Arcadia Movement.
A telekinetic training institute with a pleasant name.
Its founder is a telekinesis duelist named "Divine" who can use telekinesis to turn Duel Monsters into tangible forms, causing harm to people.
Tenjo Hikari watched as a group of telekinetic users from Arcadia Movement gave money to parents, guardians, or gang leaders in the Lower City Area, then took away a bunch of children. He chose to quietly follow them, wanting to see what the situation was.
Could it be Izayoi Aki?
Although this world isn't the same as the world of the original work, the timeline seems roughly similar, so perhaps at this moment, Izayoi Aki still exists as a member of Arcadia Movement, as a Signer. She might be here?
Tenjo Hikari was just making pure guesses, anyway it didn't matter if he guessed wrong.
So, he chose to silently follow these people into Arcadia Movement.
Meanwhile, in another direction, a couple also secretly infiltrated Arcadia Movement.
Despite Jack's impressive record of taking on 10 people with his fists alone, this time the opponents weren't ordinary people—they were telekinesis users. Even Jack was somewhat intimidated, just standing beside Carly Nagisa, observing this strange organization.
He hadn't heard of telekinetic training institutes before, only heard that Yusei seemed to have a telekinetic duel with some kind of witch, but he didn't know the specifics.
Now that he had indeed come to such an organization, his curiosity was piqued.
Since they were infiltrating, they didn't enter through the main entrance or those corridors open for public tours, but rather through other areas.
As they went deeper, they gradually heard a voice.
It was a male voice.
Jack leaned over the top of the ventilation shaft, looking down at the person below.
A man with an inclined head, wearing a suit and a tie, was standing confidently in front of the trainees.
"My dear members!
This world is undergoing unprecedented changes!
It won't be long before the end of the world arrives!"
"Another guy preaching the end of the world." Carly couldn't help but murmur.
Cults and pyramid schemes often like to boast about doomsday; though Carly hadn't interviewed these organizations in-depth, she had seen many related cases. They were basically nonsense, tricking believers into giving money.
But—
Jack was remarkably silent.
Because, as a Signer, he knew very well that... Divine wasn't wrong.
[The end of the world] was already close at hand.
Whether it's a Signer or a Dark Signer, after the victor wins, they will inevitably create a new world in accordance with the world they desire, and the old world will naturally be destroyed, which is the "end of the world."
But on the other hand.
Jack looked at Divine's arm.
He had neither the Dark Sign nor the Dragon Sign, where exactly did he learn about these things?
And soon—he would know.
"To survive the end of the world, to establish a new order in the new world after the end of the world, for all our hardworking masses!
For all the comrades who can't get enough food or clothing, we at Arcadia Movement have consumed the power of countless people, and finally, finally created this—
A secret weapon that enables everyone to survive!
Psychic End Punisher!
Our pride!
As long as we win the upcoming great war, we'll be able to create a pure spiritual world, by then, it will replace the current god and become humanity's new deity—the god we create ourselves!
And then, in the spiritual world, we'll be able to do as we please, no longer will there be material shortages and issues!"
"This person must be crazy?" Carly said in a low voice.
Jack was also somewhat disappointed.
He saw no Dark Signers, only a madman.
Which was, frankly, uninteresting.
But just when the two felt disappointed, the giant mechanical door behind Divine slowly opened, and a silver-white mechanical demon with large green wings gradually appeared in front of these Arcadia Movement duelists.
The enormous silver-white demon's body was connected to countless pipes, these pipes led to various parts of Arcadia Movement, and with the emergence of this giant demon, countless cries of pain, struggles, and screams rang out incessantly.
What!?
Carly almost jumped up, Jack directly grabbed her hand, exerting strength with his right hand to keep her silent.
Although the sources of those pipes weren't visible, just hearing those tender screams, Carly instantly recalled some "Arcadia Movement" news.
[Arcadia Movement funds Lower City Area orphans, reported as the most caring research organization of the year.]
[Creating a good training environment, Arcadia Movement collaborates with Sector Security to research telekinesis and prepare for Other Dimension people.]
[Another 30 are adopted, what kind of person is the leader of Arcadia Movement?!]
The past news floated snowflake-like before Carly's eyes, just recalling the content of these reports, the implication behind them, Carly almost fainted.
Now, the answer was simple—the people from Arcadia Movement weren't selecting children from the Lower City to train them as telekinesis users, but using those who had telekinesis potential as batteries to charge their own "ambitions!"
Jack's face grew cold as he silently took out his deck, ready to jump down and settle this scoundrel, but before that—
Boom!
The guarded main entrance was kicked open, a purple figure slowly appeared through the smoke.
Tenjo Hikari?
Jack's action suddenly halted.
"Other Dimension people!?" Some telekinesis duelists started panicking and retreating.
"Don't panic." Divine gently clapped his hands, calming his students, then stepped forward to face Tenjo Hikari, "Are you... the duelist from the Other Dimension, Tenjo Hikari? Are you here to witness our [God]?"
"God?" Tenjo Hikari's eyes flickered with a purple glow, "Such a thing, is it worthy of being called a god? Built on the blood and pain of children, a mere shadow of agony—is it worthy of being called a god?"
"Heh... too narrow-minded, Other Dimension person." Divine smiled lightly while shaking his head, "The so-called god is merely a powerful creature; since [The One] can call other failed gods demons or monsters, then what's the big deal about calling an [Archfiend] a god?"
He then revealed a sinister smile, a strange mark appeared on his forehead, different from the Dark Sign or Dragon Sign, yet seemingly of a similar origin.
Tenjo Hikari squinted slightly.
"Tenjo Hikari, although what he's saying doesn't make sense... that card is indeed [God] tier, at least equal to the Three Phantasm." Tierra reminded Tenjo Hikari beside him, showing a peculiar expression.
"Can this method really create a [God]?" Tenjo Hikari asked quietly.
"Impossible. Otherwise, with your alchemy skills, you would have long mass-produced various powerful monsters, right?" Tierra shook his head directly.
Capturing dozens or hundreds of children to power a single card, if that alone could create a virtual world's "god," Tenjo Hikari would have long had the ability to create the same thing, even in mass production.
"Indeed—" Tenjo Hikari squinted his eyes, he felt unprecedented power from Divine, and also saw something familiar...
Darkness!
The end of the world, the extinction of humanity... this is the "final outcome" for future humanity in the 5DS original world.
For the embodiment of "the destruction of humanity's future," Darkness is the "result."
I see, everything upon arriving in this world finally connects.
However—
The current priority is for the annoying thing before him to vanish!
Divine raised his left hand's golden Duel Disk. The core of the Duel Disk began to spin, emitting colored light, numerous invisible forces bombarded Tenjo Hikari, who stood in place without a hint of fear.
The invisible bombardment passed through Tenjo Hikari, hitting the giant iron gate behind him, which instantly dented in the middle and within seconds was literally "folded," becoming jagged and even penetrated by some force.
However, for Tenjo Hikari, it was like a breeze merely tossing his sideburns.
"Not surprising, coming from a duelist from the dimension known as the Other Dimension..." Having failed with one attack, unperturbed, Divine continued to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor.
"Then." Divine looked at Tenjo Hikari's left hand, "Ha, a real mark, after dealing with you, cutting off your left hand, thus, our virtual god will be even more real!"
"Duel!" X2.
Divine, LP: 4000.
Tenjo Hikari, LP: 4000.