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Chapter 492: Paradox
"Huh? Thirty minutes ago!" Yugi exclaimed, his face filled with shock as he listened to Judai and Yusei Fudo's explanation. "And it was the power of Duel Monsters? That's amazing, Duel Monsters has power like that?"
"Well, it is Duel Monsters, after all. Nothing is really surprising," Judai chuckled foolishly, introducing himself to Yugi and Hayato. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Yugi, Mr. Hayato. My name is Judai Yuki, and I'm from the future, over ten years from now."
"My name is Fudo Yusei, and I'm from an even more distant future, several decades from now," Yusei Fudo introduced himself, then continued, "At this current point in time, the 'Father of Duel Monsters', Pegasus J. Crawford, hasn't arrived at the venue for the Duel Monsters Convention yet, and that attack hasn't happened either. So, Mr. Yugi, your Grandpa is still safe."
Yugi looked down from the tall building. After searching for a bit, he easily found the most beautiful Coser among the many Cosplaying Duel Monsters below, and unsurprisingly, found Joey Wheeler and Solomon Muto, the Master and Disciple, from this time period standing beside that Coser.
Confirming that his Grandpa was indeed safe, Yugi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Hoho, Judai Yuki from ten years in the future?" Hayato, standing nearby, looked at the slightly nervous Judai with interest. "Just to be safe, let me confirm first. You should be the Judai Yuki I know, right?"
Hearing Hayato's words, Judai seemed prepared. He drew a Card from his Duel Disk.
"On the way here, I thought Mr. Hayato might ask me something like this. In that case, I guess this Card is the best proof," Judai flipped the Card in his Hand, revealing a Level 8 Powerful Monster—the Lava Golem, which Judai had used in the future timeline to Absorb **Cyber End Dragon** and **Rainbow Dragon** to defend against an Attack.
"This Card was the Enrollment Gift you gave me, Mr. Hayato, when I enrolled in Duel Academy. Although my enrollment is still several years away from the Present, I thought Mr. Hayato would give me this Card in the future just like you did."
Hayato was momentarily stunned looking at the **Lava Golem** Judai showed him, then nodded with a hint of Helplessness. "Well, as expected, it's a Gift I would give. **Lava Golem** is indeed Most Suitable when used in conjunction with **E·HERO**."
Speaking of **E·HERO** Monsters, although Hayato had once shown the younger Judai he knew various Strange Usage methods, the core theme of **E·HERO** was ultimately Elemental Fusion. And speaking of Fusion, the most classic one to mention is **E·HERO Flame Wingman**.
Fusion Summoned using two Normal Monster **E·HERO**es, "Wind" and "Fire", as Fusion Material, although its ATK is only 2100 Points, due to the existence of the **E·HERO** Exclusive Field Spell Card, **E·HERO Flame Wingman**'s ATK can easily increase to 3100 during an attack, which is just enough to completely suppress Monsters with 3000 ATK.
After all, it's well known that the Protagonist's Ace Card often has 2500 ATK, while the male lead's rival's Ace Card often has 3000 ATK. Because of this rule, the Number of Monsters with exactly 3000 ATK is quite large, which made Kaiba lose face for a while, as whenever they mentioned ATK, they would always add, "It's a Monster with the same ATK Value as the Legendary **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**."
It made **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** seem like a Combat Power unit.
A simple ATK Increase isn't the Key Point. The Key Point is that **E·HERO Flame Wingman** has the Ability to "inflict Effect Damage to the Opponent Duelist equal to the ATK Value of the Monster Destroyed by Battle."
Destroying **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** by Battle allows it to inflict an additional 3000 Points of Effect Damage, which is **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**'s ATK, on top of the Battle Damage. This level of Damage is quite Fatal in a 4000 LP Environment, and you could easily be defeated in return if you're not careful.
Because of this, although **E·HERO Flame Wingman** isn't a Protagonist's Ace Card with 2500 ATK like **Elemental HERO Neos**, which appeared later, the original Judai still regarded it as his most beloved Hero and also earned the Title "3000 Slayer".
