A few days later, Tenjo Hikari and his group boarded a plane headed to the Manjome Group Headquarters. Along with Tenjo Hikari and his friends, Serena and Ruri tagged along too. It was ostensibly an extracurricular activity, allowing Ruri to watch, and also giving Serena a chance to clear her mind.
On the plane, Manjome took the opportunity to discuss with Tenjo Hikari about his previous duel.
"The duel with Akaba Leo, I split the recording into two videos. I gave one to the master and the other to other seniors for review." He explained the details to Tenjo Hikari.
Monsters like the Earthbound Immortal, Phantasm, Numbers, and the card that Tenjo Hikari pulled out at the end, which directly tore the image system apart and only recovered after the appearance of the Chaos Phantasm, were not suitable for ordinary people's eyes.
Especially the Phantasm, the less known about this card, the better.
In addition to that, the newly introduced Pendulum cards piqued Kaiba Seto's interest immensely.
More importantly, due to Tenjo Hikari's duel, Kaiba Seto seemed to finally have determined what was hidden within the latest discovered dimension.
It turned out to be the "P Dimension" of Pendulum, hidden so well.
"You might become the Pendulum Pioneer of our dimension in the future." Manjome spread his hands, gesturing in front of him while joking with Tenjo Hikari, "Even though you're already quite famous in our dimension. After all, while you're not the first to use Synchro, you are the first to use Synchro for Fusion.
I dare say, once everyone knows about this, your followers will become even more enthusiastic."
"Sometimes enthusiasm is not necessarily good." Tenjo Hikari shook his head after hearing him.
While he also enjoyed being admired, it didn't mean he wished for his "fans" or department members to idolize him excessively, or to imitate him fanatically.
He didn't want anyone to use him for debates, nor did he wish for someone to use him to belittle others someday, as that would be putting the cart before the horse.
Judai was extremely curious about this "Pendulum" thing, but Tenjo Hikari merely shook his head, telling him it couldn't be used yet.
Despite having what Akaba Leo left behind and conducting tests, unfortunately, he couldn't even utilize the "Starving Venemy Dragon" at the moment.
It seemed Akaba Leo's successful use of Pendulum Monsters was not merely because he possessed Pendulum Cards but also due to some particular traits he had.
It was highly likely certain traits only present in specific individuals like Serena or Yugo, which Tenjo Hikari alone couldn't utilize.
Unless Pendulum is thoroughly born in the future, it's impossible for it to be used normally.
But in any case, Kaiba Company has gradually come to grips with these matters.
Judai can only wait expectantly for the time to witness "Pendulum."
Furthermore, Tenjo Hikari briefly mentioned to them that the Dimension Gate he constructed using Alchemy had been tested multiple times and was ready for use. If they had any places of interest, they could try it in the Fusion Department's Dimension Gate.
"Oh oh oh! A Dimension Gate solely for our department! Awesome, I can't wait!" Judai replied excitedly.
"Dimension Gate? Sounds good; I have a few places that don't meet the school's requirements..." Manjome thought for a moment and nodded.
Upon arriving at the Manjome Group Headquarters, just from the exterior, it appeared more extravagant and larger than Kaiba Company, which already showed that the Manjome Group had their ambitions.
Upon entering the Manjome Group, Manjome's two older brothers initially mocked their younger brother out of habit. Then, everyone got straight to business without any idle talk.
The first to appear was Tenjouin Fubuki and the Representative Duelist from the Manjome Group. Tenjo Hikari noticed, and he wasn't any Legendary Duelist but seemed to be a Professional Duelist, ranked higher than Ed in the world of Professional Duelists.
"Ranked even higher than Ed Phoenix?" Judai and Manjome were surprised.
The former had actually dueled Ed and lost to him, while the latter had long heard of Ed's fame and had also found time to watch Tenjo Hikari and Ed's duel to analyze Tenjo Hikari's deck, knowing that Ed was an extremely tough opponent.
He found it challenging to conceive a way to overcome the combination of Plasma and Destiny Heroes.
Was there really a duelist stronger than Ed Phoenix??
Hearing this, Tenjo Hikari shook his head.
What use is a high score? Strength is the essence.
In the original work, plenty of Professional League scores were higher than Ed's, yet in real battles, they wouldn't even make a sound, like the "Professional Duelist X" who dueled with Tenjo Hikari in the Fusion Department before. He had a higher score than Ed and was known as a Professional Duelist that no one could defeat in their first duel against him, but that was just it.
However, what Tenjo Hikari didn't expect was that Tenjouin appeared to be on the verge of losing as the duel went on.
Luckily, just at the moment of defeat, Tenjouin Fubuki pulled a "comeback" using a Trap to stall for a turn, then wiped his cold sweat, coughed twice, and shouted to everyone around: "Alright, now comes the reversal moment, everyone, keep your eyes wide open~"
Then he quickly sacrificed a monster to Summon Simorgh, Lord of the Storm, and used its effect to clear the field and recover, eventually achieving victory.
After it was over, he wiped his imaginary cold sweat, looking at the three junior brothers staring at him in shock, quickly put on a look of everything-under-control, gave a thumbs-up, and forced a smile.