I'm playing cards in Duel City

We don't know what the specific content is, but we know that the commissioning party is from a government special operations agency, and that code name is 'D'... Is it familiar? "

You Yu was silent for a short while.

"Get me a plane, Guipin," he said. "Maybe we should talk."

Chapter 8 Top Secret Mission

The helicopter landed on the helipad on the top floor of Haima's headquarters at two o'clock in the morning—even though the corporate building was still brightly lit by this point.

Unsurprisingly, Guiping had already been waiting on the roof of the building, and standing behind him was Isino, the loyal bodyguard of the Haima family.

"Sorry for making you work overtime so late." You Yu jumped off the plane.

"It's okay." Guiping waved his hand generously, "I'm very happy to help Brother Yu Yu."

As he spoke, he led You Yu into the building.The automatic door slid open after the smart lock verified their identities, and the two walked into the building, followed by Uncle Isono keeping a certain distance.

"President Haima isn't here?"

You Yu felt that the president seemed to be really getting busy recently, and no one else was there when he came to the company headquarters several times.

"Are you on a business trip again?"

"...No." Guiping blushed, "Brother heard that the game is back, and I've been trying to stop him from dueling recently. I don't know why, after my brother went to your Duel Academy last time, he kept chanting the name of the game. A while ago, I was more enthusiastic about finding game duels...

By the way, Brother You Yu, do you know what's going on? "

"……do not know."

You Yu thought of the "Destroy Dragon Gandora" card he had stuffed into Judai before the fight between Judai and Wanzhangmu, and he just pretended to lie as if nothing had happened.

Judging from the results, he felt that he should get full marks for this wave of operations.Ever since Judai won Wanzhangmu that time, the president hasn't mentioned playing poker with himself for a long time.He guessed that the head of the president is full of games these days, and he has no time to think about anything else.

This wave, this wave is called hatred transfer.

By sacrificing the game as a target, in exchange for his hard-won free time under the eyes of the president.

"Let's not talk about this for now." You Yu went straight to the point, "What's the matter with you talking about Hongye?"

"Oh."

Guiping handed him the tablet that had been prepared.You Yu took it, and it showed the news reports of that year.

According to the report, Xiang Hongye, the second-generation dueling king, fell into a coma due to a sudden illness while on vacation in other places, and was sent to the local hospital for emergency treatment.However, the specific process was vague, and the specific affairs were not clearly explained.

"This is what was said to the public at the beginning, but that is not the truth."

Gui Ping helped You Yu turn the screen to the next page.

It was a photo of a paper document stamped "Top Secret."The signing unit is the special government agency named "D" department - after the Doma incident, the special department for supernatural duels was specially established by the superiors.

"Since the establishment of Department D, it has been trying to attract top duelists from all walks of life, hoping that the power of those masters can be used by them. Their leader, Fujino, will contact his brother every few days, and often discuss cooperation between the Haima Group and their department. "

Guiping obviously didn't like this Fujino, and when he talked about him, his tone was full of dissatisfaction.

He always felt that this guy coveted something from the Haima Group, but he didn't know what it was...

"The conditions they offer are indeed very generous, and many duelists are indeed willing to work for them." Guiping said, "There are signs that Mr. Hibiki Hongye had this intention.

Although Mr. Hongye did not accept the invitation to become an agent after winning the title of Duel King, there is a cooperative relationship between him and the department.

Sometimes Department D will encounter some troubles that are difficult to deal with. At this time, they will ask Mr. Hongye to help solve it.But Mr. Hongye is not interested in rewards, he just hopes to help. "

"Sounds like SHIELD and Captain America." You Yu said.

"What?" Guiping didn't understand.

"...Nothing, you continue."

"Oh. Then let's talk about Mr. Hongye's last mission... This was originally a top secret, but the people in our group's department helped us get it."

Originally, it was not so easy to install people in such a department, even for the Haima Group, which almost ruled the world.But Guiping didn't know why, but the person in charge named Fujino had a surprisingly good attitude towards Haima Group, which made many things a lot easier.

You Yu continued to browse backwards, and had browsed to the general content of the document.

"Archaeology." You Yu raised his eyebrows, "An archeology again?"

The status of archaeologists in various animation film and television works is now a household name, and the running group is commonly known as "the group destroying engine".You never know in which corner of the world someone will dig out a father one day, and the world will be destroyed directly...

"Well, the cause of the incident was that an archaeological team dug up a certain object." Guiping explained, "This top-secret document only involves the mission of Mr. Hongye. Because the mission does not require participants like them to know about the object." What is it, so it is not mentioned in it.

