Chapter 119 Let’s Say Quint... Duel the Monsters
Let's temporarily move the camera away from Hayato, who was beating up a bad gang on the street, and go to the Kaiba Group headquarters building next to the commercial street.
"Ding~"
The elevator door slowly opened, and Kaiba walked out of it. After signing a contract with Tapiryo regarding the publicity ambassador and asking Keppei to send him and Yugi away, Kaiba arrived somewhere on the middle floor of the headquarters building.
What appeared in front of Kaiba was a floor with many glass cabinets and many objects sealed in them. At first glance, it gave the impression that it was like entering some kind of museum.
However, considering Haima's personality and hobbies, he is not interested in cultural relics and other old objects, and he is not the kind of person who likes to do commemorative things. There is a high probability that he will not hold a museum exhibition in the headquarters building of Haima Entertainment Group, which is like his own territory. There is no way this is a museum or anything like that.
In fact, this is indeed the case, because the exact purpose of this place is actually a "warehouse", and the "exhibits" stored in the tempered glass cabinets are actually unfinished or still have defects after completion. His works, such as the humanoid steel armors lined up on the wall, the green flying machine that looks like a skateboard, are all unfinished inventions of the Kaiba Group, or to be precise, Kaiba.
Compared with those inventors who have no inspiration for innovation, so they can only repeatedly piece together and modify based on the predecessors in an attempt to create something of their own, Haima has a lot of inspiration for him to squander and waste, even if Haima's research and development speed is It is extremely fast, and new inspiration often bursts out in his mind before a piece of work is completed.
Always fond of the new and hating the old, once he judges that a new inspiration is more interesting and challenging than the work at hand, he will often throw the work in hand into the scrap heap without hesitation and turn around to conquer the new inspiration.
Of course, although Kaiba himself is quite a spendthrift and will easily throw away works that have invested a lot of money in research and development, his younger brother Keipei is quite frugal and is afraid that if his brother continues to squander like this, he will not be able to use the Kaiba Group for a hundred years. When he is about to go bankrupt, he will recycle the works abandoned by his brother and hand them over to the R&D department of Haima Group to complete the unfinished follow-up development.
The R&D department that is responsible for the main research and development tasks in other groups, in the Kaiba Entertainment Group with Seto Kaiba as the president, can often only serve as a logistics staff who picks up Kaiba's teeth and picks up the slack.
In this regard, they often encounter creations that Kaiba has completed for the most part, but they are unable to complete the follow-up development. The power of a group of people is often not as strong as Kaiba alone.
For example, the large motorcycle equipment that Kaiba was passing by at the moment. Even Kaiba, who did not dwell too much on the past, couldn't help but glance at the motorcycle sealed in the glass.
That was the special device called "D Wheel" that Haima was still developing about two weeks ago - of course, that was the name of the prototype, and Haima planned to name it "Dragon Wheel" . At that time, Haima had completed most of the verification and even conducted the final test himself, but in the end it was difficult to say whether it succeeded or failed.
It was said that it was successful, but the "Dragon wheel" did not run as expected at all. Even halfway through Haima's speed on the test bench, the "Dragon wheel" exploded on its own, and it almost didn't blow up Haima's clothes. ;
But it's not necessarily a failure. Because of this "Dragon Wheel", Kaiba accidentally participated in the "Ultimate Dark Game" being played by Hayato and Yugi while he was in Toshino City, and entered The slate world of King's Memory witnessed the end of Atum three thousand years ago.
This "Dragon Wheel" was half a success and half a failure. After Kaiba went to Egypt to duel Atum and watched him enter the underworld, he had already lost interest in continuing to complete this device when he returned to Doshino City. He just asked his research and development department to reassemble the scattered parts and place them in this "museum", and then continue to complete them at an unknown date in the future.
After all, although Haima rarely looks back to the past, that situation is not absolutely impossible. In this "nest" that is actually closer to the incubation of products that will be launched by the Haima Group in the future, Haima who returned from Egypt I came here specifically because I remembered the work I had finished but had to store it here due to its side effects.
