In the original animation, the Light of Destruction that came to Earth wasn't that strong; it only possessed Saiou Takuma and didn't go after his sister, thus sparing Mizuchi, his beautiful sister, from the fate of being possessed and performing strange facial expressions.
However, here she clearly didn't escape.
In the instant before being blasted away by the Shining Flare Wingman, Mizuchi's facial expression reached its peak, as if the Light of Destruction residing within her was making its final struggle, pouring everything into the last moment that would decide life or death.
Although this is a duel happening in the Data World, technically speaking, the combatants aren't even in the same place, but it makes no difference for a Darkness Game.
You should know that back in the early days of DM, President Pegasus could gamble with Atem over a video tape and later even kidnap the Millennium Item host Muto Sugoroku's soul through a TV screen (Sadako would call it expert-level and might want to learn how to play cards), which shows that Darkness Games can ignore logical constraints.
With even video tapes working, opening up a Darkness Game through an internet connection is naturally possible.
When you lose a card game in a Darkness Game, the consequences are, of course, unspeakable. The Light of Destruction within Mizuchi is clearly not as strong as on her brother's side, which Youyu could feel very intuitively during the duel just now.
Therefore, in the end, it wasn't too surprising that this part of the Light of Destruction was quickly removed and disappeared following the duel's defeat.
But before it faded away, like many villains, it left a final harsh warning.
"Don't think this is over; your destiny hasn't changed at all!"
The dim and twisted light separated from Mizuchi's body, disappearing as it used the last of its power to shout.
"The fate of destruction will soon descend upon this planet, and light will cleanse everything! Before that, enjoy your remaining time!!!"
Having said this, it was torn to shreds and vanished.
Saiou Mizuchi's expression returned to normal, and her body no longer twitched in pain.
In fact, Saiou's sister is quite attractive, with a nice face and a good figure. If someone recorded her experience just now, it would probably be a black mark in her history...
The Light of Destruction disappeared, but she still fell unconscious, motionless on the ground.
This is the Data World; ordinary medical skills won't work here. Therefore, Youyu turned to Kaiba Noah and asked, "What's her condition now?"
Hopefully, we didn't accidentally overdo it and break her?
"She's fine; it's just mental exhaustion," Noah stepped forward. "To move within the Data World, the Light of Destruction digitized her consciousness.
Now, her consciousness is separated from her body, essentially trapped within the Data World."
Youyu recalled that in the original series, Saiou Mizuchi also seemed to be trapped in the Data World? But at that time, she did it willingly because she saw through the Light of Destruction's plan to destroy humanity using the orbital satellite attached to her brother and intentionally digitized herself to infiltrate the satellite's backdoor to stop the launch.
"Can you help her recover?" Youyu asked.
"Of course." Noah smiled confidently, "Who do you think I am?"
The human consciousness digitization thing probably has no one more knowledgeable than him. Strictly speaking, he isn't human consciousness but an intelligent program that has copied a complete human consciousness. But Noah had once locked the consciousness of Yugi and others in the Virtual World before; he's a professional in this field.
"First, let's wake her up and ask some questions."
Kaiba Noah snapped his fingers, and Mizuchi seemed to receive some stimulus, her long eyelashes quivering before she struggled to open her eyes.
She looked confused.
"You're awake," Youyu got straight to the point, "Saiou Mizuchi, you were just possessed by an evil will called the 'Light of Destruction' and attacked the internal network of Duel Academy.
Now you're inside the Virtual World developed by the Kaiba Group. I have some questions for you..."
Hearing this, there was a flash in Mizuchi's eyes as if recalling something quickly. She hurriedly grabbed the hem of Youyu's clothes, interrupting, "Mr. Youyu, my brother... you must stop my brother!"
"Calm down, your brother Saiou Takuma has already been defeated," Youyu said, "He encountered Jonouchi Katsuya outside the Kaiba Group, and after losing the duel, the 'Light of Destruction' within him was purged.
Now he's in Domino's hospital..."
"No, you don't understand." Mizuchi shook her head desperately, "The Light of Destruction wasn't eliminated! My brother wasn't saved either!"
Youyu frowned: "But I personally went to the hospital to confirm. Despite Saiou Takuma still being unconscious, there indeed wasn't any abnormal energy reaction within him..."
"That's because that power isn't in his body anymore, nor is his consciousness!"
Mizuchi, her small hand clutching his clothes, tried to stand up, but it seemed that even in the Virtual World, her strength was almost depleted, her legs unresponsive.
"My brother... When he lost to Jonouchi Katsuya, the power of the Light of Destruction enveloped his consciousness as well and transferred it to the Network World through the 'Duel Links' system embedded in the Duel Disc!"
Youyu: "???"
What's this? Is this even possible?
Wait a minute.
Considering that in the original Mizuchi digitized herself to hide in the Network World, and the Mizuchi he just faced possessed by the "Light of Destruction" was also up to something in the Network World...
...something like this actually isn't impossible?
"So right now, my brother's body is just an empty shell," Mizuchi said, "He used the 'Duel Links' system as a medium and hid somewhere in the Network World, waiting for the moment.
Meanwhile, the Light of Destruction that was in me wasn't really aiming to defeat you.
It hacked into Duel Academy's projection system to create large-scale chaos and disrupt the GX Tournament, but its real goal was merely to divert attention—especially yours.
In this way, hidden in the Network World, my brother gets the chance to exploit the chaos."
Youyu's expression turned slightly serious, and after a moment he asked, "So what's your true objective?"
"A student at Duel Academy possesses a power that can be considered the natural enemy of the 'Light of Destruction,' identified as a crucial student in the Destiny Tarot Card's readings, one who may impact destiny."
Pausing, Mizuchi solemnly revealed a name Youyu had already guessed.
"Yuki Judai," she said, "They want to bring Yuki Judai over to become an ally of the Light."
Youyu understood: "So that's how it is."
Kaiba Noah looked at Youyu with curiosity: "Mr. Youyu, upon hearing this... aren't you worried at all? I mean... you were lured away! Isn't Yuki Judai your student?"
"Indeed, he's my student. So what?" Youyu laughed, "Do you think that without me there, he'd be easily captured, used as a hostage to threaten me, or simply brainwashed to join the opposing camp against me?"
Noah and Mizuchi exchanged glances, not saying a word.
Apparently, that did seem to be what they thought.
Youyu chuckled.
Goodness, what do you think of Judai? Some sort of perpetual hostage?
"Don't worry, if Saiou wants to mess with my apprentice, he can go right ahead," Youyu shrugged, totally unfazed, "He just might need to prepare a coffin."