"Mirror."
Its design is very ordinary. Overall, it's just a round mirror that can be held in the hand, with gold decorations and a frame around it.
Shou and the others held it and tried it, looked in the mirror at themselves, but found they couldn't see anything.
"Wow..."
Even though they couldn't understand anything, the fact that "nothing can be seen" made it seem even more peculiar.
Because whether it's glass or metal, mirrors always reflect, so you can see your own reflection to some extent.
But on this mirror, they couldn't see their own reflection at all, which was enough to show that this mirror was indeed a bit special.
The appearance of the mirror was made by Tenjo Hikari after the Mirror of the Ice Barrier.
When Tierra first saw Tenjo Hikari using this design to make an Alchemy Product, she was quite surprised.
Because even in her world, this thing is a top-notch artifact. Trying to make it with just this is kind of pushing it.
Of course, after watching the whole process, Tierra wasn't as worried.
She had thought Tenjo Hikari wanted to create an artifact, but it turned out he just made a little alchemy auxiliary tool.
Judai took the mirror, glanced at it, and at the next moment, was taken aback.
In the mirror, he saw a person exactly like him, except for the eyes which were... gold.
Of course, the person in the mirror also had a completely different expression from his own.
"Wow!"
"There's really a figure appearing." Jim and the others surrounded Judai, seeing the figure appearing in the mirror, and they exclaimed.
"Is this some kind of witchcraft?" O'Brien's forehead dripped with cold sweat.
Even for him, an experienced mercenary, it was the first time seeing something like this outside of a duel.
"It's alchemy, we used to teach it at our school..." said Shou.
"Eh, our school used to teach this!? Then why can't you do it, Senior Shou, and my brother never used it either? Why did the classes stop?" Kenzan asked a series of questions.
He was really amazed, especially after hearing that there was a chance to learn it but the school stopped teaching it, he was even more surprised.
"Eh... that, it's a complex issue..." Shou's expression seemed a bit down.
He didn't want to talk about Teacher Daitokuji.
Even talking about it was sad, and besides, his brother was already in a difficult situation, there was no need to bring it up.
"Looks really different from Judai." Jim said, stroking his chin, "Everyone look, this Judai looks a bit more handsome than Judai!"
"Roar!" The crocodile behind him also shouted.
"Huh? What are you saying, we clearly look exactly the same!"
"No no no, bro, the one in the mirror looks particularly imposing—"
"Shou, you too!"
"Judai, admit it, even though you look the same, your aura is different. You're too silly."
"Hikari! How could—I'll never trust anyone again!"
A group of people joked around, and the atmosphere quickly lightened up.
After initial worry, Judai also quickly focused his attention and tried to greet the "himself" in the mirror.
"Um, hello?"
He scratched his head and asked awkwardly.
The Supreme King did not respond.
"Hikari, isn't this thing only for viewing? Or is it broken?"
"Broken? Let me see, it's not—though I really can't test the usability of this thing, try it again." Tenjo Hikari examined it curiously, found no problems, then handed the mirror back to Judai.
Judai scratched his head.
"Calm down and talk to him."
Judai was silent for a while, looking at himself in the mirror.
After staring at it for a while, the noise of his friends suddenly faded away, and around him, the space suddenly filled with broken mirrors, reflecting various scenes.
The Supreme King...
Only then was he able to finally feel the thoughts of the Supreme King.
As he focused his attention on the mirror, the voices of his friends gradually became inaudible. Realizing Judai was truly communicating with his inner self, they understood what was happening.
Now that Judai was calm, Jim, Kenzan, and O'Brien began to discuss Tenjo Hikari's alchemy out of curiosity.
They were very intrigued by alchemy, but after Hikari's explanation, they felt a headache coming on, wishing to bang their heads against the wall, unable to understand a word he said. Hikari understood, after all, alchemy and modern technology are entirely different directions.
After chatting for a while, after more than a month's busy work, Tenjo Hikari finally had time to rest, lying on the sofa to relax, while Shou and the others discussed some plans after their talk.
Given this trend, the GX Tournament was soon to resume.
Jim and O'Brien were still missing a few badges, and if they didn't hurry up, they might not be able to participate in the finals.
Although O'Brien didn't come to the Critical Point for the finals, if given the chance, he wouldn't pass it up.
Additionally, Serena was curious about Jim and O'Brien's decks, so she suggested having a duel at the table, since they were free anyhow, which Jim agreed to.
While the group was chatting, Judai suddenly let out a loud cry, startling the calm crowd again.
"Ahhhhhhhh—"
At some unknown time, Judai was sweating profusely, collapsed on the ground, clutching his chest with one hand, breathing heavily, and panting deeply.
"That bastard!!"
Judai, panting heavily, clenched his fists, the mirror had been tossed onto the table, and he seemed quite upset and frustrated.
"What happened, Judai?" Jim, who was considering sharing his Fusion Deck with Serena, suddenly heard the angry shout and looked up curiously.
Judai didn't respond, just pulling at his hair, ranted in frustration and regret.
Lying on the couch half-awake, Tenjo Hikari slowly opened his eyes, glanced over with amusement: "What else, he lost."
Lost?
The group exchanged glances and then realized.
In this world, there's nothing like a duel to better understand each other.
Judai wouldn't wrack his brains, meeting another himself, failing to communicate, naturally would lead to a duel.
However...
Jim and O'Brien exchanged glances.
Though they hadn't dueled Judai, during this time, they'd seen Judai duel many Spirits and Archfiends, they fully grasp his strength.
Still lost?
This Supreme King must be this powerful?!
"Judai, did you discuss anything with the Supreme King?" Jim was concerned about this question.
"That bastard talked all sorts of nonsense—like justice without power isn't justice, only winners are justice, even saying conquering the weak is for better protection...damn it!" Judai seemed too angry to clearly convey, "But the key is, that guy also used Heroes, and even used Evil Heroes! Damn it!"
Evil Heroes?
The people exchanged glances.
"If I had chosen Thunder I might have won. And that card—that card was so strong...damn it, no, this won't do, again!!" He reached for the mirror.
"Wait, Judai." Tenjo Hikari stopped his action.
"What is it?"
"Don't be so impatient, and being hasty won't help anything." Tenjo Hikari shook his head, "The mirror is merely an auxiliary tool to help you understand your inner self; dueling with yourself relies entirely on your own spirit.
Today you've already interacted with Dragon Lord or other crazy stuff, continuing like this won't do."
Tenjo Hikari was speaking both to Judai and himself: "Balance work and rest, rest when it's time."
This was Hikari's plan moving forward.
After dueling with the Dragon Overlord, Tenjo Hikari had collected all 8 different Star Level tokens, thus could enter the GX Tournament finals.
Therefore, he planned to rest well, during this peaceful time, to return to Knight Domain to visit the workshop.
He had many ideas, but lacked the necessary equipment to try them.
"Hmm...true." Judai nodded after thinking it over.
He was indeed very exhausted; heavy breathing wasn't merely due to anger, there was considerable fatigue from multiple high-intensity duels.
Moreover...
He thought of the Lightsworn Spirits.
Though he was unwilling, he knew henceforth, even if not daily, he would duel Lightsworn or related Spirits every few days.
He also needed to consider how to deal with the remaining Archfiends from the Dark World.
"Damn it, tomorrow I must win!"
He declared his victory oath.