Information Lost

"So,"

Kira took the tablet handed over by a researcher who had just emerged from the laboratory, swiped across the screen, and glanced over the data obtained from the experimental tests.

"Have you figured out what kind of spirit this is?"

"Sorry, but the data from the tests is extremely limited at the moment."

The researcher spoke regretfully.

"We've already run every conventional test available, but it seems the information on this card is deeply concealed. Or perhaps... it may have been completely lost."

"Completely lost?"

Kira looked curiously at the blank card.

"You mean it's become useless?"

An eye suddenly appeared in the otherwise empty card art, glaring angrily. "Hey! I can hear you!"

But Kira did not care in the slightest and spoke bluntly even in front of the party concerned.

"If it doesn't even have a card name or information, it can't be used in a duel. For a monster that can't take the field, doesn't that make it useless?"

The eye flashed with anger, but after a few seconds, it quickly drooped again.

"Seems... hard to argue with that."

"Have you ever seen anything similar happen with another card?" Kira asked.

The researcher looked troubled, supporting his chin as he tried hard to remember for quite a while.

"Well... it really is an extremely rare situation. I don't think there has been."

But after frowning deeply for a moment, he suddenly seemed to have a lightbulb go off over his head.

"Ah, right. Now that you mention it... it wasn't exactly the same, but there was something similar. And it involved our President's..."

"Oh?" Kira was surprised. "Kaiba, the president?"

Mokuba was stunned for a moment as well before suddenly realizing something. "You don't mean the Shining Dragon?"

"Exactly," the researcher said. "That was many years