Oh no, chapter, you don't SAY. I can't imagine how a guy who has been known to disappear with his personal soul god through solid-ass palace walls could have gotten out of a tomb with a big rock shoved in front of its entrance/exit. As much as I sympathize with Mahado, I have to grudgingly agree with Priest Seto that his whole plan was woefully flawed. How do you NOT take into account that thief!Bakura's soul-pet helps him get in and out of fortresses easily, and that a showdown one-on-one with him would put him in possession of a very troublesome artifact if he were to win?
Mahado, you were supposed to be the smart one. One more intellectual sacrificed to plot.
Of course. Can't help get her a job so she can use her power to those ends herself; he has to think of ways he can control and manipulate her so HE can use the power the way HE wants. And to punctuate this supremely shitty idea, he does the signature dorky Kaiba laugh to boot.
Someone says that the woman is very weak, and barks orders for her to be taken back to the palace for food and water - I assume it's Shada, because the speech bubbles are next to him rather than Priest Seto, and he's the only other person present with the authority to make command these soldiers to do anything of the sort. When asked if they should put her in prison with the others, though, Priest Seto IS the one to tell them that they give her a proper room so she can get plenty of rest. At least he's affording her THAT dignity. He tells everyone that they are not to speak to the pharaoh about ANY of this, claiming they don't have the luxury to be merciful and lenient like in the past. What do you call putting up a strange woman in the palace then??? I swear, this guy is full of contradictions lately.
Yuugi and crew overhear a group of soldiers as they are commanded to stay in the city and stand guard while the priests/rest of the troops head back to the palace. Jonouchi appears to be reaching a slow epiphany about Priest Seto mentioning the pharaoh when Yuugi exclaims that they MUST mean Yami. Anzu exclaims with excitement that they might be able to get into the palace if they follow them. Don't know what happened to Bobasa and his statement that they're just going to be repelled from the palace, but no doubt with him MIA these kids promptly forgot everything he ever said ever.
Oh, Bobasa is right there. Did he just not want to repeat himself and figured it would be best to let them fail on their own?
Yuugi looks up to behold the massive size of the statues towering above him, all of them marveling at this architectural wonder. They're so distracted that they only just notice that the doors have closed after the soldiers/priests when it gives a massive clank. Jonouchi shouts in panic that they've closed the gates, running up to one of the guards on either sides of the door to yell at him, demanding to be let in. He shouts that Yami's, or rather, the pharaoh's, friends have come to see him. A claim that TOTALLY would have been valid had they not been invisible, I'm sure. Yuugi has to remind a seething Jonouchi that they can't be seen or heard after Jonouchi gets no response to waving his hand in the guard's face, seeking any attention at all.
I don't know, probably the same thing that was going on when you hit that wall in the previous chapter? I truly am the only one who remembers this, clearly, because Honda pats at the solid stone and worries that they can TOUCH this wall. Yuugi says it's no good, that they can't get in there, and Bobasa reminds them of what he said before: it's the strength of the pharaoh's will to keep intruders out that repels them from the palace. Jonouchi is incensed by this, protesting that they're Yami's pals, and asking if this means he doesn't remember them anymore. Well, you guys can't seem to keep track of what you can and can't do here for more than a few minutes, maybe it's possible for Yami to forget whole people.
Or maybe it's getting difficult for KT to keep track of some details here himself...
Jonouchi mumbles angrily about the term "intruders", sure that Bobasa must be kidding with that. Then he yells up at the towering palace as though it IS Yami, accusing him of thinking he's too good for them now that he's pharaoh. He calls Yami a jerk for unexpectedly treating his friends so shamefully. The rest of them just stand and look crestfallen, until Yuugi insists that it's not like THAT. He's confident that they'll eventually get to see Yami, and looks back up at a massive statue, also sure that there's a cruel fate closing in on his partner in there. Yuugi repeats his intense determination to see Yami silently. Got his poop-face on and everything.
