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* Playmaker(プレイメーカー, ''Pureimēkā'')* Unknown(アンノウン, ''An'noun'')<ref name="ep64">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|64|ref}}</ref>

'''Yusaku Fujiki''' ({{Ruby|藤|ふじ}}{{Ruby|木|き}} {{Ruby|遊|ゆう}}{{Ruby|作|さく}}, ''Fujiki Yūsaku''), known as '''Playmaker''' (プレイメーカー, ''Pureimēkā'') in [[LINK VRAINS]], is the protagonist of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS]]''.<ref name="jumpfesta">{{cite web | url = https://ygorganization.com/jump-festa-2017-latest-information-stage/ | title = <nowiki>The Organization | [Jump Festa 2017] Latest Information Stage: 6th Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime</nowiki> | publisher = YGOrganization | date = December 17, 2016 | accessdate = December 17, 2016}}</ref>A victim of the [[Hanoi Project]], he battles against the [[Knights of Hanoi]] in order to avenge his past with the aid of his friend [[Kal Kolter]] and the [[Ignis]] that he has captured, [[Ai]]. He is the Origin of Ai.

|Yusaku's normal in his school uniform, and VR clothinghis Avatar Playmaker.

 While Dueling in [[LINK VRAINS]]As Playmaker, Yusaku wears a black and green bodysuit with a golden stripe going across his body and a grey belt at the waistline. His hair color also changes to yellow and red with pink strips and accents. Occasionally, the golden stripes in his "Playmaker" bodysuit glow when he uses his Skill. They also glow different colors when he uses different Summoning methods; glowing light blue when he [[Ritual Summon]]s and , purple when he [[Fusion Summon]]s, light green when he [[Synchro Summon]]s, and dark blue when he [[Xyz Summon]]s.<ref name="ep54">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|54|ref}}</ref>

Yusaku may be the first Yu-Gi-Oh protagonist who is an anti-hero. He is not a bad person, but he can appear cold and apathetic. Yusaku is described as a boy who doesn't like standing out at school, not that he's timid or shy but because he is a hacker. Due to a certain incident, he generally tries to avoid contact with others and only seems to trust [[Kal Kolter|Kolter]]. However, he gets drawn into encounters with people as he tries out Dueling for once.<ref name="jumpfesta" />

Yusaku decided to hunt down the [[Knights of Hanoi]], whom he believed to be responsible for the "Hanoi Project", under the alias "Playmaker" with [[Kolter]]'s help. "Playmaker" soon became a famous [[Duelist]] within LINK VRAINS, with no one knowing what his real identity is because he always deleted his activity logs.<ref name="ep1">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1|ref}}</ref>

At school, Yusaku met [[Naoki Shima]], who started bragging to him about his new [[Duel Disk]]. When Yusaku attempted to leave, Naoki but Shima offered to teach him how to Duel. Yusaku rejected, his offer saying Naoki Shima did not seem very strong, but probably not a bad person either. Yusaku's remarks annoyed NaokiShima, but he didn't think much of it. Before leaving, he wondered about a rule set where there are were only three Main Monster Zones.<ref name="ep1" />

[[File:Yusaku and Kusanagi disccussing.png|thumb|left|Yusaku and Kolter talking about the AIA.I.]]

Yusaku later met up with [[Kal Kolter|Kolter]] and they discussed how both [[SOL Technologies]] and their enemies, the [[Knights of Hanoi]], were chasing after [[Ai|an AI A.I. program]] in [[LINK VRAINS]] with him. Upon learning that SOL Technology Technologies had scheduled a full scan of Link VRAINS that evening to try and find the AIA.I., they quickly started working on a trap to catch the AI A.I. themselves. Although Yusaku successfully captured a the reluctant Ai A.I. in his Duel Disk, one of [[Number 10 (character)|the Knights of Hanoi ]] threatened to destroy LINK VRAINS. Yusaku quickly entered LINK VRAINS as Playmaker and saved [[Skye Zaizen|Blue Angel]] from the Knight's "[[Cracking Dragon (anime)|Cracking Dragon]]". He then challenged the Knight to a Duel, putting Ai the A.I. at stake. Ai The A.I. voiced his doubts that Yusaku's Deck could beat "Cracking Dragon", then stirred up a wind [[Data Storm]] in Link VRAINS, starting a [[Speed Duel (VRAINS)|Speed Duel]] between Yusaku and the Knight.<ref name="ep1" />

As Playmaker rode the [[Data Storm]] winds, Ai the A.I. explained how Speed Duels differ differed from [[Master Duel]]s. When Ai mentioned ; including that there are were only three Main Monster Zones, Yusaku wondered causing Playmaker to wonder if he already knew about Speed Duels. Ai offered to help Playmaker Duel the Knight, but Playmaker refused, reminding Ai that he was his hostage. The Knight took the first turn and swiftly Summoned "[[Cracking Dragon (anime)|Cracking Dragon]]". Yusaku wondered how to counter "Cracking Dragon" and failed to notice a building until Ai told him to dodge it, reminding him that Speed Duels have obstacles besides just the Duel. Playmaker summoned counterattacked with "[[Cyberse Wizard (anime)|Cyberse Wizard]]", surprising everyone watching that he had [[Cyberse]] monsters. Playmaker used the using its effect of "Wizard" to change "Cracking Dragon" to [[Defense Position]] and inflict damage to the Knight, but . He failed to destroy "Cracking Dragon". Ai noticed , something Playmaker wasn't particularly surprised that "Cracking Dragon" couldn't be destroyed, had expected due to which Playmaker said that the Knight didn't react to "Cyberse Wizard" so he figured the Knight was planning something. A tornado formed within the Data Storms confidence.<ref name="ep2">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|2|ref}}</ref>

The Knight activated a [[Skill]], which angered Yusaku because Ai didnthe A.I. hadn't mention skillsmentioned, irritating Playmaker. The Knight used "[[DDoS Attack]]" to inflict 1600 Damage managed to knock Playmaker and knock him off his [[Duel Board]]. , but Blue Angel saved Playmaker by using her whip to throw the Duel Board back at him. Ai noted that a fall from that height could've killed them. The Knight reduced Playmaker's LP to 400 , and he was sucked into the Data Storm tornado sucked him. Inside the tornado, Yusaku figured out Playmaker realized that this was part of Aithe A.I's calculations. Ai revealed that powerful monsters reside resided within the Data Storm, and that Playmaker's skill "Storm Access" allowed him to obtain those Monsters monsters when his LP is was below 1000. Playmaker obtained "[[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]", which he used to win the Duel. As the Knight fell off his Duel Board, Yusaku declared that the Knight had no right to call himself a Duelist.<ref name="ep2" />

Playmaker attempted to interrogate the Knight, only for the Knight to attempt to kill him by self-destructing. Ai The A.I. saved his life by devouring the Knight's avatar. [[George Gore|The Gore]] and Blue Angel appeared and challenged Playmaker, but he simply said he wasn't interested and logged out. Yusaku and Kolter spent the next few days trying to figure out Aithe A.I's programming and gave , giving him the nickname "aiAi". Yusaku discovered some video logs that were actually Ai's memories. Ai said claimed that he didn't understand those memories because most they were damaged when he was reduced to an eye, but he did recognize The Knight's the Knights of Hanoi's [[Varis|leader]]. Later that night, messing with Ai caused the Knight's leader to sense their location and travel there, ; Yusaku asked Kolter to shut down [[Café Nom]]'s power to prevent them from being found, though he caught a glimpse of the Knight's leaderand his [[Borreload Dragon (anime)|dragon]].<ref name="ep3">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|3|ref}}</ref>

The next day a Knight of Hanoi appeared at in LINK VRAINS while Ai was back at [[Yusaku Fujiki's house|Yusaku's house]], so Yusaku skipped school to go get his Duel Disk and face the Knight. On his way there, Kolter gave him the "Decode Talker" card which he had materialized. Upon arriving at in LINK VRAINS, Yusaku Playmaker quickly figured out that the Knight was an impostor. The Knight revealed himself to be the The Gore, who wanted to defeat Playmaker and recover his title as "VRAINS' hero", . Playmaker rejected his challenged , but SOL Technologies triggered a program that stops Playmaker stopped him from logging out until he defeated Gore. With no choice, Playmaker started the Duel. When Gore made an intentional misplay and took damage, Ai questioned why he would make such an illogical move, to which ; Playmaker said replied that humans' hearts make them do illogical things. Ai was confused by that statement, but Playmaker didn't explain what it he meant because , claiming that Ai's algorithm-based thinking wouldn't comprehend it.<ref name="ep4">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|4|ref}}</ref>

Gore [[Link Summon]]ed "[[Gouki The Great Ogre (anime)|Gouki The Great Ogre]]"<ref name="ep4" /> and reduced Playmaker's LP to 100. Playmaker could've reduced the damage he took but chose not to, and refused to use the escape route that Kolter had built. , confusing Ai again was confused by why humans make illogical contradictory choices. Yusaku Playmaker stated that Gore's Duel was meant to entertain the audience and Yusaku himself his opponent and that he wouldn't quit the Duel. Playmaker proceeded to win by Link Summoning four times in a row and attacking "Great Ogre" [[Link Bumper (anime)|three times ]] with "Decode Talker". After the Duel, Kolter suggested they should recruit the The Gore for their fight against Hanoi, but Yusaku rejected the idea, saying that he didn't want to drag Gore to face the danger of fighting against theminto their fight.<ref name="ep5">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|5|ref}}</ref>

