Chapter 1292: Splitting Forces

After digesting the shock of "there are still such immortal-like duelists in the world," Yato knelt down, and for a moment, he was a bit lost.

"What's wrong?" Yusei walked up to the child's side.

"Mr. Yusei..." Yato raised his head, somewhat dejectedly. "Sure enough, it's because I'm too weak. If... if I could be as strong as Mr. Yusei, I definitely wouldn't..."

He couldn't help but take out that "Little Angel" card again. Although it was just a low-level Normal Monster, it was one of his favorite cards, and he had always carried it with him.

Even now, when he could no longer hear the voices of spirits and felt that he had been betrayed by cards, he finally couldn't easily change this habit.

Yusei looked at the boy who was crying again, and after a few seconds of silence, he squatted down and reached out to stroke Yato's head.

"I, on the contrary, don't think so," Yusei said.

"Eh?" Yato raised his tearful eyes blankly.

"Duelists trust their decks, and the decks will definitely respond to the duelists. This relationship of trust, no matter in what dimension or what era, always guides duelists and spirits to move forward together and open up a new future."

Yusei said softly.

"From now on, you must also never lose this heart of believing in companions and moving forward with spirits."

Yato was blank: "But... but why..."

"You also said before that all other duelists who encountered the 'Academy' attack fell into a coma, and only you were the exception," Fujiki You Xuan walked up and said calmly. "I think the reason those people fell into a coma is because the duelists of the 'Academy' will seal the opponent's soul after winning.

The souls of other duelists were drawn away after being defeated, so they would fall into a coma and not wake up. But conversely, if a soul replaced the duelist to be drawn away after a duel defeat, the duelist could probably escape unscathed."

Yato blinked blankly, and a few seconds later, he felt his whole body go cold, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"You... you mean..."

"Hmm, I'm afraid so," Fujiki You Xuan glanced at the card the boy was holding, and said calmly. "Your 'Little Angel', this card... I'm afraid there is no spirit residing in it anymore."

Before his words were finished, Yato had already knelt down again, supporting the ground with both hands, tears streaming down his face in the eye sockets.

"Little Angel, you mean it... it replaced me..."

After another moment of silence, Yusei said softly: "Little Angel, I think it must also like you very much. That's why it would be willing to stand up for you at a critical moment."

Yato understood instantly.

Why he couldn't hear the voices of spirits, why he felt he had been abandoned. It turned out that he hadn't been abandoned from beginning to end; the reason his most important friends no longer responded to him was because they were long gone.

"Little Angel..."

He couldn't help but grip the card even tighter, and tears fell onto the card surface.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"If I could be stronger, if I were a more reliable duelist..."

Although Fujiki You Xuan didn't say anything, he thought this really wasn't your fault, boy.

Judging from the short duel just now, although the destiny power of the Academy trio opposite was completely crushed by Yusei, who had already achieved the status of King, the strength they showed—especially the deck strength—was actually not weak.

You know, the current Basic Dimension is only stuck in the DM era timeline. This is the era of the early days of literally hacking with axe-wielding kings, and Normal Monsters are still the current mainstream. With the level of those three just now, just in terms of deck level and terminal strength, they were already primitive people holding submachine guns and beating people with pitchforks in this era.

Although the old man said Yato was a famous dueling genius in town, he was still young and his potential remained to be tapped, and in this era, he mostly used axe-wielding king decks, so it was normal to be dimensionality-reduced and beaten by the opponent.

Yato suddenly took a deep breath, carefully put away the card that had already been stained with his tears, and then stood up.

The boy's tear-stained face was full of determination.

"If... if it's sealing, then it means, 'Little Angel', it should still be alive, right?"

Fujiki You Xuan looked at him for a few seconds and nodded: "Probably. Judging from the situation of those three just now, it should probably also be sealed into some card. But that card might be at their base, or it might have been sent back to the headquarters... it might not even be in this world anymore."

The boy closed his eyes lightly, clenched his fists, and opened his eyes again after a while.

"I've decided. I won't give up the path of a duelist; I want to become stronger, and sooner or later I will become as strong as Mr. Yusei. Then even if it's to the ends of the earth..."

He reached his hand over his head, as if to grab the bright moon hanging in the night sky.

Then he clenched it tightly.

"I will definitely... definitely take back my friend!"

Yusei looked at the boy's determined appearance, and after a long while, revealed a smile.

"Hmm. You will definitely be able to do it," Yusei said. "No matter how far apart, the bond between a duelist and a card will absolutely never be severed. As long as you never forget this bond, you will definitely be able to take it back."

"Hmm!" Yato nodded vigorously.

"..."

No words were spoken all night.

The next morning, the lazy warm sun shone on this quiet small town.

Fujiki You Xuan and Yusei had a simple breakfast with the old man and his grandson, and then discussed their plans for the day.

"These self-proclaimed 'Academy' warriors are still nearby," Yusei said. "They must have a base nearby, and it's not just these three. I defeated these three, and next, there might be more and stronger enemies coming. If we don't solve it thoroughly, it will only endanger other residents here."

Fujiki You Xuan understood: "So you want to stay here first and solve the 'Academy' garrison?"

"Yes," Yusei nodded.

"That's not impossible..."

Fujiki You Xuan thought about it. He was indeed very concerned about these people from the so-called "Academy," and according to his experience, these invaders from other dimensions were eight or nine times out of ten related to the "Zorc" they were looking for.

If the Great Evil God Zorc and the BOSS Z-ARC of ARC-V joined forces, it would still be quite tricky. He really wanted to know what kind of world these Academy warriors came from and what their purpose was.

"Then let's do this, split into two groups," Fujiki You Xuan said. "You stay here first to deal with the 'Academy' garrison and collect intelligence; if there is any situation or discovery, contact me immediately. I'll go to the US first to approach Yugi Mutou and see."

"Okay," Yusei nodded. "As soon as things here come to an end, I'll rush to meet you." ===== CHAPTER 1293 =====