Siamun asks Yami if there's something wrong, but Yami sits back down and says it's nothing, albeit hesitantly. Maybe Siamun would have pressed the issue, if he hadn't seen the procession marching toward them at the throne, commenting that it looks like the priests have come back from the city. Priest Seto and Shada lead their troops to the foot of the dais and kneel, the former of which stating the obvious; they have returned. He says they were unable to confirm Bakura's death, which I thought was Isis's job anyway, but whatevz. Priest Seto continues on to say that they HAVE strengthened the city guard, though, and not even a mouse could get in there it's so safe and secure. Shada and Akhenanden hang their heads, looking uncomfortable. As they should.
Yami says that regardless, he has a bad feeling about this. While Priest Seto glares on silently, Yami is pondering how he apparently heard a voice from the Millennium Puzzle he's cradling in his lap, trying to tell him something.
Well now! Look who's gotten used to being semi-kind-of incorporeal!
THIS asshole.
He silently chuckles about looking down on the city like this awakening his memories, watching the soldiers flit back and forth between each other as they confirm that none of them has seen thief!Bakura. One of the soldiers asks with a shifty expression if another thinks the other priest killed the bastard, but his war buddy just verbally shrugs, asserting that they can't let their guard down regardless. Asshole!Bakura smugly thinks that if thief!Bakura were dead, he wouldn't be here. He also remembers when and where his ancient counterpart will appear, having slipped past all the guards around the perimeter of the city. Asshole!Bakura flies off laughing, and it's a downright ABSURD panel.
Outside of another tavern named with pictographs alone, the devil has indeed appeared.
Oooh, I love his new necklace.
At first, his server is confounded by the golden jewelry as payment, while thief!Bakura keeps huffing as if he's run a marathon. After a moment, the inn-keeper agrees happily to bring thief!Bakura his requested food, having realized that the bracelet is worth more than his whole establishment. Meanwhile, thief!Bakura's outburst has earned him some attention from the fellow patrons, who glare at him out of the corners of their eyes.
Thief!Bakura is served some food by an enthusiastic host, and begins scarfing that shit down, asshole!Bakura smiling down at him the whole time. The other patrons surround the table, delivering a vaguely threatening observation that it's a lot of money thief!Bakura has on him, and that he seems to have gold to spare. Thief!Bakura keeps eating, glaring up at them without responding. As the men start to take out knives and the like, one guy points out that they can see a particularly shiny relic hanging around his neck. Another holds out a dagger, asking if he isn't that thief, yet another confirms this and suggests they kill him, and ANOTHER calls behind him for the door to be closed so no one walks in on their murder.
Thief!Bakura laughs, mouthing a few words that the surrounding men can't quite make out, they have to read his lips, which comes out to a rather threatening question about whether they want to die. The leading man is briefly taken-aback by a sudden slice to his cheek.
BRIEFLY.
No explanation as to what exactly that was and how the ring did it. Thief!Bakura just laughs that he's absorbed the power of the Millennium Ring and no one can stop him. As he plans the next step, getting his revenge on the pharaoh, asshole!Bakura asserts silently that he knows thief!Bakura's future. Points his thumb at himself as though anyone can see him, because no one has quite grasped the notion that they're invisible yet, apparently.
Sounds... fun? I mean, I am rather starved for entertainment for the past two years, but I do have RESERVATIONS about this little production you're producing.
So, what did I think of this chapter overall? I am getting just a tad tired of the reiterations of the rules Yuugi and crew have to abide by in the Memory World at this point. There have not only been multiple statements on how they can't get in the palace, how they're invisible, but they can't just go through walls - there have been a few DEMONSTRATIONS as well. I have afforded some room in the past for repetitions of rules, given that this is a serialization that might pick up a new reader at awkward points, but this is getting excessive. KT's got me wondering just how many more times these kids are going to have to learn these same things before it finally sticks, or before he finally trusts that his audience will be able to pick up on it from context alone.
Thief!Bakura's return to the plot was very satisfying, though. That he would be practically starving by the time he got back to the city was understandable, since he's spent a while in that tomb by this time, and it gave him a good stage to really work with the Millennium Ring. They seem to be a frighteningly good team, the results of which were pretty metal, I have to admit. And they build anticipation for what the next meeting between him and Yami/the priests is going to be like, because as much trouble as they had with him before, it'll be orders of magnitude worse now.
Also, asshole!Bakura hanging out watching thief!Bakura was just hilarious. That he's having so much more fun than Yuugi and company just speaks to how much he thrives on utter chaos.
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