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Chapter 675: People Who Seek Realism in Fictional Stories Definitely Have Something Wrong with Their Brains
Of course, Hayato was just saying that casually. It's impossible for these people to have been hit by a Stand attack; after all, this isn't the adjacent JOJO setting where Stands even exist.
Although, there are indeed quite a few similarities between the two. For example, the story of the first part revolves around relics passed down from ancient civilizations, the protagonist's rival even killed his father, and the final ending is the protagonist's soul returning to the Underworld; the protagonist of the second part inherits the will of the first part's protagonist, the third part revolves around a protagonist who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and the protagonist group has five people and even an additional character, the protagonist of the fourth part has terrible hair and his spirit is blue, and the protagonist of the fifth part is Kensho Ono who plays with animals...
Oh, I forgot, Yu-Gi-Oh! doesn't have a fifth anime, nor a manga, right, right.
The signs on these flight attendants indicate that the possibility of them being attacked by an existence like a "Vampire," as Yugi said, is not zero. After all, after checking the remaining flight attendants one by one, Hayato found that their necks really did have two hole-like wounds, proving this was no coincidence, and this characteristic is simply too similar to having been sucked blood by a "Vampire."
Upon hearing the deduction Hayato reached, Joey Wheeler rubbed the goosebumps on his arm. Although it's not very obvious from his appearance, Joey Wheeler is actually quite afraid of ghosts. Just hearing the point that "a Vampire might be on the airplane" made his heartbeat quicken.
"Hey, hey, you're just joking, right, Hayato, Yugi?" Joey Wheeler put his hand on Tristan's shoulder. "The ghost story you're telling is almost scaring Tristan and Téa to death."
Tristan turned his head back with a somewhat helpless expression upon hearing Joey Wheeler's words. He already knew Joey Wheeler's timidness and didn't say anything, just glanced at Joey Wheeler's slightly trembling legs out of the corner of his eye. Everything was left unsaid.
As for the other person Joey Wheeler called "almost scared to death," Téa, she instead showed an excited expression: "Do vampires really exist in this World?! Really, really, really? Ahhh!!!"
"I super love novels with vampire themes, let's hurry and go find that vampire!"
As a girl who aspires to romantic love, the imaginative Téa had already quickly fantasized in her mind a love story where a vampire noble Prince encounters an ordinary but beautiful girl and falls in love at first sight.
And, that vampire Prince even had the face of Cedric, the handsome guy from the recently released movie "Harry Potter and the Great"!
"No, who would fall in love with their own bread?" Looking at Téa, who instantly switched to love-struck mode because her fantasy had entered Reality, the tsukkomi Tristan said with a helpless expression, "If you were a Royal Family of vampires, how would you feel if you heard your son unaccountably fell in love with a chicken leg and married it, and then suddenly wanted to revive the chicken leg because it died?"
"Honda, if you expose a girl's fantasy, you'll have to swallow a thousand needles."
"There's no such terrifying legend, alright!"
Taking his line of sight back from Téa and Tristan, Yugi turned to look at Hayato and asked, "What should we do now, Hayato?"
Even as one of the strongest Duelists in the World, Yugi was truly undecided in the face of this unprecedented incident.
"We are currently flying at high altitude in an aircraft, which greatly restricts the actions we can take. We can't escape quickly, we can't seek support from the Outside World; it's just like the classic 'snowed-in mountain villa' in detective novels."
"However, while we are restricted, the Culprit who attacked the flight attendants, whether he is a 'Vampire' or a 'Stand User,' is also restricted to this aircraft flying in the Stratosphere, where outsiders cannot interfere."
Hayato stood up and thought to himself, and beside him appeared Ojama Yellow, who had somehow put on a deerstalker hat, a checkered cloak, and was holding a pipe in his mouth. He chimed in with Hayato, saying, "There is only one truth, 'nyah!"
"That Culprit is still somewhere on the aircraft, enjoying our fear of the unknown in some corner, waiting for their next action."
Reaching out to push Ojama Yellow, who had run out on his own and blocked his view, back, Hayato held up three fingers and said, "There are three points we need to pay attention to now."
