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Chapter 589: Deep Blue Stat Points!
"Industrial Illusions?"
Marik, leaning against a jeep, looked at the message on his mobile phone and frowned, his delicate brows furrowed. His appearance was actually quite handsome, so the mere act of frowning attracted the attention of many passing males, who thought to themselves, 'This dark-skinned handsome guy is so cool.'
Only passersby who hadn't seen Marik's top-tier Face Art during his Duels would think that.
Hearing Marik's muttering, Ishizu, sitting beside him inside the jeep, traced her finger over her **Millennium Necklace**. After habitually predicting a short period of the future, she said to Marik, "I see. The Nameless Pharaoh and the others learned from Organization Doma that 'Dartz', the President of Industrial Illusions, is also a member of Organization Doma and holds a high position?"
"Uh, at least let me finish reading the text message, Older Sister." His furrowed brows relaxed, and Marik looked helplessly at Ishizu, who had already seen the message he had just received by looking into the "Future". "This feeling is like receiving a New Year's Gift and knowing what the gift inside is just by looking at the packaging without even opening it. There's no anticipation at all."
After casually remarked, Marik averted his gaze from Ishizu's feigned innocent face and lowered his head again to look at the text message displayed on his mobile phone. Although he had been spoiled on the general message, Ishizu hadn't revealed some of the details, so Marik could only use these "details" to satisfy his anticipation.
And soon, Marik noticed something:
"The Pharaoh and that Joey Wheeler teamed up and still couldn't defeat a mysterious opponent from Organization Doma?"
"Hey, hey, is that for real? Is that something a non-leader character from an antagonist organization who just appeared can do?"
"That Tristan guy, he didn't mix up the words when he was writing the text message, did he?"
The person who sent the text message to Marik was indeed Tristan. He had Marik's contact information before. After their trip to Industrial Illusions proved fruitless, he informed Marik and his group of their plan to go to Industrial Illusions next to continue gathering information on Organization Doma.
However, in the text message, Tristan, who had discussed it with Yugi and Joey Wheeler, did not inform Marik that the opponent in that Duel was Hayato.
Although the news that Hayato hadn't died but had returned completely sounded like good news, what was puzzling now was that Hayato had actually joined Organization Doma, which harms other Duelists, and stood on the opposing side as an enemy.
This was too strange. Before figuring out the situation, Yugi felt it was best not to let Marik, especially Ishizu who had come to America with Marik, know this information for the time being, as faint hope could instead give birth to despair.
In the text message, they only said that Organization Doma currently had four very strong Duelists collecting souls, and the identities of Alister and Rafael had also been somewhat uncovered by KaibaCorp's resources. Valon was a "familiar face" who had dueled Marik in the previous KC Cup.
Hayato's information was not revealed; they only said it was a powerful Duelist who could counter the tag team duel of Joey Wheeler and Yugi. But it was precisely this point that made Marik feel disbelief. The tag team duel of Yugi and Joey Wheeler was defeated? What kind of Sword Wielder from Ten-Mile Slope is this? How come he had never heard of such a formidable person in the world before?
In Marik's heart, among the famous Duelists, Kaiba's strength at most could barely manage a three-seven split with Yugi, with Yugi having the seven. Mai Valentine, who had just won the All-America Duel Monsters Tournament, only had fame; in terms of strength, she was not even as good as Joey Wheeler. Rebecca, who was previously mentioned, was the same. However, he had heard there was someone called "Guardian" who might be able to duel Yugi to a fifty-fifty.
The only person Marik could think of who could counter the tag team duel of Yugi and Joey Wheeler was Hayato, who possessed that kind of strength. But in Marik's understanding, Hayato was no longer in this world, so he naturally ruled out the possibility that this guess was true.
Little did he know, Yugi and the others had kept quiet about Hayato's return. And what Marik didn't know was that Ishizu, sitting in the jeep, had already activated the power of her **Millennium Necklace** again, observing the future.
