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Chapter 562: So That's How It Is, I Completely Understand
Although it currently seemed like Dartz was caught off guard by Hayato's sudden appearance, the truth was that Hayato, who looked calm as an old dog on the surface, was panicking inwardly at this moment.
After finally arriving at the location of the "God" that Aleister had mentioned in the Spirit World, he was pulled into a strange space. In that space, Hayato saw three statues of the Nameless Dragons.
Hayato had thought at the time that he had replaced Yugi, Kaiba, or Joey Wheeler and been chosen by the Nameless Dragons. But what he didn't expect was that the statues of the three Nameless Dragons actually spoke?!
Yes, they spoke! Before they were unsealed by their respective chosen ones!
In Hayato's memory, the three Nameless Dragons had barely spoken a single word, whether before or after being unsealed by Yugi and the other two. In the anime, they only spoke a few words after transforming from their Dragon Form into Human Form when facing Dartz in battle. They could be said to have taken being sparing with words to the ultimate, even giving the impression that their spirits hadn't truly awakened.
However, the fact that the Nameless Dragons spoke made sense to Hayato.
Putting aside everything else, when Yugi was called from the Real World to the Spirit World, although it was the voice of **Dark Magician Girl** that guided him, the boundary between the Spirit World and the Real World couldn't be opened by **Dark Magician Girl's** power alone, not even through a dream. At that time, the assistance of the already awakened Nameless Dragons was inevitable.
Moreover, there was no reason why even **Kuriboh** could make a "Kuri" sound, but the dignified "Nameless Dragons" couldn't make a sound.
In the space where the Nameless Dragons were sealed, Hayato learned through talking with them that the "God" in the Spirit World that Aleister mentioned was indeed them, but more accurately, it was them when they were still one entity ten thousand years ago. At that time, their name was **Combined God Dragon - Timaeus**.
However, due to the battle ten thousand years ago, the power of **Combined God Dragon - Timaeus** was split, becoming the current three Nameless Dragons. But they also successfully defeated the Orichalcos God, who intended to destroy all human civilization on the surface of the Earth at that time, and fell into a deep sleep together.
Regarding Hayato's request to return to the Human World, the three Nameless Dragons stated that they were helpless, as their power had been worn down too much during the ten thousand years of sleep. They could no longer actively open the dimensional gate and attack the Orichalcos God in the Human World from the Spirit World as they did ten thousand years ago.
However, they also stated that Hayato wasn't completely without hope of returning. If someone in the Human World actively wanted to open the dimensional gate, they could lend a hand to help open the gate. It didn't matter if the opponent's power wasn't enough; Hayato could still return to his original world through the dimensional gate.
During this time, Hayato had thought about trying to call out the names of the three Nameless Dragons himself to see if he could get something for nothing, but the Nameless Dragons awkwardly stated that even if Hayato called out the names correctly, it would be useless. This was because their seal could only be effectively removed by someone whose soul's wavelength matched theirs when calling out their names.
**Timaeus** chose the Nameless Pharaoh from three thousand years ago and the current **Yugi Muto**. **Critias** chose Priest Seto from three thousand years ago and the current **Seto Kaiba**. And **Hermos**, who belatedly realized it needed to find someone to unseal it, chose Joey Wheeler in one go.
These three were the people whose soul wavelengths matched their power that the Nameless Dragons had painstakingly found among billions of humans. Their appearances were even the same as the Nameless Dragons' appearances when they took Human Form. They couldn't be replaced by just anyone calling out a name.
The Nameless Dragons didn't let Hayato return empty-handed, however. They helped him split the **Gate of Phantasms** back into three Sacred Beast cards, taught him the correct usage method for the Sacred Beasts to prevent him from being tricked by others using his own cards again, and also replenished a portion of power into Hayato's **Super Polymerization**.
Hayato's **Super Polymerization** was acquired during the Battle City Top 4 match halftime. Due to Noah Kaiba's interference, they were brought into the Virtual World. There, Gozaburo Kaiba completed this **Super Polymerization** using the souls of The Big Five and Noah Kaiba, but in the end, it was snatched by Hayato.
Compared to the **Super Polymerization** that appeared in the GX era future, Hayato's card didn't have the power of the entire Dark World as backing. The reason it was able to drag Anubis down at that time was thanks to the influence of **Gate of Phantasms**. Under normal use, it couldn't fuse Anubis, who was empowered by Light of Destruction.
Of course, Hayato's **Super Polymerization** was at least stronger than a certain other **Super Polymerization** that also appeared in the Fusion Dimension, but Hayato wouldn't say who it belonged to.