When Kolter uncovered Skye Zaizen's identity as Blue Angel, and Yusaku realized that Skye was a student at [[Den City High School]] and his classmate. Kolter suggested meeting her in order to find out if her brother [[Akira Zaizen|Akira]], who was the Security Manager at SOL Technologies, knew anything about Yusaku's past or [[Jin KusanagiKolter|Kolter's brother]]. However, he then started teasing Yusaku that talking to Skye would be impossible for Yusaku because of his lack of social skills. Nevertheless, Yusaku managed to track her down with Ai's help, and he followed her to the [[Duel Club]], where Naoki Shima caught up to him. He feigned ignorance when Naoki Shima inferred that he wanted to join the club, and when [[Hosoda]] invited him in, he nervously tried to opt out until Ai said thanks on his behalf, which upset him. Yusaku introduced himself to the rest of the club, and the other members introduced themselves as well, including Skye. When another member, [[Sato]], showed him his Duel Disk, he and Yusaku pretended to be interested, commenting on the fact that it was the latest model. Skye remarked that he knew a lot, but he said claimed that it was only because Naoki Shima had bragged about it earlier. Meanwhile, Ai tried to start a conversation with Skye's Duel Disk, which made Skye notice noticed that Yusaku's Duel Disk was a card-loading model, the same as Playmaker's. When she asked to see his Deck, he obliged, but he handed her his dummy Deck instead. Ai later complimented him on thisfor doing so, but Yusaku told him to be quiet, as a meeting was in progress.<ref name="ep6">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|6|ref}}</ref>

That evening, he watched Blue Angel issue a public challenge for Playmaker to come out and Duel her. Ai suggested that he should accept, but he refused, since he only approached Skye attempting to acquire a lead on his stolen memories, and he only Duels Dueled against the Knights of Hanoi, which she wasn't. Despite this, he was visibly embarrassed when the MC declared that Playmaker wasn't a man if he didn't accept. The next morning, Ai read various posts on social media making fun of Playmaker for not accepting. He soon bumped into Skye again, and they said good morning to greeted each other. While walking As they walked to class, Skye asked him why he wanted to join the Duel Club, not believing it was because he loved Dueling. When Yusaku tried to ask about her brother, she replied that people only ever approached her to ask if her brother could give them a new Duel Disk or a job at SOL after graduation. She lamented that her brother didn't trust her, and ran off. Soon after, Ai tried to warn Yusaku about a problem he'd noticed with Skye's Duel Disk, but Yusaku wouldn't hear of it.<ref name="ep6" />

In class, Ai suddenly told him to hold up, and Yusaku scolded him for being too loud. He was surprised, however, when Ai said claimed that a Knight of Hanoi had appeared. He Yusaku went to the balcony behind the Duel Club to enter LINK VRAINS, but instead of a Knight of Hanoi, he found Blue Angel, who remarked that he had finally made his decision about accepted her challenge. He was initially oblivious, but angered when he realized that Ai had sent Skye a text message on Playmaker's behalf challenging her. He became angryTo his shock, thinking Ai had tricked him, until Ai told him explained that Blue Angel had [[Dark Angel (anime)|a Hanoi's card ]] in her Deck, which shocked him. He and he realized that this was what Ai was trying to tell him earlier, but . He wondered why Blue Angel would join Hanoi. ,and Ai suggested that Hanoi might be using her to lure Playmakerhim, and asked him what he would do, since he wanted to defeat all Hanoi. Soon after, a Data Storm appearedHe accepted Blue Angel's challenge, and beginning the Duel started.<ref name="ep6" />

Playmaker was quickly at the mercy of Blue Angel's [[Trickstar]] Deck, which repeatedly dealt him [[effect damage]] while powering up the [[ATK]] of her ace monster, "[[Trickstar Holly Angel (anime)|Trickstar Holly Angel]]", and he noted that this the offensive strategy was very efficient. He Summoned "Decode Talker" and attacked "Holly Angel" with it, but the attack failed and "Decode Talker" was destroyed instead. Ai commented that Blue Angel was putting pressure on them, but Playmaker noticed that Hanoi's presence was getting stronger. At that moment, as Blue Angel drew "[[Dark Angel (anime)|Dark Angelher next card]]", Hanoi's card. During Yusaku's next turn, he Playmaker was reduced to less than 1000 LP, allowing him to use his Skill and gain access to "[[Encode Talker (anime)|Encode Talker]]", which he promptly Link Summoned. Blue Angel realized that Playmaker was taking advantage of the damage that she was inflicting on to him, and tried to end the Duel by using her Skill, but failed because Playmaker was protected by "[[Defect Compiler (anime)|Defect Compiler]]". In response, she played Hanoi's card, "Dark Angel", and immediately fell under Hanoi's their influence. She entered flew into a berserk rage and started screaming, much to Playmaker's and Ai's concern. He ended the Duel as quickly as possible by destroying "Holly Angel" with "Encode Talker", defeating Blue Angel in one hit, but not before she succumbed to mental damage from "Dark Angel" and fell unconscious.<ref name="ep7">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|7|ref}}</ref>

Playmaker then found Blue Angel unconscious while Ai devoured the Hanoi "Dark Angel" card. He was forced to logout log out when security bots were incoming approached them, and he found Skye in a comatose state on the roofof the school. He proceeded answer answered Skye's phone when Akira Zaizen called , and took Skye to the hospital. He then There, he met Akira Zaizen in person, who thanked him and questioned asked about his relationship with Skye, to which he responded ; Yusaku claimed that they were just classmates. Yusaku, Kolter, and Ai then later discussed Skye's condition and a possible cure. Ai said explained that when he devoured Hanoi's card he detected that Skye's brain must be infected by a viruswhen he devoured Hanoi's card, and that the only ones with the appropriate anti-virus would be Hanoi themselves. [[Emma Bessho|"Blue Angel"]] then appeared on the [[Den City|city's]] screens challenging Playmaker to a rematch. Despite knowing that it was an impostor and most likely a trap, Yusaku claimed that it was his responsibility to rescue Skye; if the impostor was a Knight of Hanoi he could get the anti-virus, on the other hand ; if it was a SOL agent he could explain them what happened to Skye. After logging in, he identified Blue Angel as a fake and , but he was trapped by her. She as she revealed herself to be "Ghost Gal". Zaizen then logging into LINK VRAINS, who accompanied by Akira who and proceeded to entrap and torture Playmaker , believing him to be responsible for Skye's condition, despite Playmaker and Ai's claims of innocence and that they were looking for an anti-virus, . [[Varis]] appeared and claimed that he would challenge Playmaker for Ai. After , threatening Akira that Skye will would never wake up unless Playmaker defeats defeated him in a Duel, Akira . Zaizen released Playmaker , and vanishedVaris departed. Before Playmaker took his leave, Akira Zaizen pleaded with him to save Skye, despite hating him for his brutal treatment towards him. Playmaker stated replied that he doesndidn't hate Akira, ; he only hates hated the Knights of Hanoi, much to Akira's surprise.<ref name="ep8">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|8|ref}}</ref> As Playmaker and Varis rode off the Data Wind to commence the Speed Duel, Playmaker expressed his desire to battle the Knights of Hanoi and uncover their true identities. Varis replied that he didn't care about his opinion and stated that his only goal was to retrieve Ai. Both sides agreed on several conditions for their Duel: if Playmaker won, Ai would eat the program from Varis to get Skye's body back, while if Playmaker lost, he would give Ai to Varis. After that, Varis declared his hatred for AIs and his belief that Ai would lead everyone to destruction. Varis also blamed Playmaker for assisting Ai and swore to eliminate him. Varis then waved his hand, causing the LINK VRAINS to be crushed and replaced with lava rivers and fiery lakes, as the Duel finally began.<ref name="ep9">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|9|ref}}</ref> As the Speed Duel progressed, Playmaker defeated Varis's "Cracking Dragon" with "Decode Talker" once more, until Varis revealed that he had the very same skill as Playmaker's and Ai's: "Storm Access". With it, Varis summoned "[[Topologic Bomber Dragon (anime)|Topologic Bomber Dragon]]", and began to gain the upper hand.<ref name="ep9" /> Fearing they might lose, Ai led Playmaker to another Data Storm, where the two obtained [[Firewall Dragon (anime)|a dragon]]. However, Varis activated the Trap Card, "[[Remote Rebirth (anime)|Remote Rebirth]]", and combo-ed it with the effect of "Topologic Bomber Dragon", ending the Speed Duel in a [[DRAW]]. Following that, Varis dragged Playmaker and Ai inside a Data Storm, where they began a [[Master Duel]]. As the Duel went on, Varis activated the effect of "[[Fire Prison (anime)|Fire Prison]]", eliminating all [[Cyberse]] cards from the field, as well as making Ai seemingly vanish into thin air.<ref name="ep10">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|10|ref}}</ref> As the Master Duel progressed, Varis gained the upper hand once more by summoning "[[Borreload Dragon (anime)|Borreload Dragon]]" and attacked Playmaker directly. Just as Playmaker was on the verge of giving up, he remembered the words someone told him long ago: having three reasons to live and win Duels. Playmaker then called out to Ai, asking him to lend him his power, as he proceeded to [[Link Summon]] [[Firewall Dragon (anime)|Firewall Dragon]], and ultimately destroyed "Fire Prison," as well as return Ai to consciousness. Ai was amazed to see the two dragons, until Varis used the effect of "Borreload Dragon" to take control of "Firewall Dragon", but Playmaker countered with "[[Cynet Refresh (anime)|Cynet Refresh]]" to destroy and revive it back on his field. He then activated "[[Recoded Alive (anime)|Recoded Alive]]" to banish "Decode Talker" from his [[Graveyard|GY]] to [[Special Summon]] "Encode Talker" and declared the real battle was just beginning.<ref name="ep11">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|11|ref}}</ref>