But in short, it was described as an extremely dangerous item, which shocked everyone in the entire archaeological team the moment it saw the light.

Many people at the time judged that this was beyond their ability to handle, that it was horribly evil, and that it should be handled by more professional people. "

"So they contacted the government department." You Yu said.

"This is when Department D stepped in." Gui Ping said, reaching out and flipping another page on the screen in You Yu's hand.

"The mission description says that this is a simple escort mission. They need to rush to the archaeological site, take over the object from the archaeological team, and transport it back to the headquarters. It's as simple as that."

"It doesn't sound like a task that requires the Duel King to go out." You Yu said.

"That's the problem." Guiping said seriously, "That thing, described by archaeologists as 'terrifyingly evil' - no matter what it is, they obviously think that it needs a dueling king to make it Something that people can rest assured."

"So things didn't go as smoothly as they said?"

"It seems to be." Guiping said, "Their ship encountered rare wind waves and tsunamis at sea. From the later analysis, it was extremely abnormal weather.

There was no sign of a storm for them, and the storm, mixed with thunderstorms, seemed to cover only the specific area where the transport ship was. "

You Yu continued to turn backwards, only to find that the document had reached the last page.

He raised his head: "No more?"

"Yeah, that's all." Guiping shrugged helplessly, "Their boat sailed through the storm and returned to the headquarters. But Mr. Hibiki Hongye disappeared, and he never returned from that mission.

But at the same time, he was also the only one missing from the task list. "

"So what happened in the storm?"

"I don't know. Even in Department D, there is no relevant written record... Or maybe we didn't find it."

"What about the archaeological team? What should they know?"

"This is also the weird part." Guiping looked a little dignified, "Our people carefully investigated the situation of everyone in that team, and found that all of them had accidents after that excavation?"

"An accident happened?" You Yu wondered.

"Yes. Someone got into a car accident, and someone fell to his death while riding a horse." Guiping said, "Two of the remaining people were insane and sent to a mental hospital, and some fell ill and are still bedridden in the hospital. .”

This is a bit weird.

This reminded You Yu of the anecdote in the DM when the stone tablet of the three phantom gods was unearthed.Before Bekas personally took over the production of the Illusory God Slate, all the designers who had handled the three slates were insane, and all of them did not end well.

So what exactly did the archaeological team unearth?What is the connection with Hibiki Hongye's disappearance?

"But now there is only one person left in that team, neither crazy nor dead." Guiping called up the relevant files, "Kita Koizumi, the captain of that archaeological team.

He has retired early since that incident, but Haima Group found out his current address.Maybe Brother You Yu, you will think about it? "

"Give me the address." You Yu said, "I'll go see him."

Chapter 811 Mural

The sky was getting brighter, and You Yu had already embarked on a journey to visit the archaeological team leader.

The address was in the outskirts, on the edge of a rather remote village.According to intelligence, the archaeological team leader named Koizumi Keita did not live there originally.A native of the city, he grew up living in mechanized and urbanized areas.

But it was after that unidentified object was dug up that he made a special trip to move to the countryside, and he chose to live in such a remote corner on the edge of the village, which was almost isolated from the world.

This place is really hard to find.There are no road signs or guideposts, and the road leading to the residence of Mr. Keita Koizumi is all mountains that look similar with little difference.

You Yu sits in the back seat of the off-road vehicle, looking through the car window at the endless blue river sparkling in the sun, looking at the lush jungle along the coast, and the mysterious and silent mountains, feeling every picture The pictures seem to have been slightly modified on the basis of copying and pasting, and the differences are so subtle that it reminds you of the game of "find the difference" that you played in magazines when you were a child.

The off-road vehicle stopped at the foot of the mountain.You Yu asked the driver and bodyguard arranged by Haima Company to stay in the car, and got out of the car by himself to visit the door.

His destination was a duplex white building, which was located at the foot of the mountain, backed by dense woods and shrubs, which even seemed a bit abrupt in such a natural scenic spot.

The one who answered his door was Ken Koizumi, the younger brother of Keita Koizumi, and the two brothers lived here together.

Because the host had already greeted him the night before, the host was not surprised by You Yu's visit.He warmly invited You Yu into the house and prepared good tea for him.

"Brother, he went into the mountain yesterday afternoon and hasn't come back yet." Koizumi Ken said while pouring tea, "But according to experience, he will come back before lunch. If you don't mind, you can wait for a while."

"He spent the night in the mountains?" You Yu was a little surprised, "Does he often do this?"

"Yes." Ken Koizumi said helplessly, "Mountain climbing is one of the few hobbies my brother has, and it was an interest I tried my best to get him to mention at the beginning of the year.

