Author's Note: Without delay, here's the conclusion to the duel against Rex Goodwin. Consider this swift update as an apology for the way I left things hanging for so long last week.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V.
Chapter 36: Cold Rage
"Rin! What has gotten into you?" Rex asked, startled by the green-haired girl's glowing eyes. "What is this power that I'm seeing?"
"Silence!" Rin shouted with an echoing voice. "Prepare yourself for your death!"
As Rin drew the next card from her deck, the card seemed to glow with an eerie blue light. Another blast of cold wind also radiated out from her D-Wheel, causing Rex's flying craft to swerve in the air. Rex suddenly had a terrible feeling that he had taken things too far.
"Using the scale one Windwitch – South Polar Bell and the scale ten Windwitch – North Polar Bell, I now set the Pendulum Scale!" Rin announced.
Rin set the cards for the two Windwitches in question at the far ends of her D-Wheel's duel disk blade, causing the word, Pendulum to flash across it in multicolored letters. A second later, the Polar Bell twins appeared inside ethereal blue tubes to Rin's left and right.
"With the scale set at one and ten, I can simultaneously special summon monsters with levels from two to nine!" Rin announced.
The numbers one and ten appeared beneath South Polar Bell and North Polar Bell respectively in orange alien writing. Soon after, a giant crystal pendulum appeared in the air above the track and began to draw a circle of blue light.
"Swing! Pendulum of ages! Draw an arc of light across the heavens!" Rin chanted. "Pendulum Summon!"
The giant circle drawn by the pendulum became a portal that showed a world of blue light beyond. As soon as the portal appeared, a ball of crackling black energy shot out of it like a cannonball and struck the track.
"Silent witch of the frozen underworld!" Rin called out. "Windwitch – Chill Bell!"
The ball of black energy faded to reveal a new and unsettling monster flying beside Rin's D-Wheel. It was a young-looking woman with chalk-white skin, long raven hair that grey half way down the length of her back, and eyes that were pitch-black except for pale green irises. Atop her head was a large black conical hat with a tattered brim and a large grey bow on the front. Her outfit was a white bodysuit with black, a short skirt that was open in the front, and black gloves and boots. On the front of the woman's chest was a large red bow with a black crystal broche on the front. The woman rode atop a blue crystal broomstick with a black and silver bell on the end in place of bristles, and in her right hand was a blue crystal wand. She also had a sinister smile on her face that sent a small chill down Rex's face.
"Truly an impressive-looking monster," Rex admitted. "But with only 1700 ATK, what use is it against Granel Ascended."
"When Chill Bell has been special summoned from my hand, I can use her effect to resurrect an Windwitch Synchro Monster from my Graveyard," Rin announced. "I use her magic to call Winter Bell back from the underworld!"
Chill Bell waved her wand, and suddenly a large misty black portal appeared on the track. In seconds, Winter Bell rose out of the portal and moved to fly alongside Chill Bell.
"Any monster summoned using Chill Bell's effect cannot attack, and its effects are negated," Rin announced. "And now… I shall tune Chill Bell into Winter Bell!"
"What? But that's impossible!" Rex exclaimed. "Chill Bell is also a level seven monster! Both their levels would add up to fourteen, and it's not possible for any monster to have a level that high!"
"But Chill Bell isn't a normal Tuner," Rin informed him as a small and rather insane smile formed on her face. "She's a Minus Tuner! By subtracting Chill Bell's level from the level of another monster, I can summon a new type of Synchro Monster with a level equal to that total!"
"Subtracting levels?" a stunned Rex spoke. "But… that would mean that the level of the summoned monster would be…"
"That's right!" Rin spoke before he could finish. "I tune the level seven Chill Bell into the level seven Winter Bell for a level zero Synchro Summon!"
Chill Bell waved her want above her head and transformed into seven black stars. The stars penetrated Winterbell's body and turned her into a black transparent ghost with orange outlines and fourteen white stars flying around inside. The stars began colliding into one another, fading completely out of existence the moment they hit each other.
"Angel of Death from a world without light! Descend to this mortal realm and cast it into eternal winter!" Rin chanted as the stars inside Winter Bell's ghost continued to collide and fade out. "Dark Synchro Summon! Appear! Level zero! Windwitch – Zero Bell!"
