Yu-Gi-Oh! Starting from Duel City

"——Winner, Yugi Muto! Congratulations to Yugi Muto for successfully passing the second elimination round!!!"

Lifting his arms straight above his head, Isono, who acted as the referee of the match, loudly announced the final result of the duel to the crowd watching around him.

Wang Xiang, who defeated An Tairiang in this knockout match, will successfully advance to the semi-finals that will be held next, just like Yu Ling who defeated Jonouchi previously.

According to the rules of Duel City, the winner of the duel has the right to draw a card from the loser's deck. However, Wang Xiang, who thinks that now is not the time to do such a thing, takes the initiative like Yu Ling before. Rejected the proposal and gave up the opportunity to take someone else's card.

When everyone in the group of relatives and friends surrounded Wang Xiang and expressed congratulations to him, You Ling, who was observing the surroundings with his arms folded, noticed that the unconscious Tapirang was carried away on a stretcher by the staff.

For some unknown reason, when Tapirang was defeated and fell into coma, the thousand-year-old wheel of wisdom that originally hung on his chest also automatically disappeared.

"In the second knockout round, he successfully advanced to the game, brother."

"Well, this is a matter of course! The only ones who can defeat him are specially selected duelists like me!"

Looking at the backs of everyone returning to the hall with the corner of his eyes, Kaiba, who answered his brother's words, habitually let out a signature cold snort from his nose.

He was not surprised at all when his old enemy Muto Yugi returned a bloody blow and injured Anbaira in the duel.

Rather, after witnessing Wang Xiang's strength in this duel, the fighting spirit in his heart became even higher.

Game...just wait for me!

I will definitely defeat you in the next duel!

Kaiba, who silently clenched his palms and narrowed his eyes, had such thoughts in his mind.

…

"...Notice! Notice to all duelists! From now on, there will be a twenty-minute break. After twenty minutes, all contestants are asked to gather in front of the central hall. At that time, we will conduct the draw for the third round of competition. !”

After everyone watching the game returned to their respective rooms to rest, the radio also sent notifications about the arrangements for the next few matters.

Kaiba Seto, Peacock Mai, Malik, Lishid...

The candidates for the third elimination card and the final elimination card will be selected from the remaining four players.

After the candidates for the third game were decided, the candidates for the fourth game were automatically arranged.

The next third round of lottery will determine the candidates for the two groups of contestants at the same time.

"Oh? Are there still twenty minutes? Let's go."

"--Um!"

"Huh? What are you guys doing?"

Keihe Kaiba, who was patrolling in the corridor, saw everyone in the city gathered in the corridor. While raising his eyebrows, he couldn't help but ask curious questions to the group.

Everyone else is resting in their rooms, so what are you doing gathering in the corridor?

That's all Jonouchi, why is he even playing games...?

"What, is it Keppei?"

Seeing Keihei Kaiba appearing in his field of vision, Jonouchi took the initiative to greet him enthusiastically: "Hey, do you know where Kaiba's room is?"

"Brother's room? His room is here. Do you have anything to do with brother?" Pointing to a room not far away, Kaiba Keppei had a deeper look of confusion on his face.

"Oh! So it's there! It's really easy for me to find!"

Jonouchi, who received a confident answer from Keipei Kaiba, raised the corner of his mouth, then strode to Kaiba's door, walked up and slapped him hard: "Hey! Kaiba, are you here? Open the door for me!" "

"Jounouchi! What are you doing? You can't disturb my brother!"

The next thing that will be held may be Seto Kaiba's competition.

Seeing Jonouchi doing this harassing behavior in front of his brother's door, Keihe Kaiba's eyelids twitched and he quickly tried to stop his stupid behavior.

"...Kaiba, open the door for me. Do you dare to hold a competition and don't dare to open the door and come out to see me?"

"Jounouchi! Hey... stop it!"

Just as Kaiba Keppei was frantically trying to stop Jonouchi's crazy behavior, the door automatically opened from the inside, revealing Kaiba's expressionless and proud face.

Jonouchi, who was swept by Kaiba's gaze and whose arms froze in mid-air, showed an awkward yet polite smile and quickly retracted the arm he originally intended to swing out.

"Who did I think was making such a noise? Sure enough...it's mediocre like you!"

With a cold glance, Kaiba glanced at Jonouchi who was disturbing him, and Kaiba snorted at him with disdain: "You really don't know how important the period before a duel is to the duelists!"

"……What did you say?!"

"Hey! Jonouchi, isn't this the time for a quarrel?"

Seeing that Jonouchi and Kaiba were about to quarrel within ten seconds of meeting each other, Honda, one of the members of the family and friends group, immediately waved his hand to stop the two of them and forcibly dragged Jonouchi aside.

At this time, Muto Yugi, who had returned to his small form, immediately walked towards Kaiba who appeared: "Kaiba-kun, in fact, we have something to ask you."

"oh?"

Kaiba had a completely different attitude towards Xiaobiao from Jonouchi.

After staring at the harmless little watch for a moment, the silent Kaiba took the initiative to give up his body and walked into the room: "It seems that you have something to tell me, then... Come in first.”

…

"You said...because Tapiliang's consciousness has not yet recovered, do you plan to let me order the landing of this duel boat?"

His fingers were beating rhythmically on the armrest of the sofa, and the expression on Kaiba's face did not change at all as he patiently listened to Xiaobiao's request.

"That guy Tairiang is obviously in the hospital, but he forced himself to run over..."

"Although we stopped his bleeding temporarily, but..."

Catering to Xiaobiao's request, the girls also held their hands to express their request.

"Huh! This has nothing to do with me."

Leaning on the soft sofa and raising his legs, Kaiba clearly expressed his attitude to everyone.

