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Chapter 766: Target, Necrovalley
After saying a harsh remark, Bakura seemed to lose interest in continuing to talk with Hayato. Without waiting for Hayato to complain about his classic "Flickering Candle" Flag, his entire figure vanished into the darkness and disappeared.
It seemed he had once again begun to manipulate his game pieces into action.
This left Hayato somewhat confused. If he remembered correctly, Bakura's goal should be the destruction of the Dynasty and the awakening of his true form from the tablet. These two conditions could actually be simplified to just one: as long as the existence sealed within the tablet was awakened, the destruction of the Dynasty would become unavoidable.
However, Hayato remembered that there should be two conditions to awaken the existence in the tablet. The first was that all seven Millennium Items must be inlaid back onto the Millennium Stone Tablet where they were created. But currently, all seven Millennium Items were still...
Hayato paused, suddenly remembering that a few days ago, Isis and Karim were sent to Necrovalley to place the mummy of the Previous Pharaoh, King Aknamkanon!
The Previous Pharaoh King Aknamkanon's decision to move the capital had changed the location of the Royal Family's Tomb. King Aknamkanon's Tomb was built on the new site, but after Bakura pulled off that tomb robbing stunt last time, King Aknamkanon's Tomb became somewhat awkward.
Knowing that this Tomb would be robbed again before putting the mummy inside was simply insane, but leaving such a Tomb empty was also too wasted. After much discussion, the final method of handling King Aknamkanon's mummy was to place it back into the Royal Family's Tomb of the Past—Necrovalley, and have the Tomb Keepers there find a proper resting place for it.
Because he was the Current Pharaoh, Dark Yugi's Father, even as a mummy he had to be treated with importance. After all, Egyptians greatly valued their remains. Of course, incidentally, it was also to separate Karim and Seto, who had almost started a quarrel before. That's why Dark Yugi had Karim and Isis escort it.
Hayato couldn't help but conjecture, could that guy Bakura have learned this information and gone there to recover the lost Millennium Items?
Thinking of this, Hayato knew he had to take action quickly. However, before taking action, Hayato glanced beside him.
Beside the Chessboard, three small items were currently placed. Hayato guessed that since he could appear here, it must mean that he, like Bakura and Dark Yugi, was a Player.
And in this Dark Game, whether it was Dark Yugi or Bakura, as Players, they each had their own consumable cheat items called "GM Items". So he should be no exception, and these few items before him were his "GM Items".
The so-called "GM" is the Game Master. Hayato instantly perked up, carefully examining the three items before him, wanting to see if there were any uniquely powerful items.
The first item Hayato picked up was a transparent puppet, with the words "幻影之血" written on it. However, two cracks had already appeared on this puppet, indicating it was damaged and unusable. Even the specific usage instructions were unavailable.
However, Hayato guessed with his intuition that this item might be the source of Meriamun and Nefertari, who belonged to the future relative to the Memory World three thousand years ago, being brought to the past, and the reason he possessed Meriamun's body.
Just thinking about it, in order to have a body and move freely in the Memory World like Bakura and Dark Yugi, he was inherently missing one GM Item. It was simply a huge loss.
However, when Hayato picked up the remaining two items, his mood lifted again. His second GM Item couldn't be used yet, but this third item could immediately be put to use.
A golden vortex of energy was stored inside the transparent glass bottle, with the words "黄金之风" printed at the bottle mouth. The instant he picked up this item, Hayato knew that this item actually had the powerful ability to stir up a strong wind on the map, allowing him to take people and teleport over ultra-long distances. Now was the time to use it to go to Necrovalley!
Without further hesitation, Hayato immediately focused his mind on the game piece corresponding to himself on the Chessboard. As his attention focused, he returned to the Memory World.
The first thing Hayato did after opening his eyes and sitting up from the bed was to summon forth the Psychic Ectoplasm and manifest it before him. Unfortunately, perhaps because the Memory World was different from the Mental World inside the Millennium Ring, Meriamun couldn't occupy the Psychic Ectoplasm and move freely this time like before. The phantom that looked exactly like Hayato just stood there blankly, unmoving.
