Duels should be played with a smile.

After all, he is the number one nemesis that must be defeated—Yogi can only be ranked as the number two nemesis now.

After a series of rigorous verifications, Leyou and Philvo, led by Iso, arrived at a heavily guarded place.

Before even entering the house, from a distance, Leyou could hear the seahorse's familiar voice.

"Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack Nephthys, the Phoenix God! Destructive Explosive Gale Bullet!!!"

Then came the sound of the AI ​​interacting with the game.

"Kaiba, you're too naive! I activate my face-down trap card, [Divine Shield - Mirror Force]! Feel the sublime power of the Knights of Hanno!!!"

In the corridor, Leyou was speechless, while Philvo covered his mouth and chuckled.

"Outrageous! I don't remember ever saying that. How did they recreate this seahorse?"

Who knows?

After that, the seahorse fell silent, and it's unclear whether it vomited or something else.

"Speaking of which, even though Kaiba only knows a few moves, he's never lost a match against a computer, right?"

That's right. Although excluding the Duel Kingdom game, Kaiba's number of wins against AI is 0, but Kaiba's win rate against AI in games is 100%!

Wait a minute, this doesn't seem like anything to brag about!

"Because I secretly added something to your AI."

As the entity that controls all virtual worlds, it would be easy for Philvo to transform an ordinary AI into a difficult one. She was relatively lenient this time, only optimizing the AI's deck and adjusting its behavior logic to be seven or eight parts similar to Leyou's own before stopping. Otherwise, Kaiba would have been facing a nightmare AI that would always pull out a counter deck.

Congratulations! Seto Kaiba has achieved a 0% win rate against AI opponents.

"President, Mr. Leyou has arrived."

"Okay, the rest of you can go out now."

After ending the second man-machine duel that had just begun, Kaiba came out of the arena and was slightly surprised to see that Philvo had also come along.

Similarly, Leyou was also somewhat surprised, because he had just seen that Kaiba did not use the Blue-Eyes deck in the second match against the AI, but instead switched to the Machine-Type Union deck—and it wasn't XYZ, it was the damn ABC deck!

Isn't this card printing speed a bit excessive?

Le You raised an eyebrow and immediately retorted sarcastically, "What, are you afraid of my Albus and no longer need my favor?"

"Hmph, nonsense. I didn't call you here so you could mock me!"

Having grown accustomed to Leyou's verbal sparring, Kaiba's anger threshold has now increased considerably. He merely frowned slightly before quickly changing the subject and asking an unexpected question.

"The Elf Realm does really exist, right?"

"Ok?"

"You just need to answer yes or no, and I'll handle the rest myself."

"You called me here just for this?"

"Of course, it's not just this, but the answer to this question is the premise of everything."

Just as Leyou was pondering how to make up the story, he saw a phantom of a giant dragon appear beside the seahorse. Then, the phantom of the dragon transformed into a white-haired, blue-eyed girl. The girl bowed to Philvo, who simply nodded slightly in response.

Unlike Philvo, the blue-eyed girl cannot materialize; she can only hang around the seahorse like a ghost.

"..."

"You're already in this state, do you still need to ask? You already have an elf with you, how can you still question the existence of the elf world?"

"Her...Kisara's situation is somewhat special."

Very unusually, Kaiba showed a completely different attitude than before. In the past, he would only show gentleness to his younger brother, Keihei, and that gentleness was very subtle. He was often wearing a stern exterior, but this time, he really turned from a tough guy into a soft-hearted one.

“The elven realm certainly exists, and it has a symbiotic relationship with the real world. Any special changes that occur in one will also affect the other,” Philvo concluded, explaining simply.

Her gaze lingered between the seahorse and Kisara, countless data streams flashing through her eyes, as if she were analyzing something.

"I think her situation is... a bit delicate. Seto Kaiba, even if you are eager to pursue power, you still need to consider the feelings of other people."

Her tone was somewhat stern, even critical of Kaiba. Upon hearing this, Kisara gave a wry smile, shook her head slightly, as if she wanted to explain something, but said nothing.

Kisara understood that forcibly overdrawing her power would indeed weaken her, but she couldn't remain indifferent after sensing Kaiba's thirst for power.

"Kisara, you..." Kaiba wasn't a blockhead. He hadn't known much about the Pokémon or Kisara before, but now that he understood what Kisara had done, he couldn't help but be moved.

"It's alright, Lord Seto. I did this willingly for you. Compared to what you've done for me before, what I've given is insignificant."

If a drowning person sees a ray of light shining into their heart in despair, they will use all their strength to grasp it; and a grateful person will do everything in their power to repay the debt after being rescued.

"You two should settle your own issues privately. Let's talk business now."

Seeing that this potentially important meeting was about to turn into an 8 PM soap opera, Leyou stepped in to play the villain and interrupt the increasingly sour atmosphere.

Haima is someone who clearly separates business (playing cards at the company) from personal matters (playing cards outside). In the blink of an eye, he adjusted his emotions and pointed to a door on the other side.

"Come with me. I need to demonstrate my research findings. It's not very convenient here."

After passing through numerous verifications and going through several procedures, the group arrived at a room that looked very futuristic.

The science fiction was so exciting that Leyou thought he had traveled from DM to V6.

