Chapter 826: Shout My Name Aloud!
In the Mental World of Dark Yugi, his eyes closed, the nameplate engraved with his name reappeared before him. However, the writing on the nameplate was blurred and completely illegible.
Every time Dark Yugi struggled to make out the writing on the nameplate, the surrounding darkness would press closer, wrapping around the writing on the nameplate. The desperate wails of the Commoners in the distant City echoed around Dark Yugi. In a trance, the writing on the nameplate was swallowed by the darkness.
Zorc's voice rang in Dark Yugi's ears as he kept his eyes closed: "Give up, Nameless Pharaoh. This World has been shrouded in darkness, and your lost name has also been buried in endless darkness and despair."
"If it's just you alone, how much darkness can the radiance you emit dispel?"
After swallowing the writing on the nameplate, the darkness wrapped around Dark Yugi's body. Although Dark Yugi himself was struggling to emit light, that light was too weak compared to the endless darkness around him. His body, covered by darkness, became as stiff as a stone statue, and the dark crystal almost imprisoned Dark Yugi's mind.
Watching the darkness about to swallow the last trace of stubborn light on Dark Yugi, the tightly shut Dark Yugi listened with confusion, as a faint voice came from beyond the darkness.
"What is this voice?"
At first, the voice was still noisy and chaotic. Dark Yugi could only hear the wails of the Commoners that had been interfering with him just now, and the desperate emotions seemed to infect him as well. But gradually, amidst the desperate complaints, curses, and cries, a few voices gradually became clear and loud.
"Yugi!" This was the voice of Joey Wheeler and Tristan ;
"Yugi." This was Téa 's voice;
"Yugi~" This was Hayato's voice;
"Yu~gi!" This was Kaiba's voice.
Gradually, more and more voices appeared:
"Pha~raoh!" This was Seto's voice;
"Pharaoh." This was the voice of the Priests, Simon, Isis, Shada. Besides them, Dark Yugi even distinguished the voices of Karim and Aknadin from within;
"Pharaoh." This was Mahad's voice;
"Prince!" This was Mana's voice;
"Child..." This was the voice of his deceased Father, the Previous Pharaoh King Aknamkanon.
More and more voices emerged from the midst of the desperate ones, echoing in Dark Yugi's ears. Along with them came one after another orb of light, some bright, some faint.
"Persist! The Pharaoh and the Priests are still trying, we must also hold the City Wall!"
"Just to atone for what we did before, you guys run away quickly to a safe place, we Soldiers will cover the rear!"
"Grandma said the Pharaoh is the incarnation of God, he will definitely win!"
One after another orb of light swept past Dark Yugi, merging into the nameplate that was completely covered by darkness and whose writing had completely disappeared. At the same time, in the darkness behind that nameplate, the light paved a path, and one after another phantom appeared on the path of radiance.
Friends he made in the Present Time-Space, Companions he knew three thousand years ago, subjects he protected as the Pharaoh, many people Dark Yugi either knew or didn't know appeared before his eyes, casting gazes filled with hope upon him.
"Light, so much light..." Even Dark Yugi couldn't help but be stunned by the scene before him. The darkness on his body was dispelled by the radiance, and the crystal that imprisoned his mind was covered in cracks and about to shatter. Involuntarily, Dark Yugi reached out his hand towards the front.
A hand gripped the palm Dark Yugi had reached out. He saw his Aibo standing before him, showing a smiling expression.
"The Other Me"
"Aibo"
"So that's it, I completely understand." The corner of Dark Yugi's mouth curved up, and he also showed a smile. "If it's just one person's light, it can never illuminate the darkness, but the gathered bond will build an incredibly shining radiance."
"This is the true light!"
Dark Yugi and Yugi, who was beside him, held hands, and together they both reached out their other hands towards the nameplate where the darkness had been dispelled. The writing on it had been completely erased by the darkness, but Dark Yugi didn't care about that. He held one end in his hand and raised it above his head with Yugi.
"Everyone, please share a little light with me!"
Like a comeback meteor shower, everyone standing before Dark Yugi offered a ball of light from their body, surging towards the nameplate in Dark Yugi's hand. The converging radiance gradually re-engraved the lost writing onto the empty nameplate, writing down Dark Yugi's lost true name once more.
And this time, Dark Yugi, surrounded by light, called out his name without any obstruction!
"My name is, Atem!"
"Although humans are born with darkness, humans are born yearning for light. The story of humanity is born from darkness, but the ending is by no means a return to darkness, but a story that ends in endless radiance." Looking at the darkness before him, Dark Yugi, or rather, Atem, declared loudly, "Gather under the Pharaoh's true name, radiant humans!"
Clutching the nameplate engraved with his name tightly in his hand, Atem opened his eyes: "Now, I hold hope in my hand!"
And in Reality, as Atem opened his eyes, the nameplate emitting radiance, as if it were the transformation of hope, appeared out of thin air in his hand. Not only that, but Atem's own body also began to emit radiance, transformed into a light beam that shot up into the Sky.
"The Other Yugi, he succeeded!" "Prince succeeded!" Seeing this, Téa and Mana hugged each other, excited for Atem.
"Oh, as expected of The Other Yugi, he easily did what we couldn't!" "It's truly exciting and makes one's heart pound!" Joey Wheeler and Tristan also put their arms around each other's shoulders, watching Atem, who was bathed in light and clearly successful.
And Hayato, feeling the radiance's illumination, felt his body become very light. The side effect of Zorc swallowing the sun before seemed to have disappeared as well. Looking at Atem, he couldn't help but declare loudly: "Rejoice! The King who surpassed Time-Space, was born in the past and grew in the future, has now found his long-lost true name here! His name is Atem, the Last Twilight Sun. At this moment, the legendary story has reached its final arc!"
"Atem, is that the Pharaoh's name?" Malik, bathed in the radiance from Atem's body, felt his previously restless inner thoughts calm down somewhat.
However, in contrast, Zorc only felt that the radiance bursting forth from Atem after finding his name was too dazzling, even faintly giving him a sense of danger. Every part of his body illuminated by the light felt a stinging sensation.
"Light, hateful light! Did you actually find your true name, Nameless Pharaoh!"
Within the sacred light, the Three Egyptian Gods, who had previously turned into stone statues, revived once more, standing in a triangle and surrounding Zorc.
Looking at the Three Egyptian Gods, Zorc arrogantly said, "It's useless, I said it before, human gods have no use against me!"
"I certainly know that, Zorc!" Looking up at Great Evil God Zorc, despite the unprecedented deep darkness before him, Atem, who was bathed in equally unprecedented light of hope, was fearless. He took a step forward, "Then, what about the God of Gods?"
