The so-called exclusion, to some extent, is also speculation.
The information Yusei currently possesses was all obtained from the "future."
However, in this world now, what exactly is the situation with the Earthbound Immortal, even he himself doesn't know.
Although he has unified with artificial life, he only has the "advantage" and doesn't know everything. He has a general understanding of Kiryu's deck, but doesn't completely know all the cards.
So, what state the Earthbound Immortals are in, even he has to explore slowly.
However——
Although he doesn't know exactly, he has actually figured out quite a lot during this time.
Therefore, upon seeing Tenjo Hikari and knowing Tenjo Hikari had come to their world, he immediately found an opportunity to help him and provided aid.
But before that, he still needed to see what exactly Tenjo Hikari was doing in this world.
If Tenjo Hikari was here for diplomatic activities regarding the F Dimension, or had other matters to attend to, he wouldn't disturb him and would just wait for another opportunity.
And now, he has confirmed that Tenjo Hikari came for the "Dark Sign."
"Aren't you afraid I have other motives?"
"I trust Yugo and Rin's judgment, and I believe in your passion during duels and your persistence on Polymerization."
"Ha... Then tell me, what's the situation exactly?"
"You basically already know what's going on, as you know, during the scramble for [Synchro], [The One] was born. Other gods either became Subordinate Gods or were sealed and became Earthbound Immortals. Some, on an even lower level, were degraded to Archfiends or demons.
And Hikari, I can tell you that the dark mark on your left hand is the legitimate dark sign of the [Earthbound Immortal]."
Tenjo Hikari looked at his wrist and nodded.
"But—as said, during the long process, some gods were degraded to Archfiends, and some were sealed as Earthbound Immortals.
And I think you are looking for, and I ask for your help with, is exactly such a deity.
The one sealed as an Earthbound Immortal and further degraded to a prisoner, a slave... the Earthbound Servant."
So that's it——
Tenjo Hikari realized.
So in this world, the Earthbound Servant is in such a situation.
More or less understood.
Before leaving, Tenjo Hikari asked Yusei if he needed his help.
Not to mention, making people unify with another is something Tenjo Hikari is already "quite experienced" with.
Although he hasn't done it personally, he did arrange for Judai and The Supreme King to meet face to face, after all.
And Yusei's current state is actually the incompatibility between man and Artificial God.
Just like the "Psychic End Punisher" created by Divine before couldn't normally become a god, after all, it's not a naturally occurring deity, and it's supposed to unify with Fudou Yusei, such discord is very apparent, not to mention the competition is for the core of "Synchro", "The One", a Yusei lacking Synchro Power is even less suited for it—here, "lacking" doesn't refer to Yusei's duel strength, but his extraordinary power.
After all, he isn't a natural telekinesis prodigy like Izayoi Aki. Although he can punch a police officer down, he's still human without other things to assist in unifying with an Artificial God, naturally causing discord.
Yusei's solution seems to be continued adjustment, so he rarely appears during this time, presumably focusing on self-adjustment.
But Tenjo Hikari actually has a simpler method—the Psychic End Punisher acquired not long ago is a very good material, extracting its power to fully integrate it into Yusei's body, resolving incompatibility with Super Polymerization, easy as can be.
Even Tierra agreed to this.
She greatly admired this human and has even started asking Tenjo Hikari for Yusei's name, obviously wanting to remember him.
After all, Artificial God, Mechanical God, Time God, Life God, are all Tierra's favorites, and with the path he chose, should give birth to many possibilities; Tierra thinks the future returns far outweigh the investment, so she supports Tenjo Hikari doing so as well.
However, Yusei refused himself.
Receiving Tenjo Hikari's goodwill without returns doesn't fit his current mindset.
It's not about "over-fusion" or "non-harmony", Yusei is quite a flexible thinker, not that rigid.
He could accept Tenjo Hikari's help to adjust his state but couldn't accept Tenjo Hikari making certain sacrifices without receiving corresponding support.
This is his current persistence.
Thus, Tenjo Hikari didn't speak much with him, watching Yusei and Crow leave together, then took out the map Yusei handed back and looked at his target.
In such a place, no wonder he hadn't found it.
Jack ascended the helicopter, looking at the devastated land below; images of Kiryu's madness flashed through his mind, and he recalled himself taking Stardust Dragon to become "the man above others".
He clenched his fist gently, looking at his right wrist, slowly losing color.
Yusei gave up the power of the Red Dragon; in principle, now, Yusei should be his "enemy".
But——
Their bond would never change because of changes in identity!
Yusei, this time let me help you.
On the other side, as Crow left with Yusei, he wanted to look after him, worried about Yusei. Yusei thought that since he'd been seen like this, there was no need to hide, and while adjusting his body, he might as well let Crow help, so he candidly accepted it.
Crow drove, chatting with Yusei, reminiscing, while looking at his own left hand.
After the argument with Shinji that day, he had realized it.
He longed for power, the power to participate and to stop things.
But, he's worried about becoming like Shinji, like Kiryu...
It's not unfounded fear, but every time he genuinely attempts to tap into that power, he feels a sense of brutality and sadism rising within.
He's terrified.
Terrified of this power, terrified of himself.
What must he do, to be as calm as that Tenjo Hikari?
He's genuinely curious, genuinely eager to learn.
At this moment, that person Crow looked up to as a role model, after some driving, finally stopped by the roadside. Though some sirens could be heard behind, he didn't pay attention.
"Rustling..."
Tenjo Hikari looked forward.
Beneath the blue sky stretched dark blue seawater, churning over the surface, sometimes calm, sometimes surging, producing a rustling sound.
The sea surface.
Tenjo Hikari for days, every time turning a corner in the mountains, saw this sea surface.
"Truly a hidden and reasonable location, who would have thought it would be here."
"Hikari, I feel it, the sight of the malicious... God watching over me." For some time now, the Dragon King had been following Tenjo Hikari's deck, instead of hiding in the Great Cosmic Workshop. Upon arriving at the sea's edge, lingering for a while, it immediately sensed the spirit in the lakewater.
Earth-Painted Squid, the only "Subordinate God" able to find the "Earth-Painted Winged Dog Demon".
"Woooo woo woo——"
The police pursuing this "Other Dimension People", Tenjo Hikari, had discovered him, charging from two directions to surround him.
He grinned at the corner of his mouth.
Then, he suddenly yanked the handlebars, and the D-wheel, under his will, leaped over the side railing directly, landing on the sand.
A normal D-wheel might have failed to advance full speed on such a surface, but after landing on the sand, Tenjo Hikari immediately dashed toward the sea.
A group of police, who were about to encircle Tenjo Hikari, was stunned and stopped at the corner, blocking there, watching Tenjo Hikari.
What happened next took them even more by surprise——
Tenjo Hikari rushed fearlessly towards the sea!
Could it be, just to escape pursuit, he didn't even care for his life?
Some police questioned.
But soon, those doubts vanished.
For when Tenjo Hikari's D-wheel hit the sea surface, it didn't sink into the water at all but continued flying forward across the sea as if driving on solid ground!
"Ah?"
All the police officers were dumbfounded.
Even Ushio, responsible for this encirclement, couldn't help but take off his hat, staring dumbly at the sight.
Unbeknownst to them, over the sea, purple circular patterns were slowly emerging!