Extremely rare.
After the duel between Tenjo Hikari and the Integration Department, surprisingly, there was no heavy atmosphere, quarrel, or even physical fight.
Although they lost the duel, the students of the Integration Department realized that their "chief" is completely different from last year's Kambayashi Kaname, and during this duel, Tenjo Hikari didn't act as he usually did.
He didn't say things like "You neither fuse nor form group", "Don't insult fusion", or "I'm too lazy to explain to you, you're not worthy to listen". He seemed to be in a very good mood.
Although it was still a duel with the Integration Department, Tenjo Hikari was rather happy this time.
After all, when he first joined the Fusion Department last year and began "Fusion Duel", it was for this moment.
Although, although it was just changing one person's mind, that person not only did not follow Akaba Leo's thoughts but was also the head of the Activity Department. Isn't this the best news?
After the duel, both Activity Departments were still recruiting new members, but the atmosphere was much better than before, and neither side was on edge, nor did the Integration Department slip away dejectedly.
Fukami Subaru gave the Curse of Dragon card to Tenjo Hikari, and after chatting a bit, he could feel his passion for "fusion".
On the other hand, Tierra was pouting, waving her fingers in the air with some irritation. Countless purple threads, controlled by her power, transformed in the air, forming cards one by one, with models fighting each other.
She was "reviewing".
With her talent, it would be easy to recreate a duel scenario with puppet strings directly, but she was not in the mood.
She was thinking about the mistakes she made in the previous "duel".
Although the duel was very short, only three rounds, she was preoccupied with watching Frightfurs and listening to Tenjo Hikari explaining effects and didn't really think through the duel's content. As a result, when the direct attack came, she was completely at a loss and didn't know what to do.
At that moment, Tenjo Hikari "took over" the duel and quickly played Vampire Fraulein.
She had never seen this card before, so she didn't think to use it at first.
In this world's duels, there is no so-called "timing"—to be precise, in a real-time duel, if the opponent's monster attack lands directly, you have no way to activate effects at that moment.
You miss it, and that's it, no one will ask you.
Therefore, using the right card at the right time is very important.
When Tenjo Hikari first enrolled, he didn't have this ability, as he wasn't a native of this world and wasn't very accustomed to it. However, because he was quite familiar with card effects and duel processes, as long as he prepared, he wouldn't miss the chance.
And now...
He had mastered the essential skills of "It's my turn, draw card!" and "Your turn's over, my turn, draw card!".
As before, during the duel with Fukami Subaru, Tenjo Hikari secretly ended Fukami's turn.
Although he couldn't do anything, he could actually take a moment to think about his strategy, and theoretically, in a formal duel, it shouldn't allow Tenjo Hikari to "control".
They talked about burning the rope, but for physical reasons, Tenjo Hikari could still master this essential skill.
The Integration Department's recruitment activities weren't very successful. On one hand, with a better Fusion Department, new students weren't considering post-graduation matters and certainly wouldn't think about the assigned Fusion Army.
On the other hand, while the head of the Integration Department had a gutsy approach to dueling, the thought of dolls they distributed filled with blades and scissors was enough to make people hesitate.
Of course, mainly, school hadn't started yet and many students hadn't decided.
Moreover, not everyone feared these bizarre dolls.
Despite Fukami Subaru explaining repeatedly that their plush dolls were just simple plush toys, a few students with a penchant for the darkness attribute wanted "scissors-wielding Frightfurs".
In fact, Tierra was among them.
After studying the cards in Tenjo Hikari's hand for a while, she yawned, put her hands behind her back, showed considerable impatience with the club recruitment, then danced the puppet strings, forming a figure with a body split by scissors and a mouth filled with darkness and bloody eyes.
It was the previous Frightfur Wolf.
"Hey, Tenjo Hikari, that demon used by that human before was quite interesting," Tierra said as she combined one with puppet strings, then snapped her fingers with a bang, making the image disappear. She continued, "Transforming angels with blades into demons while retaining their cuteness and blades, the design sense is really excellent.
Hmm, hmm... when I revive, I want to create a batch of such creatures in my world. They look quite good."
"Did you learn from that human where he got them from? Was it from a card pack?"
Demons, machinery, and blades are precisely what Tierra loves.
After chatting with a large group of new students wanting to meet the legendary Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, and a few surprisingly asking for his autograph, Tenjo Hikari listened to Tierra while sipping water and said softly, "Didn't you previously find Predaplants also very well designed? I've only created two so far, and one was fused together."
When Tenjo Hikari mentioned "fused together", he was referring to the Predaplant Chlamydosundew he previously created, and then later the Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra he made during free time. Because there was no Fusion Monster to use them with, they had always been in his backup cards. In the S Dimension, they successfully became base materials for the Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, fused into one by Super Polymerization.
However, this was a good thing because the reason Tenjo Hikari hadn't pursued making more Predaplants was mainly that he didn't have Fusion Monsters for them. Now with the Fusion Dragon that will be born in the future, he could take time to study how to best create Predaplants.
"Creating cards like Frightfurs could be possible through Alchemy, but it's not easy."
The materials weren't the issue, but time was always lacking. Even though Tenjo Hikari tried his best in card alchemy, he couldn't create so many cards at once.
Especially series not available on the market, making them impossible to buy.
Then he continued, "Senior Fukami said Frightfurs are a secret of the Fusion Army. If I rejoin the Fusion Army, Akaba Leo might have a chance to tell me."
"Isn't that nonsense?" Tierra shook her head repeatedly.
How could that be possible?
Getting Tenjo Hikari to join the organization with the least fusion?
"It's not nonsense," Tenjo Hikari couldn't help but laugh and shake his head, "His words reversed imply... there's a dimension related to Frightfurs controlled by the Fusion Army."
Oh!
Tierra suddenly realized.
So that's how it is.
While causing trouble for the Fusion Army, looking for cards from that dimension?
Directly finding the "source" is the best method!
Like the Union Hangar, ever since they established communication with Tenjo Hikari, they have been regularly exchanging information with him, and even spirits in logistics gradually arranging to assist the A-Assault Core under orders.
The spokesperson said, given the Great Cosmic Workshop's size, they plan to establish a "temporary base" here with Tenjo Hikari, to use as a "Ministry of Foreign Affairs".
In fact, Tenjo Hikari now receives many VW series cards from over there, although they're all old cards, no ABC series, and no spirit preservation, yet they are all "Rare Cards".
Just like the school's affiliation with that "Ancient Gear Factory", allowing continuous supply of Ancient Gear cards, the cards in Tenjo Hikari's hand could be exchanged or shared with Fusion Department members for temporary deck use.
It also distinguishes itself from the Integration Department's "Gladiator Beasts".