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Chapter 777: Bakura - Shadows Die Twice
"This truly exceeds my expectations, Marik Ishtar. I thought you were really running away just now."
Watching Bakura being struck down by the people Malik brought, Priest Karim, who had recovered from the effects of being Tributed by Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, looked at Malik with disdain and said.
Malik had now recovered his confident stance from before he ran away. He leaned his Scepter on the Ground, slightly raised his Head, and said somewhat arrogantly, "Heh, that only shows how foolish you are, Priest Karim. You completely cannot tell that I was actually using a Strategy just now."
As for Malik's words, Karim naturally wouldn't believe a single word. From his action of running away without hesitation at the very beginning, Karim clearly saw that if they had been defeated in the battle against Bakura, let alone bringing people out to steal kills, even if the Tomb Keepers who stayed behind were annihilated and Necrovalley was destroyed, Malik would probably have run away without looking back.
This was a judgment Karim made based on his experience, believing himself to be knowledgeable and skilled at judging people. Malik's personality was no better than Bakura's, who had just been defeated.
However, thinking of how hard-won this victory was, Karim turned to look at Hayato and said seriously, "This time, Bakura could be defeated thanks to your appearance, Hayato Kobayashi."
Compared to the wicked attitude and inherent arrogance he showed when they first met, Karim's attitude now greatly surprised Kaiba. In his understanding, as a Noble, Karim should not have acknowledged Hayato's kindness if he looked down on him.
Perhaps noticing Kaiba's strange gaze towards him, Karim said, "Indeed, as a Priest, I did look down on Hayato Kobayashi before, but it is also a fact that his arrival saved my life. The Noble education I have received all along has taught me to firmly remember the principle of 'repaying kindness'."
"Moreover, even though I was not friendly to Mr. Hayato before, he still came here from a long distance to offer us assistance. It is only now that I realized that Mr. Hayato possesses a golden spirit that I have always admired."
"Yes, exactly right. I am indeed a gentleman with a golden spirit." Hearing Karim's words, Hayato was quite shameless, directly acknowledging it, which earned him a helpless smile from Isis beside him.
Malik also pursed his lips upon hearing Karim's words. He understood somewhat. Being saved by a Commoner while being a Priest probably made Karim very uncomfortable. Therefore, he changed his thinking—as long as he praised Hayato as highly as possible, wouldn't it seem less difficult to accept being saved by him?
It was like losing to a master as a mid-laner is not something to lose face over; being able to have a back-and-forth fight is considered a success, and scoring a solo victory is something to praise to the heavens.
Kaiba watched as everyone relaxed after Bakura was struck down. He snorted indifferently, turned around, and came to the fallen Bakura's side, confirming that he was indeed killed. Not only had his body temperature disappeared, but his breathing had also stopped.
"However, it's truly a great merit that Bakura, an enemy of the entire Kingdom, was defeated by us." Looking at Kaiba who walked to Bakura's side, the very shameless Malik also claimed some of the merit, saying, "Ending this conflict and restoring the Pharaoh's reputation and dignity, it can be expected that we will definitely benefit greatly."
However, hearing Malik's words, Hayato shook his head, "It's over just like that? What are you thinking? This has just begun. We haven't killed anything at all."
Hayato's words were not understood by Malik, nor by Karim and Isis. Kaiba even grabbed Bakura by the collar and slapped him twice, "What are you saying, Hayato? This guy is undoubtedly dead. Look, he doesn't even react when I slap him like this."
Hayato glanced at the fallen Bakura and said casually, "Bakura isn't important at all."
"Bakura is important!" Malik and Karim said in unison. Bakura was important political capital for them, how could he not be important? The two corrected Hayato together.
"No, Bakura isn't important." Hayato ignored their words and repeated, looking at the few people, not knowing where to start. "It's difficult to explain specifically. You just need to know that Bakura has actually just been an insignificant 'puppet' or 'puppet' from beginning to end. There is someone else who truly wants to harm the Pharaoh and overthrow the Dynasty."
