The duel between Kisshu and Deep Blue continued. Both duelists were locked in an intense fight with each other. Deep Blue was beginning to set up his main strategy: Life Point Gain. This strategy of using several Continuous Magic and Trap Cards together allowed him to gain a constant stream of life points, normally in 500-point increments and many times in multiples instances in every one of his turns, and would often heavily frustrate players trying to bring his life points down. Spell Absorption in particular was a difficult card to deal with, since it often led many of his opponents into being incredibly reluctant to use Magic Cards due to its effect of giving Deep Blue 500 life points every time one of them was activated. Additionally, since he was known to keep multiple copies of some of his best Life Point Gain cards, he could either stack their effects on the field or simply bring out another copy if an opponent managed to destroy one of the cards used in his strategy, further frustrating opponents.

"My turn," Kisshu declared. "I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards." As he drew two new cards, Deep Blue gained a further 500 life points through Spell Absorption.

KISSHU: 3000

DEEP BLUE: 3800

"Reverse Card Open," Deep Blue then declared. "Solemn Wishes! Now, every time I draw a card, I gain 500 life points!"

"That's not good," Kisshu thought to himself as he looked over the two cards he drew. "Now he's guaranteed 500 life points per turn!" "I then activate Polymerization, fusing Koumori Dragon with a normal monster in my hand to call upon my trump card!" He then grabbed First Of The Dragons from a pouch he kept on his right leg. "Go, First Of The Dragons!" As the mighty First Of The Dragons took to the field, Deep Blue gained a further 500 life points from Polymerization's activation.

KISSHU: 3000

DEEP BLUE: 3800

"Not only can it only be destroyed by another Normal Monster," Kisshu explained to him. "But it's also not affected by the effects of other monsters!" He set his sights firmly on Deep Blue's field. "Now, First Of The Dragons, strike down his Luster Dragon #2!"

KISSHU: 3000

DEEP BLUE: 3500

"And finally," Kisshu concluded his turn with. "Blizzard Dragon, attack him directly!" Blizzard Dragon opened up its mouth and fired its beam of ice and snow right at Deep Blue, causing him to fall to his knees in pain and let out a moan in agony.

KISSHU: 3000

DEEP BLUE: 1700

"No matter," Deep Blue replied to his attack as he staggered to his feet. "Per the effect of Backup Squad, I draw a card, and then I gain 500 life points from Solemn Wishes."

KISSHU: 3000

DEEP BLUE: 2200

"Besides," he followed up with. "I have one last card to use. Reverse Card Open! Five Brothers Explosion! Since I control now four Continuous Magic and Trap Cards, I gain 2000 life points! I've effectively negated all the damage you thought you dealt me!" As he let out a laugh of confidence, Kisshu looked on in dread, thinking that nothing he could do could bring Deep Blue down to zero life points.

KISSHU: 3000

DEEP BLUE: 4200

"It's my turn," Deep Blue continued with as he drew a card, gaining 500 life points.

KISSHU: 3000

DEEP BLUE: 4700

As he looked at the card he drew, he realized that his time to win had come. "Here we go! My first key to victory!" He let out another disturbing peak of laughter, making the crowd wonder what he was up to. "Kisshu, my former subordinate, and my most troublesome one... I'm afraid our little duel must come to an end. I activate Supply Squad! However, I'm not activating it for its effect."

As he readied his next card, Ichigo wondered what he had planned. "Not activating it for its effect? What the hell is he activating it fo-..." It suddenly came to her as she realized what Deep Blue's trump cards were, and when it did, her heart sank. She immediately yelled out to Kisshu, "KISSHU, HE'S GONNA SUMMON A SACRED BEAST!" She was deathly afraid of what Deep Blue was going to do to him.

