Honestly, the entire duel actually had no suspense at all. Tenjo Hikari could see that Jonouchi was even holding back in the duel, with a mindset that it didn't matter if he lost while showcasing his monsters.
It wasn't until he discovered that, with Tenjo Hikari's help, Lyuzakii had long stepped out of the shadows of the past, but the hesitation and doubts in his heart prevented him from taking a big leap forward, prompting him to show his 'true skills'.
Although there seemed to be many things hidden beneath the surface, it wasn't really important. What mattered was that Lyuzakii felt the 'gap', and then developed 'momentum'.
However, regardless of the duel's outcome.
As a spectator, Tenjo Hikari was actually very excited.
After all, witnessing the duelists from the original series, and even from the very origin of 'duelists' in competition at such a close distance, made Tenjo Hikari quite thrilled, and a bit dazed even now.
"After all, after that, I bought a whole bunch of card boxes from Grandpa Muto Sugoroku—come on, don't be shy, everyone can test their luck!" Tenjo Hikari showed a kind smile, pouring out all the card boxes he had previously bought from the 'Emerald Book', covering half the table.
"Are those card packs from the legendary card store?" Judai asked excitedly.
He had long wanted to visit that card store in Domino City, and if 'GX' tournament wasn't held suddenly, he would've put full effort into winning the duel during his second-year school trip and then decided to go to Domino City.
"Yes, these card boxes have all kinds of stuff in them," Tenjo Hikari recalled, raising his hand and telling them, "Even Brother Lyuzakii had once drawn an Xyz Monster from these card boxes, which was pretty astounding."
"You can even draw an Xyz Monster?" Ruri couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Although she was an Xyz Summon user and indeed had 'Xyz Monsters', in reality, even in their X Dimension, Xyz Monsters were quite rare cards, and many students didn't have any Xyz Monsters at all.
And in this dimension, there's actually a card store with card packs containing Xyz Monsters?
"Grandpa said it was cards Mr. Yugi acquired from various dimensions," Tenjo Hikari thought for a moment, "but it seems Mr. Yugi obtained these cards anonymously in other dimensions, and handed them to Grandpa for personal interests."
In summary, these aren't deceiving outsiders, like those displayed in Domino City stores—they are genuinely bought by Muto Yugi from various game stores in different dimensions after on-site surveying.
According to Grandpa Muto, Muto Yugi also bought many various games from other worlds, which he placed in his store, partly as future references for 'game design', and partly to add to Grandpa's collection.
With Grandpa Sugoroku getting older and being physically inconvenient, unable to go out collecting, Mr. Yugi collected interesting things for him.
"Wow—he's truly my idol." Hearing the description, Judai gazed upwards, imagining in his mind, but his hands didn't stay idle; he quickly grabbed two card boxes that appeared more red.
He particularly liked red.
"Big bro is so sneaky—" Shou teased Judai's actions, picking out a card box from them and curiously began to unbox it.
Not knowing whether to participate, Ruri hesitated while Serena directly placed two card boxes in front of Ruri and started unpacking them boldly.
Hmm—
Speaking of luck, none of the people present could compare with Tenjo Hikari.
Yes, not a single one.
Even the unluckiest Ruri might not necessarily be worse than Tenjo Hikari.
After all, in the original story, Ruri was just unlucky in life, which didn't mean she had any difference with Yuzu in other aspects.
Judai's actions were the quickest. He opened two card boxes, finding both ordinary Common Cards and even Normal Monsters, and Tenjo Hikari showed no reaction.
After staying in this world long enough, he was already accustomed to it.
In his pre-crossover world, K Society, although malicious, would either work on card images or on strength to sell new cards, so basically every new environment's cards would have somewhat higher average strength than the old ones.
Tenjo Hikari believed that even his invincible, almighty, tear-inducing Tearlaments Race would eventually be phased out, possibly rated as 'old system', and not useful even at full capacity like his favorite Spell Card 'Spellbook of Judgment'.
Clearly, he always thought Judgment should sit as a lifer on the Forbidden Card list, yet when released, it made barely any splash.
That's K Society.
But in this world, things are different.
Whether it's mystical enhancement or other factors, most cards drawn from card packs are essentially useless little gimmicks, like Tenjo Hikari's initial Deck, which was filled with bizarre arrangements.
This is because the cards are too 'rare'.
Especially the powerful, excellent cards—once their value is discovered, don't think of finding them on the market, as they'll absolutely be snatched away with fervor.
Just like 'Future Fusion', even Professor Cronos in circles of Professional Duelists, Nobles, and Legendary Duelists couldn't find a second copy.
Therefore, in this world, if you want to draw powerful and novel cards from card packs.
Either like Judai, relying on the strong bonds with Winged Kuriboh and Flame Wingman to straightforwardly draw Winged Kuriboh LV10 and Shining Flare Wingman, or like Serena, purely relying on luck to pull out 'The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion'.