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Chapter 829: Kaiba: I'll remember this grudge
"Oh oh oh, so you went on such a magnificent adventure?" Pegasus stroked his chin, listening to Joey Wheeler describe their adventure in the Memory World. "Exciting! Me not participate in such epic story, too regrettable, It's a pity~"
Honda raised an eyebrow. "I can tell you really wished you were there, Pegasus. Even the English words you're using have increased slightly, making you sound more like an American."
"But, me am originally American?"
Marik retorted, "Oh, please. Every time I hear your English, which is even worse than Translationese, I swear I want to kick your buttocks with my boot. Compared to that, I'd even prefer to eat the burger Mutou Yuugi recommended to me."
"Huh? Did the burgers at 'Burger World' not suit your taste, Marik-kun? I really like the burgers from that place."
Hearing Marik's words from the row behind him where three people were sitting, Yugi couldn't help but turn his head to say. Marik spread his hands helplessly. "Sorry, but unfortunately, the Tomb Keepers' diet has always been primarily vegetarian. It's not just me; my Older Sister doesn't really like meat either. Although we can eat meat, we're just not used to it."
"Ah, I see." Yugi, who had just learned a piece of knowledge that wouldn't come in handy, nodded. The Millennium Puzzle on his chest swayed gently with his movement, the Iron Chain clinking with a crisp sound. Looking down at the Millennium Puzzle, Yugi couldn't help but smile.
With the Dark Game over, everyone who had defeated Dark Bakura and Zorc successfully emerged from the Memory World within the Stone Tablet and returned to the Real World.
What was curious was that the Dark Game Atem and Hayato were dragged into by Dark Bakura in the Memory World, compared to Yugi and the others who entered later, resulted in them appearing at a later point in time because of the difference in when they entered.
However, when they woke up and asked Pegasus and Marik how much time had passed, they said they had only just laid down not long before waking up. At first, the two of them almost thought that the others hadn't even entered the Memory World yet and were just doing sit-ups because they had forgotten something.
Joey Wheeler had been a little worried before that if their bodies in the Real World had truly been lying there for several days, like Solomon Muto whose soul was sealed by Pegasus at that time, turning into a vegetative state corpse, they might be in danger of losing their life points. But the result was that after waking up, none of them were hungry at all. Joey Wheeler could even still taste the chewing gum he had eaten before in his mouth.
The time difference during that time was very strange. Although several days had passed in the Memory World, only an instant had passed in the Real World. If Kaiba had been here with them, that guy would probably be spouting some "Science" nonsense again. However, neither Yugi nor Hayato and the others paid too much attention to these small details.
The Nameless Pharaoh residing in the Millennium Puzzle had traversed three thousand years of time to regain his name — Atem. As his friend, Hayato and the others were naturally happy for him. Moreover, in this Dark Game, they also took the opportunity to get rid of Dark Bakura, the guy who had caused trouble countless times, and incidentally saved the world. The double dose of joy made everyone even happier.
So why bother with all those trivial things? They should just celebrate. And just now, Joey Wheeler was recounting what happened in the World of the King's Memory to Marik and Pegasus, who hadn't entered the Memory World with them because of "insufficient bond".
Of course, as is his habit, given Joey Wheeler's personality, he naturally preserved only the most important overall story outline without breaking the truth, but added many embellishments to give himself a lot of screen time.
"Wow, summoning Red-Eyes Black Dragon to delay Zorc, the Great Darkness Evil God, from damaging others, and then at the last moment, leading the summoning of the powerful The Creator God of Light, Horakhty together with Yugi and Brother-in-law." Marik's face showed a knowing expression. "Are you sure you didn't change Kaiba Seto's screen time to yourself, Joey Wheeler-san?"
"That's not true. Look, among the people who entered the Tablet World, where was that guy Kaiba?" Joey Wheeler's face didn't even turn red as he deceived Marik, nodding confidently under Tristan 's teasing gaze from the side. "It's very obvious, every word I said is the truth."
