Kaiba stood with his arms folded, calmly looking at his opponent.
"Sorry, but I don't make a habit of talking to nameless nobodies," Kaiba said coldly.
"Is that so? I haven't introduced myself yet. How rude of me," Darkness said. "I am Darkness, the one who will bring endless darkness to this world."
"I see. I heard some clown called Darkness had been causing trouble. So you're the real thing?" Kaiba sneered.
"Call me whatever you like, Seto Kaiba, but you were always someone who had to be eliminated from my plan," Darkness said. "As long as you exist, humanity's consciousness can never truly unite, never truly return to Darkness."
He paused, lowering his voice into a sinister murmur. "Though this time, circumstances forced my hand. But it matters not. Come, Seto Kaiba. Before Darkness World descends, I shall purge you, your KaibaCorp, and every other eyesore from existence."
"Circumstances forced your hand?" Kaiba sharply caught that phrase.
What did that mean? What circumstances?
Could he mean Blue-Eyes White Dragon Unit 3?
Blue-Eyes White Dragon Unit 3 was an engine designed for Multiverse exploration. Had its development somehow interfered with his plans?
"Interesting."
A faint smile appeared on Kaiba's face.
"Then I have even more reason to accelerate Blue-Eyes White Dragon Unit 3's development."
That was simply Kaiba's nature. He had never yielded to anyone in his life. The more others told him not to do something, the more eagerly he did it—and with even greater force.
"That is precisely why you are so irritating, Seto Kaiba."
Darkness's low, bizarre voice continued to echo.
"Very well, Seto Kaiba. I shall erase you and this KaibaCorp here and now."
The moment he finished speaking, five cards materialized from thin air, floating one after another above his skeletal palm.
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