Three minutes later, Rishid would come out of the mall pushing a shopping cart and would accidentally trip over a soda can that Marik had casually discarded on the way back to the jeep;
An hour later, the three who planned to drive onto the interstate highway towards Industrial Illusions would be stopped on the roadside and harassed by two racist white police officers, and then Marik would use the power of his **Millennium Rod** to make them think they were dogs for three days;
They would be able to arrive in the area where Industrial Illusions was located by car this evening. On the way, they would encounter a gang attempting blackmail by faking an accident. Although it would be delayed for a considerable amount of time, they would still be able to arrive at their destination smoothly, just a bit slower than Yugi and his group.
Inside Industrial Illusions, there would be———
Ishizu's observation of the future suddenly became blurry when it reached the point in time inside "Industrial Illusions". Although it didn't cause common phenomena in fantasy novels like headaches or spitting blood, Ishizu did feel a little dizzy, but this was a normal phenomenon when switching from a bird's-eye view of the future back to a first-person perspective.
However, even though the future became blurry and the details were unclear, Ishizu still noticed the existence of the **Millennium Ring** hanging on the chest of the person standing opposite Seto Kaiba in that brief glimpse of the future.
The future glimpsed by the **Millennium Necklace** is absolute!
Although she already possessed the willpower to transcend destiny, Ishizu was incredibly grateful at this moment that the **Millennium Necklace** was the **Millennium Item** she was most compatible with when she inherited the **Millennium Items** of the Tomb Keepers at that time, and she desperately hoped that the future she had seen would become reality.
Ishizu, opening her eyes, happened to see Rishid pushing a shopping cart from the mall towards the jeep.
"You're too slow, Rishid, I'm almost dying from the sun." Marik urged, "I knew I shouldn't have chosen an off-road jeep just to look cool when renting the car."
"Sorry, Lord Marik, today is Saturday and the mall has discounts, so there were quite a few people rushing to buy things." Rishid heard Marik's urging and couldn't help but quicken his pace, almost slipping and falling when he stepped on a soda can thrown in the center of the road.
On the other side, in the Hospital where Yugi and Joey Wheeler were, they were using Kaiba's ability to search for information on Industrial Illusions.
"Industrial Illusions is an enterprise that can be called the 'largest and strongest' not only in America but globally. Its influence spans over 200 countries worldwide, and it is involved in over sixty industries, from finance and arms to entertainment and scientific research."
"'Dartz' is the president of such a group. We just don't know what Dartz's position is within Organization Doma."
Listening to the information Keipei reported, Yugi said with some surprise, "Even KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions, can't compare to Industrial Illusions?"
"Although it's a bit frustrating to say this, it's true." Keipei spread his hands helplessly. "Industrial Illusions has powerful economic reserves that surpass all of America. Even if KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions were bound together, it would be difficult to counter it."
Joey Wheeler's face fell. "Are we going to be enemies with such a behemoth next? It's hard to imagine what kind of existence Organization Doma really is. Just the partially revealed true face is already an existence like Industrial Illusions."
"Hmph, are you trembling with fear, mediocre person?"
Kaiba said contemptuously. Just one sentence easily provoked Joey Wheeler's annoyance, making Joey Wheeler glare angrily at Kaiba.
And Yugi, looking at Kaiba and Joey Wheeler, suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Speaking of which, before Rebecca and Professor Hopkins came to America with us, they went to Florida State to investigate artifacts inscribed with patterns similar to the **Seal of Orichalcos**. I wonder how things are going for them there."
"Arthur Hopkins?" Kaiba thought for a moment and said, "A well-known figure in archaeology. But even if they excavate something, it has nothing to do with us who live in the present. Things buried in the ground should stay buried in the ground. They are simply———"
Kaiba's words were cut short halfway when Joey Wheeler, who had been annoyed with Kaiba for a long time, suddenly interrupted, "Speaking of which, Yugi, wasn't your **Eye of Timaeus** recorded in the Atlantic Seabed Ruins discovered not long ago?"
His tone was simply too artificial, it couldn't be more obvious. Even a fool could tell he had a goal in suddenly saying this.
Although it was even more obvious, it was indeed effective. Kaiba almost instantly changed his words: "———They are simply precious artifacts that must be properly excavated and researched."
Although Kaiba himself didn't like artifacts or anything like that, that thing was related to dueling.
