Hikaru shook the card slightly to cool it down. The card dispyed a faint purple glow, with a blurry image of a monster fshing on it. There was a sudden stroke appearing in the name.

  The card had been printed, but… it wasn't anything extraordinary.

  Super Fusion was the "end" of all fusions, the ultimate fusion card, with extraordinary power. Although it might not compare to the Source Numbers from next door, it could still be considered the Red Dragon of the fusion realm, printing a fusion monster wasn't surprising.

  But how did it even appear?

  'Could it be…'

  He gnced at his opponent and then recalled the warm current that had suddenly appeared inside his body, and it all clicked.

  'I get it, it's the duel!'

  Of course, in the world of card battles, strange things happening ultimately come from either monsters or duels!

  'Looks like, as long as I keep dueling, I can use the power of Super Fusion to get fusion monsters? Not bad.'

  After the duel, Hikaru went to the spectator seats. Some other students who had signed up to join the Fusion Club hadn't dueled yet. Once their matches were decided, Hikaru could join them in the Fusion Club.

  Unfortunately, aside from Hikaru, the other students from the Red and Yellow dorms didn't have strong enough decks. Facing the Ancient Gear deck lent by the Fusion Club to the Blue students, it was hard for them to win.

  However, even though the duels didn't mean much—mainly just monsters crashing into each other—Hikaru still had fun watching.

  After all, things like real-time holograms didn't exist in his world. Even if the duels weren't exciting, just watching the monsters in action kept him entertained.

  "Yo! Hikaru!" At some point, Jaden appeared next to him, along with his "little brother" Syrus, enthusiastically greeting him. "Your duel earlier was so interesting!"

  "Ja... Jaden!" Syrus hid behind Jaden, his voice trembling, "He... he's going to join the Fusion Club! No, don't talk to him!"

  The Fusion Club's faction of fusion fanatics had a terrible reputation among other regur students. There were constant rumors that students from this faction often got into arguments and duels with people, making them very dangerous.

  And Hikaru was even more fanatical than those students—a true ultimate fusion enthusiast. Isn't that even more terrifying!?

  "Huh? What's wrong with that?" Jaden asked, looking confused.

  "Thank you." Hikaru nodded gently, smiling as he spoke. "Your duel during the entrance exam was also very impressive, with the Fme Wingman defeating the Ancient Gear Golem in a single blow under the skyscraper. It's a moment I still can't forget."

  That was the truth.

  Although many years had passed, Hikaru couldn't remember the details of Yu-Gi-Oh GX, but the scene of Jaden using Fme Wingman to defeat the Ancient Gear Golem twice still remained in his mind, a memory filled with so much passionate and warm energy.

  "Really? Hahaha~" Jaden, still the more na?ve version of himself from the early episodes, rather than the lone hero he became ter, chuckled and scratched the back of his neck when he heard Hikaru complimented him.

  After ughing for a while, he returned to the previous topic, eagerly asking Hikaru about dueling, specifically fusion-reted matters.

  As a "Hero" duelist, Jaden loved fusion, so he couldn't resist discussing it with Hikaru. The two of them talked about fusion and other cards, and when he heard that Hikaru liked Hero decks as well, he exchanged his thoughts enthusiastically and they had a great time.

  Although Hikaru didn't find watching duel videos boring, having an original character like Jaden, the "lone hero," made it all the more enjoyable for him.

  This also allowed Syrus, who had initially been afraid of Hikaru, to rex gradually.

  Before long, the test ended, and Hikaru said goodbye to Jaden and stood up to gather with the others.

  As Hikaru walked further away, Syrus couldn't help but wonder aloud, "It's really strange, Jaden. Hikaru doesn't look like one of those crazy students. Why would he join the Fusion Club?"

  "I think Hikaru must have his own reasons," Jaden said enthusiastically, hands behind his head.

  "Then... what do you think about inviting Hikaru to join you for a tag duel?" Syrus suddenly suggested. "He knows a lot about Hero decks!"

  "Hmm… Hey Syrus, great idea!"

  On the other side, Hikaru had already arrived at the Fusion Club's activity room with his cssmates.

  It's worth noting that although it's called an "activity room," it was actually a separate small building. The entire building, from the first floor to the top floor, was dedicated entirely to the Fusion Club's activities!

  This wasn't unusual in Duel Academy. In the world of the original series, Duel Academy had many activity clubs, and some of these clubs had their own small buildings or outrageously rge activity rooms.

  For instance, the tennis club had a huge space comparable to a duel arena where duels could take pce without feeling cramped.

  Hikaru received a set of purple dorm uniforms. This didn't mean that he was now a student of the "Purple" dorm.

  The uniform simply signified that he was a student of the Fusion Club. It could be considered a club member's uniform, like the tennis club's sportswear, and it didn't count as the official dorm uniform.

  A senior from the Fusion Club handed Hikaru a set of Ancient Gear cards. He took a careful look at them and felt that there weren't many cards he could actually use.

  First of all, there were only seven Ancient Gear monster cards in the whole deck. Rare cards like "Ancient Gear Golem" and "Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon" weren't included, and besides the three fusion cards, most of the cards were just standard machine-type cards. The only fusion monster in the deck was "Labyrinth Tank."

  But—

  This deck had "Cannon Soldier"!

  That is to say...

  It was a material card for fusing "Labyrinth Tank," but with a much higher notoriety than Labyrinth Tank itself—infamous as "the evil source among banned cards"!

  In Hikaru's time, "Cannon Soldier," "Cannon Soldier MK-2," and "Toon Cannon Soldier" were all banned!

  Seeing this card in the deck, even though it couldn't reach its full potential, Hikaru smiled.

  Who wouldn't like to have banned cards in their deck?

  "Tch, It is just a Yellow dorm's trash." On the other side, several Blue dorm students who had witnessed Hikaru joining the Fusion Club sneered when they saw him smiling.

  "Winning with a surprise attack, and now he thinks he's part of our Fusion Army?"

  "Yellow dorm students really have no self-awareness!"

  In Duel Academy, there was a sort of "color" discrimination. While it wasn't overly oppressive and the main character of the original series, Jaden, didn't care about it at all, some of the Blue dorm students looked down on those from other academies.

  Even if everyone wore "purple," they still felt that they were the "noble" ones in their hearts.

  "I really want to teach him a lesson!"

  "Haha, that's easy."

  "You mean... using the old tricks?"

  "Of course!"