"Hikari, what do you think?" Judai lay on the table for a long time, until he seemed to think of something and finally lifted his head to ask.
"Ha, idiot." Hearing that Judai finally had some energy and was ready to ask, Manjome finally sighed in relief before cursing, "You idiot, why didn't you ask earlier?"
"Thunder, I won't allow you to belittle yourself like that."
"Hey!"
Even in a poor mental state, Judai and Manjome never lost in their banter.
Judai turned to Tenjo Hikari and asked, "Hikari, if it were you, would you let them go..."
"Judai, stop asking such questions." Manjome sighed, "You should know well what Tenjo would do."
Today, Manjome witnessed Tenjo Hikari kill a professor for humanity. The choice Tenjo Hikari would make left hardly any other possibilities.
Asking this kind of question, what answer do you expect from Tenjo?
If he speaks truthfully, it may lead to conflict, and by then, the academy's atmosphere will likely become worse.
"...Would I do it?" Tenjo Hikari clasped his hands into an arch, pondering, "That's hard to say."
The two looked at Tenjo Hikari in surprise.
They didn't expect Tenjo Hikari's answer to be like this.
"Because it's really hard to answer," Tenjo Hikari shook his head, "Specifically, it depends on the situation, right?"
"Depends on the situation?"
"Yes — this spirit, I will definitely not forgive, but in other cases, it depends on the circumstances."
The two listened quietly to Tenjo Hikari's words.
As Tenjo Hikari recalled, pondered, and narrated based on his own experiences: "After all, we can't know what kind of enemies we'll encounter each time. Some might be controlled by accidents, or perhaps some are simply unfortunate?"
For example, the spirits previously controlled by the Fusion Army's power, brainwashed and manipulated, could not be killed in any circumstances.
But aside from that, if some want to proactively invade, those guys can't be allowed to exist, right? If they initiate an invasion, just saying surrender can't allow them to walk away... How could there be such a good thing in the world?
And whether they can truly repent, I can't be sure, it requires time to observe."
Tenjo Hikari spread his hands, saying, "Too complicated."
Yes —
Manjome patted his head.
In most cases, you have to look at the specific situation.
Even within the Fusion Army, there are people Tenjo Hikari doesn't hate, like the three-year Minister of Integration Department now, who is a genuine member of the Fusion Army, but because he investigated and uncovered information, he was monitored. Even with this, his relationship with Tenjo Hikari is actually quite good.
Like Professor Seraph, he brought Darkness' power into this world, essentially a criminal against all humanity. It's fair that Tenjo Hikari showed no mercy.
Because in practice, what Professor Seraph did was much more serious than Akaba Leo's actions, even far more serious.
In such a situation, sparing him would be irresponsible to humanity.
But encountering other situations, who's to decide beforehand?
"Uh..." Judai frowned, "Have you ever encountered such a situation?"
Tenjo Hikari tilted his head, suddenly dazed, then clapped his hands, "There really is."
Really?
Tenjo Hikari stood up, "No time to delay, Judai, since that's the case, let's go see it directly. The sooner we leave, the sooner we'll return, nothing should happen here."
Other Dimension?
Judai understood.
Due to the urgency and to prevent sudden incidents at Duel Academy, Tenjo Hikari called on Judai and arrived on the third floor.
Tenjo Hikari tried activating the Dimension Gate, but it couldn't function properly due to Darkness' power.
This is one of the reasons why Duel Academy can't establish contact with the outside world now, even the Dimension Gate within the school is practically unusable, except for those directly linked like the Great Cosmic Workshop or Professor Kabayama's Curry Dimension, other "non-direct" dimensions are severely obstructed.
Tenjo Hikari adjusted the machine, increased the power, then took out the Emerald Book and pressed the entire book onto it. Using the power of the book and the Philosopher's Stone within, he finally activated the machine.
He couldn't waste energy, so Tenjo Hikari didn't waste time, quickly took Judai, and went to a place he wanted Judai to see...
Frightfur Sanctuary!
This dimension's Archfiends once reached an agreement with the Fusion Army and then invaded X Dimension, later suffered retaliation, were assaulted by Fusion Army soldiers, finally found stability and peace after Tenjo Hikari's rescue.
Originally, they weren't entirely "innocent."
But from the results, Tenjo Hikari didn't deal them a killing blow.
Judai found that most spirits here were very busy upon arriving at this dimension. He asked Tenjo Hikari and learned that since Tenjo Hikari left, Frightfur, specifically including Edge Imp and Fluffal spirits, had been working tirelessly. They traversed various Spirit Dimensions daily, trying their best to find and rescue those they had harmed.
In addition, they made an agreement with Tenjo Hikari that if X Dimension people come for revenge, they would definitely endure the wrath of X Dimension's people.
That attitude is like saying "I was wrong."
Judai spent over an hour here, even playing with some newly born spirits, and only left this dimension to return to the Duel Academy when the time was almost up.