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MEETING ROOM – LEO CORPORATION – MAIAMI CITY – ARC-V

Reiji pinched the bridge of his nose under his glasses and closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again and faced Yuya, Yuzu, and their counterparts who have gathered after hearing the predicament they were having after encountering these mysterious people in orange hooded cloak who have stolen their dragons to some artificially-made dimension. Following the simultaneous attacks, some of their friends, Dennis, Gongenzaka, Sawatari, and Sora also came accompanying them after hearing what happened. Dennis was with Serena and Yuri when it happened so he tagged along. Gongenzaka and Sora bumped into Yuzu when she was on her way to meet Reiji and heard everything from her so they came along. Sawatari who came to Neo Domino City to visit Yugo heard everything just as Yugo and Rin were about to go to Maiami City, and so he decided to come with them and hear everything.

"I got the grasp of the situation now. These people who have attacked you are most likely the same people who were written in the hieroglyphs and drawn in the pictographs at the ancient site we have found a week ago…" Reiji revealed to them. After a week, the LC researchers have finally deciphered the ancient hieroglyphs and pictographs that nearly beyond recognition. What they found would normally be hard to believe, but with the appearance of wormhole and Yuya and the others' description of their attackers, the truth has been confirmed.

"You mean the site where Shun was attacked and disappeared? What do you know from that?!" Yuto eagerly asked. They have finally found a clue.

"First, we have found out that this ancient site is a hyper advanced pre-historic civilization. This civilization has technologies far more advanced than ours. That included Real Solid Vision and Riding Duel that we have now." Reiji revealed as he showed the photos of the site through holographic monitors.

"Even Real Solid Vision and Riding Duel actually have existed since ages ago?! For real?!" Sawatari asked incredulously

"However, due to a calamity they have to basically start from scratch." Reiji added.

"Does this have any connection with those people who attacked us?" Yuya asked. He couldn't see any connection between the site and the people who attacked them.

"I'm getting to that. From what we have deciphered, around 1.500 years ago, this civilization was originally an empire called Cantidel Empire. There wasn't much about the empire itself written, but we do know that this empire was long ruled by the same monarchy that passed through tradition and generations since. But most importantly, humans and Duel Monsters spirits coexisted with one another." Reiji revealed, shocking everyone listening.

"Eh?! Humans and Duel Monsters spirits used to coexist?! They are not just spirits residing inside the cards?" Sora exclaimed in question.

Reiji nodded to Sora. "Correct. The majority of people in this empire had the ability to see and communicate with Duel Monsters spirits, and in turn they allowed the spirits to manifest from the cards." He then turned to Yuya, Yuzu, and the rest of the six counterparts.

"Since all eight of you have the ability to communicate with Duel Monster spirits, it's possible that Zarc and Ray were descended from people of this empire." Reiji deduced. While he didn't know about Zarc, since neither his father nor himself has the ability, Ray most likely inherited this ability from her mother, his father's first wife.

"Zarc and Ray were descendants of people of Cantidel Empire?" Yuzu repeated in wonder.

"We can speculate about that later. Back to the topic, the calamity that destroyed this civilization that I mentioned earlier, the pictograph shows the people in orange hooded-cloak was the one responsible." Reiji held up a hand before anyone else could say anything, though, closing his eyes. He didn't want them to interrupt him this time.

"These people worked under a single being, and this being was the one the most responsible in the old world's destruction. However, they were sealed two people, a man and a woman…and the pictograph shows this…" Reiji switched the pictures of the site with the pictures of hieroglyphs, pictographs, and murals.

Everyone was rendered speechless and somewhat in awe when they saw the murals. They went silent when they saw the image all too familiar four dragons. The great red dragon with large and covered in red scales, blue, red and green gems decorated the horn-like protrusions escaping its back. Its eyes were two different colours, one green and the other red, gleaming in the dim light. The great purple dragon with long neck and head resembling a snake covered in black and gray armors that also formed its wings decorated with purple gems. The great legless white dragon with large and covered in white scales and four green wings gleaming dimly. The great violet dragon with large and covered in violet scales, red and yellow gems decorated its body wit four protrusions on its back, each protrusions has fanged mouth that seems ready to devour anything or anyone. The four dragons were facing up against a black creature above them. Standing under them were images of two people, a man and a woman, the man raising his hand towards the dragons and the black creature.

"Aren't those…" Gongenzaka trailed off as he pointed at the murals.

"The Four Heavenly Dragons that Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri has." Dennis turned to the four said counterparts who were confused how to reach themselves.

