The development of events was not what Tenjo Hikari had imagined.
But no matter how you look at it, it's a good thing.
After all, the City's Upper and Lower City Areas can finally communicate and even travel between each other. No matter how you look at it, it's a very good start. From the perspective of social development, it should be something exciting.
Although Tenjo Hikari is not a resident of the S Dimension, he is still very happy to see this change.
Of course, he knows that this will certainly involve a period of adjustment pain. Whether it's the Upper Area or the Lower Area, there will still be people judging each other with bias due to past habits and experiences. But for Tenjo Hikari, who now can openly travel around the City with friends using cable cars and other means of transport, this is no problem at all.
Serena leaned excitedly against the cable car window and exclaimed.
This cable car leads to a Duel Academy in the Upper Area, the school Yugo and Rin plan to attend next.
The two children have never attended school before, and even the normally carefree Yugo is both excited and nervous at this moment.
Under Goodwin's management, it was decided to open several schools to provide opportunities for people in the Lower City Area to study. Talented children from the Lower City Area can get free schooling opportunities. Needless to say, Rin and Yugo, who had previously participated in the "Friendship Cup" and Other Dimension duels, were naturally among them.
Moreover, even if they hadn't participated in events like those, Yusei actually has sufficient funds to support their schooling. It was just that, previously, they had no chance to go to school because they were from the Lower City Area.
This time, since there was an opportunity, Yusei took them for a school entrance test to prepare them as temporary new students when the school opens.
Seeing the two nervous juniors, Yusei told them not to be too anxious.
He has acquaintances in the Upper Area. In the middle school department, there are two little ones he knows named Lua and Luka, who are friendly and kind nobles from the Upper City Area. In the high school department, there is his friend, "Izayoi Aki."
All in all, with Yusei's excellent ability to harmonize wherever he goes, Yugo and Rin actually don't need to worry about being surrounded by strangers.
For now, the great battle of "The One" barely counts as being on pause, although both Yusei and Tenjo Hikari know clearly it's just a "stop" and not the end.
The Earthbound Immortals trapped by the Red Nova will surely seek out talented Duelists to participate in the contention for The One in the future. Other Agents from afar who are The One's servitors will converge upon this City. By then, countless duels of even higher intensity and difficulty are bound to occur.
But this is also a good thing because, even though Yusei appears like a normal person now, he still has numerous points of dissonance with the Artificial Gods and requires further adjustments.
Yusei's life only has two years left; put the other way around, Yusei still has two years left.
Just like how a duel doesn't end until Life Points hit zero.
In the span of half a year, Yusei can afford to wait.
Tenjo Hikari also reacquainted himself with the joy of "traveling" after a long absence from this world.
Traveling in different worlds and Dimensions involves more than just dueling. Viewing local scenery, understanding local customs, and making fascinating local acquaintances are all parts of traveling.
Anyway, he has already liberated the Earth-Painted Winged Dog Demon from the Red Nova. There will no longer be any "Earthbound" to target the Muddy Mudragon, which means Tenjo Hikari's basic goal is completed.
Moreover, the Earth-Painted Winged Dog Demon's "appeal" is quite simple.
Unlike the sheer "Synchro"-chasing Earthbound Immortals, the initial "Divine Governance" strategy of the Earth-Painted Winged Dog Demon was to share Synchro. Otherwise, the Synchro beings under it wouldn't be the most numerous apart from the Red Dragon. Given its intrinsic "Polymerization" nature, a somewhat unique type, it was deeply resented by some extremist factions of Divine Spirits.
Assaulted by people, it eventually became an Earthbound Servant, then was imprisoned by the Red Nova and became its "slave".
These are all experiences it went through, so it has little interest in this world's "The One" and even has an inkling of PTSD. After Tenjo Hikari explained Yusei's intentions to it, it almost without hesitation bestowed a "blessing" upon Yusei, sharing the divinity of "Synchro" that theoretically belonged to it.
Haha—
Now even after leaving this world, the Red Dragon has no reason to chase him!
The "Synchro" of this world remains intact!
It was overly ecstatic, behaving nothing like a god, eager to leave this world with Tenjo Hikari.
Anyway, after hearing the Earth-Painted Winged Dog Demon's thoughts, Yusei expressed significant understanding and told it he would certainly establish a world where it could soar freely. By then, Tenjo Hikari and the Earth-Painted Winged Dog Demon would always be welcome to return at any time.
But having said that...
Tenjo Hikari thought about what happened over the past period.
There are still many strange aspects.
After all is said and done.
The reason he came to the S Dimension this time was entirely unintentional; it was because the Red Dragon forcibly took him, bringing him to this Dimension.
Now, in hindsight, even Tierra showed no reaction back then. Tenjo Hikari didn't even notice any environmental changes before instantly shifting from the theoretically Great Cosmic Workshop, where only Tenjo Hikari and Spirits could enter, to this Dimension.