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Chapter 819: Forever Lost My Love, Surrounded by Ruin
"Hmm, you're back, Kisara?" Seto tilted his head, slightly confused, looking at "Kisara" who had recovered from the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** state, but he didn't think too much about it.
Kaiba Seto had already been subdued and defeated. Although Kisara's speed in absorbing his **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** power was somewhat faster than he expected, there was indeed no longer any need for Kisara to remain in the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** state.
Slightly pausing his movements and not rushing to kill Kaiba, Seto watched "Kisara" slowly walk towards him and Kaiba, taking a small step back.
Kaiba's earlier question and the taunt of "You like her" were forcefully denied and interrupted by Seto, but while he didn't answer verbally, he already had a vague answer in his mind. Even if his desire was distorted by Bakura's power, even if his self was blinded by the pursuit of power, a large part of Seto's heart was still firmly occupied by Kisara.
Undoubtedly, Seto himself was quite aware that he harbored feelings of love for Kisara.
To obtain the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** power from her, Seto could say he liked Kisara without hesitation, but that was not a lie. Even distorted desire would not change Seto's essence. The words spoken at that time came entirely from Seto's own true emotions.
However, Seto himself was unwilling to face this feeling. Although he spoke it, he was merely deceiving himself with the excuse that "I'm just humoring Kisara." It was impossible to determine when this feeling was born, but he felt that perhaps when he had settled everything, obtained enough power, and expelled all the troublesome people without exception, it would be time to face the emotions in his heart.
But before that, looking at "Kisara," Seto remained silent, choosing instead to see what "Kisara" would do to Kaiba Seto.
"Kisara" looked at Seto, who held a weapon, and Kaiba, who was kneeling on the ground, and walked directly in front of Kaiba. Even as "Kisara" came before him, Kaiba, whose heart was completely submerged in the uncontrollable grief of losing his **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**, did not raise his head.
Squatting down, "Kisara" looked at Kaiba's lowered head, opened her mouth, but the words she spoke caused the Seto beside her some astonishment: "I'm sorry."
Sorry? Why would Kisara apologize to Kaiba Seto? Seto raised an eyebrow, then thought about it. Oh, right, Kisara just accepted Kaiba's **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** power. She must be apologizing for that aspect? Heh heh, I didn't expect you to understand psychological blows better than me, Kisara. I completely understand.
"I'm sorry."
"I can finally meet you in this form, and I've kept you waiting, Seto."
Hearing this, Kaiba felt that something was wrong and abruptly raised his head to look at the white-haired young girl "Kisara" in front of him.
"I have been by your side, for a very, very long time, always watching you. I've kept you waiting."
If the previous "I'm sorry" was merely strange, the few sentences "Kisara" said next made both Kaiba and Seto notice that something was wrong.
Although their appearance was completely identical, both were white-haired young girls with unique blue eyes, "Kisara" was not Kisara!
Looking at the white-haired young girl in front of him, Kaiba's eyes widened slightly. Hesitating, he opened his mouth and asked: "...Blue-Eyes?"
"Kisara," who was called **Blue-Eyes**, slowly nodded and revealed a faint smile. Looking at **Blue-Eyes** extending her hand towards him, Kaiba hesitated slightly but extended his hand to touch hers. Their fingers intertwined and clasped tightly, and he was helped up from the ground by "Kisara."
From the angle of their clasped hands, Seto's face beside them was filled with astonishment.
His brain was in a complete mess, with "Seto" and "**Blue-Eyes**," making him unable to understand the situation before him.
What was going on with "Kisara"? From what she said, she wasn't *my* "Kisara," but the **Blue-Eyes** who was by Kaiba Seto's side?! Then where did Kisara go?!
"No, impossible!" Seto, whose feet were slightly unsteady, took two steps back, exhaling heavily, attempting to blow away the illusion before him. However, "Kisara" and Kaiba, who were standing together holding hands, continuously told Seto that everything was real, not some kind of illusion.
