Chapter 540

The duel ended, and Joey rubbed the back of his head and walked to Raptor's side embarrassedly.

Ever since he became a "legendary duelist" in the realistic sense, he hadn't been this awkward for a long time.

Perhaps only when proposing marriage or something would it be more awkward than this.

He stretched out his hand toward Raptor. Raptor shook his head, raised his head, held Joey's hand, and was pulled up with his help.

Finally, after many years, the two didn't part ways, but held hands tightly.

"Next time, I will definitely win against you!"

"Hahaha—too naive, Raptor, you and I now have a full 10-year gap!"

"Hmph..." Raptor didn't show weakness, "Dimensional travel, because of dimensional travel, the growth of duelists is much faster than before. I will catch up, just wait!"

Joey and Raptor looked at each other for a long time, and finally said: "Ah, I'll wait—"

He knew that Kaiba would hold a cross-dimensional 【KC Cup】 in the future, where all the strongest humans and spirits could participate. Although he and Kaiba still didn't get along very well, he knew that Kaiba would definitely invite him.

He would look forward to Raptor dueling him again with his beloved cards on the real stage by then.

After about a minute or two of sentimental reunion, Joey shouted at Raptor carelessly, pulled Raptor to call the old man Solomon "Master," and then walked into the card shop. Although the surrounding duelists wanted to come up to talk to Joey and get familiar, seeing them walk into the card shop, they naturally couldn't go up.

A few duelists stayed behind to prepare to wait for Joey to come out. As for the other majority of duelists who had their own work and their own dimensions to explore, after savoring the duel of the "legend," they left in a hurry.

The old man Solomon Muto's card shop was about the same as Tenjou Hikari's impression—display cabinets, card packs, and many unique collectibles.

When Solomon Muto was young, he was a super gambler, known by later generations as the "legendary gambler." Later, the old man Solomon changed his career to adventurer and collector, and he was a genuine world-class collector.

And as a duelist, the old man Solomon Muto wasn't the type of duelist who pursued strength, but rather the type who especially liked to collect all kinds of strange cards and be proud of them—he was the only collector in the original work who relied on his own luck to gather the 5 parts of 【Exodia the Forbidden One】.

Besides that, he also collected many strange cards, such as gathering two Rock tokens, then gathering the 3 cards of the "Ancient" series, and then being able to Special Summon the "Ancient Dragon."

Although the ATK and effects of that Ancient Dragon were quite humorous, he didn't mind it himself, because he only needed to be able to show off the cards he collected in front of his old friends.

Simply put, he was the type of person in Tenjou Hikari's previous life who would build a deck in various dueling software that could achieve very cool results but only succeed once in a hundred times.

Although the win rate was terrible, it was cool when it succeeded.

Perhaps under the influence of the old man Solomon Muto, the current Joey seemed to have a habit of collecting. After reminiscing with Raptor and finding nothing to talk about, he took out the cards he had prepared to use in the duel but didn't use again because he found that Raptor had already "moved forward."

"Ding ding—Legendary Fisherman, II, III! See? This III can directly banish all the opponent's monster cards, and it won't be destroyed by battle or effects, and it's unaffected by Spell and Trap cards! I use this, how do you respond?"

"And this Ultimate Mutation Insect Queen—"

"Forget that one, I've seen it."

"Gulp, then how about this! Don't be surprised when you see it—"

"Heh, what could I be surprised by..."

While talking, Raptor was actually stunned.

Because Joey took out a card he hadn't expected!

Evil Dragon, Evil Knight Dragon!

Joey chuckled and pushed the card in front of Raptor.

Raptor picked up the card, stunned for a moment.

This card...

"The card you lost to Espa Roba back then." Joey leaned back with his elbows on the back of the chair and said, "Dimensional travel is too dangerous, take this with you."

Evil Knight Dragon after evolution?

Raptor didn't expect that Joey had even prepared this before coming to see him.

"Heh, then don't regret it when you lose to me because of this!" Although he had already made contact with the Jurrac spirits and even received an invitation, seeming to be able to go to that what-is-it 【DT Spirit World】, and was determined to study Synchro deeply in the future, he still loved this card, Evil Knight Dragon, very much.

Joey waved his hand casually.

