"Supreme King?"
Jaden was obviously thrown off for a moment when he heard that name.
It felt like a part of his sleeping memory had been jolted—his expression went blank for an instant.
But he quickly recovered, then suddenly burst out laughing.
"Seriously? Who would name themselves something so lame?" Jaden cracked up.
Kira: "..."
"But to rule twelve dimensions with the power of dueling... That must mean he’s really strong, right?"
There was even a glint of expectation in Jaden’s eyes. Kira recognized that look—the burning soul of a true duelist itching for a worthy opponent.
Kira suddenly thought, maybe he should try to get the President Kaiba and Jaden together as duel buddies someday, so they could ease their dueling cravings with some friendly matches instead of dragging others into it.
"But this Supreme King, you said he’s the ruler of the spirit dimension, right? What does that have to do with me?" Jaden was still confused.
"Because you’re the reincarnation of the Supreme King’s original duelist body," Kira said offhandedly. "Only by one of you defeating the other can you become whole."
Jaden snorted and laughed.
"Pfft, sorry, that’s just too funny—hearing you spout such nonsense with a straight face..."
Kira stayed expressionless.
Jaden reined in his laughter. "Wait, you’re serious?"
His expression turned odd.
If anyone else had said this, Jaden would’ve thought they were talking nonsense in their sleep. Suddenly bringing up stuff like reincarnation and Supreme Kings—honestly, even for Jaden, it sounded way too absurd.
But then he realized Kira was actually serious...
He hesitated for a long while before finally asking, "Kira... how do you know all this stuff?"
Jaden was usually pretty dense about anything not related to dueling, but even he was starting to feel his companion was shrouded in mystery.
He couldn’t even remember when it began, but Kira had always given them that unfathomable feeling—not just with his endless creative deck builds and tactics, but as if he had some all-seeing, godlike perspective.
But the conversation couldn’t go on, since by now they were getting close to their destination.
The blonde girl had been leading the way up to now, and as the two of them talked softly, she hadn’t overheard.
Jaden looked up and pointed ahead: "Hey, the tree struck by lightning!"
Kira followed his gaze. Sure enough, on the bare mountainside, the split tree stood out—obviously the place the girl had described.
But when he looked back, Kira narrowed his eyes.
"Where did she go?"
"Huh?"
Jaden snapped out of it and looked around. The girl was nowhere to be seen.
In the blink of an eye, the girl who’d been leading them had vanished.


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