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| nicknames = * Ghost Gal<ref name="enva">[http://www.meganmacphee.com/ Megan Macphee]</ref>* Ghost Girl (ゴーストガール ''Gōsuto Gāru'')<ref name="ep3">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|3|ref}}</ref>| it_name = (Fanciulla Fantasma)

| ja_voice = {{Voice actors|ja|Yuna Kamakura}}| other_names en_voice = {{Voice actors|en|Megan MacPhee}}

'''Emma''', known as '''Emma Bessho''' ({{Ruby|別|べっ}}{{Ruby|所|しょ}}エマ, ''Bessho Ema'') in Japanese, is a character appearing in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]'' anime. When Dueling in In [[LINK VRAINS]], she her avatar is '''Ghost Gal''', known as '''Ghost Girl''' (ゴーストガール, ''Gōsuto Gāru'') in Japanese. She is a hacker for hire and a bounty hunter involved with the Zaizen family. She often does small jobs for [[Akira Zaizen]], who she has history with. In the second season, Emma refuses the offer to hunt down Playmaker as thanks for him saving her life, which draws her into opposition with her half-brother, [[The Shepherd|Kenneth Drayden]]. She takes [[Skye Zaizen]] under her wing in order to pursue the [[Ignis]] more peacefully than the Bounty Hunters hired by [[SOL Technologies]]. In [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]], her full English name is '''Emma Sharpe'''.

[[File:FullEmaBessho.png|thumb|left|200px|Full -body view of Emma.]]<div style="float:right;">[[File:Ghost Girl VR.png|thumb|250px|Emma as Ghost Girl.Gal during the first season]]</div>Emma is a tall young woman with fair skin. She has long pink hair with lavender bangs and pink eyes. She also wears reddish-pink lipstick. She wears a violet black outfit with a dark pink t-shirt underneath with purple dark blue strip going across her body and a black belt at the waistline. She also wears a black choker and black and purple boots and sports a black fingerless finger-less gloves on both of her hands.

As Ghost GirlGal, Emma's bangs, eyes, and part of her hair change from lavender and pink to gray. She wears a short-sleeved skintight black shirt lined with grey at the edges and down the center that extends into a mask that covers the lower half of her face, under a sleeveless blue and black one-piece outfit that ends in short shorts. Her belt is the same in form, and has a grey buckle with a golden "G" emblazoned on it, and her gloves are also the same. She also wears a pouch strapped to her right thigh, and mid-thigh-high black stockings with calf-length black boots with grey soles and straps. When Emma she uses her skillSkill, [[Secret Cure]], the violet blue parts of her outfit glow. Starting from the second season, Ghost Gal changes her outfit. Though similar in shape to her previous outfit, it diverges in the details, and she no longer wears a mask. She wears a small dark grey mantle over a blue, white, and black one-piece outfit that ends in short shorts and short sleeves. Her gloves are dark grey and extend further down her arms, with straps around the wrist and pink backs. Her boots, stockings, and pack are the same, but dark grey instead of black with black straps and soles instead of light grey ones.{{-clear|left}}

She Emma is shown to be a mercenary Duelist/hacker for hire. She is cunning, playful, devious and skilled as shown when she trapped Playmaker. She also appears to have an interest in Playmaker. Emma shows little concern over which side of a conflict she takes as long as she gets paid and is even willing to backstab people she's worked with before. She likes prefers showing her clients proof that she indeed has the data they want before giving them the full archivesas a show of trust. Emma studies her opponents and surroundings carefully and makes close and precise assumptions to their moves. Thus, she uses this knowledge as she sees fit.

Emma studies does show some legitimate concern for Akira Zaizen though, informing him of her plans if she feels it will benefit him as well. This also extends towards his younger sister, Skye Zaizen, as well, showing a particularly soft spot for her opponents and surroundings carefully, and makes close and precise assumptions encouraging her to their movestake action when needed. ThusHer English voice actress, she uses this knowledge Megan Macphee, describes her as she sees fita "strong lady".

Despite her mercenary attitude, Emma does show some legitimate concern for Akira Zaizen thoughultimately has good intentions at heart, joining the battle to save LINK VRAINS time after time. After Playmaker saved her, she viewed herself as in his debt and refused to take up the bounty on him despite this meaning she came into conflict with her brother.

[[File:GhostGirlRope.png|left|250px|thumb|Ghost Gal's rope program]]Emma is a very skilled hacker and has the ability to turn the entirety , or simply sections of [[LINK VRAINS]] into a trap.<ref name="ep8" /> Inside LINK VRAINS, as a treasure hunter, she has equipment which helps her. She has a built-in rope feature in her Duel Disk, allowing her to swing. She also has "fireflies" which scan the areas and tell Emma where to go. She also has a knife which allowed her to cut through a virtual barrier.<ref name="ep30" /> In addition, she has a rope she can deploy to grapple to points or people and a shielding program she uses with [[Skye Zaizen|Blue Gal]] to dissipate the wind in [[Windy's Cyberse]].<ref name="ep55">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|55|ref}}</ref>

Emma is an English name which means whole or universal and shares same katakana as the Japanese Name name "Ema". Bessho has no particular meaning on it own but is homophonous with the word "bessho" (別称) which means alias, pseudonym, pen name, or nom de plume.{{clear|left}}

