Of course, the greater danger is that the opponent has already drawn nearly half of the Geo. If he completes it first, it might become difficult to handle.
Luckily...
He glanced at the report handed over by his subordinate.
Due to the uprising by lower-class people, the Fusion Army harvested a large number of souls, providing them to "Red Nova". While the opponent is drawing the Geo, there will certainly be obstruction from others. Then, he could take his time and revive the True Red Nova.
The revived True Red Nova is incomparable to its lone flame phantom.
Just as he was thinking this, a familiar figure suddenly appeared on the screen, someone he would recognize even if turned to ash, driving towards the floating giant painting.
Akaba Leo's eyes suddenly lit up.
His lips couldn't help but curl into a slow smile.
Several nobles observing his expression noticed his smile, and the worry on their faces instantly dissipated.
No wonder he could create Physical Image Technology as a genius scientist; he could still smile in the face of such a crisis. It seems the great work can be accomplished!
In fact, Akaba Leo wasn't smiling at the current situation.
He watched as Tenjo Hikari recklessly drove towards an opponent of such caliber, feeling indescribably pleased.
That guy Tenjo Hikari dares to act on any so-called injustice he sees without ever regretting, always targeting the Fusion Army. This time he's recklessly charging towards a monster of this level.
No matter how skilled that lower-class person named Crow is in dueling, with the help of "Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca" — and it's a God's Card in its original form — no matter how strong Tenjo Hikari's duel is, he will certainly be suppressed. By then, he'll face the current most unsolvable quandary!
Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca and Black-Winged Assault Dragon!
You must know, although Tenjo Hikari's deck mainly consists of Magic and Trap, his battles and field-clearing mostly rely on Monsters. How can he face the Black-Winged Assault Dragon in such circumstances?
He carefully recalled all of Tenjo Hikari's Fusion Monsters, only one "Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste" could break through this situation. But Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste requires too many cards, and possibly has to trigger the Muddy Mudragon's effect in the process. By then, it might not be completed and be deducted by the Black-Winged Assault Dragon!
In such a predicament, Tenjo Hikari's cards simply cannot solve the combination of Black-Winged Assault Dragon and Earthbound Immortal!
What's even better is, because many Blackwing cards use "Normal Summon" during their play process, even Tenjo Hikari's strongest strange Monster named Midrash can't block Crow's play! Crow has countless conversion methods to deal with Midrash!
Crow has ten thousand ways to win, and Tenjo Hikari's odds of trying are almost nonexistent!
He concluded, Tenjo Hikari is certain to lose!
Hehehe...
Nothing is more gratifying than watching one's enemies self-destruct.
He pondered briefly and decided to tell his people not to rush capturing Serena, first to gather souls, and let them watch this self-destructive duel of Tenjo Hikari later.
Buzz—
At this moment, Tenjo Hikari finally ascended the Geo, driving along the fiery corridor, gradually catching up with Crow who was moving forward.
"Crow, stop drawing the Geo!" Tenjo Hikari shouted.
Though dueling is the simplest and most direct method, after all, it's Crow, maybe he can be reasoned with, so Tenjo Hikari didn't jump straight to duel.
"Tenjo, are you going to stop me?" Crow glanced back at Tenjo Hikari, "I will never rest, or it'll betray Shinji's death."
Tenjo Hikari frowned deeply but didn't rush to speak.
Because he wants to hear what Crow has to say.
Although his true heart supports the philosophy of Yusei, if Crow's idea is better, he couldn't forcefully stop the other.
Crow clenched his fists, bringing them to his face, and said: "I've had enough, enough of my friends, and enough of the people I cherish being tormented by reality. I don't want to see people like Shinji fall into madness, nor do I wish for Yusei to sacrifice himself again on a path impossible to realize!
I want to end the divine war prematurely, creating a world where everyone is protected by God, so there will be no class disparity, everyone will be God's children."
"...Is that really good? After all, Yusei desires to end this painful cycle.
Even if you end the divine war now and let your Earthbound God fully revive to create a new world, the current tragedy will still happen thousands of years later."
"No matter, I will choose again by then—there will be no more wars, as the class has been erased, everyone is equally granted resources, at that time, the battle of The One can be replaced with a duel tournament…"
"What if the victor changes the rules then?"
Crow's fist trembled slightly.
He's a smart person, smart enough to realize when Tenjo Hikari raised such a possibility, he knew his current thinking wasn't exactly correct.
Of course, he could say that by then, he'll choose who becomes the next victor, directly eliminating those not in line with his ideas… but after turning that thought through his mind, he realized it was absolutely unreasonable.
That would just be replacing the nobility's rule with his own.
He shook his head and looked at Tenjo Hikari.
Tenjo Hikari awaited his reply.
However—
Just as Crow prepared for a few more arguments, he suddenly thought of something and questioned: "You... I saw earlier you hit Serena?"
Tenjo Hikari did indeed tap Serena on the forehead several times with his knuckles, he pondered if that could be considered hitting?
But since Crow asked, he nodded and said, "I suppose, after all, she did something rash as soon as she thought. Gotten so many people implicated with the Fusion Army...
"It's wrong to hit children, Tenjo."
Tenjo Hikari was taken aback.
He looked up at Crow, confirmed he wasn't joking, slowly opened his mouth wide.
"You don't mean by [protection]..."
"I want to create a world where everyone can live safely and carefree, just like that—just good..."
Tenjo Hikari was dumbfounded.
Although Crow likes children, isn't this a bit too extreme?
He looked at the gigantic Earthbound Immortal flying nearby.
In the original work, the Earthbound Gods would make the holder's hatred and anger become extreme to deal with the Signers.
He thought Shinji's extremeness was due to his inherent extremeness in A5, exacerbated in this world. Now it seems, maybe not.
"It seems, in order to compete for [The One], the Earthbound God will greatly enhance the chosen proxy's beliefs or obsessions, huh?" Tierra might not be excellent at dueling, but in this aspect, he's proficient and masterful, "This human's protection of children before death is not only his campaigning [slogan] as a Divine Chosen but also his obsession."
I see.
Tenjo Hikari nodded.
"Then it seems, we still need to move forward, Tenjo Hikari!" Tierra waved at Tenjo Hikari, encouraging him.
Tenjo Hikari glanced at the card in his hand, put it into the deck, and nodded.
"If that's the case, then there's nothing left to discuss, Crow! Let's duel!" Tenjo Hikari shouted at him.
"Alright, Tenjo—even if you lose, I'll let you and Shinji be reborn in this world together!" Crow patted his chest, promising.
Buzz—
The two rushed forward together, at another corner, Tenjo Hikari's D-wheel maintained speed without slowing, while Crow slightly decelerated, which led to a difference in their cornering speeds.
Swish—
Tenjo Hikari was the first to dash out of the curve!
"Racing Duel! Accelerate!" The D-wheel automatically emitted a sound.
Divine Favored of Polymerization, Tenjo Hikari, LP: 4000.
Guardian of Young Birds, Crow Hogan, LP: 4000.
Only half the Geo remains, must determine victory before then!