Dark Fusion

Judai had dreamed of this moment more than once.

In truth, even the people who seemed closest to Judai did not truly understand him. The underlings who were inseparable from him every day, the classmates who spent their days and nights with him, the opponents with whom he often connected through duels.

Everyone thought they understood him, but they were all wrong.

They had no idea who the real Judai Yuki was.

Judai was actually the rare sort of person who was warm on the outside and cold within. On the surface, he seemed carefree, a thoroughgoing optimist, but that was only the illusion he showed others.

He merely kept his worries buried in the deepest part of his heart, leaving others with only the image of his strongest and most optimistic self.

Like right now.

Ever since learning about the Supreme King, there had scarcely been a day when he had not thought about it. The Inner Darkness within him, the Demon King who had ruled and oppressed the other world—this was an opponent he had no choice but to defeat, a fate he had to face.

And now, he had come here, to the Supreme King's castle, to this innermost chamber.

He faced that pitch-black armor, the most terrifying embodiment of the darkness in his heart—something he had carefully concealed for years, something even he himself might not have known existed.

Judai faced the Supreme King, and the Supreme King faced Judai.

The feeling was strange, as though he were looking into a mirror. He vaguely felt that the figure in the mirror was himself, only darker and more terrifying.

The two faced each other in silence for quite some time. Yet the air gradually grew heavier, making even breathing feel more difficult.

"You are the Supreme King,"