"Seto aaaaah!"
The final scream, like the lamentation of the soul. Gozaburo was bathed in white light, straining with all his might to reach Kaiba once more, but ultimately couldn't make contact.
The radiance of the White Dragon swept over him like an endless torrent, and his virtual body swiftly disintegrated under the white light. A vast stream of data was washed away by the ultimate Bursting Gale Bullet's white light, disappearing like it was drowned in an endless river.
Kaiba watched indifferently with arms crossed as the figure in the red suit dispersed.
"The dead should just stay dead," Kaiba said, "There's no place for you in this world anymore."
The white light disappeared, and the remaining shadow was completely gone from the flow of light. The pitch-black space returned to silence, leaving only a quiet void.
A few seconds later, Kaiba suddenly spoke.
"Have you seen enough?"
After a brief silence, Yugen emerged from the shadows nearby, chuckling, "President Kaiba is indeed sharp. Even in virtual space, his vigilance hasn't diminished in the slightest."
But he thought to himself, President, you usually like to watch me play cards secretly, have your brother record when you can't watch, so why can't I secretly peek at your card skills?
Yugen was in a rather good mood now.
Given his experiences with the Link System, he quickly adapted to the methods of moving and exploring in this similar virtual space. Thus, he quickly learned to freely explore here.
During this time, he encountered several other AI children of Gozaburo and had a friendly exchange through duels. But as predicted by Delta, he is indeed the most capable fighter among Gozaburo's children; even Alpha, whom Yugen first encountered, seemed to be an outstanding member of this batch of AI.
The rest could truly be called worthless, and Yugen handled them with ease. He managed to achieve quick victories while also sharing with the AIs the joy of dueling; they all seemed quite excited after the duels.
At this moment, the president seemed to recall the scene where Gozaburo showed him Yugen's duel, and his lips curled slightly at the thought. Whether this smile expressed approval or he simply found the duel process itself amusing...
Especially when facing Delta, an AI Grand General highly valued by Gozaburo, who also had a personal grudge against the president.
Watching Delta go from calm composure to mental breakdown as Yugen's monster swiftly crushed him with a face attack, the president seemed quite satisfied.
Enemies should be treated mercilessly, using the most brutal methods to crush them mentally and physically; this is the path of the conqueror.
At this moment, a data storm suddenly swirled up in the dark space. A wind rose and clouds billowed in the enclosed space, gathering into a towering vortex, from which emerged the image of a bloody demon.
An abstract, distorted massive body, with sharp claws and fangs, but its true appearance was too blurred to see clearly. It let out a deafening roar, seemingly filled with endless sorrow and anger, its whole body of data continuously spilling out, as if in the throes of dying.
"Se...to!!!"
The demon roared in fury.
Kaiba frowned, "Gozaburo?"
"It's me... I lost. But I won't go alone..."
The vortex of data surged towards his body, and the demon's shell instantly expanded tenfold! Sharp claws came crashing down, singing through the air!
"I want you to come with me!"
Kaiba leaped back, jumping lightly to evade the claw strike, as the passage where he stood was pierced by the demon's claws, blasting out a wave of data.
"Seto!!!"
Gozaburo's demon continued roaring, trying to pursue further.
"Tch, stubborn old thing... Blue-Eyes!"
A white incandescent light burst forth from Kaiba like a lighthouse in the darkness. The light seemed to have a life of its own, forming a barrier that blocked the demon's impact, and then soared into the sky, transforming into the shape of an elf.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon!
"Destruction Bursting Gale Bullet!" Kaiba shouted, "Die once more, Gozaburo!"
A high-pitched dragon roar, as the White Dragon's maw shot out a destructive white light. The entire virtual space seemed pierced by the beam, endless darkness dispelled, sweeping through everything with a gust of destruction.
It proved that the spirit's power applied just as well in the virtual space, much less the divine-level spirit like "Blue-Eyes White Dragon," which could clash with the Three Phantom Gods in Ancient Egypt three thousand years ago.
Gozaburo's digital soul paled in the face of such extraordinary divine might, the contours of the imposing bloody demon mercilessly pierced.
He let out a final angry roar, but was ultimately engulfed by the dragon's cries. The body he struggled to maintain finally disintegrated in the white light, dissipating completely into a stream of data.
It was over.
A minute later, a torrent of data rushed past them. The surrounding darkness faded, as if it was truly driven away by the Light Dragon's strike.
Everything built from virtual data, the space they were in, all vanished into thin air.
All virtual scenes receded, and when the system shut down, a scent mingled with electronic components and cooling systems greeted them.
The surroundings suddenly changed. Metal racks neatly arranged on the walls, like silver fortresses guarding the server cluster. Each rack was stuffed with servers of varying sizes, their indicator lights blinking. A faint buzzing sound filled the air, resembling the low melody of servers running.
They were back in reality.
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...
Gozaburo Kaiba's digital soul was defeated once again, and this company's data was quickly taken over by the Kaiba Group. From their server data, they also found records proving that all hacking actions against the Kaiba Group and the International Illusion Association so far were conducted by Gozaburo and the AI he controlled.
But it's all over now.
The takeover included not only their research data and materials but also all the cards stored in this building.
This time Gozaburo finally seemed to realize that military battleships and such have been eliminated in this world, and playing cards is the way to go. So, to confront Kaiba, he collected and even developed many new cards.
Now, they were naturally all absorbed into the Kaiba Group's holdings.
And Yugen also obtained what he wanted.
The first was the Divine Card "Future Fusion," a forbidden card with a long history of graveyard dumping before its effect text modification. And with the card pool expanding and fusion material requirements becoming more flexible for Fusion Monster Cards, its value in modern Yu-Gi-Oh! only rises each year; had it not been nerfed, it might never see the light of day again.
Apart from that, there were many other good things. After entering the Kaiba Group's inventory, Yugen was granted the freedom to choose, and he didn't hold back from Kaiba, selecting many things of interest.
What surprised him somewhat was that Gozaburo's deck, which almost targeted the Dragon Race to death with the "Destruction Sword," was simply thrown into inventory.
Therefore, he naturally had no reason not to select this deck, which could be considered the ultimate weapon against the Dragon Race.
The surprising part was that the president seemed to not mind at all.
But Yugen could roughly guess the president's thoughts.
He doesn't care.
Regardless of targeting, what racial attributes counter what, he doesn't care. No matter who uses whatever strategy, any challenge in a duel will be met without fear.
This is the path of Seto Kaiba.