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**Chapter 890: Loading a Self-Destruct Program that Takes Two and a Half Minutes**
Seeing Hayato raise his Duel Disk, Tenma Yexing let out a cold laugh: "Duel Monsters, huh? Defeating and killing you, the Duel King, in the domain of Duel Monsters, which you are most skilled at, is indeed quite a pleasurable experience."
"But, I refuse!"
He didn't intend to accept Hayato's Duel. Tenma Yexing, watching Hayato on the Stairs, began to move, revealing the device he had just been operating behind him. It seemed like a preset program was running; one end of the device opened and spat out a transparent can, which Tenma Yexing picked up after walking over to it.
"An empty can?" Keipei said, feeling a bit strange, but Alister beside him shook his head. "No, inside is Hayato Kobayashi's spirit."
Inside the can was none other than **Ojama Black**, whom Hayato had sent down earlier to scout!
"If I remember correctly, this should be your spirit, right, Hayato Kobayashi?" Shaking the can in his hand, Tenma Yexing threatened Hayato, "I know you are carrying Millennium Items and have the ability to forcibly pull me into the Dark Game you set up, but you'd better not use that ability. You don't want to see your spirit killed, do you?"
Hayato raised an eyebrow: "Kill a spirit? Can you do that?"
It's not that spirits cannot be killed. The Millennium Stone Spirit, **Illusion Magician**, who combined with Mahad at that time, is a good example. However, Mahad was facing Dark Bakura, who was Great Dark Evil God Zorc Necrophades. How could Tenma Yexing compare to him?
To explain it in a way Kaiba could understand, although spirits can be seen and interacted with by humans like Hayato and others, actually, their existence is closer to a projection from another Dimension. This projection needs to be hosted in things like tablets, cards, or similar things to maintain its existence.
Furthermore, if there is a need, spirits can even transfer their true form between cards. For example, **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, and although Yugi's Deck contains more than one **Dark Magician**, the spirit of **Dark Magician** is only one entity, yet he can appear from any **Dark Magician** card.
**Ojama Black**, grabbed by Tenma Yexing, is at most just a projection. Its true form, in essence, is always the card Hayato carries with him. This is also why Hayato would casually send **Ojama Black** out like cannon fodder.
The reason for this is that ordinary people like Keipei cannot even see **Ojama Black**. Conventional means cannot even interfere with spirits, let alone "kill" a spirit as Tenma Yexing threatened.
Seeing that Hayato seemed like he didn't believe him, Tenma Yexing also let out a cold laugh: "Heh heh, it's normal not to believe. Then let me give you proof. Watch closely."
As he spoke, Tenma Yexing walked to another device and inserted the can in his hand into a slot on it, connecting it. Detecting the object's connection, the device activated and began running. **Ojama Black**, who had been shut inside the can, suddenly woke up.
"Waaah! Where is this?! I didn't die?" It seemed like he didn't know what had happened, **Ojama Black** sat up confusedly and looked around. After seeing Hayato, **Ojama Black** got up in a panic and pressed against the glass, shouting at Hayato, "Aniki! Save me!"
"This guy is fundamentally not a human! He is---"
"Alright, swallow those unnecessary words!" Just as **Ojama Black**, who seemed to have seen something, was about to say something, Tenma Yexing frowned and pressed the can again. Suddenly, a large amount of electric current was released from beneath **Ojama Black**'s feet, filling the entire can.
"Wuwu yiyiyi—!!!" His whole body trembled, and he was even shocked so much that his skeleton manifested. **Ojama Black** couldn't get his words out before being knocked unconscious by the electric shock. His entire body turned even blacker, and his chubby face slid down the glass, leaving traces of a mixture of snot, tears, and saliva.
And as **Ojama Black**'s screams stopped, **Ojama Yellow** and **Ojama Green** beside Hayato ran out and said to Hayato in a panic:
"Aniki! Big Brother Black is in danger!" "Quickly look at the card!"
