Chapter 73: The Duelist Who Pursues Fusion (Vote for Monthly Tickets!)

To be honest, before seeing this girl, Tiancheng Guang had never imagined he'd see her appear again.

"Serena," one of Yuzu's clones from the original "Yu-Gi-Oh! A5," the female protagonist of the Fusion Dimension, representing the "Moon."

In the original work, she was a straightforward and notably "bold" female duelist.

Of course, this personality wasn't innate—more so, it was shaped by her three-year imprisonment at the hands of Akuma Zero-Oh.

What Tiancheng Guang remembered most about her was her long string of voice lines in the game "Duel Links," all related to "Fusion." In the game, every card with "Fusion" in its name had a dedicated voice for her—truly worthy of the title "Female Protagonist of the Fusion Dimension."

On the dueling field, Serena stared at her hand, unable to find a solution, and reluctantly ended her turn.

"Hi~~ Then, it's my turn~~" The Black Magician Girl waved to the audience below while performing her actions.

Her advantage was already overwhelming. Even though Serena didn't want to give up, she lacked Judai's ability to always draw the perfect counter card at the right moment—she had no choice but to lose.

"Damn it!" Serena was directly attacked by the Black Magician Girl and lost the duel; she angrily slammed her fist into the ground.

"Whoa, so jealous—getting directly attacked by the Black Magician Girl—" This was a perverted student.

"Oh oh! Everyone, the Black Magician Girl landed a direct attack and won! Victory belongs to the Black Magician Girl!" Marufuji Ryo excitedly held the microphone, praising, "Let's cheer for the Black Magician Girl!"

"Oh!!"

A crowd of students, boys and girls alike, couldn't help but cheer.

This is terrifying.

Is the Black Magician Girl really that popular?

"Little girl, are you hurt?" After responding to her fans, the Black Magician Girl slung her staff over her back and moved closer to ask.

But before she could step forward, she saw a large group of students in purple uniforms suddenly rush forward, surrounding Serena and blocking the other students from seeing her.

Among them, several students grabbed Serena's hands, as if trying to drag her away.

"Miss Serena, how could you be here!"

"Come with us quickly—the professor has been looking for you!"

"Let go of me!!" Serena struggled, twisting her body.

"Hey, what are you doing!" Before anyone could react, before Tiancheng Guang even opened his mouth, even before Professor Chronos fully grasped the situation, someone suddenly burst forward, pointing at the students in purple uniforms, furious: "How dare you treat such a young girl like this!?"

"Chiyuki?" "Brother?"

Marufuji Ryo and Tenjou Asuka stared blankly as Tenjou Chiyuki charged forward.

"Huh? Is Chiyuki-senpai really this kind of person?" Sanzawa Daichi suddenly looked confused.

Earlier, he'd been defeated by the Amazonian Spirit; Chiyuki had approached him, persuading him to steal others' keys and challenge that female spirit again. Back then, he'd been swept up in the moment and agreed—later, when he calmed down, he realized how utterly disgraceful that idea was.

The fact that Tenjou Chiyuki had even suggested it made her even more irresponsible!

Today… so Chiyuki-senpai is actually a courageous, righteous person after all…

"You lot, don't you see this lovely girl doesn't want to go with you?"

Tenjou Chiyuki pulled out a guitar from somewhere, lightly strummed a few strings, and spoke softly, as if singing: "You must treat girls gently!"

"Cough… Also, it seems she's not from the high school division, right?" Tenjou Asuka stepped forward and elbowed her brother in the ribs before he went even more insane: "She's from the junior high division, isn't she? Teachers should take her back."

Indeed.

Tiancheng Guang, standing nearby, strained his neck to take another look.

Serena looked far too small—probably only in second year of junior high?

"Yeah, I think we shouldn't force her like this!" The Black Magician Girl, enjoying the spectacle, happily raised her staff and added.

With her speaking up, ordinary students who had previously feared "the Fusion Division's lunatics" suddenly found courage—or rather, with her hype, they feared nothing: "Exactly! You guys, don't bully a child!"

"Especially a little girl!"

"Tch…" Several Fusion Division students exchanged glances, clearly impatient.

But even so, they refused to let go or back down.

"Enough! What kind of spectacle is this!" At that moment, Tiancheng Guang stepped forward, striding directly through the crowd.

"I thought you'd have grown a bit after that incident—how could you now resort to kidnapping a little girl!?"

"How much more shame are you going to bring to Fusion, to this academy, to duelists?! Let her go right now!"

Tiancheng Guang shouted loudly.

"T-Tiancheng Guang…" The leader, who had just been boldly arguing with the passionate students, instantly deflated the moment he saw Tiancheng Guang stride forward, instinctively pulling his head back.

"Hah, that guy—he looks shorter just seeing Tiancheng," Wan Wan Zhangmu, who had earlier invited Tiancheng Guang to celebrate, chuckled and shook his head: "From sheer presence, he's already lost to Tiancheng—he'll never beat him in this lifetime."

The team leader's face flushed with shame and anger—he heard Wan Wan Zhangmu's words but had no courage to retort.

The Fusion Army's entire record against Tiancheng Guang—internal or external, conventional or unconventional—had never once given them even a sliver of advantage.

Not losing completely was already a miracle!

Even the division head couldn't beat Tiancheng Guang—how could he dare think otherwise?

"Hmph, Tiancheng Guang, don't think winning once means you'll always win. Besides, this has nothing to do with you—you've already left the… Fusion Division!"

"Nonsense! Seeing self-proclaimed Fusion Duelists bullying a little girl here? That's my business!"

"Ugh—" He was struck silent, as if punched in the gut.

Every movement, every word from Tiancheng Guang felt like a blade, making him shrink a few inches.

Seeing this, a masked purple-uniform student beside him sighed and said: "Director Tiancheng, Miss Serena is the daughter of Professor Akuma, our Fusion Division's responsible teacher. It has nothing to do with you!"

They slowly stepped aside, revealing Serena to all the students.

Huh?!

Almost everyone gasped in shock.

"That bald guy… cough…."

"Professor Akuma got married!?"

"Eh eh eh eh eh? He has such a cute daughter!?" Tenjou Chiyuki stared, dumbfounded.

Even… Tiancheng Guang himself was stunned.

Wait—this world's Akuma Zero-Oh actually told people Serena was his daughter??

This is insane!

He thought it, but his actions and words didn't stop: "So what?! Even if she's Professor Akuma's daughter, that doesn't justify restricting her!"

He pointed at Serena, speaking with firmer conviction: "You forcibly dragged her—even left red marks on her arm. What credibility do you have?!"

"At the very least, let Serena choose for herself!"

"Hmph, no need to ask—of course—" The Fusion Army leader confidently opened his mouth.

"Ah! You're the Ultimate Fusion Duelist!" The crowd parted, Serena saw Tiancheng Guang, and instantly remembered the scene she'd witnessed in the lab—ignoring the Fusion Army's expressions, she asked excitedly: "Can I learn Fusion from you!?"

Silence—

Deathly silence.

Faintly, Fusion Division students could hear muffled snickers.

"Hahaha," Wan Wan Zhangmu was the first to laugh: "Even the professor's own daughter doesn't believe his nonsense!"

"Hahahaha!" Followed by thunderous laughter.

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