"Aoneko was kidnapped?!" Demon King said. After he finished his duel with Wiseman, another duelist named Kyubi showed up and claimed that Aoneko was taken during their duel. "Wait! You saw she was taken and didn't do anything about it?!"

"I apologize for that, but I was taught that once a duel starts that it must finish." Kyubi said. "While you were dueling, someone snuck up behind your friend and just took her without even making a sound. I am sorry for not doing anything. To make amends for that, I will assist you in getting your friend back."

"But why was she taken in the first place?" Eden questioned.

"I'm not sure, but I have heard that there's been a series of kidnappings lately. The one thing they all have in common is that they're all women video streamers." Kyubi said.

"Video streamers?! Aoneko's one too!" Demon King said. "That settles it! I've got to find her!" He said and hurried off.

"Hold on! Do you even know where your friend was taken?!" Wiseman questioned. That got Demon King to stop right in his tracks.

"No... I haven't even been in this virtual world for very long, so I don't know where I am even going." Demon King admitted and now feels sad.

"You call yourself Demon King, but I pictured him to be cool, darky, broody, calm, and collected. You are just all over the place." Wiseman said as he's starting to see some irony in the name Shiki chose for himself.

"No worries." Eden said. "I have already begun searching around for Aoneko's duel disk and I believe I found it. I can track the signal that it's emitting. Hopefully, finding her duel disk that we will find her."

"That's great, Eden!" Demon King said.

"Yes. As I said, I will aid you to make up for my lack of doing anything to help her earlier." Kyubi said.

"You can count me in." Wiseman said.

"Hold on. You? Aren't you a thief? Why would I want your help?" Demon King questioned.

"Come on. I'm not all that bad. I'm really a lot of things. I might have done some stealing, but I'm not heartless. Your friend sounds like she needs help, so I might as well do my part." Wiseman said as he sounded like a nice guy after all. 'His friend was pretty hot. If I help her out, maybe I'll get a smooch out of it.'

...

Aoneko

As for Aoneko, she and some others were rather concern. They have no idea where they are or why they're even here. It was a little scary, but Aoneko was trying to show that she wasn't afraid in the face of her captor.

"This is Jinn reporting in." Their captor said as he was speaking with someone through some sort of communication link. "I brought in the merchandise. Bring me in now." Merchandise? Is that what they were to him? He was also hired to do this? All of them wondered what was going on. Then, some sort of portal opened up for him. "You all stay here and be quiet." He said and then left through the portal. At least that gives the girls some time to think so they can figure things out.

"Okay. He's gone. So, does anyone even know what's going on?" Aoneko questioned.

"No, and I'm really scared!" One of the captors appeared to be a young girl, younger than Aoneko appeared to be, and was crying now.

"I can reach my duel disk to log myself out, but it's not working." One lady with short white hair said. She looked tough, but she seemed rather scared herself. "Something must be preventing us from logging out."

"I just hope they have some food here." Another girl said with her being a little more rounded than the other girls.

"Hold on. I know you three." Aoneko said. "You're Copa, Tokko, and Mogumogu. You're video streamers. In fact... All of you are!" She said as she recognized a lot of faces. Sure, she only knows them by their avatar names, but at least she knows them. "Copa, your videos are so cute. Tokko, you put yourself in dangerous situations with brutal dueling. Mogumogu, you managed to mix food and dueling to make it look both tasty and fun. I've seen all of your videos."

"Thanks. That's nice to here, but are you one too?" Mogumogu questioned.

"I don't recognize her." Tokko said.

"That's because my videos aren't really that popular." Aoneko admitted. "Anyway, I don't like the looks of things here. What do they want with all of us?"

"I'm not sure, but I think I overheard that guy who just grabbed us mention someone named Illega." Copa said.

"Illega! Oh no!" Tokko said. "I've heard of him. The people who run Interstellar have been after him for a long time. He's a criminal around here and in the real world." That wasn't good for all of them. Even criminals have access to this world, and with the right computer equipment or technology, there's no telling what they could getaway with. If someone like that is in charge of this operation, these girls could be in some serious trouble. That was when the lights of the room they were in came on and they all looked up to see a window there. Up there, they saw someone with an avatar design of a humanoid frog with a luxurious and top hat.

"Hello, my pretties." The frog said.

"That's him! That's him right there! Illega" Tokko said as she was really scared for her life now, as were most of the other girls.

"Very nicely done, Jinn." Illega said as he turned around and was speaking with this Jinn now. "It looks like what I've heard about you is true. You were money well spent."

"I just simply did the job I was hired to do." Jinn claimed.

"And you made sure no one saw you or followed you, right? I don't want any people snooping around in business that has nothing to do with them." Illega claimed. "It be easier for me if people would learn to just mind their own business instead of trying to meddle in mine."

"I'm sure I wasn't followed." Jinn said. "Even if I was, Gandoff is standing outside and keeping watch. If anyone comes around, he'll make sure they don't interfere."

"Good. The only thing left for me to worry about is to figure out what I'm going to do with each one of these lovely girls." Illega claimed.

