help but start to sigh.

As expected of the Earthbound Immortal.

The "Earthbound Immortal" in the original work can be said to be the most generous and "friendly" group of villains among many bosses.

Except for Scar-Red Nova, which is an outlier, all Earthbound Immortals have one principle, which is to "pay wages" first and then hire.

As long as it is related to the Signers, has a grudge against the Signers, and can help them defeat the Crimson Dragon, they will directly resurrect that person. As long as they don't change their minds during the Duel, they absolutely don't care what the Dark Signers want to do.

Moreover, even if the Dark Signer loses, no matter how they lose, this resurrection will not be recovered, which is equivalent to a free resurrection for the Dark Signer.

Of course, different Earthbound Immortals have different degrees of performance.

Like Carly Carmine in the original work, after becoming a Dark Signer and losing to Jack, her Earthbound Immortal even thoughtfully cleared her memories during the Dark Signer period. In contrast, Kalin Kessler didn't enjoy this treatment after the Dark Signer war ended and had been reflecting on his actions during the Dark Signer period.

Of course, the first situation might actually be a kind of pain for Carly Carmine and others.

In short, it seems that Crow not only resurrected this time, but might have also earned some special power—after all, in the end, Wiraqocha Rasca didn't let Crow fend for himself, but actively brought them to the track.

This shows that at least for it, it was actually very satisfied with this Duel.

Considering the "generosity" and habits of the Earthbound Immortal, maybe even Shinji, who was swallowed by the Duel before, was resurrected in some corner of the lower city.

Just as he was thinking this, Tenjou Hikari noticed Ushio driving a two-person police car with a small team of security police, rushing toward this side. On the car, Serena was still waving.

He heard Crow vaguely seeming to be waking up.

As expected of the man who could withstand the Earthbound Immortal’s attack with a mortal body in the original work, he started to wake up so quickly.

In this world, with the protection of the Earthbound Immortal, it seems he didn't suffer much pain either.

On that side, Ushio came to Tenjou Hikari’s front and told him to leave quickly. Tenjou Hikari didn't ask why, nodded, directly let Serena get into the car and sit in the back seat, and then said: "Then for Crow, I’ll leave him to you. He should need some time to wake up."

"Rest assured." Ushio guaranteed.

The security police subordinates behind him didn't even doubt Ushio’s move. Having seen the previous Duel at close range, as Duelists themselves, they now only had worship and admiration for Tenjou Hikari and Crow, especially since Crow had died to save children in front of them. Even if they were people from the lower city, they wouldn't be so hostile, and Tenjou Hikari had won while facing a board that was almost "invincible" in their eyes, which was even more exaggerated.

Furthermore, since their captain said so, what were they going to arrest people for?

Anyway, they couldn't beat them, so just forget it. How much money do they make a month, why risk their lives?

Tenjou Hikari didn't need to ask Ushio for the reason. Although he didn't know why the Fusion army soldiers didn't take the opportunity to snatch Serena while he was Dueling Crow, at least in this way, Ushio didn't seem to need to make a final decision between work and "justice."

Before, because Tenjou Hikari was worried about splash damage hurting Serena, he asked Ushio to help look after her for a while. At that time, Tenjou Hikari saw the hot blood that had already died in Ushio’s eyes. At that time, he guessed that if colleagues wanted to snatch Serena, he definitely wouldn't allow it and would definitely stop them.

Now this is a good thing for everyone present.

"The footage of Crow saving people before has been recorded by our police car. The parents of those two children are also anxiously waiting for them to return. By then, Crow might become a [hero] praised by some people in the Upper City..." Ushio said thoughtfully.

So that’s it—

Tenjou Hikari also nodded along.

That might be a great thing. At least Crow’s efforts would not be in vain.

He didn't talk too much with Ushio, because time was very tight, and he continued to drive in the other direction.

Unknowingly, the sky was covered with dark clouds again. Unlike the giant bird god before, a terrifying giant appeared at one pole of the city. Obviously, the Duel between Kalin and Yusei had also entered the final stage.

On the other side, Akaba Leo was annoyed in his heart, but didn't show it at all on his face.

Originally, according to his expectations, Tenjou Hikari would definitely lose to Crow. After all, normally, Tenjou Hikari had no way to bypass the combination of Wiraqocha Rasca and Black-Winged Assault Dragon. So, at that time, letting the Fusion army soldiers see how Tenjou Hikari lost to a Duelist from another dimension, and see how this "traitor of the Fusion army" Tenjou Hikari died.

But he never expected that this guy Tenjou Hikari would actually take out a "D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc," and what was even more hateful was that the card was definitely the one he made with technology!

His own card becoming a sharp weapon for his enemy’s student, and actually crossing the difficulty, made him extremely annoyed.

What made him even more furious was that because he let the soldiers watch the Duel, his soldiers missed a great opportunity to take Serena away directly.

But no matter how angry or dissatisfied he was, he absolutely couldn't show it at this time, and absolutely couldn't let the soldiers discover his mistake.

Damn it—

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking expressionlessly at the bottom of the Council Chamber, as if everything was under control, appearing profound and unpredictable, making the nobles whisper in exclamation and discussion.

Only he knew how angry he was in his heart, and how strong his killing intent toward Tenjou Hikari was!

Can no longer tolerate it!

He narrowed his eyes, his face cold as a wax figure, as if he wanted to swallow someone alive.

Now, he had completely known all of Tenjou Hikari’s trump cards!

It was time!

Can no longer let Tenjou Hikari stop his plan!

He made up his mind, the determination to do it himself!

He was going to solve Tenjou Hikari himself!

(End of this chapter)