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Chapter 632
"He?"
Dark Yugi felt confused, not only because Yugi Mutou's soul hadn't been sealed, yet he couldn't return to his body, but also because he keenly noticed that Yugi Mutou had mentioned a so-called "he".
"I don't really understand the specifics either. It's probably that if I were to return to my body right now, the Seal of Orichalcos would reappear. So for now, I can only rely on you, The Other Me, to act outside."
After a pause, Yugi Mutou recalled what had happened inside the Seal of Orichalcos earlier.
The "he" Yugi Mutou referred to was naturally Hayato. In fact, he was quite surprised himself that he could see Hayato inside the Seal of Orichalcos.
At that time, Yugi Mutou had already resolved to die and intended to be sealed in place of Dark Yugi. But just at the critical moment, he found that the speed at which the Seal of Orichalcos was shrinking suddenly decreased. Furthermore, within the **Gaia the Fierce Knight** Card that Hayato had previously left behind in Conflict Town, which he had picked up and kept in his Deck, the figure of the Card Spirit **Gaia** appeared.
Yugi had known for a long time that the **Gaia the Fierce Knight** held by Hayato had a Card Spirit. It was also because he was confused about why Hayato would leave behind **Gaia**, a Card Spirit who had been with him for a long time, that he kept this Card with him to return to Hayato later.
However, since picking up that Card, it was the first time Yugi had seen the Card Spirit of **Gaia the Fierce Knight** appear. And when he appeared, he wasn't empty-handed; he was holding a pendant that looked unusually familiar — an Orichalcos Fragment, a necessary item needed to activate the Seal of Orichalcos and considered standard issue for Organization Doma members.
Although every member of Organization Doma had an Orichalcos Fragment, they were still different from each other. For example, the Orichalcos Fragment held by the Doma Three Swordsmen could not only activate the Seal of Orichalcos but also forcibly dispel the Seal of Orichalcos to negate its negative effects.
However, that was only possible before the duel's outcome was decided. After the duel was decided, even Rafael and Valon's Orichalcos Fragments were powerless against the Seal of Orichalcos which had begun to shrink and seal souls.
And after Hayato accepted Dartz's invitation to join Doma, in addition to obtaining the Seal of Orichalcos, he also received an Orichalcos Fragment. Its strength was consistent with the ones held by Rafael and the others, and it also had the ability to break through the Seal of Orichalcos.
However, since that time in Conflict Town, Hayato had quietly entrusted Weevil's soul along with the Orichalcos Fragment he held to **Gaia**, storing them within the **Gaia the Fierce Knight** Card. And just as Yugi was about to be sealed, he decisively extended a helping hand.
Utilizing the power of the Orichalcos Fragment to interfere with the Seal of Orichalcos, causing the machine-like Seal of Orichalcos to make an error in its understanding of the souls within the domain. Weevil's soul, carried by **Gaia**, was thrown out as bait and swallowed by the Seal of Orichalcos, substituting for Yugi. Thus, a "substitute" was completed by **Gaia** under Yugi's own witnessing.
However, this was not without cost. Although the Orichalcos God was programmed like a machine, it wasn't stupid. While Weevil's soul had indeed been sealed as a substitute for Yugi's soul, if Yugi Mutou's soul were to return to his body, even the most obtuse Orichalcos God would be able to detect the gap between the two souls.
Unless he wanted to be sealed again, otherwise Yugi Mutou's soul would likely have to remain inside the Millennium Puzzle until he completely defeated the Orichalcos God.
After completing the defense maneuver using Weevil's soul, the Orichalcos Fragment held by **Gaia** was transferred into Yugi's hand. And the instant he received that strange green stone, Yugi also saw the information Hayato had left within the stone, wanting to convey to him.
From being transferred to a Different Dimension due to Anubis's dying counterattack during the Pyramid of Light incident, to seeing the sealed Legendary Dragons in the world of Card Spirits, then appearing before Dartz upon returning to the Real World, and deciding to lie low within Organization Doma after discovering that Dartz was not an existence that could be eliminated by ordinary Dark Games.
