"Continuous Spell Card [Magic of the Pure Graveyard]," Rafael said, inserting the Card into his Duel Disk. "This Card can only be Activated when there are no Monsters in my Graveyard. Also, when a Monster is Sent to my Graveyard, [Magic of the Pure Graveyard] will also be Destroyed."
"Another Card with a Self-Destruct Effect." Yugi frowned, looking at the [Magic of the Pure Graveyard] revealed on Rafael's Field. The Card Art depicted a graveyard where Monsters were buried.
Even if Rafael didn't explain the specific Card Effect, Yugi could somewhat guess from the Card Art and Card Name that [Magic of the Pure Graveyard] was a Card closely related to the Number of Monsters in the Graveyard.
"During each of your Standby Phases, Nameless Pharaoh, you will take damage from the effect of [Magic of the Pure Graveyard]. Each monster buried in the Graveyard because of your actions will deal you 100 points of damage."
In the Card Art of [Magic of the Pure Graveyard], tombstones depicting monster images appeared one by one: [Magician's Staff], Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Gaia the Fierce Knight, Dark Magician Knight. A total of five monster tombstones were depicted.
Because of the existence of Soul Shield, Rafael couldn't inflict Battle Damage on Yugi before clearing the two monsters on Yugi's Field. It seemed he had changed his approach and planned to reduce Yugi's Life Points bit by bit with Effect Damage.
However, it was only 500 Points of Damage per Turn. For Yugi's current 2800 Life Points, he could still hold on for a while.
After Activating [Magic of the Pure Graveyard], Rafael glanced at the Spirit Swordsman of Revealing Light on Yugi's Field and said, "Furthermore, I Activate the Effect of Guardian Ceal on my Field. By Sending an Equip Spell Card equipped to it to the Graveyard, I can directly Destroy one Monster on the Opponent's Field."
"The one I choose, naturally, is the Spirit Swordsman of Revealing Light on your Field, Nameless Pharaoh."
As Rafael's words fell, Guardian Ceal strained to pull back the longbow in its Hand. An arrow shot out, instantly Destroying the Spirit Swordsman of Revealing Light on Yugi's Field, which was bound by iron chains, and Sending it to the Graveyard.
At the same time, having been freed from the burden of the Equip Spell Card Meteor Shower - Yafune, Guardian Ceal recovered its original ATK.
[Guardian Ceal] [ATK 700 → 1700]
However, although its ATK was restored, Rafael still couldn't inflict Battle Damage on Yugi due to the presence of Soul Shield. After changing Guardian Ceal to Defense Position, Rafael Declared, "End Turn."
[Rafael: 1000 LP, Hand 1]
[Guardian Ceal] [ATK 1700 → DEF 1400]
Guardian Grarl (Gravity Axe - Grarl) [DEF 1000]
Backup Soldier [DEF 2200]
Master Craftsman Gamil [DEF 500]
[Set Cards] X2 Crystal Seal [Magic of the Pure Graveyard]
Looking at the row of Defense Position monsters on Rafael's Field, clearly intending to defend to the end, Yugi couldn't help but frown. With [Magic of the Pure Graveyard] present, the situation was gradually turning unfavorable for Yugi. More urgently than before, he needed to draw cards from his Deck that could increase the ATK of the monsters on his Field.
Even Magical Stone Excavation would be fine.
However, as Yugi placed his finger on his Deck, he didn't notice that the Seal of Orichalcos in his Hand resonated and flickered with the "Orichalcos Fragment" in his pocket. It seemed to have no influence, but when Yugi flipped over the card he drew, he found it wasn't the card he needed, but the Ritual Monster Chaos Form.
However, even without a Ritual Spell Card, Chaos Form had the ability to be used independently and search for cards from the Deck, which was still decent.
But just as Yugi was about to add the Chaos Form he had just drawn to his Hand, he heard Rafael suddenly press a button on his Duel Disk: "Your expression is too obvious, Nameless Pharaoh. You drew a monster card, didn't you? And it's a useful card, isn't it? Then, during your Draw Phase, at the time of your Normal Draw, I activate the Set Card in my Spell/Trap Zone."
"Trap Card [Drop Off]! Your opponent must discard the card they just drew directly to the Graveyard!"
"Tch." Because of the card effect, Yugi, looking annoyed at the Set Card Rafael revealed in his Spell/Trap Zone, sent the Chaos Form he had just drawn, which hadn't even gotten warm in his Hand, to the Graveyard. The Card Art of [Magic of the Pure Graveyard] changed again, and a beam of white light shot out, shining on Yugi.
"Ugh!"
[Yugi: 2800 → 2100 LP]
Adding Spirit Swordsman of Revealing Light and Chaos Form, the number of monsters in Yugi's Graveyard now reached seven. In the Standby Phase after the Draw Phase ended, he immediately took 700 points of Effect Damage from [Magic of the Pure Graveyard].
The deduction of Life Points was a minor issue, but the problem was that the card Yugi drew this Turn was sent to the Graveyard due to [Drop Off]. This meant his resources in Hand were still the three cards left from the previous Turn. Without using Seal of Orichalcos, he couldn't do anything at all.
With a helpless expression, Yugi, who could do nothing, put down the Duel Disk he had just raised: "End Turn."
[Yugi: 2100 LP, Hand 3]
The Dark Magicians (Crystal Seal) [ATK 2800]
Soul Shield
"My Turn, Draw." Drawing a card, Rafael also seemed to have not yet drawn a card that could destroy Soul Shield. He didn't change the monsters on his Field to Attack Position, still keeping them in Defense Position. Then he played the card he had just drawn, "Set a Card, then End Turn."
[Rafael: 1000 LP, Hand 1]
[Guardian Ceal] [ATK 1700 → DEF 1400]
Guardian Grarl (Gravity Axe - Grarl) [DEF 1000]
Backup Soldier [DEF 2200]
Master Craftsman Gamil [DEF 500]
[Set Cards] X2 Crystal Seal [Magic of the Pure Graveyard]
Rafael ended his Turn very quickly. It seemed like he did nothing, but in reality, the existence of [Magic of the Pure Graveyard] was his main source of damage. As Yugi's Standby Phase was about to arrive again, Rafael would immediately deal him another 700 points of Effect Damage.
"My Turn, Draw." Yugi, hoping his Deck would respond to him, drew another card. But unfortunately, Yugi still didn't draw a card that could increase his monster's ATK this Turn. The card he drew was the Spell Card Cost Down, which had the ability to decrease a monster's Star Level by discarding Hand Cards.
However, the only card Yugi currently had that could make use of this card's effect was Catapult Turtle. Both Seal of Orichalcos and The Eye of Timaeus could be discarded, as they weren't useful anyway.
Just as Yugi was thinking of playing it safe and waiting until the next draw to make a decision, planning to add Cost Down to his Hand, he heard Rafael surprisingly activate a Set Card again: "During your Standby Phase, I activate this Continuous Trap Card, Goblin Out of the Frying Pan."
"!?"
As Rafael's Set Card was revealed, Yugi saw that besides [Magic of the Pure Graveyard], there was also a pot-bellied green goblin wearing armor that appeared in Rafael's Spell/Trap Zone, shooting an arrow at him!?
"Ugh!"
[Yugi: 2100 → 1400 → 900 LP]
Besides [Magic of the Pure Graveyard], his Life Points decreased by an additional 500 points?!
"Goblin Out of the Frying Pan can only be activated when the opponent's Life Points are 3000 points or less," Rafael answered Yugi. "Each time during the opponent's Standby Phase, it deals 500 points of damage to the opponent's Life Points."
"Then, adding the 700 points of damage from [Magic of the Pure Graveyard], the total damage you've accumulated this Turn is 1200 points. And during your next Turn's Standby Phase, this value of damage will be dealt again."
"However, your Life Points are already down to just 900 points, aren't they?"
Yugi's pupil constricted as he looked at the three-digit Life Points on his Duel Disk.
"Nameless Pharaoh, the will to use any means necessary for your goal, I clearly saw it in your gaze just now, but you still disappointed me."
"It's not enough. The will you've displayed isn't enough, nowhere near enough for me to achieve growth." Rafael looked at Yugi, not saying "Life Points like a Flickering Candle" to set a Flag, but instead spoke with a disappointed and disdainful expression, "What a boring Duel."
"You, who have no chance of winning, you, who cannot prove that the light in your Heart won't be swallowed by darkness, just drown holding onto that cowardly 'Response' of yours."
Hearing Rafael's words, Yugi's right hand clenched tightly into a fist.
He wanted to refute Rafael, to curse back fiercely, with the same anger he felt when Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl lost their Perception, but he couldn't. Because he only had this Last Turn left.
Once this Turn ended, Rafael didn't need to do anything at all. By simply letting Yugi's next Turn arrive, he could easily claim victory as the winner.
"I'm going to lose here?" Yugi muttered subconsciously, raising his left hand holding four Hand Cards.
In Yugi's mind, he recalled the promise he made to Dark Magician Girl in the Spirit World. At that time, he promised to "save two worlds." A promise should be kept.
But now, he was going to be defeated before defeating the culprit behind the incident?
That kind of thing...
In Yugi's pocket, the "Orichalcos Fragment" vibrated again. An unknown aura began to spread, seeping into Yugi's body.
That kind of thing...
His line of sight swept over the four cards in his Hand, Yugi's gaze finally resting on Seal of Orichalcos.
Yugi Mutou, who had been watching Dark Yugi, naturally noticed Dark Yugi's gaze resting on the card in the furthest corner at the first instant. His pupil constricted, sensing a certain idea that Dark Yugi could no longer suppress in his heart at this moment.
