Realizing what had happened, Judai felt a tangled mix of emotions and could not speak for a long while.
He did not know how to face this other, darker self.
At first, all he felt toward the Supreme King was hatred.
When he had first heard of the Supreme King, he had only known him as a symbol of evil. He had seen the residents of the Different Dimension suffer, seen all those oppressed by the Supreme King.
Later, when Judai learned that the Supreme King was his own opposite, he only hated him more. He had desperately wanted to deny that part of himself, to defeat it and destroy it.
But afterward, he understood that the Supreme King was the culmination of all the darkness that had once existed within him. Because the Supreme King had taken away all the darkness of his past, all the negative parts of his heart, Judai had been able to remain so pure in this life.
Judai might never have imagined that he would one day feel so devastated by the disappearance of this Dark Personality.
He had never imagined that the Supreme King's death would come in such a way—that it would be for his sake.
"You knew all along," Judai said sorrowfully. "You told me to unleash the power of Super Polymerization, but you already knew what that meant. You had already decided to become this card's Tribute."
"There is nothing to regret."
The Supreme King's voice was weak, yet it still carried an unchallengeable majesty. Though it was only a faint voice, every word still struck with weight.
"You should know this. I am merely the Inner Darkness within you. The countless pains and regrets you gathered—that became me.
"Now that you have let go of the past and overcome