Although Yugen feels he's been in the 5DS Dimension for quite a while, in reality, only a month has passed. It's just that with one thing after another happening here, it feels like a long time has gone by in the busy whirlwind.
At this moment, all the turmoil has temporarily settled, WRGP's inauguration is still in preparation. Yugen figures that there shouldn't be much going on in the short term, so he takes this opportunity to go home and take a look.
Yes, return to the GX Dimension from which he came.
With precise dimensional coordinates and equipment capable of dimensional travel, occasionally shuttling between different dimensions is no difficulty. Especially now that Yugen has become the Taiyi Emperor, possessing the resources of the entire organization and technical support from ZONE, dimensional travel is relatively more stable and controllable.
Once again traversing dimensions, the landing point was back at the trans-spatial field of the Kaiba Group, the initial starting point from which Yugen first departed.
Upon receiving the news, Keihei immediately set aside all current affairs and hurried over. When he returned to the company, Yugen was undergoing the routine check of the Kaiba Group—to ensure he hadn't brought any unknown pathogens from the Otherworld.
After completing the inspection and disinfection, Yugen came out, and Keihei eagerly greeted him.
"How is it?" Keihei hastily asked, "What does the Otherworld look like? Did you find the enemy?"
"Uh... it's hard to say."
Yugen replied.
"As for the enemy, their true form hasn't been found yet, but at least we've gotten closer than before. Also made some allies, quite powerful allies... which is a long story.
Anyway, compared to our dimension, theirs should be considered the future."
Keihei: "The future?"
"Indeed. It's the future developed after several years from our dimension, where a Perpetual Motion Machine known as "MOMENT" becomes the cornerstone of civilization, leading to a future world with infinite energy and limitless possibilities."
"Infinite energy, really..." Keihei was stunned.
However, he wasn't too surprised, since they had previously learned about the concept of the Perpetual Motion Machine. The D-Wheel that Paradox brought to this dimension was equipped with a Perpetual Motion Machine, and recently the top team at Kaiba Group had been tirelessly researching it.
The world where a Perpetual Motion Machine is fully universal, a future with inexhaustible energy, such a blueprint is thrilling.
"But don't get too excited. Even with a Perpetual Motion Machine, humans are still humans." Yugen smiled.
No matter how infinite the energy, wealth and resources are still controlled by a very few, and there are still impoverished areas like the Satellite District where people can barely eat, living off scavenging.
The birth of MOMENT just proves that many issues in humanity can't be solved merely by technological advancement and energy development.
"I want to see the progress of the projects that have been underway during my absence." Yugen said.
Keihei chuckled: "I knew you'd say that, so I've already informed all departments."
He knew Yugen well, understanding that nothing is more important to him than cards. The first thing upon returning would surely be to check for new cards and to care about the progress of his research department.
Yugen nodded: "Also, while I was away, has there been any new disturbances on this Earth? You know, madmen wanting to destroy the world, or artistic Demon Gods riding dragon-headed steeds?"
Though he was only gone for a month, in a Yu-Gi-Oh World where extraordinary powers abound, it's not strange for any monsters and demons to appear during that month.
"For the most part, things are stable now. But if you ask about potential enemies... there are indeed some."
Keihei said seriously.
"Centered around Tongshiyi City, there have been numerous cases of missing persons over the past month."
Yugen said: "If it's just missing persons, then there are usually occurrences every month, aren't there?"
The phenomenon of missing persons isn't strange; even in an ordinary, non-supernatural world, it's common. This doesn't indicate anything notable.
Keihei nodded: "Just that alone indeed isn't noteworthy. But there are clues indicating that several disappearance cases this month are related to some extraordinary power.
There might be some higher-dimensional existence abducting some people for some reason, although we still don't know why."
Yugen vaguely seems to have some guesses about this opponent but still asked: "So are there any clues about the enemy's true identity?"
Keihei: "The Kaiba Group has already established a special investigation team, working with Tongshiyi's security bureau to investigate... Oh, and there's a rather important member of our investigative team, not from the company or security bureau, but rather a student leader voluntarily cooperating with us for the investigation action."
Yugen: "Who?"
Although he asked like this, he probably already knew who it was.
"It's your buddy, Yuki Judai." Keihei smiled, "It's hard to imagine, the Osiris Red student you initially introduced to participate in Duel City GX has changed so much now.
Although he's participating voluntarily, he's already become a main force in the investigation. His incredible power has been a tremendous help, he's stronger than most of our registered Dark Duelists in the company."
Yugen nodded, showing no surprise.
This is only natural. The current Judai has already gathered the power of the Overlord and Yubel, reaching a Level 100 top tier, maybe even stronger than the late stages of the original animated series.
"Judai discovered that the center of the incident is probably at your Duel Academy." Keihei said, "He dueled with several who call themselves 'Mr. T', those Dark Duelists.
According to Judai, these guys' card decks are chaotic, with no rhyme or reason. And they don't seem like humans, but rather like henchmen projected by some high-dimensional existence, pure dark conglomerates.
Judai defeated them several times and learned the name of the existence behind them..."
Before Keihei could finish, Yugen had already taken over the conversation: "Darkness."
Keihei was somewhat shocked: "You knew?"
Yugen said: "There was brief contact during the Three Evil Gods incident."
And now, it's about to enter his final semester at Duel Academy, the story of the last season of the original GX animated series. The ultimate boss of this chapter was originally intended to be Darkness, so this figure emerging was predictable.
However, the Darkness entity is also hidden in other planes, before it formally takes action against this world, implementing its "Human Assimilation Plan," finding the true Darkness entity is nearly impossible. So for now, it's just a matter of taking things as they come.
Though this boss belongs to the less reputable among Yu-Gi-Oh bosses, Yugen believes that with Judai's current strength, it should be completely manageable, and there's no need to worry too much.
So for now, let's go see his new cards first.