Chapter 158 Atum: It’s Starting Again, Right (Sweating Soybeans)
As the [Quantum Cube] was touched by Hayato, the dimensional power no longer overflowed but was re-contained. At the same time, the black fog that had previously enveloped the entire Kaiba Dome venue also quickly dissipated.
The audience who didn't know the truth put down their French fries and Coke when the black fog disappeared, and applauded for the end of the performance. However, some people complained, "It would be great if there was a story background explanation or something. Although the performance is very realistic and cool, but I don’t understand the plot very well” and the like.
Yugi and Atum also breathed a sigh of relief and took back the elves blocking them. After all, the crisis had been resolved.
"Hayato has succeeded, right? He has successfully obtained the [Quantum Cube] and closed the dimensional door?"
Yugi looked at Atum next to him and asked, and Atum nodded: "It seems like that. After all, it's Hayato. You can always trust Hayato when you are in trouble."
"Hayato can always be trusted when there is danger, but the second half of the sentence is 'Hayato is the biggest danger when there is no danger.'" Yugi said with a smile, "Isn't this a joke that Jonouchi and Honda talked about before."
"Haha, although it's just a joke, Aibo, isn't this sentence quite credible, because Hayato has always been our trustworthy partner." Atum also joked easily.
The two looked at each other and fell into a brief silence.
Yugi watched Atum transform back into his true form as a pharaoh three thousand years ago. That was different from the time when he was still in the present world and could only use his own body in the [Millennium Brick]. He looks different, but there is no doubt that he is still his cherished partner, even his most trusted friend, "another me".
Atum was also looking at Yugi. Although it had been just over a month since the Duel Rite ended and he was defeated by Yugi and his soul returned to the underworld, Atum felt as if he hadn't seen Yugi for half a year. And it was also the first time that he looked at Aibo with a body that was completely his own. Compared to when we first met, Aibo has really grown a lot taller.
After a brief silence, Yugi took the initiative and said: "If the dimensional gate is closed, the barrier between the underworld and the human world will be broken."
"Ah, it should be restored to the way it was before the mutation started, and then the souls of the dead like me who took the opportunity to escape from the underworld should also be brought back to the underworld by the automatic correction power of the two worlds." When Atum spoke Maintaining a normal heart, "After all, I am a dead person from the old era, and there is no container that can accommodate me in the new era."
"It's obviously not easy to meet again." Yugi was a little sad, but he still showed an optimistic smile in front of his friends, "But it's okay, the other me, Hayato, has opened other gates to the underworld before. The idea that you can return to the human world, with the [Quantum Cube], you can come back to this world at any time if you want."
"The other gates to the underworld, do you mean the gate of Ramses II? He did tell me something like that before." Atum looked at the game and smiled, "But this is fine, Aibo, I After all, I am a dead soul in the underworld, and the underworld is where I should exist."
"If Hayato often opens the door to the underworld and the human world for me and returns to the human world for a long time, even I will probably be unable to help but feel nostalgic for the human world, and you will always be bound because of me. "
Although the so-called "bond" is gradually used to refer to the emotional connection between people such as "friendship" and "love", the "bond" mentioned by Atum at this moment is actually the "bond" in his original meaning. "contain".
Naturally, Atum misses Hayato, Jonouchi and other companions and friends, as well as the important Aibo game, and he cannot refuse the offer of being able to return to the human world from the underworld at will to meet them. However, his rationality clearly knew that this was not possible. As a dead person, he had unlimited life, but his partners did not.
Atum didn't want to see his friends who were supposed to be moving forward towards the future having to stay where they were because of themselves.
"Don't miss me anymore, Aibo. You are a powerful duelist who can defeat the unknown Pharaoh who once sealed the Great Evil God. You should keep moving forward towards the future and let your own light shine as much as possible."
After a pause, Atum put his hand on his heart, "And I will always watch you in the underworld. Don't forget that we are soul partners who share the same heart, so even if there are barriers between the underworld and the human world, We are separated, but you and I are still fighting together."
