Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Seeing Dartz disappear, Yugi also wore a strange expression: "Strange, why did that Dartz just now give off a completely different feeling than the previous one?"

"Even though the opponent that Jonouchi and I recreated from our memories is not much different from the real person in terms of speaking style, it shouldn't be as similar to another real person as Dartz, right?"

"What? It seems that the seahorse's invention isn't very good either." Although Jonouchi also felt that "Darz in my heart" was behaving strangely, he didn't think much of it and instead took the opportunity to tease the seahorse.

"Hmph, can't even understand the normal product development process?" Kaiba glanced at Jonouchi with disdain. "If I could optimize this dueling system to perfection after just one use, why would I need you guys for testing?"

"Although we don't know the details of that 'Dartz,' considering that he is based on Hayato Kobayashi's memories, and Hayato knows much more about Dartz than we do, it's probably normal for special circumstances to arise."

As Haima spoke, he walked to a machine at the edge of the field and began to adjust the data using the virtual keyboard, seemingly intending to take the opportunity to check if there had been any problems.

Hayato, on the other hand, simply jumped over the railing without taking the elevator and landed lightly on the ground, holding a card in his hand.

"【Messenger of the Underworld】, Get-DA☆ZE!"

Hayato shouted, suddenly raising the card in his hand.

Although the opponent in the battle is "Dartz in my heart", this does not prevent Hayato's system from recognizing him as the real Dartz and then performing a card drop check on him after Hayato ends the duel.

Because it is "Darz in my heart", the deck he uses is somewhat different from his own, which leads to a change in the list of cards that can be dropped through battle. Hayato did not see cards like [Evil Legacy], but instead got a brand new [Messenger of the Underworld].

Its appearance condition has evolved from the original "when you have no cards on your field and you are damaged by cards controlled by the opponent" to "regardless of whether you have cards on your field or whether the damage was caused by the opponent, as long as your Life Points are damaged", it can automatically appear from your hand and recover 2000 Life Points.

Later, the effect of the original "Special Summon Token [Kain]" was changed to Special Summon another [Messenger of the Underworld] from the hand, Deck, or Graveyard. The ability to reflect damage when the damage received is effect damage was also removed, and replaced with the ability to directly destroy two Attack Position monsters on the opponent's field.

Its effect is no longer restricted by the type of damage received, but can be activated at will. It even has a new ability: it can reclaim one Trap Card from the Graveyard and set it on the field during the End Phase of the turn it is Special Summoned.

Hayato was certainly happy to receive the new card, but he also confirmed a suspicion he had had. In the past, he had fought against Kaiba's Duel Robots quite a few times, and even against Duel Robots that imitated him.

However, the duels with those robots never triggered the system's judgment, as if it was determined that duelists could only grow by dueling with humans, and that no matter how difficult it was to fight against humans or robots, it could not be considered a real duel—in short, a judgment method that enraged the seahorse, which was very good at fighting against humans or robots.

However, Hayato's duel with "Darts in His Heart" just now resulted in a victory with "no damage taken" and he even got this new card as loot—no matter how you look at it, Darts just now was definitely not right!
"The data is all normal." However, after checking the data, Kaiba came to this conclusion: "It seems that the data cache was not completely cleared after the previous game and the use of the mediocre, which caused Hayato to mistakenly call the previous two sets of data when you reproduced Darts."

"That's why he behaves strangely and says some odd things."

Confident in his conclusions, the seahorse crossed his arms and snorted, "Hmph, I knew it. There are no such strange and bizarre things in the world. The nature of ghosts and supernatural events can be easily grasped by modern science."

"Sigh, just keep believing in science. Once the game gets married, you'll be the last bachelor in the 98 graduating class of Domino City High School." Hayato glanced at the "mysterious white-haired female ghost" behind Kaiba, shrugged, and made a helpless gesture, as if he had tried his best.

"I knew it! As expected, this machine is no good. It broke down like this after only three uses," Jonouchi said with a laugh. "These days, most high-tech electronic products should have automatic cache clearing functions to avoid wasting memory, right?"

