Chapter 39: Robbery Group
International Illusion Society, once upon a time Becas had the [Millennium Eye], and with its power, he always maintained nearly 100% control of it until after the Duel Kingdom.
After Hayato and Yugi each obtained 30% of the shares, Bekas still holds 40% of the shares and is still the largest shareholder of International Illusion Society, and has been serving as the president and chief card designer of International Illusion Society.
However, Doma's actions caused Becas's soul to be sealed, causing Becas to be judged as "dead". After the shares he held flowed into the market, Doma intercepted nearly half of them, and was treated like a licking dog. Dazi was transferred to Hayato's name. Even if Bekas was later "resurrected", he ultimately only took back those shares that were scattered on the market.
At this point, Hayato has become the largest shareholder of International Illusion Society with 50% of the shares, followed by Yugi with 30%, and then Bekas with 20%. However, neither Hayato nor Yugi wants to be the president, so he has been Becas is taking charge.
Although Becas was indeed very diligent when he was young. He came from an ordinary family and only had 30,000 US dollars from his family when he started his business. He relied on his own talent and hard work to develop the International Illusion Society into some of the largest companies in the world, but people It's always going to change. Over the years, Becas has become a complete lazy dog. All he thinks about every day is fishing.
So not long after Hayato became the principal of Duel Academy a few years ago, he also began to transfer the power in his hands to the hands of people he could trust, intending to fish in the position of president for a few more years before he could do anything else. He quits working, although his daily life is not much different from retirement.
For Becas, who is unmarried and has no heirs, the person who can best be entrusted to his subordinates is——
"Mr. Hayato, I'm here." From a distance, he saw Hayato sitting on the park bench, and Tenma Tsukihiro waved and ran towards him.
"Hello, Team Ogu." Hayato complained, put down his phone and looked at Tenma Yue Xingdao, "Also, although there is indeed no one here, you should keep your voice down at least, so as not to let me be discovered."
Not long ago, Hayato made a call to the International Illusion Society, intending to inform Bekas about the large-scale production of Duel Monster cards without authorization, and also to ask if he knew any relevant information. However, the person who received Hayato's call was not Becas, but Tenma Tsukiyuki. As the president's assistant, he had been acting as the president for Becas for a long time, allowing Becas to do whatever he wanted. To create and find inspiration, which is the so-called fishing.
Tenma Tsukiyuki told Hayato that Bekas had been "working hard" in his castle recently, and the affairs of the International Illusion Society were handed over to him. Just like before, he said that someone was producing Duel Monster cards in large quantities. I just learned about it from Hayato, and I don’t know any other information, but I will start to use the influence of the International Illusion Society to investigate.
And it just so happens that he is currently conducting investigation work here in Tongshiye City. He can rush to find Hayato immediately and search for clues with him to solve the matter as soon as possible.
As [Tragodia], who controlled Pegasus Nocturnal, was defeated, the memories of Becas and Pegasus Tsukixing, who had been changed by it earlier, were also restored, and Pegasus Tsukihiro regained his power. His dueling ability, which had been suppressed, turned back into the "perfect duelist" that Becas had praised when he was a child.
No one knows how many people and how powerful the so-called "New Gurus" are, but the more people who can help, the better. After all, even if Hayato is not careful, he may be dragged away and let go. If there is an assistant for someone who shouldn't be let go, at least Hayato won't have to worry about being held up by soldiers.
And they can't be noobs like Alumina and Inozuma Makoto. Although the two of them were very angry at being bullied by people from "New Gurus" and wanted to help Hayato, Hayato decisively rejected them. It's not a big deal for his teammates to be weak, but Hayato is afraid that the two of them will fall into the hands of the enemy and become hostages, dragging him down if they are not even able to defeat the soldiers.
It's a pity that Hayato couldn't find anyone to help him for a while in Doshino City. Yugi was working at the International Illusion Club. Jonouchi and Maiko did not participate in this year's Professional Duelist World Championship but chose to take a year off. Traveling around the world, you can count on one hand the number of people who can see the strength of Toshinoichi.
"We're all busy, so it's better to be busy." Before finding the Mask of Light and Darkness, Hayato also went to the Turtle Card House to visit Grandpa Shuangliu. Grandpa Shuangliu, an old man in the nest, sighed after saying that his business has not been very good recently. Angry, he said so lonely, and then immediately the game's mother complained, "Don't act like we are all gone and no one is with you."
