#455 - Ice Breaker

Neo Domino City, this holy land of dueling, saw young people gathered in front of large screens on the streets, watching the duel and cheering excitedly.

"One uses Xyz, the other uses Synchro, but in the end, they're both fighting for their goals!"

"Yeah, one wants to bring more glory to Cyber Dragon, and the other is obsessed with [Fusion]."

"So cool!" "My friend used to love dueling, but after hearing about more advanced summoning methods, he felt like his decades of life had been wasted and gave up dueling altogether. This will definitely awaken his heart! You guys keep watching, I'm going to find him!"

Such things weren't isolated cases. In the human world, almost everywhere, day or night, regardless of race, duelists who saw this duel could understand and realize this.

Even though their world couldn't use the power of Synchro and Xyz for the time being, that wasn't a problem at all.

Now that the geniuses at the forefront of dueling had mastered Xyz and Synchro, one day, this world would gradually master these powers as well.

And more importantly.

Whether it's Xyz or Synchro.

No matter how powerful the new summoning method is, it's actually not a problem.

What's important is the heart.

Just like Kaiser, no matter what summoning method, he only wants to win, only wants to advance with Cyber Dragon.

Just like Tenjoin Hikari, as he himself said.

Xyz, Tuner, Synchro, it's all the same. Fusion is inclusive. Even different types of monsters are fine.

The slogan he had been insisting on wasn't just an empty slogan, but something he firmly believed in!

There was no need to doubt this time.

Because they saw the truth!

Using a Synchro Monster for Fusion Summon—

"It's real, it's all real." Suddenly, a member of the Fusion Club couldn't control his emotions and lowered his head, crying.

The Fusion Club member next to him quickly leaned over, patting him on the back.

Before, Tenjoin Hikari had told them that Fusion could include anything, Fusion could accept anything, even Synchro Monsters could be Fusion.

But without facts, no matter how much Tenjoin Hikari insisted, they would hesitate.

Moreover, the extreme incident of the Fusion Army attacking × Dimension had happened later, making them even more suspicious and fearful in their hearts.

But now—everything was over.

No need to doubt, no need to worry.

Because the [fact] had appeared, [Fusion] had appeared.

Serena watched this scene, feeling like she had grasped something, but the feeling was fleeting and disappeared instantly.

She touched the prototype mirror in her arms, and a sense of pride seemed to arise in her heart.

Be firm in yourself!

The humans were alright, they could only stay on the ground even if they were excited, but the spirits were different. Among the spirits who were flying around and watching the fun, many were cheering for Tenjoin Hikari and Kaiser, and beyond that, there were many spirits who even volunteered to cheer for the two of them.

After chattering for a long time, Tenjoin Hikari finally extricated himself from the spirits.

"Phew—"

Tenjoin Hikari breathed a sigh of relief.

Outside the spaceship, the spirits were still following the spaceship.

There was still some time before the next duel would begin. Manjoume and Johan had already been working hard to adjust their decks. On the deck, only Tenjoin Hikari and other duelists and a few staff members who seemed to be referees from Kaiba Corporation remained.

Misawa was referring to the "Academy Representative Battle" not long after the new students entered school.

At that time, Misawa lost to Judai and then cheered for Tenjoin Hikari, who was also in the Yellow Dorm.

Now, Misawa lost to Manjoume, but he was still standing here, cheering for Tenjoin Hikari.

Perhaps he didn't have too many characteristics, but in his school life, he was Tenjoin Hikari's best study partner. He could always discuss cultural courses with Tenjoin Hikari.

"Ha—" Tenjoin Hikari shook his head gently.

"Tenjoin, the top of the school—? The top of the grade, don't lose it!" He smiled and raised his fist to Tenjoin Hikari.

"Don't worry, Daichi, I said it, I'm going to get the school's number one scholarship."

Even though Tenjoin Hikari didn't need the scholarship at all now and could choose whatever he liked to eat every day, Tenjoin Hikari still replied to Misawa Daichi like this.