However, since Joey Wheeler brought up the **Eye of Timaeus**, Kaiba naturally remembered something. He proudly drew a card from the Duel Disk he was always wearing on his left hand and showed it off: "But Yugi, don't think you're the only one with that strange card. Although I don't know who put it in the deck, I also got such a nameless card."
"**The Fang of Critias**. That's the name I gave it."
Kaiba's expression at this moment was quite like someone who, after seeing the neighbor's child get a super popular toy, specifically bought the same one to go out and show off.
Before, he had been somewhat concerned about the power of the **Eye of Timaeus** that Yugi had obtained and had thought about whether he could learn a way to counter this power from Pegasus, who might know something about it. But he never expected to get one himself.
Kaiba had even already decided in his heart that after dealing with Doma, he would use the power of **The Fang of Critias** to clash with Yugi's **Eye of Timaeus** to see who was stronger. Of course, he hadn't forgotten Hayato either.
"Ah, speaking of this kind of card..."
However, what Kaiba didn't expect was that Joey Wheeler, after seeing **The Fang of Critias** that Kaiba took out, also drew a card with a similar card face from the deck he was carrying.
It also had no name, attribute, star level, or effect. The only difference was that Kaiba's **The Fang of Critias** was a Black Dragon with sharp claws, while the card art on the card in Joey Wheeler's hand was a Red Dragon with long, sharp claws.
"Huh? Joey Wheeler and Kaiba, they also?"
Yugi looked at the "Legendary Dragon" cards that Joey Wheeler and Kaiba had taken out with some surprise. As the first Sword Wielder to awaken the "Legendary Dragon", Yugi naturally remembered that there were exactly three Dragon Statues he had seen in the Spirit World at that time.
Unexpectedly, Joey Wheeler and Kaiba had also become Sword Wielders after him, awakening and obtaining the power of the "Legendary Dragon".
"Tsk, I was originally thinking it might be a decent power, but it turns out even a mediocre person can obtain it?" Kaiba glanced contemptuously at Joey Wheeler beside him. "Looks like it's just a third-rate card that only second-rate Duelists would use."
Although he said that, Kaiba still put **The Fang of Critias** into his deck.
And Joey Wheeler, who had been belittled by Kaiba, said annoyed, "What do you mean, third-rate card? Why don't you take that card out of your deck then, second-rate Duelist Lord Kaiba?"
"Hmph." Kaiba just gave a cold snort and ignored Joey Wheeler.
Yugi, however, reminded the two: "Joey Wheeler, and Kaiba, there's no doubt that the **Legendary Dragons** possess great power, but they are not ordinary Duel Monsters whose effects are written directly on the card. It's not easy to grasp their use and the limit of their power."
"The power of the **Eye of Timaeus** is to unleash a monster's potential to become a new monster."
"I can feel that the power in your cards is a similar but different ability."
"But if you add the cards to your deck without understanding their power, in the battle we are about to undertake by going to Industrial Illusions, it would be like climbing a mountain without knowing the approach or where the summit is. Then, without a doubt, you will definitely meet with disaster, just as surely as drinking soda will make you hiccup."
Although Yugi only mentioned the possible risk and didn't provide a solution, Kaiba had already understood Yugi's meaning.
It was obvious that if there was a risk in adding unfamiliar cards to their decks, then all they needed to do was become familiar with the cards. As for the best way to become familiar with the cards, it was none other than to duel directly and become familiar with the cards' power through battle.
Joey Wheeler was somewhat moved, but Kaiba was a bit unappreciative.
"Hmph, practice? I've never had that habit. All my achievements so far are based on my talent. Don't compare me to mediocre people who need practice to learn Duel Monsters, Yugi."
Saying this, Kaiba turned and left. "I'm going to prepare for the trip to Industrial Illusions. If you want to practice, you can practice with the mediocre person yourself."
However, despite saying that, as soon as Kaiba walked out of the Hospital Room and confirmed that no one had followed him, he quickly contacted Isono and told him to clear out KaibaCorp's Calculation Center at the America branch. He wanted to calculate the power of The Fang of Critias.
Well, "never practices" Seto Kaiba. After all, he always fights AIs directly.
Thanks to book friend 'Deep Blue Stat Points Clear' for the 500 points tip.
Just a notice, I have a classmate's wedding to attend this Saturday. That's right, I'll be skipping updates again.
