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# Chapter 799: True Name, Get

"Hmm?"

Nefertari tilted her head, somewhat confused, as she watched Joey Wheeler and Tristan. Just moments ago, they had needed her to lead the way, but after arriving underground in the tomb, they suddenly walked confidently ahead, not at all afraid of stepping on mechanisms.

After thinking for a moment, she reminded the others, "The map says that the mechanisms here are those puppet soldiers holding weapons. If you advance without showing respect and fear, you will be killed. However, it doesn't say exactly how 'showing respect and fear' is defined."

"When it comes to liking to make people guess boring jokes, Priest Shimon, who looks a lot like Master Solomon, is exactly the same," Joey Wheeler said nonchalantly, walking confidently at the very front. He stepped onto the suspended stone slab, which was only wide enough for one person, and walked straight towards the corner ahead of him.

And right at that corner, a statue holding two sickle swords seemed to sense that someone had stepped onto the suspended stone slab. It straightened up and also approached in Joey Wheeler's direction.

"Heh heh, coming towards me, huh? Not escaping but approaching me, Joey Wheeler?" Imitating Hayato's tone from memory, Joey Wheeler said the line he had long wanted to try saying. "But Muda Muda, Master Solomon already told us the answer! As long as you keep your right foot forward, then—Uwah!"

He was only halfway through his sentence, his coolness lasting less than three seconds, when his body's conditioned reflex made him suddenly bend backward, narrowly dodging a slash swung by the statue that looked like it would cut him in half at the waist, his expression one of fright.

"Th-this isn't right, is it?! Didn't you say just keeping your right foot forward would be fine!?"

Seeing Joey Wheeler retreat in a flustered state, Tristan also covered his forehead, unable to watch, and reminded him, "Idiot, it's not the right foot, it's the left foot! You completely remembered it wrong!"

"Ah, huh?" Hearing Tristan's reminder, Joey Wheeler also quickly adjusted his stance, switching to having his left foot forward and right foot back. As expected, the statue that had attacked him stopped swinging its weapon, its sharp blade hanging in mid-air without falling.

Joey Wheeler finally breathed a sigh of relief, then said stubbornly, "Ac-actually, I of course remembered to keep my left foot forward. I just wanted to test whether these statues could really move. Mm, the test went smoothly, mm."

"You're really stubborn," Tristan commented, then said to the others, "But it seems like it really is like the story Grandpa Solomon told us. As long as you keep your left foot forward, you won't be attacked by the statues."

"In Ancient Egypt, Pharaohs were regarded as the representative of God on Earth, and after death, they would be regarded as becoming gods. Statues dedicated to the Pharaoh also had to have their left foot forward, like offering their heart to the Pharaoh. If you wanted to advance, you had to express respect with your left foot forward. This represented absolute obedience within the Pharaoh's tomb, which is a divine domain. The moment you forgot this humility, you would be given the sanction of death."

But as he was speaking, Tristan found that no one was listening to him at all. Yugi and Téa had already followed Joey Wheeler onto the suspended stone slab, bringing Nefertari with them. "Hey, you guys are going too far! It hurts my pride, you know!"

"Nobody's interested in that kind of stuff! Hurry up and catch up, Tristan!" Joey Wheeler called out to Tristan from afar. "You're the slowest one now! I'm already halfway there!"

Although walking with the left foot always forward was a bit awkward, as long as you were careful to avoid the statues and not fall into the abyss, the difficulty of this stage could only be described as incredibly easy.

Tristan pouted and also walked towards the suspended stone slab. "Walk slower, Joey Wheeler! Don't forget Grandpa Solomon also mentioned there seems to be a mechanism here where stepping on it will trigger moving spike walls! You have to be careful not to—"

*Click.*

Tristan's words stopped short. He looked down at his feet. Speak of the devil, the mechanism was triggered just as he finished speaking, only it wasn't Joey Wheeler, but he himself who triggered it.

For a moment, the people walking ahead couldn't help but turn back to look at Tristan. At the same time, behind Tristan, the stairs they had come from earlier had their path blocked by a giant rock that fell with a crash, and sharp spikes also extended from the wall behind them and began pushing forward.

"Everyone, don't just stand there! Hurry and advance!" Seeing this, Yugi quickly spoke up to remind everyone. With the mechanism triggered, the time available for them to pass this stage suddenly became a bit tight. "You must remember to keep your left foot forward!"

