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

Upon hearing Reiji Akaba's question, Soleva rubbed his nose before speaking:

"Actually, just yesterday morning, after we met, I returned to my dorm and ran into the same people who attacked Mr. Mark that day. And then..."

As Soreva recounted his encounters with Hayabusa and Yuto, as well as his understanding of the war between the Xyz and Fusion dimensions, Reiji Akaba confirmed many of his own thoughts.

"...Alright, I've told you everything I know. President Akaba Reiji, let's be frank. I know you must know something about dimensional fusion, but I want to know exactly how much you know, what you're planning, and why you're doing it."

Seeing that Soreva was about to so directly tear down all pretense between them, Akaba Reiji, his face dark, pushed up his glasses:

Why do you want to know these things?

"Why? Of course, it's for convenience! You might have some intelligence that we can use now or even later. Besides, if we have the same goal but neither of us knows what the other is trying to do, and we end up hindering each other, don't you think that's foolish?"

Hearing Soleva's matter-of-fact words, Akaba Reiji pushed up his glasses again.

Indeed, it's foolish to have the same goal but not tell each other the outcome and then obstruct each other.

But don't you think it's even more foolish of you to throw out all sorts of information before you've even confirmed whether the other party is on your side?

With this thought in mind, Akama Reiji immediately put on a dark face and said in a sinister tone:

"Mr. Soreva, aren't you worried that I might be on the side of the merged dimension?"

"I think if you were from the Fusion Dimension, President Zero, you wouldn't have told me that Sora is from the Fusion Dimension."

Seeing Soleva's smiling explanation, Reiji Akaba's gloomy expression instantly turned into a bitter smile:

"I'm truly defeated by you, Mr. Soreva. In that case, I won't hide it from you anymore. You already know that the Fusion Dimension is invading the Hyperion Dimension, but you may not know that the Fusion Dimension will also launch an invasion against our dimension."

Soreva was not surprised by this. After all, in his view, since the invader of the fused dimension had begun its interdimensional invasion, its ambition would not stop there, and the flames of war would one day reach this dimension.

"...And behind all this, the one who is driving the invasion of other dimensions by the fused dimensions is none other than my father, King Akama Zero!"

This shocked Soreva.

Chapter 82 mission unlocked: Heterochromatic Eyes VS Demonic Beast

Currently, it is known that Akaba Reiji is on the same side as him, intending to resist the invasion of the Fusion Dimension; it is also known that the mastermind behind the invasion war launched by the Fusion Dimension is Akaba Reiji's father, Akaba Rei-King.

In an instant, the conclusion that "Reiji Akama wants to sleep with his father" was deduced in Soreva's mind.

At this moment, the figure of Akama Reiji in front of him overlapped with the figures of the filial sons, Geed, Shijima Tsuyoshi, and Dan Kuroto, in Soreva's eyes.

Even the lyrics echoed in his ears:

"My strong-willed father, what can I do for you? Please accept this small token of my care."

Soreva quickly shook his head to clear these thoughts from his mind, and his gaze towards Akaba Reiji became wary.

"So, President Zero, if your father was the one who started this war of aggression, then why did you try to stop him? Even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs; he should have let you go, right?"

“You’re right. With this relationship, perhaps I can do nothing and let that man invade the world without any consequences. But…”

As he spoke, Reiji Akaba walked to the window, gazing at the scenery of Maiwan City. His eyes and expression revealed his enthusiasm for this city and this world.

"Perhaps you can't understand, but I still love this world! I will never allow anyone to harm this world, not even my own father!"

So, ever since I learned of my father's evil plan to invade various dimensions, I've been determined to stop him! Mr. Soreva, I admire your talent. Join my plan and let's stop my father together!

Looking at Akaba Reiji turning around and walking towards him through the window, extending his hand, and hearing the message from the MD system in his mind that "the mission to stop Akaba Reiji's invasion of the world has been unlocked," Soreva immediately gave a wry smile:

It seems I have absolutely no reason to refuse.

He reached out and shook hands with Reiji Akaba, his eyes meeting Reiji's piercing gaze.

"I have no choice but to agree, so let's work together."

"Alright, then take a look at my plan! In this Dance Net Tournament, I intend to select the strongest duelists to form an organization to protect our dimension and take the initiative to attack the invaders from the fused dimension!"

"Taking the initiative... is a bit too aggressive. However, the idea of ​​selecting the strongest duelists does coincide with Hayabusa and the others' thoughts. But the Maijin Tournament only seems to have junior and youth divisions, right? Isn't that too narrow a scope? Should we also include some adult duelists?"