Subsequently, he reached into his pocket and took out another card, placing it in front of Tenjou Hikari.

Tenjou Hikari was stunned.

I have a share too?

He looked at the card, then was shocked.

Flying Dragon Flame Salamander!

Flame Swordsman's support card! Can be activated when sent to the Graveyard. Can directly add 1 【Flying Dragon Flame】 Spell/Trap card from the deck to your hand!

The former can directly get 【Flying Dragon Flame Fusion】, and the latter can get 【Chain Flying Dragon Flame Blade】!

Both were cards Tenjou Hikari held but were difficult to search!

"Thank you." Joey didn't explain much and just gave this card to Tenjou Hikari as a thank-you gift.

He knew that if it weren't for Tenjou Hikari, Rex Raptor would absolutely never step into Domino City again.

Precisely because of Tenjou Hikari, who illuminated Rex Raptor's life, which had originally been a straight line to the end, like a ray of light, he was able to step forward again.

No matter what Raptor thought, as a 【Friend】, he was very happy.

"Take it." On the side, Raptor glanced at it and said, "After all, you came here for this, right?"

Tenjou Hikari thought it was the same, so he nodded, thanked Joey, picked up the card, and put it away.

Subsequently, Joey didn't chat with everyone for too long. He stood up and said he had things to do, fearing he couldn't continue reminiscing with Raptor and had to go to the next dimension, then left in a hurry, looking very rushed.

Taking time out of his busy schedule to see an old friend, but because of his busyness, he couldn't stay for too long.

However, duelists are such creatures. After a duel, Raptor already understood.

But it doesn't matter!

As long as he catches up to Joey, there will be plenty of time to decide the winner with him!

And the simplest way, naturally, is—

"Grandpa, I want to buy some card packs!" Raptor shouted to the old man Solomon Muto without hesitation.

"Ho ho ho, you've come to the right place." The old man laughed and said, "I have super luxurious card packs here, combined from several dimensions—not those old goods from other dimensions."

He took out several card boxes. Tenjou Hikari and Rex Raptor bought them all at once; they didn't care about the money.

However, compared to Raptor, who opened the boxes on the spot, Tenjou Hikari was much calmer and just put away the card boxes.

Relying on him and Tiera's luck to open powerful single cards or powerful support cards from the boxes, it would be better to hope that the Super Polymerization would turn into a second Super Polymerization for him tomorrow.

Of course, he would take them back to Duel Academy and let Ruri and Serena draw them!

Under the pretext of letting them see what's in the card boxes at the peak of this dimension.

"You're clearly counting on your students to use that amazing luck to turn out powerful cards for you, right?" Tiera teased.

Otherwise?

If he drew them himself, what if they were all ruined—

Rex Raptor drew cards for a while, integrated some cards that were quite useful to him, and then put them away.

"Speaking of which, you two, both want to become stronger, right?"

The old man watched Raptor finish drawing cards, saw the few "rare cards" he drew, and asked curiously after seeing no change in his demeanor.

The two nodded.

Raptor's answer was very simple. Since he re-recognized himself and found that he had embarked on a new path after getting to know the Kaiba Corporation, especially Tenjou Hikari, what he needed to do was to quickly make up for what he had been missing for ten years.

Tenjou Hikari responded: "Of course, the pursuit of Fusion is endless."

"Ho ho ho, then, I'll tell you a story."

The old man stood with his hands behind his back, leaned to the front desk, and began to tell a story.

"You should have heard of the story of Exodia, right?"

The two looked at each other, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

"Of course—"

"Heh heh, then you should know that I am the first and only person in the world to gather Exodia." The old man first boasted about his record, then said, "Since you know, you must also know that Yugi's Exodia was once thrown into the sea."

The two looked at each other silently again.

That's more than just knowing.

Wasn't the one who threw Yugi's cards into the sea Rex Raptor's "good brother" Weevil Underwood?

In short, the old man started with "The Lost Exodia" and told a story to the two.

"Cards thrown into the sea don't disappear without a trace.

In fact, all abandoned and forgotten cards eventually have an eternal destination."

There's such a thing?

The two listened curiously.

"That is, the World of Forgetting!"

"The cards there turn into ghosts and spirits, build their own lives there, and then curse those who abandoned them or fell into that world!"

