Piratetress may have managed to defeat her mother this time, but it doesn't appear to have done much. Just after the duel, a new figure appeared. He seems to know much about Demon King, but there's something quite ominous about him. Especially since he holds the same name as Demon King's grandfather.

"What's going on? Who is that?" Wiseman questioned.

"I'm not sure, but I'm getting a bad feeling about this." Aoneko said.

"What was your first clue? Was it the fact that this guy has a skull for a face?" Wiseman mocked.

"What is this? Who are you?" Piratetress said.

"Didn't I say my name. I am Ziggy." He claimed.

"Ziggy? That name is..." Demon King didn't quite get it. How could the person standing before them have same name as his grandfather, and apparently knows about him.

"You could say that this is a silent partner in my business." Poseidon Nero claimed. "You've been asking how Shura is capable of performing the same skill as you. The answer is right here. He's the one who taught Shura how to use that skill."

"Say what?!" Demon King said.

"He's the one that taught Shura how to use that skill?! How could he have taught it when only Demon King is capable of using that skill?!" Eden said.

"That's where you are wrong. I too am capable of using that skill, but this is not the time nor the place for such things." Ziggy claimed.

"Ziggy here has offered to help us out, but I'll be honest. I'm not sure I fully trust him." Poseidon Nero claimed. "Ziggy here just showed up one day and offered his assistance. I didn't know what to think of it, but he offered to show Shura how to use the Gravity Call skill. It would seem that he also does know much about you, Demon King, for he was the one to have sent you that message. When you were asking about us possibly knowing your identity, it was really him that knows. Though, he has not shared that information with us, so your identity to use Demon King is still a mystery."

"You would be interested to know that Ziggy was also the one behind that program your buddy known as Jinn dueled. Remember?" Shura said. They all did. The skeletal program that Jinn dueled after Shura's and Demon King's first duel.

"You mean he was the one that sent that thing?" Aoneko said.

"Yes, I was. You could say that it was a program designed to act like a soldier, one of many that I have." Ziggy said. "I couldn't have you catching Shura so soon and spoiling all the fun. There is still much to be done for things to shape the way they are."

"What does that mean?" Piratetress questioned. Whoever this Ziggy is, he's quite mysterious. However, his focus seems to be right on Demon King.

"So, you somehow know about me, do you?" Demon King questioned.

"Wait. I just thought of something." Eden said. "Demon King, take out your namesake's card."

"My namesake?" Demon King questioned. He didn't understand until Eden had a card eject out of his deck. He took the card and it was Edens Demon King. He studied his card and the man standing before him and saw that there were similarities between the two. "He looks just like my card?!"

"Are you sure?" Aoneko said.

"I am. Who is this guy?" Demon King questioned as he couldn't understand who this guy could possibly be.

"What are you doing here, Ziggy?" Poseidon Nero questioned.

"I just wanted to see for myself that he would really be here." Ziggy said. He kept his eyes right on Demon King. "Our meeting has set off a chain of events that has now set the future in a completely different motion."

"Say what?" Demon King questioned.

"Forget this! Just get out of the way!" Shura called. "I have a score to settle with him, and you're in the way."

"No, Shura. Now is not the time or place for you to face Demon King." Ziggy said. "Besides, you might not be the one that he faces at this moment. It would seem that he's more interested in me at the moment."

"Hey! He's my opponent! I'm going to be the one to beat him!" Shura claimed, but Ziggy just simply brushed him off.

"Demon King... You and your friends have no idea on what is to come." Ziggy claimed. "Even someone like your grandfather could not predict all that is about to come."

"My grandfather?! That's it! Who the heck are you?!" Demon King said. This Ziggy can't be the same one Demon King knows because his grandfather passed away a long time ago, but who could this guy be? He knows too much and there are too many similarities to be just coincidence.

"What do you mean? What is to come? Are you talking about what Poseidon Nero has spoken to us about?" Eden said.

"More than that. What is to come is inevitable." Ziggy said. "Poseidon Nero, I think it's time to pull out. The time will come when you and the others will face him and his friends, but now is not that time. Leave at once."

"Perhaps you are right. Acnoella needs to recover after that defeat to begin with." Poseidon Nero said. "We'll deal with Demon King and his friends when the time comes. Let us go."

"I'm not going anywhere!" Shura said as he still wanted to face Demon King.

