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Chapter 733: Kaiba's Bizarre Adventure
"Energy filling complete."
"Simulation Runway ready."
"Acceleration system operating normally."
In the experimental building of Kaiba Industrial Park, the spacious laboratory's center held only a single Omni-directional Simulation Runway device for testing vehicle speed indoors. Countless cables extended onto the runway, connecting to a strangely shaped vehicle resembling a motorcycle.
From the exposed internal details of the motorcycle, it was clear that this vehicle was not a finished product but an experimental model. Although it resembled a regular motorcycle with two wheels and a pair of handlebars, the numerous glowing devices on the motorcycle's body indicated its high level of technology.
And who else would be sitting on this motorcycle but Seto Kaiba?
After the research personnel finished reporting the situation through his headphones, Mokuba's voice immediately followed: "Brother, you've been flying all over the world recently. I didn't realize you were secretly working on this motorcycle. It's rare; you've even reduced the frequency of dueling with simulation robots these past few days."
Paused, Mokuba took the headphones away from his mouth and muttered to himself in a low complaining voice: "Though it's just gone from an average of once every fifty minutes to an average of once every hour."
Sitting on the motorcycle, Kaiba kept his head down, continuously operating and debugging data on a touchscreen installed on the motorcycle, while saying to Mokuba: "After all, this thing was obtained at the stakes of KaibaCorp helping that Elementary School Student Yusei Fudo knows launch a rocket. I completed the relevant technology analysis long ago, so of course, I have to build a physical object to verify the data."
"Launching a satellite was already part of the group's plan anyway, wasn't it? To trick Yusei with such a condition, Brother, you've really learned how to be a qualified Capitalist," Mokuba said, laughing and teasing Kaiba. Within the entire KaibaCorp, perhaps only he, being Seto Kaiba's younger brother, would make a joke about Kaiba. "But, future technology was successfully broken through as well?"
"Hmph, you haven't forgotten who I am, have you, Mokuba? Although limited by conditions, some functions couldn't be fully replicated, but I restored the vast majority of the device called 'D-Wheel'."
With his feet off the ground, the motorcycle's tires began to spin, and the accompanying Omni-directional Simulation Runway also began to move, causing the entire motorcycle to remain stationary despite gradually accelerating, still connected to the numerous cables.
In just a few seconds, Mokuba saw from the control panel in the control room outside the laboratory that the motorcycle Kaiba was riding had already soared to a speed of a full 200 kph and was still increasing at an extremely exaggerated speed.
The research personnel in the control room reported the data they were responsible for: "Energy transmission is sufficient."
"Acceleration system is stable."
"Minimum speed for function activation has been reached."
Hearing this, Mokuba was somewhat confused: "Function activation? Didn't you say not all functions were completed?"
"Wait a minute! Brother, you're not going to!?"
"Hmph, it's just a mere motorcycle. How could I, Seto Kaiba, not be able to piloting it? The functions that aren't complete will be compensated for by sheer will!"
"Those hot-blooded idiot lines are fundamentally not something Brother would say!"
Amidst Mokuba's complaining voice, Kaiba released his hands. The high-speed motorcycle did not lose its balance because of this. Instead, a mechanical synthesized voice came from the vehicle body saying, "Autopilot activated." At the same time, Kaiba's released hand pressed a button on the touchscreen.
Just as Mokuba conjectured, Kaiba was incredibly bold. Despite knowing that he hadn't fully replicated all the functions of the "D-Wheel" that served as the technical prototype, he actively activated the incomplete experimental function.
The instant Kaiba pressed the touchscreen, a black dot suddenly appeared in front of the accelerating motorcycle, expanding at a uniform speed, turning into a wormhole large enough for the motorcycle and Kaiba on it to pass through!
"Hmph, learn to run before you learn to walk." Looking at the wormhole appearing before him, Kaiba's mouth under the helmet couldn't help but curl up. But before he could say anything else to Mokuba through the headphones, suddenly, he felt his buttocks were a little hot?
