Chapter 33: Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Gone Forever
Meanwhile, on the top floor of KaibaCorp, Yugi and Téa , filled with nervous anticipation, had just stepped out of the elevator when they saw Solomon Muto lying pale and collapsed on the cold floor.
"Ji-chan!" After returning home, Yugi hadn't seen Grandpa Solomon 's figure. He had only found the Kame Game Shop empty, with not even the door locked. Immediately after, he received a phone call from Kaiba. With a simple "Your grandpa is here with me, could you trouble yourself to come to my company to pick him up?", Yugi rushed to KaibaCorp without delay.
But as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he saw his beloved grandpa in such a miserable state.
"Grandpa, pull yourself together!"
Hearing his grandson's voice, Solomon Muto barely mustered a bit of strength and raised his head to look at Yugi before him. "Yu... Yugi..." His head was covered in sweat, his words were intermittent, and his state was quite bad. "...I'm sorry... I originally intended to teach that young man the Heart of the Cards..."
"Ji-chan!"
Yugi quickly helped up Grandpa Solomon 's body, heartbroken by his grandpa's state, while at the same time, an endless surge of anger rose in his heart—who exactly had turned his grandpa into this state!
He quickly knew the answer.
"Hmph hmph, you're too late, Mutou Yuugi." A voice laughed loudly as a figure walked out from the door of a closed building. Looking at Yugi, who was holding his grandpa and filled with sorrow, he said mockingly, "For an old person, your grandpa's body is still quite good. It's just that Duel Monsters was indeed too stimulating for him."
"Kaiba, Seto!" Angrily looking at the laughing figure, Yugi called out his name. "It was you, this guy, who turned Ji-chan into this?! What exactly did you do to him!"
"I'm not some barbarian. I just had a game of Duel Monsters with this old man, a Duel Monsters match using the Ante Rule." The person who appeared before Yugi was none other than Kaiba Seto, who a few days ago had seen that Solomon had a Blue-Eyes White Dragon and wanted to buy it, and after being refused, came with force.
"KaibaCorp's newly completed Virtual Imaging System can increase the original fun of Duel Monsters by 1000%. It's just quite obvious that the power setting of the Impact Simulation System seems to have been too strong. I just Summoned one Monster and that old geezer who can't keep up with the times was scared and collapsed. The sight is really comical, hm hahahaha!"
While speaking, Kaiba also took his hand out of his pocket, holding a Card in his hand and showing it to Yugi.
"That Card is... Ji-chan's Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Together with Téa , Yugi helped his grandpa up. Watching Kaiba take out that Blue-Eyes White Dragon, his pupils slightly contracted.
"This Blue-Eyes isn't your grandpa's, it's mine. Because I am the winner of the Duel, whatever I do with the spoils is allowed." With a smile of malicious pleasure on his lips, Kaiba simultaneously held the top and bottom ends of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon Card with both hands.
"You, this guy, don't tell me—Stop it right now!" Yugi quickly realized why Kaiba had taken out this Blue-Eyes he had won from Grandpa Solomon . He shouted tensely, wanting to stop Kaiba's next action to avoid causing more shock to Grandpa Solomon , who was already in a bad state.
"For the strongest Card like Blue-Eyes White Dragon, having three is enough. The existence of the fourth one is completely unnecessary." Even though he clearly heard Yugi's words, Kaiba's actions didn't pause even for a moment. "What 'Heart', what 'feelings', it's simply disgusting. Make me give up pursuing Power?"
"But, I refuse!"
"Rip!"
The quality of Duel Monsters Cards was quite good. Normally, even if they got wet, a simple cleaning wouldn't damage the Card, and the softness and elasticity were very comfortable in hand. But, a Card is a Card after all. Under Kaiba's merciless action, that Blue-Eyes White Dragon, of which there were only four globally and a single card price was as high as 1.5 billion Yen, was easily torn into two halves.
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon! My Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Despairingly watching Kaiba casually throw the torn Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the sides, Solomon Muto ultimately still couldn't withstand the double blow brought by shock and despair. He closed his eyes and fainted.
"Ji-chan!"
Ignoring Yugi's sorrowful cries, Kaiba was about to turn and leave. He had already collected all three Blue-Eyes. The remaining Blue-Eyes had also been destroyed by him. Now he simultaneously possessed the three strongest Duel Monsters in the world. Nobody could defeat him anymore.
"If you're going to do something, be the strongest." This was something he had learned from his adoptive father from childhood to adulthood, and it was also the principle he had always followed. Having inherited the most powerful arms company—KaibaCorp—he had no interest in continuing to delve into the arms field. Only transforming an arms group into an entertainment company was challenging.
And Duel Monsters was the direction Kaiba had chosen for the group's future development. However, if KaibaCorp successfully surpassed Industrial Illusions and became the strongest Duel Monsters company, he, as President, must also become a "Sai-Q" Duelist.
"Kaiba, I challenge you!" Kaiba was about to turn and leave when a resolute voice suddenly sounded from behind him. Turning around instinctively, Kaiba saw Yugi holding a Deck in his hand, which he had taken from the unconscious Solomon Muto, glaring angrily at him with a serious expression never seen before.
"KaibaCorp has many things waiting for me to attend to. My time is quite valuable. However," he glanced at the Deck in the hand of Yugi, who seemed like a different person, "Want to avenge that old man? I can indulge you to the end. Anyway, you won't be able to survive for long against my invincible Deck, hm hahahaha!"
Watching Kaiba's figure, laughing up at the sky, disappear into the building entrance, Yugi gritted his teeth, his fists clenched tightly.
"Let's fight, Yugi." A man's voice sounded, and immediately after, a hand rested on his shoulder, making Yugi turn his head.
Hayato had sweat beads on his forehead and nodded at Yugi. "I saw everything. Go, Yugi, defeat that Kaiba using Grandpa Solomon 's Deck. So, go forward!"
"But Grandpa..."
"Leave Grandpa to us. Go fight, Yugi." It was Téa who spoke. Seeing the kind Grandpa Solomon treated like this by that guy Kaiba, Téa and Yugi were both filled with anger.
Watching Yugi unbutton his School Uniform to reveal a black short-sleeved shirt, his originally normal School Uniform mysteriously became longer by a section, somewhat like a trench coat, and his height also had some subtle changes. Hayato knew that the one appearing now was already Dark Yugi, who is respectfully called "Pharaoh".
Drawing a Card from his Deck and handing it to Yugi, Hayato gave him an "Ote nod". "Take our share with you, don't stop fighting, Yugi."
"I understand, Hayato, Téa !"
Watching Pharaoh walk into the door where Kaiba disappeared, Hayato said to Téa , "Grandpa Solomon 's state is too bad now. I found transportation when I came. Let's quickly take him to the Hospital."