Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

What Jaden did may seem like a "deus ex machina," as he inexplicably managed to eliminate the darkness in Amon's heart and sever Amon's control, but the principle behind it is actually quite simple.

He possesses a certain talent that Hayato calls "New-Type," an ability previously referred to as "Planar" by Shadi and others. This ability is often associated with "dimensional ascent," but in reality, an ability is just an ability and never implies any mission or destiny behind it.

Catalyzed by the growing popularity and increasing importance of "Duel Monsters" in people's lives, the potential of "New-Type" is actually being sown in people's hearts at an explosive speed. However, only a few people have been able to discover and awaken this ability. Even in Duel Academy, where students are frequently exposed to Duel Monsters, there are no more than ten people with such talent.

While not as rare as innate abilities like "Elf Masters," "New-Types" are still incredibly rare, to the point of being considered extremely rare.

However, their rarity doesn't cause "New-Types" to experience the same sense of loneliness that John, Jaden, and others felt as children—the "blood-soaked loneliness" of being able to see card spirits that others can't. On the contrary, "New-Types" are abilities that allow people to overcome barriers between each other.

Just as people with vocal cord impairments who cannot make sounds and people with hearing impairments who cannot receive sounds can use visual language—sign language—to communicate in place of sound, a major manifestation of "New-Type" ability lies in enabling people with hearing impairments who have no hands and people with vocal cord impairments who have no sight to understand each other—a pure spiritual communication that transcends language, sign language, and even physical mediums.

When a "New-Type" communicates with its counterpart, the "Old-Type," it's not as convenient as when both are "New-Types." However, by using a special medium that doesn't exist in the physical world, a certain degree of spiritual resonance can still be achieved. "Duel Energy" is precisely such a medium that seems fictional yet truly exists in the "non-physical world." The "Wisdom Stone Itachi" that Jaden created using the "Wisdom Stone Alchemist" card is a product of the aggregation of Duel Energy.

With the help of the attack of [E·hero Neos] hitting [Red-Eyes Corpse Dragon], Jaden and the controlled Amon were linked together as if they were holding an invisible wire. However, compared to Amon, whose mind was blinded by darkness and therefore did not actively explore Jaden's mind, Jaden chose to actively delve into Amon's mind.

In that dark world, Jaden saw Amon, who had once given up all hope and waited for death while watching the clouds; he saw Amon Garlem, who waited for the light of hope and worked hard to become a useful person in order to repay the kindness; and he also saw Amon, who once lost everything and then gained everything again, and then had everything around him taken away little by little by the biological son of his adoptive parents, thus giving birth to a deep and dark heart.

He made no comment on Amon's actions or thoughts, even though Amon had the terrible thought of "killing his brother and taking everything back" in his mind. Judai remained unmoved because he saw something deeper in the darkness, something hidden in the darkness of Amon's heart.

Even though he was just a child whose values ​​were not yet fully formed, and even though he had experienced the pain of losing everything and felt more deeply about the feeling of having nothing than most people after his adoptive parents focused more attention on his newborn brother Sid, he did not turn his terrible thoughts into reality. Instead, he made up his mind from then on to serve his brother Sid with all his strength, even if he lost everything again or even his life, he would repay the kindness.

All of this was not based on the admonitions of others, but on Amon's own judgment. What was hidden beneath that seemingly dark heart was clearly a pure heart as clear as water, grateful and unconcerned with gain or loss!

Amon has never let go of the memory of that night when he almost harmed his brother, but the underlying logic is not regret for not doing so, or confusion about whether his fate would have been different if he had. His thoughts are simply his rejection and fear of himself for having such dark thoughts back then.

