Chapter 396: The Path Ahead for Super Polymerization! (5k, please vote!!)

Super Polymerization.

The supreme power of [Fusion].

Of course, what exactly the strongest "Fusion Deck" is remains hard to say; after all, even Tearlaments actually mixed in Synchro, Xyz, and all sorts of other powerful cards.

But the strongest "Fusion card" is undoubtedly—Super Polymerization.

Although Super Polymerization cannot directly fuse monsters from the deck like those deck-fusion cards, although Super Polymerization must discard a card from the hand to activate, and although Super Polymerization cannot even fuse monsters with full immunity, the card [Super Polymerization] remains a milestone in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh.

Although there were cards like "Soul Exchange" and "Lava Golem" that used the opponent's monsters before, those cards did not change the habits of Yu-Gi-Oh players at the time.

Since the birth of Super Polymerization, this kind of Summoning that uses the opponent's monsters as materials has been directly crowned with the word "Super"—such as Super Synchro, Super Xyz, and so on.

Undoubtedly, Super Polymerization is not only a card that is unrivaled in the plot, but in reality, it is also a card that changed the "linguistic logic" of Yu-Gi-Oh duelists.

The only thing that can be mentioned in the same breath is "Numeron"—since the appearance of the Numeron operation, all cards that were modified and released from the Forbidden List have been called "Numeron," which shows how much of a change these two cards have brought to duelists.

They are cards capable of changing the [Reality] in Tenjou Hikari's concept!

And coming to this world, this card that appeared by Tenjou Hikari's side, changed Tenjou Hikari's deck, and forced Tenjou Hikari to use "Fusion" also symbolizes the extreme of a certain power in this world.

That is, the extreme of "Fusion."

But even now, Tenjou Hikari still has not fully developed all the abilities of this card. Every time Tenjou Hikari's control over it becomes stronger and he can change some of the restrictions it places on him, Tenjou Hikari discovers that Super Polymerization still has no "limit."

Or rather, every time Tenjou Hikari thinks he has reached the peak, Super Polymerization tells him, no, he has only arrived at another small hill.

If Tenjou Hikari's previous talk of the extreme of Fusion simply referred to "Tearlaments," now, the extreme of Fusion that Tenjou Hikari wants to see is truly the extreme of this "power" itself.

Tenjou Hikari prepared quite a bit of equipment for Judai.

Calling out the "Supreme King" in Judai's heart is not a simple matter.

After all, no matter what concept the Supreme King is, he is ultimately a "dead person."

If he doesn't want to come out, conventional methods cannot summon his consciousness.

It's like Seto Kaiba trying every way to summon the Pharaoh in the movie, but when Yugi really encounters danger, the Pharaoh appears in a second.

In short, the logic is probably about the same, though the relationship between Judai and the Supreme King is closer.

The alchemy Tenjou Hikari himself mastered does not have relevant knowledge, so Tenjou Hikari could only build some alchemy circles to awaken the "mind"—but fortunately, during this time, Tenjou Hikari learned many other small skills.

Spiritology, Role-Playing, Demonic Rituals—the abilities taught by several professors finally showed their best use at this time.

Tenjou Hikari sat sideways at the front desk of the Fusion Department, watching Judai put on the thick "Supreme King" armor. These were temporary armors made of cardboard by Tenjou Hikari, combining his memory reproduction and his impression of the Supreme King. The strength was one thing, but the efficiency pursued speed.

Judai stood unsteadily in the center of the dueling field. Beside him, countless bonfires mixed with the power of darkness began to burn.

It was thanks to Tenjou Hikari having just collected some of Mr. T's cards; the dark power provided by these cards could just serve as the dark intent in the "Supreme King's" heart, thereby attempting to make the Supreme King descend.

Of course, even with so many preparations, Tenjou Hikari didn't know if it would work.

Normally, even if these preparations were made, if the Supreme King didn't want to come out, the ritual and imitation wouldn't succeed.

However—

Tenjou Hikari took out "Super Polymerization."

He silently picked up the card, driving the power of the card.

With the activation of Super Polymerization's power, the entire Fusion Department began to be slowly shrouded in black fog, and countless golden thunderbolts began to explode.

At this moment, Tenjou Hikari felt that the Fusion Department and the [Outside World] seemed to have produced a brand new "isolation"—the Fusion Department seemed to have become independent from Duel Academy!

"Ugh—ah—" As this feeling became more and more obvious, Judai's body gradually began to emit black smoke, his eyes began to change color, and then his body instinctively hunched over, and sounds like a beast began to ring out in his mouth.

This state looked quite scary, but Tenjou Hikari did not stop his actions. Judai had already agreed with him that until he shouted to stop or the Supreme King appeared, he must absolutely not stop because he was injured.

This was something he had to do, so he didn't want Tenjou Hikari to be soft-hearted because of concern for him.

Tenjou Hikari's expression was solemn. Beside him, Tierra also rarely took out a small notebook, holding a pen in her right hand, recording something.