The others didn't understand, but Kaiba remembered. Bakura was indeed just Bakura, and the other enemy Hayato mentioned was: "Is it 貘良了吗? The mastermind you said dragged you and Yugi into this World formed by the Dark Game?"
Hayato nodded, but looked strangely at Kaiba, who had uttered the supernatural term "Dark Game". "Well, that's right, but I still want to rant about why you, whose head is full of science, are only willing to believe in idealism when it comes to the domain related to dueling?"
"Hmph, isn't that obvious? Because the domain of Duel Monsters is a domain that even I have not yet fully mastered. It's only normal that situations that my knowledge cannot interpret appear within it," Kaiba said as if it were a matter of course. "However, this is not something like magic. At most, it's just science that hasn't been understood yet. One day, I will use the power of science to completely control this power as well."
If anyone else said the same thing, it would at most give people the idea that "this guy really talks big." But Kaiba's appearance when he spoke was too confident, making people involuntarily believe that he could do what he said.
However, the others didn't hear who the "貘良" that Hayato and Kaiba mentioned was. The pronunciation of "巴库拉" and "貘良" was exactly the same. Karim, who couldn't understand the meaning of Hayato and Kaiba's words, said strangely, "Even if that guy Bakura is really not important, just a game piece, and there is someone else behind the scenes planning to continue using other game pieces as a threat to the Kingdom."
"However, power is necessary. That monster 【迪亚邦德】 has great power comparable to a Divine-Beast, and its life force and growth potential are also genuinely curse-level. It's already abnormal for such a spirit to exist in the World. How could there be a possibility of a second existence of comparable strength appearing?"
Isis also nodded and affirmed, "Just as Priest Karim said, Hayato. You have already used the power of The Winged Dragon of Ra to completely disperse 【迪亚邦德】, and along with 【迪亚邦德】's extinction, the 【千年首饰】, whose vision had been obscured by darkness all along, has also recovered its foresight."
"Although my training in using this 【千年神器】 is still not quite enough, after I used the 【千年首饰】 to look at 114514 possible futures, no spirit with evil power exceeding or even approaching 【迪亚邦德】 appeared."
Seeing that Isis and Karim didn't quite believe what he said, and Isis even brought out the 【千年首饰】, which could foresee the future, as evidence, Hayato spread his hands helplessly, "I didn't say that a spirit with power approaching 【迪亚邦德】 would reappear."
"When did you get the illusion that 【迪亚邦德】 was killed?"
"Huh?" Hearing this, Karim and Isis were also startled. 【迪亚邦德】 dying in the struggle with The Winged Dragon of Ra, they were all witnesses to it. One person might have a vision and see wrong, but how could so many people see wrong? How is that possible?
"When a person is killed, they die. That is a matter of course." Uttering a certain Archer's famous quote, Hayato explained, "This is the same even for Stone Tablet Monsters. If they suffer severe injuries, even the tablet they reside in will crush. However, the constitution of Stone Tablet Monsters cannot be generalized."
"Different from other Stone Tablet Monsters, which are created by sealing spirits into tablets acquired later, 【迪亚邦德】, although also a Stone Tablet Monster, was not created by humans. It is a self-generated existence."
Karim felt his understanding all along was being challenged: "No way, how can there be a Stone Tablet Monster not created by humans?"
"If you want to say, actually 【迪亚邦德】 can also be considered a Stone Tablet Monster created by humans, but the human here does not refer to the creator being human, but rather that the material used to create it was human."
Recalling 【迪亚邦德】's birth, which Hayato already knew and relived in the Millennium Ring, that massacre, Hayato also became somewhat serious. "It's probably quite difficult for you to understand just by explaining, so why don't you come with me to a place?"
"The 'Village of Thieves' Kul Elna, which has already been destroyed, that should be the correct name. In short, I'll call it 'Thief Village'. I need to find two things within the ruins of that destroyed village. That is my next goal. I must destroy that thing before the person behind the scenes deploys the second game piece."
Saying this, Hayato extended an invitation to the few people: "Now that Bakura has been killed, and the mastermind's second game piece has not yet obtained the things within the Thief Village, Karim, Isis, you should all still be safe. Even if the mastermind uses the second game piece, they will choose to go to the Thief Village first. So, do you want to come with me? The choice is yours."
