Seeing that familiar tomato appearance, Tenjo Hikari seemed to return to the familiar and nostalgic feeling when he first met Yuki Judai.
Although A5 brought him quite a lot of painful memories, currently, this Sakaki Yuya hasn't caused any strange disturbances. The last time he chatted with him, he spoke very appropriately. Considering Marufuji Shou, who once surprised him, Tenjo Hikari actually bears no ill will towards Sakaki Yuya.
Upon seeing him now, Tenjo Hikari greeted him.
Over there, the members of the Pendulum Dimension are slowly assisting the Duelists to leave slowly.
Yuya and Tenjo Hikari are acquainted face to face, initially worrying about Masumi Kotsu, suddenly started worrying about Sakaki Yuya instead.
"...Well, I'm sorry, Senior Tenjo. Although I really wanted to participate in the duel midway, Shijima insisted it's their LDS duel, and I feel... it shouldn't be disturbed at this moment."
Being able to randomly duel in the elimination round isn't a simple thing, and this is Tenjo Hikari's last appearance on stage, unless another team wants to have an authentic rally race with 5DS, otherwise, he can only appear solo once.
Hearing Yuya's words, Tenjo Hikari smiled and wasn't bothered by it.
Although he hoped to encounter Yuya in the third match of the duel, it wouldn't matter if it didn't happen.
He came to participate in the WRGP Tournament, ultimately to help Yusei, sure enough, it still serves the tournament first.
Moreover, hearing such words from Sakaki Yuya's mouth is actually quite unexpected.
No matter whether to duel or not to duel, there's a reasoning behind it, the key point is what kind of mindset one participates or doesn't participate with.
Duelists are akin to seekers of this world, a group of trailblazing travelers, for duelists, the important thing is not about being good or bad—after all, the decks Tenjo Hikari plays, ninety-nine percent of them look like antagonists.
Having such recognition in this situation is already great.
At least they're not headless flies.
He even feels quite happy after hearing it.
Perhaps, in this world, Sakaki Yuya won't be like the animation, or this world's Sakaki Yuya might be closer to the manga version of Sakaki Yuya, so long as future possibilities are not minded, then everything's alright.
After all, he's not familiar with Yuzu or Sakaki Yuya, there's no need to ponder over ethics.
But—
Thinking carefully, since there are Yuzu, Serena, Ruri, Rin, it doesn't seem to follow the manga development.
That actually isn't bad, ethical concerns are more terrifying things.
However, while Tenjo Hikari was curious, Sakaki Yuya on the other end suddenly asked a question.
That is whether Tenjo Hikari knows...
Muto Yugi.
Tenjo Hikari's eyebrow twitched.
"Ah, asking this might be a bit sudden, it's just... he's the game designer from the Fusion Dimension who visited our dimension before..."
"You don't need to explain, in our world, no one doesn't know his name."
Tenjo Hikari stopped Sakaki Yuya from explaining further.
"He's... a celebrity known to everyone, he's the world-famous king of games."
Sakaki Yuya and Hiragi Yuzu exchanged glances, seeing shock in each other's eyes.
Even though they had speculated about Muto Yugi's identity, they hadn't anticipated Muto Yugi being such a renowned figure, still known by everyone in the Fusion Dimension.
However, they didn't imagine the title "King of Games" to be too big. Seeing their appearance, Tenjo Hikari guessed Mr. Yugi probably hadn't shared too much about himself with them and didn't explain further.
But he had already guessed the possibilities quite well.
That was the case.
Initially, at the Tomb Guardian Race, Mr. Yugi said he wanted to visit the Pendulum Dimension, and now it seems he must have just happened to encounter Sakaki Yuya or watched Sakaki Yuya's duel at that time.
Unlike Kaiba Seto, Muto Yugi is known for being gentle to juniors, when he encountered Judai he gifted cards to him without hesitation.
No wonder it would be this way...
"Back then, I was always puzzled whether Pendulum Summoning was an exclusive summoning method for me, somewhat... eh—" He scratched his cheek, feeling a bit embarrassed.
Then, he shared the story from back then with Tenjo Hikari.
Tenjo Hikari listened and expressed understanding.
That makes things reasonable now.
Similarly, Sakaki Yuya approaching him at this time is also reasonable—because he's heard Mr. Yugi say he knows a duelist with a comprehension of Fusion Summoning beyond ordinary imagination, someone Sakaki Yuya can learn from.
If his understanding of Pendulums becomes high enough to be the best Pendulum Summoner, then no one would grasp about other things.
Precisely because of this, he wants to ask Tenjo Hikari, wishing to... inquire with Tenjo Hikari.
After all, since it's the Synchro Dimension's staff who know the "Absolute Fusion Master," that likely is the person Mr. Yugi mentioned.
"Tenjo Hikari, your persistence has crossed dimensions, even dimensions unfamiliar with you have people who know you." Nearby, Tierra casually teased, "Besides, it turns out to be spread by that Muto Yugi..."
Just like usual, simply joining in the fun.
But her abrupt words startled Sakaki Yuya and Hiragi Yuzu.
Previously, they could only see through electronic screens, unable to see the "illusory figure" floating beside Tenjo Hikari, and suddenly upon seeing the green-haired girl appear, they were startled.