Yu-Gi-Oh!: This is the real duel!

Through this duel, they learned a way to quickly become stronger: capture card-type spirits!

"Hmph~" The insect-moth crawled up from the ground, lightly patted the mud off its body, and sneered, "You win this time, Youche~"

"However, we also know your secret with Yugi Muto!"

"It won't be long before we find you again with powerful card spirits!!"

"When that time comes, I will use incredibly powerful spirit cards to snatch the three Egyptian God cards from your hands!!"

“That’s right!” Dinosaur Ryuzaki clenched his fist. “In the end, you’re just a bunch of guys who cheat by using Pokémon!”

"With the help of the card spirits, we can definitely be stronger than you!!"

"Just wait to be ruthlessly defeated by us, Yuzuriha!!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the two clowns turned and ran away, quickly disappearing into the street.

Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Youche couldn't help but worry about the card sprites scattered all over the world.

Ryuzaki the Dinosaur is alright, but that Insect Moth is really too despicable. Who knows what kind of harm he might do to get cards?

It seems necessary to resolve this incident as soon as possible, otherwise more and more people will be attacked by elves, and more and more card elves will be persecuted by unscrupulous duelists.

After retrieving the duel disk, Youche walked back to the card shop while pondering.

At the same time, a faint light appeared in front of them, and three fusion monsters, exuding a sweet fragrance and holding up a brand new card, appeared.

Youche glanced at it and saw that it was the Yoyo series fusion monster—Yoyo King!

【Yoyo King】

【Six Star】

[Light Attribute/Angel Race]

[Attack/Defense: 300/100]

[Mixed materials: Yoyo + Yoyo + Yoyo]

[Effect: When this card leaves the field, you can Special Summon as many YoYo cards as possible from your Graveyard.]

The children were very excited and happy as they waved the new card in front of Yuchi.

"Yo! (The Guardian is really amazing; we were able to generate cards from just one duel!)"

"Yoyo~ (Looks like we'll be able to go home soon~)"

But after carefully examining the card, the Disruptors couldn't help but ask disdainfully, "This card... why does it feel somewhat similar to the Disruptor King?"

"It seems so..."

"Isn't this plagiarism?"

"Yo~ (It's not plagiarism~)" Yoyo, with an absurdly good temper, happily flapped her wings and replied with a smile, "Yoyo! (It's clearly mutual help between the weak!)"

Inserting the new Fusion Monster into the card slot, Yuche looked at the few Tofu Angels floating around and suddenly smiled helplessly.

Although Yoyo has successfully created cards, which is a good start, if they continue like this, they will not be able to unleash their true power.

Without that angry Yoyo, even if you fill the entire field with Yoyo, you can only launch an attack using the cumbersome Weakness Magic Trap.

Ugh!

The road ahead is long and arduous.

Yoyo's temper...it's tough!

When Yugi returned, Yugi Muto had already gotten out of bed and started making breakfast. Upon seeing him, Yugi Muto awkwardly flipped the fried egg over, then forced a smile and greeted him: "Good morning, Yugi-kun. It seems you've found a new Pokémon."

You Che smiled and replied, "Yes, it was Gu Dong who guided me there."

Seeing that Yugi Muto looked a little tired, Yuzuru didn't ask any questions, but instead took the initiative to go into the kitchen to help out.

At eight o'clock in the morning, everyone who had just finished breakfast sat around in Yugi Muto's living room, and Sugoroku Muto poured steaming hot tea into everyone's cups.

Not long after, the clear doorbell rang from downstairs. Muto Soroku's eyes lit up and he quickly ran downstairs to open the door.

As footsteps echoed down the stairs, the familiar archaeology professor, Hopkins, arrived with his granddaughter, Rebecca, before the group.

Hopkins very gentlemanly took off his hat and greeted everyone.

Rebecca excitedly shouted "Darling!" and rushed towards Yugi, who had already appeared. Being hugged tightly by such a little girl, Yugi looked quite embarrassed. He had no choice but to go back into the Millennium Puzzle and let Yugi face his "little girlfriend" by himself.

"Ahem!" Seeing this, Xingzi cleared her throat and quickly asked, "Professor Hopkins, what exactly happened yesterday? Why are there suddenly card sprites all over the world?"

Seeing that everyone had started discussing serious matters, Rebecca also sat down, but still clung to Yugi Muto's arm.

Hopkins sat cross-legged, took a sip of hot tea, and slowly said:

"Where should I begin with this story..."

“I have studied ancient Egyptian stone tablets.”

"It was discovered that those in power at the time used witchcraft to seal human evil thoughts in stone tablets, and often summoned the sealed monsters for sacrifices and ceremonies."

"And this is also the beginning of the Dark Game."

Everyone nodded; these views were largely consistent with what they currently believed.

But then Professor Hopkins' words shocked everyone present: "At first, like many others, I thought that sealing or summoning monsters with stone tablets originated in ancient Egypt three thousand years ago."

"But until a few days ago, this view was completely overturned."

"In the recently discovered underwater ruins, we saw murals that are older than the Egyptian stone tablets. Based on our estimation, they are at least tens of thousands of years old!"

"In other words, that kind of ritual already existed ten thousand years ago."