And **Lava Golem**'s Stats are well known to everyone; it has exactly 3000 ATK. First, you Absorb the Opponent's Powerful Monster to turn it into a **Lava Golem** with 3000 ATK, and then **E·HERO Flame Wingman** delivers the Fatal Blow. The Effect is definitely excellent.
However, Actually, Hayato never doubted Judai's Identity. After all, other things could be Disguised, but one thing could not be hidden.
That was the demonic Humanoid figure silently floating behind Judai, observing the group—**Yubel**. From **Yubel**, Hayato could feel a very strong Dark Power, and it felt similar to **Destiny HERO - Plasma** from back then, clearly originating from the Power of the Light of Destruction. At the same time, Hayato could also sense the Seal of the **Millennium Ring** being Dispel.
Clearly, this Judai in front of him indeed came from the Future of his World. And from the looks of it, Judai still launched **Yubel** into the sky and Received the Baptism of the Light of Destruction.
"Well, let's stop chatting for now. Next, let's exchange some Information," Hayato clapped his Hands, signaling Yusei Fudo, Judai, and Yugi to look at him. "In any case, the Goal is to stop that Masked Man who launched the Attack earlier from taking out Pegasus, right?"
"Not just that, we also need to ensure that History doesn't deviate too much," Yusei Fudo explained. "For example, we can't just take out Pegasus ourselves before the Masked Man does, just to prevent Pegasus from dying at the Masked Man's Hands."
"So many people are gathered here at the Duel Monsters Convention, we need to evacuate the crowd too," Yugi pondered.
Among the few of them, Judai was the most relaxed. He was well aware of his Ability. If it was during a Duel, he was fine, as his Duel Smell was very sharp, but when it came to anything requiring thinking outside of that, he was completely useless. Besides, there were already three smart people trying to figure things out, so there was no need for him to force himself to think as well.
Anyway, once Hayato and the other two came up with a Plan, he would just go and carry it out.
The current Situation was like a Great Fire intentionally set in a Forest. Hayato and the others were at a Time Point before the Fire spread, needing to ensure the Forest wouldn't be burned down. However, at the same time, they didn't have the Ability to extinguish the Fire, because if they extinguished this Fire, the Arsonist would go and set Fire somewhere else unknown.
Seeing that Yusei Fudo and Yugi couldn't come up with a solution for a while, Hayato suggested a Plan. Yugi and Yusei Fudo thought about it and felt that Hayato's method was very feasible and would control the Influence on the Future within a very small range.
However, the method proposed by Hayato was somewhat outside of Yugi and Yusei Fudo's conventional thinking, making them a bit unaccustomed to it. On the other hand, the unconventional Judai thought Hayato's Plan was excellent.
"Whoosh!"
"Boom!!"
In the Gap of the warm-up activities before the official start of the Duel Monsters Convention, from a rooftop, a Light Bullet streaked across the air and landed on the empty Stage from above. It seemed to have hit some Device, causing a small Explosion. The violent blast blew the paper scraps left from the previous performance all over the Stage.
"Whoa!!"
"What happened?!"
A somewhat illusory blazing fire swallowed the entire Stage and spread outwards at a very abnormally slow speed. The Stage was burned down under the Watching eyes of everyone present, followed by the Smoke that inexplicably rose to cover everything.
Before the crowd could react to what kind of Accident Situation had occurred, they heard several childish Voices among them:
"Wow, an Explosion! That's Dangerous!"
"We need to Escape quickly, who knows what will happen next!"
"We have to leave the Plaza quickly!"
Although the emotions in the few Voices were not quite right, sounding like they were reading lines, for the crowd who were good at following others and lacked a backbone, these Voices gave them a Goal for their next Action.
Anyway, no one knew who started it, but everyone present began to run frantically along the Commercial Street, running towards a safe place without looking back, intending to get as far away as possible from the Stage where the Explosion had just occurred.