"Don't do that, The Other Me!"
"No, I won't lose here!"
"I promised Dark Magician Girl! I will definitely save two worlds! A promise must be kept!" Suddenly raising his head, Dark Yugi's expression at this moment was somewhat distorted due to excessive excitement. "I want... I want victory! Obtain victory at all costs!"
Only to see Dark Yugi reach out and draw the Seal of Orichalcos from his Hand. He flicked his Duel Disk, opening the Field Spell Card Zone, and was about to activate that card!
'No, The Other Me!' Just as Dark Yugi raised the Seal of Orichalcos above his head, Yugi Mutou, who had never actively interfered with Dark Yugi's Duels because of trust, for the first time, moved to try and stop Dark Yugi's action. He tightly held Dark Yugi's hand that was holding the Seal of Orichalcos Card. "You can't use that Card!"
"You can't use cards given by others! Haven't you experienced this countless times from Hayato!?"
Normally, Yugi Mutou's words would definitely have an effect on Dark Yugi, but the gaze of Dark Yugi as he looked up at this moment made Yugi Mutou, who met his gaze, startled, and also caused Rafael to show a joyful expression.
Because at this moment, Dark Yugi's eyes also faintly showed the same flickering pitch-black flames that Rafael had displayed before!
"Aibo, this Duel is a Duel where my justice, my light, is at stakes. I must obtain victory."
The Seal of Orichalcos Card faintly emitted a green light. Illuminated by the radiance, Dark Yugi's expression at this moment looked extremely terrifying.
"No, not 'must', it's 'absolute'!"
"I absolutely will obtain victory! Whether it's using the power of darkness or by any means necessary, it doesn't matter what others say, victory is enough for me!"
"I will activate this card!"
As Dark Yugi finished speaking, even though the Domain hadn't been activated yet, the long accumulated power of Seal of Orichalcos directly began to interfere with the surroundings. The light on the Millennium Puzzle on Dark Yugi's chest suddenly disappeared for an instant, which caused Yugi Mutou's spirit body, who was holding onto Dark Yugi with his body, to also dim for an instant.
Dark Yugi's Hand holding the Seal of Orichalcos broke free from Yugi Mutou's control, who was still trying to stop him. With a horrified expression from Yugi Mutou, Dark Yugi resolutely placed the card into the Duel Disk: "I activate Seal of Orichalcos!"
"Boom!"
An emerald green light pillar shot up into the sky. As a card whose source of power was the darkness in people's hearts, Seal of Orichalcos had been waiting a long time for Yugi to activate it. The instant the card entered the Duel Disk, the Domain formed in an instant, and directly pushed Yugi Mutou, who wanted to return to Dark Yugi's side, outside the Domain!
On Yugi's forehead, the Hexagram of Seal of Orichalcos formed, engraved with an ominous green light.
Watching Yugi Mutou's figure disappear outside the Domain, Yugi, who had experienced fighting within the Seal of Orichalcos once before, was not as worried as the first time. Instead, he took a deep breath, and spoke to the air: "Sorry, Aibo, I absolutely must fulfill the promise. Wait until I obtain victory before I return the body to you."
"Then..."
Turning his head back to the Field, the power of Seal of Orichalcos had fully expanded, not only enveloping Rafael and Yugi who were Dueling, but the green mystical power had already passed through Rafael's Crystal Seal and entered the body of The Dark Magicians.
"Seal of Orichalcos has the ability to increase the ATK of all monsters on my Field by 500 points! Then, because of The Dark Magicians's ATK increase, the Crystal Seal you activated, Rafael, will be destroyed!"
Saying this, Yugi raised his Hand, "Return to My Field, The Dark Magicians!"
As Yugi's words fell, the foreheads of Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl inside the crystal suddenly lit up with the same Hexagram of Seal of Orichalcos as on Yugi's forehead. As their mystical power surged, Crystal Seal suddenly Burst!
However, in the next moment after the crystal Burst, amidst Rafael's "Just as planned" smile and Yugi's horrified gaze, the body of The Dark Magicians, who had just broken free from the Seal, suddenly turned into fragments and exploded!?
# Chapter 627: The "Whoever Uses It Loses" Barrier is Terrifying
When the Seal of Orichalcos was activated, Yugi personally confirmed that Dark Magician of Chaos' ATK increased by 500 points due to this Field Spell Card, thus breaking through Crystal Seal.
However, at the same time Crystal Seal was destroyed, Dark Magician of Chaos were also destroyed. What in the world was going on?!
Not only that, when Yugi lowered his head to look at his Hand, he was astonished to find that the The Eye of Timaeus card in his hand quickly turned gray, as if it had become an unfinished card that was abandoned halfway through printing!
"Heh hahaha, it seems it was a success."
Just as Yugi was puzzled by the changes on the Field, he heard Rafael's laughter and glared at him angrily: "Rafael! What did you do to my monsters this time!"
Looking at Yugi, who was currently enveloped in dark power and surrounded by the power of the Seal of Orichalcos, Rafael merely sneered: "What did I do? No, Nameless Pharaoh, I didn't do anything. Weren't you the one who activated that Seal of Orichalcos?"
"Nani?!"
Hearing Rafael's words, Yugi frowned, slowly realizing the problem. He opened the Field Zone on his Duel Disk and looked at the activated Seal of Orichalcos.
Previously, to avoid thinking about "activating the Seal of Orichalcos" as much as possible, Yugi had deliberately avoided looking at the card while it was in his Hand. Besides, he wasn't completely unaware of the general effect of the Seal of Orichalcos.
However, Yugi never expected that, in fact, just a few lines before the effect description of the Seal of Orichalcos, there was a line written like this—
"When this card is activated, all monsters Special Summoned from your Fusion Deck on your Field are destroyed!?"
Only then did Yugi remember something—it seemed that none of the cards used by the members of Organization Doma, including Rafael, Valon, Alister, and Grimo, actually included Fusion Monsters?
He had thought it was just a coincidence, but he didn't expect it was because of this effect of the ancient text Seal of Orichalcos!
"Lord Dartz's primary task for me was to eliminate the 'Legendary Dragon' cards you possess, Nameless Pharaoh." Rafael looked at the solemn-faced Yugi and said disdainfully, "The monster I am most apprehensive of is precisely the Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon that your Dark Magician can Summon in conjunction with The Eye of Timaeus. But judging by the commotion just now, the 'Legendary Dragon' has abandoned you, hasn't it?"
"Tsk, even so, my Duel isn't over yet!" Having been tricked because he hadn't seen the effect of the Seal of Orichalcos clearly, Yugi gritted his teeth and ordered, "When Dark Magician of Chaos are destroyed, I can Special Summon one Dark Magician and one Dark Magician Girl from my Hand, Deck, or Graveyard!"
"Special Summon Dark Magician Girl from my Graveyard, and then Special Summon a second Dark Magician from my Deck!"
As Yugi placed the two cards on his Duel Disk, Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl appeared on his Field.
However, before the master and disciple could react after arriving on the Field, the mystical power of the Seal of Orichalcos climbed onto their bodies.
Although Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl both had reluctant expressions and tried to resist, this dark power was too immense. After penetrating their bodies, the Emblem of the Seal of Orichalcos appeared simultaneously on the foreheads of both Magicians.
[Dark Magician] [ATK 2500 → 3000]
[Dark Magician Girl] [ATK 2000 → 2300 → 2800]
Noticing that the Dark Magician Yugi Special Summoned was not Special Summoned from the Graveyard, but from the Deck to increase Dark Magician Girl's ATK, Rafael raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
Even though two high-ATK monsters suddenly appeared on Yugi's Field, Rafael looked relaxed, not at all worried that his monsters would be destroyed.
Due to the dispelling of Crystal Seal, the Card Spirits of Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl, which had been isolated from the cards before, had returned to the cards. The aura on the cards returned to normal due to the spirits' return, but Yugi currently could not feel the Heart of the Cards.
Under the guidance of the Seal of Orichalcos, which unearthed the inner darkness in people's hearts, Yugi's heart was now filled with the desire to defeat Rafael. Although he had the idea of activating the Seal of Orichalcos because his spirits were taken before, Yugi at this moment completely ignored the concerned gaze of Dark Magician Girl, who was looking back at him on his Field.
In his plan, Dark Magician of Chaos should have broken free from the Seal and used their high ATK to destroy the monsters on Rafael's Field to break through Magic of the Pure Graveyard. Although Dark Magician of Chaos were now destroyed, it didn't matter; having Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl was the same.
"Enter Battle Phase! I use Dark Magician Girl to Attack Guardian Ceal in Defense Position on your Field, Rafael!" Yugi ordered, waving his hand forward, "When your monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, Magic of the Pure Graveyard will also be destroyed along with it. I haven't lost yet!"
"Dark Burning Attack!"
Empowered by the Seal of Orichalcos and the power of a Dark Magician in Yugi's Graveyard, Dark Magician Girl, whose ATK had increased to a full 2800 points, raised her wand and condensed a Magic Blast. Changing her usual close-combat Mage style, she flung the Magic Blast out, blasting towards Guardian Ceal in Defense Position on Rafael's Field.
But at this moment, Rafael suddenly took out a card from his Graveyard: "Chain to Dark Magician Girl's Attack, I Activate the effect of the Spell Card Relief of the Buried God in my Graveyard!"
Yugi was startled: "Activate a Spell Card from the Graveyard!?"
"When was that card..." Yugi suddenly remembered Rafael's Card Exchange earlier. At that time, Rafael took Soul Capturer from his hand and used Graceful Charity to sent that card and another card to the Graveyard. "Was it then!?"