"Bad news, President! Energy transmission pipeline overheating!" The anxious voice of the research personnel came through the headphone contact channel. "Using only electrical energy to simulate the mysterious energy that wasn't replicated has too low a conversion efficiency!"
"The heat is about to influence the normal operation of the experimental function!"
Almost at the same time as the research personnel's words fell, the wormhole in front of Kaiba also became distorted and unstable. With a loud "boom," the wormhole suddenly disassembled and dispersed into nothingness, simultaneously blasted away Kaiba, who was riding the motorcycle.
Although Kaiba himself possessed extraordinary, even abnormally strong physical fitness and excellent nerve response ability, even he couldn't react to what happened in an instant. As he was blasted away, he also felt a slight sense of relief that he wasn't truly on a high-speed motorcycle.
With a "thud," Kaiba fell to the ground. He didn't pay too much attention to the fact that he didn't feel pain despite falling. His rapidly thinking brain had already come up with a new plan to improve the motorcycle in a short time. He estimated that if he spent a little more of the least valuable money and attempted it one more time, he could complete this motorcycle.
However, the name "D-Wheel" didn't fit his aesthetic at all. After completing it, he would have to think of a cool name for it.
Thinking this, Kaiba reached out to take off his helmet, but was flashed in the face by the dazzling light after removing it.
Is there such strong light in the laboratory? Squinting, Kaiba sat up from the ground, but when his hand rested on the ground, what he felt was not the coolness expected of a metal floor, but rather hot, rough gravel.
Opening his eyes and looking around, Kaiba's face froze.
A second ago, he was clearly riding a motorcycle. What was this Desert all about?
Oh, he understood. He must be dreaming again, just like that time when that guy named Dartz put on a show. Yes, that must be it.
Quickly completing his self-deception, Kaiba stood up from the Sandy Ground that now bore the outline of his body. Looking around, he happened to see an ancient City in the distance.
Although he didn't know exactly where this was, going somewhere with people was always the right choice. Brushing the sand off his white windbreaker, Kaiba nonchalantly tossed the removed helmet onto the Sandy Ground and walked towards the City in the distance.
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Isis led her Troops, numbering only a few dozen, out of the Royal City and headed into the Desert in the direction Karim had left earlier. Hayato, upon learning that only those with Millennium Items could enter Necrovalley, quickly accepted this concept.
Recalling, Hayato realized that in the original timeline, Yugi and the others who came to the Memory World from Reality with Dark Yugi seemed to have the Millennium Puzzle from Reality. The condition Isis mentioned might be true; without a Millennium Item, he probably really couldn't obtain the "King's Name."
This also helped Hayato understand why his previous attempts to say or write the "Name" of the Nameless Pharaoh had all ended in failure. It was like the most common "Find the Key" segment in RPG games; even a broken wooden box that could be kicked open still required you to find a key to unlock.
It seemed the World of the King's Memory was not the open world with high freedom that Hayato initially thought. At most, it was a linear level game where you could move freely within a single stage. Even if he already knew the "King's Name," he couldn't use the power of that Name without going through the process of going to the Tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh.
That was roughly it.
"Tsk, it's like having already paid for something you've long desired but still having to wait with anticipation for the online shopping item to arrive in your hand. That's pretty much how I feel right now," Hayato muttered to himself with a helpless expression as he walked back towards the City.
But he hadn't walked far towards the City before he saw someone entering from Outside the City with Troops.
"Hmm?" Seto, sitting on his horse, raised an eyebrow as he saw Hayato walking by the roadside. Previously stationed Outside the City, only a small portion of the soldiers under his command had been left behind to continue guarding, while the rest of the main troops had been transferred to the Royal City under his leadership to be responsible for security work.
Isis and Karim had just taken a portion of the Troops and left, and he had just returned to the Royal City, not encountering the two Priests who departed, but saw Hayato Kobayashi's figure.
Having almost argued in the Royal Palace earlier due to differing opinions, Seto himself indeed had no idea of meeting Karim again, but encountering Hayato was an unexpected pleasure.