===History===Emma had a comfortable childhood with [[Mrs. Bessho|her mother]] and [[Mr. Bessho|father]]. Eventually, Emma became a skilled hacker and cyber treasure hunter under the identity "Ghost Gal". Emma worked alongside [[Akira Zaizen]] and [[The Shepherd]] in a net world that was not [[LINK VRAINS]] to capture a [[hacker]]. Shepherd used them as bait to attain a chance to destroy the hacker's Avatar, and rescue Emma from the hacker's bomb, calling her by her real name.<ref name="ep53">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|53|ref}}</ref> Shocked that someone knew her real identity, Emma dug into The Shepherd's background and learned that he was actually her half brother, Kenneth Drayden. She told her father that she knew of her half-brother, and when he passed away from illness a year prior to the series, he asked her to look after Kenneth if he needed it.<ref name="ep77">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|77|ref}}</ref> ===Knights of Hanoi===While riding her motorcycle, Emma met up with [[Akira Zaizen|Zaizen]], who requested her help in finding information about [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]], who had become a popular figure in the city. She agreed as she was also interested in him.<ref name="ep3">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|3|ref}}</ref> Ghost Gal logged into LINK VRAINS, where she observed the Speed Duels between Playmaker and [[George Gore|The Gore]], and [[Skye Zaizen|Blue Angel]].<ref name="ep7">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|7|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep11">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|11|ref}}</ref>  [[File:Linkvrainstrap.png|thumb|250px|right|Ghost Gal turns LINK VRAINS into a trap for Playmaker.]]She was present in the hospital when Zaizen learned of his sister's condition. At some point, Emma was hired by [[SOL Technologies]] and reported to them about Skye being Blue Angel. She later met with Zaizen to discuss trapping Playmaker, where she revealed that she had divulged Zaizen's relationship to Blue Angel to SOL Technologies. Ghost Gal masqueraded as Blue Angel and successfully lured Playmaker to LINK VRAINS. He confronted her knowing that she was deceiving him, she then proceeded to trap him and witnessed Zaizen interrogate and torture Playmaker. She was surprised by the appearance of [[Roken Kogami|Varis]] and his ability to control [[Data Storm]]s.<ref name="ep8">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|8|ref}}</ref> Per Zaizen's orders, Ghost Gal went after Varis and Playmaker with a camera to film their Duel. She was intrigued by how Playmaker performed three [[Link Summon]]s to summon "[[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]", and was shocked at Varis's power to summon a Data Storm and "[[Topologic Bomber Dragon (anime)|Topologic Bomber Dragon]]".<ref name="ep9">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|9|ref}}</ref> As Varis and Playmaker were drawn inside the Data Storm, Ghost Gal was unable to enter it, and her cameras stopped recording.<ref name="ep10">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|10|ref}}</ref> [[File:Ghost Girl VRAINS appearance.png|thumb|250px|left|Ghost Gal enters the Data Storm to watch Varis and Playmaker's Duel.]]Ghost Gal admitted that she could log out of LINK VRAINS to create a program to enter the Data Storm, but she would not be able to return to the network. To her surprise, [[Cal Kolter|someone]] created a path for her to enter the Data Storm, and Ghost Gal realized that Playmaker had an ally they never knew about. The path allowed her to enter the eye of the Storm, and Ghost Gal watched Varis and Playmaker's Master Duel, with her cameras recording it. She learned about the [[Ignis]], A.I. said to have free will like the one Playmaker held.<ref name="ep11" /> As she watched the Duel, Ghost Gal commented on the situation, and she learned that Playmaker desired revenge for something that had happened to him ten years previously. This intrigued her, hearing the connection with SOL Technologies. When Varis was defeated, Ghost Gal returned to Zaizen, and watched as Playmaker used the virus-removal program he'd won on Blue Angel. Blue Angel disappeared, and Ghost Gal reassured Akira that she had successfully logged out. Playmaker left before Zaizen could thank him, impressing Ghost Gal with his cool attitude. After logging out, Ghost Gal sent an anonymous tip to Zaizen's chauffeur, [[Nathaniel]], to drive Zaizen to the hospital to be with his sister.<ref name="ep12">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|12|ref}}</ref> A few days later Emma ran into [[Café Nom]] and met Kolter, but neither recognized each other as either "Ghost Gal" or "Playmaker's assistant". After ordering a coffee and two chili dogs, she said she was interested in Dueling Playmaker, raising Yusaku's interest. Later she logged into LINK VRAINS and met with [[Frog (character)|Frog]] and [[Pigeon]] regarding a interview they had asked "Ghost Gal" to do for them. She gave them the answers to their questions as well as all the information she had gathered about Playmaker for a very expensive price. The information she gave the two reporters would've allowed them to make a big scoop regarding everything Playmaker has done and vital information about the [[Ignis]], but Yusaku and Kolter deleted the scoop while cleaning files involving Playmaker.<ref name="ep13">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|13|ref}}</ref> After her interview, Emma was doing research on Playmaker, recalling his [[Skill]] to obtain monsters from the Data Storm and that ordinary people could not use. She wondered if Playmaker could use it because of his connection with the Data Storm, which she believed to be related to the incident that Varis and Playmaker had discussed. She attempted to find out more by hacking SOL Technologies' data bank with a backdoor program, but a Data Storm protected the database, forcing her to shut down her computer. Emma later spoke with Zaizen about his demotion despite helping save LINK VRAINS; Zaizen replied that he didn't mind as Skye had been healed. Emma noted that Zaizen had been replaced by his former boss, [[Kitamura]], whom Akira believed to be the one making a Duelist army that of A.I. Emma explained that she wanted the Incident Playmaker had been involved in, but as Zaizen knew nothing about it, she'd decided to search on her own by hacking into SOL Technologies' data bank. Zaizen was shocked, but Emma claimed it was just to make connections with them. Zaizen asked her to give the program to him, but Emma replied that she didn't have to, suggesting he pay her. Zaizen refused, so Emma left, suggesting that Playmaker could buy the program. Back at her house, Emma recalled how someone created a path for her to enter the Data Storm during Varis and Playmaker's Master Duel, and she analyzed the program used to create the path and sent a message to its writer offering them the backdoor program if they could defeat her in a Duel.<ref name="ep14">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|14|ref}}</ref> [[File:Emma logs in network.png|thumb|250px|right|Emma logs in to LINK VRAINS.]][[File:Ghost Girl program.png|thumb|250px|left|Ghost Gal shows the program she places as a stake for the Duel.]]She soon received a reply, and she quickly logged into the LINK VRAINS. Ghost Gal quickly met up with Playmaker, and showed him the program she set as a stake for their Duel. Playmaker wondered why she wouldn't access the data bank, she claimed that she wanted his A.I. so she could sell it to SOL Technologies. She admitted she grew more interested in Playmaker after his latest Duel, and that she wanted to battle him as a cyber treasure hunter. Despite Ai's warnings, Playmaker accepted her challenge. In her first turn, Ghost Gal summoned "[[Altergeist Marionetter (anime)|Altergeist Marionetter]]" and Set two Trap Cards, misdirecting Playmaker enough to fend off the attack of his "[[Cyberse Wizard (anime)|Cyberse Wizard]]" with "[[Altergeist Kunquery (anime)|Altergeist Kunquery]]". Despite his attack's failure, Ghost Gal was intrigued by his courage in attacking despite despite her Set cards. Ghost Gal then Link Summoned "[[Altergeist Primebanshee (anime)|Altergeist Primebanshee]]" and swapped one of her "Altergeist Marionetters" for "[[Altergeist Meluseek (anime)|Altergeist Meluseek]]", aiming to defeat Playmaker before he could use his Skill. Ai believed that Ghost Gal couldn't inflict enough damage in one turn, but was scolded by both Ghost Gal and Playmaker for such thinking; Playmaker claimed no Duelist would make such a simple error, making Ghost Gal wonder why everyone was after this "dumb A.I.". "Meluseek" attacked directly, sending "Cyberse Wizard" to the [[Graveyard]] with its effect, allowing "Marionetter" and "Primebanshee" to attack Playmaker directly. Ghost Gal smiled, feeling her dreams grow larger, and ordered Playmaker to brace himself for his defeat.<ref name="ep14"/> Playmaker was able to save himself by [[Special Summon]]ing "[[Lockout Gardna (anime)|Lockout Gardna]]" in [[Attack Position]]. Rather than attack it and reduce Playmaker's LP low enough to use "Storm Access", Ghost Gal (not fooled by Ai's attempts to entice her into attacking) opted not to attack. On Playmaker's turn, Ghost Gal swapped "Altergeist Meluseek" with "[[Altergeist Silquitous (anime)|Altergeist Silquitous]]", by using the effect of "Altergeist Primebanshee", and also added another "Kunquery" to her hand. Playmaker attempted to destroy her ace with "[[Backlinker (anime)|Backlinker]]", but was prevented by Ghost Gal's "[[Altergeist Protocol (anime)|Altergeist Protocol]]". Ghost Gal claimed she could anticipate their every move: Playmaker attempted to revive Backlinker with "[[Striping Partner (anime)|Striping Partner]]", but was stopped by "Altergeist Silquitos". Using "Lockout Gardna", both effects were negated, though Ghost Gal had one final trap prepared. She noted how Playmaker was an interesting person, as she suspected. Playmaker Link Summoned "[[Underclock Taker (anime)|Underclock Taker]]" and tried to weaken "Altergeist Primebanshee". Ghost Gal countered that with "[[Altergeist Camouflage (anime)|Altergeist Camouflage]]", and protected "Altegeist Primebanshee" from attacks, stating Playmaker had reached his limits.<ref name="ep15">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|15|ref}}</ref> [[File:Playmaker saves Ghost Girl.png|thumb|250px|right|Playmaker saves Ghost Gal from the Data Storm.]]But Playmaker paid 1000 LP to activate the effect of his "Balancer Lord", bringing him low enough to use "Storm Access". Ghost Gal refused to let him do so, activating her own Skill "[[Secret Cure]]" to increase their LP. Despite her efforts, Playmaker Special Summoned "[[Scan Doll]]", and paid 1000 LP to use "Altergeist Protocol" on "Altergeist Silquitos". However, Ghost Gal believed he simply forgot about "Altergeist Kunquery" she still had in her hand. Playmaker used "Storm Access", and Ghost Gal followed him into the Data Storm, but she lost control of her [[Duel Board]] and fell off. To her surprise, Playmaker saved her, reminding her their Duel was not over yet. Outside the Data Storm, Ghost Gal thanked Playmaker, but stated that him saving her had nothing to do with their Duel. Playmaker brought out "[[Excode Talker (anime)|Excode Talker]]", and prevented Ghost Gal from using two of her remaining Monster Zones, thus sealing he effect of "Kunquery" and leaving her open to the direct attacks of "Excode Talker", which defeated her. After the Duel, Ghost Gal watched the moon. Ai stated that it was just data, though Ghost Gal replied dumb A.I.s couldn't understand this feeling. Ghost Gal gave the backdoor program to Playmaker, bid him farewell and departed, but not before deleting the footage of the Duel that Frog and Pigeon had recorded, wishing to keep their Duel a secret.<ref name="ep15"/> Later, Ghost Gal revealed to Zaizen that she had given the program to Playmaker. Zaizen was furious, wondering what was Ghost Gal thinking. As a digital butterfly flew near them, Ghost Gal defended herself, reminding Zaizen that he also wanted to know more about the data in the data bank, but that he had no authority after his demotion. Ghost Gal claimed that Kitamura would be held responsible, and would attempt to stop Playmaker, and Zaized realized that if they used Playmaker as a decoy, nobody would notice their activities. After Zaizen logged out, Ghost Gal addressed the digital butterfly as Blue Angel, well aware that Skye had been spying on them, and she offered her a chance to restore her reputation.<ref name="ep16">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|16|ref}}</ref> [[File:Ghost Girl's diamond.png|thumb|250px|left|Ghost Gal obtains a data crystal.]]Zaizen and Emma watched Playmaker's infiltration in Emma's computer, logging into LINK VRAINS after Kitamura sent [[Prototype Green-A|two]] [[Prototype Red-B|A.I.s]] to Duel Playmaker.<ref name="ep16" /> Ghost Gal was pleased to see that Blue Angel had come to the mother computer system to aid Playmaker, much to Zaizen's shock, and her accused Ghost Gal of being involved and tried to save his sister. Ghost Gal reminded him that this was their only chance to learn about the Incident, stating that Zaizen's sister was not a child. With Playmaker and Blue Angel Dueling the A.I.s, they easily made to the data bank, and they learned about the Lost Incident, also known as the Hanoi Project, masterminded by [[Kiyoshi Kogami]] that had involved kidnapping six children, including Playmaker. She hid when Playmaker arrived, and asked Zaizen to hide as well, but he refused despite the risks to their plan.<ref name="ep17">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|17|ref}}</ref> Playmaker asked them why they were in the data bank, and Ghost Gal explained that they were after the data as well. Ai accused Ghost Gal of losing on purpose to give them the backdoor route, but Ghost Gal reminded him that she still had the opportunity to obtain him and had been fine with either outcome. She anticipated that Zaizen would challenge Playmaker to a Duel, noting the strength of his Deck and observing his "[[Tindangle Angel (anime)|Tindangle Angel]]" and "[[Tindangle Hound (anime)|Tindangle Hound]]" combo, comparing them to Akira and Skye's bond as siblings to bring one another back.<ref name="ep18">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|18|ref}}</ref> As the Duel continued, Ghost Gal complimented Zaizen for summoning "[[Tindangle Acute Cerberus (anime)|Tindangle Acute Cerberus]]" during Playmaker's turn. She was pleased when the watching Blue Angel revealed herself to them, and she chipped in with details as Zaizen revealed the history of the Lost Incident.<ref name="ep19">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|19|ref}}</ref> As the Duel continued, she noted that Zaizen's cards both protected his monsters and gave him multiple ways to win. Despite this, Playmaker withstood him by using "[[Cynet Backdoor (anime)|Cynet Backdoor]]", which would allow his "[[Firewall Dragon (anime)|Firewall Dragon]]" to make a direct attack on Zaizen. Zaizen was able to prevent him from attacking with "[[Euler's Circuit (anime)|Euler's Circuit]]", and Ghost Gal believed that this would allow Zaizen to fulfill the conditions of "Gergonne's End" and defeat Playmaker. But despite the limitations, Playmaker triggered the effect of "Gergonne's End" and negated the damage, then his "Firewall Dragon" defeated "Tindangle Acute Cerberus", and defeated Zaizen. Ghost Gal was impressed by Playmaker, noting that nobody could calm his desire for revenge. After Playmaker logged out, Ghost Gal told the Zaizens to be nice to each other, and logged out as well. Emma departed on her motorcycle, wondering who would buy the data she acquired.<ref name="ep20">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|20|ref}}</ref> Ghost Gal was in LINK VRAINS when an eclipse blocked the virtual sun; she suspected the Knights of Hanoi were behind this, and that this was a new threat.<ref name="ep22">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|22|ref}}</ref> As the Knights of Hanoi began more brazenly invading LINK VRAINS and [[Deleted|Deleting]] people, Emma largely remained at her hideout, observing Kitamura's A.I. army confronting the Knights of Hanoi.<ref name="ep24">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|24|ref}}</ref> At a local café, she watched The Gore Duel a Knight of Hanoi on the news, as well as hearing news that Blue Angel had not appeared in LINK VRAINS for some time. Emma met Skye at [[Den City High School]], revaling her that she knew her identity as Blue Angel and that she was Ghost Gal. At a nearby bridge, Emma asked if Skye was done with her online persona, and then told her that it would be fine if she stopped being Blue Angel if she couldn't take full responsibility for her actions and only wanted to do things to please herself. After their discussion, Emma rode away on her motorcycle, asking herself why she did that.<ref name="ep25">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|25|ref}}</ref> After the three Commanders of the Knights of Hanoi were defeated, their attacks ceased. Zaizen met up with Emma at Green Park, reporting that with the Knights of Hanoi gone, peace had returned to LINK VRAINS. Emma wondered if Zaizen came here just to tell her that, and Zaizen admitted that despite the victory, SOL Technologies had been looking for more employees. Zaizen believed that the Knights of Hanoi wouldn't retreat that easily, and noted Varis was still on the loose. Emma felt that something was going on, and she decided search through LINK VRAINS for a treasure. She promised to sell it to Zaizen, who asked for a discount, and Emma promised to think about it. Ghost Gal logged into LINK VRAINS for her treasure hunt, releasing data fireflies to help her in her search. She found Playmaker and Ai, who had traced her data fireflies. Ghost Gal admitted that she had a tip from someone about something going on in LINK VRAINS, and decided that it was likely true if Playmaker was investigating it as well. Ghost Gal admitted that her data fireflies led her to treasure, and Playmaker warned her that the path ahead was dangerous and advised her to log out. Ghost Gal thought Playmaker would steal her treasure, commenting that the reward would be greater if it was dangerous. The data fireflies led them into a data sewer, leading to a reprocessing plant. Playmaker was surprised Ghost Gal knew about it, and Ghost Gal explained that she was a treasure hunter that visited many virtual worlds. They came to a fork in the path; Ghost Gal's data fireflies passed down the path on the right. Ai suggested that they settle who took which path with a game, which amused Ghost Gal. Ghost Gal told him that whoever chose the "lovelier" card from her Deck could choose the path they took. Ai declared a [[Destiny Draw]], only to pick "[[Fake Trap (anime)|Fake Trap]]". Ghost Gal claimed the card was the least lovely in her Deck, and didn't even bother to draw a card. She bid farewell to Ai and Playmaker, following her fireflies down the path on the right.<ref name="ep30">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|30|ref}}</ref> [[File:Ghost Girl bumps into Revolver.png|thumb|250px|right|Ghost Gal encounters Varis himself.]]Ghost Gal came to the reprocessing plant, protected by a force field. Ghost Gal easily cut her way through with a knife, and found [[Tower of Hanoi|a massive pulsing energy core]]. She had her data fireflies analyze it, and learned that an incredible amount of energy was being poured into the core. Some of her fireflies moved to a different area of the plant, and Ghost Gal used a grappling hook to follow them, only to find Varis, who was surprised by her arrival and noted that she was snooping again seen . Ghost Gal promised to leave but Varis barred the exits. Ghost Gal asked Varis what he planned to do with her after capturing her, suspecting she would be in trouble. Varis offered her a chance to leave if she defeated him in a Duel, as he wished to test his rebuilt Deck. Ghost Gal attempted to log out, but Varis pointed out that logging out was disabled.<ref name="ep30"/> Ghost Gal had no choice but to Speed Duel Varis, and started off by summoning "[[Altergeist Marionetter (anime)|Altergeist Marionetter]]" and setting "[[Altergeist Manifestation (anime)|Altergeist Manifestation]]".<ref name="ep30" /> Ghost Gal was surprised that Varis had been in the reprocessing plant, but swore to defeat him to inform the others about what was going on. Ghost Gal noted that Varis did not include an A.I. in his Duel Disk, and Varis stated trusting an AI was foolish. Ghost Gal remembered Varis spoke that Ignis would destroy the world, but Varis ignored her, considering her as a mercenary that would not understand that. Ghost Gal reminded herself of Varis's ace, and noted the longer the Duel lasted, the more she would be at a disadvantage. Varis quickly brought out "Topologic Bomber Dragon", as Ghost Gal sensed Varis wanted to quickly end the Duel. She was able to negate its effects with "Altergeist Kunquery", and she asked Varis about the energy sphere, but Varis simply replied that something unimaginable was about to happen. Ghost Gal then used the effect of "[[Altergeist Silquitous (anime)|Altergeist Silquitous]]" to return "Topologic Bomber Dragon" to Varis's Extra Deck, displeasing him, then Link Summoning "[[Altergeist Primebanshee (anime)|Altergeist Primebanshee]]" and reviving the "[[Altergeist Kidolga (anime)|Altergeist Kidolga]]" that she'd used as a Link Material for the latter's Summon. Ghost Gal's "Altergeist" monsters attacked Varis directly, dropping his LP to 400, and the effect of "Kidolga" even took Varis's "[[Twin Triangle Dragon (anime)|Twin Triangle Dragon]]" to defeat him.<ref name="ep31">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|31|ref}}</ref> [[File:Ghost Girl vanishes.png|thumb|250px|left|Ghost Gal's data is added to the [[Tower of Hanoi]].]]Ghost Gal gloated in her victory, but Varis called her a fool. With [[Mirror Force (anime)|a single Trap Card]], Varis negated the attack and destroyed all of Ghost Gal's monsters. Ghost Gal realized Varis could have simply played his card earlier to avoid damage, and all of that was just so he could activate his Skill. Varis mocked her for not predicting that, while Ghost Gal returned her "Altergeist Marionetter" to her hand. To prevent Varis from using his Skill, Ghost Gal activated "[[Secret Cure]]" to at least raise Varis's LP, but much to her displeasure she drew the zero ATK "Altergeist Kunquery". Varis continued mocking her, stating that her luck had abandoned her. Despite the setback, Ghost Gal planned her strategy to deal with Varis's effects and attacks using "Altergeist Protocol". Unfortunately for her, Varis Set Ghost Gal's card with "[[Red Reboot (anime)|Red Reboot]]", which also let Ghost Gal set a Trap Card from her Deck, but rendered her unable to use any Trap Cards during his turn. Ghost Gal still believed she had the LP and field advantage, but Varis mocked her, claiming that only darkness awaited her from which she could not escape. Varis used his own Skill, "[[Storm Access (anime)|Storm Access]]", to obtain a new Link Monster, which emitted from the energy sphere. Varis Link Summoned his new monster, "[[Topologic Trisbaena (anime)|Topologic Trisbaena]]", and used it to defeat Ghost Gal, who screamed as she fell off her Duel Board. By this point Playmaker had arrived, and he swore to save her, but Ghost Gal claimed that she was too pathetic for a professional. Instead she gave Playmaker the data she had acquired by analyzing the sphere. Ghost Gal glowed with a red light, and started vanishing. She warned Playmaker about Varis and his new card before disappearing.<ref name="ep31"/> With her loss, her data was added to the [[Tower of Hanoi]] and used to construct its rings.<ref name="ep32">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|32|ref}}</ref> After Playmaker defeated Varis, the Tower of Hanoi was destroyed. As such, everyone's data, including Emma's, were returned to their original owners, restoring their consciousnesses.<ref name="ep46">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|46|ref}}</ref> === Ignis ===Three months after waking from her coma, Emma visited the new [[LINK VRAINS]], noting that there were likely many new treasures to be found here. She encountered [[Naoki Shima|The Brave Battler]], who introduced himself as [[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]]'s ally. Ghost Gal claimed to be impressed, and departed, warning The Brave Battler that he shouldn't broadcast his relationship with Playmaker. She met up with [[The Shepherd]] in the central plaza, noting that he'd accepted the contract on Playmaker from [[SOL Technologies]]. Shepherd confirmed that he had, and criticized Ghost Gal for being soft when she stated that she hadn't as she owed Playmaker. She criticized him for making his decisions based on money, and he replied that it was professional and warned her that he wouldn't show her mercy if she opposed him.<ref name="ep47">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|47|ref}}</ref> She later observed both Playmaker's Speed Duel against Bohman, and [[Theodore Hamilton|Soulburner]]'s against [[Bit]][[Boot]], surprised by the [[Reincarnation Link Summon]] that Soulburner used and that he had an [[Ignis]].<ref name="ep48">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|48|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep49">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|49|ref}}</ref> The next day, [[Akira Zaizen|Zaizen]] called Emma and [[Skye Zaizen|Skye]] to Green Park.<ref name="ep50">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|50|ref}}</ref> He explained the history of the Ignis to them and that they had been scattered, and explained that he wanted Emma to find them in a mysterious world beneath LINK VRAINS. Emma deduced that Zaizen didn't want SOL Technologies knowing about this, and Zaizen stated that he wanted to learn the truth about the Ignis's intentions. As she knew The Shepherd would be on her tail if she messed up, Emma requested triple her usual fee, and Zaizen gave her a logout program that could extract her even in the unknown world. Skye then downloaded the program herself, intending to accompany Emma. Emma was unhappy with Skye's decision, believing she would hold her back, but Skye convinced Zaizen to allow her to go, and Emma reluctantly agreed.<ref name="ep53"/> Before logging in, Emma sent the information about the gate and a stealth program to Playmaker, informing Zaizen of the decision so that the Bounty Hunters would pursue them rather than her and Skye.<ref name="ep50" /> Ghost Gal and Blue Angel logged in, using Ghost Gal's stealth program to bypass the security cameras and the restricted barrier. After they entered the Restricted Area, they removed their stealth programs, and Blue Angel revealed that she'd changed her Avatar for the stealth mission. Ghost Gal approved of her more mature look and dubbed the new Avatar "Blue Gal". As they descended, Blue Gal asked Ghost Gal about The Shepherd, and Ghost Gal recalled their mission to capture the [[hacker]], but didn't divulge her musings to Blue Gal, simply telling her that Shepherd was dangerous and would do anything to capture his prey.<ref name="ep53" /> [[File:GhostGirlBlueGirlShields.png|right|250px|thumb|Ghost Gal and Blue Gal using shields to dissipate the wind]]Ghost Gal and Blue Gal successfully managed to enter the unknown world through the gate, where they were met by strong winds. After being nearly brought down, both of them landed safely, only to find the emergency signal from the missing research team. As they reached the cave originating the signal, they found the unconscious researchers. Blue Gal suggested they could rescue them by using their emergency evacuation program, but that would require using both of their logout, and Ghost Gal wasn't willing to risk it. Blue Gal then explained how she couldn't leave them behind, since her previous defeats only showed how much of a child she still was, forcing others to always save her, and for that reason, she couldn't allow herself to leave others behind. With that reasoning, Ghost Gal accepted using her program as well, logging out both researchers. After leaving the cave, they managed to travel safely through the winds using a shield program, until it suddenly stopped blowing as Playmaker and Soulburner reached them.<ref name="ep55"/> Upon making contact with the two, Blue Gal presented herself as Blue Angel. Soulburner was happy to meet another savior of the old LINK VRAINS observing , but Blue Gal stated they were actually seeking to retrieve the Ignis. While both Playmaker and Ghost Gal were willing to solve the duel between situation without Dueling, Soulburner accepted Blue Gal's challenge.<ref name="ep55" /> Playmaker departed afterwards, and Ghost Gal opted not to follow him, instead watching her partner's Speed Duel. She was visibly satisfied with Blue Gal's performance, as she was able to predict and prevent all of Soulburner's initial moves. However, he was able to turn the Duel around and [[Fusion Summon]]ed "[[Aoi Salamangreat Violet Chimera (anime)|Salamangreat Violet Chimera]]", winning the Duel in a single attack. Ghost Gal was surprised to see Blue Gal lose so suddenly, especially considering the position she was in. After Soulburner forcibly logged out Blue Gal, Ghost Gal approached him, but decided not to challenge him after seeing the poor condition in which he was due to the previous battle. [[Flame (character)|Flame]] then offered her a copy of Blue Gal's evacuation program, which she accepted, recognizing she wouldn't be able to go any further without her partner.<ref name="ep56">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|56|ref}}</ref> Zaizen met with Emma and Skye in Green Park, and Emma told Zaizenthat Playmaker was after [[Jin Kolter|someone]]'s consciousness data. Emma noted Zaizen's regret that SOL Technologies kept pursuing Playmaker, and Zaizen admitted that he owed Playmaker. Zaizen suggested finding Playmaker in the real world, but Emma found the task futile. However, Skye later came to her with a possible lead; Naoki Shima, aka The Brave Battler, who had claimed to be Playmaker's friend. Emma decided to test Shima in a Duel, suggesting that Skye could lure him out with a Blue Angelevent. Skye was displeased, but set the event up, and Ghost Gal met with The Brave Battler in a side street. She teased him that she might be a bounty hunter before clarifying that she was joking and challenged him to a Duel. Ghost Gal went easy on The Brave Battler, warning him beforehand of the effect of "[[Altergeist Silquitous (anime)|Altergeist Silquitous]]" and waiting to see what he'd do. The Brave Battler depleted half his LP to [[Special Summon]] two "[[Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest (anime)|Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest]]", and Ghost Gal wondered if he would simply attack. Instead, The Brave Battler [[Link Summon]]ed "[[Metal Baboon, Stalwart of the Forest]]" and attacked, believing that a [[Link Monster]] was immune to the effect of "Silquitous". Ghost Gal promptly swarmed her field with "[[Altergeist]]" monsters and returned "Metal Baboon" to The Brave Battler's [[Extra Deck]]. The Brave Battler asked her not to defeat him with three attacks, and Ghost Gal obliged, Link Summoning "[[Altergeist Hexstia (anime)|Altergeist Hexstia]]" and defeating him in a single attack, realizing that The Brave Battler was simply talking big. Blue Gal apologized to Ghost Gal for wasting her time, and Ghost Gal reassured her that it was expected before reminding Blue Gal that Blue Angel still had to make an appearance.<ref name="ep7ep60">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|60|ref}}</ref> Later, Emma detected the gate opening again, and she began coding, managing to attach a data firefly to Soulburner as he approached the gate, which drew him in after he and Playmaker approached it.<ref name="ep60" /> Emma realized that the gate was fabricated and only the same as the genuine one on a surface level, and contacted Skye to inform her of the situation, though she told her not to log in. Emma suspected The Shepherd was behind the gate, and that Zaizen likely knew the gate was false too.<ref name="ep61">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|61|ref}}</ref> Emma attempted to observe what was going on inside the gate with the bug she'd planted on Soulburner, but Shepherd destroyed it instantly.<ref name="ep62">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|62|ref}}</ref> However, Emma had managed to sneak another bug in the form of a lizard in to keep an eye on Soulburner and The Shepherd's Duel. She noticed that a rescue program had been launched, and she quickly deduced that [[Cal Kolter|Playmaker's ally]] was responsible. She noted that it was a good program, but lacked the finishing touches needed to defeat Shepherd's tendencies. She began modifying the program, and saw Soulburner fool Shepherd by faking his trauma, impressed that he got one over Shepherd. Emma launched the program just as Soulburner declared a direct attack, destroying the trap. Ghost Gal then logged in and confronted The Shepherd, and he warned her that he'd told her not to interfere. Ghost Gal claimed Shepherd might have lost, but Shepherd snapped that he would have won and he turned his arm on her, warning her that they would be enemies if she interfered.<ref name="ep63">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|63|ref}}</ref> [[File:Zaizen visits Skye and Emma.png|thumb|right|250px|Emma and Skye learn about the Ignis's declaration of war.]]Akira visited Emma and Skye at Emma's hideout and told them that two of the Ignis, the [[Lightning|Light]] and [[Windy|Wind]] Ignis, in addition to another A.I. called [[Bohman]] wanted to conquer humanity. As Skye wondered if there and been a falling out between the Ignis, Emma pointed out that Ai and Flame would be on their side. Skye pointed out that there would be [[Earth (character)|two]] [[Aqua (character)|other]] Ignis left, and Emma decided that they would search for them and hopefully ally with them, though she didn't want to imagine what would happen if they decided to side with the other rouge Ignis. [[George Gore|The Gore]] found the two Ignis first and challenged one of them, Earth, to a Speed Duel; Akira sent Emma and Skye the feed of the Duel. Earth appeared to gain the upper hand, impressing Emma. Skye decided to go to [[LINK VRAINS]] as she believed she was useless in the real world, and she told Emma to stay behind and give her status updates. Emma was flustered but pleased by Skye's maturity and she agreed.<ref name="ep74">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|74|ref}}</ref> Unfortunately, though Blue Gal was able to catch up with Playmaker, Earth, and Gore, but Gore defeated Earth and captured him and was logged out before Blue Gal or Playmaker could Duel him.<ref name="ep75">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|75|ref}}</ref> That night, Emma and Skye watched Earth's dissection from their hideout in horror as the Ignis protested that he was alive, and Skye asked Emma what an Ignis really was.<ref name="ep75" /> Emma told Skye to ask Akira, and they met with him on the hill the next day. After Skye had posed her questions to Akira, Emma asked if this had been why Akira wanted them to find the Ignis first, and Akira admitted that he hadn't thought SOL Technologies would go so far. At [[Emma Bessho's apartment|her apartment]] that night, Emma worked on finding Aqua, deciding to follow The Shepherd as she believed he'd likely find her first. Skye woke up from a dream about a childhood friend, [[Miyu Sugisaki|Miyu]], though Emma suggested she go back to sleep if she'd been dreaming about a date with a handsome guy. She explained to Skye what she was doing, given that The Gore had captured Earth she believed The Shepherd would pursue Aqua. Emma's judgment was correct, and after Blue Gal saved Aqua from The Shepherd, Ghost Gal concealed them with a program. Aqua thanked Blue Gal for saving her again, and she revealed that her Origin was Miyu, who had been rendered comatose by the Light Ignis. Ghost Gal was surprised that there had been a connection between Aqua and Blue Gal, so she decided to take on The Shepherd to allow them to escape. Ghost Gal met up with Shepherd, and he angrily asked her why she was siding with the Ignis. Ghost Gal claimed it was due to woman's friendship and admitted her own surprise at her actions. She accepted Shepherd's challenge of a [[Deletion Duel]] that would erase the loser's account, and revealed that she knew he was her half-brother.<ref name="ep76">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|776|ref}}</ref>

