#415 - The finals are open
Returning to the Boundary Point, after tidying up, Hikari Amagi spent a few more days burying the Dimensional Gate deeper, before leaving that dimension with Gaia.
Despite the reluctance, there would always be a day of farewell, and now, that time had come.
Saying this kind of thing with the Amagi surname, Hikari Amagi felt he had quite the authority.
Back at the starting point, Hikari Amagi looked for Judai and Saiou.
Although Saiou's health had improved, he was still recovering from bearing too much power, so his younger sister was handling the affairs of the Society of Light during this time, slowly dealing with internal matters. He definitely wouldn't be participating in the finals.
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Similarly, Edo also had the strength, but because he had been looking for Saiou and DD all this time, he actually didn't have a single badge. Even if he tried his best, he couldn't collect 8 in over a month, and he was too lazy to snatch badges from passing students or professional duelists, so he simply gave up.
Just like he had planned from the beginning, now that the Boundary Point was safe, he would go back to surfing, completely bid farewell to the past, and spin the hands of his clock.
Of course, the same went for Judai.
Because he had been playing cards with the Supreme King in the Original Point, he hadn't collected any extra badges, so he definitely couldn't participate in this final.
But he seemed quite happy recently.
"Good luck, Hikari, win the championship!!" Judai cheered for Hikari Amagi.
Hikari Amagi shook his head, feeling a little helpless.
Even without Judai.
There were still many strong players in this duel.
Like Manjoume and Kaiser, both were strong contenders for the championship, not to mention the elites from other academies.
Like Johan, Jim, and O'Brien, it was hard to say how strong they were now.
For example, he learned that Johan had already obtained the "Rainbow Dragon".
A Gem-Beast deck with the Rainbow Dragon and one without the Rainbow Dragon were definitely not the same.
Although the Gem-Beast deck itself was indeed a bit abstract, it also depended on who was using it.
Johan using Gem-Beasts and others using Gem-Beasts would definitely not be the same.
In addition, over the past month, Judai's situation in the Boundary Point was not as strict as before.
After more than a month of observation, most of the Lightsworn Spirits had accepted the fact that the "Supreme King" after reincarnation and before reincarnation were not the same person.
But there were still some spirits who still believed that the Supreme King's power was evil and dangerous, so they were still paying attention to Judai. However, even so, there were not as many restrictions as before—if Judai was really willing to take the time to collect badges recently, based on his performance during the Dark World invasion and the badges he had collected before, it wouldn't be difficult to collect 8.
But—
The current Judai didn't have much interest in dueling with others.
Besides, he didn't want to leave here.
Although Hikari Amagi was there and he could ask Hikari Amagi for advice, he also had some of his own ideas in his heart today.
What to do with the remaining Dark World spirits, his mind was still filled with thoughts on this.
He wasn't prepared to leave until he had figured it out on his own.
Hikari Amagi packed his things, boarded the train, and Serena excitedly followed the journey again, preparing to watch the finals as a super close-range spectator.
The full name of the GX Tournament was "GeniusX" Tournament. Hikari Amagi didn't know what the original GX was, but in this world, the interdimensional world-class duel tournament held by Principal Samejima was called GeniusX Tournament.
That is, the "Genius X" Tournament.
The purpose of this competition was twofold.
First, to increase students' enthusiasm and provide more ordinary students with opportunities to grow stronger.
Second, to select the strongest duelist.
That is [X]—Genius X, the world's strongest genius!
During this period, students would return to various stations one after another to check their badges, and then rate their scores based on the star rating and quantity of the badges, and then return to the human world one after another.
Those remaining students who wanted to participate in the finals would then take a train to the Kaiba Corporation headquarters at the Boundary Point dimension during this time.
They would have a fully live-streamed duel competition lasting more than half a month at the Kaiba Corporation's Boundary Point headquarters, which would be broadcast live in the entire Boundary Point and the human world!
In short, it was an opportunity to increase popularity and also an opportunity for all young people to show their faces.
Unlike the Friendship Cup in the S Dimension before, this final was a real competition to determine the "world's strongest new generation duelist".
In addition to the students of the Duel Academy, there were even many professional duelists, which could be said to be unprecedentedly grand.
Although there was a slight "episode", it wasn't a big deal for the humans of this world—after all, after experiencing things like Orichalcos, compared to the Fusion Army some time ago, the spirit attacks on humans were completely minor.
