Tenjo Hikari slightly shook the card to let it cool down. Some blurred purple appeared on the card, with images of monsters flickering on it, and an awkward stroke appeared on the name.
There was card imprinting, but not particularly special.
Super Polymerization is the "end" of all fusion, the ultimate fusion card, possessing extraordinary power. Though it might not compare to Numeron next door, it still counts as the "Red Dragon" in the realm of fusion, imprinting a Fusion Monster, how unsurprising.
So how did it appear?
Could it be...
He glanced at his opponent and recalled the sudden warm flow within his body, understanding everything immediately.
Understood, duel!
Indeed, in the world of the card king, any strange occurrence ultimately stems from either monsters or dueling!
It seems that as long as I keep dueling, I can use the power of Super Polymerization to obtain Fusion Monsters?
That's not bad.
After the duel, Tenjo Hikari went to the stands. Some other students who had signed up to join the Fusion Department hadn't dueled yet. Once their results were out, Tenjo Hikari could follow them to the Fusion Department.
Unfortunately, besides Tenjo Hikari, the other students from Red and Yellow Academy didn't possess such strong decks and struggled to win against the Ancient Gear Deck loaned to Blue Academy students by Fusion Department members.
However, even though the duel wasn't very meaningful and was mostly just monsters clashing against each other, Tenjo Hikari still enjoyed watching.
After all, physical images like these don't exist in his world. Even if the duel was dull, simply appreciating the images of monsters made Tenjo Hikari not bored.
"Yo! Tenjo!" At some point, Yuki Judai arrived beside Tenjo Hikari's seat with his "mentor" Marufuji Shou, eagerly greeting him, "Your duel just now was really interesting!"
"B-big brother!" Marufuji Shou hid behind Yuki Judai, "He, he's planning to join the Fusion Department! Don't talk to him, okay?"
The Fusion army's fusion enthusiast faction had a very poor reputation among other ordinary students, with frequent rumors of them arguing and dueling with others, being very dangerous.
And Tenjo Hikari was even more fanatical than those enthusiasts, the ultimate fusion fanatic, isn't that scarier!?
"Huh? Is there something wrong with that?" Judai seemed confused.
"Thank you." Tenjo Hikari gently nodded and said with a smile, "Your entrance duel was also amazing. Flame Wingman defeated Ancient Gear Giant under the Skyscraper, a moment I will never forget."
These were his honest words.
Even after over ten years, Tenjo Hikari couldn't remember all the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX plotlines, but the scene of Judai using Flame Wingman twice to defeat the Ancient Gear Giant remained lodged in his mind, fond memories of passion and beauty he cherished dearly.
"Oh, really? Hahaha~~" At this point, Judai was still the early naive Judai rather than the later solitary hero, hearing Tenjo Hikari praise him like this, he couldn't help but scratch his neck and laugh foolishly.
After laughing foolishly for a while, Judai resumed his original topic, enthusiastically asking Tenjo Hikari about dueling, more specifically, about fusion matters. As a duelist of "Hero," he loved fusion, so he couldn't help but discuss it with Tenjo Hikari. During the conversation, they discussed fusion and some other cards. Upon hearing that Tenjo Hikari also liked Hero Decks, they had a lively exchange, their conversation brimming with happiness.
Even though watching duel images wasn't uninteresting, having an original character, especially the "lonely hero" Yuki Judai, made Tenjo Hikari certainly delighted.
This also made Marufuji Shou, who was initially a bit afraid of Tenjo Hikari, gradually relax.
Before long, the test concluded, and Tenjo Hikari bid farewell to Yuki Judai, standing up to gather. Seeing Tenjo Hikari walking farther away, Marufuji Shou couldn't help but curiously remark, "Seriously strange, big brother, Tenjo-san doesn't seem like the type of person who is crazy, so why would he join the Fusion Department?"
"I think Tenjo must have his own ideas." Yuki Judai said cheerfully with his hands behind his head.
"Well... big brother, why not let Tenjo-san join you in the tag duel?" Marufuji Shou suddenly suggested, "He seems quite knowledgeable about Hero Deck!"
"Hmm, oh! Shou, great idea!"
On the other side, Tenjo Hikari was already accompanying the classmates to the Fusion Department activity room.
It's worth mentioning that although called an "activity room," it was actually a standalone small building, with the entire building from the first floor to the top floor serving as the activity room for the Fusion Department!
This isn't odd in the Duel Academy; in the world of the original work, Duel Academy has numerous activity departments, with several of them having standalone buildings or absurdly large activity rooms, just like the Tennis Club, possessing a space as large as the dueling arena, where duel images wouldn't feel cramped.
Tenjo Hikari received a set of purple uniforms, which doesn't mean he's now a student of the "Purple" Academy; this outfit merely identifies him as a student of the Fusion Department, akin to a club uniform like the sports attire of the Tennis Club, not an official school uniform.
Fusion Department seniors handed Tenjo Hikari an Ancient Gear Deck, and after carefully examining it, he felt there weren't many usable cards.
Firstly, in the whole deck, there were only 7 Ancient Gear Monster Cards. Cards like "Ancient Gear Giant" and "Ancient Gear Dragon," called "rare cards," were certainly not given away. Besides three Polymerization, most cards were common Machine-Type cards, with the Fusion Deck containing only "Labyrinth Tank."
However—
This deck contained "Cannon Soldier"!
Which means...
It's a material card for fusing [Labyrinth Tank], but its notoriety far exceeds Labyrinth Tank, dubbed "the source of all evil" among forbidden cards!
In Tenjo Hikari's era, "Cannon Soldier," "Heavy Cannon Soldier," "Toon Cannon Soldier," were all forbidden cards!
To see this thing nestled within the deck, even if there was no way to utilize its utmost value, Tenjo Hikari couldn't help but smile.
Who wouldn't want to incorporate forbidden cards into a deck?
"Tch, Yellow Academy is still Yellow Academy." On the other side, a few Blue Academy students who had witnessed Tenjo Hikari joining the Fusion Department couldn't help but sneer as they saw Tenjo Hikari smile.
"Relying on a lucky strike to win, he really thinks he counts as part of our Fusion army?"
"Students from Yellow Academy really lack self-awareness!"
In Duel Academy, there is a form of "color" discrimination in various aspects, though it's not overly oppressive and for the original protagonist Yuki Judai it's something he completely disregards, but certain students from Blue Academy consistently look down on others with different colors.
Even though everyone wore "purple," in their hearts, they felt more "noble."
"Really want to teach him a lesson!"
"Haha, that's easy, isn't it?"
"You mean... using the old method?"
"Of course!"