ZONE God's words confirmed one of Kira's earlier suspicions.
Sure enough, this other Z-ONE before them seemed to be a counterpart of Z-ONE from another dimension. In truth, he was not real either.
Like the batch of copies they had encountered before, this Z-ONE was also a duplicate—another self created using Z-ONE's own Personality Duplication Technology.
So the remaining question was: why?
Who had created so many duplicates, even including Z-ONE himself, and for what purpose? Or had the neighboring dimension they came from already been completely taken over by copying machines?
Pseudo-Z-ONE said, "Correct. I was artificially created, but I am also real. You understand that better than anyone, don't you?"
ZONE did not respond.
Indeed, Z-ONE himself had never been entirely clear on whether a copied personality could be considered the original person. But judging from the original story, when he said he had "revived Fudo Yusei in the future," what he meant was that he had copied Fudo Yusei's personality onto himself. Therefore, in his view, a duplicate with complete memories and personality might be able to serve as a substitute for the true form.
ZONE instead asked, "What is your purpose in coming to this dimension? To destroy this world?"
"Destroy it? No. I came to save it—from you," Pseudo-Z-ONE said.
ZONE frowned slightly beneath his mask. "From me?"
"Correct. Well, we can discuss that slowly later. But for now."
As he spoke, a circular floating screen appeared in midair. The projection showed two D-Wheels speeding down a track, one red and one white—the most iconic pair of arch-rivals from 5DS.
Fudo Yusei and Jack Atlas.
Of course, everyone present knew that Jack Atlas was the genuine true form of this dimension, while that Fudo Yusei was a duplicate from some other dimension.
The two had