No longer stopping in front of the "Dragon Wheel", Kaiba walked straight into the depths of the "museum". After passing many unfamiliar-looking props, Kaiba stood still again, and this time the item placed in the glass cabinet in front of him was just an ordinary-looking helmet-style prop.
However, it is a helmet, but it has a fully wrapped structure. It only leaves a place in the lower area that seems to be a place for people to stick their necks in, and a few ventilation and heat dissipation vents. There is no place in the front. There is no space for people to see the outside world, and there is not even transparent glass, giving people the illusion that this is some kind of deformed monster that eats people's heads.
In addition, unlike Haima's increasingly gaudy aesthetic, this invention that Haima completed many years ago before skipping classes has a rather plain appearance, with no decorative lights or displays. The color of the screen is also monotonous gray, and the shape has nothing to do with the "Blue Eyes White Dragon". If you show it to anyone, you may not believe it. This is Seto Kaiba's invention.
But that was just the appearance. Kaiba, who was wearing a pair of AR eyes on his ears, raised his hand and operated on the virtual projection screen displayed in front of him a few times. The invisible infrared rays around the glass cabinet in front of him were put away. After the security verification passed Kaiba's identity, he put the glass cabinet underground, lifted the "helmet" and presented it to Kaiba.
The closed helmet splits from the middle into front and rear halves, revealing the precise and beautiful mechanical details inside. At the same time, the AR glasses worn by Kaiba also begin to display relevant information about the "helmet" in front of him.
[Name: NEURONS-VR]
【Production number: KC-114514】
[Completion date: 1997-3-9]
[Producer: Seto Kaiba]
[Time taken: two and a half years]
[Function description: This item is divided into two parts: a physical product - NEURONS·Gear and a digital product - NEURONS-VR. By wearing NEURONS·Gear, the electromagnetic coil will detect the wearer's brain waves and convert them into electrical signals. Based on the NEURONS-VR system, the image of the wearer playing will be linked in real time to Haima Group's cloud network to form a VR three-dimensional image. 】
[Product goal: Connect the spirits of global users together through a global network, connect people across regions, and provide entertainment across time and space]
Just by looking at the product description, you can see how this invention called "NEURONS-VR" has cross-epochal significance. As early as before mobile phones were spread into the hands of everyone around the world, Haima had already It is envisaged that such equipment will be used to connect people around the world to the Internet.
And this is the reason why this invention was sealed by Haima, because this invention appeared too early, and there was not enough user base for this invention to work. Being one step ahead of others is a genius, but this invention is so far ahead of the world that even if Kaiba intends to take it out and use it now, it is still a bit too early.
Although he rarely talks about it to others, Kaiba has always felt a special sense of loneliness, that is, his pace is too fast and the times cannot keep up with him. Even when time finally caught up with the works he completed a few years ago, he had already moved further into the future.
It's not that Kaiba will feel lonely because of this, on the contrary, he becomes even more arrogant because of his talent, because he is convinced that his talent is great and enough to lead the times. This is what he should be the strongest. Proof, no matter what.
However, in the field of dueling monsters, I have never been able to become the strongest and cannot defeat those two people. Looking at the "NEURONS-VR" in front of him, two figures appeared in front of Kaiba's eyes.
Putting his thoughts to the back of his mind for the time being, Kaiba once again focused his attention on "NEURONS-VR" and said to himself: "Although it is possible to duel with people far away, when it comes to dueling face to face, , it’s still not as portable as the Duel Disk. After all, it was a work made four years ago, so it’s really young and full of flaws.”
"This NEURONS-VR test product now seems to be just an industrial waste in the garbage dump. However, it is a waste product with many hidden possibilities."
As he spoke, Kaiba operated the virtual projection in front of him and modified the data of this NEURONS-VR. First, reconnect it with the current Haima Group network to obtain permissions, then load a new operating system that has been optimized for several generations, and upgrade the firmware. In the end, Kaiba changed the name of this device in a rather ritualistic way.
"The name NEURONS-VR sounds a bit outdated, but let's keep 'NEURONS' as the code name of this terminal device." Looking at the egg-like helmet, Kaiba said to himself, "Will Spiritual Links Then rename the digital platform to 'Duel Links'."
