Chapter 26 The Duel Monster Materializes

"In the civilization ten thousand years ago, duel monsters actually existed."

"And that civilization was actually gradually destroyed by monsters."

Everyone was quite shocked and disbelieving as they listened to Professor Hopkins explain what he had discovered at the underwater ruins. They felt that their world view had been greatly impacted.

In particular, Professor Hopkins did not say anything unsubstantiated, but took out several photos he took at the underwater ruins to support his statement.

Looking at the huge eye that opened in the sky and destroyed the world in the photo, and the three giant dragons with different postures appearing from the opened door to another world and perishing together with the giant eye, even if you want to say "How can duel monsters exist?" Honda can't raise any more questions.

"Duel monsters are real, and monsters of various forms can be found in countless ancient ruins and murals. Spiritualism, magic, and witchcraft are believed to be the result of human beings summoning the power of monsters from other worlds. Proof of putting it to use.”

"Although we can't see the existence of duel monsters, maybe they are actually existences similar to us living in another dimension."

"Civilization ten thousand years ago was destroyed because of duel monsters. Ancient Egypt, which also had duel monsters three thousand years ago, might have suffered the same thing but was not destroyed. And now, you, the unknown pharaoh from three thousand years ago, appear in This era." Professor Hopkins paused and looked at the game solemnly,

"Why do you appear in this era? I think there must be some important meaning in it."

Listening to Professor Hopkins' words, An Yugi turned his head and glanced at the [chestnut ball] that appeared on his shoulder.

‘Curry? ’ The brown furball tilted his head and looked at Yugi with a puzzled expression.

Compared to Kyoko and Honda who are not duelists, Yugi believes that the vast majority of duelists will not believe it after hearing what Professor Hopkins said about dueling monsters. However, if they recall what they have done in the past, If you have received responses from the deck countless times in battles, you can understand what Professor Hopkins said.

Even for Kaiba, the guy who is superstitious about science, Professor Hopkins has already talked about "parallel worlds" and "traveling dimensions". That guy can barely accept it, right? perhaps.

As one of the few duelists who can see the existence of the card monster, Yugi understands that what Professor Hopkins said is correct. The duel monster itself is a card made by Bekas based on the Egyptian slate monster, but the card The elves among them are living beings, capable of thinking, and able to respond to the duelist's expectations.

Since the Duel Monsters are real, the murals photographed by Professor Hopkins are worthy of attention.

‘Did the civilization where duel monsters appeared be destroyed by duel monsters? Did what happened to that civilization ten thousand years ago also happen in ancient Egypt three thousand years ago? At that time, I was...'

Yugi thought of many things in his mind, and at this moment, Professor Hopkins continued: "I am just an ordinary old man. Although I have some research in archeology, if it is a period of duel monsters or something, I still have to It’s up to you young people.”

"In addition, nameless Pharaoh, I am not the only one looking for you today. Ms. Isis Isildar also has something to look for you."

"Huh? Miss Isis?" Jonouchi, who was also recalling everything he had experienced with Duel Monsters in the past and gradually accepted the setting that "Duel Monsters are real," heard Professor Hopkins' words and suddenly said, "No wonder you came to us to come to the Egyptian Antiquities Exhibition Hall."

After all, Professor Arthur Hopkins is not an outsider to Muto Shuangroku. If other people have something important to tell them, it would be somewhat undesirable to come directly to them, but the relationship between these old friends is completely There is no need to specially invite the game to the Egyptian Antiquities Touring Exhibition Hall.

And it would make sense if, in addition to Professor Hopkins, Miss Isis, who works at the Egyptian Antiquities Touring Exhibition Hall, also wants to find something to do with the game.

Because Professor Hopkins finished talking about his matter, Yami Yugi, who wanted to think about things, quickly changed his position and returned to the [Millennium Building Blocks], releasing Yugi Yuga again. Seeing that her "Darling" had regained its original temperament, Rebecca immediately returned to Yugi's side and stuck with him, angering Kyoko again.

Not wanting to get caught up in the dispute between two girls again, Yugi quickly followed Professor Hopkins who was leading the way, and soon found Isis standing in front of a stone slab.

That slate was familiar to Yugi. It was the precious cultural relic known as the "Slate of Prophecy" that Isis, Hayato, Kaiba, and Yugi visited before Duel City. It not only had the cards of the three phantom gods engraved on it, but also their appearance. Two ancient Egyptian characters who are almost identical to Kaiba and Yugi, and even Yugi and Kaiba's respective ace monsters [Black Magician] and [Blue Eyes White Dragon].

At that time, Isis said that this stone tablet was engraved with an important prophecy to retrieve the memory of the unknown pharaoh. As long as the cards of the three illusion gods were collected, the game could use this stone tablet to start the journey of finding his own memory.