Seto, with a shocked expression, stared at "Kisara's" side face. His opened lips trembled uncontrollably as he wanted to reject the conjecture in his heart from becoming reality. His eyes widened: "Then, could it be, you—"
Because of Seto's voice, "Kisara" turned her head, revealing the same blue eyes as Kisara. However, from those eyes, something that Seto should have been very familiar with was missing.
Yes, other aspects were completely identical, but this most important thing was missing: the feelings Kisara had when looking at him. The "Kisara" in front of him did not have the same gaze as Kisara when looking at him. Instead, it was when looking at Kaiba Seto that this young girl would reveal that special gaze.
She was not *his* Kisara.
Looking at Seto, "Kisara" slowly said: "Not in this Memory World, but in true history, Kisara, who died for Seto, reincarnated as a spirit and came to the side of Kaiba Seto, Seto's reincarnation."
"But Kaiba Seto is not Seto, and the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** by Kaiba Seto's side is also not Kisara."
"I am, the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue**."
Seto's pupil constricted: "**Blue-Eyes**—?!"
Taking a deep breath, Seto couldn't help but recall the instant when the two **Blue-Eyes White Dragons** crossed paths during the battle just now.
"It, it was at that time—"
Taking two more steps back, Seto's body swayed slightly. He raised his trembling hand to his forehead, muttering through clenched teeth. His steps were unsteady due to his extremely agitated state. "At that time, you two—!"
Realizing when the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** and Kisara had completed their communication and exchange, Seto gasped for breath, his voice also trembling: "Then, the one over there is—!"
Turning his head back in terror, Seto looked towards "Kaiba's **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**" which he had just now restrained with dark power and extracted power from.
Although Seto desperately shook his head, trying to deny the inevitable result that existed there, his hand had already fallen powerlessly the instant he turned his head because of the answer he saw. He staggered two steps, attempting to close the distance to see a different situation, but Seto's swaying body stopped.
Within the still not completely dispersed dark power's encirclement, white hair was revealed. Kisara, wearing clothes familiar to Seto, lay there.
His pupils were trembling, his brain was trembling. Seto's hands had nowhere to go. A low roar escaped his throat.
Unable to accept the fact he saw, his body arched and then straightened, finally roaring towards the heavens: "Ughhhhhhh! Ughhh! Ughhhh! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
"Why, why is this happening! Why did you do this, Kisara!"
"For you, I even slowed down my pursuit of power, Kisara!"
"Kisara!"
Seto, acting like a madman, shouted and yelled towards Kisara's position as if being unreasonable, but received not even a trace of a response. Seeing this, the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** couldn't help but say: "Seto, you who have received the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** power should be able to feel it. Kisara, she is no longer there."
Hearing the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue's** words, Seto abruptly turned his head to look at her. Kaiba quickly stepped forward to shield her behind him.
The **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** glanced at Kaiba, who was protecting her. Although she didn't feel fear, she hid behind Kaiba, took a deep breath, and continued: "As a spirit, I was always unable to appear by Seto's side due to insufficient power. Until just now, it was Kisara's power that completed me."
"The present me is both the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** and also inherits Kisara's will. Standing here, I must convey the idea in her heart to you."
"You have lost your way too far on the path of pursuing power, Seto."
Hearing this, the excited expression on Seto's face calmed down slightly. He murmured: "Lost...?"
"Hmph, the point of being able to discard many things for the pursuit of power, even I cannot deny or give recognition to such a choice." Looking at Seto, who looked just like himself, Kaiba also spoke, "But some things cannot be discarded. You have been too much influenced by that darkness and have lost yourself!"
Hearing Kaiba's words, Seto lowered his head: "Lost myself."
Just when Kaiba thought he was about to accept reality, Seto burst into laughter again.