Since the night before last when Bakura attacked the Royal Palace, and Hayato, who had also come to the Royal Palace, summoned a powerful existence close to a Divine-Beast using Isis's Duel Disk without a Millennium Item, Seto had already taken Hayato's existence to heart. He had been thinking of finding him but hadn't encountered a good opportunity.
However, since he had encountered Hayato again now, Seto didn't want to miss this good opportunity.
"Hmph, Hayato Kobayashi, right? I've been looking for you for a while." Flipping off his horse, Seto stood on the Ground equally with Hayato and said, looking at him. His gaze towards Hayato was intense and full of fighting spirit, but when his line of sight moved down to Hayato's hand, it instantly died down.
"Where did your Duel Disk go, you guy?" Frowning, Seto stared into Hayato's eyes and said.
Hayato was somewhat confused by Seto's gaze. He figured he was quite familiar with Kaiba, but he had only met Seto once. What did this guy want with him? And, Duel Disk and all that...
"Priest Seto, where do you think I put the Duel Disk?" Although his words were respectful, his expression, rolling his eyes while speaking, clearly showed he didn't take Seto's priest identity seriously. "That belongs to Priest Isis. I just borrowed it temporarily the night before last and returned it to its rightful owner that same day."
Hearing Hayato's words, Seto showed a disappointed and dissatisfied expression.
The reason he was looking for Hayato was precisely to witness the power of the spirit he summoned again. That day, all the Priests teamed up but were defeated by Bakura alone. Besides feeling humiliation and shame, at the same time, Seto also developed a pursuit for strength because he saw a power that was not illusory but truly existed.
If he had great power, power strong enough to compare with "Divine-Beast," then he could also defeat that Thief Bakura like the Pharaoh and avenge himself. It would be easy to become the true "Strongest Priest" by defeating Mahad fair and square while Mahad was still alive, and he could even use his own power to bring stability and happiness to the Pharaoh's subjects.
He needed power, stronger power, and the most important thing before that was to first see the limit of strength that he could regard as his pursuit goal.
That is, Thief Bakura's Diabound, the Obelisk the Tormentor that the Pharaoh had summoned, and the dragon-type monster with a name too long to remember that Hayato Kobayashi had summoned.
Seto, who knew his own limitations, knew that going to find Bakura alone was seeking death. And as for the Pharaoh, such a noble person, he couldn't possibly request the Pharaoh to summon the legendary Divine-Beast just because he wanted to see how strong the opponent was. Therefore, the best target for Seto was and only was Hayato.
But now Hayato told Seto that he didn't have a Duel Disk with which he could summon spirits?!
Suddenly giving a cold snort, Seto reached out and took off the Duel Disk he was wearing, tossing it to Hayato, and said: "Then use mine first. Hold onto it for me, Hayato Kobayashi."
Hayato hadn't anticipated Seto's action. He hastily reached out to catch it so that the Duel Disk Seto threw wouldn't hit the Surface World: "What are you doing, suddenly shoving this thing at me?"
"Do I need to explain something so obvious? Of course, it's for you to summon your strongest Millennium Stone Spirit and battle me," Seto said with a matter-of-fact expression. "As the strongest existence among the Priests, I have a reason to test whether you, who are trusted by the Pharaoh, have enough strength to be acknowledged by me."
The death news of Mahad was true, but Hayato hadn't expected Seto to take over so quickly and start calling himself the Strongest Priest.
"Even if you say that, what about you if you give me your Duel Disk? Priest Isis told me that this Duel Disk is also a product of alchemy, and each Priest only has one, right?"
"That's not something you need to worry about." Hearing Hayato's words, Seto smiled proudly, turned around to retrieve a bag hanging on the war horse he was riding, and surprisingly took out another Duel Disk from the bag.
"Lord Aknadin doesn't have the ability to use a Duel Disk recently, so he lent me his Duel Disk to use as a spare item. This way, you can battle me, right?" Looking at Hayato, Seto said with an expectant expression, "Hurry and summon it, I can't wait any longer."
"That part is very similar too," Hayato exclaimed, then also put on the Duel Disk and looked at Seto. "Alright, this time, let's duel!"
