Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

In a sacred hall, there are three crystal dragon statues of different shapes, and each of the three dragon statues is adorned with a magnificent sword.

Even though the blades are almost entirely embedded in the statue, just by looking at the wear and bloodstains on the hilts of the three swords, you can tell that these three swords are not just decorative swords used by nobles to display their wealth, but were actually used in fierce battles.

However, despite the significance of these swords, they were simply abandoned in this hall. Apart from the statues of three giant dragons, there was no trace of the owners of the three swords.

Although the auditorium looked bright and beautiful, that was only around the three giant dragon statues. Further away, there was a lush green area where weeds, which were not picky about their growing environment, had invaded the auditorium, which had been deserted for a long time, and were growing wildly.

Judging from the sturdiness of the connection between the swords and the statues, it can't be described as a perfect fit, but rather as an integral whole. If no one comes to disturb them, the three swords and the three dragon statues will probably remain in their current state for decades or even centuries to come.

Suddenly, a very faint sound came from somewhere, so faint that it could be mistaken for a rustling of wind and ignored if one didn't listen carefully:

"Crack..."

The sound of something breaking echoed in the empty auditorium.

However, in another place, quite far from this auditorium.

A hooded mage, who was resting on a thick tree branch with his head as a pillow, was thrown from the tree by a sudden snapping sound as the branch broke, startling a rabbit that was munching on a carrot in the woods.

"Eek! You scared me to death! I finally dreamt of drinking sweet soup with Artemis, and I was so scared I thought it was Endymion." The hooded mage rubbed his nose, which had hit the ground. Although the ground was soft, his nose still felt a little sore.

As he picked up the "pillow"—a magic book containing his study notes on magic, which others might consider priceless—the hooded mage brushed the dust off the "pillow" while sniffing the air.

Startled by the sound of the monk landing, the birds returned to the branches after realizing there was no danger. Watching the monk's strange behavior on the ground, the birds also tilted their heads and sniffed the air.

Seeing this, the hooded monk chuckled and said, "How foolish, you can't smell that scent at all."

"This feeling... it's like Ultraman Zolkin, but it seems he only appeared in that world for a very short time. It's really a headache." The hooded mage said with a regretful look. "I thought he could at least hold out until he brought a few girls over."

"However, it seems we've woken up those old fogies. Anyway, we have nothing else to do now, so let's go check on them, hmm~"

The hooded mage muttered to himself, and with his free right hand outstretched, a staff with an extremely sharp end appeared out of thin air in his hand, which he then hurled at the birds in the tree in the next second.

The bird was startled and was about to take flight, but before it could flap its wings twice, it found that its body was already bound by a magical force and was even being dragged towards the crookedly thrown staff.

The light in the forest suddenly brightened, and with a "thud," a pair of heavy knight's boots slammed into the ground. A tall knight who had suddenly appeared plunged his lightning-infused sword into the earth and bowed to the hooded mage. Even so, the mage still had to look up at the knight before him.

However, the mage didn't perceive the suddenly appearing giant knight as a threat, simply because the staff the mage had just thrown to absorb the forest birds was still embedded in the knight's right shoulder armor. Using that staff, the mage had absolute control over the knight before him.

"Yosh, 1.14 seconds! That's a full four seconds faster than the earliest 5.14 seconds. Nice, Crowley!"

The hooded mage casually used an innocent life to cast his spell, and instead of being pleased with himself, he was proud of his improved spellcasting skills.

Following the knight's armor, the mage easily climbed onto his shoulder and sat cross-legged, casually pointing in a certain direction: "Hmm, I remember it should be this direction? Anyway, let's set off, [Lightning]."

——————Shanghai King: Love is a ray of light——————

Haima Building.

Wearing his signature white trench coat, Seahorse stepped expressionlessly off the helicopter parked on the rooftop, into the ascending elevator, and leaned against the cold metal wall.

The elevator he was in was not an ordinary elevator that any employee could use. It was a special elevator that required authorization to enter and could reach the top floor of the Haima Building. Not many people in the entire Haima Group had access to it, so Haima could calmly think in this quiet and enclosed space.

He was thinking about where his deck still had shortcomings that could be remedied and improved.

