Chapter 71

After the duel ended, Marufuji Ryo panted and slumped to the ground.

It wasn't until this moment that he realized he had no strength left.

He coughed violently for a while, spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, and only felt a piercing pain in his chest. Every bone in his body was numb, as if he had been hit by a heavy hammer. It was more painful than the strongest dark duel he had ever experienced.

He looked up at the opposite side. The robber had somehow fainted directly on the ground, and the strange symbol on his forehead was flickering.

Just when he was confused, a card in the robber's deck flew up out of thin air and flew slowly toward him.

He widened his eyes, watching this supernatural scene—

Just at this moment!

A white beam of light blocked in front of him. The beam turned into a hand of light, grabbed the card, and forcibly snatched it in front of Kaito. He glanced down and put it aside.

Marufuji Ryo took a deep breath, barely relying on the cabinet to stand up slowly.

"You saved your life, other-worlder!" The robot drove to Marufuji Ryo and said to him, "If it weren't for meeting Lord Kaito, you would be dead!"

Lord Kaito? Dead?

What does this mean? He frowned in confusion, then looked at the robber, but was shocked to find that the robber's face was aging crazily, his hair gradually turned white, and finally completely became decayed and lifeless!

"This is?"

He covered his chest, and the piercing pain from before emerged again.

Strange—

Only then did he notice.

Clearly, it wasn't a dark duel like the Seven Stars, but why was there such obvious physical damage?

Even... more painful than dueling spirits and the Seven Stars!?

"Numbers will reside in the human soul." Kaito walked forward a few steps, with a cold face, and said to Marufuji Ryo.

But even without explaining too much, Marufuji Ryo already had a rough idea.

However, soon, the robot gave Marufuji Ryo a clearer explanation.

First, the so-called "Numbers" are special cards of their X dimension. This kind of card will stimulate the desires in the human heart, and even allow humans to obtain some surreal power, and then control the user. And the person in front of Marufuji Ryo is the "Number Hunter" specially hunting "Number" cards in the X dimension, the eldest son of Heartland, the messenger of Galaxy-Eyes—Tenjou Kaito.

This time, it was also the leader of Heartland who told him that a guy using Number monsters accidentally transmigrated to another dimension, so he chased over urgently.

"Tenjou?" Marufuji Ryo had no interest in other things.

He just confirmed that Number monsters are a kind of card in another dimension that is similar to the Sacred Beasts and equally dangerous.

Moreover, it seems that as long as you duel with Number monsters, it is a default dark duel. No wonder it was so painful before.

But what he cared about most was the word "Tenjou."

When he first said it, he didn't feel anything, and he didn't connect the person named Tenjou Kaito in front of him with Tenjou Hikari at all, and the two didn't look alike at all. It was just that after this Tenjou Kaito said his name, he vaguely felt that they were a bit alike.

Before, Tenjou and the others also met someone who looked exactly like Serena in the S dimension. Could this person also be a counterpart of Hikari?

Thinking of Tenjou Hikari, he couldn't help but show a bitter smile again.

Before, Hikari kept telling him to understand what he was thinking, but he never chose to think deeply. Until this time, when he was threatened by death and saw Cyber Dragon being snatched away and attacking him two or three times, he finally understood what he wanted.

Victory!

The ultimate goal of a duelist is always just victory!

Some people don't deserve respect at all!

As a senior and predecessor, he woke up too late.

He covered his forehead again.

"You look very painful." Tenjou Kaito glanced at him and looked at the robot on the side, "Orbital 7."

"Yes! Lord Kaito!" Orbital 7 hurriedly drove to Marufuji Ryo, automatically opened its body, and sent a strange pill to Marufuji Ryo with its mechanical arm.

Marufuji Ryo didn't hesitate when he saw this, picked up the medicine, and swallowed it directly without water.

"This is your reward for helping me hunt Numbers." Kaito said casually.

After taking the medicine, Marufuji Ryo finally felt much better and took a long breath.

Tenjou Kaito was silent, continuing to think.

If it were normal times, after hunting the Number cards, he would choose to leave directly and then hurry home to see his beloved brother Haruto.

But today is different.

