“It’s not over yet.”
The puppet, which had originally lost consciousness, suddenly stood up again, and the golden eye pattern reappeared on its forehead.
“You’re really persistent, unwilling to let go of the God Card, Malik!”
It was clear that before Yu Xuan and the others arrived, Yugi had already figured out the opponent's true identity and the grudge of the Tomb Keeper clan during their duel.
“Haha, what nonsense are you talking about? The Sky Dragon is just temporarily in your possession. Soon, I will defeat you and win it back.”
The puppet stared straight at Yugi and said, “I'll be merciful and tell you one more thing. Besides this puppet that's fighting you, I've also arranged quite a few of the Gruus' personnel in Domino City. After our duel, do you think anything might happen to your friends? Have you considered that?”
Hearing this, Yu Xuan frowned. He had to admit, the Gruus' methods were truly despicable.
Using fake cards to play against people was already bad enough, but what was even more vile was that this organization was truly ruthless in achieving their goals, even resorting to kidnapping, a truly low-level tactic.
“You, you bastard!”
Hearing the opponent threaten him with his friends, the King got truly angry.
Besides Aibo, the person he cared about the most was Mina!
“Ha, I thought you were going to say something. It turns out you just want to do these little things under my nose.”
Kaiba stepped forward and sneered.
“You Gruus think you can get away with these little actions in Domino City? Do you think I'll just sit here and do nothing, Isano?”
“Yes, Chairman. As per your orders, our Kaiba Corporation has contacted the police. We are cooperating with them to manage the city, with 24-hour surveillance cameras. If any abnormalities occur in the area of the tournament, security personnel can arrive on the scene within a minute.”
Isano, the man in sunglasses and a suit, stood at attention and reported to Kaiba.
“Good.”
Kaiba nodded and looked at the puppet, disdainfully saying, “If you want to do anything, feel free to try. Anyone who disrupts the tournament, I will not show any mercy.”
“Cut it out!”
The puppet let out a hum, then, as if its batteries had run out, it completely lay still on the ground.
Yu Xuan, who was standing beside him, almost burst out laughing at the Chairman's sharp retort.
As expected of the Chairman, he easily did something we couldn't.
No matter how agile the Gruus members were, they couldn't escape the eyes of surveillance cameras.
Although Malik could manipulate people's minds, it was a power that was very easy to disrupt order.
But if he wanted to control people's minds, even with the Millennium Rod, he had to be within close range.
Or, he could remotely control people who he had tampered with beforehand.
In other words, it was very difficult for Malik to get his subordinates to kidnap people again.
Yu Xuan noticed that things seemed to have changed a lot.
He remembered that the Double Mask Duo appeared after Yugi got the Sky Dragon.
Now the order of these events had changed.
This could be related to his own appearance, after all, he also had conflicts with the Gruus.
Therefore, Malik, seeking revenge, divided some of his forces to deal with him.
The Mask Duo, for example, treated both him and Kaiba as their enemies at that time.
“Kaiba, I'm still a bit uneasy about my friends. I have to go back and check on them.”
Yugi clenched his fist. Since the matter involved the safety of his friends, he couldn't take it lightly.
“For that commoner? Hmph.”
Kaiba's words were full of disdain for Jonouchi, but his actions didn't show any hesitation. He immediately arranged for people to help Yugi locate them.
Kaiba Corporation's technology was indeed top-notch. Isano showed Yugi a laptop.
Seeing that Jonouchi, Honda, and Anzu were all safe, Yugi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“So Yugi, can you duel with me now? Every day, I've been thinking about dueling you again, to wash away the humiliation of my previous defeat!”
As expected, dueling Yugi was Kaiba's ultimate goal.
Yugi frowned slightly at these words and said, “Kaiba, you can’t win if you duel me with a heart full of resentment.”
Kaiba clearly didn't want to listen to Yugi's explanation. He insisted on dueling him right now.
To this, Yugi's response was — I’m going offline!
The Millennium Puzzle flashed slightly, and Yugi's kingly aura disappeared. His eyes were no longer sharp, but softened, becoming gentle and pure.
“Kaiba, Yu Xuan.”
Yugi, in his normal form, gave Kaiba and Yu Xuan a harmless smile.
“You, you…”
Seeing Yugi avoid him in this way, Kaiba was even more furious but helpless.
“Haha, Kaiba, while you're watching, the time until the final tournament begins is getting shorter. Do you have enough Duel Disk chips? Be careful, as the organizer, you might not even make it to the final round.”
It was hilarious to see Kaiba flustered. Yu Xuan gave him a “kind” reminder.
“I don’t need your advice.”
Kaiba glared at Yu Xuan and then got into his car and drove off.
“Hey, I haven’t gotten in the car yet.”
Seeing the black, high-end car drive away, Yu Xuan couldn’t laugh anymore.
It was quite a distance from here to the hotel where he left his luggage. It was also in the suburbs, so it wouldn’t be easy to get a taxi back.
Yu Xuan and Yugi exchanged glances and shrugged helplessly. Now, only the two of them could go back together.
Walking back to the city from the suburbs, Yu Xuan felt exhausted both physically and mentally. He returned to the hotel he was staying at and lay down on the bed, not wanting to move.
Yugi split off from him halfway.
He was still a bit worried about his friends’ safety and went to see Jonouchi and the others.
As for Yu Xuan, since he had already collected six Duel Disk chips, he could participate in the final tournament even if he didn't fight.
So he entered the salted fish mode, resting up at his place.
He slept all the way to noon the next day...
“Do you think I can use this card with my current abilities?”
After the fatigue from his body dissipated, Yu Xuan stretched, took out Obelisk the Tormentor from his deck. It was the card the system had given him.
Holding the card, Yu Xuan could feel the immense power it contained.
But this feeling was different from when he held the Sky Dragon.
He didn’t know if this difference was due to the differences between the three God Cards, or if the card the system gave him was simply different from the Three God Cards of this world.
“I can sense a very powerful force within it, beyond your current capabilities. If you encounter any danger while using it, I will do my best to protect you.”
The white crystal captain’s phantom appeared and transmitted his thoughts through telepathy.
With White Crystal's assurance, Yu Xuan gained some confidence, but he still had some reservations.
After all, if the Tormentor backfired, White Crystal would be injured if he used his power to protect him.
“Knock, knock…”
Just as Yu Xuan was pondering, there was a knock on the door.