As soon as the final two stars collided with one another and blinked out, the ghost of Winter Bell exploded and became a pillar of black energy that expanded outward only to fade away moments later to reveal a totally new monster. Its upper half was a silver skeleton with long arms and a blue breastplate with black lines covering the ribcage. The creature's head was like Winter Bell's, only the face was a silver skull with red eyes, and there were black lines covering its long pointed blue helmet. On its back was a pair of large black-feathered wings covered in a fine layer of frost. The lower half of the creature, connected to the end of its silver spinal cord, was a large silver and black bell with a large crack in its right side.
The moment Zero Bell appeared, the temperature inside the stadium dropped even further. Rex could see his breath coming out in small wispy clouds, and patches of frost were starting to form everywhere. At the same time, the dragon seal on Yugo's back had begun to glow.
Rin's small and slightly insane smile turned into a mad grin. "Your life ends here!"
As Jack's group finished fighting off another squadron of security droids, Sherry's eyes went wide and all of the color drained from her face. Aki instantly noticed that the blonde duelist was suddenly shivering.
"Sherry! What's wrong?" Aki asked out of concern.
"It's Rin… she's tapped into a power that she was never supposed to use," Sherry answered. "I can feel it."
"How could you possibly know something like that?" Aki asked.
"Rin and I have a sort of connection," Sherry explained. "You see we're tied together by blood. It's the reason why both of us are able to Pendulum Summon."
"What are you talking about?" Aki asked with a raised eyebrow. "Are you saying you and Rin are relatives of some kind?"
"It's too complicated and unbelievable to explain right now!" Sherry snapped. "All I can tell you is… something has gone incredibly wrong back at that pyramid… something that Bruno and I never should've let happen."
Saiga and Izzy had been sitting inside their van the whole time Bruno had been gone. A layer of frost had covered the vehicles windows, and they now had the heater on at full blast. Even with the heater on though, they were still shivering. Of course a car heater could only go so far. They were dressed for desert conditions and suddenly they were now in the Antarctic.
"Man! What the hell is going on out there?" Izzy asked.
"Damned if I know anymore," Saiga answered through chattering teeth. "I get the feeling though that our plan has gone off the rails somehow."
"I wish we could at least see what the hell was going on out there," Izzy told him. "You think you could go out there and scrape the frost off the windshield?"
"Like hell I will!" Saiga snapped. "For one thing, this van doesn't have an ice scraper! Besides, you couldn't pay me a thousand bucks to go out in that cold! If you want to scrape the windshield so badly, you go out and take care of it!"
"Like hell, man! Until the heat comes back, I'm not taking my ass off this seat!" Izzy responded. "Hell! It's probably frozen to it already anyway."
Suddenly the two of them heard the sound of an engine coming from outside. Saiga had developed a talent from telling the sound of one engine from another over the years, and he could tell that this engine was that of Bruno's D-Wheel.
"Saiga! Izzy! Are you two okay?" Bruno asked from outside.
"Oh, we're just peachy!" Izzy sarcastically responded. "Saiga and I are thinking of roasting some marshmallows later."
"Bruno, do you have any clue what's going on out there?" Saiga asked.
"I'm ninety percent certain that this is all because of Rin," Bruno answered. "She must've entered the duel with Goodwin, and my guess is that Goodwin must have inadvertently caused Rin to awaken a power that she was never meant to use."
"So what now?" Saiga asked.
"You and Izzy remain where you are!" Bruno ordered. "I'm going to see if there's any way for me to correct this problem."
With that, Saiga and Izzy heard Bruno driving off. The two of them could do nothing except sit and listen to the sound of their own chattering teeth.
"It's too late for you to repent, Goodwin!" Rin declared. "You're about to be punished for everything you've done."
Suddenly Rex burst out laughing, causing Rin to tilt her head in confusion. "I admit that you certainly caught me off guard, Rin. I never expected or even imagined this type of summoning. But you're forgetting one critical element. That Synchro Monster of yours has a level of zero. And because Granel Ascended is still on the field, it cannot attack or activate its effects."
"Are you sure about that?" Rin asked.
As Rex was about to question what Rin meant by that, he glanced and saw that Granel Ascended was covered almost totally in a thick frost. Its red mechanical eye had gone dead, and the red light that had been inside the robot's chest had totally disappeared.
"What?" Rex exclaimed. "What's happened to my monster?"
