Miles away, across the seven seas, we travel the world North to South, West to East reaching the place where all has begun, specifically Domino city 21st century; in the city center where all the skyscrapers and big companies stood high and mighty, we stop at one specific building, its architectural structure seemed inspired from the hexagon geometrical shape, the company logo resembled beehives, its name Is quite known and famous around the world counted as one of the top 50 companies including KC. Group, though this one specializes in pharmacology and medicines.

Through the main entrance, we walk while observing the simple polygonal ornaments and furniture covering the whole place, the atmosphere was quite peaceful and calming; leaving the reception behind we take the glazed elevator until reaching the top floor where there was a weird secure iron walled section, the area seemed off-limits except for the top authorized ones, No windows, natural air or sunlight allowed in, security cameras spread everywhere here and there as small as a button, at the end of the hallway there were bodyguards dressed in black, pretty much all of them had well-built muscles and tall figures guarding an iron hall ornamented with beehives, no one was allowed in without a total check for the face, eye, fingerprints and voice recognition.

Behind the gate, there was a specious sliver hall, in the middle of it was a polygonal-shaped meeting table. At the end of the hall stood a widescreen alongside many other small screens hanging from the roof across the walls, around the table sat five people with white-coats, speaking out their identities: doctors, scientists and pharmacists, their countenances were dark and misty reflecting the exact opposite of their clothes.

A 40 years old woman spoke "so what is your latest updates on our issue Mr. A"

A "nothing we screwed up... again!"

The woman "I knew your idea was stupid! you must have killed many mice during your experiments"

A " Mrs. G respect yourself! Your idea failed before me! "

G "It only failed because it is lost, not bad! "

The widescreen got lit suddenly revealing a man seating by a window covered with white simple curtains adorned with bees' though the strong light coming from behind hid his whole appearance, the only visible thing was his hands leaning on a golden bee cane. With a tired coarse voice, he silenced their argument, though his hands were of 40 years old man his voice was of 60 years old one

"Where did your noughts lead you! "

All of them stood respectfully at once "we welcome you, Sire!"

"How was your theory, Mr. A?"

A "It did not work Sire! "

"you had high expectations of this one! It was about the legendary mushroom, wasn't it? "

A "Yes, the plant truly exists but alone it Can't do anything, we tried enhancing and combining it with our latest discovered elements and minerals that affect the skin health directly but all who tried it died, their cells just could not withstand the changes."

"the nanotechnology of restoring cells, the reproduction and cloning method, the turtle's DNA, the philosopher stone, and all the science you used combining these legends failed in representing one possible solution for my disease! what about you G"

G "Nothing new Sire! I didn't find any useable sources about the Elixir of Life yet! "

"you pests! do you know how much I suffer to bring everything you need for these experiments; how much I pay you! and how many humans did I erase from the government records to try your failures on and all of them died! "

B spoke out sweating heavily "please Sire! just give us one more chance and I promise we will find the right solution! "

"you're all sentenced to death before tomorrow's sunrise!

One scientist stood confidently "Sire, not all of us have introduced their theories yet! "

"G! who is left! "

G" X S including me who is still searching for a clue to Solve the Elixir of Life mystery! "

The boss sarcastically "Yes Sagan top fan and the X element, interesting what do you have?"

S "Yes Sire! we searched all possible theories from nature to ancient medicine reaching our current day when we combined long-life animals DNA with human ones and many other things, the only result we were faced with is death! But what if we were able to erase the time and merge it with place using Biocentrism theory, we could bring the past today and the future yesterday, combining them with the human brainwaves and the unconscious mind powers from ancient times "

G "You are referring to KC. Duel Links system!? "

B "That is rubbish, Biocentrism theory expired more than ten years ago, and was put on hold because it lacked sense, KC System is only good for gaming and gambling"

X "You might be right but if we included the phenomena which hit the earth four years ago, we could honestly say it is far more than just a game! "

A "that accident is just fake!"