In GX, Supreme King Judai and Yubel could perform exaggerated feats like fusing twelve dimensions with **Super Polymerization**. Hayato's **Super Polymerization** couldn't do that, but with the one-time power boost lent by the Nameless Dragons, fusing two dimensions was barely possible. And fusing something like Anubis, as before, was now no problem even without **Gate of Phantasms**.
However, the Nameless Dragons' help to Hayato wasn't free. Although Hayato couldn't help them escape their seal, they requested that when he returned to the Real World, if possible, he should contribute to defeating the Orichalcos God. This was something Hayato would do anyway, even without their request, so he readily agreed.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time in the Spirit World, the Nameless Dragons sensed that someone was pushing open the dimensional gate between the Spirit World and the Human World with a powerful force. Although the opponent's power seemed to be lacking a breath, with the Nameless Dragons' help, the dimensional gate successfully opened.
And just then, Aleister, who had always had a great talent and interest in Dimensional Summoning, volunteered to help Hayato pinpoint a location near someone who was strongly connected to him, so that Hayato wouldn't appear in some strange location on Earth. Hayato, half-believing, let Aleister try.
And then, well, he appeared in front of Dartz.
Because the commotion in the Palace was too great, the Doma Three Swordsmen, who had already left the Palace planning to rest, returned. However, upon returning to Dartz's side about a few minutes after the incident, the three were astonished to find that their Lord Dartz was currently having a pleasant conversation with Hayato Kobayashi, who had somehow appeared here?
"Lord Dartz, Hayato Kobayashi is here!?"
Alister and Rafael found it difficult to understand why Hayato Kobayashi, who had long been missing and even presumed dead, would reappear. Hadn't they specifically staked out for a long time and confirmed that Hayato Kobayashi hadn't faked his death before beginning their action to collect the **"Three Egyptian Gods"**?
Why did this guy suddenly pop up again, and directly appear in the deepest part of Organization Doma's lair, right in front of the organization's leader, Dartz!
More importantly, why were you smiling so happily while chatting with him, Lord Dartz!
Unlike his two companions who had many thoughts, Valon didn't like to spend his energy thinking. The moment he saw Hayato, his body sprang into action. Under the radiance of his **Orichalcos Fragment**, which unlike others who wore necklaces was ring-shaped and worn on his wrist, an armguard materialized on his arm, and he charged towards Hayato.
But just as Valon was about to ascend the altar stairs, which were more than half destroyed, and bypass Dartz to attack Hayato, Dartz turned his head. The smile he had while talking to Hayato faded, replaced by cold indifference, and he ordered, "Stand down, Valon, what are you doing to him?!"
Hearing Dartz's order, Valon's action also paused. He stood on the stairs, unsure whether to go up or not. If he went up, Dartz had already given an order, and he shouldn't disobey the leader's will. But if he didn't go up, that was Duel King Hayato Kobayashi, how could he ignore his existence?
"But Lord Dartz, that guy is Hayato Kobayashi."
Valon could only say this, afraid that Dartz didn't actually know Hayato's identity.
"Yes, Lord Dartz, please let us handle him." Alister also followed Valon, standing before Dartz. "We will definitely seal his soul for you and offer it to our 'God'."
Regarding Hayato's appearance, Alister felt that the timing of his appearance was perfect. He could just use the opponent's soul to compensate for his gaffe in the previous action. Even if it was just one, the value of a Duel King's soul was higher than the combined value of that bastard Kaiba Seto and Ishizu Ishtar's souls.
Unlike his two companions, Rafael looked at Dartz strangely, because he could tell from Dartz's expression that after hearing Alister and Valon say they would seal Hayato Kobayashi's soul, he became even more dissatisfied, even a little angry.
Rafael's intuition told him that he should probably watch from the side first and didn't need to follow them forward.
Looking at the restless Alister and Valon, Dartz looked down at the two with icy eyes: "There is no need for that. From today onwards, Hayato Kobayashi is also a member of Doma. He will be in charge of managing the three of you."
Hearing Dartz's words, Rafael and the other two all showed astonished expressions.
As an organization that had existed for ten thousand years, Doma naturally had a very strict rank hierarchy system for management.
The "Doma Three Swordsmen," namely Rafael, Alister, and Valon, could be said to hold a position second only to one person and above everyone else in the entire Organization Doma. When Dartz wasn't managing things, no one would object to them directly utilizing the resources of the entire Organization Doma to carry out tasks, because the "Doma Three Swordsmen" were only managed by the leader of Organization Doma, Dartz himself.