"God, of Gods?" Zorc was stunned upon hearing this.
Only to see the Three Egyptian Gods emitting the same radiance as Atem. Besides Atem, two other light beams rose up beside the Three Egyptian Gods.
"This is, light?" Surrounded by light, Seto looked up at the blue giant god before his eyes, "[Obelisk the Tormentor], is this the power of a God?"
"Oh oh oh, power is surging up!" Beside Hayato, whose hair was blown upwards by the updraft and who had an excited expression, the golden sun god soared. "Even if darkness temporarily covers the Earth, the sun still shines eternally. Respond to me, [Ra]!"
And behind Atem, the red long dragon [Slifer the Sky Dragon] was surrounded by lightning, baring its fangs at Zorc.
"Justice is with the name of God, and the Pharaoh is the incarnation of God on Earth. Gather the Pharaoh's name from the past, present, and future, and here I command the Three Egyptian Gods!" Waving his hand forward, Atem shouted, "The gathered power will awaken the endless God of Light that created all things!"
Not just Hayato, Atem, and Seto, but one light beam after another rose up towards the Sky. The darkness was instantly dispelled by this sudden burst of light. Before Zorc's eyes was almost infinite light. That one percent, one thousandth, one ten thousandth possibility had now transformed into definite light of hope!
"I, turned into light?" Joey Wheeler looked at his hands, somewhat stunned. Tristan beside him was also completely illuminated by the light, "I also turned into light? It feels so warm."
"This is?" "What a nice feeling." "Such gentle radiance." It wasn't just the two of them, countless people were enveloped in light, or rather, they were all emitting light.
"We all turned into light!" Yugi, also bathed in radiance, looked forward. Countless lights were gathering, converging in one place.
Although this was the first time experiencing such matters, guided by his inner thoughts, Seto raised the [Millennium Rod] in his hand above his head and shouted, "In the Pharaoh's name, Three Egyptian Gods, and all the light, combine into one!"
The endless radiance transformed into a human figure, standing on the Earth. Although its true form had not yet been revealed, its mere existence made people feel its greatness and sacredness. The darkness and despair that had previously lingered in human hearts were now dispelled by the power of that light.
Atem placed the nameplate on the [Millennium Scale] and punched towards the Sky: "Disappear, darkness!"
Hayato placed his hands on his chest, his fingers wrapped around the [Millennium Ring], then suddenly spread his arms wide and shouted, "Now, shout my/the royal 'I''s name aloud!!"
"[The Creator God of Light, Horakhty]!!!" X3 → X∞
The golden deity opened its eyes and looked at Zorc with a calm gaze, raising its arms towards him.
Looking at [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty] before him, Zorc felt genuine panic and fear for the first time. It was laughable to say, Great Evil God Zorc Necrophades could absorb the dark emotions in human hearts to boost his power, but at this moment when the entire World was enveloped in radiance, the only fear he could absorb came from himself.
"No, impossible, I can't be eliminated like this!"
Unable to accept the scene before him, Zorc swung his fist at [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty], attempting to eliminate the opponent before it attacked him. But his previously invincible power was now like a comical performance against [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty], unable to even shake the radiance around [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty].
As soon as Zorc's fist entered the range of light, it dissolved on its own. Even his immortal body didn't work and couldn't revive at all.
"Impossible, impossible! Impossible, impossible, impossible!" Without hands, Zorc desperately spewed dark magic power with his dragon head, attempting to attack [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty], still not giving up. But the result remained unchanged. In Zorc's desperate gaze, [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty] condensed a ball of pure white orb of light in its hand.
"Salvation Light." The calm voice of [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty] sounded, and it pushed out the orb of light towards Zorc.
"No, don't! I am Great Evil God Zorc, I have an immortal body!" In despair, Zorc turned and attempted to escape, wanting to avoid that seemingly ordinary orb of light that gave him a sense of fatal crisis. He even thought of eliminating one or two more people before being eliminated, spitting dark magic power towards Hayato and Atem with his dragon head.
But in the face of [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty]'s attack, Zorc only persisted for less than a second before being instantly eliminated. And this time, the light penetrated directly into Zorc's Interior existence, eradicating him from the source, who possessed an immortal body as long as darkness existed. And that dying struggle of an attack had already dispersed into nothingness before it even arrived before Hayato.
"I am, immortal—" Zorc's words were not finished before he was swallowed by the endless light. The power of radiance transformed into a Tower reaching the sky, standing at the location where Zorc was eliminated, reaching straight to the heavens. And the sun, which had been covered by darkness, reappeared in the Sky, casting down its warm radiance.
The dark clouds were scattering, and the light beams standing on the Earth also disappeared one after another, leaving only [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty] standing in place.
Looking down at the crowd before it, [The Creator God of Light, Horakhty] spoke: "Three thousand years ago, when Zorc Necrophades descended upon the Earth, the Pharaoh, alone with only his own radiance, could not eliminate him, and chose to seal him along with his own name."
"And three thousand years later, the gathered light of hope changed the ending."
"Humans in the strife between light and darkness, successfully moved towards a Future of light."
"This ultimate dark game is the victory of Atem and humanity."
The golden giant god of light's form gradually became transparent, and it disappeared under the gaze of everyone.
Chapter 827: Classic Three with Four
"That God disappeared," Joey Wheeler scratched his head, looking at The Creator God of Light, Horakhty disappearing. "But, Atem, is that The Other Yugi's real name?"
"I'm so used to calling him 'Yugi', it's a bit strange to change it all of a sudden," Téa said with a smile, looking at Atem who had turned around to face everyone.
Yugi also tilted his head and smiled. "I can't call you 'The Other Me' anymore either."
"No, it's fine. You can still call me 'Yugi' like before," Atem said, showing a gentle smile to his Companion. "Even if I've regained all my memory and my name, it doesn't mean that everything we experienced and the bonds we formed before are negated."
"However, it really feels strange. Before, Aibo and I shared the name 'Yugi', and now I finally have my own name. This feeling is as comfortable as welcoming the first morning of the New Year in brand new underwear, hahahaha."
Saying this, Atem couldn't help but let out an unprecedentedly hearty and relieved smile, laughing easily.
And looking at Atem, Yugi beside him was also happy that he had found his true name.
'That's right, I am me, and The Other Me... no, Atem, you are not anyone else but yourself. Although it's still a bit lonely, this is good.'
"Atem, that sounds like a disrespectful name. So that's the Pharaoh's name?" Beside them, Malik said indifferently, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Your flippant tone is even more 'disrespectful', Malik," Tristan said, glancing at Malik and ranting. Seeing that Joey Wheeler and the others didn't understand what Malik was saying, he explained, "Just like names such as 'Ishizu', 'Geb', and 'Seto', the name 'Atem' is also the name of a God in Ancient Egyptian mythology. Ancient Egyptian people really liked naming their children after Gods."