[[File:LinkvrainstrapVrains 077.png|thumb|left|250px|Ghost Girl turns LINK VRAINS into a trap for PlaymakerGal faces deletion at the hand of The Shepherd.]]She was present in the hospital when Akira learned Ghost Gal tried to talk Shepherd out of his sisterhatred for the Ignis, Aoi Zaizenbut The Shepherd snapped that her comfortable upbringing meant she knew nothing and he ordered her to continue. Ghost Gal started strongly in comparison to Shepherd's condition. At some pointsimple first turn; although she failed to negate the effect of his "[[Drone Corporal]]" with "[[Infinite Impermanence (anime)|Infinite Impermanence]]", Emma was hired by the move allowed her to swarm her field with her "[[SOL TechnologiesAltergeist]] " monsters, Link Summoning "Altergeist Hexstia" and reported to them about Aoi being Blue Angel[[Synchro Summon]]ing "[[Altergeist Dragvirion (anime)|Altergeist Dragvirion]]". She later met with him This allowed her to discuss trapping Playmaker. Akira was also aware that Emma worked for other people. Emma then masqueraded as Blue Angel both empower "Hexstia" and successfully lured Playmaker allow her to LINK VRAINScontinuously provide it with [[Tribute]] for its own negation effect, countering The Shepherd's "[[Capture Drone]]". He confronted Though she knew Shepherd wouldn't let her knowing that she was deceiving himwin so easily, she then proceeded attempted to trap him defeat Shepherd there and witnessed Akira's interrogation then, but he [[Drone Asteroid|blocked]] her direct attack and torture of Playmakerwarned her that it would be her last turn. She He brought out "[[Battledrone General]]" and assembled his formation, but Ghost Gal was then surprised by the appearance of able to stop it with "[[RevolverAltergeist Kunquery (anime)|Altergeist Kunquery]] ". Shepherd claimed it wasn't his aim and instead used "[[Drone Force Tuning]]" to perform his ability own Synchro Summon during the [[Battle Phase]]. Ghost Gal attempted to control negate it with "Hexstia", but "Drone Force Tuning" could not be negated and The Shepherd successfully Synchro Summoned "[[Data StormCommandrone Double Sniper]]s".<ref name=Ghost Gal was able to negate the attack and effect of "General", but Shepherd weakened "ep8Dragvirion">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|8|ref}}</ref> Per Akira's orderswith his [[Skill]], "[[Drone Force]]" and attacked with "Double Sniper". Ghost Girl went after Revolver Gal negated that attack as well, but her continual negation of attacks had fueled the effect of "Double Sniper", allowing it to attack directly and Playmaker Shepherd to Tribute it with a camera to film their Duel. She was intrigued at how Playmaker performed three the effect of "General", inflicting the [[Link SummonATK]]of "Double Sniper" to Ghost Gal and defeating her. Lamenting her inability to protect Blue Gal and Aqua, Ghost Gal told Shepherd about their father's at oncedeath and that her father had asked her to help him if he needed it. As she accepted her account's erasure, Shepherd spared her and was shocked at Revolverlogged out. As Ghost Gal's power to summon a Data Storm program dissipated, Playmaker and Soulburner arrived and asked where The Shepherd, Blue Gal and Aqua were. Blue Gal and "Aqua revealed themselves; Aqua having taken up residence in Blue Gal's [[Topologic Bomber Dragon (anime)|Topologic Bomber DragonDuel Disk]]. Blue Gal then changed her Avatar again, this time to Blue Maiden. Ghost Gal watched the three Ignis and their partners fly away, noting that now all the participants were here.<ref name="ep77" /> She joined them in the sky, heading to the location where Aqua had been imprisoned with Ghost Gal to search for any traces of Lightning's log, but Lightning had covered his tracks well and left no traces.<ref name="ep9ep78">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|978|ref}}</ref> As Revolver and Playmaker went inside the Data StormDespite Ghost Gal scanning LINK VRAINS with her data fireflies, Ghost Girl was they were unable to enter it, and her camera stopped recordingfind any clues.<ref name="ep10ep79">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1079|ref}}</ref>