End of Chapter
"Energy filling complete."
"Simulation Runway ready."
"Acceleration system operating normally."
In the experimental building of Kaiba Industrial Park, the spacious laboratory's center held only a single Omni-directional Simulation Runway device for testing vehicle speed indoors. Countless cables extended onto the runway, connecting to a strangely shaped vehicle resembling a motorcycle.
From the exposed internal details of the motorcycle, it was clear that this vehicle was not a finished product but an experimental model. Although it resembled a regular motorcycle with two wheels and a pair of handlebars, the numerous glowing devices on the motorcycle's body indicated its high level of technology.
And who else would be sitting on this motorcycle but Seto Kaiba?
After the research personnel finished reporting the situation through his headphones, Mokuba's voice immediately followed: "Brother, you've been flying all over the world recently. I didn't realize you were secretly working on this motorcycle. It's rare; you've even reduced the frequency of dueling with simulation robots these past few days."
Paused, Mokuba took the headphones away from his mouth and muttered to himself in a low complaining voice: "Though it's just gone from an average of once every fifty minutes to an average of once every hour."
Sitting on the motorcycle, Kaiba kept his head down, continuously operating and debugging data on a touchscreen installed on the motorcycle, while saying to Mokuba: "After all, this thing was obtained at the stakes of KaibaCorp helping that Elementary School Student Yusei Fudo knows launch a rocket. I completed the relevant technology analysis long ago, so of course, I have to build a physical object to verify the data."
"Launching a satellite was already part of the group's plan anyway, wasn't it? To trick Yusei with such a condition, Brother, you've really learned how to be a qualified Capitalist," Mokuba said, laughing and teasing Kaiba. Within the entire KaibaCorp, perhaps only he, being Seto Kaiba's younger brother, would make a joke about Kaiba. "But, future technology was successfully broken through as well?"
"Hmph, you haven't forgotten who I am, have you, Mokuba? Although limited by conditions, some functions couldn't be fully replicated, but I restored the vast majority of the device called 'D-Wheel'."
With his feet off the ground, the motorcycle's tires began to spin, and the accompanying Omni-directional Simulation Runway also began to move, causing the entire motorcycle to remain stationary despite gradually accelerating, still connected to the numerous cables.
In just a few seconds, Mokuba saw from the control panel in the control room outside the laboratory that the motorcycle Kaiba was riding had already soared to a speed of a full 200 kph and was still increasing at an extremely exaggerated speed.
The research personnel in the control room reported the data they were responsible for: "Energy transmission is sufficient."
"Acceleration system is stable."
"Minimum speed for function activation has been reached."
Hearing this, Mokuba was somewhat confused: "Function activation? Didn't you say not all functions were completed?"
"Wait a minute! Brother, you're not going to!?"
"Hmph, it's just a mere motorcycle. How could I, Seto Kaiba, not be able to piloting it? The functions that aren't complete will be compensated for by sheer will!"
"Those hot-blooded idiot lines are fundamentally not something Brother would say!"
Amidst Mokuba's complaining voice, Kaiba released his hands. The high-speed motorcycle did not lose its balance because of this. Instead, a mechanical synthesized voice came from the vehicle body saying, "Autopilot activated." At the same time, Kaiba's released hand pressed a button on the touchscreen.
Just as Mokuba conjectured, Kaiba was incredibly bold. Despite knowing that he hadn't fully replicated all the functions of the "D-Wheel" that served as the technical prototype, he actively activated the incomplete experimental function.
The instant Kaiba pressed the touchscreen, a black dot suddenly appeared in front of the accelerating motorcycle, expanding at a uniform speed, turning into a wormhole large enough for the motorcycle and Kaiba on it to pass through!
"Hmph, learn to run before you learn to walk." Looking at the wormhole appearing before him, Kaiba's mouth under the helmet couldn't help but curl up. But before he could say anything else to Mokuba through the headphones, suddenly, he felt his buttocks were a little hot?