Hearing Hayato's words, Isis only thought for a moment before saying without hesitation, "Following you, Hayato, gives me more sense of security, so I will go to the 'Thief Village' with you. Moreover, I am still very curious about what that thing you mentioned is."
Isis's words were very direct and seemed full of purposefulness, but the few people present could all hear Isis's subtext. She believed in Hayato and was willing to lend him a hand.
And Karim also said decisively, "I just said I would remember your kindness. Wouldn't breaking my word so quickly bring shame upon my honor? Let me lend you a hand, Mr. Hayato."
Since there is someone else behind the scenes, wouldn't following Hayato also allow him to catch a bigger fish? The ambitious Karim would definitely not miss the opportunity to go further.
As for Kaiba, Hayato hadn't asked for his opinion from the very beginning. After all, this tsundere guy, although he always acted as if he was deliberately targeting Hayato, the understanding between the two had reached a point where they could Overlay if they just had Fusion Earrings. Naturally, he would also go to the Thief Village with Hayato.
The two who were asked for their opinion both expressed that they were willing to go to the Thief Village together, but there was one guy whose opinion Hayato didn't ask who expressed a different opinion.
"Thief Village? What's so good about going to that dilapidated ruin? No interest." Malik said with dead fish eyes. "If you want to go, you guys go ahead. I'll just stay here in Necrovalley. I have a good life to enjoy, only a ghost would go suffer in the Desert—"
"Hmm, Karim, what do you think about me going back and telling the Pharaoh about the Tomb Keepers' 'brave performance' against Bakura? Also, I think Isis would make a good Gravekeeper's Family Leader." Hayato said casually to Karim as if unintentionally.
Hearing this, Malik suddenly changed his tune and said seriously, "I suddenly feel that as the Gravekeeper's Family Leader, it is still necessary for me to go to the Thief Village with you. It's not that I'm afraid of being accused, it's mainly because I am concerned about the Pharaoh and wholeheartedly for the country, and I cannot stand to see someone wanting to harm the Pharaoh."
"Heh, go ahead and say it, I'll just listen as a joke." Karim mocked Malik.
Just like this, Malik "enthusiastically" accompanied Hayato's party and set off for the Thief Village. Because the journey was quite far and required crossing the Desert, the few people all switched to energetic camels to travel. As for the destruction caused by Bakura within Necrovalley, naturally, the Tomb Keepers would handle the aftermath.
Naturally, there were also people responsible for body retrieval and handling the dead Bakura.
A Guard was arranged to handle Bakura, but even though he only needed to do the simplest task of dragging the body, it still exhausted this frail Guard. This was because Bakura, in order to keep up appearances and not seem too shabby compared to Dark Yugi, who was the Pharaoh, wore a lot of gold ornaments from before. The guards also didn't dare to remove these accessories for fear of being blamed by the returning Priests and Clan Head later.
After stopping for a bit to rest, the Guard was about to continue dragging Bakura, but before he could turn around, his back of the head suffered a heavy blow, and he immediately fell to the ground.
Holding a brick in his hand, Bakura stood up pale, a cold laugh appearing at the corner of his mouth: "Heh, hahahaha, I won't die this easily. I actually escaped disaster again and saved my life. I, Bakura, am truly lucky!"
"Fortunately, after I obtained the 【千年智慧轮】, I went back to Kul Elna. This body, after being enhanced by the Underworld aura, really allowed me to survive the previous attack and deceive Hayato Kobayashi, hahahaha!"
Bakura laughed in a low voice, but didn't notice that the shadow behind him was silently stepped on by a lion's paw.
"Without delay, I must hurry back to Kul Elna now and revive 【迪亚邦德】. I cannot let Hayato Kobayashi and the others get ahead." Bakura thought this, casually threw down the brick, and was just about to step when a great force suddenly came from behind, pushing him down and pressing firmly on his back, making him unable to get up!
