Traveling in reverse through the Yu-Gi-Oh! world with the MD system

"Falcon, who are you going to find?"

A familiar voice came from inside. Hayabusa turned his head and saw Yuto and Mitsu Masumi leading Soleva to the door.

“Mr. Soreva, you’re back.”

Upon seeing Soleva arrive safely at the Duel Temple and reunite with the others, the group immediately surrounded him. Among them, Sayaka Sasayama noticed the fragment of [Smiling World] that Soleva had casually taken from Ed and put in his pocket.

“Mr. Soleva, this is…”

"Oh? You mean this?"

As he spoke, Soreva took the tattered "[Smiling World]" painting out of his pocket.

"A damaged magic card. I took it from that guy named Ed after I defeated him. What's wrong? Sayaka, you look terrible."

After taking out the card, Soleva noticed Sayaka Sasayama's face turn pale instantly and quickly asked her a question.

Sayaka Sasayama nodded in agreement:

“That’s right, I recognize this card. This card belongs to… Professor Yukatsu Sakaki.”

After saying this, Sayaka Sasayama's tears flowed uncontrollably, and everyone present fell silent. They all knew what it meant for Yuusho Sakaki's card to appear on Edward in this form.

It is highly likely that Yusho Sakaki's disappearance was due to his defeat by Edward.

"hateful!"

Even Kaito clenched his fists and, his eyes reddening, asked Soleva, "Thinking of this possibility,..."

"Mr. Soreva, now that you're back, it means you've defeated him, right? Did you seal him into a card?"

Seeing Kaito approaching with somewhat out-of-control emotions, Soreva quickly pressed down on Kaito's shoulder and said:

"Kaito, calm down and listen to me. First of all, I did win the duel, but I didn't manage to seal him into a card."

Upon hearing Soleva's words, Kaito immediately grabbed Soleva by the collar and questioned him:

"Why! Don't you know he's the commander-in-chief of the legion that invaded our Hyperdimensional Dimension from the Fusion Dimension!? Don't you know that if we seal him away, the entire legion from the Fusion Dimension might fall into a state of leaderlessness, making it more likely that we can expel them from the Hyperdimensional Dimension?"

"Ahem, Kaito, of course I know about this, so please calm down and listen to me slowly."

Seeing that Soreva was already struggling to breathe with Kaito grabbing her by the collar, Hayabusa and Yuto rushed forward and pulled the almost irrational Kaito away.

Meanwhile, Mitsutsu Masumi quickly came to Soleva's side, patted Soleva's back, and helped Soleva catch his breath.

After a few light coughs, Soreva finally recovered a bit and said to Kaito:

"I'm sorry, Kaito, I couldn't seal him into a card. It's not just that I didn't want to seal him, but also because it's related to the Duel Disk program in our Basic Dimension."

"Duel disk program?"

Kaito was puzzled as to why Soleva would bring this up in relation to the Duel Disk program. Soleva quickly provided the answer:

"That's right, the Duel Disk program. You may have seen us seal those invaders from the fused dimensions into cards before, but that's not the real function of our Duel Disk."

Our Duel Disk actually contains a counter-program. When it detects a sealing program in the opponent's Duel Disk, it activates that sealing program after winning the duel, sealing the opponent away.

Immediately after that, Kaito had a look of sudden realization on his face:

"I see. No wonder you changed your Duel Disk when we dueled before. You saw the sealed cards I took out and knew that my Duel Disk contained a sealed program, which is why you changed it."

"Yes."

Nodding in agreement, Soleva also shared with Kaito the strange phenomenon that had just occurred to Edward.

"However, after I defeated Edward, I didn't trigger any sealing program, and the dimensional fusion legion arrived quite quickly, which is why I came back first. Now that I think about it, do you think it's possible that Edward's Duel Disk didn't contain a sealing program?"

"How can this be!?"

Soreva's words instantly caused a look of horror to appear on the faces of everyone in the room. After all, it was simply unbelievable that Edward, the commander-in-chief of the Fusion Dimensional Legion, did not have a sealing program in his duel disk.

However, this also brought a hint of joy to the faces of Sayaka Sasayama, Kaito, and Aren Kamizuki, who were all familiar with Yukatsu Sakaki.

After all, if Edward's Duel Disk didn't contain a sealing program, then wouldn't Sakaki Yuusho also have been sealed away?

But ultimately, only Edward, who had fought against Sakaki Yukatsu, knew the truth about this.

"It seems we must capture that guy named Edward and force him to reveal the whereabouts of Professor Sakaki Yukatsu."

Just as the students of Super Dimension, who were once students of Plum Blossom School and students of Sakaki Yukatsu, set such a goal in their hearts, the protagonist of their goal, Edward, knelt down on one knee in front of a phantom.

"Ed, according to your adjutant's report, you seem to have lost today? Are you really incapable of dealing with the remaining remnants of the Hyperdimension?"

"No, Lord Zero, it wasn't the remnants of Xyz Dimension that defeated me, but rather an opponent who also used Fusion Summoning and the [Destiny HERO] deck. Moreover, he even brought out a [Destiny HERO] monster that I had never seen before."

Hearing the obvious anger in Professor Akama Rei's voice, Edward, who was kneeling on one knee, quickly began to defend himself.

"A fusion summon, and they even brought out [Destiny Hero], which you've never seen before..."

If the opponent had only used Fusion Summoning, Akama Zero would have suspected that there might have been a traitor in his own Fusion Dimension.

After all, he had also heard that there were traitors among the students of the [school] who had betrayed him.