Indeed, if Meriamun could also freely occupy the Psychic Ectoplasm here, he would have appeared long ago in front of Nefertari. After all, judging by that guy's attitude, he would worry for a long time even if Hayato let Nefertari be in just a little danger.
And Hayato's action also attracted the attention of a Physician in the Room: "Hmm? Have you already woken up, Lord Hayato? How do you feel?"
Hayato twisted his neck, looking at the high and hard pillow that had been under his neck—like an old man's headrest—and complained, "Everything else is pretty good, it's just that my neck is a bit uncomfortable. Speaking of which, where is this place?"
Besides Hayato, there was only this man dressed like a modern doctor before him in the Room. Hayato guessed that the man was probably a Court Physician, but he still had to first ask him to confirm.
"This is the Medical Ward in the Royal Palace. Because the Pharaoh fell into a coma and the situation was urgent, I brought you, Priest Shada, and the Pharaoh here together, Hayato Kobayashi." The one answering Hayato was not the Physician, but Seto, who just happened to walk in from the doorway, and he was also holding a white-haired young girl in his arms.
Casually answering Hayato a couple of sentences, Seto didn't have much time. He immediately called over the Physician beside him: "You come here, take a look at what exactly is wrong with her, and make sure to take good care of her."
Hearing this, his heart immediately filled with gossip. This was the first time he had seen Priest Seto so concerned about a woman in all the years he worked in the Royal Palace. However, despite the gossip in his heart, the Physician still moved quickly to the side of the white-haired young girl, who was gently placed on the empty bed by Seto, and began checking her condition.
Hayato wasn't in a hurry to question Seto about other matters. Seeing his anxious expression, he knew that even if Hayato asked him, Seto likely wouldn't be in the mood to answer properly. Moreover, the woman Seto carried in a princess carry looked very familiar to Hayato. If he remembered correctly, besides Bakura or Bakura, the only one with white hair in this Memory World was Kisara, right?
He really arrived at the right time. If he remembered correctly, this was the plot where Kisara first revealed her White Dragon power in front of Seto, right? Hayato was still very interested in how the Physician handled Kisara's situation of overusing Spirit power. After all, putting other things aside, Hayato himself also almost collapsed from exhaustion recently because of using The Winged Dragon of Ra's power excessively.
But Hayato waited for a long time but didn't see the Physician take out any medical tools. He just approached Kisara, who was lying on the bed, with empty hands.
"Is this Four Methods of Diagnosis?" Hayato couldn't help but ask curiously.
Although Hayato was instructed by Priest Seto to be treated carefully as an important person, and Priest Seto was also right beside them at the moment, perhaps because he was relatively young, when asked about his proud professional knowledge, the Physician used his pair of pure eyes to look at Hayato and said confidently, "What era is this? Are you still using traditional medicine?"
Only to see the golden bracelet he was wearing on the wrists of his outstretched hands emit a patch of golden radiance as brilliant as sunshine, enveloping Kisara, who had a tired and weak expression and closed eyes. The discomfort on Kisara's face was relieved at a speed visible to the naked eye. Within a few breaths, Kisara then fell into slumber with a relaxed expression.
"Although even earlier, the Kingdom's medical technology was not very developed, however, because of the vigorous promotion of alchemy and magic during the Previous Pharaoh's reign, actually, besides the Court Magicians, there was also the promotion of medical technology based on alchemy and magic among the Court Physicians." Seto saw that Kisara's state seemed to have improved greatly and also had the mind to explain to Hayato.
Hayato nodded, looked at Seto and found that his attention was currently completely focused on Kisara. Even when answering his own confusion, he was staring intently. Hayato also didn't disturb this guy whose gaze was like a pervert's, and asked where the others were.
Seto didn't know the existence of Yugi and others, only thinking that Hayato was asking about Priest Shada and the Pharaoh's condition. He didn't care, and after informing Hayato where Dark Yugi was, he still stared at the sleeping Kisara.
