Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1371 New Technologies

Hyperdimension, Heart City, Dr. Fica's headquarters.

The pitch-black metal room was shrouded in absolute darkness, save for the occasional flash of an emergency indicator light on the wall casting a pale blue reflection on the metal surface. The door was locked, and Dr. Fica slowly walked along a metal corridor to the center of the room.

Space seemed to be torn open by an invisible hand, a jagged crack appearing as purplish-black energy seeped from the dimensional rift like viscous oil. The mass of matter churned violently in mid-air, gradually stretching into a blurry humanoid shape two meters tall. Black particles constantly peeled off and reformed from its edges, its torso sometimes spreading like smoke and sometimes solidifying into a metallic texture, as if it existed in multiple physical states simultaneously. When those eyes, condensed from dark red energy, suddenly lit up, spiderweb-like electrical patterns instantly crawled across the entire metallic surface of the room.

Dr. Fika looked up at the distorted silhouette that had materialized in mid-air.

That was a Balian—at least that's what the other person called himself—and the only person in the Balian world who could communicate with Fica and who gave him power.

"I didn't ask you to attach a time-space anchor to Kaito Amagi," the Balian said accusingly.

“Kaito. He’s still my son, no matter what.” Fica looked up at the giant shadow. “How could I let him go to fight in such a dangerous dimension alone without taking any safety precautions?”

The Balian was furious: "Your presumption may endanger your world, and even ours. The fused dimension may find our world by following the trajectory of the spacetime anchor, and the Demon King may come looking for us himself."

“You sent us to conquer that dimension, shouldn’t we have been prepared for a counterattack?” Fica said. “You said that the Balian would give us unparalleled power, enough to crush any obstacle, and even flatten the fused dimension.”

Since the Balian have such power, what is there to fear even if they find the way they came?
Or rather, if the Demon King were to come of his own accord, wouldn't we actually have the advantage fighting on our home turf?

The Balian was momentarily speechless, as if he had been stumped by the question.

After a long pause, Balian said in a deep voice, "Aren't you afraid that the Demon King will turn your world upside down by bringing this battle to your dimension?"

Fica retorted, "When I decided to make a deal with you, I had already betrayed my best friend and abandoned everything. Even if the world turns upside down, what do the lives and deaths of others matter to me? I only care about my son, nothing more."

The Balian seemed completely speechless for a moment. After another pause, he said in a deep voice, "Then you decide for yourself. In any case, don't forget your mission. And don't forget, if you fail, don't blame our promise."

“I know,” Fica interrupted, somewhat irritated. “I will do my job.”

The Balian fell silent, and his already elusive body completely disintegrated, vanishing like mist.

Fica took a deep breath, turned, and walked out of the room. The automatic door slid open, and Mr. Xincheng, with a fawning expression, was already standing outside.

"How is it?" Mr. Xincheng hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Monitor the situation in the merged dimension and be prepared at any time to guard against an attack from there," Fica said.

Mr. Xincheng nodded: "Understood."

"Also, how's Kaito doing?" Fica asked.

"He's in the infirmary, and it's been confirmed that he's out of danger," Mr. Kokoro said. "But this is really unexpected; even Kaito failed."

Kaito has never lost a game so far.

"Ah."

Dr. Fica said grimly.

"This shows that the opponent is indeed a dangerous adversary, and we must be prepared."

Meanwhile, in the Varian dimension.

"Tch, that old bastard Fika, who knows if he's reliable or not." The Balian, who had just ended his call with Fika, muttered with a sneer.

Then another Balian appeared: "Is your plan sound, Vector? Are humans even usable?"

"No problem, no problem, you can rest assured. For now, let's observe the situation and gather intelligence."

The Balian named Bekuta turned around and smiled.

"After all, we didn't put all our bets on Fica alone."

Merging dimensions.

Haima Group's team has arrived and taken control of the scene.

Following Paradox's recent visit and Youxuan's return with a new wave of cutting-edge technology from the 5DS world, Haima Group, whose cutting-edge technology is already unparalleled globally, has further upgraded its research on dimensional travel, and is now at its most experienced stage.

After a brief survey, the person in charge at the scene quickly stated that although tracking it would not be without difficulty, the chances of finding the other dimension were indeed quite high.

Once the location can be pinpointed, with the current mastery of dimensional travel technology, going to the other world is no longer difficult.

In addition to the location of the opposite dimension, Youxuan was also quite interested in the time-stop technology that Douzi brought this time.

Just kidding, this is time stop.

Time-stopping is common in various fantasy works, and in most works it belongs to the high-end concept level of combat power.

Having the power to stop time basically means you can do whatever you want during the stopped time, including but not limited to leisurely going to find a road roller after stopping time, stealing ice cream from children, and filming a time-stopping short film in an all-girls academy.
In short, it is an extremely evil force.

Although this advanced ability is weakened in the card game world, and even time stop still has to compromise with card games, its functionality is still very strong. Furthermore, it's extremely useful for showing off and dominating ordinary people other than those with the power of destiny.

The good news is that although Haima Group has never developed this kind of technology before, the relevant team still made some progress after studying the site. They captured some residual energy particles from the site. Since these particles have never been seen in this dimension, it is possible that they are related to the time-stopping phenomenon.

Although it was uncertain whether it would be successful, they collected the particles and brought them back to the Seahorse Group for research, and established a team to develop time-stop technology.

Xyz Summoning, the NO. embodying the concept of Origin Number, and the current time-stop technology—regardless of whether there are any dangers, the emergence of the ZEXAL dimension has indeed brought many beneficial things to this world. If used properly, duels and civilizations in this dimension will see significant advancements.

And the one who spearheaded all of this, guiding duelists and even civilizations worldwide, is naturally Haima Group.

At this very moment, inside the research institute of Haima Group.

A blinding white light engulfed the entire experimental room. The energy reading on the monitoring screen instantly exceeded the threshold, and a spiral spatial rift cracked open in the center of the dome-shaped experimental chamber. A torrent of colorful energy gushed out like an overturned bucket of paint, as if it were an endless chaos erupting from a dimensional rift.

Just like the visual effect that appears on the field when two monsters are Xyz Summoned or stacked.

"Success!"

The medical staff in white coats outside the bulletproof glass erupted in cheers. Someone smashed a coffee cup, and someone threw a tablet into the air.

The lead researcher pressed the communication button with trembling hands: "Notify the president, it's a success! We succeeded!"

"Overcapacity development. Success!"

(End of this chapter)