The KC Cup Tournament was temporarily halted.
The news spread quickly. Visitors soon heard that "Dark Duelists" had infiltrated the venue, but the Duel King had intervened in time, preventing further harm.
The Kaiba Group, without a doubt, could use this event to further promote Youyu's reputation, but that's a story for another time.
Currently, Alice, who had lost consciousness, was under the control of the organizers, while Youyu was in a lounge discussing the matter with Kaiba and Mokuba.
"Their statement is inaccurate," Youyu corrected. "In fact, this person isn't a Dark Duelist; rather, she's more precisely a 'Light Duelist.'
Her power comes from light, not darkness. After all, everyone should know that typically light represents destruction and evil, while darkness stands for justice, right?"
However, as soon as he said this, he quickly noticed the Maiden with Eyes of Blue in ghostly form beside President Kaiba was unhappy.
Kisara pouted.
Light equals destruction and evil? Who says? Why?
The Blue-Eyes White Dragon is dubbed the "Dragon of Light," but it's evidently gentle and cute, with nothing to do with destruction and evil...
Mokuba looked at his brother: "Brother, should we suspend the tournament?"
"Hmph, no need. It's not the first time reckless troublemakers have disrupted things. If they have the guts to come, let them come!"
President Kaiba displayed great confidence, exuding authority.
Immediately following, he glanced at Youyu: "In any case, these troublemakers can at most just add to the number of You ↑ yu ↓'s defeated opponents!"
Youyu was listening and nodding along, but suddenly found himself the target of the president's firing line, and was clearly displeased.
Dang, president, you can boast all you want, why drag me into it?
If you're so skillful at boasting, why aren't you taking action yourself?
"By the way, Youyu," Mokuba suddenly pulled out a card deck and handed it to him.
Youyu: "?"
What's this supposed to mean?
"Oh, this is the card deck of that woman named Alice. Just now, when she was escorted back, I noticed the deck wasn't removed from the Duel Disc, I quickly realized you might have forgotten." Mokuba chuckled.
Youyu: "..."
He felt the need to clarify: "The world has fallen, some reports nowadays only aim to catch the eye, not being responsible for the content, slapping labels like 'stingy,' 'Duel Disc Hunter' on me.
Is this good? It's not good..."
Mokuba tilted his head: "Ah, so should I put the deck back?"
"...During the duel just now, I felt a very strong and evil light energy. If I'm not mistaken, it should come from this card deck she possesses."
Without another word, Youyu took the card deck from Mokuba, solemnly.
"I must personally ensure this deck poses no danger."
"And after checking, return it to her?" Mokuba asked.
"Assuming no issues are discovered, of course." Youyu nodded slightly.
Of course, the likelihood of discovering no issues is probably slim...
As they discussed, a communication request suddenly came from outside.
On the video call screen appeared a black-suited bodyguard guarding outside—Youyu was surprised that it wasn't Izono.
Sometimes he couldn't help but suspect that Uncle Izono was actually a mass-produced machine for Kaiba Group, as he seemed to be able to simultaneously appear at all locations needed by the president to handle everything.
But this time it wasn't Izono; it was a young man who looked like he had just joined.
"Mr. President, it's the military," the young man in a black suit said. "Officer Fujino from the D Department requests to see you."
"Fujino again?" Kaiba frowned, clearly disliking him, and coldly said, "Tell him I'm not here."
"Yes, sir."
Next, they heard the man in the black suit turn and say, "The president says he's not in."
Youyu x Kaiba x Mokuba: "..."
A moment later, the man in the black suit returned to the screen: "Sir, I explained as best as I could, but the officer just won't believe it and insists on seeing you..."
Kaiba remained expressionless: "You're fired."
The black suit was struck as if by Raigeki.
Nani!? (What!? in Japanese)
Youyu calmly said, "Maybe we should arrange for Izono to be in charge."
Mokuba sighed: "Izono is on sick leave."
"He can actually get sick?" Youyu raised an eyebrow, "I thought he was a robot."
A few minutes later, Fujino already arrived in the lounge with two subordinates.
"Kai ↑ ba ↓!" Officer Fujino strode in, the coat waves behind him like waves, "Haven't seen you in a while."
Kaiba hugged his arms, icy cold: "Speak quickly, I haven't got time to waste with you."
"As cold as ever, Mr. President." Fujino seemed used to it, not caring about the president's attitude. "But today, I come with information."
He gestured, and one of his subordinates immediately stepped forward and handed him a cigar.
Fujino bit the cigar, instinctively prepared to light it, suddenly realized something was wrong, and was instantly angry: "No, I didn't ask for this! Projection! Give me the projection!"
Only then did the subordinate realize, quickly pulling out three small metal spheres.
Fujino shot him a glance, tossed the three metal spheres onto the table. A pale blue beam radiated from the spheres, forming a large hanging projection in mid-air.
The image looked like an electronic file, with the title in four large characters—
—Light Society.
Youyu narrowed his eyes.
Light Society, he recognized this name. In the original work, it was a base established by Saiou Takuma at Duel Academy, with all society members being students brainwashed by the Light of Destruction, resembling a large cult-like organization.
"Another boring supernatural organization?" Kaiba said indifferently.
"As expected of the president, keen intuition." Fujino smiled.
Youyu shot the big military officer a look.
He hadn't expected him to fawn like this...
"The Light Society, a new organization that recently emerged in the Underworld," Fujino said. "They caught our attention due to one of their members seemingly causing a tsunami incident through extraordinary powers. Ever since, we've had teams investigating this group.
But so far, our understanding of this organization is very limited. We don't know their organizational structure, the majority of their members' situations, or their specific objectives.
But there's no doubt it's a group with significant power, perhaps breaking the balance maintained in the Underworld for many years. It's said they possess a strange ability that can assimilate those defeated by their members, making them part of the group.
Therefore, the group's size is rapidly growing, but unfortunately, we can confirm only a few of their members' identities. However, among the members whose identity we are lucky enough to identify, there is this person."
The projection screen changed to show a photo of Alice.
"Ah, the Duelist who just dueled with Youyu," Mokuba said. "She's part of this Light Society?"
"Correct, this is also why the incident here attracted our department's attention," Fujino continued. "In addition, in the latest advancement of our investigation, we found a suspect who might be the head of this organization."
He then switched the screen to the next image.
It was a new photo, a new face.
To Kaiba and Mokuba, it might be unfamiliar, but Youyu was quite familiar.
"Saiou Takuma," Fujino introduced, "was once a Divination Master."