When Tenjo Hikari and Yusei each decided on what to do next.
In a certain underground laboratory, a black-haired girl pointed at the person on the screen and said to the other two, "She is Serena, the one who rescued me."
"Ah—she really looks exactly like Rin!"
In Yusei's number two base, young boys and girls gathered in front of the display screen, whispering to each other.
Although everyone believed that the shelter provided by Yusei should be very safe and hidden, since they were in hiding from others, they tried to lower their voices as much as possible to reduce the chance of being discovered.
Previously, on the way to find Crow, Yusei had also brought Rin and Yugo here, so Tenjo Hikari and Yusei arrived at the scene quite late.
The three of them briefly got to know each other in the laboratory and learned that Ruri surprisingly came from the "Xyz" world, which sparked significant interest and admiration from Yugo and Rin toward the "Xyz" world.
In the world of Xyz, duels are a form of entertainment, and Heartland, where Ruri is located, is considered the happiest city in the world. Everyone lives in Heartland happily, with no discrimination or class division, where children of both the wealthy and poor can live together in the four Duel Academies.
For Rin and Yugo, who grew up in orphanages and in the lower layers of society, such a world was almost unimaginable.
Therefore, they were very interested in the stories told by Ruri.
Of course, what angered them the most was the sudden attack by the Fusion Army on the X Dimension, causing buildings to collapse and flames everywhere, and Ruri witnessing deaths right before her eyes.
Especially when they heard that Ruri was abducted without a duel by someone who looked exactly like Yugo, they became even angrier.
Rin even kept elbowing Yugo, who kept asking what he did wrong.
However, unlike Rin and Serena, Ruri was very gentle and sensible, not doubting Yugo just because he looked like Yuri—more importantly, her memories of "Yuto" and Yugo were exactly the same.
This led her to many speculations.
Especially after she learned from Serena earlier that Serena and she seems to be daughters of someone called "Akaba Leo."
To Serena, this was nothing ordinary, but to Ruri, it was quite bizarre.
Because in her own world, she had parents, and, moreover, a very loving biological brother, Kurosaki Shun!
Yet Serena's ability to communicate with her through that strange alchemy does suggest some connection between them.
This prompted her to wonder if there might be more secrets waiting for her and Serena, and even the Rin in front of her and the "Yuto" she knows or "Yugo" she faces.
However, she didn't voice these thoughts, instead feeling worried for Serena.
Through her conversations with Serena, she learned that Serena was initially cultivated in the laboratory as a Duel Warrior by her "father," Akaba Leo, and it was Tenjo Hikari and some other senior members from the Fusion Department who helped her understand what life truly is.
Even the unique "alchemy" mastered by Serena was taught to her by Tenjo Hikari.
As a result of inadequate planning and precision in execution, they ended up in their current predicament.
Although it seems unrelated to Serena, if Tenjo Hikari blamed Serena, and Serena was punished by the mentor she admired, she felt it wouldn't be fair.
So, while Yugo and Rin watched the screen to find Yusei, she remained focused on the previous surveillance footage, trying to see exactly what happened.
Not only her.
With the drawing of the underground geo, that huge bird already attracted attention in the Upper City Area, naturally, those Fusion Army soldiers who were previously ordered to capture Serena, Rin, Ruri, also reported the details level by level.
Thus, as the nobles were tense, they, along with Akaba Leo, watched the previous dueling scene in the Elder Council.
"This really is—"
"How terrifying!"
"4200 ATK? A mere lower-class person can produce such a level of attack power!"
"Hahaha, 1 ATK Earthbound Immortal—gah?"
"Directly reducing Life Points to 1?!"
"Activating a monster effect that loses 700 Life Points? Isn't that invincible?!"
A group of nobles gathered to watch the previous duel between Crow and Shinji, expressing their amazement at the events.
While they were surprised by the 4200 attack points, they were not particularly fearful.
Yet when they saw Crow create a "certain-death" scenario using Earthbound Immortal and Black-Winged Assault Dragon, they couldn't help but exclaim in awe.
Akaba Leo frowned, observing the duel.
The two monsters were indeed strong, but in front of his "Spirit Tech Force - Pendulum Governor," they didn't quite suffice.
But if the opponent was to establish such a scenario first, it would be quite troublesome even for him, almost forcing him to resort solely to Pendulum Commander, as whether it's Phantasm or Numbers would be heavily suppressed.
Not easy to deal with.