Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

These cards all house spirits, and as Hayato called them out, the spirits spoke their own voices:

"Crying for my strength" Cheese [Disruption Yellow];

“Oulei, Third Uncle!” Cheese [Disruption Red];

"Let me make it clear beforehand, I'm quite strong," said Cheese [Disruption·Green].

"Try taking my bait~" Cheese [Disruptive Blue];

"Is this the world of Haima Group?" Cheese [Disruption Pink];

"The potato chips next door are half price!"

The Disruption monsters, each striking their own entrance pose, all turned to look at Disruption Black after its entrance, leaving Disruption Black somewhat bewildered: "Why are you all looking at me? The potato chips next door are definitely half price..."

"[Disruption Black] Shut up!" Led by his rebellious younger brother [Disruption Yellow], a group of [Disruption] spirits noisily covered [Disruption Black]'s mouth, then struck another pose, "Disruption Squadron: Goshikiranger, reporting for duty!"

"[Disruption] Shut up." Hayato treated these noisy guys the same way they treated [Disruption Black], looking at them like they were insects. "Shut up! I didn't call you out here to watch a comedy show. Be quiet."

Upon hearing Hayato's words, the Disruption Clan obediently stood at attention, awaiting Hayato's instructions.

Hayato reached for the card and grabbed [Disruption Black], which his brothers had let go of. He held it up to his face and slowly walked towards the "Ark Reactor." [Disruption Black], seeing that Hayato had actually stopped the others from bullying him, was quite moved and said, snot dripping from his nose into his mouth, "Ah, ani-gei! You've moved me so much today!"

"I'm so happy, I feel so light. I never expected Ani to take such good care of me. I have nothing to be afraid of anymore."

Upon hearing [Disruption Black]'s words, Hayato smiled and said, "Really? That's great, [Disruption Black], I really need your help right now."

“Since just now, although the mechanical devices on the seahorse can’t detect it, I’ve been feeling a strange aura coming from under that arc reactor, but I can’t go directly under that thing.”

As he spoke, Hayato, who had stopped at the isolation handrail in front of the Ark Reactor, stretched out his hand. Beneath the feet of [Disruption Black] was a gap at the edge of the rather large Ark Reactor, beneath which lay utter darkness.

"So, you need to go down and check for danger for me."

"Huh? Eh!?" Upon hearing Hayato's words, [Disruption Black] immediately shook its head violently. "Oyster! How could a weak monster like me possibly do something like that? Annie, look at [Yellow] and [Green], they're much more talented than me!"

Just kidding! Hayato sensed the strange aura beneath the Ark reactor, so why couldn't the elves sense it? Although he didn't know what was down there or if there was any danger, as a member of the weak [Disruptor] race, [Disruptor Black] was well aware of his limitations and wouldn't take any risks!

"No, no, you underestimate yourself, [Disruption Black]. You have a talent that other monsters can hardly match. Not to mention [Disruption Yellow] and the others, even [Gaia] and [Rainbow Kuriboh] don't have such talent, and even [Ra] and the others can't do it."

"That is, you are so weak that you are hard to detect, and you even have camouflage in the dark. If you fall into the shadows, you are as hard to detect as a black man dressed in black riding a black horse in the dark."

Despite Hayato's words, [Disruption Black] remained unmoved: "Even if Annie tells you that, I'm not an idiot, why would I believe such a thing? I can't do it, even if you kill me!"

Seeing that [Disruption Black] was so uncooperative, Hayato, who had been putting on a gentle face, also put away his smile and looked down at [Disruption Black] in his hand: "Can't do it? You have to go even if you can't. I'm not discussing this, I'm just informing you. Get down!"

As he spoke, Hayato tossed the [Disruption Black] in his hand downwards. The [Disruption Black], looking resistant, struggled in mid-air, snot and tears streaming down its face, before falling into the darkness.

The space in the lobby on the first floor was only so big, and even though it was only dug a little deeper to accommodate the Ark Reactor, [Disruption Black] still fell down for quite a while. Even Hayato, with his excellent eyesight, couldn't see where [Disruption Black] had fallen into the darkness. It was only after a moment that he managed to hear the sound of something falling to the ground.

It seemed that [Disruption Black] had passed through the shadows and landed. Hayato heard [Disruption Black]'s voice coming from below: "Ouch! That hurts, my butt is almost split in two, even though it was already in two halves to begin with."

"Huh? There's such a big space down there! But what's that thing? It looks really strange."

