In the following days, Tenjo Hikari's daily routine remained unchanged.
Except for a few special circumstances, Tenjo Hikari spent most of his time simply analyzing the data of various teams.
Although Tierra was slightly depressed due to a minor incident involving Sofia, this state came and went quickly.
The most important reason, after all, was that this world was not the world where Tierra originated.
During these days, besides his daily work, Tenjo Hikari was also focused on searching for Mitsuzawa Daichi and Marufuji Ryo's whereabouts, but all exploration seemed to lead to nowhere.
Strange...
If such a search yields no results, then perhaps, this is definitely not a normal situation.
Like in the previous case of Tenjo Haruto, perhaps somewhere in this world, those two were given special "attention," so even futuristic technology cannot find a trace of them.
After several days, despite several rounds of duels every day, with four teams dueling each round, there were still some teams that hadn't rotated into the competition; perhaps, there were people in those teams who shouldn't exist in this world?
Tenjo Hikari specifically recorded the people from those teams, some were masked like him, and some were completely concealing their entire figures.
There were just too many duelists participating in this WRGP Tournament, and among these numerous duelists, those hiding their identities and faces were innumerable.
It's not just inconvenient for Tenjo Hikari to show up due to instant recognition, some special duelists were also adamant about hiding their identities. Besides Tenjo Haruto, who seemed to be staring blankly waiting for a ride to a duel, hardly anyone had exposed their identity.
Of course, careful observation can still reveal some subtle issues.
For instance...
New World Team.
"LP has dropped to zero! New World Team, Paradox wins! Another exhilarating one-turn kill, truly outstanding!"
As the duel concluded, threads about Paradox began to flood the WRGP Competition Forum.
"That Malefic Paradigm Dragon is just too shameless, it can be directly Special Summoned with 4000 ATK! And can directly Special Summon Synchro Monsters from the Extra Deck!?"
"Feels even more exaggerated than the 5DS Continuous Synchro seen days ago... Directly Special Summoning Synchro Monsters from the Extra Deck, I've never seen anything like it."
"I said 5DS isn't invincible! So how do you face today's Paradox's Malefic Paradigm Dragon and Skill Drain scenario?"
"Nonsense! Even Yusei of 5DS didn't finish Synchro, and that Light's trump card isn't affected by Magic or Trap!"
Amid the heated discussions on the forum, Hikari briefly glanced at them and found a snapshot of the "New World Team" members.
Three cloak-covered men, all hiding their appearances, resembling typical members of a sinister organization, looking quite exaggerated.
However, despite concealing their identities, this duel made it easier to deduce who these three might be.
Most likely they are Antinomy, Paradox, and Aporia, with a slight chance of hiding a "ZONE".
They actually participated in the WRGP Tournament personally; are they worried about Yusei, or, like in the original story, do they have their independent plans?
Hard to say.
Although Tenjo Hikari has defeated Darkness, it doesn't mean the future of this world is guaranteed to be peaceful; ZONE having its independent, different goal from Yusei is quite normal.
It's just that, if it's Paradox using Malefic, then what does his Deck contain?
Malefic Cyber End Dragon? Malefic Rainbow Dragon? Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon? Do these still exist? Especially "Malefic Stardust Dragon," which was Yusei's Stardust Dragon in the original story, a Monster that only existed as one, now that Stardust is with Yusei, does it still exist?
Does the "Malefic Blue-Eyes White Dragon" used to hatch his White Stone still exist?
Hikari faintly feels there might be a few strange setups here, possibly some subtle deviation.
Paradox's Deck shouldn't truly be considered a purely Malefic Deck.
Hikari's vast experience reminds him that anyone in this world is capable of change and adaptation, especially those harnessing outstanding power, who are more inclined to create or pursue new cards.
Perhaps this New World contains cards he has never seen before; he mustn't be careless.
Despite — the probability that they are allies of Hikari's team is high, however, if their philosophies and goals differ, a more serious duel may have to be engaged at any moment.
After a few more days, virtually all teams have made an appearance.
Despite being able to watch brilliant duels every day, and even re-establishing contact with the Xyz Dimension, the Fusion Dimension remains lifeless.
The reason is simple, up till now, they still haven't found any trace of information about the two men.
A new round of duels commenced, Marufuji Shou, wandering daily without news of his brother, appeared dazed while Yuki Judai beside him patted his back gently in consolation, then forced a smile to tell him not to worry too much.
So many days without a piece of news, even Yuki Judai finds it hard to smile, as Marufuji Ryo to him is also like a brother, the result up till now...