After a string of teeth-gritting screeches, Yugen's D-Wheel slowed down and stopped near the Skeleton Knight.
The frog OTK, surely after such a brutal beating, the Skeleton Knight will no longer utter silly words like "just a frog." In his future nightmares, there will definitely be countless frogs jumping around wildly, each nightmare waking him with their disturbing croaks—provided he still has the chance to dream in the future.
That's why Yugen thinks this card deck, among world champions, would surely rank among the top when it comes to irritation.
Of course, having such a deck reach the top is not solely due to one or two overpowered cards.
In fact, among the cards Yugen used in the recent duel, the Exchange Frog that can pull out the entire card deck's resources in one turn is a Forbidden Card, the Mass Accelerator that can fire infinitely in one turn is a Forbidden Card, the Light Spear Dragon nightmare that can bounce cards infinitely in one turn is a Forbidden Card, the Electronic Fishman Gunman that can continuously revive from the graveyard is also a Forbidden Card...
The array of red from this generation's world champion deck construction shows its past glory.
Of course, the prohibition is a matter for the future. At least in the current real card era, which is synchronized with the 5DS timeline, these cards are still at the peak of their careers, rampant in the environment, and certainly not banned.
Yugen got off the car and walked toward the direction of the Skeleton Knight. After continuous attempts, the last impact felt like he had grasped some insights, mastering several tricks. This impact might be strong enough, as it directly flipped the Skeleton Knight's zombie horse over, and the person was thrown off the horse, rolling heavily onto the track.
If it were a normal human, just a single impact should have been more than enough to kill them completely.
But the Skeleton Knight clearly did not seem normal at all. Yugen walked over, seeing the Skeleton Knight trembling slightly on the ground, and then slowly crawled up, kneeling on the ground.
Yugen wanted to interview the first victim in this dimension who was instantly killed by Frog Cannon, but unfortunately, when he got closer, he found the victim seemed insane, his consciousness not very clear.
The initial diagnosis seems to be because of playing cards...
No, it seems a bit off.
The Skeleton Knight kneeled on the ground, knees bent, occasionally twitching twice, while his throat emitted what sounded like meaningful moans.
He then suddenly lifted his head and released a strange cry, a mix of pain and anger. His body's twitching suddenly accelerated, frequency instantly increased, almost like a vibrating shadow.
Yugen frowned.
It's not unheard of for someone to go crazy because of playing cards, especially after playing with him where abnormal mental states are considered normal. But this, he's never seen.
And then, from that vibrating shadow, he seemed to see the Skeleton Knight's blurred figure split into two.
It was as if two blurry figures overlapped on one body, and now one was leaning left, the other right, both seemingly striving to separate from this body.
The figure on the left looked vaguely like the Skeleton Knight he had just played cards with, but the one on the right seemed...
...like Ludger Godwin?
Yes, Yugen knew in the original, the true identity of the Skeleton Knight was Ludger Godwin, but from the parallel world in the comic. Yet this struggling and howling figure seemed like Ludger from the animated timeline, the leader of the Dark Markers.
What is going on?
Just from this bizarre scene, it looks like...
...like two entities meant to exist in different times and spaces, fused into one body, with mutual repulsion occurring.
"Get out!"
The Skeleton Knight roared.
"Disappear!"
And Ludger was not one to back down, roaring, "This is my world, the one to disappear... is you!"
"Ahhh——"
They both roared simultaneously.
Then the Skeleton Knight's body dispersed in continuous shaking, like turning into a black fog, blown away by a Tornado, disappearing without a trace.
Yugen blinked twice, staring at the vanished black fog.
He once believed that up until now, he had witnessed all sorts of grand scenes.
But now, even he had to admit.
This scene he truly hadn't seen before.
"Do any of you have any ideas?"
Yugen turned to face an empty space, as if talking to himself.
But of course, he was talking to the Elf.
Silence was the first to appear, shaking its head, indicating it didn't know.
"Truly a bizarre fellow, makes one's whole body feel uncomfortable,"
Cotton Candy added, and its soft body shriveling into a ball, trembling.
But the Chaos Warrior, usually not talkative, appeared, pondering before saying, "It feels like, like two souls from different dimensions, competing and repelling one another."
He said it, looking at Yugen.
"Maybe that body had already been occupied by the personality of this 'Skeleton Knight' we just encountered, but due to master's recent duel victory, the 'Skeleton Knight' personality was eliminated... or at least weakened, and the personality originally suppressed began to regain control."
Yugen murmured, "Did another timeline's Ludger invade this realm, trying to occupy this dimensional counterpart's body?"
Why does it feel like something similar just happened...
He immediately thought of the original form he occupied, Rex Godwin.
Indeed, Godwin seemed quite similar.
A Rex Godwin from the future timeline, already defeated, having been brought to this time with some unknown force's help, and replaced himself here...
It's easy to speculate if these two incidents have some connection.
So, could it be the same mastermind did something similar to the other big boss of this dimension, Ludger, aside from Rex Godwin?
Just that this Ludger wasn't brought from a future timeline, but possibly from a dimension based on the 5DS comic, i.e., "Skeleton Knight".
But why is he doing this? Simply to destroy this dimension's history?
"Hey, are you okay?"
Cotton Candy gently nudged him with its soft body as he was contemplating.
"I'm fine. Well, it seems there's not much else to do now."
Yugen shook his head, choosing not to think about the problem further.
Without more clues and information, thinking further would only be random speculation, which is meaningless.
The plan remains unchanged. If there's a scheme to sabotage history, he'll do the opposite. When opportunities arise, he'll attempt to uncover the opponent's true identity.
As of now...
"Let's head back." Yugen said, "The Lucky Cup should be about to start."