## Watching Yu-Gi-Oh!
Shorts, the Old-school Duelists Have a Meltdown!
# Chapter 2: The Connection is Complete!
Blue-Eyes White Dragon Explosive Combo Short Video!
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**The 5D’s World.**
Yusei Fudo, having defeated the Timelord-wielding Z-one and saved the Synchro World, had finally returned to his peaceful, everyday life.
At this moment, he was engaged in an exhibition Turbo Duel with his companions—Jack Atlas, Akiza Izinski, and Crow Hogan!
“Wait, what’s going on?”
“The data screens… something’s wrong with them!”
“That’s not the duel footage!”
Acting as the referee, Luna was the first to notice something was amiss.
“Hey! She’s right!”
“Yusei! Jack!”
“Crow! Stop the duel, quickly!!”
Akiza’s clear, melodious voice rang out across the entire circuit through the speakers.
The three duelists, still mid-Turbo Duel, felt their pupils shrink in surprise.
In the next heartbeat, the screech of tires echoed as they braked, bringing the duel to a sudden halt.
Yusei Fudo, Jack Atlas, and Crow Hogan exchanged wary glances.
Each of them wore an expression of growing alarm.
Their Turbo Duel data had completely vanished.
In its place was a dueling interface they had never seen before!
“What is this? Some kind of prank?”
“Did the virtual system crash?” Crow muttered, looking utterly bewildered.
“No… it didn’t crash,” Jack Atlas growled, narrowing his eyes as he pointed out the possibility.
“It looks like we’ve been patched into someone else’s duel!”
Even as he spoke, he wasn’t entirely sure.
*Is this really someone’s duel?
Why are these combos so completely foreign?*
“No… maybe it’s neither,” Yusei Fudo said calmly, his eyes fixed on a flash of black light on the screen.
“We might have been connected to another world entirely.”
“Look at those black cards the player is using. And it seems they aren’t following the rules of a Turbo Duel at all.”
Yusei watched the screen with focused intensity.
The strange “Overlay” summoning method and those jet-black card frames were proof enough: this footage did not belong to their Synchro-centric world.
***
**The ZEXAL World.**
In Heartland City, Yuma Tsukumo was in the middle of a duel with his friends.
The moment every screen in the city synchronized to the mysterious broadcast, Yuma, Reginald “Shark” Kastle, Kite Tenjo, and Rio Kastle all turned their gazes toward the monitors simultaneously.
It wasn’t just them; the surrounding crowds were also drawn to the spectacle.
“What does that mean? Xyz isn’t the meta? Synchro is?”
“Hey, hey! This guy is saying most Number cards are trash! Is he kidding me?”
“Wait… haven’t you guys noticed? This footage looks… off. It doesn’t look like it’s from our world…”
“Holy crap, you’re right! Now that you mention it, I’ve never seen half the cards they’re playing!”
The discussions among the local duelists reached a boiling point, leaving Yuma and Shark in stunned silence.
The screen displayed a constant stream of Xyz combos, Synchro explanations, and detailed card breakdowns.
Every bit of information suggested these images came from other dueling dimensions.
Wait!
It went further than that.
The footage seemed to transcend the ZEXAL world entirely.
As the video played on, a new card type appeared: the Pendulum system.
“Yuma… a new crisis may be approaching,” Astral’s voice resonated within Yuma’s mind.
“It is possible… that we are seeing a terrifying world we cannot yet reach. A world containing powers that far surpass our understanding of Number cards.”
Astral’s words made Yuma’s face go pale.
If that was true, it explained the bold claim from the video—that most Xyz Numbers were useless.
Was there really a world out there with dueling rules that far exceeded their own?
***
**The ARC-V World.**
Yuya Sakaki, currently locked in a duel with Declan Akaba, froze just as he was about to draw a card.
Declan was about to speak when his peripheral vision caught the massive screens surrounding the arena.
Their duel footage had been replaced.
“Staff! What are you doing?” Declan barked.
“Can’t you even manage a simple virtual duel system? Get the feed back online immediately!”
Declan was furious.
They were at a critical juncture; he wanted to see exactly what combo Yuya would use to break through his D/D/D board.
Suddenly losing the connection made the duel pointless.
What was the point of his meticulously crafted D/D/D field if no one could see it?
“President!” a voice crackled through the comms.
“We’ve lost control! The computer systems have been hijacked… they’re playing this strange dueling footage automatically! We can’t override it!”
Hearing that they had lost control sent a shock through Declan.
What did that mean?
Was there really something the Leo Corporation’s security system couldn’t handle?
Hijacked to the point of being unable to regain control?
Did this mean the duel had to be terminated?
“Declan Akaba! Maybe this isn’t a bad thing for us!”
“Look at the screen! There… there are dueling techniques in there that we’ve never even heard of!”
Yuya pointed at the grand monitor, his voice trembling slightly.
Initially, he had assumed it was just a hacker or a system glitch.
But when he saw the blue-framed cards appearing on the screen, he fell silent.
Everyone else followed suit.
Link Summoning?
[Ranking the Top Generic Link Cards]?
Who was the person speaking?
What was any of this?
Gong Strong, Zuzu Boyle, and the others felt their brains going into “overload.” What in the world was a “Link Marker,” anyway?
***
**The VRAINS World.**
In a world governed by the most advanced dueling technology, the network known as LINK VRAINS was the pinnacle of digital interaction.
When Yusaku Fujiki—a master hacker—found himself unable to reclaim control of his own monitors, he realized something terrifying.
The entity controlling their entire global network and broadcasting these strange duels was either a god-tier hacker or, more likely, from a dueling world far more advanced than theirs.
“It integrates Fusion, Xyz, Synchro, and Pendulum…”
“And it has our Link rules as well.”
“Just what kind of terrifying level has dueling reached in that world?” Yusaku murmured to himself.
A storm was brewing in his heart.
Even as the owner of the powerful Code Talkers, Yusaku had to seriously scrutinize the bizarre footage appearing before him.
Simultaneously, Takeru Homura, Aoi Zaizen, and other duelists across LINK VRAINS came to the same realization.
As they all looked up at the massive digital displays, the title of the next short video flickered into existence:
“One of the Must-Play Decks for Dragon-Addicts! Blue-Eyes White Dragon Explosive Combo Breakdown!”
End of Chapter