"Welcome, Tenjo boy~"
Industrial Illusions Company. Tenjo Hikari followed Ansueeru through the image corridor, and not far ahead, a man walked toward them.
The man had long silvery white hair, wore a very formal red gentleman's coat, and used his long hair to cover his left eye.
He clapped as he walked over toward Tenjo Hikari with a cheerful smile, greeting him.
His accent was extremely peculiar; in terms of construction-site English, he was no doubt a standard America man, son of the owner of a big Las Vegas casino, a super-rich heir.
But if you said he spoke normally, it also felt a bit off.
Because his speech sounded like singing, the cadence very strange, as if he were in an opera.
"Mr. Pegasus, hello." Tenjo Hikari returned the greeting.
Then he glanced around at the surroundings again.
This place…
Tenjo Hikari felt a faint sense of familiarity here.
"Hehehe, that's right, Tenjo boy~ the place you're in right now is exactly where Kaiba Boy and I had our Duel back then."
Just as expected—
When Tenjo Hikari first came here, he actually already felt a bit of familiarity. He had a vague impression of how the nearby area looked, but he had never been to Industrial Illusions Company. Now, seeing all the equipment and virtual image machines laid out around them, and the huge "Duel arena" big enough for several people to stand on, all of it made Tenjo Hikari feel a sense of déjà vu.
Still, he hadn't expected to end up in this kind of place so suddenly.
He was even faintly a bit excited.
But after the excitement, he suddenly looked at Pegasus, a hint of shock in his eyes.
Pegasus kept his smile.
Tenjo Hikari hesitated for a moment, then immediately placed his hand on the Emerald Book, and, with some reluctance, asked, "I've heard that Mr. Pegasus possesses the ability to read people's minds…"
Tenjo Hikari knew it was a bit inappropriate to ask such a question right now, but having his inner thoughts detected in an instant, his instincts had still gone on guard, so he took the initiative to bring it up.
"Mm~ of course that's right~"
He stated it very straightforwardly.
"President?" "So it really is true—" Maeda Hayato and Ansueeru couldn't help exclaiming.
The two of them had actually always been very curious about the rumor that Pegasus had "Mind Reading Arts". It's just that, although at first glance they looked like successful, lively types, the former had once shut himself away in his room at Duel Academy for several years, and the latter, while seeming to entertain others, was in fact a pessimist. Neither of them were the kind of person who would openly ask Pegasus about it.
But they were indeed curious, so when Tenjo Hikari asked, the two of them also looked at Pegasus inquisitively.
The others, like the Maze Brothers and Pegasus's bodyguards, didn't react as strongly.
After all, they were all old employees; to some extent they all knew a few of Pegasus's secrets.
But Tenjo Hikari was a bit confused.
Logically, shouldn't Pegasus have lost this kind of Mind Reading Ability already?
Tenjo Hikari frowned.
In the original story, Pegasus first became famous as a painter, but then his lover died young, and he gave up his dream of becoming an artist. In order to find a way to resurrect his lover, he went to Egypt and obtained the Millennium Eyes, gaining the ability to read minds.
Yet at this point in time, his Millennium Eyes should have long been gone, and he can still do this?
This mind reading isn't like Saiou's innate ability; can it really be retained?
"My apologies, Tenjo boy~" Pegasus gently rubbed his own forehead. "Me didn't intentionally try to read YOUr inner thoughts just now either."
What's going on?
Tenjo Hikari was somewhat puzzled.
Pegasus shook his head lightly, turned around, and motioned for everyone to follow.
They passed some commemorative buildings at the front of Industrial Illusions, and gradually entered the more cutting-edge and more streamlined design level of Industrial Illusions Company.
As they walked, a curly-haired designer from Industrial Illusions stepped out of a studio, saw Pegasus, hurriedly saluted him, then joined them.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. France."
"No, no, not at all, Mr. Pegasus." The gray-haired curly-head said it was nothing again and again, while waggling his eyebrows and making faces at Maeda Hayato, looking very pleased with himself.
France…
This guy was a genius Card Designer.
Tenjo Hikari remembered this person.
In the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Card design was not a simple matter; many Cards came into being only after the corresponding Spirit existed first.
For example, the Three Egyptian God Cards made by Pegasus were originally stone tablets, and then Pegasus, relying on his own ability, designed the Three Egyptian God Cards, and the "souls" of the Egyptian God entered the God's Card.
Likewise, after the Three Egyptian God Cards left this world along with the nameless pharaoh's soul, it was also Pegasus who, by his own power, copied a The Winged Dragon of Ra for research.
Another example would be Ed's father, the famous "World-Ending Card Maker", designer Phoenix.
Whether in the anime or the manga, those bosses without physical form, or whose bodies had vanished, all needed to rely on his heaven-defying design talent to create vessel Cards or Cards that would lift their seals.
The Planet Series, Plasma, all of those were thanks to him.
But the whole of GX didn't have only him as a designer, and it's not like all the blame could be dumped on Mr. Phoenix.
For instance, Maeda Hayato later also became a Card Designer and designed new environments and Cards for Judai.