"Youyu Boy! There's something very important I must inform you about~"
The day after Christmas, Youyu opened the video email from Pegasus, and it was a shocking revelation right from the start.
In the video, Uncle Pegasus looked very serious, with his sole eye surrounded by heavy dark circles. His flamboyant white hair was a bit messy, making him look more like a severely malnourished programmer after days of overtime than a big corporate president.
Youyu nearly wanted to call and ask, Uncle Pegasus, did someone raid your bedroom on Christmas Eve?
Turns out, that's exactly what happened. And the person who raided him wasn't just anyone; it seemed to be President Kaiba...
Youyu summed up what Pegasus said, mainly accusing Kaiba of lacking the ethics of a duelist. In the middle of the night, he suddenly flew to the island for a night raid, insisting Pegasus play cards with him.
It would have been fine just playing cards, but he actually wanted to bet cards. Pegasus said he wasn't even fully awake at the time, his head was a mess, and in a daze, he was thrashed by Kaiba. The newly printed, still warm card was snatched away by Kaiba.
If Youyu didn't understand what happened by now, all those years of watching Yu-Gi-Oh! would be wasted.
It looked just like the plot of the "Pyramid of Light" movie, where President Kaiba, in his quest to find cards that could overcome the Three Egyptian Gods, specifically went to Pegasus's old home to explore possibilities beyond the Egyptian Gods.
And it just so happened that Pegasus had printed a card said to "surpass the Egyptian Gods in power," and it was conveniently Blue-Eyes' new form, the famous "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon."
Originally, in the movie, Anubis had secretly slipped a "Pyramid of Light" card to Pegasus to trick Yugi, but now Anubis was trapped in the grave by Youyu, and the "Pyramid of Light" was also in Youyu's hands, obviously making mischief impossible.
So, it appears that the only card Kaiba snatched from Pegasus was "Blue-Eyes Shining Dragon."
Honestly, Kaiba's impatience is somewhat understandable.
After all, previously, Kaiba had for the sake of his career growth, forcibly abstained from playing cards, focusing on building Kaiba Land and developing the economy of the Kaiba Company.
Yet during those over a hundred hours of seclusion (temporarily breaking his promise in between), he watched as his acknowledged rivals, Yugi and Youyu, kept amassing more aces under their belts, with their skills soaring uncontrollably.
President Kaiba felt a deep sense of crisis!
Nonetheless, no matter how desperately Kaiba tried to find a way to defeat Yugi, losing to Yugi had almost become a habit, so it wasn't particularly bothersome.
In the "Pyramid of Light" movie, with a new cheat card in hand, President Kaiba exuberantly forced Yugi to duel with him.
During the duel, Yugi was on the verge of defeat again, nearly beaten by Kaiba, yet Kaiba showed no excitement for finally defeating the King, instead displaying annoyance, shouting things like "This is disappointing," "It's no fun at all"...
Maybe Kaiba thought he wanted to beat Yugi just once, but even if he did win, it wouldn't bring him joy.
Sometimes men are just this strange. What they can't have, they go to great lengths to obtain; once they have it, it's just a spasm, followed by dullness...
At the end of the video, Pegasus solemnly warned Youyu, telling him to be cautious around Kaiba these days!
It seems President Kaiba, after sorting everything at the company, and with the construction of Kaiba Land in full swing, has resumed his activities, instantly unleashing his suppressed card craving of nearly a week, hunting for people to duel!
What? You ask how intense the card craving of the returning President is?
Looking at those possibly malnourished dark circles on Pegasus should give a hint...
Receiving Pegasus's warning, Youyu felt a slight sense of foreboding.
At this moment, with Kaiba back and thrilled, especially after snatching a new form of Blue-Eyes from Pegasus, he was eager for a competent opponent to challenge.
Youyu thought to himself, having the title of "Duel King" on his head, if he hovered around Kaiba these days, wouldn't it be just like a girl in a bikini thrown in front of a lecher?
It felt like a bad idea.
Maybe... find some random excuse to leave town for a couple of days?
No, if the President is determined to duel him, escaping to another town wouldn't help, not even going to the Netherworld would work...
Youyu rubbed his temples, sensing a headache.
But speaking of the Netherworld, he suddenly had another idea.
... Wait a moment, does this mean the King hasn't returned to the Netherworld yet!
So perhaps... find a way to have Yugi take the lead?
Maybe after getting beaten once more by the King, the President would be satisfied and wouldn't look for him?
As he was contemplating, his Duel Disc suddenly began buzzing.
Lately, thanks to the Future Duel Disc that Youyu gifted to Kaiba for research, the development of Kaiba Company's new generation "Smart Duel Disc" had gone exceptionally smoothly.
Now the first batch of trial versions has been made available, distributed among select internal personnel.
For instance, Kaiba and Mokuba, the brothers were now using the new generation of Smart Duel Discs.
During this trial phase, besides upgrades in duel performance, the key feature of the new Duel Discs was... the ability to chat remotely with friends on the duelist list.
According to Youyu's suggestion, there might even be a group chat feature in the future, but that hasn't been implemented yet.
However, Youyu mentally pictured the scene after the group chat feature is launched... and felt another headache coming.
Imagining a future day, at the "Legendary Duelist" chat group.
Group owner Kaiba Seto tagging Yugi and Youyu separately: "Yu↑Gi↓! You↑Yu↓! Come duel quickly!"
Followed by a crowd of onlookers and instigators, including Jonouchi, Kujaku Mai, Haga, Lyuzakii, and even the Doma Three Musketeers.
"..."
That would just be too chaotic.
Looking at the Duel Disc, Youyu saw a message from Mokuba—of course, the only people on his friend list now were Kaiba and Mokuba, after all,
"Big Brother says if it's convenient, you should come to the company right away!"
Without hesitation, Youyu replied, "It's not convenient."
In no time, Mokuba messaged again, "He says come over right away even if it's inconvenient."
Youyu: "..."
Before he could reply, Mokuba quickly sent another message: "Big Brother says if you're not here in ten minutes, he'll change the company deck's entrance password and instruct the deck manager not to tell you the new password..."
Youyu: "???"
Is Kaiba really that ruthless!
Isn't it just about playing cards with you? Is it worth it?