Before, in the Dungeon, after Kisara revealed her power, Seto noticed that Priest Aknadin's gaze when looking at Kisara was terrifyingly urgent. If it weren't for Seto's strong attitude fiercely protecting Kisara, he might not have been able to bring Kisara out of the Dungeon.
Even now that he had already brought Kisara out, Seto was still worried that if he wasn't careful, Priest Aknadin would again try to find a way to take Kisara away. So Seto decided that he would temporarily protect Kisara, not leaving her side.
And Hayato walked in the direction Seto pointed. Soon, he arrived at the Room where Dark Yugi was. Compared to the place he was before, Dark Yugi, after all, is the Pharaoh, and there were several Soldiers guarding the door to prevent personnel of unknown identity from intruding.
Of course, Hayato was not considered a person of unknown identity. Not only this time saving the Pharaoh, but when Bakura launched a night raid before, Hayato also showed his face. Plus, Priest Seto had also given instructions before, so the Guards easily let Hayato in.
"Rest assured, this adult, our watch is like a wall of bronze and iron! No suspicious personnel should even think of approaching the Pharaoh by half a step!"
The voice from the Guard at the door had not yet fallen, and Hayato, who walked into the Room, saw a suspicious blond greet him with a face full of surprise: "Hayato, you're okay?!"
"Mm, I made you worry, suspicious blond."
"Who's a suspicious blond, hey!" Joey Wheeler complained, "My hair color is natural, and I can't select it myself."
"Can't you hear that Hayato is joking with you, Joey Wheeler..." Tristan helplessly patted Joey Wheeler's shoulder, looked at Hayato and said, "Speaking of which, although the fact that people in this World can't see us seems troublesome, it's not without benefits. At least a guy like Joey Wheeler who clearly looks suspicious can also smoothly come here."
"Hey, Tristan!"
Looking at the two noisy people, Hayato also smiled and looked towards the other side. Téa and Yugi were just now blocked by Joey Wheeler and Tristan. The two of them were currently guarding the bedside, while Dark Yugi was still in an unconscious state, lying on the bed.
"The Pharaoh, he still hasn't woken up?" Because there were two Yugis present, to make it easy to distinguish, Hayato referred to Dark Yugi on the bed as the Pharaoh.
"Mm, the Physicians said that The Other Me overconsumed when using that kind of Duel Disk similar to Duel Monsters before. Even after undergoing the Physicians' emergency treatment, he will probably also need a long period of rest to recover." Yugi smiled at Hayato. When looking at Dark Yugi on the bed, his gaze was full of worry.
Hearing Yugi's words, Hayato couldn't help but frown. Despite Hayato's assistance preventing Dark Yugi from being knocked off the Cliff and disappearing under Bakura's scheme, it seems the destiny of this Memory World converged. Dark Yugi fell into a coma, causing their side's already limited high-level battle power to lose another person.
And more importantly, originally Hayato was still thinking of using Dark Yugi's channels to make things convenient for himself.
"Necrovalley?" Hearing the place name Hayato mentioned, Joey Wheeler was startled, "Isn't that a Field Spell Card? I remember someone's Deck seemed to have used it..."
"It was Miss Ishizu. During Hayato's Duel with Miss Ishizu in Battle City, Miss Ishizu used that Card." Compared to Joey Wheeler, Téa's memory was much better, but she was also a bit strange. "Why would there be a Field Spell Card in this era?"
"No, your premise is wrong, Téa, Joey Wheeler." Yugi, however, reacted, "Pegasus got the inspiration for Duel Monsters Cards from the relics and artifacts of Ancient Egypt. That is to say, it's not that the Field Spell Card Necrovalley appeared in this World, it should be that the Necrovalley that once existed was made into a Duel Monsters Card by Pegasus, right?"
"However," Tristan looked at Hayato and said, "Hayato, you said that Bakura, who has a name as long as Bakura's and looks similar, is going to Necrovalley to attack the Priests transporting the Mummy. You just woke up. Isn't it too dangerous for you to go there alone?"