When As Playmaker's "Firewall Dragon" used its effect and Varis rode the Data Storm, Playmaker expressed his desire to return "Borreload Dragon" from battle the field, Knights of Hanoi and uncover their true identities. Varis informed him replied that it couldnhe didn't be targeted by effects. Playmaker targeted "Magnarokket Dragon", whose effect caused "Firewall Dragon" to be destroyed. Instead, care about Playmaker's "Cynet Refresh" protected identity and stated that his dragon from destructiononly goal was to retrieve the [[Ignis]]; a term that surprised Playmaker. Both sides agreed on the conditions for their Duel: if Playmaker won, they would get the anti-virus, while if Varis was amusedwon, he would claim Ai. Varis declared his hatred for AIs and ended his turnbelief that the Ignis would lead everyone to destruction. Much to Varis's surprise, blamed Playmaker had "Firewall Dragon", protected by "Encode Talker", attack "Borreload Dragon", who had more ATKfor assisting Ai and swore to eliminate him. With "Battle Buffer", "Encode Talker's" ATK was raised, and impressed Varis then engulfed LINK VRAINS in flames to provide a fitting setting for such a strategytheir Duel. To counter that, Varis targeted <ref name="Encode Talkerep9" with his dragon to reduce >{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|9|ref}}</ref> As the ATKSpeed Duel progressed, causing "Encode Talker" to be destroyed and Playmakerdefeated Varis's strategy to backfire. While "Firewall Cracking Dragon's" ATK was raised by with "Battle BufferDecode Talker", Varis's "Rokket" dragons regained their effectsonce more. Varis claimed the match was over, as Playmaker could not attack anymore. The latter made him doubt revealed that, since he could not use had the effect of "Magnrokket Dragon". Using "Recoded Alive", same Skill as Playmaker revived "Decode Talker's and Ai's: ", whose ATK was boosted up to destroy "Borreload DragonStorm Access". HoweverWith it, Varis used summoned "Borrel Refrigeration" to make "Magnarokket [[Topologic Bomber Dragon (anime)|Topologic Bomber Dragon]]" destroy itself , and began to blast away gain the upper hand.<ref name="Decode Talkerep9". Varis smiled, seeing how close he was to his victory/> Fearing they might lose, with Ai led Playmaker having no cards nor attacks to execute. Playmaker refused to loseanother Data Storm, and claimed he wanted to uncover where the events that had happened 10 years agotwo obtained [[Firewall Dragon (anime)|a dragon]]. However, to recover the time he had lost and wanted to save Varis activated the person that saved him. Varis was surprised that Playmaker was involved in an incident 10 years ago Trap Card, He replied he was "that emissary of revenge[[Remote Rebirth (anime)|Remote Rebirth]]". Varis claimed Playmaker was a fool to help SOL Technologies out without knowing the truth.Playmaker refused to listen, and using combined it with the effect of "Parallel Port ArmorTopologic Bomber Dragon", he had by reviving "Firewall DragonCapacitor Stalker" attack once more to perform , ending the Speed Duel in a [[One Turn KillDRAW]]. The attack destroyed "Borreload Dragon", and defeated Varis.<ref name="ep12" />

After Playmaker defeated VarisFollowing the DRAW, he demanded that Varis reveal his true identity dragged Playmaker and those of Ai inside the Knights of HanoiData Storm, where they began a [[Master Duel]]. He was shock when he witnessed Ai eating Varisplayed defensively with "[[Fire Prison (anime)|Fire Prison]]" and "[[Linkbelt Wall Dragon (anime)|Linkbelt Wall Dragon]]", limiting Playmaker's arm in order moves. He brought out "Encode Talker", but failed to get his data back. Before destroy Varis left, he gave the antidote for Blue Angel's coma to Playmaker. Playmaker accompanied Ghost Gal to where Akira monsters, and Blue Angel were, using the antidote instead set up to cure Blue Angel to allow her to log out of Link VRAINSSummon "Decode Talker" the next turn. Akira thanked him for saving Blue AngelHowever, but Playmaker logged out before Akira could finish. Yusaku became tired and distressed as soon as he logged out. He asked Kolter if was Skye alright before collapsing. When Kolter showed him Summoned "Decode Talker", Varis used the effect of "Fire Prison" to eliminate all [[Cyberse]] cards from the footage on how Skye was doingfield, Yusaku fell asleep. as well as causing Ai commented how lazy Yusaku wasto vanish. Kolter told Ai that heroes needed rest too. Yusaku dreamed about <ref name="ep10">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|10|ref}}</ref> Varis's words regarding explained the Ignis to Playmaker; they were A.I. with free willthat he believed would attempt to conquer the world. Playmaker refused to believe him, which caused so Varis Link Summoned "[[Borreload Dragon (anime)|Borreload Dragon]]", the monster Yusaku had seen when Varis had been looking for him to wake up, and attacked Playmaker directly. Kolter sensed he was thinking about what Varis Despite his situation, Playmaker remembered the words someone had told about Aihim long ago: three reasons to live and win Duels. Since they could not prove that Playmaker called out to Ai was actually alive, asking him to lend him his power, as he proceeded to [[Link Summon]] "[[Firewall Dragon (anime)|Firewall Dragon]]", and ultimately destroyed "Fire Prison," returning Ai made that assertionto consciousness. Ai The two of them shared friendly banter, until Varis used the program he obtained from Varis effect of "Borreload Dragon" to regain his full bodytake control of "Firewall Dragon". HoweverPlaymaker countered the attack with "[[Cynet Refresh (anime)|Cynet Refresh]]", Ai's size didn't impress Yusaku destroying and Kolterthen reviving "Firewall Dragon", before re-Summoning "Encode Talker" as well, who tried to determine if Ai regained some of his memoriesdeclaring that their real battle was just beginning.<ref name="ep12ep11">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1211|ref}}</ref>

As Yusaku was eating hot dogsPlaymaker attempted to return "Borreload Dragon" to Varis's hand with the effect of "Firewall Dragon", he witnessed [[Emma Bessho]] visiting Café Nom to order chili dogs and a coffeebut Varis informed him that it couldn't be targeted by effects. She inquired Kolter about a [[Celebrity Duelist]] and mentioned she was interested in Dueling Playmakertargeted "Magnarokket Dragon" instead, intriguing Yusakubut this triggered its effect to send "Firewall Dragon" to the Graveyard, though Playmaker's "Cynet Refresh" protected his dragon. After Emma leftVaris was amused, Yusaku noted how stress Kolter was and decided ended his turn. Much to help him delete the files regarding Varis's surprise, Playmakerhad "Firewall Dragon", protected by "Encode Talker", attack "Borreload Dragon", who had more ATK. As they were deleting filesWith "Battle Buffer", Kolter asked where Ai "Encode Talker's" ATK wasraised, impressing Varis. To counter it, Varis reduced the ATK of "Encode Talker" with the effect of "Borrelad Dragon", destroying "Encode Talker". Yusaku told him that he left Ai at home because he While "Firewall Dragon's" ATK was annoying. Despite thisraised by "Battle Buffer", Yusaku wondered about Varis's words about AI with free will"Rokkets" had regained their effects. Knowing Varis unleashed claimed the match was over, as Playmaker could not attack on Cyberse and searched for Aianymore but, Playmaker [[Recoded Alive (anime)|revived]] "Decode Talker", whose ATK was boosted up to destroy "Borreload Dragon". However, Yusaku claimed Varis destroyed the Cyberse worldused "Borrel Refrigeration" to make "Magnarokket Dragon" destroy itself to destroy "Decode Talker". StillVaris smiled, seeing how close he wondered if it was wise to seek Varis out for answers about Yusaku's pasthis victory, with Playmaker having no cards nor attacks to execute. Playmaker refused to lose, and claimed he wanted to uncover the events that had happened ten years previous, to recover the time he had lost, and about Kolter's brotherto save the person that saved him. He then inadvertently deleted a big scoop Varis was surprised that would have revealed everything to learn Playmaker was involved in such an incident, and Kolter knew involving Ai and Playmaker claimed to be the Knights emissary of Hanoi, which revenge. Varis claimed Playmaker was about a fool to help SOL Technologies without knowing the truth. Playmaker refused to be published by [[Frog (character)|Frog]] listen, and using "Parallel Port Armor", he had "Firewall Dragon" attack once more, destroying "Borreload Dragon" and [[Pigeon]]defeating Varis.<ref name="ep13ep12">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|13|ref}}</ref>

At homePlaymaker demanded that Varis reveal his true identity and those of the Knights of Hanoi. To his shock, Yusaku thought about Ai transformed into a monstrous form and devoured Varis's words about AI with free will arm in order to get his hidden roomdata back. Kolter called him Varis fled, but he he gave the anti-virus for Blue Angel's coma to come Playmaker. Playmaker accompanied Ghost Gal back to Cafe Nom, the church where Kolter showed him an encrypted message on an Internet forumZaizen and Blue Angel were, sent using the antidote to cure Blue Angel and allow her to log out of LINK VRAINS. Zaizen thanked him from Ghost Gal. Kolter explained that for saving Blue Angel, but Playmaker logged out before he had created a program to help Ghost Gal enter the Data Storm during the Duel with Variscould finish. The two read how she requested a Duel Exhausted from Playmakerthe Duels, with Ai as the wagerYusaku asked Kolter if Skye was alright before collapsing and falling asleep. Yusaku accepteddreamed about Varis's words regarding Ignis with free will, stating that she offered a backdoor which caused him to SOL Technologies' data bank, and wake up. Kolter confirmed that fact, showing she did send a bit of the data as proofsensed he was thinking about what Varis told him. Yusaku asked Kolter to reply Ai defiantly claimed that Playmaker would accept her challenge. Ghost Gal soon entered LINK VRAINShe was indeed alive, and Yusaku went he used the program he obtained from Varis to do the sameregain his full body. Kolter wondered if However Ai's size didn't impress Yusaku would really go and Duel herKolter, since she could've set another trap. Yusaku claimed he had who tried to uncover the truth behind the incident, hoped in the data bank there was determine if Ai regained some information about Knights of Hanoi, and sensed some determination in Ghost Gal, despite her weaknesseshis memories.<ref name="ep14ep12">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1412|ref}}</ref>