The fierce Magic Blast was blocked by a suddenly deployed Magic Barrier. The Barrier didn't ripple at all. Behind the unmoving Barrier was the confident Rafael. The current situation was still under his control.
"The effect of Relief of the Buried God can only be used once per Duel. It can only be activated when this card is in the Graveyard and the Opponent's monster Declares an Attack." Rafael explained, banishing the Relief of the Buried God taken from his Graveyard and four other cards one by one, "By banishing five cards from my Graveyard, including Relief of the Buried God, that Attack Declaration is Negated, and the Battle Phase ends!"
"Nani!?"
Yugi's fists were clenched tightly, his fingernails almost digging into his flesh. Looking at Dark Magician Girl, whose Attack was Negated, his expression was extremely gloomy.
The Battle Phase was forcibly ended, which meant he couldn't use Battle Destruction to destroy Rafael's monsters in this Turn, thus lifting the threat of Magic of the Pure Graveyard.
If he didn't defeat Rafael in this Turn, the outcome of this Duel would be decided, and the only way to do that was—
Gritting his teeth, Yugi played the card in his Hand: "I Activate the Spell Card Cost Down! By Discarding a card from my Hand, I Decrease the Level of Catapult Turtle in my Hand by 2☆!"
"I Discard The Eye of Timaeus!"
Without hesitation, Yugi actually sent the The Eye of Timaeus card to the Graveyard! Yugi, who was enveloped by the mystical power of the Seal of Orichalcos, didn't notice at all that when he sent the card to the Graveyard, a flash of disappointed look flickered within the gray area on the The Eye of Timaeus card.
"Then, I haven't performed a Normal Summon this Turn yet. Normal Summon Catapult Turtle, whose Level has decreased to 3☆, in Defense Position!"
Slapping the card onto the Duel Disk, Yugi's look showed a hint of ferocity as he looked at Catapult Turtle that appeared on his Field: "This is my Offensive Strategy, Rafael. If I can't destroy the monsters on your Field, I'll just reduce your LP directly!"
[Catapult Turtle] [5☆/Water (Attribute) → 3☆/Water (Attribute)]
[Aqua Type/Effect]
[1000/2000 → 1500/2000]
"Using Catapult Turtle's effect, I Tribute one monster on my Field to inflict Damage to the Opponent Duelist equal to half the ATK Value of that Tributed monster!" Yugi said, waving his hand, "Launch Dark Magician with Catapult Turtle!"
"This is a Necessary Sacrifice!"
Hearing Yugi's words, Dark Magician's eyes, which were red due to the power of the Seal of Orichalcos, slowly closed. His movements, however, were not slow at all as he stood on the launch platform behind Catapult Turtle.
[Dark Magician] [ATK 3000]
Catapult Turtle records the monster's ATK at the moment it launches the monster. This means that with the Tribute of Dark Magician, Rafael's LP will be deducted by half of its current 3000 ATK, which is 1500 points. However, Rafael's current LP is only 1000 points.
As Yugi said, compared to the result of losing the Duel, sacrificing Dark Magician is the smallest price. But is it really a "necessary" sacrifice?
Dark Magician was instantly launched by Catapult Turtle, turning into a black-purple Magic Blast cannonball in mid-air and blasting towards Rafael. But as the cannonball fell, Rafael pressed the button to Activate a Set Card: "At this instant, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card Emergency Provisions!"
"Send any number of Spell/Trap Cards on my Field, except Emergency Provisions, to the Graveyard, and then gain my LP by that number X 1000 points!"
"I noticed the Catapult Turtle in your Hand when I used Card Exchange before, Nameless Pharaoh. This card was prepared for this moment." Rafael said, pointing at Yugi,
"On my Field, the Spell/Trap Cards besides Emergency Provisions are Goblin Official, Gravity Axe - Grarl, and Magic of the Pure Graveyard. I Send all three cards to the Graveyard,"
"Therefore, my LP gain 3000 points!"
Rafael said, feeling the large amount of LP gained, and spread his arms, taking the Magic Blast cannonball that Dark Magician had turned into directly to the face.
[Rafael: 1000 → 4000 → 2500 LP]
Even though Yugi Tributed Dark Magician, Rafael's LP increased instead of decreasing. Yugi couldn't help but look at Dark Magician Girl on his Field.
Dark Magician Girl was startled by Yugi's look. From Yugi's expression, it seemed he had the idea of Tributing Dark Magician Girl as well?
However, although he desperately desired victory, Yugi hadn't completely lost his mind. Instead, he Declared: "Although I couldn't finish you off, at least I destroyed your LP Reduction Strategy."
"Using the effect of the Seal of Orichalcos, Move Catapult Turtle to my Spell & Trap Zone and place it there. Then, End Turn."
[Yugi: 900 LP, Hand 0]
[Dark Magician Girl] [ATK 2800 → 3100]
[Soul Shield] [Catapult Turtle]
Field: [Seal of Orichalcos]
Catapult Turtle's effect does not have a Once Per Turn Restriction; it can be activated as long as a monster exists, and it can even launch itself. And because another Dark Magician was added to the Graveyard, Dark Magician Girl's ATK increased to 3100 points. However, even if he Tributed Dark Magician Girl and Catapult Turtle together, he could only inflict 2300 points of Damage to Rafael, which still wasn't enough to Clear Rafael's current LP.
'The crisis is resolved. Next Turn, as long as I Draw any monster with 400 or more ATK, I can still achieve victory!' With this thought, Yugi lowered his raised Duel Disk.
"One more Turn, and your LP will be zero, Rafael!" Feeling victory was within his grasp, Yugi looked at Rafael, who was clutching his chest after taking the Attack, and a smirk appeared at the corner of his mouth. Like a Villain, he Taunted, "Now can you still say this is a boring Duel?"
Due to the activation of the Seal of Orichalcos, this Duel had been transformed into a Dark Game where the Souls of Both Players were at Stakes. The Dark Magician launched by Catapult Turtle just now also caused substantial Damage. Although the Stance of spreading his arms and taking the Damage with his "Ultra Chest" just now was cool, Rafael's Appearance as he clutched his chest was quite pathetic.
However, under Yugi's watching, Rafael raised his head and said, "You want to win, don't you? You desperately want to win, don't you? You want to win no matter who it is, no matter what means you use. This is the so-called 'Pitch-Black Will'. How does this feeling of certain victory feel?"
"But!"
"'Pitch-Black Will' means using any means to achieve a goal, but it doesn't mean having no bottom line!"
"Sending your own monsters to the Graveyard again and again, didn't you hear, Nameless Pharaoh? Your monsters are crying!"
"You said you wanted to prove that the light in your heart wouldn't be swallowed by darkness, but Nameless Pharaoh, you have fundamentally become a marionette of the Seal of Orichalcos at this moment!" Rafael raised his Duel Disk, placing his right hand on his Deck, "My Turn, Draw!"
"Then, Activate the Spell Card Pot of Greed! Draw two cards from my Deck!"
After Drawing two cards, white feathers, which Yugi had seen falling before, appeared around Rafael again.
"It's here, my Ace Card, it has arrived in my Hand, Nameless Pharaoh!" Rafael raised his hand abruptly and played a card, "First is the Quick-Play Spell Card Mystical Space Typhoon! I Destroy the Soul Shield in your Spell & Trap Zone."
A whirlwind was stirred up by the card Rafael played and swept towards Yugi's Spell & Trap Zone, instantly Destroying Soul Shield. However, Yugi didn't pay much attention to it.
The Seal of Orichalcos has the effect that as long as a monster exists in the Front Row, monsters in the Spell & Trap Zone cannot be chosen as Attack Targets. That's why Yugi specifically Moved Catapult Turtle to the Spell & Trap Zone last Turn. Rafael can only Attack Dark Magician Girl now.
And due to the Boost provided by the two Dark Magicians in the Graveyard and the Seal of Orichalcos, Dark Magician Girl's current ATK is a full 3100 points, which is even higher than Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
Soul Shield has the ability to prevent Yugi from taking Battle Damage, but even now that it's destroyed, Rafael would need to Summon a monster with 4000 ATK, like Obelisk the Tormentor, to defeat him.
Could he print a card and instantly defeat me?
After activating Mystical Space Typhoon, Rafael played another card: "Next, I Activate the Equip Spell Card, Goddess Bow! Equip it to Backup Gardna, increasing its ATK by 300 points."
"Then, when Goddess Bow exists on my Field and there are no monsters in my Graveyard, I Special Summon this card from my Hand!"
A pair of holy wings suddenly spread behind Rafael. Accompanied by a hawk cry, an angel-like monster appeared!
"Holy Sword that illuminates the heart, liberate the soul, awaken the World! Gather the holy wings of the Hawk Spirit! Let the soul ride the wind and travel the World!"
"Special Summon, Wagatama Soul!"
"Guardian Eatos!"
Although it was late at night, as Rafael Summoned the monster to the Field, the pure white light illuminated the area around the two Duelists as if it were daytime. White feathers occasionally fell with the flapping of wings. Guardian Eatos, wearing a falcon fur hat, made an elegant debut, accepting the Goddess Bow handed to her by Backup Gardna.
[Guardian Eatos] [8☆/Wind]
[Fairy Type/Effect]
[2500/2000 → 2800/2000]
An extremely standard protagonist Ace Card ATK, but even with Goddess Bow, Guardian Eatos's ATK is only 2800 points, still no match for Dark Magician Girl.
"Is that the spirit that protects you, Guardian Eatos?" Yugi said, frowning. For some reason, Guardian Eatos's holy stance felt a bit dazzling to him, and a sense of unease faintly rose in his heart, "But it's just a monster with only 2800 ATK."
