Chapter 371: Answer Me (1w, seeking monthly tickets)

Yubel was a very cunning existence.

Long before descending into the human dimension, Yubel had specifically studied everyone around Judai.

Precisely because of this, even though Sho had grown, and even though Kenzan had the spiritual power of dinosaur bones, they lost to her one-sidedly in the duel.

Although her own dueling ability and spirit power far exceeded ordinary creatures and even Sacred Beast-level monsters, wanting to easily defeat any duelist was not something that could be done just by thinking about it.

Specific targeting, specific destruction, specific influence—each was indispensable.

Simply using cards to target enemies was effective, but the best way to target humans was always to attack the gaps in their hearts.

Only in this way would victory be stable!

Although it wasn't her true descent and the cards in her hand weren't as strong as her true deck, the cards born under the power of Darkness and the Light of Destruction were still far superior to ordinary human decks.

Not only that, before the duel, she had specifically studied all the details of Tenjou Hikari...

However, unexpectedly, from the beginning of the duel until now, no matter which direction she attacked Tenjou Hikari’s mentality from, whether using morality or cards never seen before, or even the disasters encountered by humanity itself, none of them had truly struck Tenjou Hikari.

In the end, now, the "slow effect damage torture" intended to torture Tenjou Hikari’s mental power and make him reveal flaws had actually been utilized in reverse, becoming his means of recovering LP!

This made Yubel feel long-lost pressure...

However, at least for now, she still had other strategies to continue the fight.

After all, in order to protect his LP, Tenjou Hikari had used the most precious Spell Card, "Future Fusion," to summon D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc. In this way, countering with the power of Future Fusion wasn't such an easy thing.

Tenjou Hikari held up a card from his hand and said to his opponent: "Normal Summon, Level 2, Dragonmaid Laundry."

"Awoo~" A small dragon-person jumped in front of Tenjou Hikari and hissed at Yubel.

Dragonmaid Laundry, Level 2, Water Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 500.

"When Dragonmaid Laundry is summoned or Special Summoned, I can activate its effect. I send the top three cards of my deck to the Graveyard." Tenjou Hikari looked coldly at his opponent and said: "Do you want to activate an effect?"

"Effect? What are you talking about?" Yubel scrutinized Tenjou Hikari.

"As long as it's about Fusion, I will learn and understand—Oneiros has the ability to negate the effects of opponent's monsters when 'Dream Mirror of Terror' is on the field, right?" Tenjou Hikari narrowed his eyes, examining the male dream demon from top to bottom, his tone firm. "Now, I summoned a monster and activated an effect. How about it? Do you want to respond to this effect?"

Did he even know the effects of cards that hadn't been born yet, cards born just today?

Yubel was a bit surprised.

But immediately after, she had to start considering what Tenjou Hikari said.

Should she activate this effect?

Dragonmaid Laundry was just an effect of sending the top three cards of the deck to the Graveyard. If it were in the past, she wouldn't even consider such an effect.

However, she had also specifically studied Tenjou Hikari’s deck and knew that Tenjou Hikari’s deck had a large number of cards that could trigger effects when sent to the Graveyard.

But, at the same time, this effect wasn't necessarily useful.

Three cards, and she still had the power of Darkness and the Light of Destruction; the three cards shouldn't have any particularly powerful effects.

"Not activating."

Tenjou Hikari nodded. On the side, Dragonmaid Laundry had already happily taken out a bucket from nowhere and splashed water out. The three cards were sent from the top of the deck to the Graveyard along with its movements.

Gem-Knight Lazuli, Fluffal Owl.

A terrible dump!

Yubel sneered.

"Lazuli’s effect." Tenjou Hikari looked at the Graveyard, picked up the card, and spoke again: "If this card is sent from the hand or deck to the Graveyard, I can send 1 card from my hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon this card."

Lazuli?

Yubel already knew the effect of this card through secret observation.

That was a powerful monster that could search for "Gem-Knight Fusion."

If Tenjou Hikari got Gem-Knight Fusion, fused Lazuli and other cards through Extra Deck Fusion, then used the effect of Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond to copy the effect of Lazuli in the Graveyard, directly destroying her Continuous Trap, and then attacked, she would be at risk of losing.

Not only that, discarding a card to Special Summon could also send the Fluffal Chain that couldn't be discarded from the hand to the Graveyard, which could then add fusion materials and Fusion to the hand.

