Super Polyrization.
The highest power of Fusion.
Of course, what the strongest "Fusion Deck" truly looked like was still debatable. After all, even Tearlants was actually a hybrid deck mixing Synchro, Xyz, and various other powerful cards.
But the strongest "Fusion card" was, without question, Super Polyrization.
Although Super Polyrization couldn't fuse monsters directly from the Deck like those Deck-Fusion cards, although it required discarding a hand card to activate, although it couldn't even fuse through full-immunity monsters, Super Polyrization remained a milestone card in Yu-Gi-Oh! history.
Before it, cards like "Soul Exchange" and "Lava Golem" that used the opponent's monsters existed, but they hadn't changed how players thought.
After Super Polyrization's birth, any summoning thod that used the opponent's monsters as materials was prefixed with "Super," such as Super Synchro, Super Xyz, and so on.
Without question, Super Polyrization wasn't just an unmatched story card. In reality, it was a card that changed the "linguistic logic" of Yu-Gi-Oh! duelists.
The only card comparable was "Erratum." After that concept appeared, all cards that had their effects modified and returned from the banlist were called "Erratum'd," showing just how transformative these two cards were for duelists.
They were cards capable of changing what Hikaru considered "reality"!
And in this world, this card that appeared at Hikaru's side, changed his Deck, and restricted him to using only "Fusion," also symbolized the pinnacle of a certain power in this world.
The pinnacle of "Fusion."
But even now, Hikaru still hadn't fully unlocked all of this card's abilities. Every ti his mastery grew stronger and he could modify so of its restrictions on him, he would discover that Super Polyrization still had no "limit."
Or rather, every ti Hikaru thought he had reached the peak, Super Polyrization would tell him no, he had rely arrived at another small hill.
If before, when Hikaru spoke of Fusion's pinnacle, he simply ant "Tearlants," now, the pinnacle he wanted to see was purely this "power's" pinnacle.
Hikaru prepared considerable equipnt for Jaden.
Summoning the "Supre King" from within Jaden wasn't simple.
After all, regardless of what concept the Supre King was, he was ultimately a "deceased."
If he didn't want to co out, conventional thods couldn't summon his consciousness.
Just like how Seto Kaiba tried everything in the movie to summon the Pharaoh with no success, yet the Pharaoh appeared instantly when Yugi was truly in danger.
Roughly the sa logic, though Jaden and the Supre King's relationship was closer.
Hikaru's own alchemy didn't include relevant knowledge, so he could only construct so "soul-awakening" alchemical arrays. But fortunately, during this ti, Hikaru had learned many other small skills.
Spirit Studies, the Roleplay thod, Demon Ritual Arts. The abilities taught by the various professors finally showed their optimal use.
Hikaru sat sideways at the Fusion Division's front desk, watching Jaden don thick "Supre King" armor. These were temporary cardboard suits Hikaru had crafted based on Jaden's recovered mories and his own impression of the Supre King. Durability aside, speed was the priority.
Jaden wobbled to the center of the dueling field. Around him, countless bonfires mixed with dark power began burning.
Fortunately, Hikaru had just collected so of Mr. T's cards. The dark power from these cards could serve as the "intention" of the Supre King's inner darkness, attempting to facilitate his descent.
Of course, even with all this preparation, Hikaru didn't know if it would work.
Normally, even with these preparations, if the Supre King didn't want to erge, the ritual and imitation would fail.
However...
Hikaru drew out Super Polyrization.
He silently raised the card, channeling its power.
As Super Polyrization's power activated, the entire Fusion Division was gradually engulfed in black fog. Countless golden lightning bolts began exploding.
In that instant, Hikaru felt the Fusion Division sohow becoming "isolated" from the outside, as though it had separated from Duel Academy entirely!
"Ugh... ahhh..." As this sensation intensified, black smoke began rising from Jaden's body. His eyes changed color. His body instinctively hunched over, and bestial sounds escaped his mouth.
This looked quite frightening, but Hikaru didn't stop. Jaden had made him promise: until Jaden called it off or the Supre King appeared, he must not stop because of Jaden's pain.
This was sothing Jaden had to do. He didn't want Hikaru going soft out of concern.
Hikaru's expression was grave. Beside him, Tierra had unusually pulled out a small notebook and pen, recording sothing.
Even for her, Jaden was an exceptionally special "life form." Having the chance to observe this transformation process and record it for Hikaru's research was also useful for constructing her other bodies.
"AAAAAHHHHH!"
