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"You are... me?" Hayato widened his eyes, looking at The Other Self, and said somewhat uncertainly.
Hearing Hayato's words, the other Hayato instead said disdainfully, "Hmph, you? I am not someone you can compare yourself to. No one compares a Crawler on the Surface World to the Sun in the sky."
"Huh? You're not seriously comparing yourself to the Sun, are you?" Being compared to a Crawler, Hayato felt annoyed at this guy who was inexplicably acting arrogant. "Unaccountably appearing before me wearing my face, and dressed in clothes as revealing as an idiot's, who exactly are you?"
The other Hayato's mouth curved slightly upwards, and he said arrogantly, "Idiot, what's wrong with your aesthetics? This attire fully displays my majesty and perfect physique. You're the one with a taste problem, like an idiot, if you think these clothes aren't good-looking."
"As for who I am? Heh, an even more ridiculous question. Would you ask why the Sun is the Sun?" Standing before Hayato, the other Hayato lowered his folded arms. "You have the honor of seeing my radiant appearance, yet lack the fortune of knowing my title. Why would an idiot like you be...?"
"Never mind. For now, I shall permit you to address me as 'Pharaoh'. Or you may call me 'Great, Radiant, Sacred Pharaoh'."
"Where did this narcissist come from? Don't you have any self-awareness?" The more Hayato looked at the man calling himself Pharaoh, the more he felt he couldn't like him, only feeling repulsion. This had nothing to do with the opponent wearing his face; it was purely a clash of personalities.
However, it wasn't an inability to connect due to an overly vast gap like positive and negative poles. Instead, it was more like magnets, unable to get along harmoniously because they were too similar.
"Someone like you, even after reincarnation, would probably still be a conceited guy who can't see himself clearly and has no self-awareness about what he does. And with that attitude of yours, you might even do things like sacrifice others to gain victory."
The opponent called himself Pharaoh. Although Hayato didn't know where this Pharaoh came from or how he appeared before him, this didn't stop Hayato from attacking the opponent with trash talk. He remembered that Ancient Egyptians were quite focused on the afterlife, so he specifically mocked the opponent, saying he definitely wouldn't have a good place in his next life.
But just as he finished speaking, Hayato suddenly sneezed.
"Achoo!"
"Heh, you're completely right." Seeing Hayato sneeze, Pharaoh just sneered coldly and didn't even refute Hayato's words.
Rubbing his nose, Hayato looked at the smirking Pharaoh, frowned, and said, "How long are you going to keep wearing my face? And if you don't honestly explain why you came here, don't blame me for being impolite to you."
As he spoke, Hayato raised the Duel Arena that was still on his arm and hadn't been taken off, the one Seto had lent him before, and made a gesture to Summon a Spirit.
However, after hearing Hayato's words, Pharaoh merely extended his hand and held up three fingers. "Three things. You've got three things wrong. The first thing, I'm using your appearance? Haven't you ever seen two people who look exactly alike? You still haven't realized it by now; I can barely stand this slowness to react."
Pulling back one finger, Pharaoh continued, "Second, I came here? The order is completely wrong. Didn't you, idiot, use the power of the Millennium Key to open the Door to the Mind and intrude upon me?"
Saying this, Pharaoh casually waved his hand. Hayato found that the surrounding environment instantly changed into a different appearance. The City Wall, Commercial District, the crowd, and Seto and Shada—they all disappeared. In the blink of an eye, Hayato actually appeared inside a Palace.
Flickering firelight illuminated the magnificent Great Hall. Hayato found that this Palace was even more luxurious and grand than the Royal Palace of Dark Yugi, also known as the Nameless Pharaoh, which he had visited before. Standing in the center of the Great Hall, Hayato looked towards the depths. Pharaoh was standing not far away, pulling back his last finger. "Last of all, you said you would be impolite to me?"
"Wrong, completely wrong. It is I who will give you a good lesson here, not only because of your disrespect towards me, but also because the account of you daring to put Nefertari in danger before needs to be settled!"
Saying this, Pharaoh raised an arm, and golden light gathered at his left hand, actually transforming into a Duel Disk!?
Yes, not a Duel Arena, but a Duel Disk! You must know that this is Ancient Egypt Three Thousand Years Ago. Besides Hayato, Bakura, and Dark Yugi, there is actually a fourth person who knows about the Duel Disk, which only exists in the modern era and is used for the Duel Monsters Game!
Not only that. Hayato's left hand was also wrapped in golden light, and his original Duel Arena also transformed into a Duel Disk. Hayato even found that many of the details on it were exactly the same as the Duel Disk he used!
