Chapter 876

Yusei was stunned and looked at "Godwin" with some surprise, not expecting him to ask this suddenly.

"Back then, Dr. Fudou developed the 'Perpetual Motion Machine'," Fujiki You Xuan said slowly. "The key to it lies in an intermediary particle called 'Yusei Particle'."

Dr. Fudou discovered that this particle has very special properties, can combine with all other basic particles, and can become an intermediary between any particles.

Later, he named his son after this particle."

Fujiki You Xuan looked at Yusei meaningfully again.

"Do you understand his meaning?"

Yusei's heart was shaken, and he muttered, "Yusei Particle, Yusei..."

Yusei himself is a tech geek who once relied on picking up trash to hand-craft a perpetual motion machine, so he naturally understands the basic knowledge of this machine quite well. Of course, it is impossible for him not to know the existence of Yusei particles, and it is not that he hasn't thought about whether there is any coincidence between his name and this particle.

It's just that no one had ever pointed this out to his face before, and he couldn't think too deeply about it.

But now...

"Yes, I think you should understand," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Your father's expectation is that he hopes you can become a person like the Yusei particle."

"Able to build connections between people, able to let everyone understand each other, and become partners. That is, the thing you call 'bonds'."

"Using the bonds between people, this power can overcome everything and bring hope."

This is also the main theme of the entire "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's", and it is also the main way Yusei constantly cheats and becomes stronger in the plot.

If you want to put it in a fantasy way, "bonds" is the "Dao" that Yusei walks. The power of companions and trust allows him to break through realms time and time again, create miracles by drawing cards like a god time and time again, and even break Zone's cognition and create a brand-new future that does not exist on any timeline known to Zone.

This path is Yusei's origin. Fujiki You Xuan helps him recognize this point as early as possible so that he can cast aside his confusion and evolve faster.

"But..." Yusei said, "If there was no perpetual motion machine in the first place..."

Jack, who had been quiet on the side, suddenly exploded and grabbed Yusei by the collar: "How long are you going to let me watch this pathetic look, Yusei!?"

Yusei: "Jack..."

At this time, Yusei had just defeated Jack at the Fortune Cup not long ago and took away the title of Duel King. Although the two were childhood playmates who grew up together, they were currently in a period of awkwardness. Jack originally didn't want to talk to him, but at this moment, he couldn't help it.

"Yusei, listen to me. Neither I nor anyone else has ever thought that the tragic life was caused by you or your father."

"My, Jack Atlas's life is only in my own hands, and every path I walk is opened by my own hands! If I have any destiny, it is nothing more than surpassing you and then becoming the strongest king, that's all!"

"So don't give me this pathetic look. You should stand tall and upright like an opponent of Jack Atlas, Yusei! It's meaningless to dwell on the past. Our goal is only the future, and that is enough!"

Yusei's heart trembled, and he said with emotion: "Jack..."

Although Jack is rough and his tone carries a bit of provocation, Yusei knows deeply that this is his way of comforting himself as a companion, and he couldn't help but be moved.

Fujiki You Xuan also said at the right time: "The birth of the perpetual motion machine is an inevitability of human development, Fudou Yusei."

"Whether it's Synchro Summoning or the perpetual motion machine, even if these didn't appear, there would still be other technological progress products to replace them in the process of human evolution. If humans cannot face the future with the right heart, then no matter what, the path of the future will always fall into darkness."

Fujiki You Xuan said this not only to Yusei but also to Zone in the shadows, and at the same time, he was also vaccinating Yusei in advance so that his beliefs would not be shaken when he encounters Zone and the Iliaster organization in the future.

Yu-Gi-Oh!'s history has also proven this point more than once. Eliminating the perpetual motion machine from history cannot solve the problem or save the world.

As long as the darkness of the human heart remains, if there is no perpetual motion machine, there is still Orichalcos, there is Darkness, there is the Great Evil God of some crotch-headed performance art... and so on.

The endless bosses all have similar backgrounds of "demons born from the heart". Therefore, Zone's human salvation plan was probably doomed from the start, and erasing the perpetual motion machine from history cannot save the future at all.

"Dr. Fudou was a great researcher and a beacon in human history," Fujiki You Xuan said. "The perpetual motion machine was the machine of his dreams. He dedicated his whole life to this dream, dreaming of guiding humanity to a future full of light and hope."

"Are you going to deny your father's lifelong dream and the expectations he placed on you?"

Yusei's heart was shaken, and his eyes moved slightly.

A moment later, he smiled lightly, nodded, and said: "Thank you, Jack, Godwin. I understand, and I won't be confused anymore."

Yes, the past is already in the past. No matter the reason, the Zero Reverse has already happened. Then, even if it is to prevent similar tragedies from repeating, they must grasp the future from now on.

Yusei clenched his fists, and his eyes became firm again.

Fujiki You Xuan could even faintly feel that Yusei's "momentum" as a duelist seemed to have become a bit more solid. Through fighting the Signers in the Fortune Cup these days and then fighting the Dark Signers, Yusei had already been tempered by many battles, and now, with the change in his state of mind, it was like a precursor to a breakthrough in his realm.

A good thing, this is a good thing.

Fujiki You Xuan nodded slightly, very satisfied.

At this rate, Yusei might be able to improve faster than the original work... No, he might even be able to print "Shooting Quasar Dragon", which didn't actually appear in the anime.

Shooting Quasar Dragon is a card that was released in the physical card game long after 5D's ended. Although it didn't appear in the anime, its name had a fleeting appearance.

According to the anime, Shooting Quasar Dragon is the card printed by the naturally evolved Yusei after breaking through to the realm called "Top-level Clear Mind" in the timeline where Zone did not travel back in time to interfere with the past. It is the ultimate Synchro Monster that has reached the realm of gods.

In the environment of this anime era, if you have Shooting Quasar Dragon, it's a complete slaughter.

So one can imagine that in the original timeline before Zone intervened in the anime, the Quasar Dragon held by Yusei might be similar to the Egyptian God Cards held by the first-generation King of Games among duelists in the same period, almost representing the pinnacle of the Duel Monster realm.

It's just that in the anime's main story, because the Iliaster organization established by Zone interfered with history and changed the timeline, the existence of Shooting Quasar Dragon seems to have been erased from history.

Perhaps Yusei also printed Quasar Dragon one day in the future after the anime ended, but there was no follow-up explanation, so these are unknown.

Adjusting his mood, Yusei followed by looking at Godwin, pondered for a moment, and asked: "Godwin, did you know my father before?"

He had felt before that Godwin seemed to know many secrets about the perpetual motion machine back then, and now his tone sounded like he knew his father quite well.

Fujiki You Xuan pondered for a moment, recalling his persona.

Then he nodded and admitted.

"I knew him."

"Dr. Fudou... was once my best friend."

Yusei: "!"

(End of this chapter)