The combination of Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was considered invincible by Kaiba. No matter what the effect, it was impossible to break through. Logically speaking, with such a powerful monster, he should undoubtedly be the winner.

However, he still lost. The Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was indeed not destroyed by the opponent, but he still lost. Under the protection of the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with its ultimate attack power of 4500, he was instantly killed from 4000 base points.

Such a battle situation makes it hard for Kaiba not to recall his past duels with Hayato, where Hayato used [Summoning Exosome] to bypass monsters and defeat him.

Leaning against the wall, Haima subconsciously moved his ankle, the one that had landed first when he jumped out of the helicopter to show off, and felt a slight swelling and tingling in the joint.

If it were someone else, they might reflect on their actions and decide not to jump out of helicopters or perform dangerous stunts just to look cool in the future. But as the seahorse felt this soreness, it suddenly had an idea.

Yeah, my Blue Eyes is indeed invincible every time, but I don't think I'm invincible? Time and time again, it ends with my defeat. So does that mean that as long as I keep myself in an "invincible" state, it's fine?

Haima's eyes lit up. He had found a way to become stronger. In an instant, he arrived at the top of the Haima Building—the "office floor" that was exclusively for him.

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, Kaiba heard a notification from the intelligent system. He casually operated the controllable virtual projection and opened the information bar, where he found a video file signed "International Illusion Society," but Kaiba's note read "Kidnapping Keiping and taking away the one-eyed white-haired guy with the [Blue Eye]."

He casually clicked on the video and watched Pegasus proudly introducing his "product"—the wreckage of a time-space device from the future, and casually mentioning that "that card based on the data of the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is almost finished." Kaiba sneered, his heart filled with anticipation for the near future.

Chapter 511 is actually keeping us in suspense! Unforgivable, Pegasus!

In a daze, Bekas found himself in a desert.

Where am I...?

A bewildered Pegasus looked around and found himself seemingly in the middle of a desert. Apart from the sand dunes that lay perfectly still under the dark night sky, there was nothing around him; even the wind seemed to have stopped.

However, it wouldn't be accurate to say that "nothing else existed at all." Following the shadow on the ground not far away, Pegasus looked up at the sky and observed three towering figures.

The red dragon named after Osiris, who took over the duties of Hades from Anubis, is called the Sky Dragon of Osiris.

The blue giant named after the obelisk "Obelisk," the symbol of the god of destruction Set; [Obelisk the Colossus].

And the golden dragon falcon bearing the name of Ra, the chief of the Ennead and the supreme sun god of Egypt, who is said to rise again even after a sunset.

"These are... the Three Egyptian Gods?"

Pegasus, the creator of the Duel Monsters cards who personally depicted the "Three Egyptian Gods" on the stone tablets that recorded them and "slightly" beautified the somewhat awkward stone tablet designs of the three giant gods, would naturally not mistake the Trisolaran gods.

Even though so much time has passed, Pegasus still feels lingering fear because of the tragic deaths of the other creators who worked with him on the "Three Egyptian God Cards".

However, while wary of the Trisolaran Phantom God, Pegasus was also puzzled as to why he had appeared in this unfamiliar place, and new doubts arose in his mind.

"I should have been hosting the Duel Monsters Tournament in Domino City yesterday. After it ended perfectly, I should have safely returned to the castle on Duel Kingdom Island by plane."

"Furthermore, the Three Egyptian Gods shouldn't be here either. Aren't they all in Hayato Boy's hands?"

However, before Pegasus could figure anything out, suddenly, the air around him, which had been stagnant, began to flow again. The air rose from his feet, blowing Pegasus's long silver hair and sending countless golden points of light into his eyes.

Pegasus looked around in surprise and found that wherever his gaze fell, countless tiny points of light, like fireflies, rose from the vast desert and shot straight toward the Trisolaran Phantom God in the sky!

Although those golden specks of light looked so sacred, the Egyptian Gods all cried out in pain when they came into contact with them. Clearly, these specks of light made them quite uncomfortable, even the highest-ranking Egyptian God, Ra, was no exception.

The phantom gods began their respective actions, and for a moment, lightning, gales, and flames filled the golden specks of light as the three phantom gods attempted to dispel these unsettling specks. However, their efforts were completely in vain; the specks of light not only failed to dissipate but instead gathered together more and more as time passed.

