Chapter 4: Anomaly
After attracting the two’s attention, Golden You Ling slowly extended her left hand.
Her fingers were slender like a newly blooming orchid, inexplicably reminiscent of the fingertips drooping from the mysterious woman in temple murals;
Her fair skin faintly emitted a golden glow under the light, adding even more untouchable sanctity.
Even if the two little ones weren’t hand fetishists, they couldn’t shift their gaze away at this moment.
Kira Yoshikage manufacturing machine, huh…
And while the two little ones were entranced, specks of light quietly emerged from her palm, initially just stardust-like fragments, but in an instant, they transformed into dancing Golden Flames.
This wasn’t over yet; with a gentle stroke of her slender finger, the flame light condensed into an eagle with spread wings.
The feathers outlined by the golden flames were distinctly clear one by one, and when the eagle’s beak slightly opened, one could even hear its clear, resonant cry.
The spirit born from the flames circled her three times, finally landing tamely on the fingertip of her left hand, dispersing into stardust.
“Holy crap! So extremely domineering and cool! Is this some kind of magic?”
“Impossible, this isn’t scientific!”
The two little ones exclaimed at the same time.
“This should be our ‘Golden Finger’ from crossing over, the power inherited from the Egyptian God Cards.”
“If my guess is correct, the corresponding Divine Power should also be dormant within you two.
Try weaving a set of clothes for yourselves. Though there are no outsiders, being naked all the time is really undignified.”
“？！”*2
The air froze for a moment.
“Aaaah, why bring this up only now!”
The two immediately snapped out of the miracle Golden You Ling had suddenly shown, realizing again that they were still in a state that couldn’t pass review. Red You Ling was even too shy to know where to cover.
………..
2000 TEARS LATER……
“Hah… hah… H-how could this be? Impossible!” The red-haired girl lay spread-eagled on the sandy ground.
“Jumped forty-eight great gods, 《Heart Sutra》《Tao Te Ching》 all recited, even 《Pure Land of Bliss》 jumped three times…”
She abruptly flipped over and pounded the ground: “Is this damn Divine Power deaf!”
Nearby, the blue-haired girl hugged her knees sitting on the ground, gazing up at the sky, still muttering:
“Assuming Divine Power follows quantum mechanics observation principles, perhaps it needs specific trigger conditions…”
Around her were densely packed mathematical and physics symbols, along with all sorts of dazzling equations and inequalities with excellent sleep-aid effects…
『Hmm? That shouldn’t be right.』
Golden You Ling, who had been watching the two’s inability to use their power, was also somewhat surprised.
She could clearly sense the energy surging within them, violent Thunder and destructive Gang Wind flowing through their bloodlines, but like fierce beasts behind frosted glass, full of momentum yet impossible to control.
『Could it be a problem with the souls during separation? That would be some trouble.』
Thinking of how long it took the two to wake up before, Golden You Ling couldn’t help but associate it with this worst possibility.
But her expression showed no change; guesses were just guesses. Now, she wanted to try if external intervention could help awaken their power.
Silently mobilizing the Divine Power within her, Golden You Ling slowly walked toward the two, placing her cool palm on their foreheads.
Golden Divine Power seeped in like a trickle, and in an instant, three streams of power intertwined in the void into an ancient and sacred divine spirit silhouette.
“Wait, this feeling—could it be—”
“It’s coming, it’s coming!”
Before the words finished, red thunder and cyan storm exploded!
The blast wave upheaved the entire sandy ground; two figures flew backward like kites with cut strings, leaving Golden You Ling standing at the storm’s center.
She raised her hand to smooth her messy hair, gazing thoughtfully at the two drag marks on the scorched land: “No problem with the souls, but control… approaching zero, huh.”
While just helping guide their power, through the dual contact of body and energy, Golden You Ling clearly felt that the two’s souls had no abnormalities or inconsistencies.
The inability to use the power inside was simply a lack of control.
But assuming the two had no issues, then the problem was…
…
The two were blasted very far; it took some time for Golden You Ling to retrieve the dusty two little ones separately.
After confirming they weren’t injured, she patted the dirt off their bodies.
Then Golden Flames enveloped the two, and in the blink of an eye, they were in two identical plain white long skirts.
Seeing the two who wouldn’t wake for a while, Golden You Ling simply placed them side by side, then sat hugging her knees nearby to watch over them in case some strange thing snatched them away.
The golden figure sat quietly like this, her crimson eyes looking at the distant blue Sea, while pondering the earlier events in her mind.
『Comparing to the other two, this body of mine seems even more free in using and controlling power, but in terms of sensibility…』
With the other two as contrast, Golden You Ling was almost certain this body had the issue.
She began questioning herself inwardly:
『Why do I remember the Soul Separation scene and wake first, why can I use power freely, why is sensibility missing…』
『Gold↑en↓ You↑ Ling↓』
She shook her head, flinging out the strange images starting in her mind, and reignited Golden Flames in her palm.
Quietly cradling the flames, Golden You Ling slowly closed her eyes, determined to follow this Divine Flames straight into the soul’s depths to find answers.
Time passed minute by minute; this process was far longer than imagined, and this attempt seemed extremely difficult for her.
A butterfly aflame with flames beat its wings, pressing forward against the pitch-black River, seeking its source…
…
After an unknown time, her crimson eyes finally opened again; she had returned from the soul’s deep dive.
The originally violent flames in her palm changed the moment she reopened her eyes, slowly turning into soft Light, overflowing from between her fingers.
『Light, pure light… Horakhty. So that’s it, it’s because of Him.』
Creator God of Light【 Horakhty】, the highest Status god to appear in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, one of the very few cards that can ignore Rules for direct Duel victory.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, He is the unification of morning, noon, and evening Sun, another form of Ra.
『So this is the true essence of this body’s power… Inherited the Creator God’s Divine Status, yet what emerges is lower-level Sun God power— no wonder it’s so effortless.』
It’s like KGB checking MI6— effortless as picking flowers~
『And the lack of sensibility is because the Divinity’s Status is too high, affecting humanity?』
Truth be told, if not for clearly seeing in that soul deep dive that the “human” part of her soul still held dominance, she would suspect if she’d been possessed by the “god.”
In the anime, though Horakhty is on the side of justice and kindness, the light He symbolizes inherently lacks moral stance or likes/dislikes— after all, the Sun doesn’t rise in the west because of human will.
This neutral-leaning power manifested on Golden You Ling as greatly weakening her human sensibility.
Be it Arrogance or indifference, she often involuntarily viewed things from an overlooking or observer’s perspective.
Rationally, there’s nothing wrong with that; on the contrary, not being swayed by emotions and staying objective and calm is what many seek lifelong through cultivation.
But she didn’t like it; the human part of her soul told her so.
Having figured out the root of her “abnormality,” though no immediate solution, she still breathed a slight sigh of relief.
『But Teacher Takahashi once said Horakhty also symbolizes the brilliance of Life and Motherhood…』 Golden You Ling slightly lowered her head looking at the two little ones leaning together.
『Hope this isn’t some flag.』
After finally understanding the answer to her own issue, Golden You Ling began sorting through her memories further.
With Egyptian God Cards and Creator God elements from before crossing already appeared, what’s left is…