Just as he mentioned "Seto", someone with the same name as the God Seto happened to walk over from not far away with Kaiba, one after the other, arriving not far away from the group. Hayato noticed their approach immediately.
"Seto!" Turning his head sharply, Hayato stared directly at Seto, his expression full of vigilance. He hadn't forgotten Seto's betrayal before. That terrible and excessive behavior had caused great damage to his fragile heart. He held a grudge and was eager to retaliate.
"Hayato Kobayashi, you're really lively." Looking at Hayato, Seto had seen the extremely active Hayato when they all turned into light together before, but this was the first time he had met him since Hayato woke up. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, "I apologize for what I did before."
"Huh?" Hayato was also taken aback by Seto's words. "You... you actually apologized!? No, it's more incredible that a guy as arrogant as you would even think you made a mistake."
Kaiba, who was nearby, frowned upon hearing Hayato's words. "Hey, stop looking at me when you're talking, Hayato. Are you implying something by criticizing someone else?"
"No, I didn't mean that," Hayato denied, but his facial expression clearly showed that he did.
Seto looked at Atem standing beside Yugi, noticing that Atem was also looking at him. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath to calm his mood, then opened his eyes again and looked at Atem with a firm expression. "Perhaps I was influenced by Zorc's power of darkness before, but one thing is the absolute truth, and that is my ambition and desire."
"I desire more power, and I also covet the Pharaoh's position. Since I have already stepped the first step towards climbing to the Pharaoh's throne, even if it wasn't out of my own will, I will not turn back. Instead, I will continue to move forward. This is the path to the Future that I, Seto, recognize."
Although Seto's words were a bit unclear, everyone present understood his meaning. He was going to continue to challenge Atem for the Pharaoh's throne and take the Pharaoh's status from Atem's hand.
"You... you just defeated Zorc together, and now you're going to betray Atem again immediately! Just as infuriating as that guy Kaiba!" Joey Wheeler glared at Seto, not noticing Kaiba's death glare, which seemed to be saying with his gaze, "I need to find a way to use my authority to scheme against this Commoner again."
Seto glared back without flinching. "This isn't betrayal, idiot. Although the Pharaoh is The Agent of God on the Surface World, there's no reason why God would refuse to replace him with a more excellent agent. You don't even understand this point, you're just a novice. No, rather, you're fundamentally an idiot with a third-rate brain and fourth-rate thought ability."
"Gah! He's using the same words as Kaiba to call Joey Wheeler!"
Ignoring Tristan 's rant beside him, Joey Wheeler sneered, "Are you trying to say that you're more excellent than Atem?"
"Isn't that obvious? I have that confidence." Seto nodded affirmatively, his arms crossed over his chest.
Shada, who was still unclear about the situation, frowned and interrupted, "Wait a minute, there's suddenly too much information, and I'm a bit confused. Isn't Seto from a Commoner background? How does he have the qualification to become Pharaoh?"
Mana heard Shada's words and spread her hand helplessly. "We were also a bit surprised when we found out. The situation is a bit complicated, but simply put, Aknadin used to be the younger brother of the Prince's Father, and Seto is his son."
"That's not simple at all, it still sounds very complicated." Shada's frown didn't relax, but seeing that the others didn't deny Mana's saying, he knew that what she said was true. This meant that Seto was indeed a member of the Royal Family and had the qualification to become Pharaoh, and could even be said to be quite high in line.
"Even so, I don't recognize that you possess the ability to become Pharaoh, Seto." Looking at Seto, Shada had a serious expression. Perhaps in the past, there was a bond between Shada and Seto that could barely be called "friendship", but because of everything Seto did under the distortion of Zorc's power of darkness before, the "friendship" between Shada and Seto no longer existed.
"Being distorted by the power of darkness... I believe you're not lying, Seto. This is your inherent pride. But it's undeniable that even if it was distorted, your actions before still stemmed from your deepest inner thoughts and couldn't deviate too far."
"Using human lives as weights on the scales for power, disregarding the will of the people and making decisions on your own accord, even without mentioning the people you hurt during that time of betrayal, where do you get the face to face the subjects who suffered under your tyrant-like rule, Seto!"
Facing Seto, the suppressed emotions in Shada's heart erupted, and he shouted at him angrily.
Looking at the angry Shada, Seto took a deep breath and said expressionlessly, "I won't deny that many people died because of me before, but that was a necessary sacrifice, and I won't care about any dissatisfaction the people have towards me."
Upon hearing this, Shada became so angry he laughed instead. "Oh, really? Then what about the death of that woman named Kisara?"
Seto, who had been expressionless just now, instantly broke down upon hearing the name "Kisara". He said irritably, "You... why did you have to bring up Kisara's name!"
Seeing Seto and Shada confronting each other, Aknadin couldn't stand still and wanted to step forward to say something. "Se—"
However, Malik beside him reached out and placed a hand on Aknadin's shoulder, holding him back. "Wait a minute, old man, don't talk nonsense and interrupt this rare piece of watching the drama."
"It really is a rare piece of watching the drama." Hayato clasped his hands behind his head, also with an expression of watching the drama. Looking at Seto confronting Shada, he thought about what he felt when he turned into light before.
To defeat Zorc, everyone turned into light and called out The Creator God of Light, Horakhty. During that process, everyone's hearts were connected by the light of hope, relying on each other. Hayato also sensed Seto's idea in his heart at that time. Atem, who was silently watching Seto at this moment, probably also sensed the decision Seto made, just like himself.
'Since I already have a bad reputation among the people because of what happened before, I might as well go all the way and become a tyrant-like Pharaoh, actively taking on the responsibilities that previous Pharaohs were powerless to handle and doing the things that are a burden but must be done.'
'Completing religious reform, liberating the subjects from the current situation of being oppressed by faith, releasing the authority tightly held by the Noble, and abolishing the grand Building projects that only benefit the Pharaoh's reputation, which is a vague thing, and are useless to the subjects. This is something that only Seto, who climbed from a Commoner position to a high place but has the qualification to inherit the Pharaoh's throne, is capable of doing.'
'The guilt of killing countless Commoner, I already felt it in Seto's inner thoughts in the radiance before. Seto's so-called 'necessary sacrifice' doesn't refer to others, but to himself.'
"That's enough, Shada, Seto." The one who spoke to interrupt Seto and Shada was Atem, who had been deep in thought for a long time. He looked at Seto and made his decision. "Actually, even if you didn't say that, I had the same idea as you. Now that everything is over, you will become the Pharaoh from now on, Seto."