"First, to maintain the aircraft's flying and subsequent descent, we must ensure the safety of the Pilot and Co-pilot, at least confirming that one of them can operate the aircraft normally. Therefore, someone needs to stay and protect the Cockpit."
"Second, although these injured people have been attacked once, no one can be sure if they are merely trinkets left by that unknown attacker, just like spiders leave captured flying insects to slowly enjoy, or cats play with mice to their heart's content before killing them. We also need to leave some combat power here."
"And third, the Front Cabin and Rear Cabin have not been connected since departure. The current Front Cabin is in a safe state. The Culprit who attacked the crew in the Rear Cabin must still be hiding somewhere. Someone needs to go and capture them now."
Listening to Hayato's detailed analysis, Marik nodded beside him and said, "I see, Brother-in-law, now that you say that, I understand too. So, the six of us need to split into three groups next, right? And, just in case, it's best to act in pairs to look out for each other, and each group should have someone with a certain level of combat ability."
Hayato's analysis combined with Marik's supplement allowed everyone to understand the current situation. Tristan looked at Joey Wheeler and said, "With Joey Wheeler's timidness, if this guy walks into that Alleyway in the Rear Cabin, he'll probably be scared half to death by just an empty can falling. It's better to let him go to the Cockpit side. I'll go with him."
"Who are you looking down on, Tristan!" Joey Wheeler said, slapping Tristan's shoulder hard. "Who's that kind of coward? How could Yours Truly be scared by something impossible like a 'Vampire'!"
"Before saying something like that, stopping your feet from trembling would be more convincing," Tristan calmly ranted, instantly sinking the struggling Joey Wheeler.
Téa looked at the attacked flight attendants lying sprawled out in the Aircraft Cabin with a little worry. She looked around, found a medical kit with a red cross on it from a storage box in the corner, and said, "I'll take care of these injured people. I specifically learned simple medical care before."
Saying that, Téa had already opened the medical kit, took out gauze, disinfectant cotton, alcohol, and other tools, and began to treat the wounds of the injured flight attendants.
To achieve her aspiration of becoming a Professional Dancer, Téa actually often practiced dance. Because of the high-intensity training, she had been injured more than once, and therefore specifically learned bone setting, muscle massage, wound treatment, women's self-defense techniques, and so on.
As for why Tristan and Joey Wheeler, these two former School Delinquents who often fought, don't know how to treat wounds? It's because they are thick-skinned, and they always won their fights, never losing except to Ushio, the former Disciplinary Committee Chairman who had dropped out and transferred schools.
"If Téa stays here, we still need some combat power." Yugi, standing aside, saw that Téa planned to stay in the Aircraft Cabin to take care of the injured. After a brief communication with Dark Yugi inside the Millennium Puzzle, accompanied by a not-dazzling flash of golden light, it was Dark Yugi who appeared in the Outside World. "That guy who utilizes dark power to attack others, I will—"
As he spoke, Yugi unbuttoned his school uniform jacket, draped it on his shoulder like a cape, picked up the Duel Disk placed beside him, and was about to walk towards the Entrance of the Rear Cabin.
However, Marik blocked his path at this moment.
"No, no, no, you should stay here and accompany Miss Téa, Nameless Pharaoh." Easily distinguishing that it was Dark Yugi from the Millennium Puzzle who had appeared at this moment, Marik said casually, "Leave the matter of capturing that Culprit to me and Brother-in-law. You wouldn't want Miss Téa to be protected by someone completely lacking in combat ability like me, right?"
"Go on, how many times have I told you, who's your Brother-in-law?" Hayato pushed Marik's shoulder. The latter shrugged and didn't admit his mistake. Hayato also had a helpless expression. He turned to Yugi and said, "However, Marik also has a point, Yugi. Instead of the two of us acting together and wasting combat power, it's more efficient for you to stay here and protect Téa, while Marik and I act together to go to the back and capture that Culprit."
In terms of combat power, although they still didn't know what kind of existence had attacked the crew, both Hayato and Yugi were confident that they could deal with the opponent alone. After all, no matter how strong that Culprit was, could they possibly compare to an opponent of Dartz's level?