But the mention of the [Destiny Hero] monster, which even Edward himself had never seen, instantly dispelled Akaba Zero's idea. Akaba Zero knew that the [Destiny Hero] he had given Edward was the latest product from the dimensional fusion.

In other words, even a traitor who merged dimensions could not possibly produce a [Hero of Destiny] that even Edward had never seen.

Therefore, it is obvious where the person who defeated Edward came from.

"Basic dimension, huh? Zero, it seems you're not entirely useless after all. Well then, I'll have to get a little more serious about dealing with the people you sent."

Chapter 164 Edward's Heroic Journey

"According to news from the Hyperdimension, a duelist suspected to be from the Basic Dimension has appeared in Heart Garden and successfully defeated Edward. In order for the [Arc Domain Project] to proceed smoothly, we must eliminate them. Could you please go there?"

After ending his call with Edward, Zero Akaba sat in his seat and addressed the supporters he had summoned to the Hyperion.

Upon hearing that Zero the Red Horse had lost, the two sisters, one with gold and the other with silver hair, slightly opened their eyes, but their expressions quickly returned to their usual relaxed state.

“Ed, no wonder, he still lacks practical experience.”

"Yes, we still need our strength."

Upon hearing the echo from her blonde sister, Gloria Taylor, her silver-haired sister, Grace Taylor, immediately exchanged a smile with her.

In the eyes of these two sisters, neither Edward, their companion, nor the duelist from the basic dimension who supposedly defeated Edward, as claimed by Zero the Red King, were opponents they could easily defeat.

Red Horse Zero King also noticed their mindset, and immediately coughed lightly and said:

"Don't underestimate them. According to the information from Edward, they may have a more powerful [Destiny Hero] deck than our [Fusion Dimension] has [Destiny Hero].

This news truly surprised the two sisters, but beyond their surprise, their reaction was more about…

"Hahaha, sister, did you hear that? That guy Edward actually lost to his own favorite [Destiny Hero] deck, how lame!"

"Indeed, it seems that Edward has not made much progress in the Xyz Dimension."

Just as the two sisters were chatting happily, Akama Zero interrupted them with a burst of clapping:

"Alright, enough chit-chat. It's time for you to head to the Hyperion."

"Yes!"×2

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"Lord Edward, Lord Edward, Lord Zero has sent reinforcements to help us. Aren't we going to greet them?"

Knock on the door, and seeing no response from inside, the man with brown mushroom hair and a slightly aged face, Noro, tentatively opened Edward's door.

Ed was sitting in the huge chair in the room, with his back to him and facing the window.

So the man immediately rubbed his hands together, walked respectfully to Edward's side, and spoke again:

"Lord Edward, the two supporters sent by Lord Zero are the renowned Taylor sisters. It was thanks to them that we were able to almost completely wipe out the Spade School branch of the Resistance Movement. Shall we go and meet them?"

Even so, Noro still didn't get any response, which made him angry, so he immediately put his hand on Edward's shoulder.

But it didn't matter that they didn't match. Once they did, Noro realized that the person sitting in the chair was not Edward at all, but a mannequin dressed as Edward as the commander-in-chief.

"Help! Help! Lord Edward has disappeared again!"

Hearing the noise coming from his room, Edward, who was currently hiding outside the window wearing a cloak, couldn't help but sigh:

"That Noro is such a nuisance. If you want to entertain that kind of woman, go entertain her yourself!"

After grumbling, Edward looked at the [Hero of Destiny, Antipode] he was holding in his hand, and couldn't help but recall what Soreva had told him earlier.

"Is the power of heroes meant for protection? If that's what you're saying, then let me see if what you're saying is true or false."

Having said that, Edward pulled up the brim of his cloak to cover his face and disappeared into the afterglow of the setting sun.

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"So, everything that man said was just a lie, wasn't it?"

Walking down the moonlit street, munching on a shriveled little bread roll that might or might not be expired, Ed began to complain inwardly.

Just now, in order to test whether what Soreva said was true or false, he specifically sought out a group of members of the Fusion Dimension Legion who were planning to seal a civilian from a superdimensional dimension into a card, and stopped their atrocities.

As a result, although he successfully stopped the legion members, he didn't feel any connection or synergy with his own deck.

Even the civilians he saved screamed and ran away as soon as they saw that he was using fusion summoning.

They feared him and were not even grateful that he had saved their lives.

"What happy duel! What lament of a [hero]! People like Yusho Sakaki and that guy are just liars from the basic dimension!"

After letting out a good curse, Edward was about to head home when he suddenly heard a scream of "Ah!!!" shatter the tranquility of the night.

"Go back. It's just our dimensional fusion partners sealing away ordinary people from the superdimensional realm. There's nothing to worry about. Look, you saved them before, but did even one of them thank you?"

Even though he had such thoughts in his mind, Edward rushed toward the direction from which the sound came without slowing down.

"Alright, stop resisting. You remnants of the Xyz Dimension, just obediently let us seal you into cards."

The slightly familiar voice instantly made Edward stop in his tracks:

That's... Grace Taylor's voice? What's she doing here? If she's here, it means Gloria Taylor is here too.

Just as Edward had guessed, the next second, Gloria Taylor's voice rang out:

"Alright, Grace, that's enough. Let's seal them into cards too. Consider it a gift for Edward."

"Yes--"

Even though the people about to be sealed away were just beings from the Hyperdimensional Dimension, and the person sealing them was actually a teammate who had come to support him, Edward only needed to pretend that nothing had happened.