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"Zigfried von Schroeder."
"No, 'Zigfried von Schroeder' is the name used to refer to one of the KC Cup participants. Since you've already been eliminated, calling you Zigfried von Schroeder is more appropriate."
With an unpleasant expression, Zigfried von Schroeder—that is, Zigfried von Schroeder—looked at Kaiba Seto, who was blocking his path with his usual arrogant face.
"Although there is no concrete evidence, if one only acts after obtaining concrete information, they will miss many optimal opportunities," Kaiba said coldly, his arms crossed over his chest. "I don't know how you did it, but this anomaly here must have been caused by you, right?"
Under normal logic, even if Zigfried von Schroeder was indeed the instigator of the anomaly happening around them, he wouldn't honestly confess everything just because of Kaiba's baseless question. Instead of proposing misleading ideas to clear his name, he should at least deny it by saying, "I didn't do it."
However, Zigfried von Schroeder, whose goal was specifically aimed at Kaiba Seto, pulled a cold sneer at the corner of his mouth. "That's right, it was me, Kaiba Seto."
"Do you remember the anomaly with the Duel Robots a few days ago?"
Kaiba's eyes sharpened. "As expected, that incident was also related to you."
The Kaiba Dome and the Kaiba Land Building on the other side were completed one after the other. The Kaiba Dome had only been open for less than ten days, and Kaiba Land was the same. Therefore, many projects hadn't gained recognition, and many were still in the preparation stage and not yet open.
After all, even if most people had free time and wanted to visit, their primary choice would be the Kaiba Dome, where the KC Cup was being held. Only a genius freeloader like Pegasus would spend all day at Kaiba Land playing video games, and he'd even get annoyed if Tenma Tsukihiro called him.
The Duel Robots, or rather, the project that utilized Duel Robots and focused on dueling against virtual Legendary Duelists, "Duel Gate," was one of the projects still in the preparation stage and not yet open. If the invaded Duel Robots hadn't consumed so much data, it might not have been discovered that they were invaded until the staff responsible for daily checks started work.
Also, because "Duel Gate" hadn't even launched, the invasion of the Duel Robots naturally wouldn't attract any external attention or knowledge. After all, if something went wrong with something still in the testing phase, it would just be an internal laboratory issue. Even unscrupulous Reporters desperate for news wouldn't want to waste ink on such matters, unless there were deaths or major issues involving political correctness.
Therefore, it was strange that Zigfried von Schroeder knew about the Duel Robots' malfunction. The only people who should know about this were KaibaCorp personnel, Hayato, and Pegasus, besides the invader. Zigfried von Schroeder couldn't be a KaibaCorp person, nor could he be Hayato or Pegasus. Thus, logically, he could only be the invader.
Although in reality, he wasn't the one who invaded KaibaCorp but merely used Bakura Ryo as his wingman to attract attention, then brazenly slipped the Trojan Horse Program into the Kaiba Server while the waters were muddied, this didn't prevent Zigfried von Schroeder from using this pretense.
"Besides me, who else could it be?"
Zigfried von Schroeder said proudly, "You haven't forgotten, have you, Kaiba Seto? At your first birthday party after you were adopted, I easily cracked the Firewall you wrote."
Hearing this, Kaiba thought back seriously and remembered that such a thing had indeed happened. He laughed, "So that person was you. Heh, but you, you only cared about those meaningless superficial vanities, and you didn't even know your own network was invaded."
"And you've held onto such old, trivial matters until now. I've almost forgotten about it. What a boring fellow."
Zigfried von Schroeder's arrogant expression froze for a moment. It wasn't that Kaiba mentioning the aftermath of that incident embarrassed him, but rather that Kaiba actually said it was a boring matter?
"You said you've almost forgotten?" Zigfried's expression became somewhat distorted. "Do you know what you're saying? That incident was my humiliation! It was the first time I was defeated by you!"
"I carefully preserved the diary I wrote that day. Every time I was defeated by you, I would write a diary entry. A full 3000 times! I was defeated by you a full 3000 times, and you don't even remember the first time!?"
"3000 times? You've been defeated by me that many times? It seems you really are a piece of trash," Kaiba said with disdain. "No, calling you trash is an insult to trash. Even some mediocre people are stronger than you."