But today, Dartz actually told them that a new manager would be parachuted in above the three of them, and it was that Hayato Kobayashi. You must know that was Hayato Kobayashi, how could the dignified Duel King join Organization Doma, and they had just snatched the **Three Egyptian Gods** cards from his friend yesterday!
Although they had long known that Lord Dartz had always had a quite strange sense of expectation towards Hayato Kobayashi, inviting someone whose style was so incompatible with the entire Organization Doma was simply too strange, and he couldn't possibly be willing, right!
Seems like he saw the reluctance on the faces of the three, especially Alister, Dartz gave a cold snort: "Hmph, or are you saying you have an opinion on my decision?"
Since Dartz had spoken to this extent, even though Alister, Valon, and Rafael truly had opinions in their hearts, they all bowed: "No, your will, Lord Dartz."
"Oh, joining your Doma, Dartz? And in management?" Hayato showed an intrigued expression, saying with a smile, "That sounds quite interesting. Okay, I'll join."
How did things develop to this point?
Actually, Hayato was also quite surprised. Because after he appeared before Dartz, Dartz, upon seeing that it was Hayato, not only showed no vigilance on his face, but instead had an expression of joy, saying immediately, "As expected, you can always create miracles, Hayato Kobayashi. No, human from a Different Dimension."
First meeting, and his identity as a transmigrator was revealed?!
This made Hayato instantly lose his composure a bit, and he looked vigilantly at Dartz, who was completely composed and even a little happy: "How did you, you guy—"
"That's not important, Hayato Kobayashi, what's important is that it's great you've returned to this world." Dartz said with a smile, "How about it, do you want to join Doma?"
"Huh? Join Doma? What kind of joke are you making?"
Hayato frowned, not expecting Dartz to actually invite him.
"Doma is an evil organization, where do you see that I'm suitable to join? I don't have the aura of a savior for villains or anything like that."
Dartz heard this and smiled mysteriously: "Is that what you think, Hayato Kobayashi, that Organization Doma is an evil organization? No, Organization Doma exists for the future of humanity, for the future of the world. And all of this must start from ten thousand years ago."
Dartz approached Hayato without any guard, and while walking up the stairs, he slowly recounted a story.
Ten thousand years ago, long before the current human society had even taken shape, there existed a super ancient civilization, Atlantis.
At that time, the technological level of the Atlanteans was much higher than that of current human technology, and their consciousness had also surpassed that of today's society. And Dartz was the royalty who reigned supreme and guided the people in Atlantis, an absolute monarchy empire. He was the last emperor who brought Atlantis to its peak.
In Atlantis, the people had achieved universal freedom from want, living a prosperous life with just a little effort. Therefore, the people at that time had no selfish desires, living simply and steadily.
But one day, a meteor fell from the sky onto the land of Atlantis. At the location where the green meteor fell, a substance with strange power was mined—**Orichalcum**, which is **Orichalcos**.
**Sage's Stone** was made from **Orichalcos**, but the nature of these two things was completely opposite. **Sage's Stone** required paying a price first to receive gains, but **Orichalcos** could advance the returns first and then slowly reclaim the cost later.
**Sage's Stone** was like buying something with all of one's assets; no matter what, negative assets would not appear. But **Orichalcos** was like credit, a large sum of freely disposable assets that appeared suddenly, making it easy for people to spend money beyond their ability.
The key was that the Atlanteans at that time didn't know the latter nature of **Orichalcos**. They merely discovered that this miraculous substance fallen from the sky could satisfy their desires out of thin air, so they used **Orichalcos** extensively in various fields. Although at first, the speed of civilization development suddenly increased, by the time the Atlanteans discovered the price of using **Orichalcos**, it was already too late.
Having become accustomed to using this power, the Atlanteans could no longer leave **Orichalcos**. Furthermore, because they lavishly squandered this power, their ambition, desire, and greed, which were originally close to none, were released from within their inner thoughts, making Atlantis at that time utterly corrupt and full of sin.
Even worse, due to spiritual corruption, the Atlanteans mutated into monsters.
As emperor, Dartz could launch external wars to divert internal conflicts like a certain failed artist, he could order his subordinates in the research institute to develop technology, but for the change that appeared in the human heart, he was helpless.
And at this time, Dartz met the awakened **"Orichalcos God."** Seeking a solution, Dartz prayed to the **"God"** for an answer, but the **"Orichalcos God"** showed Dartz the future: the future where the Atlanteans, due to their constantly inflating desires that were unearthed within them and could never be satisfied, would eventually drag the Earth down with them to destruction.
