The duel ends.
Professor Cobra glanced from afar and calmly turned his head, clearly about to leave, while Judai shouted, "Wait, Professor—tell me, where's Yubel!"
Professor Cobra helped Yubel to stop him, so he probably has some collaboration with Yubel and knows Yubel's whereabouts at this moment. Judai doesn't want Professor Cobra to just leave like that.
"...If you want to know, come find me at the island cliff tomorrow night, Yuki-san." His tone was very calm.
After speaking, he glanced back at Kagurazaka, then silently turned around and left without looking back.
Manjome gritted his teeth, trying to get up, his forehead covered in cold sweat, a certain force was pressing on his spirit, even though Yubel's consciousness had already left, this pressure hadn't dissipated.
He looked up, gazing at the dark clouds in the sky that seemed ready to fall, feeling an unprecedented pain.
Tenjo Hikari checked Kagurazaka's condition.
Breathing was very smooth.
Just like his thoughts during the duel.
The entire duel, he hadn't used any overly powerful force, Yubel basically fought using Kagurazaka's own abilities, so as long as there's no physical harm, simply using mental blows to drive away Yubel, Kagurazaka himself wouldn't be injured.
After this duel, Kagurazaka might even think his ritual succeeded and he's truly gained mighty power.
It's just unfortunate...
Tenjo Hikari frowned, looking at the unresponsive Kagurazaka no matter what.
Kagurazaka's body was controlled by Yubel, seemingly because he summoned Yubel. But Kagurazaka's unconsciousness, his deep sleep, wasn't due to Yubel, but the actions of Darkness.
If that's the case, he might not fully awaken for a short while.
However—
Tenjo Hikari glanced at Kagurazaka's Duel Disk, there was a card exuding unparalleled dark aura, he looked beside him at Tierra, she nodded gently, snapped her fingers casually, and then, two gray-white mechanical demons appeared beside them, cautiously picked up that card.
As they moved, their palms began to corrode under the dark influence, but fortunately, being Tierra's limbs, Tierra could repair them anytime, so there's no need to worry.
Familiarity breeds skill; Tenjo Hikari's previous duel with Professor Seraph also revealed to him that powerful spirits like Lucifer will resist him.
The Phantasm Emperor card, with the same dark aura as "Psychic End Punisher" Tenjo Hikari encountered before, was unmistakably a card created or copied by the force of Darkness.
Tenjo Hikari encountered situations like this several times before, they either turned into Shaddoll or became parts of Tierra, but it's Tenjo Hikari's first time getting a usable card.
Phantasm Emperor...
Honestly, just talking about its effect, it's quite average, and it doesn't aesthetically relate to Phantasms at all.
However, its Fusion Conditions are quite suitable for Tenjo Hikari, requiring three LV 10 Monsters.
Honestly, under normal circumstances, these LV 10 Monsters refer to those Three Phantasms, but—fusions aren't that picky, unless it can't be fused, it can be.
So, regardless of Three Phantasms, Three Egyptian Gods, Three Evil Gods, Three Polar Gods... as long as they're LV 10 Monsters, they can be fused into this Phantasm Emperor, hence it's useful during critical times.
Tenjo Hikari took the card away, and Kagurazaka's tightly furrowed brows, painful low moans, finally eased a little.
At least he could somewhat lessen his suffering in the nightmare.
Beside him, watching Tenjo Hikari take away the dangerous card, Manjome strained to keep his spirit intact, rubbing his temples.
Yet another dangerous card has been collected by Tenjo, can he withstand the pressure from so many evil cards?
Subsequently, he recalled another matter from the duel.
[If memory, world, and my fusion are different, then...my memory and this world must be wrong!]
He shook his head, for the first time truly fearing Tenjo Hikari.
Whenever Manjome thought Tenjo Hikari had sufficiently "fused," Tenjo Hikari would tell him, no, you're wrong, his pursuit of fusion, his obsession, is limitless!
Previously, Manjome witnessed the Paladin's madness over the "fiancée" with Tenjo Hikari, if evidence hadn't been thrown in his face, he might still be deeply mired in the pain of his fiancée's death.
But what about Tenjo Hikari?
Memory alteration doesn't affect him at all!
However, such fear soon turned into relief and reassurance—under these circumstances, even if his own memory is mixed-up, it doesn't matter, he believes in Tenjo Hikari, and he'll undoubtedly keep dueling as always.
Tenjo Hikari's "eccentricity" is well-known among them, now he's just breaking through the bounds of their imagination once again, it's no big deal.
Compared to this...
He looked toward Judai.
Different from the pressure he felt, Judai looked rather stable.
Clearly, under the innate strength within Judai, even such terrifying pressure wouldn't affect him.
But aside from this, he's more worried about Judai's state.
"Judai, just what happened, tell us—"
Though during the duel, listening to Yubel's love, changes, pain, torment, he could barely guess bits and pieces, but the full picture of the matter, he's not quite sure, so he asked.