"Win, won!?"
"Lose—this, Mr. Dinosaur—"
If, during the duel, staff and event organizers were just worried, by the end, their minds were already in a daze.
But the audience didn't think that much.
Under the lead of Dinosaur Lyuzaki's applause, enthusiastic clapping soon echoed, quickly filling the entire venue. Along with this, there were many cheers for the two duelists from the audience.
"Amazing, Polymerization!!"
"They actually did it!"
"Mr. Dinosaur, we'll always support you!!"
Dinosaur Lyuzaki, with his hands in his pockets, walked over to Tenjo Hikari with a smile after the duel recording ended, extending his right hand toward Tenjo Hikari. Tenjo Hikari responded, their hands clasping together, shaking firmly. Then, Dinosaur Lyuzaki turned sideways, raising Tenjo Hikari's hand high.
"Everyone, cheer! Our new companion!"
"Absolute Fusion, Pure Fusion, Ultimate Fusion—"
"Tenjo Hikari!"
He was someone who could afford to lose. At the start of the duel, he hadn't expected to lose, but Tenjo Hikari's performance truly delighted him. Having such a newcomer become a company partner could only make him happier.
After the duel with Dinosaur Lyuzaki, Tenjo Hikari felt a strange, eerie power, different from the warm force experienced in duels with others, integrating into his body.
"Huh? What's this?" Tierra, who had been clapping along with others, saw this scene and glanced at Dinosaur Lyuzaki, then suddenly understood.
Alchemy.
Shatter, recycle, and sublimate.
This Dinosaur Lyuzaki's soul was in terrible condition, currently in a recovery state.
After the duel ended, Tenjo Hikari, Dinosaur Lyuzaki, and a group of others went to the conference room. The manufacturer prepared a "Instant Fusion" for everyone, boiled water, and began brewing.
Dinosaur Lyuzaki rested his head on the table, looking at the instant noodle package, unable to help but say, "Kid, you really do like fusion."
"Hahaha…" Tenjo Hikari laughed a couple of times, neither explaining nor saying anything more.
Once the noodles were ready, everyone started eating. Dinosaur Lyuzaki's eyes brightened, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Tastes great—"
"Yes, yes!"
"It's really delicious!"
Indeed.
Tierra nodded continuously from the side.
This is something I personally endorsed, naturally extraordinary.
"Tenjo Hikari, what do you think?"
"Pretty close to the one Mr. Magical Scientist gave, right?" Tenjo Hikari said.
The instant noodles given by Magical Scientist likely contained unique materials only found in the Spirit Realm. Perfectly replicating them by humans here is somewhat challenging.
But being nine-tenths close should be quite acceptable.
"Tsk, then it's not completely identical, is it?" Tierra was dissatisfied.
The following matters became very straightforward.
Originally, Fengguang Company planned to have one of their duelists test with Tenjo Hikari. But now that Tenjo Hikari defeated their "poster boy," Dinosaur Lyuzaki, they naturally had no reason to refuse.
However, precisely because Tenjo Hikari defeated Dinosaur Lyuzaki, they felt it might require more money to sign him.
But, as Tenjo Hikari was merely a student and could defeat a Legendary Duelist, his future was undeniably promising!
To be honest, even if he had lost, it wouldn't have mattered much to their company. After all, they aren't a mega corporation or a giant conglomerate. As long as Tenjo Hikari insists on Polymerization and holds the title of "Absolute Fusion Master," promoting "Instant Fusion Cup Noodles" would inevitably attract buyers. It's essentially exploring a new path.
During the meeting, Dinosaur Lyuzaki occasionally spoke, and he was thoroughly satisfied with Tenjo Hikari both in character and actions. When Tenjo Hikari was willing to speak on his behalf before the duel, Lyuzaki felt this kid was someone worth associating with. During the duel, he could feel Tenjo Hikari's conviction.
For someone like him, an ultra "classic" duelist, skills, abilities, and talents aren't as important as conviction.
Without firm conviction, one might, like he once did, stray onto a malevolent path due to overwhelming power.
Eventually, the partnership between Tenjo Hikari and Fengguang Company concluded happily, with Tenjo Hikari becoming one of the spokespersons for Fengguang Cup Noodles, occasionally participating in various endorsement duels and occasionally shooting company advertisements.
But considering Tenjo Hikari is a student and frequently has the opportunity to travel to Other Dimensions, these matters can be lenient. If possible, Tenjo Hikari might shoot more footage of his Dimension Travels.
Fengguang Company, a company not even involved in Dimension Travel, without a Dimension Gate in the premises, was anxiously like ants on a hot pan over missing such a massive gold rush.
In terms of responsibilities and work, Tenjo Hikari roughly understood, but when it came to benefits, quickly got overwhelmed.
First was the salary, then shares, followed by Instant Fusion sales percentages, and then...
Beyond this mountain of matters was an additional agreement to regularly supply cup noodles to the Fusion Department.
Luckily, he was only here to observe today, and how to sign the actual contract remained undecided.
On one hand, as a student, he required a "guardian" to sign; on the other, he lacked the knowledge and needed professional assistance.
He contacted Professor Cronos, who confidently assured him that he knew well about these things—and even if he didn't, he had many professional friends, so Tenjo Hikari need not worry.
Professor Cronos was genuinely dedicated, and with a first-year student contacting a company during an exchange meeting, successfully "endorsing," it was a fantastic development for the school, even if his relationship with Tenjo Hikari wasn't good, the principal would ensure help was provided, let alone that he had a great relationship with Tenjo Hikari.
"I feel like not gifting Professor the Ancient Gear Support Card next time would be unreasonable." Tenjo Hikari muttered as he boarded the ferry back to the island, as if talking to himself.
"That oddly-shaped human? Hmm, although not aesthetically pleasing, he's a decent person." Tierra agreed, "Plus, he's someone with a Machine deck, which I think is quite fine."
After saying this, Tierra promptly added, "Oh, right, if I recall, that human seems to prefer reputation over money, right?"
"Oh—makes sense." Tenjo Hikari nodded swiftly.
He almost forgot; his public claim had always been as Professor Cronos' disciple.
"Compared to these earthly trifles—my suggestion is, open your deck and immediately check your Spell Card."
Spell Card?
Tenjo Hikari pulled out his deck, swiftly and habitually rifling through the cards, one by one.
Today's deck didn't include any cards other than for Polymerization or materials, so how could there be a change?
After rifling once, he paused in shock—the count wasn't right.
There was an extra card?
He promptly started checking from the first card, and halfway through, was abruptly stunned.
A [Spell Card].
But this wasn't an ordinary Spell Card; it lacked name, image, effect, and category.
He picked up the card, only to find it was hazy and ephemeral, seemingly ready to disperse into air at any moment. Now present, now absent, no wonder he didn't notice it initially.
As he stared, a fleeting crimson dragon silhouette flashed across the card image—
"Holy…" Tenjo Hikari took a deep breath.
Legendary Dragon!