"Idiot, do you even know what memory is?"

Seeing that Jonouchi and Kaiba were about to start arguing again, Yugi and Hayato made no attempt to stop them. Instead, they walked outside together, leaving the two of them alone. After all, these two wouldn't actually fight; no matter how heated their argument got, it would just end up being a duel anyway.

Perfect timing! Jonouchi and Kaiba are right next to the dueling ring, aren't they? Let's leave this space for Jonouchi to bicker to his heart's content, and let the two of them go outside for some peace and quiet.

—Although it's called a new type of dueling robot, the dueling platform that the group just used hasn't been specially modified. It's just that a special USB drive has been inserted into the control panel next to the platform.

When the USB drive is inserted, the program stored inside the machine will automatically gain control of the dueling arena with administrator privileges, thereby calling the virtual projection system to project and reproduce the "opponent in one's mind." As long as the USB drive is removed, the dueling arena will still function normally.

As Hayato and Yugi turned to leave, Kaiba and Jonouchi quickly "started fighting." Before the door was even closed, the sound of the dueling ring starting up could be heard behind Yugi and Hayato, along with the two kids, who were arguing like elementary school students, shouting "Duel" in unison.

Stepping out of the room, Hayato and Yugi entered the hallway, which led to the lobby. Without the soundproof door, which had a touch of high-tech sophistication, Hayato and Yugi were immediately surrounded by a cacophony of noise.

"The Seahorse Park is as crowded as ever!" Seeing the bustling scene outside, and the children who excitedly ran towards their "private rooms" with their friends after confirming their location, the game player exclaimed and couldn't help but smile.

"Hey, you kids over there!" A girl shouted angrily at the elementary school students in the corridor, "Don't run around here! Watch your step!"

"You're so long-winded, Meat Bun Girl!" Hearing the purple-haired girl with pigtails say this, the elementary school students completely ignored her advice and even made faces at her. "Hehehe, Meat Bun Girl who sneaks meat buns during work hours!"

"Hey!" Hearing the brats' words, the purple-haired girl's eyes widened in anger, and she took a step, as if she was about to chase after them.

"Oh no, that guy is coming! Waaaaah!" Seeing the other party's movements, the kids immediately chose to "get lost," turned around, ran into the private room, and closed the door.

"Hey, get out here, you brats!" The angry purple-haired girl found that the brats seemed to have locked the door. Unable to do anything about the soundproof door, she could only knock angrily and then give up.

Turning her head, she saw Yugi and Hayato looking at her because of the commotion earlier.

Yugi just smiled, while Hayato generously raised his hand and waved, "Yo~" "Strange people." The purple-haired girl frowned and muttered to herself, but still stepped forward and asked, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

As the other person approached, the game suddenly noticed that the other person was wearing an armband with the words "Social Services" written on it.

Although the elementary school students said that the girl in front of them was someone who "ate meat buns during her work hours," the game realized after seeing the armband that she was actually participating in the school's community service activities.

This is also a traditional activity at Domino City High School, where he, Hayato, Jonouchi, and Kaiba once attended. The activity involves older students helping the elderly clean windows, weeding for those who are unwell, and cooking for those who are unable to take care of themselves.

Upon closer inspection, although the colors are quite different, the style of the uniform worn by the other person is exactly the same as that of Kyoko's school uniform, indicating that the other person is clearly a student from Domino City High School.

This girl's social service project is probably working as a guide and visitor service staff at Kaiba Park? That's why she approached Hayato and Yugi after seeing them and asked if they needed help.

As for why the other party didn't recognize Yugi and Hayato, it's because Hayato always pays attention to his presence when he's out in public, and he had long ago used the ability of the [Quantum Cube] to make it impossible for people to detect their true identities.

However, there is a flaw in making it impossible for people to recognize the two of them: Yugi and Hayato, who are locals of Domino City, are mistaken by the girl in front of them for tourists from out of town.