The **"Orichalcos God"** told Dartz that the desires in the heart were like a rolling stone on a mountain; once it started rolling, it could never stop. It was not an omniscient and omnipotent God, but the darkness in the hearts of all life forms on the planet. It could not give Dartz the salvation he needed, but It could tell Dartz a way to avoid such a future.
"So, you personally pushed Atlantis into the abyss and destroyed Atlantis," Hayato summarized, looking at Dartz who stood at the same height as him.
"As the king of Atlantis, I could not accept Atlantis heading towards such a painful and desperate future. Rather than that, I would rather be the one to destroy Atlantis."
"However, my cleansing of all civilizations on Earth was stopped by a dragon that came from a Different Dimension, and the **'Orichalcos God'** fell into a deep sleep."
"And after that, I began to examine the civilizations that survived on Earth after the destruction of Atlantis. But unfortunately, despite ten thousand years of development and the rise and fall of countless civilizations, I have consistently failed to find any possibility for today's humans to surpass the Atlanteans and surpass desire."
"From then on, I understood that unless a cleansing of all intelligent life forms is completed, the residual greed in the human heart cannot be eradicated; it will only drag down the future of later civilizations again and again."
Looking at Dartz's expression as he spoke, Hayato understood that this guy's degree of obsession was absolutely not something he could convince with a few simple verbal persuasion sentences. He was stubborn to a certain extent. Sighing, Hayato said helplessly, "So what does that have to do with me? I'm just an emotionless Duelist, even if I'm not wearing a bodysuit."
Dartz shook his head: "No, only you are different globally, Hayato Kobayashi. Because of the connection with the **'Orichalcos God,'** I can feel the darkness in the inner thoughts of all intelligent life forms living on Earth. For these ten thousand years, only you, only in your soul have I not felt the existence of darkness."
"Your soul is so pure, like a rising sun, even illuminating others around at times."
"Kaiba Seto, Malik Ishtar, these people all have a powerful darkness in their hearts. I originally judged that they would inevitably fall into the abyss one day because of their own darkness, but because of your influence, I found that the darkness in their inner thoughts was actually dispelled."
"And Ishizu Ishtar, also because of you, she, who should have been bound by the future she foresaw, even gained the power to surpass destiny."
"Therefore, I have decided, Hayato Kobayashi, after I complete the cleansing of all humans worldwide, you will become the origin of the new humans."
Ah, is that so? Am I that sunny?
Hayato recalled how he had brought smiling faces to so many people through duels. Yes, he was indeed a sunny youth.
"So that's how it is, I think I understand." Hayato waved his hand, "But unfortunately, you still can't convince me to join Doma. Rather—"
"I want to take this great opportunity to directly deal with you, the leader of Organization Doma!"
Swish!
Hayato suddenly unfolded the duel disk he was wearing on his wrist and activated the duel.
"Heh, in the way of Duel Monsters? In that case, let's bet our fates, Hayato Kobayashi."
Hearing Hayato say he would deal with him using Duel Monsters, Dartz wasn't angry at all. Instead, he raised an arm, and green radiance rose from beneath the altar, gathering on Dartz's arm, transforming into an Organization Doma model duel disk.
"If you win against me, you can take my life points. But if I win, then you will join Organization Doma. But don't worry, I won't force you to do anything, I just hope you can wait for me to complete the cleansing of the old humans."
"Whatever, I'm not going to lose anyway." Hayato didn't think he would lose to Dartz, so he naturally didn't take his request seriously. He confidently inserted a deck into the duel disk. "This time I'm using the invincible pure Drytron deck! The wind of victory is blowing from behind Hayato Kobayashi!"
Duel!
[Dartz: 4000 LP]
[Hayato: 4000 LP]
"I'll take the first turn! Draw!" Drawing a card, Hayato glanced at his hand, then drew one of them and said, "I activate the effect of **Drytron Zeta Aldhibah** from my hand! I tribute **Drytron Alpha Thuban** from my hand! **Drytron Zeta Aldhibah** is special summoned from my hand in defense position!"
Starlight radiated on the field, and a mechanical dragon holding a pair of swords and shields manifested on Hayato's field.
[Drytron Zeta Aldhibah] [Level 1/Light]
[Machine Type/Special Summon/Effect]
[2000/0]
"Drytron, I remember those were the cards from the Cyber Style that had no successor. As expected of you, Hayato." Over ten thousand years, because Organization Doma had infiltrated everywhere in the world, Dartz even had some understanding of the existence of Drytron.
"Because **Drytron Zeta Aldhibah** was successfully special summoned by its effect, I can add one Ritual Spell Card from my deck to my hand. The card I will add is this one," Hayato's mouth curled up as he revealed the card he had searched, "**Diviner of the Herald**!"
