The way things unfolded was different from what Hikaru had imagined.
However, no matter how one looked at it, this was a good thing.
After all, the Tops and Commons of the City could finally interact and even move freely between each other. No matter how you looked at it, it was a very good start. From the perspective of social development, this should be something to celebrate. Although Hikaru wasn't someone who lived in the Synchro Dimension, he was still very happy to see this change.
Of course, he also knew there would be growing pains. Both the Tops and Commons would still eye each other with the bias of old habits and experience. However, for Hikaru, who could finally ride cable cars and other transportation openly around the City with his friends, this was hardly a problem.
Serena leaned against the cable car window, exclaiming with a hint of excitement.
This cable car was headed to a Duel Academy in the Tops, the same school Yugo and Rin were preparing to attend.
The two children had never been to school before. Even the easygoing Yugo was both excited and nervous.
Under Goodwin's arrangements, several schools were to be opened to provide learning opportunities for people from the Commons. Especially talented children from the Commons could receive free enrollment directly. Needless to say, Rin and Yugo, who had previously participated in the Friendship Cup and dueled against invaders from another dimension, were naturally among them.
Moreover, even without those competitions, Yusei actually had enough funds to support their schooling. It was simply that they'd had no opportunity to attend before, because they came from the Commons.
This time, since the opportunity was there, Yusei brought them for their entrance exam first, preparing for them to start as new students when the semester began.
Looking at the two nervous juniors, Yusei told them not to worry too much.
He had acquaintances in the Tops as well. In the middle school section, he knew two children named Leo and Luna, who were both very kind and friendly nobles from the Tops. In the high school section, he had his friend Akiza Izinski.
In short, with Yusei's excellent Synchro-like ability to make friends wherever he went, Yugo and Rin really didn't need to worry about being surrounded by strangers.
For a brief period, the war of the one true god was temporarily suspended. Although both Yusei and Hikaru were very clear that it had merely "paused," not ended.
The Earthbound Immortals freed from Red Nova would definitely seek out talented duelists to participate in the struggle for the one true god. Other agents of the one true god across the world, who had originally been far from the Geoglyphs, would also gather in this City in the future. When that time came, countless duels of higher intensity and greater difficulty would likely occur.
But this was also a good thing, because although Yusei appeared normal now, there were still countless incompatibilities between him and the artificial god that needed further adjustment.
Yusei's life only had two years left. Conversely, Yusei's life still had two years.
Just like a duel doesn't end until Life Points reach zero.
Yusei could wait half a year.
Hikaru, too, finally felt the joy of "traveling" in this world again for the first time in a long while.
Traveling across different worlds and different dimensions, besides dueling, taking in the local scenery, understanding local customs, and meeting interesting people were all part of the journey.
In any case, Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca had been freed from Red Nova by his hand. Now, no Earthbound Prisoner would ever target Mudragon of the Swamp again, so Hikaru's primary objective was effectively accomplished.
Moreover, Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca's "demand" was quite simple.
Unlike those Earthbound Immortals who purely pursued "Synchro," Wiraqocha Rasca's original theocratic strategy had been to share Synchro. Otherwise, his Synchro lifeforms wouldn't have been the most numerous besides the Crimson Dragon's. Coupled with his own unique form of "Fusion," he had been deeply resented by some extremist factions among the gods.
He was attacked by a mob, eventually reduced to an Earthbound Prisoner, and then imprisoned by Red Nova as a "slave."
Having experienced all of that, he had no great interest in the "one true god" of this world. He even vaguely had a touch of PTSD. After Hikaru explained Yusei's vision to him, he almost unhesitatingly gave Yusei his "blessing," sharing the Synchro divinity that theoretically should have belonged to him.
Ha, now even if Hikaru left this world, the Crimson Dragon would have no reason to hunt him down!
The "Synchro" of this world was still complete!
Wiraqocha Rasca was so excited, completely unbefitting of a god, practically wishing he could leave this world with Hikaru immediately.
After hearing Wiraqocha Rasca's feelings, Yusei expressed deep understanding and told the Earthbound Immortal that he would definitely build a world where it could fly freely. When that day came, Hikaru and Wiraqocha Rasca were welcome to visit anytime.
But that said..
Hikaru thought about everything that had happened during this time.
There were still many strange things.
Ultimately, the reason he came to the Synchro Dimension this time wasn't because he wanted to, but because the Crimson Dragon had forcibly taken him.
He had arrived in this dimension.
Looking back now, at that time, even Tierra had no reaction at all. Hikaru didn't even notice the change in environment and was instantly transported from the Great Universe Workshop, a place that theoretically only Hikaru and his spirits could enter, to this dimension.
But the Crimson Dragon hadn't given him any hints.
Although the Crimson Dragon in the original anime was a god who only acted and never explained, Hikaru still didn't know why he had appeared here or what the Crimson Dragon wanted him to help with.
Previously, during his duel with Leo Akaba, in order to rescue the Sacred Beasts, Hikaru had directly used Super Polymerization. At that moment, the Crimson Dragon had finally truly appeared before Hikaru's eyes.
But at that time, the Crimson Dragon had only emerged to resonate briefly, doing nothing else. It seemed to be just a pure celebration, an expression of feeling?
Hikaru pondered this question, somewhat puzzled. He watched Rin and Yugo's entrance exam with Yusei. He accompanied him to the Security Bureau and saw Crow, who was talking with officers, seemingly about to become the first Sector Security officer from the Commons. He saw Jack and Carly being frantically pursued by paparazzi because they were photographed together.
Everything seemed to be moving in a better direction, but...
Hikaru always had an inexplicable sense of unease. This unease didn't come from the seemingly improving world, but from something else, a subtle dissonance, a "danger" he felt he had forgotten.
Hikaru pinched the bridge of his nose.
If it were up to the Crimson Dragon, once everything settled, it would definitely pick him up and send him back to the Fusion Dimension.
Since that hadn't happened yet, did he have to wait until the WRGP, half a year from now? Or even longer?
Other than that, things were fine. He was just worried Vice-Chancellor Crowler would be frantic if he disappeared for half a year.
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This week PS Goal- 700
If we reach that, I'll upload 5 bonus chapters.
Current PS: (340/700)