But the Red Dragon did not give him any hints.
Although the Red Dragon from the original anime is just a god who acts without explaining, he still didn't know why he was here nor what the Red Dragon wanted from him.
Earlier, during the duel with Akaba Leo, in order to rescue the Three Phantasm, Tenjo Hikari directly used Super Polymerization, and in that moment, the Red Dragon truly appeared before Tenjo Hikari.
But at that time, the Red Dragon merely resonated briefly, doing nothing else, seemingly just celebrating or reflecting?
Tenjo Hikari pondered this question, feeling somewhat uncertain, while watching Rin and Yugo's entrance exam with Yusei; visiting Sector Security with him, seeing Crow as the first Lower City Area-born security officer; watching Jack and Carly being crazily chased by paparazzi after being seen together.
It seems that everything is moving in a better direction, but...
Tenjo Hikari always felt an inexplicable discomfort, not coming from this seemingly improving world, but rather a subtle dissonance, a forgotten "danger".
Tenjo Hikari furrowed his brow.
If it were the Red Dragon, once everything settled, it would certainly send him back to the F Dimension.
Since that didn't happen, does it mean he has to wait until WRGP six months later? Or even longer.
Everything else was fine, it was just that he worried Professor Cronos would be concerned if he disappeared for six months.
Just as he was thinking this, he vaguely heard the sound of a dragon's roar.
He was startled and opened his eyes again, finding himself in a pure white space!
He blinked, the scene before him gradually shifted from pure white to grayish-white, surrounded by ruins and wilderness from all directions. Tenjo Hikari glanced around and felt no trace of life here, dead as Hell.
He lifted his head, occasionally spotting yellow robots patrolling the sky, with energy swirling within them, a symbol of infinity moving in their bodies.
Meklord Emperor?!
It's the Rock Monarch—
Tenjo Hikari relaxed his brow slowly.
Though faced with a sudden situation, this actually provided an explanation to his previous doubts, making him feel much relieved.
Turning back, the world once again shifted to pure white, roughly viewed, the whole world seemed like a giant grid, ironically pure white.
In an instant, it felt like Tenjo Hikari was trapped in a giant laboratory.
But Tenjo Hikari was not tense, he simply glanced around, locating a white cockpit floating in the air.
...
Tenjo Hikari vaguely felt a sense of encountering an idol.
In the original "Yu Gi Oh", this person before him was among his top three admired.
"My name is Z-ONE," a mechanical voice echoed through the space, "It's been a while, fusion master from Other Dimension."
Z-ONE!
"Z, 1", the last human, the last human god of the Human World's existence!
"You're the one who helped Yusei, right? I've heard a lot about you," Tenjo Hikari asked politely.
The floating machine slightly moved up and down as a nod, through it, Tenjo Hikari could see aged skin and blue eyes just like Yusei's.
"I think you must have many questions, but before answering them—", a large mechanical hand suddenly flew up beside ZONE's cockpit, grabbing something, tossing it toward Tenjo Hikari's shoulder, a strange machine fused into Tenjo Hikari's Duel Disk, transforming slowly into a card, shocking Tenjo Hikari.
Old Entity Cthugua.
Eh—
Tenjo Hikari looked at the card, somewhat surprised.
Isn't this the "god" from their world?
As if predicting Tenjo Hikari's thoughts, ZONE spoke: "Just like the Elder Entity N'tss and Dreamland cards you hold, this card is merely a projection of these gods in dreams, their true forms aren't connected to our world, nor even the Spirit Realm, but exist in a specific dreamy world. Therefore, it's not strange for three or more Elder Entities or Old Entities to appear simultaneously."
"I see."
Tenjo Hikari nodded, accepting it as a good meeting gift.
"Other Dimension's fusion master, this is the true reason the Red Dragon brought you to this world."
!?
Tenjo Hikari was taken aback, suddenly understanding.
"Just like the Old Entities, Elder Entities, or Outer Entities, they can project their consciousness and cards into different worlds. Similarly, some powerful, hard-to-eradicate beings can also project their abilities and power into other dimensions.
Darkness."
ZONE softly uttered a name that to Tenjo Hikari's impression, ZONE absolutely didn't know or wouldn't say.
"Despite the name resembling darkness, it essentially represents [human extinction destiny]." As he said this, his tone turned exceptionally serious, and pressure seemed to build.
Despite being an aging "old man" who couldn't survive without machines, he felt particularly terrifying at the moment, as if his words were shattering the air and space.