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Chapter 1703 Hey Seahorse, your days of messing around with experiments are over
"Power-on test, countdown, three, two, one!"

The current was suddenly released after the button was pressed on the seahorse. The violent current was transformed into a stable and strong magnetic field, which slowly pushed and continuously accelerated the rotating part in the center, which was temporarily made of refined dyne ore.

Then, Kaiba suddenly pulled the control lever to the lowest negative value, and the violent current disappeared abruptly. However, the dyne ore component that was already floating and spinning did not show any signs of stopping. Instead, after Kaiba pressed another button and injected the liquid duel energy he had collected earlier into the container where the ore component was located, it spun even faster!

"Buzz—" A weak electric current was generated as the ore component rotated and cut the magnetic field. The golden dyne ore rotating component was immersed in the same golden duel energy liquid and began to generate current in the opposite direction!
"Check the duel energy consumption, Keihei!" Kaiba called out, turning to his side.

“Okay, the initial injection value is 100cc, and the concentration is 10% of the standard value generated by the duel between Hayato Kobayashi and Seto Kaiba, which is equivalent to 1000% of the normal duel energy produced by Kaiba Park.” Guiping retrieved the data from the solution detection device installed at the bottom of the “magnetic field rotation” device installed in the dyne ore. “Currently, the current generation is 30 billion joules per second, the duel energy concentration has decreased by 10%, and the consumption rate is about 1cc per second. As the concentration decreases, the current generation also decreases, but it still remains above 20 billion joules.”

"Is the concentration still too high? Hmph, the current technology is simply not mature enough. To generate electricity using duel energy, we still need to find a suitable energy concentration, and the rotating components also need to be optimized to a certain extent." With his habitual snort, Kaiba listed the shortcomings of the device in front of him, but a smile gradually appeared on his face. "However—it's a success! A device that puts duel energy into practical use!"

"It will become an important device that carries duelists and dueling monsters to a higher status. Its absolutely clean energy, which is completely pollution-free, will be a dimensional destruction compared to other power generation methods. Its extremely high power generation efficiency is like a world-destroying flood. Only it can remain high above and become the ruler of the new world after everything else in the power generation field has been destroyed!"

Hearing Kaiba's words, Keipei raised an eyebrow: "Brother, you're not planning to name this thing 'Ark Reactor,' are you? Absolutely not, you'll get sued for copyright infringement, you'll definitely get sued."

"Hmph, idiot, that kind of naming is so tasteless." Seahorse sneered and proudly told Keiping his idea, "Of course I'm going to name it 'Seahorse Engine'!"

"..." Keihei looked at the smug-looking Kaiba and sighed helplessly, "I should go buy the rights to that manga first. I shouldn't have had any expectations of your naming talent, brother. Hayato's 'Lesson 1' is still too useful, 'Don't have any strange expectations of me'."

"But are you sure it's okay? Hayato's signal has completely disappeared from here. Will he really not encounter any danger in the other world?"

When Keihei didn't even approve of his perfect name, Kaiba initially wanted to argue how good the name "Kaiba Engine" was. If all else failed, he actually had alternatives such as "Blue-Eye Reactor," "Burst Rotor of Destruction," and "Ultimate Invincible Thunder Cosmic Rotor."

However, when Keihei interrupted by mentioning Hayato, Kaiba didn't dwell too much on the topic of his naming talent. Instead, he spoke with even more confidence than before: "Your worries are unnecessary. Is Kobayashi Hayato some kind of boring weakling? It's good enough that he doesn't become a threat to other beings."

"That's true. Besides, when you communicated with Hayato before, he didn't seem nervous at all. Hmm, doesn't that make me seem like I'm clueless for worrying about Hayato's safety?"

Hearing Guiping's words, Kaiba's lips curled up: "No, there are plenty of people who are even more clueless than you in this regard."

"Hey, Kaiba!" The tightly closed gate was flung open, and Jonouchi strode in, heading straight for Kaiba. "Your days of tinkering with all that messy experiments are over! Hayato has traveled through time again. Hand over the way to bring him back. I know you definitely have it!"

"Hmph, a mediocre person is a mediocre person. He can't see any point in the invention I just completed." Kaiba glared back at Jonouchi without hesitation. "If you want it, come and get it yourself, but you know the rules."