This robber and this duelist named Marufuji Ryo told him a very terrifying thing!

The former is that Number cards may also appear in other dimensions.

The latter is that other-dimensional people may also be influenced by Number monsters and connect to the multi-dimensional network to perform Xyz Summons!

Combined, isn't the answer obvious?

Number cards may also appear in other dimensions!

Although there was no duel and no injury, Kaito felt his head ache a little.

Because this means that his Number hunting work may extend to multiple dimensions, and even infinite worlds!

He pinched his eyebrows gently.

Afterward, he looked at Marufuji Ryo, who was panting and checking his deck.

After thinking for a while, he spoke again, also opening with the fact that Number cards might appear in other dimensions, and letting the robot Orbital 7 extend the rest. This remark attracted Marufuji Ryo's attention, making him feel pressure again just after he had relaxed.

"It seems that we need to talk about this in detail." Marufuji Ryo cheered up and talked seriously with Tenjou Kaito.

It seems that this is the only way.

Tenjou Kaito nodded.

His work cannot be put on the table. The Number series is a matter of their world. Moreover, his father, Dr. Faker, and Mr. Heartland said that only by hunting Number cards can his brother's illness be cured, so he must not let these cards remain in other dimensions.

Since that's the case—

Finding an "assistant" in other dimensions is very important.

Tenjou Kaito could also see through the duel that Marufuji Ryo was not a madman. On the contrary, as a duelist, he was very qualified and even purer than at the beginning.

As the strongest duelist in their world, he had the confidence to confirm that there was absolutely no mistake.

And, perhaps because of the surname "Tenjou," perhaps because he could see the duelist soul of the other party, or because he also had a younger brother, in short, Marufuji Ryo and Tenjou Kaito chatted very well, and even mentioned a junior named "Tenjou Hikari" to Tenjou Kaito.

"A Fusion duelist who only uses Fusion? Haha, Lord Kaito is proficient in all summoning methods!"

"Shut up, Orbital 7."

"Uh, yes!"

Tenjou Hikari?

He has an impression.

Should also be a student who dueled with their dimension last year, right?

"Chimeratech Overdragon's Attack is 800 points per Fusion material. It has 5 Fusion materials, so its Attack is—"

"4... 4000!?"

"Ah!"

"Whoa!"

The demons gasped.

Chimeratech Overdragon, ATK: ? → 4000.

"Battle! Chimeratech Overdragon attacks the Martial God of the Dark World!"

The Martial God, who had been frightened by the mechanical dragon with a full 4000 Attack, heard Tenjou Hikari's words. It was startled at first, but then, as if it had regained its confidence, it laughed loudly: "Foolish! A monster with 4000 Attack points attacking a Defense Position monster? I won't lose any Life Points this way—and you still want to say you'll finish me off this turn?!"

"No, that's not right!" Serena punched the air excitedly. "Chimeratech Overdragon can attack a monster once for every Fusion material it has. It has 5 materials, so it can attack monsters five times!"

"...Wha, what?" The Martial God of the Dark World was dumbfounded.

Tenjou Hikari took a deep breath.

"Serena, do you understand now? As long as you stay calm, you can use the exact same tactics as me to defeat this enemy!"

Among the Moonlight cards, there are also Fusion monsters that can attack all monsters!

She also has plenty of strategies to increase Attack points!

In other words, Tenjou Hikari's tactic was a completely replicable strategy for Serena!

In fact, for her deck, four high-level monsters in Attack Position with over 2000 Attack were not scary at all; they were completely 4 "targets"!

To not even figure out what kind of deck the opponent had, and then brazenly use resources to put out five monsters with no resistance or defensive capabilities—how is that any different from sending them to their deaths?!

Special Summoning these five in Defense Position would have been more reasonable than the current situation!

"Yes!" At this moment, Serena finally forgot the hostility of the surrounding demons, because these so-called demons weren't actually that terrifying!

Although this skyscraper was occupied by the Martial God, now that she thought about it, it was just a guy who had fought the "Novice Village Chief" for five hundred rounds without a winner and had to rely on the Light of Ruin to barely suppress the native spirits.

In reality, it was only a little over half as strong as the opponent Serena was originally supposed to face!