"The Link System is indeed a great thing."
Logging out and returning to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Yugen was very satisfied.
"This way, no matter when, I can duel with opponents from all over the world."
Moreover, he could make more effective use of travel time on the plane, reasonably plan fragmented time for leveling up, and also help improve leveling efficiency.
"Right." Keihei laughed, "I told you it would be a good idea."
But then he thought again, happiness in the world is conserved. Since someone found happiness through the Link System, someone else would often lose it as a result.
For example, in today's case, the victim is that unlucky professional newcomer, Saito Tomoki...
It's said he's a promising newcomer, but after all, he hasn't competed yet. Now, a week before the competition, he's suffered a big setback. It's hard to say if it will affect his performance when he gets on stage.
Keihei looked at Yugen with a complicated expression.
As more and more players face Yugen through the Link System in the future, it's hard to say what the environment will become.
He had a premonition that one day, the name Yugen might become infamous in the professional circle... no, actually, well-known.
It might even develop into a situation where his name wouldn't be dared to be mentioned among professional players, like a Great Demon King...
Of course, the future is uncertain, but for now, the first professional victim has already appeared. Until he logged off and exited the Link System, Tomoki was still in a state of confusion.
Damn Chestnut Ball, Lava Demon God.
And now thinking back to that opponent's ID...
"Happy Duel."
Looking back, when he first saw this ID, Tomoki naturally thought the other party must be a passionate youth who enjoys dueling. But now, he only wanted to mock his own naiveté and ignorance at that time.
Ha, Happy Duel.
He tried to put himself in the other person's shoes. Indeed, it must be pretty happy.
The duel effect brings the satisfaction of successfully exacting revenge on society, but the activation cost is the opponent's profound doubt about life...
"..."
"Hope the person is okay," Keihei murmured to himself.
He was, of course, referring to that unlucky newcomer.
"Who?" Yugen asked.
"Oh, nothing." Keihei replied.
He saved the recording and planned to share it with his brother after the plane arrived at their destination.
Although his brother didn't say it, the considerate Keihei had long since learned to read his brother's mind. He discovered that his brother also loved watching duels, just like himself.
Keihei thought there were two reasons. First, at Seto Kaiba's level, most duels were no longer able to pique his interest. Even the super-geniuses that the media hyped up in the professional circles seemed like child's play to Kaiba. The best among them felt like "genius elementary school students" to him—no matter how genius, they're still just elementary students.
But Yugen was different. Putting aside strength levels and Duelist intensity, at least his duels felt very new and interesting.
Secondly, Keihei guessed, perhaps Yugen's style, which hadn't been seen in the arena for many years, reminded Kaiba of old friends who are now retired, just like himself.
"We're almost there, the plane should be landing soon." Keihei put away the equipment and said, "Someone should be meeting us at the airport."
"Local friends?"
"A sort of, a club of Dark Duelists." Keihei said casually.
Yugen was surprised: "You even have friends like that."
That was unexpected. In his impression, Kaiba Company and Dark Duelists didn't seem to get along, especially after witnessing the scene of President Kaiba crashing a pub last time.
"We don't get along with all Dark Duelists, just the evil ones." Keihei naturally said, "Dark Duelists are just a group possessing extraordinary power, not necessarily evil.
To put it this way, Duel King Muto Yuugi can be considered one of them too."
Yugen thought about it, and that made sense. In the original story, the first character to use dark powers was indeed Atom...
"Don't worry, the people we're meeting are Dark Duelists, but they're good people. We have some connections with their leader, so the relationship is quite good."
Keehei said.
"Their organization is also quite famous locally. They often use extraordinary power to punish evildoers. For example, those evil duelists who use dark powers to commit misdeeds, escape sanctions by exploiting legal loopholes, and oppress the people, etc."
"Duelist Alliance, right?" Yugen quipped.
In his mind, he quickly sketched a group of eccentrically dressed figures, each wearing flamboyant masks and uniforms, some even draped with capes.
The only difference from comic book heroes in his memory is that these people all carried Duel Discs. No matter what abilities or specialties they had, their way of administering justice often boiled down to playing cards.
As they spoke, the plane noticeably began to descend.
"Ha, anyway, you'll understand soon enough when we meet them." Keihei said.
The jet landed slowly, and the scenery outside the cabin gradually became clear. The buildings and roads on the ground enlarged rapidly before their eyes, the cabin pressure changed gradually as the runway approached, and the cabin shook violently as the tires touched the runway.
After the impact of the taxiing, the plane came to a stop.
The cabin door opened, and the steps were lowered. Yugen got up and followed Keihei out of the cabin.
Based on Keihei's description, he already had a mental picture of the welcoming team he was about to see outside – tall and serious men, stern and stoic, possessing killer-like qualities, an aura like unsheathed swords ready to strike at any moment.
However, upon stepping out of the cabin, Yugen almost suspected that maybe he had opened it wrong.
They were indeed tall and strong men, but the sight almost blinded his 24K titanium dog eyes.
These burly men were muscular and well-defined, yet each was adorned in a lacy maid outfit, skirts swaying, lace trimmings glimmering under the lights.
And no, it wasn't just the maid outfits. Each of them even had a white tail, dragon wings as decorations, and a chibi White Dragon hat perched on their heads...
This was a Blue-Eyes White Dragon limited edition maid team.
"Welcome, President Kaiba!"
The White Dragon Strongman Maid Corps bowed in unison, their voices loud and orderly. Heaven knows how many rehearsals they had to perform for this scene.
Yugen: "..."
Keihei: "..."
Suddenly, he wanted to offer a hefty bounty for a pair of eyes that hadn't seen this scene.
It was too much for the eyes.
Yugen looked at Keihei: "So this is what you meant... those Robin Hood-style hero duelists?"
Keehei covered his face: "Normally, they don't look like this..."
Could it really be that today's opening method was wrong?