Even for her, Judai Yuki was a quite special "biological individual." Having the opportunity to see this change process and record it for Tenjou Hikari to study was also a good thing for creating her other bodies.

"Ahhhhh————"

With the increase of dark power, a terrifying black air wave erupted from Judai's body. The cardboard armor on his body was instantly torn to pieces. After the black gale, the black air wave pushed outward like a sea wave, to the point that even Tenjou Hikari's figure was affected.

As for inside the Fusion Department, countless pieces of equipment were blown away by the aftermath of this air wave, and some valuable instruments even exploded on the spot because they bore power they shouldn't have.

The "Solid Vision equipment" that Pegasus's company had invested a high price in for Tenjou Hikari's studies simply exploded with a bang and was turned into powder by the black air wave.

Just as Tenjou Hikari was preparing to continue increasing the "dosage," a familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded.

"Enough."

Tenjou Hikari raised an eyebrow.

He stopped his actions.

The dark air wave began to flow back from the outside in, and the pitch-black power frantically condensed onto Judai Yuki's body. Finally, those black powers began to turn into reality.

Eventually...

A genuine set of armor was draped over Judai's body.

He turned his head to look at Tenjou Hikari, his golden eyes seemingly glowing, and said in Judai's voice, coldly: "That's enough."

Hearing this, Tenjou Hikari frowned tightly.

Failed?

Tenjou Hikari rubbed his brow slightly.

Supreme King...

From the results, he did seem to have successfully awakened the consciousness of the "Supreme King," but this situation was not the result he and Judai wanted.

It's a simple truth: what Judai wanted to do was to properly duel the Supreme King, communicate, understand himself, and then become one.

Therefore, what he hoped to do was to make the Supreme King descend into this world while maintaining his own consciousness—this was the key point of the Demonic Ritual.

But.

The Supreme King directly replaced Judai's will, which was not what Tenjou Hikari wanted.

Seeming to see through Tenjou Hikari's thoughts, the Supreme King glanced at Tenjou Hikari and said calmly: "That's impossible."

?

The Supreme King looked at Tenjou Hikari calmly, saying: "Your conjectures, hypotheses, and calculations are all correct."

"His understanding of himself is also correct."

"We have never been 'others,' but the same 'individual'."

He glanced around and then continued: "Consciousness, soul, essence, power—these external things are all the same.

But..."

He suddenly raised his hand and pointed to his forehead.

"[Memory] is different."

Tenjou Hikari blinked, then slowly widened his eyes.

Ah...

So that's how it is.

Even if Judai and the Supreme King are completely one, they cannot just crudely try to become one.

Because their "lifespans" and "memories" are actually different!

Although the image the Supreme King displays is exactly the same as Judai's, it doesn't mean he is the same age as Judai.

The Supreme King's own experiences, the time the Supreme King lived, and the Supreme King's memories all far exceed Judai's, perhaps by a factor of several or even a dozen times.

If we exaggerate a bit, if the Supreme King's race has a longer lifespan than humans, that ratio will become even larger!

If they were forcibly merged, then at that time, Judai's memories would be mostly the Supreme King's, and his own memories would only be a small piece. At that time, would it be "Judai" or the "Supreme King"?

Perhaps the personality would still be Judai, still Tenjou Hikari's friend, and the deck used wouldn't change, but his style and way of doing things would definitely be closer to the Supreme King!

"I see." Tenjou Hikari nodded.

Then, he looked at the Supreme King and fell into a dilemma. If this is the case, then Judai actually only needs to wait for himself to grow slowly, because he is actually slowly absorbing the Supreme King's memories now. Whether it's about Yubel or some things about the Supreme King, Judai is slowly absorbing them. As long as there is enough time, it is not difficult for him to successfully absorb all the memories.

At that time, he would basically perfectly inherit all the Supreme King's power without having to take risks.

But the problem is.

There isn't enough time!

In the original work, Darkness only started to act against the human world in the third year, but here, it was advanced by a full year. Judai simply didn't have the time to absorb it slowly.

He began to ponder what to do.

On the other side, the Supreme King slowly took steps and walked slowly in the Fusion Department.

As a "ghost" of the past, although he could "see" things in the outside world like Judai, it was too ethereal. To him, everything in this human world was actually strange.

However, some things were not strange.

"Super Polymerization."

He suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Tenjou Hikari stopped pondering and looked at the Supreme King.

"If you are desperate to obtain my power, the easiest and simplest way is to use the power of [Super Polymerization]." The Supreme King raised his right hand, formed a palm, and slowly clenched it in front of Tenjou Hikari.

"The ultimate invincible, strongest power—Super Polymerization.

You have it too, you possess that power."

He looked at Tenjou Hikari's hand.

It seemed like wind rising on flat ground, and also like thunder exploding in an empty space.

Tenjou Hikari felt his heart stop beating suddenly.

Tierra, on the side, felt shocked for the first time.

This meant that the Supreme King also had this "power."

Tenjou Hikari thought for a moment and nodded slowly: "Indeed... I do have it. So, you mean, let me use Super Polymerization to forcibly merge the two of you?"