Although it currently seemed like Dartz was caught off guard by Hayato's sudden appearance, the truth was that Hayato, who looked calm as an old dog on the surface, was panicking inwardly at this moment.
After finally arriving at the location of the "God" that Aleister had mentioned in the Spirit World, he was pulled into a strange space. In that space, Hayato saw three statues of the Nameless Dragons.
Hayato had thought at the time that he had replaced Yugi, Kaiba, or Joey Wheeler and been chosen by the Nameless Dragons. But what he didn't expect was that the statues of the three Nameless Dragons actually spoke?!
Yes, they spoke! Before they were unsealed by their respective chosen ones!
In Hayato's memory, the three Nameless Dragons had barely spoken a single word, whether before or after being unsealed by Yugi and the other two. In the anime, they only spoke a few words after transforming from their Dragon Form into Human Form when facing Dartz in battle. They could be said to have taken being sparing with words to the ultimate, even giving the impression that their spirits hadn't truly awakened.
However, the fact that the Nameless Dragons spoke made sense to Hayato.
Putting aside everything else, when Yugi was called from the Real World to the Spirit World, although it was the voice of **Dark Magician Girl** that guided him, the boundary between the Spirit World and the Real World couldn't be opened by **Dark Magician Girl's** power alone, not even through a dream. At that time, the assistance of the already awakened Nameless Dragons was inevitable.
Moreover, there was no reason why even **Kuriboh** could make a "Kuri" sound, but the dignified "Nameless Dragons" couldn't make a sound.
In the space where the Nameless Dragons were sealed, Hayato learned through talking with them that the "God" in the Spirit World that Aleister mentioned was indeed them, but more accurately, it was them when they were still one entity ten thousand years ago. At that time, their name was **Combined God Dragon - Timaeus**.
However, due to the battle ten thousand years ago, the power of **Combined God Dragon - Timaeus** was split, becoming the current three Nameless Dragons. But they also successfully defeated the Orichalcos God, who intended to destroy all human civilization on the surface of the Earth at that time, and fell into a deep sleep together.
Regarding Hayato's request to return to the Human World, the three Nameless Dragons stated that they were helpless, as their power had been worn down too much during the ten thousand years of sleep. They could no longer actively open the dimensional gate and attack the Orichalcos God in the Human World from the Spirit World as they did ten thousand years ago.
However, they also stated that Hayato wasn't completely without hope of returning. If someone in the Human World actively wanted to open the dimensional gate, they could lend a hand to help open the gate. It didn't matter if the opponent's power wasn't enough; Hayato could still return to his original world through the dimensional gate.
During this time, Hayato had thought about trying to call out the names of the three Nameless Dragons himself to see if he could get something for nothing, but the Nameless Dragons awkwardly stated that even if Hayato called out the names correctly, it would be useless. This was because their seal could only be effectively removed by someone whose soul's wavelength matched theirs when calling out their names.
**Timaeus** chose the Nameless Pharaoh from three thousand years ago and the current **Yugi Muto**. **Critias** chose Priest Seto from three thousand years ago and the current **Seto Kaiba**. And **Hermos**, who belatedly realized it needed to find someone to unseal it, chose Joey Wheeler in one go.
These three were the people whose soul wavelengths matched their power that the Nameless Dragons had painstakingly found among billions of humans. Their appearances were even the same as the Nameless Dragons' appearances when they took Human Form. They couldn't be replaced by just anyone calling out a name.
The Nameless Dragons didn't let Hayato return empty-handed, however. They helped him split the **Gate of Phantasms** back into three Sacred Beast cards, taught him the correct usage method for the Sacred Beasts to prevent him from being tricked by others using his own cards again, and also replenished a portion of power into Hayato's **Super Polymerization**.
Hayato's **Super Polymerization** was acquired during the Battle City Top 4 match halftime. Due to Noah Kaiba's interference, they were brought into the Virtual World. There, Gozaburo Kaiba completed this **Super Polymerization** using the souls of The Big Five and Noah Kaiba, but in the end, it was snatched by Hayato.
Compared to the **Super Polymerization** that appeared in the GX era future, Hayato's card didn't have the power of the entire Dark World as backing. The reason it was able to drag Anubis down at that time was thanks to the influence of **Gate of Phantasms**. Under normal use, it couldn't fuse Anubis, who was empowered by Light of Destruction.
Of course, Hayato's **Super Polymerization** was at least stronger than a certain other **Super Polymerization** that also appeared in the Fusion Dimension, but Hayato wouldn't say who it belonged to.
