Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Holding the card above his head, Hayato saw a phantom of the sun appear behind him, as if waiting for Hayato to call his name.

Hayato didn't keep him waiting long, unleashing the [Ra's Winged Dragon] in his hand: "Song of the Elves, the great power governs all things, their lives, their souls, and even their bones!"

"Descend, Vagaramashi, [Rathalos]!"

The sun rose again, and under the watchful eyes of Ozymandias and Hayato, it transformed into a phoenix wreathed in raging flames!

"Pay 1000 Life Points to activate the effect of [Ragnaros the Winged Dragon of Ra], destroying all monsters on your opponent's field. This effect ignores resistances!"

Hayato pointed forward: "The merciless sun!"

The phoenix-like Ragnaros charged forward, instantly engulfing all the monsters on Ozymandias's field in a golden sea of ​​fire. Even though the Tri-Pyramid Great Fortress granted resistance to effect destruction, it ultimately could not rival a god.

As the flames gradually subsided, Hayato's [Ra's Winged Dragon] was revealed in its true form, while the only remaining [Ra's Winged Dragon] stood tall amidst the sea of ​​fire on Ozymandias's field.

[Ozymandias: 2900LP]

【Ra's Winged Dragon】【ATK4000】

[Hayato: 4000→3000LP]

【Ra's Winged Dragon】【ATK9700】

Hayato and Ozymandias exchanged a knowing smile: "Well then, I/Yu will go!" x2

"【Ra's Winged Dragon】, the final divine flame cannon!" x2

Like a mirror standing in the air, Hayato and Ozymandias, who look exactly alike, ultimately control the same Winged Dragon Ra to attack each other.

And the final result—

[Ozymandias: 2900LP→0]

Chapter 810 Riddler, Get Out of Egypt

"I'm stupid, really."

Hayato sat on the golden throne, lounging like Ge You, "I knew that bastard Omega wouldn't come here with anything good, but I never expected him to be waiting for me here."

“Either call me Ozymandias, Ramses II, or continue to call me Meliamon. What kind of title is Ramses II?” Ozymandias said with a smile beside Hayato. “Besides, I didn’t say anything before our duel. It’s just what you thought.”

"Please, you just popped up after I passed out, and the first thing you did was say you wanted to play cards with me." Hayato scoffed. "Anyone would think that the current situation is related to you, and that if I beat you at cards, I can get out of here, okay?"

Hayato believed there was nothing wrong with his thinking. After all, he didn't know what his situation was like outside. He had suddenly arrived in this world after he had passed out and started playing cards with Ozymandias. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that Ozymandias was the one who had dragged him into this world.

Who would have thought that after I fought him to a draw, this guy suddenly said that he still couldn't leave and had to stay here for a while longer?

This is ridiculous!

"In the end, it's all your fault for suddenly wanting to play cards."

Hearing Hayato's words, Ozymandias shrugged: "Isn't it common sense to duel when in doubt? Even I sometimes have the urge to duel someone."

"You're having a card-playing spree, aren't you? Next time something like this happens, give me a heads-up, you idiot. I have important things to do." Hayato sighed and leaned back on the throne. "I wonder what the situation is like outside now, and Seth, with the Millennium Jewelry, could he have already broken the seal on the Underworld Tablet?"

According to Ozymandias, this world seems to be Hayato's own spiritual world. As a result of the relationship between past and future lives, and the fact that they are currently using the same body, Ozymandias was able to appear here to play cards with Hayato. The memories that Hayato showed to him before were also Ozymandias's doing.

The fact that this is not a material world but a spiritual world means that Hayato and Ozymandias can transform this world into whatever they want, as long as they wish. Although Hayato, who only wants to return to the outside world, has no interest in this, Ozymandias is very enthusiastic about playing with simulation construction and has turned the spiritual world into the palace where he lived in his previous life.

"You don't need to worry about that yet. Although I, like you, am not clear about the situation outside, I am certain that the evil under that stone slab has not yet been released, and it will take at least some time."