End of Chapter
"Industrial Illusions?"
Marik, leaning against a jeep, looked at the message on his mobile phone and frowned, his delicate brows furrowed. His appearance was actually quite handsome, so the mere act of frowning attracted the attention of many passing males, who thought to themselves, 'This dark-skinned handsome guy is so cool.'
Only passersby who hadn't seen Marik's top-tier Face Art during his Duels would think that.
Hearing Marik's muttering, Ishizu, sitting beside him inside the jeep, traced her finger over her **Millennium Necklace**. After habitually predicting a short period of the future, she said to Marik, "I see. The Nameless Pharaoh and the others learned from Organization Doma that 'Dartz', the President of Industrial Illusions, is also a member of Organization Doma and holds a high position?"
"Uh, at least let me finish reading the text message, Older Sister." His furrowed brows relaxed, and Marik looked helplessly at Ishizu, who had already seen the message he had just received by looking into the "Future". "This feeling is like receiving a New Year's Gift and knowing what the gift inside is just by looking at the packaging without even opening it. There's no anticipation at all."
After casually remarked, Marik averted his gaze from Ishizu's feigned innocent face and lowered his head again to look at the text message displayed on his mobile phone. Although he had been spoiled on the general message, Ishizu hadn't revealed some of the details, so Marik could only use these "details" to satisfy his anticipation.
And soon, Marik noticed something:
"The Pharaoh and that Joey Wheeler teamed up and still couldn't defeat a mysterious opponent from Organization Doma?"
"Hey, hey, is that for real? Is that something a non-leader character from an antagonist organization who just appeared can do?"
"That Tristan guy, he didn't mix up the words when he was writing the text message, did he?"
The person who sent the text message to Marik was indeed Tristan. He had Marik's contact information before. After their trip to Industrial Illusions proved fruitless, he informed Marik and his group of their plan to go to Industrial Illusions next to continue gathering information on Organization Doma.
However, in the text message, Tristan, who had discussed it with Yugi and Joey Wheeler, did not inform Marik that the opponent in that Duel was Hayato.
Although the news that Hayato hadn't died but had returned completely sounded like good news, what was puzzling now was that Hayato had actually joined Organization Doma, which harms other Duelists, and stood on the opposing side as an enemy.
This was too strange. Before figuring out the situation, Yugi felt it was best not to let Marik, especially Ishizu who had come to America with Marik, know this information for the time being, as faint hope could instead give birth to despair.
In the text message, they only said that Organization Doma currently had four very strong Duelists collecting souls, and the identities of Alister and Rafael had also been somewhat uncovered by KaibaCorp's resources. Valon was a "familiar face" who had dueled Marik in the previous KC Cup.
Hayato's information was not revealed; they only said it was a powerful Duelist who could counter the tag team duel of Joey Wheeler and Yugi. But it was precisely this point that made Marik feel disbelief. The tag team duel of Yugi and Joey Wheeler was defeated? What kind of Sword Wielder from Ten-Mile Slope is this? How come he had never heard of such a formidable person in the world before?
In Marik's heart, among the famous Duelists, Kaiba's strength at most could barely manage a three-seven split with Yugi, with Yugi having the seven. Mai Valentine, who had just won the All-America Duel Monsters Tournament, only had fame; in terms of strength, she was not even as good as Joey Wheeler. Rebecca, who was previously mentioned, was the same. However, he had heard there was someone called "Guardian" who might be able to duel Yugi to a fifty-fifty.
The only person Marik could think of who could counter the tag team duel of Yugi and Joey Wheeler was Hayato, who possessed that kind of strength. But in Marik's understanding, Hayato was no longer in this world, so he naturally ruled out the possibility that this guess was true.
Little did he know, Yugi and the others had kept quiet about Hayato's return. And what Marik didn't know was that Ishizu, sitting in the jeep, had already activated the power of her **Millennium Necklace** again, observing the future.