In that case, two combat powers acting together would undoubtedly be a great waste, and once that Culprit sneak attacks the Front Cabin, Marik and Téa, who were left behind, might instead encounter danger.
"Since Hayato, you said so..." Yugi thought about it. What Hayato said made sense, and he didn't persist too much. He lowered the Duel Disk he had raised and said to Hayato, "Then, I'll leave it to you and Marik, Hayato, but still be careful with your actions."
"You can rest assured about that." As Hayato spoke, he took out five cards and filled his Duel Disk in one go. Under the power released by the Millennium Ring on his chest, the shadow beneath his feet surged as if the surface of boiling water. "Let me state beforehand, I am very strong."
After deciding on the groups, everyone didn't delay any longer. To eliminate the danger as quickly as possible, they all took action. Téa and Yugi stayed in the Aircraft Cabin to look after the injured, Tristan and Joey Wheeler went to the Cockpit side, and Hayato and Marik went to the rear section of the Aircraft Cabin. After passing through the door separating the front and back, they specifically closed the door.
Watching the electric device close the doorway, Marik asked Hayato in a confused manner, "Brother-in-law, why did you close the door?"
"You probably haven't played horror games like 'Resident Evil' much, right?" Hayato's finger moved away from the electric device's control panel. He crossed his arms at his waist proudly and said, "In those games, it often happens that after the Protagonist enters certain places, they forget to close the door because they are too focused on the space behind the door, leading to dangerous monsters or similar things sneak attacking the Protagonist."
"People who seek realism in fictional games definitely have something wrong with their brain," Marik ranted. "The reverse is also true. Brother-in-law, why would you think that kind of fictional story would happen in Reality?"
"Probably because stories need logic, and Reality doesn't?" Hayato shrugged, raised his hand, and snapped his fingers. And with his action, only to see several bright yellow eyes suddenly open in the shadow beneath Hayato's feet, followed by several dark figures separating from his shadow and disappearing into the other shadows around.
"The little angel who was born with me said, 'Little things made of laughter and joy, go love, your love needs no aid from anything.'"
Hearing the poem Hayato recited to himself, Marik raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Those monsters are made of laughter and joy? Brother-in-law, you're getting more humorous."
"You're clearly uneducated, this is a poem by William Blake, alright?"
The two walked one after another down the narrow Corridor, chatting casually, as if they didn't put the "Vampire" hiding somewhere in their eyes at all.
But in fact, that was indeed the case. If the opponent was a powerful existence, there would have been no need to target ordinary people from the start. They could have directly attacked Hayato and the others in the Front Cabin, instead of shrinking in the shadow like this.
And to deal with this kind of guy hiding in the shadow, using the Shaddoll Deck Hayato obtained after defeating the Orichalcos God was most suitable.
After using the power of the Orichalcos God, that great source of resentment, to conjure the card Tierra, the Genesis Monarch out of thin air, Hayato obtained the Shaddoll Deck. The strength of this Deck is hard to describe in words. Since its appearance, it has caused countless Duelists to fall into the predicament called "Solve the Mi puzzle" for a full eight years.
Hayato should have been happy to get such a powerful Deck, but what he was more confused about was why the cards he used were increasingly developing in the direction of antagonists?
But it doesn't matter. The User of the power is himself, and the definition of good and evil naturally depends on how he uses this power.
At worst, as long as he tributes "evil" monsters with cards like Psychic Ectoplasm, then rounding up, hasn't he also become a Protagonist? Hmm, reasonable.
Hayato walked forward carelessly, waiting for the Shaddoll monsters he had released to bring back clues. Passing by a flight attendant's Pantry, he glimpsed a Staff list. The names of a total of ten Staff were all written on it, with photos of the corresponding personnel attached.
The six flight attendants already found, including the Pilot and Co-pilot, were only eight people in total. In other words, there are still two flight attendants somewhere in the Rear Cabin?
(This is a test, I guess, to reduce the duel component and see the subscription situation. If it's still normal, I will also proceed with the plot in the Memory World in a low-duel format later. However, if the subscription is not ideal, I have another plan for the plot.)