"I, I can't breathe!" With his neck pressed, Bakura turned his head with difficulty, only to see that the one who had sneak-attacked him from behind was actually the Sandstone Sphinx. "I-It's actually you, you beast!?"
Before, the Sandstone Sphinx was defeated by 【迪亚邦德】's sneak attack, fortunately only suffering a minor injury. By the time Hayato and the others' battle ended, it had actually already woken up. Now, with the change in position between the attacker and the attacked, Bakura's life was placed under the Sandstone Sphinx's claws.
"Tsk, if it's just you, there's nothing to fear anymore. As long as I summon any Stone Tablet Monster—" Bakura's words, while being pressed down, came to an abrupt halt. Only then did he realize one thing—his wrist felt empty, and he didn't feel like he was wearing a Duel Arena!?
Where's my Duel Arena?!
Immediately, Bakura suspected one person: "Ha-ya-to Ko-ba-ya-shi! Onore!!"
That guy Hayato is a habitual offender, always figuring out how to steal things, how to steal more things, how to steal things from more people. He definitely took his Duel Arena!
On the camel, Hayato suddenly sneezed. Subconsciously, he glanced at Kaiba beside him, who was wearing the Duel Arena he had picked up from Bakura. For some reason, he suddenly had the illusion that he was being made a scapegoat for Kaiba.
However, no matter how Bakura cursed Hayato, it was useless. The Sandstone Sphinx brought its head approaching Bakura's head, opening its mouth. Bakura also remembered what he had overheard Malik had said before: "People killed by the Sandstone Sphinx, their souls will also be torn apart by its claws and fangs, and they will be tormented forever in its stomach like the Space, unable to escape."
Bakura suddenly felt that if he had really just died like that before, it might have turned into a good thing instead?
Seeing that the sharp teeth were about to tear apart his body, Bakura began to wail: "Don't come near me!!!"
However, the Sandstone Sphinx's movements did not hesitate in the slightest. And before Bakura lost consciousness, he inexplicably had that idea in his heart: 'If there is a next life, I never want to be involved with 【千年神器】 again...'
His consciousness completely dispersed.
"This truly exceeds my expectations, Marik Ishtar. I thought you were really running away just now."
Watching Bakura being struck down by the people Malik brought, Priest Karim, who had recovered from the effects of being Tributed by Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, looked at Malik with disdain and said.
Malik had now recovered his confident stance from before he ran away. He leaned his Scepter on the Ground, slightly raised his Head, and said somewhat arrogantly, "Heh, that only shows how foolish you are, Priest Karim. You completely cannot tell that I was actually using a Strategy just now."
As for Malik's words, Karim naturally wouldn't believe a single word. From his action of running away without hesitation at the very beginning, Karim clearly saw that if they had been defeated in the battle against Bakura, let alone bringing people out to steal kills, even if the Tomb Keepers who stayed behind were annihilated and Necrovalley was destroyed, Malik would probably have run away without looking back.
This was a judgment Karim made based on his experience, believing himself to be knowledgeable and skilled at judging people. Malik's personality was no better than Bakura's, who had just been defeated.
However, thinking of how hard-won this victory was, Karim turned to look at Hayato and said seriously, "This time, Bakura could be defeated thanks to your appearance, Hayato Kobayashi."
Compared to the wicked attitude and inherent arrogance he showed when they first met, Karim's attitude now greatly surprised Kaiba. In his understanding, as a Noble, Karim should not have acknowledged Hayato's kindness if he looked down on him.
Perhaps noticing Kaiba's strange gaze towards him, Karim said, "Indeed, as a Priest, I did look down on Hayato Kobayashi before, but it is also a fact that his arrival saved my life. The Noble education I have received all along has taught me to firmly remember the principle of 'repaying kindness'."
"Moreover, even though I was not friendly to Mr. Hayato before, he still came here from a long distance to offer us assistance. It is only now that I realized that Mr. Hayato possesses a golden spirit that I have always admired."
"Yes, exactly right. I am indeed a gentleman with a golden spirit." Hearing Karim's words, Hayato was quite shameless, directly acknowledging it, which earned him a helpless smile from Isis beside him.
