The barefoot goddess fluttered like a lithe butterfly in the narrow passageway, and the elven light scattered from her body was scattered like pollen, but it was enough to guide Fuko like a sign. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

He followed unhurriedly behind the goddess, and soon, he saw the end of this long passage. There was a light cast at first, and as he got closer, his eyes adjusted to the light, and he realized that he was in a large and wide space.

This space is like the sci-fi mechanical factory described in movies, TV series, or novels, where countless giant mechanical hands like octopus tentacles are busy moving, serving a spherical metal in the middle like worker ants, constantly assembling, disassembling and repairing it.

And the outer walls of this space are filled with dense holes that can make dense phobias faint, and these holes are constantly transporting the power of the elves teleported from outside. The golden glow attached to the spherical metal and immediately evaporated like drops of water onto a hot frying pan.

Aphrodite didn't know when she had vanished, and Fuko guessed that either she had been absorbed into the spherical metal or she was back in her deck, which he hoped would be the latter.

"Hey. His cries echoed through the space. "Hey...... Hey...... Hey ......"

He knew he should meet someone here, at least that's what the Taiyi Organization had agreed with them. But he couldn't find a single human here, only the gears of the mechanical arms still running endlessly.

Click, click, click.

Suddenly, in the sound of the friction of the mechanical gears, Fuko heard a different sound, which was similar to the sound of iron wheels rubbing against the metal floor. Soon, he saw where the sound was coming from.

A crescent-shaped metal coils around the spherical metal floating in the air, making it look like Superman's space shuttle from the movie. It rubbed like a satellite around the spherical metal, and then it began to accelerate, and as if it had escaped the gravitational pull of the spherical metal, it rushed down.

As it was about to hit the ground, it began to slow down, and when it was still about two meters above the ground, it came to a halt as if it had hit cushioned cotton. The inner outer wall of the crescent metal was peeled back like an orange peel, revealing the face of a man lying inside.

Is this my opponent? How is it a sick man?

Fuko took a few steps forward curiously, but stopped only a meter or two away from the crescent metal, and he didn't know how to open his mouth to speak because of the sudden surprise and surprise.

The man lying in the crescent metal was a two-faced man. On one side was a burned, senile face, wrinkled, as if it had completely lost its moisture. On the other side, there was a face that Fu Ko was very familiar with, it was the face of the immovable wandering star, and although it had changed slightly, he could still recognize it.

In particular, the imprints of the satellite area of the immovable wandering star, as well as his unique hairstyle, connected him more closely to the man in front of him.

At this moment, countless crazy and chaotic thoughts flashed through Fuko's mind, and he found the two most credible:

Is he an immovable wanderer from the future?

Or is he just another person from the future who has the same face as Fudo Wanderer?

"I can see that you are surprised, and it is not surprising at all, anyone of this age would be surprised to see my face. The man said in a tone that was a hundred times more vicissitudes than José's, "I'm not the immovable wanderer you are familiar with, I've forgotten my real name, but my friends are used to calling me 'ZONE'." ”

ZONE？

He first thought of the English meaning of "area, range" and so on, and then remembered that Shirley had mentioned the word "ZONE" to him.

Shirley said that the Lublans are one of the technical support groups for modern dueling systems and duel balancing. The Lublancs have developed hundreds of cards that are now circulating around the world, one of which is the terrain magic "ZONE".

As for why it's so special, it's worth mentioning Shirley alone, because based on what Mizoguchi saw and heard on the night of the fall of the Loublan family, the Taiyi organization seems to be looking for this terrain magic "ZONE". And that "ZONE" is the prototype card of "ZONE" all over the world, which is unique, but after many years, Shirley and Mizoguchi still can't find its special use.

Now the prototype card is in Shirley's hand.

And the man in front of him, saying that his name is "ZONE", Fuko feels that he is getting closer and closer to the truth.

"What is your relationship with the Taiyi Organization, and what is your relationship with the Lublan family?" asked Fuko.