Amidst Pegasus's astonished and somewhat terrified gaze atop the sand dunes, he saw the points of light coalesce to form a pyramid-like four-sided pyramid, completely sealing the "Three Egyptian Gods" within it, and even further solidifying into a giant glass pyramid!

On the side of the Great Pyramid facing Pegasus, there is a huge golden relief of the "Eye of Ugarto." This is not a mark that can be left on just any object. The "Eye of Ugarto" symbolizes "punishment" and is the embodiment of a part of the soul of Anubis, the former god of the underworld in Egyptian mythology, who can monitor the souls in the underworld and the living beings on earth.

Even on the precious Millennium Items, not all items are qualified to be engraved with the complete "Eye of Ugato". Only the Millennium Puzzle has the same symbol engraved on it. Coincidentally, the shape of the Millennium Puzzle is exactly the opposite of the glass pyramid in front of us.

However, compared to the Millennium Puzzle, which symbolizes "royal power," the "Eye of Ugarto" on the pyramid in front of him felt extremely dark and eerie. The pupil of the "Eye of Ugarto" was not the usual gold, but a sinister blood red. Pegasus felt as if his soul was about to be sucked into the red circle just by looking at it!

"Ugh!!" Pegasus woke up suddenly, sitting up in bed, his face and body covered in cold sweat, even soaking the cute chibi-style [Najima] pajamas he was wearing.

Pegasus's beloved "Dark Magician Girl" doll was knocked onto the carpet as he got up, but instead of picking it up immediately, he sat on the bed panting heavily, looking shaken.

After a long while, Pegasus's gaze finally focused. He got off the bed, picked up the toy that had fallen to the floor, placed it on the bedside table, and struck a cute pose, though he was still muttering, "What on earth was this dream...?"

As the dolls were being arranged, the light that streamed into the room through the gap in the curtains, due to the angle, shone into the corner of Bekas's eye. He glanced out the window, walked over, and pulled back the curtains, allowing the sunlight to stream through the balcony and into the room.

"Is it already morning?" Pegasus rubbed his temples, annoyed.

For some reason, even though everything went smoothly yesterday, Pegasus had a persistent feeling that he had been killed somewhere by someone. Then, after returning to his residence after the Duel Monsters Tournament, he had a nightmare that made him feel very uncomfortable in every way.

This feeling is even worse than walking down an icy slope with your hands in your pockets in the dead of winter, accidentally slipping and falling into a stinking ditch by the roadside before you can get your hands out of your pockets in time.

However, rather than continuing to waste his brainpower on that annoying dream, Pegasus was now looking at a contrail that was splitting the clouds on the horizon, muttering to himself:

"Is that... Seahorse Boy?"

Although the aircraft that was gradually approaching Duel Kingdom Island did not emit any identification marks, Pegasus could tell it was Kaiba just by the shape of the jet.

For no other reason than that there is absolutely no aircraft in the world that would design its appearance, especially a jet aircraft, to be completely unrelated to "streamline" and full of sharp angles just because it looks good, and would even be willing to add four large exhaust nozzles to the back of the aircraft, as if to prove that great power can make a brick fly.

If one day Kaiba decides to launch a satellite shaped like the Blue-Eyes White Dragon into space using a rocket shaped like the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Pegasus wouldn't be surprised, after all, he is Seto Kaiba.

However, Pegasus, who had a nightmare that resembled a blackout from drinking, recalled that shortly after the Duel Monsters Tournament opened yesterday noon, he had sent a video email to Kaiba, wanting to make a deal with him.

Also yesterday, during the Duel Monsters Tournament, Pegasus, who had just arrived at the scene, stepped off the helicopter and looked at the nearly empty central square of the Domino City shopping street. Just as he was wondering if he had become outdated and had no influence, Hayato dragged him to help hypnotize the crowd.

Pegasus now realizes that his nightmares might be related to Hayato asking him for help. After losing the Millennium Eye, he couldn't use as much dark power as before, and his nightmares were probably related to the Egyptian God Cards that Hayato was holding.

Then, after Hayato finally finished his work, he asked someone to move and preserve the pile of wreckage that looked like a motorcycle, saying it could be sold for a high price. He also asked Pegasus to find someone to bury the body that looked like a robot.