With the power of the Card Spirits around him, Hayato left a lot of information in that Orichalcos Fragment to inform Yugi, letting Yugi know that Hayato was indeed still the Hayato they knew, and that joining Doma was for the final victory.
However, Hayato also instructed Yugi in the information left in the Orichalcos Fragment. The reason he told Yugi this information was to reassure him and to be able to cooperate with Hayato at the appropriate time, but for now, it was best to keep it a secret and not tell anyone else.
If they knew that Hayato, who stood opposite them, was not an enemy but still a companion, given Joey Wheeler and the others' personalities, they might not be able to fight him.
Although he felt it was a bit wrong for Hayato to conceal things from Joey Wheeler and the others, Yugi felt that what Hayato said did make some sense. After much thought, he decided to conceal it from Dark Yugi, who he was currently communicating heart to heart with, as well.
While the two Yugis were communicating heart to heart, because they hadn't explained to Joey Wheeler and the others, they all still thought that the current Yugi was silent due to the grief in his heart.
Even Kaiba, who had just caught Keipei, was somewhat influenced by the atmosphere and watched Yugi in silence.
Although he had the dream or rather the ambition of becoming the world's strongest Duelist, this didn't mean Kaiba was someone who would do anything to defeat his opponent. Just like at that time, when he obtained the Pyramid of Light to counter Hayato's Three Egyptian Gods, Kaiba had the ability to somewhat voluntarily discard such power that did not belong to him.
He wanted to defeat Yugi and Hayato, the two stronger Duelists he acknowledged, and then stand fair and square in the position of "strongest". The premise for this was that Hayato and Yugi were defeated by Kaiba at their peak. Defeating an opponent only when they were at a low point held absolutely no meaning of victory for Kaiba.
And at this moment, Yugi's low will made Kaiba feel annoyed no matter how he looked at it. Not believing in "souls", he didn't believe Yugi's saying about "being sealed". He thought Yugi had simply been defeated once by someone from Organization Doma, and becoming so dejected because of it was simply too pathetic.
But supposing that "being sealed" or whatever was true, and then putting himself in the position of having lost Keipei, Kaiba could somewhat empathize with that kind of sadness.
Of course, the premise of this assumption fundamentally didn't exist. How could something like soul sealing possibly be real?
However, although Yugi's duel with Rafael had ended, the group's goal in coming to Paradius Tower had not yet been achieved.
It wasn't that Yugi's duel with Rafael wasn't important, but relatively speaking, exposing Doma's true face, finding their base of operations, and going straight to the heart to destroy the entire organization was much more important.
Although Rafael had dispersed all the employees beforehand, resulting in only Rafael and a bunch of troublesome Orichalcos Soldiers remaining in Paradius Tower and even the entire Paradis Industrial Park, Yugi and the others had no one they could ask for information.
But for the Kaiba Brothers, who were proficient in hacking technology, machines with at most some access restrictions were much easier to deal with than people who would lie and provide inaccurate information. Leaving the Rooftop, following the floor plan inside Paradius Tower, everyone took the Elevator to the Data Center within Paradius Tower.
It must be said, although upon entering the First Floor Lobby they had already marveled at the gap between Industrial Illusions and KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions, it wasn't until they reached a place like the Data Center, which could truly reflect a company's strength, that everyone understood the true significance of Paradius Company, the so-called strongest group globally.
A full five Floors in height, all opened up and combined into one Floor for placing servers and storing data. Although it wasn't a group specializing in the network and electronic fields, Industrial Illusions's Data Center was built in a way that made even Kaiba widen his eyes in astonishment.
Following the walkways between the towering, City Wall-like servers, they reached the very center of the Data Center. What appeared before everyone was a central server. Below a huge display screen were hundreds, even thousands, of buttons and indicator lights that made one dizzy just looking at them. An ordinary person, even with an instruction manual, would probably spend half the day just looking for a button.
And that was indeed the case. Joey Wheeler, who could charge forward bravely even when facing life and death crisis, was completely stunned by the dense array of buttons. "So many buttons, which one do we press to find the information about Organization Doma that we're looking for?"