[[File:Emma finds Kengo kneeling at their father's grave.png|thumb|left|250px|Emma finds Kenneth at their father's grave.]][[File:The Shepherd is erased as he apologizes to Ghost Girl VRAINS appearanceGal.png|thumb|right|250px|The Shepherd dissolves in Ghost Girl enters the Data Storm to watch Revolver and Playmaker DuelGal's arms.]]Ghost Girl admitted she could log out of LINK VRAINS Emma later took flowers to create a program her father's grave, only to enter find Kenneth there doing the Data Stormsame. She asked if he had forgiven their father, but she would not be able Kenneth claimed that he was making peace with his past. He revealed that he knew about the Ignis rebellion, and Emma attempted to return enlist Kenneth to help them, but Kenneth refused, claiming that he was working alone and asking Emma to stay out of the networkbattle. To find more about how Yusaku was doingEmma and Skye later logged in to search for Lightning again, and [[Shoichi KusanagiCal Kolter|ShoichiPlaymaker's ally]] created sent them coordinates to a path for Ghost Girl portal that had appeared. The portal led to enter the Data Storm. Ghost Girl Lightning's palace, where he was intriguedfacing off against Shepherd, seeing Playmaker who Lightning explained he had an ally they never knew about. She went through invited to eliminate the path, wishing she could discuss more about this programweakest Duelists first. Nevertheless, after arriving inside Shepherd told them to stay out of the Data StormDuel, and Ghost Girl Gal watched Revolver and Playmakerthe Duel nervously as Shepherd countered Lightning's Duel, with her cameras recording it"[[Judgment Arrows]]".<ref name="ep11ep79">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|11|ref}}</ref> While watching their her allies commented on the Duel's progress, Ghost Girl noted how Playmaker's next turn would decide the outcomeGal remained silent until its conclusion, where Lightning was able to defeat Shepherd. She noted how Playmaker made his attack and Revolver countered it. She heard how Playmaker wanted revenge for what had happened 10 years ago. This intrigued Ghost Gal ran to herbrother in horror, hearing the connection with SOL Technologiesrevealing their relationship to her allies. With Revolver's defeat, Ghost Girl returned Shepherd apologized to Emma for failing to Akirahelp her, and watched as Playmaker used the virus-removal program on Blue Angel. The latter disappeared, as Ghost Girl told Akira Gal realized that she successfully logged Shepherd had struck out. Playmaker left without Akira being able on his own to thank him, which impressed Ghost Girl for his cool attitudeprotect her. After logging outShepherd's data was then claimed by Lightning, leaving Ghost Girl had [[Isomaki]] drive Akira to the hospital to meet up with his sisterGal calling after her half-brother in horror.<ref name="ep12ep80">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1280|ref}}</ref> A few days later Afterwards, Emma ran into [[Café Nagi]] and met Shoichi, but neither recognized each other as either "Ghost Girl" or "Playmakervisited their father's assistant"grave again, thinking of her brother. After ordering a coffee and two chili dogsSkye called her back, she said she was interested in Dueling as Playmaker, raising Yusaku's interest. Later she and Soulburner had logged into LINK VRAINS again, and met with [[Frog (character)|Frog]] and [[Pigeon]] regarding a interview they had asked "Ghost Girl" Emma arrived in time to do for them. She gave them the answers to their questions as well as all the information she had gathered about see Playmaker for a very expensive priceand Soulburner encounter The Gore. The information she gave the two reporters would've allowed them Skye logged into LINK VRAINS to make a big scoop regarding everything Playmaker has done and vital information about watch the [[Ignis]]Duel from there, but Yusaku and Shoichi deleted the scoop while cleaning files involving PlaymakerEmma remained behind.<ref name="ep13ep81">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1381|ref}}</ref>

