"Commander Goodwin, can you give us a reasonable explanation for what's happening right now?"
Inside Sector Security, Goodwin slightly turned his head to look at the screen beside him. That was the uppermost layer of the "City," where the members of the Elder Council, the city's "Managers," were sitting in front of the screen, scrutinizing Goodwin at this moment.
"Our first duel encounter with the Other Dimension People ended in a crushing defeat. This is quite damaging to the prestige of our world," a stern elder spoke.
"Although it was a probing duel, so we only sent two resident duelists, it's not good publicity if the duelists from the Satellite Area lose too much."
"Why not send the KING directly? If he takes the stage, there's no way we'd lose, right?"
These people had great confidence in Jack Atlas because, so far, Jack Atlas had never lost a single duel and was undoubtedly their world's "KING."
Goodwin stood with his hands behind his back, quietly listening to the superiors' rebukes.
From outward appearance, he was a burly yet refined man, his hair meticulously groomed, his suit neat, wearing gloves on both hands. Just standing there, his demeanor could earn him admiration from many politicians.
This was a face naturally adept at deceiving voters.
However, even though he had once climbed to the level of "Sector Security Commander," to the Elders, he was still insignificant.
Still a youngster!
"Well, Commander Goodwin, at this point, are you just going to stand there without saying anything?"
"No," Goodwin responded calmly, "I'm just waiting."
"Waiting?"
"Waiting for our duelist to bring you victory."
Oh?
The elders exchanged a glance.
"Do you trust those Satellite Area guys so much?"
"Of course — after all, the one taking the stage now, Fudou Yusei, is an old friend of the KING."
"Oh!?"
"Then it's indeed worth expecting."
"If that's the case, let's see if this kid can bring victory—"
With that, they didn't press further but looked at the duel with curiosity.
For the people of this world, dueling was also considered a very noble and top-tier profession. Because of the presence of the "Moment," dueling was the most esteemed profession in this world, and the energy generated by duels could drive the rotation of the Moment, turning this "City" into the world's top city and the pinnacle of existence, so even the upper area's dignitaries, and even the elders, were avid fans of dueling.
Since he's a friend of the "KING," he's truly worth some anticipation.
Goodwin stood with his hands behind his back.
His expression seemed unchanged.
But his hands, clenched into fists, were hidden.
He turned off the buzzing player and turned to look out the window.
This was the top floor of Sector Security, and from here, you couldn't see the duels in the Satellite Area — but he had specifically shifted his office to this position, where he could see a broken bridge and the seemingly dilapidated Satellite Area.
Rex Goodwin had a secret.
That was, he wasn't a native of the upper area; he once drove a D-wheel and "flew" from the broken bridge to the upper area. The popular "Daedalus Bridge Legend" in this world was created by him personally—he single-handedly constructed the Daedalus Bridge and, when pursued by Sector Security, drove the D-wheel to leap across the half-completed bridge, becoming a legendary figure in this world.
He had a plan, and for this, he worked his way up to become the commander of Sector Security. However, at this point, he realized that the commander of Sector Security was not yet the pinnacle of power in the City, and above that, there was still something called the "Elder Council"?
What a joke.
A bunch of decaying, incompetent people.
He turned to look at the duel broadcast.
The arrival of the Other Dimension People had given him a new opportunity and idea.
He casually took a few cards from his sleeve, glanced at them, stretched out his hand, and gently clapped.
In the applause, a shadow slowly rose from the ground, then transformed into a skeleton-like figure. He looked at this figure, remained silent for a moment, then smiled and handed the cards to it.
"I've found an interesting guy," he looked at Tenjo Hikari in the image, "If you don't want the power of the Duel Dragon to remain in this world, just send it out of this world; this way, it will be foolproof."
He wasn't actually interested in other worlds.
He was just too disappointed in this world.
From the current duel and Tenjo Hikari's duel declaration, he felt that at least this person should be reliable.
As for the others.
He had to seize this great opportunity, where everyone was focused on the Other Dimension People, to transfer the highest-tier guards to the Satellite Area and gain "true power."
Back at the Satellite Area's scene.
At this moment, the duel had reached a fever pitch.
The duelists facing off are John Anderson, the student representative duelist from the Arctic Circle Branch, and his opponent, the mysterious satellite district duelist, Fudou Yusei.
At the moment, Yusei has a small bird and a strange little plane on his field, while John's field is floating with four different colored gemstones surrounding him, protecting him as if they were his family. Beyond that is a sturdy mammoth staring ahead.
Yusei glanced at his hand cards and summoned a card: "Normal Summon, Junk Synchron."