However, within the crowd, four people stood still, with no intention of Escaping at all.
"Combining Materialization of Duel Monsters and the Virtual Projection System... there's actually a Usage like this," Yusei Fudo praised Hayato and Judai's perfect Cooperation just now. "First, using a Materialized Duel Monster to create an Attack that definitely exists but only for that Instant to attract everyone's Attention, and then using the illusory images created by the Virtual Projection System."
"After all, if the Attack is too small, it's not easy to scare people away, and if the Attack is too big, the Destruction caused will be excessive," Hayato said with a smile, retrieving a Trap Card from his Duel Disk. **Yubel** behind Judai also lowered her arm.
And as Hayato took away the Trap Card in his Hand, the Illusion that had fooled everyone was Dispel, revealing the main Stage of the Duel Monsters Convention with a large Hole blown in the Wooden Floor, but otherwise perfectly intact. The Smoke and blazing fire from just now vanished into thin air.
"I see, setting Fire to create an Open Space before the Flames reach the Forest, so that the spread of the Flames can be isolated and the entire Forest prevented from being burned down," Yugi confirmed that his Present self had already left with Solomon Muto and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "If the Duel Monsters Convention is Interrupted halfway, it can still be held later."
Yusei Fudo also nodded. "This way, at least the people present won't be killed by the Accident at 12:00. Next, we just need to contact Mr. Pegasus—"
"That's something I won't let you do!"
A Voice came from afar, interrupting Yusei Fudo's unfinished words.
A Pitch-Black Portal suddenly opened up in the Open Space of the Plaza. The giant D-Wheel driven by the Masked Man leaped out from the Portal. The golden-haired Masked Man riding the giant D-Wheel gnashed his teeth even more furiously when he found that his reckless driving hadn't hit a single person.
"You actually evacuated everyone from the scene! Are you trying to obstruct me this way, you stubborn Ghosts of the Past!"
Standing up from his Vehicle, the Shinri-go, the Masked Man, whose bare arms were full of muscles and whose build was robust, looked at the people standing opposite him. "Legendary Duelists from various Eras have gathered? But don't think you can stop my Act of Salvation!"
As he stood up, the Masked Man also took off the black and white Mask on his face, which was paradoxical, revealing a rather handsome face.
"My Name is Paradox, from the distant Future, wandering through various Eras searching for Possibility. My Goal is to become the Hero who Saves the World."
"You, don't think you can block my path!"
"You guy, you're clearly just a Terrorist who disregards Human Lives, what kind of Saving the World are you!"
Judai was Annoyed that the Masked Man—Paradox—called himself a "Hero". Because based on everything Judai knew about Paradox's actions so far, there was nothing that could be called heroic; he didn't even have the Qualification of an anti-hero. No one understood "Hero" better than Judai.
"Hmph, your vision is ultimately limited by your Era, you can only see the partial Destruction, but you cannot see the Rebirth hidden behind the Ruin," Paradox snorted coldly. "I told you, I come from the distant Future, even more distant than Fudo Yusei's,"
"A Future Destroyed by Duel Monsters."
Paradox seemed to have his Memories stirred, saying with a sigh: "A Doomsday-like Future where Energy is Depleted."
Yugi was very shocked: "Duel Monsters, Destroyed the Future?!"
"No, that kind of Future is not Possible!" Yusei Fudo questioned. "You don't need to go to the more distant Future, just in my Era, a Perpetual Motion Machine with Infinite Energy has already appeared. As long as people can Duel, they can generate inexhaustible Energy."
"If it were reasons like Alien Invasion or Human War, it might be Possible, but 'Energy Depletion' is the one thing that cannot happen."
One must know that Yusei Fudo's Father was the inventor of that Perpetual Motion Machine. New Domino City in the Future even elevated the Status of Duelists extremely high because the Energy of the Perpetual Motion Machine came from Duels. The Strongest Duelist could even receive the Title of "Pharaoh".