Hearing Joey Wheeler's words, Kaiba curled his lip in disdain. "You really manage to lower my understanding of idiots again and again, Commoner. What do you think this is, a fully automatic washing machine?"
"Accessing internal data first requires obtaining the access qualification of Industrial Illusions's internal Staff, and the authority must also be increased to an administrator level sufficient to obtain important data. Furthermore, the information about Organization Doma will definitely not be data placed out in the open; it must be encrypted, and we'll have to find a way to break through it."
After rambling on and on, Kaiba looked at Joey Wheeler, whom he had successfully scared, and showed an arrogant smile. "However, I am Kaiba Seto. Keipei!"
Calling out to Keipei, Kaiba walked forward on his own, skillfully pressed a few buttons, and quickly typed on a pop-up keyboard. Although he had just experienced freefall, the excitement of jumping from an airplane was nothing to Keipei, who had seen many storms. There wasn't even a need to adjust his mindset. He also followed Kaiba to the control panel to assist him.
Kaiba's pride naturally had capital. Although he had always been suppressed by Hayato and Yugi in the domain of Duel Monsters, he had always held a dominant status in other domains. And Keipei was even slightly stronger than Kaiba in the hacking domain. The two Brothers together launched an intrusion into Industrial Illusions's Data Center. After only a few minutes, accompanied by a few lines of garbled text flashing across the lit screen, a pop-up window appeared on the big screen.
The pop-up window clearly displayed a Hexagram Emblem of the Seal of Orichalcos. As expected, there were clues about Organization Doma within Industrial Illusions!
"Hmph, I've found your flaw, Doma."
Looking at the change that appeared on the screen, Kaiba said coldly. He was about to begin breaking through the information about Organization Doma that he had finally found from the vast ocean of data, but at this moment, Keipei's expression suddenly changed because he noticed a piece of extremely obscure data:
"Wait, Brother, this is—"
But Keipei's words were a step too slow. Kaiba had already used the administrator identity he had fabricated after hacking into Industrial Illusions's internal network to access the data in front of him. Although he hadn't even started breaking through the password, the next instant the file automatically opened, and a Green-haired Man wearing a purple suit appeared on the screen.
Joey Wheeler looked at the Kaiba Brothers, whose hands had left the keyboard, and said, "You just said it was very difficult, but you actually finished breaking through so quickly? Kaiba, you really are amazing."
But Kaiba didn't accept Joey Wheeler's rare praise. Instead, he frowned and said, "Idiot, I didn't break through this video. My fabricated administrator identity was recognized by the file, and then it automatically opened."
"I recognize this guy. His name is Dartz, and he's the chairman of Industrial Illusions. If there are no accidents, he's probably also part of Organization Doma, right?" Tristan looked up at Dartz on the screen, sitting in a chair and looking at the screen as if observing everyone through it. He couldn't help but rub his arms. "It's already strange enough that the file unlocked itself, but being stared at like this by this guy is really creepy."
Just as Tristan's words fell, Dartz, who appeared on the screen, revealed a strange smile. "First, let me correct something. I am not a member of Organization Doma. The correct saying is, I created Organization Doma."
Kujaku Mai heard that Dartz actually reacted to Tristan's words and couldn't help but show an expression of astonishment. "Isn't this a video? How can it talk to people!?"
However, Yugi and the others didn't react as strongly as Kujaku Mai. While a trick like a pre-recorded video talking to people could certainly be intimidating the first time it was used, this trick had already been overused by Pegasus and wasn't worth their surprise.
But the second sentence Dartz spoke made everyone present's nerves instantly tense up.
His gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and the smile on Dartz's face gradually turned cold. "It looks like Rafael seems to have sealed the wrong target and let you escape, Nameless Pharaoh. And Katsuya Jounouchi and Kaiba Seto, you two users of the 'Legendary Dragons' are indeed not easily dealt with."
"However, it's rare for you all to be together. This is a rare opportunity. You can all be blown sky-high along with this Tower beneath your feet!"