No matter what, she couldn't let this effect activate successfully.

"Oneiros’s effect!"

The male dream demon raised his left hand, pitch-black energy gathered in his hand, and then turned into an intangible mirror, slowly pressing down on Lazuli, who was preparing to Special Summon from the Graveyard. The card’s body was pierced by the mirror, and its effect turned into ashes like a bubble in a dream.

"Damn it—" Avian saw this scene and finally couldn't help but curse, "Even this was defended against, this bastard—"

The Golden Captain, who would usually lecture Avian and tell him to speak properly, was uncharacteristically silent this time, even slightly agreeing.

Judai watched this scene in a trance, vaguely feeling a sense of familiarity.

"Then, activate the face-down card, Trap Card, Fusion Replication!" Tenjou Hikari raised his hand and said, "Banish one Fusion Spell Card from either player's Graveyard and activate that card's effect when it was activated."

"Tsk, so that was the idea." Yubel sneered.

If she had known in advance, she would have likely chosen to negate Dragonmaid Laundry’s effect.

Tenjou Hikari picked up the Fusion Substitute in the Graveyard and put it into the card box at his waist. Then Dragonmaid Laundry happily stirred Tenjou Hikari’s deck, and a moment later, 5 cards were sent from the top of Tenjou Hikari’s deck to the Graveyard.

Tenjou Hikari glanced at them.

Gem-Knight Garnet, Cyber Dragon, Fusion Deployment, Metalfoes Fusion, Gem-Knight Fusion.

"Ha, hahahaha—" Seeing these five cards, Yubel couldn't help but laugh out loud. "5 cards, but only two monsters, there's no way to fuse at all. Rather, except for Metalfoes Fusion, not a single card is useful."

"Tsk, why is it so terrible." Manjoume’s face was ugly.

These five cards thrown down didn't seem to have any use at all.

"No—"

Tenjou Hikari shook his head calmly: "That's not necessarily true."

Those present were stunned.

"Fusion is ever-changing. Why would you think that such two monsters cannot be fused?"

What?

Cyber Dragon and Gem-Knight, can they also fuse?

"The fusion condition is... a Machine-Type monster and a Pyro-Type monster!"

Cyber Dragon and Garnet in the Graveyard jumped up and appeared in front of Tenjou Hikari.

The mechanical dragon head slowly transformed under the blessing of fire, and infinite flames and steam filled the entire pitch-black mirror world.

"Fusion Summon—"

"Level 6, Vulcan the Divine!"

A mechanical dinosaur, swinging its huge tail, appeared with a wild laugh.

Vulcan the Divine, Level 6, Earth Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK 2300.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 1800 -> 2100.

A monster never seen before—

Yubel was shocked.

Tenjou Hikari laughed.

Tenjou Hikari had many cards in his hand that had never been used and were just on standby. Tenjou Hikari almost never used these cards and almost never activated their effects themselves.

Such as the Infernoid series of cards, such as the Cyber Eternity Dragon that hadn't been used yet.

But not using them didn't mean he didn't have them.

For example, this Vulcan the Divine was one of the parting gifts given to him by Zone of the S-Dimension. Before he left the S-Dimension, Zone gave him almost all the Fusion monsters circulating in the S-Dimension, but he never had much chance to use them.

Tenjou Hikari had long known that he would be targeted by Yubel sooner or later, so Tenjou Hikari was prepared to use different cards in different environments.

"The effect of Vulcan the Divine! When this card is successfully fused, target 1 monster on the opponent's field. Destroy the targeted opponent's monster and this card, and send them to the Graveyard. After that, inflict damage to the opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed opponent's monster!"

"Ah!?" Manjoume was shocked.

Tenjou Hikari pointed at the Sacred Beast Emperor: "I want to target... the Sacred Beast Emperor!"

The Sacred Beast Emperor’s ATK was 4000!

If it were detonated by Tenjou Hikari’s effect at this moment, then "Kagurazaka" would lose directly!

He wanted to cheer.

Unfortunately—

"Activate Trap Card, Safe Zone!"

A trap card flipped open, green fluorescence enveloped the world, and then covered the Sacred Beast Emperor.

"Target 1 face-up Attack Position monster you control. While this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, that face-up monster cannot be targeted by opponent's effects, cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects, and cannot attack the opponent directly. When this card leaves the field, that monster is destroyed. When that monster leaves the field, this card is destroyed."

