9:30
Akaba Leo walked into Sector Security with a group of nobles.
Here, he saw the greatest enemy of the dimension's nobles.
The chief officer of Sector Security, "Goodwin."
He seemed calm, with a gentle face, appearing very humble, cultured, showing no signs of threat.
However, the nobles knew that his outward appearance was nothing but a daily disguise.
His true nature was ruthless and merciless. Previously, during the Friendship Cup between the S Dimension and F Dimension, he assassinated the noble elders of the Elder Council while the defense forces were weak, causing the nobles to lose their central support.
Although the nobles still controlled the vast majority of the world's industry, agriculture, and other related matters, "the army" had mostly fallen into Goodwin's hands.
If it weren't for his fear of the hidden power of the nobles and their ability to go down with him in times of necessity, Goodwin probably would have already "cleared them out."
However, aside from this, there were supporters of the nobles within Sector Security too, namely "Vice Director" Jean-Michel Roget, who was second in command after Goodwin in Sector Security.
Though not as prominent as Goodwin himself, he still had some loyal subordinates.
Goodwin was the biggest obstacle for the nobles; once he was dealt with, the nobles could once again grasp the world's lifeline.
But—
That was before.
Upon learning about "The One" in this world, Akaba Leo no longer paid attention to this man.
After all, compared to those who could vie for the apostle of The One and know about The One's major events, Goodwin, a calculating ordinary person who meticulously climbed to the chief of Sector Security, was nothing.
"Goodwin, it's no longer permissible for you to waste time like this. Recently, more and more Lower City trash has been rebelling against our police, and even attacked our prison the day before yesterday, releasing numerous criminals inside."
"We cannot tolerate this any longer!"
"Indeed! We must strike hard!"
Goodwin clasped his hands behind his back, appearing very composed, and said, "Everyone, I understand your concerns very well. However, the people of the Lower City are merely expressing their demands. I believe we can..."
"No more dodging around!" Roget suddenly interrupted, "Director Goodwin, at this point, we must draw a clear line with these people! For our citizens—"
He started speaking, but in the next moment, a huge explosion erupted outside.
His lips curled up secretly.
He had long observed the City's surveillance everywhere, knowing the world's developments thoroughly, and he dared to assert, today this moment would inevitably erupt once more into unrest.
This was a perfect opportunity!
Just as he anticipated, a security officer hurriedly ran over, opened a computer, and displayed surveillance from everywhere.
Uprisings erupted all over the Lower echelons of the City, countless Earthbound Geoglyphs lit up, evidently, the people from Lower City sincerely wanted to struggle and resist with their lives.
Goodwin remained expressionless as he looked at the screen, his face showing not the slightest additional emotion.
Seeing that Goodwin still did not relent, several nobles gave a cold snort, "Goodwin, no matter how unwilling you are to deal with it, now the mobs in the Lower City have started to destroy, to protect the City, to protect the citizens, to protect everyone's interests, we must dispatch the police.
Vice Director Roget, please give the order."
Roget responded promptly, then laughed twice.
"Then, let our police and our allies begin this formidable game."
As he spoke, some officers, appearing entirely different from ordinary security police, donned their Decks, sneering as they left.
"Who are those people? I've never seen them before!" Goodwin's aide Yeager asked in panic beside him.
"Hahaha—Precisely our improved, brand new security police, thanks to our allies and our own efforts." Roget laughed heartily.
Goodwin did not make any hindrance, nor did he voice any statement.
He merely calmly watched this group leave, as if watching a group of…dead men.
Meanwhile, as Akaba Leo and the nobles left Sector Security, a soldier came rushing over, handing him an email to check.
In the email, he saw a recording, witnessing Serena secretly rescuing Ruri, and watching them, due to an accident, pass through the only functioning Dimension Gate and arrive at the S Dimension.
His eyes narrowed: "Capture them."
Then he turned his gaze towards those security police: "Have them help as well. Team up with Rin."
"Yes!!"
Akaba Leo did not know how Serena arrived at the Fusion Army headquarters, nor how she managed to take Ruri away under Yuri's watch, but since the two arrived in this dimension, it was an excellent opportunity.
He was still missing his "daughters" yesterday, didn't expect to see the two daughters arrive today.
Perhaps, this is what "family affection" is.
Several soldiers orderly conveyed information, and the police quickly received additional instructions as well.
Capture a few identical-looking girls—apart from different clothing, these girls were essentially the same, although hard to distinguish, they were easy to target.
10:00
Inside a security police lounge in the Lower City, a group of officers were drinking water and busy.
"Really amazing, our salaries were penalized yesterday, I thought we were done for, but we not only received new cards." An ordinary security police officer looked at the suddenly appearing card in his hand, scratching his head, a bit perplexed, "But...why are they Fusion Monsters?"
They still did not fully understand the situation.
"Capture little girls…tsk…this job is becoming more and more disgusting." A police officer looked at the task received, couldn't help but sigh.
"What capturing little girls? What on earth do those perverts want?" Ushio, originally lying in the hammock with a newspaper covering his face and napping, sparked an interest upon hearing his subordinates talking, reaching out to take the tablet over.
He took a glance, saw the girls with different hairstyles and outfits but essentially identical.
Seemed like disguises or transformation girls.
After watching for a while, he suddenly felt something was off.
One outfit and hairstyle looked like that girl from the Friendship Cup before?
The one often seen with Yusei?
Seemed like she was friends with Tenjo Hikari too?
He hesitated for quite some time, suddenly got up, pushed the D-wheel out.
"Hey, no way, boss, you're going to work this quick?"
"Ah, I'll take a turn first. You can come out later."
"Yay!!!"
A bunch of carefree officers cheered.
On the other side, Ushio rode the D-wheel, adjusted it, found the previous vehicle that messaged him, and hesitated.
Ushio didn't know why he was doing this, he only knew, watching these days, he genuinely felt something different, those nobles truly weren't human.
Now even such young girls claimed to be rebels, to be directly captured, it's really too absurd.
He recalled meeting Tenjo Hikari these past days, remembered the Duels with Tenjo Hikari recently, remembered seeing the "Earthbound Immortal" and Tenjo Hikari's words these days.
What was he ultimately choosing this "police" path for!? To be a dog?
"Alas, saying the Lower City is full of criminals, and here I am becoming an intelligence thief."
Thus…
A little past ten, after completing an overnight overhaul of the Emerald Book, Tenjo Hikari suddenly received such a message.
He looked at the screen with three identical-looking, yet three entirely different people's photos, couldn't help but inhale sharply.
"Serena?"
Even Tierra couldn't help but inhale sharply alongside him, muttering, "Seems you've really been too nice to her, remember to be stricter in the future."