Chapter 472

The hideout Yusei prepared for Tenjou Hikari looked quite decent.

Tenjou Hikari checked it. Besides basic daily necessities, there were some trivial small tools. Among them were some things Tenjou Hikari was very familiar with—for instance, the tools he used last time to assist Yusei in improving his Duel Runner. They looked obsolete now, and Yusei had left them here.

Although they weren't very useful, they were enough for Tiera to manufacture some surveillance robots in her spare time to help Tenjou Hikari avoid the security police here.

Although the shelters in A5 were much better than those in 5Ds, and even if one fell into prison, the guards wouldn't confiscate cards, it was better to be as normal as possible through normal means.

Tenjou Hikari first confirmed the situation nearby, ensuring that this was indeed a very remote corner with basically no one around, and then began to study the current situation.

First and foremost, the most important thing was definitely the Dark Mark on his left hand.

The mark on Tenjou Hikari's left hand was, on the whole, the Dark Mark from "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds" as Tenjou Hikari remembered it. But the difference was that the mark on Tenjou Hikari's hand glowed with a pale red fluorescence, and its image was not quite the same as a standard "Earthbound Immortal"; it looked more like a hound with wings.

"This seems to be that Earthbound Immortal..." the voice of the Muddy Mud Long Wang rang in Tenjou Hikari's ears.

Tenjou Hikari nodded.

According to his speculation and memory, it did indeed look like that Earthbound monster.

"Sorry, Hikari, for dragging you into..."

"There's no such thing. I came here precisely for this reason," Tenjou Hikari interrupted the Muddy Mud Long Wang's words directly.

He didn't come here out of the kindness of his heart to help the upper and lower layers of the S Dimension reconcile. First, he wasn't that great; second, he didn't have that ability; and third, he didn't have the status to do such a thing.

The grievances between the upper and lower layers of the S Dimension had long been festering; it wasn't something Tenjou Hikari could solve by playing a few exhibition matches. Moreover, Tenjou Hikari was not from this dimension. If he jumped out to do such a thing, it would be very inconsistent with the psychology of the people in this dimension.

What the people in the lower layers wanted was definitely freedom, not to become an appendage of people from another dimension.

Regardless of whether Tenjou Hikari had such intentions, "smuggling" into this dimension was a huge point of suspicion.

Furthermore, Tenjou Hikari's purpose in coming here was not for this matter.

The reason he came to this dimension was, first, because he had accepted "Underworld Dragon Dragonecro" back then, so Tenjou Hikari would have to accept the Red Dragon's invitation sooner or later; second, it was because the Muddy Mud Long Wang had been threatened and monitored by the Earthbound Immortals, and Tenjou Hikari wanted to solve this problem for his partner and friend.

As for other things, Tenjou Hikari could only help as much as possible without affecting himself—saving ordinary people and helping to resolve the threat of the "Earthbound Immortals"—that was the limit.

He hadn't even sorted out his own situation, his identity was problematic, and he could easily be mistaken for a "Dark Signer." Tenjou Hikari couldn't force himself to do such things.

Tenjou Hikari organized the current situation, found a cloak to hide his identity in this temporary small base, and then headed toward the destination on the map.

The basic architecture of the Lower City was quite dilapidated, but perhaps because of this dilapidation, the roads in the Lower City were winding and complex. It was difficult for people from the upper layers to directly figure out a detailed map of the lower layers, and precisely because of this, the people of the lower layers had the opportunity to find a location to hold meetings in peace while the security police were hunting down rebels everywhere.

However, even so, not just anyone could enter the meeting. One had to hold a card representing the lower-layer people's resistance against the upper-layer people—"United Resistance Army"—to be able to walk into the meeting room.

Yusei had tucked this card into the map he gave Tenjou Hikari, so Tenjou Hikari walked into the meeting room very smoothly.

The meeting room was filled with people wearing cloaks. Most of them were sallow and emaciated, and quite a few looked hunched over.

On the podium of the meeting, a man with spiky hair was arranging matters; he looked like the leader here.

Shinji Weber.

Tenjou Hikari didn't say anything. He found a random spot, didn't even take off his cloak, and just hid there to listen.

Fortunately, there were many people here besides him who were hiding their true faces and didn't want others to know their identities, so he didn't attract any attention.

There were more and more people in the room. Gradually, the room even seemed a bit cramped. People began to squeeze against each other, and the smell became a bit chaotic.

Tenjou Hikari had no reaction to this; as long as no one stole his things, it didn't matter.

Watching so many people gathered in the room, gradually, Shinji on the stage seemed to develop some grand ambition and began to declare passionately.

Honestly, Tenjou Hikari didn't think there was anything wrong with this guy in his heart. The people in the Lower City couldn't afford to eat, while the people in the Upper City could treat the Lower City as a garbage dump at will. This environment didn't look normal no matter how you looked at it.

More importantly, the people in the Upper City didn't even give the people in the Lower City any "upward mobility." Citizens of the Lower City weren't even allowed to enter the Upper City; once discovered, they would be arrested and thrown directly into the shelter to mine.

If it were before, the people in the Lower City could rely on the banner of "Jack Atlas" to comfort themselves a little, but now, the Upper City wasn't even willing to bestow that last bit of comfort.

In the long run, it was only natural for conflicts to erupt.

Tenjou Hikari respected Shinji personally for being willing to come out as the first person to initiate the resistance.

The only problem was, Tenjou Hikari looked at Shinji's left hand.

Hmm...

"In order to yearn for freedom, we created the Turbo Duel, hoping to use it to live a better life. As a result, the people in the Upper City sent police to learn how to drive bikes and hunt us down, turning it into a 【Pursuit Duel】 for those upper-class guys to enjoy!"

This point might be a bit narrow. Tenjou Hikari did know that in "Yu-Gi-Oh! A5," the Turbo Duel was indeed a duel invented by the Lower City that symbolized freedom. But since there was an Underworld Dragon and D-Wheels, it meant that in the ancient times, this dimension already had "Turbo Duels."

"Partners, can you accept this!"

He clenched his fists tightly, and there were even some tears in his eyes: "When we were starving and barely clothed, when we were trying our best to survive, our lives were just jokes for those guys to ridicule!"

"Now, finally, we have a chance!"

"A chance to give those upper-class people who look down on us a harsh lesson, a chance to pull them down!"

He fumbled in his bosom and took out a card.

The card was displayed. Because he was far away, some people even had to stretch their necks to see. Tenjou Hikari's spirit adaptability was high enough, and he saw the card at a glance.

Earthbound Geoglyph...

Is it really an Earthbound Immortal?

"As long as we use this card to draw the geoglyph, we can round up those police officers, and then—"

"Wait!" Bang, the door of the room was kicked open directly. An orange-haired hedgehog-head kicked the door and entered, scaring quite a few people in the room into screaming.

It was a muscular adult who looked quite spirited. On his forehead and left and right cheeks, there were yellow markings. Those were traces left by being branded after being caught by the security officers for crimes. Three lines meant he had committed at least three offenses.

"Seeing Ke Luo!? Are you finally willing to support—"

"Shinji, you absolutely cannot use that card!"

Seeing Ke Luo rushed in and said the words that all the rebels didn't want to hear.

(End of chapter)