[Crow / Jack / Yusei, LP 0]
Crow staggered back a couple of steps and fell to one knee, his expression a little despondent.
"We lost..."
Three versus one. The three of them combining their strength, and even borrowing the power of the Crimson Dragon—more than once, at that. In previous Duels, the Crimson Dragon had at most appeared once; as long as Savior Dragon showed up, it was always an immediate one-turn kill afterward.
Yet this time, the Crimson Dragon had manifested twice, and both Majestic Star Dragon and Majestic Red Dragon had appeared on the field—yet they were still defeated.
Though he’d long since acknowledged that the opponent far surpassed him, he hadn’t expected that even all three of them together would be crushed so completely. Crow couldn’t help but feel a little discouraged.
So the gap is really this huge?
There are actually Duelists in this world that strong?
Yes—until now Crow had almost never imagined that someone this powerful could exist. He’d always been highly confident in his own strength. That confidence had only grown when he saw his old comrades Yusei and Jack earn the title of "King of Duelists" in the City one after another.
At that time, he’d thought, "So the Duelists in the City aren’t really all that, either."
He had believed that, even if he wasn’t literally among the strongest in the world, he should at least be near the top. And even if he met someone stronger, it shouldn’t be easy for them to take him down.
But only today did he realize that "there’s always someone stronger" and "there’s always a higher sky" were not just empty words. In a realm of the world he’d known nothing about, a monster of a Duelist like this was lurking.
And this was still three-on-one. If he had faced this man alone, wouldn’t he have been beaten around like a punching bag?
Then the words Kira had told him during the Duel flashed through his mind.
"Blackwings... is the ’Blackwings’ I know really just the tip of the iceberg?" Crow muttered.
He’d always thought that he’d already drawn out enough of the Blackwings’ potential, that his mastery over this Deck put him among the foremost authorities in the entire Duel world. Yet today, for the first time, he heard someone disagree—someone who told him that, even with respect to the Blackwings he was so proud of, he actually didn’t understand them nearly well enough.
Could the Blackwings still go even further?
"You three are very strong. Don’t doubt yourselves—you already are among the top Duelists of this era."
Kira stood atop the altar and spoke.
"But more important than your current strength is your limitless potential. You’ll become even stronger, travel even farther in the future.
What we can do to help you is limited. How far you can ultimately go on your respective paths depends on you alone."
Yusei: "..."
Well, in truth, Kira was just saying this to spur them on. It wasn’t really entirely up to them alone.
For Kira, his mission up to this point was basically complete. From here on, the 5D’s team would likely throw themselves wholeheartedly into the pursuit of greater strength, each seeking their own evolution.
Next, it would be time for Antinomy—Z-ONE’s number-one Yusei fanboy and mentor—to make his appearance. Antinomy would reveal the secret of Accel Synchro to Yusei and personally guide him toward the future.
Z-ONE really was breaking his back for the sake of the protagonists.
In any case, with that, Kira’s job here should be done, and he could pretty much go back and report in...
Kira thought for a moment, then turned his gaze into the distance—toward the location of the old perpetual-motion machine in Satellite. From the ruined engine, a pillar of multicolored light shot into the sky.
Oh, right. It wasn’t over yet. Not entirely.
There was still one last thing to do—or rather, just a small favor to finish.
"We did it!"
At that moment, the King Netherworld was indescribably excited.



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