G "Nothing introduced by KC. Group. is fake, they only arranged it to be fake! "

S "Exactly! four years ago, public disappearances cases occurred across all Domino City; KC reported a young man called Diva that could travel from Egypt to Japan in under ten minutes! at some point all of us felt isolated from our own senses resulting in changing how our brain preserve and view the environment around it, we literally were eating ourselves and leading our downfall"

B "You don't have proof! "

X "KC. Group being at the very top doesn't mean there are no rivals working in the dark to take them down! Though they deleted all files and evidence we restored some lately! "

"What do you mean?"

X turned on the other screens in the hall and connected them with his laptop, playing a specific video that shows the epic battle between, Seto Kaiba, Yugi Muto, Diva, which clearly resulted in Kaiba's disappearance, Yugi Muto's collapsing by the end of it and that cubic monster was destroyed by a mysterious golden light followed by the recover of all lost people.

S "Add to this, the cube which was between that Egyptian youth hands had the eye of Udjat or Horus, one of the most famous Egyptian pharaohs symbols, never to forget the upside-down small pyramid pendant he wore, does that ring any bell?"

All gasped in awe remembering an important thing

G" The pendant that Kaiba held as the winning prize! "

A "Are you possibly referring to the Egyptian pharaohs nonsenses?"

B "For God's sake, do you want us killed? what's wrong with you three searching through legends that have no science or logic at all!?"

A "It must have been all arranged by KC virtual system! "

"Silence! "

S "Sire! if you gave us this one chance, these accidents could lead us to a cure!"

G "You won me over, what are you suggesting?"

X with a sinister smile "I knew you would agree as the Elixir Of life legend is also one of the universe's hidden Secrets yet to unfold."

G glaring at the others "glad that someone respects my theories"

S "our main lead to the pharaohs is Pegasus Yako the current boss of the Industrial Illusions, KC Group. and their newest virtual reality system, Duel Links; finally, one of the most famous known archeologists and tombs keepers, the Ishtar Family. "

"Does the cube you spoke of have anything to do with the closed case of Seto Kaiba's disappearance four years ago also?"

G "Mokuba Kaiba the current CEO is smart; he was able to conceal that fact from the public quite well, so we can't depend on rumours!"

X "You might be right! The records of the last few years are all expired in front of the public eye, Mokuba Kaiba destroyed all available links, but what about Yugi Muto, Mokuba won't be able to erase everything unless he kills Yugi and this of course is not KC. Group way to deal with stuff. Yugi is a simple-minded university student, he could be our living evidence and trump card, the world knows him well, and it all began with his legend seven years ago "

A "Yugi is only a boy addicted to games! "

S rolled his eyes " A boy addicted to games while wearing an upside-down giant golden pyramid pendant around his neck since the moment he appeared on TV! then suddenly he quits and POOF! the pendant disappears! seriously Nothing suspicious at all "

Saying that he shut A B complaints than he replaced the video with a set of old photos and records for Yugi wearing the puzzle, this sparked something in G's mind, she took out her tablet and started reviewing her researches across ancient civilizations for the past three years, until she stumbled across something that made her eyes widen in surprise

G "You mean this!" She turned on her device projector and showed them the picture

X's eyes darkened and nodded, he took out a new set of pictures and videos showing different data and information all revolving around Yugi's ID, blood type, DNA and private information.