"Heh heh heh heh, heh heh ha ha ha ha!" Abruptly raising his head, Seto's gaze met Kaiba's. The determination in those identical blue eyes, like looking in a mirror, was completely unshaken. "The thoughts in my heart have never changed! It is power, the pursuit of more power!"
"Since Kisara is gone, from now on, I can continue to pursue power at full speed!"
Raising a finger towards Kaiba and the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** behind him, Seto's expression was distorted: "If Kisara has disappeared, then I will create a world with Kisara again! I will use the power I pursue to take that Kisara away from your side!"
"Kaiba Seto, my reincarnation, I will defeat you and take Kisara back!"
From Seto's body, visible black magic power continuously surged like a fountain. Kaiba had to revise the judgment he had just now made in his mind. The gaze in Seto's eyes was fundamentally not determination; this guy had gone mad!
"Stubborn fool, if I can defeat you once, I can do it a second time." Kaiba stepped forward, without looking back, "Here I come, Blue-Eyes!"
The **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** knew Kaiba was calling her. With understanding, she responded with an "Mm" and followed closely by Kaiba's side.
Subtly glancing at the young girl beside him, Kaiba casually said: "Are you afraid?"
The young girl shook her head: "With you, Seto, I have no fear."
During their conversation, white light fell on Kaiba's body, and the Kaibaman attire corresponding to the black magic power on Seto's body was about to materialize again.
Just as they were about to battle again, suddenly, a "Kuriboh~" sound came from somewhere, causing both Kaiba and Seto to look around, but they saw nothing.
Looking left and right but unable to find the sound source, Seto suddenly noticed countless complex lines had appeared beneath him at some point. They were extending and linking together on the ground around him. By the time he noticed, the lines on the ground had already formed a giant magic circle, which suddenly took effect, fiercely suppressing him onto the ground!
"Ugh!"
"What, what is this power! How can I, Seto, be defeated like this!"
Prostrate on the ground, Seto attempted to break free from the shackles of the magic circle on the ground, but without summoning a Stone Tablet Monster and without the blessing of the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** spirit power, Seto was just an ordinary person with good physical fitness. He couldn't even lift a single finger, and the person who released this spell formula appeared at the appropriate time.
"Previous Pharaoh's Secret Art. I thought there wouldn't be much use for it after the Former Pharaoh told me, but I didn't expect it to come in handy today." With one hand on his waist, Priest Shimon appeared in the plaza, supported by Shada. "It's just unexpected that it would be used against you, Seto, who was originally also a priest."
"Simon, and Shada!?" Seto was stunned. "Weren't you subdued by my sneak attack and locked up in the dungeon? To prevent you from escape, I even chose the kind of cell previously used to imprison criminals possessed by powerful spirits. How did you escape?"
And the woman who appeared next to Simon and Shada gave Seto the answer.
"Isis?!"
Seeing Isis appear beside Simon and Shada, Seto with difficulty turned his head and found that Isis's figure had long since disappeared from the front of the army by the plaza. Did she take the opportunity to rescue Simon and Shada while he was restrained by his battle with Kaiba Seto just now?!
"Your days of reckless behavior end here, Seto." Looking at Seto, who was subdued by Simon's spell formula and guarded by Kaiba, Isis said loudly, "You are arrested. Prepare to face your judgment after the Pharaoh returns."
Seto, who was being suppressed, sighed upon hearing this. "You won. My power is not strong enough. To be calculated to such an extent, I have nothing to say."
"But you only won against me." Looking at Kaiba and the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** behind Kaiba, Seto revealed an ugly expression. "The time that guy needed seems to be enough."
Without any warning, in an instant, the light in the plaza darkened, as if something had blocked the sunshine. But soon everyone realized something was wrong. It wasn't just the sunshine in the plaza that was blocked; the Royal Palace, the Royal City, and even the desert extending outwards, and then the entire Egypt.
Just now, as a stone tablet in the Thief Village Underground completely cracked, a giant black energy pillar shot straight into the heavens, and darkness enveloped the World!
