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Chapter 697 The duel didn't end there (4K, please vote!)

"The child disappeared?"

"Someone died while playing cards?"

"Eh--"

If the disappearance of 75 can be understood as the special nature of non-human life, then...

It's quite exaggerated that a person could just turn into a speck of light and disappear right in front of people.

In particular, it was just a "little kid".

Although the person's speech and tone did not seem to indicate that he was a child, his appearance was still a factor.

"Cough cough cough... Thank you, Amagi Hikaru," IV finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this scene, leaning against the wall with a sense of melancholy, and said with emotion, "Finally... Father can finally rest in peace."

He coughed as he recounted some past events.

In fact, long before coming to the Synchro Dimension, the Xyz Dimension had held a world-class tournament. In that tournament, nearly half of the No. cards were gathered together. It was at that time that the Throne, through his three sons and Ryoga Kamishiro, collected and created new No. cards to achieve victory and seek revenge.

Originally, the throne had already defeated the invincible Kaito Amagi through a duel, and now only his enemy, Dr. Fica, remained.

But at that moment, someone appeared in his way.

Ninety-nine horses for a leisurely stroll.

The son of the ninety-nine-one horse.

Many years ago, Koujuu Ichima, Fika, and Jade Throne were friends who went on adventures together. All three were geniuses in their respective fields who once dazzled the world. Fika was a genius in the field of science and technology, a prodigy who could lead the world to maintain its scientific level with his own hands. Jade Throne, on the other hand, was a special genius who discovered the "power of emblems" through his own research.

But when it comes to exploration, adventure, and archaeology, no one is more professional than Kazuma Tsukumo. It was under his leadership that the three of them discovered the "other world" they had been dreaming of.

however--

At the time, they didn't know that one of them wasn't aiming for adventure.

Just as Hayabusa told Hikaru Amagi before, Dr. Fica participated in this adventure for only one reason: he could no longer solve the disease that his son, Hito Amagi, was suffering from using his own mind. Therefore, he could only try his best to find the possibility "outside the world".

To achieve this goal, he must meet two requirements.

First, find that "other world".

Second, sacrifice your best friend.

In order to treat Yang Dou, Fica made her own choice.

He took the opportunity to throw the ninety-nine horses and the throne into another dimension—

At that time, Yuzuo was in deep despair, his mind and body filled with hatred and anger. It was at that moment that he heard Yima's words, "Don't give up."

For the Jade Throne

If revenge is possible, then even one's son might be secondary.

However, Yuma Tsukumo, the son of his "savior" and "best friend," the one who, even after exposing all his plans and vowing revenge against Fika, still didn't hold a grudge and only wanted to let go of his pain and stop being so sad, was the only source of his "redemption" and "liberation."

It was in that duel, the one in which he lost to Yuma Tsukumo, that he completely let go of his hatred.

“But… at that time, Father was taken advantage of by the Goddess of Despair.” IV’s hands trembled with anger.

His father had already passed away peacefully, but the woman took advantage of his moment of despair, realizing that revenge was utterly impossible, and abducted him.

After the Heart Garden incident, IV tried everything to find the root of the problem. Then, she volunteered to be loyal, took on the power of the Goddess of Despair, and obtained a new No.. She followed the throne to this dimension in order to find an opportunity to bring her father back to his senses.

"I owe you a favor, Hikaru Amagi..."

Although they were complete strangers, IV leaned against the wall, thanking Amagi Hikaru, and then smiled wistfully.

In the end... it wasn't a wasted trip.

His delicate appearance elicited screams from many women with a penchant for the unusual, as well as some men with similar tastes.

Regardless, the audience finally learned one thing.

The throne itself had long since died and given up, but it was forcibly resurrected by the goddess of despair and made her her representative. Her spirit and consciousness were forcibly twisted, turning her into a living dead.

It seems quite normal that it would disappear after the duel.

In fact, this act of allowing the deceased to rest in peace can actually garner goodwill from many people.

Putting everything else aside, his son is already grateful to Amagi Hikaru, so what can be done about it?

Hikaru Amagi smiled and said there would be plenty of opportunities to work together in the future. Then he came up to IV and looked him over carefully.

Previously, I had to guard against the Jade Throne, so I didn't have time. Now, I can finally study it seriously.

