As Miss Yue Hua followed that group of sand-sculpture players in their assault, similar scenes were happening around the world.
After preparations were almost complete, just a few hours ago, Youyu didn't hesitate and immediately gave the order to move.
Through the faction panel, he could directly issue tasks to players worldwide who had joined his faction. So, he released the pre-edited tasks, and all players received the commands simultaneously.
Players had been eagerly waiting for over a week, anticipating this moment. During the past few days, there was constant chatter in the forums.
"Can anyone big tell us when exactly the event is starting? My right hand is about to lose control!"
"Please don't ask us big shots everything, we're really in a bind too..."
"Didn't someone say yesterday they sneaked into Doma Headquarters? Let that buddy poke Dartz privately and ask when the old man plans to destroy the world? Everyone is looking forward to that day!"
"..."
As you can imagine, with such a large group of wolf-like, hungry sand-sculptures, after suppressing their impulse for so long, when the task panel suddenly refreshed with the 'Faction War Start' task, each one became excited beyond measure.
"Oh oh oh! The event is finally open!"
"Anyone in Maple Country starting point, let's team up."
"Are you a guy or a girl up there? If you're a girl, forget it. Women only slow down my card drawing speed..."
"..."
At the moment the faction war started, our faction and Doma officially entered battle mode, and all opposing players and NPCs automatically turned red in the players' eyes.
This way, no matter where they go, players can easily identify who the enemy is.
All around the world, large groups of sand-sculptures quickly dispersed, rushing onto the streets with their Duel Discs, looking for people to play cards with everywhere.
It must be said that Doma has indeed infiltrated human society quite impressively. Military field bigwigs, top CEO presidents, powerful politicians, even media authorities controlling public opinion...
Saying the whole world has almost been under their control is hardly an exaggeration. Various aspects of human society had unknowingly fallen into Doma's hands, using conventional means, no organization could possibly face such a giant.
If placed in some anime movies, such an organization would be almost equivalent to realizing the multi-world villains' dream of world conquest. Such a powerful organization could hardly be overthrown or defeated; the whole Earth was in their pocket.
Unfortunately, this is the world of the animation "Yu-Gi-Oh."
No matter if you're a corporate titan or a national leader, whether you have aircraft carriers and missiles or wealth as vast as a nation, according to this world's rules, everyone is equal in front of card games.
There's nothing a duel can't solve!
Originally, these high-ranking and power-holding members in Doma were considered relatively important figures, with identities being fairly concealed.
From the perspective of those around them, they appeared no different from ordinary people, handling affairs responsibly and being kind and amiable to subordinates, seemingly model excellent people from any angle.
But all of these appearances can't fool the eyes of the sand-sculpture players.
Numerous Doma members were challenged by a bunch of odd-behaving maniacs in a single day, bewilderedly exposed their identities, and were dragged into life-and-death card duels.
From high-ranking officials to hot dog guys on the street, Doma members of various levels and fields bumped into sand-sculptures looking for card games everywhere and started their duels.
Industrial Illusions Society and the Nightwalker World-led alliance from Eleventh District provided support for this action. All participating duelists received a one-time use envelope from the organization—that was a Darkness Game tool.
Though the dark energy sealed within the envelope wasn't high-level, it was enough to initiate a Darkness Game. Players just needed to activate the envelope on a specified target to forcibly start a darkness game and compel the opponent to play cards.
With this, none of the targets stalked by sand-sculpture players could escape; they had to play cards.
Battle reports continued to be sent back to headquarters. As the "event planner," Youyu did not personally participate in battles but stayed at headquarters to oversee the battle.
Battle reports kept flowing back. The Seal of Orichalcos activated continually worldwide, and shortly a large number of souls rose skyward, converging toward some unknown corner.
Of course, all collected souls were Doma's own people.
Though sand-sculpture players couldn't all win every game they played, when they lost, they'd automatically revive.
The specific scenario was probably: The Seal of Orichalcos contracted, drawing the soul of the loser. Freshly cooked souls flew to the mouth of the God of Orichalcos, just as the Evil God opened its mouth, only to find it was a feint and vanished in a flash.
Then a few hours later, the soul of the sand-sculpture that slipped away came back again. This time the Evil God opened its blood-red mouth at the right moment, only to gulp down air as the person vanished again.
God of Orichalcos: "?"
A whole group of sand-sculptures kept dodging around the Evil God's mouth, posing and running away, just feeling elusive.
Good news kept pouring back to headquarters, and the crowd's gaze toward Youyu became increasingly admiring.
Initially, they were only astonished at Youyu's ability to gather so many people worldwide in such a short time. But since those newcomers seemed somewhat deranged, saying nonsense and acting confusingly, everyone was only counting their numbers, not holding out much hope for their combat power.
No one expected these duelists, though appearing silly, would be this effective when taking action!
Moreover, the details of the operation, like how they found the Doma bases, how precisely they locked onto Doma members' information, how the command system worked, and how Youyu gave instructions to the duelists scattered worldwide, none of these they knew.
But the less they knew, the more mysterious and towering Youyu's image became in their minds.
Tenma Yako looked at Youyu's back, having a faint suspicion in his heart.
Could it be that Mr. Youyu foresaw times like this would come and had long developed his forces, establishing a super intelligence network covering the world?
Yes, that must be it.
These many duelists who suddenly volunteered to support must have been subordinates arranged by Mr. Youyu long ago. Otherwise, it couldn't explain how so many reinforcements were gathered worldwide in such a short time.
Which means everything that happened until now was all within Mr. Youyu's plan. His intelligence network had already detected Doma's locations and members; he actually had plans before coming to the Industrial Illusions Society.
Mr. Youyu really is impressive!
Tenma Yako began to reflect.
It seems not only in dueling but also compared to Mr. Youyu, my strategy and overall command abilities are still far from adequate...
[Favorability +1+1+1...]
Obviously, Doma being such a large organization, had also absorbed many strong individuals in the Inner World over the years. Not to mention the organization mastered the Card Printing Skill, producing many powerful individuals never revealed before.
So there are indeed some experts among them that sand-sculpture players cannot handle at this stage.
But that's okay. Players would report back when they encountered tough enemies, and there are experts on this side too. These tough nuts can be handed over to the big shots to deal with.
If they really encounter difficult situations, Youyu would consider stepping in himself. Also, Youyu thought as long as he poses correctly, he might be able to persuade President Haima to help.
Besides, Yugi, Jonouchi, and their little buddies have been around lately. Youyu has a good relationship with them, so if manpower is insufficient, he should be able to ask them for help...
Just as he thought of this, a piece of bad news was sent back to headquarters.
A Card Professor from Industrial Illusions Society rushed back from outside in panic, like being chased by wolves, bringing this shocking news——
——Another Duel King, the legendary Yugi Muto... just got taken out!