A Note About June's Plans

The light roars in mourning, the light sings praises, the light bows its head, the light prays.

The moment the [Winged Dragon of Ra] unleashed a strike that surpassed the limits of dueling in the Dark Dimension, tearing apart [Dark Cube God - Crimson Nova - Trinity], everything before Blue God's eyes was consumed by light.

[Dark Realm Evil God - Crimson Nova - Three Gods in One] Its invincible might and resistance were useless in the face of pure power. It was easily shattered by Divine Might Flame in an instant and was destroyed after only one round of appearance. The Blue God's memories were also taken back to the past in this light.

As an orphan, he and Sera were taken in by their "adoptive father" and "raised" to adulthood. They ended up on the streets where there was a lot of crime. While other children his age could rely on their parents in their arms, he could only support Sera and other companions to survive.

After failing to steal enough money to satisfy his "foster father's" desires, the irritable and domineering "foster father" simply ordered that everyone go hungry. In their hunger, they told each other lighthearted jokes to distract themselves and find joy in their suffering.

However, their playful antics only fueled the already irritable "adoptive father's" anger, leading him to consider taking his frustration out on these orphaned children. Just as he was about to act, Blue God encountered Shadi, who had rescued them from the "adoptive father's" clutches.

At that moment, when Shadi appeared before them accompanied by starlight descending from the sky, Blue God seemed to have felt the same light, that distant and warm glow from the untouchable starry sky.

Looking back now, how did I become so obsessive? Lord Shadi's teachings clearly taught that the purpose of "Dimension Ascension" should be pure and noble, to bring equal salvation to all humanity. But when did I become so willing to sacrifice others to achieve "Dimension Ascension"?

In the light, Blue God saw the most beautiful moment of his past life—after being adopted by Shadi along with Mani, Sera, and others, before Shadi was murdered, they sat happily together, receiving Shadi's gentle and kind teachings.

"This is the true light." Facing the oncoming attack, the Blue God, like a devout believer witnessing a divine miracle, stretched out his long-distorted hand, trying to grasp and hold onto something. Tears streamed from the eyes that opened between the cracks in his irregularly shaped, cube-like head. "What have I done?"

"Boom!"

[Blue God: 4400LP→0]

The sun's flames, carrying almost infinite light and heat, completely incinerated the [Dark Cube God - Crimson Nova - Trinity] on Blue God's field and landed on Blue God's body. His body, deformed from falling into the dark side of the dimension, shattered under the attack of [Winged Dragon of Ra], revealing the original human face beneath that ugly exterior.

Having suffered excessive damage and lost consciousness from the impact, Blue God was sent flying, performing a difficult 7200° spin on the ground before falling motionless, his fate unknown.

At the same time, the system's settlement interface popped up in front of Hayato's eyes.

[Congratulations on winning another duel! DP points are being calculated.]

[Your DP points earned in this duel are: 1000 (Click to view details)]

Because he had summoned a "god" and defeated his opponent with a lower base score, the DP points he earned this time were quite good, enough for Hayato to exchange for ten card packs. However, just when he thought the system, which rarely appeared, was going to disappear again after refreshing its presence, he saw the system panel pop up again:

Congratulations on completing the achievement: "World Destroyer"

[Achievement Details: Defeat a specified number of beings from other dimensions (5/5)]

[Reward: 1000 DP points, random "Power of the Other Dimension" pre-built set]

The existence of other dimensions? Hayato looked at the "5/5" displayed on the system panel with some confusion. According to the description of this achievement, the fact that Blue God had been defeated again was obviously counted in the achievement's progress, making him the so-called "existence of other dimensions".

This is understandable. Although the previous Blue God was Prana, he was still human at heart, just a revolutionary who had evolved ahead of ordinary people— New Human "Ype". However, after being defeated by Kaiba and falling into the dark side of the dimension, his twisted, inhuman form could no longer be classified as "human".

Since the power that transformed Blue God into that state came from the dark side of the dimension, it is understandable that Blue God, who was born in the current dimension but was monstrous under the power of another dimension, would be regarded as "an existence from another dimension".

However, no matter how you look at it, the monstrous Blue God should only be considered an indicator, but the achievements list says that Hayato has defeated at least five such beings, yet he never remembers doing that.

It was at this moment that [Summoner - Alai], Hayato had put away but hadn't yet returned to the system's storage, spoke up to remind Hayato: "Master, next time, if possible, don't always fuse me with inhuman monsters. I'd much rather interact with humans."

Oh right, there's also [Summoner- Alai]. Back in the "Pyramid of Light," he was taken to another dimension where three "Legendary Dragons" slept because Anubis opened the [Gate of the Phantom Beasts]. There, he defeated many elves living there before returning to the human world with the help of the "Legendary Dragons."

--Although Dartz seemed to have put in a lot of effort to weaken the barrier between dimensions so that he could return, that was the unimportant part.

Upon closer reflection, the four spirits that Hayato defeated—[Ogre of the Dark World], [Shining Black], [Warrior Lady of the Wasteland], and [Gera]—perfectly met the achievement's criteria.

But a new problem arises: before defeating those spirits, Hayato first encountered [Summoner Alai], and only after dueling with him did he manage to subdue him and make him his own. So why didn't [Summoner Alai] increase the achievement progress?

Looking at the deck he had organized but hadn't yet put back in the system warehouse, [Summoner - Alai] at the top, unaware of Hayato's thoughts, was complaining to Hayato, "Master, could you please not put me in these decks full of monsters next time? I'd like to interact with people if possible."

"Of course, it would be even better if the deck featured mostly female characters."

"Climb."