End of Chapter
"He?"
Dark Yugi felt confused, not only because Yugi Mutou's soul hadn't been sealed, yet he couldn't return to his body, but also because he keenly noticed that Yugi Mutou had mentioned a so-called "he".
"I don't really understand the specifics either. It's probably that if I were to return to my body right now, the Seal of Orichalcos would reappear. So for now, I can only rely on you, The Other Me, to act outside."
After a pause, Yugi Mutou recalled what had happened inside the Seal of Orichalcos earlier.
The "he" Yugi Mutou referred to was naturally Hayato. In fact, he was quite surprised himself that he could see Hayato inside the Seal of Orichalcos.
At that time, Yugi Mutou had already resolved to die and intended to be sealed in place of Dark Yugi. But just at the critical moment, he found that the speed at which the Seal of Orichalcos was shrinking suddenly decreased. Furthermore, within the **Gaia the Fierce Knight** Card that Hayato had previously left behind in Conflict Town, which he had picked up and kept in his Deck, the figure of the Card Spirit **Gaia** appeared.
Yugi had known for a long time that the **Gaia the Fierce Knight** held by Hayato had a Card Spirit. It was also because he was confused about why Hayato would leave behind **Gaia**, a Card Spirit who had been with him for a long time, that he kept this Card with him to return to Hayato later.
However, since picking up that Card, it was the first time Yugi had seen the Card Spirit of **Gaia the Fierce Knight** appear. And when he appeared, he wasn't empty-handed; he was holding a pendant that looked unusually familiar — an Orichalcos Fragment, a necessary item needed to activate the Seal of Orichalcos and considered standard issue for Organization Doma members.
Although every member of Organization Doma had an Orichalcos Fragment, they were still different from each other. For example, the Orichalcos Fragment held by the Doma Three Swordsmen could not only activate the Seal of Orichalcos but also forcibly dispel the Seal of Orichalcos to negate its negative effects.
However, that was only possible before the duel's outcome was decided. After the duel was decided, even Rafael and Valon's Orichalcos Fragments were powerless against the Seal of Orichalcos which had begun to shrink and seal souls.
And after Hayato accepted Dartz's invitation to join Doma, in addition to obtaining the Seal of Orichalcos, he also received an Orichalcos Fragment. Its strength was consistent with the ones held by Rafael and the others, and it also had the ability to break through the Seal of Orichalcos.
However, since that time in Conflict Town, Hayato had quietly entrusted Weevil's soul along with the Orichalcos Fragment he held to **Gaia**, storing them within the **Gaia the Fierce Knight** Card. And just as Yugi was about to be sealed, he decisively extended a helping hand.
Utilizing the power of the Orichalcos Fragment to interfere with the Seal of Orichalcos, causing the machine-like Seal of Orichalcos to make an error in its understanding of the souls within the domain. Weevil's soul, carried by **Gaia**, was thrown out as bait and swallowed by the Seal of Orichalcos, substituting for Yugi. Thus, a "substitute" was completed by **Gaia** under Yugi's own witnessing.
However, this was not without cost. Although the Orichalcos God was programmed like a machine, it wasn't stupid. While Weevil's soul had indeed been sealed as a substitute for Yugi's soul, if Yugi Mutou's soul were to return to his body, even the most obtuse Orichalcos God would be able to detect the gap between the two souls.
Unless he wanted to be sealed again, otherwise Yugi Mutou's soul would likely have to remain inside the Millennium Puzzle until he completely defeated the Orichalcos God.
After completing the defense maneuver using Weevil's soul, the Orichalcos Fragment held by **Gaia** was transferred into Yugi's hand. And the instant he received that strange green stone, Yugi also saw the information Hayato had left within the stone, wanting to convey to him.
From being transferred to a Different Dimension due to Anubis's dying counterattack during the Pyramid of Light incident, to seeing the sealed Legendary Dragons in the world of Card Spirits, then appearing before Dartz upon returning to the Real World, and deciding to lie low within Organization Doma after discovering that Dartz was not an existence that could be eliminated by ordinary Dark Games.
