"Hmph, it's impressive that you managed to summon the Egyptian Gods under these circumstances, but it's still meaningless." Sok sneered, "It's just a fleeting last struggle. By the end of this turn, the Egyptian Gods will all return to the graveyard. Next turn, with only 197 Life Points and no cards left to use, you will be defeated..."
"That's not necessarily the case."
Sok's scarlet eyes contracted once more.
It was that hair-raising line again—but this time it wasn't from Youyu, but from the Pharaoh's Dark Yugi.
He was now facing Sok directly, without the slightest hint of hesitation or fear, only the kingly demeanor of someone who has everything under control.
"Sok! You can cover up my past and erase my name, but you can't change who I am!" Yugi said coldly, "I have the best comrades, trustworthy allies! It is their presence that has allowed me to find myself again!"
Sok's voice instantly turned hoarse: "Could it be that you..."
"This is the card that Youyu gave me, it's also what helped me reclaim my past!"
Yugi raised the card in his hand. Golden light continuously flowed over the card's surface, and the card image gradually emerged, with hieroglyphs resembling a bird clearly engraved on the card.
Those hieroglyphs narrated the true name of the Pharaoh lost across three thousand years of time and space.
That name is—
—Atem!
At the same moment, the skill "Call the True Name" that Youyu acquired from the trial in the tomb also finally became usable from its inactive state!
Call the True Name can only be used in a tag duel with Atem. When "Slifer the Sky Dragon," "Obelisk the Tormentor," and "The Winged Dragon of Ra" are all present on the ally's field, by revealing the "True Name" in hand, you can add a "Holactie the Creator of Light" from outside the deck to your hand.
In fact, "adding a Divine Attribute Monster to your hand" is the actual effect of the physical card "The True Name." However, in the animation, a card of the level of "Holactie the Creator of Light" couldn't possibly be in anyone's deck, so the skill changes the target search range to "from outside the deck."
It's similar to when Yugi battled Dartz, using the Magic Card "Legend of Heart" which made the legendary Three Musketeers fly out from outside the deck.
By revealing the "True Name" in hand, Yugi had clearly fulfilled this prerequisite just now.
Without needing further words, Youyu of course directly chose to activate it here.
Skill: Call the True Name, activate!!!
Youyu raised his right hand.
At that moment, it was as if all the light in existence converged towards his palm. Tiny particles, elemental fluctuations, the foundation of this world, and the primal force of all things were pouring into his hand.
Youyu felt an impulse brought by a tremendous power sweeping over him, stimulating his nerve endings. It was a power utterly different from anything he had obtained thus far, not transcending reason, but more like reason itself.
It's an extremely mysterious and inexplicable feeling, as if he was holding the world itself in his hand. Elements flowing, stars shifting, the ceaseless operation of the cosmos, all of it flashed through his mind like a rapid slideshow.
Everything ultimately transformed into a card.
Emitting a dazzling golden light, making it impossible to discern the card image or text, not even its type.
But holding it in his hand, Youyu felt that this was a power he couldn't control.
At least not for now.
"The effect of 'The True Name.'" Yugi said calmly, "Declare the name of a card, reveal the top card of the deck. If it's the card I declared, add it to the hand. If not, send it to the graveyard."
"Eh?" Jonouchi was shocked, "If you declare a card name so randomly...how could the top card just happen to be the one you declared?"
"No." Yugi looked firm, with not a trace of doubt in his eyes, "If it's the other me...he absolutely can!"
Indeed, the current Dark Yugi—or rather, he should be called Atem—was already omnipotent!
"The card name I will declare is, the Magic Card 'Exchange of the Spirit'!"
The moment the words fell, a card had already been drawn into the Pharaoh's hand, trailing a golden trajectory.
The card was, of course...Exchange of the Spirit!
Everything for a true Duelist is inevitable.
When a Duelist's 'power' reaches its peak, every draw is destined!
"Impossible!" Sok exclaimed in shock, "How could such a thing be!?"
"Magic Card 'Exchange of the Spirit,' both players each choose a card from their hand to swap."
In a tag battle, allies are also treated as opponents. In the GX Animation, the Paradox Brothers, who specialized in tag battles, also once used an "Exchange of the Spirit" card to swap resources with their ally.
Here, it goes without saying which card Youyu wants to exchange to Atem.
Youyu teleported the card drawn from the skill to swap hands with the last card remaining in Atem's hand. Atem caught it with a raised hand, and the thin card, as it landed in his hand, seemed to transform into countless points of light spreading around, finally revealing the true form of its card face.
Sok's fear had reached its peak. No longer with any expectation, he finally knew for sure what was about to happen, but now it was too late to do anything about it.