In GX, Supreme King Judai and Yubel could perform exaggerated feats like fusing twelve dimensions with **Super Polymerization**. Hayato's **Super Polymerization** couldn't do that, but with the one-time power boost lent by the Nameless Dragons, fusing two dimensions was barely possible. And fusing something like Anubis, as before, was now no problem even without **Gate of Phantasms**.
However, the Nameless Dragons' help to Hayato wasn't free. Although Hayato couldn't help them escape their seal, they requested that when he returned to the Real World, if possible, he should contribute to defeating the Orichalcos God. This was something Hayato would do anyway, even without their request, so he readily agreed.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time in the Spirit World, the Nameless Dragons sensed that someone was pushing open the dimensional gate between the Spirit World and the Human World with a powerful force. Although the opponent's power seemed to be lacking a breath, with the Nameless Dragons' help, the dimensional gate successfully opened.
And just then, Aleister, who had always had a great talent and interest in Dimensional Summoning, volunteered to help Hayato pinpoint a location near someone who was strongly connected to him, so that Hayato wouldn't appear in some strange location on Earth. Hayato, half-believing, let Aleister try.
And then, well, he appeared in front of Dartz.
Because the commotion in the Palace was too great, the Doma Three Swordsmen, who had already left the Palace planning to rest, returned. However, upon returning to Dartz's side about a few minutes after the incident, the three were astonished to find that their Lord Dartz was currently having a pleasant conversation with Hayato Kobayashi, who had somehow appeared here?
"Lord Dartz, Hayato Kobayashi is here!?"
Alister and Rafael found it difficult to understand why Hayato Kobayashi, who had long been missing and even presumed dead, would reappear. Hadn't they specifically staked out for a long time and confirmed that Hayato Kobayashi hadn't faked his death before beginning their action to collect the **"Three Egyptian Gods"**?
Why did this guy suddenly pop up again, and directly appear in the deepest part of Organization Doma's lair, right in front of the organization's leader, Dartz!
More importantly, why were you smiling so happily while chatting with him, Lord Dartz!
Unlike his two companions who had many thoughts, Valon didn't like to spend his energy thinking. The moment he saw Hayato, his body sprang into action. Under the radiance of his **Orichalcos Fragment**, which unlike others who wore necklaces was ring-shaped and worn on his wrist, an armguard materialized on his arm, and he charged towards Hayato.
But just as Valon was about to ascend the altar stairs, which were more than half destroyed, and bypass Dartz to attack Hayato, Dartz turned his head. The smile he had while talking to Hayato faded, replaced by cold indifference, and he ordered, "Stand down, Valon, what are you doing to him?!"
Hearing Dartz's order, Valon's action also paused. He stood on the stairs, unsure whether to go up or not. If he went up, Dartz had already given an order, and he shouldn't disobey the leader's will. But if he didn't go up, that was Duel King Hayato Kobayashi, how could he ignore his existence?
"But Lord Dartz, that guy is Hayato Kobayashi."
Valon could only say this, afraid that Dartz didn't actually know Hayato's identity.
"Yes, Lord Dartz, please let us handle him." Alister also followed Valon, standing before Dartz. "We will definitely seal his soul for you and offer it to our 'God'."
Regarding Hayato's appearance, Alister felt that the timing of his appearance was perfect. He could just use the opponent's soul to compensate for his gaffe in the previous action. Even if it was just one, the value of a Duel King's soul was higher than the combined value of that bastard Kaiba Seto and Ishizu Ishtar's souls.
Unlike his two companions, Rafael looked at Dartz strangely, because he could tell from Dartz's expression that after hearing Alister and Valon say they would seal Hayato Kobayashi's soul, he became even more dissatisfied, even a little angry.
Rafael's intuition told him that he should probably watch from the side first and didn't need to follow them forward.
Looking at the restless Alister and Valon, Dartz looked down at the two with icy eyes: "There is no need for that. From today onwards, Hayato Kobayashi is also a member of Doma. He will be in charge of managing the three of you."
Hearing Dartz's words, Rafael and the other two all showed astonished expressions.
As an organization that had existed for ten thousand years, Doma naturally had a very strict rank hierarchy system for management.
The "Doma Three Swordsmen," namely Rafael, Alister, and Valon, could be said to hold a position second only to one person and above everyone else in the entire Organization Doma. When Dartz wasn't managing things, no one would object to them directly utilizing the resources of the entire Organization Doma to carry out tasks, because the "Doma Three Swordsmen" were only managed by the leader of Organization Doma, Dartz himself.