With the power of the Card Spirits around him, Hayato left a lot of information in that Orichalcos Fragment to inform Yugi, letting Yugi know that Hayato was indeed still the Hayato they knew, and that joining Doma was for the final victory.
However, Hayato also instructed Yugi in the information left in the Orichalcos Fragment. The reason he told Yugi this information was to reassure him and to be able to cooperate with Hayato at the appropriate time, but for now, it was best to keep it a secret and not tell anyone else.
If they knew that Hayato, who stood opposite them, was not an enemy but still a companion, given Joey Wheeler and the others' personalities, they might not be able to fight him.
Although he felt it was a bit wrong for Hayato to conceal things from Joey Wheeler and the others, Yugi felt that what Hayato said did make some sense. After much thought, he decided to conceal it from Dark Yugi, who he was currently communicating heart to heart with, as well.
While the two Yugis were communicating heart to heart, because they hadn't explained to Joey Wheeler and the others, they all still thought that the current Yugi was silent due to the grief in his heart.
Even Kaiba, who had just caught Keipei, was somewhat influenced by the atmosphere and watched Yugi in silence.
Although he had the dream or rather the ambition of becoming the world's strongest Duelist, this didn't mean Kaiba was someone who would do anything to defeat his opponent. Just like at that time, when he obtained the Pyramid of Light to counter Hayato's Three Egyptian Gods, Kaiba had the ability to somewhat voluntarily discard such power that did not belong to him.
He wanted to defeat Yugi and Hayato, the two stronger Duelists he acknowledged, and then stand fair and square in the position of "strongest". The premise for this was that Hayato and Yugi were defeated by Kaiba at their peak. Defeating an opponent only when they were at a low point held absolutely no meaning of victory for Kaiba.
And at this moment, Yugi's low will made Kaiba feel annoyed no matter how he looked at it. Not believing in "souls", he didn't believe Yugi's saying about "being sealed". He thought Yugi had simply been defeated once by someone from Organization Doma, and becoming so dejected because of it was simply too pathetic.
But supposing that "being sealed" or whatever was true, and then putting himself in the position of having lost Keipei, Kaiba could somewhat empathize with that kind of sadness.
Of course, the premise of this assumption fundamentally didn't exist. How could something like soul sealing possibly be real?
However, although Yugi's duel with Rafael had ended, the group's goal in coming to Paradius Tower had not yet been achieved.
It wasn't that Yugi's duel with Rafael wasn't important, but relatively speaking, exposing Doma's true face, finding their base of operations, and going straight to the heart to destroy the entire organization was much more important.
Although Rafael had dispersed all the employees beforehand, resulting in only Rafael and a bunch of troublesome Orichalcos Soldiers remaining in Paradius Tower and even the entire Paradis Industrial Park, Yugi and the others had no one they could ask for information.
But for the Kaiba Brothers, who were proficient in hacking technology, machines with at most some access restrictions were much easier to deal with than people who would lie and provide inaccurate information. Leaving the Rooftop, following the floor plan inside Paradius Tower, everyone took the Elevator to the Data Center within Paradius Tower.
It must be said, although upon entering the First Floor Lobby they had already marveled at the gap between Industrial Illusions and KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions, it wasn't until they reached a place like the Data Center, which could truly reflect a company's strength, that everyone understood the true significance of Paradius Company, the so-called strongest group globally.
A full five Floors in height, all opened up and combined into one Floor for placing servers and storing data. Although it wasn't a group specializing in the network and electronic fields, Industrial Illusions's Data Center was built in a way that made even Kaiba widen his eyes in astonishment.
Following the walkways between the towering, City Wall-like servers, they reached the very center of the Data Center. What appeared before everyone was a central server. Below a huge display screen were hundreds, even thousands, of buttons and indicator lights that made one dizzy just looking at them. An ordinary person, even with an instruction manual, would probably spend half the day just looking for a button.
And that was indeed the case. Joey Wheeler, who could charge forward bravely even when facing life and death crisis, was completely stunned by the dense array of buttons. "So many buttons, which one do we press to find the information about Organization Doma that we're looking for?"
