Yu-Gi-Oh, the tenth generation of card-playing simulator!

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A mechanical sound came from the electronic door, and this door full of futuristic technology slowly opened.

"Wow, what a cool way to open the door!" Judai couldn't wait to jump in: "Let me see... Wait, why is it so dark in here!"

Before Judai could continue speaking, a ray of light coming from the depths of darkness quickly swept over his body.

...

"Where is this?"

When Judai came to his senses again, he found himself in the sky.

"What's going on?!"

Looking at the tall buildings standing below, Judai's mind was a little confused: "Why am I flying?"

"This is the virtual reality world." As this voice suddenly sounded, a cool white light flashed around Judai, and a young man in a white suit suddenly appeared behind him.

"Ah, ghost!" Judai was frightened by the sudden appearance of the figure.

"Calm down, Judai." The young man in the white suit was obviously speechless by Judai's recklessness: "Can you please take a good look at who I am?"

"Huh...it's Keipi." Judai came to his senses and finally saw the true face of the person who came.

"How can you blame me for this? It's just that the way you appeared was too weird." After muttering, Judai also noticed the place he mentioned earlier: "Is this a virtual reality world?"

"In that case..." Judai, who was pinching his chin, suddenly had an idea, and then he punched a cloud next to him fiercely: "Secret! Super Powerful Cloud Crying Shattering Fist!"

"Ouch... why does it hurt!" Judai screamed in pain and complained, "Isn't this supposed to be a virtual reality world? How come these clouds are real? And it hurts so much!"

"You..." Kaiba Keipi looked at the reckless guy in front of him and was speechless. "Although this is a virtual world, in order to fully simulate the real world, it also uses a one-to-one model and adds a pain sensor system."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"You didn't ask, and..." Keipi replied irritably, "Who in their right mind would punch a floating cloud? You know, everything here is built with code, and it all has a physical model."

"What about our bodies?"

"Don't worry, your body has been properly taken care of by the staff." Guiping waved his hand and responded.

"Let's get to the point." The unstable light of Super Stacking appeared beside Kaiba Keipi. "I asked you to come here today because of what my brother wanted me to do before he left. It's mainly about the selection of a base point for Super Stacking."

Chapter 213: A super monster that can only last for one turn?

"It turns out that building an ultra-large network requires physical conditions." It was only after Judai heard Keipi's explanation that he realized the special feature of this ultra-large summoning method.

"That's right, that's why we're developing a virtual reality world." Guiping nodded. "Just like what Paradox, whom you recommended, said, the future Synchro Summoning will require perpetual motion machines and D-wheels. Xyz Summoning will rely on two worlds serving as a base, thus achieving the prerequisite for stacking Xyz Summoning."

"If that's the case, this world should be fine now." Judai pointed to the world below, which was a near one-to-one reproduction of Domino City. "Although I don't understand research, your original plan should be to use this virtual world as another base. If it's already been created, why is President Kaiba still going to the underworld?"

"That was indeed the original conception." Guiping nodded, then shook his head and continued, "Unfortunately, there is always a gap between theory and reality. However, during actual research, we have discovered new problems."

As Keipi waved his fingers in the air, a light curtain suddenly appeared in front of Judai, and an airship with the KC logo appeared on the screen.

When the camera slowly zoomed in, a man in a white windbreaker was standing on top of the airship.

"It's President Kaiba!?" Judai looked at the windbreaker of Kaiba in the picture in surprise: "Really...really cool!"

Under Judai's gaze, Seto Kaiba in the picture wore an extremely small and exquisite duel disk on his left arm. When a deck was inserted into it, the duel disk immediately flashed with a unique light effect.

The monster area and magic trap area that received the activation command extended from both sides of the duel disk like wings of light, and the previous deck, because of the completion of the scan, turned into a series of virtual cards with blue special effects and a sense of technology.

"Is this the new generation Duel Disk!?" The scene before him amazed Judai: "This is so cool!"

"That's right. To coordinate with Xyz Summoning, our company has newly developed a test version of the Duel Disk." Kaiba Keipi observed Judai's shocked expression with interest, then warned, "Pay attention, the key point is coming."

...

"Normal Summon [Bloody Orc], activate the Spell Card [Double Summon], and summon [Minotaur] again!"

As the progress bar advances, President Kaiba in the screen places the three cards in his hand into the duel disk one by one in order, and two four-star duel monsters also appear in the duel area.

"There are now two four-star monsters!"

As the president spoke passionately, two beams of light rushed into the colorful vortex swirling in the sky and transformed into an extremely dazzling silver beam of light.

"Use this to create a stacking network and Xyz Summon... No. 41 Mud Sleeper Tapir!"

Under Judai's expectant gaze, a burping tapir staggered into the venue and fell into a deep sleep.