"Sore wa dou kana?" Rafael felt an immense peace of mind after Summoning Guardian Eatos, "My Guardian Eatos is a monster that exists with the souls of the monsters. Let's decide our destiny with her slash!"
"Activate Guardian Eatos's effect, Soul of the Holy Sword!"
As Rafael's words fell, the Goddess Bow in Guardian Eatos's hand emitted a pure white glow. And as Guardian Eatos raised the sword in her hand, Yugi found that his left hand, wearing the Duel Disk, actually lifted uncontrollably, raising towards the sky!?
"How can this be? My body is moving on its own!"
"Send the Goddess Bow equipped to Guardian Eatos to the Graveyard. All monsters' souls in the Opponent's Graveyard will be purified and banished from the game." Rafael watched as the monsters were guided out from Yugi's Duel Disk, appearing on the Field one by one in the form of phantoms, "And Guardian Eatos will Absorb their ATK!"
"Dark Magician!"
"Dark Magician of Chaos!"
"Spirit Swordsman of Tippani!"
"Dark Magician!"
"Gaia the Fierce Knight!"
"Dark Cavalry!"
"Magician's Staff!"
Monster after monster turned into white light and converged into the Goddess Bow. In Yugi's shocked look, Guardian Eatos's ATK began to soar!
[Guardian Eatos] [ATK 2800 → 18400]
"Because of your inner darkness, Nameless Pharaoh, you continuously sent your own monsters to the Graveyard. This constantly expanding darkness carried the Seal of Orichalcos and also unleashed Guardian Eatos's strongest power!"
"Accept the wrath of the monsters!" Rafael waved his hand forward, "Forbidden Truth!"
A white Sword Slash was swung by Guardian Eatos. Even Dark Magician Girl's power couldn't block this Attack. She was instantly Destroyed and Sent to the Graveyard, and Yugi also took the impact afterwards!
"Ugh, Ugh ah ah ah!!!"
[Yugi: 900 LP → 0]
And as Yugi's LP dropped to 0, the Seal of Orichalcos spread around the two of them seemed to have Triggered the Condition. The green Radiance converged back into the Ring.
Immediately after, the Emerald Barrier began to Shrink, starting to collect the Soul of the Loser, absolutely unwilling to stop without taking a single Soul!
In the anime, Guardian Eatos's presence can be said to be among the best. Not only is she one of the few monsters that can reduce Yugi's LP to 0, but more importantly, her debut BGM is actually the Wrath of God.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 628: No Need For That
Because his Life Points were reduced to zero and the pain from the battle damage inflicted upon him, Yugi's body stiffened, barely managing to remain standing, unable to move. He could only watch with vacant eyes as the surrounding barrier began to shrink.
Just now, when Guardian Eatos' effect activated, the gaze of the monsters that appeared from his Graveyard was something he couldn't forget. That gaze, that feeling of being judged...
Yugi Mutou, naturally isolated inside the Millennium Puzzle by the power of the Seal of Orichalcos, also saw Dark Yugi in the Outside World who seemed like he had given up and chosen to submit to the ending of defeat. He was extremely anxious.
"The Other Me!"
However, when his thin fist pounded against the barrier in front of him, it failed to create even the slightest ripple.
Ever since Dark Yugi activated the Seal of Orichalcos, he had been isolated in this small world, unable to send his voice to Dark Yugi's ears, only able to watch helplessly as he continuously moved forward in the wrong direction.
He had attempted to destroy the barrier more than once just now, but he was always unable to destroy it.
But now, even though he knew clearly that his effort wouldn't have an effect, Yugi still attempted it again and again, because he saw that the Seal of Orichalcos had already passed Rafael, who was walking towards Dark Yugi, and had shrunk by about half.
There was no more time!
But the Seal of Orichalcos before his eyes was still so sturdy, his fist simply couldn't shake it!
Subconsciously, Yugi lowered his head and glanced at the Millennium Puzzle hanging on his chest.
Although this was a precious item that connected The Other Me and himself, and also an important item for The Other Me to recover memory. However, what was important should be the person, not the item!
Without hesitation, Yugi Mutou hardened his heart, suddenly grabbed the Golden Cone in his hand, and aimed its sharp tip at the Seal of Orichalcos that was imprisoning him.
Although it was a genuine artifact, he had to say the Millennium Puzzle's weight balance was quite good, and it felt quite good in his hand. Suddenly swinging his arm, like a certain Assassin who had mastered the correct usage of the "Golden Apple", Yugi smashed the Millennium Puzzle onto the barrier!
He absolutely couldn't just watch helplessly as Dark Yugi died! Therefore, even if it meant sacrificing himself...
Perhaps it was Yugi's will, perhaps it was the power of the Millennium Puzzle as one of the Millennium Items, or perhaps the increased pressure after reducing the contact area reached the limit of the barrier's defense, but the sharp Golden Cone opened a gap in the Seal of Orichalcos, and golden radiance was released!
Yugi Mutou, who was isolated, had his line of sight deprived by the radiance, his body felt lighter, and he escaped from the gap in the barrier. And in the Outside World, the "Orichalcos Fragment" that had been placed in Dark Yugi's pocket suddenly shattered because of this, and a light rose from the barrier under his feet!
"What power is this?" The unusual situation before his eyes made Rafael, who had stepped forward planning to accept the spoils, stop his steps. He looked on, confused, at Yugi, who was once again enveloped in radiance. When ordinary people have their soul sealed by the Seal of Orichalcos, there would also be some commotion, but it would absolutely not be as big a commotion as the Yugi before his eyes.
First of all, he could rule out the possibility that Yugi's Life Points were reduced to zero and he entered phase two. Although the Nameless Pharaoh did have the qualification to be a Boss, Reality wasn't some kind of online game.
He guessed it was probably because the Nameless Pharaoh was the owner of the "Legendary Dragon" that Lord Dartz was apprehensive of, so the commotion when the Seal of Orichalcos collected his soul was also unusual? Rafael thought of such a possibility and decided to temporarily stop and observe before any new situation appeared.
And inside the barrier, Dark Yugi, who had already prepared to have his soul taken by the Seal of Orichalcos, was surprised to find a touch coming from behind him, as if someone had given him a small push.
"Aibo!?"
Turning his head, Dark Yugi saw Yugi Mutou, who had disappeared ever since the Seal of Orichalcos activated, now appearing behind him.
Yugi had learned this when he dueled Grimo: that the Seal of Orichalcos suppresses the power of the Millennium Items after activation, and can even allow the user to use the Three Egyptian Gods Cards without obtaining the recognition of the God Card or the protection of the Millennium Items. When Yugi Mutou disappeared at that time, he wasn't as panicked as the first time.
But now, seeing Yugi Mutou appear before his eyes again, a feeling of guilt rose in Dark Yugi's heart: "Sorry, Aibo, because of my insistence, I ended up losing this duel."
Now that the duel had ended in defeat, Yugi's mind, which had been stained by dark power, recovered some clarity. He also felt that the duel just now was truly wrong. Although he suspected if he was influenced by the power of the Orichalcos, he had lost, and that was that. Dark Yugi did not take the Orichalcos as the reason for his defeat.
Looking at Yugi Mutou, Dark Yugi said with a face full of guilt: "My soul seems like it's about to be sealed by the Seal of Orichalcos. I may not be able to continue staying by your side on the path ahead. I'm truly sorry for not being able to fulfill the promise and not being able to continue helping you."
But, hearing Dark Yugi's self-reflection, Yugi Mutou showed a gentle smile: "Don't blame yourself so much, The Other Me. I said, you just need to continue being yourself, I will always support you. Being able to reflect on your previous strange actions, The Other Me, you're still amazing."
"After this time, you will definitely grow and become stronger. And to defeat Rafael, defeat Doma, defeat that person named Dartz, the stronger you become will definitely be able to exert power more than the weak me."
Yugi Mutou's words made Dark Yugi feel increasingly strange the more he listened: "What are you saying, Aibo, what are you going to do!"
"Mm, it's just as you think, The Other Me. I remember Marik also did this back then." Holding the Millennium Puzzle emitting golden radiance in his hands, Yugi Mutou smiled slightly at Dark Yugi, "I believe in The Other Me, so even if I don't have confidence in myself, at least believe in me who believes in you."
The Eye of Horus on the Millennium Puzzle radiated. Dark Yugi, who understood Yugi Mutou's meaning, found it hard to accept what the opponent said. Unable to imagine what would happen next, Dark Yugi stubbornly reached out his hand to stop Yugi Mutou's action, even facing the dazzling golden light that deprived his line of sight: "Wait a moment, Aibo!"
"I'm the one who did wrong. Rafael and Doma's goal is only me, who lost my name and was once the Pharaoh. You shouldn't be implicated!"
"Stop it, Aibo!"
Dark Yugi stretched out his hand with effort, wanting to pull Yugi Mutou, but Yugi Mutou, standing in the golden light, looked at his Soul Partner's extended hand and made a gentle tap.
"Sorry, The Other Me, occasionally let me be selfish for once, and not hold your hand."
The tap didn't have much power, but it was like the last drop of rain that broke the dam. Dark Yugi was directly pushed out and could only watch helplessly as Yugi Mutou stood in the golden light with a smile on his face.
Back then in Battle City, when Dark Marik, occupying Marik's body, engaged in a Dark Game with Yugi and was defeated, facing the penalty of the Dark Game taking his soul, Dark Marik pulled a trick of substitution and used his own soul—that is, Odion's soul—as a substitute.