Bang!

Vulcan the Divine rushed in front of the Sacred Beast Emperor, grabbed its limbs, and then exploded with a boom.

Thick smoke enveloped the environment, but with the invasion of darkness, the smoke gradually dissipated.

When the smoke and dust completely dissipated, the Sacred Beast Emperor stood calmly on the field, even revealing a strange smile identical to its master.

The only monster destroyed was Tenjou Hikari’s monster!

Because the Sacred Beast Emperor was not destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, Tenjou Hikari could not inflict damage to the opponent!

Manjoume watched with sweaty palms.

He didn't know if it was because he was worried about Tenjou Hikari, or because the power of darkness was invading his heart, but he became increasingly nervous, cold sweat seeping from his forehead.

A voice kept echoing in his heart.

Oh no, oh no, oh no, he's going to lose, he's going to lose, he's going to lose, Tenjou is going to lose!

What should he do if he loses? Can he avenge him?

No matter how he controlled his thoughts, no matter how hard he tried not to think about it, these thoughts in his brain grew wildly like bamboo shoots after rain.

He...

Was afraid!

On the other side, Judai was in a trance.

When he noticed something strange, he couldn't help but start to reminisce.

He always felt that the heroes' attitudes were very strange, and he always felt that the strange existence opposite, that third eye, made him feel familiar.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly realized.

"Yubel..."

Yubel shuddered from head to toe, then took a deep breath, suppressing her excitement, and said calmly: "It seems you finally remembered, Judai."

Several heroes froze instantly; the memories they had always wanted to keep Judai from recalling seemed to be loosening.

"That's right, Judai, I am the one who has been tortured by you all along, the one you sent to the other dimension... Yubel. Now, I have come back for you." Yubel used Kagurazaka’s body to say terrifying words, staring fixedly at Judai, as if she wanted to swallow him alive.

Judai fell into a daze.

He remembered.

Why couldn't he remember before?

He actually had a particularly deep memory of his childhood; after all, he never had playmates when he was a child, and the only way to entertain himself was naturally dueling cards.

As his card, he shouldn't have forgotten Yubel, but why...

He suddenly remembered.

When he was a child, after the cards he designed were sent to the other dimension by the Kaiba Corporation, his parents took him to the largest hospital under the Kaiba Corporation, where Judai, whose body was incredibly strong, underwent a surgery...

Memory erasure surgery!

He remembered!

He remembered everything!

His parents thought that the people around Judai were always suffering, not because Judai was a "jinx," but because there was an evil card in his deck. To keep Judai from being sad, they sent Judai’s cards to the other dimension, and then used their connections to modify Judai’s memory, letting him forget the pain of childhood and grow up normally!

He remembered that he wasn't always the "Demon King" in the eyes of children; he once had times when he played peacefully with friends—

It was...

Yubel!

The reason he was treated as a "villain" when he was a child...

Then, his pupils constricted, and he remembered other things.

In the deck of the "Supreme King," he had once seen... another Yubel card!

He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

He wasn't a "villain" from childhood, he...

"Since you have remembered, then I don't need to pretend." Yubel sneered, completely controlling Kagurazaka, pushing his spirit into the corner of the dream. Kagurazaka’s eyes also changed color under her control.

"In this way, you understand, right?" Yubel said with some expectation. "Judai, you sent me to the most distant dimension. I was tortured by the cracks between dimensions, by the power of darkness and destruction, by the power that tore the spirit world apart. This pain makes me understand your love for me—Judai!"

She was crazy.

Tierra rarely thought seriously about the mental state of Tenjou Hikari’s opponent.

Undoubtedly, Yubel was crazy.

Whether it was by external power, spirit power, or torture, in short, under extreme pressure, this top-level demon was crazy.

She seemed to treat the pain she experienced as Judai’s love for her, and then turned around, wanting to use the same method to torture the people around Judai?

No wonder she targeted Tenjou Hikari.

Torturing Judai Yuki’s best friend was mental torture for him, was it love for him?

What a twisted idea.

Tierra shook her head.

A thought without rationality and calculation.

At the same time, Judai also completely understood the cause and effect.

He knew why Yubel tortured Sho and Kenzan, why she controlled Kagurazaka, and why she continued to torture him in the other party’s dream. He knew why the heroes were so worried and afraid of Yubel.

Because...

At this very moment, Judai also instinctively felt...

Fear!