Tiera has already scanned IV's physical condition, but there are still some details that need to be studied a little more.

“You’re very lucky.” Hikaru Amagi pondered for a moment. “I met Shun Kurosaki before and did a physical examination on him. Although your current condition cannot be completely cured, it can make you feel a little less uncomfortable.”

As he spoke, Amagi Hikaru reached into his pocket, pulled out a bottle of medicine, and handed it to IV.

IV glanced at it twice and drank it without hesitation.

After just the first sip, he felt a slight warmth in his body, and the indescribable fatigue and pain gradually dissipated. Before long, he felt that he could move around normally again.

but……

It was just a normal activity.

He probably can no longer do things like climbing mountains and breaking steel bars with his bare hands, as he used to.

"What good luck, I didn't expect you to have run into that kid Falcon..." IV managed to get up, moved around a bit, and finally felt alive again.

He was aware of the Falcon's advancement experiment. When he chose to come to this dimension with his father, he asked his older brother to look for opportunities from other sources. Obviously, his older brother did a good job.

Regardless, he already understood that this man named Hikaru Amagi was not only powerful, but also exceptionally talented.

Does having the surname Tiancheng grant one this special bonus?

Amagi Hikaru, seeing that the drones around him had stopped operating, sat down to rest for a bit. IV, seeing Amagi Hikaru checking his deck, didn't disturb him and began to stretch his body, something he hadn't done in a long time.

Hikaru Amagi checked the newly appeared card.

To his surprise—perhaps the throne had bestowed its power upon him before it disappeared—the Absolute Telekinesis, which he had always wanted to create but had been struggling to find a way to make, had appeared in his Extra Deck.

The card's color was faint, but the power of the purple emblem remained on it.

Although he is a person from the Hyperdimensional Dimension, the throne itself is a master of telekinesis, which can indeed provide him with this power.

Upon closer examination, Hikaru Amagi has indeed inherited the "psychic powers" from all dimensions.

The emergence of absolute telekinetic beings is therefore not surprising.

While the fusion condition for Absolute Psychic is rather outrageous—"Psychic-Type Synchro Monster + Synchro Monster"—it's not a major problem. Now, with the support of the Teaching cards, Hikaru Amagi can simply fill the Graveyard and then activate Absolute Psychic the next turn: "You can activate this effect by banishing this card from the Graveyard if it wasn't sent this turn. Special Summon 1 Level 10 Psychic-Type Fusion Monster as a Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck." This directly Special Summons an Ultimate-level Mysterious Tri-Change Linked Monster. Although Ultimate-level Mysterious Tri-Change Linked Monster didn't perform its intended effect in this duel, directly negating a monster's effect is still very advantageous. Even if it doesn't actually function, it still gains 3500 ATK, a pure profit, so it's not a loss either way.

And others...

Amagi Hikaru looked at the Fearful Peptide Mad Dragon - Nail-like Dragon Queen.

In fact, Hikaru Amagi had tried to make this card a long time ago, but rather than making this card, Hikaru Amagi wanted to find the dimension of the Fearful Dragon.

After all, crafting it by hand takes longer than "farming" it, and high-level Fear Peptide core cards require more resources to refine repeatedly.

Unfortunately, Hikaru Amagi has yet to find the Fearful Peptide Mad Dragon Dimension.

The good news is that because of the monster card "Phoenix Peptide" given to him by Ryuzaki, the copying and creation of lower-level monsters went smoothly. As for the Spike Dragon Queen, Hikaru Amagi specially made it when he decided to cause trouble for the Goddess of Despair during this period.

On one hand, it can be used to slightly counter the shield emblem; on the other hand, it can also be used to block IV.

While the Fearful Peptide Fusion Trap Cards require half of your health to use, they also offer some defensive effects.

[If your Life Points are 2000 or less, you can activate this effect by banishing this card from your Graveyard when your opponent activates a Spell/Trap/Monster effect. This turn, any effect damage your opponent inflicts on you becomes 0.]

In contrast, counter-trap reduces combat damage to 0.
These two cards may not be useful, but they are somewhat useful for preventing IV attacks from the second turn.

Although Amagi doesn't need this effect now.

Before coming here, Hikaru Amagi never thought that IV could be on their side. At that time, Hikaru Amagi naturally treated IV as an enemy and targeted it.

