The Spirits of Lightsworn flew over, accompanied by the rescue team from Kaiba Company.
Most of the students were safely protected, and Jim and the others felt relieved, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
However, just as everyone was boarding with the help of Kaiba Company to rest at the station, a student who had been seized by the Archfiend, his body torn, gripped Judai's arms desperately and asked him frantically, "Why, why didn't you save us earlier! Weren't you able to kill those Archfiends instantly! Why!"
"You bastard, get out of the way!" Shou, seeing the situation, was furious beyond words, and he directly used his shoulder to shove the student away, swearing under his breath.
"It's okay, Shou, he's just too scared." Judai smiled as if the one being cursed was not him.
After this person, several other students continued to break down into sobs, but they were not as irrational, not blaming Judai. Some Spirits who were saved by Judai came up to him, constantly thanking him, and Judai waved his hand, saying it was nothing.
"Judai, you don't have to listen to that guy." Jim looked at the student covered in clothes by Kaiba Company, being comforted quietly, and then turned to Judai, saying, "You've done very well.
To be honest, if it were me, I might not have been able to defeat that Dragon Lord; perhaps we would all have been annihilated."
"...No, he has a point."
"Judai?"
Judai gently clenched his fist in front of him, pondering the words of his [other self].
Victory is justice!
To defeat evil, one must be stronger than evil in order to protect the weak.
If, if before the duel began he had been able to act as he did in the end, then perhaps the Archfiends could have been dispersed days ago, and the students wouldn't have been put in danger, nor would Jim and Shou, these new and old friends, have had to risk their lives.
Just as he was thinking, a few Lightsworn Spirits blocked their way. They were a group of Lightsworn Warriors, clutching their weapons tightly, eyes fixed on Judai as if he were some monstrous threat.
Judai simply raised his hand slightly and greeted them, and the Lightsworn Warriors instinctively raised their weapons, appearing quite tense.
"...Hello there!" Judai was the first to break the silence, laughing and greeting them as if he didn't have a care in the world.
However, by this time, Jim had already understood.
From beginning to end, Judai was never a carefree and indifferent hot-blooded youth. Within his heart, there lay very complex thoughts and ideas.
"Do you have something to say?" Jim asked in a lowered voice.
"The Supreme King, please come with us."
Judai frowned slightly, his smile gradually fading.
The next moment, O'Brien stood in front of him and spoke up, "Impossible! Judai has no reason to leave with you!"
He reached out to block Judai, "No matter what impression you have of Judai, he is a Hero who has saved countless students. Everyone can see that!"
It's an undeniable fact!
Even those students who later resented Judai for their own stupidity, even his enemies, have to acknowledge it.
He accomplished true heroic feats.
"Human, you saw it, right? That power?" the Lightsworn Warrior said in a steady voice, "Instantly annihilating countless Archfiends and subduing the remaining ones instantly, this power signals the revival of The Supreme King Power.
This human carries the power of The Supreme King that once ruled over dozens of dimensions with terrifying strength, and it is awakening!
No matter what, we cannot ignore it!"
"Moreover—" the Lightsworn Spirit looked toward another side of the sky, "those Archfiends of Dark World still exist in this area, don't they? And now they also follow this human, don't they?"
"They should be completely exterminated!" the Lightsworn Spirit behind them spoke up.
"Exterminated completely?" Judai's expression was not good, "But among them are Archfiends who seek me out solely to protect me, who even before this protected my classmates in their search for me—and you came because you cooperated with them, didn't you?"
Judai had already heard from the Demon God's subordinates that the Lightsworn quickly located the Dark World and invaded this dimension because the Demon God, unable to defeat the Dragon Lord, was concerned about The Supreme King's safety and thus allied with the Lightsworn.
"Complete eradication is necessary while all high-level spirits like the Dragon Lord, Mad King, and Demon God have died, it's the perfect opportunity to annihilate them!"
"You mean to kill all Dark Elf Spirits? Including those just born and those aligned with justice?" Judai's tone grew heavier.
