While Youyu was battling on one side with Gozaburo, Kaiba Noah was causing trouble with the Big Five on the other.
The Big Five may be quite adept at deceit and trickery, but expecting them to play cards against a bunch of experts, including the Duel King, was asking too much.
Even though the Big Five repeatedly cheated, using inexplicable Deck Commander rules and what seemed like fake cards, and even rigged the dice Jonouchi rolled...
...In the end, they still lost.
The defeated Big Five were completely erased by Noah this time, and their last fragments of consciousness hanging on in the computer world vanished along with their obsession with having bodies.
Having cut through challenges, Yugi and his friends finally managed to fight through the Big Five, bringing them face to face with Kaiba Noah for the BOSS battle.
However, here Noah, having learned that Gozaburo was still alive and knowing that he himself had been abandoned by Gozaburo, was already mentally shaken when facing Yugi, Kaiba, and the others.
Then came the BOSS battle, where Noah, in a sheer display of ignorance and fearlessness, casually proclaimed to Yugi and Kaiba, "Come at me both, I'm going to take on ten today!"
And then...
...And he was beaten so badly by Yugi and Kaiba's perfectly coordinated male duo attack that even his own father wouldn't recognize him...
...Oh, wait, his own dad might already be in even a worse state.
A few more minutes, and Gozaburo might be unrecognizable to his own son.
Noah, abandoned by his father and with his entire life's value negated, was already on the brink of collapse. Now, schooled by Yugi and Kaiba's combined attacks, he couldn't help but question his own existence. A perfectly fine AI was almost driven to a breakdown.
Then, the moment the cards were laid down in the game, Yugi swiftly logged out, and his other self, known as Petit Angel, gracefully logged in.
Yugi struck while the iron was hot, quickly stepping forward, and suddenly activated the protagonist's aura, channeling the likes of Naruto Uzumaki, the Grim Reaper boy detective, and Touma Kamijou, unlocking the most formidable Convincing Power in the legendary pan-cosmic skills.
Convincing Power, the ultimate pan-cosmic protagonist skill, capable of affecting all five senses of an opponent simultaneously. First, it seizes their hearing, making them incapable of hearing any other words for life. Next, it attacks the eyes and nose, delivering a massive mental blow through sight and smell, stripping them of combat awareness and all defensive abilities. It possesses terror-inducing effects that penetrate defenses and ignores immunity, rendering everyone from Gods to street thugs equal before this ultimate skill...
Just as Noah was wavering and about to be taken down by a combo from this supreme skill, Mokuba came in for the finishing blow: "Come back with us, Noah! Even without Gozaburo, you still have us!
When we get back, my brother and I will also help you find a new body! Of course, it won't be living, but with Kaiba Company's technology, creating a perfect android is no problem at all!
Right, big brother?"
Mokuba said this and winked at President Haima.
Kaiba folded his arms, snorted, and looked aside without saying anything.
Noah was puzzled: "You're willing to help me... but why?"
"Do you even have to ask?" Mokuba patted his shoulder warmly and smiled, "Because we're brothers!"
Noah was taken aback.
...
...I was only craving your body, but you treated me like a brother?
Don't mention it, but Noah, who had lost his goal and was all alone, really bought into this. Mokuba's innocent and genuine expression perfectly depleted Noah's LP, already reduced to a sliver by Convincing Power, maxing out his redemption arc progress.
"What a carefree guy." Noah snorted, "Alright, I'll take you to the exit of this world."
Just as he said this, a sudden flash of lightning and thunder erupted in the sky. Black clouds simultaneously appeared across all maps in the virtual world, lightning continuously crashing down, with some thunder rolling to the ground and exploding repeatedly, filling the air with the smell of something charred.
"What?"
Everyone turned their eyes to Noah, clearly questioning, "What new trouble have you stirred up now?"
Noah was just as surprised: "This... this wasn't my doing."
As he spoke, a high-pitched dragon's roar seemed to resound from the other end of the virtual space, shaking the heavens and earth.
The virtual sky appeared to be ripped apart, like shattered glass showing cracks. Everyone looked up, barely glimpsing, over a long distance and through numerous maps, the body of a red god dragon soaring skyward, exuding a divine power that seemed to dominate the entire space.
"That's... the power of the divine!" As a holder of a Divine Card himself, Kaiba quickly recognized the power.
"Impossible!" Noah exclaimed in shock, "There shouldn't be any Divine Cards in this virtual world."
Seeing everyone gaze at him, he quickly explained: "I tried inputting the data, but the power contained in the Egyptian God Card... even with my technology it couldn't be comprehended.
I was unable to recreate the data of the Egyptian God Cards in this world, so there shouldn't be any Divine Cards here... Oh!"
Noah abruptly realized.
"Is it that Duelist named Youyu, your companion?" Noah mused, "That must be it. I only just found out my father's consciousness was stored in this virtual space.
Father said he was quite interested in that Duelist Youyu and has invited him over. So it seems those two are dueling over there now..."
Yugi said, "So, it's Youyu who's summoned the god here?"
Two players who finished the storyline quietly watched the CG at the side: "Youyu-san is awesome!" (Voice break)
Jonouchi was surprised, "But didn't Noah say there shouldn't be any Divine Cards in this virtual space?"
Kaiba, with arms folded and nostrils flared: "Humph, for a true Duelist, nothing is impossible!" (Indicating card imprinting)
Yugi nodded with an expression of "standard procedure": "Yes. If a true Duelist has deep enough bonds with their monsters, miracles can indeed be summoned."
Noah: What are you talking about; I have no idea?
...
Right now, in the Dueling Arena.
Slifer the Sky Dragon, Summon!
The red divine dragon descended from the sky, radiating endless, kingly might. Coiling its vast body, it slowly descended amid the thunder and lightning, breathing heavily and deeply.
[Slifer the Sky Dragon, Attack Power 17000]
Gozaburo's face twisted: "At... Attack power 17000!?"
The Egyptian God ruling the Netherworld descended onto the field, its eyes blazing as it fixed on Gozaburo and his tiny dark spirit, as if asking—
—Little brother, what invincible nonsense were you just talking about?
"It's time to battle." Youyu raised his hand, pointing at Gozaburo, "A dead man should stay quietly in his grave. 'Slifer the Sky Dragon', attack! Thunderforce Attack!"
The Sky Dragon opened its mouth, unleashing a torrential wave of golden light.
The "Exodia's Specter" won't be destroyed by battle, yet the battle damage inflicted on the controller must still be taken.
With 17,000 attack power, the Sky Dragon's strike could send Gozaburo straight to King Yan.
And as for Obelisk the Tormentor and the Winged Dragon of Ra... from a dueling perspective, Youyu didn't even need them. Gathering all Three Egyptian Gods on the field was purely to maximize suppression using divine power, ensuring Gozaburo had no chance to escape.
Gozaburo's body was consumed by the light of Thunderforce, causing even the program itself to disintegrate. In the intense beam, he screamed at the top of his lungs: "Arrghhhh!!! This is impossible, I am eternal and immortal! How could I... Arrghhhh!!!"
[Gozaburo, LP 0]
Kaiba Gozaburo, cannot stand again.