Hayato was not the only one to recognize the identity of the voice. Although the light had not dissipated, Kaiba had already excitedly stood up and looked at the position where the light pillar was rising, his eyes burning.
"Game!"
Although Yugi has long admitted that he is a real duelist, in Kaiba's heart, "game" and "game" are different. As a high school student, Muto Yugi is also a powerful first-class duelist, but in Kaiba's heart he can be regarded as
The only person he regarded as his opponent, not as "Muto Yugi" but as "Yumu", was the pharaoh who had already passed away to the underworld.
Even if the pharaoh's real name has been found, to Kaiba, the name "Yuji" will only be used to address the other party.
The black fog that shrouded Kaiba Dome was briefly dispelled by the holy golden light. Kyoko, Jonouchi and others who were sitting next to Yugi looked at the position of the light pillar with surprised eyes. There was nothing but surprise in their eyes.
In addition, there is also a longing for seeing each other again after a long absence.
In front of Hayato standing on the high platform, another message popped up on the system panel before he could turn it off:
[Side mission: [The soul of the Pharaoh returns to the underworld, unity and friendship] progress has been updated]
In exchange for the first rarity "UTR" level card [Tragodia] that Hayato obtained, Hayato's system started this limited-time side mission. However, it was said to be a limited time, and the description of the mission was indeed quite vague.
No time limit was given.
[Task description: On this land, life is constantly passing away, and at the same time, life is constantly being born. It seems that life is born for the sake of passing away, but in fact it is absolutely not the case. There is life and death in the reincarnation of this land.
Other things are left behind, pick up your card】
[Task conditions: unknown]
[Task reward: mysterious surprise]
Translation Translation, what is surprise?
After starting this mission, Hayato wanted to curse. After all, the Riddler's speech seemed to say a lot, but what important information can be extracted? Sorry, I can't do it. This mission description is just nonsense.
, God knows what the target for accomplishing the task is.
Except for the trap card [Pharaoh's Judgment] that he got when starting the mission, Hayato never got any other tips.
What's even more troublesome is that originally looking at the name, Hayato thought that this mission should be somewhat related to the Duel Ceremony. This is why he gave up several other [Tragodia] recovery plans and chose to start this one.
The main reason for the mission, but until the game defeated Atum, the progress of this mission did not move at all.
That is to say, this mission was obtained by Hayato in exchange for [Tragodia]. He was unwilling to suffer, so he kept thinking about this mission. Otherwise, he would have almost forgotten this mission with a very low sense of existence.
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But just when Hayato defeated Blue God, with the appearance of the beam of light, this mission actually popped up again and the mission interface was updated:
[Task description: When the dimensional gate opens, the present world and the underworld will be connected. The Pharaoh's soul returns because of the desire to protect. This is a good opportunity to defeat the Pharaoh's soul to maintain the dimensional gate.
Drag the world into destruction, or fight side by side with the Pharaoh's soul to save the world, it all depends on your thoughts】
[Task conditions: Defeat the Pharaoh's Soul (0/1); close the dimensional door (0/1), complete any condition to submit and complete the task]
[Special note: Santa Claus extends his hand.jpg]
[Task reward: changes depending on the conditions for completing the task]
Hayato also saw the appearance of [Special Notes] in a mission for a long time. The last time such a reminder appeared was in the Doma Incident mission. At that time, the system specially gave a photo of a basketball star to remind him. This time the system
It gave a photo of the so-called "Santa Claus".
However, it is said that he is Santa Claus, although he does have a white beard and a red hat, but no matter what Hayato thinks, this is a picture of a movie star in his previous life, not the so-called "Santa Claus", and just looking at this picture
The photo reminded Hayato of the actor's classic collaborations with many actresses, as well as that classic line.
But then again, although the mission finally gave out the conditions for completion, and it seemed that there was room for choice, Hayato would not choose to destroy the world in order to complete the mission. In that case, wouldn't there be only one condition that can be met or not, as if
Not necessarily?
The light beam soaring into the sky gradually became thinner, as if it was about to gradually disperse, and Hayato also saw that as the light beam disappeared, it moved from the auditorium below to the game on the high platform where he was at the moment.
And, standing next to him, Atum was wearing something he had seen in the world of King's Memory, and his skin color turned brown!
"Another me?" Looking at Atum next to him, Yugi had the same expression as Kyoko and others in the audience below, "Have you come out of the underworld?"
