Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

[Quest Description: Defeat Dartz 0/1 using a deck containing the affixes [Dark Knight Gaia], [Chaos Warrior], and [Double Chance]]

[Quest Rewards: Chaos Warrior - Messenger of the Beginning - x1, 1000 DP Points]

—There's no way I wouldn't use it; I definitely have to use a brand new card.

It wasn't that Hayato lacked willpower; it was just that the Great Opening was too tempting.

Chapter 634 First Bo Zhangle: Loving You Is So Similar to Me, Even Our Gaps Are the Same

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Inside the Paradis Building, one deafening explosion after another rang out as Yugi and his friends ran down the trembling, long corridors to escape.

"Damn it, it makes me so angry just thinking about it! That old bastard Dartz!" The physically fit Jonouchi had the energy to curse even while running. "He said things like 'the Paradis Group is an important asset of Doma,' and then he actually planted a bomb! He was telling us information and then detonating it—it was so vicious!"

Malik, panting, followed behind Jonouchi. As they rounded a bend, he said, "Stop complaining, Jonouchi. That old bastard Dartz doesn't have much time left for us. We have to get out of here quickly!"

At the data center of the Paradis Building, the group obtained a lot of information from Dartz, who seemed honest and answered all their questions. Dartz not only revealed the origins and reasons for the founding of Doma, but also told them about events from ten thousand years ago without any concealment. He also explained Doma's purpose in resurrecting the "Orichalcos" and the location of the Doma organization's headquarters.

However, Dartz was never a kind guy. He told Yugi and the others so much just to see the surprised expressions on their faces when they discovered that the bomb actually existed and was unknowingly activated by Dartz during their conversation. It was truly a twisted sense of humor.

However, Dartz also knew that if he didn't set a countdown for the bomb, he could indeed kill Jonouchi and Kaiba, who both still possessed the "Legendary Dragon," but killing only one user wouldn't have much of an impact on the "Legendary Dragon."

Although Dartz is no longer as wary of the "Legendary Dragons" as before now that the Eye of Timaeus has left the game, he has never underestimated them. Knowing the importance of "cutting the weeds and eliminating the roots," Dartz wouldn't be able to sleep soundly until he had eliminated the "Legendary Dragons" on Kaiba and Jonouchi.

Therefore, instead of using the bomb that should have been detonated to create the greatest effect, Dartz treated it as a toy to ignite fireworks and play tricks on the gamers. Although this "firework" was the behemoth Paradis Group in the eyes of outsiders, and was already dangerous enough for the gamers themselves, Dartz really only used it as a "firework" for amusement.

"boom!"

Another explosion rang out. Honda, carrying Kyoko on his back, glanced back. The spot he had just run past was engulfed by flames erupting from the wall. Had he been even a fraction slower, he might have been caught in the blast wave. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead. He shouted to Kaiba ahead, "How much further, Kaiba!"

Kaiba didn't answer Honda's question. Instead, Keihei, who was being held by Kaiba, glanced at the interior layout of the Paradis Building that he had torn from the wall and replied to Honda, "It's almost there, not far ahead."

The data center of the Paradis Tower was located on a floor roughly in the middle of the building, not particularly low. Escape from such a location meant ruling out the elevators, which were practically like mobile coffins, but taking the stairs was also impractical. With no other options, the group had no choice but to follow the seemingly prepared Seahorse Brothers.

As they rounded the last bend, the group finally arrived at their destination: a gap in the wall, exposed to the sky, breached by the previous explosion. Through the gap, the night wind rushed into the building's corridor, chilling them to the bone.

Malik bent over, bracing himself on his knees, sweating profusely. "This...this is a complete dead end! Kaiba, you're not thinking of jumping out of here, are you?!"

"How could that be possible? You'd definitely die if you jumped from here!" Ryuzaki's reaction was also strong; just imagining that scenario made his legs go weak.

Ryuzaki and Malik were just saying it casually, not really believing that Kaiba intended to jump out of here. But to their surprise, Kaiba actually nodded and said, "Of course, the way I'm talking about to leave is to jump out of here."

"Kaiba has really gone mad," Jonouchi thought, but before he could finish his sentence, he saw Kaiba pressing down on one of his earpieces and urging, "Hurry up, Isono!"

"We've arrived, seahorse and shrimp dumplings!"

The wind blowing in from the gap grew stronger, and mixed in with it was the voice of Isono, who, although he was the head of the Kaiba Group's security force, was well-known to Yugi, Jonouchi, and others because he had served as a duel referee many times.

As Isono shouted, a classic Chinook transport helicopter descended from above and hovered outside the gap. The gust of wind rushing into the gap came from the two extremely powerful rotors of the Chinook helicopter.

