[Main Quest: Recasting the Glory of the XYZ Dimension]
[First Phase in Progress: Integrate the rebel forces of the XYZ dimension and repel the Fusion Dimension]
"Didn't everyone move the camp to the Sanjuku area? The remaining forces of the entire XYZ dimension should be here. Why hasn't the first phase been completed?"
"Wait a minute!" Yuji slapped his forehead. "Spade's good buddies are still wandering outside."
"It seems I have to bring them back to complete the quest." Yuji sat up from the hospital bed thinking.
"Chief Yuji, you're awake." At that moment, Shinjo Katsu and Allen Kamizuki walked into the ward.
"You two came at the right time. Tell me, how's the situation in the camp now?" Yuji said.
"Our relocation went smoothly. Everyone is building new residences here." Shinjo said. "Now, Mr. Renjiro is managing everything in the camp."
"Is Kaito still in the camp?" Yuji nodded and asked Allen.
"Chief Kaito took the items you asked me to give him that day and stayed in the camp. These past two days, he's also led teams to clear out the surrounding fusion strongholds." Allen said.
"Is that so?" Yuji pondered for a while. "Gather everyone together for a meeting."
"Understood." Shinjo nodded and hurried out.
After a while, Shinjo brought Renjiro, Kaito, Reynold, and others to the ward.
After everyone arrived, Yuji said:
"Everyone, the first part of our plan has been largely successful."
"The remaining resistance forces in Heartland should have been assembled by now. With the geographical advantage of the Sanjuku area and the enemy leader's injury, we'll have a period of respite."
"Renjiro, I'll hand over all material arrangements for the camp to you." Yuji looked at Renjiro and said.
"Understood." Renjiro nodded.
"Makoto, Shinjo, Allen, the training of our duelist army will be entrusted to you. Our time is very tight." Yuji continued arranging.
"Kaito and Yasuo, I'll be leaving for a while. The camp's safety will be entrusted to you."
"Where are you going?" Kaito frowned after hearing Itadori's words.
"Of course to bring Yuto and Shun back. They've stayed outside long enough." Yuji said.
"By the way, Allen, can you help me ask around the camp if anyone has these cards?" Yuji took out a list and handed it to Allen.
After receiving it, Allen glanced at it and nodded. Kaito at the side looked at the cards on the list and couldn't help asking: "What do you want these cards for? These cards don't seem compatible with your deck."
There was a reason for Kaito to say this. From the few duels after Yuji changed to his new deck, Kaito could see that Yuji's new deck was very dependent on card resources, while the cards on this list were all cards that needed to be discarded as cost when activated, such as [Karma Cut], [Raigeki], and [Divine Punishment].
"What if I can randomly pick up the cost for these cards in the duel where I'm going next?" Yuji said.
"I don't quite understand what you're talking about." Sugihara Yasuo said.
"Yuto and Shun are currently in the Standard dimension, and there, a dueling method called Action Duel has recently emerged." Yuji said.
"Action Duel?" Everyone was puzzled.
"To put it simply, before the duel begins, a large number of cards called Action Cards will be scattered on the field, and duelists can pick them up to activate their effects at any time during the duel." Yuji explained to everyone.
"Picking up cards? Which genius designed this rule?" Shinjo couldn't help but complain.
"Maybe they think it's fun for duelists to jump up and down all over the map picking up cards like clowns?" Yuji shrugged.
"When will you leave?" Seeing that Yuji had already made plans, Kaito didn't ask further.
"Tomorrow. The sooner we bring them back, the sooner we gain more strength. It's problematic to let them continue wandering outside like this." Yuji said.
After seeing everyone off, Renjiro took Yuji to his prepared residence—the church where the two had first met.
Along the way, both the survivors in Heartland and the patrolling students greeted Yuji enthusiastically.
"Boss, it's clear that everyone respects you very much," Renjiro said.
"Because I brought hope to everyone." Yuji said after accepting bread given to him by an elderly woman.
"Look at my Rising Sun Slash!" Several kids ran past the two of them.
Looking at their energetic backs, Yuji couldn't help laughing: "In the future, everything will be fine."
...
After returning to the room Renjiro had arranged for him, Yuji opened the system. After getting a photobook of Masaki Kyoko from the daily lottery, Yuji opened his backpack.
First, he exchanged the dream ticket obtained from defeating Ed for an Onomatopoeia archetype card, then looked at the random Number monster lottery ticket.
"Great god of duels, I'll use my three college dormmate's ten years of singlehood in exchange for a card that's useful going first! Please grant me a useful card!"
With the cards Yuji had now, there were plenty of ways to solve the game going second—whether it was M7, the Bounzer's negation, [Malevolent Sin]'s banishment, plus [Utopia]'s 10,000 ATK combo, going second was completely sufficient. But going first, the only option was to set up a Bounzer and wait to die.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining [Number 25: Force Focus]]
"This card?" Yuji looked at the new Number monster that appeared. It could negate monster effects once per turn, but only for monsters with level 5 or higher. Different from the Bounzer.
"Seems the Bounzer will have to protect me for a while longer." Yuji said, took a deep breath, and grasped the card.
"Huh?" The expected electrotherapy didn't happen. It felt like a regular card.
"Is it because of ZEXAL transformation?" After thinking for a while, Yuji took out [Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon] that he hadn't had time to give to Kaito.
Yuji held this card as well, without being electrocuted.
It seemed that after transforming and using Number monsters, there was no need for electrotherapy again. Yuji breathed a sigh of relief.
Not long after, Shinjo delivered the collected cards, and Yuji began adjusting his deck for this trip to the Standard dimension.
...
Early the next morning, Yuji packed up his duel disk and deck and set off using the dimensional travel chance rewarded by the system.
[Destination: Standard Dimension]
[Transmission Coordinates: Kurosaki Shun]
As soon as he landed, the scene before him gave Yuji an opening shock.
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(End of this chapter)