"Chill Bell's little parting gift is what happened," Rin explained. "When Chill Bell is sent to the Graveyard as Synchro Material, her effect lets me target one of my opponent's monsters and totally negate its effects until the end of my opponent's next turn. So now that Granel Ascended has been neutralized, I activate Zero Bell's effect! Once per turn, Zero Bell can destroy as many special summoned effect monsters on the field with a level higher than her own and inflict 500 points of damage for each one! Terminal Frost!"
Zero Bell flapped her wings, and suddenly a massive blast of snow and ice radiated out from her body. The wave struck Granel Ascended, and when it passed, the mechanical pharaoh was totally frozen in a large block of ice. The ice block cracked and totally shattered apart in a matter of seconds. All that was left of Granel were a few small chunks of ice no bigger than a pebble. Meanwhile, Rex's life points took a slight drop to 7300.
"You may have destroyed my final Meklord Emperor, but 2900 ATK points won't do much damage with my life points as high as they are," Rex pointed out.
"We'll see about that!" Rin told him. "Zero Bell! Attack him directly! Apocalypse Winter!"
A large ball of blue energy formed between Zero Bell's skeletal hands, and from it fired a massive blast of ice that struck the rear of Rex's flying D-Wheel. The craft swerved in the air as Rex's life points dropped to 4400.
"And now I activate Zero Bell's other effect!" Rin announced. "When Zero Bell inflicts battle damage, I can send the top card from my deck to the Graveyard! If the card sent to the Graveyard is a Windwitch monster, Zero Bell gets to attack again!"
With that, Rin pulled another card from her deck and immediately inserted it into her D-Wheel's Graveyard slot. "The card I just sent was Windwitch – Snow Bell, which means Zero Bell can attack again! Apocalypse Winter!"
Another ball of energy formed between Zero Bell's skeletal hands and fired another black of ice at Rex. Rex spotted an Action Card up ahead on the track and attempted to fly down to get it, but the blast caught the tail of his flying D-Wheel before he could get it and knocked him off course. His life points took another plunge to 1500.
"And now I use Zero Bell's effect again to send another card from my deck to the Graveyard!" Rin announced as she pulled another card from her deck.
Meanwhile, Yugo's fingers twitched a bit and his eyes slowly opened. He felt as though his back was on fire, and he immediately connected the feeling with his strange dragon mark. As Yugo slowly got up, he noticed how cold the stadium had gotten. Then he saw Rin and Zero Bell on the track chasing after Rex. Yugo also instantly noticed the strange state Rin was in, especially her glowing orange eyes. He remembered them glowing like that before back when she dueled Aki back at Divine's castle, but this was somehow very different.
"What the hell?" Yugo spoke as he tried to piece together what was going on.
"The card I just sent to the Graveyard was Windwitch – Rain Bell!" Rin announced. "Which means Zero Bell can attack again! Apocalypse Winter!"
Zero Bell opened fire again and blasted Rex with another shower of ice. The tail of Rex's craft took another hit, and his life points dropped to zero. Despite the duel being over though, Zero Bell was still on the field.
"I now use Zero Bell's effect again!" Rin announced as she pulled another card from her deck and tossed it into the Graveyard slot. "This time the card is Windwitch – Frost Bell, meaning Zero Bell can attack again!"
Zero Bell hit Rex with another blast of ice and snow. His D-Wheel remained in flight, but he seemed to be having a lot of trouble maintaining course.
Rin took another card from her deck and placed it into her Graveyard. "The card I just sent to the Graveyard was another Windwitch – Ice Bell, meaning Zero Bell gets to attack again!"
Yugo watching in horror Rex got hit with another icy blast from Zero Bell. As much as Yugo despised Goodwin, he knew that this was terribly wrong. Rin was not acting like herself at all. It was as though she had become possessed by some kind of demon.
Meanwhile, Rin gleefully took another card from her deck and placed it in the Graveyard. "This time the card is Windwitch – Drizzle Bell! Zero Bell gets another attack! Apocalypse Winter!"
Rex was hit by yet another icy blast from Rin's skeletal angel of death. His D-Wheel seemed to be having trouble staying in flight.
"I now use Zero Bell's effect again!" Rin announced as she pulled another card from her deck.
"Rin! Cut it out!" Yugo shouted at the top of his lungs. "STOP!"