Without him noticing, strands of black energy secretly seeped into his body from all directions.

His hands trembled. At this moment, he felt as if he had returned to his childhood, returned to that afternoon, returned to the days when all the children avoided him.

At that time, at this moment, everything seemed to have returned to the starting point.

Was he going to lose everything again?

"Rest assured." On the side, Tenjou Hikari spoke leisurely. "Even if the clock’s hand returns to the starting point, time has already rotated a full circle."

"You didn't know back then, but now you know everything. And as your friend, as the target of the 'attack,' I also know everything... So, Judai, I will never resent you. Even if this duel is lost, it is not your fault, but my Fusion, not Fusion enough!"

Judai gave a start!

He shook his head, patted his face, and the black energy that had taken advantage of the situation slowly dissipated from his body.

That's right—

It's different, everything is different!

Yubel looked cold and completely stopped tolerating Tenjou Hikari’s behavior: "I won't allow you to instill these messy ideas into my Judai again."

"Judai is mine..."

"Yours? What yours, yours? I've said it clearly enough! Mutual respect, treating and understanding each other well—that is what is called a partner—Judai is an independent existence, not your thing!"

Yubel’s face was gloomy. She had already decided that after controlling Tenjou Hikari’s body, she would repeat all these words to Judai.

"At this point, what can you do?" Yubel sneered.

Tenjou Hikari’s means were exhausted, the destruction effect was blocked, the 4000 ATK Sacred Beast Emperor and the 3000 ATK Oneiros were not so easy to destroy. Not only that, if Tenjou Hikari wanted to attack, he had to discard cards to do so.

In this situation, how could Tenjou Hikari defeat her?

In her next turn, Dream Mirror could change color again. By then, Dream Mirror of Nightmare Oneiros could transform into Dream Mirror of Joy Oneiros, which not only had a negation effect but could also destroy a card on the field.

In the last turn, Rafflesia wasn't sent to the Graveyard, and Tenjou Hikari didn't search for any powerful Fusion Spell Cards. Although Fusion Substitute fused Vulcan the Divine, the other card dumps could only be called a disaster.

"What can I do? I can only do one thing, and that is—Fusion."

"Fusion? Heh..." Yubel sneered.

She knew Fusion inside and out. Judai’s soul possessed the strongest "Fusion" power in the world. How could a mere human from who knows where know the true power of Fusion?

Although she didn't gain the upper hand in words, Yubel didn't care.

Indeed, Tenjou Hikari’s words made her extremely angry, but she had already suffered enough torture and pain. No matter how good it sounded, she wouldn't mind.

Because she only needed Judai. On the other side, Manjoume was already feeling breathless. He looked at Judai, panting, sweating, and asked: "What exactly is going on, Judai..."

Judai fell into silence.

Although the surgery his parents performed on him when he was a child made him almost perfectly forget this childhood experience, as he grew up, as his spirit power increased exponentially, and as more and more spirits gathered around him, he gradually realized the inconsistency of his memories.

Plus, he had dueled the Supreme King for more than two months, and vaguely, he had developed some kind of wonderful connection...

After remembering "Yubel" today, he vaguely "remembered" many things.

But—

These memories, although they were his memories, were not his memories.

When he saw the things in these memories, he didn't feel familiar or nostalgic. On the contrary, he just had a feeling like watching a movie.

Indeed, he in the memory seemed to be him, but the things he did in the memory were not done by him.

Supreme King...

He realized that those should be the things his "past life" experienced.

No, can it really be called a "past life"?

Judai remembered the mirror Tenjou Hikari made, the mirror that could see into his heart.

Was he "Supreme King" or "Judai," or... neither.

Because, a picture appeared in his memory.

His [Father King] said to a handsome young man—his son, his prince, the future heir to the country, was born with terrifying dark power in his body. One day, he would suffer because of this dark power. I hope that at that time, you can protect him forever.

Dark power—

Judai instinctively clutched his forehead.

Wrong.

He was not... [Human].

There was never any so-called [Reincarnation]!

He finally understood that he was neither the Supreme King nor "Judai," but both the Supreme King and "Judai."

He and the Supreme King [existed at the same time]!

Because he was not a human in the conventional sense and did not have the so-called "soul" of a human. Instead, his so-called soul was the vast [Cosmic Darkness]. That was the reason why the spirits could see at a glance that he was the "Supreme King"!

He was scared by his own thoughts.

