Tenjo Hikari followed Crow to a small base, and as soon as Crow returned, he shouted inside.
"Everyone, come out, I brought a guest today!"
With his voice, several hiding children in the house immediately ran out happily, excitedly surrounding Crow, calling his name, with some asking for gifts.
Crow laughed, and while pulling out cards from his pocket, he gave them to the children and introduced Tenjo Hikari to them.
Although the children were timid, upon learning that he was neither from the Lower City Area nor the Upper City Area but an "Other Dimension Person," they became excited.
After all, the Other Dimension was too far away from them, not making them fearful like the Upper City Area, and the distant nature sparked their curiosity.
Tenjo Hikari curiously observed these children.
In the original work, Crow had a history of adopting children, whether in 5DS or A5, Crow had adopted orphans. Later, Crow relied on his superb driving skills to deliver packages, not only supporting the adopted orphans but even sustaining Jack Atlas, who just freeloaded.
"Mr. Crow, are you back?"
"Brother Crow!"
While Tenjo Hikari was introducing himself to some children, two people walked out from the house. Tenjo Hikari turned and, to his surprise, saw familiar faces.
"Yugo, Rin?" Tenjo Hikari saw them and was momentarily puzzled, "Why are you here, didn't you follow Yusei?"
"Ah, about that..." Yugo scratched the back of his head and started saying casually.
After the cross-dimensional Friendship Cup ended, a grandiose "Fortune Cup" was held in the S Dimension. Anyone who could obtain first place could participate in the final battle and duel with the "KING."
Yusei participated in that competition but couldn't bring Rin and Yugo, so he asked Crow to help look after them.
Ah, that makes sense.
It also seems reasonable.
But this also gave rise to a certain problem.
Previously, Tenjo Hikari believed that with Yusei in the S Dimension, protecting Rin and Yugo, even if they were targeted by the Fusion Army, it actually wouldn't matter much.
Who could possibly snatch someone under Yusei's protection?
Well...
Perhaps only Kiryu could.
Now, for these two, it was harder to say.
Not that Crow couldn't handle it.
In a real duel, Crow's capability is absolutely competent. He himself was one of the "Signers" in the original work, surely not afraid of the Fusion Army.
But indeed he didn't give as much of a sense of security as Yusei. After all, Crow always had more than just two people to protect.
Tenjo Hikari followed Crow to their warehouse, where he saw several D-wheels, not only Crow's Blackbird but also Yugo's white D-wheel.
Additionally, there was an old police D-wheel, whose origin was unknown - perhaps Crow acquired it through unconventional means.
Most likely picked up one day when Crow was on a stealing spree, which wouldn't be unusual.
"Sorry, we only have this D-wheel." Crow scratched his neck, apologizing.
"No worries, it's lucky to have one."
Tenjo Hikari replied.
Although Tierra could manually build a vehicle for Tenjo Hikari, it wasn't practical.
Despite looking simply like a regular motorcycle, each "D-wheel" was equipped with a "Moment" — yes, that's right, even the worst D-wheel in this world internally houses the Moment providing limitless power.
The duels of Racing Duelists generate energy, which supplies use for people.
Similarly, motorcycles without the Moment wouldn't be accepted on the racetrack.
Now, finally owning a D-wheel, the appearance of the vehicle wasn't important anymore.
Tierra had plenty of tricks to design different images.
"Sorry, the power of this D-wheel is actually mediocre... no, actually, all our D-wheels have issues." Crow rubbed his forehead.
Finding materials to manufacture D-wheels in the Lower City Area was inherently challenging; Crow's D-wheel was decent as it was left by others for him. Yugo's vehicle was built under Yusei's guidance with Rin collecting parts, and originally, with Yusei present, they could adjust. Now, they have no idea where Yusei has gone.
"Yusei surely has something important to attend to, otherwise he'd definitely tell us!" Both Rin and Yugo firmly believed.
Tenjo Hikari pondered with eyes raised for a while.
Which means...
Currently, the only known person to have communicated with Yusei last was indeed himself?
"Leave handling these details to me." Tenjo Hikari casually told them, "I was there last time when Yusei adjusted the D-wheel, and still remember those details."
"Ah! Wonderful! Truly as expected of you, Brother Tenjo!" Yugo jumped in excitement, "Come, help me out quickly—"
Rin directly whacked his waist with her elbow, saying to him, "Express your thanks properly!"
Then, she bent down and thanked Tenjo Hikari, "Sorry, Brother Tenjo, we trouble you."
"No problem, I also need your help."
Tenjo Hikari took some time to check issues on the three machines; with experience and Tierra guiding him, he quickly fixed the details, removed disordered parts, put them where they belonged, and reassembled the three D-wheels.
By the time they finished, the sky had already darkened.
Tenjo Hikari glanced at the sky and with no intentions to stay, he directly intended to leave.
"Huh, Tenjo, are you leaving already?"
