Seto and Mokuba headed towards the lower levels of the building so they could test the VirtualPod. Mokuba tried to convince his brother to not try it now because it could be a trap. Seto ignored him and told Mokuba that he had waited years to test the game. As the two entered the room, Seto sat in the VirtualPod. Seto placed his deck into a slot. Mokuba started the system and Seto entered the Virtual World.
Inside the game, Seto was pleased that everything seemed all right, but Mokuba was still unsure whether the game was safe or not. As Two Headed King Rex suddenly appeared in the Virtual World. Sto summoned the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and destroyed it. As the Two Headed King Rex disappeared, an Armed Ninja appeared. Seto was suprised, since he had deisgned the game and knew it by heart. Seto ordered hi Blue-Eyes to attack, but a Drafon Capture Jar appeared and sucked in the dragon.Seto realized that the game had been reprogrammed. The armed Ninja then threw a net over Seto.
Back in the lab, Mokuba was only able to watch as his brother was captured inside the game. As the room began to close down, trapping Mokuba inside, the picture of the Big Five appeared, informing Mokuba that he and his brother were trapped. As Kemo and a group of guards stormed into the room, they found the Mokuba had escaped through the air vents., taking his brother's deck with him.
At Solomon's Game Shop, Yugi, Joey, Tea, and Tristin were browsing at the latest cards the Solomon had in stock. Mokuba suddenly burst in, asking for help. Everyone gathered around Mokuba as Mokuba told them the story and how they have to help him save Seto. Mokuba explained that even though the game was still a prototype, there were extra pods in Seto's secret lab. The gang promised to help Mokuba and they headed off to KaibaCorp, leaving Solomon Moto behind.
The gang arrived at the lab to find only three pods. Joey and Tristin started to argue about who should enter the Virtual World, but then Mokuba insisted that he should go because he is the only one with experience of the game. It was then decided that Yugi and Joey would accompany him. The three of them climbed into the pods and Tea and Tristin started the machine. As the three entered the Virtual World, there signal was discovered by the Big Five, who sent Kemo and the group of guards to unplug the machines.
As the three arrived in the Virtual World, they were amazed at how real it seemed. Each of the duellists had a life point counter with 2000 life points. Yugi was concerned at what would happen if they lost all their life points. As they began to search through the game, they found a graveyard, In the graveyard, three zombies attacked them. Mokuba showed them how to summon a monster by raising the Rude Kaiser over his head and calling its name. Rude Kaiser appeared. Yugi then summoned the Dark Magician and both monster attacked the zombies. The zombies then just reappeared. Joey summoned Flame Swordsman and attacked, but Yugi realised that the zombies had become more powerful. Flame Swordsman's attack was deflected and destroyed(Joey's LP:1820). Joey wondered how they could defeat such powerful monsters, but then Yugi reminded him that there was a way to revive zombies. Joey remebered how he beat Bones. Joey then activated Sword and Shield, reversing the attack and defence power of the zombies. The Dark Magician then destroyed them.
As the group left the graveyard, Joey noticed that his life points hadn't returned to zero. Yugi warned him that he should be careful and try not to lose life points. The group was then faced with a bigger problem, where to go next. Joey then saw a tiny, little fairy and decided to follow it. The three followed the fairy, which led them to a town. As the three entered the town, they found card stalls. They checked the stalls, but they realized they only had 5 points, while the cards were worth much more. The three of them then split up to find Seto.
After a while, the three met up in the town square. Mokuba informed Yugi and Joey that an old woman had seen a man and a prisoner headed off across the desert. Certain that the prisoner was Seto, they headed off to the desert. As they were crossing the desert, a sandstorm appeared and blew them back into town. The old man informed them that the only way to cross the desert was to use a Niwatori. Yugi asked the man where to get one, but the man told him that Niwatori was a prized card. The three then headed off to search the town for one.
Back in the real world, the guards sent by the Big Five had arrived at Seto's lab. Tea and Tristin were determined to protect their friends, so they barricaded the door.
Mokuba, Joey, and Yugi met up again in the town square, not having have found a Niwatori. As they began to give up hope, they found a poster advertising that you had to win a duel to get a Niwatori. Joey offered to duel since he had already lost life points. They registered for the duel and Joey was given a pig costume to wear and was informed that his name would be Senor Porky. As Yugi and Mokuba cheered from the sidelines, Joey entered the arena. The legendary Madam Butterfly appeared and was ready to duel. Had Joey prepared to duel for Seto, little did he know that his opponent would have a big suprise for him.