Kaiba Seto can rely on his money and power to target me in various aspects every day, so there's absolutely no problem with me, Joey Wheeler , deleting that arrogant bastard's screen time in the story and replacing it with my own.
Marik shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "I'll just pretend I believe it."
Compared to Marik, Pegasus on the side didn't care too much about the specific roles of each character in the story Joey Wheeler described. The story itself was already very interesting to him. If they weren't currently sitting in a vehicle heading to their next destination, he would probably already be impatiently using the inspiration he had recorded to make cards.
Listening to Joey Wheeler in the back of the vehicle continue his rambling, heavily modified story, Hayato also smiled. Looking forward, he picked up a bottle of water from beside him and handed it to the person sitting in the passenger seat next to him. "Have some water."
"Ah, thank you." The reserved White-Haired Youth reached out and took the water bottle. Looking at Hayato, who was focused on driving the vehicle, he said thank you.
He was still wearing the same blue and white striped sailor shirt, and his face was the same, but just the change in hairstyle made the White-Haired Youth feel completely different from the guy who had always caused Hayato and Yugi so much trouble before. The person sitting in the passenger seat, who else could it be but Bakura?
In the Memory World, Dark Bakura, who was Zorc's evil will, after reviving Zorc, felt that he had already achieved victory and could not possibly lose, so he merged with Zorc and fully revived.
Because of that ultimate Dark Game, once Zorc killed Atem and guided his country towards destruction, achieving complete victory, He would also be able to complete his revival in the Real World. However, as everyone knows, powerful cards often come with great risk. Behind an action that provided such great benefits to Zorc, there were naturally stakes. That was, once Zorc was eliminated in the Memory World, Zorc's will in Reality would also perish.
Then He was instantly defeated by the invincible The Creator God of Light, Horakhty. Bakura, who had been controlled by Zorc's evil will in the Real World, also successfully woke up.
However, the current Bakura was no longer the "Dark Bakura" who was controlled by Zorc's evil will, but the genuine classmate of Hayato and the others from at that time, Bakura Ryo, the shy and introverted youth whose personality was somewhat similar to Yugi's.
After Hayato and the others woke up in the Underground Cave where the Stone Tablet of Memories was placed, Bakura, who was with them, also woke up from his coma. Unlike Hayato and the others who came to Egypt through proper channels with complete procedures, that guy Dark Bakura wasn't honest enough to go through Customs inspection. He illegally entered Egypt through his own means, which meant Bakura was fundamentally an Undocumented Person in Egypt.
Being without an identity would have been bad enough, but what was even worse was that Bakura was not like Zorc; he had only learned English taught in foreign language classes. Although the main languages in Egypt nowadays, besides Arabic and French, also include English, Egyptian-accented English meeting the well-known Japanese English, it's simply a matter of sheer luck if anyone can understand what the other person is saying.
Although Dark Bakura had done many things that made people angry and annoyed before, those things had nothing to do with Bakura himself. In fact, Bakura was also a victim of Dark Bakura. Unable to abandon Bakura, who was unfamiliar with life in Egypt, after obtaining the consent of the tour organizer — Pegasus, they let him join the team and act together.
Holding the water bottle in his hand, Bakura kept looking at Hayato's profile from the side. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke, "Th-that, Hayato-kun, thank you very much."
"Huh? This is just a bottle of water, isn't it?" Hayato glanced at the bottle in Bakura's hand when he had a moment. It was indeed just a normal bottle of water. "Is there a need to thank me so formally?"
"No, no, it's not about the water," seeing that Hayato had misunderstood, Bakura quickly waved his hands and explained, "It's about That Person who controlled me. Thank you very much for everything you did, Hayato-kun."