Although he usually spoke softly, having gone through so much with Dark Yugi, Yugi could also show a brave side and leadership qualities when necessary. Everyone quickly followed, cautiously advancing all the way, and finally, before the spike wall arrived, everyone passed this stage.

And as soon as they arrived at the next stage, everyone saw that directly in front of them, a statue was prominently placed. The statue's head had a rare starfish-like hairstyle. First of all, this couldn't possibly be a statue of Mutou Yuugi or Solomon Muto. Priest Shimon wouldn't go so far as to place a statue of himself in the Pharaoh's tomb.

Then there was only one answer. This statue was of Dark Yugi, or rather, the Nameless Pharaoh. And even though they were underground, there were no torches providing light around them, yet everyone could clearly see that something seemed to be carved below the statue, and it was currently emitting radiance, attracting everyone's attention.

"As the Pharaoh's tomb, that should be the place used to inscribe the Pharaoh's great deeds during his life," Nefertari said, looking at the statue. "Only because the owner of this tomb is still alive, they couldn't inscribe the Pharaoh's great deeds for the time being. It was probably just inscribed with the Pharaoh's name. Hmm, in other words, that should be the place we're looking for, where the Pharaoh's true name is recorded."

"Alright, then let's hurry over!" Joey Wheeler said excitedly upon hearing Nefertari's words. As he spoke, he started to walk forward. Leading to that statue was a suspended stone slab path they had walked on before. Only unlike the previous stage filled with statues that would attack people, this time the stone slab path seemed to have patterns carved on it, but Joey Wheeler completely failed to notice this.

It was Téa, however, who quickly grabbed Joey Wheeler, whose actions were faster than his thoughts, and warned him, "Wait a minute, Joey Wheeler! Don't forget this is The Other Yugi's tomb, there are many mechanisms! Didn't you see there's a stone slab standing there? Let Nefertari interpret it first before we advance."

Hearing Téa's words, Joey Wheeler finally noticed that this stage was different from the previous ones. There was actually a stone slab placed in a conspicuous spot after entering, with some Ancient Egyptian text carved on it, as if explaining the rules of this stage.

"The spirit residing on the stone slab will sanction those who disrespect the Pharaoh's eternal slumber. The moment fear arises in your heart, your soul will be absorbed by the spirit." Looking at the text on the stone slab, Nefertari translated it and read it aloud to everyone. And as everyone looked back at that stone slab path, they found that the patterns on the stone slab really looked like monsters.

Just looking at the appearance of these monsters on the stone slab, it seemed a lot of effort was put into making them. Each one looked ferocious and terrifying, as if they would truly jump out of the stone slab and swallow people to kill them.

And after translating the words on the stone slab, Nefertari looked at the markings on the map again. But after reading the words on the map, she looked up again and said with a somewhat strange expression, "However, the map says that this stage can be easily passed as long as you pretend not to have seen the text on the stone slab."

"Eh? There's clearly a stone slab here at the entrance, which is clearly left here as a hint, so why does it say you can pass by not looking at the stone slab?" Joey Wheeler was taken aback upon hearing this and said somewhat strangely.

Téa also nodded, somewhat confused, while also glancing at the stone slab she couldn't understand. "And, the hint is a bit late. Haven't we already seen that stone slab?"

Yugi, on the other hand, lowered his head and thought for a moment, but figured it out. "I get it. This stage probably utilizes the psychology of 'don't think about a rooster', right?"

"Under normal circumstances, people's thoughts are easily guided. Even if you weren't thinking about 'roosters' originally, but when someone tells you 'don't think about a rooster', you will subconsciously think about a rooster," Yugi explained to everyone. "Like Joey Wheeler just now, he probably wouldn't have looked at the stone slab under his feet at all and would have headed straight for The Other Me's statue. But after seeing the hint, he would notice the stone slab under his feet."

"The previous stages would filter out tomb robbers who weren't smart or cautious enough, as well as illiterate tomb robbers. The tomb robbers who can reach here are basically literate and careful. They will naturally read the hint text on the stone slab and then notice the monsters on the stone slab under their feet. And after knowing they will come out and kill people, they will naturally develop vigilance and even the psychology of fear, and finally be killed by the monsters on the stone slab."

