Another intense bout of dizziness hit, feeling like his body was being thrown into a spinning washing machine. After a moment of vertigo, Youyu finally felt the cold, hard floor beneath him again.
The journey in the Memory World was over, and he returned from that long RPG world.
"Master!!!"
As soon as Youyu opened his eyes, he felt a fragrant breeze pass his nose, and before he could react, his body was struck by two soft, large sins.
The long unseen Dark Magician Girl hugged him without warning, "Master, finally you're back! You've been gone for so long..."
"Alright, alright, I'm back now." Youyu patted her golden little head, "How long was I away?"
"Three hours, twenty-seven minutes and fifty seconds!"
So precise?
"Only three hours have passed..."
In the Memory World, it clearly felt like many days had passed, yet in reality, it was only a moment.
Speaking of which, it was just three hours, why was this girl so anxious?
It's like each second felt like years?
But for Youyu, it truly felt like it had been a long time since he saw her. Dark Magician Girl was the first spirit he obtained, and since he crossed over, she was almost always by his side. It's true he missed her quite a bit.
The magician girl bit her lip, her clear eyes glistening as if she was about to cry. Youyu gently stroked her little head to comfort her, feeling like he was petting a cat...
And speaking of which, compared to Mana whom he met in the Memory World not too long ago, Youyu was even more convinced it wasn't an illusion—
—his own was indeed bigger!
The Dark Magician Girl hugged her master upon reuniting him, after just three hours without seeing him, it looked like she had so much to say. Unfortunately, others who were involved in the Darkness Game also gradually returned, so she had to pout and de-materialize back into Youyu's card deck.
Everyone gradually sat up from the floor, each feeling exhausted, their bodies soft like cooked noodles, with no energy to spare.
Everything that happened in Ancient Egypt, and the battle against Great Evil God Sock, all those images felt just like a dream. Clearly, it hadn't been long, but thinking back, it seemed so surreal.
The foolish players should be the most energetic. This journey to Ancient Egypt excited them to no end—even the players who couldn't participate firsthand, completing virtually online, were extremely excited.
By now, new hot threads were popping up on the forums.
"Youyu-san's true identity revealed! Credibility over 80%!"
Upon seeing this post, Youyu himself curiously clicked to see what silly background stories the players crafted for him.
And upon entering, he saw the opening post: "The 1.0 version storyline is nearing its end. It's likely that the sneaky planners want to take this chance to drop a bomb and reveal the information everyone's been focusing on, which is about Youyu-san's true identity!
The poster spent a lot of effort gathering clues, finding that all the clues pointed to a unique truth—
—Youyu-san is actually Holactie the Creator of Light!"
Then the poster started listing known information and clues below, arguing the reliability of this hypothesis.
For example, Youyu-san is clearly a character not present in the anime, yet his strength and achievements are astonishingly impressive; for instance, he clearly doesn't have a Millennium Item, yet can easily make the proud Three Egyptian God bow down...
Even more sensational, Youyu-san actually has a complete set of Egyptian God himself!
Anyone who understands a bit about Yu-Gi-Oh would know that the Egyptian God Card is unique, so how could it be explained other than his identity as "Holactie the Creator of Light?"
Moreover, everyone witnessed before the final duel with Sock began, the "Real Name" non-effect card was handed by Youyu to Atem.
In the final round, when Atem regained his real name and summoned "Holactie the Creator of Light," the creation of that card clearly happened on site by Youyu. Finally, Atem used a "Hand Exchange" to take that card from Youyu.
If this can't be definitive, then there's an even more important piece of evidence provided by this poster as decisive proof—
—Great Evil God Sock evidently thought this too!
Clever eyes could see throughout the entire Egyptian storyline that Youyu-san presciently suppressed Great Evil God Sock. Sock was outdone by Youyu in both tactics and card play.
Also, from their clashes, judging by Sock's speech and reactions, it clearly seemed Sock knew Youyu, prominently showing fear.
What kind of existence could make the unstoppable Great Evil God in the anime, who punches Obelisk, kicks White Dragon, and tears apart Three Egyptian God, feel fear? Who else could it be besides Holactie?
Then the moment just before the "Holactie the Creator of Light" descended to instantly vanquish Sock, everyone saw Sock clearly pointing at Youyu in terror, screaming "It's you! I knew it was you! I knew it all along!" or something to that effect.
Others could be mistaken, but could Great Evil God Sock be wrong?
Thus proved, Youyu-san = Holactie the Creator of Light!
Seeing this, even Youyu himself was quietly surprised.
Goodness, they actually dug out so much evidence, I almost got convinced myself.
Beneath the post, quite a few echoed agreement, but of course, not everyone found the notion agreeable. Some quickly expressed differing opinions.
For instance, Youyu-san is male, but the image of Holactie the Creator of Light looks female no matter how you see it.
However, such minor details are easy to refute. Someone quickly responded saying, since they're a Creator God, what's the point of fussing over gender?
The Three Egyptian God are all avatars of Holactie, why not say they are male too?
At this, someone instantly challenged, saying nonsense, asking for proof that the Three Egyptian God are male, challenging if they checked in person or how?
And an even bolder fellow directly concluded: "No need to say more. Just like Dark Bakura is the human form of Great Evil God, Youyu-san surely is the earthly form of Holactie!
Solid evidence no need to argue. If future storyline proves me wrong, I'll live stream eating a kilo of Xiang upside down! Mark my words!"
Such words stirred a thousand waves, as myriad spectators and foolish players flooded with responses, rapidly bumping the post upward...
Youyu closed the forum, becoming contemplative.
Seems he owes Great Evil God Sock a nod, as now Youyu's reputation among players soared even higher. Previously merely a world protagonist, now he's aiming for Creator God.
But Youyu is quite pragmatic.
He was already pondering if the title "Holactie the Creator of Light" could help craft a new way to collect coins...
...
Leaving the chamber, they encountered Ishizu and Marik, siblings waiting outside. The siblings first congratulated the Pharaoh for successfully finding his memory, and when questioned by Atem, disclosed that the Netherworld's stone tablet was also kept within their Gravekeeper Race.
Once the seven Millennium Items are placed within that stone tablet, the Gate of the Underworld would open.
Great Evil God Sock long desired to open the Netherworld's gate, thus bringing darkness and ruin to the present world from the Netherworld. However, now Sock is completely annihilated, nothing remains under the Divine Strike by the Creator of Light. Therefore, even gathering seven Millennium Items to open the Gate of the Underworld wouldn't result in the descent of evil.
Now, only one task remains.
The Pharaoh was originally one who had passed on, his soul wandering for three thousand years, now with his mission accomplished, it is time for him to return to those companions who've awaited him in the Netherworld for three thousand years.
What they need to do now is open the Gate of the Netherworld and send the Pharaoh on his way.