After the duel with Caesar Maruto Ryo of the Dueling Academy, Ed Phoenix and his agent refused all media interviews and returned to their hotel alone.

Today wasn't a big day for the agent - in fact, the company had prepared what to do if Ed was defeated before today's duel began, and today's match would be a win for the agency as long as Ed stood in the dueling ring.

Rather, Amity's defeat was a scenario that the company had prepared for. Although he is said to be a peer, after all, Maruto Ryo has been a senior in the professional dueling world for several years, and it is a strange situation that Ed can win against him.

However, the brokerage company's prediction is based on the strength of Ed and Ryo Maruto to make a report based on data analysis, and the report card still lists Ed's possible 30% chance of winning......

Although they are all accurate figures, the conclusions are full of uncertainty, which is completely different from the kind of "predictions" that Ed had encountered before.

The agent chattered in Ed's ear about all sorts of arrangements - mixed with lukewarm comfort - under the arrangement of the agency, Ed's next step should be to wake up in the flames of defeat, which is the most popular kind of "persona" they wrote for Ed.

However, Ed, who was thinking about it, became impatient with this arrangement, and he said goodbye to his agent on the grounds that he was not feeling well, and went into his room alone.

"So you can trust me now?" As soon as he entered the door, a familiar and unfamiliar voice rang out in the room, "Can you trust your fate now?" Ed Phoenix?"

Ed wasn't surprised to meet this person here now - it wasn't surprising that a stranger could sneak into the players' lounge in the big venue, which was much tighter than the hotel.

Ed turned around, and sure enough, the stranger who had been in the break room was in Ed's room, sitting in front of the fire, flipping through a copy of "Thus Said Zarathustra".

"It's just September, but autumn in Hokkaido is already very cold. When the stranger saw Ed enter the door without saying a word, he began to talk to himself, "Nietzsche talked about 'Superman' in the book, since he is 'Superman', he must be able to transcend fate, right? Ed Phoenix, you also have a 'Transcendence of Fate', have you overcome it today?"

“......”

Ed locked the door, walked in front of the stranger without saying a word, and said slowly, "Defeated." ”

"Expected. The stranger didn't look up, as if he were the master of the room.

Ed couldn't stand it anymore, he frowned, "This is my room, if you don't have something to come to me, please go out." ”

The stranger smiled slightly: "This is not yours, this is the presidential suite of the hotel, after you, there will be 326 people living here, and finally it was blocked by the police because someone was found to be doing drug dealing, and finally it was demolished because of a contract from the board of directors." ”

"You know so much about 'fate', are you just here to entertain me?" Ed couldn't figure out what this guy was trying to do, "let me put an end to this dumb mystery! Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Are you finally willing to open the skylight and say something bright?" the stranger closed the Nietzsche book in his hand, stood up, and said with a smile: "I am King Sai, and this is our fateful encounter." ”

"I've never heard of a fateful encounter being an uninvited guest in someone else's hotel suite. Ed smirked sarcastically, "What are your intentions?"

"Deliver you from the spiral of fate. King Sai took out a tarot card from his bosom and said, "You should have heard Caesar from the Duel Academy after the duel was over, and let you go to the Pacific Rim Duel Academy to further your studies, saying that there is an opponent there who is worthy of growing up with you." ”

"You know all this? Yes, it's not difficult to know this in your ability...... But the company couldn't let me go, and I'm their cash cow now. ”

Ed shook his head—although he was very concerned that the other party was very clear about his private conversation with Caesar, but when he thought of King Sai's behavior before, he didn't think it was strange.

"You must go, and fate will guide you. King Zhai smiled meaningfully, "You will find the truth there." ”

"The truth, what the truth?"

"About the 'Ultimate D' who disappeared back then, about the death of Ling Zun, and about ......" King Zhai paused playfully, and then said, "The truth about the 'training camp' back then, including the ...... that killed you Fujimoto-sensei's murderer. ”

Ed's pupils contracted instantly—fragments of memories began to awaken from the depths of Ed's heart.

—————— Elemental Hero: Electric Hero——————

My name is Ed Phoenix, the son of Pierre Phoenix, a Burgundian, who lost my father at an early age.

"Hello everyone, I'm Fujimoto Swing, and from today, I'm going to teach you how to awaken your abilities. ”

When I first met her, I was upset - to be precise, everyone in this inexplicable training camp, everyone here was full of the air of the pride of heaven and the pride of the sky, which was completely different from me without a father.

......

"Stand up, Ed Phoenix, do you want to be one of those depraved pieces of waste?!"

Life in the training camp was cruel, and there were constantly those bullish heroes who were eliminated and sent back, but I gritted my teeth and persevered.

......

"It's hard work, isn't it? This is sherry, secretly hidden for you, to make you feel better. ”

Well, it's not so much gritting your teeth as some one-eyed chief instructor in a wheelchair who has been opening me a small stove, right?

I don't know why, the cold-faced and ruthless woman who eliminated others sometimes gives herself a little special attention...... Although this kind of care is a bit too adult, I can't drink alcohol at my age.

This kind of care, I'm Ed Phoenix even if I'm eliminated......

"Tons and tons of ......"

Forget it, there's nothing bad about it

......

And this kind of care, one night, I finally knew the reason.

"Ed, I actually know about your father......"

That day, I learned the purpose of my enemy, and it was just a "Ultimate D" made by my father! I remember that day, I cried until I fell asleep as if I had received bad news on the first day......

Last time, I cried and fainted in my mother's arms, but this time, I ...... It's this woman.

......

"Ed, do you know why your father named the deck 'Heroes of Destiny......'? It's the hero!"

I'm really sad, but don't pour me this messy chicken soup when I wake up, it's annoying, you know?!

......

"Get out of here, little ghosts, you're only getting in the way here!"

I don't know why the disaster struck suddenly, the volcano on the island next door erupted, and in the volcanic ash in the sky, it seemed that something was staring at everyone!

I'm already strong, but why should I go? You're lame and blind in one eye...... Why can you stay and fight?!

At that time, it seemed that there was a fool of the same age who wanted to stay with me, who was it?

Can't remember...... Obviously, like other teachers and classmates, there is nothing to do when you get on the boat to take refuge.

......

"Ed! 10 generations...... Damn, come at me, monster!"

"Puff!!!

"Congratulations, you graduated......"

——————Heroes of Destiny: Determined Man——————

"Whew!"

After waking up from his memory, Ed's expression was different when he looked at King Sai in front of him.

Ed said solemnly, "When am I leaving? I have to go and terminate the contract with this brokerage company first." ”

But King Zhai took a moment to say, "No, you will be notified soon." ”

"Knock knock!"

There was a knock on the door, but Ed didn't open it, and it wasn't long before the agent's voice sounded outside the door:

"Ed, are you resting? I'd like to tell you about the new project...... The board of directors unanimously decided that they would like you to go to the Pacific Rim Duel Academy, Ed, are you there? Open the door if you can?

Ed ignored the agent, but turned to look at Saiwang Takuma and bowed deeply to him.