Hearing this, Hayato also took out the card from his body. He found that on the card art of the **Ojama Three Brothers'** true form card—**Ojama Trio**—the **Ojama Three Brothers**, who were originally singing and dancing, now only had **Ojama Yellow** and **Ojama Green** left with expressions of panic. **Ojama Black**'s figure had actually disappeared!?
It was as if Tenma Yexing's action had actually been effective against **Ojama Black** itself, stripping it away from the card!
"Are you surprised, Hayato Kobayashi? Your spirit has been taken. How are you feeling now? How are you feeling?" Tenma Yexing was quite satisfied with the surprised expression on Hayato's face at this moment, wearing an expression of enjoyment. "Now you should believe, right? I have the ability to kill your spirit at any time."
"This device possesses the ability to extract the spirit power sealed within the can. You should have met the researcher of this technology. I have already noticed the aura of the card I sent to his hand on your body."
Hearing Tenma Yexing's words, Hayato took out several cards from the Card Box at his waist. The top card was **The Grand Jupiter**, which he had obtained from Hiroya Misawa before.
"Hiroya Misawa, huh? That guy did mention before that his research subject was about the mass-energy conversion of energy within Duel Monsters cards." Kaiba also frowned and said, "That guy said he had achieved some results. Could it be that he wasn't exaggerating and it can actually be put into practical application?"
Not only was he surprised that Hiroya Misawa had partially conquered that research subject he hadn't thought highly of at that time, but also because Hayato's spirit had been captured by Tenma Yexing, he felt somewhat restrained.
Although he had no particular feeling towards Hayato's weak spirits, and even felt some contempt, Kaiba, putting himself in someone else's shoes, felt that if his **Blue-Eyes** were also captured by someone, he definitely wouldn't want others to act rashly and cause his **Blue-Eyes'** death.
"As expected, you know him. Also, you've already obtained **The Grand Jupiter** card from his hand. It seems the task I specifically sent him on as an assassin to attack you has indeed failed." Tenma Yexing said somewhat regretfully, "Where is that guy now?"
"Although I noticed that guy was in a state of being controlled by you, it is also a fact that he attacked me and Kaiba. Of course, he has already been taken away by the Police." Hayato took out **The Grand Jupiter** card alone and looked at Tenma Yexing, saying, "Although the time we had contact wasn't long, Hiroya Misawa should just be an ordinary person. He doesn't have sufficient dueling skill, nor sufficient willpower, courage, and determination."
"Are you asking me how I made him my helper? Isn't it simple? The answer is those cards in your hand." Tenma Yexing didn't directly answer Hayato, but pointed to the cards in Hayato's hand.
Kaiba, standing at a high place, glanced at the cards in Hayato's hand, recalled something, and said, "Those cards, I seem to have an impression of them. Someone told me they were cards called the 'Planet' Series, corresponding to the nine Planets of the Solar System and the Sun. They were used as a seal for a spirit named **Tragoedia**."
"That's right, **Tragoedia**. It was sealed in a tablet for a full three thousand years. Do you know its pain?" Tenma Yexing put on an expression of sympathy. "Oh, how pitiful. At least I felt quite sympathetic towards it after seeing the tablet sealing it in the Ruins. For this, I spent a great deal of effort and finally managed to collect all ten cards to dispel its seal."
"Have you heard the rumor about poisonous grass and its antidote? There's a possibility that the antidote can be found near a highly poisonous plant. And these 'Planet' cards, which were the key to **Tragoedia**'s seal, have now, after the seal was dispelled, coincidentally become the best medium to carry its power."
"I hid these cards, infused with **Tragoedia**'s power, within the card packs issued by Industrial Illusions and scattered them to various places. Those who obtain these cards will awaken the power of spirits under the guidance of the power within them, but in exchange, they will also offer their heart to **Tragoedia**. Every battle they engage in while carrying the 'Planet' cards will boost **Tragoedia**'s power."
"Hiroya Misawa is like this, and so is Kobayashi Hiroyuki."