"Exactly! The Ishtar family once brought these tablets to Domino's museum, they held an engraved picture of a young pharaoh resembles Yugi Muto and the pyramid pendant, if you look at the stone monsters on the tablet above the young pharaoh you will see Yugi Muto Ace card, Dark Magician, the other priest is also under suspicion, somehow he looks related to Seto Kaiba, nevertheless, It all Mainly revolves around Yugi, the day he defeated Kaiba changed history; After analyzing Yugi features and the young pharaoh ones, the electronic scan and restored ancient pictures we found the following: the stone figure and Yugi's face through duels are identical, though out duelling Battles Yugi's features fail to match the face scan data, with Yugi star rising constantly, many weird phenomena, monsters appearing out of nowhere, unknown murder cases, followed by supernatural weather cases occurred"

S" four and a half years ago the Ishtar family changed all the historical discovered reports and hid the tablets, Kaiba virtual reality system spread like fire, finally, four years ago the pendant made one final appearance during KC newest duel disk distribution tournament, which all was recorded by KC Media Web later, that was destroyed completely by KC group themselves, however, nothing could stay hidden from the bees; look closely at Yugi features for minutes, that pharaoh was present for one last time young and strong as ever, maybe even more! Since then, the pyramid disappeared, Seto Kaiba went missing. Mokuba Kaiba took over KC. group hiding his brother's missing truth and Yugi never once duelled again no matter how many invitations he receives"

A "are you referring, that maybe this mysterious young pharaoh is immortal?!

B "That is crazy I am not gonna participate! I mean how could he possibly be alive for more than three thousand years ago without even ageing!? "

G rolled her eyes, complaining, how could she possibly be sitting on the same table as those two stupid scientists "suggesting he used S X theory, Biocentrism, conscious powers, space energies, black holes or maybe something beyond our understanding!? "

X "Yako Tenma Pegasus and the Ishtar family are plotting something quite big that our people succeeded in leaking out, with Yugi Muto under our watch for eight months now, we'll eventually find out all the small details and links, and that's my friends would lead us to the secret behind that phenomenal pharaoh, who will surely grant our Sire endless rule wealth and health.

the Sire was satisfied with a mad smile crossing his face "That's quite interesting! G I ought you must focus on XS theory, they might actually support your personal theory, now the group will work under SX guidance, you have my permission to do whatever necessary for you to obtain all facts, anything you need just order it or do it, I'll clean after your deeds, now you better cooperate for this is your one final chance; engrave my words in your minds deeply! shall you fail, execution awaits you and all your loved ones. "

the screen was turned off. X Features twisted madly as he took the insult quietly, while fear was clearly present on the other faces as their fate now lies between the hands of the craziest one among them.

S Stood up confidently comforting the rest "worry not, we will surely succeed this time, now let's get started. "

...

leaving the chaotic mess behind, we go to the peaceful and calm outskirts, across the narrow streets, cherry trees on both sides or inside the houses' gardens, we reach the one and only game store in the area, entering the closed shop to the upper floor where Yugi's room is the same as ever, though surely some changes have taken effect, the room took on a more modern style atmosphere and decorations, instead of only socks and clothes thrown here and there, mechanic and electrical toolboxes were creating chaos; wires, screwdrivers, screws, nails, bolts, nuts, are spread around the room floor, his desk changed to a bigger one with led lights and specialized lamps, on the desk stood a crystal sphere weird machine, underneath it there were initial sketch layouts and some blueprints titled: Maze of the Chosen.

Besides the model, there were small handmade unique dices and monsters' figurines, seems after four years he actually started pursuing his dream in designing games, On the bed he was sleeping soundly, hugging a marshmallow monster pillow, apparently, he is spending all his free time and nights developing many games projects, an annoying knocking on the door Dragged him out of his peaceful dreams, rolling on the bed bothered he opened his violet wide eyes tiredly.

with a whiny voice while wiping the saliva off his mouth he answered "Mom! It's only six a.m. please have mercy on me!"

Mother "Sorry honey, but you should look after the whole store today alone as I am going with your grandfather to the hospital for his monthly tests and Ryou is off today remember?!"

Yugi tiredly "Okay I understand,"

"Do you need any help, my dear? "

Yugi startled as his room is literally a dump and if his mother helped, It means she will surely throw everything in the garbage or into the washing machine directly, both options are nightmares, she once put his clothes with an important USB driver inside the inner pocket of his jacket, it actually caused him a holy F in science last semester.