"The four dragons have existed since the ancient time?!" Rin exclaimed.

"Are you sure it's not just a coincidence?" Ruri was still quite skeptical.

"No wait…actually, it made sense…" Yuya muttered, surprising the rest.

Yuri knew what Yuya was thinking. They thought the same. "From what we have seen in Zarc memories a year ago, Zarc's father said that the Supreme King Deck and the four dragons had been passed down in the family. And then these people appeared and stole our dragons. It's doesn't feel so far-fetched to think that this man in this mural is Zarc's ancestor." He explained bits of Zarc's memories they have seen to the others

"Doesn't that also make us his descendant then?" Yugo remarked. Since he and his counterparts were fragments of Zarc, they are essentially related by blood.

"That's the fact." Yuto confirmed.

"Let's not jump to the conclusion yet. Now, about this malevolent being, despite both humans and Duel Monster spirits combined their powers they couldn't completely defeat this being. The only way they could think of is to seal this being, and thus, they created the artificial dimension." Reiji focused the monitor to the picture of the creature.

"So this artificial dimension was like a prison for that being and the bastards in orange cloak?" Yugo asked.

"However, the creation of this dimension also came at great cost. The whole Cantidel Empire itself became the very artificial dimension and many of its people stayed there to regularly maintain the seal." Reiji continued, further shocking them.

"Whoa, wait, WHAT?! Do you mean the whole Empire became the artificial dimension and its people got trapped there?" Sawatari swore his eyes nearly bulged out from the shock.

"To make it easier to understand, do you remember the isolation dome that my father created to trap us a year ago?" Reiji reminded the Duel between Yuya and Yuri at Academia. In the middle the Duel, Leo activated an isolation dome that separated the whole room from all dimensions, allowing them to see Earth. "That's what exactly they did. They trapped and sealed the being within Cantidel Empire, and to make sure it cannot return, they isolated and separated the whole empire from our world, creating an artificial dimension."

"I can't do this…my head…is going to…explode…" Sawatari became dizzy from the much information coming at once.

"Before they turned the empire into an artificial dimension, the man passed the four dragons to his family who stayed in this dimension. It is said that the four dragons are one of the keys to break the seal of this being." Reiji showed another mural that has the image of the man from before giving the dragons to a child, his child.

Yugo punched his fist to the wall in anger. "So that's why those people are after our dragons! They want to break the seal of this being!" He gritted his teeth.

"And they said they're going to make this world a Hell on Earth. That means they're planning to release this being so they can destroy our world." Yuri revealed while looking at the mural of the thief who stole his dragon.

"We still don't know fully who these people are and what happened in the past. However, it's clear that they intend to destroy our world and that is something that we cannot ignore. We must stop them before they can awaken this being." Reiji stood from his seat as he said so.

"But how? If we're going after them, that means we must go to the artificial dimension, right? How can we go there?" Serena asked.

"Aren't we going to use the wormhole in the temple?" Yuto suggested.

"But it's unstable right? There's no guarantee it will lead us to the artificial dimension." Sora interjected.

"I don't think we have much choice in this." Yuto replied to Sora.

"We'll use this." Reiji nodded at Nakajima. The man then brought a huge box and opened it, revealing a brand new Duel Disks.

"These are Duel Disks that I created after analyzing the Duel Disk we found at the site. The Duel Disk has been programmed with an emergency return program. Should the wormhole went unstable again and sent you to…unwanted place; you can use the program to instantly teleport back to ARC-V." Reiji explained.

"There are only eight Duel Disks." Dennis pointed out.

"Our resources are limited at the moment so we can only make eight new Duel Disks. That means only eight people get to go to the artificial dimension." Reiji told them. It was already hard enough to gather the materials needed to create the Duel Disk, the programming and the data in the Duel Disks were equally difficult.

Yuya took the Duel Disk and wore it around his wrist. "Our dragons are stolen. As their partners it's our obligation to retrieve them back." He said determinedly. There's no way he is not participating in this expedition. He must retrieve his dragon with his own hands or else he can be at peace.

"I concur." Yuri agreed, taking and wearing the new Duel Disk too.

"Damn straight we are!" Yugo also followed plus, he has sworn to beat that Neon girl for stealing his first kiss and pay for the bills of his room's reconstruction.

"This is our duty." Yuto also took and wore the Duel Disk. He has made a vow to himself and his friends that he will bring back Shun and Dark Rebellion. As Shun had said a year ago, the Resistance will always take back their comrades.

