A few Heroes were momentarily paralyzed. The memories that they never wanted Judai to recall seemed to be loosening.
"That's right, Judai, I am the one who has been tormented by you all this time and sent to the Other Dimension by you... Yubel. Now, I've come back to find you." Yubel, using Kagurazaka's body, spoke with terrifying words, staring intently at Judai as if wishing to devour him alive.
Judai was in a daze.
He remembered.
Why couldn't he remember before?
His childhood memories were actually very vivid, after all, he never had any playmates as a child, so the only form of entertainment he had was Duel Cards.
As his card, he shouldn't have forgotten Yubel, but why...
He suddenly remembered.
When he was still a child, after the card he designed was sent to the Other Dimension by Kaiba Company, his parents took him to the largest hospital owned by Kaiba Company, where the extraordinarily healthy Judai underwent a surgery...
Memory Erasure Surgery!
He remembered now!
He remembered everything!
His parents believed that the people around Judai were always in pain, not because Judai was a "jinx," but because among his cards was an evil card. To prevent Judai from being heartbroken, they sent Judai's cards to the Other Dimension and used their connections to alter his memories so that he could forget childhood pain and grow up normally!
He remembered that he wasn't always the "Demon King" in children's eyes; there was a time when he peacefully played with friends——
It was...
Yubel!
The reason he was always seen as the "Antagonist" in his childhood...
Then, his pupils shrunk as he remembered something else.
He had seen... another Yubel card in The Supreme King's Deck!
His whole body felt like it was plunged into an ice cellar.
He wasn't always "the Antagonist" from a young age, he...
"Since you've remembered, there's no need for me to pretend anymore." Yubel sneered, completely controlling Kagurazaka and suppressing his spirit into the corner of his dream, while Kagurazaka's eyes changed color under her control.
"This way, you understand, right?" Yubel said with a hint of expectation, "Judai, you sent me to the furthest Dimension, and I was tormented by the cracks between Dimensions, by the power of Darkness and Destruction, by the force that tore the Spirit World apart. This pain made me understand your love for me, Judai!"
She was insane.
Tierra pondered seriously for once about the mental state of Tenjo Hikari's opponent.
Without a doubt, Yubel had gone mad.
Whether due to external forces or Spirit Power or Painful Torture, under extreme pressure, this top-tiered Archfiend had gone insane.
She seemed to have taken the suffering she experienced as Judai's affection for her, and then wanted to reverse it, using the same methods to torment those around Judai?
No wonder she approached Tenjo Hikari.
Tormenting Yuki Judai's best friend was a torment to his spirit, was that love?
What a twisted thought.
Tierra shook her head.
A thought without reason and calculation.
Meanwhile, Judai also thoroughly understood the events leading up to this point.
He knew why Yubel was tormenting Shou and Kenzan, why she controlled Kagurazaka, and continued to torment him in his dreams, and why the Heroes were so worried and afraid of Yubel.
Because...
At this moment, Judai instinctively felt...
Fear!
Without him noticing, strands of dark aura silently seeped into his body from all directions.
His hands trembled slightly, and at this moment, he felt as if he had returned to his childhood, to that afternoon, to that day when he was avoided by all the children.
At that time, in that place, at this moment, everything seemed to have returned to the starting point.
Is he going to lose everything again?
"Rest assured." On the other side, Tenjo Hikari spoke softly, "Even if the clock's hands return to the starting point, time has already made a full turn.
The you of that time didn't know, the you of now knows everything, and as your friend, as the one being {ATTACKED}, I also know everything... so, Judai, I will never blame you. Even if this duel is lost, it is not your fault but because my Polymerization is not yet complete enough!"
Judai jolted!
He shook his head, patted his face, and the strands of dark aura that had infiltrated him slowly dissipated.
That's right——
It's different now; everything is different!
Yubel, with a cold face, couldn't tolerate Tenjo Hikari's actions any longer: "Stop instilling all these nonsensical ideas into my Judai."
"Judai is mine..."
"Yours? Yours? How many times have I made it clear! Mutual respect, treating each other well, and understanding each other, that's what partners do—Judai is an independent existence, not your property!"
Yubel's face was gloomy, she had already decided that after controlling Tenjo Hikari's body, she would reverse these words and say them to Judai again.
"Now that things have come to this point, what can you do?" Yubel sneered.
Tenjo Hikari's methods were exhausted, the destructive effects had been blocked, and the Phantasm Emperor with Attack Power 4000 and Tormentor with Attack Power 3000 weren't that easy to destroy. Not only that, for Tenjo Hikari to attack, he must discard a card to do so.
In this situation, how can Tenjo Hikari defeat her?
In her next turn, the Dream Mirror can change colors again, and by then, Oneiros, the Dream Mirror Erlking will be able to transform into Oneiros, the Dream Mirror Erlking, and not only negate one effect but also destroy one card on the field.