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Soon afterwards, Ryoken visited [[Café Nom]] and he gave Yusaku a program to protect him from having his soul stolen by the Ignis, which Yusaku installed without hesitation once he knew what it was. Ryoken departed, commenting that the enemy of his enemy was his friend and bid Yusaku to survive the coming battle so that they could settle matters between them.<ref name="ep73" /> Yusaku decided to inform [[Akira Zaizen|Zaizen]] of Lightning and Bohman, and he sent a message to Zaizen to meet him at the harbor, remaining out of sight and using hoodie and a voice modulator to conceal his identity, and Ai to confirm that he was Playmaker. He told Zaizen about the other Ignis and that they wanted to conquer humanity, and asked him to protect [[LINK VRAINS]] if the need arose. Afterwards, they decided to search for [[Earth (character)|Earth]] and [[Aqua (character)|Aqua]], believing that they would likely be in danger from Lightning. Following Yusaku and Kolter's map of Earth's movements, Playmaker and Soulburner logged into LINK VRAINS and split up to search for Earth. Kolter soon contacted them and told them Earth was in danger, sending them Earth's coordinates, though Playmaker and Ai were the only ones close enough. They found Earth about to Duel one of [[SOL Technologies]]' Bounty Hunters, who revealed himself to be The Gore, but now thinner and strangely dissonant. Playmaker and Ai watched the Speed Duel uneasily, having sensed something strange about Gore, and they were shocked when Gore activated a new power, [[Duel A.I. Implant Chip|Brain Hack]] and [[Fusion Summon]]ed "[[Dinowrestler Chimera T Wrextle (anime)|Dinowrestler Chimera T Wrextle]]".<ref name="ep74">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|74|ref}}</ref> Gore revealed that he had implanted an A.I. in his brain to gain the skills to defeat Playmaker, but Earth was able to counterattack, destroy "Chimera T Wrextle", and then activate his "Rock You" Skill to inflict enough damage to defeat Gore. However, Gore intensified his Brain Hack and negated Earth's Skill with his newly-created "Anti Skill". Blue Gal also arrived, reassuring Playmaker that she wasn't here to Duel him and that she only wanted to protect the Ignis, and she asked about the status of the Duel. Playmaker noted that Earth held the advantage, but Gore Synchro Summoned "[[Dinowrestler Giga Spinosavate (anime)|Dinowrestler Giga Spinosavate]]" and began to press Earth back. Earth was able to protect "[[G Golem Crystal Heart]]" from Gore's effects, but Gore was able to attack it with "Giga Spinosavate" and destroy [[Gravity Protection|the card that protected]] "Crystal Heart", defeating Earth and capturing him. Playmaker ordered Gore to free Earth as he wasn't their enemy, but Gore didn't care and challenged Playmaker next despite their previous alliance. Before another Duel could start, Gore was logged out by SOL Technologies, though he vowed to defeat Playmaker the next time they met.<ref name="ep75">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS|75|ref}}</ref>

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