Three minutes later, Rishid would come out of the mall pushing a shopping cart and would accidentally trip over a soda can that Marik had casually discarded on the way back to the jeep;
An hour later, the three who planned to drive onto the interstate highway towards Industrial Illusions would be stopped on the roadside and harassed by two racist white police officers, and then Marik would use the power of his **Millennium Rod** to make them think they were dogs for three days;
They would be able to arrive in the area where Industrial Illusions was located by car this evening. On the way, they would encounter a gang attempting blackmail by faking an accident. Although it would be delayed for a considerable amount of time, they would still be able to arrive at their destination smoothly, just a bit slower than Yugi and his group.
Inside Industrial Illusions, there would be———
Ishizu's observation of the future suddenly became blurry when it reached the point in time inside "Industrial Illusions". Although it didn't cause common phenomena in fantasy novels like headaches or spitting blood, Ishizu did feel a little dizzy, but this was a normal phenomenon when switching from a bird's-eye view of the future back to a first-person perspective.
However, even though the future became blurry and the details were unclear, Ishizu still noticed the existence of the **Millennium Ring** hanging on the chest of the person standing opposite Seto Kaiba in that brief glimpse of the future.
The future glimpsed by the **Millennium Necklace** is absolute!
Although she already possessed the willpower to transcend destiny, Ishizu was incredibly grateful at this moment that the **Millennium Necklace** was the **Millennium Item** she was most compatible with when she inherited the **Millennium Items** of the Tomb Keepers at that time, and she desperately hoped that the future she had seen would become reality.
Ishizu, opening her eyes, happened to see Rishid pushing a shopping cart from the mall towards the jeep.
"You're too slow, Rishid, I'm almost dying from the sun." Marik urged, "I knew I shouldn't have chosen an off-road jeep just to look cool when renting the car."
"Sorry, Lord Marik, today is Saturday and the mall has discounts, so there were quite a few people rushing to buy things." Rishid heard Marik's urging and couldn't help but quicken his pace, almost slipping and falling when he stepped on a soda can thrown in the center of the road.
On the other side, in the Hospital where Yugi and Joey Wheeler were, they were using Kaiba's ability to search for information on Industrial Illusions.
"Industrial Illusions is an enterprise that can be called the 'largest and strongest' not only in America but globally. Its influence spans over 200 countries worldwide, and it is involved in over sixty industries, from finance and arms to entertainment and scientific research."
"'Dartz' is the president of such a group. We just don't know what Dartz's position is within Organization Doma."
Listening to the information Keipei reported, Yugi said with some surprise, "Even KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions, can't compare to Industrial Illusions?"
"Although it's a bit frustrating to say this, it's true." Keipei spread his hands helplessly. "Industrial Illusions has powerful economic reserves that surpass all of America. Even if KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions were bound together, it would be difficult to counter it."
Joey Wheeler's face fell. "Are we going to be enemies with such a behemoth next? It's hard to imagine what kind of existence Organization Doma really is. Just the partially revealed true face is already an existence like Industrial Illusions."
"Hmph, are you trembling with fear, mediocre person?"
Kaiba said contemptuously. Just one sentence easily provoked Joey Wheeler's annoyance, making Joey Wheeler glare angrily at Kaiba.
And Yugi, looking at Kaiba and Joey Wheeler, suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Speaking of which, before Rebecca and Professor Hopkins came to America with us, they went to Florida State to investigate artifacts inscribed with patterns similar to the **Seal of Orichalcos**. I wonder how things are going for them there."
"Arthur Hopkins?" Kaiba thought for a moment and said, "A well-known figure in archaeology. But even if they excavate something, it has nothing to do with us who live in the present. Things buried in the ground should stay buried in the ground. They are simply———"
Kaiba's words were cut short halfway when Joey Wheeler, who had been annoyed with Kaiba for a long time, suddenly interrupted, "Speaking of which, Yugi, wasn't your **Eye of Timaeus** recorded in the Atlantic Seabed Ruins discovered not long ago?"
His tone was simply too artificial, it couldn't be more obvious. Even a fool could tell he had a goal in suddenly saying this.
Although it was even more obvious, it was indeed effective. Kaiba almost instantly changed his words: "———They are simply precious artifacts that must be properly excavated and researched."
Although Kaiba himself didn't like artifacts or anything like that, that thing was related to dueling.
However, since Joey Wheeler brought up the **Eye of Timaeus**, Kaiba naturally remembered something. He proudly drew a card from the Duel Disk he was always wearing on his left hand and showed it off: "But Yugi, don't think you're the only one with that strange card. Although I don't know who put it in the deck, I also got such a nameless card."