He instinctively shuddered, which made Yubel even more excited.

Fear me, fear me, Judai!

This is my love—

Coming back to his senses, Judai looked at Tenjou Hikari. Compared to humans, non-humans, and these messy things, the top priority was that Hikari couldn't have an accident!

He braced himself.

Having experienced many hardships and growing up with Tenjou Hikari and Manjoume, Judai had a living environment that seemed almost perfect in his childhood eyes. In this situation, he naturally didn't want his friends to be hurt because of him.

He had experienced the teachings of Professor Viper and had seen the existence of the Fusion Army, and he was very clear about one thing.

[Malice] cannot be tolerated—

"Hikari, come on!!" He stood up abruptly and cheered for Tenjou Hikari.

This voice fell into Yubel’s ears, even more harsh and painful than the countless reasons Tenjou Hikari used to refute her.

"Judai, even after remembering me, do you still want to treat me like this? Is this your love for me?"

Judai’s forehead felt a pain.

He [remembered] what he said to Yubel when he was the Supreme King.

[My love belongs to you forever].

But after he was born as Judai Yuki, all his memories were lost, and then, under the torture of countless years, Yubel turned into a spirit of a card, was designed into a card by the designers of Industrial Illusions, and finally reunited with him completely...

This was his fault—

He had to admit that this was absolutely his fault.

Because he didn't remember this, because he didn't keep his promise.

But...

He remembered the children and other relatives who were tortured because of Yubel when he was a child, and even his parents...

This is absolutely wrong!

"No—Yubel, this has nothing to do with [Love], but responsibility. What we carry on our shoulders is the lives of the students in the school. I will never allow you to wantonly ravage them!" Judai interrupted Yubel’s words very firmly. "I am sorry for forgetting you, but—that has nothing to do with it now!"

Treat each matter on its own merits.

This was the truth Judai completely understood.

"Hikari! Come on!!"

"It's come to this, and you're still holding on. Then wait until I defeat Tenjou Hikari and let this island fall into complete darkness, and then we'll have a happy reunion party."

Yubel sneered: "Besides, even if you have any means of counterattack, can you attack this body? This body of Kagurazaka?"

A ferocious and terrifying look appeared on her face: "Now, Kagurazaka’s soul and body are being extracted by the power of light and darkness. His body is getting worse and worse. With just a little damage, he will likely be beaten to death alive, right?"

"Hahaha, being beaten to death by the minister he trusts most, such an ending is not bad for Kagurazaka—"

"After all, this is what you people like to do most!"

It seemed that because of Judai’s words, her mood was quite bad, and she had started to attack personalities indiscriminately.

"Ha... why can't I?" Tenjou Hikari refuted.

Yubel frowned.

"Who said I would attack Kagurazaka?" Tenjou Hikari said slowly, "Yubel, what I like to do most is to make other people’s conspiracies and tricks fall through. I also like... using the enemy’s attacks on me to refute the enemy."

Tenjou Hikari narrowed his eyes: "Let’s use [Painful Torture] in reverse—"

"Activate the effect of Substitution Fusion in the Graveyard, return Vulcan the Divine in the Graveyard to the deck, banish Substitution Fusion, and draw a card."

"The effect of Metalfoes Fusion, draw a card!"

Tenjou Hikari quickly scanned the cards in his hand.

"Spell Card, Brilliant Fusion!"

Tenjou Hikari slapped down the card Yubel had used before.

"Brilliant Fusion can use monsters in the deck as fusion materials to perform a Gem-Knight Fusion Summon."

"The fusion condition is Gem-Knight Lazuli and a Gem-Knight monster!"

"I send Gem-Knight Lazuli and Gem-Knight Sapphire from my deck to the Graveyard, Fusion Summon!"

The yellow gem slowly fell from the sky, and then, a slender lady slowly appeared.

"Level 5, Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli!"

Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli, Level 5, Earth Attribute, Rock-Type, ATK 0.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 2100 -> 2400.

"The effect of Gem-Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli: Once per turn, during my Main Phase, I can send 1 'Gem-Knight' monster from my deck or Extra Deck to the Graveyard and inflict 500 damage to the opponent for each Special Summoned monster on the opponent's field! I send Gem-Knight Citrine from my deck to the Graveyard!"

"What?!"

Yubel was shocked.

Bypassing battle, directly damaging the duelist.