Hayato nodded, paused for a moment, and looked at Ozymandias, saying, "So, what's your take?"

"Huh? You actually saw through my situation." Ozymandias said nonchalantly, "The victor is king, and we should both agree on that. Now that we have decided the outcome, I have no reason to stay in this era anymore, and it's time for me to return to my original era with Nefertari."

"Well, as far as I know, the situation where we suddenly started a duel like that won't happen again."

After a pause, Ozymandias walked forward, his back to Hayato, and said, "Hayato Kobayashi, I asked you before if you could overcome me, who is an obstacle, and move towards the future? The moment I saw you draw the Winged Dragon of Ra, I already had the answer."

"I originally thought that you were able to use [Ra's Winged Dragon] and gain his recognition, perhaps because you are my reincarnation, or simply because you are under my protection. However, it seems that I have misjudged you. Compared to me, [Ra] seems to like you more."

Hayato looked at Ozymandias, smiled, and said, "One thing needs to be corrected: [La] is not him, but her."

“Is that so? It doesn’t matter, I don’t care about that either. Perhaps that’s why you can go further than I have.” Looking ahead, Ozymandias said in a deep voice, “The contradiction between humans and elves, how the two should coexist, has existed long before I was born.”

"The kingdom that attempted to coexist with the elves as equals was destroyed by the trials of the planet; the kingdom that enslaved the elves suffered many calamities due to the growing darkness, and even I was unable to find the right path in the length of my life."

Hayato understood what Ozymandias meant. While the Atlanteans had indeed improved their civilization by relying on the power of the elves, they had not gained power simply by coexisting with the elves on an equal footing. The disharmony between their material and spiritual levels led to their destruction in the trials of Orichalcos.

The Dark Game, which is the era of the Nameless Pharaoh, used the knowledge from the "Millennium Magic Book" to enslave elves as mere tools, whether for war or punishment. While gaining power, this also led to the accumulation of darkness that created insurmountable trials, forcing the Nameless Pharaoh to sacrifice himself to quell the calamity.

Hayato also saw in Ozymandias's memories that he had previously witnessed that, as the pharaoh after Yami Yugi, he learned from his past mistakes and did not control the spirits with alchemy as he had done in Yami Yugi's era, but resolutely gave up that power.

Because of this decision, Ozymandias experienced several wars with other countries during his reign as Pharaoh, but he won all of them with his superhuman bravery and leadership. Unfortunately, this peace was built on Ozymandias's abilities, and when he finally passed away, peace vanished once again.

Perhaps it was because Ozymandias was following the same path as Darzalco's Atlantis that Darzalco revisited Egypt after the Dark Game to investigate its rule.

"That's quite surprising. Didn't you just say you weren't that free? You're actually thinking about the future a thousand years from now." Hayato laughed, rising from his throne. "I wasn't referring to this memory world, but to the real world, when I defeated Dartz. I said something to him back then, and I can pass it on to you now."

"As someone from the past, don't try to solve the problems of the future on your own. Just have faith in the future. The possibilities of humanity cannot be summarized by one or two people."

Hearing Hayato's words, Ozymandias chuckled: "Fool, have you forgotten that I can also see your memories? Where did you ever say such a thing to that Dartz?"

"However, what you said makes some sense. I will continue to watch how you lead your future, Kobayashi Hayato."

Ozymandias's body turned into specks of light and floated into the air, disappearing completely before Hayato's eyes, leaving him alone in the empty hall.

At the same time, Hayato heard a voice call out: "Curry~"

The same voice echoed from Hayato's body. Hayato pulled out a card, which was [Rainbow Kuriboh]: "What's wrong, Aibo?"

"Curry? Curry Curry~" Hearing Hayato's words, [Rainbow Kuriboh] flew out of the card, tilted its head in confusion, and shook its head, "Curry, Curry!"

"Wasn't it you speaking? Then where did this voice come from?" Hayato looked around in confusion. As Ozymandias disappeared, the surrounding scenery did not revert to the previous chaotic scene. It was still in a royal palace, but there was no one else besides Hayato.