And now, Yugi Mutou clearly also wanted to replicate that maneuver, using his own soul to be sealed in place of Dark Yugi.
The "Substitution" strategy he once used when dueling Pegasus to prevent his mind from being spied upon, Yugi Mutou now wanted to use this strategy to protect his friend!
"Aibo!"
The last cry came to an abrupt halt after being completely pushed out of the Seal of Orichalcos. Dark Yugi's soul was forcibly 'substituted' by Yugi Mutou, placed into the Millennium Puzzle for protection, and fell into a coma.
And looking at Dark Yugi's soul disappear before his eyes, the golden light of the Millennium Puzzle disappeared and became dim. Yugi Mutou, standing inside the Seal of Orichalcos, was once again enveloped by an ominous green light. The previous forced gentle and calm smile disappeared, and a regretful expression appeared on his face.
Although he had put on such an expression of disregarding life and death just now to give The Other Self peace of mind, Yugi Mutou was ultimately just a child who hadn't reached adulthood. To say that he had no fear of the death that was about to come next was naturally impossible.
But, this was a necessary sacrifice.
Although it wasn't comparable to Odion and Dark Marik who were originally the same person, the Seal of Orichalcos's judgment was relatively not as strict as the Dark Game's rules. It only needed any soul inside the barrier to fill it.
The Seal of Orichalcos's convergence was already nearing its end. Since one soul must be sealed, in that case, let me do it.
Taking a deep breath, Yugi's gaze towards the Seal of Orichalcos, which had already shrunk to under his feet, became firm.
In the last moments of his life, he should at least display courage!
"Come on, Orichal—"
Halfway through speaking, Yugi suddenly found that his body had suddenly left the ground.
Is this ascension? No, it's not. He knew how the Seal of Orichalcos sealed souls; it should be sealed into a card and then ascend, that's right. Moreover, he felt like he was being choked on the back of his neck just now.
Compared to ascension, it felt more like being lifted up by someone?
"No need for that!"
An extremely familiar male voice came from behind him. Turning his head to look, Yugi saw an unexpected figure actually appearing inside the Seal of Orichalcos?
And in the Outside World, Rafael watched as the Seal of Orichalcos completely converged, enclosing Yugi within it. The green light that shot up became thinner and dispersed, revealing Yugi, who had closed his eyes and powerlessly fell.
As Yugi knelt down and fell face down on the ground, appearing as if his soul had been sealed, just like other defeated duelists in Rafael's duel career, Rafael also felt some peace of mind and continued forward.
Although the commotion just now was a bit strange, and the time for soul sealing seemed to be much longer than usual, it was probably because the Nameless Pharaoh's soul strength was particularly high. In short, he had completed Lord Dartz's task, and it could be said to be perfectly completed.
Although it took a long time because of the calculations, he not only sealed that high-quality soul of the Nameless Pharaoh, but also tried every means during the duel to make the Nameless Pharaoh be abandoned by the "Legendary Dragon". In this way, although he was the last one among the Doma Three Swordsmen to act, he was also the one who completed the task most perfectly.
Walking closer to the fallen Yugi, Rafael looked at the cards that had fallen from Yugi's Duel Disk and were scattered all over the ground. He carefully picked up each card with gentle force, trying as much as possible not to let the card bend or get damaged, then carefully removed the small grains of sand from the Rooftop that were stuck between the cards, before putting them into the Duel Disk Yugi was wearing.
What was relatively strange was that Rafael clearly remembered that the Gaia the Fierce Knight card used by Yugi in the duel just now should have been in his Graveyard, but Rafael found it behind Yugi.
Maybe it was accidentally flung out during the attack? Rafael, subtly brainwashed because Alister often slandered KaibaCorp's product quality, thought this.
And although the most famous user of Gaia the Fierce Knight worldwide is Hayato, who has currently joined Doma but is still not trusted by Rafael, because he remembered that Mutou Yuugi's information also included putting this card in his Deck, Rafael didn't pay much attention to why Yugi would use this card in this duel.
After putting away the cards of the unconscious Yugi, only then did Rafael open Yugi's Duel Disk's Field Zone, planning to take out the Seal of Orichalcos card that had already sealed the Nameless Pharaoh's soul.
Although he felt that the Nameless Pharaoh's soul might have already been sent to Lord Dartz's hands along with that green light just now, maybe the Nameless Pharaoh's soul quality was too high and it was still sealed into the card. Rafael felt it was still necessary to retrieve the Seal of Orichalcos card.
After taking out the card, he didn't look closely. After all, the soul sealing just now was completed before Rafael's eyes, there was absolutely no possibility of error. Rafael then supported Yugi's shoulder and turned him over, reaching his hand into Yugi's pocket, planning to also recover the "Orichalcos Fragment" that fell into Yugi's hand after Grimo died.
But, what made Rafael feel somewhat helpless was that the "Orichalcos Fragment" that should have been indestructible had now become true fragments and was fundamentally unable to recover. However, shattered like this basically means it cannot be used, so there was no need to recover it.
Thinking this, Rafael glanced at the fallen Yugi and said with emotion: "Speaking of which, what a coincidence, Nameless Pharaoh. No, Mutou Yuugi."
"I saw it in your data. The past you seems like you were also a lonely person with no friends, only accompanied by Yugi."
"Simply like me in the mirror."
He glanced at the Millennium Puzzle, which wasn't pressed down by Yugi, and while supporting his knees to stand up, he muttered to himself: "If you back then hadn't completed the Millennium Puzzle, which hosts the Nameless Pharaoh's soul, and hadn't gradually gained bonds with friends, then would you end up like me, only accompanied by spirits?"
"Humph, I'm really bored, saying such a boring hypothesis to you who cannot respond. Is it because I met someone too similar, so I couldn't help but hypothesize how different I would be if I hadn't encountered Destiny's Joke?"
Showing a helpless smile in self-mockery, Rafael turned around and walked towards the Elevator on the side. Although the Nameless Pharaoh and the Legendary Dragon he holds have been dealt with, there are still people blocking in front of Lord Dartz's plan. For the arrival of the New World, he still cannot rest.
He casually raised the Seal of Orichalcos in his hand and glanced at it. But just that one glance, Rafael's departing steps suddenly stopped.
Inside the card, an image of a soul sealed inside indeed appeared, but Rafael believed himself to have good discerning ability. He would absolutely not mistake that green-haired kid with glasses in the card in his hand for the Nameless Pharaoh who just dueled him!
Although the Nameless Pharaoh dueled him in Mutou Yuugi's body, what was important was the aura! That kid in the card, just through the card, he could feel an aura more repulsive than mouse droppings that fell into the Sewer. It was absolutely not a soul that a noble Duelist would have!
What the hell is going on?!
GM 'Sword and Halberd Raging Waves'
About that, I spoiled in the group chat a few days ago that someone would take the blame, seems like no one guessed it.
Although Weevil, who died long ago, didn't have a chance to appear, I still found a way to include him (pushes up glasses).
The next chapter will be exciting, anyway, the logic will make sense.
(End of Chapter)
## Great Sick Ward Daily Life: Devil May Cry
Rafael had finally managed to make the "Legendary Dragon" abandon Yugi and defeat him, but when he went to claim the spoils of that Duel—the card that should have sealed the Nameless Pharaoh's soul, the [Seal of Orichalcos]—he discovered that the soul sealed within his card was not Yugi's.
Meanwhile, downstairs in Paradius Tower, the group successfully escaped the pursuit of the Orichalcos Soldiers.
During this time, they relied on the efforts of many people. For example, Ishizu continuously used Predict Future to provide guidance, and Marik used the [Millennium Rod] to interfere, utilizing the large number of Trap Cards Rishid carried. In short, after Rex and Tristan worked together to throw a [Falling Stone] that hit the last relentlessly pursuing Orichalcos Soldier, causing him to fall into a [Trap Hole], they finally arrived in front of Paradius Tower without any pursuers behind them.
"Finally got rid of these troublesome guys. I wonder how Yugi is doing," Tristan muttered to himself as he pushed open the badly deformed RV door and stepped out with Rex and Téa, looking at Paradius Tower with its transparent glass doors closed.
In front of the three, Marik also slowly stopped the Jeep and got out. Hearing Tristan's words, Marik waved his hand, "You're worrying too much. Yugi Mutou isn't some Small Fry. With the Pharaoh's soul residing in his [Millennium Puzzle], how could he easily encounter danger?"
"I didn't have a chance just now, but now I remember. Tristan, you sent me a message before saying that the Pharaoh and that Joey Wheeler were defeated even when they Teamed Up. Was that true or false? I still can't believe it."
Rishid, who was following Marik, also chimed in, "Three Thousand Years Ago, the Nameless Pharaoh could be said to have stood at the peak as a Duelist. If he were defeated by an existence like Hayato-sama, it might be somewhat acceptable, but Mr. Tristan's message said that the one who defeated the Nameless Pharaoh was an unknown Duelist."
"Even a science fiction writer wouldn't dare to use such an exaggerated setting, right?" Marik said, crossing his arms over his chest, and nodded his head in affirmation.
Both of them had an air of doubting the truth of Tristan's message, which made Tristan quite helpless. He couldn't possibly tell Marik now that the one who defeated Joey Wheeler and Yugi was Hayato. They had agreed back then to tell Marik and Ishizu after they rescued Hayato from Organization Doma.
"Yes, the result of that Duel was indeed as Tristan said, Yugi and I lost."