"**The Fang of Critias**. That's the name I gave it."
Kaiba's expression at this moment was quite like someone who, after seeing the neighbor's child get a super popular toy, specifically bought the same one to go out and show off.
Before, he had been somewhat concerned about the power of the **Eye of Timaeus** that Yugi had obtained and had thought about whether he could learn a way to counter this power from Pegasus, who might know something about it. But he never expected to get one himself.
Kaiba had even already decided in his heart that after dealing with Doma, he would use the power of **The Fang of Critias** to clash with Yugi's **Eye of Timaeus** to see who was stronger. Of course, he hadn't forgotten Hayato either.
"Ah, speaking of this kind of card..."
However, what Kaiba didn't expect was that Joey Wheeler, after seeing **The Fang of Critias** that Kaiba took out, also drew a card with a similar card face from the deck he was carrying.
It also had no name, attribute, star level, or effect. The only difference was that Kaiba's **The Fang of Critias** was a Black Dragon with sharp claws, while the card art on the card in Joey Wheeler's hand was a Red Dragon with long, sharp claws.
"Huh? Joey Wheeler and Kaiba, they also?"
Yugi looked at the "Legendary Dragon" cards that Joey Wheeler and Kaiba had taken out with some surprise. As the first Sword Wielder to awaken the "Legendary Dragon", Yugi naturally remembered that there were exactly three Dragon Statues he had seen in the Spirit World at that time.
Unexpectedly, Joey Wheeler and Kaiba had also become Sword Wielders after him, awakening and obtaining the power of the "Legendary Dragon".
"Tsk, I was originally thinking it might be a decent power, but it turns out even a mediocre person can obtain it?" Kaiba glanced contemptuously at Joey Wheeler beside him. "Looks like it's just a third-rate card that only second-rate Duelists would use."
Although he said that, Kaiba still put **The Fang of Critias** into his deck.
And Joey Wheeler, who had been belittled by Kaiba, said annoyed, "What do you mean, third-rate card? Why don't you take that card out of your deck then, second-rate Duelist Lord Kaiba?"
"Hmph." Kaiba just gave a cold snort and ignored Joey Wheeler.
Yugi, however, reminded the two: "Joey Wheeler, and Kaiba, there's no doubt that the **Legendary Dragons** possess great power, but they are not ordinary Duel Monsters whose effects are written directly on the card. It's not easy to grasp their use and the limit of their power."
"The power of the **Eye of Timaeus** is to unleash a monster's potential to become a new monster."
"I can feel that the power in your cards is a similar but different ability."
"But if you add the cards to your deck without understanding their power, in the battle we are about to undertake by going to Industrial Illusions, it would be like climbing a mountain without knowing the approach or where the summit is. Then, without a doubt, you will definitely meet with disaster, just as surely as drinking soda will make you hiccup."
Although Yugi only mentioned the possible risk and didn't provide a solution, Kaiba had already understood Yugi's meaning.
It was obvious that if there was a risk in adding unfamiliar cards to their decks, then all they needed to do was become familiar with the cards. As for the best way to become familiar with the cards, it was none other than to duel directly and become familiar with the cards' power through battle.
Joey Wheeler was somewhat moved, but Kaiba was a bit unappreciative.
"Hmph, practice? I've never had that habit. All my achievements so far are based on my talent. Don't compare me to mediocre people who need practice to learn Duel Monsters, Yugi."
Saying this, Kaiba turned and left. "I'm going to prepare for the trip to Industrial Illusions. If you want to practice, you can practice with the mediocre person yourself."
However, despite saying that, as soon as Kaiba walked out of the Hospital Room and confirmed that no one had followed him, he quickly contacted Isono and told him to clear out KaibaCorp's Calculation Center at the America branch. He wanted to calculate the power of The Fang of Critias.
Well, "never practices" Seto Kaiba. After all, he always fights AIs directly.
Thanks to book friend 'Deep Blue Stat Points Clear' for the 500 points tip.
Just a notice, I have a classmate's wedding to attend this Saturday. That's right, I'll be skipping updates again.
End of Chapter