"That is indeed correct. The Perpetual Motion Machine with Infinite Energy was Born in your Era, Fudo Yusei."
"However, that was just the Beginning of Despair."
Paradox sneered, "When Material Life is satisfied, Humans do not therefore pursue Spiritual Life. Instead, they only generate endless Greed due to Material abundance."
"The more they crave, the more it leads to the Degeneration of Human Spiritual Culture. And the Perpetual Motion Machine, which reads the Human Heart, reverses because of this. Material and Spiritual fall into two extremes, neither is attainable. This is the 'contradiction' of Humanity, and the inevitable Future of Despair they will face."
"Therefore, I will Destroy Duel Monsters, which gave Birth to the 'Synchro' that Destroyed the World, in my own way!"
Yugi complained: "What's with that 'Synchro'? It has nothing to do with our Era!"
"After all, even without Synchro, Duel Monsters will continue to develop. If it's not 'Synchro' Destroying the World, it might be various Strange methods like Xyz, Pendulum, or Link that Destroy the World," Hayato said words that the others couldn't understand at all. "So, Paradox thought he might as well just Destroy Duel Monsters cleanly."
"It's not Parado, it's Paradox, it's Paradox!" Paradox corrected Hayato's Strange pronunciation of his Name, snorted coldly, and operated the controls on his Shinri-go. "I have collected the Strongest Cards from various Eras to form my Deck. Since you are stubbornly obstructing me, I will Annihilate you here using Duel Monsters!"
Only to see the rear wheel of the D-Wheel beneath Paradox's feet magically unfolded and split into two, transforming into two wing-like structures. The long motorcycle head retracted, and the front wheel flipped flat, changing the original motorcycle Appearance into a Hover Machine, gradually leaving the Ground.
Standing on the Shinri-go in Duel Mode, Paradox put on a Duel Disk and inserted his Deck: "You, who became famous in History because of Duel Monsters, shall be killed by me here using Duel Monsters!"
"Huh? Thirty minutes ago!" Yugi exclaimed, his face filled with shock as he listened to Judai and Yusei Fudo's explanation. "And it was the power of Duel Monsters? That's amazing, Duel Monsters has power like that?"
"Well, it is Duel Monsters, after all. Nothing is really surprising," Judai chuckled foolishly, introducing himself to Yugi and Hayato. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Yugi, Mr. Hayato. My name is Judai Yuki, and I'm from the future, over ten years from now."
"My name is Fudo Yusei, and I'm from an even more distant future, several decades from now," Yusei Fudo introduced himself, then continued, "At this current point in time, the 'Father of Duel Monsters', Pegasus J. Crawford, hasn't arrived at the venue for the Duel Monsters Convention yet, and that attack hasn't happened either. So, Mr. Yugi, your Grandpa is still safe."
Yugi looked down from the tall building. After searching for a bit, he easily found the most beautiful Coser among the many Cosplaying Duel Monsters below, and unsurprisingly, found Joey Wheeler and Solomon Muto, the Master and Disciple, from this time period standing beside that Coser.
Confirming that his Grandpa was indeed safe, Yugi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"Hoho, Judai Yuki from ten years in the future?" Hayato, standing nearby, looked at the slightly nervous Judai with interest. "Just to be safe, let me confirm first. You should be the Judai Yuki I know, right?"
Hearing Hayato's words, Judai seemed prepared. He drew a Card from his Duel Disk.
"On the way here, I thought Mr. Hayato might ask me something like this. In that case, I guess this Card is the best proof," Judai flipped the Card in his Hand, revealing a Level 8 Powerful Monster—the Lava Golem, which Judai had used in the future timeline to Absorb **Cyber End Dragon** and **Rainbow Dragon** to defend against an Attack.
"This Card was the Enrollment Gift you gave me, Mr. Hayato, when I enrolled in Duel Academy. Although my enrollment is still several years away from the Present, I thought Mr. Hayato would give me this Card in the future just like you did."