The one who saved Tristan from being labeled a "boaster" and vouched for his words was Joey Wheeler, who got out of the car right after the others. Although he hadn't fully recovered and his steps were slightly unsteady, Joey Wheeler still firmly got out of the car. "However, at that time, I was dragging Yugi down. If I hadn't been dragging him down, Yugi wouldn't necessarily have lost then."
Hearing Joey Wheeler's words, Marik nodded in satisfaction. "That makes sense. If just anyone could come out and defeat the Nameless Pharaoh, wouldn't that make it seem lame that my Dark Personality, who defeated me back then, was easily defeated by the Nameless Pharaoh?"
"And Joey Wheeler, you also said that you were dragging the Nameless Pharaoh down in that Duel. In that case, there's even less need to worry about him now. The Pharaoh is very safe, unless Organization Doma suddenly produces a character who has been hidden from the world for many years, like a sweeping monk from Eastern Wuxia Novels."
Marik was convinced by Joey Wheeler's reason, while Tristan looked at Joey Wheeler with some surprise. Thinking back, Joey Wheeler had also grown a lot without realizing it.
The Joey Wheeler who first entered Duel Monsters back then only stopped being a delinquent after becoming friends with Yugi. He was usually full of desire to show off, very competitive, and unwilling to fall behind others. Because of this, Kaiba could easily provoke Joey Wheeler into flaring up with just a few words.
However, the current Joey Wheeler was actively putting himself down. Although he hadn't witnessed firsthand the Duel between Yugi, Joey Wheeler, and Hayato at that time, Tristan believed that no matter how much Joey Wheeler lagged behind the other two, he wouldn't be the one dragging them down.
And Tristan's intuition was quite accurate. Actually, the [Super Magician Knight - Red-Eyes Dragoon] that almost allowed Yugi and Joey Wheeler to make a comeback at that time was summoned only after Joey Wheeler awakened his Card Spirit.
Kujaku Mai, who got out of the driver's seat, saw Joey Wheeler also jump out of the car and said helplessly, "Honestly, do you really have to tough it out like this?"
"Ah, I can't help it. After all, I'm not as smart as the others. Besides recklessly pushing through like an idiot with 'Backbone' and 'Grit', I don't know anything else," Joey Wheeler smiled at Kujaku Mai. "So I definitely have to go too."
Seeing Joey Wheeler's obsession, although she knew that Joey Wheeler was definitely enduring his physical discomfort and acting tough at this moment, Kujaku Mai didn't say anything more to dissuade him. She just sighed, "Indeed, that's just the kind of person you are. In that case, as expected, we can only take you with us. However, if you can't hold on, you're not allowed to keep forcing yourself!"
Kujaku Mai said, pointing at Joey Wheeler's chest quite seriously, and reminded him while staring at his face. Joey Wheeler also smiled and met Kujaku Mai's gaze. "Okay, if I can't hold on, I'll leave it to you to take care of me, Mai."
When Joey Wheeler said this, looked at by his equally serious gaze, Kujaku Mai suddenly withdrew her hand shyly, turned her head, and softly said "Mm" as a response.
Joey Wheeler smiled shyly, glanced at the towering Paradius Tower, and the smile on his face slightly faded.
Among the Companions present, Joey Wheeler believed that he currently knew the most information. Although the others didn't have a deep impression of Rafael and weren't too worried about Yugi, Joey Wheeler was the sole bystander of Rafael and Yugi's Duel during the KC Cup and knew that the opponent's strength was absolutely not to be underestimated.
Furthermore, Joey Wheeler knew one more thing: ever since the Duel at Industrial Illusions where he suffered a painful defeat by Hayato in a two-on-one, Yugi—or more precisely, the Dark Yugi known as the "Nameless Pharaoh"—his mindset had been somewhat off. This was something Joey Wheeler felt when he practiced using [The Claw of Hermos] with Yugi in a practice Duel before.
Joey Wheeler, who didn't have mind reading ability, didn't know exactly what Yugi was thinking, but in Duels with Dark Yugi, Joey Wheeler could feel that Dark Yugi seemed to always have a feeling of being constantly chased by something. Although he had this feeling before the Duel at Industrial Illusions, after being defeated by Hayato that time, that feeling had become increasingly strong.
Although this didn't affect the strength Yugi could usually display in Duels, Joey Wheeler knew that the higher one stood at the peak of Duel Monsters, the greater the influence of the power of the heart on Duels. No one knew when this abnormal mindset might become a hidden danger for Yugi in Duels.
It was even possible that if someone specifically used a strategy targeting the opponent's heart/mind, it could cause Yugi to underperform in a Duel and make fatal mistakes.
Therefore, Joey Wheeler was more worried about Yugi's current situation than the others. He had encountered the person named Rafael in front of the Paradius Tower before. That person was also a considerably powerful Duelist. He wondered how their Duel was going now.
Just then, Joey Wheeler heard the roaring sound of an engine, but the engine sound didn't sound like a land transportation tool such as a car or motorcycle, and the sound source seemed to be coming from the sky.
Thinking of this, Joey Wheeler looked up, and at the same time heard Marik's voice from the side, "If my Saint-level Vision of 7.1 hasn't become nearsighted from staying up late reading light novels recently, doesn't that helicopter above us have 'KC' written on it?"
Honda and Téa also looked up. Although they also saw a helicopter flying from a distance, their vision was only at the normal human level, unlike the super vision possessed by the other Duelists—after all, they didn't usually have the need to see what cards the opponent discarded across most of the Field.
"KC?" Joey Wheeler was startled. Although this term, like other abbreviations, represented many things, the first thing that came to his mind was, as expected, "Kaiba Company," or KaibaCorp.
"It must be Kaiba! That guy moves pretty fast too!" Like a special sensation between New Humans, Joey Wheeler's intuition told him that Kaiba was definitely on that incoming helicopter. Although he was still a bit weak just now, Joey Wheeler suddenly became excited at this moment. "Alright! Can't let Kaiba get there first, let's hurry up and go too!"
Saying this, he took the lead and walked up the Stairs towards the gate of Paradius Tower. Tristan, Téa, and Rex also hurriedly followed, and Rishid followed Marik walking behind.
Looking at the figure of Joey Wheeler, who suddenly started competing over something trivial like an overgrown child whenever Kaiba was mentioned, Kujaku Mai smiled slightly and was about to follow, but noticed Ishizu, who was also walking at the back, was currently fingering the [Millennium Necklace] hanging around her neck.
"What's wrong, Miss Ishizu?" Kujaku Mai asked, staring blankly at the [Millennium Necklace].
Kujaku Mai wasn't a materialistic woman who valued wealth above all else, but the [Millennium Necklace] was simply too big. No woman could refuse such a beautiful large piece of gold jewelry. However, on the other hand, such a large mass of gold, even if it was hollow, wouldn't be too light in weight—a truly beautiful "heavy burden."
However, the [Millennium Necklace] wasn't just ordinary gold; its Future Sight ability was worth the "burden." Kujaku Mai wondered, was Ishizu perhaps feeling some fatigue because she had been using the power of the [Millennium Necklace] continuously just now?
Hearing Kujaku Mai's concern, Ishizu just calmly shook her head, moved her hand away from the [Millennium Necklace], revealing the dim and dull [Millennium Necklace], and said, "I'm fine. It's just that since just now, the [Millennium Necklace] has been unable to use Future Sight."
"It's like it's being interfered with." Although she was saying bad news, a smile appeared on Ishizu's face.
And on the Rooftop, having discovered that the [Seal of Orichalcos] had sealed the wrong soul, Rafael immediately turned around and glanced at Yugi, who was still lying motionless on the Ground.
Although he didn't know what happened, if the sealed soul was wrong, he would just seal it again. Fortunately, he hadn't left and had checked it, otherwise, wouldn't the Nameless Pharaoh have gotten lucky and saved his life?
As for Yugi being unconscious now and unable to duel Rafael again consciously, that was irrelevant.
The instant a human admits his defeat, their soul energy will be infinitely close to 0. The collection of tough souls by things like the [Seal of Orichalcos] and Dark Game is achieved based on this point. Rafael had already defeated Yugi once; sealing Yugi's soul while he was unconscious was the same.
Casually throwing the [Seal of Orichalcos] card, which had sealed the soul of some unknown minor character, onto the Ground—after all, a [Seal of Orichalcos] that has already sealed a soul cannot be used a second time—Rafael took out a spare blank [Seal of Orichalcos] card and walked towards Yugi.
Kaiba, who was arriving at the Rooftop by helicopter, also immediately saw Rafael, dressed in black and quite conspicuous on the white Ground, and his action. Quickly calculating in his mind, Kaiba, sitting in the driver's seat, actually unbuckled his seatbelt and pushed open the door, much to Keipei's terrified gaze in the passenger seat?
"Bro- Brother!?!?"
"Hold the control stick tight, Keipei." Letting go of the control stick, which Keipei frantically took over, Kaiba, not worried at all about whether Keipei could fly a helicopter, was wearing his Duel Disk and actually jumped out of the helicopter!
Due to inertia, Kaiba, who jumped out of the helicopter, cut an arc through the air. Accompanied by a "bang," Kaiba just barely landed on the edge of the Rooftop, rolled to absorb the impact and stood up, then fiercely threw a card towards Rafael!
"Get out of my way, Doma lackey!"
Although he spoke, Kaiba threw the card before shouting, which was no different from a sneak attack. Although Rafael heard the sound of Kaiba landing, he was just a powerful Duelist, not some martial artist, and couldn't react to Kaiba's sneak attack at all. When he turned his head to look towards Kaiba, he could only watch as a [Goddess of the Reverse] card flew towards him.
