The hideout Yusei prepared for Tenjo Hikari looks quite decent.
Tenjo Hikari checked around, and besides the basic necessities, there were some miscellaneous small tools, among them some familiar items — for instance, tools used last time when Tenjo Hikari assisted Yusei in upgrading the D-wheel, which now seem outdated and were left here by Yusei.
Although not very useful, they would suffice for Tierra to spare some time to manufacture surveillance robots, helping Tenjo Hikari evade the police here.
Even though the shelter in A5 is much better than the one in 5DS, and even in prison, the guards wouldn't confiscate your cards, it's still better to handle things normally whenever possible.
Tenjo Hikari first confirmed the surrounding situation to ensure that this was indeed a very remote corner with hardly anyone around, then started to study the current circumstances.
First and foremost, the most important thing was certainly the Dark Mark on the left hand.
The mark on Tenjo Hikari's left hand was generally like the Dark Mark from "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" that Hikari remembered, but the difference was that this mark on Hikari's hand emitted a faint red glow, and its image wasn't quite like the standard "Earthbound Immortal", but more like a winged hound.
"It seems to be that Earth-Painted Winged Dog Demon..." Muddy Mudragon's voice echoed in Tenjo Hikari's ear.
Tenjo Hikari nodded.
According to his conjecture and memory, it indeed resembled that Earthbound Monster.
"Sorry, Hikari, for getting you involved..."
"No such thing, I came here specifically for this." Tenjo Hikari directly interrupted Muddy Mudragon's words.
He didn't come here out of goodwill to help reconcile the upper and lower layers of the S Dimension; firstly, he wasn't that noble, secondly, he didn't possess that capability, and thirdly, he didn't have the status to do such a thing.
The longstanding grievances between the upper and lower layers of the S Dimension wouldn't be resolved by just a few demonstration duels by Tenjo Hikari. Moreover, Tenjo Hikari wasn't from this dimension, and if he stepped out to do such a thing, it would be very inconsistent with the mentality of the people of this dimension.
What the people at the bottom aspire to is definitely freedom, not to become subjects of people from another dimension.
Regardless of whether Tenjo Hikari harbored such thoughts or not, "smuggling" into this dimension posed a huge suspicion.
Furthermore, Tenjo Hikari's purpose here wasn't for this matter either.
The reason he came to this dimension was first because, having initially accepted "Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon," Tenjo Hikari had to eventually accept the Red Dragon's invitation; secondly, it was because Muddy Mudragon had been consistently threatened and monitored by the Earthbound God's Divine Might, and Tenjo Hikari needed to resolve this dilemma for his partner and friend.
As for other matters, Tenjo Hikari could only help as much as possible without affecting himself, like saving ordinary people and helping resolve the threat of the "Earthbound God"; that's the most he could do.
He hadn't even sorted out his own issues, and with problematic identity issues, he could easily be mistaken as a "Dark Signer," so Tenjo Hikari couldn't force himself into such a matter.
Tenjo Hikari organized the current situation, found a cloak to hide his identity at this temporary hideout, and then proceeded towards the destination on the map.
The basic architecture of the Lower City was quite dilapidated, but perhaps precisely because of this dilapidation, the winding and twisting roads made it difficult for the upper-class people to decipher the detailed map of the lower layer, enabling the lower layer's people to find a location to meet safely while being pursued everywhere by the police.
However, despite this, not everyone was allowed to attend the meeting; a card representing resistance against the upper-class — "United Rebels" — was required to enter the meeting room.
Yusei had slipped this card into Tenjo Hikari's map, allowing him to walk into the meeting room effortlessly.
The meeting room was filled with people wearing cloaks, most of whom appeared haggard and malnourished, and quite a few others seemed bent-over in appearance.
On the podium of the meeting, a spiky-haired man was arranging matters and appeared to be the leader here.
Shinji Weber.
Tenjo Hikari didn't say anything, casually finding a place to sit and remained cloaked, just listening quietly.
Luckily, besides him, there were many others hiding their true faces, not wanting their identities known, so he didn't attract any attention.
The people in the room continued to gather until the room almost seemed cramped, people started to crowd together, and the smell became somewhat chaotic.
Tenjo Hikari didn't react much to all this, as long as no one stole from him, it didn't matter.
Seeing so many people gathered in the room, gradually, something seemed to stir within Shinji on the stage, and he began to passionately declare.
Honestly, Tenjo Hikari didn't think there was anything wrong with this brother now; the people in the Lower City couldn't afford food, and the people in the Upper City could casually treat the Lower City as a dumpsite, which didn't seem right in any way.
More crucially, the people of the Upper City didn't offer any "upward mobility" to the people of the Lower City; even entering the Upper City meant arrest and being thrown into a shelter to mine.
If in the past, the people of the Lower City could still somewhat comfort themselves with "Jack Atlas" as a banner, now, even this last comfort wasn't anything the Upper City was willing to offer.
Over time, it's only natural for conflicts to erupt.
Tenjo Hikari admired Shinji's willingness to be the first to initiate resistance personally.
The only problem was Tenjo Hikari glanced at Shinji's left hand.
Hmm...
"We yearned for freedom and created the Racing Duel, hoping to live a better life. Yet the people of the Upper Area sent police, learned to chase us by cars, and turned it into [Chase Duel] for those upper-echelon guys to amuse themselves with!"
It might be somewhat narrow-minded; Tenjo Hikari knew that in "Yu-Gi-Oh! A5," Racing Duel was indeed invented in the Lower City and symbolized freedom in dueling. But since there was this Netherworld Dragon and D Horse, it proved that "Racing Duel" had existed in this dimension since ancient times.
"Friends, can you accept this?"
His fist was tightly clenched, and there were even tears in his eyes: "While we're starving and barely clothed, while we struggle with all our might to survive, our lives are being mocked as jokes by those bastards!"
"Now, finally, we have a chance!"
"A chance to give a hard blow to those who look down on us, to pull them down!"
He fumbled in his pocket and took out a card.
The card was displayed, and because of the distance, some people even craned their necks to see, but Tenjo Hikari's Spirit Adaptability was high enough that he recognized the card at a glance.
Earthbound Geoglyph...
Was it really the Earthbound God?
"Once we use this card to draw the Geo, we'll be able to wipe out those police all at once, and then—"
"Wait a minute!" Boom, the door to the room was kicked open, and an orange-haired hedgehog head burst in, scaring quite a few people inside the room into shrieks.
It was a muscular adult who looked very spirited, with yellow markings on his forehead and cheeks, scars branded on by the constables upon arrest, indicating at least three offenses with those three marks.
"Crow!? You finally came to support—"
"Shinji, you absolutely cannot use that card!"
Crow charged in, speaking words that none of the rebels wished to hear.