Malik also pursed his lips upon hearing Karim's words. He understood somewhat. Being saved by a Commoner while being a Priest probably made Karim very uncomfortable. Therefore, he changed his thinking—as long as he praised Hayato as highly as possible, wouldn't it seem less difficult to accept being saved by him?
It was like losing to a master as a mid-laner is not something to lose face over; being able to have a back-and-forth fight is considered a success, and scoring a solo victory is something to praise to the heavens.
Kaiba watched as everyone relaxed after Bakura was struck down. He snorted indifferently, turned around, and came to the fallen Bakura's side, confirming that he was indeed killed. Not only had his body temperature disappeared, but his breathing had also stopped.
"However, it's truly a great merit that Bakura, an enemy of the entire Kingdom, was defeated by us." Looking at Kaiba who walked to Bakura's side, the very shameless Malik also claimed some of the merit, saying, "Ending this conflict and restoring the Pharaoh's reputation and dignity, it can be expected that we will definitely benefit greatly."
However, hearing Malik's words, Hayato shook his head, "It's over just like that? What are you thinking? This has just begun. We haven't killed anything at all."
Hayato's words were not understood by Malik, nor by Karim and Isis. Kaiba even grabbed Bakura by the collar and slapped him twice, "What are you saying, Hayato? This guy is undoubtedly dead. Look, he doesn't even react when I slap him like this."
Hayato glanced at the fallen Bakura and said casually, "Bakura isn't important at all."
"Bakura is important!" Malik and Karim said in unison. Bakura was important political capital for them, how could he not be important? The two corrected Hayato together.
"No, Bakura isn't important." Hayato ignored their words and repeated, looking at the few people, not knowing where to start. "It's difficult to explain specifically. You just need to know that Bakura has actually just been an insignificant 'puppet' or 'puppet' from beginning to end. There is someone else who truly wants to harm the Pharaoh and overthrow the Dynasty."
The others didn't understand, but Kaiba remembered. Bakura was indeed just Bakura, and the other enemy Hayato mentioned was: "Is it 貘良了吗? The mastermind you said dragged you and Yugi into this World formed by the Dark Game?"
Hayato nodded, but looked strangely at Kaiba, who had uttered the supernatural term "Dark Game". "Well, that's right, but I still want to rant about why you, whose head is full of science, are only willing to believe in idealism when it comes to the domain related to dueling?"
"Hmph, isn't that obvious? Because the domain of Duel Monsters is a domain that even I have not yet fully mastered. It's only normal that situations that my knowledge cannot interpret appear within it," Kaiba said as if it were a matter of course. "However, this is not something like magic. At most, it's just science that hasn't been understood yet. One day, I will use the power of science to completely control this power as well."
If anyone else said the same thing, it would at most give people the idea that "this guy really talks big." But Kaiba's appearance when he spoke was too confident, making people involuntarily believe that he could do what he said.
However, the others didn't hear who the "貘良" that Hayato and Kaiba mentioned was. The pronunciation of "巴库拉" and "貘良" was exactly the same. Karim, who couldn't understand the meaning of Hayato and Kaiba's words, said strangely, "Even if that guy Bakura is really not important, just a game piece, and there is someone else behind the scenes planning to continue using other game pieces as a threat to the Kingdom."
"However, power is necessary. That monster 【迪亚邦德】 has great power comparable to a Divine-Beast, and its life force and growth potential are also genuinely curse-level. It's already abnormal for such a spirit to exist in the World. How could there be a possibility of a second existence of comparable strength appearing?"
Isis also nodded and affirmed, "Just as Priest Karim said, Hayato. You have already used the power of The Winged Dragon of Ra to completely disperse 【迪亚邦德】, and along with 【迪亚邦德】's extinction, the 【千年首饰】, whose vision had been obscured by darkness all along, has also recovered its foresight."
"Although my training in using this 【千年神器】 is still not quite enough, after I used the 【千年首饰】 to look at 114514 possible futures, no spirit with evil power exceeding or even approaching 【迪亚邦德】 appeared."