Being unfamiliar with Tapirang, he didn't care about this guy's condition at all.

"Mr. Kaiba, please land on this ship and let Tapirang receive a good treatment."

"Shizuka is right! Hey! Why are you so stubborn, Kaiba!"

"I said it! No matter what his physical condition is, as long as he participates in the duel, it will be his own problem."

Still maintaining the same attitude as before, Kaiba did not change his mind because more people were being persuaded.

"Please, human life should be more important than a duel, right?"

"That's right! As expected of Shizuka, what she said is so good. She is completely different from her brother!"

"Honda...what did you say?"

Refuting to his dissing group of relatives and friends, Jonouchi pointed angrily in the direction of Kaiba: "Hey! Kaiba, we are all asking you so much, but you don't have any expression at all. Don't you have the blood and tears of a human being? You cold-blooded guy!"

"Heh, whatever you say, in short, I can't lower this duel boat now."

"What did you say?"

Kaiba suddenly stood up from the sofa. Without explaining too much about his decision, Kaiba walked to the communicator by the window and pressed the obedience button on it: "Hey, it's me, sending the medical team." Go to Ward No. 6."

"Huh? Ward No. 6, that's not..."

Their eyes followed Kaiba's body movements, and everyone who heard what he said suddenly looked stunned.

Ward No. 6 is the ward where the unconscious Tapirang was sent, which means...

"In fact, this duel boat has more abundant equipment and medical teams than those in the city."

In place of his unsmiling brother, Keihe Kaiba spoke to everyone: "Don't worry, since my brother has said so, Tapiliang will be fine. Let's all go back and rest."

Everyone: "..."

After receiving assurances from Brother Kaiba, everyone was left speechless by Kaiba's arrogant behavior and walked out of the room one after another.

At this moment, it might be a more correct decision to hand over the unconscious Tapirang to the medical team than to land the airship.

"In this way, the matter on Tapirang's side is settled. We'll see you later, Yugi."

"Well! Goodbye everyone!"

After that, Xiao Biao said goodbye to everyone and returned to the room alone. He spread his deck on the table and checked it one by one, preparing for the next duel.

While Xiao Biao was stretching, feeling a little tired, he suddenly saw the figure of a man dressed in Egyptian style appearing in his room through the reflector of the window glass.

"Are you...Xia Di?"

"The question I asked you back in the Duelist Kingdom is about the puzzle that has been sealed in the Millennium Building Blocks for three thousand years... It seems that you have learned the true identity of the other person."

Wearing a white turban on her head and a linen cultivation robe, the elusive Xia Di took the initiative to approach Xiao Biao this time after encountering a wall from You Ling before.

Xia Di, who suddenly appeared here, seemed to have been observing everyone, and accurately stated Xiao Biao's current status.

"Ah, that's right."

Nodding in the direction where Xia Di was standing, Xiao Biao, with a calm expression on his face, stood up from the table and chair: "Now I already know that the true identity of the other me is sealed in the Millennium Building Blocks. of the Pharaoh’s soul.”

The reason why Muto Yugi participated in this game was not only to settle with Malik, but also to retrieve another memory that he had lost.

In order to realize the wish of "another self", he cannot escape from this duel no matter what.

"That's right, you who are hosted by Pharaoh as a vessel."

Xia Di, who stared into Xiao Biao's eyes and noticed a certain look of determination, nodded with satisfaction.

Sure enough, compared to Prana from another world who regarded him as an enemy from the very beginning, Muto Yugi was easier to talk to.

"Speaking of which... how did you get here? No, you always appear in front of me in some incredible ways..."

He answered his own question, shook the small watch on his head, and decided not to worry about how Xia Di appeared here.

In short, what can be confirmed so far is this. He has no hostility towards him, and that is enough.

"I came here because I have something to say to you."

Stretching out his arm towards the void in front of him, the [Millennium Scale], one of the seven artifacts, automatically appeared in Xia Di's palm: "I am the person who monitors the Millennium artifact, and now on this ship, there are seven The millennium artifacts are already in a state of gathering together."

"Seven artifacts...?!"

"Not only that, on this basis, even three God Cards are gathered here together."

With an emotionless and calm tone, Xia Di, who stared at the small watch, continued: "Now, all the conditions required to open the door of Pharaoh's memory have been gathered on this duel airship."

"Really?"

"It's true, but..."

After changing the topic, Xia Di stared at the small watch and continued: "But those who were told by the Pharaoh to stay, you must listen carefully. The Millennium Artifact and the God Card are only allowed to be used by those selected. If it is forcibly used by others, it will incur the wrath of God..."

"The wrath of God?"

Noticing the key words in the words, a look of doubt appeared instinctively on Xiao Biao's face.

He, who had never been punished by the wrath of God, felt extremely unfamiliar with this word.

"That's right... When Becas visited Egypt, a country that contains many miracles, in order to fulfill his wish to resurrect his dead girlfriend, he came to me specifically. While receiving the [Millennium Eye] from me, He also saw several stone slabs carved with monster patterns in the Egyptian ruins."

With a look of reminiscence on his face, Xia Di told Xiao Biao what happened in the past in a calm tone:

"Bekas, who was tempted by those stone tablets, visited Egypt many times. The reason why he did this was not to resurrect his girlfriend, but to find the stone tablets made by pharaohs and priests in the past to rule the country. secret."

"And this was the beginning of everything, and also caused the duel to be resurrected in modern society..."

"...Resurrection of Duel Monsters?!"

"Well, as Bekas continued to accumulate experience in studying the stone tablets, he learned about the existence of the God's Stone Tablet that stood at the top of many monsters in the past."

Nodding slightly to Xiao Biao, Xia Di continued: "He is obsessed with the secrets of the slate, and finally plans to resurrect even the God's Card."