Hayato was momentarily stunned looking at the **Lava Golem** Judai showed him, then nodded with a hint of Helplessness. "Well, as expected, it's a Gift I would give. **Lava Golem** is indeed Most Suitable when used in conjunction with **E·HERO**."
Speaking of **E·HERO** Monsters, although Hayato had once shown the younger Judai he knew various Strange Usage methods, the core theme of **E·HERO** was ultimately Elemental Fusion. And speaking of Fusion, the most classic one to mention is **E·HERO Flame Wingman**.
Fusion Summoned using two Normal Monster **E·HERO**es, "Wind" and "Fire", as Fusion Material, although its ATK is only 2100 Points, due to the existence of the **E·HERO** Exclusive Field Spell Card, **E·HERO Flame Wingman**'s ATK can easily increase to 3100 during an attack, which is just enough to completely suppress Monsters with 3000 ATK.
After all, it's well known that the Protagonist's Ace Card often has 2500 ATK, while the male lead's rival's Ace Card often has 3000 ATK. Because of this rule, the Number of Monsters with exactly 3000 ATK is quite large, which made Kaiba lose face for a while, as whenever they mentioned ATK, they would always add, "It's a Monster with the same ATK Value as the Legendary **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**."
It made **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** seem like a Combat Power unit.
A simple ATK Increase isn't the Key Point. The Key Point is that **E·HERO Flame Wingman** has the Ability to "inflict Effect Damage to the Opponent Duelist equal to the ATK Value of the Monster Destroyed by Battle."
Destroying **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** by Battle allows it to inflict an additional 3000 Points of Effect Damage, which is **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**'s ATK, on top of the Battle Damage. This level of Damage is quite Fatal in a 4000 LP Environment, and you could easily be defeated in return if you're not careful.
Because of this, although **E·HERO Flame Wingman** isn't a Protagonist's Ace Card with 2500 ATK like **Elemental HERO Neos**, which appeared later, the original Judai still regarded it as his most beloved Hero and also earned the Title "3000 Slayer".
And **Lava Golem**'s Stats are well known to everyone; it has exactly 3000 ATK. First, you Absorb the Opponent's Powerful Monster to turn it into a **Lava Golem** with 3000 ATK, and then **E·HERO Flame Wingman** delivers the Fatal Blow. The Effect is definitely excellent.
However, Actually, Hayato never doubted Judai's Identity. After all, other things could be Disguised, but one thing could not be hidden.
That was the demonic Humanoid figure silently floating behind Judai, observing the group—**Yubel**. From **Yubel**, Hayato could feel a very strong Dark Power, and it felt similar to **Destiny HERO - Plasma** from back then, clearly originating from the Power of the Light of Destruction. At the same time, Hayato could also sense the Seal of the **Millennium Ring** being Dispel.
Clearly, this Judai in front of him indeed came from the Future of his World. And from the looks of it, Judai still launched **Yubel** into the sky and Received the Baptism of the Light of Destruction.
"Well, let's stop chatting for now. Next, let's exchange some Information," Hayato clapped his Hands, signaling Yusei Fudo, Judai, and Yugi to look at him. "In any case, the Goal is to stop that Masked Man who launched the Attack earlier from taking out Pegasus, right?"
"Not just that, we also need to ensure that History doesn't deviate too much," Yusei Fudo explained. "For example, we can't just take out Pegasus ourselves before the Masked Man does, just to prevent Pegasus from dying at the Masked Man's Hands."
"So many people are gathered here at the Duel Monsters Convention, we need to evacuate the crowd too," Yugi pondered.
Among the few of them, Judai was the most relaxed. He was well aware of his Ability. If it was during a Duel, he was fine, as his Duel Smell was very sharp, but when it came to anything requiring thinking outside of that, he was completely useless. Besides, there were already three smart people trying to figure things out, so there was no need for him to force himself to think as well.