But today, Dartz actually told them that a new manager would be parachuted in above the three of them, and it was that Hayato Kobayashi. You must know that was Hayato Kobayashi, how could the dignified Duel King join Organization Doma, and they had just snatched the **Three Egyptian Gods** cards from his friend yesterday!
Although they had long known that Lord Dartz had always had a quite strange sense of expectation towards Hayato Kobayashi, inviting someone whose style was so incompatible with the entire Organization Doma was simply too strange, and he couldn't possibly be willing, right!
Seems like he saw the reluctance on the faces of the three, especially Alister, Dartz gave a cold snort: "Hmph, or are you saying you have an opinion on my decision?"
Since Dartz had spoken to this extent, even though Alister, Valon, and Rafael truly had opinions in their hearts, they all bowed: "No, your will, Lord Dartz."
"Oh, joining your Doma, Dartz? And in management?" Hayato showed an intrigued expression, saying with a smile, "That sounds quite interesting. Okay, I'll join."
How did things develop to this point?
Actually, Hayato was also quite surprised. Because after he appeared before Dartz, Dartz, upon seeing that it was Hayato, not only showed no vigilance on his face, but instead had an expression of joy, saying immediately, "As expected, you can always create miracles, Hayato Kobayashi. No, human from a Different Dimension."
First meeting, and his identity as a transmigrator was revealed?!
This made Hayato instantly lose his composure a bit, and he looked vigilantly at Dartz, who was completely composed and even a little happy: "How did you, you guy—"
"That's not important, Hayato Kobayashi, what's important is that it's great you've returned to this world." Dartz said with a smile, "How about it, do you want to join Doma?"
"Huh? Join Doma? What kind of joke are you making?"
Hayato frowned, not expecting Dartz to actually invite him.
"Doma is an evil organization, where do you see that I'm suitable to join? I don't have the aura of a savior for villains or anything like that."
Dartz heard this and smiled mysteriously: "Is that what you think, Hayato Kobayashi, that Organization Doma is an evil organization? No, Organization Doma exists for the future of humanity, for the future of the world. And all of this must start from ten thousand years ago."
Dartz approached Hayato without any guard, and while walking up the stairs, he slowly recounted a story.
Ten thousand years ago, long before the current human society had even taken shape, there existed a super ancient civilization, Atlantis.
At that time, the technological level of the Atlanteans was much higher than that of current human technology, and their consciousness had also surpassed that of today's society. And Dartz was the royalty who reigned supreme and guided the people in Atlantis, an absolute monarchy empire. He was the last emperor who brought Atlantis to its peak.
In Atlantis, the people had achieved universal freedom from want, living a prosperous life with just a little effort. Therefore, the people at that time had no selfish desires, living simply and steadily.
But one day, a meteor fell from the sky onto the land of Atlantis. At the location where the green meteor fell, a substance with strange power was mined—**Orichalcum**, which is **Orichalcos**.
**Sage's Stone** was made from **Orichalcos**, but the nature of these two things was completely opposite. **Sage's Stone** required paying a price first to receive gains, but **Orichalcos** could advance the returns first and then slowly reclaim the cost later.
**Sage's Stone** was like buying something with all of one's assets; no matter what, negative assets would not appear. But **Orichalcos** was like credit, a large sum of freely disposable assets that appeared suddenly, making it easy for people to spend money beyond their ability.
The key was that the Atlanteans at that time didn't know the latter nature of **Orichalcos**. They merely discovered that this miraculous substance fallen from the sky could satisfy their desires out of thin air, so they used **Orichalcos** extensively in various fields. Although at first, the speed of civilization development suddenly increased, by the time the Atlanteans discovered the price of using **Orichalcos**, it was already too late.
Having become accustomed to using this power, the Atlanteans could no longer leave **Orichalcos**. Furthermore, because they lavishly squandered this power, their ambition, desire, and greed, which were originally close to none, were released from within their inner thoughts, making Atlantis at that time utterly corrupt and full of sin.
Even worse, due to spiritual corruption, the Atlanteans mutated into monsters.
As emperor, Dartz could launch external wars to divert internal conflicts like a certain failed artist, he could order his subordinates in the research institute to develop technology, but for the change that appeared in the human heart, he was helpless.
And at this time, Dartz met the awakened **"Orichalcos God."** Seeking a solution, Dartz prayed to the **"God"** for an answer, but the **"Orichalcos God"** showed Dartz the future: the future where the Atlanteans, due to their constantly inflating desires that were unearthed within them and could never be satisfied, would eventually drag the Earth down with them to destruction.