(End of Chapter)
Of course, Hayato was just saying that casually. It's impossible for these people to have been hit by a Stand attack; after all, this isn't the adjacent JOJO setting where Stands even exist.
Although, there are indeed quite a few similarities between the two. For example, the story of the first part revolves around relics passed down from ancient civilizations, the protagonist's rival even killed his father, and the final ending is the protagonist's soul returning to the Underworld; the protagonist of the second part inherits the will of the first part's protagonist, the third part revolves around a protagonist who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and the protagonist group has five people and even an additional character, the protagonist of the fourth part has terrible hair and his spirit is blue, and the protagonist of the fifth part is Kensho Ono who plays with animals...
Oh, I forgot, Yu-Gi-Oh! doesn't have a fifth anime, nor a manga, right, right.
The signs on these flight attendants indicate that the possibility of them being attacked by an existence like a "Vampire," as Yugi said, is not zero. After all, after checking the remaining flight attendants one by one, Hayato found that their necks really did have two hole-like wounds, proving this was no coincidence, and this characteristic is simply too similar to having been sucked blood by a "Vampire."
Upon hearing the deduction Hayato reached, Joey Wheeler rubbed the goosebumps on his arm. Although it's not very obvious from his appearance, Joey Wheeler is actually quite afraid of ghosts. Just hearing the point that "a Vampire might be on the airplane" made his heartbeat quicken.
"Hey, hey, you're just joking, right, Hayato, Yugi?" Joey Wheeler put his hand on Tristan's shoulder. "The ghost story you're telling is almost scaring Tristan and Téa to death."
Tristan turned his head back with a somewhat helpless expression upon hearing Joey Wheeler's words. He already knew Joey Wheeler's timidness and didn't say anything, just glanced at Joey Wheeler's slightly trembling legs out of the corner of his eye. Everything was left unsaid.
As for the other person Joey Wheeler called "almost scared to death," Téa, she instead showed an excited expression: "Do vampires really exist in this World?! Really, really, really? Ahhh!!!"
"I super love novels with vampire themes, let's hurry and go find that vampire!"
As a girl who aspires to romantic love, the imaginative Téa had already quickly fantasized in her mind a love story where a vampire noble Prince encounters an ordinary but beautiful girl and falls in love at first sight.
And, that vampire Prince even had the face of Cedric, the handsome guy from the recently released movie "Harry Potter and the Great"!
"No, who would fall in love with their own bread?" Looking at Téa, who instantly switched to love-struck mode because her fantasy had entered Reality, the tsukkomi Tristan said with a helpless expression, "If you were a Royal Family of vampires, how would you feel if you heard your son unaccountably fell in love with a chicken leg and married it, and then suddenly wanted to revive the chicken leg because it died?"
"Honda, if you expose a girl's fantasy, you'll have to swallow a thousand needles."
"There's no such terrifying legend, alright!"
Taking his line of sight back from Téa and Tristan, Yugi turned to look at Hayato and asked, "What should we do now, Hayato?"
Even as one of the strongest Duelists in the World, Yugi was truly undecided in the face of this unprecedented incident.
"We are currently flying at high altitude in an aircraft, which greatly restricts the actions we can take. We can't escape quickly, we can't seek support from the Outside World; it's just like the classic 'snowed-in mountain villa' in detective novels."
"However, while we are restricted, the Culprit who attacked the flight attendants, whether he is a 'Vampire' or a 'Stand User,' is also restricted to this aircraft flying in the Stratosphere, where outsiders cannot interfere."
Hayato stood up and thought to himself, and beside him appeared Ojama Yellow, who had somehow put on a deerstalker hat, a checkered cloak, and was holding a pipe in his mouth. He chimed in with Hayato, saying, "There is only one truth, 'nyah!"
"That Culprit is still somewhere on the aircraft, enjoying our fear of the unknown in some corner, waiting for their next action."
Reaching out to push Ojama Yellow, who had run out on his own and blocked his view, back, Hayato held up three fingers and said, "There are three points we need to pay attention to now."