"Ah, we don't need any help or directions," Yugi waved his hand and said with a smile. "Actually, we just finished using the private duel arena and wanted to go outside to rest for a while."

"I see. After all, fighting monsters is a very physically and mentally demanding sport."

The girl smiled knowingly upon hearing this. Then, as if remembering something, she added, "However, there are a lot of people visiting the Seahorse Park today, so the lobby might not be suitable for resting."

Although he is a card-playing genius and a dragon addict with a proud personality, Kaiba has always cared about his dream of "Kaiba Paradise" since he was a child. After he was able to realize it and promote it to the world, Kaiba took advantage of the high profits from Duel Monsters and launched a special promotional event.

Although there is still a "venue fee" at Kaiba Park on a regular basis - if you want to use the dueling ring in the public area for dueling, you need to buy at least one pack of Duel Monsters cards for 150 yen, and then you can use it for a whole day. Buying five packs will also get you a free drink.

However, every Saturday, Seahorse Park is open all day for free, and the public dueling arena, the dedicated dueling rooms, and all kinds of Duel Monsters-themed rides are all free for people to enjoy.

Furthermore, considering that Seahorse Park has a special mechanism—you accumulate special DP points during your regular visit, such as completing a duel or watching a monster movie, these points can be used for various purposes within Seahorse Park.

It's fair to say that Seahorse Park was already a difficult project to profit from, and its weekly open days on Saturdays were practically a money-burning scheme. No wonder Guiping is no longer keen on coming to Seahorse Park—not just because he's in high school now, but also because he can't stand seeing it lose money!
"If we continue to lose money at this rate, Haima Group will go bankrupt in another seven hundred years!"

Thinking of this, Hayato and Yugi even hallucinated hearing Keipai's complaints.

It has to be said that Kaiba really doesn't know how to pick a day. He chose a free open day at Kaiba Park to invite Hayato and the others to test the new dueling system, which is why the outside is now packed with people. Just as the girl said, it's not a good time to rest.

"However, there shouldn't be many people on the fifth floor."

The girl suddenly said, and the game player thought for a moment, "If it's the fifth floor, I remember that floor is the screening area?"

“Yes, although we can usually see cheap 4D movies in the screening area, it becomes the least crowded place on open days.” The girl nodded. “So, today, it’s actually a good place to relax.”

"Oh, thank you so much then." The game expressed its gratitude to the girl.

"It's nothing, it's what I should do in this job."

She subconsciously performed a proper etiquette, seemingly indicating good family upbringing. Then, realizing that she was now engaged in social service rather than socializing, the girl quickly folded her hands in front of her, bowed, and performed the etiquette she had learned during her training.

They didn't interact much. The girl watched Hayato and Yugi leave, and as she gazed at their retreating figures, she suddenly felt strange, as if she had definitely seen those two somewhere before. But, those two people were so conspicuous in appearance.

The person's hairstyle was like a starfish, and it came in three colors: black, yellow, and purple. It felt like once you met them, no one would forget them.

And let's not even mention the other person's almost otherworldly good looks; he must be nearly two meters tall, right? In the Far East, he's practically a moving mountain range!

"Yukino-chan, are you busy over there?" A female voice suddenly sounded in the earpiece. "There are just too many kids in the lobby, I need help!"

"Huh? Even Reika-chan can run into a problem she can't handle? She's supposed to be the 'Chairperson'!"

"Gulp—Yukino-chan, that's so mean! How could you tease me with a nickname like that?"

"Haha, okay, I was just kidding. I'm coming right now."

Upon hearing her friend Hara Reika's plea for help while participating in community service, the purple-haired girl Fujiwara Yukino walked towards the lobby.

Passing by the small shop in the lobby, seeing the dazzling array of souvenirs and dueling equipment, Fujiwara Yukino thought to herself, 'Speaking of which, my brother is already on vacation; he only just returned to Domino City from the Duel Academy today. Should I bring him a gift when he goes back?'

'I remember, my brother's favorite card was something like "Ernest"? Let's see if we can find any related souvenirs later.' (End of Chapter)