Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1351 Interdimensional Contact

"Wake up, wai wai wai."

"Are you there?"

The blinding white light sliced ​​through Yamada Ken's consciousness like a blade. He heard his own name floating in the gaps of tinnitus, the sound as if muffled by thick cotton wool. When his eyelashes finally managed to break free from his sticky eyelids, he saw the LED lights above his head flashing at a high frequency, each alternation of light and dark sending a new stinging pain through his temples.

When he finally focused his gaze and saw a handsome, sunny face filling his field of vision, tilting its head to examine him.

In an instant, that face awakened some unpleasant memories in him, making Yamada Ken almost jump up, and his mouth involuntarily blurted out: "Demon!"

You Xuan was very dissatisfied: "What nonsense are you talking about? How rude!"

Who are you calling a demon?
Are there any demons as handsome as me?
There is no duelist more compassionate than me, absolutely none.

At this moment, Kenji Yamada realized that he was unable to move.

The chill of the metal chair seeped into his spine through his thin shirt, and his bound wrists were etched with purplish-red grooves. When he tried to move his right foot, he found his ankle was fixed to an iron ring welded to the floor, each struggle causing the chains to rattle. His distorted reflection was shown in the one-way glass on the left wall, while on the interrogation table to his right lay his employee ID from the research lab—a forgery, of course.

Ken Yamada took a deep breath and accepted his status as a prisoner.

"No matter what you ask, I won't tell you."

"I can't believe it," Yamada Ken said proudly.

"Show me your dirtiest tricks, otherworldly beings."

It was then that he suddenly realized that, as an interrogation room, he didn't see any of the tools typically used in interrogations. That was a bit strange.

It seems the people in this dimension are too unskilled. If this were in their Heart City, how could they allow a spy to remain silent? They'd pry open a spy's mouth even if it meant using force.
Just as he was thinking this.

You Xuan asked expressionlessly, "Name, age, background."

Without hesitation, Ken Yamada blurted out: "Ken Yamada, 24 years old, a native of Kokoro."

He was taken aback as soon as he said it.

What's going on? Why can't I control my mouth?

You Xuan smiled.

You little brat. I didn't kill you, but you did lose to me, You, at cards. Do you think I'd allow you to stay silent?
"What kind of sorcery is this?!" Yamada Ken exclaimed in shock.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL has a completely different power system from the previous three generations. Although ZEXAL introduced the groundbreaking and overpowered "Source Code," it did not have the more traditional Dark Duel system.

There is no concept of Dark Duel in ZEXAL. Even in life-or-death duels, the damage from the duel is usually converted into true damage when fighting between No., which is more similar to the psychic duels in 5DS.

Although both involve life-or-death risks, the dueling functionality is far less comprehensive than that of traditional dark duels.

Furthermore, because it's not a concept-level gamble like Dark Duels, many duels in ZEXAL, while described as life-or-death situations, don't necessarily mean certain death even if you lose. As long as you have superhuman physique and high enough physical defense, you can completely withstand the attacks with your physical abilities, and even if you lose the cards, you might not be seriously injured.

Of course, conversely, if you're not superhuman, it's possible that you might get killed by the opponent's physical damage before you've even finished playing your cards, even though you still have health points left.

The tenth generation wondered, "Heart City? Is that the name of a city?"

“Yes,” You Xuan nodded. “Dr. Fica is probably the de facto ruler of that city.”

Heart City is the city where the fourth generation of stories is set, and its status is equivalent to that of Tong Shiye in the first three generations.

Ken Yamada opened his mouth: "How do you know about our dimension?"

"Yes, I know a lot. But I still want to ask about something I don't know."

You Xuan asked, "For example, why did you come here? Why did you come to this dimension?"

Ken Yamada tried desperately to close his mouth, but after struggling for only half a second, his mouth opened on its own.

"Dr. Fika. The deal, uh..."

"A trade?" You Xuan asked, "A trade with whom?"

I'm not sure.

At this moment, Yamada Ken seemed to finally relax a little. Perhaps it was because he really didn't know the answer to Yu Xuan's question, and there was nothing to hide, so he didn't need to fight against the mysterious force controlling him.

“Dr. Fica has many secrets that most of our subordinates don’t know,” Kenjiro Yamada said. “I’m relatively close to him, but he still won’t tell me much.”

But we have rumors within our ranks that Dr. Fika once discovered a passage to a world beyond humanity.

Jaden became interested: "A world beyond humans? Is that the dimension of the spirits?"

Kenji Yamada said curiously, "The Elf Dimension? Never heard of it. I did overhear Dr. Fica mention the name of that other dimension once outside the door."

He paused, lowered his voice, as if afraid of being overheard.

".Varian."

“Varia?” Jaden repeated the name, seemingly wondering what the word meant.

You Xuan naturally understood. The Varia is the main opposing faction in ZEXAL, an alternate world opposed to the human world. The main bosses on the surface are the Seven Emperors of Varia, but in reality, these seven emperors are all pawns of the thousands of masters who are secretly scheming for everything.

He still remembered the original setting. Dr. Fica was the final boss of the first chapter of ZEXAL. In his early years, he discovered a path to the Varia world, made a deal with the Varia, and obtained the power of another world.

As long as he serves as a puppet for the Balians, in exchange the Balians will grant him power—the power to save his son Yangdou, who has been frail and sickly since childhood.

At this moment, Ken Yamada said that Dr. Fica had made a deal with the Balians and sent him to this GX dimension to infiltrate and gather intelligence.

So, could it be that the Balians have their eyes on this dimension?
But why? There's no reason.

However, this person's job was only to gather intelligence here, mainly about the top duelists in the GX dimension and the mainstream card decks. He didn't know anything more than that.

Of course, there is another important piece of information he can provide.

“Since you joined Haima Group, you have been living in the employee dormitory every day and coming to work from the dormitory. You do not do anything extra every day.”

You Xuan paused for a moment, then smiled.

"But we noticed that you always log into the online arena every Wednesday to challenge a certain opponent. I think that person's ID is something like 'Moonlit Butterfly'?"

Ken Yamada's expression changed instantly.

"So, that was your contact, wasn't it?"

You Xuan smiled.

"The technicians at Haima Group are currently cracking the IP address of that 'butterfly under the moon' and tracking its location. But of course, it would be faster if you could tell me directly, which would be even better."

So now, do me a favor.

You Xuan stepped forward and asked gently.

Where is the contact person?

(End of this chapter)