As Tenma Yexing's words fell, Hayato and Kaiba didn't react much, but Alister beside Keipei couldn't help but examine his body: "That's not right, I think I also got a card called Mercury. Could it be that I am actually already controlled now?"
"No, you don't need to worry too much about that." Hayato didn't turn back, speaking to Alister with his back turned. "Just as this guy said, the premise for those 'Planet' cards to control others is the power of **Tragoedia** within them. For that power to work, first it needs to make people awaken spirits, and then utilize the spirit, which is the same as the Duelist's heart, to control others in reverse. You have your own spirit, so you don't need to worry about being controlled."
"Even the cards given out can rewrite others' heart. What about you? From what you're saying, it seems like you are already able to use **Tragoedia**'s power, right? Could it be that you used that power to rewrite the memory of your Brother, Tenma Tsukihiro, and everyone else who knew you, erasing your own existence?"
Kaiba looked at Tenma Yexing and said, and Tenma Yexing gave an affirmative answer: "That's right. Under **Tragoedia**'s power, that guy Tenma Tsukihiro completely forgot that he had a younger brother who was adopted by Mr. Pegasus along with him. It's the same for everyone else who knew me. I even utilized the power of Industrial Illusions to eliminate all my traces on the network."
"After that, I stayed in the place where **Tragoedia** was excavated, continuously researching its power. And after your KaibaCorp planned to establish a branch here, I again utilized **Tragoedia**'s power to guide your KaibaCorp to select the location where I was to build the Industrial Park, so that I could utilize your KaibaCorp's technology to the maximum extent."
Patting the device beside him that had just now spat out the can, Tenma Yexing said proudly, "For example, this. This is production equipment that I personally selected parts from your company's production line and assembled. Besides the vessel that can hold spirits just now, the Duel Disks in the hands of Kobayashi Hiroyuki and Hiroya Misawa before were also manufactured using this thing."
"And that power generation device overhead, what's it called, 'Arc Reactor'? I have to say it's really useful. At least it completely satisfied my power supply needs when researching **Tragoedia**."
Spreading his arms wide, Tenma Yexing spoke proudly as if he were revealing his great deed, "There is no trace of me existing in the World, yet I can influence this World according to my will. This Underground Space is my Invisible Empire!"
"What Yhwach?" Hayato muttered, looking up and surveying his surroundings. When he turned his head, he glimpsed Kaiba subtly nodding at him. Without leaving a trace, he turned his head back to look at Tenma Yexing and said, "Speaking of which, you really do answer every question. You've certainly let us know a lot and resolved many of our long-standing doubts."
"Is that what you think? Heh heh, I just wanted to see the expression of despair you would show after you know the entire truth. To tell you the truth, even that door you passed through just now, did you really think you could open it by destroying the combination lock? Actually, I deliberately let you come here."
The device beside Tenma Yexing slowly opened, revealing a card placed inside. The sharp-eyed Hayato clearly saw that the Name written on the card was indeed **Tragoedia**.
"You will die here, and the spirits on your bodies will also be captured by me to become fodder for **Tragoedia**, making it even stronger. Let's start with you, Hayato Kobayashi!" As he spoke, Tenma Yexing picked up a Duel Disk from the side and put it on his hand. He then took out three cards from the Deck that was already on the Duel Disk, about to place them on the Duel Disk.
But just then, a loud noise suddenly came from above their heads!
"Boom!"
It seemed like it was the sound of an explosion coming from the Arc Reactor overhead. The violent vibration directly shattered a lot of the glass within the Underground Space. But what shocked Tenma Yexing the most was that the Arc Reactor's power supply suddenly stopped just like that! The device where **Tragoedia** was placed shut down instantly due to the pulse from the instant power outage, and **Tragoedia**'s card was locked inside the device!?
While Hayato and the others were attracting attention, Keipei, who was somehow wearing the glasses Kaiba had worn before, said with an excited expression: "Yosh! Loading the Self-Destruct Program success! Time taken: two and a half minutes. Only Brother is always so wasteful; I've wanted to blow something up for a long time too!"