"The other me" Yugi was stunned, and he put his hand on his heart and looked at Atum with a smile, "Yes, I will, because the two of us are invincible."
"You two are invincible, right?"
A voice sounded next to the two of them. Yugi and Atum looked sideways and found that it was Sera who suddenly disappeared before and suddenly appeared again at this moment. The golden inverted triangle Prana mark on her forehead seemed to be out of contact. Like a light bulb, it dims for a while from time to time, as if the power is about to go out at any time.
Looking at Yugi and Atum, Sera said solemnly, "The dimensional door has not been completely closed. Otherwise, Pharaoh Atum, your soul should have been taken back to the underworld. The battle is not over yet. I’ll leave it to you two when we come down, we must defeat that person!”
Yugi was a little puzzled when he heard Sera's words: "It's not over yet? But, isn't Hayato already——"
"One thing I have learned in my short eighteen years of life is that there are limits to human abilities."
Hayato's voice came from not far away. He was seen holding the [Quantum Cube] in his hand with his head lowered. He slowly stood up and turned around from the kneeling position when he took the [Quantum Cube]. Come and face the direction of the game players.
"It's true that Kobayashi Hayato did get the [Quantum Cube], but the moment he got the [Quantum Cube], although he didn't know what method he used, he successfully gained control of the [Quantum Cube] and connected to it. Into the collective consciousness of Prana.”
A serious and slightly frightened expression appeared on Sera's young face, "I felt the deep terror and darkness released from his consciousness, as well as the emotionless coldness and uncontrolled greed. It’s a negative emotion that must never come into contact with higher dimensions!”
"With a little hatred, Diva, the Blue God, actually fell into the dark side of the dimension and turned into that twisted posture. It is impossible to imagine what Hayato Kobayashi will become next. !”
Looking at the blue god not far away who was still sticking out his butt as if begging for Lepp, although Sera wanted to maintain her pity, sympathy and sadness for Diva, she couldn't help but want to laugh, so she quickly turned her head away Looking at Hayato who lowered his head, "If Hayato Kobayashi is not stopped, he can easily open the dimensional door again with the [Quantum Cube], and he will become the destroyer of the world!"
"The more you work at scheming, playing tricks, and playing tricks, the more you will encounter unexpected changes and setbacks in unexpected places."
Following Sera's words, Hayato spoke again, once again attracting the attention of several people.
Sera looked serious and said with some confusion: "Kobayashi Hayato, he is probably controlled by the [Quantum Cube]? But what exactly does he want to say?"
It seemed that Sera's "What on earth do you want to say" triggered some keywords. Hayato suddenly raised his head, raised the [Quantum Cube] above his head, and shouted: "The more you will realize that human beings have Extreme!"
"I'm no longer a human being, game!"
Stretching out the hand behind her back, Sera saw that in Hayato's other hand was the ominous [Millennium Wheel of Wisdom]. It was the thing that caused Mani and Diva to change their temperaments drastically before, making them unable to resist. The negative emotions in my heart became so extreme that they finally came to an end. Could it be that Kobayashi Hayato became like that because of the reaction of the [Millennium Wheel of Wisdom] and the [Quantum Cube]?
Hayato grabbed the [Millennium Wheel of Wisdom] forged by Blue God, slapped it on the [Quantum Cube] in his hand, and continued to shout: "If I want to surpass humans, I will use the power of the [Quantum Cube]!"
At the moment when the [Millennium Wisdom Wheel] came into contact with the [Quantum Cube], golden light bloomed. After a brief release, those lights quickly retracted and converged on Hayato's forehead. There was already one on Hayato's forehead. A second additional seal is added to the golden inverted triangle prana seal.
The vast majority of people with Prana talents can finally discover their talents after being tempered, and then they need a certain level of resonance to connect to the collective consciousness of Prana, and that golden inverted triangle The mark is proof of the awakening of Prana, and after being able to connect to the collective consciousness, the mark will light up like the working light of an electrical appliance in a state of resonance with the collective consciousness.