And at this moment, someone pushed open the door and walked in—
After saying a harsh remark, Bakura seemed to lose interest in continuing to talk with Hayato. Without waiting for Hayato to complain about his classic "Flickering Candle" Flag, his entire figure vanished into the darkness and disappeared.
It seemed he had once again begun to manipulate his game pieces into action.
This left Hayato somewhat confused. If he remembered correctly, Bakura's goal should be the destruction of the Dynasty and the awakening of his true form from the tablet. These two conditions could actually be simplified to just one: as long as the existence sealed within the tablet was awakened, the destruction of the Dynasty would become unavoidable.
However, Hayato remembered that there should be two conditions to awaken the existence in the tablet. The first was that all seven Millennium Items must be inlaid back onto the Millennium Stone Tablet where they were created. But currently, all seven Millennium Items were still...
Hayato paused, suddenly remembering that a few days ago, Isis and Karim were sent to Necrovalley to place the mummy of the Previous Pharaoh, King Aknamkanon!
The Previous Pharaoh King Aknamkanon's decision to move the capital had changed the location of the Royal Family's Tomb. King Aknamkanon's Tomb was built on the new site, but after Bakura pulled off that tomb robbing stunt last time, King Aknamkanon's Tomb became somewhat awkward.
Knowing that this Tomb would be robbed again before putting the mummy inside was simply insane, but leaving such a Tomb empty was also too wasted. After much discussion, the final method of handling King Aknamkanon's mummy was to place it back into the Royal Family's Tomb of the Past—Necrovalley, and have the Tomb Keepers there find a proper resting place for it.
Because he was the Current Pharaoh, Dark Yugi's Father, even as a mummy he had to be treated with importance. After all, Egyptians greatly valued their remains. Of course, incidentally, it was also to separate Karim and Seto, who had almost started a quarrel before. That's why Dark Yugi had Karim and Isis escort it.
Hayato couldn't help but conjecture, could that guy Bakura have learned this information and gone there to recover the lost Millennium Items?
Thinking of this, Hayato knew he had to take action quickly. However, before taking action, Hayato glanced beside him.
Beside the Chessboard, three small items were currently placed. Hayato guessed that since he could appear here, it must mean that he, like Bakura and Dark Yugi, was a Player.
And in this Dark Game, whether it was Dark Yugi or Bakura, as Players, they each had their own consumable cheat items called "GM Items". So he should be no exception, and these few items before him were his "GM Items".
The so-called "GM" is the Game Master. Hayato instantly perked up, carefully examining the three items before him, wanting to see if there were any uniquely powerful items.
The first item Hayato picked up was a transparent puppet, with the words "幻影之血" written on it. However, two cracks had already appeared on this puppet, indicating it was damaged and unusable. Even the specific usage instructions were unavailable.
However, Hayato guessed with his intuition that this item might be the source of Meriamun and Nefertari, who belonged to the future relative to the Memory World three thousand years ago, being brought to the past, and the reason he possessed Meriamun's body.
Just thinking about it, in order to have a body and move freely in the Memory World like Bakura and Dark Yugi, he was inherently missing one GM Item. It was simply a huge loss.
However, when Hayato picked up the remaining two items, his mood lifted again. His second GM Item couldn't be used yet, but this third item could immediately be put to use.
A golden vortex of energy was stored inside the transparent glass bottle, with the words "黄金之风" printed at the bottle mouth. The instant he picked up this item, Hayato knew that this item actually had the powerful ability to stir up a strong wind on the map, allowing him to take people and teleport over ultra-long distances. Now was the time to use it to go to Necrovalley!
Without further hesitation, Hayato immediately focused his mind on the game piece corresponding to himself on the Chessboard. As his attention focused, he returned to the Memory World.
The first thing Hayato did after opening his eyes and sitting up from the bed was to summon forth the Psychic Ectoplasm and manifest it before him. Unfortunately, perhaps because the Memory World was different from the Mental World inside the Millennium Ring, Meriamun couldn't occupy the Psychic Ectoplasm and move freely this time like before. The phantom that looked exactly like Hayato just stood there blankly, unmoving.