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Seeing Hayato raise his Duel Disk, Tenma Yexing let out a cold laugh: "Duel Monsters, huh? Defeating and killing you, the Duel King, in the domain of Duel Monsters, which you are most skilled at, is indeed quite a pleasurable experience."
"But, I refuse!"
He didn't intend to accept Hayato's Duel. Tenma Yexing, watching Hayato on the Stairs, began to move, revealing the device he had just been operating behind him. It seemed like a preset program was running; one end of the device opened and spat out a transparent can, which Tenma Yexing picked up after walking over to it.
"An empty can?" Keipei said, feeling a bit strange, but Alister beside him shook his head. "No, inside is Hayato Kobayashi's spirit."
Inside the can was none other than **Ojama Black**, whom Hayato had sent down earlier to scout!
"If I remember correctly, this should be your spirit, right, Hayato Kobayashi?" Shaking the can in his hand, Tenma Yexing threatened Hayato, "I know you are carrying Millennium Items and have the ability to forcibly pull me into the Dark Game you set up, but you'd better not use that ability. You don't want to see your spirit killed, do you?"
Hayato raised an eyebrow: "Kill a spirit? Can you do that?"
It's not that spirits cannot be killed. The Millennium Stone Spirit, **Illusion Magician**, who combined with Mahad at that time, is a good example. However, Mahad was facing Dark Bakura, who was Great Dark Evil God Zorc Necrophades. How could Tenma Yexing compare to him?
To explain it in a way Kaiba could understand, although spirits can be seen and interacted with by humans like Hayato and others, actually, their existence is closer to a projection from another Dimension. This projection needs to be hosted in things like tablets, cards, or similar things to maintain its existence.
Furthermore, if there is a need, spirits can even transfer their true form between cards. For example, **The Winged Dragon of Ra**, and although Yugi's Deck contains more than one **Dark Magician**, the spirit of **Dark Magician** is only one entity, yet he can appear from any **Dark Magician** card.
**Ojama Black**, grabbed by Tenma Yexing, is at most just a projection. Its true form, in essence, is always the card Hayato carries with him. This is also why Hayato would casually send **Ojama Black** out like cannon fodder.
The reason for this is that ordinary people like Keipei cannot even see **Ojama Black**. Conventional means cannot even interfere with spirits, let alone "kill" a spirit as Tenma Yexing threatened.
Seeing that Hayato seemed like he didn't believe him, Tenma Yexing also let out a cold laugh: "Heh heh, it's normal not to believe. Then let me give you proof. Watch closely."
As he spoke, Tenma Yexing walked to another device and inserted the can in his hand into a slot on it, connecting it. Detecting the object's connection, the device activated and began running. **Ojama Black**, who had been shut inside the can, suddenly woke up.
"Waaah! Where is this?! I didn't die?" It seemed like he didn't know what had happened, **Ojama Black** sat up confusedly and looked around. After seeing Hayato, **Ojama Black** got up in a panic and pressed against the glass, shouting at Hayato, "Aniki! Save me!"
"This guy is fundamentally not a human! He is---"
"Alright, swallow those unnecessary words!" Just as **Ojama Black**, who seemed to have seen something, was about to say something, Tenma Yexing frowned and pressed the can again. Suddenly, a large amount of electric current was released from beneath **Ojama Black**'s feet, filling the entire can.
"Wuwu yiyiyi—!!!" His whole body trembled, and he was even shocked so much that his skeleton manifested. **Ojama Black** couldn't get his words out before being knocked unconscious by the electric shock. His entire body turned even blacker, and his chubby face slid down the glass, leaving traces of a mixture of snot, tears, and saliva.
And as **Ojama Black**'s screams stopped, **Ojama Yellow** and **Ojama Green** beside Hayato ran out and said to Hayato in a panic:
"Aniki! Big Brother Black is in danger!" "Quickly look at the card!"