However, the situation of two Prana marks is not normal. None of the companions Sera has seen so far show such signs. It is not that I have never seen someone with two marks on their body, but the last one had two marks. The person with the mark is Lady Shadi Xin who adopted and cultivated their prana talents!
She didn't know what the situation was, but Sera felt that Kobayashi Hayato was indeed a dangerous existence, so she quickly turned to Yugi and Atum and said, "Please, Yugi-san and Pharaoh Atum, just think of it as protecting the world. Please You must defeat—"
However, Sera did not see any "accident" or "anger" in Yugi and Atum, the emotions one would have when one is betrayed by a companion or an important person is taken away. Seeing the game, he said to himself with some embarrassment: "Hayato, are you playing that again?"
"So what Jonouchi and Honda said is indeed true, Hayato is here again." Atum also said with some helplessness, "But I feel that it was more like last time."
"One thing to say, it's true." Yugi also nodded.
The conversation between the two left Sera confused. She glanced at Yugi and Atum who had no intention of taking action. Although Sera knew that she was no match for Hayato, she still faced the golden light around her as soon as possible. Hayato: "Kobayashi Hayato, what are you going to do!?"
"Hoho, Sera? Why do you ask me a question like why do I need to exhale after inhaling?"
The school uniform on his body disappeared and turned into a black tights that outlined his strong chest and abdominal muscles. He wore protective gear that seemed to be made of gold between his ribs. He also wore a luxurious gold skirt and armor around his waist, and a white Hayato, whose cloak and attire gave Atum a sense of déjà vu, crossed his arms across his chest and said arrogantly, "You should still be connected to Prana's collective consciousness. You can't find the obvious answer by yourself." come out?"
Raising his hand to lift up his hanging bangs, Hayato held his hair in an upward position as if it were covered with hairspray. Hayato stretched out his hand and held it in front of him: "This is a trial, a trial to get the tiles thrown." , using your brother Blue God, I successfully obtained the [Quantum Cube] as the door to the dimension, and this is all thanks to you, Sera, who brought the [Quantum Cube] to Blue God, and then I I got this power from the Blue God again!”
"Card elves, thousand-year-old artifacts, and extra-dimensional tiles! Those who surround me at the top forever are you stupid Prana! Hehe, hehe, hahahahahaha!"
After letting out a noisy laugh, Hayato pointed in the direction of Yugi and Atum, "Blue God has been defeated, and other people's words cannot be an obstacle to me destroying this world. You will be next, Yugi. !”
"It doesn't feel as good as the time I joined Doma."
Although Hayato looks very serious, as if he is really a villain who has been standing in the protagonist group in order to obtain the ultimate power, until the opportunity comes, he resolutely jumps back to obtain the strongest power, but on the high platform Among the few people, except for Sera who actually believed it, neither Yugi nor Atum had any sense of crisis.
In fact, Yugi also commented on Hayato's performance. After all, compared to the last time, Hayato at least really sealed Bekas's soul with [Oliha Gang's Barrier] in front of Jonouchi and Yugi—— But killing Becas sounds like a good thing?
"Having said that, Aibo, I actually still want to duel Hayato once." Atum said with a relaxed smile, "Although I am very satisfied with the fact that my opponent in the duel ceremony is you, but before returning to the underworld It's a pity that I couldn't have a final duel with Hayato, even Kaiba obviously came to duel with me."
"In that case, since the other me you finally came to this world this time, why not satisfy this regret." Yugi smiled at Atum and looked at Hayato, "Would you like to join us after a long absence?"
"Of course, after all, we are -" Looking at Hayato like Yugi, Atum, who was standing next to him, raised his arm and stretched out his fist, lightly touching Yugi's raised fist at the same time.
Atum's body turned into points of light and spread out into Yugi's body. He completed the integration without resorting to the power of the [Millennium Brick]. The golden Eyes of Ugato appeared on Yugi's forehead, his eyes bright. The hair shines and becomes windless automatically.
"The two of us are the strongest partners in one!"