Yu-Gi-Oh! Your Friends Are Fighting Out of the Underworld

Chapter 289 No Rest
The clash between light and darkness has never ceased, and the long-cherished wish of a thousand years lingers in the sky above the world like a resounding lament.

Warrior and King.

White Dragon and the Priest.

When the Pharaoh closed his eyes, the twilight finally ended.

"But darkness does not mean eternity. The sun will rise as usual, and the true light will tear through the long, gentle yet merciless night, bringing new hope."

…………

"The familiar ceiling."

When Youming opened his eyes, the scenery that came into view was naturally all too familiar to him.

The TV was still playing on-demand cartoons, and after getting up, you could easily spot the woman sitting in the chair with just a glance.

"..."

Without saying a word, the two looked at each other.

After a moment, You Ming, his thoughts churning, finally sighed softly:
"Thank you."

No longer looking at the woman's face, which made him feel close and familiar from the bottom of his heart, he quickly got up from the sofa.

He opened the door and let the surging, dark fluid outside engulf him.

And with that upward-floating sensation, the real scenery then appeared before my eyes:

"Wow, you're awake?"

"Well, wake up."

Looking at the delicate, porcelain-doll-like face of the Yashiki-warashi, Yumei simply reached out and covered his temples.

"Then I'll open the window!"

"Um……"

Without him having to lift a finger, he saw the almost materialized little girl reach out and pull back the heavy curtains.

Sunlight streamed into the dimly lit room, thus beginning the day.

"But then again, it's already noon, half the day is over!"

"so what?"

"So we missed the hotel's buffet. I heard they had all-you-can-eat desserts in the morning."

"Can't you just go get the desserts yourselves?"

"But that won't do. How can we take it if you, our 'guest,' aren't here?"

"...So you mean I have to praise you for being a good kid?"

"if not?"

Seeing the slightly proud expression on Yashiki-dōji's face, Yūmei simply rubbed his temples.

After confirming that he had regained some clarity, he casually turned on the TV in the room with the remote control, and the clear broadcast sound came through.

'patta'

"The highly anticipated Super Expert Rules Competition concluded a few days ago. This competition attracted widespread attention and is bound to set off a new trend..."

As the host's clear and pleasant voice rang out, You Ming lay comfortably on the sofa.

This is how his life has been lately. Although it seems like he has a lot to do, upon closer inspection, there's basically nothing that requires his personal involvement.

The current Duel City is a large-scale event jointly organized by the International Illusion Society and the Kaiba Group. Under such circumstances, there is naturally a professional team to handle both the aftermath and the cleanup.

As for Chigurhfrid and his Schreid Foundation, who were involved in the middle of the duel, the specific details of their cooperation were already being discussed with the Pegasus brothers, the true acting presidents of the International Illusion Society, the moment the duel ended. As for what happens next, Yu Ming no longer needs to care; given the current style of the Moonwalker and Nightwalker brothers, they will inevitably submit a report to him, their nominal representative.

"Kaiba Corporation announces that the title of 'Duel King' for the first tournament will be shared by the two duelists who participated in the finals. Meanwhile, for duelists who did not advance to the knockout stage, International Illusion Society and Kaiba Corporation have prepared generous gifts, which duelists can redeem at the Kaiba Corporation building in Domino City using their puzzle cards..."

Therefore, the current situation can only be described in one word:
"boring……"

After randomly flipping through a channel and finding nothing interesting, he simply turned the TV off.

"I'd rather organize my notes."

However, although that was true, he hesitated to do anything after opening the notebook in which he had personally recorded some precautions.

Ultimately, in terms of the entire first-generation arc, Duel City was already nearing its end. In the original work, the crucial 'Memory of the King' arc' followed after this, but the anime inserted the Doma and KC arcs because it didn't have enough time to cover everything.

However, it is clear that these concepts cannot be considered in isolation within a complete world.

Putting KC aside, if that bastard Doma isn't dealt with every day, he'll be like a soft thorn stuck in your throat.

It might distract you, but just thinking about this thing will give you a kind of horrific torment.

At the same time, there is something else that must be taken seriously:

"Seamanea..."

Of course, it's not the name this body once had, but rather an intelligent AI created by the deranged Gosaburo using technology from before the 20th century.

Putting everything else aside, this thing controls an amphibious military spacecraft, and at the same time, it can remotely control almost all the weapons sold by the Seahorse Group around the world—especially missiles.

While this might not seem like much in the world of card game, the problem is—it's gone now.

He could have simply followed the original route and appeared before everyone without any problems. There's nothing that can't be solved by playing cards. If all else fails, he can use the sprite to boost the AI's power.

But now, it has just disappeared so suddenly.

Yu Ming did send people to investigate, but neither the Seahorse Group nor the International Illusion Society found any trace of military equipment around Devil Island, which had been razed to the ground.

"In that case, if someone suddenly had a brain fart and started launching missiles all over the world, that would be a huge disaster."

"Jingle Bell"

Suddenly, the monotonous ringtone of the cell phone drew all attention.

When Youming opened it, the sound of a celestial horse galloping in the night was heard:
"Lord Yu Ming, I apologize for disturbing you so suddenly, but there is something... something that requires your decision."

Has Haimania launched missiles at the world?

"...?"

Although the most advanced flip phones of this era still cannot show the other person's face, Youming felt that he could imagine the other person's confused and shocked look.

"Cough, it's nothing, just pretend I was talking nonsense,"

After snapping out of his jumbled thoughts, You Ming coughed softly.

"In short, given your and Yuexing's personalities, you didn't choose to submit a more formal written report, but instead directly notified us by phone, which means..."

He didn't continue, because the other person had already given the answer:

"problem occurs."

He spoke in a low voice, his voice laced with dry anxiety and a hint of helpless sobs:

"Father... Father has disappeared."

"..."

Wow, that's really big.

(End of this chapter)