End of Chapter
"Hmm, you're back, Kisara?" Seto tilted his head, slightly confused, looking at "Kisara" who had recovered from the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** state, but he didn't think too much about it.
Kaiba Seto had already been subdued and defeated. Although Kisara's speed in absorbing his **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** power was somewhat faster than he expected, there was indeed no longer any need for Kisara to remain in the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** state.
Slightly pausing his movements and not rushing to kill Kaiba, Seto watched "Kisara" slowly walk towards him and Kaiba, taking a small step back.
Kaiba's earlier question and the taunt of "You like her" were forcefully denied and interrupted by Seto, but while he didn't answer verbally, he already had a vague answer in his mind. Even if his desire was distorted by Bakura's power, even if his self was blinded by the pursuit of power, a large part of Seto's heart was still firmly occupied by Kisara.
Undoubtedly, Seto himself was quite aware that he harbored feelings of love for Kisara.
To obtain the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** power from her, Seto could say he liked Kisara without hesitation, but that was not a lie. Even distorted desire would not change Seto's essence. The words spoken at that time came entirely from Seto's own true emotions.
However, Seto himself was unwilling to face this feeling. Although he spoke it, he was merely deceiving himself with the excuse that "I'm just humoring Kisara." It was impossible to determine when this feeling was born, but he felt that perhaps when he had settled everything, obtained enough power, and expelled all the troublesome people without exception, it would be time to face the emotions in his heart.
But before that, looking at "Kisara," Seto remained silent, choosing instead to see what "Kisara" would do to Kaiba Seto.
"Kisara" looked at Seto, who held a weapon, and Kaiba, who was kneeling on the ground, and walked directly in front of Kaiba. Even as "Kisara" came before him, Kaiba, whose heart was completely submerged in the uncontrollable grief of losing his **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**, did not raise his head.
Squatting down, "Kisara" looked at Kaiba's lowered head, opened her mouth, but the words she spoke caused the Seto beside her some astonishment: "I'm sorry."
Sorry? Why would Kisara apologize to Kaiba Seto? Seto raised an eyebrow, then thought about it. Oh, right, Kisara just accepted Kaiba's **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** power. She must be apologizing for that aspect? Heh heh, I didn't expect you to understand psychological blows better than me, Kisara. I completely understand.
"I'm sorry."
"I can finally meet you in this form, and I've kept you waiting, Seto."
Hearing this, Kaiba felt that something was wrong and abruptly raised his head to look at the white-haired young girl "Kisara" in front of him.
"I have been by your side, for a very, very long time, always watching you. I've kept you waiting."
If the previous "I'm sorry" was merely strange, the few sentences "Kisara" said next made both Kaiba and Seto notice that something was wrong.
Although their appearance was completely identical, both were white-haired young girls with unique blue eyes, "Kisara" was not Kisara!
Looking at the white-haired young girl in front of him, Kaiba's eyes widened slightly. Hesitating, he opened his mouth and asked: "...Blue-Eyes?"
"Kisara," who was called **Blue-Eyes**, slowly nodded and revealed a faint smile. Looking at **Blue-Eyes** extending her hand towards him, Kaiba hesitated slightly but extended his hand to touch hers. Their fingers intertwined and clasped tightly, and he was helped up from the ground by "Kisara."
From the angle of their clasped hands, Seto's face beside them was filled with astonishment.
His brain was in a complete mess, with "Seto" and "**Blue-Eyes**," making him unable to understand the situation before him.
What was going on with "Kisara"? From what she said, she wasn't *my* "Kisara," but the **Blue-Eyes** who was by Kaiba Seto's side?! Then where did Kisara go?!
"No, impossible!" Seto, whose feet were slightly unsteady, took two steps back, exhaling heavily, attempting to blow away the illusion before him. However, "Kisara" and Kaiba, who were standing together holding hands, continuously told Seto that everything was real, not some kind of illusion.