Playmaker quickly met up with Ghost Gal and she showed him her program she set as a stake for the Duel. Playmaker wondered why wouldn't she access the data bankAs Yusaku was eating hot dogs, and was told Ghost Gal wanted his Aihe witnessed [[Emma Bessho]] visiting Café Nom, so who mentioned that she could sell it to SOL Technologies. She admitted she grew more was interested in Dueling Playmaker after his latest Duel, intriguing Yusaku. After Emma left, Yusaku noted how stressed Kolter was and wanted decided to battle help him as a cyber treasure hunterdelete the files regarding Playmaker. Despite As they were deleting files, Kolter asked where Ai's warningswas; Yusaku explained that he left Ai at home because he was annoying. Yusaku mused on the idea of AI with free will, Playmaker accepted her Duel, as and knowing that Varis had unleashed the two rode off attack on the Data Wind. In her first turnCyberse and searched for Ai, Ghost Gal Summoned "[[Altergeist Marionetter (anime)|Altergeist Marionetter]]" and Set two cards. Playmaker Yusaku deduced that Varis had his "[[destroyed the Cyberse Wizard]]" attack, but . He wondered if it was stopped by Ghost Galwise to seek Varis out for answers about his past and about Kolter's "brother. He then inadvertently deleted a big scoop that would have revealed everything Playmaker and Kolter knew involving Ai and the Knights of Hanoi had [[Altergeist Kunquery Frog (animecharacter)|Altergeist KunqueryFrog]]". Despite his attack, Ghost Gal was intrigued how he dared to attack, despite her Set cards. Ghost Gal Summoned another "Marionetter", Set another card, then Link Summoned "and [[Altergeist Primebanshee (anime)|Altergeist PrimebansheePigeon]]". She swapped one of her "Marionetters" for "Meluseek". Ghost Gal ended her preparations, and aimed been able to defeat Playmaker before he could use his Skill. As Ghost Gal initiated the Battle Phase and claimed she would win in that turn, Ai laughed, as she would make 2400 LP damage. Both Playmaker and Ghost Gal scolded Ai for such thinking; Playmaker claimed no Duelist would make that simple math error, making Ghost Gal wonder why everyone was after "this dumb AI" which causes Ai to get angry, Playmaker then told him to not to get angry when she is telling the truth about him. Regardless, "Meluseek" attacked directly and sent "Cyberse Wizard" to the GY, allowing "Marionetter" to attack directly, and allowing "Primebanshee" to do so as well. Ghost Gal smiled, feeling her dreams grow larger, and ordered Playmaker to brace himself for his defeatpublish it.<ref name="ep14ep13" >{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|13|ref}}</ref>

At home Yusaku continued to dwell on Varis's words in his hidden room. Kolter called him to Cafe Nom, where he showed him an encrypted message sent to him from Ghost Gal . Kolter explained that he had "Primebanshee" attack Playmaker directly while he [[Special Summon]]ed "[[Lockout Gardna (anime)|Lockout Gardna]]". Ai knew they would have enough LP created a program to continue and even use help Ghost Gal enter the Data Storm Access, and exclaimed how "bad" this would beduring the Duel with Varis. However, Ghost Gal knew had requested a Duel with Playmaker, with Ai was just pretendingas the wager. Yusaku accepted, and decided not stating that she offered a backdoor to attack. Ai was in shock, and Playmaker told him his acting was horribleSOL Technologies' data bank. On Playmaker's turn, Ghost Gal swapped "Meluseek" with "[[Altergeist Silquitous (anime)|Altergeist Silquitous]]", by using the effect of "Primebanshee"soon entered LINK VRAINS, and also added an "Altergeist Kunquery" as Yusaku prepared to log in, Kolter wondered if Yusaku would really Duel her hand. Playmaker attempted to destroy her ace by Tributing "[[Backlinker (anime)|Backlinker]]", but was prevented by Ghost Gal's "[[Altergeist Protocol (anime)|Altergeist Protocol]]". Ghost Gal claimed since she could anticipate their every move: Playmaker attempted to revive "Backlinker" with "[[Striping Partner (anime)|Striping Partner]]", but was stopped by "Altergeist Silquitos"'ve set another trap. Using "Lockout Gardna", both effects were negated, though Ghost Gal Yusaku replied he had one final trap prepared. She noted how Playmaker was an interesting personto uncover the truth behind the Incident, as she suspected. Playmaker Link Summoned "[[Underclock Taker (anime)|Underclock Taker]]" and tried to weaken "Primebanshee"hoped in that the data bank contained information about Knights of Hanoi. He noted that he sensed some determination in Ghost Gal countered that with "[[Altergeist Camouflage (anime)|Altergeist Camouflage]]", and protected "Primebanshee" from attacks, stating Playmaker had reached his limitsdespite her weaknesses.<ref name="ep15ep14">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|1514|ref}}</ref>

Playmaker quickly met up with Ghost Gal, and she showed him the backdoor program she'd set as her stake for the Duel. Playmaker wondered why she wouldn't she access the data bank, and she explained that she wanted Ai so she could sell him to SOL Technologies. She admitted she grew more interested in Playmaker after his latest Duel, and wanted to battle him as a cyber treasure hunter. Despite Ai's warnings, Playmaker accepted her Duel. Ghost Gal blocked Playmaker's attacks with her "[[Altergeist]]" [[Trap Card]]s and "[[Altergeist Kunquery (anime)|Altergeist Kunquery]], and then Link Summoned "[[Altergeist Primebanshee (anime)|Altergeist Primebanshee]]", aiming to defeat Playmaker before he could use his Skill.<ref name="ep14" /> Playmaker was able to block the attack with "[[Lockout Gardna (anime)|Lockout Gardna]]", and Ai attempted to fool Ghost Gal into attacking so that they would be able to use Storm Access, but Ghost Gal refused to attack. Ai was in shock, and Playmaker told him his acting was horrible. On Playmaker's turn, Playmaker attempted to destroy "Primebanshee" with "[[Backlinker (anime)|Backlinker]]", but [[Altergeist Protocol (anime)|Ghost Gal blocked]] his move. Ghost Gal claimed she could anticipate their every move, and prevented Playmaker from [[Striping Partner (anime)|reviving]] "Backlinker". Playmaker Link Summoned "[[Underclock Taker (anime)|Underclock Taker]]" and tried to weaken "Primebanshee", but Ghost Gal countered with "[[Altergeist Camouflage (anime)|Altergeist Camouflage]]", protecting "Primebanshee" from attacks, claiming that Playmaker had reached his limits. Playmaker paid 1000 LP to activate the effect of "Balancer Lord", making him eligible lowering his LP enough to use Storm Access. , but Ghost Gal refused to let him activate the Skill and used her own Skill, Secret Cure to increase both players' LP. Playmaker Special Summoned Despite this, was able to lower his LP enough with "[[Scan Doll]]", and paid 1000 LP to use while also copying Ghost Gal's "Altergeist Protocol" on to camouflage his "Silquitos". However, Ghost Gal believed he simply forgot about "Kunquery[[Altergeist Silquitous (anime)|Altergeist Silquitous]]" she still had in her hand. Playmaker used Storm Access, but and Ghost Gal went with pursued him into the Data Storm. However, but she lost control of her Duel Board and fell off of it, . Playmaker saved her and reminded her their Duel was not over yet and let her go back on the Duel Board. Playmaker Link Summoned his newly-acquired "[[Excode Talker (anime)|Excode Talker]]", whose effect made rendered two of Ghost Gal's Main Monster Zones unusable, and Tributed "Scan Doll" to make his allow "code Excode Talker" attack twice. Since As all of Ghost Gal's monsters could not be targeted for an attack targetattacked, "Excode Talker" attacked could attack Ghost Gal twicedirectly, and winning Playmaker won the Duel. Later, Ghost Gal watched the moon, even if Ai reminded her that was just data. Ghost Gal, as promised, gave Playmaker the program to enter the SOL Technologies' data bank, and left. Yusaku logged out of the network, and Kolter started to analyze it. However, the program as Yusaku was too tired and fell asleep.<ref name="ep15" >{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|15|ref}}</ref>