As Kaiba Seto's designated card for card throwing, [Goddess of the Reverse] had never been used by Kaiba for dueling in its life, but it had cut through iron chains, severed steel wires, cut through human flesh, and even blocked a handgun about to be fired. However, although Rafael was surprised by the sudden appearance of Kaiba, he wasn't worried about suffering any damage.
He wasn't standing here alone; [Guardian Eatos] was ready to act and block that flying card.
But just before [Guardian Eatos] acted, a small yellow monster was thrown onto the flight path of [Goddess of the Reverse] and precisely "caught" that card.
"Ugh ga!" The yellow monster that appeared unaccountably—[Ojama Yellow]—cried out in pain, clutching the card, and fell beside Rafael, while a pleased voice came from the side: "Well now, I threw it quite accurately."
Rafael turned his head to look, looking confusedly at the person who had suddenly appeared here. "Hayato Kobayashi? When did you appear here?"
Remotely returning [Ojama Yellow] to the card, Hayato casually spread his hands and said with a smile, "I took the Stairs."
Holding the [Ojama Yellow] card in his hand, which was constantly complaining about being sold out again, Hayato looked at the [Seal of Orichalcos] card that Rafael had thrown on the Ground.
It seems Yugi did bring the [Gaia the Fierce Knight] card into his Deck. Hayato thought to himself.
The [Seal of Orichalcos] was as mechanical as a low-level program with only a counting function when collecting souls; any single soul could satisfy the requirement for sealing. Knowing this, Hayato had specifically left the [Gaia the Fierce Knight] card, which had sealed a useless soul, in Conflict Town to be picked up by Yugi, precisely to prevent the situation in the original work where Yugi was sealed.
As for where that useless soul came from, actually, after getting the [Uria, Lord of Searing Flames] card after the KC Cup, Hayato found a way to remove the special influence left by Bakura on that card, affecting Yugi. The specific method of removal was to take out all the cards in his hand that had awakened spirits and have a "one-on-one fight."
[Uria] had a lot of backbone. Its mouth was like it was being held by [Obelisk the Tormentor]; it didn't let out a scream until it was electrocuted by [Slifer the Sky Dragon] and spat it out. And after [Uria, Lord of Searing Flames] spat out all the souls it had swallowed before, the card also returned to normal.
What Hayato didn't expect was that influence actually came from the obsession with Yugi of a Duelist who once died from [Uria, Lord of Searing Flames].
That is, the "former Japan National Champion," "Insect Expert," "Kid with Glasses," "Earliest Provider of 'Candle in the Wind Kill'," "Ai Killer," "Insect Bastard," Weevil, who joined the Rare Hunters Organization during Battle City, carried the [Uria, Lord of Searing Flames] card, foolishly sought "Revenge" against Yugi, but was killed by [Uria, Lord of Searing Flames] because of his defeat.
To be honest, at that time, Hayato had the idea of simply letting [Uria] swallow Weevil's soul again, but it seemed to have been scared by [Slifer the Sky Dragon]. After [Uria, Lord of Searing Flames] returned to normal, it refused to come out of the card no matter what. Hayato simply used Weevil's soul as an experiment and accidentally learned the soul storage technique.
Although it sounds simple, Hayato can guarantee that if you have experience performing soul surgery on people, a group of card spirits that cooperate very well and also have great power, and at the same time, don't feel any regret about whether the experimental soul would be damaged, anyone can learn it after trying seven or eight times.
And with the assistance of [Aleister the Invoker], Hayato even set his sights on the "Orichalcos God."
However, the plan targeting the "Orichalcos God" still needs some time to complete. Compared to that, Hayato is more interested in the serious-faced Kaiba before him right now.
"To jump out of a helicopter, that's just like you, Seto." Stepping past Rafael, Hayato walked towards Kaiba, as if to block Kaiba who was interfering with his sealing of Yugi's soul. "However, your carefree days should be coming to an end. Give me [The Fang of Critias]."
"If you want it, you should come and get it yourself. You know the Duelist's rule." Looking at Hayato standing opposite him, Kaiba didn't show an expression of not wanting to fight like Yugi and Joey Wheeler. He just calmly raised the Duel Disk on his wrist.
Hayato, who originally didn't think that Kaiba would hand over the card just because he said so, also smiled indifferently. "I knew you'd say that."
Watching Hayato also raise his Duel Disk and activate it, Kaiba didn't know what he was thinking, and said, "How many times have we dueled?"
"I don't know. Anyway, in my memories, every time I went to KaibaCorp to find you, you would always duel me," Hayato recalled, like friends chatting. "But I won more times."
"Where did you learn your math? It was clearly a draw!" Kaiba corrected him quite seriously. "And you, you always aren't serious in informal duels and use me as a test subject for all sorts of strange Decks."
"But you seemed to enjoy dueling too," Hayato smiled. "It really has been a long time."
Drawing a card and holding it between his fingertips, the figure of a giant blue fiend gradually appeared behind Hayato.
The card he drew was [Raviel, Lord of Phantasms].
"Although recalling the past is also quite interesting, everything has an end, even us. It's about time to..."
"...end everything." Kaiba looked at the extremely unscientific materialization of the card spirit that appeared behind Hayato. Rarely, he didn't rant, but instead took a deep breath and reached out towards Rafael's direction.
Rafael looked at Kaiba reaching out with some confusion. He didn't understand what Kaiba was doing reaching out to him when he hadn't interrupted their conversation.
However, accompanied by a "ding," Rafael heard the sound of the Elevator door opening behind him and realized that Kaiba wasn't reaching out to him.
Decisively, Rafael turned sideways and then saw a strange sight of the White-Haired One being dragged by a golden short staff flying towards Kaiba.
Seeing the Elevator stopped at the top floor, Marik, who had just ridden the Elevator to the Rooftop with everyone, was originally still confused why the [Millennium Rod] tucked at his waist suddenly started glowing and vibrating. After the Elevator arrived at the Rooftop and the door opened, when he saw Kaiba reaching out towards him, he recalled his past experience.
The Battle City Quarterfinals, when Bakura Ryo planned to use the [Millennium Eye] to control Kaiba Seto—Marik hasn't forgotten that experience to this day!
"WDNMD! Again!?" Only having time to say that much, Marik was dragged by the [Millennium Rod] and flew out of the Elevator Room, flying towards Kaiba.
End of Chapter
Chapter 630. XX, you wouldn't want XX to get hurt, would you?
The moment Kaiba gripped the Millennium Rod he had actively summoned, a White Dragon instantly transformed from illusory to physical form, fully impacting and blocking a giant fist aimed at Kaiba!
Even though he hadn't awakened the ability of a Duel Spirit User and couldn't even see his own Card Spirit, Kaiba managed to materialize his Card Spirit at this moment!
"Is that Blue-Eyes White Dragon?! Is that Kaiba Seto's Card Spirit?"
The elevator doors in front of him had just opened. Rex saw Marik, who had been standing next to him, suddenly fly out. Then, Kaiba Seto, holding Marik's golden staff, suddenly summoned the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, a legendary existence in the Duel Monsters World, to confront the blue, spirit-like giant summoned by Hayato Kobayashi.
"I thought 'Duel Spirit User' was some rare talent at first. How come after I awakened my Card Spirit, anyone can summon a Card Spirit?" Looking at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which managed to withstand a blow from Raviel, Lord of Phantasms despite some difficulty, Rex muttered.
Actually, this is also a kind of "Survivor Bias". Don't look at how everyone Rex knows right now— Joey Wheeler, Hayato, Yugi, and Kaiba—are all Duel Spirit Users. In reality, it's because these few are powerful Duelists standing at the peak of this World. Looking across the entire World, Duelists who have awakened the ability of a Duel Spirit User are still as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
Not to mention anything else, even Kujaku Mai, who defeated Rex and won the All-American Champion title, is not a Duel Spirit User. Marik and Ishizu also rely on the Dark Power provided by their respective Millennium Items to materialize Spirits; they are not Duel Spirit Users either.
But Rex didn't think that much. He only knew that there was one more Duel Spirit User he knew of, and Kaiba was using the powerful and cool Blue-Eyes White Dragon. This made Rex couldn't help but turn his head to look at the Spirit Egg beside him, casting it a resentful gaze.
Mutou Yuugi can use the cool Dark Magician and the cute Dark Magician Girl, and even Kuriboh. Joey Wheeler and Kaiba also have powerful Dragon Duel Spirits. Hayato Kobayashi is even more needless to say; although Rex doesn't know what card that giant blue Fiend is, it looks really cool. Why is his own Spirit just an Egg?!
However, unlike Rex, who focused on "Kaiba Seto is also a Duel Spirit User," Tristan, Téa, and Joey Wheeler were more concerned about another matter.
"Could that be—"
"Yugi!" "Yugi!"
Stepping out of the Elevator, the three's immediate focus wasn't on Kaiba, who had naturally caught the Millennium Rod as if he were its Master rather than Marik, its owner, but on Yugi, who was lying on the Ground, his condition unknown.
And Rafael, who was approaching Yugi with a Blank Card in his Hand. Although they didn't know what he was going to do to Yugi, it definitely wasn't anything good.
"Get away from Yugi, Rafael!" Hastily drawing a Red-Eyes Black Dragon card and slamming it onto his Duel Disk, Joey Wheeler charged forward along with the Red-Eyes that manifested beside him, swinging a Punch at Rafael.
"Bang!"
"Clang!"
Joey Wheeler's direct attack with his right fist was blocked by Rafael crossing his arms. The Black Dragon's pounce was also blocked by a Sword. Guardian Eatos protected Rafael before retracting back into Rafael. Rafael, who was once again blocked from performing Soul Sealing on Yugi, also retreated a distance helplessly.