"I need to get familiar with operating the D-wheel." Tenjo Hikari slightly twisted the D-wheel, wobbling and nearly falling, before shaking his head, pulling out a device from his pocket, and installing it on the D-wheel.
Manjome's preparation indeed seemed necessary, as Tenjo himself couldn't drive a motorcycle; forcefully riding a D-wheel would be somewhat perilous.
"I see... then, take care on the road." The group waved goodbye to Tenjo Hikari, who offered his thanks before turning and leaving.
"So dashing, Brother Tenjo." Yugo looked up in admiration.
Jack, Yusei, Tenjo, each of them has something incredibly remarkable that makes him very envious, admiring, and eager to learn.
Out there, people say Jack betrayed the Lower City, Yusei betrayed the Lower City or something, but he never believed it.
So, he would never use anything like "Earthbound Geoglyph."
"Alright, take this opportunity to test the D-wheel again!" Yugo enthusiastically charged out.
"Ah, this idiot..." Rin couldn't help but shake her head and sigh, but still obediently followed Yugo.
On the other side, watching everyone leave, Crow looked at his Blackbird.
As for dueling, he is confident he wouldn't lose to anyone.
Hence, he is confident he would duel Shinji and then win.
But...
He raised his left hand, looking at the empty, unmarked arm, falling into silence.
A fundamental issue in dueling is that a duel can only begin when both parties accept it.
As Shinji's friend, he doesn't wish for him to walk a path of no return; he might believe Earthbound Immortal can resurrect people, but he doesn't believe that after Earthbound Immortal devours a soul, it keeps it intact rather than consuming it.
No matter how powerful Earthbound Immortals are, once a soul is completely digested, they cannot possibly resurrect the deceased.
However!
He couldn't duel with Shinji.
Because he doesn't have the "qualification."
At that time, Tenjo Hikari interrupted Shinji, if he had the qualification, he could have immediately dueled Shinji, but instead, he could only watch Shinji leave helplessly.
If...
He gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, struggling and in pain internally.
Unconsciously, something seemed to have silently noticed him.
On the other side, Tenjo Hikari was beginning to start the D-wheel, testing it on the track.
His speed was not fast, on one hand, he couldn't ride a motorcycle, on the other hand, the device prepared by Manjome intentionally lowered the speed.
After all, in his view, safety is the most important issue.
Manjome believes that with Tenjo Hikari's intelligence, learning to drive shouldn't take too long, moreover D-wheel inherently has an automatic driving function, this is more to help him initiate and familiarize himself with the D-wheel's mechanics.
But—
This presents a problem.
The starting speed is "too slow"!
While he was testing the vehicle on the Lower City track, a siren lit up behind him.
"Do you want me to help deliver it first?" Tierra asked.
"No—never mind, it's just right for getting familiar with Racing Duel."
If it's ordinary security police, based on Tenjo Hikari's previous understanding, there shouldn't be a major issue, testing would suffice.
And as he moved forward, the police car behind him sped up, while obviously being the pursuing side, it easily came alongside Tenjo Hikari. Matching Tenjo Hikari's pace.
"Hey, kid, you're the one who defeated my subordinate, the Other Dimension People, right!"
Hearing the voice, Tenjo Hikari tried to look to the side, surprised to see a slightly dark-skinned, thick-eyebrowed strongman.
Oh my, Ushio the Great!
Tenjo Hikari shook his head.
Ushio Tetsu, didn't expect him to be in this dimension too.
It seems he's responsible for the same work as in the original, specifically responsible for catching Lower City intruders in the Upper City, as a security police officer.
Position-wise, he should be ranked higher than those ordinary security police.
"Duel mode, activate."
While Tenjo Hikari was pondering, the other side had already pressed the D-wheel's button, and in the next moment, streams of light passed through the vehicles and the land, illuminating the entire track, and both D-wheel's engine started rotating, emitting beautiful colored lights.
Tenjo Hikari saw the duel mode light on his D-wheel light up as well, he casually took off the Duel Disk from his left arm and fixed it on the car.
That's good—
Tenjo Hikari also needs to get familiar with Racing Duel.
The surrounding track began to transform, countless light walls lit up on the walls, with the D-wheel duel mode activation, the surrounding environment also transformed, gradually, a circular track appeared on the D-wheel's display.
Ushio coldly laughed and said:
"Considering you're an Other Dimension person, I'll give you an extra explanation of the rules of Racing Duel!
Racing Duel's route is a single lane, the first to reach the finish line wins. Of course, the normal duel victory conditions also count.
If you lose, then I'll arrest you directly, and at that time you'll be sent back to your world—"
Tenjo Hikari nodded, "No problem."
"Then, whoever passes the first bend first goes first—"
Vroom!
Ushio stepped hard on the accelerator, making a sprint, surpassing Tenjo Hikari, and sharply turned.
"Ha, what a rookie!" Ushio laughed out loudly again.
"Then—"
"Duel!" X2.
Ushio Tetsu, LP: 4000.
Tenjo Hikari, LP: 4000.