"You!!"
Zigfried von Schroeder's expression twisted. "Don't tell me you don't remember any of the times you defeated me! I consider you my arch-rival!!"
"Hmph, I don't have a habit of remembering the faces of guys I've defeated. Besides, my arch-rival is only one person, and that's Mutou Yuugi."
"I had planned to defeat Yugi in this KC Cup, and then ride the wind and waves to defeat Hayato Kobayashi as well," Kaiba said coldly, pointing at Zigfried. "And you, like a fly that just flew out of a sewer into a carefully cooked soup, completely disrupted my plan!"
"Prepare to bear my wrath, scum!!"
Hearing Kaiba's words, Zigfried lowered his head, covering half his face with one hand, and began to tremble.
He wasn't trembling out of fear, but rather—
"I, a genius, I, an elite, I, the President of Schroeder Corporation, was never even put in your eyes?"
"Kaiba, Seto!!"
"You! Only you! The wrath should be borne by you, the wrath of me, Zigfried von Schroeder!!"
"I will completely crush you in your most prized Duel Monsters, and then make you watch helplessly as KaibaCorp's tall buildings collapse!"
"Duel!!"
[Zigfried von Schroeder: 4000 LP]
Looking at Zigfried, who had inserted his Deck into his Duel Disk and activated it, Kaiba showed a bloodthirsty smile. "Stop spouting such foolish daydreams, scum. If you could do that, I would have thought highly of you long ago."
"Since you want to bring shame upon yourself, I won't be polite and will bestow upon you the punishment of 'Despair'!"
"With my Blue-Eyes!"
"Duel!"
[Kaiba Seto: 4000 LP]
"I'll take the first turn, draw!"
Because the Duel Disks they were using were also equipped with an automatic card eject function, claiming the right to go first between Kaiba and Zigfried depended entirely on their hand speed. Kaiba's speed was clearly faster, and he drew a card first, claiming the right to go first.
"I activate the effect of 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.' in my hand! This card can be Special Summoned from my Deck by sending one 'Blue-Eyes' card from my Deck or hand to the Graveyard. I choose to send 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from my Deck to the Graveyard and Special Summon it!"
"Come forth, 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.'!"
['Lord of D. - Dictator of D.'] [4☆/Dark]
[Spellcaster/Effect]
[1200/1100]
After sending a card automatically searched from his Deck to the Graveyard, what appeared on Kaiba's field was a new form of his frequently used Lord of D.. The familiar dragon bone armor and spirited cloak were there, but the difference was that 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.' held a 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' limited edition of The Flute of Summoning Dragon in its hand.
As Lord of D.'s usual Spell Card, The Flute of Summoning Dragon has the effect to Special Summon two Dragon-Type monsters directly from the hand to the field. Although the design has been modified, 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.'s' 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' version of The Flute of Summoning Dragon also retains the ability to Special Summon Dragon-Type monsters, albeit with a few limiting conditions.
"The second effect of 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.' is that I can send one 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' or a card that lists 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon's' card name from my hand to the Graveyard,"
Kaiba said with a cold laugh, sending a monster card from his hand to the Graveyard. "Targeting the 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' I sent to the Graveyard earlier to Special Summon 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.', I activate its effect! Revive, Blue-Eyes!"
"Right here, let your so-called Valkyrie witness the strongest Dragon you cannot defeat, Zigfried!"
Pure holy light bloomed on Kaiba's field. As 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.' blew the flute, the white giant dragon soared up within the holy light, descending before Kaiba.
It is both the strongest "spear" and the most solid "shield." This is Kaiba's most trusted strongest Dragon-Type monster—'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'!!
['Blue-Eyes White Dragon'] [ATK 3000]
"He actually Summoned 'Blue-Eyes' on the first turn?!" Zigfried's expression twisted. "Damn it, don't get cocky, Kaiba Seto!"
"You say I can't defeat it? Next turn, I will definitely destroy that 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' right in front of you!"
For some reason, listening to Zigfried's words, Kaiba felt his already foul mood worsen.
Because Zigfried's name (Siegfried) is taken from "Siegfried," the dragon-slaying hero in the famous mythological poem "Nibelungenlied." Combined with his use of a Valkyrie Deck, based on the Valkyries who helped Siegfried in mythology, Zigfried himself has been promoted in Europe as a figure like a "great hero who stepped out of mythology."