Emma was doing research on later sent Playmaker's allies the footage of Earth's final moments. Playmakerasked her, recalling his ability Blue Maiden, and Aqua to obtain monsters from meet with them the Data Storm next day, and noted how they gathered in the upper levels of LINK VRAINS. Playmaker revealed that is a [[SkillRoken Kogami|Varis]] ordinary people cannot use. She wondered if Playmaker could do this sort of thing because of his connection wanted to meet with the Data Stormthem, a connection she believed to be related much to Ghost Gal's shock, and Ai added that incident ten years agothey knew his identity. She went to hack SOL Technologies' data bankAlthough Aqua was cautious of a trap, to find out more, by creating Ghost Gal was fine with giving Varis a backdoor programchance given their history. However, Varis erected a Data Storm protected the database. Suddenlybarrier around them when he arrived, she gasped and immediately shut down her computerGhost Gal took up the role of confronting him. Despite her failureVaris explained that he needed their help, she swore not having initially attempted to give uprecruit The Shepherd, considering her interest in Playmakermuch to Ghost Gal's historyshock. At He stated that they needed to find Lightning as soon as possible, but Soulburner refused his help, still angered over the bridgeLost Incident, Akira spoke and he challenged Varis to Emma, who noted even if Akira was involved in saving LINK a Duel.<ref name="ep83">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|83|ref}}</ref> Ghost Gal believed that Varis wouldn't go easy on Soulburner, but to her shock he was still demotedpassed his turn. Akira Soulburner found himself unable to finish Varis off, and Varis revealed that he was not displeasedRoken Kogami, since his wish to cure Aoi was fulfilled when Playmaker gave out the virus removal program. Emma stated Akira was replaced by his former boss son of [[KitamuraKiyoshi Kogami|Dr. Kogami]], whom Akira believed to be and the one making who had saved the Duelist army children. He asked them to follow them, and Aqua and Blue Maiden stated that used AIthey trusted Varis, and would do anything so Ghost Gal accompanied them into a portal that led to get resultsthe ruins of the previous LINK VRAINS, where the Tower of Hanoi stood. Emma wished Varis explained that he intended to know about Playmaker's incident ten years ago but since Akira knew nothing about use it, she decided as a scan program to make her search on her ownfind Lightning, by hacking into SOL Technologies' data bank. Akira was shocked, but Emma claimed and Ghost Gal realized this was just why Varis had tried to make connections with recruit The Shepherd. Varis stated that company. Akira asked of her they would work together to give such data complete the program, so they would be able to himstop it at any time, but Emma stated she was not forced and Ghost Gal agreed to do so, claiming he could pay herhelp. Akira refused, and Emma grew disinterested became one of the architects of Akira. She leftthe program, claiming Playmaker could buy such data to know more about the ten-year-past incidentworking on it from her hideout. Back at her houseThe next morning, Skye asked Emma remembered how someone created a path for her to enter go to LINK VRAINS and monitor the Data Storm during Revolver and Playmaker's Duelsituation, as she could contact Zaizen if necessary. She analyzed that program, and sent Ghost Gal watched from a rooftop as a ghostly duplicate of LINK VRAINS appeared on the message to its writerhorizon.<ref name="ep14ep84">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1484|ref}}</ref>