"Eek! What is this thing?! Help! Don't eat me! I haven't showered for three days, it doesn't taste good at all!"

"Quack! Don't bounce it!"

Hearing the voice of "Disruption Black" coming from below, Hayato was speechless. While it sounded like "Disruption Black" had encountered danger down below, what was with that last sentence? It sounded really weird.

However, what is certain is that there is indeed a problem beneath this "arc reactor." Hayato turned to Kaiba and asked, "Seth, is there anything underneath this thing?"

Chapter 889 Avada... Alaho Opens

"There's nothing underneath that device; it's just a maintenance passage left when this Ark Reactor was built," Guiping recalled and said to Hayato. He couldn't see the spirits and hadn't heard the scream of [Disruption Black] that Hayato had thrown down.

"Hayato, do you suspect there's something hidden down there? The space down there is so small that it's only big enough for one engineer to go down and maintain the equipment. It's impossible, absolutely impossible."

“I think it’s entirely possible.” Ameruda looked at the darkness with great interest. “When that elf fell just now, I felt that it fell from a height of more than ten meters. It doesn’t sound like it was just a small space.”

“But there really isn’t much space there on the design drawings, which is why I didn’t install surveillance cameras in the maintenance tunnel below.” A hollowed-out structural diagram was projected in front of Haima’s eyes, overlapping with the Ark Reactor in his line of sight. The structural diagram of the maintenance tunnel below, which was only one or two meters wide, no more than two meters high, and less than ten meters long, was also revealed, as if he had superpowers like X-ray vision.

“In other words, although you have the design drawings for that place, they're just design drawings, right? They haven't been scanned in real time like other areas of this building.” Hayato looked at Kaiba and said, “Instead of thinking so much, where is the entrance to that passage? Can't we just go and take a look and find out?”

“That’s just a waste of time.” Seahorse reached out and wiped the light screen in front of him, turning it off and removing the device hanging from his ear. “Although that’s what I think, I can’t find anything suspicious using my method, so let’s go check that out first.”

Led by Haima, who had already memorized the building's layout, the group quickly found the entrance to the underground maintenance passage. However, next to the closed metal door with the words "Confidential Location, No Unauthorized Personnel Allowed" written on it, there was also a combination lock.

This is not surprising. Although the people who can enter the building through the electric doors in the lobby are basically only employees of Haima Group, the maintenance passage leads to the reactor that supplies electricity to the entire park, so it is normal to be strict in management.

The abnormal thing was that when Haima took out the card hanging around his neck, which had almost the highest level of authority in the entire Haima Group and could access any data anywhere, he clearly swiped it on the card reader, but the combination lock popped up the words "no access permission".

"Did you swipe the card upside down? I often swipe the card upside down too," Ameruda said to the seahorse, but the seahorse, frowning, ignored him and swiped it again, but nothing changed. The screen still showed "No access." "I've never made a mistake."

"Actually, it's inevitable to have a bad day. It's normal to be old and not as strong as you used to be," Ameruda said, shrugging and teasing the seahorse.

"This access card doesn't rely on barcode recognition, so there's no possibility of it being swiped backwards," Guiping explained to Hayato. He also had the same card on him. Back when the Five Elders betrayed Kaiba and pledged allegiance to Pegasus, intending to sell the Kaiba Group to the International Illusion Society, Guiping was kidnapped by Pegasus because of this access card.

With both access cards, everything in Haima Group would be open to the holder. Even with just one card, access to all of Haima Group's facilities would be granted. However, the fact that Haima swiped the card but received an "access denied" message suggests only one possibility: the door's combination lock did not use Haima Group's standard design and was not programmed with the highest-level access card.

“It’s ridiculous that there are places in my Kaiba Group that even I don’t have access to.” Kaiba’s lips curled into a cold smile. “I didn’t quite believe Kobayashi Hayato’s words at first, but this attempt to cover up the truth only confirms what he said and increases the suspicion that something is hidden behind this.”

“But how do we get in now?” Ameruda asked. “I’m quite confident in my hacking skills. Why don’t we try to crack this combination lock? It’s better than guessing the password one by one. The password here is eight digits long. It might take two and a half days to figure it out.”

Ameruda reached into his pocket and pulled out a personal terminal, which bore the logo of the Paradis Group. This was one that Daz had issued to him. Daz, who had no desire for worldly wealth, treated his subordinates very well. This personal terminal was well-equipped, so even though Doma had been disbanded, Ameruda felt it was a waste to throw it away and kept it for himself.

