In this world where everyone is a dueling brain

"They will absorb the data of duelists who step into the field, causing them to gradually lose their consciousness, existence, and memory as duelists."

"They end up being assimilated as part of the data storm."

It sounds incredible.

Moreover, Haimaxi felt something strange.

Memories of being a duelist...

And this is the ability to be the incarnation of the "god" of this dimension.

The existence of all duelists will be absorbed and transformed into data, becoming part of his power.

"No matter how powerful a duelist is, after entering his domain, there is a danger of getting lost."

You cannot overcome the storm by relying on your own words alone.

The keys have been collected, and He is about to wake up. At that time, whether it is the city or the person who is going to duel with Haimaxi, they will...

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"Now that the keys are in your hands, it's time to explain to me what happened to the identity of the so-called final boss?"

After the duel was over, the two quickly entered a nearby activity area covered by the phantom virtual image. After transforming into the virtual image, Ouyang crossed his arms in front of his chest, waiting for Kouji to give him a response.

Kouji just shook the dueling bracelet on his hand, and the black-eyed AI on it had disappeared.

"To put it simply, I made a deal with the real final boss of this event."

"trade?"

Ouyang frowned.

Moreover, when did Kouji meet the real final boss? Haven't the players discovered the sleeping place of the "God of Fire Spirit" until now?

Wait a moment……

Ouyang suddenly remembered that strange black-eyed AI.

Although it only has one eye, both in terms of color and level of intelligence, it seems to be the same as the final BOSS in several other realms, close to an existence called "Fire Spirit".

Or rather, Ignis.

If that AI is also Ignis...

But why did it trade with Kouji, and what is the purpose?

"After defeating it, or in other words, after defeating a certain existence attached to it, I will replace it and become the real... final boss?"

Ouyang shook his head:

"don't know."

"I don't understand, in fact, I don't know too well."

Keiji said casually while rubbing the six cards in his hand, which were the six cards in the Fire Spirit Star field.

And these six cards are the "keys" to unlock the final trial.

Finally, they came to a slightly dilapidated and old place.

If you only talk about the scale, it is probably very grand, but it has been seriously damaged, giving people a feeling of disrepair.

This is the least crowded activity area, because there are almost no enemies and no active bosses around here.

The only thing that can be related to the event is an NPC making hot dogs.

Suddenly, Ouyang realized, where is the AI ​​on Hui's second-hand ring?

"What about the AI? Did you go back to Gao Yangyou?"

He is really a [-]-year-old boy swinging from side to side.

Keiji nodded, and then pointed to a store not far away that was very inconsistent with the style of all this——

"It probably plans to eat hot dogs at that hot dog shop with Gao Yangyou now."

"?"

Ouyang was stunned for a moment and thought for a long time. He didn't know.

Did the word eat a hot dog mean something she didn't understand.

But that one really seems to be just a hot dog shop.

That hot dog shop doesn't seem to be anything special.

At most, the hot dog shop owner's hair design is a bit out of the ordinary.

And I don't know if it's the modeling or the AI ​​made a mistake. The shop owner would eat the hot dog wrapping paper when he ate the hot dog himself.

"Then what do you want next?"

"Open the door to the BOSS room."

Ouyang looked at the dilapidated buildings in front of him.

This is the area where the final boss is located?

"This used to be the base of SOL in the data world, but the company went bankrupt later, leaving only such a wreck in the online world."

And the room of the final boss is here.

Suddenly, the moment Keiji came to the door, the originally dilapidated scene changed, and six empty card slots appeared in front of the door.

Put six cards in it one by one, and then, this area began to slowly produce some changes.

The whole land began to shake slowly, but the expressions of Ouyang and Huiji did not change.

Although the scene seems to be continuing to change, the door has already opened slowly.

There is a dazzling light inside, and I don't know what will be behind the door.

"Then I'll go ahead."

He took a step in, and the virtual body began to dissipate little by little, but it seemed more than that simple.

Ouyang also wanted to follow in, but was stopped.

Kouji pinched his chin, thought for a while——

"Next, this city may trigger something more exciting than the previous terrorist organization's attack on the school."