It is precisely because of this mentality that Amon is blinded and controlled by darkness, and what Jaden needs to do is very simple: to "sever" this darkness from Amon's heart!
"Cut off the darkness in people's hearts?! That's impossible!" Without hesitation, "Amon" refuted Judai's words. His reaction wasn't one of being unable to accept reality, but simply stating a self-evident rule. "Don't talk about 'turning the impossible into the possible,' even you, Judai—"

"Wait a minute, could it be that you cut out the 'darkness' from people's hearts?" Seeing that Judai and "Amon's" expressions suddenly became quite shocked, "No wonder you used the word 'cut out' instead of 'eradicate,' but that's meaningless. You can only temporarily remove such darkness from their hearts; you haven't actually cured it at all!"

"I see, I see. I had forgotten your true nature, Jaden. That's right. You've always saved others in this way. For you, this is enough, isn't it?"

“Although I don’t understand what you’re talking about, one thing is true—that’s enough, ‘Amon,’ or rather, the bastard who’s taken over ‘Amon’s’ body!” Judai pointed at the golden energy life form opposite him, whose head had detached from Amon’s body. “You hurt everyone in the school with the ‘Death Gloves,’ transferred everyone to this dangerous world and put so many people in danger, and took someone’s life in front of me for the second time after Professor Cobra.”

"I can no longer tolerate your existence in this world. Expelling you from Amon's body is enough for me. The one who will punish you next is my [Hero]!"

"After the battle damage is settled, there's no need to hold back! The attack of [E·hero Neos] will destroy [Red-Eyes Undying Dragon Emperor]!"

Upon hearing this, "Amon" raised his head to say something to [E·hero Shining Neo Cosmic Wingman], but [E·hero Neo Cosmic Wingman] had deliberately suppressed his combat damage until now before unleashing it. An exaggerated sword aura cleaved through the body of [Red-Eyes Undead Dragon], severing its undead remains entangled in resentment.

The soul, finally freed from the curse of the corpse, thanked [E·hero Neo-Universe] for his actions, while the sword energy advanced straight ahead and struck Amon Garlem's body.

With this strike, the golden energy life form that had already shown signs of separating from Amon was directly eliminated—or more accurately, Amon Garlem's body was pushed away by the sword energy. Although he couldn't control the force in time, causing Amon's body to crash directly into the iron door of the warehouse with a loud "thud," it at least successfully helped Amon break free from control.

At the original location of Amon, the golden energy life form, having lost its host body, began to calculate combat damage!
"Well!"

[Amon Garram: 4000 → 1400 LP, 0 cards in hand]

The one who cried out in pain wasn't the energy lifeform, but rather Amon, who had escaped the duel area. He gasped, even Amon himself finding it hard to distinguish whether the pain he felt was greater from the damage inflicted during the battle before they were fully separated, or from the pain of his back slamming into the iron gate. —Feeling it carefully, it really was his back; the iron gate was dented from the impact!
Oh, my back.

Hearing the Spider-Man-like noise coming from Amon's side, Jaden was happy for him, because it meant that Amon had completely regained his body instead of being bound by others.

On the other hand, having lost its physical body, the golden energy entity seemed not to feel the portion of the battle damage that Amon had borne, which made it even more difficult for it to accept: "No! This was clearly a battle between me and you, Jaden! My love! Why, even in this state, do you have to share your love for me with someone else!"

"Unforgivable, Amon Garlem!"

But just as he was about to attack Amon, who wasn't far away, [E·hero Shining Neo Cosmic Warrior] had already begun his attack. Light gathered in his palm, enveloping it in a golden glow, and he approached [Red-Eyes Immortal Dragon Emperor] at meteor speed. [E·hero Shining Neo Cosmic Warrior] then unleashed his attack with his palm!

"The Last Shining-Finger!"