[[File:Emma logs in networkGhost Gal reveals Blue Maiden is Dueling Bohman.png|thumb|left250px|right|Emma logs Ghost Gal and Zaizen monitor Blue Maiden in to Mirror LINK VRAINS.]][[File:Ghost Girl programGal continued to monitor the situation in LINK VRAINS as the users grew unsettled, and Zaizen joined her as LINK VRAINS realigned itself.png<ref name="ep85">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|85|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep86">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|thumb86|ref}}</ref> Zaizen asked Ghost Girl shows the program she places Gal what was going on as a stake for the Duel.]]Shoichi and Yusaku read the message she left on a forum, in which she challenged Playmaker LINK VRAINS began to a Duelglitch, betting her access to the SOL Technologies' data bank and Playmaker's Ghost Gal explained about [[AiMirror LINK VRAINS]]. Yusaku accepted her challenge, and Shoichi wrote the message to EmmaZaizen. She quickly responded to the message by logging into the LINK VRAINS, as Ghost Girl. There, she quickly met up with Playmakershowed Zaizen footage of Blue Maiden Dueling Bohman, and showed him her program explained that Blue Maiden was Skye and that she set as a stake was fighting for the DuelMiyu Sugisaki. Playmaker wondered why wouldnZaizen admitted to Ghost Gal that he't she access d realized that rather than involving Skye in the data bank, and was told Ghost Girl wanted battle due to his Aijob, so she could sell it to the SOL Technologies. She admitted she grew more interested in Playmaker after had instead been involved by factors beyond his latest Duel, and wanted to battle him as a cyber treasure huntercontrol. Despite AiTo Ghost Gal's warningsshock, Playmaker accepted her Duel, as Bohman claimed to have become one with LINK VRAINS and caused the two rode off on the Data Wind. In her first turnworld to glitch violently, Emma summoned "preventing people from logging out; Zaizen contacted [[Altergeist Marionetter (anime)Risa Hayami|Altergeist MarionetterHayami]]to assess the situation, but learned that someone else had taken control of the server.<ref name=" and Set two cards. Playmaker had his ep90"[[Cyberse Wizard (anime)>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|90|Cyberse Wizard]]" attackref}}</ref> Ghost Gal and Zaizen went to Central Station to access the LINK VRAINS Control Center and use emergency procedures to log everyone out, but was stopped by Ghost GirlBohman blocked Zaizen's "[[Altergeist Kunquery (anime)|Altergeist Kunquery]]"sign-in and projected the Duel on the monitor. Despite his attackBlue Maiden was pushed into a corner by Bohman, Ghost Girl and Zaizen screamed at Skye not to give up; Blue Maiden was intrigued how able to escape her pinch and come close to defeating Bohman, but he dared was able to attacksurvive and strip away the protections of her ace monster, despite eventually defeating her Set cards. Ghost Girl Summoned another Gal watched silently as Zaizen was allowed a final embrace with Blue Maiden before her data was absorbed by Bohman.<ref name="Altergeist Marionetterep91", Set another card, then Link Summoned "[[Altergeist Primebanshee (anime)>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|Altergeist Primebanshee]]". She swapped one of her "Altergeist Marionetters" for "[[Altergeist Meluseek (anime)91|Altergeist Meluseek]]". Ghost Girl ended her preparationsref}}</ref> Afterwards, and aimed Zaizen tried to defeat Playmaker before he could use his Skill. As all of SOL Technologies' resources to rescue Blue Maiden, but Ghost Girl initiated Gal convinced him to prioritize the Battle Phase and claimed she would win users still trapped in that turn, Ai laughed, as she would make 2400 LP damageLINK VRAINS. Both Playmaker and To Ghost Girl scolded Ai for such thinking; Gal's shock, footage showed Playmaker claimed no Duelist would make that simple math errorDueling Cal Kolter, making Ghost Girl wonder why everyone was after "this dumb AI". Regardless, "Altergeist Meluseek" attacked directly and sent "Cyberse Wizard" to the owner of the [[GraveyardCafé Nom]], allowing "Altergeist Marionetter" to attack directlyhotdog truck, and allowing "Altergeist Primebanshee" to do so as well. Ghost Girl smiled, feeling her dreams grow larger, and ordered Playmaker to brace himself for his defeatshe realized who Kolter was.<ref name="ep14ep92">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|92|ref}}</ref>