Indeed, if Meriamun could also freely occupy the Psychic Ectoplasm here, he would have appeared long ago in front of Nefertari. After all, judging by that guy's attitude, he would worry for a long time even if Hayato let Nefertari be in just a little danger.
And Hayato's action also attracted the attention of a Physician in the Room: "Hmm? Have you already woken up, Lord Hayato? How do you feel?"
Hayato twisted his neck, looking at the high and hard pillow that had been under his neck—like an old man's headrest—and complained, "Everything else is pretty good, it's just that my neck is a bit uncomfortable. Speaking of which, where is this place?"
Besides Hayato, there was only this man dressed like a modern doctor before him in the Room. Hayato guessed that the man was probably a Court Physician, but he still had to first ask him to confirm.
"This is the Medical Ward in the Royal Palace. Because the Pharaoh fell into a coma and the situation was urgent, I brought you, Priest Shada, and the Pharaoh here together, Hayato Kobayashi." The one answering Hayato was not the Physician, but Seto, who just happened to walk in from the doorway, and he was also holding a white-haired young girl in his arms.
Casually answering Hayato a couple of sentences, Seto didn't have much time. He immediately called over the Physician beside him: "You come here, take a look at what exactly is wrong with her, and make sure to take good care of her."
Hearing this, his heart immediately filled with gossip. This was the first time he had seen Priest Seto so concerned about a woman in all the years he worked in the Royal Palace. However, despite the gossip in his heart, the Physician still moved quickly to the side of the white-haired young girl, who was gently placed on the empty bed by Seto, and began checking her condition.
Hayato wasn't in a hurry to question Seto about other matters. Seeing his anxious expression, he knew that even if Hayato asked him, Seto likely wouldn't be in the mood to answer properly. Moreover, the woman Seto carried in a princess carry looked very familiar to Hayato. If he remembered correctly, besides Bakura or Bakura, the only one with white hair in this Memory World was Kisara, right?
He really arrived at the right time. If he remembered correctly, this was the plot where Kisara first revealed her White Dragon power in front of Seto, right? Hayato was still very interested in how the Physician handled Kisara's situation of overusing Spirit power. After all, putting other things aside, Hayato himself also almost collapsed from exhaustion recently because of using The Winged Dragon of Ra's power excessively.
But Hayato waited for a long time but didn't see the Physician take out any medical tools. He just approached Kisara, who was lying on the bed, with empty hands.
"Is this Four Methods of Diagnosis?" Hayato couldn't help but ask curiously.
Although Hayato was instructed by Priest Seto to be treated carefully as an important person, and Priest Seto was also right beside them at the moment, perhaps because he was relatively young, when asked about his proud professional knowledge, the Physician used his pair of pure eyes to look at Hayato and said confidently, "What era is this? Are you still using traditional medicine?"
Only to see the golden bracelet he was wearing on the wrists of his outstretched hands emit a patch of golden radiance as brilliant as sunshine, enveloping Kisara, who had a tired and weak expression and closed eyes. The discomfort on Kisara's face was relieved at a speed visible to the naked eye. Within a few breaths, Kisara then fell into slumber with a relaxed expression.
"Although even earlier, the Kingdom's medical technology was not very developed, however, because of the vigorous promotion of alchemy and magic during the Previous Pharaoh's reign, actually, besides the Court Magicians, there was also the promotion of medical technology based on alchemy and magic among the Court Physicians." Seto saw that Kisara's state seemed to have improved greatly and also had the mind to explain to Hayato.
Hayato nodded, looked at Seto and found that his attention was currently completely focused on Kisara. Even when answering his own confusion, he was staring intently. Hayato also didn't disturb this guy whose gaze was like a pervert's, and asked where the others were.
Seto didn't know the existence of Yugi and others, only thinking that Hayato was asking about Priest Shada and the Pharaoh's condition. He didn't care, and after informing Hayato where Dark Yugi was, he still stared at the sleeping Kisara.
