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

No, nothing is right!!

While the suspects were being dealt with at Duel Arena 4, the KC Group also launched a manhunt at Duel Arena 6.

Vivian Wong, fresh from her victory, arrogantly mocked her opponent and excitedly proclaimed herself "the number one female duelist." But before she could celebrate for long, a group of burly men in suits rushed in and dragged away her just-defeated opponent—Iiharu Konosuke…

Chapter 272 The Real Behind the Scenes

Everything was proceeding according to Sieg Lloyd's plan.

Although his attack was blocked by the ordinary player in front of him with a quick-play spell card that could restore LP, he was still confident that he could defeat him.

Looking sideways into the distance, he saw that two of his three baits had already been bitten by fish, so he figured... the last bait would be about to take effect soon.

To his surprise, even after a long time had passed, Makino Soichiro, dressed as a detective, was still dueling, and no one went to disturb him.

"How is this possible?!"

Sieg Lloyd was secretly alarmed, suspecting that something had gone wrong.

Under his deception, the three of them did some things at White Dragon Paradise as he asked. Although he promised that the virus hard drive would definitely modify all the surveillance footage, in fact, the hard drive had no other function except to infiltrate the Giant Egg Arena.

How could this be?

Soichiro Makino should have been arrested as well...

Seto Kaiba, are you so incompetent that you couldn't even find such an obvious clue?!

White Dragon Paradise, Giant Dome Arena Control Room.

Seto Kaiba searched for evidence related to Soichiro Makino with a serious expression.

To this day, the problem of the simulation system going out of control remains unresolved, and despite interrogation, they have been unable to obtain any useful clues from Kawakaze Chikuzen and Iiharu Konosuke.

In Seto Kaiba's view, Souichirou Makino is the ultimate mastermind. If they can capture him, they can find the key to solving the system's malfunction. But the problem is...

After searching for so long, he couldn't find a single clue!

In the dueling arena, Makino Soichiro smiled faintly.

Whether it's a duel or a conspiracy, he has gained the upper hand.

The person in charge of secretly investigating the virus-infected hard drive was Chikuzen Kawakaze, but when he got his hands on it, Soichiro Makino had already analyzed it and seen through Sieg Lloyd's scheme to betray them.

He had no feelings for the other two clowns, so naturally he couldn't help them.

His tampering with the hard drive was limited to his own advantage. Combined with the pre-planned route, Makino Soichiro successfully paralyzed Sieg Lloyd without leaving any clues for Seto Kaiba to follow.

"What's wrong? Duel King, it's your turn now," Makino Soichiro said calmly.

You Che came to his senses and noticed the changes in the situation.

The other two have already been arrested and dealt with, but Makino Soichiro is the only one who hasn't, which means that something unexpected has happened to Seto Kaiba.

In any case, he must first finish the duel that is currently taking place.

Looking back at Makino Soichiro's battlefield, it was a defensive line composed of two high-attack dragon-type monsters, and a Continuous Spell Card that could cause direct damage—Soul Exosome.

Based on previous assessments, Makino Soichiro's deck must be filled with a large number of Continuous Spell Cards, which are the projectiles used by Gravity Dragon to destroy monsters.

Therefore, his primary task now is to deal with that monster. Without Gravity Dragon, Makino Soichiro's fighting power will definitely be weakened.

"You're wrong. My final card wasn't meant to replenish my hand," Youche refuted his opponent's earlier reasoning. "It was the key to destroying you—disrupting the Triangle Hurricane!!"

"Your attack was indeed fierce; you took down five of my monsters in one turn."

"However, the Disruptive Monsters possess a powerful resurrection ability; this round, they will return to the battlefield!!"

"My turn! Draw a card!!"

"Activate the Spell Card - Disrupt Mandala!!"

"Pay 1000LP to Special Summon one Disruptor Yellow, one Disruptor Green, and one Disruptor Black from the Graveyard!!"

"Activate the Spell Card again—Disruptive Triangle Hurricane!!"

"When you have Disruptive Yellow, Disruptive Green, and Disruptive Black on your field, destroy all cards on your opponent's field!!!"

"Beep beep beep beep————————————"

Cruise control, LP: 2800→1800

"boom------------------"

The three-colored light swirled rapidly across the battlefield, eventually transforming into a vortex that unleashed a raging storm that swept towards the enemy's territory!

But Makino Soichiro simply adjusted his monocle, flipped open the card, and retorted, "Then I'll use this card to dispel your idea."

"Counter Trap Card activated - The Palace's Bribe!"

"Your opponent draws a card from their deck to negate and destroy the activation of Disruptive Triangle Hurricane!!"

"bite----------------"

A golden coin flicked into Youche's hand and transformed into a brand new card. In return, the storm that had just been stirred up vanished at an extremely fast speed.

While the players were resting, Wang Yang kept an eye on the battle between Yu Che and Cheng Nei.

Judging from the situation, neither of them is in a good position, as their opponents have the upper hand.

The situation inside the castle was far worse than that of the garrison...

"Darling!!!"

Just as Yugi was thinking, a familiar sobbing voice sounded from behind. Yugi, who had some PTSD, scurried back into the Millennium Puzzle just before Rebecca came to hug him, leaving Yugi to deal with his clingy "darling" sister.

"Huh? What's wrong, Rebecca?" Yugi Muto asked, blushing.