"Hmph, you don't need to worry about that. Our LDS instructors are all quite a few adult duelists!"

"I don't know where you get your confidence from, but you did say that... Wait! Isn't this final free-for-all format a bit too much! Deducting 2000 LP for random entry!?"

"This is the only way to select duelists with real potential!"

"Isn't this outrageous?!"

........................

Listening to the constant discussion and arguments between Soreva and Akaba Reiji, Akaba Himika chose to focus her attention on the duel in front of her, so as not to be bothered by their bickering.

At this moment, however, the situation between Yuya Sakaki and Sawatari was rather strange.

In Sakaki Yuya's backstage area, there are two dragon beasts that exist as pendulum scales, both of which appeared during his last duel with Shijima Hokuto.

[Heterochromatic Illusion Dragon] and [Heterochromatic Masked Dragon].

In front of him, however, was only a dragon beast, a dragon beast whose appearance was quite similar to other dragon beasts with the [heterochromatic eyes] field, and whose entire body was covered with light blue and dark blue ice crystal armor.

[Heterochromatic Zero Dragon]!

On the other hand, there were many more tricks on Zetsu's field. Two pillars, resembling torii gates, stood above his head, swirling with blue and yellow whirlwinds. One pillar was adorned with a blue demon mask symbolizing "sorrow," while the other was adorned with a dark red demon mask symbolizing "rage."

Behind the two sacred pillars and Zedu stands a small wooden shrine with blue tiles, where three candles have already been lit.

"[Shugen no Yokai Shaman]'s effect! Remove three Yokai Counters from this card, and add one [Yokaimon] card from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand! Come to my hand, [Yokaimon Kamaichi Tachi]!"

As a gust of demonic wind blew, the three candles in the small shrine... or rather, the demon shrine, were all extinguished, and a card was flicked into Sawatari's hand.

"Sakaki Yuya, today I'll show you that Pendulum Summoning isn't something you can do alone! Pendulum Summoning! Come on, eldest of the Kamaitachi brothers, [Yosenju Kamaichi Tachi]!"

With its silver hair flying, the Kamaitachi yokai, dressed in dark blue kimono and wielding an exaggeratedly designed katana, landed on Sawatari's field. The three Kamaitachi brothers were finally reunited on Sawatari's field.

"[Yōsenju Scythe One-Tachi] effect activated! While this card is face-up on your field and you control a [Yōsenju] monster other than this card, return 1 face-up card your opponent controls to its owner's hand!"

After saying that, Sawatari pointed at the [Heterochromatic Zetsu-ryu] on the field of Sakaki Yuya.

"Now, Kamaichi Tachi, unleash the demonic wind and return [Odd-Eyed Zero Dragon] to your hand!"

Upon hearing Sawatari's command, Yuya Sakaki's expression instantly froze. He hadn't expected that his [Odd-Eyes Zero Dragon], which still had the effect of dealing with destruction and sending to the graveyard, would run into Sawatari's new deck, which could actually return monsters to the hand.

However, he wasn't without a backup plan.

"I activate the Trap Card [Pendulum Resurrection]!"

Just as [Odd-Eyes Zero Dragon] was blown back to the Extra Deck by that gust of wind, Sawatari confidently looked at Sakaki Yuya's empty field and was about to launch an attack when Sakaki Yuya revealed the face-down card he had set up the previous turn.

"[Pendulum Resurrection] effect! Special Summon 1 face-up Pendulum Monster from your Extra Deck or Graveyard! Return from the Extra Deck, [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon]!"

Seeing Yuya Sakaki's signature monster, the dragon clad in deep red armor, reappear on the field, Sawatari's face instantly turned ugly. His chance for a resounding victory had been ruined.

"Tch, in that case, [Yousenju Kamaji Nidachi]! Attack Sakaki Yuuya directly!"

Upon hearing Sawatari's command, Yuya Sakaki was momentarily stunned. Just then, a sharp pain shot through his chest, and his LP dropped to 3100 points.

However, Sawatari's voice did not stop there:

"[Yasenmon Kamaji Tachi]'s effect! When a [Yasenmon] monster other than this card deals battle damage, I can add one [Yasenmon] card from my Deck other than Kamaji Tachi to my hand!"

I'm adding [Demon Beast Great Valley Echo] to my hand!