Hearing this, Hayato also took out the card from his body. He found that on the card art of the **Ojama Three Brothers'** true form card—**Ojama Trio**—the **Ojama Three Brothers**, who were originally singing and dancing, now only had **Ojama Yellow** and **Ojama Green** left with expressions of panic. **Ojama Black**'s figure had actually disappeared!?
It was as if Tenma Yexing's action had actually been effective against **Ojama Black** itself, stripping it away from the card!
"Are you surprised, Hayato Kobayashi? Your spirit has been taken. How are you feeling now? How are you feeling?" Tenma Yexing was quite satisfied with the surprised expression on Hayato's face at this moment, wearing an expression of enjoyment. "Now you should believe, right? I have the ability to kill your spirit at any time."
"This device possesses the ability to extract the spirit power sealed within the can. You should have met the researcher of this technology. I have already noticed the aura of the card I sent to his hand on your body."
Hearing Tenma Yexing's words, Hayato took out several cards from the Card Box at his waist. The top card was **The Grand Jupiter**, which he had obtained from Hiroya Misawa before.
"Hiroya Misawa, huh? That guy did mention before that his research subject was about the mass-energy conversion of energy within Duel Monsters cards." Kaiba also frowned and said, "That guy said he had achieved some results. Could it be that he wasn't exaggerating and it can actually be put into practical application?"
Not only was he surprised that Hiroya Misawa had partially conquered that research subject he hadn't thought highly of at that time, but also because Hayato's spirit had been captured by Tenma Yexing, he felt somewhat restrained.
Although he had no particular feeling towards Hayato's weak spirits, and even felt some contempt, Kaiba, putting himself in someone else's shoes, felt that if his **Blue-Eyes** were also captured by someone, he definitely wouldn't want others to act rashly and cause his **Blue-Eyes'** death.
"As expected, you know him. Also, you've already obtained **The Grand Jupiter** card from his hand. It seems the task I specifically sent him on as an assassin to attack you has indeed failed." Tenma Yexing said somewhat regretfully, "Where is that guy now?"
"Although I noticed that guy was in a state of being controlled by you, it is also a fact that he attacked me and Kaiba. Of course, he has already been taken away by the Police." Hayato took out **The Grand Jupiter** card alone and looked at Tenma Yexing, saying, "Although the time we had contact wasn't long, Hiroya Misawa should just be an ordinary person. He doesn't have sufficient dueling skill, nor sufficient willpower, courage, and determination."
"Are you asking me how I made him my helper? Isn't it simple? The answer is those cards in your hand." Tenma Yexing didn't directly answer Hayato, but pointed to the cards in Hayato's hand.
Kaiba, standing at a high place, glanced at the cards in Hayato's hand, recalled something, and said, "Those cards, I seem to have an impression of them. Someone told me they were cards called the 'Planet' Series, corresponding to the nine Planets of the Solar System and the Sun. They were used as a seal for a spirit named **Tragoedia**."
"That's right, **Tragoedia**. It was sealed in a tablet for a full three thousand years. Do you know its pain?" Tenma Yexing put on an expression of sympathy. "Oh, how pitiful. At least I felt quite sympathetic towards it after seeing the tablet sealing it in the Ruins. For this, I spent a great deal of effort and finally managed to collect all ten cards to dispel its seal."
"Have you heard the rumor about poisonous grass and its antidote? There's a possibility that the antidote can be found near a highly poisonous plant. And these 'Planet' cards, which were the key to **Tragoedia**'s seal, have now, after the seal was dispelled, coincidentally become the best medium to carry its power."
"I hid these cards, infused with **Tragoedia**'s power, within the card packs issued by Industrial Illusions and scattered them to various places. Those who obtain these cards will awaken the power of spirits under the guidance of the power within them, but in exchange, they will also offer their heart to **Tragoedia**. Every battle they engage in while carrying the 'Planet' cards will boost **Tragoedia**'s power."
"Hiroya Misawa is like this, and so is Kobayashi Hiroyuki."