No. 41 Mud Sleeping Tapir / Rank 2100 / ATK: 2000 / DEF: / Earth / Demon

"Yeah, that's great, the Xyz Summoning was successful!" Looking at the Xyz Monster appearing on the screen, Judai cheered instantly.

Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. The figure of this duel monster did not look solid. It only lasted for a short while before it automatically collapsed.

"Huh?" Judai looked at this sudden scene in bewilderment. "What's going on? Why did the Mud Sleeping Beast just disappear..."

"This is the problem with Xyz Summoning right now," Keipi explained. "Although we've established an anchor point between virtual and real life, the virtual world is still immature, and the dual-end network is unstable. This makes the Xyz network they create extremely vulnerable to collapse, ultimately resulting in Xyz monsters only surviving for a single turn."

"Emmm...it can only exist during the turn when you special recruit it?" Although Judai didn't quite understand the first part, the fact that the Gyro monsters can only appear during your turn is indeed a big disadvantage.

"After extensive research, we discovered that while Xyz Summoning nominally only requires two worlds as bases, a triangular structure is actually the most stable. After obtaining this research result, my brother also opened the way to the Underworld and prepared to construct a new base location."

"Just because of this, the road to the underworld was opened...?" Hearing Keipi's calm tone say something that even an outsider like him thought was outrageous, Judai was shocked and swallowed his saliva. "So, is there anything I can help with?"

"Hmm." Keipi looked at Judai again and said seriously, "Strictly speaking, it was you who actually initiated and proposed the X-Force summoning method, so you might be the person in the world who understands this summoning method best."

"Forehead..."

"Don't worry, it's not a technical issue." A stack of Duel Monster cards appeared in Keipi's hand. "We hope you can help us collect some Gyro data. In other words, we can use these Gyro Monsters that will be destroyed at the end of the turn to win the Duel. I know this may be a heavy burden, so we will pay..."

"Is that so? It's no big deal..." Judai interrupted the other party after taking the card, patting his chest and assuring, "Don't worry, leave the duel matters to me. If you have more Gyro cards, you can even give them to our academy. I can personally teach you how to use Gyro monsters."

"That's perfect." A smile appeared on Keipi's face. "By the way, we've noticed that the space barrier on the Duel Academy island is relatively weak, making it a good location for building a base point. So we need to send some personnel there to do the construction."

"Okay, okay." Judai agreed casually, "No problem for me."

"Um...wait a minute." After thinking it over again, Judai asked curiously, "But shouldn't we notify the principal about this kind of thing?"

"Is it possible..." Guiping said helplessly, "As the chairman, you should be the real decision-maker of the academy."

"Ahaha, is that so?" Judai suddenly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"You guy..."

...

Just as the two finished their conversation and were about to exit the virtual reality world, the surrounding data flow suddenly experienced abnormal fluctuations.

"Who!?" Noticing something strange, Keipi immediately looked in a certain direction ahead.

"Hello." A clear female voice suddenly sounded in the distance, and Judai turned his head to look in the direction of the voice.

A woman dressed in a red and white shrine maiden costume was floating on top of a tall building, gazing at the two with a calm expression.

"Master Keipi..." Judai, who quietly retreated behind Keipi, complained, "Didn't you say there was nothing fishy about this..."

"Don't overthink it." After browsing through some of the data, Keipi had already obtained the other party's information: "This girl is Mijuchi, and she is Saiou's sister."

While Keipi was introducing Judai's identity, she had already floated over from a tall building in the distance: "Don't be surprised, my soul has invaded the virtual reality system of the Kaiba Group. Now I am here, the master, and I can do anything to you!"

"Really?" Guiping's expression remained unchanged, and his right hand tapped the air several times: "Now try again."

"Hmm?" Although Mishouchi was confused, he still did as he was told.

"This is how the same thing!"

A moment later, Judai saw the other person's face changing drastically.

"Saio Mijuchi, Saiio Takuma's younger sister, awakened the ability to see through fate when she was young. She was abandoned by your foolish parents who treated her like a monster, and thus began her wandering life. After that..."

Standing in front of Judai, Kaiba Keipi revealed all of Judai's secrets, and for the first time, a cold expression appeared on his face:

"I tell you these things in the hope that you can reorganize your words and repeat what you just said."

Chapter 214: Judai vs. Misaki

"I'm truly sorry, Lord Keipi, it's indeed my fault for intruding." After a few breaths, Mishouchi, who understood his situation, immediately bowed deeply and respectfully towards the two of them.

"Hmph." In response to Misaki's apology, Keipi simply snorted coldly, obviously not satisfied.

"Uh..." At the same time, Judai, who was hiding behind Keipi, finally stood up after realizing that the other party was a real person: "You are actually Saiou's sister!?"

"Yes, actually I came here this time because I hope that Lord Judai can help save my brother." After realizing that he had lost control of the entire virtual world, Mishouchi immediately switched to a pitiful look.

