The black fog dispersed, and for a moment the space felt as if it were spinning. The scene quickly switched from the ancient Roman Colosseum back to the hallway of Kaiba Company's top floor.
Mokuba was cautiously hiding behind Youyu, while the Doma believer who had come to cause trouble had already turned to ashes and vanished.
Youyu's expression was quite serious.
Just before the opponent disappeared, he provided Youyu with some rather important information.
The convenience of the Darkness Game lies here; any command from the victor to the defeated is absolute, so Youyu doesn't need to worry about the possibility of the opponent lying.
Now, Doma is nothing to be afraid of; after the Orichalcos storyline, this massive organization had already fallen apart. The remaining forces are merely struggling to survive, unable to cause much trouble even if left unchecked, and will eventually be wiped out by various organizations over time.
The real problem lies in the new leader Doma has welcomed.
Bakura, the host of the Great Evil God Sock, and the final boss of Yu-Gi-Oh! DM.
Youyu couldn't help but start to get curious.
The Doma believer who just "hung up," or perhaps now should be referred to as "former Doma believer," mentioned that Bakura had a plan and that it required certain things from within the Doma Organization as bargaining chips.
What kind of plan could the Great Evil God Sock have?
Youyu clearly knew that his ultimate goal was nothing more than to gather all seven Millennium Items and resurrect his true form in the modern era.
According to the original storyline, Bakura should currently be busy preparing for the plot of the "King's Memory" chapter.
If nothing unexpected occurred, the nameless Pharaoh was supposed to enter a virtual world constructed from his memories of three thousand years ago in which he relived the stories of Ancient Egypt from three thousand years ago to retrieve his memories, according to the original arrangement of the Gravekeeper Race.
Yes, just like a wise Ancient Egyptian using the power of the Darkness Game to construct a fully immersive virtual reality game, except this game is a single-player special edition for the Pharaoh.
Yet, Bakura managed to force himself in, turning this single-player game into an online game. Thus, in this online game, Dark Yugi assumes the role of the just Pharaoh, while Bakura assumes the identity of the Thief King, and both parties engage in an unprecedented, earth-shattering ultimate RPG duel in this fully immersive RPG game from three thousand years ago...
It is worth mentioning that the RPG game they play is also "the ultimate Darkness Game," which has unimaginable influence and power.
If Bakura wins this Darkness Game, then his true form, the Great Evil God Sock, would also resurrect in reality, tearing the whole world into darkness.
Maybe Bakura intends to gain something from Doma to increase his leverage in this RPG game?
However, knowing that Bakura is related to Doma, this incident suddenly upgraded from "a noteworthy minor affair" to "a mission-critical main storyline" for Youyu.
No matter what Bakura is plotting, Youyu doesn't intend to sit idly by waiting.
He is going to take action.
...
Nightwalker World, Domino Headquarters.
Today, when the gatekeeper, grinning from ear to ear, led him inside, Youyu surprisingly did not see the usual burly men drinking, arm-wrestling, and wrestling. It's unclear if this forever energetic bunch finally had a day of fatigue, or if they finally ran out of reasons to celebrate...
However, he did spot a small group of people—mostly seeming to be players—gathered around Jie Nandao, watching him show off his super rare level tattoos on himself.
On his left side was a tattoo of a Q-version big-headed small-bodied Dark Magician Girl, and on the right arm was hung a Silent Magician...
Someone loudly praised Jie Yuan as mighty, while another heckled, saying, Jie Yuan, weren't you claiming Dark Magician Girl as your only true love? How come there's an extra one on you?
Jie Yuan rolled his eyes and said, I don't believe that all the storage on your 2TB computer is for the same lady...
The words might be crude, but the reasoning isn't. It seems to make sense.
After all, some men may indeed be fickle and often contradict themselves.
For example, sometimes upon seeing a pretty lady in a serious film, they'd light a cigarette, shake their head, and sigh over the pity of beauty not entering the sea.
However, upon seeing pretty ladies in less serious little movies, they'd twitch, light a cigarette again, shake their head, and sigh again over the pity of beauty entering the sea...
...It's very odd.
Youyu glanced at Jie Nandao and started wondering if he had recently been slightly too lenient in his favorability. Is he really so confident now?
Perhaps some caution should be exercised next time.
A little deeper inside, it turns out a large group of people is currently gathered in layers, surrounding a newcomer to the association haggling intensely.
Upon closer inspection, it turns out the guy is conducting an auction here.
What he's selling... are the spiritual artifacts Youyu handcrafted before.
"So expensive?" An astonished player exclaimed, "Why don't you just rob?"
In the midst of conversation, someone reached out their hand, intending to touch the Apple-themed Dark Magician Girl spiritual artifact but was blocked by the haggler as if protecting his child.
"9494! Lower the price! Yours are almost twice as expensive as Youyu-san's marked price,"
"They are limited editions; those who know, know." The haggler was adamant, "Besides, it has Youyu-san's personal signature on it! This price is already fair."
"Ah, Youyu-san is here!" Someone shouted.
The haggler chuckled, "I say, your trick is too old, don't expect to fool me like this..."
However, as he spoke, he realized something was wrong.
Because it seems everyone present has suddenly gone silent, and their expressions seem a bit strange.
Especially when looking at him with such a playful expression; it feels like... like staring at a dead person.
The haggler mechanically turned his head and immediately saw Youyu standing behind him at some unknown time.
Youyu maintained a polite and gentle smile.
Naughty boy, trying to make money off my name?
Impressive! Very capable!
[Favorability -20]
Sss~
The haggler immediately became stiff.
...He's hemorrhaging badly!
A group of people watched the sneaky trader falter and couldn't help but revel in schadenfreude.
"Is that expression because the favorability turned negative?"
"Ha! Got what he deserves!"
...
Although still feeling he went a bit easy on this guy, Youyu currently had no time to deal with him. Youyu came here for official business.
"Gather the organization's people; there's an urgent mission."
As Youyu spoke, he casually edited a mission and issued it.
"Faction Mission: Follow Youyu to eliminate the remnants of Doma!"
All players present received the message simultaneously and couldn't help but jump on the spot.
Finally, a mission is here!