Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Amon didn't know when "Danlito" disappeared.

He didn't even know when he stepped out of the elevator or why he was walking alone in this dark forest.

He saw that in the darkness, there was only a white light in the distance that continued to shine. Although the light was faint, it was the only reference that allowed him to determine the direction, so he kept moving towards the light.

In the darkness, Amon saw his childhood self.

After being adopted, he accepted all the education and cultivation from his adoptive parents, and studied all knowledge diligently, from liberal arts to etiquette, from programming to boxing. All courses were in accordance with the standards of the heir of the Gallem Foundation. In order to repay the grace of adoption, Amon also showed the level of a qualified heir as a response.

But everything gradually changed after his adoptive mother became pregnant. After the birth of his younger brother, who was also the biological son of his adoptive parents, the couple's attention was inevitably shifted to his younger brother. Their attention disappeared from themselves and they focused on caring for their newborn son.

The cheers of encouragement after I won a boxing match in the past disappeared, the gazes that stayed on me in the past disappeared, and even the figures of those who accompanied me outside the ring after I won the game disappeared.
Of course Amon understood the truth. It was obvious that the youngest son needed more care than the eldest son who was mature and sensible and made them feel at ease. This had nothing to do with whether Amon was adopted or not. And even if that was the case, it was understandable. After all, Amon knew that his identity as the "young master" was entirely due to the favor of his adoptive father. Originally, he could not even survive, and he was lucky to be where he is today.

Moreover, Sid is the biological son of his adoptive parents and is more qualified than himself.
When he came to his senses, Amon found himself standing in front of his younger brother Sid's bed as a child. With no one around, he was reaching out to Sid, who had no ability to resist! ?

Yes, as long as I exert force, the fragile body of the baby will not be able to survive. And when there is no one around, no one will know that I have been here, and I also know how to eliminate the evidence and clear my suspicion.

As long as Sid dies, the care of his lost parents will return to him, and he can become the person who carries the glory of the Gallum Foundation again.
But when he lowered his head, Amon saw Sid, who had woken up at some point, holding his thumb with his petite hand and smiling innocently.

——Really, what am I thinking about? I have already made up my mind, right?
The illusion before his eyes dissipated, and Amon saw himself back in the forest, about to reach the light.

He was not a person who was greedy for power. His life goal so far was only to repay the kindness of his parents who brought him up and serve the Gallem Group for life. For the Gallem Group and for Sid, he, Amon Gallem, had already decided to give everything he had.

Because——Amon Gallem was a being who should serve Sid Gallem.

Yes, that's all. Amon Gallem himself doesn't need any powerful strength. Even if this powerful card is already in his hands, the correct way to use it is to let the Gallem Foundation use it.

Holding a Duel Monster Card with a blurry surface, Amon Gallum stepped over the fallen Dan Lito, Professor Klaus and others, boarded the submarine that left the Duel Academy Island and returned to Egypt, the headquarters of the Gallum Foundation.

His operation was unprecedentedly smooth. With the cards obtained from the Duel Academy as research objects, the Gallem Group, which was already involved in the military industry, soon developed powerful weapons, and its status was further improved and even surpassed that of some small countries. The technology of the "new humans" stolen by other "Galem boys" was also applied to human body modification, allowing the Gallem Group to master the technology to mass-produce "enhanced humans" with similar abilities.

In such a wonderful situation, Amon suddenly found that at this time he was not continuing to be active in public as the eldest son of the Garlem Group, nor was he continuing to be a commercial spy. Instead, he was thrown into the Garlem Group's enhanced human manufacturing plant.

"He knows too many secrets of the Gallem Group, but he is not one of us. His existence is a threat to the group." A voice similar to that of his adoptive mother sounded.

"But we can't just dispose of it directly. After all, it has rare talent. However, using it as an experiment in human enhancement technology is also a good use of it, right?" A voice similar to that of his adoptive father sounded.