Bakura paused, his face showed an embarrassed expression. "Although I was always controlled by That Person, I didn't fall into slumber. I have an impression of the things That Person did while controlling my body. After regaining my freedom, I was really happy, but when I thought about the irreversible things I had done before, I felt that I didn't have the qualification to be happy."
"In short, I'm very sorry, and also very grateful to you, Hayato-kun!"
As his words fell, Bakura lowered his head and closed his eyes. After speaking the heavy burden in his heart, he finally felt relief. And although there was an element of impulse in it, since he had already brought up this aspect, he was also prepared to be cursed and feel resentment from Hayato and the others next.
Damaging Innocent People, killing innocent lives, even if everything was not from his own will, it was indeed done by That Person through his body. This was an undeniable truth.
However, Bakura did not wait for the curse. Instead, a hand reached out from the back seat and gently patted his shoulder.
Opening his eyes and looking over, Mutou Yuugi, whose aura was slightly different, was smiling at him. "You don't have to blame yourself for everything Zorc used you to do, Bakura. You were also a victim who was used by Zorc."
"This is not just my idea, Aibo thinks so too."
No, the feeling from this tone isn't Mutou Yuugi, but Dark Yugi from the Millennium Puzzle, right? Bakura, who still didn't know Atem's name, thought this.
It wasn't just Mutou Yuugi and Atem. Téa, who was sitting next to Yugi, also said to the apologetic Bakura, "It's okay, Bakura-chan. The one who was wrong was Zorc. He has already paid a heavy price for his actions."
"Yeah, yeah! At that time, The Creator God of Light, Horakhty raised her hand, and 'Zzzzz—Boom!' she finished off Zorc just like that, so there's nothing to be afraid of anymore, Bakura." Joey Wheeler also gave a thumbs-up as encouragement.
"It's not about being afraid of Zorc coming back, you idiot. You weren't listening at all just now, so don't just butt in randomly." Tristan on the side held his forehead with a helpless expression, but then looked at Bakura seriously and said, "Although Zorc did a lot of bad things using your appearance, Bakura, and even if just looking at you now makes me a little angry and feel resentment, but that's not directed at you, Bakura. You don't have to keep this guilt that doesn't belong to you in your heart."
With one leg resting on his knee, Pegasus, who was still sitting quite elegantly even if in the car, also nodded. "That's right."
Marik, with his hands clasped behind his head and resting on his arms, also said with a grin, "Exactly, exactly."
"Would you two former antagonists please shut up?" Hayato retorted. "I didn't feel like anything was wrong until you two opened your mouths. A small vehicle like this actually has a total of three villain characters gathered."
"But me have already turned over a new leaf?" "Me too, Brother-in-law." Pegasus and Marik said with playful smiles.
Although it sounded like a joke, Hayato also knew that what they said wasn't really a lie. He didn't pay attention to the two of them, and instead, while seriously driving the car, he said to Bakura beside him, "This time in the Memory World, there was actually someone just like you. I'm not talking about appearance or anything, but about their experience. That guy also did many irreversible things under external force distortion."
"I can understand you feeling guilty about this. After all, a life without futile actions fundamentally doesn't exist. Humans, no matter what age they are, are beings who will commit irreversible mistakes. However, if you're deeply stuck in guilt, you fundamentally can't change anything. Turn that regret into power that cultivates your mind and obtain growth from it, Bakura."
Looking at Hayato's profile illuminated by the warm sunshine, Bakura was stunned for a long time. With slightly red cheeks, he nodded. "Okay, although I don't quite understand, since Hayato-kun and everyone said so, I will try my best."
"If you can't find a direction for your effort, I can provide you with suggestions. You don't have to think about being a Duel King, but there's still a good opportunity to become a Pokemon Master. You'll definitely succeed when you become a ten-year-old boy with twenty years of dueling experience."
"No, even if it's me, I can tell that kind of thing is fundamentally impossible. Don't make fun of me, Hayato-kun."
Facing the sun, the vehicle carrying everyone drove towards the next destination — Luxor in Upper Egypt.