Besides being used for watching movies and TV series and browsing the internet, it can also be used as a hacking tool to physically connect and crack systems.

However, Hayato glanced at the personal terminal in Ameruda's hand and said with some disdain, "What era are we living in? Still using traditional hacking methods? This is how we crack combination locks."

As he spoke, Hayato made a random gesture in the air, held up a finger to the combination lock, and shouted, "Avada Kedavra... Alahok open!"

With a "click," to Guiping's astonishment, the combination lock actually cracked open out of thin air with Hayato's seemingly magical movement, revealing the internal circuitry. Sparks flew as the torn circuitry short-circuited, and the cracked lock's display screen showed "Access Allowed" along with a large amount of gibberish.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Keihei looked at Hayato with admiration. "How did you do that? Is magic real? Please teach me, Hayato-nii!"

However, Guiping didn't realize what had just happened, while the seahorse and Amelda, who could see the spirits, had a very clear view of it standing to the side.

"Magic might exist, but I can guarantee that what Kobayashi Hayato just used wasn't magic," Ameruda said, pursing her lips. "You actually let your Gaia break that combination lock. Aren't you worried that if there's someone behind the door, such a big movement might alert them to our arrival?"

“If my actions would alert the people behind the door, they would have been able to detect us when Haima swiped his card to try to access the room earlier. After all, I don’t believe that a combination lock is installed without some kind of surveillance equipment connected to the other end.”

Hayato said nonchalantly, "Compared to those, the door is already open."

Following the peculiar principle that "it unlocks itself when damaged," the electronic lock that Hayato had damaged authorized Hayato and his companions to access the locked metal door, revealing a passage behind it. Around the passage were countless cables hidden beneath the smooth surface, appearing no different from any other maintenance access route.

To be honest, Ameruda, Kaiba, and Hayato were all prepared to face any enemies that might appear behind the door when it opened. However, what appeared behind the coded door was just an ordinary maintenance passage, which surprised them quite a bit.

"It doesn't seem like anything special. Could this really just be a maintenance passage?" Unfazed by any danger, Ameruda reached his hand into the doorway but didn't trigger any infrared-sensing mechanisms or crossbows, as if it truly was just a maintenance passage.

Haima frowned and snorted coldly: "Hmph, I was really overthinking it. This is Haima Group. How could anyone possibly tamper with the central building under my nose, even if this is just the Egyptian branch? That electronic lock from earlier was probably just broken."

"Looks like you guessed wrong, Hayato."

As he spoke, Kaiba turned to look at Hayato, but Hayato had already walked toward the open entrance and stepped into the maintenance passage on his own.

"It's too early to draw conclusions now. Why don't you guys come in and see what's at the end of this passage?" Hayato walked into the passage without looking back. "It'll only take a few minutes, and besides, what's that saying? 'Since we're already here.'"

Although he didn't quite grasp the deeper meaning behind Hayato's "Since we're already here," Kaiba saw Hayato enter the passage and followed Keihei inside. Amelda, seeing everyone else had gone in, couldn't very well be left behind outside, so she also entered the passage.

What none of them noticed was that there was a camera on the wall outside the door, facing the entrance of the passage, and not connected to the Haima Group's network. A red dot was flashing on the camera.

The first half of the passage wasn't very long, and soon the group reached the corner. As they walked behind Hayato and Keihei, Kaiba said impatiently, "It's only because of you, Hayato Kobayashi. If it were anyone else, I wouldn't waste my precious time like this."

"The area below that reactor is just around this corner. The chances of it being the place where pirated Duel Disks are made are not much greater than the chances of me inviting that mediocre Joey Wheeler as a special guest at the next KC Cup."

As they were saying this, the group had already passed the corner, and Hayato and Keihei, who were walking at the front, stopped in their tracks.

There is a certain amount of space reserved below the Ark reactor to facilitate future maintenance, which is not a problem. However, the so-called "reserved" space that appeared in front of them was far too large.

The design drawings stated that the latter half of the passage was ten meters long and two meters wide and high. However, the space connected by the latter half of the passage that appeared in front of them was a huge space with a radius of more than twenty meters. Countless cables crawled out of the passage and spread to the surrounding walls, making it look like the nest of some kind of animal from a distance.

"By the way, when is the next KC Cup going to be held?" Guiping turned to look at Kaiba and joked, "So I can invite Jonouchi in advance."

