Chapter 958

"Darkness?"

Judai asked.

"Is that the dark power hidden in the mask of Fubuki-senpai?"

Although that power was strong, it was not invincible. When Fubuki wore the mask, his personality would be devoured by Darkness, and he was skilled at using a "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" Deck to fight. Judai also knew a little about the strength of that dark personality; from his current perspective, it wasn't actually too strong.

Incidentally, every time Fubuki turned evil, he looked very cool and had a strong aura, always acting like a BOSS with victory in his grasp. Just looking at that confident appearance, one would think he was some kind of undefeated king. However, looking at the entire anime, his record was actually all losses; he didn't win a single game.

Every time Fubuki acted all bitter and deep, as if he had made some extraordinary determination before putting on the mask to transform into Darkness, the facts proved it was useless; he couldn't beat anyone...

This should also be one of the reasons why Darkness, as a BOSS in GX, was considered to have no dignity.

"Yes, but that can at most be considered a fragment of its power." Fujiki You Xuan said, "The true Darkness is far stronger than that. Do you remember the abandoned dormitory behind our Academy?"

Judai nodded: "Of course."

This was obviously impossible to forget. There had been quite a few stories in the abandoned dormitory over the three years they had been at the Academy; it seemed that all kinds of supernatural events and dark forces were particularly fond of that abandoned forbidden zone.

"That place used to be a student club, the place where some students in the past who explored dark powers sought the power of Darkness."

Judai's heart stirred: "Fubuki-senpai was also a member?"

"Probably, but he shouldn't remember it now." Fujiki You Xuan said, "But Fubuki was just someone who got involved, not the core of the club. The most core member of that club was a student named Yusuke Fujiwara. That student is the key.

And Yusuke Fujiwara also had a beloved Duel Spirit named Honest. That spirit is probably already lurking in the Academy investigating the disappearance of his master back then.

Find that spirit; he will be a powerful ally."

Honest was of course a powerful ally, and also a card with significant meaning in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Honest is the transliteration of the English word "Honest". Because its effect was so annoying and scummy, it earned the nickname "Scum Honest".

Honest's effect is that when a LIGHT monster battles, you can discard it from your hand to add the opponent's monster's ATK to your monster's ATK. This effect once made it the strongest hand trap unique to LIGHT monsters, running rampant in the physical card environment, almost rewriting the Dueling habits of an entire generation of players.

Back then, whenever one saw a LIGHT monster on the opponent's field, one would involuntarily consider the possibility that they were hiding Honest in their hand.

"A spirit named Honest..."

Judai nodded seriously.

"I'll remember it."

Fujiki You Xuan continued: "As for the main body of Darkness, according to the intelligence I have mastered so far, it should probably be a collection of the negative emotions of Duelists. Fear, despair, hatred—all the feedback brought by negative hearts eventually gathered in a world that only had darkness, giving birth to the monster named Darkness.

Its goal is also likely to assimilate our world using its world, sucking everyone in our world into it to become a part of it."

Judai immediately said: "We must never let it succeed!"

"Good." Fujiki You Xuan smiled and patted Judai on the shoulder, "But there's nothing you can't handle, right?" Judai nodded, then asked: "Then what about you, Fujiki You Xuan? Will you be away again?"

"Yeah." Fujiki You Xuan said, "My business here is also quite important, and I might not be able to get away for a while. But I believe there's no problem with you here."

Judai patted his chest again, indicating he had no problem.

Fujiki You Xuan didn't stay in the GX dimension for long either; he collected a wave of cards, learned about the situation during his absence, and handed all the intelligence he knew about Darkness to Judai, after which he returned to the Synchro Dimension without staying long.

In the Synchro Dimension, the WRGP tournament, whose timeline had been advanced, was in the tense preparation stage. However, the organization of Emperor Taiyi had eyes and ears everywhere, and with organized promotion, it would certainly be held on schedule without any problems.

During this period, New Domino City also experienced the "Ghost Attack Incident" just like in the original anime.

A Turbo Duelist called "Ghost" suddenly began to attack Turbo Duelists around the city without any pattern, beating these D-Wheelers to a pulp through Dueling. And this person's Dueling clearly carried real damage; all the D-Wheelers defeated in the Duel suffered the fate of crashing, and quite a few were seriously injured and sent to the ICU.

However, there had been no deaths so far. It seemed that although Ghost's attacks were heavy, he still had a sense of proportion, at least not being fatal.

The ace officer of the Security Pursuit Team, Tetsu Ushio, went out to fight personally, but after encountering Ghost, he was defeated and sent to the hospital after being beaten up by the opponent.

However, although Tetsu Ushio was defeated, this incident angered Yusei Fudo, who already had a good relationship with Ushio.

So Yusei also began to patrol outside, and subsequently indeed successfully encountered the Duelist named "Ghost".

And just like the development of the original work, Yusei saw the Synchro killer named "Machine Emperor" for the first time at the hands of this "Ghost".

Caught unprepared at first sight, Yusei was naturally caught off guard and was in danger for a while.

However, at the final critical moment, Yusei's Red Dragon card-printing machine started up, and he printed "Shooting Star Dragon" on the spot. Shooting Star Dragon flew into the Machine Emperor with one shot, directly destroying Ghost's head.

Subsequently, Yusei and the others discovered that Ghost was just a robot. By the time they found the D-Wheel that Ghost had been knocked off of, the Machine Emperor Deck on the D-Wheel had already been taken away by someone.

This was also the first contact between Yusei and the others and the Machine Emperor.

Although Fujiki You Xuan intervened, ZONE still maintained the original plan, with the Machine Emperor trio serving as the main opponents for the 5D's protagonist group during the WRGP.

The battle with the Machine Emperor and the growth during this battle were also very necessary for Yusei and the others.

Likewise, Placido, the most stubborn of the three emperors of Emperor Taiyi, officially set his sights on Yusei Fudo after this Duel.

Although Placido had been beaten up by Fujiki You Xuan before, he now recognized the huge gap in strength between the two sides and knew that it was probably impossible to win against Fujiki You Xuan with his own strength alone. Moreover, now that Fujiki You Xuan had become his superior and had the recognition of the gods, he probably had no chance to fight Fujiki You Xuan again.

Therefore, Placido's focus had now completely shifted to Yusei, and he had begun to seriously prepare for the second round to completely crush Yusei and get back at him for being instantly killed by Shooting Star Dragon this time.

After a month of preparation, the WRGP officially kicked off.