When Kira rode his D-Wheel to the Satellite Sector, he saw the enormous altar in the center of the abandoned factory. Flames still blazed fiercely in the braziers, but there was no one around the altar.
Yes, Kira had gotten himself a D-Wheel too. After all, in this world, a Duelist without an impressive ride was automatically beneath everyone else. Of course, this was a new vehicle acquired through Godwin's authority. The D-Wheel Paradox had used to travel through time remained hidden for the moment.
"An altar?"
Kira looked at the huge altar wreathed in flames and frowned slightly.
Was there something like this in the original story?
As he drew closer, the flames atop the altar became even more conspicuous. A figure appeared at the altar's summit, riding a horse in armor with a cape billowing behind him. He wore a skull-shaped mask, while the horse beneath him was wrapped all over in mummy-like bandages. Its exposed head had no flesh or fur, only bone, making for a horrifying sight.
Kira's gaze shifted slightly.
Was this guy the Skeleton Knight?
The Skeleton Knight was a villain from the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5DS manga. A mysterious Duelist who was regarded as an urban legend in the Satellite Sector, he suddenly appeared there in the manga and challenged Fudo Yusei to a life-gambling Riding Duel.
Kira did not remember the 5DS manga's plot particularly well, but he did recall that the Skeleton Knight's true identity was Rudger Godwin from the manga's Parallel World—the leader of the Dark Signers in the anime.
Although the manga and anime were entirely unrelated Parallel Worlds, and the manga had no Dark Signer setting, the Godwin Brothers still served as the BOSS duo in the neighboring manga world.
But unlike the anime, the Godwin Brothers in the manga