Anyway, once Hayato and the other two came up with a Plan, he would just go and carry it out.
The current Situation was like a Great Fire intentionally set in a Forest. Hayato and the others were at a Time Point before the Fire spread, needing to ensure the Forest wouldn't be burned down. However, at the same time, they didn't have the Ability to extinguish the Fire, because if they extinguished this Fire, the Arsonist would go and set Fire somewhere else unknown.
Seeing that Yusei Fudo and Yugi couldn't come up with a solution for a while, Hayato suggested a Plan. Yugi and Yusei Fudo thought about it and felt that Hayato's method was very feasible and would control the Influence on the Future within a very small range.
However, the method proposed by Hayato was somewhat outside of Yugi and Yusei Fudo's conventional thinking, making them a bit unaccustomed to it. On the other hand, the unconventional Judai thought Hayato's Plan was excellent.
"Whoosh!"
"Boom!!"
In the Gap of the warm-up activities before the official start of the Duel Monsters Convention, from a rooftop, a Light Bullet streaked across the air and landed on the empty Stage from above. It seemed to have hit some Device, causing a small Explosion. The violent blast blew the paper scraps left from the previous performance all over the Stage.
"Whoa!!"
"What happened?!"
A somewhat illusory blazing fire swallowed the entire Stage and spread outwards at a very abnormally slow speed. The Stage was burned down under the Watching eyes of everyone present, followed by the Smoke that inexplicably rose to cover everything.
Before the crowd could react to what kind of Accident Situation had occurred, they heard several childish Voices among them:
"Wow, an Explosion! That's Dangerous!"
"We need to Escape quickly, who knows what will happen next!"
"We have to leave the Plaza quickly!"
Although the emotions in the few Voices were not quite right, sounding like they were reading lines, for the crowd who were good at following others and lacked a backbone, these Voices gave them a Goal for their next Action.
Anyway, no one knew who started it, but everyone present began to run frantically along the Commercial Street, running towards a safe place without looking back, intending to get as far away as possible from the Stage where the Explosion had just occurred.
However, within the crowd, four people stood still, with no intention of Escaping at all.
"Combining Materialization of Duel Monsters and the Virtual Projection System... there's actually a Usage like this," Yusei Fudo praised Hayato and Judai's perfect Cooperation just now. "First, using a Materialized Duel Monster to create an Attack that definitely exists but only for that Instant to attract everyone's Attention, and then using the illusory images created by the Virtual Projection System."
"After all, if the Attack is too small, it's not easy to scare people away, and if the Attack is too big, the Destruction caused will be excessive," Hayato said with a smile, retrieving a Trap Card from his Duel Disk. **Yubel** behind Judai also lowered her arm.
And as Hayato took away the Trap Card in his Hand, the Illusion that had fooled everyone was Dispel, revealing the main Stage of the Duel Monsters Convention with a large Hole blown in the Wooden Floor, but otherwise perfectly intact. The Smoke and blazing fire from just now vanished into thin air.
"I see, setting Fire to create an Open Space before the Flames reach the Forest, so that the spread of the Flames can be isolated and the entire Forest prevented from being burned down," Yugi confirmed that his Present self had already left with Solomon Muto and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "If the Duel Monsters Convention is Interrupted halfway, it can still be held later."
Yusei Fudo also nodded. "This way, at least the people present won't be killed by the Accident at 12:00. Next, we just need to contact Mr. Pegasus—"
"That's something I won't let you do!"
A Voice came from afar, interrupting Yusei Fudo's unfinished words.
A Pitch-Black Portal suddenly opened up in the Open Space of the Plaza. The giant D-Wheel driven by the Masked Man leaped out from the Portal. The golden-haired Masked Man riding the giant D-Wheel gnashed his teeth even more furiously when he found that his reckless driving hadn't hit a single person.
"You actually evacuated everyone from the scene! Are you trying to obstruct me this way, you stubborn Ghosts of the Past!"