When he said this, it wasn't simply because the Demon God had died before him, making him feel responsible for the Dark Elf Spirits.
Nor was it because the Demon God had died in front of him, making him believe he bore the Dark Elf Spirits' burden.
But because—how can this be called justice!?
Kill them all indiscriminately!?
"That's right—the Dark World nourishes evil. Killing them all is the best choice." The Lightsworn Angel added.
It acknowledged that there are indeed righteous spirits in the Dark World, but compared to the evil spirits that are born there, they are merely a drop in the ocean.
"They are born evil, born to harm those around them, born to threaten other spirits. So this is the best way to handle it!" It continued to explain, "We who belong to the Realm of Light pursue noble justice and will never allow evil to exist in the world."
While speaking, it was also observing Judai.
Compared to the evil forces that have battled against the Dark World for years, the "Supreme King" before them is the true dangerous terror!
"Born evil?" Judai's voice seemed a bit shaky.
"Big brother?" Shou and Kenzan called out his name.
"Why, why are some things born [evil]?" Judai looked at the Angel, his questioning tone seeming almost like an interrogation, causing the Angel to instinctively feel fear, panic, and even a thought of [submission].
Judai remembered his childhood.
He was just a bit dense.
But he was never a simple person.
Especially when, as a child, he noticed kids around him getting inexplicably injured, and those who dared to beat him fell seriously ill the next day, he realized he wasn't a "normal" child.
Kids called him a demon, a ghost kid. Even if his heart was large, he felt pain and loneliness.
So, at that time, in order not to hurt other children, other people, he gave up on becoming friends with other kids. He chose to become friends with Hero series cards, chose to be his own friend, a friend to cards.
He believed he wasn't a born "antagonist," and he also believed he wouldn't always be so miserable.
After all, he was always very lucky.
He was lucky to meet heroes, live a happy childhood, lucky to enter Duel Academy, lucky to meet Teacher Daitokuji, Tenjo Hikari, Shou, Hayato, and many more friends, lucky to make it to now, where he became friends with John, Jim, and O'Brien from other schools.
However, his thoughts were repeatedly disrupted and even denied by humans, by spirits, by reality!
"Because this world is like this, there is light and dark, justice and evil." The Lightsworn Angel replied, trembling yet firm.
It did not feel its sense of justice was wrong. It had lived for hundreds of years, seeing countless ordinary lives killed by the Dark World. In its heart, the Dark World shouldn't exist, and the entire Dark World should be destroyed completely.
The atmosphere in front was growing increasingly tense, the air heavy and terrifying, O'Brien turned to look at Jim, signaling for him to come up with a plan.
Jim frowned, gritted his teeth, and prepared to pinch Crocodile Kallen's thigh, pretending it was injured, to disrupt the tense atmosphere.
However—
At this moment, a car pulled out an eerie trajectory, screeching a long black line from the horizon, stopping not far from them, disrupting all thoughts of those present.
The car door slowly clicked open.
"Are we there?" A silhouette slowly appeared at the car door, looking outside.
"Ah!" Shou exclaimed, then let out a long breath.
"Wow—" Kenzan suddenly smiled.
Judai's pupils slightly contracted, the terrifying low pressure on his body slowly dissipating, he couldn't help but raise his hand: "Yo! Long time no see."
"Hmm—Haha, long time no see, long time no see. Quite a few familiar faces, huh?"
"Tenjo-san!" "Senior Hikari!" Shou and Kenzan grew excited.
"Tenjo Hikari!?" "Fusion Master of humans?" The Lightsworn spirits also exclaimed.
Jim and O'Brien exchanged puzzled looks, not knowing what was happening.
Why did the atmosphere change as soon as this student appeared?
Tenjo Hikari slightly shook off the dust from his clothes. Behind him, a small head popped out, pouting, and upon seeing Judai and the others, waved: "Senior Judai!"
The heavy atmosphere instantly vanished.
Judai's face revealed a genuine smile: "Hikari, did you get everything sorted over there?"