Although Malik and Lishid are related personnel of Gurus, they are not suitable to participate in the investigation. The guy from Kaiba has gone into the laboratory again, and no one knows when he will come out of it, so In the end, Hayato had no choice but to accept Tenma Tsukiyuki's offer of help, and waited for his arrival in this secluded park in Doshino City.
There was no politeness. Since he had waited for Tenma Tsukiyō's arrival, Hayato immediately set off with him, leaving the park and heading towards a set goal.
After waking up from the Dark Game, the Mask of Light and Darkness once again experienced the fear of being dominated by Malik. Naturally, they knew everything about Hayato's interrogation. After all, neither of them were loyal guys. What's more, Hayato also specifically stated that he would let go of anyone whose information was more useful.
The Mask of Light, who was betrayed once by the Mask of Darkness in a duel, was extremely active. What he had done between leaving Gurus, joining New Gurus, and now being defeated by Hayato was I explained everything in detail, including when and what I ate.
What Hayato didn't expect was that even the Mask of Light and Darkness were not considered cadre-level characters in "New Gurus". Although they had come into contact with the leader of "New Gurus", they had never Having seen the other party's true appearance, I can only guess that he is probably a man who is not too old.
They don't know anything else about where the rings and cards came from. They only know that the rings are used to develop downlines and that the cards are very useful, that's all. Even the attack on the telekinesis training institution was just that they were following the mission assigned by the people above, and the purpose was to snatch the rare card [Artificial Man-Psychic Shocker].
Since he is not acting out of his own selfish desires, but because of the tasks within the organization, Hayato naturally deduces that after the success of the Mask of Light and Darkness, there must be a way to hand over the harvest to the people above, perhaps a special way. Contact information, or hand over at a specific time and place. In short, there must be a way to hand over the card in hand, and there will be clues that can continue to be traced.
The Mask of Light and Darkness naturally revealed to Hayato the location where they handed over the capture card. In front of the destination, Hayato and Tenma Tsukiyuki stopped to check the situation without immediately stepping forward.
There is no other reason. The location of the delivery point revealed by the Mask of Light and Darkness is a dueling monster card store. The business of this store at the moment cannot be said to be extremely hot, it can only be said to be full of people, and some are right. Men and women of all ages who are interested in Duel Monsters can purchase the cards here.
"Could this be the 'New Gurus' hideout you mentioned, Mr. Hayato?" Tenma Tsukiyuki said a little strangely, "No matter how you look at this store, it seems to be a regular duel monster card store. Look, look there, there is even a business license issued by the International Illusion Society."
"It does seem like this store is normal, but I always feel like I've been here before." Hayato thought for a while, and suddenly connected the two keywords "Gurus" and "card selling shop" together, thinking of himself When have you been here before? “Isn’t this the store that sells fake cards?”
Before the start of Duel City, because of the information that Hayato told him that "Gurus was haunting Doshino City", Heimara got on Hayato, and the two of them carried out a large-scale Guru hunt in Doshino City, eradicating various monsters. The forces and hiding places run by the young Gurus, one of which is in the store in front of the two of them.
The main reason why this place is so impressive is that Hayato not only defeated Pandora, who also used the [Dark Magician] card to fight Atum in the original work, but also because the opponent Kaiba encountered actually used a pirated version of his own. "Blue Eyes White Dragon" from 【Blue Eyes White Dragon】.
The question is why this store was not eradicated but continued to open here? With such doubts, Hayato immediately walked towards the store, intending to find out what was going on, and Tenma Tsukiyuki quickly followed.
It has to be said that the decoration of this store is much better than that of Turtle Card House. Many card packs from Duel Monsters released so far are neatly placed on the counter for customers to choose from. After they have been sold out, The rare cards that were purchased back in the store were placed on display racks, arranged in an orderly manner according to card type, race, etc. It was almost like a museum of cards.
Hayato also recalled what Grandpa Sugoroku had said about business not being very good recently. That was natural. After all, no matter how you look at it, it is more comfortable to buy cards in this store. In this regard, the Kameji Card House has the final say. Still a bit worse.
And compared to the Turtle Card House where there is only Grandpa Shuangliu, this duel monster sales shop called "Black Scorpion Cards" also has four employees. The big guy who brought the box with the cards into the store, the little guy who nimbly sorted the cards into categories, the man with glasses who was proficient in using a computer to calculate prices and statistics, and the scary one-eyed dragon who was surprisingly gentle. The store manager holding a child.
