Although the world line has changed, Shirley Lubron still participated in the competition as in the original.
However, this time, it is somewhat different from the original. The reason Shirley participates in the competition in the original is that the clues she found made her realize that participating in the WRGP is an excellent opportunity to get close to the Taiyi Organization.
She wants to uncover the truth about this organization, find out why her parents were killed, who the murderer was, and avenge her parents.
But now, the matter of revenge has been completely forgotten by her.
Because now she realizes that the greatest tragedy of her life, the death of her parents, was neither unavoidable nor irreversible.
Now she still participates in the WRGP to get close to the Taiyi Organization, to uncover the truth about this organization. But now, she no longer hates, and it's not about revenge; she wants to explore the truth of "rewriting history." If it is truly feasible, she can go back in time to prevent the history of her parents being killed.
In this way, she would no longer need to hate, and the sad and painful life she has now would all become a fleeting dream, and she could still have an ordinary but happy life.
In fact, at the beginning Yugen gave her a blank check, but now he really has the ability to fulfill that check.
Now that he's become the Taiyi Emperor, Yugen has essentially obtained all the permissions of the Taiyi Three Emperors from the original. In other words, manipulating the Time Machine, changing history, and the like are naturally not an issue.
Of course, the power to make major changes to history is still held by ZONE himself, and he would not allow others to just do whatever they want to history without his permission. After all, changing the past has already touched upon the original purpose of Taiyi's establishment.
However, as long as the plan goes smoothly and the timeline of this dimension can be saved in the end, then under the premise of ensuring this conclusion, ZONE probably wouldn't mind making slight changes to history.
On the day after the preliminaries, as Yugen was in the office of the Chief, the alarm suddenly blared. A hovering screen automatically popped up on the table in front of him, flashing conspicuous red alert prompts; it was from the headquarters of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau.
"What's the situation?" Yugen connected to the head of the technical department.
"Chief, a hacker has infiltrated our core database. They're searching for some encrypted information..."
The head quickly reported, his fingers flying over the holographic keyboard.
"It's currently uncertain what specific data has been leaked, but the other side has repeatedly entered a certain keyword... 'Taiyi.'
Yugen raised an eyebrow.
Again, someone is trying to investigate Taiyi through his Public Security Maintenance Bureau...
The last one to do so was Shirley. However, Shirley had investigated before and should know she can't obtain more information through the Public Security Maintenance Bureau.
So who is this person this time?
The head continued, "The opponent's methods are professional; they've bypassed three firewalls, but our anti-tracking program has locked onto their location."
Yugen's gaze fell on the jumping coordinates on the projection screen, revealing an interested expression.
"Location?"
"The 'Deep Blue Data Tower' in the East District, which is abandoned; it was the network hub of the old era and might have been transformed into an underground hacker base." The head pulled up the building's structural diagram, "The signal source is in the server room on the top floor, but the opponent may have set up physical defenses."
Yugen waved his hand, and the coordinates on the projection screen instantly enlarged, becoming a 3D building model.
"Notify the action group to seal all exits." His voice was calm, "Also, retrieve recent entry and exit records in the area to see if there are any suspicious persons."
"Yes!" the head quickly executed the order, pausing for a moment, "Chief, do you need to request armed intervention? The opponent can hack into our system; they're probably not ordinary hackers."
Yugen chuckled.
"Not necessary." He stood up, "I'll go personally."
The head was stunned, then realized—their new Chief is probably not just an office bureaucrat.
The Chief's sweep of victories at the WRGP yesterday has now spread throughout the bureau. Everyone vaguely knows that this new Chief is probably not an ordinary person.
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Deep Blue Data Tower, server room.
In the dim server room, the cold light from the screen cast a blurry silhouette. He was facing the communicator, reporting softly, a trace of anxiety in his tone.
"The Public Security Maintenance Bureau's system is harder to break than expected..."
A cold electronic voice came from the other end of the communicator, as if processed to conceal identity: "So, you've failed?"
"No, I think I've found the information I wanted, it's just..." The silhouette said in a deep voice, "That Chief named Yugen, even within the internal secrets of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau, there are no clues, he just seems to have appeared out of thin air.
No birth certificate, no identity proof, no resume, as if this person simply didn't exist before becoming the Chief of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau..."
"If you want to know about me, you can just ask directly."
The lazy voice suddenly came from behind.
The silhouette stiffened, abruptly turning around.
In the shadows, Yugen leaned against a server cabinet, hands in the pockets of his trench coat, hinting a subtle smile. His D-Wheel was parked nearby, engine still humming lightly.
"Opening the box is so dull." Yugen tilted his head slightly, "Come on, if you want to know something, just ask me directly, I promise I'll tell you everything I know."
The silhouette's pupils contracted sharply; he said nothing, swiftly pressing a button on his wristwatch—the dark door on the other side of the server room suddenly opened wide. He dashed out, flipped onto the D-Wheel he had prepared long ago, engine roaring, directly smashing through the glass curtain wall, breaking out from this second floor.
Yugen clicked his tongue, "Nowadays, people really are impatient..."
Yet for "riding a D-Wheel to jump off the second floor," he's no longer surprised. It's well-known that those who can play cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! are Superman, and in the animation, when Yusei was chased by Ushio, they jumped from a building on D-Wheels without any trouble, and the D-Wheels could still continue running...
Yugen also mounted his D-Wheel.
"No need to rush, we still have many things to discuss properly."
The two D-Wheels drew dazzling streaks of light across the night sky, one after another charging into the three-dimensional track of the East District. The silhouette's D-Wheel was clearly specially modified, swiftly weaving between buildings, trying to shake off Yugen. But Yugen was following unhurriedly, sticking close at every turn, several times almost touching the other's tail wing.
"Honestly, hacking the Public Security Maintenance Bureau just to learn about me, but when I showed up they ran away... people nowadays." Yugen shook his head, but followed with a smile, saying.
"Don't be shy. Since you're so eager to know about me, I'll give you a special treat..."
Yugen narrowed his eyes, pressed the Duel Running button on his D-Wheel.
"...with my special fan service."