One hour remains until the opening of the anniversary celebration of Kaiba Land, but as the organizer, Kaiba Seto is still working overtime in the company's office.
But this is also typical of President Haima. No matter what kind of event he attends, he often prefers to arrive by helicopter, making a grand, attention-grabbing entrance that showcases his distinctiveness from others—
—usually by jumping directly from the aircraft.
At this moment, President Haima seems to be working overtime in the office, but in fact, he is sitting with his fingers interlocked, focusing intently on a screen playing a duel video.
...The duel video of his match against Yugi years ago.
Few people know that President Haima has saved all the duel videos of Yugi's public matches. He even has a dedicated folder where all the match videos are neatly arranged chronologically, along with many insights he summarized after studying the data.
It's precisely because the president has studied Yugi's duels so diligently and thoroughly, striving to recreate every detail, that he was able to create the incredibly realistic human-machine that is almost indistinguishable from the real thing.
...Unfortunately, it still can't help him beat Yugi even once.
Since logging into the Link System yesterday and seeing that guy's blurry image, President Haima's mind hasn't been on work. Today, since arriving at the company, he's been replaying all his past duel videos against Yugi, feeling increasingly eager and impatient to duel.
While researching the Duel Link System, planning to use high technology to drag someone back from the Netherworld to play cards with him, Haima also hasn't forgotten about the traditional method—
—which is grave digging.
Soon after Atem left, Kaiba Company immediately located the site where the Battle Ceremony and the gateway to the Netherworld opened, setting up a construction site to frantically dig.
Haima issued a strict order—no matter if it's three feet underground, even if you have to dig straight to Hell, you must dig up that guy's puzzle pieces for me!
"Brother!"
Mokuba rushed in frantically, his anxious expression akin to...someone trying to capture him as a hostage again.
"What's the matter?"
Kaiba asked without lifting his head, his fingers quickly typing away at the keyboard—the duel video on his screen had been closed without him noticing.
It looked as though he had been working diligently on the computer all day.
But Mokuba didn't seem to care about any of this: "There's a problem with the haunted house attraction in Kaiba Land!"
"What problem?" Kaiba frowned, "Yet another system intrusion?"
From the word "yet," it's evident even President Haima has started to feel like his own company is akin to a public bus. Last year when the park first opened, Zigfried Lloyd hacked their system; is someone causing trouble again this year?
"No." Mokuba shook his head, "The system is fine, but the people who went inside have disappeared! The staff can't find them, and there's no trace on the surveillance...it's like they vanished into thin air!"
"Interesting." Kaiba leaned back into his chair, "Domino has had quite a few incidents lately of people disappearing into thin air; could it be another supernatural phenomenon...
Since Atem's departure, President Haima's steadfast "science above all" worldview seems to be showing signs of wavering.
Back when Atem was around, whenever topics involving the term "Darkness Game" were mentioned, President Haima would always react with a stubborn "not listening, not listening" attitude.
Now that Atem is gone, the president seems to have started considering "supernatural" factors.
President: It's absolutely impossible for me to believe in metaphysics, not in this lifetime.
"..."
"And...and," Mokuba said anxiously, "among those missing...is Youyu!"
Kaiba's eyelid twitched.
He has only two recognized dueling companions, one left last year, and now the remaining one also wants to play missing?
"...Prepare the helicopter, Mokuba." He said solemnly, "We're heading to Kaiba Land now."
...
Youyu opened his Duel Disc, standing before the black-clothed man.
The space in this haunted house scene was sealed off, with no exit. It seemed the only way out was by defeating the black-clothed man before him.
Is it a Darkness Game?
Or...a Dimension Duel?
Youyu remembered that the antagonist "Aigami" from the movie liked to play this trick—using his metaphysical powers to send duelists to what he called a "higher dimension" space for "Dimension Duels" that didn't follow the usual rules.
In any case, if he could win this duel first, it would be enough.
Seeing Youyu step up, the onlookers felt reassured as if they had taken a tranquillizer.
Among us, there's a Duel King!
This should be secure now, since who could possibly defeat the Duel King?
[Youyu, LP 4000]
[Black-clothed Man, LP 4000]
The Smart Duel Disc automatically decided the turn order, Youyu confirmed, "Looks like it's your turn first."
The man silently drew a card, starting his turn, but didn't say a word.
...Then he suddenly played an astonishing Divine Card.
"Activating the Continuous Magic 'Future Fusion' from my hand!" he said, "Showing a Fusion Monster Card to the opponent and sending all the Monsters used as Fusion Material from the deck to the Graveyard.
In two turns' time during the preparation phase, that Monster can be Fusion Summoned." (Old effect)
A card that can bring Monsters to fusion in the future.
However, the real power of this card isn't "Fusion Summon the Monster after two turns," but its ability to send any Fusion Material from the deck to the Graveyard, allowing for precise selection and resource-rich dumping from the deck—a Divine Card for resource strategy!
"I choose the Monster to fuse," The man retrieved a Fusion Monster Card and turned it over to display, "Five-Headed Dragon!"
Youyu: "!"
Five-Headed Dragon? So, this guy isn't Aigami?
After all, it's widely known that the villain Aigami from the 'Dark Side of Dimensions' movie represents a Cubic deck, an original deck series from the movie.
Meanwhile, other onlookers were even more excited.
"Five-Headed Dragon!"
"The Monster with the highest attack in legend! Stronger than Kaiba Seto's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
"Who is this person? How does he have such a legendary level Monster?"
The onlookers were terrified, while the young Judai, held by Chinai, recalled Youyu-sensei's words and shook his head: "What is Five-Headed Dragon? It's like rubble that doesn't even count as a wall, right?"
Excited onlookers immediately fell silent, turning their heads to look at the innocent-looking little jellyfish...