The card player needs to win easily

Oram had failed—but the world had not.

(Insurance...?)

The image of Liva flashed before his eyes.

So, Oram raised his head, trying to look towards the top of Orcust's Tower of Babel—

After seeing a figure disappear in an instant, he felt as if all the strength in his body had been drained, and he fell backwards to the ground, together with the forest guardian dragon Imduk who had been knocked down long ago.

"……Ugh."

"...?"

The mechanical puppet paused and looked towards the tower with confusion.

"It's already started...but why?"

"Click."

The originally smoothly moving machine suddenly got stuck like a gear without oil.

The burning breath was still there—but it didn't get any hotter.

"What's the current situation of the Tower?!"

The blood-stained Ningirsu came running from a distance and stopped beside the mechanical puppet - he saw that the operation of the "Tower" was gradually stagnating.

"……what?"

"Om-"

A sound like steam being released and a boiler releasing pressure came from deep within the tower.

"...!?"

Ningirsu's eyes widened in an instant and he looked at the Tower of Babel in disbelief.

"The launch command... was forcibly stopped!?"

"Control room...Control room!"

He slowly, slowly raised his head upwards—

A black-robed figure appeared at the top of Orcust's Tower of Babel.

Doma: Chapter 179: The Scream Echoing Through the Star Relics

"Ugh...I need to slow down..."

Honda covered his mouth, jumped out of the helicopter, squatted on the side and retched.

The faces of everyone else present turned slightly pale. Even Seahorse, who was piloting the helicopter, took deep breaths with some discomfort - the feeling of being tossed through a storm of lightning and thunder was something they never wanted to experience again in their lifetime.

"I thought I was going to die..."

Xingzi's legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.

"This is a necessary sacrifice. We must continue at full speed on the journey just now."

If they weren't fast enough—looking at the storm blowing around the island—a plane crash would probably be their end.

"It's called an island... but this is a completely man-made surface."

Honda slowed down, stomped on the bronze ground, and heard the sound of metal colliding.

This is an artificial island - both the metal material and the regular surface indicate this.

And at the same time, he was telling them that they were about to face the leader of the world-ruling organization that had the ability to reclaim land.

“…It’s this building.”

Yami Yugi looked towards the center of the island.

The huge, dark golden domed temple was shrouded in darkness and thunder.

"Looks like this is Doma's base camp—let's go, Yugi."

Kaiba lowered his hands.

He glanced at Yami Yugi who had a serious expression beside him, then walked towards the temple ahead of everyone else with firm steps.

"Ah."

Nodding, An Yugi also led the others and walked towards the somewhat gloomy interior of the temple.

"..."

Snakes, lots of snakes—lifelike stone statues of snakes were everywhere, even the glitter on their scales and the tongues in their mouths seemed to be shaking.

They were either hovering on the pillars or crawling on the ground, as if hunting, staring at the group with inorganic eyes.

"...Someone has been here, probably them."

There were a few footprints in the dusty corners, as if their owners had walked around the temple.

Following that path, it eventually led to a giant stone snake head at the end of the room - with something on top of it.

Yami Yugi immediately realized what it was.

He walked quickly over, put his hand into the snake's gaping mouth, and touched the card—the God's Card with a dull golden color.

"The stolen 'Winged Dragon of the Sun God'...was it actually here?"

Turning his head to look at the dark passage on the side, he seemed to hear human voices inside.

It was obvious—there was a fight going on there.

"Maybe our goal is right there—let's go!"

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"..."

Looking at Ningirsu, whose face was frozen by the huge shock, Galatea - the name the mechanical doll gave herself - felt a sense of doubt. A mixture of fear and regret quietly rose from the deepest part of her heart, pressing down on her like a terrifying deep sea.

(Isn't the tower activated...?)

(No, the tower is not activated... it's been interfered with...)

Galatea took an imperceptible step forward.

"Asshole!!!!"

At this moment, Ningirsu burst out with all his strength and crushed the ground.

The purple figure flew upwards with unstoppable speed, ignoring the wounds on its body, and flew with all its might - leaving the mechanical doll alone at the bottom of the tower.

"……what."

She stretched out her hand, trying to grab the edge of the departing clothes...but all she held was air.

How did that person get in? How did he deceive himself and sneak into the control room from an unknown place? None of this mattered.

The only thing that remained in Galatea's mind was the rage in Ningirsu's eyes when he rushed up.

"I……"

(Angry…)

(No... You won't be angry because of me... I'm just a consumable...)

Just like the last invasion, Ningirsu didn't say anything, but just repaired her and returned to the original trajectory.

"..."

(I can't even make consumables properly...)

Extreme fear turned into a giant hand, pressing down on Galatea's metal neck.

She is just a "body", a mechanical doll that exists for the "body" of the person Ningjiersu longs for... But even such a Galatea has the emotion of "absolutely not wanting".

Something must be done.

Something had to be done.

(I’m sorry… I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry—)

It seemed as if something appeared in Galatea's eyes.

It seemed to be a blue-haired... blue-haired, pointed-eared woman with a strange smile who pushed her into the tower.

(don't want……)

My body doesn't feel like my own anymore.

Galatea ran around the ascending passage - letting "herself" do whatever she wanted.

(Don't be disappointed in me...)

Finally, it stopped in front of a room.

She herself didn't know why she stopped at this place - a place that made absolutely no sense.

"What a pitiful puppet, even its self is so little."

"If it weren't for this feeling, I might have confused you with someone else—"

"—But...I saw you."

The woman with long blue hair leaned against the door and looked at Galatea with a smile.

Galatea felt that no one was here. But the vague figure before her did exist.

She didn't think about these things, or rather, she didn't have the ability to think about anything anymore.

"Everything can be salvaged, right?"

The blue-haired man gently placed his hand on Galatea's palm and touched the door.

"..."

With a light sound, the automatic door was pushed open.

A crystal-like square coffin was placed in the center of the room, with countless wires connected underneath.

"That intruder...if you can drive her out, Ningirsu will recognize you as expendable."

"He might think that, as a machine, you're really useful."

"Can't do it..."

Galatea still stood at the door.

The light from the electrons passed through her body, casting a shadow on the floor of the "storage room".

The last invader, Galatea couldn't defeat her.

Galatea could not see this intruder.

The mechanical puppet was completely powerless against such an enemy - so Ningirsu could not possibly look at her.

Just like thinking of myself as a machine in the past, it is impossible to do that anymore.

"Sure? You can do it."

"The Tower's energy has been fully accumulated, and its program has simply been controlled—it won't be difficult to restart."

Galatea suddenly stumbled a few steps and fell into the "storage room", with one hand on the square coffin.

(So… dark…)

Waves of sleepiness that shouldn't have existed began to echo in Galatea's mind.

For some reason, the originally clear vision began to dim.

"That's right, little doll. Don't worry about it."

"I'll help you with this—you just need some sleep."

"Everything will be fine when you wake up."

The blue-haired woman slowly walked into the storage room.

With every step she took, her blurry figure became more solid.

The smile on his face grew wider, and the seduction in his eyes became more obvious.