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Chapter 630. XX, you wouldn't want XX to get hurt, would you?

The moment Kaiba gripped the Millennium Rod he had actively summoned, a White Dragon instantly transformed from illusory to physical form, fully impacting and blocking a giant fist aimed at Kaiba!

Even though he hadn't awakened the ability of a Duel Spirit User and couldn't even see his own Card Spirit, Kaiba managed to materialize his Card Spirit at this moment!

"Is that Blue-Eyes White Dragon?! Is that Kaiba Seto's Card Spirit?"

The elevator doors in front of him had just opened. Rex saw Marik, who had been standing next to him, suddenly fly out. Then, Kaiba Seto, holding Marik's golden staff, suddenly summoned the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, a legendary existence in the Duel Monsters World, to confront the blue, spirit-like giant summoned by Hayato Kobayashi.

"I thought 'Duel Spirit User' was some rare talent at first. How come after I awakened my Card Spirit, anyone can summon a Card Spirit?" Looking at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which managed to withstand a blow from Raviel, Lord of Phantasms despite some difficulty, Rex muttered.

Actually, this is also a kind of "Survivor Bias". Don't look at how everyone Rex knows right now— Joey Wheeler, Hayato, Yugi, and Kaiba—are all Duel Spirit Users. In reality, it's because these few are powerful Duelists standing at the peak of this World. Looking across the entire World, Duelists who have awakened the ability of a Duel Spirit User are still as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

Not to mention anything else, even Kujaku Mai, who defeated Rex and won the All-American Champion title, is not a Duel Spirit User. Marik and Ishizu also rely on the Dark Power provided by their respective Millennium Items to materialize Spirits; they are not Duel Spirit Users either.

But Rex didn't think that much. He only knew that there was one more Duel Spirit User he knew of, and Kaiba was using the powerful and cool Blue-Eyes White Dragon. This made Rex couldn't help but turn his head to look at the Spirit Egg beside him, casting it a resentful gaze.

Mutou Yuugi can use the cool Dark Magician and the cute Dark Magician Girl, and even Kuriboh. Joey Wheeler and Kaiba also have powerful Dragon Duel Spirits. Hayato Kobayashi is even more needless to say; although Rex doesn't know what card that giant blue Fiend is, it looks really cool. Why is his own Spirit just an Egg?!

However, unlike Rex, who focused on "Kaiba Seto is also a Duel Spirit User," Tristan, Téa, and Joey Wheeler were more concerned about another matter.

"Could that be—"

"Yugi!" "Yugi!"

Stepping out of the Elevator, the three's immediate focus wasn't on Kaiba, who had naturally caught the Millennium Rod as if he were its Master rather than Marik, its owner, but on Yugi, who was lying on the Ground, his condition unknown.

And Rafael, who was approaching Yugi with a Blank Card in his Hand. Although they didn't know what he was going to do to Yugi, it definitely wasn't anything good.

"Get away from Yugi, Rafael!" Hastily drawing a Red-Eyes Black Dragon card and slamming it onto his Duel Disk, Joey Wheeler charged forward along with the Red-Eyes that manifested beside him, swinging a Punch at Rafael.

"Bang!"

"Clang!"

Joey Wheeler's direct attack with his right fist was blocked by Rafael crossing his arms. The Black Dragon's pounce was also blocked by a Sword. Guardian Eatos protected Rafael before retracting back into Rafael. Rafael, who was once again blocked from performing Soul Sealing on Yugi, also retreated a distance helplessly.

Standing beside Hayato, Rafael's arms hung naturally and relaxed, his fingertips trembling slightly.

'This guy Joey Wheeler, why is he just like Valon, always getting physical? And his strength is a bit too exaggerated. Could Valon have lost because he played boxing with this guy and was beaten to death?'

Although he was complaining internally about Joey Wheeler's punching strength, which didn't seem like a minor's, Rafael outwardly retreated calmly back to Hayato's side. Looking at Joey Wheeler, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Kaiba, guarding the unconscious Yugi, he said, "The troublesome people have increased."

"Yugi!"

Behind Joey Wheeler, Tristan and Téa immediately rushed to Yugi, who had Fallen. They helped the unconscious Yugi up to check his condition. Although Yugi was still breathing and his body temperature was normal, perhaps because the Millennium Puzzle was suppressed by the Seal of Orichalcos and didn't properly defend against the impact of the Shadow Game, no matter how Tristan and Téa called out, they couldn't awaken Yugi.

