Traveling in reverse through the Yu-Gi-Oh! world with the MD system

"I never expected that the members of your [Lancer Corps] would be so powerful, even able to defeat Jack so easily."

Facing Ling'er, among the five members of the Administrative Council, apart from the bald old man in white who always had a kind and smiling face, the other four, who originally had serious and oppressive expressions, all changed to friendly faces.

After all, given the situation, they had no choice but to back down.

Although Jack was defeated by Yuya this time, he has remained the king for three years. It can be said that his dueling skills are undoubtedly the strongest in Synchro Dimension.

But now, Yuya from the [Lancer Squad] was able to defeat Jack without LP suffering any damage—that's incredibly powerful! This inevitably made the five of them ponder the following question:

Could the other members of the [Lancer Legion] also possess such formidable strength? And could Akaba Reiji, the apparent leader of the [Lancer Legion], wield even greater power?

This made the five of them even more cautious and careful when facing Akama Reiji.

"Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, Link... and that Fusion Monster that wasn't summoned using Fusion Summoning but was successfully Special Summoned... I suppose members of your [Lancer] group also possess Fusion Summoning skills, right?"

"It's natural."

Reiji Akaba's matter-of-fact answer made the five people hold their breath for a moment. In their view, the fact that the [Lancer Legion] could master five different additional summoning methods showed just how powerful they were.

However, while the [Lancer Legion] proved their strength and that they were a valuable partner, it also caused the five to worry about one particular issue:

Given the strength of the [Lancer Legion], will they choose to directly conquer the Synchro Dimension?

In order to protect their own interests, the woman in blue among the five immediately spoke up to probe:

"I wonder if the other members of your [Lancer Brigade] also possess as many summoning methods as this Yuya Sakaki?"

“No, Yuya is special. Apart from him, among the members of our [Lancer Brigade] who came to the Synchro Dimension, I am the only one who can use all of these summoning methods. As for the others, most of them only master two or three summoning methods.”

Reiji Akaba answered again, and this time, his answer made all five of them breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, that's human nature. When forming alliances, everyone probably hopes to have a powerful ally who can help them get ahead and make them shine.

However, few people would want their allies to become powerful enough to devour them, because that would no longer be an alliance, but rather a deal with a tiger for its skin.

The five members of the Administrative Council, who had never seen the other members of the [Lancer Legion] duel, could only judge their strength by the number of summoning methods they possessed.

If everyone in the [Lancer Legion] possessed such strength, they would only regard them as enemies and fear them.

However, if only one or two people in the [Lancer Regiment] possess such strength, then it is within their acceptable range.

"Alright, now that we have witnessed the strength of the [Lancer Legion] and have acknowledged your [Lancer Legion], we will naturally not refuse the proposal made by you as our ally."

Hearing the five people make this final decision, Akama Reiji's tense nerves relaxed, because he could say that he had succeeded halfway in what he needed to do in this dimension.

Immediately, Akama Reiji placed his hand on his chest and bowed to the five people:

"Thank you all very much for making this decision. If you have nothing else to discuss, I will go and meet up with my comrades from the [Lancer Regiment]."

"Of course, go ahead."

Just as Akama Reiji received permission and turned to take a few steps, he suddenly heard a voice behind him again.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot to remind you. You need to be careful of Roger from the Public Security Bureau. Although we're currently blocking his police, he seems to have always harbored ill intentions towards you."

"Roger from the Public Security Bureau? I understand."

Chapter 179 Roger's Scheme

Reiji Akaba was not unfamiliar with Roger, the official in charge of maintaining order. He knew that Roger was the one who orchestrated the wanted and pursued cases involving Yuya, Gongenzaka, and Sawatari.

At the time, Akaba Reiji originally intended to send Hikage to investigate this person, but for some reason, Shiunin Sora, who had been teleported to the same place as him, volunteered to go and investigate Roger.

As for Shiyunin Sora, who was originally from the Fusion Dimension and later joined the Yushojuku, Akaba Reiji had almost no way to deal with him, after all, Sora had said at the time:

"Even if you send someone else, I will investigate that guy myself, so you should save your energy and leave a few people to protect yourself."

Thus, Akaba Reiji had no choice but to agree to let Shiunin Sora investigate this man named Roger.

However, due to the city's special signal jamming function, the communication function that Reiji Akaba originally installed on the Duel Disk for everyone is completely useless, so even Sora, who was sent out, is now out of contact.

"Hopefully, that guy named Su Liang can actually find some useful information... Oh well, it's already a great blessing that he didn't betray us and return to the Fusion Dimension."

"Ah!"

Now, having infiltrated the Public Security Bureau, Sora sneezed loudly and began to complain.

"Strange, why did I suddenly sneeze? I know, someone must be talking bad about me!"

But right after that simple complaint, Su Liang's gaze returned to Roger, who was throwing a tantrum in his office:

"Although I don't know why this guy is so angry, something that can make this guy, who is supposed to be a spy from our dimensional fusion, angry must be something good, right?"

Indeed, the moment Sora saw Roger, he felt a sense of familiarity. And in Sora's view, the person who gave him this feeling of familiarity was undoubtedly someone related to the fusion of dimensions.

Therefore, he volunteered to investigate Roger in front of Akama Reiji.

Unfortunately, even now, although Su Liang has finally remembered where this sense of familiarity came from, he still hasn't been able to find any conclusive evidence to prove Roger's identity and crimes.

Therefore, Su Liangcai decided to continue his investigation into Roger's identity by remaining undercover in the Public Security Bureau building.

As for why Roger was suddenly so angry, it was naturally because Yuya had just successfully defeated Jack in the exhibition match:

"That damned Jack! It's one thing that he never obeys my orders! But I can tolerate him because he's been the Duel King for three consecutive years and can suppress those lowly commoners through duels!"