"I knew you'd say that!"

However, just as Jonouchi was about to continue, Yugi and the others, who had also arrived at the Kaiba Corporation and found Kaiba in the laboratory under Isono's guidance, also arrived late. "Wait a minute, Jonouchi!"

Honda patted Jonouchi's shoulder and complained, "You, how come you always seem to get ten years younger every time you meet with Kaiba? You start arguing before you've even finished three sentences."

“I also want to say this to you, brother. You’re twenty-four years old, but you act like you’re fourteen when you’re with Jonouchi.” Keihei said to Kaiba, “You were the one who told Yugi and the others about Hayato’s disappearance, and you even had Isono bring them here. But as soon as Jonouchi arrives, you start teasing him. Is it that funny?”

"..." The seahorse turned its head away in silence. "...I didn't do that kind of thing."

"Is this... being tsundere?" Bakura tilted his head and asked in confusion.

Recently, everyone has been relatively busy and has been getting together in Domino City. However, they unexpectedly learned from Kaiba that Hayato had "again" traveled through time. As a result, not only the four "regulars" of Jonouchi, Yugi, Honda, and Kyoko, but also Bakura came along.

"Honestly, he's such a grown man and still the same as before." Kyoko sighed, not expecting to be able to communicate well with Kaiba, and instead looked at the more reliable Keihei and asked, "So, Keihei, did Hayato really time travel again?"

"Just like the 'Pyramid of Light' incident before?" Yugi asked with concern. "Is there any way to bring him back from the world of the card spirits over there?"

Among those present, Yugi, Kaiba, and Jonouchi were all chosen by the "Nameless Dragons" in the past and had been to that spirit world for a very short time. Hayato had also been to the world where the "Nameless Dragons" lived.

However, Hayato's return at that time mainly relied on the rift that Dartz had pried open between the human and spirit worlds, the power lent by the nameless dragons, Dartz's ongoing extraction of the power of the "Three Egyptian Gods" from the other side of time and space, and most importantly, the summoning ritual that Arai guided Hayato to complete using the Winged Dragon of Ra as a coordinate. All of these factors combined to complete Hayato's return from the spirit world. However, after defeating Dartz, although the "nameless dragons" left their power in Yugi and the others, their true forms had long since returned to the spirit world and entered a long slumber, much like Noah and Tiga, who left behind their stone statues and light everywhere.

—After all, the wounds left on the Nameless Dragons by the "Sealing War" ten thousand years ago have never fully healed. Although the Nameless Dragons revealed the true form of the unified [Dragon-Timaeus] in the final battle with Dartz six years ago, too much of that was obtained through exploitation. In order to heal and fully recover, the Nameless Dragons would have to sleep for ten or twenty years.

Then there are the "Three Egyptian Gods." The Egyptian Gods who guarded the Pharaoh were also buried underground along with Atem in the final "Duel Ritual" five years ago. Even after Hayato regained [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra] after the "Dark Side of the Dimension" incident, the card that allowed [Ra] to reside was restored by the power of [Quantum Cube]. Hayato was able to summon [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra] entirely on his own.

Not to mention that the card of [Ra] was not isolated outside the [Pyramid of Light] like it was back then, so it was not taken away when Hayato traveled through time but remained in the human world as a coordinate. This time, [Ra] disappeared from the world along with Hayato.

The gap between the elven and human worlds goes without saying. Opening the passage between the two worlds without authorization is a very dangerous thing—whether for humans or elves. To pry open the gap between the worlds that have already closed is not only impossible, but the cost is far too high.

In summary, it can be basically declared that the methods used to bring Hayato back to the human world are completely ineffective. However, Yugi and the others have not forgotten that when Kaiba informed them of Hayato's disappearance, he indicated that he had contacted Hayato and had a way to bring him back.

Come to think of it, Hayato is Yugi's friend, but he is also Kaiba's friend. Even Yugi and Jonouchi might not have been as anxious as Kaiba when they learned of Hayato's disappearance.

But looking at Kaiba's calm and collected demeanor, who couldn't tell that he was absolutely confident in bringing Hayato back?
"Hmph, of course I have a way to bring Kobayashi Hayato back, but what's the rush for something like that?" He always looked down on Jonouchi and Kaiba, but he was much more normal when talking to Yugi. "Even if I bring Kobayashi Hayato back, my Blue-Eyes hasn't completed its new evolution yet, and I'm not confident I can defeat him right now. If I can't defeat him immediately, what's the point of bringing him back?"