ZONE suddenly closed his eyes, and then said in an emotional voice: "The Lublan family, what a nostalgic name. I think I should be able to answer both of your questions at once. As you might have guessed, yes, Jose is my subordinate, and I am the creator of the One Organization and the last human in the future. ”

He opened his eyes, and without waiting for Fu Ko's reaction, he continued: "You should already know the purpose of the Taiyi Organization, so I won't repeat them one by one. Anyway, there was a time when I thought I could save the world by transforming myself into a face that was exactly like the hero of my time, the Fudo Wanderer. Eventually, however, I realized that it was completely useless...... The reason why they have a special relationship with the Lublan family is probably because their curiosity is too heavy. ”

"There are tens of thousands of groups in the world that have investigated the origin and purpose of the Taiyi Organization, but at most they have investigated Jose and have to stop because they have no more clues to penetrate. Only the Lublans, the young couple, eventually found clues about me by accident and secretly encrypted all of them on a terrain magic 'ZONE' in an attempt to evade my ears with a large number of duplicate cards. ”

"I know that they are preparing to find a suitable group that can deal with us and give them this information, and they, like you, cannot tolerate their world being destroyed by our group of futurists, and cannot tolerate us killing the people of this era. I couldn't get them to do that, so I sent José and them to the Lublan family headquarters to grab the prototype card. In the end, though, we failed, and we wiped out almost everyone in the family, leaving the sole survivor of the family to escape with the prototype card. That survivor was Shirley Lubron. ”

"But the purpose has been accomplished, because no one else knows how to debunk the information on that prototype card except Shirley's parents, which is equivalent to destroying that prototype card. Therefore, I didn't deliberately find someone to hunt down Shirley......"

At this point, ZONE noticed that Fuko was clenching his fists tightly, his eyes turning scarlet with uncontrollable anger. This surprised him.

"In José's description, you should be a very calm person. ZONE ASKED SOLEMNLY, PUZZLED, "TELL ME, KID, WHY DO YOU HATE ME SO MUCH?"

Yes, ZONE was right.

Through ZONE's narration, Fu Ko suddenly discovers that the truth about the destruction of the Shirley family is so imaginary as the destruction of his own family, and he and Shirley have also embarked on the road of revenge, and they are also helpless against their enemies.

“ZONE。 Eventually, he suppressed his anger and calmed down, he thought, maybe this is the chance fate has given him for revenge, right?" "ZONE, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN BE PROUD OF IN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND YOU'VE FAILED TO DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT FUTURE DESTRUCTION, YOU'RE A FOOL. Duel, ZONE, and give me your damn key. ”

ZONE WAS SILENT FOR A MOMENT AND NODDED.

Shirley had already watched the conversation between Fuko and ZONE through the broadcasts of major TV stations, and instead of listening to the useless comments of the news hosts of those TV stations, she threw aside the tablet that was being broadcast.

There were louder voices in her ears, but all she could hear was what ZONE was saying.

Finally, finally, after all these years, finally, I finally know why......

"Miss Shirley...... Are you sure you want to do this?" Mizoguchi asked.

Mizoguchi was in the driver's seat of a helicopter that was in charge of piloting the "legacy" of the Lublan family. Shirley, on the other hand, opened the door, felt the wind outside, and looked at the empty space below.

"I'm sure. She said. After hearing these words, I was even more sure. ”

"However, we can't see the shape, size, or extent of the 'arc cradle', and it's too ...... risk to jump from here."

"Don't persuade me anymore, Mizoguchi. You know, that's our only chance. We've seen that they went in here, so it must be here. ”

Mizoguchi was silent for a long time before he said, "I understand." Miss Shirley, I wish you all the best, I will always be around and ready to pick you up. Please be safe. ”

Shirley let out an "um" and looked down, still unable to see anything, but she jumped off the door without hesitation.

Half a minute later, she opened her parachute, like a tulip blooming in the air.

From Mizoguchi's vantage point, he was surprised to find that Shirley had disappeared in the air, which meant that Shirley had entered the invisible range of the arc cradle.

Yego hung up the phone and walked around the office in annoyance, his diminutive stature and deliberately drawn clown make-up making him look like a demon at the moment.

"What do you mean by 'be at ease'? What do you mean by 'waiting for a decision'? The army and the government have given me such a reason? It is better to tell me directly, let me give up here and run as far as I can at once!"

Yego thought it was unbelievable, and he asked the state authorities for help, and it had been a few hours, and at first they said that they were going to hold a consultation, but the discussion had not yet come to fruition.

Misty Shadow asked worriedly, "Did they mention what caused the delay?"

"What else could it be?" Yego asked rhetorically, "they had dealt with the One Organization countless times before, and because they were constantly suffering, they chose to back down again and again, and now they were already frightened, discussing a way to solve the problem without annoying the One Organization." I'd heard Godwin say how much the higher-ups feared the One Organization, and how deeply the One had infiltrated the World Government, but now I realized that it was worse than what I had heard. ”

At this point, Misty Shadow answered a phone call, and at the end of the call, the sadness on her face deepened, and she said, "Ushio told me that those criminal groups and terrorist organizations have really moved, and they are making a lot of noise in the city, obstructing our evacuation efforts, burning and looting, and preventing civilians from leaving the city. ”

"Those bastards!" Yego was furious when he heard this, and he immediately jumped to the door, muttering to himself, "Those guys with a damn cult faith, I told my superiors to eradicate them, but it has been delayed until now. Now, they have to leave us in this apocalyptic city, let us follow them to their 'gods', and let us die together!"