Kolter analyzed Ghost Gal's program, showing showed Yusaku the maze-like schematicsto the data bank, looking like a maze. They both and they wondered how skilled Ghost Gal was to have managed to hack into SOL Technologies' data bank, and Kolter promised he would finish by the time school was over for Yusaku to enter the mother computer system. While at school, Yusaku wondered where Skye was, as and he and Ai thought deduced that her brother forbade her from entering LINK VRAINS, to protect her from any danger. Ai noticed commented that Yusaku actually cared about her; Yusaku simply stated replied that one should not give up on Dueling this way. As After school was over, Yusaku went to Kolter's van. Kolter showed Yusaku the path to the data bank, but warned him a lot of traps were set to stop anyone. Yusaku started hesitating, and analyzed hesitantly noted that Ghost Gal also wanted something if she gave him the program, even if the information Yusaku could find there may not be that important. StillRegardless, he accessed the logged into LINK VRAINS to enter the mother computer system - an eerie, dark place. To protect himself, Playmaker used a device to navigate himself, and a rope to disguise him from security programs. Once the security programs started to go after Playmaker, he launched three "[[Sphere Kuriboh (anime)|Sphere Kuriboh]]" to shatter them without alerting anyone. Passing the first corridor, Playmaker arrived to in the second one, in which where a Data Storm was located. that drew Playmaker was pulled towards it, and breaking his rope broke, alerting the security chief, Kitamura. The latter sent and triggering two prototype AI prototypes to hunt after him down. Playmaker, who managed attempted to elude evade them. However, but [[Prototype Green-A|one of the AI-s AIs]] caught up with him, and initiated a Speed Duel with Playmaker. The AI prototype brought out "[[Tentacluster Nautilus]]", and tributed Tributed his "[[Tentacluster Drillworm]]", making Playmaker to discard all of his cards. Playmaker drew a card, but had to sent it, due to "Drillworm", ending up with no cards to play's hand. [[Prototype Red-B|The other AI prototype ]] arrived and started attacking Playmaker, intending intent on grabbing his Duel Disk. Much to everyone's his surprise, Blue Angel arrived, using her whip to grab prevent the AI prototype. Playmaker muttered her namefrom grabbing his Duel Disk, as and she declared claimed that she would be the one to defeat Playmaker, and started a Speed Duel with the other AI prototype.<ref name="ep16">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|16|ref}}</ref> Blue Angel explained that she had come to repay him for curing her. Playmaker claimed he never indebted her; regardless, Blue Angel started her Duel with the other AI prototype. Playmaker was able to use the cards in his Graveyard to Special Summon several monsters and reduce his LP to 1000 LP, allowing him to use Storm Access to acquire and Link Summon "[[Vector Scare Archfiend (anime)|Vector Scare Archfiend]]", while also summoning "Cyberse Wizard". Using the effect of "Vector Scare Archfiend", he attacked several times, defeating the AI. Playmaker entered the Data Bank, and was surprised to find Zaizen and Ghost Gal waiting for him.<ref name="ep17">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|17|ref}}</ref>

Playmaker muttered Blue Angel's name, who came to repay him for curing her. Playmaker claimed he never indebted her; regardless, Blue Angel started the Duel with the other AI prototype. Continuing the Duel, Playmaker banished "[[Dotscaper (anime)|Dotscraper]]" and "Linkslayer" to Special Summon "[[Dual Assembwurm (anime)|Dual Assembwurm]]" from the GY, with its ATK halved, and brought "Dotscraper" with its effect. Using "[[Cynet Defrag]]" to summon "[[Flick Clown (anime)|Flick Clown]]" and use the latter's effect, Playmaker had 1000 LP left to use his Skill to grab a Link Monster from the Data Storm. Using his three Cyberse monsters, Playmaker summoned "[[Vector Square Archfiend (anime)|Vector Square Archfiend]]", and summoned "Cyberse Wizard" from his hand; the two monsters attacked the prototype's "Tentacluster" monsters, damaging it to 1100 LP. He Tributed "Cyberse Wizard" to use the effect of "Vector Square Archfiend" to revive "Tentacluster Nautilus" and gained another attack. He then destroyed "Tentcluster Nautilus" and defeated the AI prototype, who vanished into thin air. Playmaker entered the Data Bank, and was surprised to see Akira, who expected him to be there.<ref name="ep17">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|17|ref}}</ref> Playmaker questioned asked Ghost Gal and Akira as to Zaizen why they were in the data bank. Ghost Gal explained that they were after the data, and Playmaker realized that he was just used as a decoy for them to enter the data bank. He ordered Akira Zaizen to moveaside, who but Zaizen refused, and admitted informed him that he obtained the data, thus knowing had learned what happened to Playmaker ten years agopreviously. Akira Zaizen claimed he had the right to know about the incident Incident and Playmaker asked of him to hand the data over. Instead, Akira Zaizen instead asked Playmaker to hand over the Ignis and disperseleave, wanting to shed some light over the incidentIncident, and Ghost Gal added Akira was demoted, due to the incident with Varis. Yusaku but Playmaker claimed that he would be the one to reveal the truth since it didn't personally involve Akira and Zaizen. He challenged him Zaizen to a Master Duel. He bet , betting Ai for the data, and Akira Zaizen accepted, seeing this was as the only way to defeat Playmaker.<ref name="ep18">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|18|ref}}</ref> [[File:Yusaku furious.png|thumb|left|Yusaku becoming furious at Akira]]Playmaker Link Summoned "Decode Talker" and used its Link Materials - and "[[Stack Reviver (anime)|Stack Reviver]]" - to revive "[[Cyberse Gadget (anime)|Cyberse Gadget]]" and summon a "[[Gadget Token (anime)|Gadget Token]]". Playmaker prepared his offence, but Akira tributed "[[Tindangle Base Gardna (anime)|Tindangle Base Gardna]]" for "[[Tindangle Hound (anime)|Tindangle Hound]]" to weaken his monsters and activated "[[Lemoine Point]]" to prevent Playmaker from attacking face-down monsters. Playmaker used "Cyberse Gadget" and "Gadget Token" to Link Summon "[[Flame Administrator (anime)|Flame Administrator]]". The latter's effect increased "Decode Talker's" ATK, enough to destroy "Tindangle Hound". Akira flipped "[[Tindangle Angel (anime)|Tindangle Angel]]", reviving "Tindangle Hound" in face-down position, and forced Playmaker to end the Battle Phase. Akira, however, spoke about his and Skye's past, and didn't wish that Skye was captured by strangers like Playmaker was. Akira told he would set things straight, and asked for trust. Kolter and Playmaker became furious, seeing Akira understood nothing about them. Playmaker trusted that Akira was a good person, but doubted he knew anything about the pain he bore. Akira [[Flip Summon]]ed "Tindangle Hound", and set "Tindangle Angel" into face-down position and gained its attack, plus weakening Playmaker's monsters. Akira attacked Playmaker's "Flame Administrator" and halved his LP. Playmaker used "[[Limit Code (anime)|Limit Code]]" to bring out "Encode Talker", at the cost of reducing its and "Decode Talker's" ATK. Playmaker saw Akira knew nothing of his goal, as he Link Summoned "Firewall Dragon".<ref name="ep18" /> "Tindangle Hound's" effect caused "Firewall Dragon's" ATK to be reduced. Using "[[Linkage Hole (anime)|Linkage Hole]]", Akira's monsters were destroyed, leaving him open for direct attacks. After Akira got directly hit by "Decode Talker", he destroyed the latter with "[[Tindangle Delaunay (anime)|Tindangle Delaunay]]", and immediately brought out his ace, "[[Tindangle Acute Cerberus (anime)|Tindangle Acute Cerberus]]". The latter attacked "Firewall Dragon", whom Playmaker protected with "[[Doppler Phase Coating]]". Akira protected his own monster with "[[Gergonne's End (anime)|Gergonne's End]]"; Playmaker noted Akira's Deck was quite difficult to figure out with such complex strategies. Playmaker tried to have "Firewall Dragon", enhanced with "[[Alert Lancer]]", attack "Tindangle Token" to finish the Duel. However, Akira prevented damage with "[[Morley's Shield]]", and to counter Playmaker's strategy, used "[[Nagel's Protection (anime)|Nagel's Protection]]" to protect his Tokens. "Tindangle Acute Cerberus" attacked, causing Playmaker's LP to be lowered down to 500. Ai yelled to Playmaker to do something, and even wondered if there was anything that can be done to get them out of the situation. Playmaker asked of Ai to stop panicking, asking if it even was an AI, making the latter furious why he was so calm. Playmaker claimed if Ai was so worried about losing, it should consider about finding a new home. Ai replied he didn't think of that, since he had Playmaker as a friend to help him out. Playmaker claimed they were not friends, stating Ai should behave like other AI-s. This crushed Ai, seeing Playmaker was colder than AI-s.<ref name="ep19" />

[[File:Yusaku furious.png|thumb|left|Yusaku becoming furious at Zaizen]]Playmaker swore he would not losequickly Link Summoned "Decode Talker", since but as he wished to uncover the truth. He looked at prepared his deckoffence, commenting it contained Zaizen brought out "[[Tindangle Hound (anime)|Tindangle Hound]]" to weaken his feelings over the past ten yearslinked monsters and used "[[Lemoine Point]]" to prevent Playmaker from attacking face-down monsters. Playmaker drew a card and set itcountered by Link Summoning "[[Flame Administrator (anime)|Flame Administrator]]", while Akira commented whose effect increased the ATK of "Decode Talker" past that was his destiny. Akira asked of Playmaker to stop this revenge and go to school to cherish these memories, rather than trying to uncover the truth, which Akira would reveal"Tindangle Hound". He claimed Playmaker was too conceited in the past, and he would not feel happiness, just like Akira didn't. Blue flipped "[[Tindangle Angel (anime)|Tindangle Angel came to hear the story]]", though reviving "Tindangle Hound" face-down and ending Playmaker wished that Akira did not tell the story's Battle Phase. Akira Zaizen spoke about the incidenthis and Skye's past, mentioning claiming that Playmaker was rescued. Playmaker refused to believe he was rescued, knew their pain and swore he'd uncover asking them to leave fighting the incident, for the sake of the families hurt in the incident, and wished Hanoi to rescue the person whose voice that encouraged him to fight may still be trapped. Kolter and Playmaker claimed even if Akira believed revenge was pointlessbecame furious, he still discovered claiming that the Knights of Hanoi had involvement in the projectZaizen understood nothing about them. Akira also stated the SOL Technologies' data bank contained the name of the mastermind behind the Zaizen [[Hanoi ProjectFlip Summon]]ed "Tindangle Hound", and Set "Tindangle Angel", weakening Playmaker's monsters again and destroying "Flame Administrator". Playmaker was shockedused "[[Limit Code (anime)|Limit Code]]" to bring out "Encode Talker", and yelled out for the name of the mastermind, but Akira remained silentthen he used it to Link Summon "Firewall Dragon".<ref name="ep19ep18" />

