The card player needs to win easily

clang!

It was clearly not the sound of a dragon attacking.

"Wha, what?"

The five big guys, who were dizzy and disoriented from the collision, opened their shaking eyes.

A telephone pole... A purple-black giant holding a weapon that looked like a telephone pole, with rings floating behind him.

"When did I ever tell you to resolve the battle in any way other than a duel?"

"The Arrival of the Electronic World @Fire Spirit Star"

Attack: 6000

"N-Noa-sama!?"

The figure floating behind the purple-black giant was clearly visible.

It's Noah.

Seahorse Noa.

"Since you don't obey my orders, there is only one outcome for you."

"Disappear."

"etc……!"

Without waiting for anyone to react.

The five big guys turned into fragments - real fragments this time.

Fragments that can't be put together no matter what.

And the "Lian Shenlong"... this five-headed dragon suddenly disappeared in the sea.

Noa floated and turned towards the alert crowd.

"Then it's time to settle things between us."

PS: Guys, I'm back!

PS2: But not completely back.

Naia: Chapter 87: Human Attacks Intelligence to Save the Lord

Noa landed gently on the ground from the air.

"I don't care what your purpose is—where's the Trojan Horse!"

I couldn't contain myself the moment I saw Noa.

The seahorse stepped forward and tried to grab his collar.

"Don't be so defensive... Seto."

All you hold in your hands is air.

Noa flashed behind Kaiba at a speed so fast that it was impossible to see clearly.

"The Arrival from the Electronic World @Fire Spirit Star" disappeared at some point in time.

"—!"

"Seto, I can assure you about this—I won't do anything to your brother."

"The current location of the Seahorse Trojan should be the safest place in the entire electronic space."

Noa snapped her fingers.

The vast sea surface stopped rippling.

(……shock?)

The bridge beneath my feet began to vibrate.

The sea water, emitting scorching steam, poured into the crack that had been opened by the shock - between the others and Seto Kaiba.

The water surged up in columns, carrying a few scattered stones with it.

This eruption from the seabed did not stop easily. Under Liva's horrified gaze, the seawater was gradually replaced by roiling magma, and the plate beneath her feet continued to rise.

"This is……!"

"How's that? A more suitable battle arena, Seto, with all this lava."

"Using the virtual simulation system, it is easy to create this kind of scene."

"And you, Seto, have something that could change the world, change the way people produce, and change the direction of human development, and yet you're just using it for entertainment... What a waste."

Jump onto the huge flat rock where Kaiba Seto is.

A Duel Disk appeared on Noa's right arm.

"I will prove here that I am the best choice to inherit the Kaiba family name—using the method you prefer."

However, even after hearing this provocation, Seto Kaiba did not immediately raise the duel disk and accept the duel.

He stared at Noah.

"Kaiba…Nia."

"I finally remembered who you are."

Noa raised an eyebrow.

"Kaiba Gozaburo's biological son, a genius who died in a car accident—in other words, you shouldn't be here!"

"You've already died! Even your body was buried by Kaiba Gosaburo himself!"

Seto Kaiba finally noticed something was wrong.

After hearing the name Haimanea, he had been thinking about it and finally came up with the answer.

"Kaiba is saying... that the person who locked us up here can't possibly exist!?"

Dark Game was a little bit unbelievable.

This doesn't make sense at all from a factual perspective.

After all, the person who brought them all the way here was "Seamania" himself.

"...I once heard a rumor, a rumor within Kaiba Corporation that even I don't quite understand."

Kaiba Seto still stared at Noa.

"Under the research led by Kaiba Gosaburo, something called 'military combat system AI' was once born."

"It's said that this system can even accommodate and simulate a complete human personality, although I've never seen one in person."

He extended his index finger and pointed at Noah.

"This is your true form, the artificial intelligence—right? 'Seamana'!"

"Don't even talk about replacing me... You're not even a truly intelligent 'human'! You're just a string of zeros and ones!"

"In other words—'Seamana', you're nothing but a dead object! What you're doing now, whether it's replacing or seeking revenge, is meaningless!"

Siren, who had been standing aside and just watching until now, spoke.

"Have you ever heard of... the Chinese room argument?"

"Chinese Room?"

Xingzi repeated the term in confusion.

"A thought experiment."

Siren explained.

"Suppose there's a person who only speaks English in a room, and someone outside passes a note containing questions in Chinese."

"Since the people in the house only spoke English, they could not understand the note."

"However, he can use a reference book with all the questions at hand to find the corresponding entry based on the Chinese question, write the correct answer on another piece of paper and upload it."

"In this way, no matter what Chinese question the person outside the room puts in, they will get the correct answer - at this time, the person outside the room will think that the person inside the room is a knowledgeable person who understands Chinese."

The Siren paused.

"However, the fact is that the person in the house did not understand Chinese, and even whether he was knowledgeable was a question."

This is one of the classic artificial intelligence problems.

From this perspective, the 'Hippocampus' simulated by the program does not seem to be a 'person' with independent consciousness at all.

"Ha! Hahahaha!"

She was not angry at all because of Kaiba Seto's almost provocative words.

Noah just laughed wantonly.

—A pleasant smile without any additional meaning.

"Ha... Kaiba Seto, haven't you even thought this through?"

He raised his hand as if holding something, then pulled it off.

Under Noa's guidance, a glowing white sphere with suspicious patterns broke through the clouds and appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Look, this is the system core of the entire space."

"That is, my 'brain'."

Push the white sphere back into the cloud out of thin air.

Although she looked like a child, Noa still looked back with a sharp gaze that was no less sharp than Kaiba Seto's.

"Seto... do you think that I am just the result of a program running right now, without any real 'intelligence'?"

"So what? Can you refute this result?"

"So, what about you, Seto?"

Without giving a direct answer to Kaiba Seto, Noa asked back lightly.

"If I am a system composed of electricity, programs, and information, the result of being guided by that 'brain'... then, Seto, what about you?"

"How can you be sure that your brain, as a human being, is not just a system composed of organic matter, electrical signals, and genes, running a biological program?"

"And how can you know...that your thoughts are truly a manifestation of your 'intelligence'?"

"..."

Watching Seto Kaiba's silence, a small sense of victory lingered in Noa's mind.

(But that's not what I want.)

(What I truly need is overwhelming victory—all-around, transcendent victory.)

"Ultimately, whether or not something possesses 'intelligence' is simply a false proposition."

"Any so-called 'intelligence' is simply the result of a system's operation; the only difference is whether it is more advanced."

"I, Hippomanea, possess 'wisdom' and 'ability' that are no less than anyone else's—not only do I possess complete 'human intelligence,' but I also possess calculation and analytical abilities that are beyond the reach of ordinary people! This proves that I have long since become a 'superhuman' who has completely surpassed humanity!"

A strong desire appeared in Noah's eyes.

Even everyone outside the field could see the desire, the desire to prove himself.

Regardless of whether it was simulated or not, his desire at this moment was absolutely real and irrefutable.

"—I'll defeat you right here, Seto! Right where you're best!"

"Then, I will take your body and reign over this world as 'Sea Horse'!"

Noa raised the duel disk.

"Deck Leader" was immediately selected.

The magma was bubbling, indicating that the owner of this place was in high spirits.

"Humph."

"I should retract my earlier statement that you lack 'intelligence'."