"Saiou...?" Judai thought for a moment before answering, "His soul is still being nurtured within the Pharaoh. It's a good opportunity for me to hand him over to you. Master Daitokuji has complained more than once that the place is too small for two people."

"No, that's not the case," Mishouchi explained anxiously. "You actually only obtained the gentle and kind half of his soul, but human nature is complex and diverse. Without the support of the dark side, this half will eventually slowly decline into dementia."

"So please, Judai-sama." Mishouchi bowed respectfully again. "You are one of the people in the prophecy who is suspected of saving my brother. Now you are the only one who can help me."

"So there's this aspect of the soul." Judai stroked his chin, feeling that the knowledge points he encountered today were a bit beyond the scope. "Then I should just duel with that guy again and take the other half back. Okay, I'll answer..."

"Wait, stop for a moment." Just as Judai was about to agree, Keipi interrupted him: "Yujo Judai, you don't even know him, why are you helping him?"

"Ah... Helping others is the basis of happiness?" Judai scratched his head and these words popped into his head.

"That's what I said, but I'm not going to risk my life for it." Kaiba Keipi clearly disagreed. He then decisively turned to look at Misato in front of him and said, "Let's talk. What kind of bargaining chips can you offer to save your brother?"

"I...I don't know." Facing Keipi's suddenly fierce aura, Mishouchi was a little at a loss. After all, she was still just a young girl who had not experienced much of the world, while the Kaiba Keipi in front of her had been dominating the mall for who knows how many years.

"My brother's office, is this okay?" After much thought, Mishouchi finally remembered his brother and sister's greatest asset in the world: "If we sell it, we should be able to make a lot of money."

"It's not enough." Kaiba Keipi was clearly dissatisfied. "The former chairman, Kagemaru, voluntarily donated all of his shares in the Duel Academy to atone for his sins. Do you think a small firm can compare to that?"

"But this is the most we brothers and sisters can show off." Mishouchi said with difficulty.

"No." Keiping denied her words and looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze: "Perhaps you can try to use yourself as a bargaining chip."

"Hey, hey, hey, trafficking in women and children is illegal." Judai on the side expressed extreme shock. How could the Kaiba Group still do such a thing?

"What are you thinking?" Kaiba Keipi glanced at Judai unhappily. "What I value is her soul. As a self-awakened esper, her soul energy is inherently different from that of ordinary people. It can be used to help us manage the virtual reality world."

"Hahaha, turns out I was mistaken." After hearing this explanation, Judai showed an embarrassed expression on his face.

"Consider this. Connect your soul to our group's network. Your future work will be to sort out the unstable information states and electronic storms in this virtual world. Once the entire virtual world is completely stabilized, you can completely leave this world." Guiping looked at him. "This time may be a year, or it may be decades, or even longer."

However, he didn't forget Judai, who was standing beside him, and added, "As for you, Judai, you will be able to obtain the second-highest level of authority in the virtual world during her work."

"Sub-high-level authority? What is that?" Judai didn't understand Keipi's words at all, but on the other side, Misushi had agreed to the conditions without hesitation.

"But I have one last request," Mishouchi said sincerely, "I hope to have a duel with Judai-sama to verify whether he is truly the destined one. In fact, the predictions displayed on the Wheel of Destiny have been vague and uncertain for some time."

"It's about a duel." Upon hearing this, Judai instantly became excited: "This is what I'm best at."

"But..." Judai tilted his head to look at Keipi, looking a little troubled: "It seems that there is no duel disk here."

"This is easy." Kaiba Keipi's fingers repeatedly pointed at the void in front of him, and in response, a white silver dragon in the form of data came roaring and coiled around Juudai's arms.

After a crisp dragon roar, the miniature silver dragon immediately changed its form and turned into a thin silver duel disk.

"Wow, how did this happen? This is so cool!" Judai held the duel disk in his hand under the sunlight and looked at it curiously.

"It's just a product of virtual visualization, not worth mentioning." Kaiba Keipi said in a flat tone, but the corners of his mouth were inadvertently raised, and another message was inadvertently revealed: "This is a plan designed by my brother himself."

As for Misuchi who was on the other side, she had a strange-looking duel disk in her hand, full of the style of the ancient Japanese Heian period.

"Master Judai... Then accept my trial here."

"Okay, come on!" Judai responded enthusiastically while fiddling with the new duel disk.

"Duel!"*2

"Swish, swish, swish, swish--"

After drawing his starting hand, Misushi took the lead and declared, "I'll go first, draw a card!"

"Show the monster card [Lucky Soul] in your hand, and use its effect to summon [Soul Bird - Witch Crane] in your hand."

A white light flashed, and a crane spirit with a bow and arrow appeared on Mishouchi's field.