The body of [Red-Eyes Undying Dragon Emperor] was melted in the flash. In the sublimated corpse-dragon body, [Red-Eyes Undying Dragon Emperor] received the same liberation as [Red-Eyes Undying Dragon]. After breaking free from the shackles of gravity on his body, the soul of [Red-Eyes Undying Dragon Emperor] even moved forward with the attack of [E·hero Flash Neo Cosmic Warrior], rushing towards that energy life form!
"Pfft-"

Like the sound of strong acid corroding, the attack of [E·hero Shining New Universe Winged Knight] caused a large cloud of smoke to rise after it landed on the energy life form. The energy life form, which had no physical form, also felt real pain under such an attack!
[“Amon”: 1600→500LP, 0 cards in hand]

The Red-Eyes Undying Dragon Emperor, with an attack power of 3800, blocked most of the power of the attack from E-Hero Shining Neos. The final battle damage was only 1100 points, which was not enough to completely wipe out the remaining energy life form. However, before the soul of the Red-Eyes Undying Dragon Emperor, which rushed at him along with E-Hero Shining Neos, could even exert its power, the Red-Eyes Undying Dragon Emperor, which was already in a soul state, suddenly ignited itself and turned into a large ball of soul fire!

"【E·Hero Shining Neoswing】After destroying a monster in battle, inflict effect damage to the opponent equal to the destroyed monster's original ATK!" Jaden waved his hand, "I will destroy that utterly wrong light that forces other beings to accept your so-called 'evolution'!"

"Shining Shatter! I'll return the original 2800 damage from [Red-Eyes Undying Dragon Emperor] to you!"

The soul fire landed on the energy life form and began to spread rapidly, instantly engulfing it and turning it into a large, burning flame. But within this azure flame tinged with purple, came the energy life form's joyful laughter: "So you only focused your attention on me at the very end? That's not enough, Judai!"

"Your love for me has diminished so much, this won't do, I can't satisfy you at all. I definitely need more drastic measures to make you look at me the way you do now. Give me some more time, Jaden, I'll come back to you with the right methods—or perhaps, you'll come to me on your own? Hahahaha!"

"Are you... trying to run away!?" Upon hearing this, Judai's expression changed. He had already made up his mind to kill this guy who had put everyone in danger right here, how could he let him escape like this? Without hesitation, he immediately commanded the other [Heroes] on the field, "His Life Points are already zero, the duel is over, so there's no need to talk about chivalry with such a heretic. Everyone, attack together!"

【E·hero Sunrise】 charged ahead and kicked 【Giants - Magella】 to the ground, sending him to the graveyard. Just as the other 【Hero】s on the Jaden field were about to follow up, a cry of pain came from Amon's side.

Even if those monsters on the field were summoned by Amon while he was being manipulated, and are currently being controlled to block the golden energy life form that is trying to escape, it seems that destroying them would transfer the damage to Amon's side!

Judai hesitated for a moment because of Amon's reaction. In that instant, the golden energy life form's body disappeared as if it had been burned to ashes. The flames engulfed it from bottom to top and then extinguished. All that remained were a few specks of ashes that were thrown into the air, as if the golden energy life form had been destroyed.

However, Judai, who overheard the last words the other party said, along with Fubuki, O'Brien, and Amon, did not think that way at all.

"You won?" For the first time, Jaden did not feel the usual exhilaration of winning a duel; instead, he only felt a sense of relief after the victory.

"You won, Jaden!" Standing behind Jaden, Fubuki immediately patted him on the back and congratulated him. "Another interesting duel?"

"I used to say that, but today's duel just doesn't feel interesting to me at all." Only after Fubuki supported him did Jaden realize he was so exhausted he almost collapsed, even though the "Duel Energy Distributor" was still enveloping Duel Academy. Nodding to Fubuki in thanks, Jaden said with a bitter face, "Synchronization Summoning again, and even this so-called 'Accelerated Synchronization'? Have the versions of Duel Monsters improved that fast?"

“I think that probably wasn’t that guy’s own power.” Amon stood up, leaning against the wall. He immediately took the cards used in this duel from his Duel Disk, only to see the Synchro Monster cards turn to ashes one after another. “The disappearance of these cards is the best proof.”

The disappearance of dozens of cards left Amon's deck with only a thin stack—his original Cloud Monster deck. The Zombie monsters vanished along with the Synchro Monsters. (End of Chapter)