Rin looked in the direction of Yugo's voice and her insane grin quickly faded. "Yu… go…"
Suddenly Rin's D-Wheel came to a complete stop. Zero Bell vanished from the track and her eyes and bracelet stopped glowing. The temperature inside the arena began to return to normal. Seconds later, Rin totally lost consciousness and fell from her D-Wheel. Yugo immediately rushed to Rin's side, calling her name. Meanwhile, Rex's D-Wheel hit the track with a fiery crash.
Ushio and Sid had met up with Team Unicorn and were helping them fight off the security droids. The five of them had just finished taking out another squadron, but a new set of ten droids was coming their way. They were all totally exhausted, and their decks were almost totally out of cards. It seemed like they were finished. Just as the droid came in striking distance, they suddenly came to a halt. Their heads sparked with electricity for a few moments before exploding.
"Hey! What the hell just happened?" Sid wondered.
Ushio looked around and saw other small explosions in the distance on the other highway bridges. He also noticed that some of the buildings in the city were sparking with electricity as well. Moments later, the five of them all heard the unmistakable sound of several people all screaming in pain at once coming from the ground below.
"It's like the city's suddenly gone nuts!" Breo declared. "What's going on?"
"I think… I think this means the collective of Iliaster has been shut," Jean theorized. "Yugo must've done it!"
"You mean… it's over?" Andre asked.
"Well it's about damn time," Ushio declared with a triumphant grin.
As Yugo held a still unconscious Rin in her arms, Bruno entered the arena and pulled up next to her D-Wheel. The duelist mechanic quickly dismounted and went over to see how the two were doing.
"What happened?" Bruno asked.
"Goodwin somehow managed to knock me out of the duel with a cheap shot," Yugo answered. "After that, I'm not sure what happened next. I was knocked out, and when I woke up, Rin had summoned this really nasty-looking monster that I had never seen before and was attacking Goodwin relentlessly. She kept hitting him even after she brought his life to zero."
"I see…" Bruno replied darkly.
"Rin wasn't herself at all," Yugo continued. "It was like she went totally nuts."
Both of them suddenly heard a groan from not far away. They looked and saw Rex flat on his back near the flaming wreckage of his D-Wheel.
"I'll look after Rin," Bruno told Yugo. "You should probably see how he's doing."
Reluctantly, Yugo gently sat Rin down and went over to where Rex was. Blood was trailing down from the corners of Rex's mouth. Yugo heard the sound of electrical sparks and saw that they were coming from Rex's side. Part of his shirt had been torn open to reveal that his side was made of metal.
Rex opened his eyes and let out a soft chuckle when he saw Yugo. "It must… give you great satisfaction… to see me… like this."
"What the hell did you do to Rin in that duel, you bastard?" Yugo asked.
"It seem that… the shock of your apparent death… accidentally caused Rin to awaken one of her… dormant powers," Rex answered. "A summoning technique passed down to her… from her Anunnaki ancestors."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Yugo asked.
Rex let out another chuckle and wound up coughing. "In the end, I was undone by the power of a goddess… a goddess that I had sworn my life to serve. It seems that by trying to destroy you… the one who should be her most powerful enemy… I incurred her wrath."
"You're not making any sense," Yugo told him. "But I guess it doesn't matter. I'm going to enjoy watching you stand trial for everything that you've done."
"I'm afraid… you won't have the chance, my boy," Rex told him. "I don't have much time left in this world. Of course… I was living on borrowed time to begin with. I was already terminally ill, you see. I was able to prolong my life by replacing parts of my body with cybernetic implants, but there was nothing I could do to halt the progress of my… condition. My goal was to conquer this world and maintain order long enough for Leo to return and take over. But it seems… I've fallen a bit short."
"Yeah, well… you brought this on yourself," Yugo responded. "If you think I'm gonna feel sorry for you, you can just forget it!"
Rex shook his head. "I don't expect your pity… nor do I seek it. You and your friends can curse me all you like. But in the end… everything that's happened today… will not matter. You will all soon see… that even though I have lost this battle… I have ultimately won… the war."
After uttering those last two words, Rex's eyes slowly closed. Yugo watched as his breathing slowed and soon stopped completely. He stood there for a few more moments to make sure that Goodwin actually was dead, and then finally went back over to Rin and Bruno.
A few days later, Crow and almost all of the personnel from the resistance base arrived in Neo Domino to help clean things up. Ushio had reported that practically everyone that had been linked into the Iliaster collective had fallen into a coma and needed medical attention. Crow had shuddered at the thought of what sort of state the rest of the world was in now that the collective was essentially brain dead. Carly had already started getting in touch with the few parts of the world that had been untouched by Iliaster's tentacles to request a worldwide effort to give medical care to the rest of the world. It was clear that it was going to take the human race years to recover from this recent nightmare.
Crow and most of the convoy from the base headed straight for the resistance's temporary camp that had been set up right outside the pyramid. The redhead and those who had come with him noticed right away that the fortress was no longer sending pulses of light into the sky. Crow also noticed that large patches of ice had formed on the pyramid's walls, though he was at a loss as to how that was possible. Winter was still a long ways off. Crow recalled that the reports on Yugo's final battle with Rex were fairly vague and wondered if those patches of ice had something to do with the duel.
Upon reaching basecamp, Crow pulled his D-Wheel right next to the main tent and dismounted. One of the trucks from the convoy parked a few feet away from his position and Ruka, Rua and Hitomi got out the back. The trio of kids went over to join Crow as he took in the surroundings.
"You know… it's kind of weird being back here after all this time," Ruka remarked.
"I totally get where you're coming from," Crow agreed. "This place was an enemy stronghold for years. Now that the war is finally over though, we can finally make this city ours again."
"I really wish we could've seen Yugo's duel against that Goodwin creep," Rua spoke. "I bet it was pretty epic."
"I heard a rumor from someone that Rin was somehow involved in the duel as well," Hitomi recalled. "Do you suppose it's true?"
"I'll see if I can find out," Crow replied. "In the meantime, you three should go and help get the recovery effort set up. Iliaster may be gone, but there's a lot of work to do."
The three nodded and went to the other trucks to see what they could do to help. Crow meanwhile looked around and saw Ushio inside the main tent talking with Saiga and Andre.
"Well, you guys sure did a bang-up job here," Crow praised as he entered the tent, getting the three's attention. "Sorry I wasn't here to help."
"Don't sweat it. We knew you were here in spirit," Saiga responded.
"We've gathered up most of the citizens and put them in makeshift hospitals all over the city," Ushio reported. "The docs are going to have their hands full removing their implants."
"And your report said that Goodwin is dead?" Crow recalled.
"He got into a pretty nasty crash at the end of that duel," Andre confirmed. "The word is that he was already at death's door to begin with. A lot of his organs had been replaced with cybernetic implants. Bruno said that it was because of some kind of radiation poisoning that he suffered years ago. He didn't really get specific about it though."
"Well I'm certainly not gonna cry over the son of a bitch," Crow declared. "So what exactly happened in Yugo's duel with him."
Ushio looked at Andre and Saiga for a moment before answered. "To be honest, we haven't got a clue. Yugo, Bruno and Sherry have all been pretty tight-lipped about it."
"What about Rin?" Crow asked. "Does she know anything about what happened?"
"Rin's been knocked out since we took down Goodwin," Saiga answered. "Apparently she was involved in the duel somehow. Like I said though, Yugo and the others won't talk about it."
"Well that's just terrific," Crow sarcastically replied before sighing and rubbing the back of his head. "Well… maybe I'll go have a talk with Yugo myself."
"Actually before you do that, you might want to go have a word with Jack," Andre suggested. "He hasn't been a good mood."
"So? The guy isn't exactly Mr. Sunshine, you know," Crow pointed out.
"Yeah, but he's been way grumpier than usual," Andre revealed. "Has been ever since Yugo said something to him after the duel with Goodwin. I don't know what the hell it was, but it seems to have cranked his antisocial personality to eleven."
Crow let out a heavy sigh. "Fine. I'll go see what's bugging him before I do anything else."
Jack was standing atop one of the buildings surrounding the pyramid with a scowl on his face. Jack had been in an angry mood ever since Yugo had told him about something that he had learned about during his duel with Rex. Ever since then, Jack had wanted to snap Goodwin's neck, even though doing so would be pointless.
"Still playing the role of solitary king like always, huh?" a familiar voice spoke. Jack looked back and saw Crow standing a few feet away. "The guys told me that something's been eating at you ever since we took down Goodwin."
"What does it matter to you?" Jack asked.
"Well believe it or not, I am sort of your friend, you jerk," Crow told him. "I came to see if there was anything I could to help."
"You should learn to mind your own business," Jack told him. "But… you have more of a right to know than anyone else. Yugo learned about what happened to Yusei during his duel with Goodwin."