Seeing that Isis and Karim didn't quite believe what he said, and Isis even brought out the 【千年首饰】, which could foresee the future, as evidence, Hayato spread his hands helplessly, "I didn't say that a spirit with power approaching 【迪亚邦德】 would reappear."
"When did you get the illusion that 【迪亚邦德】 was killed?"
"Huh?" Hearing this, Karim and Isis were also startled. 【迪亚邦德】 dying in the struggle with The Winged Dragon of Ra, they were all witnesses to it. One person might have a vision and see wrong, but how could so many people see wrong? How is that possible?
"When a person is killed, they die. That is a matter of course." Uttering a certain Archer's famous quote, Hayato explained, "This is the same even for Stone Tablet Monsters. If they suffer severe injuries, even the tablet they reside in will crush. However, the constitution of Stone Tablet Monsters cannot be generalized."
"Different from other Stone Tablet Monsters, which are created by sealing spirits into tablets acquired later, 【迪亚邦德】, although also a Stone Tablet Monster, was not created by humans. It is a self-generated existence."
Karim felt his understanding all along was being challenged: "No way, how can there be a Stone Tablet Monster not created by humans?"
"If you want to say, actually 【迪亚邦德】 can also be considered a Stone Tablet Monster created by humans, but the human here does not refer to the creator being human, but rather that the material used to create it was human."
Recalling 【迪亚邦德】's birth, which Hayato already knew and relived in the Millennium Ring, that massacre, Hayato also became somewhat serious. "It's probably quite difficult for you to understand just by explaining, so why don't you come with me to a place?"
"The 'Village of Thieves' Kul Elna, which has already been destroyed, that should be the correct name. In short, I'll call it 'Thief Village'. I need to find two things within the ruins of that destroyed village. That is my next goal. I must destroy that thing before the person behind the scenes deploys the second game piece."
Saying this, Hayato extended an invitation to the few people: "Now that Bakura has been killed, and the mastermind's second game piece has not yet obtained the things within the Thief Village, Karim, Isis, you should all still be safe. Even if the mastermind uses the second game piece, they will choose to go to the Thief Village first. So, do you want to come with me? The choice is yours."
Hearing Hayato's words, Isis only thought for a moment before saying without hesitation, "Following you, Hayato, gives me more sense of security, so I will go to the 'Thief Village' with you. Moreover, I am still very curious about what that thing you mentioned is."
Isis's words were very direct and seemed full of purposefulness, but the few people present could all hear Isis's subtext. She believed in Hayato and was willing to lend him a hand.
And Karim also said decisively, "I just said I would remember your kindness. Wouldn't breaking my word so quickly bring shame upon my honor? Let me lend you a hand, Mr. Hayato."
Since there is someone else behind the scenes, wouldn't following Hayato also allow him to catch a bigger fish? The ambitious Karim would definitely not miss the opportunity to go further.
As for Kaiba, Hayato hadn't asked for his opinion from the very beginning. After all, this tsundere guy, although he always acted as if he was deliberately targeting Hayato, the understanding between the two had reached a point where they could Overlay if they just had Fusion Earrings. Naturally, he would also go to the Thief Village with Hayato.
The two who were asked for their opinion both expressed that they were willing to go to the Thief Village together, but there was one guy whose opinion Hayato didn't ask who expressed a different opinion.
"Thief Village? What's so good about going to that dilapidated ruin? No interest." Malik said with dead fish eyes. "If you want to go, you guys go ahead. I'll just stay here in Necrovalley. I have a good life to enjoy, only a ghost would go suffer in the Desert—"
"Hmm, Karim, what do you think about me going back and telling the Pharaoh about the Tomb Keepers' 'brave performance' against Bakura? Also, I think Isis would make a good Gravekeeper's Family Leader." Hayato said casually to Karim as if unintentionally.
Hearing this, Malik suddenly changed his tune and said seriously, "I suddenly feel that as the Gravekeeper's Family Leader, it is still necessary for me to go to the Thief Village with you. It's not that I'm afraid of being accused, it's mainly because I am concerned about the Pharaoh and wholeheartedly for the country, and I cannot stand to see someone wanting to harm the Pharaoh."
