As John successfully advanced, the top four contestants were officially decided.
Group A: Manjome and John; Group B: Tenjo Hikari and Caesar.
The first match is between Tenjo Hikari and Caesar, the second match is between Manjome and John, and then the winners will have the final duel.
This means that the entire finals will only consist of three duels.
Given this, the Kaiba Company naturally has to increase its efforts, not only to prepare for an even more aggressive promotion of the live broadcast but also to prepare a brand new venue.
The brand new venue sounds like a completely different concept, but in any case, that's what the Kaiba Company says.
Therefore, Tenjo Hikari and the other top four contestants will have a one to two-day recess.
During this period, they can take a little rest, while the Kaiba Company and related partners will also spare no effort in publicity.
During this time, the most excited and enthusiastic could be said to be the Fengguang Company.
Because after the Fusion Army attacked the X Dimension, they still insisted on using Tenjo Hikari as their spokesperson, and even without hesitation, launched advertisements featuring him, continuously promoting Tenjo Hikari and the Instant Fusion cup ramen, causing their stock price to plummet.
But as the GX Tournament progressed to this point, their originally plummeted stock price has rapidly rebounded, orders are pouring in like snowflakes, and the company's takeoff is on the horizon.
Despite having this opportunity, Fengguang Company wasn't overly keen on operations, and instead hurried to reconnect with Tenjo Hikari, planning to renegotiate his contract and provide additional support.
It's like they suddenly made a lot of money and don't know what to do.
Being one of the lowest-ranked instant food companies worldwide, they wouldn't know what to do in such a breakout situation.
Fortunately, while Tenjo Hikari wasn't versed in management, he was calm-minded.
He first told the company in charge not to adjust his contract, agreeing that it should remain as originally set, even if it were to be discussed, they could wait until the contract expired to discuss at that time.
This is a necessary part of cooperation.
The Fengguang Company suddenly received such a large sum of money, which should be put to use to relentlessly develop the company rather than simply "pleasing" him, which would hinder the company's progress - after all, what Tenjo Hikari hopes for is higher endorsement fees in the future, and more dividends.
As for how they could indeed help Tenjo Hikari, they might help him find some "Legendary Duelists."
He himself wants to create "The Claw of Hermos," but of course, that can't be said outright, so he told the people of Fengguang Company how the series featuring duels against Legendary Duelists, despite feeling slightly awkward, really made his heart race, being able to duel with them, he hopes to become stronger through such trials.
This kind of reasoning would certainly go unanswered by Fengguang Company.
After all, the more famous Tenjo Hikari is, the more useful the advertisements he endorses are, which surely equates to more money earned for them.
Moreover, after the finals, regardless of Tenjo Hikari's results, his fame will certainly slowly decrease until another major tournament emerges, presenting a chance to reappear before the public. If they could release some "documentaries" of duels with "Legendary Duelists" from time to time, even if they decline, there will be a rebound guarantee.
So this was immediately agreed upon.
Not only did they agree, they also informed Tenjo Hikari that they indeed managed to contact a "Legendary Duelist" and can help connect him during Duel Academy's summer vacation after the match concludes.
After discussing it with them, Tenjo Hikari focused on modifying his deck.
It must be said that Tenjo Hikari uses distinctly different themes against different opponents, as different opponents require different ways of countering.
But before this, he was quite unsure of what exactly was in most opponents' decks.
But this time it was different with his opponent.
He is clear as crystal about what's in Caesar's deck!
Cyber Dragon—
And for Cyber Dragons, what does Tenjo Hikari have to best deal with it?
Oh!
He really has something!
And that is—Cyber Dragon!
Tenjo Hikari was adjusting his deck while calculating attributes and numbers, changing the deck's construction by increasing the number of certain cards.
He modified his deck for a while, then someone else came to find him.
It was Ansueeru.
Seeing him, Tenjo Hikari was suddenly joyous.