"What my brother means is that Hayato isn't in a hurry to come back!" Knowing that Kaiba couldn't speak, Keihei quickly added before Kaiba got angry with him in the castle, and then turned to Kaiba with a hint of reproach, "Brother, don't say things that are so easy to misunderstand."

"Is there anything wrong with it?" Haima did not reflect on his own actions at all, believing that what he said was what he truly felt.

Although Hayato didn't explicitly say it during their communication, it was clear that he had anticipated arriving in another world. His resistance when Hayato offered to bring him back indicated that he had things to do there and didn't need Hayato to rush him back. After all, Hayato also possessed Hayato's so-called "New-Type" abilities, and even simple intuition was enough to make a judgment.

Hayato wasn't in a hurry. He had just finished testing the dyne ore and hadn't even successfully synchronized with it once yet, so he wasn't in a rush to duel with Kobayashi Hayato. Since neither of them was in a hurry, they could take it slow.

Fortunately, everyone present, except for Jonouchi, understood Kaiba's stubborn and tsundere personality and didn't misunderstand anything. Honda, however, was a little puzzled: "Speaking of which, they can even make calls to other worlds? Kaiba Group's technology is amazing now?"

“Normally, it’s impossible, but who can blame us when the person who traveled through time is Hayato?” Keihei shrugged. “Not only did he leave a signal transmitter on Hayato’s side to monitor his location around the clock, but he also built a special communication device into Hayato’s mobile phone terminal, which can use a principle similar to ‘communication duel’ to conduct real-time communication that ignores time and space.”

"Is it the device used in that duel in space not long ago? I heard Malik mention it." After a pause, Bakura couldn't help but retort, "He described it so vividly that I almost thought he was in space at the time too."

"Being able to communicate regardless of time and space, does that also mean that it can be used to bring Hayato back?" Jonouchi's focus was a little different. "Although we don't know what Hayato is going to do there, we can start experimenting as soon as possible. It's better than waiting until Hayato encounters danger and has to return immediately before we start trying."

"You think you can bring people over just because you can communicate? When you order takeout over the phone, do you just take it out of the phone line? You mediocre person!" Kaiba mocked Jonouchi without any politeness. "Don't get me wrong. The communication duel device can only do duels. And Hayato's device can barely be used for communication or even for transmitting duel energy."

"You want to use that kind of thing to teleport Kobayashi Hayato back? Unless you have a Duel Monster Card that has the ability to teleport, you can try to use a communication duel to activate the space tunnel with duel energy and bring Kobayashi Hayato over."

"I happen to know of one of those monsters." As the head of the card design department at the International Illusion Society, even though Pegasus was the one who created the [Sapphire Beast], Yugi knew that Pegasus had already used the last stone to create the [Ultimate Sapphire God - Rainbow Dragon] card and given it to John, who was currently at the Duel Academy. He just didn't know if Pegasus had activated it yet.

Kaiba also knew of the existence of the [Ultimate Jewel God - Rainbow Dragon], but he did not place any hope in it: "I know what you're thinking, but there's no need for that. I never said that was the way I planned to bring Kobayashi Hayato back."

As he spoke, Haima pointed behind him, drawing the attention of the game team to the dyne ore component on the screen. After automatically optimizing and adjusting its values, it had reached the optimal concentration and was operating at high speed. A continuous stream of energy was being produced from it!

"Rejoice! You are the first people besides Guiping and me to witness the birth of this great work. With an energy output of three billion joules per second, it is enough to supply the electricity consumption of an entire city. This revolutionary innovation in the field of energy will rewrite the course of the world."

"But more importantly, this energy output can also be used to power something to run at full capacity."

Behind the "Haima Engine" that outputs energy, a motorcycle-shaped machine is illuminated, but there is a large missing section in the center of it, making it look like a piece of "scrap metal" without a power source.

　Following the Mocha card in 1301, the 【wake-cup】 series has released a Caramel Macchiato card in 1302. It seems like it's going to become a series, with one card for each number box in issue 13.
　　Waiting for the next wave of "Pour Auntie a cappuccino"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)