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The roar of an engine caused everyone to look up.

A red, motorcycle-like vehicle rushed out from the sky and crashed straight into the simple stage where the host was originally sitting.

"boom!!!"

The holographic image shuddered, and a puff of smoke exploded from the wreckage of the stage.

"What happened!"

"Terrorist attack!?"

A commotion broke out among the onlookers.

Some even started running away in panic—but thankfully, everyone gathered around the two of them, and no one was hurt.

"...Paradox!"

Siren and Liva reacted immediately and turned the duel disk towards the place where the explosion occurred.

…But there wasn’t any man with blond hair sitting there in the middle with an arrogant look on his face.

Instead, a red, familiar-looking, uninhabited, damaged "D-wheel" appeared in the center of the sunken stage, emitting black smoke.

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“Cosmic Shifting Dragon…”

When Yusei Fudo returned to the duel arena, he just saw the dragon appear.

This is a card that exists in his extra deck.

He thought for a moment, then looked up at the duelists around him.

They had smiles on their faces that were not much different from those of the duelists back then - it seemed that no matter what time it was, people had a fanatical pursuit of dueling.

There were cards inserted on their duel disks, and they also held a few cards in their hands... However, Yusei saw some strange extra deck cards of a type he had never seen before.

"Which time... No, not which time."

As a scientific researcher, Fudo Yusei's brain began to work at a rapid pace.

Threads of thought connect everything you have seen so far.

"Even the people in 'ZONE', who tried every opportunity to change the world, couldn't change it to this extent..."

"Red Dragon... a different history..."

Even though he still had a little doubt, Fudo Yusei still had an idea.

A long-existing theory appeared at the other end of his mind.

"Now everything makes sense—Yugi Muto, who isn't the Duel King, all these strange cards... and this other me..."

Yusei Fudo began to recall again, directing his memory towards the self riding the "D Wheel".

At the bottom of the deck he held up, he saw a pink monster—

Even though it was blurry, he could still make it out.

Little Roadrunner.

"...!"

I got it.

This "Little Roadrunner" is a card that he has never invested in again even now.

Not to mention the future of this world... Even in the duel currently taking place in the square, there is no chance of the "Little Roadrunner" appearing.

"That's me...my past self..."

"I totally understand!"

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"That's my Stardust Dragon!"

Standing on the rooftop, "Fudo Yusei", who was standing with Yugi Judai, saw the huge virtual image below.

"I can sense it through the seal of the Red Dragon. That card is the Stardust Dragon—"

"But, Yusei, that girl down there isn't the blond guy we met earlier."

Yujo Judai scratched the jellyfish's head.

He was the one who was destroying history with cards, yet he gave the stolen items to a seemingly ordinary duelist in a city that was about to be destroyed?

This is completely unreasonable.

"...Yes, I'm doubting that too."

"Fudo Yusei" supported his chin with his hand and scanned the surroundings from this high vantage point where he could see the entire city.

There wasn't an arrogant blond man riding a white "D-wheel" and wreaking havoc everywhere.

"Yusei... a question suddenly occurred to me."

Yugi Judai suddenly said.

"Didn't the Red Dragon experience a bumpy ride on the way we were brought here?"

"It seems Yugi-senpai didn't come out with us... Just now, I saw him fall downstairs when the Red Dragon was climbing."

"Fudo Yusei" was stunned for a moment, then covered his forehead.

As soon as he saw the appearance of the "Stardust Dragon", he completely shifted his attention there.

I didn't even think about where Yugi Muto, whom I had just brought with me, had gone.

"... Let's go and find Mr. Yugi!"

Yujo Judai ran back first.

"Then, evacuate the crowd here and wait for that blond guy to come over!"

"Fudo Yusei" also picked up the deck, put "D Wheel" aside, and followed Yuki Judai into the stairs to the top floor.

The two left.

And at this moment, the "D Wheel" that was originally parked on the top floor slowly started its engine without any warning.

Liva's voice came from below.

"...Synchronous Summoning! O crimson Quetzalcoatl, coiled above the earth, now reveal the possibility of perfect synchronization!"

"Red Dragon!!!"

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Yugi, Yugi Muto, is now encountering the most incomprehensible thing in his life.

Even his other self—the self that seemed to have once been the Pharaoh—could not comprehend the situation.

After encountering the strange crab head, Yugi ran towards the Tongshiye Square, thinking of watching the duel between Liva and Siren - but, on the way, he was suddenly stopped by another self.

"Partner, I'm sensing a very strange feeling—a dark aura hangs in the air."

"'There's no doubt that around us, there are other thousand-year-old artifacts besides those held by Tapir, Siren, and Liva—but it doesn't seem to be the case.'"

Yami Yugi hesitated for a rare moment.

"What's wrong, the other me?"

"I don't know if it's an illusion... Is this right? Right, right... No, no, no?"

Dark Yugi, who was attached to Yugi in the form of a soul, stared at the Millennium Brick hanging on his chest in a state of strange self-doubt.

"What on earth is this...Partner, I think we need to go over here first."

In the end, Yami Yugi, who still couldn't figure out what he felt, pointed to the other side of the road.

"Although it's a shame that I can't see their duel in person, I still think it's better to go and take a look first—"

Seeing the conflicted expression on his other self's face, Yugi immediately decided to change direction - although he couldn't feel it, he could see the importance of this matter.

"Well, another me."

Yugi immediately turned around and walked towards the path at the side.

"Tap, tap, tap."

One step at a time, he walked inside.

The further they walked inside, the more a very familiar feeling arose in the hearts of the pair.

It's not about the environment, but the familiar feeling of seeing someone you know, like—

(Another me feeling?)

(The feeling of being a partner...?)

The moment this thought occurred to them, they heard—

I heard soft, soft sobbing.

There is a person in front of me, a back figure.

A back figure that is so familiar to both Yugi and An Yugi that it couldn't be more familiar.

He was clutching a piece of black cloth, squatting there and talking to himself, seemingly in pain.

"grandfather……"

"Partner...we need to calm down and go out to see what just happened...?"

As if sensing something, the man turned around, and in front of Yugi and Yami Yugi who were sweating profusely, he turned his tear-stained face.

"...!"

As if frightened in the same way, the other party immediately stood up and took a step back.

He raised his sleeve and quickly wiped away his tears.

As the red starfish head shook, "he" grasped the golden triangle on his chest, and his eyes changed from panic to sharp.

"……Who are you?!"

"That's the question I'm asking!"

Two identical gazes met.

The person standing in front of Yugi Muto is "Yugi Muto".

It was "Dark Game" who was holding the "Millennium Brick" and the Duel Disk.

"boom!!!"

A huge explosion sounded, spreading throughout the sky.

Yugi Muto reflexively looked in that direction—

"Domino City... Square!?"

Hyper-Convergence: Chapter 132: Synchronic Transcendence

Both Yugi Muto turned their gaze towards the direction of the explosion.

"They... no, they can handle emergencies."

"Now, what's more important is what's in front of you!"

Yugi cleared his mind of the chaotic thoughts and looked at the other person again.

And "Yugi Muto" on the opposite side also spoke seriously.

"...If you're just an imitator, I can understand—but what's with the aura of a thousand-year-old artifact emanating from you?!"

"Imitator? ...There's no need to cry thief in front of me."

"..."

Yugi Muto's eyes turned cold.

"Well, if you don't want to admit it, I don't mind..."

In his perception, the other party had more than one thousand-year-old artifact.