"Curry~"

Just as Hayato was searching for the source of the sound, another sound rang out. This time, Hayato also noticed that the "Kuri Kuriboh" sound was indeed not coming from [Rainbow Kuriboh], but seemed to be coming from above his head.

------outside world------

"[Rainbow Kuriboh], it's actually Princess Nefertari's spirit." Jonouchi looked on with surprise as Nefertari disappeared, leaving behind a [Rainbow Kuriboh] floating in front of Hayato.

They were naturally quite familiar with the Rainbow Kuriboh, but they never expected that its origin was actually the spirit of Queen Nefertari, three thousand years ago. Combined with the claim that Hayato was the reincarnation of Pharaoh Ramses II, they couldn't help but marvel at how wonderful bonds truly are.

"But even so, Hayato still hasn't woken up?" Honda asked, shifting his gaze from the Rainbow Kuriboh that was circling around Hayato to the still unconscious Hayato. "Is it not working?"

Yugi shook his head: "No, Princess Nefertari's efforts have been very effective. Hayato's changes seem to have stopped. He has stopped growing and has remained in this state."

Upon inspection, the group found it to be true. Yami Yugi quickly instructed the physicians to examine Hayato again. Indeed, as Yugi had said, the changes in Hayato's body seemed to have stopped, and the power of the Millennium Jewelry had stabilized and remained within Hayato's body.

The reason why Hayato is still unable to wake up is probably because there is a difference between his mind and body. He probably won't wake up until his mind adapts to his physical state, but that's only a matter of time. Hayato can basically be said to be out of danger.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

“It’s good news that Kobayashi Hayato is out of danger, but we’ll have to face that problem again.” After everyone left the makeshift medical room and came outside, Mariko said, “Seth stole the Millennium Jewelry. We don’t know why, but he’s very likely to complete the Netherworld Tablet and collect all the Millennium Items.”

"What will happen?" Mana looked at Dark Game beside her and asked, puzzled.

“I don’t know either, but it’s definitely not a good thing.” Yami Yugi frowned, pondering. “Bakura said before that he was actually a part of the evil will sealed under the stone slab. Sealed… Could it be that if he collects all seven Millennium Items, Bakura can break the seal? Is that his winning condition in this Dark Game?”

Kyoko said somewhat discouragedly, "The seven Millennium Items released Bakura's true form... But the problem is, we can't even deal with the monsters Bakura randomly summons when we collect all six Millennium Items. We even had another game, on which we had placed great hopes, have had its name stolen by Seth."

"Don't worry, Xingzi, I believe we'll find a way."

Honda glanced at Jonouchi and patted him on the shoulder: "People say that if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be defeated. But we have almost no intelligence on the enemy, while they know almost everything about us. It's amazing that you can still be so confident, Jonouchi."

Upon hearing Honda's words, Isis couldn't help but show a thoughtful and hesitant expression, which was immediately noticed by the perceptive Yugi: "Miss Isis, what's wrong?"

Isis glanced at the game, thought for a moment, and said, "No, it's just that I thought of someone who might know a lot about our enemies, and maybe even some important intelligence."

Upon hearing Isis's words, Yugi seemed to know who she was referring to and nodded: "If it's that person, there might really be a way."

“The problem is, I don’t think they’ll be willing to help us,” Isis sighed. “That’s what I’m hesitating about, because they might take advantage of the situation to harm us.”

After thinking for a moment, Yugi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Miss Isis, I think I might have a way to get them to help us."

The two men's cryptic conversation left Jonouchi completely bewildered, listening in a daze: "What? What person? What method? Can't you just be a little more direct about who it is?"

“Exactly, Riddler, get out of Egypt!” Malik echoed. The game and Isis’s communication were too unfriendly to someone like him with a low level of intelligence.

Yami Yugi said to Jonouchi and Maric, "If I'm not mistaken, the person Aibo and Priestess Isis were talking about is Aknadi. If it is him, he can indeed bring us a lot of important information, and maybe even a way to defeat Bakura and thwart his plot."