"Hmph, although we initially prepared a backup helicopter because we knew Nisama was always causing trouble, now it just so happens that the time has come to use it," Guiping said smugly. "Everyone, get on the plane!"

The helicopter's rear door opened, and Kaiba and Keipi were the first to jump up the steps and enter the cabin. Yugi followed without much hesitation, then Isis, Mai, and Kyoko. Rishid also jumped up.

When it was Ryuzaki's turn, he nervously swallowed, gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, rushed out, and successfully jumped onto the plane.

So at this moment, it was Jonouchi, Honda, and Malik who hesitated at the gap between the wall and the helicopter door.

"Hey, you idiot, don't waste your time!" Kaiba frowned and urged, watching Jonouchi peek down and then immediately retreat in fear, too scared to jump onto the helicopter. "Or are you scared to death right now?"

"Who, who said I'm scared?!"

Even though his legs were still trembling a little, seeing that Ryuzaki and Keipi, who were not even as old as him, and the three ladies had already jumped onto the helicopter, and being spurred on by Kaiba, Jonouchi instantly forgot about his fear and bravely boarded the helicopter.

As a result, Malik and Honda stared at each other, neither daring to go first.

"Honda, you go first."

"No, Malik, you go first."

"You go first."

No, you go first.

Kaiba frowned as he looked at Malik and Honda. Just as he was about to urge them on, he heard an explosion behind them, the flames almost engulfing the two of them.

Startled by the sudden explosion, Honda and Malik sprang to life without needing anyone to urge them, shouting, "No, I'll go first!" x2

Rather than getting blown up, I'd rather jump!

With a "bang," Malik and Honda flew into the cabin and landed face-first on the floor because they rushed too far. However, Kaiba didn't care about their feelings and turned to the cockpit, saying, "That's enough, Isono."

"Got it, shrimp dumplings!"

Seeing that everyone had boarded the helicopter, Iso, the pilot, and the co-pilot together controlled the helicopter to move forward and leave the position where they had just stopped. However, just a few seconds later, the flames that rushed out from inside the building completely filled the gap.

"I'm saved." Standing inside the cabin, finally out of danger, Ryuzaki breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but exclaim, then casually sat down on the floor.

Meanwhile, Guiping obtained a tablet from Isono and inserted a USB drive containing the data left by Dazi from the Paradis Building data center into the port, displaying a map on the tablet's screen.

"This location is... the Atlantic Ocean?" Looking at the shape around the red dot on the screen, Guiping felt a sense of familiarity. "I feel like I've seen this location somewhere before..."

Seahorse took the map from the puzzled Keihei, frowned, and said, "It's Bermuda, that's why it looks familiar to you."

“Bermuda? That mysterious triangle!” Even Jonouchi, who didn’t know much about geography, had heard of the Bermuda Triangle, a world-famous “tourist attraction.” When he heard Kaiba say that the location of the Doma Organization was actually in the Bermuda Triangle, he said with some understanding, “No wonder there are so many rumors about Bermuda all over the world. If it’s the headquarters of the Doma Organization, then it makes sense.”

“But are we really going anywhere? I’m not saying we believe rumors or anything, but are we really going to believe what Dartz says so easily?” Sitting up from the ground, Honda reminded him, “Don’t forget we were just fooled by him once, saying ‘Paladis is important’ and then it blew up. He’s a complete liar.”

Hearing Honda's words, Yugi thought for a moment and said helplessly, "But all we can do right now is go there according to this map, even if we know it might be a trap."

“Darz said that the resurrection of ‘Orichalcos’ has reached its final stage. He only needs a few more souls to awaken ‘Orichalcos’ and destroy human civilization. We must stop him.”

Thinking of this, the game's gaze revealed a resolute determination, looking towards the distant sky.

After a series of events, the night had passed, and a faint golden-red glow appeared on the distant horizon, fading the darkness.

“It’s not just about stopping Dartz’s evil plan,” Jonouchi patted Yugi on the shoulder. When Yugi looked at him, he gave him a thumbs up and smiled. “We also need to bring back important people.”

With that, Jonouchi patted Yugi on the shoulder again, then turned and left the window. Yugi turned around and looked at the people in the cabin.

Guiping used a tablet to transmit the data to the navigation system of the helicopter beneath him, instructing Isono to proceed to the target location;

'The future of children...'

Ryuzaki, who had just scraped his arm against the wall during his escape, was bandaging his wound with a handkerchief. Meanwhile, Malik, who had not been injured during his escape, had his nose bleed when he boarded the plane and was taking a tissue from Rishid and stuffing it into his nose.

'The voice of justice...'

Kaiba crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, closing his eyes to rest and prepare for the final battle. Jonouchi, who couldn't stand Kaiba's pretentious act, followed suit and stood next to Kaiba, leaning against the wall. However, his eyes, which he opened from time to time, showed that he was not resting at all.