But now, this guy has actually lost to a duelist from another dimension who's just a commoner! Doesn't he realize that after his defeat and loss of prestige, those lower-class civilians could riot at any moment?!

Roger paced restlessly in his office. His original plan was to gradually erode the power of this [city] in the Synchro Dimension, turning it into a kingdom he could easily control.

In this way, he can boldly break out of the fusion dimension and compete with Akama Zero on the same track for the top of the power.

But to achieve this, he must gain absolute control over the Synchro Dimension.

Therefore, faced with the discord between the top and the bottom, his chosen approach was to completely suppress the bottom. The reason was that those at the top merely viewed duels as entertainment, while those at the bottom truly held the power of the duels.

Roger, who was well aware of the power of duels, understood that the top tier was a group he could easily control, while the bottom tier could overthrow his rule at any time.

To avoid such a situation, Roger suppressed the development of the lower ranks while gradually expanding his own dueling power.

But all of this was shattered by Jack, the Duelist King who came from humble beginnings but was beyond Jack's control.

During those three years when he couldn't control Jack, Roger also clearly understood one thing: he needed a duelist who would only obey him and be able to defeat Jack. Only in this way could he possibly completely control this Synchro Dimension.

But this year, he finally achieved his goal. He finally had such a duelist. He was about to have his duelist defeat the invincible Jack and completely dominate the Synchro Dimension when Jack was defeated.

The fact that he was defeated by someone who didn't belong to this dimension filled Roger with panic.

Especially when Yuya displayed so many summoning techniques, including fusion monsters, Roger's mind went completely mad.

At that time, he even absurdly thought that perhaps the fused dimension had already occupied all the other dimensions, mastered these summoning methods, and was finally going to settle scores with him, the traitor.

After carefully reviewing the list of participants for the Friendship Cup, he became even more certain of his idea.

Serena, the little princess whom Professor Akama Zero King values ​​most in the fused dimension, has come here. Are the others probably just bodyguards for this little princess?

But Roger quickly calmed down. Since people from merged dimensions might come here, he should be prepared for both possibilities.

"Hey, make the arrangements. That player named Yuya Sakaki, his opponent in the first match of the Friendship Cup will be Sergei."

"Yes, I understand."

Although these people came to the attention of the administrative council, preventing Roger from directly ordering the police to take action against them, he could still do something underhanded with the Friendship Cup.

As for Sergei, whose full name is Sergei Volkov, he was originally a notorious duelist in the city. Even back then, it took twenty police officers from the Public Security Bureau to successfully put him in the detention center.

Even after entering the shelter, he remained as vicious as ever, and eventually ended up in Roger's hands.

Roger had high hopes for his dueling skills, so he modified him, intending to use him as his ultimate weapon against Jack.

Unfortunately, before he could even use this ultimate weapon, Jack met his defeat.

However, the modifications are already complete, and Roger wouldn't waste such an excellent dueling weapon. Moreover, if Sergei could defeat Yuya, Roger's strongest opponent, it would prove that he still has a chance to control the Synchro Dimension.

At that time, he will be able to completely control the Synchronization Dimension, turn it into his kingdom, and make him a worthy rival to King Akama Zero.

Even Serena and others could be used as leverage to threaten King Akama Zero.

What if Sergei also loses?

Roger could only say that his task was to make sure Princess Serena had a good time at the Friendship Cup, so that she could say a few good words for him in front of King Akama.

Then I'll obediently admit my mistake and offer up the entire Synchro Dimension. Like this...

I guess, maybe there's still hope for me?

Chapter 180: Good News from Ling'er

The night passed, and the day of the Friendship Cup arrived. During the Friendship Cup, all the participants residing in the tower where the Administrative Council was located could overlook the Duel Palace below from the highest point of the city, taking in the grand spectacle of the Friendship Cup.

However, during their stay, compared to the pleasant behavior of Yuya and the others, duelists like Crow and Shinji, who came from commoner backgrounds, seemed quite resistant.

But in the end, they still moved in.

The next day, on the morning of the Friendship Cup, as the group reunited for breakfast, Yuya asked Crow and Shinji about his doubts:

Why are you so reluctant to live here? I think the conditions here are quite good.

Yuya's question caused the two to exchange a glance, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes:

Indeed, those who know nothing are truly blessed.

However, Kro still told Yuya the truth:

“Yuya, you may not know this, but the Friendship Cup is not easy to participate in. Although the winner among us commoners can use the Friendship Cup to defeat the original king and rise to the top, once defeated, they will be sent to underground forced labor facilities and will never be able to return to the surface.”

"What!?"

Kro's words made Yuya's breath catch in his throat. He had thought that the losers of the Friendship Cup would at most be sent back to the bottom, but he never imagined that they would have to face such a cruel fate.

"So, if we encounter each other and you are defeated, then you..."

"We will also face such a fate."

Shinji picked up where Yuya left off, instantly causing Yuya's resolve to waver. Although he hoped to fight Jack again and take this opportunity to persuade Jack to join them in fighting against the fused dimension.

However, he did not want to push those he considered friends, such as Crowe and Shinji, into such a tragic fate.

"In that case, then..."

Yuya originally wanted to say that since they still had the dimensional teleportation program in the Duel Disk, they could simply hand over the victory to Shinji and the others, and then use the dimensional teleportation program to escape.

But Crow preemptively placed his hand on Yuya's shoulder. Seeing Yuya's expression, as if knowing what Yuya wanted to say, he immediately shook his head and said:

“Yūya, if you’re trying to say you can give up, then there’s no need to say it again. Yugo already told me that you came here for your own reasons. You don’t need to give up your own reasons for us. And…”