While Tenjo Hikari was contemplating a certain bald professor.
Another "professor" had also concluded his own "ordeal."
"Mamma mia..." Professor Cronos rubbed his head, staggering off the Kaiba Company's plane and heading towards the empty classroom.
After more than a month of interrogation, Cronos finally returned to his beloved Academy Island from the Kaiba Company headquarters.
Unlike the students.
Cronos was a professor at the Duel Academy, and also the nominal first in command of Duel Academy. Although his rank was on par with Akaba Leo, since the academy had someone like Akaba Leo, he naturally had to undergo questioning as well.
Most teachers finished after one or two rounds of interrogation.
Those who needed to be caught were caught, those who needed to be released were released, and preparations were made for the next semester's classes to continue.
But Cronos was different.
No other teacher at the main school or even the branches was as special as he was.
Because he served as the acting principal of the Duel Academy Main School for a period of time!
And more importantly, he was one of the only two people who had direct contact with Akaba Leo!
Under such circumstances, he naturally had to go through the interrogation.
Moreover, after one or two rounds of questioning, the Kaiba Company's Activity Department in the Integration Department discovered many things related to Cronos!
Including itineraries, decks, management, positions, daily teaching, and disciples, it could be seen that the Fusion Army valued Cronos highly!
Honestly, when he first saw these things, Cronos was very shocked.
He even began to suspect that there was a female teacher in the Fusion Army secretly in love with him.
Later, after multiple hearings and investigations, the Kaiba Company discovered that Cronos was not a collaborator with Akaba Leo. On the contrary, Cronos was someone who had been opposing Akaba Leo from the start, sending two disciples one after another to oppose the Fusion Army, and even taking the lead himself. He was truly a good teacher!
On that day, when everyone discovered this fact and saw Akaba Leo's "disdain" and "hatred" towards Cronos, the entire investigation department of the Kaiba Company treated Cronos like a hero.
The applause lasted long, leaving Cronos utterly bewildered.
What? What?
What did I do?
I stopped Akaba Leo from developing new recruits in the academy, I sent Tenjo Hikari to stop the Fusion Army's promotion, I secretly changed the "Fusion Department" to the "Integration Department"?
Am I really that capable?
At that time, Cronos was dumbfounded.
Even Cronos, who always liked to save face, didn't claim credit for these things and hurriedly said that he didn't do any of it.
Unexpectedly, when he least wanted to claim credit, everyone took him as being modest, and the applause and welcome grew even more enthusiastic!
What could he do about it?
Why is the world so absurd?
In the end, with no choice, Cronos took a shower and changed into a new uniform at the Kaiba Company, received the compensation from the Kaiba Company, and in a physically and mentally exhausted state, boarded the plane back to the academy.
Although more than a month had passed, it was still quite good for him.
At least his 26-year mortgage was directly paid off by the Kaiba Company.
Since all the students had gone to the Critical Point Dimension, there were no other students in the academy. As he walked through the empty academy, his heart grew heavier.
A month had passed.
He was glad he wasn't implicated and was even inexplicably regarded as a hero, but these things were no longer important to him now.
He just wanted to properly complete the GX Tournament and finish the project for the principal.
Although previously he occasionally thought it would be great to directly become the principal if Principal Samejima was no longer there, now that Principal Samejima had indeed resigned, he felt a bit uneasy.
Principal Samejima was a kind-hearted person with wide connections, and being able to organize a world-class event like the GX Tournament showed he wasn't incompetent.
Besides, Principal Samejima had always been good to them. Although Cronos had complaints about Samejima allowing Yuki Judai to take the entrance exam despite being late, feeling it was akin to having connections, he still respected Principal Samejima.
Now, even though Samejima had resigned, the resignation letter was only placed with the Kaiba Company. With the Kaiba brothers absent from the company, the resignation cannot be signed. Therefore, Cronos did not immediately succeed him as principal but became the "acting principal" once again.
In other words, there was still a chance...
With a heavy heart, he didn't go directly to the principal's office to breathe the office's air but instead rushed to the Kaiba Company's Dimensional Train to confirm the situation.
He was worried that, at such a time, there might still be some unscrupulous people making trouble.
Fortunately, the Dimensional Train and the Dimension Gate station were guarded, so everything looked safe.
This relieved him.
He shook his head, walked towards the academy building, slowly reaching the principal's office, and gently opened the door.
Just as he thought he could clean up the principal's office to relieve some stress, he was surprised to find someone inside!
The person was wearing a blue tailcoat, a standard Blue Academy teacher's uniform, with blond hair and blue eyes, seemingly not a teacher from his school!
He was rummaging through the principal's office, with all sorts of miscellaneous items scattered everywhere. At this moment, he held a delicate little box in his hand, seemingly ready to open it.
"Who are you!" After the initial fear, Cronos felt an inexplicable surge of strength and shouted, "Put down what you're holding!"
However, after the initial shock, the person immediately turned and headed for the window without hesitation!
"Wait!"
Cronos yelled in anger and, without thinking twice, chased after the person.
With a crash, the visiting teacher shattered the floor-to-ceiling window, glass shards and wood tearing his clothes and skin, but he didn't care and jumped straight out.
Seeing this, Cronos didn't think much either and followed him out.
The two landed one after the other, making a crunching sound, and the visiting teacher, after landing, ran madly towards the forest.
"Stop running!!!" Cronos was so furious he even stopped using his catchphrase, and despite the injuries on his body, he chased after him frantically.
After chasing for a while, he noticed the visiting teacher finally stopped, and he too slowed down carefully, anticipating the other party's potential trickery.
Not only that, but he also glanced around with the corner of his eye, astonished to find they had inadvertently reached the Opening of the Spirit Gates!
Impossible!
He looked at the box in the visiting teacher's hand, only to see the teacher opening it without hesitation, revealing the Seven-Star Key inside.
"Releasing the Three Phantasm!?"
"Haha, yes, the Three Phantasm bodies and their corresponding cards—" The visiting teacher laughed loudly, "Let me take away the cards the professor lacks!"
As expected, a subordinate of Akaba Leo!
Cronos gritted his teeth.
The one responsible for chaos in the school and among the students!
"Cronos, you indeed thwarted many of the professor's plans, but this time won't work, hahaha!" The visiting teacher inserted all the keys from the box into the door, only to find— it didn't open?
"Eh, what's going on?"
"Hehehehe, hahaha~ Mamma mia, did you really think the principal and I wouldn't foresee this?" Cronos confidently laughed.
Because.
This time.
He genuinely wanted to oppose Akaba Leo, and this was a plan he decided and designed himself!
"I had already given 1 key to my most trusted student, Tenjo Hikari! Now, he's in a distant Other Dimension, no matter what you do, you can't open it!" Cronos laughed out loud!
At least at this moment, he was recognized as a "hero" by the Kaiba Company!
"......" The teacher gritted his teeth, his body trembling uncontrollably, like a volcano ready to erupt at any moment.
"Cronos!!!!!!!!!" He furiously threw down the box and activated his duel disk.
"Ah... it's Cronos... Principal!" Cronos pressed the switch on his duel disk on his chest, and the enormous blade of the duel disk unfolded.
South American Branch, Fusion Army Instructor, Obaro, LP: 4000.
Academy Main School, Acting Principal, Cronos, LP: 4000.