'The end of power...'

Isis sat quietly by the window in the cabin, her fingers gently stroking the [Millennium Jewelry] around her neck, her eyes closed as if she were foreseeing the future;

'An important vow...'

Kyoko, Honda, and Mai held down the restless Jonouchi to prevent him from disturbing Kaiba's rest, and they were discussing something together.

'My dear friend...'

as well as...

The game's finger rested on the Millennium Puzzle, and at the same time, the game's character, who was temporarily unable to return from the Millennium Puzzle, also rested his finger on the Millennium Puzzle. It was as if the two games were reaching out to each other.

'A precious promise...'

Looking again at the distant sky, Yu You closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The night was growing fainter as the light began to appear on the horizon.

Connecting all emotions, human civilization will never be severed because of Dorma!

Opening his eyes, Yugi's will was stronger than ever before, and he had completely swept away the shadow that Rafiru had left in his heart not long ago.

The power of belief will be proven by us duelists. Prepare to die, Dartz!

At the moment the game made up its mind, a slight glimmer of color appeared on the [Eye of Timaeus] card that had previously been blank on his person.

Thousands of miles away, deep within the headquarters of the Doma organization, before the altar, Darz seemed to sense something and opened his eyes.

“This feeling of approaching, it’s definitely the ‘Legendary Dragon’.” Turning back to the east, Dartz’s eyes seemed to see through everything, and she saw the game group arriving by helicopter. “Ten thousand years, I’ve waited ten thousand years for this moment, and it’s finally here.”

Behind Dartz, seeing Dartz on the altar begin to talk to himself, Rafiru respectfully said, "We will protect you until the very end, Lord Dartz."

"For your sake, I will surely seal the soul of the nameless pharaoh this time!"

Hearing Rafael's words, Darz turned to look at him, as if she had seen something interesting, smiled, and said, "Then go, Rafael. You will be the first barrier to stop the nameless pharaoh and his men from advancing toward this temple. And then, it will be you, Ameruda."

"And I am the last barrier standing before the altar."

Upon receiving Dartz's order, the remaining two members of the "Doma Three Musketeers" retreated, preparing to set off to confront the game's group. As Rafael and Amelda left, Dartz closed his heterochromatic eyes and turned to look at the darkness that was not illuminated by the firelight.

"You haven't forgotten what I said when I joined Dorma, have you, Darz?"

In the darkness, a faint light appeared, and the golden disc swayed as the wearer walked, its light gradually growing larger.

"Of course I haven't forgotten. But, are you still unwilling to help me, Hayato-kun?" Dartz looked at Hayato, who emerged from the darkness, with a regretful expression.

"What, now that you know I absolutely won't help you, you have no choice but to kill me?" Hayato said, looking at Dartz on the altar. The duel disk on his left hand was no longer the Doma style, but had been replaced with his original Keipai special edition.

Dartz shook his head: "No, it's just a bit of a pity. It would be best to have your help to usher in a new world, but I never expected that everything would go smoothly to achieve my goal."

As Dartz raised his hand, a Duel Disk appeared out of thin air on his wrist. "I still won't hurt you, Hayato. With the birth of the innocent new humans of the New World, you are still a necessary existence."

Hayato gave a cold laugh, raised his right hand, and showed three cards in red, blue, and yellow: "Don't talk like you've already won, Dartz. The future of the world is in my hands."

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Rafiru and Ameruda were unaware of what had happened in the temple after they left; they simply walked silently out of the temple.

Rafiru walked in front, while Ameruda walked behind.

“Speaking of which, Ameruda, I thought you were dead before.” Rafael broke the silence as he walked away. “After all, you deployed a bomber to bomb Duel Kingdom Island, and neither you nor Seto Kaiba died.”

Having said that, Rafael knew Amelda's obsession with revenge against Seto Kaiba, and thought that Amelda would be unhappy because he hadn't killed Seto Kaiba to complete his revenge, or even be angry and retort for bringing it up.

But Ameruda simply smiled and said nothing when she heard Rafael's words. This made Rafael a little curious, and she couldn't help but stop and turn around to look at Ameruda as she passed by.

Ameruda, who was being stared at by Rafiru, asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing. I just feel like you're a little different." Raphael couldn't see anything wrong with Ameruda, shook his head, and walked ahead again.

Amelda glanced at Rafael's retreating figure and casually replied, "Probably because I've learned that you can't move into the future if you just dwell on the past. It's ironic, really, because I fought Seto Kaiba with the intention of taking him down with me, but he's the one who taught me that."

'Towards the future...' Rafiru paused slightly, but his steps forward did not falter in the slightest.