"What exactly is wrong with Yugi..." Looking back at Yugi's condition and seeing that Yugi couldn't wake up no matter what, Joey Wheeler couldn't help but turn his head to look at Hayato and Rafael standing side by side not far away. "Damn it, did the people from Doma use Hayato again to hurt Yugi?! To utilize friendship like this!"

"Don't underestimate your opponent, Commoner." Kaiba reminded Joey Wheeler with a contemptuous tone. "That guy Hayato only arrived here after I did. Although I don't know what exactly happened during the duel, Yugi was defeated by that guy named Rafael. There's no mistake about this result."

"However, he's just a lackey of Doma who spouts pretentious nonsense about 'soul' and the like. There's nothing necessary to consider except taking him down."

Hearing Kaiba's words, Joey Wheeler didn't immediately look at Rafael. Instead, he turned his head to look at Kaiba with a strange gaze. "Kaiba, you've already picked up the Millennium Rod and even summoned the spirit of Blue-Eyes White Dragon. You're not still believing in science, are you?"

Kaiba's mouth curved into a smirk: "Hmph, Commoner, don't think of me like you. I'm not an idiot who believes in superstitions like 'soul' or 'psychic powers'. The Millennium Rod, Millennium Eye, and such things are just bluffing tools to deceive people."

"Pegasus being able to mind read is nothing more than utilizing the hidden cameras installed throughout his Castle and the despicable tricks done to the Duel Platform. As for tricks like 'Mind Control', they are just a combination of hypnosis technique and items applied to the human subconscious."

"The materialization of Duel Monsters is merely a shoddy copy of KaibaCorp's Virtual Projection System and Impact Simulation System. Although integrating so many functions into such a small device is something even I have to praise for its excellent imitation technology, it cannot deceive me at all."

Kaiba, full of confidence, paused and continued, "So-called 'magic' can at most fool idiots like you who don't study properly, Commoner. To deceive me, you're still twenty thousand years too early."

Kaiba, who spoke eloquently about the Millennium Items and still believed in science even now, made even Joey Wheeler feel a bit helpless. "If that's what you really think, suit yourself."

"Speaking of which, Marik, are you okay?"

"I'm not okay! It's a big deal!"

Lying on the cold Rooftop ground, Marik said with an annoyed expression, standing up while holding his pants with one hand. "This is the second time, the second time! Why did my Millennium Rod unaccountably run into Kaiba Seto's hand?! And it even tore my pants worth twenty thousand Yen! These are a limited edition Hatsune Miku model!"

Marik couldn't understand it even if he died. Although he had long since betrayed the Tomb Keepers, he was still one of the most legitimate Tomb Keeper Clan Heirs. For the Millennium Rod, one of the Millennium Items guarded by the Tomb Keepers, he had a Synergy and Talent hailed as "the most outstanding in a thousand years".

But why did Kaiba Seto, a Japanese person who had nothing to do with Egypt, seem more like the owner of the Millennium Rod than he did? He could even make the Millennium Rod obediently run over with just a wave of his Hand?

"In the end, even I didn't know the Millennium Items actually had this kind of Remote Control function. It's not like some hammer that can call Lightning." While ranting, Marik glared fiercely at Kaiba like a cuckolded victim, snatching his Millennium Rod back from Kaiba's Hand.

However, this time he didn't tuck it back into his waist, but held it in his hand. It wasn't because he was afraid the other half of his pants would be torn, but mainly so that if there was a next time, he could easily let go to avoid being dragged away.

And as Marik, who had cuckolded others too many times and was finally cuckolded himself, took the Millennium Rod, the figure of Blue-Eyes White Dragon in front of Kaiba also slowly disappeared. However, before completely dispersing, the White Dragon turned its head and affectionately and gently nudged Kaiba with its chin.

The strange feeling in his heart caused a slight wavering in Kaiba's disregard for the Millennium Items, but it was only for a moment. His gaze quickly recovered its calmness.

"Lord Marik, are you alright?"

Rishid walked behind Marik and asked with concern. Marik just shook his head. "I'm fine, Rishid. However, I suddenly believe the truth of the message Tristan sent me before."

"Although it's hard to believe that the people from Organization Doma could defeat the team-up of Joey Wheeler and the Pharaoh, if it's Brother-in-law, it is indeed possible." As he spoke, Marik looked at Hayato, who was standing side by side with Rafael. "However, I still don't quite understand, Brother-in-law."