"First, to maintain the aircraft's flying and subsequent descent, we must ensure the safety of the Pilot and Co-pilot, at least confirming that one of them can operate the aircraft normally. Therefore, someone needs to stay and protect the Cockpit."
"Second, although these injured people have been attacked once, no one can be sure if they are merely trinkets left by that unknown attacker, just like spiders leave captured flying insects to slowly enjoy, or cats play with mice to their heart's content before killing them. We also need to leave some combat power here."
"And third, the Front Cabin and Rear Cabin have not been connected since departure. The current Front Cabin is in a safe state. The Culprit who attacked the crew in the Rear Cabin must still be hiding somewhere. Someone needs to go and capture them now."
Listening to Hayato's detailed analysis, Marik nodded beside him and said, "I see, Brother-in-law, now that you say that, I understand too. So, the six of us need to split into three groups next, right? And, just in case, it's best to act in pairs to look out for each other, and each group should have someone with a certain level of combat ability."
Hayato's analysis combined with Marik's supplement allowed everyone to understand the current situation. Tristan looked at Joey Wheeler and said, "With Joey Wheeler's timidness, if this guy walks into that Alleyway in the Rear Cabin, he'll probably be scared half to death by just an empty can falling. It's better to let him go to the Cockpit side. I'll go with him."
"Who are you looking down on, Tristan!" Joey Wheeler said, slapping Tristan's shoulder hard. "Who's that kind of coward? How could Yours Truly be scared by something impossible like a 'Vampire'!"
"Before saying something like that, stopping your feet from trembling would be more convincing," Tristan calmly ranted, instantly sinking the struggling Joey Wheeler.
Téa looked at the attacked flight attendants lying sprawled out in the Aircraft Cabin with a little worry. She looked around, found a medical kit with a red cross on it from a storage box in the corner, and said, "I'll take care of these injured people. I specifically learned simple medical care before."
Saying that, Téa had already opened the medical kit, took out gauze, disinfectant cotton, alcohol, and other tools, and began to treat the wounds of the injured flight attendants.
To achieve her aspiration of becoming a Professional Dancer, Téa actually often practiced dance. Because of the high-intensity training, she had been injured more than once, and therefore specifically learned bone setting, muscle massage, wound treatment, women's self-defense techniques, and so on.
As for why Tristan and Joey Wheeler, these two former School Delinquents who often fought, don't know how to treat wounds? It's because they are thick-skinned, and they always won their fights, never losing except to Ushio, the former Disciplinary Committee Chairman who had dropped out and transferred schools.
"If Téa stays here, we still need some combat power." Yugi, standing aside, saw that Téa planned to stay in the Aircraft Cabin to take care of the injured. After a brief communication with Dark Yugi inside the Millennium Puzzle, accompanied by a not-dazzling flash of golden light, it was Dark Yugi who appeared in the Outside World. "That guy who utilizes dark power to attack others, I will—"
As he spoke, Yugi unbuttoned his school uniform jacket, draped it on his shoulder like a cape, picked up the Duel Disk placed beside him, and was about to walk towards the Entrance of the Rear Cabin.
However, Marik blocked his path at this moment.
"No, no, no, you should stay here and accompany Miss Téa, Nameless Pharaoh." Easily distinguishing that it was Dark Yugi from the Millennium Puzzle who had appeared at this moment, Marik said casually, "Leave the matter of capturing that Culprit to me and Brother-in-law. You wouldn't want Miss Téa to be protected by someone completely lacking in combat ability like me, right?"
"Go on, how many times have I told you, who's your Brother-in-law?" Hayato pushed Marik's shoulder. The latter shrugged and didn't admit his mistake. Hayato also had a helpless expression. He turned to Yugi and said, "However, Marik also has a point, Yugi. Instead of the two of us acting together and wasting combat power, it's more efficient for you to stay here and protect Téa, while Marik and I act together to go to the back and capture that Culprit."
In terms of combat power, although they still didn't know what kind of existence had attacked the crew, both Hayato and Yugi were confident that they could deal with the opponent alone. After all, no matter how strong that Culprit was, could they possibly compare to an opponent of Dartz's level?