"Bad news, President! Energy transmission pipeline overheating!" The anxious voice of the research personnel came through the headphone contact channel. "Using only electrical energy to simulate the mysterious energy that wasn't replicated has too low a conversion efficiency!"
"The heat is about to influence the normal operation of the experimental function!"
Almost at the same time as the research personnel's words fell, the wormhole in front of Kaiba also became distorted and unstable. With a loud "boom," the wormhole suddenly disassembled and dispersed into nothingness, simultaneously blasted away Kaiba, who was riding the motorcycle.
Although Kaiba himself possessed extraordinary, even abnormally strong physical fitness and excellent nerve response ability, even he couldn't react to what happened in an instant. As he was blasted away, he also felt a slight sense of relief that he wasn't truly on a high-speed motorcycle.
With a "thud," Kaiba fell to the ground. He didn't pay too much attention to the fact that he didn't feel pain despite falling. His rapidly thinking brain had already come up with a new plan to improve the motorcycle in a short time. He estimated that if he spent a little more of the least valuable money and attempted it one more time, he could complete this motorcycle.
However, the name "D-Wheel" didn't fit his aesthetic at all. After completing it, he would have to think of a cool name for it.
Thinking this, Kaiba reached out to take off his helmet, but was flashed in the face by the dazzling light after removing it.
Is there such strong light in the laboratory? Squinting, Kaiba sat up from the ground, but when his hand rested on the ground, what he felt was not the coolness expected of a metal floor, but rather hot, rough gravel.
Opening his eyes and looking around, Kaiba's face froze.
A second ago, he was clearly riding a motorcycle. What was this Desert all about?
Oh, he understood. He must be dreaming again, just like that time when that guy named Dartz put on a show. Yes, that must be it.
Quickly completing his self-deception, Kaiba stood up from the Sandy Ground that now bore the outline of his body. Looking around, he happened to see an ancient City in the distance.
Although he didn't know exactly where this was, going somewhere with people was always the right choice. Brushing the sand off his white windbreaker, Kaiba nonchalantly tossed the removed helmet onto the Sandy Ground and walked towards the City in the distance.
—————————
Isis led her Troops, numbering only a few dozen, out of the Royal City and headed into the Desert in the direction Karim had left earlier. Hayato, upon learning that only those with Millennium Items could enter Necrovalley, quickly accepted this concept.
Recalling, Hayato realized that in the original timeline, Yugi and the others who came to the Memory World from Reality with Dark Yugi seemed to have the Millennium Puzzle from Reality. The condition Isis mentioned might be true; without a Millennium Item, he probably really couldn't obtain the "King's Name."
This also helped Hayato understand why his previous attempts to say or write the "Name" of the Nameless Pharaoh had all ended in failure. It was like the most common "Find the Key" segment in RPG games; even a broken wooden box that could be kicked open still required you to find a key to unlock.
It seemed the World of the King's Memory was not the open world with high freedom that Hayato initially thought. At most, it was a linear level game where you could move freely within a single stage. Even if he already knew the "King's Name," he couldn't use the power of that Name without going through the process of going to the Tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh.
That was roughly it.
"Tsk, it's like having already paid for something you've long desired but still having to wait with anticipation for the online shopping item to arrive in your hand. That's pretty much how I feel right now," Hayato muttered to himself with a helpless expression as he walked back towards the City.
But he hadn't walked far towards the City before he saw someone entering from Outside the City with Troops.
"Hmm?" Seto, sitting on his horse, raised an eyebrow as he saw Hayato walking by the roadside. Previously stationed Outside the City, only a small portion of the soldiers under his command had been left behind to continue guarding, while the rest of the main troops had been transferred to the Royal City under his leadership to be responsible for security work.
Isis and Karim had just taken a portion of the Troops and left, and he had just returned to the Royal City, not encountering the two Priests who departed, but saw Hayato Kobayashi's figure.
Having almost argued in the Royal Palace earlier due to differing opinions, Seto himself indeed had no idea of meeting Karim again, but encountering Hayato was an unexpected pleasure.