The Shadow of the Misty followed closely behind her, she knew where Yego was going, he was going to the scene to command, she could only pray that the troublemakers didn't have guns in their hands, or they would be in big trouble.

At the same time as Fuko's duel, there was also Elusa's dueling.

Elusa meets the youngest Luciano, Harald meets Placido, and the Wandering Star fights José once again.

Their purpose is clear, they need to get four control keys to take control of the arc cradle before they land.

Leaving aside the situation of the three of them for the time being, Elusa's eyes returned to Fuko and ZONE.

Duel may be the only fair way to fight under their current completely unequal strength level.

"Maybe you don't understand how special a duel is in the energy-dense space of the Cradle of the Arc, so let me give you a brief demonstration first," ZONE said. It's mine. ”

Fuko noticed that the crescent metal loaded with ZONE had risen a certain distance into the air, and Fuko himself had floated into the air with the help of telekinesis. Due to the abundance of energy here, they are able to move through the air as if they were in a gravityless environment, but at an unusually fast speed.

ZONE's mechanical dueling disc resembles the skeleton of a human hand, and two mechanical arms help ZONE, who seems to be unable to move, in a duel.

"In the frontfield, [Chrono Angel] is usually summoned, and the attack is indicated (Attack 0). "Cover 1 card in the backfield." ”

Everyone has their own habits when dueling, and ZONE's habit is to call the monster area "frontfield" and the magic trap area "backfield".

When summoned by the Angel of Time, it appears more real than ordinary summoned monsters, but because of its mechanical image like a scarecrow, it makes people feel bored.

[Angel of Time] is a card that Fujio has never seen before, I don't know if it's just that he hasn't seen it, or if it doesn't belong to this era at all.

However, according to the convention, the attack power is 0, and the monster that dares to use the attack is generally a trap in its monster effect.

It's just that Fu Ko doesn't have any cards that can destroy it or nullify its monster effects, so now I can only test its effect with attacks.

"Usually summons [Hero's Blood, Eternal Punishment, Sisyphus], and the attack is indicated (Attack・0). Activate the terrain magic [Conquered Troy City] on your hand, and the effect is that as long as this card is on the field, the attack power of monsters with [Hero's Blood] in their names will increase by 500 and their defense power will decrease by 1000, except for monsters destroyed by battle. ”

At the end of the summoning and launch, Fuko realized the impact of his actions.

Suddenly, the surrounding scene distorted and changed rapidly, just like when he met Paradox that day. I saw that the large mechanical space of Nano had turned into a ruined site under the war, surrounded by ruined walls and lifeless corpses.

This is the scene of the breached city of Troy......

Sisyphus appeared before him, pushing a huge stone, with a staggered and sad countenance. He said to Fuko, "By the will of God, the servant appears here and awaits the oracle." ”

Is this real or unreal?

Fuko couldn't figure it out, he was in the air, but the tip of his tongue tasted real dust...... Perhaps, this is the real duel, and it is also a special duel in the sense of ZONE.

ZONE and his [Angel of Time] were not far away, and he didn't have time to check the reality of this world anymore.

"I attack the Angel of Time with [Hero's Blood, Eternal Punishment, Sisyphus]. Fuko ordered.

"Obey the oracle. Sisyphus replied.

Sisyphus lifted a stone several times larger than himself and threw it at the mechanical monster. The stone crushed the defenseless mechanical monster and smashed it to the ground, and then an explosion occurred.

The iron that flew out of the flames stabbed Sisyphus's body, twisting on the ground as if he had been bitten by a poisonous snake, and then turned into a flash of light, flying back into Fuko's hand, turning into a card again.

He could even feel the hot wind coming from the explosion deeply.

ZONE explained, "This is the effect of the [Angel of Time]: when the surface attack indicates that the existing card is destroyed in battle, all the monsters on the field return to the holder's hand. At the same time, I activated the usual trap [Fool's Verdict] in the backfield: the combat damage given to myself became 0. ”

I see. Fuko thought to himself.

"Cover 2 cards and my turn is over. Fuko could only say. He had no choice but to do it for the time being.

If Aphrodite hadn't played him, then this duel would have been his last in this world.