Chapter 845: Reminiscence
In alchemy, the human being was viewed as consisting of body, soul, and spirit.
Vary few things in the world were absolutely impossible for a powerful and insane alchemist. They could turn stones into gold, forge artifacts that could summon the Demon God of Destruction, or summon the light of creation, which showed how high the upper limit of this ancient skill was.
Therefore, during the thousands of years of alchemy's development, it was natural for someone to come up with the idea of "human transmutation."
For Yuei Vu, the introduction to this concept was not in Yu-Gi-Oh. After all, this was still a card-playing animation, and alchemy was only briefly touched upon. I believe more people were familiar with this term because it came from a well-known animation that told the story of alchemy.
Some alchemists in that worldview believed that as long as the raw materials were mastered in the correct proportions, humans could be created without relying on the mother's womb. However, this behavior obviously violated the laws of nature and social ethics and was also very dangerous in itself, so it was regarded as an evil forbidden technique.
Although the details were different in the world of Yu-Gi-Oh, similar technologies still existed. Daitokuji himself was the best example. He relied on his superb alchemy skills to create a new body that could function well in perfect proportions. He transferred his soul into the old body that was suffering from illness and successfully extended his life span.
But only for a while.
Not only was this new life expensive, but it was also not a pleasant experience. Although he successfully got rid of the illness, his new body also brought him more pain.
Daitokuji soon discovered that even as a top alchemist, he had underestimated the complex relationship between the human body and soul. Soon his soul began to reject this body, and even though he invested a huge cost in maintaining it, he still couldn't prevent the collapse of his body.
So he viewed the project as a failure.
He felt that such a painful lingering life was not worth the high cost and price. It was also a kind of torture for the soul of the saved.
So he shut down the project and did not try to build a new body for himself. Instead, he entrusted everything to his chosen successor, Yuki Judai, and then calmly welcomed the death that should have come long ago.
But maybe the boss who invested in him didn't think so.
At 1:30 in the morning, Yuei Vu boarded the special plane sent by the Kaiba Corp and flew away from the Duel Academy island.
The person who came to greet him was Uncle Isono who worked tirelessly like a ruthless bodyguard machine. When Yuei Vu boarded the plane, he greeted him friendly and asked, "Sir, where do you want to go so late?"
"Go to an island owned by Kagemaru Company. There is a high-end health care facility on that island." Yuei Vu said, "The specific coordinates have been sent to your navigation system."
"Roger that, sir."
The steel bird with the "KC" mark took off into the sky, and the searchlight pierced the boundless darkness like a golden blade.
Yuei Vu fastened his seat belt and sat in the back of the cabin with his eyes closed to relax. What happened these days and the various information collected quickly flashed through his mind.
He felt like he was in a huge network, with countless threads crisscrossing each other, gradually weaving the shape of the truth.
A great detective once said that sometimes you may get a strange feeling about a case. This sudden burst of inspiration would put all the broken clues together, and the answers you are looking for would emerge one by one.
This was not the discovery of new things, but the fact that you already know everything true, and they happened to appear in front of you, like a reminiscence.
Yuei Vu felt that he is experiencing a similar feeling now. He had gathered all the pieces, as if the truth had always been in his hands, just waiting for an opportunity to piece it together into its correct form.
This inspiration led him to revisit this island, the place where Chairman Kagemaru once lived. This frail old man was in a sanatorium where he was lingering at the last moment of his life.
Yuei Vu let the helicopter hover in the sky near the building, opened the hatch, and jumped in.
A few months ago, he had a duel with Kagemaru here. To be more precise, Kagemaru was controlled by the Big Lobster. But after playing cards, he soon discovered that it was just a corpse that had been dead for two months and turned into a puppet.
After he left, Kaiba Corp's commissioners also landed on the island and conducted a thorough investigation of the entire building. But they couldn't find any clues, so they evacuated after a few days.
After that, the place was abandoned again, left alone to grow grass on this isolated island.
If you had such a facility and happened to want to play the trick of disappearing from the world, then this was definitely the best choice.
Almost as soon as he walked to the door, Yuei Vu knew that he had found the right place. He could feel that the entire facility was shrouded in an ominous aura. Some kind of huge and majestic force field covered the building. The invisible aura seemed to shape an invisible demon above the roof, grinning and laughing at every step as if mocking the fools who walked into hell.
boom!
Masked HERO Divine Wind kicked the heavy steel door away, and Yuei Vu strode into the hall. The crystal chandelier reflected the marble floor as if it was glowing, and the cold wind from nowhere lifted the hem of Yuei Vu's windbreaker.
He could feel the source of that aura, and the other party didn't seem to have any intention of hiding it. He walked through complicated corridors and came to the steel wall at the end of the corridor.
The wall automatically opened to both sides when it sensed his approach and a secret door appeared. Yuei Vu walked in without any hesitation.
This was a room he hadn't been to during his last visit, a secret room hidden deep within the facility.
A faint blue light filled the entire room, and electronic screens were lit all around. A stream of light like an ocean rippled on the metal floor. The various complex technological equipment surrounding him couldn't be named at all, but the steel lines looked rugged and ferocious in the dim light.
The owner of this facility was wearing a suit and leather shoes, with his hands behind his back, and he was leisurely watching Yuei Vu walk in the door.
There was no doubt that this person was Chairman Kagemaru. He had the same face, but he was not a dying old man. Instead, he looked like a strong man in his prime in his thirties.
The automatic door closed behind Yuei Vu, cutting off the light source in the corridor.
"Kagemaru." Yuei Vu said.
"Welcome to my palace, Duel King Yuei Vu." Kagemaru said with a confident smile on his lips, "Now that you have found this place, I believe you already know the truth.
It's a pity that it's too late, Mr. Yuei Vu. I'm afraid no one in this world can stop me. "
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