"Using the power of Super Polymerization, our two consciousnesses will forcibly become one consciousness." The Supreme King said calmly.

He no longer cared about "himself," sleeping in Judai's heart, only because he was an immortal, eternal [consciousness]. If Judai couldn't hold on one day, he could also help Judai clear away some things Judai didn't want to see.

"However, you cannot do this."

"I can't?"

Honestly, Tenjou Hikari was actually quite experienced. Now that Tierra was almost a complete body under his mending, this kind of thing should be fine as long as he knew the method.

He looked at Tenjou Hikari and said: "Your... your Super Polymerization, and [my] Super Polymerization... are different."

?

He could see that too.

The Supreme King closed his eyes and pondered for a while, seemingly weighing and hesitating.

Even though he was already dead, there were some secrets he still didn't want to share, but he didn't hesitate for long before slowly opening his eyes and saying: "Super Polymerization is the pinnacle of [Fusion], the ultimate invincible power, the power capable of ruling everything."

Tierra listened to these words, rarely having the thought of refuting.

Having traveled and adventured with Tenjou Hikari for so long, she had long seen that [Super Polymerization] was not a card that ordinary humans, or even ordinary "gods and demons," could touch.

Whether the Supreme King could rule the dimensions, she didn't know, but she dared to say that Super Polymerization definitely had the ability to rule countless dimensions.

"That is the ultimate power that only the true darling of [Fusion] can obtain."

Tierra nodded continuously.

That's right, Tenjou Hikari is that "darling of Fusion."

Then, she thought again.

That's not right—

Aren't there too many darlings of Fusion?

Logically, one should be enough, right?

So...

She suddenly understood.

Is it a tendency?

The Supreme King looked into the distance and said leisurely: "High-level spirits can create more of their own cards, just like the Dragon God, it can rely on itself to create 3 of itself.

Fusion is inclusion, is devouring, is ruling, is creation... is infinite."

So...

Can Super Polymerization also be [plural]?

Tenjou Hikari stood there as if struck by lightning.

He finally understood what he was lacking in his mastery of Super Polymerization—

The Supreme King's "Super Polymerization" is the power to rule others and oppress everything; Yubel's Super Polymerization should be the power to devour everything.

And his own Super Polymerization constantly creates all kinds of "Fusion" Spells and Traps for him, so its core is "creation."

Creating brand new possibilities, creating possibilities for the future!

And to master the power of "Super Polymerization," whether it's him or Judai, what they need to do is to rely on their own willpower or personal ability to unseal the Super Polymerization in their hearts themselves.

Therefore, what Tenjou Hikari is truly pursuing should not be to make a Philosopher's Stone like his master, nor should it be to create a sufficiently powerful Fusion monster, but...

Creating a [Second] Super Polymerization!

Using his own understanding to create a second Super Polymerization!

"It seems you've figured it out," the Supreme King said casually, then flicked his left hand. The wrist blade on his arm armor began to rotate, then with a few clicks, it turned into a Duel Disk like a blade.

Tenjou Hikari had figured it out, which meant that Tenjou Hikari was a stumbling block on his "path of Fusion"!

Because, to obtain all the power of Super Polymerization and obtain the existence of true, absolutely invincible power, there can only be [one].

From the origin of all things in ancient times to the end of the infinite future, in the end, there will only be that decisive [one].

That is the true [darling] of Super Polymerization!

No—that is the true holder of [Super Polymerization]!

Therefore, Tenjou Hikari is his enemy!

Tenjou Hikari came back to his senses and started the Duel Disk on his left hand. His purple Duel Disk also began to rotate like the Supreme King's wrist blade, then combined into a Duel Disk.

"[His] will can still watch everything here. He already has enough drive and will, but... he still lacks the final knack." The Supreme King spoke as if granting mercy. "So watch carefully.

How the ultimate power turned into by the darkness in the heart tears everything apart! Rule everything!!"

He looked at Tenjou Hikari seriously.

He also really wanted to duel this "darling" of the new era once.

Tenjou Hikari took a deep breath.

A civil war of [Super Polymerization]!

A smile hung on his face.

"Good!"

"You will die," the Supreme King said calmly.

"No, Judai and I will prove that we are capable of creating a brand new Fusion!"

"Good." The Supreme King didn't comment on anything.

"Duel!" x2.

After the two shouted, the Supreme King raised his right hand, and with a bang, a beam of pitch-black light hit the big screen of the Fusion Department. Black and yellow currents lit up on the big screen, and amidst a crackling sound, the screen, which was not connected to power, was forcibly started.

A coin appeared on the screen, and with the rotation of the screen, finally, a pattern appeared...

Blue-Eyes White Dragon pattern—

Heads!

"Then, I'll go first," the Supreme King said.

Tenjou Hikari grinned, not surprised: "Good!"

The ultimate darkness that rules everything, the darling of Fusion, Supreme King, LP: 4000.

The absolute light that creates infinity, the darling of Fusion, Tenjou Hikari, LP: 4000.

(End of chapter)