"It's so big. Is that the real pyramid?"
A small commercial vehicle was driving in the vast desert. Looking at the huge pyramid that could be clearly seen from the right window of the vehicle, Jonouchi, who was sitting in the last row, sighed, "Although there are many cards in Duel Monsters.
It’s an image of a pyramid, but this is the first time I’ve seen a real pyramid.”
"Hahaha, after all, I am creating duel
In the process of making monster, the Egyptian pyramids gave me a lot of inspiration." Hearing Jonouchi's words, Bekas, who was sitting in the row in front of him, laughed, looked at the pyramids outside the window, and couldn't help but sigh, "It used to be so...
Even I can’t help but feel a little emotional when I revisit my old place many years later.”
Becas found that he seemed to be getting older. Just seeing the familiar past in his memory reappeared in front of his eyes, he couldn't help but start to recall the past. Am I already old?
The Duel Academy that was discussed yesterday is really a good proposal if you think about it carefully. In a few years, after a new batch of outstanding card designers join the International Illusion Society, I wonder what kind of interesting cards will be born.
At the Capital Airport in Cairo, Egypt, Bekas received Hayato and his group who landed on the plane. Although they experienced many twists and turns yesterday, their trip to Egypt has officially begun, and the first stop of the trip is the distance from Cairo
Giza not far away.
In addition to the pyramids that amaze first-time tourists, which are actually scattered throughout Egypt, there is another famous attraction here, and that is the Sphinx.
"Wow, I really don't have a nose. It looks like it was chopped off with a knife."
"Lean closer, Jonouchi, your head is too big and it completely blocks my sight!"
"Hey, don't push me. My head is already pressed against the glass. If you want to see it, go to the front row. There are chairs there that you can sit on."
"I don't want it."
Listening to the quarrel between Jonouchi and Honda in the back row, Kyoko also withdrew her gaze from the window and looked at Yugi who was sitting next to her with a heavy face and didn't know what she was thinking about: "What's wrong, Yugi?
”
"It's nothing, Kyoko." Turning his head to look at Kyoko, Yugi smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "The other me just said that he has no impression of the scenery here."
This is not to say that the Sphinx in front of them when Dark Game, the nameless soul of the Pharaoh was alive, has not yet been built. In fact, based on the analysis of current archaeological discoveries, the construction of the Sphinx in Giza
Far earlier than three thousand years ago, this magnificent and mysterious building had already stood on the earth during the lifetime of the unknown Pharaoh.
Even in ancient times when information transmission was relatively slow, Yami Yugi, as a pharaoh, should have some knowledge of the strange buildings in the country, but even for a special building like the Sphinx, Yami Yugi still had no knowledge of it.
Impression.
"The other game, he doesn't remember this place either..." Hearing this, Kyoko looked at the [Millennium Building Blocks] held in the hand of the game, her voice was a little low, and the hand she put into her pocket subconsciously touched her at the airport.
Purchased souvenirs.
"Sphinx, what's so good about such a cowardly Sphinx?"
After looking at the Sphinx, Malik, who was sitting in the passenger seat, held his chin with one hand and said indifferently. As if he thought of something, he turned to look at Hayato in the driver's seat, "Brother-in-law, you actually
It’s really surprising that you have a driver’s license that can be used in Egypt, but wouldn’t it mean that if you drive, you won’t be able to see the scenery around you?”
"Just think of me as someone who hates everything. Let alone the Sphinx, I'm not interested in even the Sphinx."
Hayato just glanced at the Sphinx in the distance and then retracted his gaze. As he said, Hayato really has no interest in the Sphinx now, but in the "Berserker" he once played
In "Creed: Origins", he took pictures from all angles around the Sphinx. He can remember the hatred of Anubis for a lifetime.
But it’s limited to the Sphinx. Egypt doesn’t only have the Pyramids and the Sphinx. He will also take a few more photos to commemorate the sights he is also interested in.
When he went out for the first time, he deliberately brought the pink camera from home.