Otherwise, he just stays at home every day, can't get excited about anything, is depressed, and seems to have lost interest in life itself. "

"Sounds like depression."

"It's true...but he wasn't like this before." Koizumi sat down on the sofa opposite, "He used to be an optimistic person with an incomparable enthusiasm for archeology.

He is also passionate about life itself and looks forward to every day.He once believed that he could make great discoveries that would shock the world—like Columbus discovering the New World, like Bekas finding the stone tablet of dueling monsters. "

"He succeeded?"

"Successful...but also failed." Mentioning this part, Koizumi was depressed, "Brother, he did discover something. From an archaeological point of view, he may have indeed succeeded, but he was also knocked down by his own success." up.

After returning from that mission, he seemed to be a completely changed person.He lost his passion and lost interest in everything in the world.

I saw that his spirit was getting more and more depressed, and his person was getting more and more haggard.It was as if he was dreading something, some fate he felt he could not escape. "

You Yu felt that this sounded more and more weird.

"So did he mention what happened during that mission?"

Koizumi shook his head.

"He signed a non-disclosure agreement with the relevant departments at the time, and he could not disclose the content of the incident to anyone. Moreover, Keita himself was very resistant to recalling those events. Since he came back, he has been trying his best to forget them... It's just that he may have been Not very successful."

Koizumi paused.

"But I kept telling him that it's not an option to continue to sink like this. So I was very happy to hear that you were coming over last night, Mr. You Yu.

If you really want to know what happened at that time, you can ask Keita himself in person later.I think if it were you... he might be willing to tell. "

So before Koizumi Keita came back, You Yu stayed.

Koizumi mentioned that some of his brother's most proud collections are still in the house, some were found in his archaeological work, and some were obtained from other sources.

For You Yu, archaeology is almost equal to alien culture, so he can say that he knows nothing about it.He couldn't help expressing his admiration while visiting, but in fact, he couldn't see anything at all.

Until he saw a mural.

To be precise, it is a replica of a mural.The moment his eyes fell on the lifelike engraving in the golden slate, You Yu was firmly attracted like a demon, without blinking his eyes, and even couldn't help doubting the authenticity of what he saw for a moment.

Koizumi Ken who accompanied him quickly realized that this distinguished guest was interested in this collection, so he stepped forward and explained: "My brother took a lot of effort to get it.

Its authenticity is a mural unearthed in Egypt.I don't know the details, but Keita seems to have mentioned that the creation of this mural involves some ancient alchemy that we haven't figured out yet.

He said that because of some magical properties of alchemy materials, it is difficult to be corroded by time, so until now people have no way of judging when it came from..."

Koizumi Ken obviously doesn't know much, and his understanding of the collections here only comes from a few words in his brother's daily life.

But You Yu soon stopped listening to Ken Koizumi, and all his attention was attracted to this mural.

He saw that the ancients drew magnificent and majestic compositions with rough and simple lines.He saw a giant dragon churning in the sky——according to the relief on the thousand-year-old stone slab guarded by the tomb guards, You Yu was [-]% sure that it was the "Osiris Sky Dragon" because it was similar to the painting on the relief. The shape of the wind is exactly the same.

In the same way, the abstract giant standing on the ground should be the giant soldier of Obelisk. The pterodactyl hangs high above their heads with spread wings, and there are lines around the body that represent the sunshine, using extremely The sacredness is vividly expressed with the simplest lines.

On the opposite side of them, in another territory, he saw three similar existences.Roaring dragons in the air, demons in charge of thunder, and burly giants.

Although he had never seen these in other mural materials, he quickly speculated that those should be "Uria, the Emperor of Flame", "Harmon, the Emperor of Thunder", and "Rabiel, the Emperor of Illusion". The three phantoms facing each other.

If these are normal, then the rest is even more weird.

For example, a statue of a god that appears at the end of a distant ocean that seems to be outside the continent.The one-eyed ghost holding a scepter, the sinister and cunning villain wearing a tall hat, and the thunder giant with broad shoulders and infinite strength.

It is very obvious that they are the gods from Northern Europe, Odin, Loki and Thor who are known as the "Three Gods of the Astral World".

In another part of the painting, there are burning lines engraved on the ground, outlining the curves of various animals.There are giants, spiders, hummingbirds, apes, etc., and each corresponding monster is indomitable, and its size is comparable to phantom gods and phantoms.

That is the "Nazca Lines", which corresponds to the god "Earthbound God".

A battle between gods and demons, like a mural depicting the end of the world.