As I mentioned before, the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! is actually full of magic, black technology, , aliens, etc. There are all kinds of strange things.
What is shown in the anime is just the tip of the iceberg of this world. The holders of several millennium artifacts in the DM animation are the leaders of the dark duelists, belonging to the most powerful group of powerhouses. But this is by no means to say that only the Millennium Artifact is the source of supernatural power in this world.
For example, Mr. T, whom Yu Yôu met before, the Darkness hidden behind him is a dark force with a completely different system from the Millennium Artifact.
Another example is the mysterious group "Seven Stars" that appeared in the chapter of the Three Magical Demons in Yu-Gi-Oh GX! Everyone in the group is a dark duelist of different origins, including spirit, vampire descendants, alchemists, and more.
The "Nightcrawler World" that Yu Yôu found at the moment is the place where such people gather.
To put it simply, this is the club of the Dark Duelists, a bit like the Killer League.
Members here sometimes accept some commissions through the club as a platform to complete some gray tasks.
The loser in the dark game must obey the winner according to the established rules, and those with high enough abilities can completely turn the loser into his own puppet. With this kind of power, it is easy to force obedience to people in positions of importance or of great value, and to help people easily achieve some special purpose.
And if you want to erase someone with a game of darkness, you can completely drag the person from body to soul into darkness, leaving no clues at all, and there is no way to find out with conventional means.
Even if some dark duelists have the power like Darkness, then he can even completely erase the existence of a certain person, including the memory of relatives and friends, through the dark game, and no one will even notice that such a person exist in the world.
Many high-ranking people in the world who know the secrets actually know the existence of dark games. The organization of the Dark Duelists has no nationality or power restrictions. If they must say something, they maintain a nearly neutral attitude and never deliberately favor which side of the force.
They will take action for any country or individual who bids the right price, and maintain good cooperative relations with many countries and forces.
It feels a little bit like a mercenary, but different.
People outside the circle take a respectful attitude towards dark duelists, because dark duelists with extraordinary power are mysterious and unpredictable from the perspective of ordinary people.
However, in the GX period, there seemed to be some ordinary people who used some tricks such as blindfolding and hypnotism to pretend to be dark duelists to cheat money.
Just like the uncle Titan who was hired in the GX to duel with Yuki Judai in the early stage of the duel academy, he pretended to be a dark duel by means of light refraction and hypnosis, but he was finally beaten by Judai.
Yu Yôu is now in an era before the opening of Yu-Gi-Oh! DM's Battle City Chapter.
Before that, the unique king of the underground world of the Dark Duelists was the founder of the card game "Duel Monsters", Pegasus J. Crawford.
Pegasus has the "Millennium Eye", one of the seven millennium artifacts in ancient Egypt, has a very strong dark power, and has the ability to see through the other's mind "mind scanning", there is absolutely no doubt that he is the top grade in the current world capable person.
Pegasus visited Egypt obtain the Millennium Eye, and gained a powerful and terrifying power. At the same time, under the guidance of the Millennium Eye, he carved the stone slabs of monsters handed down thousands of years ago into cards, and invented a card game called "Duel Monsters". , which swept the world and became one of the most well-known dark duelist in the world.
As a game designer, he specially printed a set of invincible "Toon card sets" for himself. With the mind-reading ability of the Millennium Eye and the powerful dark power, Pegasus easily ascended the throne of the king of the underground world. For a long time, he has become the only recognized king of dark duelists all over the world.
During that time, the International Illusion Society Company of Pegasus and its affiliated hidden forces also basically dominated the direction and trend of the underground world, and they were powerful forces enough to secretly influence the world pattern.
This pattern didn't end until Pegasus lost to an ordinary high school student Muto Yugi in his own duel kingdom competition.
Not only that, but after the battle, Pegasus was even poached by someone who stole his millenniium eye. Since then, Pegasus has withdrawn from the battle in the underground world with his own forces and began to live a life of seclusion and retirement.
Because of this, Muto Yugi, an ordinary high school student, now has a high reputation among duelists in the underground world. (Although the game himself does not know about it)
Dark duelists all over the world generally believe that if this boy named Muto Yugi is really just an ordinary person, it should definitely be impossible to win against Pegasus.
In addition, Yugi holds the "Millennium Puzzle", which are said to have the highest status among the Millennium Artifacts, so many people believe that Yugi should be the most powerful dark duelist in the world today.
But there are also quite a few people who believe that the real strongest person in the underground world is someone else.
That is the new group Gurus, who has just joined in recently and has broken a lot of unwritten rules in the underground world, but has strong power...and the leader of the group, Marik Ishtar.
Marik's family of tomb guards has always been a family that all parties have been quite afraid of for many years. It can even be said that if they want to, the tomb guards may become the leaders of the underground world at any time.
The reason is very simple, because the legendary Millennium Artifact with the top power in the dark game, and the most powerful card "Three Egyptian Gods" in the duel monster world, have been kept in the hands of the tomb guards for many years.
It's just said that the tomb guards have always strictly followed the legacy handed down from their ancestors and never abused the power of the Millennium Artifact and the Egyptian Gods Card.
However, Marik, the descendant of the generation of the tomb guards, was obviously the first one determined to break this rule. He took away the Millennium Artifacts and Egyptian Gods Cards that were supposed to be kept for the Pharaoh without authorization, offered various conditions that could not be refused, recruited a large number of Dark Duelists, and formed a rare card hunter organization "Gurus", which quickly in the underworld have its place.
Due to Gurus's tyrannical and savage style, which has broken many of the rules that the Dark Duelists have acquiesced in over the years, many organizations have had friction with Gurus in just a few months.
Fortunately, Marik doesn't seem to be interested in any fame and fortune. His only purpose is to enter the battle city and take revenge on the nameless Pharaoh.
Therefore, most forces have adopted a respectful attitude towards Gurus, allowing him to fight with Duel King Mutou Yugi. It would be great if Yugi could pull this lunatic out of the stage, and Gurus' power would naturally collapse as well.
However, this "nightcrawler world" that Yu Yôu is now planning to join is an exception.
Because unlike others, the headquarters of "Nightcrawler World" is located in Domino City.
The Dark Duelist Organization has a deep regional awareness, and it stands to reason that this area should belong to their territory.
The president of the organization is still a violent person, and he stubbornly believes that it is quite shameful to be "killed by the gang of robbers of Gurus on his own territory". He made it clear that if Gurus dared to kill the entire army with great fanfare, then they would declare war on the spot at Domino City Market!
If it weren't for the fear of Marik himself, he might have been so powerful that he could not do it, the president might have already brought someone to the base camp of Gurus.
However, thanks to the tough attitude of the president of "Nightcrawler World", Marik did not move the entire Gurus to Domino City.
After all, his goal is just the Muto Yugi (or the Pharaoh inside Yugi). Although he doesn't care about people other than Yugi, he also wants to avoid extraneous issues if possible.
This is why Marik only selected a few relatively optimistic subordinates to participate in the battle in the Battle City chapter.
And at this moment, what Yu Yôu is going to do is the hidden quest of the camp category related to this——
- Join the Nightcrawler World!
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