“I obtained some information from Pegasus, and based on that information, I have a general understanding of the summoning methods you mentioned. Currently, it seems that the easiest to achieve is Synchro and Link.”

Leyou was full of questions. You just finished playing Duel City yesterday, and you've already made progress today? So you're the Crimson King?

Ignoring Leyou's shock, Haima continued, "You brought that thing called the D-Wheel, didn't you?"

"I definitely brought it... Never mind, I won't make things difficult for you, I'll just give it to you."

Suppressing his urge to tease the seahorse, Leyou found a relatively spacious spot, waved his hand, and the D-Wheel stored in the system space was brought out.

Seeing this seemingly magical act, the seahorse's expression remained unchanged, as if it had been expected all along.

"In that case... all preparations are complete."

Haima's tone gradually became excited. He walked to the computer in the room, his ten fingers flying across the keyboard, sending many instructions to various departments within the company. Then, he pressed Enter, controlling the computer to project a window onto the wall on the other side.

"Just wait, soon you will witness the beginning of a new generation!"

Like a fanatic, Haima strode away, leaving Leyou and Philvo staring at each other in bewilderment.

"What the heck? What's going on?"

Philvo knew what the seahorse was doing through the flow of data, but when she thought of how Leyou had teased her before, she didn't explain. She just watched Leyou's curious but unable to find the answer, and secretly felt smug.

"Just wait and see, he's probably going to give you a big surprise soon."

Within minutes, his image appeared on the projection that the seahorse had just set up.

He loudly proclaimed this to the whole world.

"The Duel City Tournament has concluded, but that doesn't mean it's over! During this tournament, I discovered entirely new possibilities for Duel Monsters! Duelists worldwide! Get ready! Our Kaiba Corporation, together with Mirage International, will usher in a new era for Duel Monsters!"

The seahorse's declaration was broadcast all over the world, and Leyou noticed that there was a banner message at the bottom of the promotional video.

"The next generation of Duel Monsters, MasterDuel: DuelLinks, jointly developed by Kaiba Corporation and Illusion International, is currently in exciting pre-launch hype. For more details, please inquire..."

Meanwhile, in an underwater temple, Dartz, who was directing his subordinates to prepare a hostile takeover of Seahorse Corporation and International Illusion Society, fell into deep thought as he watched the two companies' stock prices soar.

Chapter Ninety-Five: Welcome to the Past

Leyou is a bit confused now.

"I understand the logic, but this seems to be the realm of elves?"

One second they were at Haima Automobile Company, the next they were in an unfamiliar place.

Based solely on the interior decoration of this building, which was presumably a temple, Leyou knew that he had most likely arrived in the Elf Realm.

Moreover, he was the only one who came; Philvo, who stayed at Haima Corporation to help accelerate research and development, was not brought in with him.

The temple was very empty. Leyou stood at the entrance, but he couldn't see anyone to talk to or ask questions. He could only carefully walk into the temple.

Incidentally, I transformed the Duel Disk into its Greatsword form.

Because he discovered that he could no longer even summon spirits to help him.

There was no other way. Just like how Pokémon trainers sometimes have to fight monsters with their own bodies, this duelist now had no choice but to protect himself with his sword.

Moreover, perhaps due to his awakening, this law-abiding citizen who had never harmed anyone learned how to wield the sword that the dueling disk had transformed into the moment he grasped the hilt.

It's like an instinct.

Holding the sword in both hands, Leyou walked cautiously and quietly into the temple, his eyes scanning everything in sight, trying to find some useful clues.

The passageway was somewhat crowded, and Leyou walked very slowly. Several minutes later, the area in front of him suddenly opened up, and if nothing unexpected happened, this was the most crucial part of the temple—that's how RPG games are usually set up.

With extreme caution, Leyou leaned against the wall, peeked out halfway, and quietly observed the things in the hall.

After seeing the statues standing in the center, I finally relaxed.

I was terrified! So this is where it is.

In some unknown place in the Elf Realm, at the temple of a three-headed, nameless dragon—provided that Leyou is not mistaken.

The reason for this question is that there are more than three statues here.

Leyou's memories of Dartz are not very clear; he only remembers the temple thanks to Dark Magician Girl.

In the original work, Dark Magician Girl summoned Yugi at this place, breaking the seal on the nameless dragon.

I have to say, Dark Magician Girl was quite cute back then. Nameless Dragon? I didn't notice, I was too busy watching Caroline.

The three statues remain intact, each with a sword embedded in it, awaiting the chosen warriors to liberate them and use their power to fight against the ancient enemy.

"But I understand the logic. How could you be sealed here too? Are you playing hide-and-seek here?"

Looking up at the fourth statue, which was surrounded by three other statues, Leyou asked a question.

My hand touched my chest; the crystal was emitting a faint light, and I could even feel a slight heat.

It was as if this fourth dragon was calling to him.

"But how could you, a forbidden card that will never leave prison, a rule-breaker, be sealed away like these three card printers?"

"Victory Dragon?"

That's right, the fourth dragon guarded by the three nameless dragons is the Victory Dragon, a whispering sprite capable of breaking the rules and completely annihilating an existence.

But strangely, Leyou could not sense any trace of the elves remaining on the statue in front of him.