If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Youyu might find it hard to believe what President Kaiba had done in the past thirty minutes.
Thirty minutes ago, President Kaiba was still intently watching the computer in the space station assemble blocks.
Youyu distinctly remembered the computer saying it would take six hours to finish assembling these blocks, so he had no doubt President Kaiba could indeed have stood there with his arms folded watching for a full six hours, not even stopping for a drink or bathroom break during this time.
Until the computer stopped right before the blocks were about to be completed, and brought Kaiba the "bad news that the pieces had been replaced."
That's when President Kaiba began focusing on how to deal with Aigami.
Youyu heard him make several phone calls, issue some commands, and call up... the surveillance cameras of possibly the entire city, also mobilizing all the police within Domino and deploying a bunch of Kaiba Group agents.
...Uh, yes, agents, not bodyguards.
After all, it's perfectly normal for a card game company to have its own special forces.
It's hard to imagine, a few seconds ago the President said, "What does Aigami have to do with me," and a few seconds later, upon discovering Aigami snatched away the block pieces, he was ready to uproot the entire Domino.
Especially the way he issued commands over the phone made Youyu more than once think of those movie villains ordering "bring back alive or dead body," it was simply identical.
But merely finding Aigami is definitely not enough.
Having had a round of encounters with Aigami, Kaiba has already become aware of the opponent's quirks. He knows that Aigami possesses some spatial ability, able to accomplish Flash Fusion in some sense.
Moreover, Aigami has a knack for "making people disappear in a flash." Kaiba personally witnessed his entire bodyguard team — except for Izono — being sent to the Other Dimension in the blink of an eye by Aigami, and their whereabouts are still unknown.
Normally it might take more effort to find a way to counter these abilities, but thanks to Aigami being overly pompous, flaunting while also explaining their Prana worldview in detail, and elaborating on the operation principle of the "Quantum Cube."
Aigami might have felt that even if he explained, people wouldn't understand, posturing to appear impressive and high-end, but unfortunately, he picked the wrong target.
What kind of person is President Kaiba?
Even the ashes of the dead might be pulled back by the President from the netherworld, what can Aigami's little trick possibly do?
While Aigami was explaining his metaphysics, the President was already operating that brain of his, which seemingly human on the outside but possibly a supercomputer in reality, synchronously translating the operation principle of the "Quantum Cube" into scientific language he was familiar with.
So, Youyu watched dumbfounded as Kaiba tinkered in the space station's laboratory for half an hour, and in an instant produced a three-piece set specifically targeting Aigami...
First, there is some obstacle device, though the principle made Youyu, a science scatterbrain, feel muddled, he roughly understood it could prevent Aigami from summoning help within a certain range.
Kaiba seems to have discovered that every time Aigami uses his special ability, he first has to call his buddies, get all his "Prana" pals gathered, and all their consciousness synchronize to maximize their abilities' effects.
And this obstacle device can disrupt his contact with other Prana, weakening his strength.
Next, there's a set of protective armor, completely sealing the wearer from head to toe. Although its principle made Youyu feel as clueless as he did in linear algebra lessons, he understood that wearing it prevents Aigami from sending you to the Other Dimension.
Finally, there's a mask, meant to be used after capturing Aigami. According to the President's conception, this mask can inhibit brainwaves, lowering the wearer's consciousness frequency to the minimum amplitude. Once donned, all of Aigami's supernatural abilities would be rendered useless, and his "Quantum Cube" would turn into a worthless toy.
Youyu expressed what the heck could he say?
President Kaiba is awesome!
To design this three-piece set within just half an hour, irrespective of whether he wants it or not, Youyu has to admire President Kaiba's black technology capability.
Actually, he feels that the President is a bit like the neighbor M's Stark. Both are super-rich, both started with arms, and both changed careers mid-way.
The important thing is their black technology talent also bears some similarity.
For instance, Iron Man wishes to tackle Thor, thus there's "Anti-Thor Armor"; wishes to tackle Hulk, thus there's "Anti-Hulk Armor"; wishes to tackle Old Magneto, thus there's the "Anti-Magneto Armor"...
And on our President Kaiba's side, no less impressive, quickly cobbled together this "Anti-Aigami Three-Piece Set."
Although the President usually demonstrates his exceptional traits mainly by surviving jumps off jets unscathed, now Youyu suspects he might also have a super brain with extremely abnormal computing power, capable of mentally mining Bitcoin...
With the design complete, Kaiba plans to produce his first batch of samples today.
Observing President Kaiba, filled with the fighting spirit, determined to battle Aigami to the death, Youyu even felt a moment of sympathy for Aigami.
Actually, although a villain in the movie "Dark Side of the Dimension," as conveyed by author Mr. Takahashi during interviews, he believes Aigami is definitely not a bad person.
On the contrary, Prana are set up as chosen good individuals. Aigami's main goal is simply to stop the President from tomb-raiding, and bring buddies to ascend into an ideal world, creating a beautiful future, that's all.
During this, although he was once overwhelmed by hatred and thought to seek revenge for the host of the Great Evil God Sock—now should say former host—Bakura for Shadi, when catching Bakura, he ultimately softened and didn't make a move.
From another perspective, the movie might tell a story like this—
—The ambitious mastermind behind Domino, Kaiba Seto, unsatisfied with current dictatorship and power, insists on pulling up the deceased already resting in peace to play cards.
The brave young Aigami stands out to stop the mastermind's plot. After experiencing being crushed by Kaiba's signature card, being captured and interrogated, black transformation and subsequent crushing, he ultimately couldn't stop the mastermind's plot and forever lost his power, never seeing the ideal beautiful world...
It improbably seems like a tragedy.
Pitiful, Aigami, pitiful.
In some degree, Aigami seems to resemble more a villain image, Kaiba more a villain image. Even in the movie, Kaiba and Aigami stand face to face, no matter how one sees it, the President's aura appears more like a boss acting all mighty-like as a high-level villain.
While witnessing the President at work, Youyu's Duel Disc suddenly rang. He clicked the option to connect, it seemed to be Chinai calling.
Indeed, with the Smart Duel Disc now capable of basically replacing a phone's functionality, there's even signal inside the President's space station.
"What's up?" Youyu asked.
"...It's Judai." Chinai's hesitant voice came through, "He seems to have passed out."