[[File:Ghost Girl had "Altergeist Primebanshee" attack Playmaker directlyGal is ensnared by the Neuron Link as she tries to protect Zaizen. To prevent that, Playmaker [[Special Summon]]ed "[[Lockout Gardna (anime)png|thumb|left|250px|Lockout GardnaGhost Gal sacrifices herself to protect Zaizen from the Neuron Link.]]"Playmaker defeated Kolter, but Soulburner and Varis were both defeated, leaving only Playmaker and Bohman in LINK VRAINS. Seeing that Ai was merely pretending As Playmaker Dueled Bohman, Ghost Gal and Zaizen decided to hack the system of LINK VRAINS and shut it down to be sadforcibly log everyone out, though Ghost Girl knew they Gal expressed concern that the users would have enough LP to use Storm Access, likely suffer mental damage. A strange Ignis algorithm appeared in both LINK VRAINS and Mirror LINK VRAINS and opted not began striking users down with green lightning as to attack. On PlaymakerGhost Gal's turnshock, Ghost Girl swapped "Altergeist Meluseek" with "Bohman [[Altergeist Silquitous (anime)|Altergeist SilquitousLink Summon]]", by using the effect of "Altergeist Primebanshee", and also added an "Altergeist Kunquery" to her hand. Playmaker attempted to destroy her ace by Tributing "ed a [[Backlinker (anime)Link 5 Monster Cards|BacklinkerLink-5 monster]]", but was prevented by Ghost Girl's "[[Altergeist Protocol (anime)|Altergeist ProtocolChimera Hydradrive Dragrid]]". Ghost Girl claimed she could anticipate their every move: Playmaker attempted to revive Backlinker with "and explained that he had used the algorithm, a [[Striping PartnerNeuron Link]]", but was stopped by "Altergeist Silquitos"to create it. Using <ref name="Lockout Gardnaep99">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|99|ref}}</ref> As Ghost Gal and Zaizen worked, both effects Hayami contacted them and informed them that the number of logins had increased due to curious users logging in; Zaizen angrily noted that Bohman was using the foolishness of humans to his advantage. As more people were negatedtrapped by the Neuron Link, though Zaizen mused that he and Ghost Girl had one final trap prepared. She noted how Playmaker Gal were likely safe if the Neuron Link was an interesting person, as she suspectedselecting victims in user account order. Playmaker Link Summoned "[[Underclock Taker (anime)|Underclock TakerFaust]]" then contacted them, informing them of a plan to destroy the Neuron Link by destabilizing the overlap between LINK VRAINS and Mirror LINK VRAINS by attacking it from both within and tried outside LINK VRAINS. Although Zaizen was unwilling to weaken trust the Knights after their past actions, Ghost Gal convinced him to agree, producing a virus bomb to attack the system from within.<ref name="Altergeist Primebansheeep100". >{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|100|ref}}</ref> As they worked to upload the virus bomb, Ghost Girl countered Gal noted that the logins have diminished after the danger had become clear. Security prevented the virus bomb from activating, forcing Zaizen to bypass it manually. But Bohman finally noticed their efforts and attacked them with "[[Altergeist Camouflage (anime)|Altergeist Camouflage]]", the Neuron Link; Ghost Gal pushed Zaizen out of her way and protected "Altegeist Primebanshee" from attackstook the fork of lightning, stating Playmaker had reached his limitstelling Zaizen not to mess up as her consciousness was trapped by the Neuron Link.<ref name="ep15ep101">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|15101|ref}}</ref>

[[File:After Playmaker saves Ghost Girl.png|thumb|left|Playmaker saves Ghost Girl from the Data Storm.]][[File:Excode Talker defeats Ghost Girl.png|thumb|"Excode Talker" attacks Ghost Girl directly.]]Playmaker paid 1000 LP to activate the effect of "Balancer Lord"defeated Bohman, making him eligible to use Storm Access. Ghost Girl refused to let him activate the Skill Gal and used Secret Cure to increase both of their LP. Playmaker Special Summoned "[[Scan Doll]]"Zaizen were revived, and paid 1000 LP they hurried out to Central Station to use "Altergeist Protocol" on "Altergeist Silquitos". However, Ghost Girl believed he simply forgot about "Altergeist Kunquery" she still had in her hand. find Playmaker used Storm Access, but Ghost Girl went with him into the Data Storm. HoweverSoulburner, she lost control of her [[D-Board]] Blue Maiden and was saved by PlaymakerThe Shepherd, which surprised her. Playmaker reminded her their Duel was not over yet and let her go back on the D-Board. Outside the Data Storm, Ghost Girl thanked Playmaker, but stated Ai explained that Bohman had nothing to do with the Duel. Playmaker brought out "[[Excode Talker (anime)|Excode Talker]]", and prevented Ghost Girl from using two of her remaining Monster Zonesrevived everyone, thus sealing "Altergeist Kunquery's" effect. Ghost Girl suggesting it was in shock with her monsters being unable due to attack and was defeated by "Excode Talker's" two direct attackspride. At the end of Duel, As Ghost Girl Gal watched Mirror LINK VRAINS crumble in the moon. Ai stated that was just datadistance, though Ghost Girl replied dumb AI-s couldn't understand this feeling. With her defeatSoulburner asked what had happened to Flame, Ghost Girl gave the backdoor link to Playmaker. She bid him farewell and walked away. Frog and Pigeon were recording Ai apologized, fleeing into the Duel, but Ghost Girl deleted that info, wishing that Duel to be a secretnetwork.<ref name="ep15ep103">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|103|ref}}</ref>

In LINK VRAINS===Ai===[[Akira Zaizen|Zaizen]] requested Emma's services again, Ghost Girl told Akira how so she gave the program logged into Central Station with [[The Shepherd]] and [[George Gore|The Gore]] to Playmaker. Akira was furiousmeet with him, wondering what was Ghost Girl thinking. As a digital butterfly flew near them[[Skye Zaizen|Blue Maiden]], Ghost Girl defended herself[[Yusaku Fujiki|Playmaker]], reminding Akira also wanted to know more about the data in the mother computer[[Theodore|Soulburner]], but had no authority after his demotion. Ghost Girl claimed that Kitamura would be held responsibleand [[Cal Kolter|Unnamed]], and would make his attempt to stop Playmaker. Akira noted if Playmaker was the decoy, nobody would notice their activities, and he grew more interested in his company's activitiessupport ally. Akira wished everything would go as plannedZaizen revealed that [[Queen]] had been attacked and her code key stolen, and logged out. Ghost Girl, however, stated the digital butterfly was actually Blue Angel, and offered her a chance Gal believed that Zaizen wanted them to restore her reputationretrieve it. Later, Akira and Emma were watching Playmaker's infiltration in the system on Zaizen instead revealed he wanted them to protect him from the latter's computer. Seeing Kitamura sent culprit; [[Prototype Ai-A|two]] , who had told Zaizen he would come for him in three days. Ghost Gal was surprised that Ai seemed to want revenge on [[Prototype Ai-B|AIsSOL Technologies]] , though Playmaker asked for time to Duel Playmaker, Akira and Emma logged into LINK VRAINS, and went deeper decide to access the data bankhelp.<ref name="ep16ep105">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|16105|ref}}</ref>

