Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1689 Zero King
"The resistance, that sounds pretty impressive."

As they walked behind the guides, Youma spoke with great interest.

"There must be a lot of powerful duelists!"

Brooke, the rebel leader leading the way, seemed to have heard something. His gaze briefly fell on them, then seemed to dim, and he turned away without saying a word.

No, in fact

Lingyi said to the group in a somewhat gloomy tone.

"By now, there are probably very few strong individuals left in the resistance. It's more accurate to say they're just running for their lives than rebelling."

Brooke remained silent, and the rebel duelists following on either side all turned their heads away, looking dejectedly elsewhere.

Clearly, Zero was telling the truth.

Rather than rebelling, they're merely hiding and running away. Let alone Zack, their entire resistance doesn't even have a duelist capable of matching the academy's high-ranking officers.

As for overthrowing Zack? Overthrowing the regime?

That was already an unattainable wish, almost a delusion.

In fact, many people even doubt whether they have any reason to continue existing and struggling to survive like this.

Is it really necessary to continue fighting a war that has no hope at all?
“It’s definitely not meaningless,” Judai suddenly said.

He drew everyone's attention.

"Your fight, your perseverance, are absolutely not meaningless." Jaden said with a rare serious expression, "I know it must have been very difficult, but at least you have preserved the flame of fighting. At least even in a world like this, there are still people willing to stand up and fight."

The expressions of the few rebels accompanying him shifted slightly. Some of the younger ones looked as if they were about to cry, and one of them gave Judai a deep look, but in the end, no one said a word.

You Xuan and the others followed them into the dense forest. After traveling through this maze-like forest where the scenery looked almost the same the whole way, a camp finally appeared in front of them.

That was the temporary camp where the resistance fighters were stationed.

Zero looked at Brook: "Is he here?"

Brooke, of course, knew what she meant and nodded: "He heard you were around, so he came all the way here. He's here now..."

Brook paused, seemingly searching for the right words, before finally saying...

"His mobility is already quite limited."

Zero nodded without saying a word. The group entered the camp under the watchful eyes of the duelists around them.

Soon, after traversing almost the entire camp and reaching the innermost tent, they saw the man.

A dark-skinned, bald man with a shocking scar on his bare forehead.

That once muscular and strong body now looked as if it had been drained dry, as withered as skin and bones. His eyes, which were terminally ill, looked as if they had almost lost all their luster, and only when he saw Lingyi enter and recognized her did a glimmer of light seem to return to those empty eyes.

"Zero Zero Iran"

The man tried his best to remember, but he was too weak. He lay on his sickbed, wearing a respirator, and his voice, though barely audible, sounded hoarse and weak.

"I'm here."

Lingyi stepped forward and said softly.

".Father."

The game and the others looked surprised. Was this person Zero's father?
Is that the scientist who stood up to try and defeat Zack to save the world, as mentioned by Zero in the backstory?

However, the current King Chima is clearly on his deathbed.

Zero stood before King Akama's bed and sighed deeply.

“If we had known this would happen, why did we do it in the first place, Father?” Lingyi said softly. “We would have already won, and the world would have already been saved.”

Everyone can have a peaceful daily life, a free will, and their own life. Even Zack was reborn, with four clones, four completely new personalities, a rebirth without destruction, domination, or desire.”

"Yes. I was wrong, Zero."

Red Horse Zero is the king.

"I was just so lonely. I missed you, Lingyi. Back then, all I could think about was, even if I saved the world, if it was a world without you, I... I don't know."

He began to ramble and couldn't continue. All his words seemed to ultimately amount to a long sigh.

Lingyi sighed and remained silent.

Everything that's happening now is Zero's fault. Zero had actually succeeded; she and Zack perished together, the world split into four, and Zero and Zack were reincarnated as four clones.

If everything had stopped here, it should have been a happy ending. The war would have ended, the world would be at peace, and everyone could be happy and free. And to achieve such a bright future, only Zero sacrificed herself.

But what could she blame her father for?

Back then, Zero King Akama gave his all to save the world. In fact, if Zero King Akama hadn't developed the new card, Zero wouldn't have been able to trade one card for one with Zack.

But from Akama Zero's perspective, he did everything in his power to save the world, yet the only one he couldn't save was his own daughter. This was, of course, unacceptable to him.

So he didn't care about anything anymore. Even at the risk of the demons' resurrection, even if the whole world might perish, he was determined to resurrect Zero and find his daughter.

To most people in this hellish dimension, Zero the Red Horse is the culprit who unleashed the demon. But to Zero, he is merely a father who would stop at nothing to save himself.

"I just miss you so much," Akama Zero said with difficulty.

"I know."

Zero grasped the hand he was desperately reaching out to her.

She knew her father was nearing the end. There was no point in saying anything more.

“Leave the rest to me,” Zero said calmly. “Zack will be defeated by me once again.”

Just then, a loud explosion suddenly came from outside the tent.

It was as if something trembled violently. A dull thud followed by an earthquake-like commotion, and dust fell from the tent roof.

Brooke's expression changed, and he poked his head out of the tent, shouting, "What's going on!?"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" Shouts came quickly from outside.

Then came a series of explosions. Looking towards the camp entrance, a background resembling a cosmic starry sky could be faintly seen flashing by.

Beneath that starry sky, a strange beast enveloped in golden light flashed by. Its appearance was divine, almost blending into the starry backdrop behind it.

Although it was far away and only flashed by for a brief moment, it was still possible to vaguely see that the monster seemed to be surrounded by a golden halo.

That was an overpowered monster.

(End of this chapter)