How could any of them understand this—
Even if you bring Tenjo Hikari here, all he can do is try to lift spirits with the same words as always.
But right now, such words are hard to be convincing.
"Fubuki... who?" Ed asked.
"Haven't you seen before—he's that idol-like handsome guy with a slightly goofy smile—the one who dueled Caesar at the GX Tournament..."
"Tenjo, I don't know who you're talking about either." Manjome shook his head confusedly, then, as if realizing something, opened his mouth in panic, "Tenjo, could it be that darkness implanted memories into your brain, making you think you have a senior, trying to attack you when you're not paying attention!?"
Mentioning this possibility, Ed also became serious in an instant, quickly saying: "Minister, this must not be taken lightly. Try to recall carefully!"
Tenjo Hikari was stunned for a moment.
He rubbed his temples, recalling carefully.
Tenjouin Fubuki... Tenjouin Fubuki, there should be such a person, right? He is a friend of Caesar, Asuka's brother, and...
He felt his own memories slowly fading—
No, not fading, but in his memories, in his impressions, the so-called 'Tenjouin Fubuki' doesn't exist at all!
However—
A contradiction in memory has arisen!
Tenjo Hikari shivered suddenly.
There might be errors in memory, but some memories still don't match the current situation!
Just like when memory was implanted with "hurting others using Duel Monsters when I was young," it could be instantly detected and ignored by him.
In Tenjo Hikari's experiences in this world, there might not be such a person called "Tenjouin Fubuki," but in the [original work] he read, there is definitely this [character]!
Even if he isn't named Tenjouin Fubuki!
Tenjo Hikari's face turned ashen.
Someone's existence is being artificially erased by darkness!
And now, he doesn't even remember this person's name!
"What's wrong, Tenjo, did you really gain memories?"
"No—wrong, it is a lack of memories!" Tenjo Hikari said seriously.
He tried to articulate his analysis in words everyone could understand, then the two also showed a quite serious expression.
Since memories can be added, reducing memories is also reasonable.
But why go through such troubles to delete a person's memory?
Perhaps—
That is a person extremely valuable or extremely "dangerous" to darkness!
It might even be related to the weakness of darkness itself!
"I'll go to the archive room—" Manjome almost instantly reacted, not only that, he directly took out a notepad, quickly wrote down a sentence on it, then stuck it to his clothes, just in case, he wrote two more, one put in the notepad and the other directly stuck to his face.
Afterwards, he ran off frantically, disregarding his image, no matter how people around him looked at him.
Tenjo Hikari rubbed his forehead, the stinging pain was so obvious. On the other side, Judai who had just visited his friends and seen Professor Moushou's condition also walked out, saw Ed, and warmly welcomed him.
Ed sighed, let out a cold snort, brushed past him and went into the infirmary.
He wasn't too tired yet, he could help out while others rested.
Watching Ed leave, Judai reluctantly retracted his hand, scratching the back of his head.
Tenjo Hikari asked if he remembered "Tenjouin Fubuki," he frowned and said he felt there was such a person, but couldn't recall.
That is good—
Tenjo Hikari breathed a long sigh of relief.
Judai's innate power is distinctly different from theirs who could barely raise their Spirit Power through Spirit Cards, he is a naturally "high Spirit Power" person, even if being influenced, altered, or erased, he could still have an impression.
And with Tenjo Hikari's question, he also realized something off.
Why deliberately erase Senior Tenjouin's existence?
He couldn't understand even after much thought.
But there was one thing they all realized.
That is, it is possible that this is the key information of the [breakthrough]!
Judai took a deep breath.
Unfortunately, he had other things to do now.
He looked at Tenjo Hikari, said to him: "Hikari, tonight, I hope you can help me."
"What are you going to do?"
He closed his eyes, thought for a moment, then smiled, said: "I want... to truly unite with the [Supreme King]."
Tenjo Hikari pondered briefly, then nodded.
"Alright, I will help you."
Judai and the Supreme King have dueled countless times in the Spirit World, now, it is just awakening the Supreme King completely through other means, not difficult.
While thinking about this, he suddenly felt a heat around his waist.
He was a bit puzzled, opened his deck, and saw a card that hadn't changed for ages, slowly burning with intense flames.
Rewind a few minutes earlier.
Ed walked into the infirmary, helping the teachers and students there handle some details, occasionally, he saw Amon deep in thought.
He didn't go up to greet him, he's not the kind to call a person he's only met once a friend, continuing to handle matters routinely.
Whilst Amon sat there, took out his deck, deeply immersed in contemplation.
The first card of the deck was the "Left Arm of the Forbidden One."
Long before things unfolded, a mysterious yellow figure gave him a complete set of "Exodia," saying he might use it in the future.
Amon could feel that guy absolutely had malicious intent, and because he wasn't interested in "power," he didn't care.
In his eyes, all he needed was to help his brother become the leader of the group. To do his utmost to build a better society was enough, other matters were not that important.
However, plans always fail to keep up with changes.
Duel Academy Island was sealed, evil spirits started invading the island, students and teachers were successively injured, even with all-out efforts to heal classmates, the situation became more and more serious and worse.
Even Tenjo Hikari, whom he had once seen, seemed fatigued under such pressure...
The number of available people was decreasing, the wounded increasing, the power of darkness growing stronger, and without much reaction, those directly fainting might sharply increase daily.
This won't do—
This absolutely won't do!
If things continue this way, there will come a day when only one person in the entire academy can stand awake, and that person, would have to face the spirits flooding from innumerable dimensions, memory modifications, mental suppression, the onslaught of darkness, and more, to uphold the last shred of human dignity—
This cannot happen!
He didn't wish, nor did he want to see the misery of the last person standing after he himself fell.
He wanted to save everyone.
And now, what lies before him is a card that can ensure his certain victory, an unlocking ritual he knows can be achieved, and... a dimension directly connected with any world—the dimension of the Forgotten.
He took a deep breath, his eyes showing unprecedented determination.
At this afternoon's witching hour—
Meanwhile, Ed, who had just helped several teachers and was about to take a sip of water, suddenly felt his card box heating up.
He slowly took out a card from it.
That shattered card, which in his mind still needed practice before completion, was slowly burning.
His pupils slightly contracted.
Destiny Hero - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer!
He inexplicably had a notion, a thought, which told him why this card had not fully manifested, told him... why this card was now burning again.
Destiny—
Destiny was calling him to battle!