And—

The small gem girl appeared beside her. She calmly raised the gem in her hand and emitted a dazzling light.

"Answer me, Yubel, is your so-called [Love] really love? Is it a desire for control, or is it care! Do you dare to say it!"

"You babbling guy——————" Yubel was anxious, her body emitting black smoke.

Yubel, LP: 4000 -> 2500.

"Spell Card, Gem-Knight Fusion!" Tenjou Hikari then played another Fusion, "When this card is in the Graveyard and there is Gem-Knight Fusion, I can use up to two Gem-Knight monsters other than Rock-Type from the Extra Deck and deck as fusion materials to perform a Fusion Summon."

"I send Gem-Knight Lapis Lazuli on the field, and Gem-Knight Sapphire and Gem-Knight Prismaura from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard, Fusion Summon!"

"Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond!"

The noble knight swung the great sword embedded with gems and stood calmly on the earth.

Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond, Level 9, Earth Attribute, Rock-Type, ATK 2900.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 2400 -> 2700.

Tenjou Hikari’s LP had already surpassed Yubel’s current LP!

Yubel’s face was a bit ugly.

In the duel, her "pain" and "torture" turned into "treatment" and "medical care," turning into Tenjou Hikari’s power—

This "intention" made her feel uneasy.

It was as if the "torture" she had always inflicted on Judai had all turned into "growth" with Tenjou Hikari’s help.

"The effect of Brilliant Diamond: Once per turn, banish one Level 7 or lower Gem-Knight Fusion monster from the Graveyard to gain its original name and effect!"

Yubel gave a start.

In this situation—

"Banish Gem-Knight Lapis Lazuli from the Graveyard!" Tenjou Hikari waved his hand, and Lapis Lazuli’s power was added to Brilliant Diamond’s great sword, emitting glorious light.

"Lapis Lazuli can only Special Summon once per turn, but Lapis Lazuli’s effect is not once per turn, so Gem-Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond, which copied Lapis Lazuli’s effect, can also activate this effect!"

Tenjou Hikari narrowed his eyes and pointed at Yubel: "Once more, send Gem-Knight Crystal from the deck to the Graveyard and inflict 500 damage for each Special Summoned monster on the opponent's field!"

Brilliant Diamond raised its sword high, as if loading ammunition. On the sword, a gem lit up, and then, beside Yubel, Lapis Lazuli appeared again.

This—

"Answer me, Yubel, after the changes occurred, was your protection of Judai excessive? Can the pain suffered by Judai’s friends really make Judai happy? Can it really make Judai feel love!!?"

Bang—

Yubel’s eyes flickered.

"Damn it, the power of this body is too weak, it can't exert my ability at all..." Yubel felt the damage and cursed with a cold face.

If she could use her own power, it wouldn't be like this at all!

Yubel, LP: 2500 -> 1000.

"However, I still have LP..." A crazy smile hung on Yubel’s face. "If you want to defeat me, you must enter the Battle Phase. Then, Judai, your dear minister will kill your classmate."

Manjoume and Judai looked grave.

They didn't want Tenjou Hikari to lose, but they didn't want Tenjou Hikari to bear the crime of killing a classmate even more.

"Heh... indeed there will be a battle, but the scene you expect will not appear—not even one!" Tenjou Hikari pointed at the dream demon on the opponent's field: "Battle Phase, Chimera Rafflesia attacks. Because of the effect of Toll of the Oppressed on the field, I must discard a card from my hand to attack."

Tenjou Hikari held up the card in his hand: "I send Fluffal Chain from my hand to the Graveyard! Attack."

"Do you want to activate an effect? Chimera Rafflesia’s ATK can defeat a monster with 4500 ATK..."

"No, I am not activating Chimera Rafflesia’s effect."

"Because Fluffal Chain was sent to the Graveyard, I activate its effect to add Frightfur Patchwork from my deck to my hand."

The flower knew its master’s thoughts. It didn't hesitate, waving its vines to fight the dream demon. Before long, its vines were completely integrated into the mirror, and it appeared directly in the nightmare shortly after.

Tenjou Hikari LP: 2700 -> 2200.

"He actually hurt himself?" Yubel was shocked again.

"As a minister, protecting the members is my responsibility—End Battle Phase!"

Tenjou Hikari played the card in his hand: "Yubel, your conspiracies, your calculations, are the reason for your failure; your schemes are the result of your suffering."

"Use this card to end this duel!"