"You mean… Goodwin had something to do with why Yusei disappeared?" Crow asked, his eyed widening in surprise.
Jack turned around to look him in the eye. "According to Yugo, Yusei somehow found out about Goodwin's plans for the city and went to challenge him the night before our match. But before Yusei could make a move, Goodwin banished him into a dimensional rift or something."
"So… is there a way to get him back?" Crow asked.
"From what Yugo told me, Yusei is lost forever," Jack answered. "Which means I'll never get a chance to settle things with him!"
"I don't believe this," Crow spoke. "How… how did Yusei even know about what Goodwin was up to? Hell! How did he even get out to face the bastard? You and I both know that Friendship Cup contestants weren't allowed out of their hotel rooms during the competition!"
"I have no idea… but I think our new friends, Bruno and Sherry have something to do with it," Jack answered. "I don't know how, but I think they were somehow involved."
"Are you saying that they're hiding things from us?" Crow asked.
"I'm certain of it," Jack answered as he stormed towards the door on the roof. "But in the end, I suppose it doesn't matter. Knowing how those two were involved won't change the fact that Yusei's not coming back."
Once Jack went through to the door, Crow went over to the roof's edge. This time it was his turn to look out over the city with a scowl.
"DAMMIT!" Crow cursed at the top of his lungs as he kicked the ledge surrounding the roof.
Just like Jack, Crow suddenly found himself wishing that he could break Rex's neck. He wondered if Ushio and the others would have a problem with him mangling the corpse.
Yugo was sitting by Rin's bedside in the room that Goodwin had given her in the pyramid. Both Bruno and Yugo had agreed to have Rin rest in that room as a matter of convenience until they could figure out a better location. Ever since Rex's defeat, Rin had not woken up once. Yugo was starting to become extremely worried that Rin might never wake up; that whatever happened in that duel had broken something in her brain. The young turbo duelist felt more powerless than he had ever been.
Just as Yugo was about to get up and pace the room to stretch his legs, Rin began to stir. In moments she was thrashing on the bed as though she were in the grips of some terrible nightmare. Yugo took her hand, and suddenly Rin's eyes snapped up and she sat up on the bed like the poll of a stepped-on rake.
"Rin. You okay?" Yugo asked.
Rin looked at Yugo and pulled him into a hug as tears came to the corners of her eyes. "Thank goodness you're okay! I thought that wreck you had when you got hit killed you."
"Hey… you know I'm made of some pretty hard stuff," Yugo told her with a small smile. "Right now, I'm way more worried about you. Um… do you remember what you did at the end of the duel?"
At this, Rin pulled away and tried to recall what happened after Yugo had crashed. She recalled herself using some strange summoning method and attacking Rex relentlessly, but much of it was a blur. It was like trying to remember a dream.
"I… I'm not sure… what got into me…" Rin answered. "What the hell happened to me?"
"I honestly have no clue," Yugo answered. "It was like you were possessed or something."
"You let the power of your Anunnaki blood get out of control," a familiar voice spoke. The two looked and saw Sherry standing in the doorway with Bruno.
"Hey! You guys know something about this, don't you?" Yugo realized as he stood up from his chair to face them.
"Afraid so," Sherry admitted. "We probably should've told you both the whole story sooner, but we were under orders not to."
"Well I want to know everything now!" Rin told them as she got up from the bed. "I'm sure Yugo does to."
"That's why we're here," Bruno responded. "Sherry and I were just sent to come get you. Rudger Goodwin would like to speak with both of you as soon as possible."
Author's Note: So, I bet a lot of you reading were fairly surprised by the monster that Rin used to finish Goodwin off. Zero Bell of course is a "Dark" Synchro Monster like the ones that showed up during the Dark Signers arc of the 5D's anime. It's kind of a shame that Konami didn't make that type of monster card a reality. There had been plans for them to do so, but I guess they either decided that introducing a second type of Extra Deck monster during the same generation was too much, or they thought that two many kids would have trouble figuring out negative numbers. Anyway, I decided that a "Dark" Synchro Monster would be something fun and unexpected to work into a Synchro Dimension story, and from there I came up with the idea of Rin going berserk and summoning Zero Bell.
So if you all thought that Rex Goodwin's defeat meant that the story would be over, think again ladies and gentlemen! We've still got a little ways to go here. There's one more final villain lurking over the horizon.
Please review and let me know what you think.