In addition, there is a beautiful girl in uniform outside the store who is soliciting customers. With these five people working together, it is normal for the business to be better than the Turtle Card House.
However, although Tenma Tsukiyuki pointed out that this store was certified by the International Illusion Society, Hayato was not too reassured. After all, the predecessor of this store was also certified by the Kaiba Group at the time, and was selling pirated cards openly. ? After randomly selecting a pack of cards and paying the money to the man with glasses at the front desk, Hayato immediately opened the card to verify whether it was a fake card.
Unexpectedly, although the cards Hayato randomly drew were not very good, only three [Pot of Desire] and two [Angel's Alms], these cards were undoubtedly genuine. , Hayato has already used the system store to verify whether it can be recycled. If the system store can hide it, then even if it is a fake card, it is equivalent to a real card.
Not only the cards in the card bag, Hayato also tried to recycle the cards displayed on the display rack. Without exception, all of them were real cards. In other words, this store seemed to be just a legal and normal store. Card shop?
"This store seems to be just a normal, legal and compliant card store?"
Tenma Tsukiyuki said the same thing as Hayato. Although he didn't have a cheating tool like Hayato's system store to identify the authenticity of cards, but as the assistant to the president of the International Illusion Society, he had a lot of exposure to duel monster cards. With his skillful ability to identify authenticity, he said, "Although the business in the store is extremely good, it should just be because the decoration services here are very good, right? There is nothing unusual about it."
"No, on the contrary, this is the biggest anomaly, Yue Xing." Hayato suddenly thought of something and said, "This store does have a rich range of prices and card types, and the service is also very good, but that's all. It’s definitely not enough to get such a hot business, you also need at least one major advantage that can differentiate you from other card stores.”
"For example, the Turtle Card Shop's biggest advantage is word-of-mouth. Even Duel Kings would go there to buy cards. However, this store didn't have much reputation until I left Tongshino City not long ago. It is impossible to cultivate that kind of 'word of mouth' in such a short period of time. He should have a huge advantage that we have not noticed."
Just as he was talking, a big man carrying a box walked up to the one-eyed store manager wearing an eyepatch and whispered to him. After the one-eyed store manager nodded, he walked to the cashier, took the glasses and handed it to him. He has two microphones.
"Dear friends, I am Zarug, the store manager of Black Scorpion Cards. Whether it is your first time to come to our Black Scorpion Card House or a regular customer of the store, I welcome you all. The store can meet your needs. The greatest happiness for the staff.”
"Now, the time for the long-awaited special price of rare cards has arrived again. Our clerk Gao Ge is carrying the rare cards that will be processed at a special price. Everyone can buy at least one. Please go to the front desk below. There is an orderly queue at Mr. Cliff’s place to buy.”
A big man named Gao Ge put the box in front of the counter. The bespectacled man Cliff took out a dagger and whipped out a beautiful knife to cut the seal of the box. Looking from the opened box, there are a large number of cards inside, and at a glance, they all have high rarity!
"Actually, all of them are rare cards!?" Tenma Tsukiyuki said with some surprise, and Hayato carefully looked at the five clerks standing together, twitching the corner of his mouth, and suddenly knew the reason for the inexplicable familiarity he felt when he saw several people. where.
[Black Scorpion-Cliff who dismantles the trap] is working as a cashier, [Black Scorpion-Escaped Zeke] and [Black Scorpion-Powerful Gogo] place cards one by one and carry cards, [Black Scorpion-Thorn's Mui Ne] is soliciting business, and isn’t that store manager none other than [Leader-Zarug]?
"Black Scorpion Card"?
This is clearly the [Black Scorpion Digging Group]!
The card selling point of Grus that was supposed to be banned has opened again, and it is suspected that it has become the territory of the "New Grus". This is quite beyond Hayato's expectation, and what he did not expect was the " "People" are actually the group of card elves from the "Black Scorpion Digging Group" that appeared in the original animation.
They are just like the "Dark Magician Girl" who also appeared in the original animation, one of the few duel monsters that can materialize on their own. If Kagemaru hadn't needed them to reveal their identities and start taking action, people from the "Black Scorpion Digging Group" would even The fact that he could continue to materialize for a long time and lurk in Duel Academy as a human left a deep impression on Hayato.
However, Hayato remembers that they should be members of the "Seven Stars", the organization founded by Kagemaru. Why are they related to the "New Gurus" here?