"Atem!?" "Pharaoh!?"
Upon hearing Atem's words, whether it was Shada or Seto, or even Malik and Aknadin beside them, they all showed surprised expressions.
"Huh? This guy can also be Pharaoh? Don't joke around. Although I was just watching the drama, that doesn't mean something like the throne can be joked about so casually, Pharaoh." Malik said, looking at Atem. "I don't know why you have that idea, but change your mind quickly, Pharaoh. I still quite like your persona that looks like you're easy to fool and lets me slack off easily."
"Although Marik Ishtar's words just now revealed something strange, my idea is the same as his, Pharaoh. Please withdraw that decision." Shada looked at Atem seriously. "Only you are the Pharaoh that I, Shada Sin, recognize, and only by relying on your power could we defeat that Zorc."
Atem looked at Shada but shook his head. "You're wrong, Shada. The reason we were able to defeat Zorc, as The Creator God of Light, Horakhty, made very clear just now, is because I was relying on everyone's power. Light has always existed in everyone's heart. As long as they continue to move forward for the Future, darkness will no longer surpass light."
With a smile on his face, Atem raised his hand and revealed it to Shada. "Furthermore, I can no longer continue to be Pharaoh."
In Atem's raised hand, light points rose and drifted towards the clear sky. Atem's palm was also gradually becoming transparent. Not only Atem, but Yugi, Joey Wheeler, Tristan, Téa, Kaiba, and Hayato, the same situation appeared on their bodies.
Joey Wheeler suddenly remembered something and hit his palm with a fist. "Ah, that's right. Now, we've already finished the Dark Game with Bakura, haven't we?"
"Atem has also found his name, and the Dark Game has reached its victory or defeat." Tristan looked at his transparent palm. "It seems we don't need to, and can't, continue to stay in this World anymore."
"Talking nonsense. This is clearly our quantum entanglement state repairing itself due to gravity." No matter when, Kaiba could always be incompatible with others with his obviously extraordinary understanding ability.
Téa looked at Atem's back. "So, we're leaving soon? And Atem too..."
"The Other Me... no, Atem..." Yugi subconsciously almost forgot to correct his title for Atem.
Hayato also sighed. "There's no way around it. After all, we are only in the Memory World within the Stone Tablet. And although we changed the ending three thousand years ago, we cannot change the predetermined result within the Memory World where the Pharaoh disappears from the World after Zorc is defeated."
"That is to say, I will no longer exist in this World from now on." Atem continued Hayato's words, facing the people in the Memory World with a helpless expression. "Although I tried hard to transfer the battlefield before, some attacks still landed in the City. Although I still wanted to go back and see the situation in the City, it seems there is no time."
"Pharaoh... Prince!" Mana stepped forward, teary-eyed, wanting to hug Atem, but her outstretched hand passed through his body and missed.
"Be strong, Mana. You are already an amazing Magician. Even if I'm gone, you still have to keep working hard." Atem smiled and placed his hand slightly above Mana's head, pretending to stroke it a few times. He took off the Millennium Rod from his neck. "Take this as a memento."
Before Atem could fully place the Millennium Rod in his hand into Mana's hand, his body and the bodies of the others completely transformed into light points and ascended into the air, disappearing. The Millennium Rod touched Mana's palm but suddenly disassembled and scattered on the ground, turning into the Millennium Puzzle.
"Prince—!"
Chapter 828
Kaiba opened his eyes and found himself lying face up on the cold Ground.
"Brother, are you okay!" Hearing the sound, Kaiba saw Keipei not far away, leading a team of medical personnel who had been pre-positioned and waiting, rushing towards him.
Helping Kaiba sit up from the Ground and then stand, Keipei let out a sigh of relief when he saw that Kaiba wasn't unconscious and could get up on his own. He said helplessly, "Brother, really, didn't I tell you before that it was too dangerous for you to test it yourself? And look, something really happened, thankfully you weren't injured."
Kaiba didn't react for a moment. He turned around and looked at the surrounding environment, immediately spotting the Motorcycle-type experimental device placed in the center of the large Field. Memories from a few days ago couldn't help but surface in his mind.
That's right, a few days ago... no, I should say just now, I seemed to be testing this D-Wheel. It's just that something went wrong during the experiment process and threw me off the D-Wheel, no wonder I was lying on the Ground.
So, Ancient Egypt three thousand years ago, the Pharaoh who looked just like Yugi, the Priest who was similar to me, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon that was a young girl's transformation, the powerful Zorc Necrophades, and The Creator God of Light... were all just a dream or an illusion? It feels too strange. I actually saw such a long illusion in such a short amount of time.
Watching some logistics personnel rush towards the somewhat damaged test prototype D-Wheel with fire extinguishers, Kaiba raised his hand to touch his chest, feeling somewhat unsure. It must have been an illusion, there's no way Time-Space is believable. But if it was just an illusion, it felt too real. It felt like the warmth of the sun and the wind full of the smell of sand had just been exhaled from his nostrils.
Seeing the silent Kaiba, Keipei also showed a worried expression.
Oh, no, looking at Brother like this, could he have hit his head and become stupid? Although Brother was already stupid enough, only thinking about dueling every day, and always being teased by Brother Hayato, it feels like he's even stupider after that fall.
Eek, why is he touching his chest? Could it be... could it be internal bleeding?
"Don't just stand there foolishly, quickly give Brother a comprehensive check-up!" Thinking of this, Keipei quickly commanded the medical personnel, "Even though Brother often acts inhumanly, don't look at him now as if he hasn't suffered any external injuries. Maybe he got a concussion from the explosion just now, you never know. Check him carefully, you have to earn the industry standard three times the salary KaibaCorp pays you!"
What else could the medical personnel say? Although based on their experience, President Kaiba Seto was clearly not injured, and maybe in the next second he could even perform a high-altitude unprotected airplane jump that could almost be a research subject, KaibaCorp paid too much. A check-up is a check-up.
Kaiba felt somewhat resistant when the few people wanted to check his body. After all, like the medical personnel, he felt that his body was completely fine. However, Keipei next to him had a serious expression. Facing his younger Brother, even Kaiba occasionally showed a helpless expression and could only allow the medical personnel to use portable inspection devices to check the condition of his internal organs, skeleton, and so on.
As for the result, it naturally didn't exceed Kaiba's expectation. His body was indeed very healthy and completely fine. The medical personnel took their equipment back to the standby area, while Keipei stared at Kaiba, sternly warning him not to put himself in danger again.
