Chapter 654

Addy, whose duel had ended, knelt on the ground with a stiff expression and a pale face, looking just like a zombie. But his face maintained a somewhat eerie smile.

"Not bad, King of this world. With just two cards, you can easily reach the 'infinity' that countless duelists can never touch in their lives.

Well, this can be considered strength worthy of the title of 'King'."

Addy laughed dryly, but the feeling didn't seem to come from his heart; it was a smile forced by pulling his facial muscles.

"More interesting than the King I've encountered before."

Fujiki You Xuan looked at him calmly and asked: "Yugi Yugi Mutou?"

Besides himself, the only other person who had held the title of King was Yugi.

"Ha, Yugi? Well, I have indeed dealt with that guy, but... hehe, I'm not referring to that guy."

Fujiki You Xuan felt slightly strange in his heart.

Not Yugi, then besides himself, what other King could there be?

No, wait, he just said "King of this world." Could he be referring to outside the current dimension?

This wasn't impossible. After all, Fujiki You Xuan himself often went to the Other Dimension to wander around.

"Today was just to say hello; I gained a lot from the duel with you."

Addy seemed to still be speaking, but his face and mouth still eerily had no movement, as if a loudspeaker was hidden in his body, and the voice was deliberately adjusted to be very "underworld-like."

"We will meet again, but don't be in a hurry; it's not the time yet."

A smile was pulled out on Addy's stiff face again.

"The so-called 'Evil God' of the Advent Sect should be arriving soon, and they will also say hello to you in the near future. It looks like you'll be quite busy lately, so I won't disturb you for now.

Let's save our time for after you've finished dealing with these troubles, King~ my lord."

Followed by another string of strange laughter.

Afterward, the aura on Addy's body dissipated instantly, and his whole body tilted weakly to the side like a puppet with its strings cut.

"He just said, the so-called Evil God of the Advent Sect," Fujiki You Xuan wondered, "So, he's not in the same group as those people looking for me?"

"Hmm, sounds like it. But we can't rule out the possibility that he's misleading us."

Fujiki You Xuan thought for a moment, took a photo of the unconscious Addy with his portable terminal, and quickly sent it to an acquaintance in the company via the internal network of the Kaiba Corporation.

He already had quite extensive connections within the Kaiba Corporation now, and after many collaborative activities, he had gotten to know quite a few people throughout the company.

"Mr. Fujiki You Xuan?"

A call came through from the other side, very polite and courteous.

"I received your message, is there anything I can help with?"

"Sorry to disturb you so late, Brother Yoshida."

"Ahahaha, not at all, it's my honor to be able to help Mr. Fujiki You Xuan. Please, just give your orders."

"I just sent a photo over; I want to know this person's identity information in as much detail as possible," Fujiki You Xuan said.

"Background check, right? Then you've found the right person. Wait a moment, this shouldn't take long."

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The other party didn't exaggerate; the power of the Kaiba Corporation could be described as "reaching the heavens," which might not even be an exaggeration. That same night, Fujiki You Xuan obtained this person's identity.

Addy was an expert in Duel Archaeology and had led teams to explore multiple ruins related to ancient Duel Monsters. But according to the information retrieved, this person's name had been on the list of missing archaeological personnel for several years.

Archaeology is a high-risk job, especially Duel Archaeology. You never know when you might dig up some palace where an Evil God is sealed, or the tomb of some ancient King, or perhaps some very bad-tempered spirit. Archaeological members going missing happens every year. When the team Addy was in went on their last mission, it was said that the ruins collapsed. The search and rescue team spent a long time finding the remains of the archaeological team members, but in the end, there was one person missing, and that was Addy.

The other team members were found, but no matter what happened under the ruins, the archaeological team members were all wiped out.

The common point was that they all died in miserable states, with expressions of extreme fear, as if they had seen something terrifying to the extreme before they died.

The autopsy report couldn't determine the cause of death; it seemed they had died before the collapse occurred. But the visible wounds on their bodies were almost all left after death, and the fatal cause could not be inferred.

If it were just the annihilation of an archaeological team plus one member missing, such a thing wouldn't really be worth much attention. Although it's a bit cruel to say so, excavation is inherently accompanied by risks, and similar accidents happen every year.

But the reason this matter was highly valued by the Kaiba Corporation at the time was because of the hieroglyphics found inside the ruins after the excavation.

Zorc.

Fujiki You Xuan thought for a moment, stepped forward, crouched down beside Addy, and pulled his Deck out of the Duel Disk.

He unfolded the Deck and quickly browsed through it.

It was a Deck with no special features, just like most duelists in this world, mostly a hodgepodge with no clear theme. However, it contained quite a few components supporting Ritual Summoning, such as Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands, Advanced Ritual Art, and Preparation of Rites.

But strangely, there were no Ritual Monsters.

Read the content without missing a single word!

Fujiki You Xuan carefully flipped through it twice and checked the surroundings to ensure he hadn't missed anything.

But there really weren't any.

That card "Dark Ruler Zorc" seemed to have been destroyed along with the end of the duel, disappearing without a trace.

Silently watching from the side for a while, she couldn't help but step forward, looking at Fujiki You Xuan with some worry.

Fujiki You Xuan, as if sensing something in his heart, turned back to look at her: "You want to say, is this 'that' Zorc?"

She nodded.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Fujiki You Xuan paused, but frowned and said, "But he also just said that the Dark Ruler he found was merely an empty shell that the Great Evil God had once inhabited in the past."

Originally, if he were just an ordinary person, this darkness might never have been unearthed, buried in the deepest part of his heart for a lifetime, and he wouldn't even mention it to others.

She tilted her head, then nodded, indicating that there were indeed doubts.

Just at this moment, another communication came through the terminal.

This time it was Professor Daitokuji.

"Are you there, meow?"

Fujiki You Xuan: "Professor, you have completely gotten used to life as a cat."

"Cut the crap, meow," Daitokuji said, "The location of the headquarters of the Advent Sect you asked me to investigate has basically been figured out, meow."

"Oh? Finally found it?"

"Not bad. These people are hiding in the deep mountains and old forests; it was indeed a bit hidden, making people search for a long time. I'll send you the address soon."

Daitokuji paused for a moment.

"So what do you plan to do this time? Or are you arranging for someone to go over and take a look?"

But before Fujiki You Xuan could speak, he immediately said seriously.

"Let me say this first, the Professor is just a cat, don't go this time no matter what, meow."

Fujiki You Xuan smiled: "Okay. Don't worry, Professor. This time, I'll go take a look myself."

(End of chapter)