Before, in the Dungeon, after Kisara revealed her power, Seto noticed that Priest Aknadin's gaze when looking at Kisara was terrifyingly urgent. If it weren't for Seto's strong attitude fiercely protecting Kisara, he might not have been able to bring Kisara out of the Dungeon.
Even now that he had already brought Kisara out, Seto was still worried that if he wasn't careful, Priest Aknadin would again try to find a way to take Kisara away. So Seto decided that he would temporarily protect Kisara, not leaving her side.
And Hayato walked in the direction Seto pointed. Soon, he arrived at the Room where Dark Yugi was. Compared to the place he was before, Dark Yugi, after all, is the Pharaoh, and there were several Soldiers guarding the door to prevent personnel of unknown identity from intruding.
Of course, Hayato was not considered a person of unknown identity. Not only this time saving the Pharaoh, but when Bakura launched a night raid before, Hayato also showed his face. Plus, Priest Seto had also given instructions before, so the Guards easily let Hayato in.
"Rest assured, this adult, our watch is like a wall of bronze and iron! No suspicious personnel should even think of approaching the Pharaoh by half a step!"
The voice from the Guard at the door had not yet fallen, and Hayato, who walked into the Room, saw a suspicious blond greet him with a face full of surprise: "Hayato, you're okay?!"
"Mm, I made you worry, suspicious blond."
"Who's a suspicious blond, hey!" Joey Wheeler complained, "My hair color is natural, and I can't select it myself."
"Can't you hear that Hayato is joking with you, Joey Wheeler..." Tristan helplessly patted Joey Wheeler's shoulder, looked at Hayato and said, "Speaking of which, although the fact that people in this World can't see us seems troublesome, it's not without benefits. At least a guy like Joey Wheeler who clearly looks suspicious can also smoothly come here."
"Hey, Tristan!"
Looking at the two noisy people, Hayato also smiled and looked towards the other side. Téa and Yugi were just now blocked by Joey Wheeler and Tristan. The two of them were currently guarding the bedside, while Dark Yugi was still in an unconscious state, lying on the bed.
"The Pharaoh, he still hasn't woken up?" Because there were two Yugis present, to make it easy to distinguish, Hayato referred to Dark Yugi on the bed as the Pharaoh.
"Mm, the Physicians said that The Other Me overconsumed when using that kind of Duel Disk similar to Duel Monsters before. Even after undergoing the Physicians' emergency treatment, he will probably also need a long period of rest to recover." Yugi smiled at Hayato. When looking at Dark Yugi on the bed, his gaze was full of worry.
Hearing Yugi's words, Hayato couldn't help but frown. Despite Hayato's assistance preventing Dark Yugi from being knocked off the Cliff and disappearing under Bakura's scheme, it seems the destiny of this Memory World converged. Dark Yugi fell into a coma, causing their side's already limited high-level battle power to lose another person.
And more importantly, originally Hayato was still thinking of using Dark Yugi's channels to make things convenient for himself.
"Necrovalley?" Hearing the place name Hayato mentioned, Joey Wheeler was startled, "Isn't that a Field Spell Card? I remember someone's Deck seemed to have used it..."
"It was Miss Ishizu. During Hayato's Duel with Miss Ishizu in Battle City, Miss Ishizu used that Card." Compared to Joey Wheeler, Téa's memory was much better, but she was also a bit strange. "Why would there be a Field Spell Card in this era?"
"No, your premise is wrong, Téa, Joey Wheeler." Yugi, however, reacted, "Pegasus got the inspiration for Duel Monsters Cards from the relics and artifacts of Ancient Egypt. That is to say, it's not that the Field Spell Card Necrovalley appeared in this World, it should be that the Necrovalley that once existed was made into a Duel Monsters Card by Pegasus, right?"
"However," Tristan looked at Hayato and said, "Hayato, you said that Bakura, who has a name as long as Bakura's and looks similar, is going to Necrovalley to attack the Priests transporting the Mummy. You just woke up. Isn't it too dangerous for you to go there alone?"
And at this moment, someone pushed open the door and walked in—