"If they're going, then we're coming too!" Yuzu took the Duel Disks, followed by her counterparts who all shoved the rest of the boys to the side.

"There's no way we're letting you go without supervision!" Rin told the four boys who have worn their Duel Disks.

"The four of you are often reckless, so we need to keep an eye on the four of you!" Ruri added. Also, just like how her brother has fought and looked hard to save her, this time she will do the same for him. She refused to be a little bird that just wait in her nest.

Gongenzaka, Dennis, Sora, and Sawatari didn't get a say in this. Looking at how determined the eight counterparts are, they couldn't object their decision. And having the girls accompanied Yuya and his counterparts was the best option to them as they can watch over and keep the dragon users in their places more than any of them could. They knew each other the best. Also, it's possible that the enemies will return again to attack ARC-V. While the eight of them leave to retrieve the dragons and find out more about the artificial dimension and the enemies, they will stay to guard their dimension in case the enemies decide to attack early. Reiji didn't make any objection either with this arrangement. Yuya looked at the rest of the counterparts. They have reached their decision.

"Then it's settled. The eight of us are going!"

TEMPLE – ANCIENT SITE – OUTSKIRT OF CITY – MAIAMI CITY – ARC-V

Yuya and everyone who will go to the artificial dimension have gathered inside the temple in front of the still-active wormhole. They all have prepared themselves, wearing the same attires they wore a year ago during the war as it make it easier for them to move around, and they have brought the necessary equipment and supplies just in case they need it over there. Yuri has received special permission once more with Reiji's help, which also means he must wear the same electric collar and is put under Serena's watch. Should anything happen, Reiji will take the full responsibility.

"Is there anything else written in the hieroglyph and pictograph?" Yuya asked while staring at the murals.

Reiji shook his head. "Unfortunately that's all that were left. But we will try to look again for any clue. I will try to make more of the new Duel Disks so reinforcement can go if needed." He promised the Pendulum user who is also his rival.

"Yeah. We'll be waiting. Thanks, Reiji." Yuya smiled gratefully at Reiji.

Once everyone has steeled their resolve, they faced the wormhole that letting out sparks. With one last look at Reiji who bid them good luck, Yuya and the others rushed into the portal once Yuya spoke the word.

"Let's go!"

UNKNOWN – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION

Tsukasa, Neon, Rowan, and Shing descended to the narrow stone stairs. They went even deeper, down to the dungeons. It was a cold prison heavy chains hung from its walls. But there was also a room, which only certain people could enter. It was impossible to open the door with your own strength, but in the whole place there was no key that would fit the lock. Now, however, Tsukasa only raised his hand slowly and the door opened, revealing a hidden chamber. The room was circular, decorated with splendor. In the middle there was a large cage made from pure gold, in which sat a big creature whose body covered in dark shadow. Standing outside the cage were Dante and Geist. When the door opened the creature and the two men lifted their heads and looked straight at them, and a gold chain shackled to his leg sounded mournfully, which in the silence of the room sounded like an immense roar. After that he spoke with a human voice.

"You have returned."

"Yes. We are sorry to have made you wait, Your Excellency." Tsukasa said as he bowed to the creature. His teammates were also bowing down politely.

"We have a problem regarding the four dragons." Dante said, prompting them to stand up and face the former and Geist.

"We have already teleported them to this dimension, to this place, so it shouldn't be long before we–" Rowan was cut off by Geist who delivered the bad news.

"That's the problem. Someone intercepted the transfer and took the dragons away before they arrived here." Geist revealed. When the dragons were on the way to their hideout, someone has cut the path midway and took them away. It happened so fast that they couldn't react immediately.

"Who did it?" Shing said with a sigh. Great. After all the troubles he went through to get the dragon it was stolen by someone else. His hard work was wasted.

"That's our job to look into it. Both the culprit and the dragons." Dante told them.

"We apologize, Your Excellency. Even though you have waited so long for your revival." Rowan apologized to the creature, kneeling and bowing at the same time in apology.

The creature dismissed the apology, beckoning them to stand up. "No matter. We'll get the dragons into our hands eventually. For now, I want you to find the other thing. It's the fastest way for me to regain my full power." He told them instead while looking at his own body.

"About that, Your Excellency, I may have found it. I'm still not sure and need confirmation first." Shing reported.

"Very well. I leave that in your hands. As for the rest of you, focus on searching for the dragons and report any new movement from the enemies. This is the start to repay them for what they have done to us." The creature commanded, howling so loud that it echoed throughout the whole hideout and shook the ground where they were standing, but his six subordinates remained calm and stood straight while facing their leader. They all saluted in respond to their master's declaration, inwardly vowing to fulfill his wish.