"Hey! What's going on?! Why are you keeping us here?!" Aoneko called out and got his attention. It did seem like she was the only one in there that wasn't really afraid.

"Well, it's quite simple. As of this moment, all you beautiful pieces now belong to me." Illega said like it was a matter of fact. "All of you are quite popular or beautiful on your videos. In fact, it's how I found each one of you. So, I decided to make each and every one of you mine. I hope you all enjoy your new home." None of them liked the sound of that. This guy looked and sounded disgusting, and there's no way Aoneko is going to be a part of this guy's property.

...

Interstellar

Meanwhile, Justice was still running Interstellar from the real world. He might be weary of Demon King now, but he has other matters to focus on as well. He's just cautious of Demon King, but he doesn't recognize him as a serious threat just yet.

"Report. Anything new to report?" Justice asked.

"Sir, I'm afraid there is a problem." A worker said. "We're starting to receive reports of missing women in Duel Links. It looks like it's Illega's work again." That annoyed Justice.

"Illega... That swine..." Justice said as he's taking this more serious. 'We've been after that cyber criminal for a while now. Many women have ended up in the hospital because he leaves them trapped in Duel Links. Somehow he manages to cover his tracks, which is why he's still roaming free. We've been working with the authorities to catch him, but he somehow manages to stay hidden. We can't let this keep going on.'

"Sir? Your orders about this?"

"Check out the last known areas of some of the missing people and see if he messed up and left anything behind." Justice ordered. "I don't want that frog hopping around Duel Links any longer. Find him!" Justice isn't going to allow anyone to cause trouble in Duel Links. He might have a hard time finding Illega, but there's another group that isn't going to have any problem finding him at all.

...

Demon King

Joining Demon King to rescue Aoneko and maybe even others have been captured, Wiseman and Kyubi found all them at a different part of Duel Links. This area of Duel Links seemed a little sketchier. They soon found themselves standing in front of a building, but it looked like a decent one.

"Are you sure your friend is in there?" Wiseman questioned.

"Eden, is Aoneko really in there?" Demon King said.

"Her duel disk signal leads directly to this building." Eden said. "However, I'm detecting something else. It would seem that the inside of this building is emitting some sort of jamming sequence. I can say with certainty that Aoneko's signal is in there, but... This sort of jamming might be preventing others from logging out."

"If that building is preventing something like that, it would be the ideal place to hold people captive." Wiseman said.

"So what's the plan? Do we just storm right in and try to find Aoneko?" Kyubi questioned.

"No way! That would be way too reckless! We don't know how many of them there are!" Wiseman said. "Besides, if someone is holding someone here and is preventing them from logging out, they're either someone with a lot of money or a lot of power. We need to be smart about this."

"Hey!" All of them looked and saw that they might have been in trouble. They were met with a weird looking guy that was green with no chin and had a mustache. "This place is off limits."

"We're sorry... Uh..." Demon King said as he tried to find a name.

"Ganoff, not that it's really any of your business. Now get out of here."

"Excuse me, but we believe our friend is inside there." Kyubi said.

"What makes you think that?" Ganoff questioned.

"That would be because of me." Eden said. "I was able to track our friend's duel disk and it brought us to this location. Either she's in there or it's just her duel disk."

'I knew we should have just gotten rid of those things, but that overgrown bullfrog thought there was no need.' Ganoff thought. "Don't know what you're talking about. This place here is private property." Ganoff said.

"Private property? How can there be private property in a place like Duel Links?" Wiseman said.

"Again, none of your business! Now get lost or else I might have to hurt you!" Ganoff warned. "I don't know where your friend is, but she isn't here."

"We never said that our friend was a girl." Eden pointed out and that indicated that this guy was clearly lying. Aoneko had to be in that building.

"Where is she?! For that matter, where are all the others that you creeps took?!" Demon King said as he wanted to know now.

"You should have just left while you could." Ganoff said as he reached for a weapon and tried to take them out. Luckily, Kyubi stepped in and was able to knock his weapon right out of his hands. Once she did that, she kicked him back with the others impressed with her movements.

"How shameful. You're using weapons instead of your deck." Kyubi said. "This is Duel Links. A real duelist settles matters with their cards. They don't resort to things like that if they can help it."

"I never said I was a real duelist, but if that's what it takes for you all to get lost, so be it. I'll actually enjoy causing you some pain for sticking your noses in places they don't belong." Ganoff said as he agreed to one. "If I win, you three have to leave and forget what you know about this place. If you're a "real" duelist, you'll keep your end of the deal."

"You're on!" Demon King said as he was ready to take action against him.

"Hold on for a minute. We can't trust him." Wiseman said. "Even if we win, I doubt he's going to let us in. It's obvious that this guy is more afraid of whoever is calling the shots than us."

"It will be fine." Kyubi said as she stepped forward. "I said that I would help you get your friend back, and now it seems like I have a chance to do just that. I'll be the one to take this challenge." Kyubi offered to help out, and now it looks like it's time to pay her weight. She seems to understand what a real duelist is like, but we'll soon see if she has the skills to back that talk up.