"The barrier between the underworld and the human world suddenly disappeared, maybe because of the black mist here? In short, it happened that I was able to return from the underworld to the human world." Atum heard Yugi's words and turned his head.
Come, smile at him, "We meet again, Aibo."
"Hey, long time no see, Atum." Hayato waved to Atum and said hello, "Although it's only been a month since I last saw you, it feels like a long time has passed."
"How does it feel to be in the underworld?"
"Well, the specific feeling is almost the same as the experience when Aibo changed places when he was still in the present world, but there is no sense of nothingness with only soul when staying in [Millennium Building Blocks], but there is always a real body.
.Also, there are still a lot of troublesome people in the underworld." Spreading his hands a little helplessly, Atum also smiled at Hayato, "Long time no see, Hayato."
"However, there should be enough time after reminiscing about old times and so on. Now there is something I think needs to be resolved first." Atum said, his eyes gradually turned murderous. He raised his hand and a duel disk appeared out of thin air.
Equipped on his wrist, "I saw someone in the underworld using dark games on Aibo. Who was the person who attacked Aibo? I want to teach him a lesson!"
"Uh" Hearing Atum's words, Yu Yu scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "So in the underworld, can another me see things in the human world?"
"It's not everything. If you want to observe the real world from the underworld, you need to devote a certain amount of thought to it. I only learned it about half a month ago with the help of other pharaohs in the underworld." Artu.
Mu recalled the price of Professor Ramses II's ability, glanced at Hayato with a subtle look, and continued, "Then, I want to see your situation immediately, Aibo."
"In the end, I saw that someone pretended to be a layman who knew nothing about fighting monsters and deceived you. They took advantage of your gentle heart that wanted to lead others into the world of monsters through a relatively peaceful battle, and took the opportunity to start a dangerous dark game."
"That kind of bad behavior tainted your gentleness and angered me even more. I will never allow anyone to use such despicable methods to humiliate the duel and humiliate you who are stronger than me!"
Atum said with some anger, "During that dark game, I noticed that the barriers between dimensions seemed to be loosened, so I immediately borrowed Ramses II's Gate to the Underworld, waiting for the opportunity to come to the real world.
, the moment the barrier between the human world and the underworld disappeared, I immediately seized the opportunity and came here."
"So Aibo, where is the person who hurt you? You don't need to take action, let me defeat him in a rare duel!"
"Although your momentum is very good, Atum." Hayato shrugged and glanced at Blue God, who was lying face down on the ground with his butt sticking out not far away, "You seem to be a little late.
Almost a few minutes ago, I just defeated the culprit who hurt your important Aibo and caused the barrier between the human world and the underworld to disappear."
"Huh?" After hearing Hayato's words, Atum's fighting spirit disappeared instantly. He followed Hayato's line of sight with some confusion and saw the blue god who looked pouted, "Ah?"
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"Yeah, it should be the delay between the underworld and the human world. There's nothing we can do about it, hahaha." Noticing that the angry expression on Atum's face fell, Yugi quickly found a reason for him.
He came all the way from the underworld of Egypt to Tongshiye City, made an impressive appearance that shocked the audience, and declared with great fighting spirit that he would defeat the Blue God who hurt him. However, the information he learned was simply what happened several weeks ago.
, or after Lan Shen has been defeated.
What a gaffe! If it were someone with a thinner skin, he would have committed suicide in shame by now - although Atum couldn't commit suicide, after all, what should a person who died three thousand years ago do to die again?
Once?
But it was obvious that Atum's face was much thicker than expected when the game substituted him. Although he was a little embarrassed, he regained his composure when he withdrew his gaze from Blue God, looked at Hayato and said: "
Well, you can tell at a glance that this is the opponent you defeated, Hayato. You did well, you did well!"
While Atum was trying to cover up his embarrassment with exaggerated words, Jonouchi said excitedly in the audience on the ground: "It is indeed another game, no, it is indeed Atum. I had a feeling it was him just now.
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"Isn't it said that there is a barrier between the underworld and the human world?" Tapirang scratched his head in confusion, "Why is Atum here? Did he escape on his own strength?!"
"Those things aren't important. What's important is that Atum is back from the underworld." Honda patted Tairiang's shoulder, stood up with Jonouchi, and excitedly looked up at the high platform in the sky and said, "Okay!
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The two of them were so excited that they couldn't sit still, but the audience behind them was very calm.