"Who exactly are you—" Hayato regarded the man before him with vigilance, unable to figure out what the opponent was. Could it be that he was a helper Bakura found in the modern era?
"Duel Ritual, this is what you're good at, right? I'll have a good match with you. To be able to far surpass the opponent even in their area of expertise—this is the manifestation of my radiance." With a flick of the Duel Disk, a Deck appeared out of nowhere and was loaded, causing the Duel Disk to automatically unfold. Pharaoh looked at Hayato and said, "If you defeat me, perhaps I will grant you the answer you want."
Hayato frowned and took out his Deck as well. "So, I just need to win the Duel, right? Then I have that confidence."
"Duel!" "Duel!"
[Hayato: 4000LP]
[Pharaoh: 4000LP]
"I'll take the first turn, draw!" Taking the first turn by being the first to draw a card, Hayato glanced at Pharaoh, having no intention of holding back. "During my Standby Phase, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, **Armed Dragon Lightning**! From my Deck, I Special Summon one Level 3 **Armed Dragon** in Defense Position! I Special Summon **Armed Dragon LV3**."
"Then, by **Armed Dragon LV3**'s effect, since it's still my Standby Phase, I send it to the Graveyard from my Field to activate its effect! From the Deck, I Special Summon **Armed Dragon LV5** in Attack Position!"
**Armed Dragon** descended onto Hayato's Field with a crash of lightning, absorbing the power of the thunder. The young dragon quickly grew from its growth stage to its mature stage, staring at the Pharaoh opposite Hayato with considerable aura.
[Armed Dragon LV5][ATK2400]
"The evolution is not yet end! I activate this card again, the Spell Card **Level Up!**, by sending **Armed Dragon LV5** from my Field to the Graveyard to activate its effect, I Special Summon its more advanced evolutionary form from the Deck—**Armed Dragon LV7** in Attack Position!"
The light of evolution reappeared, **Armed Dragon** transformed again, entering its perfected form from its mature stage. **Armed Dragon LV7**, the apex of evolution, stood tall upon the Earth!
[Armed Dragon LV7][ATK2800]
Up to this step, Hayato had only used two cards from his Hand. His Main Phase had just begun, and he hadn't even performed a Normal Summon yet!
End of Chapter
Hearing Hayato's words, the other Hayato instead said disdainfully, "Hmph, you? I am not someone you can compare yourself to. No one compares a Crawler on the Surface World to the Sun in the sky."
"Huh? You're not seriously comparing yourself to the Sun, are you?" Being compared to a Crawler, Hayato felt annoyed at this guy who was inexplicably acting arrogant. "Unaccountably appearing before me wearing my face, and dressed in clothes as revealing as an idiot's, who exactly are you?"
The other Hayato's mouth curved slightly upwards, and he said arrogantly, "Idiot, what's wrong with your aesthetics? This attire fully displays my majesty and perfect physique. You're the one with a taste problem, like an idiot, if you think these clothes aren't good-looking."
"As for who I am? Heh, an even more ridiculous question. Would you ask why the Sun is the Sun?" Standing before Hayato, the other Hayato lowered his folded arms. "You have the honor of seeing my radiant appearance, yet lack the fortune of knowing my title. Why would an idiot like you be...?"
"Never mind. For now, I shall permit you to address me as 'Pharaoh'. Or you may call me 'Great, Radiant, Sacred Pharaoh'."
"Where did this narcissist come from? Don't you have any self-awareness?" The more Hayato looked at the man calling himself Pharaoh, the more he felt he couldn't like him, only feeling repulsion. This had nothing to do with the opponent wearing his face; it was purely a clash of personalities.
However, it wasn't an inability to connect due to an overly vast gap like positive and negative poles. Instead, it was more like magnets, unable to get along harmoniously because they were too similar.
"Someone like you, even after reincarnation, would probably still be a conceited guy who can't see himself clearly and has no self-awareness about what he does. And with that attitude of yours, you might even do things like sacrifice others to gain victory."
The opponent called himself Pharaoh. Although Hayato didn't know where this Pharaoh came from or how he appeared before him, this didn't stop Hayato from attacking the opponent with trash talk. He remembered that Ancient Egyptians were quite focused on the afterlife, so he specifically mocked the opponent, saying he definitely wouldn't have a good place in his next life.
But just as he finished speaking, Hayato suddenly sneezed.
"Achoo!"
"Heh, you're completely right." Seeing Hayato sneeze, Pharaoh just sneered coldly and didn't even refute Hayato's words.