Since the night before last when Bakura attacked the Royal Palace, and Hayato, who had also come to the Royal Palace, summoned a powerful existence close to a Divine-Beast using Isis's Duel Disk without a Millennium Item, Seto had already taken Hayato's existence to heart. He had been thinking of finding him but hadn't encountered a good opportunity.
However, since he had encountered Hayato again now, Seto didn't want to miss this good opportunity.
"Hmph, Hayato Kobayashi, right? I've been looking for you for a while." Flipping off his horse, Seto stood on the Ground equally with Hayato and said, looking at him. His gaze towards Hayato was intense and full of fighting spirit, but when his line of sight moved down to Hayato's hand, it instantly died down.
"Where did your Duel Disk go, you guy?" Frowning, Seto stared into Hayato's eyes and said.
Hayato was somewhat confused by Seto's gaze. He figured he was quite familiar with Kaiba, but he had only met Seto once. What did this guy want with him? And, Duel Disk and all that...
"Priest Seto, where do you think I put the Duel Disk?" Although his words were respectful, his expression, rolling his eyes while speaking, clearly showed he didn't take Seto's priest identity seriously. "That belongs to Priest Isis. I just borrowed it temporarily the night before last and returned it to its rightful owner that same day."
Hearing Hayato's words, Seto showed a disappointed and dissatisfied expression.
The reason he was looking for Hayato was precisely to witness the power of the spirit he summoned again. That day, all the Priests teamed up but were defeated by Bakura alone. Besides feeling humiliation and shame, at the same time, Seto also developed a pursuit for strength because he saw a power that was not illusory but truly existed.
If he had great power, power strong enough to compare with "Divine-Beast," then he could also defeat that Thief Bakura like the Pharaoh and avenge himself. It would be easy to become the true "Strongest Priest" by defeating Mahad fair and square while Mahad was still alive, and he could even use his own power to bring stability and happiness to the Pharaoh's subjects.
He needed power, stronger power, and the most important thing before that was to first see the limit of strength that he could regard as his pursuit goal.
That is, Thief Bakura's Diabound, the Obelisk the Tormentor that the Pharaoh had summoned, and the dragon-type monster with a name too long to remember that Hayato Kobayashi had summoned.
Seto, who knew his own limitations, knew that going to find Bakura alone was seeking death. And as for the Pharaoh, such a noble person, he couldn't possibly request the Pharaoh to summon the legendary Divine-Beast just because he wanted to see how strong the opponent was. Therefore, the best target for Seto was and only was Hayato.
But now Hayato told Seto that he didn't have a Duel Disk with which he could summon spirits?!
Suddenly giving a cold snort, Seto reached out and took off the Duel Disk he was wearing, tossing it to Hayato, and said: "Then use mine first. Hold onto it for me, Hayato Kobayashi."
Hayato hadn't anticipated Seto's action. He hastily reached out to catch it so that the Duel Disk Seto threw wouldn't hit the Surface World: "What are you doing, suddenly shoving this thing at me?"
"Do I need to explain something so obvious? Of course, it's for you to summon your strongest Millennium Stone Spirit and battle me," Seto said with a matter-of-fact expression. "As the strongest existence among the Priests, I have a reason to test whether you, who are trusted by the Pharaoh, have enough strength to be acknowledged by me."
The death news of Mahad was true, but Hayato hadn't expected Seto to take over so quickly and start calling himself the Strongest Priest.
"Even if you say that, what about you if you give me your Duel Disk? Priest Isis told me that this Duel Disk is also a product of alchemy, and each Priest only has one, right?"
"That's not something you need to worry about." Hearing Hayato's words, Seto smiled proudly, turned around to retrieve a bag hanging on the war horse he was riding, and surprisingly took out another Duel Disk from the bag.
"Lord Aknadin doesn't have the ability to use a Duel Disk recently, so he lent me his Duel Disk to use as a spare item. This way, you can battle me, right?" Looking at Hayato, Seto said with an expectant expression, "Hurry and summon it, I can't wait any longer."
"That part is very similar too," Hayato exclaimed, then also put on the Duel Disk and looked at Seto. "Alright, this time, let's duel!"
End of Chapter