In "Nibelungenlied," the greatest achievement of the great hero "Siegfried" was killing the giant dragon Fafnir. It was precisely because of this that Kaiba had just specifically teased and mocked Zigfried, saying he couldn't defeat his 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon,' which is also a Dragon-Type monster.
But now Zigfried retorted and made wild boasts, saying he would destroy 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon,' which made Kaiba extremely displeased.
"Hmph, save your daydreams for when you're locked alone in prison, enjoying your torment," Kaiba snorted coldly, drawing two cards from his hand and inserting them into the Spell & Trap Zone. "I Set two cards in my Spell/Trap Zone and end my turn."
[Kaiba: 4000 LP, hand 2]
['Blue-Eyes White Dragon'] [ATK 3000]
['Lord of D. - Dictator of D.'] [ATK 1200]
[Set Card] X2
"My turn, draw!" His heart filled with the wrath of being underestimated, Zigfried drew a card. After seeing the card he drew this turn, he pouted unhappily.
The card he drew was Mischief of the Time Goddess, which allows his monsters to gain an additional second Battle Phase, giving them another chance to attack. If the opponent's field doesn't have enough monsters as barriers, it can be a quite powerful card.
Combined with Ride of the Valkyries, which can Special Summon a large number of Valkyrie monsters at once, it can easily achieve an One-Turn Kill (OTK) or even a First Turn Kill (FTK).
But the problem was that Kaiba's field currently had a 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' with 3000 ATK, and Zigfried's hand didn't have a powerful monster strong enough to break through it. Activating this card now would simply be a waste.
He had to find a way to break through 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon,' or perhaps, bypass it.
Remembering the existence of a card in his Deck, Zigfried played a card with a sour face. "I activate the Spell Card Time Capsule! This card's effect is to place one card from my Deck into the 'Time Capsule,' sending it to my Standby Phase two turns in the future."
"When I get that card, without a doubt, you will face the most humiliating defeat, Kaiba Seto!"
"Before that, I Summon a monster in face-down Defense Position on my field, then Set two cards. I end my turn."
[Zigfried: 4000 LP, hand 2]
[Face-down Defense Position Monster]
[Time Capsule] [Set Card] X2
"My turn, draw." After drawing a card, a cold sneer appeared at the corner of Kaiba's mouth.
"Hmph, you talk big, but you're just an incompetent rat after all?" Kaiba said coldly, adding the card he just drew to his hand. "I even got a little serious, how boring. Well then, I'll finish you off this turn."
"Spell Card Twin Twisters! By discarding one card from my hand, I can destroy up to two Spell/Trap Cards on the field."
Sending a card from his hand to the Graveyard, Kaiba pointed at Zigfried's Spell/Trap Zone. "I will destroy those two Set cards in your Spell/Trap Zone!"
"Don't think you'll succeed!" Zigfried opened his Set card triumphantly. "Chain Twin Twisters, I activate the Trap Card Seal of the Tomb! Skip your next Draw Phase!"
"Then the other card will be destroyed by Twin Twisters. Due to Freyja's Apple's effect when destroyed, I draw a card from my Deck."
Drawing a card and then sealing Kaiba's next draw, Kaiba's Twin Twisters ended up being useless.
Looking at Kaiba, Zigfried sneered, "What's wrong, Kaiba? Didn't you say you were going to finish me off this turn? Then you better hurry up. I don't mind, but these spectators don't have that much time to wait for you."
Hearing Zigfried's words, Kaiba frowned and looked around.
He didn't know what was happening or where it started, but in the Spectator Area of the Kaiba Dome Venue, among many spectators who were properly watching the Duel between Dan Kuroto and Rayne on the Field, a strange phenomenon causing people to fall into a weakened state began to spread.
Dizziness, collapse, weakness, and fatigue. Just taking a sip of water could make them choke for a long time. Their bodies were so tired they just wanted to sleep, and even sitting on a chair was extremely difficult. Even a middle-aged man would become weaker than an eighty-something-year-old woman in just a moment.
However, a considerable portion of people were still in a normal state.