Hayato rejected the scumbag Alai's request without hesitation, put the deck back in the warehouse, and was not in a hurry to accept the display of the so-called "Power of the Other Dimension" pre-built deck stored in the system warehouse. Instead, he planned to do something that he had wanted to do for a long time and had actually tried twice but failed once.

Just like how a giant beast in Monster O Man loses body parts when its parts are destroyed, after defeating Blue God, the Duel Disk composed of several golden cubes that he had been wearing on his wrist also fell to the ground. Hayato picked up the Duel Disk, which was already floating with golden particles and seemed to be about to disappear at any moment, examined it from left to right, and then, imitating Blue God, reached out towards what appeared to be the deck area.

Hayato's fingers slipped effortlessly into the golden cube, his fingertips touching the cards. After confirming the thickness with his fingertips, he found the bottom of the deck, lifted it, and easily pulled the entire deck out of the Duel Disk by pinching the top and bottom.

However, along with Hayato's movement, the moment the deck detached from the Duel Disk, the Duel Disk itself vanished in the blink of an eye, turning into scattered golden particles, as if the energy that sustained its existence had disappeared.

This made Hayato feel a little regretful. Although he had always been using the duel disk that Keihei had specially customized for him, he actually had a hobby of collecting duel disks with unique designs.

From Kaiba's Duel Disk prototype in the Duel Kingdom era, to the first version of the Duel Disk in Duel City, to the Duel Disk released by Chigurhfrid in Europe that used a completely different virtual projection system, and then Dartz Daizu's Doma Limited Duel Disk, Hayato's collection of Duel Disks has grown larger and larger over time.

Hayato was a little disappointed that he couldn't keep the Duel Disk of Blue God, which, regardless of anything else, had top-notch special effects and visual effects. However, at least he still had this deck of Moro in his hand... a deck that he had obtained reasonably as loot, which was some consolation.

While [Cube] isn't that strong in the hands of Blue God, it's a different story in Hayato's hands—well, still not that strong. It's the kind of deck that gets beaten up even in casual play. Hayato already has decks like [Shaddoll], [Melffy], [Swordsoul], [Predaplant], [Laval], and [Drytron], so why would he bother playing with [Cube]?

If that's the case, then there's only one answer --

"My achievements today are entirely due to myself; I've never relied on anything external." Holding the deck that once belonged to the Blue God but is now his, Hayato stretched out his hand. "System, take back these cards."

[In the statistics, the card recycling results are as follows: 10 cards with rarity "R", 20 cards with rarity "SR", and 5 cards with rarity "UR". Cards with rarity below "R" will not be recycled. Should all cards be recycled?]

Five? That's more than I expected.

Hayato, who assumed that Blue God's deck wouldn't contain many high-rarity cards, skipped the long list provided by the system and flipped directly to the last page to see which UR-level cards were actually in Blue God's deck.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that four of the cards were the three [Dark Cube World God - Crimson Nova] cards that Blue God had previously used in the duel, as well as the card with the ridiculously long name, [Dark Cube World Evil God - Crimson Nova - Trinity].

Rolling his eyes, Hayato threw the four cards, along with the SR-rarity cards marked as (fake) such as [Harpie's Feather Duster] (fake), [Mask of the Accursed] (fake), and [Mysterious Chinese Pot] (fake), into the recycling section of the system shop.

These cards, extracted from the collective consciousness by the Blue God with the help of the [Quantum Cube], possess abilities comparable to the original cards and can be used normally in duels. In fact, apart from [Winged Dragon of Ra], the other cards are indistinguishable even when placed together with the original cards; they are practically indistinguishable when mixed together.

However, the system is really strict. It doesn't even allow Hayato to exploit this small loophole. It directly stipulates that although the shop can recycle these cards extracted from the collective consciousness, it can only recycle one card at a time, and the DP points obtained from recycling are the same as those from recycling an R card.

Hayato had originally planned to try extracting cards from the collective consciousness after obtaining the Blue God 'Blue God [Quantum Cube], and then resell them to the system store for recycling, making a profit without any cost. However, the system seemed to have anticipated Hayato's idea, causing his grand plan to earn DP points to be aborted before it even began.

In the blink of an eye, apart from a few N-rank cards whose rarity was so low that the system didn't even bother to glance at them, Hayato only had one UR-rarity card left in his hand—[Dimensional Attraction], which surprised Hayato quite a bit.

This is the first time Hayato has ever seen this card. It's not that it's not in the system, but it's the first time he's seen someone use this card in real life. You know, this card can be said to be the nemesis of graveyard-filling cards like [Laval] and [Shaddoll]. Playing one can turn the opponent's boastful words of frantically filling the graveyard into a bewildered silence.

However, even after including this card in his deck, he still couldn't beat his own "pure [Shaddoll]" deck. Moreover, the [Cube] deck didn't synergize well with this card, which made Hayato feel a bit unsure about Blue God's ideas. He didn't quite understand this duel build.

But then again, how many times has Blue God lost now? Losing to others is one thing, but he even seems to have lost to Malik. Now, the title of "Legend of the Unbeatable" is undeniably on Blue God's head, and his position as the person with the lowest win rate is unshakable.

Now that Blue God has been defeated, it's about time to deal with the mess he left behind.

Just as Hayato was about to turn around, he saw a dazzling golden light suddenly blaze up from a certain spot in the stands below, which was shrouded in the black mist released by the [Quantum Cube], transforming into a pillar of light that shot into the sky!

Hayato was taken aback at first, then looked at the location where the pillar of light appeared with some confusion. If he remembered correctly, that was the location that Kaiba had arranged for Yugi and Jonouchi.

What happened there? But I've already defeated Blue God, so who else would cause trouble?

Amidst a dazzling golden light, Hayato heard a familiar voice. "Where is the one who harmed Aibo?! Step forward and face me!"