Not to mention that there was only that one experimental model D-Wheel, and with the only prototype damaged, experiments couldn't be conducted until a new version was manufactured. Actually, even if Keipei hadn't said anything, Kaiba didn't have the mind to conduct experiments for the time being anyway. The experience in Ancient Egypt kept lingering in his mind, unforgettable.
After pondering for a moment, Kaiba looked at Keipei and asked, "Where did Hayato Kobayashi and the others go before?"
"Huh, Brother Hayato? When we were discussing the situation of that Island, didn't Brother Hayato say that he was with Yugi and the others, accompanying that guy Pegasus on a world trip to find inspiration?"
"The first stop was in Egypt, I remember."
Keipei thought for a moment and replied to Kaiba, then looked at the pensive Kaiba with some confusion.
Although the instruments couldn't detect it, he forgot something that happened not long ago so completely. It's over, Brother really has a concussion, and he also has amnesia. If Brother becomes stupid, won't he even be unable to find a girlfriend in the future? No, I have to quickly ask Brother Hayato for help to find a woman with poor taste and marry Brother off!
"Then, I need to go to Egypt." "Brother, I want to go to Egypt."
In unison, Kaiba and Keipei both spoke at the same time. The two brothers were stunned that they coincidentally had the same destination and looked at each other.
Although they didn't know why the other person suddenly wanted to go to Egypt, it shouldn't have any influence on what they wanted to do. Soon, the two brothers arrived at the Runway on the rooftop of the KaibaCorp building and boarded Kaiba's favorite Blue-Eyes Jet. The logistics personnel had already prepared enough fuel for a round trip to Egypt.
Under Kaiba's skilled operation, the jet plane accelerated along the Runway and took off. After climbing to a certain altitude, the Autopilot Program written by Keipei took over control of the jet plane, allowing Kaiba to let go and not have to constantly hold the control stick.
And seeing Kaiba relax, Keipei, sitting in the back seat behind Kaiba, took the initiative to start a conversation with Kaiba. He said, "Oh, right, Brother, do you remember that Industrial Illusions released a new Deck series not long ago? All the information was released these past two days, but Brother, you've been busy with that 'D-Wheel' before, so you probably don't know yet."
"Speaking of which, Brother, you used cards from this series before, remember? It was the Thunder Dragon. It was cool individually but ugly when fused into Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon. But the new Thunder Dragon in the Deck series released this time, the Card Designer at Industrial Illusions seems to have listened to Duelist feedback and modified it to be much cooler."
Hearing Keipei's words, Kaiba was stunned for a moment. He couldn't help but remember the man named Karim he had encountered in Ancient Egypt, who had a very annoying personality but admirable resolve. After being silent for a while, he replied to Keipei, "Is that so? Thunder Dragon, huh? How about trying to use a Deck like that, Keipei?"
"Huh? That's surprising, Brother. Didn't you always think that only Dragon-Type Monsters were the strongest?" Keipei said with a smile.
And Kaiba looked at the cloud layer outside the cockpit glass and said casually, "That kind of talk was probably just a mistake I made when I was young. And after all, like that guy Hayato said, since Thunder Dragon has 'Dragon' in its name, it can also be considered Dragon Type."
Chapter 829: Kaiba: I'll remember this grudge
"Oh oh oh, so you went on such a magnificent adventure?" Pegasus stroked his chin, listening to Joey Wheeler describe their adventure in the Memory World. "Exciting! Me not participate in such epic story, too regrettable, It's a pity~"
Honda raised an eyebrow. "I can tell you really wished you were there, Pegasus. Even the English words you're using have increased slightly, making you sound more like an American."
"But, me am originally American?"
Marik retorted, "Oh, please. Every time I hear your English, which is even worse than Translationese, I swear I want to kick your buttocks with my boot. Compared to that, I'd even prefer to eat the burger Mutou Yuugi recommended to me."
"Huh? Did the burgers at 'Burger World' not suit your taste, Marik-kun? I really like the burgers from that place."
Hearing Marik's words from the row behind him where three people were sitting, Yugi couldn't help but turn his head to say. Marik spread his hands helplessly. "Sorry, but unfortunately, the Tomb Keepers' diet has always been primarily vegetarian. It's not just me; my Older Sister doesn't really like meat either. Although we can eat meat, we're just not used to it."
"Ah, I see." Yugi, who had just learned a piece of knowledge that wouldn't come in handy, nodded. The Millennium Puzzle on his chest swayed gently with his movement, the Iron Chain clinking with a crisp sound. Looking down at the Millennium Puzzle, Yugi couldn't help but smile.
With the Dark Game over, everyone who had defeated Dark Bakura and Zorc successfully emerged from the Memory World within the Stone Tablet and returned to the Real World.
What was curious was that the Dark Game Atem and Hayato were dragged into by Dark Bakura in the Memory World, compared to Yugi and the others who entered later, resulted in them appearing at a later point in time because of the difference in when they entered.
However, when they woke up and asked Pegasus and Marik how much time had passed, they said they had only just laid down not long before waking up. At first, the two of them almost thought that the others hadn't even entered the Memory World yet and were just doing sit-ups because they had forgotten something.
Joey Wheeler had been a little worried before that if their bodies in the Real World had truly been lying there for several days, like Solomon Muto whose soul was sealed by Pegasus at that time, turning into a vegetative state corpse, they might be in danger of losing their life points. But the result was that after waking up, none of them were hungry at all. Joey Wheeler could even still taste the chewing gum he had eaten before in his mouth.
The time difference during that time was very strange. Although several days had passed in the Memory World, only an instant had passed in the Real World. If Kaiba had been here with them, that guy would probably be spouting some "Science" nonsense again. However, neither Yugi nor Hayato and the others paid too much attention to these small details.
The Nameless Pharaoh residing in the Millennium Puzzle had traversed three thousand years of time to regain his name — Atem. As his friend, Hayato and the others were naturally happy for him. Moreover, in this Dark Game, they also took the opportunity to get rid of Dark Bakura, the guy who had caused trouble countless times, and incidentally saved the world. The double dose of joy made everyone even happier.
So why bother with all those trivial things? They should just celebrate. And just now, Joey Wheeler was recounting what happened in the World of the King's Memory to Marik and Pegasus, who hadn't entered the Memory World with them because of "insufficient bond".
Of course, as is his habit, given Joey Wheeler's personality, he naturally preserved only the most important overall story outline without breaking the truth, but added many embellishments to give himself a lot of screen time.
"Wow, summoning Red-Eyes Black Dragon to delay Zorc, the Great Darkness Evil God, from damaging others, and then at the last moment, leading the summoning of the powerful The Creator God of Light, Horakhty together with Yugi and Brother-in-law." Marik's face showed a knowing expression. "Are you sure you didn't change Kaiba Seto's screen time to yourself, Joey Wheeler-san?"