Hearing Joey Wheeler's words, Kaiba curled his lip in disdain. "You really manage to lower my understanding of idiots again and again, Commoner. What do you think this is, a fully automatic washing machine?"
"Accessing internal data first requires obtaining the access qualification of Industrial Illusions's internal Staff, and the authority must also be increased to an administrator level sufficient to obtain important data. Furthermore, the information about Organization Doma will definitely not be data placed out in the open; it must be encrypted, and we'll have to find a way to break through it."
After rambling on and on, Kaiba looked at Joey Wheeler, whom he had successfully scared, and showed an arrogant smile. "However, I am Kaiba Seto. Keipei!"
Calling out to Keipei, Kaiba walked forward on his own, skillfully pressed a few buttons, and quickly typed on a pop-up keyboard. Although he had just experienced freefall, the excitement of jumping from an airplane was nothing to Keipei, who had seen many storms. There wasn't even a need to adjust his mindset. He also followed Kaiba to the control panel to assist him.
Kaiba's pride naturally had capital. Although he had always been suppressed by Hayato and Yugi in the domain of Duel Monsters, he had always held a dominant status in other domains. And Keipei was even slightly stronger than Kaiba in the hacking domain. The two Brothers together launched an intrusion into Industrial Illusions's Data Center. After only a few minutes, accompanied by a few lines of garbled text flashing across the lit screen, a pop-up window appeared on the big screen.
The pop-up window clearly displayed a Hexagram Emblem of the Seal of Orichalcos. As expected, there were clues about Organization Doma within Industrial Illusions!
"Hmph, I've found your flaw, Doma."
Looking at the change that appeared on the screen, Kaiba said coldly. He was about to begin breaking through the information about Organization Doma that he had finally found from the vast ocean of data, but at this moment, Keipei's expression suddenly changed because he noticed a piece of extremely obscure data:
"Wait, Brother, this is—"
But Keipei's words were a step too slow. Kaiba had already used the administrator identity he had fabricated after hacking into Industrial Illusions's internal network to access the data in front of him. Although he hadn't even started breaking through the password, the next instant the file automatically opened, and a Green-haired Man wearing a purple suit appeared on the screen.
Joey Wheeler looked at the Kaiba Brothers, whose hands had left the keyboard, and said, "You just said it was very difficult, but you actually finished breaking through so quickly? Kaiba, you really are amazing."
But Kaiba didn't accept Joey Wheeler's rare praise. Instead, he frowned and said, "Idiot, I didn't break through this video. My fabricated administrator identity was recognized by the file, and then it automatically opened."
"I recognize this guy. His name is Dartz, and he's the chairman of Industrial Illusions. If there are no accidents, he's probably also part of Organization Doma, right?" Tristan looked up at Dartz on the screen, sitting in a chair and looking at the screen as if observing everyone through it. He couldn't help but rub his arms. "It's already strange enough that the file unlocked itself, but being stared at like this by this guy is really creepy."
Just as Tristan's words fell, Dartz, who appeared on the screen, revealed a strange smile. "First, let me correct something. I am not a member of Organization Doma. The correct saying is, I created Organization Doma."
Kujaku Mai heard that Dartz actually reacted to Tristan's words and couldn't help but show an expression of astonishment. "Isn't this a video? How can it talk to people!?"
However, Yugi and the others didn't react as strongly as Kujaku Mai. While a trick like a pre-recorded video talking to people could certainly be intimidating the first time it was used, this trick had already been overused by Pegasus and wasn't worth their surprise.
But the second sentence Dartz spoke made everyone present's nerves instantly tense up.
His gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and the smile on Dartz's face gradually turned cold. "It looks like Rafael seems to have sealed the wrong target and let you escape, Nameless Pharaoh. And Katsuya Jounouchi and Kaiba Seto, you two users of the 'Legendary Dragons' are indeed not easily dealt with."
"However, it's rare for you all to be together. This is a rare opportunity. You can all be blown sky-high along with this Tower beneath your feet!"
End of Chapter