Upon hearing Yami Yugi's words, Jonouchi and the others, who had no recollection of Aknatti, didn't react much. However, Maric, who already knew that the Dark High Priest was Aknatti, became somewhat anxious: "That old geezer? Are you kidding me? You're going to borrow his power!?"

"Have you forgotten what that guy did? He killed so many people! Aren't you afraid he'll scheme against you and harm you again?"

Hearing Mariko's words, Yami Yugi said in a deep voice, "However, this is the only way. If we can't stop Bakura, there may be even more people who will sacrifice themselves."

“I am just as angry as you are about what Aknadi has done, Maliku, but if it is for the sake of protecting the country and others, I will even consider Aknadi’s power. This is all I am prepared for as Pharaoh.”

After a pause, Yami Yugi turned to look at Yugi, "Aibo, I believe you can do the thing about getting Aknadi to cooperate."

“Take us to Aknadi.”

Chapter 811 I, Aknadi, would rather starve to death, die outside…

"Oh? What an unexpected visitor."

Hearing the commotion outside the door, Aknadi looked up. Before seeing the person, he noticed their hairstyle. Upon seeing the colorful starfish-shaped hair, he immediately recognized it as Dark Game. He sneered and said, "So, what brings you here, Pharaoh?"

"Akhenadi..."

Led by his attendant, they arrived at the room where Aknadi was being held temporarily. The first person to enter was indeed Yami Yugi. Looking at Aknadi, Yami Yugi pondered, unsure of what to say to him.

In principle, Bakura had previously acknowledged that Aknati's transformation from a highly respected priest into the "Dark High Priest" was orchestrated by him, and that Aknati himself had made many contributions to the kingdom and sacrificed a great deal for the country.

However, it is also an undeniable fact that Aknati killed Kalim, and the dark truth about the Millennium Items revealed by Bakura was also caused by Aknati. This was not driven by anyone else, but was entirely Aknati's own idea, and this sin cannot be erased.

Not everything can be overlooked by saying "merits and demerits cancel each other out." So even though Yami Yugi had brought Aknadi out of the Thieves Village, he didn't know what to do with him now, especially since Aknadi's mind hadn't returned to normal after being defeated and freed from Bakura's grasp. He was still Yami Yugi's enemy.

After thinking for a moment, Yami Yugi could only say, "Although you tried hard to express your evil when you spoke, being tied up like this only makes you look pathetic and funny."

"Shut up! Wasn't it your men who tied him up!" Aknadi couldn't hide the coldness on his face when he mentioned this, and said angrily, his gaze pointing directly at Marikku, who walked in behind Yami Yugi. "Marikku Ishdar, is this what you do every day in the Valley of the Royal Sleeping Gods: researching this kind of despicable stuff?"

Marik raised an eyebrow: "Hmph, someone like you who would betray the Pharaoh would care about such things. But this isn't something I developed; it was taught to me by that guy Hayato Kobayashi. It's called something like 'Tortoise Shell Binding.' It's bound very tightly, isn't it? Where's the vulgarity? It's clearly your heart."

"And this is nothing. If Pharaoh hadn't said he wanted to keep you around for a while, I would have already used the torture techniques I'd developed in my spare time."

Aknadi gritted his teeth in anger, but his limbs and torso were tightly bound by ropes, rendering him completely immobile. Otherwise, he would have certainly shown Maliku his true strength. Now, however, he could only glare fiercely at Maliku with his remaining single eye. Maliku, not forgetting Aknadi's past grudge of killing Kalim, glared back defiantly.

“Akhenadi, we are not here to kill you, but to make a deal with you and give you a chance to atone for your sins.” Isis wasted no time and stated their purpose directly: “We need to know from you what is sealed beneath the Underworld Tablets and how to obtain the power to defeat Him.”

“Ha, do you know what you’re saying, Isis?” Aknadi shifted his gaze from Maliku to Isis, a look of disdain on his face. “I do know what you want, but why do you think I’d tell you?”