"None of you are going anywhere!" Piratetress called as she attempted to stop them, but Ziggy clapped his hands. When he did, the same skeletal programs from before came right in the room and surrounded Demon King and the others.

"Time to go." Poseidon Nero said.

"Darn it." Shura complained since he wasn't going to get his chance to beat Demon King this time, but he will the next time. With that, the rest of them logged out with Ziggy by himself. He didn't stick around himself. He had a duel board appear to him and he rode out of there and into the sky.

"Hold it!" Demon King called as he wanted answers from this Ziggy. "I'm going after him!" He called for his duel board and chased after him.

"Demon King, wait!" Aoneko called as she did the same thing. The others wanted to go after them, but they found themselves surrounded by enemies.

"Sure. Leave us here to deal with the scary robot army." Wiseman complained.

...

Ziggy

Ziggy was flying through the stars and was just retreating to wherever, but Demon King wanted answers. He flew after him to try and get answers as to what might be going on.

"Stop!" Demon King called as he caught up to him. "You owe us some answers!"

"Wait for me!" Aoneko called as she chased after them.

"Aoneko, what are you doing here?" Demon King questioned.

"I'm not leaving you with him." Aoneko said. "This guy must have something to do with you and your grandfather, and you shouldn't have to deal with it alone." Demon King appreciated how much she cared and wanted to help, but this could get ugly.

"Demon King, look around!" Eden said. Demon King took a better look at the area. He saw that he left some sort of castle, but the rest of the place was just some sort of open field. "This is the same area we were in from the last time we faced Shura."

"Are you sure?" Demon King questioned.

"It is." Ziggy claimed. "This is a small virtual area that Poseidon Nero himself created. He's been using it as his fortress."

"Squid face back there created this place?" Demon King questioned.

"This makes no sense to me." Eden said. "If Shura and those others have free access to come in and out of this place, why would Shura travel through the data stream to come here from when we faced Shura the first time?"

"That does sound rather strange. Why take the long way to come here when he can come in and out whenever he wants?" Demon King questioned.

"Because that's what I wanted him to do." Ziggy admitted. "I instructed Shura to do that so that you would come after him and attempt to face him again. Everything has gone just as everything should have."

"You organized the first attack?" Eden questioned.

"Poseidon Nero seems to be the one in charge, but it sounds like this guy is the one pulling all the strings." Aoneko claimed.

"But his actions tell me that they are a hindrance to Poseidon Nero's plans. Even Poseidon Nero himself said he doesn't trust this Ziggy." Eden said.

"Spill it! Who are you and why are you doing all of this?!" Demon King questioned.

"Everything happens for a reason, and at it's own time." Ziggy said. "You and Shura are fated to face each other. Fate is pushing you two together like gravity."

"Fate? Sounds more like your doing." Demon King said.

"In our lives, we all face a defining moment. Those moments shape us to who we are and what we will become in the future." Ziggy claimed. "However, we are unable to see what lies before us. The future may not be set in stone, but there are moments that need to happen so that we can become the type of people we are meant to be. With that in mind, there are some tragedies that are bound to happen. Tragedies that we can't prevent from happening and could shape our entire lives."

"What is he talking about?" Aoneko questioned.

"If one could see the tragic events to come, they would be able to prevent them. In doing so, you wouldn't grow, evolve, or even just change." Ziggy said. "However, there are some moments that are meant to happen. Moments that need to happen. You facing Shura is one of them. That said, it all still has the potential to change. Such as right now. You and I meeting like this has altered the flow of what is to happen."

"I don't get it. What is he trying to say?" Demon King questioned.

"He sounds like he's talking about future events having a mental effect on people, but the way he talks has him sounding like he knows what is to come. No one has that ability." Eden said.

"It's true. No one can foresee the future because the future is ever changing with the effects being big or small." Ziggy said. "However, there are some moments that are so grand that they must happen. Some of which are quite devastating, but I am capable of knowing what may or may not come. I can use that knowledge, and I will use it to guide others when your era of darkness and despair comes."

"I don't have a clue as to what you are talking about, but I don't like how it sounds." Demon King said. "I don't know who you are, but it sounds like you're up to no good! That's why I'll put a stop to it!"