"Hey, you Uncle, don't lean on me! What do you mean you can't chew steak? I've never heard of that!" Rex's words were fierce, but he steadily supported a weak-looking Uncle who had been sitting next to him and had accidentally slipped from his seat. He helped him back into his seat and pulled his hat back from the Uncle's hand, putting it back on his head.
"Seriously, I haven't even had a medium-rare steak yet," Rex complained, standing up from his seat. He looked around and found that it wasn't just the blonde Uncle next to him who had fallen, but almost everyone in the venue.
He didn't know why, but he definitely hadn't fallen into a weakened state, as if everyone around him had been infected by some disease, but he had been inoculated with antibodies beforehand.
In such a situation, the most cautious way to handle it would be to quickly escape from the Kaiba Dome. After all, if he continued to stay in this place, no one could guarantee that his "antibodies" wouldn't become ineffective, causing him to become like the people around him.
And doing this wasn't difficult at all. It was just a matter of leaving his seat, avoiding the others who had fallen sprawled out around him, and leaving through the Safety Passage access points located throughout the Kaiba Dome. After all, the Kaiba Dome had considered situations like fire requiring escape during its initial construction.
Some people had even put this into action, shouting loudly, "What's happening?!" while running wildly into the nearest Passage entrance.
With someone leading the way, Rex noticed that someone quite far from him was following suit and running into a Passage on their side.
His own safety was the most important thing. Just like in a fire where you have to escape in a hurry and can't care for others, no one has the right to blame him for leaving like this, especially since he wasn't the one who led the way. This was probably that person's idea, and Rex even felt a little like imitating it.
But listening to the weak voices of others coming from beside his ear, Rex's brows furrowed tightly. Gritting his teeth, he turned back around, grabbed the Uncle named Prosciutto, whom he had chatted with a couple of times, and another guy traveling with him named Pesci, carrying them at his waist, planning to take them out of the Kaiba Dome Venue together.
Rex couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had concealed his age and carried cement on a construction site to save money for cards. Otherwise, without training, how could he have the ability to carry two people?
His ability was limited to this. After taking these two guys out, if the situation allowed, he might still come back, but for now, it was indeed best to leave first.
Thinking this way, Rex dragged and moved his body, carrying the two weak Uncles at his waist like when he used to carry bags of cement. He had only walked two or three steps towards a Safety Passage not far away when he heard a scream: "Don't come near me!"
Then, there was a gunshot. In the venue, which had become slightly quieter because many people had fallen into weakness, the sound was quite abrupt.
Rex's memory and ability to distinguish sounds were quite good. He naturally remembered that the person who had just spoken was clearly the guy who was the first to escape into the Safety Passage, but what was going on with that gunshot?!
Turning his head to look at the Passage the other guy he had previously confirmed had escaped had entered, Rex was surprised to find that the guy had actually backed out of the Passage. But just as he walked out of the Passage, a sharp sword suddenly stabbed out from behind him, and blood splattered a long way.
A guy wearing a black suit walked out of the Passage, and the guy who had just stabbed out with the sharp sword and dealt with the escapee also appeared beside the black suit. That familiar greenish-blue armor, the red cloak, and the long swords held in each hand were clearly the Duel Monster Command Knight!
"That kind of thing... I've never heard of it! A Duel Monster actually murdered someone?!" Sweat broke out on Rex's forehead from fright. He couldn't help but quicken his pace while carrying the two Uncles at his waist, but he had to stop.
He saw that in the Safety Passage not far away, which he had chosen as his destination, another black suit guy dressed similarly walked out. After looking around left and right, he directly locked onto Rex, who was moving while carrying two people, and moved towards him, showing no interest at all in the other spectators who had fallen around.
The black suit guy also wore a Duel Disk on his wrist. As he placed a card on it, a classic Dinosaur-Type monster, Two-Headed King Rex, appeared beside him and also attacked towards Rex.
"'Two-Headed King Rex'?! Duel Monsters materialized!?" Seeing this, Rex looked at the two Uncles he was carrying and, quite helplessly, temporarily placed them on the steps. He somewhat nervously took out the Deck from his waist, inserted it into his Duel Disk and activated it, then drew a card. "I'm not quite sure if it will work, but don't think you can use dinosaurs against me, you bastard!"
"I am, 'Dinosaur' Rex!"