As for the driver’s license,
"Although this is not the first time I complain, in Japan you only need to be 18 years old to get a motor vehicle driving license. By the way, you can get a motorcycle driving license at the age of 16. However, I am still two years away from the drinking age.
Look." Looking straight at the rolling mountains in front of him, Hayato paused and added, "The last thing I want to correct is, who is your brother-in-law?"
"Well, it's been so long, brother-in-law, why haven't you adapted yet? It's only a matter of time anyway." Malik chuckled and looked down at the map spread out on his lap, "Well... there seems to be a small town ahead.
, we should not need supplies, after all, we have only just set off so long."
Although ancient Egypt is known as one of the four ancient civilizations, it is not ancient Egypt, unlike the only country that has survived to this day and has been reborn. Because of several internal divisions, the current land area is smaller than that of
Countries such as Libya and Sudan on the border are even less than the size of a province in some countries.
From Cairo to now, the few of us have actually only driven for an hour. Not to mention resting, there is no need to drink or eat.
However, if you want to visit the Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx and other ancient buildings up close, it is necessary to stop here for a while, transfer to camels and other means of transportation and get closer under the guidance of the guide. And look inside the city by car
, Honda and Becas, they all seem to have the idea of taking a look, and even Kyoko is a little eager to try.
Although the tourism industry in Egypt is not as developed as it will be many years ago, the work of guides is not lagging behind at all. The Egyptians can be said to be professional in guiding, and even most of the antiquities in their country were guided by their own people.
Sending them out of the country on their way.
Hayato and the others didn't even need to say anything. They just saw that among Hayato's group of people walking out of a rare luxury car, they almost had white faces that said "big dog" and "people are stupid and have a lot of money".
In spite of the good-looking Bekas, a group of local people gathered around him enthusiastically and volunteered to introduce him, trying their best to sell his familiarity with the route to the pyramids and what kind of deceivers his other accomplices were.
Just the foreign language with a heavy accent is enough to give Hayato and the others a headache, not to mention the micro-expression performances performed by the guides in front of them in order to show the authenticity of what they said. Even Bekas, who has been to Egypt,
I was also a little caught off guard.
Fortunately, Hayato has a trump card for dealing with volunteer guides.
When Malik stepped out of the passenger seat with a small red flag of unknown meaning that Hayato thrust into him, the local guides paused for a moment and recognized Malik as an Egyptian.
Recognizing that he was the guide Hayato and his party had hired in advance, they dispersed in boredom and squatted in the shade at the entrance of the town again, waiting for the next victim to arrive.
Although Malik is basically just a fake Egyptian who doesn't know the road at all, he can serve as a superficial guide to reject the self-promoting locals, and the superficial scapegoat Bekas is actually Hayato and his group's real guide.
As for why Hayato and others refuse to hire local guides to save trouble even though they are rich? In Egypt, there are many ancient buildings, but there are more scammers than ancient buildings. After their wealth is revealed, they are taken away by greedy guides and do not work.
Running away is a trivial matter. If you are unlucky, you may encounter an outlaw who kills people and sells goods. This is why Grandpa Shuangliu Qian warned a few people before the trip to be especially careful with the guide.
This is the valuable experience that Grandpa Shuangliu, who hired two tomb robbers, gained from his own personal experience.
Relying on his money-making ability, Bekas soon rented several camels for everyone to ride on. On the way to the Pyramid of Khufu, there were no flat roads for vehicles. There were many sandy areas.
After parking the vehicle in a paid parking lot on the side of the road, the group packed up a certain amount of luggage, got on the camels, and set off.
——Do you think it’s that simple?
Although the camels rented by a few people are specially trained and easy for beginners to ride, after all, people who live in the city all year round have little opportunity to come into contact with live animal transportation, just ride on a soft camel.
Carrying it on your back is already quite a challenge, let alone freely controlling the movement of the camel.
Becas, who had traveled around the world alone more than ten years ago, was rich, but he was not a pampered guy. Although he had not ridden a camel for a long time, he quickly recalled his past after stepping on the camel hump.
I specially learned the key points of riding a camel, and controlled the camel with ease in front of Jonouchi and Honda.