In that case, two combat powers acting together would undoubtedly be a great waste, and once that Culprit sneak attacks the Front Cabin, Marik and Téa, who were left behind, might instead encounter danger.
"Since Hayato, you said so..." Yugi thought about it. What Hayato said made sense, and he didn't persist too much. He lowered the Duel Disk he had raised and said to Hayato, "Then, I'll leave it to you and Marik, Hayato, but still be careful with your actions."
"You can rest assured about that." As Hayato spoke, he took out five cards and filled his Duel Disk in one go. Under the power released by the Millennium Ring on his chest, the shadow beneath his feet surged as if the surface of boiling water. "Let me state beforehand, I am very strong."
After deciding on the groups, everyone didn't delay any longer. To eliminate the danger as quickly as possible, they all took action. Téa and Yugi stayed in the Aircraft Cabin to look after the injured, Tristan and Joey Wheeler went to the Cockpit side, and Hayato and Marik went to the rear section of the Aircraft Cabin. After passing through the door separating the front and back, they specifically closed the door.
Watching the electric device close the doorway, Marik asked Hayato in a confused manner, "Brother-in-law, why did you close the door?"
"You probably haven't played horror games like 'Resident Evil' much, right?" Hayato's finger moved away from the electric device's control panel. He crossed his arms at his waist proudly and said, "In those games, it often happens that after the Protagonist enters certain places, they forget to close the door because they are too focused on the space behind the door, leading to dangerous monsters or similar things sneak attacking the Protagonist."
"People who seek realism in fictional games definitely have something wrong with their brain," Marik ranted. "The reverse is also true. Brother-in-law, why would you think that kind of fictional story would happen in Reality?"
"Probably because stories need logic, and Reality doesn't?" Hayato shrugged, raised his hand, and snapped his fingers. And with his action, only to see several bright yellow eyes suddenly open in the shadow beneath Hayato's feet, followed by several dark figures separating from his shadow and disappearing into the other shadows around.
"The little angel who was born with me said, 'Little things made of laughter and joy, go love, your love needs no aid from anything.'"
Hearing the poem Hayato recited to himself, Marik raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, "Those monsters are made of laughter and joy? Brother-in-law, you're getting more humorous."
"You're clearly uneducated, this is a poem by William Blake, alright?"
The two walked one after another down the narrow Corridor, chatting casually, as if they didn't put the "Vampire" hiding somewhere in their eyes at all.
But in fact, that was indeed the case. If the opponent was a powerful existence, there would have been no need to target ordinary people from the start. They could have directly attacked Hayato and the others in the Front Cabin, instead of shrinking in the shadow like this.
And to deal with this kind of guy hiding in the shadow, using the Shaddoll Deck Hayato obtained after defeating the Orichalcos God was most suitable.
After using the power of the Orichalcos God, that great source of resentment, to conjure the card Tierra, the Genesis Monarch out of thin air, Hayato obtained the Shaddoll Deck. The strength of this Deck is hard to describe in words. Since its appearance, it has caused countless Duelists to fall into the predicament called "Solve the Mi puzzle" for a full eight years.
Hayato should have been happy to get such a powerful Deck, but what he was more confused about was why the cards he used were increasingly developing in the direction of antagonists?
But it doesn't matter. The User of the power is himself, and the definition of good and evil naturally depends on how he uses this power.
At worst, as long as he tributes "evil" monsters with cards like Psychic Ectoplasm, then rounding up, hasn't he also become a Protagonist? Hmm, reasonable.
Hayato walked forward carelessly, waiting for the Shaddoll monsters he had released to bring back clues. Passing by a flight attendant's Pantry, he glimpsed a Staff list. The names of a total of ten Staff were all written on it, with photos of the corresponding personnel attached.
The six flight attendants already found, including the Pilot and Co-pilot, were only eight people in total. In other words, there are still two flight attendants somewhere in the Rear Cabin?
(This is a test, I guess, to reduce the duel component and see the subscription situation. If it's still normal, I will also proceed with the plot in the Memory World in a low-duel format later. However, if the subscription is not ideal, I have another plan for the plot.)
(End of Chapter)