Yugi" No! no! I am coming, please five minutes I promise! just ...just don't touch anything"

His mother laughed at him "better hurry up then! Your breakfast is ready my dear, we are going out now so take care

Yugi smiled "take care! If you need anything just call me I'll be there like a gust of wind

He sighed yawning and stood up careful not to step over some nails or something that would ruin his whole day, he started picking up the sharp objects and wires back in the box and gathered all the laundry, finishing up he went to the bathroom, cleaned his face, fixed his wild three coloured hair caring for his small little blond bang adorning his forehead the most, he wore the store costume, his body surely has tuned up, definitely, he is longer now gaining more ten to twelve cm as he is on the edge of 22.

He went downstairs, took his delicious mommy handmade breakfast and sat behind the counter table, there is still half an hour left before opening time, the store has been developed, a servicing and buying section is now open for all kinds of electronic games and devices besides the classic games section and the ancient rare games, He took out his smartphone and before opening it the screen glowed revealing a picture for him and Anzu together, his eyes shone brightly as he picked the call up, putting on earphones and opening the camera.

"Good morning Yugi! How have you been!"

Yugi shyly "I am fine, good afternoon, how was your day! "

Anzu "I missed you already, the time difference between us gives me a stomach-ache, I was hoping you were up and my prayers were answered, this is my lucky night for sure!"

Yugi "this my lucky morning too, sadly you are 14 hours ahead of me! I missed you too, it's been a while since we were able to meet in duel links"

Anzu "please Yugi we need to arrange a meeting soon; I will totally lose my mind if I don't spend some time with you soon guys! "

Yugi playfully "all of us or... "

Anzu smiled shyly "don't tease me like that Yugi, you know my answer!"

Yugi jokingly "sorry! I just wanted to see that sweet smile on your face, now how is your work and practice what happened to the graduation dance play? "

Anzu "this is what I wanted to tell you the most, my work is just fine, but guess what! "

Yugi was about to jump out of his chair cheering "don't tell me the results are up!"

Anzu "yes, yes! I was chosen to be the main heroine in the play! And the training starts soon that's why I want to meet you before that "

Yugi "God! Anzu you are the best! "

Anzu shyly "thanks! You do remember our promise, don't you?! "

Yugi "no matter what Anzu, I'll be by your side at the play! "

Anzu "we will return to Japan together, won't we? "

Yugi happily "believe me I can't wait for that day to come, the moment you tell me the exact date, I'll come to America head over heels"

Anzu with hands sending cupids all over the screen "You are my man indeed! Now tell me about you! Jonouchi told me you are having a hard time completing your graduation project! "

Yugi was shocked "you know that Jonouchi always overreacts! "

Anzu "well really? does he overreact or you always underreact? "

Yugi playfully hid his embarrassment, this girl surely knows how to stuck him in a corner "who knows, but to answer you, I've already finished the initial model for my main game, but the graduation project is surely giving me a hard time, but I am getting closer, no worries I'll hopefully graduate on time without delay!"

Anzu "it's been nearly five years do you believe it!? "

Yugi with a sad destined smile "years surely fly in a blink of an eye, though the moments were far from easy!"

Anzu "you will manage it as always Yugi, you're the man of miracles, we all soon will be proud to call you not only the king of games but the master of all engineers, KC. group will be obliged to sponsor your games, just keep it up"

Yugi blushed "thanks Anzu, your support is enough! "

Anzu smiled warmly "I'll be always there for you!"

Yugi stuttered blushing "thank you! "

Anzu suddenly put a serious face " by the way, Yugi, did you read or watch the international news yesterday"

"No I was busy! what about them!? "

Anzu changed her mind hiding her doubts behind a smile "nothing, never mind, it's not a big deal!"

