Buzz——
Tenjo Hikari drove through tunnels, finally arriving at the secret base Yusei left for him.
Hiss——
The D-wheel slowly stopped, with Tenjo Hikari slightly unsteady, trying to brake classic-style with his foot, but Tierra casually pulled him off, and put him on the ground.
Didn't manage to pull it off.
After getting off the vehicle, Tenjo Hikari turned to look at the D-wheel.
The D-wheel had completely changed, with gray-white skeletal ornaments throughout, giving it an appearance as if it emerged from the Netherworld.
Tenjo Hikari tried touching the front of the vehicle and said, "Thank you. If it weren't for you, I might have lost."
Tenjo Hikari felt a response.
No idea what that's all about.
Is that skeleton horse a Spirit or a Ghost?
Nonetheless, in this world, ghosts might also count as spirits, so it's all good...
Tenjo Hikari remembered that in the original work, Judai encountered a doll's Resentful Spirit, and it still ended in a duel.
"By the way, in this state, do you get hurt? Do you need to eat?" Tenjo Hikari asked a few more questions, the D-wheel made a few sounds, seeming to respond to Tenjo Hikari, but he couldn't decipher what it meant.
Meanwhile, Tierra materialized, flexing her fingers, eyes sparkling like stars, with a wicked grin she said, "Oh, Tenjo Hikari, let me handle this.
Undead + Machine, quite the combination, my favorite style of soldiers."
"Don't mess around too much."
Tenjo Hikari felt as if the D-wheel was shying away, retreating slightly.
"Ahem, this guy wouldn't resist. If I really messed around, it would naturally seek your protection, so what's the worry?"
That's true.
Tierra, the God in her world, although not well-liked, her robots mostly follow orders perfectly, rarely malfunctioning.
Tenjo Hikari opened his deck, checking it out.
While checking, he replied to Tierra's questions now and then.
Racing Duels and standard Master Rules duels in this world are the same, but when you're driving the D-wheel at high speed, you can clearly feel the sense of "freedom and the storm" Yusei talked about in the original work.
The opponent this time wasn't too bad.
The key point was that this chase didn't involve "Speed World". Wondering if the Earthbound Immortal Series Racing Duelists would use Speed World or something else in future duels.
"Oh, a new card?" Tierra noticed Tenjo Hikari flipping out a new card from the Extra Deck.
The card was new but not very complete.
"Goyo Emperor, huh..." Tenjo Hikari raised his eyebrows.
Goyo Emperor, an LV 10 Earth Attribute Warrior-Type Fusion Monster, with Fusion Conditions of two Earth Attribute Synchro Monsters.
Indeed, as the true leader of the Goyo series, Goyo's boss is actually a Fusion Monster.
This card inherits the series' usual "Battle Ox" effect; when it destroys an opponent's monster in battle, it can Special Summon that monster to its field. Moreover, as long as this card is on the field, your controlled opponent's monster, when it destroys an opponent's monster in battle, can also Special Summon that monster to your field, essentially making it a "Minotaur Emperor".
Furthermore, when the opponent Special Summons a monster while it's on the field, you can release your field's Earth Attribute Synchro Monster and gain control of those monsters.
Although Tenjo Hikari doesn't have any for now, the Gaia series also has Earth Attribute Synchro Monsters, so it's not entirely useless.
But... this card also has a serious "side effect". That is when this face-up card leaves the field, control of your field monster returns to the original owner.
"With such strict Fusion Conditions, the effect isn't as useful as imagined." Tierra shook her head after reading the card's effect.
By now, she has a basic understanding of cards; in her view, this card isn't very strong, and its strength is even less in Tenjo Hikari's hands.
The crucial issue is where Tenjo Hikari can find two Earth Attribute Synchro Monsters to fuse?
That Ushio can directly use Goyo Defender's effect for three, but Tenjo Hikari doesn't have such a card.
Also, the card's completion level is very low.
Despite several duels, the card feels only halfway done.
Previously, after dueling with those classmates, cards finished post-duel had alarmingly high Duel Energy.
"Those cards were for the finals after all. Compared to catching regular policemen and police captains, they're definitely much higher."
Tenjo Hikari didn't expect to instantly create a new card.
But upon seeing Goyo Emperor, he was pleased.
After all, it's a Fusion Monster, where materials are entirely Synchro Monsters, collected in this dimension, holding significant commemorative and symbolic meaning.
As he took out the card and stored it, Tierra also finished tuning the D-wheel.
Tenjo Hikari looked over at the D-wheel, which automatically ran two laps, appearing energetic, even emitting an unnoticed howl.
It seemed the Skeleton D Horse quite enjoyed its current state.
Besides mechanical aspects, Tierra modified the D-wheel's exterior.
Previously, the Skeleton D-wheel form had a mystical style, making one suspect Tenjo Hikari as a Doomcaliber Knight from somewhere, but Tierra's modifications removed the previous impression.
Although still sporting a skeleton-mechanical aesthetic, the skeleton was technologized to standard by Tierra, and elsewhere, the D-wheel's Moment was vacuum tube-protected by her preference. The vehicle's sides were additionally decorated, visually resembling metallic wings.
Color-wise, still predominantly gray-white with some added purple stripes.
From afar, Tenjo Hikari found it slightly illusionary, as if it weren't a D-wheel, but an Archfiend.
No...
Isn't this the "Infernoid Pirmais" color scheme?
Using references certainly speeds things up.
Tenjo Hikari tried getting on the vehicle, testing a few runs in the underground tunnel.
The Ghost Horse, as expected from a spirited ancient D Horse, seamlessly united with the D-wheel, operates entirely by Tenjo Hikari's will, addressing his critical Racing Duel deficiency.
With this, in this world, life should be easier, not worrying about getting stopped by security police and wasting time.
While Tenjo Hikari pondered this, suddenly, a voice sounded from the D-wheel.
"How's it going, Tenjo, how are things over there?"
Manjome?