Seto, with a shocked expression, stared at "Kisara's" side face. His opened lips trembled uncontrollably as he wanted to reject the conjecture in his heart from becoming reality. His eyes widened: "Then, could it be, you—"
Because of Seto's voice, "Kisara" turned her head, revealing the same blue eyes as Kisara. However, from those eyes, something that Seto should have been very familiar with was missing.
Yes, other aspects were completely identical, but this most important thing was missing: the feelings Kisara had when looking at him. The "Kisara" in front of him did not have the same gaze as Kisara when looking at him. Instead, it was when looking at Kaiba Seto that this young girl would reveal that special gaze.
She was not *his* Kisara.
Looking at Seto, "Kisara" slowly said: "Not in this Memory World, but in true history, Kisara, who died for Seto, reincarnated as a spirit and came to the side of Kaiba Seto, Seto's reincarnation."
"But Kaiba Seto is not Seto, and the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** by Kaiba Seto's side is also not Kisara."
"I am, the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue**."
Seto's pupil constricted: "**Blue-Eyes**—?!"
Taking a deep breath, Seto couldn't help but recall the instant when the two **Blue-Eyes White Dragons** crossed paths during the battle just now.
"It, it was at that time—"
Taking two more steps back, Seto's body swayed slightly. He raised his trembling hand to his forehead, muttering through clenched teeth. His steps were unsteady due to his extremely agitated state. "At that time, you two—!"
Realizing when the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** and Kisara had completed their communication and exchange, Seto gasped for breath, his voice also trembling: "Then, the one over there is—!"
Turning his head back in terror, Seto looked towards "Kaiba's **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**" which he had just now restrained with dark power and extracted power from.
Although Seto desperately shook his head, trying to deny the inevitable result that existed there, his hand had already fallen powerlessly the instant he turned his head because of the answer he saw. He staggered two steps, attempting to close the distance to see a different situation, but Seto's swaying body stopped.
Within the still not completely dispersed dark power's encirclement, white hair was revealed. Kisara, wearing clothes familiar to Seto, lay there.
His pupils were trembling, his brain was trembling. Seto's hands had nowhere to go. A low roar escaped his throat.
Unable to accept the fact he saw, his body arched and then straightened, finally roaring towards the heavens: "Ughhhhhhh! Ughhh! Ughhhh! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
"Why, why is this happening! Why did you do this, Kisara!"
"For you, I even slowed down my pursuit of power, Kisara!"
"Kisara!"
Seto, acting like a madman, shouted and yelled towards Kisara's position as if being unreasonable, but received not even a trace of a response. Seeing this, the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** couldn't help but say: "Seto, you who have received the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** power should be able to feel it. Kisara, she is no longer there."
Hearing the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue's** words, Seto abruptly turned his head to look at her. Kaiba quickly stepped forward to shield her behind him.
The **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** glanced at Kaiba, who was protecting her. Although she didn't feel fear, she hid behind Kaiba, took a deep breath, and continued: "As a spirit, I was always unable to appear by Seto's side due to insufficient power. Until just now, it was Kisara's power that completed me."
"The present me is both the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** and also inherits Kisara's will. Standing here, I must convey the idea in her heart to you."
"You have lost your way too far on the path of pursuing power, Seto."
Hearing this, the excited expression on Seto's face calmed down slightly. He murmured: "Lost...?"
"Hmph, the point of being able to discard many things for the pursuit of power, even I cannot deny or give recognition to such a choice." Looking at Seto, who looked just like himself, Kaiba also spoke, "But some things cannot be discarded. You have been too much influenced by that darkness and have lost yourself!"
Hearing Kaiba's words, Seto lowered his head: "Lost myself."
Just when Kaiba thought he was about to accept reality, Seto burst into laughter again.
"Heh heh heh heh, heh heh ha ha ha ha!" Abruptly raising his head, Seto's gaze met Kaiba's. The determination in those identical blue eyes, like looking in a mirror, was completely unshaken. "The thoughts in my heart have never changed! It is power, the pursuit of more power!"