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

FOREST – OUTSKIRT OF THE CAPITAL – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION

"Kuri~"

Yuya felt something soft and furry was tickling his cheek. Yuya grumbled as he rolled to the side. The tickling continued at the balls on his cheek until Yuya couldn't take it anymore. He giggled before sitting up, rubbing his eyes. It was then he finally realized that he has stumbled into a forest and his eyes opened wide as he remembered that he and his friends went into artificial dimension. This place must be the artificial dimension! Yuya flinched when the soft and furry thing that tickling his cheek before came into his view. Now that he got a clearer look, it's a small creature with thick darkish brown fur with small green hands and feet. It has a wide red-colored round eyes and a star-shaped tail at the end. It was also wearing hat.

Yuya's Duel Disk beeped, prompting him to look at the Duel Disk. The screen showed some sort of biodata of the creature in front of him. Looks like the Duel Disk will automatically showed information of recorded Duel Monsters. Yuya read the biodata and then looked back to the creature.

"Entermate Kuribohder?" Yuya repeated. When he called its name, Kuribohder squealed and latched itself to Yuya. The Entermate user couldn't help but chuckle and kindly ruffling the monster's fur. What a cute little monster.

"Yuya!"

Yuya stood up while still holding the monster in his arms. He turned to see Yugo came running at him with something following behind him. Yuya narrowed his eyes and recognized it as another Duel Monster. It was as small as Kuribohder. Its body was round and silver colored like a machine. It has purple-colored hands and Mohawk-like horns and a tail resembling a nail. Its eyes were also purple-colored but lighter. It has a yellow mark that resembled Crow's mark.

"Yugo! The one behind you…" Yuya pointed at the Duel Monster flying behind his Synchro counterpart. His Duel Disk automatically beeped and showed the biodata of the monster. It was called Junkuriboh.

"It won't stop following me no matter how many times I tried to leave it." Yugo replied as the Junkuriboh gave Yugo's back a head bump, earning it an angry protest from Yugo who attempted to hit him back, only to miss and got another hit on his head. Before Yugo could try again, a voice calling their names stopped him.

"Yuya! Yugo!" Yuto called out with Yuri following behind him.

"Yuto! Yuri!" Yuya exclaimed in relief. The two of them were not alone. Just like them, they have a Kuriboh-Type Duel Monster accompanying them. Beside Yuto was Rainbow Kuriboh, a Kuriboh with round body in three colors; white, purple, and deep blue with a rainbow-colored horn. Latching on Yuri's shoulder was Winged Kuriboh, a Kuriboh similar as Kuribohder but without hat or tails and it has a pair of white wings.

"You guys also got one of these little ones following around." Yuri remarked as he saw Kuribohder and Junkuriboh on Yuya and Yugo's side respectively. Yuri then turned to Winged Kuriboh who looked at him fondly and rubbed its body to Yuri, which confused the Fusion counterpart and much to the shock of the other three counterparts.

"A cute monster getting all friendly and clingy to Yuri…It's so surreal…!" Yuya, Yuto, and Yugo all thought the same as they stared incredulously at Yuri and Winged Kuriboh. The sadistic and scary Fusion counterpart they knew was being latched by a monster as cute and small and innocent as Kuriboh was something beyond their wildest imagination. As far as they remembered for the past year, any monster that looked and behaved like Kuriboh all avoided Yuri in fear when they or someone else summoned them while Yuri was in vicinity. This led them to think that Yuri was just no the type who will be popular with small cute monsters.

"What's with that look? Something wrong in my face?" Yuri asked upon noticing his counterparts were staring unbelievably at him. While he didn't know what they were thinking, he has a strong feeling they were being rude to him.

"N-no! Nothing!" Yuya quickly replied.

"Unfair! Why did he get the nice one?!" Yugo thought in annoyance mixed with jealousy while the Junkuriboh kept pestering him with its head bump.

"They are Duel Monster spirits, right? Then does that mean we have arrived in the artificial dimension?" Yuto wondered as he patted Rainbow Kuriboh who leaned closer to him.

"And where are Rin and the others?" Yugo looked around for his childhood friend and her counterparts.

"They should be nearby since we depart together." Yuri stated as he also looked for the familiar indigo-haired girl he knew well.