"That's not true. Look, among the people who entered the Tablet World, where was that guy Kaiba?" Joey Wheeler's face didn't even turn red as he deceived Marik, nodding confidently under Tristan 's teasing gaze from the side. "It's very obvious, every word I said is the truth."
Kaiba Seto can rely on his money and power to target me in various aspects every day, so there's absolutely no problem with me, Joey Wheeler , deleting that arrogant bastard's screen time in the story and replacing it with my own.
Marik shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "I'll just pretend I believe it."
Compared to Marik, Pegasus on the side didn't care too much about the specific roles of each character in the story Joey Wheeler described. The story itself was already very interesting to him. If they weren't currently sitting in a vehicle heading to their next destination, he would probably already be impatiently using the inspiration he had recorded to make cards.
Listening to Joey Wheeler in the back of the vehicle continue his rambling, heavily modified story, Hayato also smiled. Looking forward, he picked up a bottle of water from beside him and handed it to the person sitting in the passenger seat next to him. "Have some water."
"Ah, thank you." The reserved White-Haired Youth reached out and took the water bottle. Looking at Hayato, who was focused on driving the vehicle, he said thank you.
He was still wearing the same blue and white striped sailor shirt, and his face was the same, but just the change in hairstyle made the White-Haired Youth feel completely different from the guy who had always caused Hayato and Yugi so much trouble before. The person sitting in the passenger seat, who else could it be but Bakura?
In the Memory World, Dark Bakura, who was Zorc's evil will, after reviving Zorc, felt that he had already achieved victory and could not possibly lose, so he merged with Zorc and fully revived.
Because of that ultimate Dark Game, once Zorc killed Atem and guided his country towards destruction, achieving complete victory, He would also be able to complete his revival in the Real World. However, as everyone knows, powerful cards often come with great risk. Behind an action that provided such great benefits to Zorc, there were naturally stakes. That was, once Zorc was eliminated in the Memory World, Zorc's will in Reality would also perish.
Then He was instantly defeated by the invincible The Creator God of Light, Horakhty. Bakura, who had been controlled by Zorc's evil will in the Real World, also successfully woke up.
However, the current Bakura was no longer the "Dark Bakura" who was controlled by Zorc's evil will, but the genuine classmate of Hayato and the others from at that time, Bakura Ryo, the shy and introverted youth whose personality was somewhat similar to Yugi's.
After Hayato and the others woke up in the Underground Cave where the Stone Tablet of Memories was placed, Bakura, who was with them, also woke up from his coma. Unlike Hayato and the others who came to Egypt through proper channels with complete procedures, that guy Dark Bakura wasn't honest enough to go through Customs inspection. He illegally entered Egypt through his own means, which meant Bakura was fundamentally an Undocumented Person in Egypt.
Being without an identity would have been bad enough, but what was even worse was that Bakura was not like Zorc; he had only learned English taught in foreign language classes. Although the main languages in Egypt nowadays, besides Arabic and French, also include English, Egyptian-accented English meeting the well-known Japanese English, it's simply a matter of sheer luck if anyone can understand what the other person is saying.
Although Dark Bakura had done many things that made people angry and annoyed before, those things had nothing to do with Bakura himself. In fact, Bakura was also a victim of Dark Bakura. Unable to abandon Bakura, who was unfamiliar with life in Egypt, after obtaining the consent of the tour organizer — Pegasus, they let him join the team and act together.
Holding the water bottle in his hand, Bakura kept looking at Hayato's profile from the side. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke, "Th-that, Hayato-kun, thank you very much."
"Huh? This is just a bottle of water, isn't it?" Hayato glanced at the bottle in Bakura's hand when he had a moment. It was indeed just a normal bottle of water. "Is there a need to thank me so formally?"
"No, no, it's not about the water," seeing that Hayato had misunderstood, Bakura quickly waved his hands and explained, "It's about That Person who controlled me. Thank you very much for everything you did, Hayato-kun."
Bakura paused, his face showed an embarrassed expression. "Although I was always controlled by That Person, I didn't fall into slumber. I have an impression of the things That Person did while controlling my body. After regaining my freedom, I was really happy, but when I thought about the irreversible things I had done before, I felt that I didn't have the qualification to be happy."
"In short, I'm very sorry, and also very grateful to you, Hayato-kun!"
As his words fell, Bakura lowered his head and closed his eyes. After speaking the heavy burden in his heart, he finally felt relief. And although there was an element of impulse in it, since he had already brought up this aspect, he was also prepared to be cursed and feel resentment from Hayato and the others next.
Damaging Innocent People, killing innocent lives, even if everything was not from his own will, it was indeed done by That Person through his body. This was an undeniable truth.
However, Bakura did not wait for the curse. Instead, a hand reached out from the back seat and gently patted his shoulder.
Opening his eyes and looking over, Mutou Yuugi, whose aura was slightly different, was smiling at him. "You don't have to blame yourself for everything Zorc used you to do, Bakura. You were also a victim who was used by Zorc."
"This is not just my idea, Aibo thinks so too."
No, the feeling from this tone isn't Mutou Yuugi, but Dark Yugi from the Millennium Puzzle, right? Bakura, who still didn't know Atem's name, thought this.
It wasn't just Mutou Yuugi and Atem. Téa, who was sitting next to Yugi, also said to the apologetic Bakura, "It's okay, Bakura-chan. The one who was wrong was Zorc. He has already paid a heavy price for his actions."
"Yeah, yeah! At that time, The Creator God of Light, Horakhty raised her hand, and 'Zzzzz—Boom!' she finished off Zorc just like that, so there's nothing to be afraid of anymore, Bakura." Joey Wheeler also gave a thumbs-up as encouragement.
"It's not about being afraid of Zorc coming back, you idiot. You weren't listening at all just now, so don't just butt in randomly." Tristan on the side held his forehead with a helpless expression, but then looked at Bakura seriously and said, "Although Zorc did a lot of bad things using your appearance, Bakura, and even if just looking at you now makes me a little angry and feel resentment, but that's not directed at you, Bakura. You don't have to keep this guilt that doesn't belong to you in your heart."
With one leg resting on his knee, Pegasus, who was still sitting quite elegantly even if in the car, also nodded. "That's right."
Marik, with his hands clasped behind his head and resting on his arms, also said with a grin, "Exactly, exactly."
"Would you two former antagonists please shut up?" Hayato retorted. "I didn't feel like anything was wrong until you two opened your mouths. A small vehicle like this actually has a total of three villain characters gathered."
