The duel ended, Tenjo Hikari put away his Duel Disk and walked towards the Tyler sisters.
Grace Tyler was supporting her sister; after prolonged intense training and high-stakes duels, combined with using a "Death Arena" specifically for testing wills, she was completely unable to stand.
Tenjo Hikari walked over, extending his hand to help pull her up.
"Ha, thanks." Gloria wasn't someone to be shy about it and naturally didn't refuse Tenjo Hikari's goodwill.
Seeing she was fine, Tenjo Hikari checked the time and prepared to say goodbye.
"Wait—"
Just as Tenjo Hikari had turned and walked a distance, suddenly, Gloria stopped him.
Whoosh—
Tenjo Hikari then turned around, his right hand gliding through the air, effortlessly catching a card.
He glanced down at it.
Amazoness War Chief.
He looked up towards them: "War Chief?"
Handing over a card with Spirit Power to someone else, isn't it inappropriate?
The shadow of the War Chief appeared next to Gloria, saying to him, "Tenjo Hikari, just accept it, this is also our shared wish."
The War Chief wasn't that high-level of a Spirit, but as the second strongest "Duel Ceremony" warrior of the Amazoness Race at this critical point, she just barely had two copies of herself.
She was willing to follow the Tyler sisters, not only because she saw their passion for the Amazoness, but also because of her expectations of them—after all, she had always been the Amazoness instructor.
This time, Tenjo Hikari illuminated Gloria, influenced Grace, which in its view was the best classroom.
Even just splitting half of the power, it was worth accepting for it.
Amazoness War Chief, as a card that can be searched upon special summoning for Fusion, has a unique advantage, that is—it doesn't get affected by "Ash."
When Amazoness War Chief is summoned or specially summoned successfully. You can set one Amazoness Spell·Trap or Fusion from your deck on the field. Of course, as the cost, for this turn, you can't attack without an Amazoness Monster.
But this self-restriction doesn't affect Tenjo Hikari much, considering he has Amazoness Fusion Monsters and also Amazoness Pet Tiger.
If he draws it in the first turn, it's even more profitable.
Not to mention, Tenjo Hikari's deck indeed has three complete copies of Fusion.
"Then thank you, Gloria—" Tenjo Hikari turned to leave.
"Wait—"
Gloria stopped Tenjo Hikari again.
?
Tenjo Hikari looked back at her, puzzled.
Gloria took a deep breath, forcing a slight smile on her face, and said, "Remember what we talked about last time?"
Last time—
Tenjo Hikari's eyebrows twitched slightly.
Beside him, Tierra spread his hands, saying, "You and these two humans made an agreement at the Amazoness Camp last time that as long as you kept winning against them, they'd promote your Polymerization strategies."
As always, though Tierra might be slow in dueling progress, his memory was absolutely strong.
Tenjo Hikari actually remembered this too, but he didn't think it was necessary to bring it up at this moment.
Because with just one duel, he could sense that the Tyler sisters now weren't the kind who would hunt duelists in different schools out of boredom and turn them into cards.
So there was no need to bring it up in this atmosphere.
"You know... Gladiator Beast Dimension—"
Tenjo Hikari's eyes widened sharply.
"Could it be—"
Gloria gently nudged Grace with her head, Grace touched her pocket, pulled out a card, and casually tossed it in front of Tenjo Hikari.
Tenjo Hikari quickly caught the card.
Gladiator Beast Dimension!
The homeland One-Eyed Battle had always wanted to return to—
And the dimension where Tenjo Hikari couldn't find any new cards afterward.
"This is the dimension of the Gladiator Beast Secret Team. Even during the raid on the X Dimension, the Gladiator Beast forces didn't participate first, so their power reserves, preparations, and personnel numbers are the most complete," Gloria said slowly, "I know you've been trying to disrupt Professor Akuma's organization, this should be very useful to you, right?"
Tenjo Hikari nodded.
"Thank you, Gloria, this is very important to me."
Tenjo Hikari took the Emerald Book from his waist, carefully placed the card inside, and gently closed it.
He waved at the sisters, and finally, he left.
Watching Tenjo Hikari's retreating back, Gloria finally seemed to run out of breath, relaxing completely.
"Why doesn't sister Gloria call him again?" Grace asked softly.
"Grace?!" Gloria cried her sister's name in embarrassment.
Grace didn't care about such matters, she gently supported her sister onto a chair, twisting her hair, thinking, "If we told him now that we want to join the Fusion Department, he'd definitely welcome us. Then we could always be by his side, watching him duel.
Sister thinks so too, right?"
"Grace!!"
Gloria gently nudged her sister with her shoulder.
Honestly, Gladiator Beasts were highly valued within the Fusion Army, and ever since the Gladiator Beast's attack on Tenjo Hikari failed, all special units using Gladiator Beasts had been gradually reduced. Later, in the academy, the only duelists who could use Gladiator Beasts were those who were willing to follow Akaba Leo.
The upper echelons of the Fusion Army were well aware of the power of Gladiator Beasts, so Gladiator Beast cards were strictly safeguarded—in the same way, as Gladiator Beast Spirits were very suitable for control, training, and enslavement as soldiers, the Fusion Army also cherished this living force.
In fact, strictly speaking, if you could locate the training grounds for Gladiator Beasts, then the real "base" of the Fusion Army wouldn't be far.
Telling such a secret to Tenjo Hikari, they would definitely be targeted by the formal units of the Fusion Army in the future, and they might even be hunted.
Compared to external enemies like Tenjo Hikari, traitors like them might even face more hostility within the Fusion Army.
They might be attacked by Assassin Teams, and though with their combat skills, they wouldn't fall so easily, they also knew that the Fusion Army clung like parasites to flesh and blood.
Tenjo Hikari understood this too.
That's why after this duel ended, he didn't bring up related matters.
However, since Gloria gave him this information, he wouldn't waste this goodwill.
Up until today, Tenjo Hikari had only one "Gladiator Beast Gyzarus," and One-Eyed Battle had always been worried about its friends and companions. Now that he finally got this information, perhaps he could explore other Gladiator Beast cards there.