"No, 'Zigfried von Schroeder' is the name used to refer to one of the KC Cup participants. Since you've already been eliminated, calling you Zigfried von Schroeder is more appropriate."
With an unpleasant expression, Zigfried von Schroeder—that is, Zigfried von Schroeder—looked at Kaiba Seto, who was blocking his path with his usual arrogant face.
"Although there is no concrete evidence, if one only acts after obtaining concrete information, they will miss many optimal opportunities," Kaiba said coldly, his arms crossed over his chest. "I don't know how you did it, but this anomaly here must have been caused by you, right?"
Under normal logic, even if Zigfried von Schroeder was indeed the instigator of the anomaly happening around them, he wouldn't honestly confess everything just because of Kaiba's baseless question. Instead of proposing misleading ideas to clear his name, he should at least deny it by saying, "I didn't do it."
However, Zigfried von Schroeder, whose goal was specifically aimed at Kaiba Seto, pulled a cold sneer at the corner of his mouth. "That's right, it was me, Kaiba Seto."
"Do you remember the anomaly with the Duel Robots a few days ago?"
Kaiba's eyes sharpened. "As expected, that incident was also related to you."
The Kaiba Dome and the Kaiba Land Building on the other side were completed one after the other. The Kaiba Dome had only been open for less than ten days, and Kaiba Land was the same. Therefore, many projects hadn't gained recognition, and many were still in the preparation stage and not yet open.
After all, even if most people had free time and wanted to visit, their primary choice would be the Kaiba Dome, where the KC Cup was being held. Only a genius freeloader like Pegasus would spend all day at Kaiba Land playing video games, and he'd even get annoyed if Tenma Tsukihiro called him.
The Duel Robots, or rather, the project that utilized Duel Robots and focused on dueling against virtual Legendary Duelists, "Duel Gate," was one of the projects still in the preparation stage and not yet open. If the invaded Duel Robots hadn't consumed so much data, it might not have been discovered that they were invaded until the staff responsible for daily checks started work.
Also, because "Duel Gate" hadn't even launched, the invasion of the Duel Robots naturally wouldn't attract any external attention or knowledge. After all, if something went wrong with something still in the testing phase, it would just be an internal laboratory issue. Even unscrupulous Reporters desperate for news wouldn't want to waste ink on such matters, unless there were deaths or major issues involving political correctness.
Therefore, it was strange that Zigfried von Schroeder knew about the Duel Robots' malfunction. The only people who should know about this were KaibaCorp personnel, Hayato, and Pegasus, besides the invader. Zigfried von Schroeder couldn't be a KaibaCorp person, nor could he be Hayato or Pegasus. Thus, logically, he could only be the invader.
Although in reality, he wasn't the one who invaded KaibaCorp but merely used Bakura Ryo as his wingman to attract attention, then brazenly slipped the Trojan Horse Program into the Kaiba Server while the waters were muddied, this didn't prevent Zigfried von Schroeder from using this pretense.
"Besides me, who else could it be?"
Zigfried von Schroeder said proudly, "You haven't forgotten, have you, Kaiba Seto? At your first birthday party after you were adopted, I easily cracked the Firewall you wrote."
Hearing this, Kaiba thought back seriously and remembered that such a thing had indeed happened. He laughed, "So that person was you. Heh, but you, you only cared about those meaningless superficial vanities, and you didn't even know your own network was invaded."
"And you've held onto such old, trivial matters until now. I've almost forgotten about it. What a boring fellow."
Zigfried von Schroeder's arrogant expression froze for a moment. It wasn't that Kaiba mentioning the aftermath of that incident embarrassed him, but rather that Kaiba actually said it was a boring matter?
"You said you've almost forgotten?" Zigfried's expression became somewhat distorted. "Do you know what you're saying? That incident was my humiliation! It was the first time I was defeated by you!"
"I carefully preserved the diary I wrote that day. Every time I was defeated by you, I would write a diary entry. A full 3000 times! I was defeated by you a full 3000 times, and you don't even remember the first time!?"
"3000 times? You've been defeated by me that many times? It seems you really are a piece of trash," Kaiba said with disdain. "No, calling you trash is an insult to trash. Even some mediocre people are stronger than you."
"You!!"
Zigfried von Schroeder's expression twisted. "Don't tell me you don't remember any of the times you defeated me! I consider you my arch-rival!!"
"Hmph, I don't have a habit of remembering the faces of guys I've defeated. Besides, my arch-rival is only one person, and that's Mutou Yuugi."
"I had planned to defeat Yugi in this KC Cup, and then ride the wind and waves to defeat Hayato Kobayashi as well," Kaiba said coldly, pointing at Zigfried. "And you, like a fly that just flew out of a sewer into a carefully cooked soup, completely disrupted my plan!"
"Prepare to bear my wrath, scum!!"
Hearing Kaiba's words, Zigfried lowered his head, covering half his face with one hand, and began to tremble.
He wasn't trembling out of fear, but rather—
"I, a genius, I, an elite, I, the President of Schroeder Corporation, was never even put in your eyes?"
"Kaiba, Seto!!"
"You! Only you! The wrath should be borne by you, the wrath of me, Zigfried von Schroeder!!"
"I will completely crush you in your most prized Duel Monsters, and then make you watch helplessly as KaibaCorp's tall buildings collapse!"
"Duel!!"
[Zigfried von Schroeder: 4000 LP]
Looking at Zigfried, who had inserted his Deck into his Duel Disk and activated it, Kaiba showed a bloodthirsty smile. "Stop spouting such foolish daydreams, scum. If you could do that, I would have thought highly of you long ago."
"Since you want to bring shame upon yourself, I won't be polite and will bestow upon you the punishment of 'Despair'!"
"With my Blue-Eyes!"
"Duel!"
[Kaiba Seto: 4000 LP]
"I'll take the first turn, draw!"
Because the Duel Disks they were using were also equipped with an automatic card eject function, claiming the right to go first between Kaiba and Zigfried depended entirely on their hand speed. Kaiba's speed was clearly faster, and he drew a card first, claiming the right to go first.
"I activate the effect of 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.' in my hand! This card can be Special Summoned from my Deck by sending one 'Blue-Eyes' card from my Deck or hand to the Graveyard. I choose to send 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from my Deck to the Graveyard and Special Summon it!"
"Come forth, 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.'!"
['Lord of D. - Dictator of D.'] [4☆/Dark]
[Spellcaster/Effect]
[1200/1100]
After sending a card automatically searched from his Deck to the Graveyard, what appeared on Kaiba's field was a new form of his frequently used Lord of D.. The familiar dragon bone armor and spirited cloak were there, but the difference was that 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.' held a 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' limited edition of The Flute of Summoning Dragon in its hand.
As Lord of D.'s usual Spell Card, The Flute of Summoning Dragon has the effect to Special Summon two Dragon-Type monsters directly from the hand to the field. Although the design has been modified, 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.'s' 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' version of The Flute of Summoning Dragon also retains the ability to Special Summon Dragon-Type monsters, albeit with a few limiting conditions.
"The second effect of 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.' is that I can send one 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' or a card that lists 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon's' card name from my hand to the Graveyard,"
Kaiba said with a cold laugh, sending a monster card from his hand to the Graveyard. "Targeting the 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' I sent to the Graveyard earlier to Special Summon 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.', I activate its effect! Revive, Blue-Eyes!"
"Right here, let your so-called Valkyrie witness the strongest Dragon you cannot defeat, Zigfried!"
Pure holy light bloomed on Kaiba's field. As 'Lord of D. - Dictator of D.' blew the flute, the white giant dragon soared up within the holy light, descending before Kaiba.
It is both the strongest "spear" and the most solid "shield." This is Kaiba's most trusted strongest Dragon-Type monster—'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'!!
['Blue-Eyes White Dragon'] [ATK 3000]
"He actually Summoned 'Blue-Eyes' on the first turn?!" Zigfried's expression twisted. "Damn it, don't get cocky, Kaiba Seto!"
"You say I can't defeat it? Next turn, I will definitely destroy that 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' right in front of you!"
For some reason, listening to Zigfried's words, Kaiba felt his already foul mood worsen.
Because Zigfried's name (Siegfried) is taken from "Siegfried," the dragon-slaying hero in the famous mythological poem "Nibelungenlied." Combined with his use of a Valkyrie Deck, based on the Valkyries who helped Siegfried in mythology, Zigfried himself has been promoted in Europe as a figure like a "great hero who stepped out of mythology."