Rex Raptor shrank his head slightly and said: "That sounds like a ghost story that only kids would talk about, right? Old man, didn't you say it was a story related to becoming stronger? This sounds completely unrelated."

"No! No! No!" The old man suddenly chuckled, pulled open a drawer, and took out a card from it, showing it to the two.

Exodia, the Legendary Defender!

Rex Raptor opened his mouth slowly.

Could, could it be Exodia!?

And, and is it the combined form of Exodia?

"Could it be—" Tenjou Hikari thought of a possibility, "That 【World】 is actually a spirit dimension!?"

Hearing this, Rex Raptor suddenly understood, clearing up the logic all at once.

So that's it!

It's the 【Dimension of Abandoned Spirits】!

In this way, everything is reasonable!

So, the actual situation is that the old man discovered an "Abandoner Dimension," and then by chance, obtained a new 【Exodia】?

"To be precise, it's the 【Dimension of the Forgotten】."

The old man said with a smile, while picking up a card and placing it on the table.

Raptor looked down at the card, then shook his head and said: "Kid, you take it. I've already decided on my direction, so I probably won't need this dimension coordinate."

Now, Tyranno and Evil Knight Dragon have all returned to him, and he has nothing missing.

On the contrary, for Tenjou Hikari, who is pursuing a higher realm of Fusion and pursuing the ultimate Fusion, it's very reasonable for him to go, as he might encounter something in this kind of dimension.

After all, the Forgotten, this kind of card, probably has considerable hostility toward humans and ordinary cards. Tenjou Hikari's Fusion must go through this link, so it's very reasonable for him to go.

Tenjou Hikari nodded, didn't refuse, and put the card away.

Dimension of the Forgotten...

Tenjou Hikari was really very curious about what he would encounter in that dimension.

After all, just by hearing the name, it's hard to determine what's in that dimension.

Rex Raptor thought for a moment, searched through the new cards he just drew, took one out, and placed it on the table: "Kid, I've already decided. I'm going to live in a world called the DT Dimension. Next, the Kaiba Corporation will be left to you."

DT Spirit Dimension?

Tenjou Hikari looked surprised.

Brother, the place you're going to is a bit "a little dangerous."

However, since the other party had decided, Tenjou Hikari couldn't make the decision for him. Moreover, looking at this, it was clear that Rex Raptor had already been recognized by some spirits in the DT dimension and was invited.

So after the initial surprise, he immediately nodded to Rex Raptor and then looked at the card Raptor sent over.

Oh—

Tenjou Hikari's eyes lit up immediately.

It's actually—

On the card art, a female with mechanical claws on both hands, wearing a black silk short skirt, and a strange mechanical dinosaur tail was fighting something.

【Therion "King" Regulus - Sickle Dragon】.

"This card doesn't quite fit my deck, and more importantly, I feel the temperament of this card seems to be more like yours. Perhaps this card also hides the power of Fusion."

Tenjou Hikari took the card and nodded.

That's right, this is exactly one of the rare "Fusion series" in dinosaurs—the Therion series of cards!

As expected of Rex Raptor, he accurately drew Dinosaur monsters from a pile of chaotic card packs, and they were Fusion-related.

Subsequently, he waved his hand and prepared to leave. Clearly, he wanted to be alone for a while.

Tenjou Hikari watched him leave, and finally looked at Solomon Muto, asking curiously about the question he came here with at the beginning.

Could the old man help him "duel with a legendary duelist?"

"Ho ho ho ho..." the old man suddenly smiled mysteriously, "This, indeed, I really found a legendary duelist for you. Although it was Yugi who helped."

It was actually Mr. Yugi Muto who helped find him!?

Tenjou Hikari was shocked.

What kind of person would that be!?

"However, that side also needs to be arranged for a period of time, because that side is not very suitable for too many people to appear. By then, he should contact your company."

Solomon Muto sold a mystery, blocked his face with his hand, and pretended to whisper to Tenjou Hikari: "I can only tell you, it's a very excellent, very famous, and even a powerful duelist and card that even Joey once feared!"

"Oh!?" Tenjou Hikari's curiosity was suddenly gathered, and he responded, "Then I will definitely be prepared!"

(End of chapter)