Yugi "Anzu! you know you can tell me anything! "

"I know, it's just, I don't want to press the matter, you don't like the topic so why bother?! "

Yugi growing impatient" never mind, I will check them right away and know what's up"

Anzu "No, No, if you're going to read them anyway, I'll tell you "

Yugi smiled, he surely also knows how to deal with her, she signed and continued, azure eyes sparkling while trying to hold a straight face as much as possible "It's about Ancient Egypt! "

Yugi's eyes widened a bit and stood up a little surprised "Ancient Egypt You say!? "

Anzu eyes rolled "told you you're not going to like the topic "

Yugi a little bothered "who told you that I don't like it, rarely speaking about it does not mean hate always! "

Anzu "but you always toss the matter away when it's brought up! "

Yugi sat, put his palm over his forehead and sighed" you sure need plenty more time to know me better, anyway please continue!"

Anzu "Ishtar family announced a virtual museum sponsored by Industrial Illusions that will tour the world for once, they are claiming to have found one of the most important lost artifacts in all Egypt, don't you find it strange Yugi? Ishtar and Pegasus, above all, once-in-a-lifetime virtual museum! which may mean that they don't want to put the actual things in front of the public eye because they are related to him"

Yugi "aren't you exaggerating a little bit, I mean it's ancient Egypt, every couple of days they find a new discovery"

Anzu "I have a weird feeling; they would not have been so careful if it was not about him! Girls intuition is always right, you know that I had a crush on him once, he is like my ex now, so you must believe me! "

Yugi's mood clearly darkened "he has a name now you know! besides he isn't considered an ex yet as you never shared your feelings with him!"

Anzu childishly angered "as if he opened the way before me to confess, both of you are hard-minded jerks! Boys should confess not girls! You toyed with my feelings long enough before I clearly choose one of you! If I wasn't scared from that little brat Rebecca, I would never have risked my pride as you gave me a real struggle until you confessed!"

As she reminded him of his embarrassment, he put his palm on his face hiding his blush" for God's sake Anzu, I liked you since we were children, but me and Atem shared the same body! apparently, he was cooler! so how on earth should I know which one you actually liked? it obviously took me time and experience till I was sure of your feelings! please Anzu, don't press the matter any further I already apologized hundred times"

Anzu puffed her cheeks "I'll make you apologize dozens hundreds more until I am satisfied! Moving that aside, I smell something fishy about that museum what do you say!?"

Yugi signed "It's just that… why would the Ishtar family risk getting anything about Atem virtually or physically out the public, they are his royal family tomb keepers, their mission is to protect him not expose him, besides, when he last appeared, he took everything related to magic with him! "

Anzu " I am worried Yugi, we are speaking about our friend, the pharaoh who played with magic and sealed Zork, not a normal historical figure! though the Udjat temple was under their care still Kaiba was able to construct it again, Yako Tenma may have given up on resurrecting Pegasus last time but devils dance in human minds all time! you know I heard rumours say that the Ishtar family are going through hardships, don't you think Atem is a gold mine for them? maybe Kaiba used them once and now it's Yaku's turn, money and poverty kill humanity they are no different, it is our normal instinct! "

Yugi was at a loss of words for moments, hiding his worried face hardly" When will the museum be launched? "

Anzu "I don't know love, but I'll attend it no matter what! it will be touring the Middle East first, next Japan, later comes America "

a girly angry voice cut their serious conversation "Anzu would you turn off your phone, its light is killing me and sure I am not interested in your lovey-dovey conversation with your boyfriend, now either you turn it off or speak outside! "

Anzu was dead silent, the girl almost gave her a heart attack! " Miho you jerk, you stay awake most of the time laughing and chatting like an idiot, but when it comes to me you insult me in front of him! "

Miho " you stay up spying to learn from me, for you are a loser when it comes to love! so it's none of my business! "

Yugi whispered sarcastically "Miho is lively as ever! though I never knew I was that hard to approach?!"