Therefore, no matter where they were on the planet, there were viewers guarding the final live broadcast room and TV programs.
Hikari Amagi and Serena got off the train, and a Kaiba Corporation employee came up to greet them and asked to show their badges. Hikari Amagi showed his badge to the other party, and after the other party recognized it, he replaced it with a newer and more gorgeous badge.
Although it was still GX on it, the content printed on the back had been changed.
19.
Representing that he was the 19th qualified duelist to arrive.
"Your badge has been numbered and filed. After the finals, you can find our employees to retrieve it as a souvenir."
"Okay." Hikari Amagi nodded.
The badge had marks left by many friends, so it was good to keep it as a souvenir.
As for Serena, she didn't collect enough 8 badges and came as a spectator, so the Kaiba Corporation employee guided her to the spectator channel.
Hikari Amagi followed the Kaiba Corporation employee to the Duelist Hall. Walking in, he saw a group of acquaintances.
Misawa Daichi, Marufuji Ryo, Tenjoin Fubuki, Tenjoin Asuka, there were acquaintances everywhere.
In addition to them, there were some unfamiliar people, seemingly some professional duelists, and possibly students from other academies.
"Yo! Hikari~~" Fubuki raised his hand and shouted happily.
On the side, Kaiser, who had always had a cold face, suddenly lit up when he saw Hikari Amagi and became interested.
"Senior." Hikari Amagi responded, greeted a few people, then reached into his pocket, pretending to take something out of his pocket, but actually took out a bottle of purple potion from the book.
He threw it to Kaiser, who caught it smoothly, glanced at it, didn't ask anything, opened the lid, and drank it up.
"Ryo? Amagi?" Asuka was startled.
What was going on suddenly?
"Well—not bad, haha, I feel like my body has been revitalized!" After drinking, Kaiser's eyes were bright and he held his chest.
The smile on Fubuki's face disappeared instantly, and a hint of worry appeared on his face.
"It's nothing, juice I got from a friend recently."
Misawa Daichi frowned in confusion.
It's impossible for it to be juice—
He was very sure of this.
After a long-awaited reunion, besides saying hello, he didn't do anything, didn't talk about aspirations and goals, and threw something out.
Kaiser didn't have the habit of liking to drink juice.
Could it be…
A possibility emerged in his mind.
"Yo! Isn't this our great lover, the Four Rules of the Ocean? You look good, I thought your skin would turn white when I saw you again." Hikari Amagi directly changed the subject.
"What? A lover?" After Hikari Amagi said this, Manjoume Thunder came from behind the door and asked in confusion, "Is Misawa in love?"
Before he became a disciple of Seto Kaiba, he did have fantasies about sweet love, but with the high pressure from his master, he hadn't really thought about it for a long time.
He casually complained a few times, making Misawa Daichi's face turn red, then looked at everyone in the room and greeted them.
"Long time no see, Amagi." Manjoume's eyes were full of fighting spirit.
His only goal was the championship. And one of his biggest rivals was Hikari Amagi!
This was not the time to talk about friendship.
As if sensing Manjoume's fighting spirit, Kaiser chuckled softly: "No matter what, victory will only belong to me!"
But, which duelist who had come to the scene didn't have the championship in mind?
Suddenly, each duelist showed an eager posture, as if they were going to duel before the competition even started.
The atmosphere in the hall became more and more heated. While waiting, Hikari Amagi also saw Jim and O'Brien, greeted them warmly, and introduced them to his friends.
As more and more duelists arrived in the hall, the sky gradually darkened.
The employee looked at his watch in confusion, and then looked at his colleague in confusion. That colleague shook his head a little blankly.
Finally, after another half an hour, Johan arrived at the scene hall.
He scratched the back of his head and apologized embarrassedly for getting lost.
The Kaiba Corporation employee, knowing his tendency to get lost, shook his head helplessly.
Every powerful duelist had more or less some of their own characteristics or habits.
Johan was that kind of "weirdo".
He opened the record book and said: "Currently, all recorded duelists with 8 badges have arrived.
Now, announce the competition rules——"
The employee began a long announcement of the rules. Everyone already knew the general rules before arriving.
"Then—the GX Duel Tournament Finals, Round 1, begins now."
The white dragon gashapon machine next to it began to rotate automatically, and after a while, two number balls dropped out.
"Please—Duelist No. 23 and Duelist No. 31 attend."
