"D.D!?"
In Saiou's divination chamber, Ed was so shocked that he stumbled back, his body slamming against the door behind him with a "bang" sound.
"Impossible... impossible, how can it be!?" Ed couldn't believe it, his eyes wide with disbelief, even though his back hit the door, he completely ignored the pain and spoke.
D.D, the World Duel Champion, the "world's number one professional duelist" who had won multiple World Duel Championships consecutively after Kaiba Seto left the professional dueling scene.
And apart from this, he held another identity that was most important to Ed, and that was—D.D was Ed's foster father!
The reason Ed became a professional duelist was largely because, when he lost his biological father, D.D, a friend of his father, appeared before him and promised to duel on the professional stage in the future.
After his father's accidental death, it was D.D who raised him, and much of his current achievement came from D.D's teachings!
Now—
Saiou told him that his father's murderer, the one who killed his father and stole his father's "Ultimate D" card, was his foster father whom he had always respected and admired?
How could he possibly accept this??
"I'm sorry..." Saiou sat in the chair, hands crossed and resting on the table, his face full of guilt, tears streaming down his right eye, and whispered, "I was always worried that knowing the truth would be too much for you to handle... so I never told you voluntarily."
Ed's heart felt like it was struck by lightning, rendering him completely paralyzed on the spot.
He looked at Saiou, opened his mouth.
He didn't know when Saiou had learned about it, he didn't know if Saiou was sincere, recently Saiou made him feel unfamiliar.
But on the matter of "father's murderer," he could not remain calm.
"Damn it ahhhhh—," Ed turned around and pushed the door open, "I want to question him personally!!!"
As he turned, the invisible chains around him became more apparent, the black fate entwined around this born hero, tightly binding his life with destiny, death, and destruction.
"Hey, wait, classmate!"
"Please don't leave the station now!"
"It's very dangerous outside!!"
Soon, Ed directly pushed past the guards, pressed a button on his body, opening the hidden flight wings inside his clothes, heading towards the location of D.D he knew.
Hearing the sound, Saiou's right face's crying became even more sorrowful.
As the sun slowly set, the curtains automatically drew open, and his right face was replaced by shadows. The lights came on, and on his left face was a twisted grin filled with excitement.
Beyond these events.
Tenjo Hikari had already rescued people from a car and was heading back towards the Critical Point initial station, while Kaiba Company's rescue team had also started the rescue.
Near a mountain.
"Shining Flare Wingman's Monster Effect, deals damage to the opponent equal to the ATK of the monster it destroys in battle!"
With a shout, Judai controlled the Shining Flare Wingman that unleashed flames, burning an attacking demon warrior to ashes.
"Are you alright?" On the other side, two underclassmen were following Judai in rescuing classmates.
"What's going on, why is this happening!?"
A few first-year students huddled together, shivering.
Not all students were in the station or the train; there were also some like Judai who liked to run around everywhere.
Of course, some were students confident in their "strength," able to rely on Spirit protection, not easily caught by demons.
However—
There were also a few "special" students.
That is, those with big hearts and no sense of reality, who upon arriving in the Otherworld didn't aim to grow stronger or challenge duelists, but wandered around like tourists.
Having strength and luck is called an adventure, lacking both is called seeking death.
The student Judai saved this time was of this type.
"Brother, a message from Tenjo-san."
Marufuji Shou opened his phone and showed it to Judai, who cast a glance, his expression serious.
"Spirits invading and attacking?" Judai gritted his teeth, "Why do this..."
Briefly looking through, Judai figured these Spirits seemed connected to the ones that attacked the Skyscraper, apparently called the "Dark World" Monster Spirit Influence.
"Invading Hero World, and now invading other dimensions!?" His fist hardened.
Isn't that Akaba Leo!
Just as he was thinking this, a large silver-white demon flew over with a group of lesser demons, prompting Judai to hurriedly activate his Duel Disk, standing in front of everyone: "Shou, Kenzan, protect them!"
"Brother, you've already fought several duels—," Shou worriedly said.
Let him be more suitable!
"It's alright!" Judai said, once again showing that confident smile, "A hero must not flee on the battlefield!"
The Dark World's demons gathered.
Following their commander's plans, they were originally going to prioritize destroying human transportation facilities before picking off or looting humans one by one to achieve their purpose.
Now, since the plan to destroy transportation was only half done, the demons would, next, attack human strongholds and endeavor to destroy the dimension system too, that way they could trap humans in the Critical Point Dimension for easier assaults.
However—
Given the chance to attack isolated humans, they would of course prioritize single targets.
After all, such a large human stronghold, even one or two upper demons would find it difficult to conquer directly; the number of upper demons dispatched to this dimension was limited, so they couldn't afford to waste them.
The demons flew over Judai, descending slowly to the ground, causing several students to scream in fright, the leading demon snorting "hmph" in disdain for these cowardly humans.
Soon after, this silver-white demon's right hand made a sharp "clang," producing a chilling blade.
The blade slowly morphed in the air, ultimately transforming into a Duel Disk, confronting Judai.
Judai half-crouched cautiously, facing it.
Even though Judai had already bested several Dark World demons, this one clearly was a more advanced demon, so he dared not underestimate it.
Just as he was preparing to duel, the silver-white demon across from him narrowed its eyes, staring at Judai, appearing to hesitate.
"Hand that to me!" it suddenly shouted at its subordinate nearby.
The subordinate was a bit stunned, not immediately reacting, so it grabbed the subordinate and pulled out a parchment from its possession, carefully examining it.
After looking it over, it suddenly widened its eyes.
"Sup... Lord Supreme King—"
Muttering this, in the distance, another golden demon flew over with a squad of demons, shamelessly striking a golden lightning towards them.
Neos' phantom appeared over Judai, blocking the attack from afar.
"Stop. What are you doing!" the silver-white demon shouted at the incoming demon, "He is—"
The distant demon laughed heartily, "Haha, under Lord Wild King's orders, eliminate the past demon!"
Hearing this voice, the silver-white demon roared to the sky, "Where is your loyalty!!"
Clearly, it realized that the Dark World demons of the Wild King faction also recognized him!
In Judai's confusion, the demon in front of him suddenly spread its wings, rallying its followers, and charged toward the other side.
"Brother?" Kenzan asked, puzzled, "Is it internal conflict?"
"No time to think, Kenzan, Shou! Let's go!" Judai couldn't bother more, quickly calling his companions to protect the classmates and make a hurried escape.
"Mm!" "Got it!"
Shou immediately took out a card, summoning a small car, loading the classmates onto it to promptly leave this place of peril.