Standing up from his Vehicle, the Shinri-go, the Masked Man, whose bare arms were full of muscles and whose build was robust, looked at the people standing opposite him. "Legendary Duelists from various Eras have gathered? But don't think you can stop my Act of Salvation!"
As he stood up, the Masked Man also took off the black and white Mask on his face, which was paradoxical, revealing a rather handsome face.
"My Name is Paradox, from the distant Future, wandering through various Eras searching for Possibility. My Goal is to become the Hero who Saves the World."
"You, don't think you can block my path!"
"You guy, you're clearly just a Terrorist who disregards Human Lives, what kind of Saving the World are you!"
Judai was Annoyed that the Masked Man—Paradox—called himself a "Hero". Because based on everything Judai knew about Paradox's actions so far, there was nothing that could be called heroic; he didn't even have the Qualification of an anti-hero. No one understood "Hero" better than Judai.
"Hmph, your vision is ultimately limited by your Era, you can only see the partial Destruction, but you cannot see the Rebirth hidden behind the Ruin," Paradox snorted coldly. "I told you, I come from the distant Future, even more distant than Fudo Yusei's,"
"A Future Destroyed by Duel Monsters."
Paradox seemed to have his Memories stirred, saying with a sigh: "A Doomsday-like Future where Energy is Depleted."
Yugi was very shocked: "Duel Monsters, Destroyed the Future?!"
"No, that kind of Future is not Possible!" Yusei Fudo questioned. "You don't need to go to the more distant Future, just in my Era, a Perpetual Motion Machine with Infinite Energy has already appeared. As long as people can Duel, they can generate inexhaustible Energy."
"If it were reasons like Alien Invasion or Human War, it might be Possible, but 'Energy Depletion' is the one thing that cannot happen."
One must know that Yusei Fudo's Father was the inventor of that Perpetual Motion Machine. New Domino City in the Future even elevated the Status of Duelists extremely high because the Energy of the Perpetual Motion Machine came from Duels. The Strongest Duelist could even receive the Title of "Pharaoh".
"That is indeed correct. The Perpetual Motion Machine with Infinite Energy was Born in your Era, Fudo Yusei."
"However, that was just the Beginning of Despair."
Paradox sneered, "When Material Life is satisfied, Humans do not therefore pursue Spiritual Life. Instead, they only generate endless Greed due to Material abundance."
"The more they crave, the more it leads to the Degeneration of Human Spiritual Culture. And the Perpetual Motion Machine, which reads the Human Heart, reverses because of this. Material and Spiritual fall into two extremes, neither is attainable. This is the 'contradiction' of Humanity, and the inevitable Future of Despair they will face."
"Therefore, I will Destroy Duel Monsters, which gave Birth to the 'Synchro' that Destroyed the World, in my own way!"
Yugi complained: "What's with that 'Synchro'? It has nothing to do with our Era!"
"After all, even without Synchro, Duel Monsters will continue to develop. If it's not 'Synchro' Destroying the World, it might be various Strange methods like Xyz, Pendulum, or Link that Destroy the World," Hayato said words that the others couldn't understand at all. "So, Paradox thought he might as well just Destroy Duel Monsters cleanly."
"It's not Parado, it's Paradox, it's Paradox!" Paradox corrected Hayato's Strange pronunciation of his Name, snorted coldly, and operated the controls on his Shinri-go. "I have collected the Strongest Cards from various Eras to form my Deck. Since you are stubbornly obstructing me, I will Annihilate you here using Duel Monsters!"
Only to see the rear wheel of the D-Wheel beneath Paradox's feet magically unfolded and split into two, transforming into two wing-like structures. The long motorcycle head retracted, and the front wheel flipped flat, changing the original motorcycle Appearance into a Hover Machine, gradually leaving the Ground.
Standing on the Shinri-go in Duel Mode, Paradox put on a Duel Disk and inserted his Deck: "You, who became famous in History because of Duel Monsters, shall be killed by me here using Duel Monsters!"