However, this stone slab today is different from what was seen in the game at that time, because the entire stone slab was actually frozen and contained in a huge square ice brick, and even the traces on it were somewhat blurred. ,

Moreover, there is obviously no refrigeration device, and the ice shows no sign of melting. Even the game is close to this distance and does not feel the cold air.

In addition, around this stone slab, Yugi was surprised to find that Isis was not the only one there, but several people were surrounding her.

Lishid, who I didn’t know from the game because he didn’t participate in Duel City’s quarterfinals,

Malik is one of the rare people who did not wear a pain shirt but wore a leather jacket and jeans seriously.

Keipei Kaiba looks like a mature little adult in a small suit,

Isis, who was looking at the slate with her back to Yugi, and Seto Kaiba, who was looking at Yugi impatiently!

"It's too slow, Yugi. It's really hard for me to wait for you." Kaiba looked at the weak look of Yugi that appeared in front of him and frowned, "Huh, it's just because you look like this. , the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] card must have been taken away by people from the Doma Organization.”

"Haiba, do you know..."

After hearing Kaiba's words, Yugi's eyes were full of loss and frustration. Yugi was actually very concerned about the fact that the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] card was taken away, and Yami Yugi, who couldn't bear to see his aibo being suppressed by Kaiba's momentum, stepped forward in time to replace Yugi.

"Kaiba, you just said 'yeah', right?" Yami Yugi, who appeared in another position, looked at Kaiba seriously, "Is it possible——"

"snort."

Kaiba did not answer, but snorted and turned away, looking at Isis aside. And Yugi relied on his knowledge of Kaiba to see the answer that Kaiba didn't give.

Was he actually also taken away the [Obelisk's Titan Soldier] card by someone from the "Doma" organization? That Kaiba! ?

And judging from the situation, it seems that both he and Kaiba had the "God Card" taken away last night. By analogy, wouldn't it be that Miss Isis's [Pullable Winged Dragon] is also————

"As you want to say, nameless Pharaoh." Seemingly seeing the future where the game asked herself questions, Isis gave the answer that the game wanted in advance, "The organization named 'Doma', last night At the same time, operations were launched in three directions, and the 'God Cards' stored in three places were taken away."

"Even Miss Isis's [Ra's Winged Dragon]!" Jonouchi, who was following Yugi, was very surprised, and then his face showed considerable anger, "Damn it, what exactly is that organization called 'Doma' going to do? What? Was it because he was spying on the power of the 'God Card'? He actually took away Hayato and left behind——"

"Hey, Jonouchi." Honda interrupted Jonouchi, but didn't say anything, just glanced at Isis. Seeing that Isis didn't have any overreaction to Jonouchi's words, she was relieved.

Kaiba crossed his arms on his chest and said with a cold face: "I have started investigating the Doma organization since last night, but it is strange that even all the satellites of the Kaiba Group were used to invade the confidential documents of various governments. , I can’t find any clues about the existence of the Doma Organization, it’s like it was fabricated by those people yesterday to attract attention.”

"However, just when I was about to look for clues from other directions, this woman came to me and said that she knew the information about the Doma organization. But when I was willing to take the time to come here to listen to her in person, this woman But I have to wait until you come here in the game."

An impatient expression appeared on Kaiba's face: "Then you can finally talk about it now, Isis Isildar."

Under the gazes of Kaiba, Jonouchi, and Yugi, Isis nodded and said: "The so-called Doma Organization is actually an existence that was established long before the establishment of today's social order, and has lasted for nearly ten thousand years. For thousands of years, this organization has been guiding human history, and they were behind events such as the Industrial Revolution in England, the Renaissance in Italy, and the unification of Europe by Napoleon in France."

"After countless years of development, their tentacles have penetrated into various fields around the world. Even government departments have their hawks and dogs working to keep them hidden."

"But now, they seem to have completed the steps of accumulating strength and started to act for a purpose. The first thing they did was to take away the 'God Card' and seal the 'Slate of Prophecy'." Isis said, looking at the game, "And their purpose is to resurrect their 'god' and reproduce what was prevented thousands of years ago."

"Ten thousand years ago?" After hearing Isis' words, Yugi lowered his head subconsciously, glanced at the photo of Professor Hopkins that was still in his hand, and his pupils shrank, "Masaka!"

It's all ten thousand years, which is too much of a coincidence in terms of time. Naturally, the game immediately connected the destruction of the civilization ten thousand years ago with the "god" to be resurrected by the Doma Organization.

And just then————

"Roar!"

Accompanied by a roar from an unknown monster, a wall not far away from Yugi and others that contained no cultural relics was violently penetrated by a beam of flame, directly opening up to reveal the scenery outside.

The startled Yugi and others looked out through the gap where Isis had foreseen it and moved the cultural relics there, with horrified expressions on their faces——

At this moment, the outside world seems to have become a different world. No matter on the building, in the sky or on the street, there are huge duel monsters running rampant everywhere, and it can be seen from their movements that they are basically It's not a projection, everything is real!