Anzu angrily " looks who speaking? Love you are the most ... Argh! ... never mind! I'll call you later, some girl is eagerly waiting to be taught a lesson "

Yugi was shocked "She hung up! "

signing heavily, he stood up and took the still full plates to the kitchen as Anzu clearly succeeded in shutting his appetite, He went to the shop and started opening the facades when he saw the postman dropping a small plastic box in his mailbox, he waved at him saying thanks, curious he walked directly and picked it searching for the sender address, his eyes widened as he held a gasp in while reading the name, feeling uncomfortable he turned his head both directions, luckily no one was around, he took the box and closed the facades once more, annoyed he turned off all lights and smart devices, he went upstairs, locked the doors, closed the windows and shutters, peeking through the corners of the façade he saw two suspicious men revealing themselves from the near alley.

Yugi "thank God I noticed the mail right away! as suspected I am being watched! But who on earth is doing this, it's been three months now! I swear if it has anything to do with the upcoming tournaments messengers, I'll sue them! "

Making sure everything is closed and turned off he brought a small laser torch and put it between his teeth, he put the box on the desk and uncovered it carefully, he saw a velvet black rectangle box; inside it, he found a glass card, Toon World engraved on it, examining its fine details amazed he saw a small pocket, he brought a screwdriver and removed all tiny nailed plastic bolts, a memory card ship slipped from the pocket, confusion and worry growing by the moment, he brought a small battery device with a widescreen, he threw the torch from his mouth, inserted the ship in and turned the device on.

"if it's hidden like that then it holds something important, right?" he opened the USB driver to find a video, he played it with earphones, his features darkened dangerously "God, why should I be right? Damn it! out of all people, it must be Yako! I swear nothing good comes out of those people!"

"It's been a while, how have you been Yugi? I can imagine your face now rolling and complaining, but I am excited to guess how your face will change after hearing my words, listen carefully as the ship will boom after the video ends! if you remember me correctly, I am the one who kidnapped Anzu Mazaki in order to use her as a medium to resurrect Pegasus with the help of KC. virtual system, but your partner and Kaiba stopped me.

You may have already seen the news about our museum, even though I promised to never mingle myself with these evil things, life forces us to taste the bitter; See while I was searching for new inspirations to help me develop new systems compatible with the ever-growing market, I stumbled upon a rumour, maybe just maybe Pegasus death is actually faked to begin with, anyway, my explorations lead me to the Ishtar family property, apparently, they had problems with their latest excavations and asked for some help, I afforded it in exchange for information as they seemed to know much about both the systems I need and the truth behind the rumour, but what we discovered was beyond our imagination.

We are facing a challenging obstacle that could maybe have something to do with an ancient suspicious relic, I want to meet you the night before the museum launches in Domino's next week and share with you what we found, consider my invitation as a gift, if you want it, you will come to the address, which will appear for one time on the screen, come alone, never forget the glass card, it's a verification code, if you don't appear, the card will burn and I'll know you refused my invitation, no big deal after all its only a gift.

Yugi was so focused on copying the address on paper that he did not notice the machine buzzing, a little late he took out the ship and throw it away, as it burned and exploded, he went downstairs and washed his hands under cold water hissing and thinking to himself, he bit on his lip hard, violet eyes saddened considerably while his heart boiled with silent anger

"Anzu actually might be right! why would Yako contact me if it's a normal excavation? there is definitely something related to Atem! but how the Ishtar family could risk it? Are they really selling out what they protected for a millennium just for money? or there is something more to it? For God's sake why can't they leave him alone? isn't it enough what he has been through until now? my responsibility is to protect his name and the peace he left us, but if the Ishtar family really are selling his secrets, what can I do? How can I stop the museum? They literally hold all authorization and with Industrial illusion influence, they can do anything! Wait…. maybe a stronger influence could stop them, Yes that's it!"

An idea struck him, he took out his phone and turned it back on, the moment it worked, he received two missing calls, one from Ryou and the other from Mokuba, violet eyes shone hopefully as he directly called him back.

To be continued…