"The effect of Frightfur Patchwork: Add Fluffal Saw and Fusion from the deck to my hand!"

"Spell Card, Fusion—" Tenjou Hikari held up the card he just got, his face cold, and said.

"The fusion condition is Fluffal Saw and a Fluffal monster. I fuse Fluffal Bear from my hand and Fluffal Saw from my hand."

"Become a burly lion!"

The power of the Earthbound Immortal emerged on Tenjou Hikari’s body. He put his hands together and clapped in front: "Fusion Summon!"

"Level 7, Frightfur Leo!"

A lion doll fell into the mirror.

In the mirror, Kagurazaka saw this cute doll and instinctively wanted to hug it, but then, a buzzing saw sound came from the doll’s body. Its body was cut by the saw, and countless limbs and body parts separated, turning into a ferocious demon!

Kagurazaka was startled, leaned back, and fell out of the "dream," falling into the infinite darkness outside the dream.

Frightfur Leo, Level 7, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, ATK 2400.

"After the Battle Phase ended, he performed another Fusion..." Manjoume looked at this monster and asked, "In that case, it means it wasn't summoned for battle."

"The effect of Frightfur Leo can only be activated once per turn. In the turn this effect is activated, this card cannot attack directly."

"Target 1 face-up monster on the opponent's field. Destroy that monster and inflict damage to the opponent equal to its original ATK."

Yubel’s third eye emitted a strange red light.

Damn it—

This is not what she thought!

This body is too weak, there is no way to duel with full strength at all!

If her mental attack could work, maybe she could still fight this Tenjou Hikari.

But now it seems that all the preparations are meaningless to Tenjou Hikari!

Because he is an all-around, no-dead-end person, an extreme duelist who pursues Fusion, a human who doesn't care about anything else at all!

Whether it’s threats or psychological attacks, nothing works!

She couldn't help but want to use the last resort—call the power of Darkness again, modify Tenjou Hikari’s memory, and make him fall into chaos.

But—

While Tenjou Hikari was calling Frightfur Leo, a picture flashed in his mind.

"What's wrong?" Tierra noticed something unusual.

Tenjou Hikari couldn't help but laugh: "I seem to... have caused some incident when I was a child using this card, making someone fall into a coma."

Tierra was surprised with an "Eh," revealing a mischievous smile.

There’s such a thing, tell me about it—

"However, impossible!" Tenjou Hikari immediately said, "Even if it’s my memory, even if it’s what friends say, even if it’s what teachers teach, even if the world is telling me that this happened in this world, it is absolutely impossible!"

"Because, my Fusion, my extreme, my duel—absolutely never had such a thing happen!"

"If memory, the world, and my Fusion are different, then... my memory, this world is wrong!"

!？？？？？

How could the power of Darkness be so easily seen through!?

That human named Paladin probably still thinks he might have had a girlfriend named Angelica, right!?

Why didn't Tenjou Hikari doubt it at all?

Isn't this a complete madman!?

"Frightfur Leo’s effect, activate! Destroy Oneiros on your field and inflict 3000 points of effect damage to you!"

Frightfur Leo raised its claws high, and the saws on the claws popped out, scraping onto Oneiros. The saw didn't stop, then rushed toward "Kagurazaka’s" body. The saw, like a ring tearing through all things, fell on his forehead, fell on the [eye] that was watching here.

"Answer me, Yubel—is the destruction of humanity and the end of the world really good for Judai! From beginning to end, have you truly considered Judai’s feelings! Answer me!"

Yubel gritted her teeth, feeling the tearing that touched her soul. She roared that she would definitely come to the world again—

Can't answer.

She couldn't answer any question—

"Let me answer for Yubel, Hikari."

Tenjou Hikari looked at Judai, who seemed to have recovered.

"No need to look for me, Yubel—I will, I will go find you myself!" Judai shouted at Yubel, as if he wanted to penetrate the dimension, penetrate the world, and let Yubel hear it.

It was this sound that truly made her hesitate slightly. Then, after a scream, her consciousness completely left Kagurazaka’s body. However, when her soul left Kagurazaka and was driven out of this world, she was still cursing, and even wanted to attack physically in a fit of anger, but was easily blocked by Tierra. However, even so, she was frantically saying that she would definitely find Judai, venting her "love" for Judai, which also made Judai’s expression more gloomy and terrible...

Kagurazaka, LP: 1000 -> 0.