Playmaker demanded Although the name effect of "Tindangle Hound" reduced the mastermind, but Akira refused to give out the nameATK of "Firewall Dragon", fearing this would only feed Playmakerdestroyed Zaizen's desire for revenge and hatredmonsters with "[[Linkage Hole (anime)|Linkage Hole]]". Akira decided to conclude the Duel by having "Tindangle Acute CerberusDecode Talker" landed a direct attack "Firewall Dragon". Playmaker avoided the defeat by banishing his dragon , but Zaizen destroyed it with "[[Cynet Backdoor Tindangle Delaunay (anime)|Cynet BackdoorTindangle Delaunay]]" , and with brought out his ace, "[[Doppler Phase CoatingTindangle Acute Cerberus (anime)|Tindangle Acute Cerberus]]" gone. It attacked "Firewall Dragon", Akira's which Playmaker protected with "[[Battle Doppler PhaseCoating]] ended". Akira turned the tables by using Zaizen protected his own monster with "[[EulerGergonne's Circuit End (anime)|EulerGergonne's CircuitEnd]]", preventing Playmaker from attacking, and allowing one "Tindangle" monster to be switched to Playmakernoted that Zaizen's fieldDeck was quite difficult to figure out with such complex strategies. Playmaker was frustrated, and noted this was a Duel for justice. Akira swore tried to take end the data and track down the ones responsible. Playmaker doubted he knew anything, as he trusted his own justice that would make him prevail and win. Drawing a card, Playmaker used "Draconnet", "Bitron" and Duel by attacking Zaizen's "[[Digitron (anime)|DigitronTindangle Token]]" to bring out "Link Spider", but Zaizen prevented the damage with "[[Recovery Sorcerer (anime)|Recovery SorcererMorley's Shield]]" and , then used "[[Security Gardna Nagel's Protection (anime)|Security GardnaNagel's Protection]]"to protect his Tokens. "Tindangle Acute Cerberus" attacked "Firewall Dragon" again, reducing Playmaker to 500 LP. Akira pointed Ai yelled at Playmaker to do something, and wondered if there was anything to be done to get them out the pointlessness of summoning their situation. Playmaker told Ai to stop panicking, and the monsterstwo traded barbs. Playmaker swore he would not lose, as he wished to uncover the truth. He claimed that his Deck contained his feelings over the past ten years. Playmaker drew a card and Set it. Zaizen asked Playmaker was unable to attackstop this revenge and cherish his memories, rather than trying to uncover the truth, which Zaizen would reveal. Since "Security Gardna" He claimed Playmaker was placed on too conceited in the past, and he would not feel happiness, just as Zaizen himself hadn't. Blue Angel, who had been watching the top link of "Tindangle Acute Cerberus"Duel for a while, Akira used "Gergonnerevealed her presence and asked to hear about Playmaker's past. Against Playmaker's End" wishes, Zaizen spoke about the Lost Incident, mentioning that Playmaker had been rescued at its conclusion. Playmaker claimed that he was never rescued due to nuke all monsters linked the trauma that he suffered, and swore that he would uncover the truth for the sake of the families hurt in the Incident, and that he would rescue the person whose voice had encouraged him to inflict massive damage on fight if he was still trapped. Playmakernoted that even though Zaizen believed revenge was pointless, believing he had still discovered that the latter has lost hope Knights of Hanoi had been involved in winningthe Lost Incident, also known as the [[Hanoi Project]]. Zaizen then revealed that SOL Technologies' data bank contained the name of the mastermind behind the Hanoi Project, much to Playmaker's shock.<ref name="ep20ep19">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|20|ref}}</ref>

The Playmaker demanded the name of the mastermind, but Zaizen refused to reveal it, fearing this would only feed Playmaker's hatred and desire for revenge. Zaizen attempted to conclude the Duel by attacking "Firewall Dragon" with "Acute Cerberus", but Playmaker avoided the defeat by banishing his dragon with "[[Cynet Backdoor (anime)|Cynet Backdoor]]", triggering the effect activatedof "Doppler Phase Coating" to end the Battle Phase. Zaizen turned the tables by preventing Playmaker from attacking "[[Euler's Circuit (anime)|Euler's Circuit]]", dealing 4500 LP damage which would also allow him to Summon a "Tindangle" monster to Playmaker's field to complete his combo. Playmakerbrought out "Link Spider", "[[Recovery Sorcerer (anime)|Recovery Sorcerer]]" and "[[Security Gardna (anime)|Security Gardna]]". Akira turned aroundZaizen pointed out the pointlessness of summoning the monsters, but as Playmaker was surprised unable to attack. As Playmaker had Summoned "Security Gardna" to the Zone that "Tindangle Acute Cerberus" pointed to, Zaizen used "Gergonne's End" to destroy the monsters that "Acute Cerberus" pointed to, inflicting the ATK of "Acute Cerberus" to see Playmaker, but Playmaker survived as with the effect of "Security Gardna" , which prevented all effect damage during that turn. This trap and destroyed "Euler's Circuit", and allowed allowing Playmaker to attack. Despite the his advantage, Playmaker used "Recovery Sorcerer" to bring back "Security Gardna". Ai questioned this, as Playmaker could simply make a direct attack directly with "Firewall Dragon", but was told and Playmaker claimed that a Duel is was more than just winning or losing. Playmaker made He used the effect of "Firewall Dragon" to return Akira's "Tindangle Hound" and "Tindangle Angel" from the GY Graveyard to his hand, thus forcing reducing the ATK of "Tindangle Acute Cerberus'" ATK to drop to 0. Declaring "Tempest Attack", before destroying it with "Firewall Dragon" attacked "Tindangle Acute Cerberus" and defeated Akira, defeating Zaizen. Playmaker then walked pass by Akira past the Zaizen siblings and Blue Angel, having had Ai eat away devour SOL Technologies' data. Before leaving, Playmaker asked of Akira Zaizen not to follow him, or else he'd walk the path of darkness. Akira wanted to know Zaizen asked why Playmaker didn't attack directly with "Firewall Dragon". He , and he explained "Tindangle Hound" and "Tindangle Angel" represent represented Akira and his sister, who he believed should rather turn around and walk to the lightrather than remain in the Graveyard. He went on the tansported to his Duel Board and logged out of the mother computer system. Outside, Kolter praised Yusaku and Ai, the former giving out the data he acquired. The two hacked into Ai, and found out the Hanoi Project's leader was [[Kiyoshi Kogami|Dr. [[Kiyoshi Kogami]], an employee from SOL Technologies, who alone worked on the project Project alone in secrecy. The two concluded that SOL Technologies covered up the incident, or else Incident to prevent the company's reputation would've been from being ruined. Ai doubted the man that Dr. Kogami could have done this on his own, and thought Akira suggested that Zaizen was involved, but Kolter reminded him Akira, that Zaizen had been 16 back then, was 16 and was not employed at SOL Technologies at the time. Kolter and Yusaku failed to find the projectProject's goalin the data, but most shockingly, to their shock they discovered Dr. Kogami had died seven years ago.<ref name="ep20">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|20|ref}}</ref>

Playmaker and [[Ai]] watched an eclipse blocking the virtual sun in [[LINK VRAINS]]. Ai remembered people in the ancient past were scared of such events, and was surprised people, even today, were still afraid. Playmaker replied people remain the same, unlike technology that advances. The latter proclaimed the light was blocked by darkness, and confirmed to Ai he meant about the Lost Incident. He would not let the incident be buried in darkness, and would uncover the truth. Later, Yusaku was at school, and remembered how someone spoke to him during the Lost Incident project. [[Naoki Shima|Naoki]] called out to Yusaku, reminding him the class was over, and thought he was one of the "Athnoers". Yusaku walked away, and Naoki told him "Athnoers" were people trapped in LINK VRAINS, noting a lot of students haven't attended the school. He believed it was due to cursed [[Duel Disk]]s, which, at midnight, emit white hands that drag people into LINK VRAINS, leaving the people's bodies "hollow". He thought no person would return back to their old-selves, even if they were taken to the hospital. Ai thought this had relations to [[Skye Zaizen|Blue Angel]], but Yusaku shushed him, since Naoki could hear him. Naoki doubted Yusaku would become a victim, since they were usually people with promising Dueling future. Yusaku advised him to stay away from the Duel Disk and walked away from Naoki, who wished Playmaker would set things straight. Before leaving, Yusaku corrected him the term was "[[AnotherDeleted]]s", not "Athnoers", which made Naoki furious, since Yusaku knew everything already. Inside the van, [[Kal Kolter|Kolter]] showed Ai and Yusaku the footage of a camera, when a person turned into an AnotherDeleted, which happened six minutes before midnight. Ai noted there were no white hands taking the person into LINK VRAINS. Kolter told them the person had not recovered yet, and showed pictures of more Another Deleted patients in the hospitals. Ai and Yusaku knew this was the same accident with Blue Angel, who was infected by a virus.<ref name="ep22">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|22|ref}}</ref>