"Hello~ Tenjo-san~" Ansueeru greeted Tenjo Hikari.
Upon seeing him, Tenjo Hikari immediately knew what he came for.
As expected, Ansueeru didn't come empty-handed. He was holding a square box, walked into Tenjo Hikari's room, looked at the peculiar metallic equipment and extraction devices scattered around, slightly marveling at Tenjo Hikari's interests, and then spoke to him.
"As you can see, this is the card made for you by the President."
Tenjo Hikari slowly opened the card box, seeing a layer of padding laid neatly within, and right at its center, a card protected by a card brick was in place.
Keeper of Dragon Magic!
LV 4, Dark Attribute, Dragon-Type, Attack Power 1800, Defense 1300!
And most importantly, the card image—different from the impression of the steel-fork-wielding Ryu Senshi, the card image is completely purple in hue—a masked male wearing a confident smile, with a blue wrist blade on his left hand, holding a purple energy orb with his right hand, floating right in Tenjo Hikari's front.
"Oh—made using you as a model, is it!?" Upon seeing the card, Tierra immediately appeared beside Tenjo Hikari, scrutinizing the card and nodding continuously, "Nice, although it's masked, that confident smile, if they've seen you, surely they'll think the face beneath the mask looks exactly like yours."
Though not mechanical, Tierra quite liked the card's design.
"Thank you so much to President Pegasus!" Tenjo Hikari said excitedly.
"Haha~ Mr. Pegasus said as long as you like it, it's all good—besides, this is your exclusive special edition, other Keeper of Dragon Magic cards have different card images."
Tenjo Hikari nodded at this.
Great great great.
Finally, he's got a unique card, purely his own, in this world, another good beginning.
His alternate card image!
With official certification!
"By the way, also Mr. Pegasus's blessing for you, he said this: Tenjo BOY~ Keep it up~ I'm looking forward to your more exciting duels~ that will surely ignite the passions of more people~~" He mimicked Mr. Pegasus's quirky English convincingly.
After imitating, he awkwardly rubbed his nose to hide his embarrassment, feeling as though he could dig into the ground any moment.
"Ahem, anyway, keep it up, Tenjo-san, if you win, I can brag about dueling you, maybe ten or twenty years later I'll also become a Legendary Duelist."
"Hahaha—" Tenjo Hikari laughed heartily, "Then I'll be waiting for that day, future Legendary Duelist, Ansueeru!"
Tenjo Hikari laughed as he slipped the card into his deck.
This card will be somewhat useful in his deck at any time, worthy of his investment.
Another two days passed.
As Tenjo Hikari prepared for the tournament, suddenly he felt the sky at Critical Point turning slightly dark, lifting his head slowly, he saw a bright silver, resembling Blue-Eyes White Dragon, gigantic dragon-shaped spaceship flying slowly from afar.
It wasn't a hot air balloon but a giant airship equipped with various devices, screens, and projection equipment.
"Whoa..." Though Tenjo Hikari was prepared, seeing such an absurd thing appear was still a bit surprising.
Of course, the most shocking point surely is…that President Kaiba managed to utilize such a thing as the dueling venue!
Meanwhile, the screens on the airship flickered on, the silhouette of Kaiba Seto appeared on the screen, he shouted addressing everyone with some "Duelists around the world!" kind of motivational and hyping statements, followed by an explanation of the airship's functionality.
First, it's durable; second, it's stable; third, this airship will traverse the skies of the Critical Point Dimension, following the "map route" issued by Duel Academy, conducting circuit duels.
The spirits and humans located in every zone the duelist travels through will get to see the duelists compete!
This is the final stage of the GX Tournament!
Chasing glory, determining the strongest, the Arena of Blue-Eyes!
"Haha, circuit duels across the dimensions, how exciting!" Caesar's mouth curved into a grin, his eyes sparkling with fighting spirit.
He couldn't wait any longer for circuit duels across the dimension.