Some things, if you stick to them for a long time, will become a habit, pushing people forward on their own.

After that, he walked towards the rest cabin.

After dueling with Kaiser, he felt that he had to eat something and drink some water to replenish moisture and energy.

He felt a little tired after fighting for so long.

Running into the Three Connells in this world was indeed a bit tiring.

Next to Tenjoin Hikari, Tierra was holding a few cards, looking at them one by one.

These were a few spirits who were willing to join Tenjoin Hikari. Among them, one card, "Synchro Fusionist," could be seen at a glance to be related to Fusion and Synchro. Obviously, after seeing Tenjoin Hikari summon Muddy Mudragon, he rushed to join Tenjoin Hikari. This spirit received a warm welcome from Muddy Mudragon, who exclaimed that he hadn't seen a monster of his kind in so many years, which made him excited, etc.

But actually, it was normal. For most ordinary spirits, they were pure aliens, hiding in their own territories and not usually encountering each other, so naturally they wouldn't meet each other.

Now that there was this full critical point broadcast duel, spirits would naturally recognize each other.

"The Critical Point Dimension is a node that can lead to all dimensions." Tierra flipped through two more cards, flying and showing them to Tenjoin Hikari. "And almost every race has a camp reserved in this dimension."

"This duel will probably spread to all dimensions soon. You're really going to become a super celebrity, Tenjoin Hikari."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but puff out her chest and raise her head, as if Tenjoin Hikari's glory was her glory.

Tenjoin Hikari took the cards from her hand and put them back into the card box—these were all Fusion-related or simply Synchro-related spirits. Among them, what surprised Tenjoin Hikari the most was that there was actually a "Ghost Ferryman of the Burning Abyss."

This was a "Burning Abyss" series card, a DARK Attribute Zombie Level 2 Tuner monster with good effects, and it was a monster from the "Burning Abyss" family—according to it, it had also accidentally drifted to this dimension and couldn't help but fly over after seeing Tenjoin Hikari's duel.

After Tenjoin Hikari greeted each spirit, he also introduced them to the Great Cosmos Workshop. With Kataoka You and Shiratori Akari, Tenjoin Hikari believed that they should also be able to adapt to life there.

After all, the activity space was much larger than simply staying in a card.

In addition to this, Tenjoin Hikari also checked his deck and was surprised to find that some Machine-Type cards had actually fused together, shining with a faint light—Cyber Eternal Dragon.

Tenjoin Hikari looked at this card.

"As expected—"

Tenjoin Hikari wasn't surprised at all.

The card wasn't finished yet, but it was actually about a quarter of the way there. It just needed to be solidified.

Unfortunately, Tenjoin Hikari didn't have time to completely fuse it out.

After all, the final battle was probably tomorrow.

Dueling with that person between Manjoume and Johan.

Just as Tenjoin Hikari was thinking about how to adjust the deck, Tierra next to him suddenly took out a card.

Then, like a magic trick, he slowly twisted it, turning the card from a single card into a fan, holding as many as eight or nine cards to show Tenjoin Hikari: "By the way, Tenjoin Hikari, in the final, do you want to put [me] in the deck too?"

She was very confident.

Although it was only a semi-finished product, it was definitely better than ordinary spirits.

Tenjoin Hikari smiled helplessly and shook his head: "What are you talking about? Even with Muddy Mudragon, we still lack a Fusion Material with a specified card name."

"Tch, can't we use Fusion Identification to make it up? Or just treat Na Pye as Naphula."

"Ha, what do you think?"

Tenjoin Hikari was amused.

Tierra also knew it wouldn't work, put away his various parts, put his hands behind his head, shook his little head, and kept saying it was a pity.

I don't know if it was because she watched this duel that brought together Xyz, Synchro, and Fusion from a very close distance, even Tierra was a little excited, as if she felt Tenjoin Hikari's persistence in Fusion and couldn't help but want to show off her "divine power."