Chapter 352: The Arbiter

"We meet again, Kaiba Seto."

The voice rang out in mid-air. Accompanied by the churning thunder, a phantom of someone seemed to emerge from the descending lightning.

In a ghost-like translucent state, with hands behind his back, he looked down at Kaiba.

"This feeling..."

Kaiba looked up, frowning at the person.

"Is it Dartz?"

The person chuckled softly.

"Very sharp, President Kaiba. But no, I am not Dartz." He said, "As you know, Dartz no longer exists."

"The Nameless Pharaoh defeated him, ending his ten-thousand-year plot. As a loser, he could only sink into the seabed along with his former kingdom, Atlantis."

Kaiba crossed his arms: "So now there's another guy who doesn't know his own limits trying to take over his business, is that it?"

Pausing for a moment, he frowned.

"'The Arbiter', that's what you're called, right? What do you think you are? The one who delivers judgment?"

"No, President Kaiba. It's not that I deliver judgment; rather, I am the judgment." The person said calmly, "There are countless causes and effects in this world."

"When humans make their own choices, choosing to satisfy their own desires and using unscrupulous means for their own benefit, that is creating the 'cause'."

"And when this seed grows over the long years, I, who appear because of it, am the 'effect' destined by history."

"You..."

Kaiba looked up at the rift in the sky, and the giant object casting a cold gaze at him through the gap, suddenly seeming to understand something.

"You're starting to catch on, President Kaiba. Not bad."

The Arbiter smiled.

"Dartz was the one chosen before, because he indeed had potential. But he spent ten thousand years proving that his capacity was nothing more than that."

As he spoke, he waved his arm lightly. Kaiba and Gui Ping saw the surrounding scene change abruptly, like an immersive VR image. The city being ravaged by disaster instantly disappeared, replaced by an ancient battlefield.

It was like a scroll woven from history and mythology, on a land forgotten by time. The sunset's afterglow spilled onto the battlefield, and the Orichalcos hexagram mark fell like stars.

Countless warriors in armor charged fearlessly, and the roar of dragons shook the battlefield. Spirits, demons, goblins, dragons... countless races, armies of humans and spirits intertwined, the front line stretching to the end of the horizon.

An endless war, an epic battle that almost reshuffled the world's landscape ten thousand years ago.

"Dartz was once so full of potential, possessing so many resources and such power. But he was betrayed by his own father, who found the Nameless Dragon and brought the endless armies of the Spirit World to fight him."

"That was his first failure, and thus he was forced to reflect for ten thousand years."

The Arbiter waved his hand again. The scene spun again, ten thousand years of time flew by, and soon arrived in the modern era.

The modern steel jungle of reinforced concrete, neon lights and stars reflecting each other. In the sky, a red giant dragon, a blue giant, and a golden divine bird were under the command of a king with colorful seafood-style hair, carrying out a righteous group beatdown on a giant snake god.

"He got a second chance, received the all-out support of the Orichalcos, but the result didn't change... No, or rather, compared to the last time, this failure was even more painful."

"Not only was he completely defeated, but even the power of the Orichalcos was severely damaged under the blow of the Egyptian Gods."

"Hmph, so what do you want to say?" Kaiba said.

"Nothing." The Arbiter said indifferently, "Just realized that when you want to do something well, you have to do it yourself."

"So this time, there are no chosen ones, no agents."

"This time, I will personally complete what must be done."

Kaiba's face darkened, realizing something: "You want to say you are that thing?"

"The God of Orichalcos, representing the will of this planet, and the collection of all the negativity of the creatures existing on this planet."

"I will personally continue the mission that Dartz failed to complete back then."

As he spoke, a deafening roar seemed to come from mid-air, and the image of the giant snake churned and descended, roaring toward Kaiba's direction.

"Heh." Kaiba sneered, "After all that talk, you're just a stray dog after all."

"That's not for you to say, Kaiba Seto." The Arbiter sneered, "If I remember correctly, you were defeated by Dartz back then."

"Even my agent couldn't defeat you, so what makes you confident you can face me?"

"Dartz might be a bastard, but at least he was a powerful duelist." Kaiba said expressionlessly, "And you? This so-called Evil God is nothing but a stray dog with no one to drive it."

"Interesting."

The Arbiter's gaze gradually turned cold.

He waved his hand slowly, and at that moment, it was as if the entire firmament had lowered a few notches. The pitch-black snake god slowly descended, its scarlet eyes locking onto Kaiba's location, the howling gale making his coat dance wildly.

But Kaiba looked up at the behemoth without showing any weakness. The Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon spread its wings behind him, roaring toward the position of the snake god in mid-air.

"Ultimate Dragon... Heh, it seems to have evolved quite a bit over these years. It seems you haven't been idle during this time."

The Arbiter's spirit body slowly floated into the air, drifting into mid-air, his figure looking as if he were riding on the head of the Orichalcos snake god, looking down at Kaiba and his Ultimate Dragon with contempt.

"Well, a mere Blue-Eyes, even if it has evolved, is nothing to worry about. I don't even need to recover to my complete form to be enough..."

He stopped suddenly as he said this, his movements stiffening.

Following that, he frowned strangely, glanced in a certain direction, and showed an expression of some disgust.

"Tch... Thinking about it, forget it."

As the words fell, the storm gradually subsided. The typhoon-like violent anger finally calmed down, the dark clouds gradually dimmed, and the snake god's head slowly retracted.

"For you, a duel is indeed the most appropriate."

The Arbiter said indifferently, and he had already risen into the air along with the churning snake god, his body beginning to turn translucent.

"Right here on your arena, using a duelist's way, it's just what you want, right?"

Although he felt a bit strange about this sudden change, Kaiba frowned and did not delve into it: "Hmph, that's natural. As long as it's a duel challenge, I will accompany you at any time."

Moreover, this slippery snake had only shown a little bit of its divine power, and it had already caused such a large-scale disaster before it even fully appeared. If Blue-Eyes were to blast it directly here, no matter who won or lost, the surrounding city environment might not be able to withstand it, and the disaster range would continue to expand...

Resolving it with a duel could also minimize collateral damage and avoid involving the innocent.

"Heh, I knew you would agree, as expected of President Kaiba. Then... the final stage of Duel City, I'll be waiting for you, Kaiba Seto."

Saying this, he dissipated along with the phantom of the snake god.

In a moment, the dark clouds dissipated, the storm disintegrated, leaving only a scarred street.

"Brother!"

Gui Ping hurried to Kaiba's side.

"Why did this guy suddenly leave? Was he really afraid of the power of the evolved Blue-Eyes?"

Kaiba frowned and said nothing.

He didn't think so.

Honestly, although he had always had confidence in Blue-Eyes, he felt that if he were to face this Evil God here, even if the Evil God didn't seem to have fully resurrected, he would have to go through a great battle to win.

The other party had indeed shown considerable confidence, but why did he suddenly change his attitude just now, as if there was some trigger, leaving in such a hurry as if he were afraid of something...

Kaiba thought of the fact that the guy seemed to have glanced in a certain direction before leaving, and thinking of this, he also looked in that direction.

And coincidentally, he saw a certain You-person walking over from the direction of the main street.

"President? Gui Ping?"

You Xuan walked over strangely, looking around.

"What's the situation here just now?"

Kaiba: "..."

Could it be that he was afraid of this kid?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 353 =====