The card player needs to win easily

Noah supported himself with his arms with difficulty.

This was a very simple thing for him... He just needed to start the program while Kaiba Trojan was not paying attention, and lock Kaiba Trojan's consciousness again through the virtual stealth device, and he would be free.

Then, everything that makes Naia angry here will disappear.

He took a deep breath.

(Be determined...be determined!)

Noa closed her eyes, placed her fingers on the keys, and pressed them rapidly.

...and eventually slid to the side.

"Can't do it..."

(“Can’t do it…?”)

The wooden horse in his mind asked with a puzzled voice.

(I…I can’t do it.)

(In front of Kaiba Mokuma... I can't do it.)

(I will never be able to possess such kindness... but, destroy it? There is absolutely no way I can do that.)

The foul air accumulated in the chest was expelled with a sigh.

The last bit of scarlet in Noah's eyes disappeared.

"No, it's nothing."

A few clicks will restore the interface.

The operating mode of the virtual space was quickly modified to remove the restrictions of the hatch.

"By manually bypassing the highest privileges, this will free everyone."

"Of course, except dad... No, Kaiba Gozaburo."

The hatred towards Kaiba Gosaburo still cannot be relieved.

Rather, everyone present wished that Kaiba Gosaburo would die on the spot.

(“Is this all right?”)

"It will take a while..."

This time it’s the real deal, it just takes a little time.

Arms hanging down.

Noa waited for the final instructions to be completed.

"The hatch has been released. Do you want to initiate the wake-up operation immediately?"

("Very good!")

"Ah."

Noa nodded.

"Then, wake up now...?!"

"squeak--"

Just as he was about to give the final instructions, a sound came and a feeling of suffocation suddenly came over him.

(My neck... my neck is being strangled!)

("What's going on!")

“Giggle…Giggle…”

"Hehehe... I've finally been waiting for this."

"It's really easy to identify - just use a tin staff to analyze your fingerprint and you'll know the password."

A dark voice came from behind.

Naia tried to turn his head back—a hand was tightly gripping his neck, pulling it up.

He kicked his legs around like a dehydrated fish.

(That sound just now... was the sound of the automatic door opening!)

"What a delight—what a look of pain!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

A wanton laugh came out of the man's mouth.

“…What…is going on…who…are you…?”

("Malik! Shouldn't he still be on the boat?")

The extremely crazy smile has already announced the coming person.

"Hmm... almost."

Like tasting a fine dessert, An Malik licked his lips and let go of his hand.

Kaiba Mokuba's body fell to the ground, struggling to breathe the hard-earned air again.

“Huh…ha! Huh…”

“…Ahem! Ahem… Could it be that you are… the one who caused the destruction!?”

Noa quickly figured out who was responsible for the dilapidated underwater fortress.

"It was intact until the last inspection...but how could one person—"

"boom!!!"

An explosion occurred to the right of Noa, whose eyes were dazed.

The steel wall was immediately blasted into pits.

"What? I can't hear you? What on earth are you talking about?"

"Hehehe... Kaiba, Muba?"

Gently pull open the bottom of the thousand-year-old tin staff to reveal the sharp end.

"Well, for someone like you who has no means, you are not qualified for the Dark Game of Death."

"I'm giving you a choice—either you want to be pierced by this thing in my hand a million times, or you want to tell me how this thing actually works."

A sinister smile appeared on An Malik's lips.

"Also—don't try to fool me. I have some understanding of the general operating mode of this thing in my other self's memory!"

fear.

The fear of truly terrifying people.

Noa felt cold sweat gradually soaking through the clothes on her back.

The person he faced now was unlike any other—a hypocritical snob like Kaiba Gozaburo? An arrogant and conceited person like Kaiba Seto? Or perhaps just the ordinary person he had seen countless times, just walking down the street?

These are just child's play.

The Dark Malik in front of him was the bloodthirsty executioner that Noa, who lived in a peaceful area, had only seen on TV.

He was stained with the aura of blood and darkness... It was the aura of someone who had truly killed people and had a genuine desire to kill people.

“…Ah…Ah…”

Teeth chattering.

The seahorse in the mind also reveals the emotion of fear.

"Do you want me to repeat it again?"

"...Or have you already made the first choice?"

Licked the tip of the thousand-year-old tin staff.

Blood oozed from his tongue, but Yamalik paid no attention to it.

"...What on earth do you want to do, you bastard?"

Noa finally mustered up the courage to ask An Malik a question.

"Hmm? Isn't that obvious?"

Yamalik laughed sinisterly again.

"If I remember correctly, I left the whole place intact."

"I just want to get rid of that thing... As for where to get it? Tongshiye City seems like a good place."

Noah knew exactly what the person in front of him was referring to.

Having read the damage report of the entire underwater fortress, he naturally knew where the problem was.

Tactical nuclear weapons...silos.

This is an emergency measure that Haima Corporation once kept hidden and may have been used to deter one or more countries but was not activated.

It is also a last resort - as a company, even a military company, it should not have such things.

However, under the secret promotion of Kaiba Gosaburo, "it" appeared and was deployed in this underwater fortress.

But "it" never had the chance to start again - until today.

"...You're crazy! This is absolutely not allowed!"

Even Noa, who was an artificial intelligence before this, had sufficient understanding.

Once this weapon is activated, it will bring about absolutely unpredictable consequences.

"So... you chose the first option."

Yamalik's grin widened, as if this choice made him even happier.

"Prepare to wail, Seahorse Trojan... I will pierce your body with a thousand thorns, tear out your soul with this thousand-year-old tin staff, and take what I want from the last fragments!"

He raised high the thousand-year-old staff.

"...!"

Naia stood up and turned to run away.

"Well!"

An explosion sounded at his feet—the shockwave was thrown against the wall, slamming hard against the steel.

“…Cough, cough, cough! Cough, cough, cough!”

("Hey! Are you okay?")

Noa's head was spinning so much that she couldn't even hear Kaiba Mokuma's anxious shouts in her head.

He forced his eyes open and saw An Malik holding a sharp golden staff and approaching step by step.

"This color, suffocated by despair—ah! delightful!"

"Just let me experience this rare pleasure—"

"Bang."

The door opened again.

The first thing that peeked in from the gap was a strand of purple hair.

"..."

Under the gaze of the two, the purple-haired girl staggered into the control room.

("Liva!")

"……It's you?"

Yamalik turned his head with a bored look on his face.

"My rare moment of enjoyment has been interrupted—it makes me extremely angry!"

"I can't bear to start the dark game-"