This might be Tenjo Hikari's most abrupt slogan yet.
In the past, when Tenjo Hikari shouted this phrase, it was either during a duel with the Fusion Army or in another dimension. Shouting it against a local opponent like Darkness, who didn't even use the Extra Deck much, seemed somewhat deliberate.
But, who knows if this phrase possessed a strange kind of magic.
With Tenjo Hikari's voice, those companions who were either tense, worried, or regretful all calmed down, as if after the phrase appeared, everyone regained their composure and instantly gained some emotional strength.
This was not just shouting a slogan.
It was about calming everyone's emotions and also demonstrating the confidence Tenjo Hikari had, which earned him respect and recognition as the Minister of Fusion!
Darkness calculated a bit in his mind.
This duel wasn't just a match-up, but a decision of who between humanity and himself would survive, so long before this, Darkness had begun preparations for the duel.
So, before the duel, he made all preparations. Before the duel, when he saw Tenjo Hikari's friends handing over their Spirit Card and Ace Card to the duo, Darkness knew he had succeeded.
No matter how good the pre-match agreement was.
When this duel, charged with everyone's beliefs, developed to higher intensity, it would gradually lead thoughts and spirits to the highest level.
The students of Duel Academy, these excellent students of Duelists, came from all over the world. They were the next generation of duelists who represented the future elites of this world. They were the latest and core batch of dimension traveling students, and they were humanity's [Future].
In this moment where humanity's future entrusted their beliefs and hopes to the "core," the ultimate duel would unfold.
Because, he was [Destruction], and the other was [Hope].
In this duel, not only the duelists but also the beliefs of these spectators would influence the outcome of the duel.
When they realized that the "unlimited extra" session was actually part of their tactics, they were sure to have emotional waves, like those who fancied themselves clever would inevitably feel regret—like Manjome Jun.
Regret would breed negative emotions.
When such emotions accumulated, even the most resilient duelists would be affected.
Yet, unexpectedly...
Tenjo Hikari.
Just a mere empty slogan could calm these people?
Honestly, he was quite astonished.
Because when banishing the Extra Deck's Monster, he deliberately let Tenjo Hikari see the Fusion Monster being banished, but unexpectedly, Tenjo Hikari was angry yet completely maintained calm.
It even seemed like Tenjo Hikari was prepared to make strategic moves with the Extra Deck and card counts, mostly fueled by anger at him deliberately banishing Fusion Monsters before him.
That was extremely frightening.
This capability—if Tenjo Hikari were not human or his enemy, he really would be applauding him.
He looked at the card in his hand.
Though he didn't need to Special Summon monsters, nor did even those students realize—he wouldn't even Normal Summon, but keeping a Midrash on the opponent's field was still very unsuitable.
Admittedly, with Midrash on the field, Tenjo Hikari couldn't conduct two Special Summons, but he knew clearly, as an excellent duelist, Tenjo Hikari surely wouldn't use Monster Cards to trap his teammate. In other words, from Tenjo Hikari's perspective, even if Midrash was Special Summoned, it wouldn't affect Yuki Judai, but could instead help him.
If so, holding the thought of preventing the opponent from achieving what they wanted, Darkness raised his hand and flipped a card over: "Activate Tragoedia's effect. Once per turn, send a monster from your hand to the Graveyard, targeting a monster on the opponent's field with the same Level as the sent monster and take control of that face-up monster.
I discard the LV 5 Memory Crush King from my hand to gain control of Midrash."
Tragoedia exhaled a dense fog, and Tierra slightly furrowed his brows, casually tearing off the puppet strings, and the Midrash on the field instantly lost its color, turning into a colorless puppet.
"Oh no, in this case, Judai and his group now have to find a way to deal with Midrash!"
But contrary to what they thought, after gaining control of Midrash, Darkness didn't stop but continued, "Tragoedia's effect, once per turn, targets a monster in your graveyard to activate. This card's Level becomes that monster's level until the end of the turn.
Banish Memory Crush King."
Ten stars appeared before Tragoedia, half of which were shattered with a crunch, leaving only 5 stars in the end.
"Overlay the LV 5 Midrash and the LV 5 Tragoedia to construct the Xyz Network."
He raised his hand, and countless bones converged from all directions, forming a vortex: "Xyz Summon, Rank 5, Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon."
The pitch-black wings unfolded, and the red-eyed archfiend grasped a crimson dagger, slowly descending.
Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon, Rank 5, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, ATK 2600.
"Xyzed the captured Midrash?"