As the dark power intensified, terrifying black shockwaves erupted from Jaden's body. The cardboard armor was instantly shredded. After the black gale, waves of darkness surged outward like ocean waves, even affecting Hikaru's footing.
Inside the Fusion Division, countless pieces of equipnt were blown away by the aftershocks. So expensive instrunts, hit by forces they weren't built to withstand, exploded on the spot.
The "Solid Vision equipnt" that Leo Corporation had invested heavily in for Hikaru's studies simply detonated with a boom, then was reduced to powder by the black shockwaves.
Just as Hikaru was preparing to increase the "dosage," a voice both familiar and unfamiliar spoke.
"Enough."
Hikaru raised an eyebrow.
He stopped.
The dark shockwaves began flowing inward from outside. Black power frantically condensed onto Jaden's body. Finally, the darkness began solidifying.
At last...
Genuine armor clad Jaden's body.
He turned to face Hikaru. Golden eyes seed to glow as he spoke in Jaden's voice, cold and detached: "That will do."
Hearing this, Hikaru frowned deeply.
Had it failed?
Hikaru pinched the bridge of his nose.
The Supre King...
From the results, it seed he had indeed successfully awakened the Supre King's consciousness. But this situation wasn't the outco he and Jaden had wanted.
The logic was simple. What Jaden wanted was to properly duel the Supre King, connect heart to heart, understand himself, and then beco one.
So what he hoped to achieve was maintaining consciousness while bringing the Supre King into this world. That was the key point of the Demon Ritual Art.
But.
The Supre King had directly replaced Jaden's will. That wasn't what Hikaru wanted.
As though reading Hikaru's thoughts, the Supre King glanced at him and spoke calmly. "That's impossible."
?
The Supre King looked at Hikaru steadily. "Your guesses, hypotheses, and calculations are all correct."
"His self-understanding is also correct."
"We have never been separate individuals. We are the sa entity."
He glanced around, then continued. "Consciousness, soul, essence, power. These external manifestations are all identical.
But..."
He suddenly raised his hand and pointed to his own forehead.
"Our mories are different."
Hikaru blinked, then slowly widened his eyes.
Ah...
So that was it.
Even if Jaden and the Supre King were completely one, they couldn't just crudely attempt to rge.
Because their "lifespans" and "mories" were actually different!
Although the Supre King's outward appearance was identical to Jaden's, that didn't an they were the sa age.
The Supre King's experiences, the ti he had lived, his mories, all vastly exceeded Jaden's. Possibly by several tis, even ten tis or more.
If the Supre King's species had a lifespan far longer than humans, that ratio would be even greater!
If they forcibly rged, then Jaden's mories would be overwheld by the Supre King's. His own mories would be just a tiny fragnt. At that point, would this be "Jaden" or the "Supre King"?
Perhaps his personality would still be Jaden's, still Hikaru's friend, still using the sa Deck. But his style and conduct would definitely skew toward the Supre King's!
"I see." Hikaru nodded.
Then, looking at the Supre King, he fell into a dilemma.
Following this logic, Jaden actually just needed to grow naturally over ti. He was already slowly absorbing the Supre King's mories. Whether it was the Yubel situation or other Supre King matters, Jaden was gradually absorbing them. Given enough ti, fully absorbing all the mories wouldn't be difficult.
When that ti ca, he would perfectly inherit all of the Supre King's power without any risk.
But the problem was...
There wasn't enough ti!
In the original story, Darkness didn't move against the human world until the third year. But here, it had co a full year early. Jaden simply didn't have ti for gradual absorption.
Hikaru began thinking of solutions.
anwhile, the Supre King slowly began walking through the Fusion Division.
As a "specter" of the past, although he could "see" the outside world like Jaden, it was far too ethereal. For him, everything in this human world was unfamiliar.
But so things weren't unfamiliar.
"Super Polyrization."
He spoke suddenly.
Hikaru stopped thinking and looked at the Supre King.
"If you urgently want my power, the easiest, simplest thod is to use Super Polyrization's power." The Supre King casually raised his right hand, palm open, slowly closing it before Hikaru.
"The ultimate, invincible, strongest power: Super Polyrization.
You have it too. That power."
He looked at Hikaru's hand.
As though wind rose from flat ground, as though thunder struck from clear skies.
Hikaru felt his heart seem to stop beating.
Beside him, Tierra was genuinely shocked for the first ti.
This seed to an the Supre King also possessed this "power."
Hikaru thought for a mont, then slowly nodded. "Indeed... I have it. So you an I should use Super Polyrization to forcibly rge you two into one?"
"Using Super Polyrization's power, our two consciousnesses would be forcibly unified." The Supre King spoke calmly.