Rubbing his nose, Hayato looked at the smirking Pharaoh, frowned, and said, "How long are you going to keep wearing my face? And if you don't honestly explain why you came here, don't blame me for being impolite to you."
As he spoke, Hayato raised the Duel Arena that was still on his arm and hadn't been taken off, the one Seto had lent him before, and made a gesture to Summon a Spirit.
However, after hearing Hayato's words, Pharaoh merely extended his hand and held up three fingers. "Three things. You've got three things wrong. The first thing, I'm using your appearance? Haven't you ever seen two people who look exactly alike? You still haven't realized it by now; I can barely stand this slowness to react."
Pulling back one finger, Pharaoh continued, "Second, I came here? The order is completely wrong. Didn't you, idiot, use the power of the Millennium Key to open the Door to the Mind and intrude upon me?"
Saying this, Pharaoh casually waved his hand. Hayato found that the surrounding environment instantly changed into a different appearance. The City Wall, Commercial District, the crowd, and Seto and Shada—they all disappeared. In the blink of an eye, Hayato actually appeared inside a Palace.
Flickering firelight illuminated the magnificent Great Hall. Hayato found that this Palace was even more luxurious and grand than the Royal Palace of Dark Yugi, also known as the Nameless Pharaoh, which he had visited before. Standing in the center of the Great Hall, Hayato looked towards the depths. Pharaoh was standing not far away, pulling back his last finger. "Last of all, you said you would be impolite to me?"
"Wrong, completely wrong. It is I who will give you a good lesson here, not only because of your disrespect towards me, but also because the account of you daring to put Nefertari in danger before needs to be settled!"
Saying this, Pharaoh raised an arm, and golden light gathered at his left hand, actually transforming into a Duel Disk!?
Yes, not a Duel Arena, but a Duel Disk! You must know that this is Ancient Egypt Three Thousand Years Ago. Besides Hayato, Bakura, and Dark Yugi, there is actually a fourth person who knows about the Duel Disk, which only exists in the modern era and is used for the Duel Monsters Game!
Not only that. Hayato's left hand was also wrapped in golden light, and his original Duel Arena also transformed into a Duel Disk. Hayato even found that many of the details on it were exactly the same as the Duel Disk he used!
"Who exactly are you—" Hayato regarded the man before him with vigilance, unable to figure out what the opponent was. Could it be that he was a helper Bakura found in the modern era?
"Duel Ritual, this is what you're good at, right? I'll have a good match with you. To be able to far surpass the opponent even in their area of expertise—this is the manifestation of my radiance." With a flick of the Duel Disk, a Deck appeared out of nowhere and was loaded, causing the Duel Disk to automatically unfold. Pharaoh looked at Hayato and said, "If you defeat me, perhaps I will grant you the answer you want."
Hayato frowned and took out his Deck as well. "So, I just need to win the Duel, right? Then I have that confidence."
"Duel!" "Duel!"
[Hayato: 4000LP]
[Pharaoh: 4000LP]
"I'll take the first turn, draw!" Taking the first turn by being the first to draw a card, Hayato glanced at Pharaoh, having no intention of holding back. "During my Standby Phase, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, **Armed Dragon Lightning**! From my Deck, I Special Summon one Level 3 **Armed Dragon** in Defense Position! I Special Summon **Armed Dragon LV3**."
"Then, by **Armed Dragon LV3**'s effect, since it's still my Standby Phase, I send it to the Graveyard from my Field to activate its effect! From the Deck, I Special Summon **Armed Dragon LV5** in Attack Position!"
**Armed Dragon** descended onto Hayato's Field with a crash of lightning, absorbing the power of the thunder. The young dragon quickly grew from its growth stage to its mature stage, staring at the Pharaoh opposite Hayato with considerable aura.
[Armed Dragon LV5][ATK2400]
"The evolution is not yet end! I activate this card again, the Spell Card **Level Up!**, by sending **Armed Dragon LV5** from my Field to the Graveyard to activate its effect, I Special Summon its more advanced evolutionary form from the Deck—**Armed Dragon LV7** in Attack Position!"
The light of evolution reappeared, **Armed Dragon** transformed again, entering its perfected form from its mature stage. **Armed Dragon LV7**, the apex of evolution, stood tall upon the Earth!
[Armed Dragon LV7][ATK2800]
Up to this step, Hayato had only used two cards from his Hand. His Main Phase had just begun, and he hadn't even performed a Normal Summon yet!
End of Chapter
