After that, the Friendship Cup continued in a relatively harmonious environment. With the development over time and the assistance of super technology and card spirit power, the Satellite Area, where Kaiba Company had gained territory, also developed rapidly. Many facilities were established by Kaiba Company, and since this area belonged to Kaiba Company, they didn't hold back with the people of this world.
Soon, venues like Dueling Arenas and world promotion outlets were established, along with everyday goods stores and specialty shops that were unheard of in the Satellite Area before.
Kaiba Company didn't care about whether people were from the Upper Area or the Lower Area. As long as your deck had forty cards, you could come.
Of course, considering currency incompatibility, Kaiba Company simply issued specific cards, provided for free to those with forty-card decks. The rest was up to the individuals, whether to trade or otherwise.
For the resource-poor Satellite Area, this was indeed a gift!
Duelling is tough; not everyone has a forty-card deck. Wasn't Kaiba Company essentially giving everyone several days' worth of free provisions?
Although the Satellite Area wasn't at the point of being unable to afford food, who doesn't enjoy free stuff?
Due to these activities, Kaiba Company and the Other Dimension People slowly became much friendlier in the eyes of the Satellite Area's residents. Especially for someone like Yugo, who often interacted with Other Dimension People, he was more willing to share more about this world with Tenjo Hikari.
"Skull Knight?" Judai and others gathered together, listening to Yugo, with a string of question marks in their heads.
"Yes!" Yugo stood there, gesturing nonstop, "It appears at night and is said to track and defeat its targets with a duel, the Skull Knight!"
"Let's not talk about why it's using duels for now," Manjome said, "Why does it duel on horseback?"
"Because it's a Racing Duel!" Yugo laughed heartily, "Without Racing Duels, it's not truly a duel!"
Racing Duels, huh?
The group looked into the distance. There, Tenjo Hikari was helping Yusei adjust a motorcycle—known in this world as a "D-wheel," a special vehicle capable of automated driving and card recognition.
In this world, people seemed more accustomed to Racing Duels, making regular duels not very exciting and the field with fewer professionals.
It's said that there's a strange secret among them, only known to some insiders and high-level people.
However, Tenjo Hikari knew, because in this Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's world, using a D-wheel for high-speed duels could resonate with the "Moment" to generate endless energy, powering the entire world—duels were not the most important activity in this world due to various reasons, but because they inherently were!
The lifeblood of the world was tied to Racing Duels, making them naturally important.
Tenjo Hikari hadn't found "Kaiba Company" here, so it could be confirmed that although this world had Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's characters, and seemed to be experiencing 5D's events, it might be different from what he remembered in some details. But overall, the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's backdrop was still there.
That was normal. The world he was in was also different from what he remembered.
However, even he couldn't quite figure out the Skull Knight's situation.
Could it be the extra defeated by Jack in the first episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's?
Though Tenjo Hikari wasn't very skilled in science, he was a tinkerer, so helping Yusei with the adjustments wasn't a problem. He didn't need to focus as Yusei did, so he caught bits and pieces.
It seemed to be a legend of this world for many years—a skeleton that appeared only at night, riding a skeletal horse, and dueling people.
Some people didn't believe, but due to its long existence, it became a topic like an urban legend.
"Alright, Yugo, no need to tell them those kinds of stories," Rin grabbed his flailing hands to calm him down.
"It sounds somewhat familiar," Asuka said, a little conflicted.
Manjome nodded his head.
"Hmm, urban legends, ghost stories?" Judai couldn't help scratching his head, laughing, "If you put it like that, I've dueled against demons, zombies, robots, and such; it's nothing odd, quite common."
"What?" "Huh?"
Yugo and Rin, the two kids, were surprised and curious about his words. The seemingly uninterested girl Rin couldn't help but ask, "Really, really?"
"It's actually nothing strange—it could be a Duel Monster Spirit."
"Duel Monster Spirit? Isn't that a legend?"
"Does your world also have such stories? That's good—here's the thing, Captain, are you free?"
He whispered, and Captain Gold responded, appearing at his side.
Both Rin and Yugo jumped in surprise; after Judai's call, they vaguely saw a golden phantom, but they couldn't clearly see it.
"Huh? You can see it?" Manjome was quite surprised.
"I… I can barely feel it..." Yugo was dumbfounded.
The two were not like Serena, who had undergone professional training to enhance their abilities early, but their innate talent allowed them to vaguely perceive it.
Meanwhile, Yusei curiously glanced up but couldn't see anything.
Then, the group explained dimension travel to Yugo, and upon learning that during dimension travel, they could find card "spirits," and even become partners to travel and duel together, both of them showed considerable interest and longing.
Honestly, if Yusei hadn't gone through various occurrences, he might also be very excited hearing about this.
But now, Yusei had no extra "fun."
The group chatted with Yugo for quite some time, speculating some "urban myths" of this world from their perspective and understanding.
They then prepared to look elsewhere, planning to take the two kids to Kaiba Company, where there were some new things that might broaden the kids' horizons—though the two kids were younger by a couple of years, they were quite excellent duelists and should receive a good rating from Kaiba Company and many gifts.
The two kids had never left the Satellite Area, and upon hearing about it, they were very excited. They said a word to Yusei and prepared to leave. Yusei gently nodded, not refusing, as he continued to adjust the vehicle.
By evening, when it was dark, he tested the D-wheel on the underground track. After obtaining the final data through the calculator, he excitedly high-fived Tenjo Hikari in celebration.
This D-wheel he built by hand—with its own Moment, was nearly perfect!
The rest was just the fine-tuning of the details and output!
Tenjo Hikari was also quite excited.
Although he didn't understand technology deeply, he grasped a lot over these days helping Yusei with the adjustments, like understanding many things he hadn't figured out before. This gave him full confidence to revise Teacher Daitokuji's Dimension Gate formula.
At night, Tenjo Hikari carried his belongings and noted pages and walked back to base. Along the way, a police car "escorted" him, which he didn't mind. However, halfway through, he suddenly noticed Tierra appearing beside him, pulling him with her hand.
Tenjo Hikari didn't resist her actions and was pulled by her.
The next moment, a dark silhouette swept across, and the two policemen following him instantly fell to the ground. Peculiar flames rose nearby, slowly surrounded by smoke.
"Hmm?" Tenjo Hikari steadied himself and looked ahead with Tierra.
They saw a skeletal figure, riding a high skeletal horse, with hollow eyes and bones exposed, staring at him with empty sockets.
...
The urban legend heard during the day, now appearing before him?
Tenjo Hikari raised an eyebrow.
Or had it been lurking, waiting for him to be "alone"?
The skeletal horse slowly bowed its head, and on its back, bones erected, forming a skeletal duel disk that slowly lit up.
So that's how it is—
That's normal.
Tenjo Hikari couldn't discern the "spirit's" identity before him, but since it was a duel, backing down wasn't an option.
"Alright then, let me witness this world's urban legend—"
Click—
He unfolded his duel disk.
Absolute Fusion Master, Tenjo Hikari, LP: 4000.
Revived Soul, Skull Knight, LP: 4000.