Chapter 942

"WRGP?"

Fujiki You Xuan is somewhat surprised.

Of course, he couldn't possibly forget this tournament; after all, this is the main plot of the second half of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's.

WRGP, full name "World Riding-Duel Grand Prix," is the most important main plot after the Dark Signer arc. It was precisely in this tournament that Team 5D's won their team's highest honor, and everyone also received the most important training in this tournament.

Including their decisive battle against the Iliaster Three Emperors, which also took place in the finals of this tournament.

Just from the name, one can tell that this tournament is exclusive to Riding Duels. Unlike the Fortune Cup, where contestants without D-Wheels or licenses could also participate and there were traditional standing duel events—for contestants like Izayoi Aki at the time who didn't have a bike, they were all traditional standing duels.

But the WRGP limits it to Riding Duels only; one cannot sign up for the tournament without a D-Wheel and a license. And the competition mode is a team tournament, participating in the form of three-on-three team battles.

And this is different from the rules of previous Yu-Gi-Oh! team and melee modes; the team tournament rules of the WRGP are quite special, in the form of a relay race.

Each team sends three contestants to battle; after the first contestant is defeated, the second takes over. The three members of the team each have an independent 4,000 life points, and the relay contestant inherits all cards left on the field by the first contestant, but cannot inherit graveyard resources.

And because it is in the form of a relay race, as long as it is not the last round of contestants, even if they are defeated and their life points hit zero, there are still timing points to continue operations.

But once a contestant is defeated in a certain turn, it will immediately and forcibly jump to the End Phase of that turn. That is to say, the current turn's contestant will be directly forced to end their turn, unable to continue attacking or enter Main Phase 2 to summon monsters or set cards; in this way, the situation will be more favorable to the opponent's relay contestant.

However, Fujiki You Xuan remembers that in the original work, the WRGP tournament seemed to be a year after the end of the Dark Signer arc, right?

Between the Dark Signer arc and the WRGP arc, there was a long period of daily life, basically Yusei and the others doing various preparations for the tournament, as well as some insignificant unit daily life, interspersed with some main plot lines of the few trying to approach the Iliaster organization and investigate the conspiracy.

Fujiki You Xuan thinks for a moment and says: "WRGP... I have some impression of this tournament, but the original plan didn't seem like it should start so soon, right?"

"Correct, the original plan didn't have it yet." Zone's voice still sounds aged and weary. "But the situation is changing.

Originally, we held the WRGP to save the future world and completely destroy the Perpetual Motion Machine of New New New Tongshiye. Through the energy released by the battles of the top duelists in the WRGP, we could complete the 'Circuit' in the shortest time and to the maximum extent, so that we could summon the arrival of the 'Ark Cradle'."

The so-called "Ark Cradle" is called the "City of God" by the future group, which is the place where their god—that is, Zone—lives.

But saying it so mysteriously, the Ark Cradle is actually the New New New Tongshiye of the future, the city that has already been destroyed in Zone's timeline. Zone wants to summon the Ark Cradle to descend and collide with the current New New New Tongshiye, thereby completely destroying the Perpetual Motion Machine and everything here, which is triggering the source of the tragedy of the future destruction.

"So, you want to accelerate the progress of the plan and summon the 'Ark Cradle' to destroy New New New Tongshiye?" Fujiki You Xuan asks.

Zone is silent, sizing up Fujiki You Xuan for a moment.

"You know quite a lot." Zone says faintly. "Does your dimension also have me, and also have this plan?"

"Just heard of it." Fujiki You Xuan says.

"Then, in that dimension of yours... did my plan succeed?" Zone asks.

Fujiki You Xuan shakes his head, but then nods.

"The Ark Cradle failed to destroy New New New Tongshiye; you were stopped." Fujiki You Xuan says. "But in this process, Fudo Yusei surpassed the history you knew and evolved to a level beyond your imagination.

Therefore, you... the Zone I know, once again chose to believe in the possibilities of Yusei and humanity, entrusted the future to Yusei, and chose to be destroyed together with the Ark Cradle."

"Is that so..."

Zone sighs deeply, not knowing whether to feel comforted or regretful for that counterpart of his in another dimension.

Fudo Yusei surpassed his cognition, and he could reignite the hope that had been extinguished for a long time and believe in the possibilities of the future once again...

Isn't this the best result he has insisted on seeing for so many years?

It's just that too many failures and too many companions falling before him have made him afraid to believe in hope anymore, afraid to hope for that bright future. So now he doesn't hesitate to become an executioner, doesn't hesitate to slaughter millions of people, just to stop the ruined future.

So, can he in this timeline, in this dimension, be as lucky as that counterpart in the parallel world to reach that perfect end?

Fujiki You Xuan asks: "So, you want to summon the Ark Cradle to descend ahead of schedule?"

Others don't know the true purpose of the WRGP, but Fujiki You Xuan knows. The holding of the WRGP is on one hand to hone Yusei and the others to make them stronger, and on the other hand, it is to absorb the duel energy generated when the strongest duelists in the world fight, so as to gather enough energy to allow an entire city to break through the time barrier and travel through time and space, and call for the "Ark Cradle" to descend.

"Correct." Zone nods. "But now the plan has been modified compared to what you know. Although the purpose of the WRGP is still to summon the Ark Cradle to descend, the Ark Cradle is not descending to destroy the current New New New Tongshiye.

The Ark Cradle is the New New New Tongshiye destroyed in the future, and at the same time, it also contains my final stronghold, my final fortress, the crystallization of all the technological efforts of my life."

Zone pauses and continues.

"You may not know it yet, but the appearance of 'anomalies' in this timeline has become more and more frequent. Except for the few times you handled, our subordinate 'Iliaster' has also solved several 'anomalies'.

The behind-the-scenes hand trying to invade this dimension is acting more and more frequently. If the 'anomalies' it sends cannot achieve anything, then it will likely send stronger anomalies or even take action itself next."

Fujiki You Xuan says: "So, the 'Ark Cradle' is summoned to prepare for the decisive battle with the opponent's camp."

"Correct." Zone says faintly. "The Ark Cradle is my final fortress. Not only does it have equipment capable of dealing with any attack, but I am also in my best state under the Ark Cradle."

He pauses for a moment and says.

"In addition, if the behind-the-scenes hand detects the true purpose of the WRGP, it will probably intervene as well. Therefore..."

Fujiki You Xuan has already understood and interjects: "The enemy's 'anomalies' will also participate in the WRGP with a high probability, is that what you mean?"

(End of chapter)