Rebecca wiped away her tears and said, "Peacock Dance is really strong, I couldn't beat her... Now I can't go and vent my anger on that arrogant girl!!"

"An arrogant woman?" Yugi Muto was taken aback.

At this moment, Peacock Dance walked over and smiled, "It's that strange woman who insisted on being Yu Che's dueling partner—Vivian Wong. But don't worry, Rebecca. I will never let her get the title of the number one female duelist!"

As the three were talking, the out-of-control projection exploded again beside them. The slightly shaking ground made them realize that if this continued, the competition would probably be canceled and the venue would be destroyed.

“Rebecca!” Yugi Muto said seriously, “Aren’t you a computer genius? Maybe only you can help Kaiba now!”

Rebecca wiped away her tears, hugged the teddy bear in her arms, and nodded: "Yes! I was only thinking about the competition! If this continues, I'm afraid many children will get hurt. I'll go help Kaiba right now!"

"Sister Peacock Dance, the task of defeating that arrogant woman is now entrusted to you!"

"Your skill level is really impressive. I... I don't think I'll be able to beat you for a while..."

Mai patted Rebecca's head and laughed, "But you have a lot of potential. With your talent, it probably won't be long before you defeat me. Go find Kaiba without worry; that strange woman won't last more than a few rounds against me!"

"Okay!!" Rebecca said, and ran towards the park's control room.

"Hey! Contestants aren't allowed in here!"

The commotion at the entrance caught Kaiba Keihei's attention. When he saw that it was Rebecca, who had previously resolved the crisis at the Dome Arena, who was running towards him, he immediately ordered the guards to let him through.

Rebecca, a computer genius, sat down next to Seto Kaiba and began typing skillfully on the keyboard. Her small hands were unusually nimble, and her typing speed was just as fast as Seto Kaiba's.

Distracted by other matters, Seto Kaiba was worried about lacking a capable assistant when Rebecca arrived. Even the usually arrogant Seto had to admit that this girl was indeed a rare genius.

Within minutes, the malfunction of the park's simulation system was quelled.

Rebecca wiped the sweat from her forehead and turned to say, "President Kaiba, I just replaced the original program with a temporary backup control program, but I'm afraid this method won't last long."

Seto Kaiba nodded and said, "That's enough. As long as I can hold out for a while, I can focus on investigating Souichirou Makino! Once we arrest this guy, the tournament can proceed as normal!"

"Lord Seahorse! A new discovery!!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the door. Seto Kaiba turned around and saw that it was Isono, his assistant who had been given a day off!

Seto Kaiba was taken aback.

"Isono? Didn't you go on vacation?" Kaiba Keihei asked in surprise.

Isono rushed over carrying a document and said respectfully in a loud voice, "I saw on the news that Hakuryu Park had a malfunction, and I thought that Lord Kaiba might need me, so I bought a return ticket and just got here today!"

"Isono, what did you find?" Seto Kaiba opened the file, but inside was a clue about a seemingly unrelated person—Sieg Lloyd!

Isono reported, "Lord Kaiba! From the moment the accident occurred, I investigated the information of all the contestants. Although on the surface this Sieg Lloyd has no connection with this crisis, I feel that he looks very familiar!"

"Familiar?" Seto Kaiba finally realized the same thing.

Isono said, "Please allow me to speak frankly. Before I took care of Lord Kaiba, I was always the assistant to young Master Kaiba Noa. I met Sieg Lloyd when he was young at a ball related to a business marriage."

"He is none other than the eldest son of the Lloyd family, a former rival of the KC Group that made its fortune in military radar!"

"His identity here this time is clearly fake!!"

"I'm afraid the real mastermind isn't one of the three descendants of the five giants, but this guy disguised as a down-on-his-luck rich kid!!"

Hearing these words, some of Seto Kaiba's memories were finally awakened.

During the Naia incident, he had heard about arranged marriages, and he also seemed to have met this Sieg Lloyd in person at a party when he was a child.

At this moment, all the hazy memories became exceptionally clear, and Seto Kaiba finally recognized the person's true identity.

"Great! So those three were probably just bait Sieg threw out!" Seto Kaiba said. "Now all we need to do is investigate this guy!!"

Just as he was about to continue searching the database, his capable assistant, Iso, handed over the evidence documents.

“No need, President Kaiba!” Isono said. “Just now, the company received a video recording, which is enough to arrest Sieg Lloyd!”

"A video?! Who sent it?" Seto Kaiba immediately became alert.

Isono shook his head: "I don't know, maybe they're competitors of the Lloyd family."

Seto Kaiba had no time to worry about these things; maintaining the normal operation of the tournament was the most important thing. He began to work on arresting Sieg Lloyd, and when he looked up at the monitor again, Yosai Jounouchi had already been defeated by that guy. In the entire round of 16, only Yusuke and Makino Soichiro's group remained.

"Bang!"

The shattered spell card transformed into streams of light, but Yuche was not discouraged. He used the Disruption Monster on the field as material to summon yet another Spirit:

"Offer sacrifices to disrupt yellow and disrupt green!!"

"Superior Summoning!!"

"Dark Magician!!!"

Two streaks of light, one yellow and one green, drifted away, transforming into a crimson curtain. The Dark Mage, Hemeroth, gracefully emerged from it, pointing his staff at the enemy!

Dark Magician