[Setup completed]
Kaiba moved very quickly and completed the above modifications in almost a minute. In the AR eyes he wore, the name of the "NEURONS-VR" terminal has been replaced by "Neurons", and at the same time, the data loading progress The bars are also increasing little by little.
Reaching out to this device, Haima will pick it up and take it to the R&D department for testing in preparation for subsequent mass production.
But just as he stretched out his hand, a voice suddenly sounded from behind Kaiba: "Please don't do that, Mr. Seto Kaiba."
"Huh!?" Kaiba suddenly turned around and looked back. His eyes widened and he couldn't understand why there was a strange voice here.
In this building, the main means of movement to and from each floor is the elevator. People without permission cannot enter those specific floors at all. For example, the R&D department and experimental area that occupy the most floors, Keppei and Kaiba each occupy one. The upper-level administrative department, as well as the semi-finished product warehouse where Haima is located at the moment, etc.
To enter this level, the only people with permission are Kaiba and Keihei. If others want to come over, only Kaiba himself has the ability to grant one-time temporary permission, but Kaiba can only let people take things. He had not been granted permission other than moving here, and the voice that sounded did not sound like Keppei's.
‘Is it another intruder like Ameluda? ’ Kaiba was thinking this, but he only saw a girl. Her height seemed to be about the same as Keppei’s, and she was about the same age. She didn’t look like the bulky intruder that Kaiba had expected.
But Kaiba did not let down his guard because of this. The less threatening he looked, the more he needed to be vigilant. He clearly realized this through countless duels with Kobayashi Hayato, and said to the girl in front of him: " I didn't expect someone to break into this place. Who are you?"
"Good afternoon, Mr. Seto Kaiba, my name is Sera." Nodding and lowering her eyebrows, the girl introduced herself to Kaiba politely. She looked up and saw Kaiba's serious face. The girl named Sera was gentle. He smiled and waved his hand to Kaiba, "Don't show such a scary expression."
"I'm actually here to help you, as long as you don't restart that prop."
Seeing Seth's gaze behind him, Kaiba turned his head and glanced at the "Neurons" behind him that was still writing data, and snorted coldly at Seth: "Humph, are you teaching me how to do things?"
"This is a piece of advice, Mr. Seto Kaiba, you don't know how dangerous the device you made is." Set shook his head, looked at Kaiba and said sincerely, "The world you built will By connecting people's consciousness together, the originally limited consciousness will be collectively evolved due to the existence of some talented people among the resonance, and under its guidance, more people will be able to become people with super consciousness. "
"However, when the collective consciousness gathers in one place and rises, the negative thoughts in people's hearts will also be spread together. Once that darkness enters the spiritual world of resonance, it will synchronize the resonances with superconsciousness. The earth was saturated with that darkness and fell into the abyss."
Meeting Kaiba's eyes, Sera said firmly: "That's why I have to stop you from promoting that item, Mr. Seto Kaiba."
"Hmph, I have no intention of obeying the command of a suspicious person." However, looking at Sera, Kaiba didn't take the other party's incomprehensible words to heart at all, and said coldly, "I just retrieved the population of each country obtained by the Haima Group. Although many people named 'Sela' have been found in the database, you do not exist in it. Let me ask one last time, who are you?"
When Sera heard Kaiba's words, her expression remained unchanged and she still smiled and said, "I'm just a girl passing by."
"Is this your last answer? If you refuse to tell the truth, then I will control you and interrogate you slowly!"
As a gender equality activist, Kaiba has no concept of "loving women and cherishing women". If a man messes with him, he will beat a man, and if a woman messes with him, he will beat a woman. Both men and women are treated equally. Looking at Kaiba who seemed to be trying to subdue him, Sera raised her hand and actually put on a duel plate out of thin air and said:
"I have the same plan, Mr. Seto Kaiba. I felt that I couldn't convince you from the beginning, so I had no choice but to destroy the prop forcibly."
After hearing what Sera said, Kaiba also became interested and did not intend to take action. He also raised the duel disk on his wrist and said: "A duel? Humph, except for those two guys, no one is my opponent!"