"What?!" Jonouchi exclaimed in surprise. "Could it be that what those four swordsmen said last night was true?"

Muto Sugoroku, who had also participated in archaeological surveys, widened his eyes in disbelief: "This is a discovery that could overturn human history!"

“Yes!” Professor Hopkins nodded and continued, “There is more to the mural. From the patterns on it, we can see that it depicts a series of civilizations being destroyed by monsters.”

"In other words, there were many human civilizations before ours, but they were all eventually destroyed by the power of monsters."

At this point, Hopkins's expression became extremely solemn: "As for the card spirits that have suddenly appeared recently, they are very likely a harbinger of the destruction of civilization!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions froze again.

"So, do monsters really exist?" Honda, who used to scoff at the idea, has gradually changed his mind after experiencing so much. "But where do those things come from?"

Hopkins sighed, “What we call card spirits, what the ancient Egyptian dynasties called monsters three thousand years ago, and many other accounts mentioned throughout history... are in fact always the same group of monsters.”

"They come from another world, summoned by various human rituals."

"In some cases, dueling is also a ritual to summon them."

"So what should we do now?" Jonouchi gritted his teeth. "If everything that's been happening lately is really a harbinger of the world's destruction, then is there really no way we can fix it?"

Yugi Muto said with a grave expression, "Perhaps the Four Swordsmen of Doma know something, but we are in a very passive position. We have no idea how to find them or where to begin..."

Just then, You Che took out the crystal pendant he had found on the two duelists the night before and placed it in front of Professor Hopkins: "Professor, this is something I got from the Doma organization. See if you can find anything."

Professor Hopkins carefully picked up the two glowing crystals and exclaimed in surprise, "These are exactly the same crystals we saw on the seabed before! But... how were they made into pendants?! The hardness of this substance is simply impossible to extract with our current methods!"

"Great! With this, I can go back and start my research!"

"Youche, could I take this pendant back with me? Perhaps my laboratory can glean some useful information from it."

You Che, of course, could not refuse.

Professor Hopkins only took one piece. He was also aware that this crystal gem with mysterious power might help everyone at some point in the future, and having one crystal as research material was enough.

Around noon, the group arrived at the airport to see off Professor Hopkins and Rebecca. At this time, the armed forces had begun to try to suppress the rampaging Card Spirits, and the chaos in Domino City was temporarily relieved.

The number of sprites causing destruction on the streets had decreased significantly, and the bewildered crowd decided to go back to their respective homes.

You Che really wanted to help, but right now it wasn't a matter of intelligence, but rather a matter of time.

In the original story, it was Pegasus who guided the group, and he also provided the main characters with essential and powerful strength.

Before Pegasus sent the message, it was useless for Yu Che to know where the headquarters of the International Illusion Society was. Everyone had to use the key sent by Pegasus to get the cards and clues.

So all we can do now is wait.

late at night.

An unnamed island.

In the vast temple, a man with long white hair and a face as delicate as a woman stood beside the flickering firelight. In front of him was a huge relief, depicting a ferocious giant serpent. Beneath the serpent's sharp fangs were three slots for holding cards.

"Tap—tap—tap—"

Footsteps sounded from outside the temple. The four swordsmen of Doma, who had just returned, cautiously and respectfully reported, "Lord Daz... the Pharaoh and the others seem to be on guard. It seems the Egyptian Gods will have a hard time succeeding..."

“Hmm.” Daz slowly turned around, and in the firelight, his two eyes were different colors. “This was expected. The three Egyptian God cards are related to the Pharaoh’s memories of his past life, and he will never let anyone take them away easily.”

Antid asked, "So what should we do next? Continue to try and seize the God Cards?"

“Heh,” Daz sneered, “Opening the forbidden gate requires immense energy. The Egyptian Gods are a shortcut, but not the only path.”

"Now, the Pharaoh, eager to regain his memories, has fallen into my trap. Both the Millennium Stone Tablet and the God Card have been sealed by the great Serpent God."

"In order to rebuild a force strong enough to rival us, the Pharaoh will surely seek out new cards or spirits."

"While the Pharaoh is at his weakest, you must use the power of Orichalcos to gather as many offerings as possible to prepare for the god's impending resurrection!"

"At the same time, find enough powerful enough elves. As long as the energy accumulates to a certain level, even without the three Egyptian Gods, our god can still awaken from the forbidden gate!"

"Yes!" the four swordsmen of Dorma answered in unison.

After accepting the mission, the Four Swordsmen of Doma quickly left, and soon after, the roar of motorcycles could be heard outside the temple.

After his men left, Daz scanned the temple walls with his eyes. The walls were made of stone slabs with engraved patterns, and each slab imprisoned a soul sealed by the Orichalcos barrier.

Finally, Daz's gaze settled on the blank stone slab in the center, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

"Knock knock——————"

"Knock knock knock————————"

As dawn approached, You Che was suddenly awakened by a series of cautious knocks on the door.

He got out of bed, cautiously opened the door, and looked outside, but the person who had knocked was nowhere to be seen; only a package remained on the floor.

Looking at the familiar International Illusion Society logo, Youche could basically guess what was inside.

Upon opening the package, just as expected, it contained a videotape and a mysterious card.