"What—how dare you take my Blue-Eyes White Dragon—!" Kaiba snarled, rage boiling in his voice.
Isis didn't react to his anger at all. Her expression stayed calm, almost clinical.
"Kaiba," she said evenly, "five of my monsters were also sent to the Graveyard. By the effect, you may Special Summon up to five monsters from my Graveyard to your field."
She paused—then her eyes sharpened.
"But before that, I activate Agido the Ancient Sentinel's effect. We both mill five cards from the top of our Decks… and then you mill another five."
"Damn it…!"
Kaiba clenched his teeth and dumped ten cards into the Graveyard. Isis milled five.
Then, without hesitation, Isis pointed at Kaiba's Graveyard.
"I will Special Summon Zolga the Prophet, Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier, and Gravekeeper's Spy to my field."
"It's like their fields swapped monsters," Téa whispered, stunned.
"What is Isis trying to do…?" Yami Yugi murmured.
Aoi's face darkened. She'd already realized it—Isis was steering Kaiba into summoning a God.
Isis continued, voice still calm, as if explaining a demonstration.
"After the resolution of Exchange of Despair and Hope, if Exchange of the Spirit exists in my Graveyard, I may set one Trap from my Deck. The Trap set by this effect can be activated the same turn."
She selected a card, glanced at it once—
"Blast Held by a Tribute."
—and slid it into her Duel Disk.
Kaiba's eyes narrowed.
So that's the line…Fine. If that's where you want to go—then we'll go there.
"Damn. I've got no choice but to summon a God," Kaiba thought.
He pulled a card from his hand with a flash of confidence, then snapped his gaze up at Isis.
"You gave me this many monsters just to steal my Blue-Eyes? Now I'll show you exactly how stupid that was!"
Aoi's lips parted—barely a sound.
"No… Kaiba. Don't summon the God…"
But she couldn't warn him out loud. Not here. Not in front of everyone.
Kaiba raised his arm.
"I Tribute Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier, Gravekeeper's Spy, and Zolga the Prophet!"
He slammed the card down.
"Descend, God of Destruction—OBELISK THE TORMENTOR!"
The sky above the dueling platform churned. Blue particles rose from Kaiba's feet like sparks from a forge, gathering—compressing—until a towering blue titan manifested, radiating pressure that made everyone's breath catch.
"That…!" Yami Yugi's eyes widened. "Kaiba's God Card—Obelisk!"
"Amazing…" Jounouchi muttered, awestruck.
Most people couldn't even speak.
Only Marik… smiled, and turned away toward the rest area.
"Heh heh heh… it's over," Marik muttered to himself. "The moment Obelisk declares an attack—BOOM. The bomb detonates. I can't leave my sister alone, after all."
As he walked, the Millennium Rod in his hand began to glow.
Kaiba lifted his Duel Disk.
"I'm going in—Atta—"
"—It's finished," Isis whispered.
Marik stopped mid-step.
"What…?" He stared at the Rod in disbelief as it pulsed unexpectedly.
At the same time, something inside Aoi reacted.
The Blue-Eyes spirit within her surged—violent, restless.
Aoi dropped to one knee, her entire body wrapped in a soft white radiance.
"Don't attack, Kaiba…" she breathed.
And then—Kaiba froze.
Right before entering the Battle Phase, his eyes went unfocused, as if a film began playing inside his skull.
"Aoi! Are you okay?!" Téa and Mai rushed to her side.
Yami Yugi snapped his head up.
"Kaiba… stopped his attack?"
"What's wrong, Kaiba?!" Yugi shouted.
Even Isis faltered.
"Why… why isn't he attacking…?"
Kaiba's vision filled with stone.
The ancient mural he'd seen in the museum—Pharaoh and priests locked in battle—flashed before him.
"What… is this?"
Then a second mural appeared: the carving of Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
And there—an image that pierced him like a spear:
A priest, kneeling, cradling a silver-haired girl before the Blue-Eyes tablet.
"This…!" Kaiba gritted his teeth, clutching his head. "That grief… that pain in my chest—when I first saw Aoi… it was the same."
He forced himself to breathe, to steady the pounding in his skull.
Aoi lifted her head, looking up at him through the glow.
"Kaiba…" she whispered.
Kaiba met her eyes.
Something in him settled—hardening into decision.
"I'll trust what I've just seen."
He drew sharply.
"I activate Card of Demise! I draw until I have five cards in hand!"
Then another card snapped into place.
"And now—Owner's Seal! All monsters return to their original owners!"
"Come back—Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
Blue-Eyes surged away from Isis's field like it had been called home, slamming back onto Kaiba's side with a roar.
Isis's eyes widened.
And Kaiba wasn't done.
"I activate the effect of Sage with Eyes of Blue! I discard it, target one Effect Monster I control—send it to the Graveyard, then Special Summon one 'Blue-Eyes' monster from my Deck."
Isis's breath caught.
"Send an Effect Monster… don't tell me—"
Kaiba's hand tightened on the card that even he once called his pride.
"I send OBELISK THE TORMENTOR to the Graveyard."
"…What did he say?!"
"No way!"
"He's sending Obelisk—?!"
"To the Graveyard?!"
Kaiba's voice was low—steady—like steel.
"My pride… my soul… doesn't decide my future."
He glanced down toward Aoi, then back to the field.
"My future will be decided by my own hands. Obelisk—return to the darkness as my loyal servant."
Obelisk dissolved into blue light, scattering like dust in the wind.
Isis stared, stunned.
"He… sent a God Card to the Graveyard…"
Kaiba's eyes blazed.
"Now—witness the loyal servants who inherit my pride!"
"Come forth—Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon (ATK 3000 / DEF 2500)
Marik, watching, narrowed his eyes.
"Kaiba… what did you see?"
Isis exhaled—almost reverent.
"Seto… you truly are the man who commands the white phantasmal beast…"
Her shoulders loosened.
"I… lost."
Kaiba's command cut through the wind.
"This is my future. Blue-Eyes—open the path!"
"Twin Burst Destruction—Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Two Blue-Eyes unleashed twin pillars of white light. The beams tore across the platform and engulfed Isis.
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"Victory to… Seto Kaiba!" the referee announced.
Kaiba lowered his Duel Disk, breathing hard.
"I won, Isis."
Down below, Téa looked anxiously at Aoi.
"Aoi—are you okay now?"
Aoi's white aura faded. She stood again, steady.
"I'm fine."
Her gaze locked onto Kaiba—soft, relieved, proud.
"Kaiba… you did it."
And in her eyes, it wasn't just a win.
It was proof.
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