"But me have already turned over a new leaf?" "Me too, Brother-in-law." Pegasus and Marik said with playful smiles.
Although it sounded like a joke, Hayato also knew that what they said wasn't really a lie. He didn't pay attention to the two of them, and instead, while seriously driving the car, he said to Bakura beside him, "This time in the Memory World, there was actually someone just like you. I'm not talking about appearance or anything, but about their experience. That guy also did many irreversible things under external force distortion."
"I can understand you feeling guilty about this. After all, a life without futile actions fundamentally doesn't exist. Humans, no matter what age they are, are beings who will commit irreversible mistakes. However, if you're deeply stuck in guilt, you fundamentally can't change anything. Turn that regret into power that cultivates your mind and obtain growth from it, Bakura."
Looking at Hayato's profile illuminated by the warm sunshine, Bakura was stunned for a long time. With slightly red cheeks, he nodded. "Okay, although I don't quite understand, since Hayato-kun and everyone said so, I will try my best."
"If you can't find a direction for your effort, I can provide you with suggestions. You don't have to think about being a Duel King, but there's still a good opportunity to become a Pokemon Master. You'll definitely succeed when you become a ten-year-old boy with twenty years of dueling experience."
"No, even if it's me, I can tell that kind of thing is fundamentally impossible. Don't make fun of me, Hayato-kun."
Facing the sun, the vehicle carrying everyone drove towards the next destination — Luxor in Upper Egypt.
**Chapter 830: Lowly Pauper**
Luxor, the pearl of Upper Egypt, is a concentration of Ancient Thebes artifacts, hailed as the largest open-air museum on Earth.
However, Hayato and the party chose this as their next destination not because they were interested in artifacts or anything of the sort, but because after comparing a modern map of Egypt with the map they had memorized from the World of Memories, Hayato and Atem both discovered—
Since Atem's father, King Aknamkanon, moved the capital, the new Royal City remained unnamed until Atem, who had only been the Upper Rank Pharaoh for a few days, left the world. Neither the Priests nor anyone else simply referred to this new city as the "Royal City."
But perhaps Seto, who succeeded Atem as Pharaoh, or later Pharaohs like Ramesses II, gave the city a formal name for ease of reference—Thebes.
Although everything from three thousand years ago is now past smoke and clouds, the Ancient City of Thebes located in Luxor is now the Thebes Ruins. But even so, Atem still wanted to go and see it, and Yugi and the others felt the same.
Marik and Bakura, who joined them halfway, were just slacking off with the group. After Pegasus also became interested in the Thebes Ruins, the party drove to Luxor to visit the Thebes Ruins. It's just that—
"Two thousand US dollars?! You *Egyptian Expletive*, this is robbery!" Marik looked at an Egyptian man in front of him, his expression full of anger.
"*Egyptian Expletive*, *Egyptian Dialect*" But even if Marik looked fierce and malevolent, the Egyptian man in front of him still had a smug appearance, shaking his legs triumphantly, seemingly certain Marik had no way to deal with him.
Even if Marik walked away from him, the man still looked indifferent, as if he had a handle on Marik and knew he would ultimately have to come back to him.
"You look so angry, what happened, Marik?" Since Marik was speaking Arabic when communicating with the Egyptian man, Tristan , who didn't know what was going on, couldn't help but ask when he saw Marik return with an annoyed expression.
"Just to visit the Thebes Ruins, a ticket scalper actually asked for two thousand US dollars. You'd get angry too. And it's not for everyone, it's *Egyptian Expletive* two thousand per person." Marik turned back and glared at the ticket scalper who was standing there looking leisurely, saying irritably.
"Two thousand US dollars? Heh, letting that kind of person make money is more uncomfortable than me losing money." Hayato also furrowed his brow, saying somewhat annoyed.
"Although I don't lack this little money, but just like Hayato boy said, even if we have money, it's not meant for that kind of person to make a markup." Beside him, Pegasus also spread his hands helplessly, "Just printing a piece of paper makes so much money, even if you robbed a bank, it wouldn't be that fast, desu."
Joey Wheeler glanced at Pegasus upon hearing this. Others might have the qualification to say that, but aren't you, a Card Printer, exactly the kind of person you're talking about? A single card can sell for thousands, tens of thousands, millions. What qualification do you have to say that someone "just printing a piece of paper makes money faster than robbing a bank"?
If the price was twenty US dollars per ticket, it would just be a bit expensive. Even at two hundred US dollars, you could bear with it and accept it. But two thousand US dollars per ticket is simply slaughtering people like pigs. Even pigs struggle and resist when being slaughtered. Only a ghost would buy that price, whoever buys it is an idiot.
Yugi looked at Marik and asked in confusion, "Can't we just find someone else to buy tickets?"
Marik also said helplessly, "Although the Thebes Ruins are managed by the local government, the sale of tickets is monopolized by the local Gang. That bastard is from the Gang, and he said that it would be the same thing with anyone else, this is the price for us foreigners, take it or leave it."
"It's because I've cultivated myself, otherwise I would have definitely used the **Millennium Rod** on him, making him think he's a fish and go dive in the Nile River for two or three days."
"Foreigners?" Hayato glanced at Marik's clothes. Because the weather was a bit hot, Marik had taken off the black jacket he was originally wearing outside, which looked somewhat decent, revealing the unbearable-to-look-at shirt underneath that was covered in ahegao drawings. "To be honest, I'm not surprised at all. I told you, you three-year-old, to wear something more decent."
"Brother-in-law, what do you know? What I'm wearing isn't clothes, it's love!"
"The love you're talking about refers to making those female characters show that kind of expression?"
"I prefer monster stealing, is that not allowed?"
Téa also turned her head away, somewhat not wanting to look at Marik's shirt, whose artistic quality was too early for human. She said to Yugi, "Looks like, we can't buy tickets to go in and visit now. Should we temporarily give up on this attraction?"
"I guess we have no choice but to do this, right? We can't possibly go into the attraction without tickets..." Bakura said quietly. But his words had just fallen when a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder, startling Bakura.
"For a True Duelist, nothing is impossible! Your idea is great, Bakura!" Giving Bakura a thumbs up, Hayato looked at Marik and said, "What do you think, Marik?"
"I think it's worth a try, Brother-in-law!"
"How many times do I have to tell you who is your Brother-in-law!"
"It's too late to correct me now, you've acquiesced several times!"
Bakura tilted his head in confusion, "Eh? Eh... I, did I propose any idea just now?"
So, the party began to implement a plan that even the proposer himself didn't know what they were going to do. Ten minutes later—
"Oh oh oh, truly interesting! Even I am doing such sneaky things for the first time, desu~" In the dark space, Pegasus's face, illuminated by the scattered light from the flashlight, was full of excitement.
