Hearing Gozaburo’s words, Kaiba was stunned for a few seconds, then burst out laughing.
"What kind of lame joke is this, Gozaburo?"
Gozaburo wasn’t angry. "Of course, I expected you to respond like this, Seto. But that’s only because you’re still trapped by your flesh, unable to see things from a higher perspective.
But don’t worry, I’ll help you understand."
He stretched out his hand, a stream of data forming into a Duel Disk.
"Well, this is interesting." Kaiba narrowed his eyes. "Challenging me to a duel?"
"When you were a child, you beat me at chess—the field I prided myself on most—and won your way into the Kaiba family," Gozaburo said.
"Now, I challenge you in your own specialty. What do you say, Seto? Do you accept?"
"Heh, funny. That other ’you’ said something similar before dying."
Kaiba chuckled.
"I told you, I’m not like those old, defective models," Gozaburo said calmly. "Our intelligence, dueling, and calculation abilities are beyond your imagination now."
He paused, then smiled.
"Fujiki Kira, I noticed you’re very interested in that young man. You see great potential in him, don’t you?"
"So that’s why you targeted him?" Kaiba asked. "Just because I was interested?"
"That’s part of it," Gozaburo said. "And right now, he’s in our domain. The best AI I’ve created should have found him by now.
Let me show you—the evolved power of our new-generation intelligence."
Gozaburo waved, and scenes appeared in the air.
It was Kira and Delta’s duel, like a live broadcast.
Kira: "’Raiza the Storm Monarch’, bounce ’Darkstorm Dragon’ to the top of your opponent’s deck!"
"..." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
Kira: "Trap Card ’Spiritual Wind Art—Miyabi’, send ’Darkstorm Dragon’ to the bottom of your opponent’s deck!"
"..."
Kira: "Trap Card ’Phoenix Wing Wind Blast’, bounce ’Darkstorm Dragon’ to the top of the deck again!"
"..."
Kira: "Trap Card ’Dark Advance’, summon ’Raiza the Storm Monarch’ again and bounce ’Five-Headed Dragon’ to the Extra Deck!"
Delta: "Urghhh!!!"
The AI was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
But the torment wasn’t over.
"Conscription," Kira said, "Special Summon your ’Darkstorm Dragon’ from the top of your deck to my field."
Delta had lost all hope.
Gozaburo silently cut the broadcast.
Hmm. Maybe I open the wrong channel.
Kaiba, on the other hand, was quite satisfied with Kira’s performance. He couldn’t help but smirk. Even though the broadcast ended, the duel’s outcome was obvious. Turning to Gozaburo, he sneered as if to say:
Is that it? This is your so-called best new-gen AI?
"Hmph, what a devious brat," Gozaburo muttered.
"As you can see, Gozaburo, you know nothing about real duelists. But since you’re so eager to lose again, I’ll be happy to oblige."
Kaiba unfolded his Duel Disk as well.
"No matter when or who—if it’s a duel challenge, I’ll always accept. Bring it on!"
"Very well. The wager for this duel is you, Seto. If I lose, the program holding my soul will be erased.
But if you lose, your consciousness will be digitized, and you’ll remain as my right hand forever."
Kaiba smiled confidently. "Hmph, if you can win, do whatever you want."
"Duel!" x2
[Seto Kaiba, LP 4000]
[Gozaburo Kaiba, LP 4000]
Gozaburo: "I’ll go first. Draw."
Kaiba calmly watched his opponent.
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