He had long since stopped caring about "himself." Slumbering within Jaden was simply because he was an indestructible, eternal consciousness. If Jaden ever couldn't hold on, he could help clear away things Jaden didn't want to see.
"But you cannot do this."
"I can't?"
Honestly, Hikaru was quite experienced by now. With all his patching, Tierra was nearly complete. Sothing like this should be manageable as long as he knew the thod.
The Supre King looked at Hikaru and said, "Your Super Polyrization and mine are... different."
?
He could even tell that.
The Supre King closed his eyes in thought for a while, seemingly deliberating and hesitating.
Even in death, so secrets he seed reluctant to share. But his hesitation didn't last long. He slowly opened his eyes and said, "Super Polyrization is the pinnacle of Fusion. The ultimate, invincible power. The power to rule all things."
Tierra, hearing this, unusually felt no urge to argue.
Having traveled and adventured with Hikaru for so long, she had long realized that Super Polyrization wasn't a card ordinary humans, or even common gods and demons, could touch.
Whether the Supre King could truly rule dinsions, she didn't know. But she was certain Super Polyrization absolutely had the power to rule countless dinsions.
"It is the ultimate power that only a true child of Fusion can obtain."
Tierra nodded repeatedly.
Correct. Hikaru was that "child of Fusion."
Then she reconsidered.
Wait...
There were too many children of Fusion.
Logically, one should be enough, right?
So...
She suddenly understood.
Was it about inclination?
The Supre King gazed into the distance and spoke leisurely. "High-level spirits can create multiple copies of their own cards. Like the Dragon God, who can create three copies of itself on its own.
Fusion is acceptance, consumption, domination, creation... it is infinite."
So...
Super Polyrization could also exist in multiples?
Hikaru stood frozen as though struck by lightning.
He finally understood what he had been missing in his mastery of Super Polyrization.
The Supre King's "Super Polyrization" was the power to dominate others and subjugate everything. Yuri's Super Polyrization was likely the power to consu everything.
And his own Super Polyrization, which endlessly generated various Fusion Spells and Traps for him, had "creation" at its core.
Creating new possibilities. Creating future possibilities!
And to master Super Polyrization's power, whether for himself or Jaden, what was needed was personal willpower or individual ability to unseal the Super Polyrization within one's own heart.
So what Hikaru should truly pursue wasn't manufacturing a Philosopher's Stone like his master, nor creating the strongest Fusion Monster. It was...
Creating a second Super Polyrization!
Using his own understanding to create a second Super Polyrization!
"Looks like you've figured it out." The Supre King remarked casually. Then he flicked his left hand. The wrist blade on his arm guard began spinning, clicking into place, transforming into a blade-like Duel Disk.
If Hikaru had figured it out, that ant Hikaru was now a stumbling block on his "path of Fusion"!
Because the being who obtained all of Super Polyrization's power, who possessed the true, absolutely invincible strength, could only be one.
From the primordial origin of all things to the infinite end of the future, ultimately, there would be only that decisive one.
That was Super Polyrization's true child!
No. That was Super Polyrization's true wielder!
Therefore, Hikaru was his enemy!
Hikaru snapped back to attention and activated his left-hand Duel Disk. His purple Duel Disk, like the Supre King's wrist blade, began spinning, then assembled into a Duel Disk.
"His will can still observe everything here. He already has enough drive and determination. But he's missing the final key." The Supre King spoke as though granting rcy. "So watch carefully.
How the ultimate power born from the darkness within one's heart tears everything apart! Dominates everything!!"
He studied Hikaru intently.
He too wanted to duel this new era's "child" and see what happened.
Hikaru took a deep breath.
A Super Polyrization civil war!
A smile spread across his face.
"Let's go!"
"You'll die." The Supre King said flatly.
"No. Jaden and I will prove we can create an entirely new Fusion!"
"Fine." The Supre King offered no further comnt.
"DUEL!" x2.
After both shouted, the Supre King raised his right hand. With a boom, a beam of pitch-black energy struck the Fusion Division's main screen. Black and gold current crackled across it. Amid the buzzing, the unpowered screen forcibly activated.
A coin appeared on screen. As it spun, a pattern finally appeared...
A Blue-Eyes White Dragon design.
Heads!
"Then I'll go first." The Supre King spoke.
Hikaru grinned, unsurprised. "Go ahead!"
The Ultimate Darkness That Rules All, Child of Fusion, the Supre King, LP: 4000.
The Absolute Light That Creates Infinity, Child of Fusion, Hikaru, LP: 4000.
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