"Hahahaha, even though so many years have passed, I still haven't forgotten the skill of driving a camel, but this shouldn't be a problem for you, Honda boy, Jounouchi boy~"
Just riding a camel can be used as a way to show off, the young-minded Becas said like an old child.
Although Honda, Jonouchi and the others had already passed the motorcycle driving license test, their experience of speeding on the road was of no use in front of the silent and docile tall camel.
It took a long time before the two best friends were able to mount the camel and give the order to move forward.
Two boys who usually have super motor skills are already like this, not to mention Kyoko. Although Kyoko can boldly approach the camel if it is quiet, but letting her ride the camel is really a bit too much.
Reluctantly and helplessly, she finally had to sit on the camel that Yumi was riding.
Why is Kyoko, who is usually very outgoing and not at all like an introverted girl, so afraid of camels? Hayato doesn't know the answer, but he thinks that when he accidentally caught a glimpse of Kyoko sitting on the camel in the game, she had a vague "planning" on her face.
The smile must be an illusion, right? Well, that must be the case.
Compared to Kyoko, the most embarrassing guy is Malik. He is obviously a native of Egypt, and he is from the Ishdar clan, a tomb-guarding clan with a history of three thousand years. However, Malik's adaptability to this desert is...
Even the first time I came to Egypt, Jonouchi was not as good as Honda, and I couldn’t even ride a camel.
It didn’t matter that he didn’t know how to ride, but this guy actually started to behave shamelessly, and he just got on the back of the camel that Hayato was riding.
"You said you are an Egyptian who was born and raised in the desert. How come you can't even ride a camel?"
Hearing what Hayato said, Malik, who was in the back seat and grabbed the hump in front of him, said nonchalantly like a piece of meat on a hob: "Isn't this normal? I've told you before. I've been around since I was a kid.
I haven’t been out to the Tomb Keeper Clan a few times since I was a kid. Do you think I have a chance to learn to ride a camel?"
After a pause, Malik asked back, "The weird thing is, brother-in-law, okay? Although Muto Yumi has never learned to ride a camel, it is understandable that people would subconsciously know how to ride a camel when the nameless pharaoh appears, but brother-in-law
What's the matter with you? You ride more steadily than Becas."
Regarding what Malik said, Hayato was actually a little strange. Let alone a camel, he had never even ridden a horse before, but after riding a camel, his body subconsciously adapted to the mount under his crotch.
In preparation for riding, even the camel actively responds to Hayato's body reaction and obeys the command. Even if Hayato is not even holding the reins now, just when Hayato has the slightest idea of turning, the camel under his crotch will automatically respond to the turn.
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"Who knows, maybe I also learned to ride a camel in Hawaii?" Hayato said casually, not knowing why.
"Come on, brother-in-law, I might have been fooled by you before. Honda has told me a long time ago that there is a training institution in Tongshino City called Hawaii."
"I told you who is your brother-in-law!"
While chatting, a group of seven people rode five camels, heading toward the Pyramid of Khufu against the rising sun.
In the past, just by looking at it from a long distance on the road, everyone could feel the sense of majesty coming from the largest pyramid in the world - the Pyramid of Khufu. But after starting from the nearby towns, the closer they looked towards it.
As we approach the pyramid, the feeling of the giant thing expanding in front of our eyes is even more shocking.
It’s no wonder that Becas traveled around the world in search of inspiration for Duel Monsters cards.
As they got closer and closer to the pyramid, both Yugi and Hayato felt a very strange feeling in their hearts. It was difficult to describe it in words. They could only feel that something was calling them.<
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At the same time, Malik, who was sitting behind Hayato, was getting closer to the Pyramid of Khufu and said with some confusion: "Strange, this must be my first time here, right? Why do I always feel that the Pyramid of Khufu looks different from this angle?
Does it look familiar?"
"Eh?" Stunned, Malik turned to look at the desert in the distance, then turned to look at the Pyramid of Khufu, then turned to look in the direction of the desert, "Eh?!"
"Shouldn't it be?!"
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This chapter has been completed!