Kolter believed someone wanted people to be turned into mindless people, but has not find out what happened to their LINK VRAINS' avatars. Kolter showed more data, and Yusaku analyzed all of the Anothers Deleted were great Duelists with old-type Duel Disks, and all of them were hackers, too. The trio realized Playmaker, or Ai, were the targets. Yusaku reminded the importance of uncovering the truth behind Lost Incident, and as noted by Ai, they had to stop people from becoming AnothersDeleted. Ai noted Yusaku was a cool hero of justice, even if the latter claimed that was unnecessary. Kolter showed a list of possible targets, from which the first was [[Makoto KimishimaMcKendrick Kellenbocker]]. Yusaku traced the person to his house, and saw lights at his window. Yusaku broke through into his room, and saw he became a victim. In addition, he and Ai watched MakotoMcKendrick's avatar inside LINK VRAINS being confronted by [[Dr. Genome|a person]], who wished to know if he was Playmaker and had [[Ignis]]. Yusaku and Ai saw the person casted some glitter, causing Makoto McKendrick to fall asleep and fall off the cliff, but was saved by [[George Gore|the Gore]]. Playmaker watched as the Gore confronted the person, Dr. Genome, who placed the virus into MakotoMcKendrick, only to draw Playmaker out. Yusaku came to the hospital, where he heard Gore swear to defeat Dr. Genome. Gore saw Yusaku and realized he was also concerned about MakotoMcKendrick, who attended the same school. Yusaku gave his name to Gore, and left. At the van, Kolter and Yusaku watched the [[Knights of Hanoi]] Dueling people, and turning them into AnothersDeleted. Yusaku decided to go into LINK VRAINS, even if Kolter believed he would be at a disadvantage, and Ai wished to feel secure. Surprisingly, they saw "Playmaker" battling the Knights of Hanoi, by stopping their programs and tossing them away from their [[Duel Board]]s. Dr. Genome confronted "Playmaker", who revealed himself to be Gore. The latter stated he came to save MakotoMcKendrick, and knew Playmaker's identity, which displeased Yusaku and Kolter. Yusaku did not know if Gore really knew his identity, but was still frustrated. The group watched as Dr. Genome activated the [[Data Gale]], conjuring black tornadoes for the [[Speed Duel]].<ref name="ep22"/>

Yusaku and Ai logged into LINK VRAINS and Playmaker motivated the Gore in a sarcastic manner, which made him to defeat Genome. After Gore defeated Genome, he then approached Playmaker and realize that Playmaker didn't come to mock him. Instead, he came to motivate him but Playmaker didn't give a straight answer. Gore then told him that he wanted to team up with Playmaker and defeat Hanoi. They saw Blue Angel, and Gore also offered her to join forces with them. The next day Yusaku didn't go to school and teamed up with Gore, defeating various Knights of Hanoi. After defeating another Knight, Playmaker and Ai then interrogated him about the removal program that can cure the victims of AnotherDeleted. However, before the Knight could explain, he was erased by [[Kyoko Taki|someone]]. Gore then asked him about Blue Angel's whereabouts, but Playmaker didn't know where she was, and remembered she left all of a sudden. The two then discussed about the creator of removal program. Sometime later Yusaku, Ai and Kolter then watch [[Kitamura]] making a public announcement that he developed an army of AI Duelists to confront the Knights of Hanoi.<ref name="ep24">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|24|ref}}</ref>

At the van, Kolter analyzed that if the Knights of Hanoi took over LINK VRAINS, they'd soon find Playmaker. Yusaku believed they could prevent that by looking into the origins of Anothers Deleted virus. The next day, at the van, Kolter woke Yusaku up, reminding he had to go to school, and promised he'd continue working. After Yusaku returned, Kolter found nothing new. Yusaku let Kolter rest, who went to cook some fries and cheese dogs. Yusaku and Kolter ate the food, and watched Blue Angel confronting Baira. Ai noted Blue Angel was cornered, but Yusaku shushed him, since they were still working. Kolter and Yusaku analyzed the videos, and the latter saw Baira behind one of the Anothers Deleteds victims.<ref name="ep25">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|25|ref}}</ref> Yusaku and Kolter then hacked into Baira's profile and found out her real identity as [[Kyoko Taki]], a doctor who works at [[Den Hospital]] and they were able to find out her home address. Yusaku then went into her apartment and Ai warned him it could be Hanoi's headquarter as he went inside he was greeted by a security guard robot, who asked him who does he want to visit. But, Yusaku remained silent as Ai told him to say something before anything get suspicious the robot then threatened him if he doesn't answer he would be held under suspicion. When Kolter took control of the guard and guided him to Kyoto's room, Yusaku found her in LINK VRAINS and watched Blue Angel defeat her. He and Kolter also witnessed the victims of Another Deleted getting cured and logging out of LINK VRAINS. As Baira suddenly disappeared, they thought she logged out and decided to interrogate her about the removal program but witness her getting purged by Varis.<ref name="ep26">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|26|ref}}</ref>

Despite Another Deleted victims being purged from the virus, Yusaku was still worried, since he only fought the Knights of Hanoi inside LINK VRAINS, and Kolter confirmed one last mastermind left to be fought against. The next day, Yusaku spoke with Naoki, who wished to battle the Knights of Hanoi alongside Playmaker and Blue Angel. Naoki pointed out the [[Duel Club]] forbade entering LINK VRAINS. Yusaku warned him there was a website with the list of AnothersDeleted, and since Naoki had no plan, he would instantly fail. Yusaku also sensed fear inside Naoki and felt he'd ask Yusaku to join him. Naoki was furious and stormed out, and Ai noted Yusaku went too far on him. When Yusaku came to the van, Kolter showed him someone has played his "[[Cyberse Wizard (anime)|Cyberse Wizard]]". Kolter identified him as Lonely The BraveBattler, which Ai thought as a cool name. When Yusaku showed his "Cyberse Wizard", Ai touched it and sensed the data from the card was missing. Ai thought Lonely The Brave Battler was the mastermind, and defeated the Knight of Hanoi to lure Playmaker out. They soon found Naoki was Lonely The BraveBattler, who changed the name to "The Brave MaxBattler". Despite this, Yusaku feared Naoki was in danger, should the mastermind find out he used the [[Cyberse]] card. Not long after, Yusaku and Kolter found The Brave MaxBattler, with [[Faust]], the mastermind, who called out to Playmaker to come and Duel him. The former claimed he received "Cyberse Wizard" from Playmaker, which surprised Yusaku. Yusaku went to grab his [[Duel Disk]], but saw it was gone. Ai logged on the screen, and showed he was on the Duel Disk, which [[Roboppy]] modified it with a drone. While Yusaku noted the device felt heavier, Ai explained he was searching for Naoki, though the data of "Cyberse Wizard". Yusaku realized Ai even knew this would happen, which offended Ai, seeing Yusaku was even accusing him. Regardless, Ai showed the location, where Naoki was captured. Yusaku called out to him, and Ai returned to the van. Yusaku grabbed the Duel Disk and left Kolter to rescue Naoki, while Yusaku logged in to LINK VRAINS.<ref name="ep27">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|27|ref}}</ref>

Playmaker arrived to LINK VRAINS, and assured The Brave Max Battler he'd face Faust. Before he did, The Brave Max Battler returned "Cyberse Wizard" to Playmaker. Playmaker placed the card in his Deck, and noted Faust was the final Another Deleted mastermind, who stole the data of "Cyberse Wizard" and gave it to The Brave MaxBattler, to lure him out. Faust did not know what Playmaker was talking about, since he did not do that. Ai assured Playmaker that wasn't important, and only had to defeat Faust. Faust declared his mission was to retrieve Ignis, and used the Data Gale to conjure a stage for their battle. Playmaker noted it was just like during Blue Angel and Gore's Duels, and Ai noted this prevented them from returning home. Playmaker raced with Faust and jumped on their Duel Boards to start their Speed Duel. Faust started the Speed Duel with summoning three "[[Motor Worm Token]]s", and Ai sensed Faust was going all-out from the start. Playmaker went to confront Faust's "[[Motor Worm Spreader Queen]]", by Link Summoning "[[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]". Faust smirked, and protected his queen by destroying the "Motor Worm Token", using "[[Wormhole Defense]]". Since the token was destroyed, the queen's ATK fell down, allowing "Cyberse Wizard". Faust was inflicted additional damage, yet revived his queen with "[[Worm Revival]]". Playmaker found out Faust wanted him to destroy the queen, as Faust used "[[Egg Clutch]]" to turn "Cyberse Wizard" into an [[Insect]] monster, thus boosting the queen's ATK. Ai wondered if there was nothing they could do, and repeated this to Playmaker when he ended his turn. Faust played "[[Motor Worm Gate]]", to allow his queen to attack directly if Playmaker only controlled Insect monsters. Ai pointed out they still had [[Cyberse]] "Decode Talker", which his queen destroyed, inflicting 1700 damage to Playmaker. Faust used his Skill, [[Skill#Double Bite|Double Bite]], to have the queen attack once more and finish Playmaker off.<ref name="ep28">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|28|ref}}</ref>