"At the end of the turn, the first, second, and third kama swords are returned to the hand."

Although he didn't understand why Sawatari wanted to return the three monsters on the field to his hand, Yuya Sakaki still placed his finger on his deck:

"Then, my turn, draw a card!"

Chapter 83 Fire in Ice

Upon seeing the effect of the magic card in his hand, Yuya Sakaki immediately made up his mind and placed the card on his Duel Disk:

"I activate the Spell Card [Spiral Strike Blast]! I add one Level 7 [Odd-Eyes] monster from my Deck or Extra Deck to my hand! Come, [Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon]!"

Having caught the [Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon] that sprang from the Duel Disk, Yuya Sakaki raised his arm high.

"Next, it's time for a Pendulum Summon! [Odd-Eyes Masked Dragon] and [Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon] are scaled at 1 and 8 respectively, so now I can Pendulum Summon monsters of levels 2 to 7!"

O dragon with heterochromatic eyes! Now, intertwined with endless phantoms and the hopes of living beings, come to my field in two different forms! Pendulum Summon! [Opposite-Eyed Phantom Dragon], [Opposite-Eyed Phantom Spirit Dragon]!

With two distinct dragon roars, a dragon beast, its body covered in dark blue scales beneath a pale armor, its wings almost invisible, yet bearing a striking resemblance to the [Odd-Eyed Pendulum Dragon], appeared beside the [Odd-Eyed Pendulum Dragon].

The dragon that appeared on the other side of the [Heterochromatic Pendulum Dragon] had a completely different appearance. It was slender, but its huge and exaggerated wings spewed out colorful rainbow light; and the silver-gray armor covering its whole body also had a faint metallic luster.

This is also a monster that Sawatari had seen in a previous round, which Sakaki Yuya used as Xyz Material for [Odd-Eyes Zero Dragon].

As for Yuya Sakaki, facing the three level 7 dragon beasts on his field, he also extended his right hand:

"This round, I've decided to stack the level 7 [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] and [Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon]!"

As Yuya Sakaki's voice rang out, the dragon with red scales and the dragon covered in pale armor soared into the air and plunged into the black hole in mid-air, which symbolized the Xyz Summon.

"The resolute soul, once again covered by zero-degree ice, returns to the eyes of the two-colored dragon, freezing everything with unparalleled cold! Xyz Summon! Rank 7, [Odd-Eye Zero Dragon]!"

Just a fleeting moment of glory in the previous round, it was blown back to the Extra Deck by a whirlwind. The dragon beast, covered in blue ice, fell from the Xyz Black Hole and let out a deafening roar, as if venting its anger at having accomplished nothing in the previous round.

"Battle has begun! [Heterochromatic Zero Dragon] launches a direct attack on Zetsu! [Zero Charge]!"

Seeing [Heterochromatic Zero Dragon] charging towards him under Sakaki Yuya's command, its body enveloped in terrifying cold, Sawatari quickly slammed his [Yosenmon Daiyougu Hibiki] onto the Duel Disk:

"When your opponent's monster declares a direct attack, you can send 1 [Ya-Senmon] monster from your hand to the Graveyard, and Special Summon this card from your hand in Attack Position!"

Now, I'm sending the [Demon Beast Scythe Three-Blade] from my hand to the graveyard!

As Zedu delivered the [Demon Immortal Beast Scythe Tri-Tachi] to the graveyard, a huge, terrifying black shadow rose up in front of him, blocking the [Heterochromatic Zero Dragon]'s path of attack.

Meanwhile, within the demon shrine sheltered by shadows, a candle was quietly lit.

"Then, this card's ATK and DEF become the same as the ATK and DEF of the opponent's monster that is battling it!"

"So, Yuya Sakaki? Even so, are you still going to continue fighting?"

Facing Hibiki Ooyuuya, whose attack power was also 2800 points, the same as [Heterochromatic Zero Dragon], and Sawatari's provocation, Yuya Sakaki curled the corners of his mouth:

"Hmph, just what I wanted! Keep attacking, Heterochromatic Zero Dragon!"

"what?"

As [Heterochromatic Zero Dragon] continued to take its steps under Sakaki Yuya's command, Sawatari chuckled inwardly.

"Hmph, how foolish! In this way, all his high-level monsters will just be wasted by the Great Valley Echo!"

Satisfied with the sight of the Great Valley Hibiki shattering into pieces alongside [Heterochromatic Zero Dragon], Sawatari was about to speak confidently when he heard Sakaki Yuya's voice: