DarkNess, literally translated, means darkness.
However, in the world of "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX", it is not merely a noun, but a real "character".
Its true form is a six-winged goat-headed demon, representing the world's rule of "darkness". Its true identity is the future destruction of humanity.
Yes, its existence is humanity's "end".
In terms of status, it doesn't match any of the early plot characters at all.
Rather, even possessing abilities like "brainwashing", "existence erasure", "memory reading", and "memory manipulation" shamelessly, even in the later stages, no one could counter it.
Even the protagonist Yuki Judai was spared from being brainwashed and thrown into the inner world because he later had two souls in one body and thus wasn't brainwashed.
This has to clarify a misunderstood point by many people.
In the world of "Yu-Gi-Oh!", everything has never been determined solely by card games.
You must first "withstand the pressure", if you can withstand it, you won't be instantly defeated, and then you're eligible to duel!
In the original Yu-Gi-Oh!, as well as GX, 5DS, and ZEXAL, there's always "supernatural" elements unable to kill, and only "darkness duels" that could decide lethal outcomes.
In the original, Fubuki due to an accident was brainwashed by DarkNess and lost his memory, calling himself DarkNess, becoming one of the Seven Stars, and then went on to unseal the Three Phantasm.
It wasn't until two years later, under the transformative circumstances of the world, that he wanted to find out what happened in his lost memories and asked Judai for help, ultimately realizing the world was about to be destroyed.
It seems that due to the rapid dimensional development in this world, this final boss has come down to mess about, using an alias.
Tenjo Hikari frowned and looked at Asuka beside him.
She looked quite conflicted, her entire being was in an internal struggle.
Seeing this, Tenjo Hikari wasn't surprised.
Despite Darkness being touted as invincible later in the plot, why is it the most embarrassing boss?
The reason is simple, it... really is shameless.
In the plot, many who duelled with it actually had chances to win, for example, O'Brien had a chance, but Darkness manipulated O'Brien's memory, making him think he killed his own mother, resulting in defeat in agony.
It's not surprising this thing did such things!
"Asuka, will you let your brother fall without helping again?" Dark Fubuki held his chest, "You've seen it, right?"
"I—" Asuka felt the world spinning, her body unsteady.
Yes... indeed.
Back then, her brother entered that Dimension Gate and never returned, clearly stating it was an unknown space. Why didn't she stop him?
But why have I never had this memory before?
"If you just stopped him, he could have come back, you understand?" Dark Fubuki's voice lowered, "No matter what method you use..."
"I..." Asuka clutched her head, trembling all over, looking painfully at Tenjo Hikari.
Tenjo Hikari clicked his tongue.
No wonder.
In the original, Asuka was inadvertently involved when Judai was transported.
And now why there is an Asuka here is because it did so deliberately.
"I'll activate the effect of Flame Swordsrealm!" Tenjo Hikari wasn't the least affected, directly revealing a card from his hand, "I'll send Ancient Gear Knight from my hand to the graveyard and Fusion Summon, Flame Swordsman!"
"Wait, Tenjo-san! Please—" Asuka responded almost instinctively to Tenjo Hikari's maneuver, clutching his arm, pleading.
"Tenjouin-san."
"!?"
"You know, this is a Darkness Duel."
"...Yes." Asuka seemed so fragile at the time, "But there's bound to be another way! There must be! That is... that's my brother's body!"
She was almost kneeling, about to exclaim "I'll do anything".
Tenjo Hikari forcefully pulled her up.
"Listen up, Tenjouin-san. This is a Darkness Duel, the soul of the defeated will be sealed in a card."
"Yes..."
"Haven't you realized?"
"Realized?"
"That's your brother's [body]!"
"!!"
Dark Fubuki showed an impatient expression, urging: "Asuka?"
"Do you want this damned guy to continue controlling your brother, harming others, leading you to prevent anyone else from dueling him? Or let me defeat this guy, seal his soul in a card, then save your brother's body?"
"Even a broken body is better than having it stolen, right?"
"..." Asuka wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, light gradually returning to them. Her mind, affected by darkness earlier, was gradually coming back, turning back into Blue Academy's shining star.
She released Tenjo Hikari's hand, turned around, and slapped herself hard twice, forcing herself to calm down.
"I understand, Tenjo-san. Please, you must defeat it, please... save my brother!" she resolutely wiped her tears, pondered, perhaps to ease the previous awkward situation, blushing, she nodded and said, "Even if you have to severely teach my brother a lesson, it's fine, it's his fault for leaving without a word!"
It seemed she finally managed to break free from the brainwashing control, making her own judgment.
Tenjo Hikari shook his head.
This Darkness, its prowess as a clone is still subpar, otherwise, she couldn't possibly have cleared up so quickly.
"Don't worry!"
"You..." Dark Fubuki's face darkened completely, "A girl clings to your arm and you are thinking about other things? Disgusting to me, the love master."
He even pretended to be Tenjouin Fubuki!
"What nonsense." Tenjo Hikari raised an eyebrow, "I'm aiming to be the strongest fusion duelist in the multi-dimension realm, emotional affairs will only get in the way!"
"..." Both fell silent.
"Activate Overload Future Fusion's effect, sending Volcanic Lady from the deck to the graveyard, then activate the magic card, Miracle Fusion!"
"Banish Volcanic Lady and Avian from the graveyard, Fusion Summon, Elemental Hero, Flame Wingman!"
"But my ATK is still higher!"
"Flame Swordsrealm's effect, during a monster's attack, you can decrease the ATK of one Warrior-Type monster on the field by 1000 points, increasing all other monsters' ATK by 1000 points!"
"This ends, attack with Flame Wingman!"
Flame Wingman leaped forth, charging at Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon.
Darkness clicked his tongue, and quickly pressed a card in his backfield: "Even so, I can still win, reveal the Set Card, Metalmorph!"
"This card can be an Equip Card, increasing one monster on my field's ATK by 300 points—"
"Heh..." Tenjo Hikari couldn't help but laugh at this card.
Darkness truly possessed extraordinary supernatural powers.
But it had a huge weakness—
Why did it especially enjoy using tricks during duels?
Because it's truly bad at playing cards!
What's the use of setting such a card!
"Then I'll also activate a Trap Card, Salamandra with Chain, this card can also be equipped to a Fire Attribute monster, I'll equip it to Flame Swordsman, and according to its effect, cover your Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon!"
The Black Dragon, who was just about to don new armor, couldn't react before it was ensnared by chains, turning it into a dark card.
"Tsk..." In the blazing firelight, Dark Fubuki's face showed a chilling smile, "Tenjo Hikari, was it? I'll remember you."
Boom——
Dark Fubuki LP: 1050→0
Hah.
"Brother!!" Asuka realized the light platform beneath started to dissolve, anxiously shouting.
In the next instant.
A white light flashed.
When Tenjo Hikari came to, he was already on the academy's seaside.
"Hikari!?" "Tenjouin!?" Several classmates and teachers who came with a key responded to their appearance, rushing over.
Asuka hurriedly searched for her brother, helped him up, and noticing he was still breathing, she heaved a sigh of relief.
Heh.
Though sinister, treacherous, fond of trickery, and not very skilled at card playing, at least DarkNess kept its word.
He smiled, stretching lazily. In the distance, the day was breaking.
Facing opponents of this caliber, even if just a clone, one might still gain a lot of energy, right?
Sure enough, he felt a warm current gradually surging within.
Ehh, really thank...huh?
Eh!
Not right!
He felt his entire body heat up, burning, even beginning to surge violently in temperature!
Even if it's just a clone, its energy is too overwhelming!!!
He began to stagger.
"Hikari!!"
Thud——
Before fainting, he was still thinking, at least... he could try imprinting cards again.