"Since Kisara is gone, from now on, I can continue to pursue power at full speed!"
Raising a finger towards Kaiba and the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** behind him, Seto's expression was distorted: "If Kisara has disappeared, then I will create a world with Kisara again! I will use the power I pursue to take that Kisara away from your side!"
"Kaiba Seto, my reincarnation, I will defeat you and take Kisara back!"
From Seto's body, visible black magic power continuously surged like a fountain. Kaiba had to revise the judgment he had just now made in his mind. The gaze in Seto's eyes was fundamentally not determination; this guy had gone mad!
"Stubborn fool, if I can defeat you once, I can do it a second time." Kaiba stepped forward, without looking back, "Here I come, Blue-Eyes!"
The **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** knew Kaiba was calling her. With understanding, she responded with an "Mm" and followed closely by Kaiba's side.
Subtly glancing at the young girl beside him, Kaiba casually said: "Are you afraid?"
The young girl shook her head: "With you, Seto, I have no fear."
During their conversation, white light fell on Kaiba's body, and the Kaibaman attire corresponding to the black magic power on Seto's body was about to materialize again.
Just as they were about to battle again, suddenly, a "Kuriboh~" sound came from somewhere, causing both Kaiba and Seto to look around, but they saw nothing.
Looking left and right but unable to find the sound source, Seto suddenly noticed countless complex lines had appeared beneath him at some point. They were extending and linking together on the ground around him. By the time he noticed, the lines on the ground had already formed a giant magic circle, which suddenly took effect, fiercely suppressing him onto the ground!
"Ugh!"
"What, what is this power! How can I, Seto, be defeated like this!"
Prostrate on the ground, Seto attempted to break free from the shackles of the magic circle on the ground, but without summoning a Stone Tablet Monster and without the blessing of the **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** spirit power, Seto was just an ordinary person with good physical fitness. He couldn't even lift a single finger, and the person who released this spell formula appeared at the appropriate time.
"Previous Pharaoh's Secret Art. I thought there wouldn't be much use for it after the Former Pharaoh told me, but I didn't expect it to come in handy today." With one hand on his waist, Priest Shimon appeared in the plaza, supported by Shada. "It's just unexpected that it would be used against you, Seto, who was originally also a priest."
"Simon, and Shada!?" Seto was stunned. "Weren't you subdued by my sneak attack and locked up in the dungeon? To prevent you from escape, I even chose the kind of cell previously used to imprison criminals possessed by powerful spirits. How did you escape?"
And the woman who appeared next to Simon and Shada gave Seto the answer.
"Isis?!"
Seeing Isis appear beside Simon and Shada, Seto with difficulty turned his head and found that Isis's figure had long since disappeared from the front of the army by the plaza. Did she take the opportunity to rescue Simon and Shada while he was restrained by his battle with Kaiba Seto just now?!
"Your days of reckless behavior end here, Seto." Looking at Seto, who was subdued by Simon's spell formula and guarded by Kaiba, Isis said loudly, "You are arrested. Prepare to face your judgment after the Pharaoh returns."
Seto, who was being suppressed, sighed upon hearing this. "You won. My power is not strong enough. To be calculated to such an extent, I have nothing to say."
"But you only won against me." Looking at Kaiba and the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue** behind Kaiba, Seto revealed an ugly expression. "The time that guy needed seems to be enough."
Without any warning, in an instant, the light in the plaza darkened, as if something had blocked the sunshine. But soon everyone realized something was wrong. It wasn't just the sunshine in the plaza that was blocked; the Royal Palace, the Royal City, and even the desert extending outwards, and then the entire Egypt.
Just now, as a stone tablet in the Thief Village Underground completely cracked, a giant black energy pillar shot straight into the heavens, and darkness enveloped the World!
End of Chapter