Playmaker barely survived with 50 LP and crashing into a building, by halving the damage with "[[Urgent Link]]". Despite this, Playmaker told Ai it was still enough to battle. He also went to Link Summon, but Faust's "Wormhole Defense" prevented the Insect tokens to be used as Link Material. Faust declared he would obtain Ignis on his next turn, but Playmaker hoped there was still a way to turn things around. He used "[[Cybersal Cyclone (anime)|Cybersal Cyclone]]" to banish "Decode Talker" to destroy the queen, though Faust had a token destroyed in her stead. Playmaker smiled, since the card he played allowed him to destroy "Wormhole Defense". Faust declared he still wouldn't lose, though Playmaker made him doubt his words when he went into the black Data Storm to use [[Skill#Storm Access|Storm Access]] skill, and Link Summoned that monster, "[[Powercode Talker (anime)|Powercode Talker]]". Reviving his "[[Space Insulator (anime)|Space Insulator]]", Playmaker also negated the queen's effects, thus making her ATK return to 1000. Before Playmaker went to attack, Faust tried to warn him of Ignis being a threat. Ai told Playmaker to ignore Faust - "Powercode Talker", who doubled its ATK by tributing "Space Insulator", destroyed "Motor Worm Spreader Queen", and defeated Faust. Before vanishing, Faust tried to warn Playmaker he may have just doomed the humanity's future. Playmaker repeated Faust's final words, though Ai didn't know anything of that. Before logging out, Playmaker told "The Brave MaxBattler" he should seek his own path out, if he was brave enough. Yusaku, who logged out, came to Naoki, who was actually released when Faust lost the Duel, at the warehouse district. Naoki was glad to see Yusaku came to rescue him, and told about Playmaker's ordeals. While Naoki continued talking, Yusaku concluded Faust didn't want Naoki to be turned into an AnotherDeleted. He also thought Ai could've been the one that sent "Cyberse Wizard" to Naoki, believing the Ignis put him in danger.<ref name="ep28" />

Since Yusaku felt uneasy, he could not sleep and went to Kolter's van. Ai smiled at Yusaku, thinking how cute he was, but Yusaku ordered him to be quiet. Regardless, he also agreed with Yusaku something bad would soon begin, as Yusaku believed Varis would make his move soon.<ref name="ep28"/> Yusaku and Ai, in real life, sensed something wrong in LINK VRAINS. Later, after Kolter served a customer, Yusaku noted that the Knights of Hanoi have been purged from LINK VRAINS. Kolter noted AnothersDeleted' incident has been resolved, but also reminded Varis was still out there. Ai thought Varis had retreated, but Yusaku doubted that. Instead, Yusaku questioned why Varis didn't make an appearance, thinking he had a reason to do so. Suddenly, Yusaku and Ai felt a pulse within LINK VRAINS, and the latter noted Yusaku had [[Link Sense]]. Yusaku asked Kolter to scan through the network. Kolter worked on scanning, and just as Yusaku and Ai sensed another pulse, Kolter saw the LINK VRAINS infrastructure was changing. Yusaku decided to visit LINK VRAINS, even if Ai felt a bad omen ahead. Yusaku noted Varis acted always in public, but this wasn't the case recently. Yusaku promised to find him, and sensed something big would happen soon. Inside LINK VRAINS, Playmaker rode the Data Wind. Ai tried to convince Playmaker things would go bad and they should return home, but Playmaker was focused on finding the cause. Once again, they sensed the pulse coming from the network. Finding some data fireflies, Playmaker traced them to a spot. As the data fireflies stopped, Ai thought they were taking a break. The two were visited by [[Emma Bessho|Ghost Gal]], who wasn't particularly pleased Ai and Playmaker were present, too.<ref name="ep30">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|30|ref}}</ref>

Playmaker was surprised, and pointed out the atrocity of the Lost Incident that befell Spectre. Spectre did not understand, and explained the incident actually entertained him, since he never felt livelier. He explained if one had a happy life before the Lost Incident, the event must've been hard for them. Spectre explained he was found by Varis at the site of the Lost Incident, and he gave Spectre a place where he could belong, among the Knights of Hanoi. Spectre wondered if he was weird, but thought Playmaker was even stranger for his sense of justice. Playmaker reminded due to that incident, time stopped moving for him, but Spectre replied it started moving for him since then. Ai noticed Playmaker was distant, and reminded he was nothing alike Spectre, and pointed out the tower would continue growing as long as they waste time. Playmaker understood, while Spectre dared Playmaker to defeat him. Playmaker Link Summoned "[[Link Disciple (anime)|Link Disciple]]" and "[[Link Devotee (anime)|Link Devotee]]" by linking them. Playmaker tributed "Link Devotee" to draw a card and swap one into his Deck, then Special Summoned two "[[Link Token]]s" and Normal Summoning "Cyberse Gadget", whose effect revived "[[Latency (anime)|Latency]]" from his GY. Using these monsters, Playmaker made three Link Summons: "[[Binary Sorceress (anime)|Binary Sorceress]]", "[[Multi Sledgehammer]]" and "[[Binary Blader (anime)|Binary Blader]]". Since his tree could not be attacked, Spectre took the attack of "Binary Sorceress", only to replenish his LP by Special Summoning "Sunvine Gardna". Spectre explained the tree protected him when he was a baby, and when the tree was cut down, he began distrusting society, and now served Varis.<ref name="ep35"/>

Spectre proclaimed as long as the tree was on the field, nobody could defeat him. He anticipated Ignis would be erased, along with LINK VRAINS. Playmaker reminded him Spectre would be erased, too. Spectre counted on that, since he merely wished to fulfill Varis's goal. Playmaker's noted that Spectre woukd would sacrifice himself for Varis. Spectre merely replied Playmaker would never understand their goals, as long as he chased after revenge. Since Playmaker's attack failed, he had "Binary Sorceress" share half her attack to "Binary Blader", who could attack twice per [[Battle Phase]], as Ai noted Spectre would take 2000 LP damage. Spectre's "Sunvine Gardna" protected him by reducing that damage by 800, and that damage healed Playmaker, due to "Binary Sorceress'" effect. To speed things up, Spectre used "[[Sunavalon Glorious Growth]]" to summon a Sunvine Token, and use it with "Sunvine Gardna" to make his tree evolve into "Sunavalon Dryanome", even in the middle of Playmaker's battle. Ai sensed they could be in big trouble, unless Playmaker tried harder. In addition, Spectre neutralized Playmaker's efforts by returning the LP count to 4000. Playmaker noticed that is a defense-oriented deck, and Blue Angel must've fallen to Spectre's tricks. Spectre announced the tree could not be attacked, and Ai knew Spectre anticipated these attacks. "Binary Blader" made its second attack, giving Spectre 2600 LP damage and replenishing Playmaker's LP by the same amount. Spectre repeated his combo, summoning another "Sunvine Gardna", and "Sunavalon Glorious Growth" raised his LP back and lowered Playmaker's LP back to 4000. In an attempt to finish this, Playmaker removed all of the Counters "Multi Sledgehammer" received when other monsters attacked, raising its ATK to 4000.<ref name="ep36">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|36|ref}}</ref>

After Gore defeated [[Dr. Genome]], Yusaku became more willing to let Gore fight against Hanoi in the wake of the [[AnotherDeleted]] crisis and they formed an alliance.

* [[Rescue Interlacer (anime)|Rescue Interlacer]]

* [[Binary Blader (anime)|Binary Blader]]

* [[Vector Square Scare Archfiend (anime)|Vector Square Scare Archfiend]]<ref group=Notes name="vector">This card is obtained via [[Skill|Storm Access]] in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 017|episode 17]].</ref>

Prior to the events of this season, Yusaku added other support for Summoning methods to his Deck, including [[Ritual Monster]]s , [[Fusion Monster]]s, [[Synchro Monster]]s, and [[Fusion Xyz Monster]]s to his Deck, in addition to support cards like "[[Cyberse Witch (anime)|Cyberse Witch]]". He also acquires "[[Linkuriboh (anime)|Linkuriboh]]", and continues to acquire new Link Monsters like "[[Clock Spartoi (anime)|Clock Spartoi]]" through Storm Access. His Skill later evolves, becoming "Neo Storm Access", which not only allows him to add other Extra Deck monsters to his Deck from the Data Storm, but can be used again if it was unsuccessful and he has 100 or less LP. He focuses less on his "[[Code Talker (archetype)|Code Talker]]" monsters and more on other Link Monsters and his new Summoning methods.

* [[Digitron (anime)|Digitron]]<ref group=Notes name="clockdragon67">This card is [[sent]] from the top of his [[Main Deck|Deck]] to the [[GY]] via the [[card effect|effect]] of "[[Cyberse Clock Dragon (anime)|Cyberse Clock Dragon]]" in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 067|episode 67]].</ref>

* [[Boot Staggered (anime)|Boot Staggered]]* [[Catche Eve L2 (anime)|Catche Eve L2]]

* [[Flick Clown (anime)|Flick Clown]]<ref group=Notes name="linkback">This card is [[sent]] from the top of his [[Main Deck|Deck]] to the [[GY]] via the [[card effect|effect]] of "[[Link Back (anime)|Link Back]]" in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 067|episode 67]].</ref>* [[Grid Sweeper (anime)|Grid Sweeper]]* [[Launcher Commander (anime)|Launcher Commander]]<ref group=Notes name="clockdragon67" >This card is [[sent]] from the top of his [[Main Deck|Deck]] to the [[GY]] via the [[card effect|effect]] of "[[Cyberse Clock Dragon (anime)|Cyberse Clock Dragon]]" in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 067|episode 67]].</ref>

* [[Clock Lizard (anime)|Clock Lizard]]

* [[Decode Talker (anime)|Decode Talker]]* [[Detonate Deleter (anime)|Detonate Deleter]]

* [[Transcode Talker (anime)|Transcode Talker]]* [[Update Jammer (anime)|Update Jammer]]

* [[Grid Rod (anime)|Grid Rod]]* [[Link Back (anime)|Link Back]]

* [[Resume Mace]]* [[Spool Code(anime)|Spool Code]]* [[Suspend Wand]]

* [[Break & ReverseReuse]]

| [[Knights of Hanoi|Knight of Hanoi]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 064|64]] || Win(flashback)

| [[Prototype AiGreen-A]] ||[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 016|16]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS - Episode 017|17]] || Win