Unable to vent his anger on his younger brother, Kaiba could only put on a stern face and pretend not to hear Keipai's words, while surveying the underground space that someone had secretly built without his knowledge.

The Ark Reactor operates continuously, generating a large amount of energy that is transmitted to various places through the cables connected to it. As the energy passes through, the cables shimmer with a beautiful blue light. However, what is most eye-catching is not the glowing cables, but the several large, technologically advanced devices placed in the very center of this underground space.

And then there was a green-haired youth sitting in front of a device, operating something, who seemed to have noticed their arrival and looked away from the screen in front of him.

Looking at Hayato and his companions standing at the exit of the passage on high, the green-haired youth spread his arms and said, "Congratulations on finding this place, Seto Kaiba, Hayato Kobayashi, and two other insignificant guys."

Guiping and Ameruda: "Hey! You bastard!"

"So it's you! You dared to manufacture pirated Duel Disks without my permission and even set up this place under my Kaiba Corporation?" Kaiba's eyes were icy as he looked at the green-haired youth. "Now, even if you beg for mercy, it won't do you any good. Don't think I'll let you off easily!"

After pausing and glancing at the green-haired youth, Kaiba frowned again: "I feel like I've seen you somewhere before?"

“That guy is Tenma Yagyō, the one I asked you to find before.” Hayato said, looking down at Tenma Yagyō. “I also have a lot to settle with this guy, so don’t try to take it from me, Seth.”

"Hmph, are you going to defy me, the one who possesses the Blue-Eyes White Dragon?"

Despite saying that, Kaiba still didn't block the way, watching Hayato be the first to walk up the steps towards the Pegasus Night Journey below.

"Trying to come closer to me? Hmph, I thought you'd run away, Hayato Kobayashi." The green-haired youth, Tenma Yagyō, watched Hayato walk down the steps and sneered. "I even prepared a way to prevent you from escaping, but just in case, I'll use it now."

As he spoke, Tenma Yako reached out and pressed the Enter key on the keyboard next to him. A loud bang followed Tenma Yako's action from behind Ameruda and Keihei, who were high up, startling them so much that they quickly turned around.

Suddenly, several metal doors slammed down in the passage, completely blocking the way they had just passed through, leaving them with no way out.

However, even though he saw that the escape route had disappeared, Hayato remained unmoved and continued to walk down the stairs step by step at his own pace.

"Pegasus Night Walker, do you think that doing that is blocking my way and forcing me to be locked up here?" Hayato raised the Duel Disk and looked down at Pegasus Night Walker below the steps. "You seem to have misunderstood something. It's not that I'm forced to be locked up with you, but that you're forced to be locked up with me."

"Duel with me, Pegasus in the Night, and then perish in humiliation and despair!"

Chapter 890 Loading a self-destruct program that lasted two and a half minutes

As Hayato raised his Duel Disk, Tenma Yagyō sneered: "Duel Monsters, huh? To defeat and kill you, the Duel King, in your most proficient Duel Monsters arena is certainly a very enjoyable experience."

"But I refuse!"

Without accepting Hayato's challenge, Tenma Yago watched Hayato on the stairs, then moved aside, revealing the device that had been operating behind him. As if programmed, one end of the device opened, spitting out a transparent canister, which Tenma Yago picked up as he walked over.

“An empty jar?” Guiping said, somewhat puzzled, but Ameruda beside him shook her head. “No, it contains Kobayashi Hayato’s spirit.”

Inside that jar was none other than [Disruption Black], which Hayato had previously thrown down to scout ahead!

"If I remember correctly, this should be your Pokémon, right, Hayato Kobayashi?" Tenma Yagyō threatened Hayato, shaking the jar in his hand. "I know you carry the Millennium Item, which has the ability to forcibly pull me into your dark game, but you'd better not use it. You don't want to see your Pokémon killed, do you?"

Hayato raised an eyebrow: "Kill an elf? Can you do that?"

It's not that elves can't be killed. The stone tablet elf [Fantasy Magician] who merged with Mahad in the past is a good example. However, back then, Mahad was facing Dark Bakura, also known as the Dark Evil God Zorc Nelofa. How could Pegasus Night Walk compare to him?

If we interpret it in the way that Kaiba can understand, although the spirits can be seen and interacted with by humans like Hayato, their existence is actually closer to a projection from another dimension. This projection needs to reside in something like a stone slab or a card to maintain its existence.