"Oh oh oh, so you went on such a magnificent adventure?" Pegasus stroked his chin, listening to Joey Wheeler describe their adventure in the Memory World. "Exciting! Me not participate in such epic story, too regrettable, It's a pity~"
Honda raised an eyebrow. "I can tell you really wished you were there, Pegasus. Even the English words you're using have increased slightly, making you sound more like an American."
"But, me am originally American?"
Marik retorted, "Oh, please. Every time I hear your English, which is even worse than Translationese, I swear I want to kick your buttocks with my boot. Compared to that, I'd even prefer to eat the burger Mutou Yuugi recommended to me."
"Huh? Did the burgers at 'Burger World' not suit your taste, Marik-kun? I really like the burgers from that place."
Hearing Marik's words from the row behind him where three people were sitting, Yugi couldn't help but turn his head to say. Marik spread his hands helplessly. "Sorry, but unfortunately, the Tomb Keepers' diet has always been primarily vegetarian. It's not just me; my Older Sister doesn't really like meat either. Although we can eat meat, we're just not used to it."
"Ah, I see." Yugi, who had just learned a piece of knowledge that wouldn't come in handy, nodded. The Millennium Puzzle on his chest swayed gently with his movement, the Iron Chain clinking with a crisp sound. Looking down at the Millennium Puzzle, Yugi couldn't help but smile.
With the Dark Game over, everyone who had defeated Dark Bakura and Zorc successfully emerged from the Memory World within the Stone Tablet and returned to the Real World.
What was curious was that the Dark Game Atem and Hayato were dragged into by Dark Bakura in the Memory World, compared to Yugi and the others who entered later, resulted in them appearing at a later point in time because of the difference in when they entered.
However, when they woke up and asked Pegasus and Marik how much time had passed, they said they had only just laid down not long before waking up. At first, the two of them almost thought that the others hadn't even entered the Memory World yet and were just doing sit-ups because they had forgotten something.
Joey Wheeler had been a little worried before that if their bodies in the Real World had truly been lying there for several days, like Solomon Muto whose soul was sealed by Pegasus at that time, turning into a vegetative state corpse, they might be in danger of losing their life points. But the result was that after waking up, none of them were hungry at all. Joey Wheeler could even still taste the chewing gum he had eaten before in his mouth.
The time difference during that time was very strange. Although several days had passed in the Memory World, only an instant had passed in the Real World. If Kaiba had been here with them, that guy would probably be spouting some "Science" nonsense again. However, neither Yugi nor Hayato and the others paid too much attention to these small details.
The Nameless Pharaoh residing in the Millennium Puzzle had traversed three thousand years of time to regain his name — Atem. As his friend, Hayato and the others were naturally happy for him. Moreover, in this Dark Game, they also took the opportunity to get rid of Dark Bakura, the guy who had caused trouble countless times, and incidentally saved the world. The double dose of joy made everyone even happier.
So why bother with all those trivial things? They should just celebrate. And just now, Joey Wheeler was recounting what happened in the World of the King's Memory to Marik and Pegasus, who hadn't entered the Memory World with them because of "insufficient bond".
Of course, as is his habit, given Joey Wheeler's personality, he naturally preserved only the most important overall story outline without breaking the truth, but added many embellishments to give himself a lot of screen time.
"Wow, summoning Red-Eyes Black Dragon to delay Zorc, the Great Darkness Evil God, from damaging others, and then at the last moment, leading the summoning of the powerful The Creator God of Light, Horakhty together with Yugi and Brother-in-law." Marik's face showed a knowing expression. "Are you sure you didn't change Kaiba Seto's screen time to yourself, Joey Wheeler-san?"
"That's not true. Look, among the people who entered the Tablet World, where was that guy Kaiba?" Joey Wheeler's face didn't even turn red as he deceived Marik, nodding confidently under Tristan 's teasing gaze from the side. "It's very obvious, every word I said is the truth."