"Heh, go ahead and say it, I'll just listen as a joke." Karim mocked Malik.
Just like this, Malik "enthusiastically" accompanied Hayato's party and set off for the Thief Village. Because the journey was quite far and required crossing the Desert, the few people all switched to energetic camels to travel. As for the destruction caused by Bakura within Necrovalley, naturally, the Tomb Keepers would handle the aftermath.
Naturally, there were also people responsible for body retrieval and handling the dead Bakura.
A Guard was arranged to handle Bakura, but even though he only needed to do the simplest task of dragging the body, it still exhausted this frail Guard. This was because Bakura, in order to keep up appearances and not seem too shabby compared to Dark Yugi, who was the Pharaoh, wore a lot of gold ornaments from before. The guards also didn't dare to remove these accessories for fear of being blamed by the returning Priests and Clan Head later.
After stopping for a bit to rest, the Guard was about to continue dragging Bakura, but before he could turn around, his back of the head suffered a heavy blow, and he immediately fell to the ground.
Holding a brick in his hand, Bakura stood up pale, a cold laugh appearing at the corner of his mouth: "Heh, hahahaha, I won't die this easily. I actually escaped disaster again and saved my life. I, Bakura, am truly lucky!"
"Fortunately, after I obtained the 【千年智慧轮】, I went back to Kul Elna. This body, after being enhanced by the Underworld aura, really allowed me to survive the previous attack and deceive Hayato Kobayashi, hahahaha!"
Bakura laughed in a low voice, but didn't notice that the shadow behind him was silently stepped on by a lion's paw.
"Without delay, I must hurry back to Kul Elna now and revive 【迪亚邦德】. I cannot let Hayato Kobayashi and the others get ahead." Bakura thought this, casually threw down the brick, and was just about to step when a great force suddenly came from behind, pushing him down and pressing firmly on his back, making him unable to get up!
"I, I can't breathe!" With his neck pressed, Bakura turned his head with difficulty, only to see that the one who had sneak-attacked him from behind was actually the Sandstone Sphinx. "I-It's actually you, you beast!?"
Before, the Sandstone Sphinx was defeated by 【迪亚邦德】's sneak attack, fortunately only suffering a minor injury. By the time Hayato and the others' battle ended, it had actually already woken up. Now, with the change in position between the attacker and the attacked, Bakura's life was placed under the Sandstone Sphinx's claws.
"Tsk, if it's just you, there's nothing to fear anymore. As long as I summon any Stone Tablet Monster—" Bakura's words, while being pressed down, came to an abrupt halt. Only then did he realize one thing—his wrist felt empty, and he didn't feel like he was wearing a Duel Arena!?
Where's my Duel Arena?!
Immediately, Bakura suspected one person: "Ha-ya-to Ko-ba-ya-shi! Onore!!"
That guy Hayato is a habitual offender, always figuring out how to steal things, how to steal more things, how to steal things from more people. He definitely took his Duel Arena!
On the camel, Hayato suddenly sneezed. Subconsciously, he glanced at Kaiba beside him, who was wearing the Duel Arena he had picked up from Bakura. For some reason, he suddenly had the illusion that he was being made a scapegoat for Kaiba.
However, no matter how Bakura cursed Hayato, it was useless. The Sandstone Sphinx brought its head approaching Bakura's head, opening its mouth. Bakura also remembered what he had overheard Malik had said before: "People killed by the Sandstone Sphinx, their souls will also be torn apart by its claws and fangs, and they will be tormented forever in its stomach like the Space, unable to escape."
Bakura suddenly felt that if he had really just died like that before, it might have turned into a good thing instead?
Seeing that the sharp teeth were about to tear apart his body, Bakura began to wail: "Don't come near me!!!"
However, the Sandstone Sphinx's movements did not hesitate in the slightest. And before Bakura lost consciousness, he inexplicably had that idea in his heart: 'If there is a next life, I never want to be involved with 【千年神器】 again...'
His consciousness completely dispersed.