Although he didn't know what was going on, Ouyang nodded first.

Is this asking her for something?

"Remember to record for me then."

"?"

"I don't want to miss the main duel, you know what I mean."

She couldn't understand it at all.

Ouyang raised his head and glanced at the scene that was changing violently. The sky was shattering little by little, revealing the illusory sky of data. The storm of data began to attack from all sides, plundering everything.

In the originally dilapidated building, a tall tower began to rise slowly, gradually rushing towards the sky, like a giant tree that kept growing.

It seems that something very troublesome will happen next.

However, judging by Kouji's appearance, all this should be resolved.

Just when she was thinking this way, Kouji suddenly turned around and said the last sentence——

"Oh, by the way, there's no need to save me."

"...?"

Chapter 1 The Man

"This is... a hot dog shop? Do you want me to treat you to a hot dog, but can AI also taste the taste of a hot dog?"

Gao Yangyou looked at the hot dog shop in front of him in confusion, and AI was on his duel plate.

Could it be that AI can also taste the taste of cyber hot dogs?

But this time the AI ​​didn't chatter like before. It just blinked and looked at the door of the hot dog shop, making people wonder what it was thinking.

After waiting for a while, Gao Yangyou planned to open the door first.

When Gao Yangyou was about to open the door, the AI ​​suddenly spoke again:

[Young man, let's go in by yourself from now on. 】

Gao Yangyou was a little confused.

"Aren't you going in?"

[Right now, I can’t face the guy inside, so you should go in alone this time. 】

Its tone returned to its former cheerful tone.

【By the way, remember to say hello to the people inside, goodbye~】

Just like that, the glowing arc on the duel disk went out, like the eyes closing.

This AI is always like this, appearing suddenly and disappearing suddenly, he is used to it.

Although he still didn't know what was going on, Gao Yangyou opened the door alone.

The inside just looks like an ordinary hot dog shop. From every angle, it looks like an ordinary shop that can be found in reality. It is difficult to imagine that it is a scene that appears in a virtual game.

But there are also some places in DL that have similar designs, because the design prototypes in those places come from reality.

There used to be players who restored the home they lived in when they were young in this virtual world. In this virtual home, they also created an NPC that was exactly the same as his brother who had passed away due to illness, to commemorate and remember.

The virtual world is such a place full of infinite possibilities.

Gao Yangyou suddenly thought, is this here also to commemorate something?

After walking into the shop, Gao Yangyou had an inexplicable feeling of familiarity, or in other words, a feeling of déjà vu.

It was as if I had been to a similar place before.

Not long after he came in, with the sound of footsteps, a young man wearing a clerk's uniform walked out.

Gao Yangyou was a little surprised.

He was also the first NPC to meet a human appearance.

No... Maybe it's not the first time. The last time I saw such an NPC was when I met the boss named Bowman.

But it feels different.

This time the NPC has a very obvious human feeling, and it is the feeling of an ordinary person.

Generally speaking, DL will not easily create NPCs with human appearance.

Because the appearance is too real, but the reaction is still AI, so many players will feel fear and discomfort, and there are many ethical issues, for example, players may have undue favor towards NPC and so on.

Therefore, human-looking NPCs were basically excluded from the game in the early stages.

"Hello, what do you want to buy?"

The young man asked Gao Yangyou calmly.

After actually hearing this voice, Gao Yangyou once again had the feeling of deja vu.

He raised his head and took a closer look at the man.

It looks like a high school student, a little taller than him, but has a strange hairstyle, blue, purple, and dark blue. It's hard to describe what shape it is, and it probably looks like a sea anemone.

Although he is about the same age as him, he gives people a calm and intelligent feeling, as if he is not very talkative, and has been expressionless since he appeared.

I didn't pay much attention just now, but now...

"...Excuse me, have we met somewhere?"

After hesitating for a while, Gao Yangyou still asked.

Gao Yangyou knew that it was a bit strange for him to say this, he was obviously an NPC, but he asked this question.

But the person in front of him doesn't look like AI.

After hearing this, the young man's expression did not change much and remained calm: