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Chapter 521: Acting Alone in a Horror Movie Gets People Killed
Ever since Yugi's vision was filled with the radiance blooming from the mummy, he found himself in a Starry Sky, with nothing beneath his feet, just standing in the void.
Everywhere his gaze reached was filled with countless, unreachable stars. However, Yugi wasn't alone here. Where he could see by looking up, the **Millennium Puzzle** and a Crystal Pyramid, which Yugi had only seen in a newspaper but never in person, were magnified countless times and floated above Yugi.
Although saying "above" was a bit strange in this Starry Sky with no gravity and no distinguishable spatial dimensions, Yugi tentatively created a coordinate system around himself, looking up in surprise at the two massive pyramids, one upright and one inverted, above his head.
"This is...?"
Although they were similar in scale and identical in shape, and both had a golden engraving of the Eye of Wedjat on the side facing Yugi, Yugi was certain that the slightly bluish Crystal Pyramid and the golden **Millennium Puzzle** were completely different existences.
Just by gazing at the scarlet eye part within the Eye of Wedjat on the Crystal Pyramid, Yugi felt his spirit subjected to a continuous pressure like a tide, while a gradually clearer voice sounded in his ears, and images appeared before his eyes.
"...When Light and Dark intersect..."
To Yugi's surprised gaze, two figures appeared before him, facing off. Although they were blurry at first, they quickly became clear, and Yugi realized that the two people facing off were actually The Other Self, Dark Yugi, and Kaiba!?
However, unlike the two Yugi was familiar with, the two appearing before him now were not wearing modern clothes, but rather revealing Egyptian attire, and they were adorned with gold and silver, seemingly not bothered by the weight.
Just as Yugi was confused about why he could see Dark Yugi and Kaiba dressed completely differently from usual, the two facing off simultaneously made sweeping gestures as if commanding a battle, and two heavy tablets appeared before them. From within the tablets, two monsters that Yugi was extremely familiar with flew out.
They were none other than Dark Yugi's trusted servant, **Dark Magician**, and Kaiba's Ace Card, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**!
As **Dark Magician** and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** flew out from the tablets depicting their respective forms and clashed, Yugi noticed that the clothes of Dark Yugi and Kaiba facing off changed with the collision of **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** and **Dark Magician**, and even the tablets of **Dark Magician** and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** gradually turned into cards.
The **Millennium Rod**, which was once held by Marik and later fell into Hayato's hands, disappeared from Kaiba's hand, replaced by a Duel Disk with a technological feel. His white long cape turned into a white long trench coat, and the hat on Kaiba's head also vanished, but only the cold and arrogant expression on Kaiba's face remained unchanged.
And the gold and silver jewelry on Dark Yugi's body also turned into the school uniform shoes and pants Yugi usually wore. The cool blue cape gradually became a blue school uniform jacket draped over his shoulder, and the black hemp rope used to hang the **Millennium Puzzle** around his neck gradually turned into a silver iron chain.
Seeing this, Yugi subconsciously moved his neck. Although using a metal chain to hang the **Millennium Puzzle** was indeed cooler than using a hemp rope, Yugi had recently found his neck constantly sore and swollen, exhausted every day.
When he gets a chance, he would definitely switch back to the rope, even if The Other Self disagreed, he had to switch, he still wanted to grow taller.
Just as Yugi was lost in thought, he heard that voice, coming from who knows where, sound again:
"...When the King of Light buries the Darkness, erasing the King of Darkness..."
As soon as the voice finished, Yugi saw that the balance between Dark Yugi and Kaiba, **Dark Magician** and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** was broken. **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** gradually suppressed **Dark Magician** with its powerful strength and gained the advantage, while Dark Yugi also seemed to have suffered damage in the battle, half-kneeling down with a painful expression.
"...When filled with Light..."
Seeing Dark Yugi at a disadvantage, Kaiba's face showed a proud smile, but in the next moment, his head was firmly grasped and lifted by a large hand!
"...The King of Destruction is about to revive!"
The jackal-headed being that suddenly appeared behind Kaiba looked at Kaiba, whom he had grabbed, with a look of pleasure, and turned his mocking gaze towards Yugi, who was watching the battle.
Yugi finally realized that the voice that had entered his ears was actually coming from the jackal-headed being before him!
"King of Destruction?!"
Yugi looked slightly panicked at the jackal-headed being, who was holding Kaiba in one hand, bypassing the half-kneeling, painful Dark Yugi, and walking towards him. He repeated the name the opponent had spoken.
Seeing the grinning jackal-headed being reach out to him, Yugi, who had no power to counter at this moment, was so scared he was about to close his eyes, but saw a dazzling golden radiance suddenly light up behind the "King of Destruction".
At this point, the jackal-headed being could no longer continue to attack Yugi. Instead, he turned back nervously to look behind him, watching a dazzling Sun manifest in the void as if facing a formidable enemy.
"...Destruction and the Sun King contended..."
What Yugi didn't expect was that the "King of Destruction" had already turned around to contend with that Sun, but another voice sounded. However, judging by the voice, it wasn't the same person as the jackal-headed being "King of Destruction".
And as the voice narrated, three beams of light flew out from the "Sun" and attacked the "King of Destruction". Although they caused great damage to the "King of Destruction", the King of Destruction waved a hand, and a Crystal Pyramid that Yugi had seen before surprisingly appeared. He then used it to seal the three beams of light released from the "Sun".
However, after the three beams of light were locked up, the "Sun" released three more attacks, hitting the "King of Destruction" once again. But this time, what was released was not "Light", but three streams of blackness.
The jackal-headed being, injured again, seemed like he couldn't withstand this second attack and was knocked down onto the ground.
"...The Sun King will Set Destruction with [ ]..."
Facing the King of Destruction who had fallen, the "Sun" seemed like it was accumulating some power, preparing to deliver a final blow to the "King of Destruction".
However, at this moment, the fallen "King of Destruction" counterattacked in his dying throes, spitting out a red sphere from his mouth that collided with the three streams of blackness that hadn't been withdrawn.
Under the pull of the red sphere, the three streams of blackness seemed to have broken free from the control of the "Sun". Twisting and rotating, they actually transformed into a black portal, crashing towards the "Sun"!
"...But, Destruction also took the Sun with [ ]."
The voice in Yugi's ears gradually weakened, and as he watched, the "Sun"'s final power transformed into a vortex flashing with lightning, successfully crushed and dispersed the "King of Destruction". However, the "Sun" also disappeared into the portal left by the "King of Destruction".
The Crystal Pyramid that had shackled the initial three beams of light shattered, but the light could no longer return to the "Sun".
Everything before Yugi's eyes, along with the shattering of the Crystal Pyramid, suddenly shattered. He abruptly opened his eyes and sat up from the ground.
"Whoa!"
Yugi, who suddenly woke up from the ground, startled Téa greatly. Téa, who had woken up not long before Yugi, quickly looked at Yugi with concern: "Yugi! What's wrong!?"
"Téa? Did you see that—" Yugi, who had cried out, saw Téa and was about to say something, but his consciousness became slightly hazy, and he found that he couldn't remember at all what he had just seen. "That, what was it?"
"Huh?" Téa was a bit confused by Yugi's nonsensical question. "What are you talking about, Yugi? Did you see something?"
"No, nothing." The confused Yugi recalled, although he barely managed to remember the scene up until the voice saying "The King of Destruction is about to revive" sounded and the "King of Destruction" reached out to him, no matter how hard he tried, he had no impression of what happened afterwards.
"What about you, Téa? Did you see anything?"
Helping Yugi stand up from the ground, Téa shook her head: "Just now, I only remember that terrifying mummy suddenly started glowing, and then everything went black, and I don't remember anything else."
As Yugi and Téa woke up, the others also opened their eyes one after another.
"Ah, an unfamiliar ceiling." Marik opened his eyes with a sour face. Although he was awake, he didn't get up.
Beside his head, Joey Wheeler opened his eyes: "Huh? Why am I lying on the ground?"
"I don't even know where the End of the Universe is, how would I know the answer to your question?" Marik turned his head and glared at Joey Wheeler, who was lying on the ground with a confused expression. "But before you think, get up first, you bastard!"
Hearing this, Joey Wheeler also realized that he had happened to fall right on top of Marik when he fell, which was why Marik hadn't gotten up even though he was awake. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but he simply couldn't lift Joey Wheeler, who was pressing down on his shoulder.
"Ah, sorry, sorry, I was wondering why the ground wasn't flat." Joey Wheeler got up with a sheepish smile, and helped Marik up as well. Tristan was also helping Grandpa Solomon Muto, who had a bad back, stand up.
Then the few of them realized that they were not beside the glass Exhibition Hall they were watching before, but had been moved to an Open Space a little further away from there. Looking back at the glass Exhibition Hall, they saw the figures of Hayato and Ishizu.
"...And then, that guy ran away, I couldn't catch up to him, or it." As the curious Yugi and the others approached, they heard that Hayato seemed to have just finished saying something to Ishizu, and Hayato also noticed their approach. "Yo, everyone's awake."
"Hayato, Ms. Ishizu." The strange footage he had just seen made Yugi very concerned. He looked at Hayato and Ishizu, who were clearly awake earlier than them, and asked, "Do you know what happened just now?"
"Hayato was the first one to wake up. I seemed to have also woken up a little earlier than Mr. Yugi and the others with his help," Ishizu said, shaking her head in response to Yugi's confused gaze. "I never expected the **Millennium Ring**'s ability to interfere with Dark Power could be used in this way."
"I almost took Hayato's joke about 'You're the one with the best qualities in this batch' seriously."
Hearing Ishizu mention his previous joke, Hayato also shrugged: "Actually, it was my first time using this method too. I just thought I'd try my best to wake you up."
"Also, regarding the question of what happened just now..." He also noticed that Yugi, who was usually very laid-back, now seemed very concerned about the answer to the question. Hayato turned sideways, revealing the coffin that Anubis had overturned and caused to fall onto the ground, as well as the shattered glass all over the floor.
"This is!" Joey Wheeler and the others looked at the vanished mummy with great surprise, and even Marik had an astonished expression. "Could it be that the ancient mummy really revived!?"
As he spoke, Marik quickly reached into his pocket and found that the coin he had joked and bet with the mummy before it revived was missing.
Hayato's finger poked the coin in his pocket deeper inside.
"That kind of thing, it's impossible, right?" Joey Wheeler still didn't seem to believe that a mummy would revive. "Maybe just now a thief used a flashbang to knock us out and stole the mummy."
"Idiot, if it was a flashbang, we wouldn't have recovered so quickly," Tristan retorted.
"Actually, the mummy really did revive. That guy also took a Crystal Pyramid that was placed in the Exhibition Hall before. I even dueled that guy in the form of a Dark Game with our lives on the line."
Hearing Hayato's words, Marik was a little surprised: "Brother-in-law, did you lose?!"
"If I lost, would I still be standing here?" Hayato patted Marik on the shoulder, looking at him with an expression like he was looking at an idiot, and didn't bother to refute Marik's address. Anyway, even if he said something, he wouldn't change. "I won, and that guy was indeed killed by the Dark Game right in front of me."
"But I didn't expect that guy would play dead and then reanimate, taking the Crystal Pyramid and escape when I wasn't paying attention."
Listening to Hayato mention the "Crystal Pyramid", Yugi's thoughts on the side kept reviewing his previous vision.
From the words of Joey Wheeler and the others, he gathered that the others seemed to have simply gone black and fainted, without seeing any vision. Only Yugi, perhaps because he held the Millennium Puzzle, was able to see the vision.
'The mummy reviving, could it correspond to the revival of the King of Destruction? In that case, wouldn't The Other Me be the King of Darkness, and is Kaiba the King of Light?'
Recalling Kaiba's painful expression in his memories, Yugi briefly explained the vision he had seen to Dark Yugi within the Millennium Puzzle, then made up his mind, saying to everyone with a determined gaze:
"Everyone, I'm sorry, there's something I'm very concerned about."
"Right now, I need to go find Kaiba!"
After explaining, Yugi bowed slightly and hurried out of the Exhibition Hall.
'If the prophecy on the coffin is true, the King of Light is very likely to become a sacrifice for the King of Destruction's revival. That means right now...'
The voice of The Other Self came to his ears, and Yugi completed the second half of what Dark Yugi didn't say in his inner thoughts:
'That means right now, Kaiba is in danger!'
Ever since Yugi's vision was filled with the radiance blooming from the mummy, he found himself in a Starry Sky, with nothing beneath his feet, just standing in the void.
Everywhere his gaze reached was filled with countless, unreachable stars. However, Yugi wasn't alone here. Where he could see by looking up, the **Millennium Puzzle** and a Crystal Pyramid, which Yugi had only seen in a newspaper but never in person, were magnified countless times and floated above Yugi.
Although saying "above" was a bit strange in this Starry Sky with no gravity and no distinguishable spatial dimensions, Yugi tentatively created a coordinate system around himself, looking up in surprise at the two massive pyramids, one upright and one inverted, above his head.
"This is...?"
Although they were similar in scale and identical in shape, and both had a golden engraving of the Eye of Wedjat on the side facing Yugi, Yugi was certain that the slightly bluish Crystal Pyramid and the golden **Millennium Puzzle** were completely different existences.
Just by gazing at the scarlet eye part within the Eye of Wedjat on the Crystal Pyramid, Yugi felt his spirit subjected to a continuous pressure like a tide, while a gradually clearer voice sounded in his ears, and images appeared before his eyes.
"...When Light and Dark intersect..."
To Yugi's surprised gaze, two figures appeared before him, facing off. Although they were blurry at first, they quickly became clear, and Yugi realized that the two people facing off were actually The Other Self, Dark Yugi, and Kaiba!?
However, unlike the two Yugi was familiar with, the two appearing before him now were not wearing modern clothes, but rather revealing Egyptian attire, and they were adorned with gold and silver, seemingly not bothered by the weight.
Just as Yugi was confused about why he could see Dark Yugi and Kaiba dressed completely differently from usual, the two facing off simultaneously made sweeping gestures as if commanding a battle, and two heavy tablets appeared before them. From within the tablets, two monsters that Yugi was extremely familiar with flew out.
They were none other than Dark Yugi's trusted servant, **Dark Magician**, and Kaiba's Ace Card, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**!
As **Dark Magician** and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** flew out from the tablets depicting their respective forms and clashed, Yugi noticed that the clothes of Dark Yugi and Kaiba facing off changed with the collision of **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** and **Dark Magician**, and even the tablets of **Dark Magician** and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** gradually turned into cards.
The **Millennium Rod**, which was once held by Marik and later fell into Hayato's hands, disappeared from Kaiba's hand, replaced by a Duel Disk with a technological feel. His white long cape turned into a white long trench coat, and the hat on Kaiba's head also vanished, but only the cold and arrogant expression on Kaiba's face remained unchanged.
And the gold and silver jewelry on Dark Yugi's body also turned into the school uniform shoes and pants Yugi usually wore. The cool blue cape gradually became a blue school uniform jacket draped over his shoulder, and the black hemp rope used to hang the **Millennium Puzzle** around his neck gradually turned into a silver iron chain.
Seeing this, Yugi subconsciously moved his neck. Although using a metal chain to hang the **Millennium Puzzle** was indeed cooler than using a hemp rope, Yugi had recently found his neck constantly sore and swollen, exhausted every day.
When he gets a chance, he would definitely switch back to the rope, even if The Other Self disagreed, he had to switch, he still wanted to grow taller.
Just as Yugi was lost in thought, he heard that voice, coming from who knows where, sound again:
"...When the King of Light buries the Darkness, erasing the King of Darkness..."
As soon as the voice finished, Yugi saw that the balance between Dark Yugi and Kaiba, **Dark Magician** and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** was broken. **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** gradually suppressed **Dark Magician** with its powerful strength and gained the advantage, while Dark Yugi also seemed to have suffered damage in the battle, half-kneeling down with a painful expression.
"...When filled with Light..."
Seeing Dark Yugi at a disadvantage, Kaiba's face showed a proud smile, but in the next moment, his head was firmly grasped and lifted by a large hand!
"...The King of Destruction is about to revive!"
The jackal-headed being that suddenly appeared behind Kaiba looked at Kaiba, whom he had grabbed, with a look of pleasure, and turned his mocking gaze towards Yugi, who was watching the battle.
Yugi finally realized that the voice that had entered his ears was actually coming from the jackal-headed being before him!
"King of Destruction?!"
Yugi looked slightly panicked at the jackal-headed being, who was holding Kaiba in one hand, bypassing the half-kneeling, painful Dark Yugi, and walking towards him. He repeated the name the opponent had spoken.
Seeing the grinning jackal-headed being reach out to him, Yugi, who had no power to counter at this moment, was so scared he was about to close his eyes, but saw a dazzling golden radiance suddenly light up behind the "King of Destruction".
At this point, the jackal-headed being could no longer continue to attack Yugi. Instead, he turned back nervously to look behind him, watching a dazzling Sun manifest in the void as if facing a formidable enemy.
"...Destruction and the Sun King contended..."
What Yugi didn't expect was that the "King of Destruction" had already turned around to contend with that Sun, but another voice sounded. However, judging by the voice, it wasn't the same person as the jackal-headed being "King of Destruction".
And as the voice narrated, three beams of light flew out from the "Sun" and attacked the "King of Destruction". Although they caused great damage to the "King of Destruction", the King of Destruction waved a hand, and a Crystal Pyramid that Yugi had seen before surprisingly appeared. He then used it to seal the three beams of light released from the "Sun".
However, after the three beams of light were locked up, the "Sun" released three more attacks, hitting the "King of Destruction" once again. But this time, what was released was not "Light", but three streams of blackness.
The jackal-headed being, injured again, seemed like he couldn't withstand this second attack and was knocked down onto the ground.
"...The Sun King will Set Destruction with [ ]..."
Facing the King of Destruction who had fallen, the "Sun" seemed like it was accumulating some power, preparing to deliver a final blow to the "King of Destruction".
However, at this moment, the fallen "King of Destruction" counterattacked in his dying throes, spitting out a red sphere from his mouth that collided with the three streams of blackness that hadn't been withdrawn.
Under the pull of the red sphere, the three streams of blackness seemed to have broken free from the control of the "Sun". Twisting and rotating, they actually transformed into a black portal, crashing towards the "Sun"!
"...But, Destruction also took the Sun with [ ]."
The voice in Yugi's ears gradually weakened, and as he watched, the "Sun"'s final power transformed into a vortex flashing with lightning, successfully crushed and dispersed the "King of Destruction". However, the "Sun" also disappeared into the portal left by the "King of Destruction".
The Crystal Pyramid that had shackled the initial three beams of light shattered, but the light could no longer return to the "Sun".
Everything before Yugi's eyes, along with the shattering of the Crystal Pyramid, suddenly shattered. He abruptly opened his eyes and sat up from the ground.
"Whoa!"
Yugi, who suddenly woke up from the ground, startled Téa greatly. Téa, who had woken up not long before Yugi, quickly looked at Yugi with concern: "Yugi! What's wrong!?"
"Téa? Did you see that—" Yugi, who had cried out, saw Téa and was about to say something, but his consciousness became slightly hazy, and he found that he couldn't remember at all what he had just seen. "That, what was it?"
"Huh?" Téa was a bit confused by Yugi's nonsensical question. "What are you talking about, Yugi? Did you see something?"
"No, nothing." The confused Yugi recalled, although he barely managed to remember the scene up until the voice saying "The King of Destruction is about to revive" sounded and the "King of Destruction" reached out to him, no matter how hard he tried, he had no impression of what happened afterwards.
"What about you, Téa? Did you see anything?"
Helping Yugi stand up from the ground, Téa shook her head: "Just now, I only remember that terrifying mummy suddenly started glowing, and then everything went black, and I don't remember anything else."
As Yugi and Téa woke up, the others also opened their eyes one after another.
"Ah, an unfamiliar ceiling." Marik opened his eyes with a sour face. Although he was awake, he didn't get up.
Beside his head, Joey Wheeler opened his eyes: "Huh? Why am I lying on the ground?"
"I don't even know where the End of the Universe is, how would I know the answer to your question?" Marik turned his head and glared at Joey Wheeler, who was lying on the ground with a confused expression. "But before you think, get up first, you bastard!"
Hearing this, Joey Wheeler also realized that he had happened to fall right on top of Marik when he fell, which was why Marik hadn't gotten up even though he was awake. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but he simply couldn't lift Joey Wheeler, who was pressing down on his shoulder.
"Ah, sorry, sorry, I was wondering why the ground wasn't flat." Joey Wheeler got up with a sheepish smile, and helped Marik up as well. Tristan was also helping Grandpa Solomon Muto, who had a bad back, stand up.
Then the few of them realized that they were not beside the glass Exhibition Hall they were watching before, but had been moved to an Open Space a little further away from there. Looking back at the glass Exhibition Hall, they saw the figures of Hayato and Ishizu.
"...And then, that guy ran away, I couldn't catch up to him, or it." As the curious Yugi and the others approached, they heard that Hayato seemed to have just finished saying something to Ishizu, and Hayato also noticed their approach. "Yo, everyone's awake."
"Hayato, Ms. Ishizu." The strange footage he had just seen made Yugi very concerned. He looked at Hayato and Ishizu, who were clearly awake earlier than them, and asked, "Do you know what happened just now?"
"Hayato was the first one to wake up. I seemed to have also woken up a little earlier than Mr. Yugi and the others with his help," Ishizu said, shaking her head in response to Yugi's confused gaze. "I never expected the **Millennium Ring**'s ability to interfere with Dark Power could be used in this way."
"I almost took Hayato's joke about 'You're the one with the best qualities in this batch' seriously."
Hearing Ishizu mention his previous joke, Hayato also shrugged: "Actually, it was my first time using this method too. I just thought I'd try my best to wake you up."
"Also, regarding the question of what happened just now..." He also noticed that Yugi, who was usually very laid-back, now seemed very concerned about the answer to the question. Hayato turned sideways, revealing the coffin that Anubis had overturned and caused to fall onto the ground, as well as the shattered glass all over the floor.
"This is!" Joey Wheeler and the others looked at the vanished mummy with great surprise, and even Marik had an astonished expression. "Could it be that the ancient mummy really revived!?"
As he spoke, Marik quickly reached into his pocket and found that the coin he had joked and bet with the mummy before it revived was missing.
Hayato's finger poked the coin in his pocket deeper inside.
"That kind of thing, it's impossible, right?" Joey Wheeler still didn't seem to believe that a mummy would revive. "Maybe just now a thief used a flashbang to knock us out and stole the mummy."
"Idiot, if it was a flashbang, we wouldn't have recovered so quickly," Tristan retorted.
"Actually, the mummy really did revive. That guy also took a Crystal Pyramid that was placed in the Exhibition Hall before. I even dueled that guy in the form of a Dark Game with our lives on the line."
Hearing Hayato's words, Marik was a little surprised: "Brother-in-law, did you lose?!"
"If I lost, would I still be standing here?" Hayato patted Marik on the shoulder, looking at him with an expression like he was looking at an idiot, and didn't bother to refute Marik's address. Anyway, even if he said something, he wouldn't change. "I won, and that guy was indeed killed by the Dark Game right in front of me."
"But I didn't expect that guy would play dead and then reanimate, taking the Crystal Pyramid and escape when I wasn't paying attention."
Listening to Hayato mention the "Crystal Pyramid", Yugi's thoughts on the side kept reviewing his previous vision.
From the words of Joey Wheeler and the others, he gathered that the others seemed to have simply gone black and fainted, without seeing any vision. Only Yugi, perhaps because he held the Millennium Puzzle, was able to see the vision.
'The mummy reviving, could it correspond to the revival of the King of Destruction? In that case, wouldn't The Other Me be the King of Darkness, and is Kaiba the King of Light?'
Recalling Kaiba's painful expression in his memories, Yugi briefly explained the vision he had seen to Dark Yugi within the Millennium Puzzle, then made up his mind, saying to everyone with a determined gaze:
"Everyone, I'm sorry, there's something I'm very concerned about."
"Right now, I need to go find Kaiba!"
After explaining, Yugi bowed slightly and hurried out of the Exhibition Hall.
'If the prophecy on the coffin is true, the King of Light is very likely to become a sacrifice for the King of Destruction's revival. That means right now...'
The voice of The Other Self came to his ears, and Yugi completed the second half of what Dark Yugi didn't say in his inner thoughts:
'That means right now, Kaiba is in danger!'