Three days later, Ghost Gal, The Shepherd, and The Gore logged in again to meet with Blue Maiden, Soulburner and Zaizen; Playmaker was absent. Zaizen revealed that [[File:Ghost Girl's diamond.pngRoken Kogami|thumb|left|Ghost Girl obtained a data diamond.Varis]] and the [[Knights of Hanoi]]had also agreed to help him, with the promise that they would turn themselves in once Ai was dealt with. Ghost Girl Gal was glad Blue Angel came to concerned, as the mother computer systemKnights of Hanoi had previously aimed for revenge against SOL Technologies, but AkiraVaris reassured her that [[Lightning]] had been responsible and they no longer bore a grudge against SOL Technologies. Ghost Gal noted that SOL Technologies and Zaizen would also take the fall if the truth was revealed, shocked at thisthough Zaizen was resolute in his decision and Ghost Gal accepted it. Varis gave Ghost Gal one of the copies of [[Pandor]], thought Ghost Girl an anti-[[Ignis]] A.I. the Knights of Hanoi had some involvementcreated. He went to save herZaizen assigned Ghost Gal, but Ghost Girl reminded him this was their only chance The Shepherd and [[Specter]] to find more about patrol the incidenteastern interior gateway, and pointed out Blue Angel was not a mere childas they moved to their assigned positions, Playmaker arrived. The two continued on<ref name="ep105" /> Playmaker, Soulburner and Varis were distracted by Ai copies, intending on reaching while the data bank before Playmaker didreal Ai defeated [[Baira]] and [[Dr. Genome]]. Ghost Gal and The two went through a lightShepherd found Roboppi, where who requested to take them on at the data bank same time, and while Shepherd was locatedamused at being underestimated by the household A. They saw a pedestal with golden pillars, where the data about 10 years ago was locatedI. Inside, Ghost Girl obtained a data diamond, Gal quickly agreed as they needed to finish the Duel quickly and hid when Playmaker arrivedstop Ai. She asked Akira Pandor warned Ghost Gal to hide be careful, as well, but he refused, even if she warned him he would spoil their planhad no Duel data on Roboppi.<ref name="ep17ep106">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|17106|ref}}</ref> When Playmaker questioned Ghost Girl and Akira about why  As they were in began the data bank[[Tag Duel|Tag]] [[Speed Duel]], she explained Roboppi stated theywouldn't use their [[Skill]], though they were after the data as well. Ai thought fine with Ghost Girl lost on purpose Gal and Shepherd using theirs, and they also offered to hand let them chose who went first. Shepherd took the backdoor routefirst turn, but [[Link Summon]]ing "[[Battledrone General]]" and reviving "[[Battledrone Warrant]]". Roboppi Link Summoned "[[Appliancer Celtopus (anime)|Appliancer Celtopus]]", [[co-linked|co-linking]] "[[Appliancer Vacculephant (anime)|Appliancer Vacculephant]]" and "[[Appliancer Propelion (anime)|Appliancer Propelion]]" to it to oppose Shepherd, though Shepherd blunted their efforts by protecting his "[[Drone]]s" with "[[Camouflage Drone]]" and his "[[Drone Force]]" Skill to minimize the damage they took. Ghost Gal noted that Roboppi was strong for a kid, and Shepherd warned Ghost Girl corrected it Gal to be careful, noting that she still Roboppi wasn't a child despite their appearance. Roboppi told them about how they had become smarter and decided that humans were the opportunity worst creatures on earth, voicing their desire to obtain Aiturn humans into his experience points and clean the Earth. Regardless, she Ghost Gal was fine with either outcomeconfused by Roboppi's words, making Ai curse her for being so cunning, which though Shepherd claimed that A.I. could not be understood and were the enemies of humanity. Ghost Girl Gal then took as a compliment. Akira challenged Playmakerher turn, as making the only way most of Shepherd's monsters in combination with her own to stop himLink Summon "[[Altergeist Hexstia (anime)|Altergeist Hexstia]]" and link it with "[[Altergeist Memorygant (anime)|Altergeist Memorygant]]". The effect of "Hexstia" increased its [[ATK]] to 4300, and Ghost Girl anticipated Gal declared that thiswas the bond she shared with her brother and vowed to defeat Roboppi with "Memorygant".<ref name="ep106" /> She attacked with Shepherd's "Drones", successfully inflicting damage to Roboppi with the direct damage and noted Akiraher use of her partner's deck cards was very toughpraised by Pandor. Seeing However, when she attacked with "Hexstia", the effect of Roboppi's "Propelion" halved its ATK, resulting in it being destroyed. At Shepherd's encouraging, Ghost Gal Tributed "General" to increase the ATK of "Memorygant"and reduced Roboppi to 200 [[Tindangle AngelLP]], destroying Roboppi's co-linked monsters and putting herself in a position to win, but Roboppi was able to protect "Celtopus" and their LP, though this left them with no cards in their hand. Despite their disadvantage, Roboppi was able to draw "[[Tindangle HoundAppliancer Test (anime)|Appliancer Test]]" and revive "Propelion" and "Vacculephant", using "Propelion" to Link Summon a new "Appliancer", "[[Appliancer Laundry Dragon (anime)|Appliancer Laundry Dragon]]". Ghost Girl compared them Gal was able to blunt both of the effects of Roboppi's monsters, but Roboppi [[Appliancer Conversion (anime)|rearranged]] their monsters to unlock their ''other'' effects, allowing "Vacculephant" to Akira and Aoi - if Akiraattack directly. Under Pandor's advice, who protects his sisterGhost Gal used "Secret Cure" to restore her LP, but the value was too low to fallprevent the effect of "Laundry Dragon" from wiping her out. As the attack approached, The Shepherd threw himself in the way to absorb the impact, thanking Ghost Gal for freeing him from his prison of hate, Aoi and Ghost Gal reached for her brother's hand as their data was there absorbed by Ai.<ref name="ep107">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|107|ref}}</ref> Emma and Kenneth were restored after Playmaker defeated Ai. They continued to bring him back up work together, but in a more heroic light, rescuing [[Frog (character)|Frog]], [[Pigeon]] and the [[Editor-in- Chief]] from two large hercules beetles in a bond that cannot be brokendesert net world.<ref name="ep18ep120">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|18120|ref}}</ref>

[[File:Emma Bessho Deck Picture.png|250px|thumb|Emma (as Ghost Gal) and "[[Altergeist Primebanshee (anime)|Altergeist Primebanshee]]"]]Emma uses an '''"[[Altergeist]]" Deck'''. Her main tactic seems to She [[swarm]] s her [[field]] with [[monster]]s in order to set up various combos with [[Trap Card]]s. She tends to use the [[effect]] of "[[Altergeist Marionetter (anime)|Altergeist Marionetter]]" to set Traps directly to her field from her [[Deck]], but will also use [[hand trap]]s unexpectedly, such as the effect of "[[Altergeist Kunquery (anime)|Altergeist Kunquery]]", even when she has multiple [[Set]] cards on the field. Furthermore, she uses the effect of "[[Altergeist Primebanshee (anime)|Altergeist Primebanshee]]" to swap out her monsters and Spells/Trapsfor ones in her Deck, giving her various advantages over her opponents, depending on the moves that they make. As noted by [[Ai]], this gives her a very solid wall of defense. During the second season, she includes [[Tuner monster|Tuner]] and [[Synchro Monster]]s in her Deck and she makes extensive use of "[[Altergeist Hexstia (anime)|Altergeist Hexstia]]". In the third season, Emma adds more cards to aid her in Link Summoning.

* [[Altergeist Fijialert (anime)|Altergeist Fijialert]]* [[Altergeist Kunquery (anime)|Altergeist Kunquery]] x2<ref group=Notes name="add1">A second copy is [[add a card|added]] to her [[hand]] via the [[card effect|effect]] of "[[Altergeist Meluseek (anime)|Altergeist Meluseek]]" in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 015|episode 15]].</ref>

* [[Altergeist Meluseek (anime)|Altergeist Meluseek]] x2<ref group=Notes name="add2">A second copy is [[add a card|added]] to her [[hand]] via her [[Secret Cure ]] [[Skill]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 015|episode 15]].</ref>* [[Altergeist Multifaker (anime)|Altergeist Multifaker]] x2* [[Altergeist Pookuery (anime)|Altergeist Pookuery]]* [[Altergeist Silquitous (anime)|Altergeist Silquitous]] x2<ref group=Notes name="search1">A second copy can be seen when she searches her [[Main Deck|Deck]] via the [[card effect|effect]] of "[[Altergeist Marionetter (anime)|Altergeist Marionetter]]" in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 014|episode 14]].</ref>|tuner monsters =* [[Altergeist Fifinellag (anime)|Altergeist Fifinellag]]|synchro monsters =* [[Altergeist Dragvirion (anime)|Altergeist Dragvirion]]

* [[Altergeist Camouflage (anime)|Altergeist Camouflage]] x2<ref group=Notes name="excavate">A second copy of this card is [[excavate]]d via her [[Secret Cure ]] [[Skill]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 015|episode 15]].</ref>* [[Altergeist Materialization Haunted Rock (anime)|Altergeist Haunted Rock]]* [[Altergeist Manifestation (anime)|Altergeist MaterializationManifestation]]x2

* [[Infinite Impermanence (anime)|Infinite Impermanence]]* [[Personal Spoofing (anime)|Personal Spoofing]]<ref group=Notes name="search2">This card can be seen when she searches her [[Main Deck|Deck]] via the [[card effect|effect]] of "[[Altergeist Marionetter (anime)|Altergeist Marionetter]]" in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 014|episode 14]].</ref>

| [[Yusaku FujikiNaoki Shima|Yusaku FujikiNaoki Shima/PlaymakerThe Brave Battler]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 014060|1460]]|| Win|-| [[The Shepherd|Kenneth Drayden/The Shepherd]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 015077|1577]] || Lose|-| [[Roboppi]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 106|106]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 107|107]] || Lose (with [[The Shepherd|Kenneth Drayden/The Shepherd]])