"Don't tell me this is going to be the same as when we first arrived in Synchro Dimension a year ago." Yuya said worriedly. He didn't want to get separated again like before. Not only the trouble of looking for their friends they also don't know what kind of place this dimension is. Wrong move could let them to another arrest, prison break, arrest, and battle. Nope. That was one thing he would like to avoid.

"Who's there?!"

Yuya and his counterparts were startled by the voice. In a flash, came out men dressed with khaki pants, dark brown boots, and a yellow-white shirt which is worn behind blue and white jacket. The men have activated their Duel Disks and summoned their various Knight-Type monsters with their weapons pointing at the four boys, surrounding them.

"Don't move! Who are you?! How did you get in here?!" One of the men questioned.

"No intruder has ever successfully trespass the barrier!" Another one of the men added. Yuya paled at that. They mistook them as intruders!

"W-wait! You misunderstand! We come in peace!" Yuya raised his hands to show he and his counterparts meant no harm. They must clear this misunderstanding or things will get very ugly especially with Yugo's lack of patience and Yuri's thirst for challenge!

Before Yuya could say more, the four Kuribohs immediately detached themselves from them and darted forward, floating in front of the four boys like they were protecting them. The moment the men saw the four Kuribohs, they lowered their Duel Disks, prompting their monsters to do the same to their weapons.

"Hold on! Those are the Guardian Spirits!" A bearded white haired man who was older than the rest raised his hand, gesturing the others not to attack as he recognized the four Kuribohs. Yuto noted that this man must be the leader the group.

"Everyone, look! These boys are…" Another man said as he looked closer at Yuya and the others. The other men blinked but followed the suit. When they have proper look on the four boys, they let out a gasp of surprise and began to murmur among themselves, which confused the said boys.

"Could it be…they are the ones who Yuno-sama have told us before?"

"The resemblance is uncanny! It's too much for just a simple coincidence!"

"They are still so young."

"But the Guardian Spirits are with them, so they must stronger than they look!"

"That's right. Duelist's skill is not determined by age."

The leader coughed, wordlessly telling the murmuring men to be silent. The men deactivated his Duel Disks and the rest also did the same. The older man kneeled in front of Yuya, looking up at the boy.

"Forgive our rudeness. Where did you come from?" He asked Yuya politely.

"We came from the original dimension that we now called ARC-V. We came here because a group of people wearing orange-colored hooded-cloak attacked our dimension through a wormhole in an ancient temple that we found recently that connected to an artificial dimension of Cantidel Empire. Are we in the artificial dimension?" Yuya replied and asked back. His answer received another soft gasp from the men.

"From the temple..."

"And a group of people in orange hooded-cloak attacking them..."

"I only know one group with that description."

The leader once again gestured his men to calm down before answering Yuya.

"Yes. Right now you are at the capital of Cantidel Empire in the artificial dimension." The leader confirmed before standing up again. He turned to his men and nodded at them. They all quickly made a path for their leader and the four boys to walk by. The leader smiled kindly as to assure the four boys that they won't harm them.

"We shall escort you to meet our lord."

CAPITAL – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARTIFICIAL DIMENSION

The capita was a big town. Far bigger than they imagined it to be. It is surrounded by mountains, formed of calcar, which form a cirque around the city. Some districts of the city are divided by the mountains themselves. There were large architectural heritage and many Norman-like buildings. Simply by looking at the view, it wasn't difficult to tell that it is a cultural, economic and tourism capital. It is a city rich in history, culture, art, music and food.

After promising they will help looking for Yuzu, Ruri, Serena, and Rin, Yuya and the others were escorted to the capital. The moment the four boys stepped into the capital escorted by the men, they instantly became the center of attention. Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri were trying to put up a straight face as they walked. Unfortunately, the first three failed to do so, not with nearly everyone who was passing by stopped whatever they were doing to stare at them. Even those who were riding a car stopped just to take a look at them. The reactions the boys got from people were oddly overwhelmingly positive; from relief, delight, ecstatic, etc. Despite the four boy's attempts no to listen to the murmurs about them, they could still hear them.

"Hey, are they the ones Yuno-sama mentioned before?"

"They must be! They are identical!"

"The one in black cloak looks gallant and cool…!"

"The one wearing purple uniform looks regal."

"The one in white suit looks like he needs a hug."

"The one wearing goggles looks cute."

"Yeah. Cuter than Yuno-sama."

Yuya blushed shyly. "Somehow this is kinda uncomfortable." He finally said, unconsciously holding Kurihborder in his arms tighter.

Yugo sweat dropped. "I can feel their stares boring holes in my head." He said quietly, feeling rather embarrassed by the attentions he and his counterparts got.