"There's only one way for you to do that. Follow me." Ziggy said as he had a portal opened up and he dove inside with Demon King and Aoneko going after him. When they came through the portal, Demon King and Aoneko were horrified at what they saw. They were in a new area that had city completely destroyed with flames burning, smoke covering the sky, and complete devastation everywhere.

"What is this?!" Aoneko said.

"Remain calm. This is just a mere virtual simulation." Eden said.

"It sure looks pretty real!" Demon King said. "Why would he bring us to a place like this?"

"You'll have to deal with that another time. You should focus on right now." Ziggy said as he positioned himself for a duel. "Are you ready?"

"Demon King, you must defeat him. We must capture him and learn who he is." Eden said.

"Got it." Demon King said. "Okay, whoever you are. Bring it on."

"Let's speed duel!" Both of them called with them 4000LP.

"I'm going first!" Demon King said. "I'll start by activating Trade Switch! By sending one monster in my hand to the graveyard, I can add another monster to my hand that has less attack points! So, I'll send Edens Witch to the graveyard!"

"You're willingly discarding a monster to the graveyard? I thought you hated doing that." Ziggy said.

"I do, but it will work because the monster I choose is Edens Sister, who I will now summon!" Demon King said. He summoned out his monster with her having 900atk points. "Next, her special ability allows me to bring back Edens Witch!" He called as his witch appeared with 1000atk points. "See? It's all fine because I brought her back. Also, when Edens Witch is summoned, I can take any spell or trap from my deck and add it to my hand! The card I pick is Battle Dress!"

"Excellent choice. Now, it can work with any of our Edens monsters to ensure they won't be destroyed and our opponent will take all the damage." Eden said.

"I place one card facedown to end my turn." Demon King said. 'That should work. With Gravity Center waiting in the wings, I can prevent my monsters from being destroyed. Then, whatever he does play, I'll be able to take it down thanks to my Battle Dress.'

"My turn. I draw!" Ziggy said and drew his card. "You will be surprised with what I have. I summon Edens Wizard!" He brought out his own Edens monster with it being a man with green hair and dressed like a sorcerer. He also had 1700atk points.

"Edens Wizard?!" Demon King said.

"He's got a card just like Demon King's?!" Aoneko said.

"That's impossible! Demon King should be the only one with cards like that, and we don't have an Edens Wizard!" Eden said. All of them were shocked and couldn't believe that he had one.

"That's not all. I activate Nightmare of Edens! This allows me to summon Edens Clown!" Ziggy said. He summoned out another monster modeled after a clown with it having 1500atk points.

"This just simply can't be!" Eden said.

"I activate Edens Wizard's special ability!" Ziggy said. "Since we both have a monster on the field that are the same attribute, I can destroy one card on the field. Either of your monsters and my wizard are light attribute monsters. That means that I am free to destroy any card I choose."

'He's going to take down one of my monsters. In that case, I'll get my Gravity Center ready.' Demon King thought as he tried to anticipate his opponent.

"The card I choose is...your facedown!" Ziggy said. That's not what Demon King expected.

"He's not choosing one of my monsters?" Demon King questioned.

"Use your trap while you still can!" Eden informed.

"You can't because my wizard's power prevents you from activating the effects of the card I choose." Ziggy said. His wizard fired a bolt of lightning and destroyed Demon King's card. "That activates the effects of my Edens Clown. When a card of yours is destroyed by an effect, you lose 400LP!" His clown laughed in delight as he formed fireballs and juggled them around until he threw them. They all smashed into Demon King with his life points dropping to 3600. "Now witness the power they hold! Edens Clown, destroy Edens Sister! Nightmare Performance!" His clown unleashed a stream of darkness that formed a fiendish face. It swallowed up Demon King's monster and destroyed her, and his life points dropped down to 3000. "Edens Wizard, your turn! Destroy Edens Witch with Divine Lightning!" Wizard unleashed a series of lightning strikes that destroyed Witch and caused his life points to drop down to just 2300. "You could have saved them with Gravity Center, but that's why I destroyed it."

"It's as if he somehow knew what you were going to do?" Eden said. "Has he studied our previous duels and learned our strategies?"

"I don't know. Nothing makes sense with him." Demon King said. He looked right at Ziggy, but all he could see is a mystery right before him. "You have the same name of my grandfather, know about me, look similar to one of my favorite monsters, and use the same cards as me. Who are you?" Who could this Ziggy be? How does he know so much? Most importantly, how can Demon King beat him?