Kaiba Seto can rely on his money and power to target me in various aspects every day, so there's absolutely no problem with me, Joey Wheeler , deleting that arrogant bastard's screen time in the story and replacing it with my own.
Marik shrugged and spread his hands, saying, "I'll just pretend I believe it."
Compared to Marik, Pegasus on the side didn't care too much about the specific roles of each character in the story Joey Wheeler described. The story itself was already very interesting to him. If they weren't currently sitting in a vehicle heading to their next destination, he would probably already be impatiently using the inspiration he had recorded to make cards.
Listening to Joey Wheeler in the back of the vehicle continue his rambling, heavily modified story, Hayato also smiled. Looking forward, he picked up a bottle of water from beside him and handed it to the person sitting in the passenger seat next to him. "Have some water."
"Ah, thank you." The reserved White-Haired Youth reached out and took the water bottle. Looking at Hayato, who was focused on driving the vehicle, he said thank you.
He was still wearing the same blue and white striped sailor shirt, and his face was the same, but just the change in hairstyle made the White-Haired Youth feel completely different from the guy who had always caused Hayato and Yugi so much trouble before. The person sitting in the passenger seat, who else could it be but Bakura?
In the Memory World, Dark Bakura, who was Zorc's evil will, after reviving Zorc, felt that he had already achieved victory and could not possibly lose, so he merged with Zorc and fully revived.
Because of that ultimate Dark Game, once Zorc killed Atem and guided his country towards destruction, achieving complete victory, He would also be able to complete his revival in the Real World. However, as everyone knows, powerful cards often come with great risk. Behind an action that provided such great benefits to Zorc, there were naturally stakes. That was, once Zorc was eliminated in the Memory World, Zorc's will in Reality would also perish.
Then He was instantly defeated by the invincible The Creator God of Light, Horakhty. Bakura, who had been controlled by Zorc's evil will in the Real World, also successfully woke up.
However, the current Bakura was no longer the "Dark Bakura" who was controlled by Zorc's evil will, but the genuine classmate of Hayato and the others from at that time, Bakura Ryo, the shy and introverted youth whose personality was somewhat similar to Yugi's.
After Hayato and the others woke up in the Underground Cave where the Stone Tablet of Memories was placed, Bakura, who was with them, also woke up from his coma. Unlike Hayato and the others who came to Egypt through proper channels with complete procedures, that guy Dark Bakura wasn't honest enough to go through Customs inspection. He illegally entered Egypt through his own means, which meant Bakura was fundamentally an Undocumented Person in Egypt.
Being without an identity would have been bad enough, but what was even worse was that Bakura was not like Zorc; he had only learned English taught in foreign language classes. Although the main languages in Egypt nowadays, besides Arabic and French, also include English, Egyptian-accented English meeting the well-known Japanese English, it's simply a matter of sheer luck if anyone can understand what the other person is saying.
Although Dark Bakura had done many things that made people angry and annoyed before, those things had nothing to do with Bakura himself. In fact, Bakura was also a victim of Dark Bakura. Unable to abandon Bakura, who was unfamiliar with life in Egypt, after obtaining the consent of the tour organizer — Pegasus, they let him join the team and act together.
Holding the water bottle in his hand, Bakura kept looking at Hayato's profile from the side. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke, "Th-that, Hayato-kun, thank you very much."
"Huh? This is just a bottle of water, isn't it?" Hayato glanced at the bottle in Bakura's hand when he had a moment. It was indeed just a normal bottle of water. "Is there a need to thank me so formally?"
"No, no, it's not about the water," seeing that Hayato had misunderstood, Bakura quickly waved his hands and explained, "It's about That Person who controlled me. Thank you very much for everything you did, Hayato-kun."
Bakura paused, his face showed an embarrassed expression. "Although I was always controlled by That Person, I didn't fall into slumber. I have an impression of the things That Person did while controlling my body. After regaining my freedom, I was really happy, but when I thought about the irreversible things I had done before, I felt that I didn't have the qualification to be happy."