"It's too late for your warning," Deep Blue yelled back at her before he turned his attention back to Kisshu. "I sacrifice my three Magic Cards on the field to call upon one of my three trump cards! Go, Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder!" As Deep Blue stood in triumph, a cloud of thunder and lightning appeared above the field, signaling the awakening of Hamon as the golden yellow beast descended on the field, roaring at Kisshu as his eyes widened in fear. "This is your demise," Deep Blue thought you himself. "You can't run away from this, and you certainly can't try to trick me into thinking you were on my side!"

"I'm finished," Kisshu thought to himself. "I can't do anything about Hamon!" He said to himself, realizing his defeat as tears flowed down his face and onto the ground below. "Pai... Taruto... I'm sorry... Please, forgive me... I did my best, damn it!"

"Your best was as good as nothing at all," Deep Blue declared, having overheard him. "Hamon, attack his Blizzard Dragon! LOST THUNDER!" Hamon then opened its mouth and unleashed a torrent of lightning upon Blizzard Dragon, forcing Kisshu to look away from the blast as his monster was blown up. "By the way, traitor! Once your Blizzard Dragon goes into the graveyard, you take another 1000 points of damage! With that, you lose!" Deep Blue laughed as the attack ended, and Kisshu stood alone, defeated as the smoke cleared from Hamon's attack.

KISSHU: 0000 (LOSES)

DEEP BLUE: 4700 (WINS)

"You know," Deep Blue told Kisshu as he began to walk towards him, all of their monsters now gone due to the duel concluding and the crowd cheering all around them. "If I had attacked you directly, that attack would have killed you. However, when I'm done with you, you're going to wish it had. I'm afraid you'll never see Pai or Taruto ever again, at least not as someone with free will."

Ichigo immediately jumped out of her seat and stood, screaming to Kisshu, "Kisshu, no!"

Deep Blue pointed at his former subordinate and loudly declared, "PENALTY GAME!" In a flash of light, Kisshu screamed as his soul was ripped out of his body and sealed away by Deep Blue. Once the light cleared, Kisshu stood once more before Deep Blue, but as a lifeless husk, his eyes darkened and devoid of any activity, a slave to the man who had taken his soul. "You'll be far more useful to me as a mindless slave." Two Ghouls then appeared before Deep Blue, having teleported with portable teleporters he had given them. "Good, you two made it. Take my slave away."

"Yes, sir," both of the Ghouls replied in unison as they ghabbed a hold of Kisshu and teleported away just as fast as they had come to the field.

On the sidelines, the entirety of Tokyo Mew Mew was in utter shock. They now all realized why Kisshu had dueled Ichigo earlier in the tournament, and nobody was more emotionally affected than Ichigo herself. "He... He was only trying to save Pai and Taruto..." She could no longer take it, tears falling onto the floor as she began to cry. "He was only trying to protect his family, God damn it!" She then violently kicked a half-wall behind her out of anger. As her sorrow turned more and more into anger, her pendant glowed, signaling a transformation into Dark Ichigo. "Why?! Why must you take away those close to us, all of us?! What the hell is wrong with you?!"

As Deel Blue turned to the sidelines, Dark Ichigo emerged and beckoned to him with rage in her voice, "Deep Blue! Hear my words! When this tournament is over, I'm gonna kill you and make sure you never come back from the dead again!"

Deep Blue sneered back, unimpressed by her statement, "Save it for the playing field, Ichigo. Besides, you have to actually make it through the tournament to even come close to me!"

"Oh, I know," Dark Ichigo yelled back at him. "I know damn well we all have to, and we will! All of us are united by one goal: To save the innocent lives you've taken hostage, avenge the innocent lives you've murdered, and put and end to your reign of terror on humanity and the Cyniclons alike!"

Yugi, who had watched the duel in horror from the sidelines as well, thought to himself, "She really does remind me of Atem. If she really was in a relationship with him in Ancient Egypt, I can see why they grew close. They both have a strong sense of justice, and will aggressively defend their loved ones when necessary. Sometimes I wonder... If only he were here to see this..."