"It would be best if my useless and troublesome brother died. If he didn't die, we would know the limit of this technology. Anyway, I will torture my brother - no, torture this Amon who only has the last use value as an experimental consumable until he has a mental breakdown." The voice that Amon found most unbelievable was a voice similar to that of his younger brother Sid.

Amon could not see anything. He could only feel the gravity of the earth moving away from him. Then he felt a shudder of being in space because the surrounding space was too vast and he was too small. Then he felt suffocation, darkness, coldness, and despair lingering around him. Even more painful was the silent torture called "silence". Even if Amon opened his mouth to wail, he could not hear any sound - he could not even confirm whether he had made any sound.

An unknown amount of time passed in the darkness where even time seemed to have frozen. The familiar gravity captured Amon again. He felt himself falling, and felt his body heating up due to constant friction with the atmosphere under acceleration. His blood also became boiling hot. The despair just now was covered by complete pain, and a surge of anger rushed to Amon's forehead!

The darkness shattered and disappeared. After Amon blinked, he found himself still standing in front of Sid's bed, still extending his hand to him.

The environment was no different from before. No one was watching here. If he wanted to do something, no one would notice. Just like before, Sid quietly opened his eyes and stretched out his hand to hold Amon's thumb, but this time, the voice that Amon had heard before, similar to Sid's, sounded again, repeating what he had heard before.

"It would be best if my useless and troublesome brother died like this."

Repeating what he heard, Amon unconsciously shook off Sid's hand and wrapped his arms around the baby's neck. The soft and warm skin of the newborn made Amon involuntarily recall the unforgettable cold and suffocation he had felt before.

"It would be best if he died. If Sid died, then..."

"Yes, if you die, Sid, if you disappear--"

“Don’t let the darkness in your heart be aroused so easily, Amon Gallum—grit your teeth, or your tongue will be bitten off if you are not careful!” The sudden male voice and the severe pain in the abdomen broke the illusion in front of Amon. He found himself standing in the forest without knowing when, and one of “Danrito”’s hands was clenched into a fist against his abdomen. The pain at this moment was undoubtedly from the opponent’s punch to the abdomen.

Amon, who fell down due to severe pain and sat on the grass, was not the kind of idiot who could not recognize the situation and would shout "Why did you attack me?" He almost immediately realized that he was in an illusion. Although he did not understand the principle, it did not prevent him from understanding that the attack of "Danrito" just now was to help him get out of the illusion and regain consciousness before doing something irreversible - even if it was just an illusion.

"Thank you, Danrito." After thanking him earnestly, Amon's pain subsided a little, and he stood up by himself. He looked at his hands with a puzzled look on his face, "But was that an illusion just now? But I feel that it is more real than the reality I am in now."

——Whether it was the despair and pain that came from someone unknown, or the feeling of strangling her brother's neck.

"The human brain is so amazing. Even if it is an illusion caused by dark forces, the other party does not need to design the illusion perfectly. Just put a few important things in place at important nodes, just like the boss gives private goods when assigning a project. The rest of the people who are tricked by the plot in the illusion will complete it themselves."

"Fill in the things you notice with the most reasonable parts you can think of in your brain, and automatically ignore the things you don't notice, just like a dream? That's why you think it's so real." The masked man said indifferently, "And this is also the main reason why many Xiao Chu Nan's dreams always get stuck at the last step - the brain that helps them weave dreams does not have the materials to get to home base."

After a pause, Hayato looked in one direction: "However, you were able to sense our approach even though Professor Cobra was not here? I had already rushed here, but you recovered your strength by absorbing the duel energy, and you even have the ability to make people hallucinate remotely. I am really becoming more and more interested in you."

"Come on, Amon Gallum, you can't keep us waiting, or do you plan to recover here for a while?"