Joey Wheeler's gaze towards that stone slab changed in an instant. "Wh-what an insidious strategy! It's simply like Yugi, who always sets five cards on the first turn during a duel! He's too calculating! I'm starting to suspect if Master Solomon's ancestors migrated from Ancient Egypt to Domino City."

Honda also joked, "Maybe so! Look at Yugi, Grandpa Solomon, and Priest Shimon's hairstyles, it simply runs in the family! Even The Other Yugi's hairstyle is."

"Alright, you two unreliable guys, stop making up gossip about others here," Téa impatiently pushed Joey Wheeler and Tristan, who were arm-in-arm and gossiping like old women. "Since we can pass as long as we don't look at our feet, let's hurry over and record The Other Yugi's name so we can return it to him."

The few people who knew the mystery of this stage walked forward, keeping their line of sight straight ahead and not looking at their feet. As expected, they passed through the suspended stone slab path safely all the way and arrived in front of Dark Yugi's statue. And after approaching, they could finally see what the glowing script carved below the statue was.

On the stone slab, where a large space was left for later people to modify, several Ancient Egyptian text seemed to possess extremely strong mystical power and glowed with radiance. As the few people approached, the radiance gradually disappeared, but Yugi and the others had already found those few glowing text.

Looking at the text on the stone slab, Téa thought for a moment, took out a metal pendant from her body and revealed it, saying, "Just now when I came to Egypt, I bought this souvenir from the airport. It's said to be used for inscribing the names of the Royal Family and Pharaohs. I'll use this to carve The Other Yugi's name so I can hand it over to him."

"Oh, that's very thoughtful, Téa," Joey Wheeler said, looking at Yugi. "Then Yugi, the task of carving the name is entrusted to you. We can't really do this kind of thing for you."

Yugi also nodded and accepted the metal plaque from Téa's hand. With this metal plaque, even if The Other Self loses his memory again in the future, he won't forget his name again. Just like the memories between them, even if time flows, it cannot cause wear and tear.

Turning around, Yugi opened the metal plaque's outer casing and took out the metal plate, placing the metal plaque onto the stone slab. The metal deformed as it adhered to the stone slab, leaving behind Dark Yugi's name.

And the next moment after the metal plaque recorded Dark Yugi's true name, the few people saw that section of the name on the stone slab was erased out of thin air, as if that name could only exist in one place and had already been transferred from the stone slab to the metal plaque in Yugi's hand.

"Eh~ I was still thinking of letting Nefertari-chan translate what The Other Yugi's name was. At least I wanted to know the pronunciation of his name," Tristan said, looking at the stone slab where the name had disappeared, scratching his head. "Can it really disappear out of thin air just by touching it?"

Joey Wheeler also nodded. "What a coincidence, I actually also wanted to know the pronunciation of The Other Name. Not only can't we understand it, we can't even pronounce it, isn't that very awkward?"

Watching Yugi put the metal plaque with Dark Yugi's name back into the protective casing and seal it properly, Joey Wheeler turned his head again to look at Nefertari and asked, "Nefertari, can you read this name?"

However, Nefertari shook her head. "No, I can't. I don't know why, but if these few characters were separate, I should be able to recognize them. But when they are together, I can't read them, and it feels like only the owner of this name can read it."

"It's okay, Nefertari-chan," Téa comforted Nefertari. "We are also going to return this name to the Pharaoh next. From him, we can also know how to read this name."

"Mm, if I can find my name again, The Other Me will definitely be very happy," Yugi said, looking at the metal plaque in his hand, and also revealed a smile, genuinely feeling happy for The Other Self. Putting the metal plaque away and stored it properly, Yugi looked at everyone and said, "Then next, we go back and find The Other Me."

"That's true, but the path we came from is blocked by that spike wall," Tristan said somewhat awkwardly, after all, he was the one who triggered that mechanism. "We still have to first—Huh?"

As the few people were talking, they saw a faint golden radiance appear on the surrounding walls inside the underground tomb, surrounding the few people gathered around the statue. The radiance flashed, and everyone actually disappeared underground in an instant, and were transferred to the surface.

Before they could react to the instantaneous change in the surrounding environment, the people who had returned to the sand dune where Joey Wheeler had stood before saw that the Dark Yugi's tomb they had just passed through was instantly surrounded by a sandstorm whipped up by a gale.

It was as if after the few people took Dark Yugi's name, this tomb had fulfilled its duty and disappeared into the desert.

End of Chapter

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