The duel ended, and Manjome Jun emerged victorious.
If during the duel, when Tenjo Hikari's side was at a disadvantage, there were still spectators mocking or Manjome's relatives pointing fingers, after the tag duel concluded, only words of praise remained.
Manjome's uncles and aunts, those completely unfamiliar family relatives, and the board directors, rushed like they were hurrying to reincarnate, gathering around Manjome one by one, continuously praising his growth and excellence.
One said he's young and promising, another said they've long believed Manjome's future is boundless.
This left Serena quite bewildered, wondering wasn't the duel victory achieved by her master and Senior Judai? Why did they only receive visits from a few reporters and duelist spectators after the duel?
In the audience, a somewhat frail-looking student angrily squeezed the armrest of his seat, realizing he had crushed it into pieces, he then took a deep look at Judai.
Judai seemed to have a nerve touched, instinctively looking in that direction, only to find no one was there at that instant.
Tenjo Hikari didn't mind not receiving much cheering after the duel ended; facing a bunch of fans every day was more of a headache for him. Moreover, before coming, he was already prepared that today, here, there would be only one main character, that was Manjome.
Manjome Thunder!
More than anything else, Tenjo Hikari still wished to chat with the Maze Brothers.
After all, not to mention, the Gate Guardian series of Fusion Monsters are of superior quality.
The two brothers weren't too surprised at Tenjo Hikari's interest.
They had long heard that Tenjo Hikari was enthusiastic about Polymerization, pursued Fusion, and liked chasing all things fusion-related as a duelist, thus didn't mind Tenjo Hikari attempting or acquiring the Gate Guardian card series.
After all, they were more wanderers and traveling tag duelists, indifferent to such matters.
However, what slightly surprised Tenjo Hikari was the concept of the "Gate Guardian Dimension," was indeed real, referred to as the "Great Maze Dimension" by the Maze Brothers.
But the key was that the dimensional coordinates weren't information they could directly tell Tenjo Hikari.
Because it's a "Commercial Dimension."
Upon hearing this, it seemed strange, Tenjo Hikari recalled a moment, only then slowly realizing.
Although nowadays, for the most part, Tenjo Hikari could freely move using the Dimension Gate as long as he obtained the coordinates, there were still many specific situations.
The first type, like Warrior's Domain, Mage's Domain, are special dimensions that can't be entered through normal means, only those recognized are allowed entry.
The second type, theoretically accessible to everyone, but some forces have locked them down, such as Kaiba Company's full lockdown on the "Mausoleum of White," naturally, Kaiba Seto isn't the only one doing such things.
Unlike Kaiba, those other dimensions specifically locked or information-sealed are for different purposes.
"Money."
The Great Maze Dimension known by the Maze Brothers, due to its internal structure being a maze, forcedly expelled back to the human world if the maze isn't discovered or exited within 24 hours, making it a dimension fit for "profiting."
The company that discovered this dimension immediately closed off the dimension's information, firmly gripping the dimensional coordinates, then offering everyone the chance to enter once with a certain ticket, as for whether it yields results or cards, it's up to the duelist's own fortune.
"Humans are so dull," Tierra snorted twice after hearing all the details beside him.
Tenjo Hikari smiled awkwardly, with Judai laughingly telling Tierra, "Ah, after all, they spent so many resources finding this dimension...can't expect them to give it away empty-handed."
Companies profiting through dimensional travel aren't rare in this world, but really finding suitable and rational methods to make big money isn't as prevalent.
Previously, Tenjo Hikari had always lived at the academy, occasionally leaving Academy Island, only studying and working at the Fengguang Company, thus had no contact with such companies.
"Manjome Group has cooperation with many such companies," the Maze Brothers explained to Tenjo Hikari and Judai, "like that Minotaur Company, considered one of the most profitable among the new emerging companies."
Minotaur Company, an international company with the coordinates of the "Great Maze," is quite a large dimension, besides the Gate Guardian, there seem to be many other spirits inside, plus no matter how hard one tries, they can only stay for 24 hours at a time, so worrying about no guests with a single ticket is unnecessary, making profits very stable.
Besides Minotaur Company, Manjome Group has several cooperative companies, all similar deals.
This is exactly the attempt of Manjome Group to invest ambition into the Duel Monsters industry.
After all, even though they developed new dimensional travel equipment, exploring, venturing, and dueling were purely novice undertakings, if not for Manjome Thunder's sudden rise, becoming Kaiba's disciple, they probably wouldn't be able to cooperate with these companies.