"Hmph. Pay them no mind." Yuri calmly told his Synchro counterpart. He had gotten used to being stared at and talked about during his old days in Academia so this was nothing for him, though the difference was before what he got were fear and jealous stares and murmurs, but now what he got were nothing but praises.

"Just what are they talking about anyway? It sounds like they have been expecting us to come." Yuto grew suspicious. They just arrived here, being pointed weapons after being mistaken as intruders, but then all of a sudden they were treated like honorable guests after the men saw their faces and the Kuribohs. They seemed to recognize them before they even introduce themselves.

They all stopped for a moment when they arrived at their destination. Yuya, Yuto, and Yugo all opened their mouths and eyes wide upon seeing a huge mansion in front of their very eyes. Yuri, on the other hand, simply whistled at the sight. The mansion looked like a cut out from the best architecture magazine. It was beautiful. Some parts looked geometric, which they could say about almost any pitched roof abode with square windows, but on this mansion they couldn't help but notice it. The roof was flat for a start and the door as wide as it was tall. The windows took up entire walls with only polished steel beams to break them into yet more rectangles. The look would have been entirely metallic, like a mini down-town skyscraper had it not been for the cedar beams of the external porch and the matching raised plant beds that contained various blooms.

"Sir, those people are…" The gatekeepers stared suspiciously at Yuya and the rest.

"These young masters are honorable guests." The old man said while gesturing politely towards the four boys.

"Young masters?!" Yuya and his counterparts all thought in surprise at what the old man referred them as.

The gatekeepers immediately apologized and opened the gate, allowing them enter the enormous mansion.

They pushed around the corner and through the doors that took them into the courtyard. There was a large space between the inner and outer parts of mansion, characterized by the carefully attended. They opened the doors to the inner mansion by passing the old man's pass key, and the recognition clicked it open. Inside, the draped, light red halls of the mansion admitted them, and he closed the doors behind them. They made their way down the halls, through more waves of people and servants, all the way down to the throne room, and opened this door with his key as well. They passed through another doors into the throne room.

The throne room was a magnificent display of architecture. Large pillars the color of blue lined both ends, holding up the faraway ceiling, so tall that the torchlight could not reach it, and sending it into a mysterious darkness. The white marble floor had been polished to a perfect, smoky brilliance, with the long red carpet leading from the doors all the way up to the dais, where the throne, carved to look like the trees in the gardens, sat watching everything. Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri's hearts tightened when they came face to face with the person sitting on the throne. He was a boy around their age with unkempt blue-black hair and light fuchsia eyes, wearing a blue high-collared overcoat over a jet-black suit. But the most importantly was…the boy has the same face as them.

"I have brought them here as ordered, Milord." The old man bowed at the boy, Yuno.

"Yes. Thank you very much. You may leave us now." Yuno smiled gratefully at the old man who politely excused themselves. Yuno smiled softly at Yuya and the others as he stood up from his throne.

"First of all, it is nice to meet you. Welcome to the Cantidel Empire. We have been waiting for you to come to this dimension." Yuno greeted the four boys who bear striking resemblance with him.

"N-nice to meet you too." Yuya greeted back, stuttering as he was still having difficulty taking everything in, but he still watched his manner.

"How do you know that we will come? Umm…" Yuto trailed off, not knowing his name yet.

"Right. Introduction first." Yuno chuckled. He cleared his throat and straightened his back before facing his four look-alikes again.

"My name is Yuno. Despite my appearance, I am your ancestor."

Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri stared wide eyed at the smiling Yuno and fell silent. Yuno waited patiently as his four look-alikes just stayed quiet and continued to stare hard at Yuno for a few long seconds before they blinked as Yuno's words sunk in their heads. They opened their mouths together and only one thing came out from them at the exact same moment after processing Yuno's words.

"HUH?!"

NEXT CHAPTER PREVIEW:

Yuno of the Oracle – Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri are taken by an organization to a temple where they are welcomed by the organization's leader, Yuno, who introduces himself to be Zarc's ancestor and one of the people responsible in creating the artificial dimension 1.500 years ago. Yuno explains to them the current situation of the empire and the enemies that will come for them.

Since there's no Duel in this chapter, it's faster and easier to write. The next three chapters won't have any Duel either. Maybe. It will be quite plot-focused, but it won't reveal everything all at once. Only several bits and the rest will be explained as the story goes on. The next chapter will explain more about Yuno, the empire, and the artificial dimension in general.

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