As Tenma Yexing's words fell, Hayato and Kaiba didn't react much, but Alister beside Keipei couldn't help but examine his body: "That's not right, I think I also got a card called Mercury. Could it be that I am actually already controlled now?"
"No, you don't need to worry too much about that." Hayato didn't turn back, speaking to Alister with his back turned. "Just as this guy said, the premise for those 'Planet' cards to control others is the power of **Tragoedia** within them. For that power to work, first it needs to make people awaken spirits, and then utilize the spirit, which is the same as the Duelist's heart, to control others in reverse. You have your own spirit, so you don't need to worry about being controlled."
"Even the cards given out can rewrite others' heart. What about you? From what you're saying, it seems like you are already able to use **Tragoedia**'s power, right? Could it be that you used that power to rewrite the memory of your Brother, Tenma Tsukihiro, and everyone else who knew you, erasing your own existence?"
Kaiba looked at Tenma Yexing and said, and Tenma Yexing gave an affirmative answer: "That's right. Under **Tragoedia**'s power, that guy Tenma Tsukihiro completely forgot that he had a younger brother who was adopted by Mr. Pegasus along with him. It's the same for everyone else who knew me. I even utilized the power of Industrial Illusions to eliminate all my traces on the network."
"After that, I stayed in the place where **Tragoedia** was excavated, continuously researching its power. And after your KaibaCorp planned to establish a branch here, I again utilized **Tragoedia**'s power to guide your KaibaCorp to select the location where I was to build the Industrial Park, so that I could utilize your KaibaCorp's technology to the maximum extent."
Patting the device beside him that had just now spat out the can, Tenma Yexing said proudly, "For example, this. This is production equipment that I personally selected parts from your company's production line and assembled. Besides the vessel that can hold spirits just now, the Duel Disks in the hands of Kobayashi Hiroyuki and Hiroya Misawa before were also manufactured using this thing."
"And that power generation device overhead, what's it called, 'Arc Reactor'? I have to say it's really useful. At least it completely satisfied my power supply needs when researching **Tragoedia**."
Spreading his arms wide, Tenma Yexing spoke proudly as if he were revealing his great deed, "There is no trace of me existing in the World, yet I can influence this World according to my will. This Underground Space is my Invisible Empire!"
"What Yhwach?" Hayato muttered, looking up and surveying his surroundings. When he turned his head, he glimpsed Kaiba subtly nodding at him. Without leaving a trace, he turned his head back to look at Tenma Yexing and said, "Speaking of which, you really do answer every question. You've certainly let us know a lot and resolved many of our long-standing doubts."
"Is that what you think? Heh heh, I just wanted to see the expression of despair you would show after you know the entire truth. To tell you the truth, even that door you passed through just now, did you really think you could open it by destroying the combination lock? Actually, I deliberately let you come here."
The device beside Tenma Yexing slowly opened, revealing a card placed inside. The sharp-eyed Hayato clearly saw that the Name written on the card was indeed **Tragoedia**.
"You will die here, and the spirits on your bodies will also be captured by me to become fodder for **Tragoedia**, making it even stronger. Let's start with you, Hayato Kobayashi!" As he spoke, Tenma Yexing picked up a Duel Disk from the side and put it on his hand. He then took out three cards from the Deck that was already on the Duel Disk, about to place them on the Duel Disk.
But just then, a loud noise suddenly came from above their heads!
"Boom!"
It seemed like it was the sound of an explosion coming from the Arc Reactor overhead. The violent vibration directly shattered a lot of the glass within the Underground Space. But what shocked Tenma Yexing the most was that the Arc Reactor's power supply suddenly stopped just like that! The device where **Tragoedia** was placed shut down instantly due to the pulse from the instant power outage, and **Tragoedia**'s card was locked inside the device!?
While Hayato and the others were attracting attention, Keipei, who was somehow wearing the glasses Kaiba had worn before, said with an excited expression: "Yosh! Loading the Self-Destruct Program success! Time taken: two and a half minutes. Only Brother is always so wasteful; I've wanted to blow something up for a long time too!"
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