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Leaving aside the troublemaking clone Tetsuhiro, the vanguard army demolished the Doma Corporation under Erwin's command and easily arrested Doma's three swordsmen—Rafael, Valon, and Amelda—as they tried to escape on motorcycles.
After half a night of interrogation, supplemented by mind searches, Erwin pieced together the key facts: the three answered to a man named Dartz, whose background was entangled with the lingering remnants of a civilization from ten thousand years ago. They had even mentioned a god!
He dared not delay and immediately asked Yamanaka Jiro to report this to His Majesty.
Not long after the report went up, Tetsuhiro and Madara arrived at the command post together.
In fact, the moment Tetsuhiro heard the news, he knew what was going on.
Although Dartz's deck was somewhat troublesome and he had no help from the Legendary Dragons, he was still confident he could handle him.
As for Doma's three swordsmen, they were all unfortunate souls. Dartz had chosen them and deliberately harmed their families to awaken the darkness in their hearts. Even after using them, he would not let their souls go.
Dartz was rotten to the core and had long since strayed from his supposed original purpose.
Having thought it over, Tetsuhiro touched the "card of unclear significance" that Maximillion Pegasus had just given him, tucked inside his clothes, and issued an order with a smile. "Keep an eye on the invasion's progress in Europe. Madara and I will handle Dartz."
At the same time, he waved the arm bearing his silvery-white Duel Disk. "Kaiba just sent over this new toy. Perfect chance to try it out."
Madara stood coldly beside him. "Is this Dartz really as strong as you said?"
"Don't worry. The being backing him can take on the Egyptian