"If that young man becomes the new leader of the Manjome Group, there should be more companies cooperating with them in the future, and by then you can travel to some closed dimensions." said Maze to Tenjo Hikari.
Dox looked at Manjome, who was surrounded by elders and business partners, and added, "However, as a duelist, if you let money trap your path, you can't move forward—"
This is also their experience speaking.
"I hope your friend doesn't stop because of the group's matters."
"Haha, don't worry, Thunder is really amazing." Judai laughed heartily.
Tenjo Hikari also thought that Manjome would never stop dueling because of this, after all, the reason he tried to compete with his brothers for the leadership position was because he wanted to get closer to his mentor, Kaiba Seto.
In any case, both sides were satisfied with this duel at least.
Even though they lost to Yuki Judai again, this time the Maze Brothers noticed their opponent's progress, and their dueling performance was significantly more satisfying than the last duel.
For these veteran duelists, whether a duel satisfies the audience is no longer the first thing to consider, because they are far more "strict" than the audience themselves.
The last time they lost to Judai, they sobered up in the midst of money and people's unrestrained praise. This time, dueling Judai was not just to prove themselves but to verify themselves—
When they mentioned Judai being in the maze, weren't they also looking for a way out?
After shaking hands with the two legendary duelists, Tenjo Hikari walked toward the duelist's viewing area, where Serena excitedly waved her hands to celebrate for them, and Ruri couldn't help but clap lightly.
Tenjo Hikari smiled and waved back to them, while Judai sat in the front row, repeatedly saying, "That was really interesting, this duel."
The Fengguang Company also applauded Tenjo Hikari.
They naturally wouldn't go to Manjome to get acquainted at this time, especially since their company's duelist representative is Tenjo Hikari, a good friend of Manjome Jun, so why brush up face at this moment?
Previously, when Tenjo Hikari was chatting with the Maze Brothers, they didn't disturb him. Now that the duel was over, they immediately congratulated Tenjo Hikari and then asked if Judai was interested in appearing in their upcoming Fengguang Company duel video.
"Ah—that's it, Epic Battle! Legendary Duelists 3!" Serena almost instinctively reacted, jumping up excitedly.
"3?" Ruri beside her realized a key point.
Serena nodded frantically, telling Ruri about Tenjo Hikari's previous duel footage and mentioning that they could play it back at the Fusion Department later, since they were all famous duels.
Judai naturally wouldn't refuse, as this duel made him very happy, and if more people could see it, then of course that would be better.
Regarding the Maze Brothers, the Fengguang Company had already talked with them, so after Judai's confirmation, they excitedly prepared to send it to the company's publicity department and begin editing the new episode of Legendary Duelist.
At this moment.
"Tenjo." Without anyone noticing, Dinosaur Lyuzaki had already stood beside a few people.
Tenjo Hikari stood up, greeting him, "Brother Lyuzaki."
"Oh oh oh! Mr. Dinosaur Lyuzaki, it's him!" Judai jumped up excitedly, greeting Dinosaur Lyuzaki.
On the other side, Serena explained to Ruri that this was also a legendary duelist and her mentor Tenjo Hikari's "senior".
Dinosaur Lyuzaki slightly pressed down his hat in response to Judai's words, and then looked at Tenjo Hikari and said, "Kid, didn't you tell the company that you wanted to duel a legendary duelist?"
The people from Fengguang Company exchanged glances with each other.
Of course they had told Dinosaur Lyuzaki about this, but why did he specifically bring it up?
"Yes," Tenjo Hikari nodded, indicating that he indeed had such a plan.
Initially, his duel with Dinosaur Lyuzaki earned him the super unfinished product of "The Claw of Hermos," and as he dueled with Insector Haga and Kaiba Seto ten years ago, the completion level of The Claw of Hermos gradually improved.
Today, after the duel with the Maze Brothers, although Tenjo Hikari hadn't checked his deck, he could tell from experience that the completion level of his "The Claw of Hermos" must have improved again.
This is definitely a good thing.
If he works hard to find a few legendary duelists, he might just complete it!
This is his first "Legendary Dragon," also the second usable Legendary Dragon, and it's quite exciting.
"Heh..." Dinosaur Lyuzaki's eyes drifted to the side, seemingly looking through space at something somewhere, "Recently, I... connected with an old friend... a friend, I guess."
When he said this, his mood seemed a bit down.
"In any case, I asked that person to help me contact and find an opportunity."
He rummaged through his pocket and pulled out a card, throwing it toward Tenjo Hikari, who quickly caught it and looked down.
On the card was an old man with strangely styled hair, extending both hands in a peace sign.
Tenjo Hikari's eyes slowly widened.
"Wow————" Yuki Judai let out a long gasp of amazement upon seeing the doodle-like self-portrait on the card.
What?
This time, even Serena didn't know what was happening, she was hopping on her feet, looking at what Tenjo Hikari was holding, full of curiosity.
"Is this... Mr. Muto... Muto Sugoroku's?" Tenjo Hikari tentatively asked.
Muto?
"That's right—" Dinosaur Lyuzaki took a deep breath, "That guy... Yugi's grandpa."
Oh my god!
Tenjo Hikari was thrilled.
This seemed to be a pass, a card to visit Domino City, to visit a real-life "living legend," the grandfather of the Duel King Muto Yugi, "Muto Sugoroku's" "close friend's certificate"!
"Could it be that you asked Mr. Jonouchi—" Tenjo Hikari connected the dots and suddenly thought.
Dinosaur Lyuzaki did not deny it.
The good brother of Duel King Muto Yugi, Jonouchi Katsuya, is one of the best duelists of this era, second only to the still-active Kaiba Seto's [true legend], and was once someone Dinosaur Lyuzaki held a grudge against.
To be honest, there was a time when Dinosaur Lyuzaki and Jonouchi Katsuya had a pretty good relationship, even though his "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" lost to Jonouchi, he didn't hold a grudge and even once warned Jonouchi to be careful of the telekinesis duelists' superpowers, they weren't enemies and could even laugh together.
But later, upon listening to his "good brother" Insector Haga, he joined the Orichalcos faction and dueled Jonouchi Katsuya, which made their relationship very strained afterward.
Since then, Dinosaur Lyuzaki has gone through many hardships, became the spokesperson for Fengguang Company, and moved forward, yet still, there are many things he's very regretful about but dares not face.
One is Insector Haga, the other is Jonouchi Katsuya.
The former is about regret because of incorrect friendship, and the latter is about regret because of his own betrayal.
Recently, hearing that Tenjo Hikari wanted to challenge "legendary duelists," Dinosaur Lyuzaki hesitated for a long time and finally got in touch with Jonouchi again without Fengguang Company knowing.
He had thought about whether the other party would scold him, whether they would hang up directly, whether...
Unexpectedly, the other party bore no grudges at all, and seemed quite excited to hear his voice, asking where he had been all these years, and why he hadn't been seen. Upon knowing what he wanted to do, Jonouchi didn't even doubt if he intended to kidnap Muto Sugoroku, and chose to help without hesitation.
...Alas.
He sighed in his heart.
"Kid, this is... a hard-earned chance." He looked at Tenjo Hikari, his gaze scanning as if wishing to engrave everything about Tenjo Hikari, "Muto old man, has many [legendary] residences and contacts, if you really want to challenge, this is the fastest way, and... don't scare the old man."
Tenjo Hikari heard the extreme unnaturalness in Dinosaur Lyuzaki's emotional changes, and looking at the card in his hand, he took a deep breath and patted his chest.
"Don't worry, Brother Lyuzaki."