Therefore, the most important aspect of the strategy that Hikaru Amagi gave to 5DS was actually the idea of ​​preventing effect damage.

As for 86...

When faced with the Gun King, all that's left is for the duelist to react on the fly; there's really nothing else to do.

Hikaru Amagi told Yusei, who felt it was better to handle such a tough challenge himself rather than let his companions do it, so he didn't worry his companions too much.

And now...

Izayoi Aki defeated No. 75, the invincible champion, and eliminated the Gun King, while Amagi Hikaru successfully defeated the Throne, completing "two wins" in the best-of-three series.

Therefore, in this battle against the Despair Team, 5DS and Xyz Team have actually won.

To be honest——

This doesn't quite align with Hikaru Amagi's plan.

It was much better than the worst-case scenario that Hikaru Amagi had envisioned, and also much better than the good outcome that Hikaru Amagi had anticipated.

Hikaru Amagi had prepared a lot of things beforehand, all of which were "remedies after mistakes," but there was one thing he hadn't prepared for, and that was... what to do if it was a huge success.

“You’ve thought about how to deal with the worst-case scenario, but you haven’t considered how to deal with the best-case scenario at all,” Tiera chuckled softly from the side.

Hikaru Amagi gently patted his knees and stood up.

The duel with the throne not only provided him with the possibility of becoming an "absolute telekinetic body," but also allowed several other cards that Amagi Hikaru was "casting" to gradually complete, such as the Day of the Demon's Tears and "Vesas," which were both lit up to varying degrees.

Although it's very faint, it's still good news.

Since things are going better than planned, let's continue—no matter what the plan is, the goal will never change.

He must defeat the Goddess of Despair!

"IV, we should go find Kaito."

"Kaito?" IV asked, somewhat puzzled.

But wasn't the duel already over?
Their team has already lost twice, to Kaito and Haruto, so they probably don't need to duel again, right?

"IV, although your father is free, and although your team lost, is it all over?"

"?" IV paused for a moment, then an image of a huge woman flashed through his mind, and his face instantly darkened. "You mean..."

“That’s right. As long as that bastard exists in this world, your tragedy and Yang Dou’s tragedy will continue to repeat itself.”

"But we can't find out where she is at all."

"Isn't it obvious?" Amagi Hikaru narrowed his eyes and slowly uttered his final conclusion, "The Goddess of Despair is not on Fengyan Anying, you are not controlled by the Goddess of Despair, and the Goddess of Despair did not appear when your father disappeared..."

IV's eyes widened suddenly.

"She, that bastard, she's inside Yang Dou's body!"

That guy is now possessing Yang Dou!
His face remained cold, his initial shock giving way to ruthlessness. He slowly chuckled coldly, "Fine!"

He moved his body, his hands constantly clenching and unclenching, as if preparing to attack forward.

He's going to settle accounts with that bastard too!
The long-standing pain and his father's madness combined to make him want to fight the goddess of despair right now.

But before that—

"Yang Dou! Yang Dou!"

Because of the duel between Amagi Hikaru and the Throne, things here were temporarily put on hold, so Kaito had time to watch the duel on the Throne's side. After seeing Amagi Hikaru defeat the Throne, he excitedly called out Kaito's name.

After all, the throne has already dissipated, so no one should be controlling Yang Dou anymore. Therefore, there is no need for a duel, and he can easily take Yang Dou away.

but!

Amagi Yoto remained standing in his original spot, expressionless, coldly watching his older brother.

Kaito's initial excitement gradually turned into tension, and finally into terror.

Could it be that--

“I am standing here according to my own will,” Amagi Yoto suddenly said.

"Yoto!!!!"

Kaito Amagi's face was contorted, his expression was abnormal, his pupils contracted, his face was pale, and he kept backing away, even bumping into the wall.

Why, how could this happen?
Yang Dou looked at his brother expressionlessly and said, "Brother and father have sacrificed too much for me. I have lost all hope in my own existence."

"So... I'm leaving the Hyperdimension and never going back."

Kaito Amagi's lips trembled, his mouth opened and closed rapidly, his breathing became rapid, his heart pounded wildly, and he was unable to speak.

Just at this time.

"Amagi." Yusei Fudo pushed open the door and said to Kaito Amagi inside, "Don't get me wrong, the person in front of you isn't your brother, but—the source of despair!"

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