"III failed?"
V looked somewhat surprised.
Unlike Vetrix, he had never intended to send his younger brother in as a disposable pawn. Especially after hearing from his father that III's Number had been taken away, V found it even harder to stay calm.
"His Number was taken? How is that possible? Has Fusion Dimension already developed such technology?" V seemed to think of something and hurriedly asked, "Could Fusion Dimension have joined forces with Dr. Fika?"
"No, that should be impossible." Vetrix said gravely. "Faker may be detestable, but his power comes from Barian as well. His stance toward Fusion Dimension should be the same as ours."
"Then how..." V said in astonishment. "Could Fusion Dimension have developed technology to separate a Number on its own?"
Vetrix remained silent, but his solemn expression had already answered the question.
V could not help raising his voice. "That's impossible!"
It was impossible. Nothing could have been more absurd than that. V himself was a card research scientist from the Xyz Dimension and had once worked under Dr. Fika. It was precisely because he understood a little that he knew how difficult it was to develop such technology.
How long had Fusion Dimension even been exposed to something like Number? To come up with a way to break Number's soul binding in such a short time... had this dimension's technological development been given cheats?
"Wait." V thought of something else and asked nervously, "If the Number was extracted, then III...?"
He knew that aside from that messenger called Astral, no one could extract a Number without harming the duelist. Since his brother's Number had been taken away, he had no choice but to assume that his brother's soul had vanished as well, leaving behind only an empty shell incapable of movement.
"As for