Despite being somewhat skeptical of Hayato's words, Pegasus chose to believe him, figuring that even if something needed to be done, he wouldn't have to do it himself, which would leave him exhausted. As a result, before the Duel Monsters Tournament even ended yesterday, Pegasus received good news from his adopted son, Tenma Tsukiyuki.

Although neither of the two wrecks was intact, even after the simplest disassembly, it was discovered that the technology contained within was at least several hundred years ahead of the current world level, and the technological level was at least two or three stories high.

Even with the limitations of underdeveloped basic technologies, as long as they are studied in detail, at least dozens of technologies that are ahead of their time can be developed.

However, this only applies to that "human-shaped" form.

Because of the death of his first love, Pegasus, after founding the International Illusion Society, mainly promoted Duel Monsters-related products, but also made some achievements in the medical field. As a result, he reached the point where he could barely understand the technology used by "humanoids". However, they were powerless against that "motorcycle".

At most, it can be seen that the "motorcycle's" power system seems to be based on some kind of substance, but when the experiment is reversed, no substance existing in nature responds.

After some hesitation, Pegasus chose to follow Hayato's advice and did not conduct in-depth research on the "humanoid," but instead had Tenma Tsukiyuki bury it. The unusable "motorcycle" was the item Pegasus traded with Kaiba.

Although studying "humanoids" might seem more profitable, just like Pegasus's self-reflection and repentance after being defeated by Hayato and Yugi, he would try his best to atone for his sins in the future. Although he might not be able to do much, at least he would never again harm others for profit, even the dead.

The jet landed in an open area not far from Pegasus's castle. When the seahorse followed the waiter to meet Pegasus, he found the guy sitting alone in the spacious dining room, enjoying breakfast at a long table.

Besides Pegasus, even the castle butler who usually serves him is not in the dining room. The waiter who led the way also left the room immediately after bringing the seahorse to Pegasus and closed the dining room door to create a space for the two of them to have a one-on-one conversation.

"Hmph, how leisurely you are, Pegasus." Carrying a briefcase, Kaiba coldly watched Pegasus leisurely cut a piece of cake and put it in his mouth. "As you invited, I have come to trade with you, and I have agreed to your previous request."

“Unbelievable! Seahorse boy, I initially thought you wouldn't agree to my outrageous demands, and I was even prepared to bargain with you.” Pegasus smiled, appearing calm and composed, showing no trace of the disheveled state he had been in when he woke up this morning.

Although Bekas proposed a deal to Haima and also sent Haima the preliminary appraisal report of the "motorcycle," he demanded that the deal be for Haima's 10% stake in Haima Entertainment Group.

It should be noted that although Haima has successfully regained the shares held by the five elders, holding a total of 70% of Haima Group, the remaining shares are still held by Guiping (20%) and other shareholders and retail investors (10%).

For the sake of trading 10% of his shares for a scrapped "motorcycle" he had never even seen, Bekas never thought such a deal would work. He assumed Haima would definitely try to bargain, so he just randomly offered an exorbitant price.

Surprisingly, the seahorse agreed.

Pegasus never thought Kaiba was a fool. On the contrary, he had always thought highly of Kaiba, who had developed a virtual projection system that was perfectly suited to Duel Monsters. It seemed very strange that Kaiba would agree to this deal.

However, Pegasus wasn't in a hurry to talk business. Instead, he put down his knife and fork and held them out to the seahorse, which made the seahorse, who had been watching Pegasus, notice that there was another untouched cake and clean knife and fork on the table.

"Hey, don't rush, and don't be shy. I bet you haven't had breakfast yet, Seahorse Boy. I had someone prepare it especially for you."

However, the seahorse only glanced at the cake and showed no interest: "I don't really like sweets."

It's not that "tough guys don't eat sweets"; the main reason is that there's almost a half-day time difference between Domino City, where Kaiba was, and America, where Pegasus is.

Although Pegasus had just gotten up and had breakfast, Seahorse had already eaten dinner before setting off, and he ate his favorite foie gras beef tenderloin.

"In that case, we can't let it go to waste. Oh, could you help me get the cherries from the cake? It might be a bit greedy, but I really like cherries."

With a casual push, the seahorse delivered the cake, along with its plate, to Pegasus.