"How many times have I told you, I'm not your Brother-in-law, Three-year-old." Hayato, who had been silent since just now, saw Marik, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, and said with a helpless expression, "You're not trying to ask me why I would join Doma, are you? The answer to that kind of thing isn't obvious? I'm for power—"

"No, I don't care about that." Holding the Millennium Rod, which was gradually glowing with gold light, Marik walked past Joey Wheeler and Kaiba, looking directly at Hayato. "I want to ask you, since you're still alive, why did you hide it from everyone!"

"Do you know how Older Sister feels!"

As Marik stepped forward, the updraft lifted his drooping hair, making each strand stand on end, as if the personality of Dark Marik, who had long since died, had revived at this moment!

"Lord Marik!" Seeing Marik starting to use the Millennium Rod, Rishid quickly said, "Your body cannot—"

"My body doesn't matter, I'm someone who has died once anyway!" Even with Rishid's persuasion, Marik still maintained an extremely firm attitude, steadily continuing to drive the Millennium Rod in his hand, stepping further in Hayato's direction. "Do you know that after you disappeared, Older Sister continuously used the Millennium Necklace to futilely foresee the future!"

"Do you know how worried she was about you!"

Ishizu, standing at the back of the crowd, had a strange expression when she heard Marik's words. She didn't know if she should tell Marik that because of the future seen by the Millennium Necklace, she actually hadn't worried about Hayato's safety? But considering the current atmosphere, it was probably better not to say that out loud.

Looking at Marik, who was approaching him while angrily questioning him, Hayato brewed up some emotion and said with an indifferent expression, "I don't even know where the End of the Universe is, how could I possibly know the answer?"

"Furthermore, Ishizu worrying about me, what does that have to do with me..." Putting on a heartless appearance, Hayato looked at Ishizu, who was standing behind the crowd, with a cold gaze, but met Ishizu's gaze, which held a gentle smile.

Unaccountably, even though he had already run through various scumbag quotes in his mind, looking at Ishizu's gaze, Hayato couldn't continue speaking. He should have been wearing the Millennium Ring, which could interfere with the ability of other Millennium Items, but for some reason, being looked at by Ishizu, he always had the illusion of being seen through.

It wasn't like she believed in him because she saw what he planned to do in his future plan. Ishizu's feeling was more like the kind of feeling where she didn't know what he was going to do, but believed in him unconditionally?

Hayato couldn't quite describe it, but this kind of feeling made even him, who could throw Ojama Yellow out as a shield without changing expression, feel a bit uncomfortable all over.

Rafael didn't understand Hayato's feeling, but he did know that there were quite a few people standing on the Rooftop now.

Kaiba Seto and Katsuya Joey Wheeler, who held the other two "Legendary Dragon" cards; Kujaku Mai and Rex Raptor, the All-American Duel Monsters Champion and Runner-up; Ishizu Ishtar, the Gravekeeper's Family Leader; and Malik Ishtar, the former Leader of the International Crime Organization Rare Hunters.

Joey Wheeler defeating Valon proved that his strength was by no means that of a Commoner. The fact that Kaiba Seto could still appear here showed that Alister failed to kill him on Duel Kingdom Island. Moreover, Rafael had indeed consumed a lot of stamina in his duel with Yugi just now and wasn't in peak condition. Although he had the confidence to defeat others, Kaiba and Joey Wheeler together were a bit troublesome.

"Brother!" Just then, Kaiba suddenly heard Keipei's voice. Pulling his attention away from Hayato and Rafael, he sharply turned his head, but saw a helicopter flying overhead.

Kaiba recognized that helicopter. After escaping from Duel Kingdom Island piloting the Blue-Eyes White Dragon Jet, due to fuel tank restrictions, Kaiba had to transfer to this helicopter at KaibaCorp's American Branch as a transportation tool to go to Paradius Tower. But Keipei's driving skill was learned in Hawaii; he should be able to operate that helicopter. Why was he suddenly shouting?

In Kaiba's confused gaze, the helicopter that flew overhead landed not far ahead. Then he saw that the person sitting in the pilot's seat wasn't Keipei, but Alister!?

"Yo, Kaiba Seto, I'm back from Hell." Touching Keipei's hair in the co-pilot seat, Alister greeted. "You wouldn't want Keipei to suffer any damage, would you?"

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