The card player needs to win easily

"Some dark force is preventing me from connecting with this stone tablet."

"Very...aggressive."

Yami Yugi recalled the feeling he had just had and looked at the ancient stone tablet again.

At this moment, this historical relic locked inside bulletproof glass is covered with a very thick layer of ice.

"What's going on?"

He put his hand on the glass.

It's not as cold as you might imagine, like ice or glass... but hot, even scalding.

Totally inconsistent with common sense.

Moreover, the moment Yami Yugi took his eyes off the stone slab, the commotion instantly spread throughout the museum.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

"Screams?"

At the entrance of the venue, wave after wave of shouts reached everyone's ears.

Only one thing is certain - something happened.

(It has already begun.)

(really.)

"Go out and take a look?"

After exchanging a glance with Siren, Liva extended her index finger and pointed outside the door.

For others who are blinded by confusion, this is the only option.

"……Walk."

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"Don't come over here, don't come over here... Wow, this is spectacular, in a negative sense."

Liva patted her shoulders and drove away a few sparrows that tried to land on her.

The degree of chaos within the field of vision is far beyond imagination.

Several giant dragons were circling in the sky, and some of them seemed to be spitting flames at the buildings.

Slimes, skeletons, glowing wolves, and all kinds of creatures that seemed to come from a fantasy world were chasing panicked passers-by on the streets.

"What is Kaiba Corporation doing!? I ■■ Kaiba Seto's ■■■■, ■■■■!!!"

A car suddenly braked in front of a wild boar, and the car's door suddenly opened, and several people got out, cursing.

"Summoning Jurassic Meteormon—Meteor!?"

A huge meteorite fell from the sky and landed on a man who was dueling, covering his entire body and raising a cloud of virtual dust.

"Aieeeeeeeee!!! Duel Monsters, Duel Monsters why!!!"

Liva even saw several tiny "machine monsters" biting an unlucky passerby.

The people were pressed to the ground and began to wail.

...something seems wrong?

"Aren't the previous ones all virtual images..."

These little "machine monsters" seemed to have sensed something and jumped away from the poor guy, fell to the ground, and turned into points of light and dissipated.

When the passerby felt the oppression on his body lifted, he stood up quickly and ran away.

Then, he disappeared into the chaotic crowd while shouting.

"This world is insane!!!"

"Ah this..."

Liva observed three seconds of silence for the poor guy.

"These are all virtual images of Duel Monsters... Could it be that Kaiba Corporation's projection system is malfunctioning?"

For now, this is the most reasonable assumption - but the game always feels that something is wrong.

"Anyway, Kaiba Seto has been busy lately—tsk, with bugs."

Siren shrugged and casually moved the dinosaur Ryuzaki, who was blocking the way with drool and a dull look in his eyes, to a corner - and kicked the insect Yu Moth, who was also standing there, to the ground.

"The omen has begun..."

"Provoking the Stone Realm will lead to its destruction..."

The fallen insect, the feather moth, was mumbling something incoherently.

Yugi hesitated for a moment, but still dragged the insect Feather Moth to the side of the dinosaur Ryuzaki so that he would not block the safe passage of others.

"What happened to Ryuzaki...?"

After looking at the card box containing "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" beside him, Jonouchi shook Dinosaur Ryuzaki, trying to wake him up.

But unfortunately, it's of no use.

The dinosaur Long Qi still stood there motionless with a confused look on his face.

"Forget it, forget about them—let's go to Kaiba Company and take a look."

Honda suggested as he looked at the phone in his hand which kept popping up breaking news.

"Let's not go there for now—we plan to ask the International Illusion Agency headquarters or look for Becas."

"It's just right. We can split into two groups."

Looking at Liva, Yami Yugi nodded.

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"No answer...Alas, Becas."

Liva sighed and hung up the call to Beckas's private landline.

A day passed, and even the headquarters of the International Illusion Society was unable to contact Bekas.

If nothing unexpected happens, he himself has had an accident.

"What a disaster, Bekas."

This also officially means that a new chapter of duels has begun in this world.

"..."

As for the Siren? She didn't dare to move now.

One hand gently rubbed her hair.

"So cute~"

Kiddo Carlos was holding Siren tightly to his chest, rubbing her repeatedly with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Ever since the mermaids started running their sushi restaurant in this world, they would come to Liva and Siren's homes from time to time when they had free time.

And during the time they were getting to know each other, Carlos' attitude towards Siren gradually changed from a benefactor to a benefactor and...a cute little girl?

"Siren won't let me hug her anymore~ Siren is still better~"

"Help, help..."

Although she had no objection to Miss Narcissus's touch, Siren faced a more realistic problem.

…She was almost suffocating.

"Jingle Bell--"

"Ok?"

Liva shifted her gaze away from Siren, who had just escaped from the embrace and was lying on the ground gasping for breath, and picked up her cell phone.

The four words "Seto Kaiba" were displayed on the video call request.

"Hey?"

"You know what I'm going to ask, Liva."

Kaiba Seto's voice came from the other side.

"Besides Kaiba Corporation, only the International Illusion Society can use virtual reality projection technology."

"With this incident occurring at the critical moment of the construction of Global Seahorse Paradise, it's hard not to wonder if something has gone wrong with the International Illusion Agency. I need to contact Bekas through you."

"Becas..."

Liva helplessly turned on the landline on the other side of the video and dialed Bekas's number again.

Still busy tone.

“…I can’t get in touch with you.”

Kaiba was silent for a moment.

"So, can you confirm whether the projection system of the International Illusion Society is functioning properly?"

"Quite so—see for yourself."

Liva opened the projection system server of the International Illusion Agency without hesitation and showed the completely normal operating interface to Haima.

"……I see."

Kaiba Seto hung up the phone.

At the last moment before the video call ended, Liva glanced at the interface of another computer behind Seto Kaiba.

...It was a string of green data showing the stock market data of Haima Corporation.

"I don't know much about finance, but this is called Kong, right?"

Liva pointed at the screenshot and asked Siren.

"Huh...huh..."

The Siren breathed in the hard-earned air.

Finally recovering from her dizziness, she sat back on the sofa—visibly at a distance from Kito Carlos.

But… KidoCarlos moved and placed his hand on Siren’s head again.

"...Gu."

"Forget it, I won't ask you anymore."

Seeing Siren's conflicted expression, struggling to decide whether to run away from Kido Carlos or stay, Liva decided to give up her questioning.

"Dong dong dong."

"Hmm? Who is it——"

I had just hung up the phone with Seto Kaiba when someone else came up.

Liva walked to the door and opened it.

"Liva, we received a package from the International Illusion Agency... no, it looks more like it's from the style of Bekas himself."

It was Yugi Muto, and the others who were with him yesterday.

He took an opened cardboard box and showed it to Liva.

"A card with a key on it... and a videotape."

That is indeed a retro style of Bekas himself.

Liva could almost imagine Beckas recording the videotape with his abstract accent.

"Miss Qiduo, you are here too?"

The sharp-eyed Anzi immediately noticed Kido Carlos who had once again grabbed Siren and was happily rubbing her cheeks.

"Hmm? Hello?"

“The food at your 'One Life Bad' themed sushi restaurant is really delicious! I love your dishes!”

“Especially the unique extras... I've never tasted seafood in such a unique style!”