"In short, I'm very sorry, and also very grateful to you, Hayato-kun!"
As his words fell, Bakura lowered his head and closed his eyes. After speaking the heavy burden in his heart, he finally felt relief. And although there was an element of impulse in it, since he had already brought up this aspect, he was also prepared to be cursed and feel resentment from Hayato and the others next.
Damaging Innocent People, killing innocent lives, even if everything was not from his own will, it was indeed done by That Person through his body. This was an undeniable truth.
However, Bakura did not wait for the curse. Instead, a hand reached out from the back seat and gently patted his shoulder.
Opening his eyes and looking over, Mutou Yuugi, whose aura was slightly different, was smiling at him. "You don't have to blame yourself for everything Zorc used you to do, Bakura. You were also a victim who was used by Zorc."
"This is not just my idea, Aibo thinks so too."
No, the feeling from this tone isn't Mutou Yuugi, but Dark Yugi from the Millennium Puzzle, right? Bakura, who still didn't know Atem's name, thought this.
It wasn't just Mutou Yuugi and Atem. Téa, who was sitting next to Yugi, also said to the apologetic Bakura, "It's okay, Bakura-chan. The one who was wrong was Zorc. He has already paid a heavy price for his actions."
"Yeah, yeah! At that time, The Creator God of Light, Horakhty raised her hand, and 'Zzzzz—Boom!' she finished off Zorc just like that, so there's nothing to be afraid of anymore, Bakura." Joey Wheeler also gave a thumbs-up as encouragement.
"It's not about being afraid of Zorc coming back, you idiot. You weren't listening at all just now, so don't just butt in randomly." Tristan on the side held his forehead with a helpless expression, but then looked at Bakura seriously and said, "Although Zorc did a lot of bad things using your appearance, Bakura, and even if just looking at you now makes me a little angry and feel resentment, but that's not directed at you, Bakura. You don't have to keep this guilt that doesn't belong to you in your heart."
With one leg resting on his knee, Pegasus, who was still sitting quite elegantly even if in the car, also nodded. "That's right."
Marik, with his hands clasped behind his head and resting on his arms, also said with a grin, "Exactly, exactly."
"Would you two former antagonists please shut up?" Hayato retorted. "I didn't feel like anything was wrong until you two opened your mouths. A small vehicle like this actually has a total of three villain characters gathered."
"But me have already turned over a new leaf?" "Me too, Brother-in-law." Pegasus and Marik said with playful smiles.
Although it sounded like a joke, Hayato also knew that what they said wasn't really a lie. He didn't pay attention to the two of them, and instead, while seriously driving the car, he said to Bakura beside him, "This time in the Memory World, there was actually someone just like you. I'm not talking about appearance or anything, but about their experience. That guy also did many irreversible things under external force distortion."
"I can understand you feeling guilty about this. After all, a life without futile actions fundamentally doesn't exist. Humans, no matter what age they are, are beings who will commit irreversible mistakes. However, if you're deeply stuck in guilt, you fundamentally can't change anything. Turn that regret into power that cultivates your mind and obtain growth from it, Bakura."
Looking at Hayato's profile illuminated by the warm sunshine, Bakura was stunned for a long time. With slightly red cheeks, he nodded. "Okay, although I don't quite understand, since Hayato-kun and everyone said so, I will try my best."
"If you can't find a direction for your effort, I can provide you with suggestions. You don't have to think about being a Duel King, but there's still a good opportunity to become a Pokemon Master. You'll definitely succeed when you become a ten-year-old boy with twenty years of dueling experience."
"No, even if it's me, I can tell that kind of thing is fundamentally impossible. Don't make fun of me, Hayato-kun."
Facing the sun, the vehicle carrying everyone drove towards the next destination — Luxor in Upper Egypt.