"Haven't today's young people seen the world? The previous virtual projections were obviously more realistic, but this time they just had close contact with the special effects of the Haima Group. Is it necessary to be so excited?"
"Because I'm still a kid. And even though I don't want to admit it, even I made mistakes because I was young."
"But today's tickets are really worth buying. Although it is the opening ceremony, there are so many wonderful performances one after another. My friend who thought that the opening ceremony did not have many dueling performances disliked this and did not buy a ticket. It is really a loss.
Explosive haha."
Although the venue is currently in a mess due to the [Quantum Cube], before the start of the GeneX competition, Kaiba used virtual projection technology to perform special effects such as ultra-close plane crashes, so that most of the people in the venue at this moment
In the eyes of the audience, everything that has happened from just now to now, whether it is the [Quantum Cube] turning into an open dimensional door and releasing the monster-shaped Blue God, or the arrival of Atum, are all extremely realistic in their eyes.
technology.
As for what level of technology is required to achieve such an effect? They don't care about that. Besides, don't the Haima Group have enough black technology that people can't understand?
Just a duel disk has stumped 99% of the world's R&D teams. Except for the Schreider Consortium, which has been merged by the Haima Group, no one has successfully developed it. Even the one sold by the Schreider Consortium is actually very effective.
It's also a bit worse than the one from the Haima Group in terms of use, so it can only be regarded as a castrated version.
"What an unexpected and exciting appearance, Yugi." Kaiba's voice came from the speakers, attracting the attention of Hayato and the three of them who were communicating on the high platform, "I almost want to duel with you again.
Once again, I really want to see if the gap between you and me has been shortened."
"Have you slacked off and become weaker during the time you disappeared? How strong can [Blue Eyes] become with me after gaining new power? I really want to know the answer. But judging from the awe-inspiring fighting spirit in you,
Being able to get the answer to the previous question, you seem to have gained new power?"
"Okay, brother, you talk too much, let me quickly talk about the key points." Keihei's voice sounded, seeming to have snatched the microphone from Kaiba, who was aroused by his poker addiction and was chattering a little, "Hayato-nii,
There are two other games. The 'Prana Detection Device' that my brother made temporarily has unexpectedly the ability to monitor the energy intensity in the big cube in front of you."
"As the guy named Blue God was defeated, the speed of the cube's enlargement indeed stopped and approached 0, but the 'Prana Detection Device' detected that the energy in the thing was constantly increasing, as if
There is something gestating in it that is about to be born!”
"In other words, do you want to destroy this [Quantum Cube] again?" Hayato looked at the huge cube that disappeared with the light beam when Atum appeared, and began to release dangerous black mist again, transforming into a dimensional gate.
The scarlet light on the [Quantum Cube] did not dissipate when Blue God was defeated.
"No, it doesn't have to be destroyed, it just needs to close the opened dimensional door." Seeing Hayato turn around, Atum also turned around and walked side by side towards the door with Hayato.
[Quantum Cube] walked over, "But we have to destroy the outer shell formed by the accumulation of layers of elemental power first. Besides, I don't think that thing will let us destroy it."
As the two approached, the [Quantum Cube] sensed the threat as if it had intelligence. The black mist released from it began to gather, and in an instant it formed a huge deformed monster. The monster in front of him looked like a long
Snake, but it also has dark red cubes similar to the monster Blue God all over its body, and at the same time, these cubes have one eye open.
"Tsk, tsk, are all the aesthetics of different dimensions like this? It reminds me of Bekas's [Thousand-Eyed Naji Demon]." Hayato pulled out a card from his body, looked at the monster in front of him, and shook his head.
Atum on the side also pulled out a card, glanced at Hayato and said, "[Thousand-Eyed Naji Demon], it seems that we want to go somewhere?"
Compared to the Blue God, the multi-eyed monster did not have enough intelligence to communicate. It just stared viciously at Hayabusa and Atum who were approaching him and the [Quantum Cube] behind him, and let out a roar full of murderous intent.
However, the sounds of Hayabusa and Atum playing cards easily overshadowed it.
"[Dark Knight-Gaia]!"
"[Guardian Priest-Mahad]!"
Looking at the huge monster, Hayato and Atum both reached out and pointed at the target. The knight and the mage attacked together with the master's order, but Atum seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around and said to Hayato: "Should you?
Are you going to say that again?"
Hayato answered him in standard English——
"Jackpot!"
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