In "Nibelungenlied," the greatest achievement of the great hero "Siegfried" was killing the giant dragon Fafnir. It was precisely because of this that Kaiba had just specifically teased and mocked Zigfried, saying he couldn't defeat his 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon,' which is also a Dragon-Type monster.
But now Zigfried retorted and made wild boasts, saying he would destroy 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon,' which made Kaiba extremely displeased.
"Hmph, save your daydreams for when you're locked alone in prison, enjoying your torment," Kaiba snorted coldly, drawing two cards from his hand and inserting them into the Spell & Trap Zone. "I Set two cards in my Spell/Trap Zone and end my turn."
[Kaiba: 4000 LP, hand 2]
['Blue-Eyes White Dragon'] [ATK 3000]
['Lord of D. - Dictator of D.'] [ATK 1200]
[Set Card] X2
"My turn, draw!" His heart filled with the wrath of being underestimated, Zigfried drew a card. After seeing the card he drew this turn, he pouted unhappily.
The card he drew was Mischief of the Time Goddess, which allows his monsters to gain an additional second Battle Phase, giving them another chance to attack. If the opponent's field doesn't have enough monsters as barriers, it can be a quite powerful card.
Combined with Ride of the Valkyries, which can Special Summon a large number of Valkyrie monsters at once, it can easily achieve an One-Turn Kill (OTK) or even a First Turn Kill (FTK).
But the problem was that Kaiba's field currently had a 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' with 3000 ATK, and Zigfried's hand didn't have a powerful monster strong enough to break through it. Activating this card now would simply be a waste.
He had to find a way to break through 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon,' or perhaps, bypass it.
Remembering the existence of a card in his Deck, Zigfried played a card with a sour face. "I activate the Spell Card Time Capsule! This card's effect is to place one card from my Deck into the 'Time Capsule,' sending it to my Standby Phase two turns in the future."
"When I get that card, without a doubt, you will face the most humiliating defeat, Kaiba Seto!"
"Before that, I Summon a monster in face-down Defense Position on my field, then Set two cards. I end my turn."
[Zigfried: 4000 LP, hand 2]
[Face-down Defense Position Monster]
[Time Capsule] [Set Card] X2
"My turn, draw." After drawing a card, a cold sneer appeared at the corner of Kaiba's mouth.
"Hmph, you talk big, but you're just an incompetent rat after all?" Kaiba said coldly, adding the card he just drew to his hand. "I even got a little serious, how boring. Well then, I'll finish you off this turn."
"Spell Card Twin Twisters! By discarding one card from my hand, I can destroy up to two Spell/Trap Cards on the field."
Sending a card from his hand to the Graveyard, Kaiba pointed at Zigfried's Spell/Trap Zone. "I will destroy those two Set cards in your Spell/Trap Zone!"
"Don't think you'll succeed!" Zigfried opened his Set card triumphantly. "Chain Twin Twisters, I activate the Trap Card Seal of the Tomb! Skip your next Draw Phase!"
"Then the other card will be destroyed by Twin Twisters. Due to Freyja's Apple's effect when destroyed, I draw a card from my Deck."
Drawing a card and then sealing Kaiba's next draw, Kaiba's Twin Twisters ended up being useless.
Looking at Kaiba, Zigfried sneered, "What's wrong, Kaiba? Didn't you say you were going to finish me off this turn? Then you better hurry up. I don't mind, but these spectators don't have that much time to wait for you."
Hearing Zigfried's words, Kaiba frowned and looked around.
He didn't know what was happening or where it started, but in the Spectator Area of the Kaiba Dome Venue, among many spectators who were properly watching the Duel between Dan Kuroto and Rayne on the Field, a strange phenomenon causing people to fall into a weakened state began to spread.
Dizziness, collapse, weakness, and fatigue. Just taking a sip of water could make them choke for a long time. Their bodies were so tired they just wanted to sleep, and even sitting on a chair was extremely difficult. Even a middle-aged man would become weaker than an eighty-something-year-old woman in just a moment.
However, a considerable portion of people were still in a normal state.