The **"Orichalcos God"** told Dartz that the desires in the heart were like a rolling stone on a mountain; once it started rolling, it could never stop. It was not an omniscient and omnipotent God, but the darkness in the hearts of all life forms on the planet. It could not give Dartz the salvation he needed, but It could tell Dartz a way to avoid such a future.
"So, you personally pushed Atlantis into the abyss and destroyed Atlantis," Hayato summarized, looking at Dartz who stood at the same height as him.
"As the king of Atlantis, I could not accept Atlantis heading towards such a painful and desperate future. Rather than that, I would rather be the one to destroy Atlantis."
"However, my cleansing of all civilizations on Earth was stopped by a dragon that came from a Different Dimension, and the **'Orichalcos God'** fell into a deep sleep."
"And after that, I began to examine the civilizations that survived on Earth after the destruction of Atlantis. But unfortunately, despite ten thousand years of development and the rise and fall of countless civilizations, I have consistently failed to find any possibility for today's humans to surpass the Atlanteans and surpass desire."
"From then on, I understood that unless a cleansing of all intelligent life forms is completed, the residual greed in the human heart cannot be eradicated; it will only drag down the future of later civilizations again and again."
Looking at Dartz's expression as he spoke, Hayato understood that this guy's degree of obsession was absolutely not something he could convince with a few simple verbal persuasion sentences. He was stubborn to a certain extent. Sighing, Hayato said helplessly, "So what does that have to do with me? I'm just an emotionless Duelist, even if I'm not wearing a bodysuit."
Dartz shook his head: "No, only you are different globally, Hayato Kobayashi. Because of the connection with the **'Orichalcos God,'** I can feel the darkness in the inner thoughts of all intelligent life forms living on Earth. For these ten thousand years, only you, only in your soul have I not felt the existence of darkness."
"Your soul is so pure, like a rising sun, even illuminating others around at times."
"Kaiba Seto, Malik Ishtar, these people all have a powerful darkness in their hearts. I originally judged that they would inevitably fall into the abyss one day because of their own darkness, but because of your influence, I found that the darkness in their inner thoughts was actually dispelled."
"And Ishizu Ishtar, also because of you, she, who should have been bound by the future she foresaw, even gained the power to surpass destiny."
"Therefore, I have decided, Hayato Kobayashi, after I complete the cleansing of all humans worldwide, you will become the origin of the new humans."
Ah, is that so? Am I that sunny?
Hayato recalled how he had brought smiling faces to so many people through duels. Yes, he was indeed a sunny youth.
"So that's how it is, I think I understand." Hayato waved his hand, "But unfortunately, you still can't convince me to join Doma. Rather—"
"I want to take this great opportunity to directly deal with you, the leader of Organization Doma!"
Swish!
Hayato suddenly unfolded the duel disk he was wearing on his wrist and activated the duel.
"Heh, in the way of Duel Monsters? In that case, let's bet our fates, Hayato Kobayashi."
Hearing Hayato say he would deal with him using Duel Monsters, Dartz wasn't angry at all. Instead, he raised an arm, and green radiance rose from beneath the altar, gathering on Dartz's arm, transforming into an Organization Doma model duel disk.
"If you win against me, you can take my life points. But if I win, then you will join Organization Doma. But don't worry, I won't force you to do anything, I just hope you can wait for me to complete the cleansing of the old humans."
"Whatever, I'm not going to lose anyway." Hayato didn't think he would lose to Dartz, so he naturally didn't take his request seriously. He confidently inserted a deck into the duel disk. "This time I'm using the invincible pure Drytron deck! The wind of victory is blowing from behind Hayato Kobayashi!"
Duel!
[Dartz: 4000 LP]
[Hayato: 4000 LP]
"I'll take the first turn! Draw!" Drawing a card, Hayato glanced at his hand, then drew one of them and said, "I activate the effect of **Drytron Zeta Aldhibah** from my hand! I tribute **Drytron Alpha Thuban** from my hand! **Drytron Zeta Aldhibah** is special summoned from my hand in defense position!"
Starlight radiated on the field, and a mechanical dragon holding a pair of swords and shields manifested on Hayato's field.
[Drytron Zeta Aldhibah] [Level 1/Light]
[Machine Type/Special Summon/Effect]
[2000/0]
"Drytron, I remember those were the cards from the Cyber Style that had no successor. As expected of you, Hayato." Over ten thousand years, because Organization Doma had infiltrated everywhere in the world, Dartz even had some understanding of the existence of Drytron.
"Because **Drytron Zeta Aldhibah** was successfully special summoned by its effect, I can add one Ritual Spell Card from my deck to my hand. The card I will add is this one," Hayato's mouth curled up as he revealed the card he had searched, "**Diviner of the Herald**!"