"When this card is summoned, you can special summon a monster with LV 3 or below from the graveyard. Special summon the LV 2 Speed Warrior from the graveyard."
"Use the LV 2 Speed Warrior and LV 3 Junk Synchron for tuning.
The gathering stars will awaken new power, becoming the path of light!"
"Synchro Summon!"
"Appear, Junk Warrior!"
A red-eyed robot flew out from the card accompanied by stardust, then performed a forward split and punched ahead.
Junk Warrior, LV 5, Dark Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 2300.
"When this card is synchro summoned, its ATK increases by the combined ATK of all LV 2 or lower monsters on the field. Sonic Chick has an ATK of 300, and Jet Synchron has an ATK of 500, so its ATK becomes 3100 points!"
Junk Warrior ATK: 2300→3100.
"Awesome, Yusei!" Even though it was their first encounter, John was already familiar enough to call Fudou Yusei by name.
Fudou Yusei nodded slightly in response, then activated a card from his hand: "Next, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, Scrap Fist!
You can activate this card by targeting 1 Junk Warrior you control. This turn, if that monster you control battles an opponent's monster, it gains the following effects—
Until the end of the damage step, opponent's Spell·Trap·Monster effects cannot be activated!
Gains piercing ability!
Damage inflicted to the opponent becomes double!
The targeted monster will not be destroyed by battle, it will be destroyed at the end of the turn—"
"Ah!" Watching from the sidelines, Judai immediately realized the situation was bad when this card was activated, "Oh no, if John's Amber Mammoth with an ATK of 1700 gets hit by this punch, even with his remaining 2500 Life Points, he's doomed to lose!"
"Impressive, Yusei. But I won't just sit and wait—I activate the Trap Card! Rainbow Gravity, you can activate this if you have 7 different Crystal Beasts on your field and in your graveyard, special summon an Ultimate Crystal God monster from your Deck or Graveyard, ignoring the summoning conditions!"
"Is that your trump card?" Fudou Yusei was ready.
He still had a backup plan. If his opponent summoned a powerful enough monster, he could continue synchro summoning with Junk Warrior, Jet Synchron, and Sonic Chick.
The seven colored crystal beasts on John's field and in his graveyard simultaneously began to emit a bright light. The light soared to the sky, seemingly awakening something, and Judai excitedly shouted "Oh oh oh!" as he looked up, while Yusei wore a somber expression, as if worried about something—
However, when the light dissipated, still left on the field was just a mammoth.
"Uh…" John chuckled as he scratched his head, "Sorry, I wanted that, but the Ultimate Crystal God card hasn't been unearthed yet by the expedition team, so I don't have it…"
Manjome, who thought he was about to summon an incredibly strong monster, fell to the ground immediately, and Judai also had a stiff expression, completely disappointed.
Even Tenjo Hikari was shocked.
In the original story, John's Crystal Beasts were given to him by Pegasus, each card being the only one of its kind in the world. Among the seven Crystal Beasts, the most important "Rainbow Dragon" hadn't been excavated yet, so Pegasus never created it.
He thought that due to the butterfly effect in this world, John would have obtained the Rainbow Dragon early, but apparently, he still hadn't.
For once, Yusei, who was usually serious, couldn't help but shake his head, lightly laughing as he said, "That's truly unfortunate… If there's a chance, let's duel again next time, the complete you and the complete me…"
Implying that their decks are incomplete now.
"Battle, Junk Warrior attacks Amber Mammoth!"
The split warrior leaped high, charged with power, and punched the mammoth on the head, shattering the gemstones on its body, and finally ending the battle with a resounding explosion.
This time, unlike Yugo being treated with hostility by the police, for the winner, they were happy to say a few good words, and returning back within the fence, Yusei saw Yugo lying on the ground continually dealing with his cards.
"Oh, if only I had done this at that time, maybe there could have been another turn."
"No, you should have used Electro Grand Duke's effect early on!"
"How was I supposed to know he could even fuse with the cards in my graveyard? I've never seen Synchro Fusion Monsters! I won't be fooled like this next time!"
Yusei couldn't help but laugh.
With such junior duelists and friendly people from other dimensions, perhaps life still holds many hopes.
"Hey, Yusei, why haven't you left yet? Didn't I just call you?"
"It's already over, I won."
"What, it's only been a few minutes!"
"Yeah… the opponent's deck was incomplete."
He explained, but in his heart, he also recalled himself.
His deck now only had the "Stardust Spark Dragon," as Stardust Dragon was taken by Jack, otherwise, the duel with John might have been more satisfying.
All in all, on the first day, both sides won and lost once, which was quite good news for both.