Inside the No. 0 Dueling Field, dark purple arcs of electricity crackled in midair.
On the opposite Dueling Arena, that sinister figure with golden hair jutting skyward like pale flames and hideous veins bulging across his face tilted his head, slowly running his tongue over his cracked lips.
Undisguised cruelty and bloodlust churned in those bloodshot eyes as he grinned at Yūki in silent, wild laughter.
Standing on this side of the alloy Dueling Arena, Yūki looked at that all-too-familiar face of legendary contortions across from him, and the corner of his eye twitched hard twice against his will.
Good grief!
Just a moment ago, he had been happily calculating that, since this was the Kaiba Corporation's first live-person combat integration test, surely they would follow the scientific principle of gradual progression, as any normal research institution's rigorous procedures required?
They could first send out some starter-zone experience fodder like Weevil Underwood or Rex Raptor to go through the motions, have a friendly little match, and check whether the machine's voltage was stable and the holographic projections were dropping frames.
Yet he had never imagined that Seto Kaiba, with those thick brows and big eyes, would play this dirty!
He had skipped the appetizers entirely and served up the final Big Boss of the Battle City arc-the six-year-old delinquent Dark Marik, leader of the Ghouls-for the very first test?!
Even more absurdly, this was no ordinary character who only knew how to strike poses, but a top-tier monster who had genuinely possessed a legendary [God Card]!
Meanwhile, inside the independent observation office directly above the venue's dome.
"Big brother! The Underground No. 3 Stone Tablet Array's Psychic Energy output has exceeded ninety-five percent!"
Mokuba Kaiba braced both hands against the edge of the holographic master console, which was flashing red