"Hey, you Uncle, don't lean on me! What do you mean you can't chew steak? I've never heard of that!" Rex's words were fierce, but he steadily supported a weak-looking Uncle who had been sitting next to him and had accidentally slipped from his seat. He helped him back into his seat and pulled his hat back from the Uncle's hand, putting it back on his head.
"Seriously, I haven't even had a medium-rare steak yet," Rex complained, standing up from his seat. He looked around and found that it wasn't just the blonde Uncle next to him who had fallen, but almost everyone in the venue.
He didn't know why, but he definitely hadn't fallen into a weakened state, as if everyone around him had been infected by some disease, but he had been inoculated with antibodies beforehand.
In such a situation, the most cautious way to handle it would be to quickly escape from the Kaiba Dome. After all, if he continued to stay in this place, no one could guarantee that his "antibodies" wouldn't become ineffective, causing him to become like the people around him.
And doing this wasn't difficult at all. It was just a matter of leaving his seat, avoiding the others who had fallen sprawled out around him, and leaving through the Safety Passage access points located throughout the Kaiba Dome. After all, the Kaiba Dome had considered situations like fire requiring escape during its initial construction.
Some people had even put this into action, shouting loudly, "What's happening?!" while running wildly into the nearest Passage entrance.
With someone leading the way, Rex noticed that someone quite far from him was following suit and running into a Passage on their side.
His own safety was the most important thing. Just like in a fire where you have to escape in a hurry and can't care for others, no one has the right to blame him for leaving like this, especially since he wasn't the one who led the way. This was probably that person's idea, and Rex even felt a little like imitating it.
But listening to the weak voices of others coming from beside his ear, Rex's brows furrowed tightly. Gritting his teeth, he turned back around, grabbed the Uncle named Prosciutto, whom he had chatted with a couple of times, and another guy traveling with him named Pesci, carrying them at his waist, planning to take them out of the Kaiba Dome Venue together.
Rex couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had concealed his age and carried cement on a construction site to save money for cards. Otherwise, without training, how could he have the ability to carry two people?
His ability was limited to this. After taking these two guys out, if the situation allowed, he might still come back, but for now, it was indeed best to leave first.
Thinking this way, Rex dragged and moved his body, carrying the two weak Uncles at his waist like when he used to carry bags of cement. He had only walked two or three steps towards a Safety Passage not far away when he heard a scream: "Don't come near me!"
Then, there was a gunshot. In the venue, which had become slightly quieter because many people had fallen into weakness, the sound was quite abrupt.
Rex's memory and ability to distinguish sounds were quite good. He naturally remembered that the person who had just spoken was clearly the guy who was the first to escape into the Safety Passage, but what was going on with that gunshot?!
Turning his head to look at the Passage the other guy he had previously confirmed had escaped had entered, Rex was surprised to find that the guy had actually backed out of the Passage. But just as he walked out of the Passage, a sharp sword suddenly stabbed out from behind him, and blood splattered a long way.
A guy wearing a black suit walked out of the Passage, and the guy who had just stabbed out with the sharp sword and dealt with the escapee also appeared beside the black suit. That familiar greenish-blue armor, the red cloak, and the long swords held in each hand were clearly the Duel Monster Command Knight!
"That kind of thing... I've never heard of it! A Duel Monster actually murdered someone?!" Sweat broke out on Rex's forehead from fright. He couldn't help but quicken his pace while carrying the two Uncles at his waist, but he had to stop.
He saw that in the Safety Passage not far away, which he had chosen as his destination, another black suit guy dressed similarly walked out. After looking around left and right, he directly locked onto Rex, who was moving while carrying two people, and moved towards him, showing no interest at all in the other spectators who had fallen around.
The black suit guy also wore a Duel Disk on his wrist. As he placed a card on it, a classic Dinosaur-Type monster, Two-Headed King Rex, appeared beside him and also attacked towards Rex.
"'Two-Headed King Rex'?! Duel Monsters materialized!?" Seeing this, Rex looked at the two Uncles he was carrying and, quite helplessly, temporarily placed them on the steps. He somewhat nervously took out the Deck from his waist, inserted it into his Duel Disk and activated it, then drew a card. "I'm not quite sure if it will work, but don't think you can use dinosaurs against me, you bastard!"
"I am, 'Dinosaur' Rex!"