Standing beside Hayato, Rafael's arms hung naturally and relaxed, his fingertips trembling slightly.
'This guy Joey Wheeler, why is he just like Valon, always getting physical? And his strength is a bit too exaggerated. Could Valon have lost because he played boxing with this guy and was beaten to death?'
Although he was complaining internally about Joey Wheeler's punching strength, which didn't seem like a minor's, Rafael outwardly retreated calmly back to Hayato's side. Looking at Joey Wheeler, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Kaiba, guarding the unconscious Yugi, he said, "The troublesome people have increased."
"Yugi!"
Behind Joey Wheeler, Tristan and Téa immediately rushed to Yugi, who had Fallen. They helped the unconscious Yugi up to check his condition. Although Yugi was still breathing and his body temperature was normal, perhaps because the Millennium Puzzle was suppressed by the Seal of Orichalcos and didn't properly defend against the impact of the Shadow Game, no matter how Tristan and Téa called out, they couldn't awaken Yugi.
"What exactly is wrong with Yugi..." Looking back at Yugi's condition and seeing that Yugi couldn't wake up no matter what, Joey Wheeler couldn't help but turn his head to look at Hayato and Rafael standing side by side not far away. "Damn it, did the people from Doma use Hayato again to hurt Yugi?! To utilize friendship like this!"
"Don't underestimate your opponent, Commoner." Kaiba reminded Joey Wheeler with a contemptuous tone. "That guy Hayato only arrived here after I did. Although I don't know what exactly happened during the duel, Yugi was defeated by that guy named Rafael. There's no mistake about this result."
"However, he's just a lackey of Doma who spouts pretentious nonsense about 'soul' and the like. There's nothing necessary to consider except taking him down."
Hearing Kaiba's words, Joey Wheeler didn't immediately look at Rafael. Instead, he turned his head to look at Kaiba with a strange gaze. "Kaiba, you've already picked up the Millennium Rod and even summoned the spirit of Blue-Eyes White Dragon. You're not still believing in science, are you?"
Kaiba's mouth curved into a smirk: "Hmph, Commoner, don't think of me like you. I'm not an idiot who believes in superstitions like 'soul' or 'psychic powers'. The Millennium Rod, Millennium Eye, and such things are just bluffing tools to deceive people."
"Pegasus being able to mind read is nothing more than utilizing the hidden cameras installed throughout his Castle and the despicable tricks done to the Duel Platform. As for tricks like 'Mind Control', they are just a combination of hypnosis technique and items applied to the human subconscious."
"The materialization of Duel Monsters is merely a shoddy copy of KaibaCorp's Virtual Projection System and Impact Simulation System. Although integrating so many functions into such a small device is something even I have to praise for its excellent imitation technology, it cannot deceive me at all."
Kaiba, full of confidence, paused and continued, "So-called 'magic' can at most fool idiots like you who don't study properly, Commoner. To deceive me, you're still twenty thousand years too early."
Kaiba, who spoke eloquently about the Millennium Items and still believed in science even now, made even Joey Wheeler feel a bit helpless. "If that's what you really think, suit yourself."
"Speaking of which, Marik, are you okay?"
"I'm not okay! It's a big deal!"
Lying on the cold Rooftop ground, Marik said with an annoyed expression, standing up while holding his pants with one hand. "This is the second time, the second time! Why did my Millennium Rod unaccountably run into Kaiba Seto's hand?! And it even tore my pants worth twenty thousand Yen! These are a limited edition Hatsune Miku model!"
Marik couldn't understand it even if he died. Although he had long since betrayed the Tomb Keepers, he was still one of the most legitimate Tomb Keeper Clan Heirs. For the Millennium Rod, one of the Millennium Items guarded by the Tomb Keepers, he had a Synergy and Talent hailed as "the most outstanding in a thousand years".
But why did Kaiba Seto, a Japanese person who had nothing to do with Egypt, seem more like the owner of the Millennium Rod than he did? He could even make the Millennium Rod obediently run over with just a wave of his Hand?
"In the end, even I didn't know the Millennium Items actually had this kind of Remote Control function. It's not like some hammer that can call Lightning." While ranting, Marik glared fiercely at Kaiba like a cuckolded victim, snatching his Millennium Rod back from Kaiba's Hand.
However, this time he didn't tuck it back into his waist, but held it in his hand. It wasn't because he was afraid the other half of his pants would be torn, but mainly so that if there was a next time, he could easily let go to avoid being dragged away.
And as Marik, who had cuckolded others too many times and was finally cuckolded himself, took the Millennium Rod, the figure of Blue-Eyes White Dragon in front of Kaiba also slowly disappeared. However, before completely dispersing, the White Dragon turned its head and affectionately and gently nudged Kaiba with its chin.
The strange feeling in his heart caused a slight wavering in Kaiba's disregard for the Millennium Items, but it was only for a moment. His gaze quickly recovered its calmness.
"Lord Marik, are you alright?"
Rishid walked behind Marik and asked with concern. Marik just shook his head. "I'm fine, Rishid. However, I suddenly believe the truth of the message Tristan sent me before."
"Although it's hard to believe that the people from Organization Doma could defeat the team-up of Joey Wheeler and the Pharaoh, if it's Brother-in-law, it is indeed possible." As he spoke, Marik looked at Hayato, who was standing side by side with Rafael. "However, I still don't quite understand, Brother-in-law."
"How many times have I told you, I'm not your Brother-in-law, Three-year-old." Hayato, who had been silent since just now, saw Marik, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, and said with a helpless expression, "You're not trying to ask me why I would join Doma, are you? The answer to that kind of thing isn't obvious? I'm for power—"
"No, I don't care about that." Holding the Millennium Rod, which was gradually glowing with gold light, Marik walked past Joey Wheeler and Kaiba, looking directly at Hayato. "I want to ask you, since you're still alive, why did you hide it from everyone!"
"Do you know how Older Sister feels!"
As Marik stepped forward, the updraft lifted his drooping hair, making each strand stand on end, as if the personality of Dark Marik, who had long since died, had revived at this moment!
"Lord Marik!" Seeing Marik starting to use the Millennium Rod, Rishid quickly said, "Your body cannot—"
"My body doesn't matter, I'm someone who has died once anyway!" Even with Rishid's persuasion, Marik still maintained an extremely firm attitude, steadily continuing to drive the Millennium Rod in his hand, stepping further in Hayato's direction. "Do you know that after you disappeared, Older Sister continuously used the Millennium Necklace to futilely foresee the future!"
"Do you know how worried she was about you!"
Ishizu, standing at the back of the crowd, had a strange expression when she heard Marik's words. She didn't know if she should tell Marik that because of the future seen by the Millennium Necklace, she actually hadn't worried about Hayato's safety? But considering the current atmosphere, it was probably better not to say that out loud.
Looking at Marik, who was approaching him while angrily questioning him, Hayato brewed up some emotion and said with an indifferent expression, "I don't even know where the End of the Universe is, how could I possibly know the answer?"
"Furthermore, Ishizu worrying about me, what does that have to do with me..." Putting on a heartless appearance, Hayato looked at Ishizu, who was standing behind the crowd, with a cold gaze, but met Ishizu's gaze, which held a gentle smile.
Unaccountably, even though he had already run through various scumbag quotes in his mind, looking at Ishizu's gaze, Hayato couldn't continue speaking. He should have been wearing the Millennium Ring, which could interfere with the ability of other Millennium Items, but for some reason, being looked at by Ishizu, he always had the illusion of being seen through.
It wasn't like she believed in him because she saw what he planned to do in his future plan. Ishizu's feeling was more like the kind of feeling where she didn't know what he was going to do, but believed in him unconditionally?
Hayato couldn't quite describe it, but this kind of feeling made even him, who could throw Ojama Yellow out as a shield without changing expression, feel a bit uncomfortable all over.
Rafael didn't understand Hayato's feeling, but he did know that there were quite a few people standing on the Rooftop now.
Kaiba Seto and Katsuya Joey Wheeler, who held the other two "Legendary Dragon" cards; Kujaku Mai and Rex Raptor, the All-American Duel Monsters Champion and Runner-up; Ishizu Ishtar, the Gravekeeper's Family Leader; and Malik Ishtar, the former Leader of the International Crime Organization Rare Hunters.
Joey Wheeler defeating Valon proved that his strength was by no means that of a Commoner. The fact that Kaiba Seto could still appear here showed that Alister failed to kill him on Duel Kingdom Island. Moreover, Rafael had indeed consumed a lot of stamina in his duel with Yugi just now and wasn't in peak condition. Although he had the confidence to defeat others, Kaiba and Joey Wheeler together were a bit troublesome.
"Brother!" Just then, Kaiba suddenly heard Keipei's voice. Pulling his attention away from Hayato and Rafael, he sharply turned his head, but saw a helicopter flying overhead.
Kaiba recognized that helicopter. After escaping from Duel Kingdom Island piloting the Blue-Eyes White Dragon Jet, due to fuel tank restrictions, Kaiba had to transfer to this helicopter at KaibaCorp's American Branch as a transportation tool to go to Paradius Tower. But Keipei's driving skill was learned in Hawaii; he should be able to operate that helicopter. Why was he suddenly shouting?
In Kaiba's confused gaze, the helicopter that flew overhead landed not far ahead. Then he saw that the person sitting in the pilot's seat wasn't Keipei, but Alister!?
"Yo, Kaiba Seto, I'm back from Hell." Touching Keipei's hair in the co-pilot seat, Alister greeted. "You wouldn't want Keipei to suffer any damage, would you?"