"I don't think the other party stopped recovering when I recovered. If I was just curious about what kind of card you were looking for before, now I feel it is necessary to confirm that the card has lost its power. I don't want to fall into hallucinations again." Amon shook his head and asked, "But-"

"Duel energy? That thing is not a secret. In fact, it is literally the energy generated by the duel. Of course, it is not the duel disk that is overheated due to long-term use or the red temperature of the player who lost the game. It is the energy generated by the interaction of the duelists' fighting spirit, the mixed emotions of both sides, and the power contained in the duel monster cards. It is usually dissipated in the air and cannot be detected by people."

"But, after wearing the collector like the one you have, it's different."

"Collector?" Amon looked at the "death bracelet" on his raised right hand with a face that was not unexpected. "No wonder it can detect the effect of absorbing energy."

"Although there are few devices on the market that require a rigid supply of energy to operate, this clean energy that can be generated only by human emotions will undoubtedly be the mainstream in the future." Hayato and Amon talked as they walked. They had already arrived at a river in the middle of the forest. However, the channel leading to the river was blocked, and the dry canal was bottomless. Not far away, there was a bridge across the canal.

"You know, even someone like Kaiba Seto hasn't developed any device using Duel Energy, so it's even more impossible for Professor Cobra to have a device that can use Duel Energy. But since Duel Energy has the word Duel in it, it's only natural that some Duel Monster Cards can also use this energy. That's why Professor Cobra gave you students that 'Death Bracelet'."

"It's just that the duel energy that would normally be released shouldn't cause John Anderson to have such a special reaction, right?" Amon was also very good at grasping the key points. He didn't say anything like "Since the other party wants to collect things that ordinary people can't use, let him collect them." Instead, he immediately thought of the changes that happened to John after the duel, "Also, why didn't other people besides John Anderson show the same degree of exhaustion during the duel?"

"If mosquitoes just suck a portion of your blood, there's nothing wrong with it, but the itchiness after being bitten is what annoys people the most. And that guy has already sucked away the duel energy, wouldn't it be a waste if he didn't suck away some physical strength as well?"

"As for John Anderson's situation, to be honest, I didn't expect it to be that serious, but I'll just confront that guy face to face later."

Hayato kicked the closed iron door open. Of course, there was no enemy waiting behind the door, because this was Professor Cobra's first day in the school. Apparently, he had not had time to persuade Sato Koji and others to work for him like in the original timeline. This underground base was almost empty except for Hayato and Amon.

Hayato strode in without worrying about any ambush, and the [Millennium Wheel of Wisdom] on his chest was still pointing the way. Hayato walked in the direction without hesitation and soon arrived at a monitoring room deep underground.

However, although it was the main monitoring room of the laboratory in the past, the space here is quite spacious. There is a cylindrical life-support cabin that was obviously moved here later. It stands in the center, and there are countless cables on the ground connected from other places. It is hard to imagine how efficient Professor Cobra is. Not only did he find a usable underground base so quickly, but he also completed the basic transformation of it.

Even considering that the other party came from the military, he was too efficient. However, given that he had a card that could use dark energy, it was possible that he had contact with someone outside of school who had worked in this place but was expelled?
Looking at the seemingly transparent, empty glass cabin, Hayato sneered, "About five or six years? He didn't give up thinking after floating in space for so long, but instead couldn't wait to bring people to invade my territory - Duel Academy as soon as he returned to Earth. That's right, after all, Judai is here."

"But do you think that the reason I didn't tear up your card is because you are strong, Yubel?"

In the glass cabin, several balls of bright yellow "liquid" floated up, and then an unidentified object with purple-red nerve protrusions on its surface appeared out of thin air in the glass cabin, scaring Amon who was following Hayato.

Then, the sphere suddenly opened its eyes. Even if it was only one eye, Hayato could interpret emotions such as viciousness, madness, hatred and anger from that look.

"Haha, I should say the same thing to you. You hurt Judai in front of me (referring to defeating Judai in a duel), let an unknown existence take away Judai's love for me (recommending Judai's hero deck), and the most hateful thing is that you separated Judai and me for such a long time. You have committed the most intolerable crimes in the world!"

"Onorei——Kobayashi Hayato!" (End of this chapter)