"Hahaha, although we don't have tickets, wouldn't it be fine if we just bypass the entrances where they check tickets and sneak in from a place where no one can see? As expected of Bakura, he can easily think of such a cunning idea. Even I feel inferior, hahahaha!"
Hearing Hayato's words, Bakura looked anxious and quickly argued, "It's, it's not my idea! I didn't think of any of this, it was clearly Hayato who thought—"
"You're something else, Bakura!" "I already said it wasn't me!"
"Hey, quiet down a bit, what should we do just in case we get discovered?" Joey Wheeler interrupted the conversation between the two behind him and looked ahead. "But then again, I didn't expect there to actually still be such a Passage here that even the official didn't know about."
"Actually, what's even more worth exclaiming about is that this Passage still exists after so many years have passed," Yugi said with a smile. "The other... Atem said that even he didn't know about the existence of this Passage. It should have been built by people who came later, right?"
"I saw it in the Memory World of Meriamun, that guy Ozymandias. Seems like he prepared it just in case for Nefertari and the other Royal Consorts, as well as people of later generations. Given his personality, he probably wouldn't escape even if the City Gate was breached that day and he died in the Royal City, although that kind of thing didn't happen to him," Hayato said casually. "Seems like it was also built very well and wasn't put to much use, so as a result, even after Thebes became Ruins, even archaeological staff didn't discover this Passage."
"Oh, seems like we're almost there?" Tristan , who was walking at the very front, saw the bright light shining into the pitch-black Passage from afar and said to everyone behind him. Everyone also slightly quickened their pace, planning to quickly go to the exit.
After walking up the Stairs for a distance along the end of the Passage, everyone arrived behind a Stone Gate that was letting through a few rays of light, and were about to push it open.
But just at this moment, a person's voice suddenly sounded from behind that door, causing the movement of Tristan and Joey Wheeler, who had almost pushed open the door, to freeze. They quickly withdrew their hands and didn't dare to move again.
Immediately after, another voice sounded again. Seems like at least two people were talking behind the door. What was slightly strange was that at first, the few people thought it was just people from the Scenic Area happening to be talking at the Passage exit, but the language the two people talking were using was not Arabic but Japanese?
Putting their eyes to the gap and looking outside, the few people saw that outside the door were indeed not Egyptians, but a Black Person dressed as a fully armed Soldier talking with a White Person dressed as a Gentleman.
"I didn't expect you to actually have some ability when handling matters, Mercenary." The arrogant White Person looked at the Black Person and said contemptuously, "Faster than I expected with your movement, you really didn't waste that large and generous commission I gave you."
"Need to correct you, mister, you only gave me a part of the commission, the remaining final payment hasn't been paid yet." The Black Mercenary saw the dismissive attitude of the opponent but didn't care much, saying seriously.
"Don't need you to remind me, Mercenary, or do you think I would default on your commission?" The White Person said with dissatisfaction, his gaze looking towards a box placed beside him, narrowing his eyes. His already somewhat obese cheeks completely hid his small eyes in the flesh, but even so, even if separated by the door, everyone could also see the greed in his eyes.
"Is that the item I want?"
The Black Person's gaze glanced at the briefcase beside him and said calmly, "My rules are payment and goods are settled, so before the final payment is settled, this thing temporarily cannot—"
"How many more times do you have to chatter? I won't short you money." The White Person heard the Black Mercenary's words and said with dissatisfaction again, softly muttering a sentence, "Tsk, lowly poor ghost." However, even Hayato and the others behind the door could hear the White Person's words, and that Black Mercenary heard it even more clearly, but even so, he still didn't react.
"I will settle your commission, but after you take this thing out and give it to me. But before that, to avoid you wasting my valuable time, I need to confirm first that you indeed got the item I want, and that what you got is the genuine article. There's no problem with this, right?" The White Person looked at the Mercenary and spoke again.
And the Black Mercenary thought for a moment, and still nodded, agreeing to the opponent's proposed idea of inspecting the goods beforehand. He lifted up the box by his hand and in a few quick movements opened the combination lock on it.
But before opening the box, he still said seriously to the White Person, "The time I bribed the Gang here to raise the ticket price is limited, and the Staff who were transferred away will also come back soon after a little more time. So, Mister Valentine, the time you can inspect is limited, you'd best be quick with your movement."
"Also, I need to remind you, this is just for you to check the trade item beforehand. You can touch it, but it's best not to let it leave my line of sight, otherwise, even if it's the employer, I will also shoot, unless you pay the final payment—"
"Enough, you lowly poor ghost, quickly open that damned box!" Seems like the obese White Person Gentleman called "Valentine" seemed to have reached the limit of his patience and ordered the Black Mercenary without any grace.
And the Mercenary just expressionlessly opened the box in his hand, flipped it over, letting a certain something placed inside be presented before Valentine's eyes.
Just in an instant, Valentine, who was just full of angry expression, became calm, looking somewhat infatuatedly at the thing inside the box, his gaze full of intoxication.
"This is it, this is what I want. Looking at the brilliant color and the luxurious charm, even if it has gone through a thousand years, it is still so charming. I can even see everything from the long years from it."
His hands wearing gloves reached out towards the treasure inside the box whose true form had not yet been seen by Hayato and the others. Valentine carefully picked it up from the box in his hand and said excitedly, "Such a beautiful thing, it is undoubtedly the genuine article, there's no mistake. Even if I don't use professional instruments to appraise it, relying on my Funny Valentine's experience, I can also determine that this is inevitably an ancient object from three thousand years ago!"
While Funny Valentine was speaking, Joey Wheeler was somewhat confused, because he heard Hayato beside him suddenly clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking.
"The stakes paid for obtaining this treasure, compared to this beauty, is simply a drop in the bucket! Relying on this beauty, I can absolutely sell it for an astronomical figure. There is nothing more exciting than this matter!"
"I'm about to obtain you—"
Because the Black Mercenary was always staring at him, Funny Valentine was somewhat bothered by being interrupted while appreciating beautiful things, but it was covered by the excitement of being able to obtain this treasure immediately. Holding the accessory in his hand and carefully observing it, Funny Valentine said affectionately,
"—three thousand years ago, the jewelry gifted by the famous Ramesses II to his most loved Royal Consort, Nefertari!"
"Bang!"
In the end, Hayato, who still couldn't control himself, smashed his punch on the Stone Gate. Seems like it triggered a mechanism somewhere. With a "Boom," the Stone Gate suddenly opened. Funny Valentine looked at the wall beside him suddenly opening to reveal a large group of people, his face full of astonishment.