Yu - Gi - Oh ! - Duel 027 " Project Start ! " is the twenty - seventh chapter of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga . This chapter was originally printed in the " Weekly Shōnen Jump " magazine in Japanese . Its first English release was in the " Shonen Jump " magazine . It has been reprinted in volume 4 of the and volume 3 of the bunkoban . Summary . Kaiba residence . Kaiba suffers a nightmare of the " Experience of Death " Penalty Game , he was subjected to after his last encounter with Dark Yugi . He wakes - up panting , realizing that he is after having that same dream again . He gets up and opens the window , before being greeted by the butler . As Kaiba checks on his briefcase of cards , the butler informs him that Yugi and one of his friends , Jonouchi , stayed in the mansion overnight , as Kaiba requested . As the butler dresses him , Kaiba recalls inviting them to the pre - opening celebration , but fell asleep . All his life , he has restless nights , where he couldn ' t wait until morning , he says and that it is ironic that he had that nightmare again . However , after today , he shall never have that nightmare again , he thinks . Death - T is finally about to begin , he thinks as he leaves the room . In the dining room , Yugi asks Jonouchi if he is alright . Jonouchi replies that he is , he just needed a good night ' s sleep . However he doesn ' t like staying at Kaiba ' s house , because now he gets the feeling that he owes him one . Yugi wonders if his grandpa is worried about him , as he did not tell him that he would be out all night . Jonouchi asks what the ceremony is about . Yugi replies that it makes him nervous . He looks back at one of Kaiba ' s guards standing at the door and comments that he thinks they are being watched and locked inside the mansion , like that Kaibas don ' t want them to leave . The butler arrives and apologizes for keeping Yugi and Jonouchi waiting . He informs them that Kaiba will now see them . Kaiba appears at the top of the stairs , saying that it is good to see Yugi and Jonouchi again . Both of them look up at him startled . Kaiba asks why the long faces , it has been so long since he has seen them and would like to have some fun together . Jonouchi tells Kaiba to cut the crap ; he forced them to come and then his little brother tried to kill them and now he expects them to be happy to see him . Kaiba smiles that it was cheeky of Mokuba and that they will have to forgive his little games . Jonouchi yells back that you don ' t get killed by little games . Yugi asks where Kaiba is taking them . Kaiba laughs that it is a place you can only dream of . He insists that they are wasting time and better get going . The servants all bow as the three leave . Opening ceremony . In the limousine , Kaiba explains that he took over KaibaCorp when his father passed away six months ago , but his dream is finally complete and he is sure that Yugi and Jonouchi will enjoy it as much as he does . When a large skyscraper with a dome on top comes into sight , he tells them that they can see it from here . Yugi and Jonouchi are both amazed and Kaiba explains that this is Kaiba Land , an indoor amusement park . Plenty of people have gathered around for the opening . They get excited when they see Seto Kaiba , who they believe to be the world ' s greatest gamer . Kaiba waves to everyone and welcomes to the grand opening of Kaiba Land . Kaiba Land is not scheduled to open for another three days , Kaiba tells Yugi . However there is a special event today ; they are opening the doors to certain children who were invited to play for free . Jonouchi starts to consider that Kaiba might not be as bad as he had thought and Yugi think they were probably worrying too much . Kaiba announces that Kaiba Land is now open and the crowd of children all rush inside . Kaiba explains to Yugi that it is his dream to open Kaiba Lands all over the world for children to enjoy . In his head , Yugi apologizes for misjudging Kaiba . Yugi and Jonouchi prepare to go play at the attractions , but halt when Kaiba ' s father ' s former right - hand man approaches Kaiba and accuses him of taking over KaibaCorp and driving the C . E . O . , his own father to his suicide . He calls Kaiba the devil incarnate , but Kaiba has his security eject him . Kaiba explains that that man used to be his father ' s right - hand man , but is now a worthless has been . Although there have been rumors , Kaiba insists that his father ' s death was a tragedy that he had nothing to do with . He says that he believes his father was able to die in peace , knowing that he would take over for him . Yugi realizes that Kaiba appears completely different now and wonders which is his true face . Kaiba offers to show them around the park . He explains that no expense was spared on Kaiba Land ; everything is cutting edge technology . He recommends that they try out the 3 - D simulation rides . Yugi and Jonouchi are brother up close to a holographic monster and freak out over how real it looks . Special event . The real has yet to come , Kaiba tells them as he brings to the biggest attraction of the opening ceremony ; a special show that he has prepared just for Yugi . Yugi is pleasantly surprised and can even hear people cheering . He says that Kaiba didn ' t have to go this far . However when they go through the door , they see Yugi ' s grandfather Sugoroku Mutou inside a cube in the middle of an arena . Yugi rushes over to him . Sugoroku tries to explains that Kaiba kidnapped him and forced him to cooperate by threatening to kill Yugi , but Yugi cannot here him through the glass . The guard orders Yugi to step back , as Sugoroku tries to warn him that Kaiba is up to no good . Kaiba enters the arena and his fans start cheering . Yugi humiliated him once by defeating him in " Duel Monsters " and now the day to avenge that shame has come , Kaiba thinks and Yugi shall repay him with his death . As Kaiba proceeds to the cube , Yugi and Jonouchi realize that they had been right about Kaiba at first . Kaiba announces to the crowd that for their entertainment , they will witness a game of the world ' s number 1 collectible card game , " Duel Monsters " . His challenger is Sugoroku Mutou , a man who claims to have never lost a Duel . The crowd laugh that there is no way Sugoroku can beat Kaiba . Yugi realizes his grandfather looks serious , as Sugoroku promises to win . Kaiba instructs Sugoroku not to hold back and hit him with his strongest cards . Sugoroku says not to worry , he plans on doing that . He then thinks to himself , his Deck contains the world ' s strongest card , " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " , the moment he draws that , he wins . Life Points start at 2000 and there are 40 cards in a Deck , Kaiba points out and they begin . Kaiba tells Sugoroku that the cube is a high tech product made especially for this game and may be hard for someone of his advanced age . Sugoroku looks puzzled . Kaiba demonstrates , as he Summons " Hitotsu - Me Giant " , he explains that a microchip in the card is activated . A hologram of the monster appears and Kaiba continues that the walls of the cube project a 3D image of the card ; this is a virtual simulation box made just for Duels . Sugoroku is shocked and amazed ; it looks like a real cyclops is attacking him . Kaiba laughs that he has recreated his game with Yugi using virtual reality . With his money , he says he can buy powers like Yugi ' s . Sugoroku worries that Kaiba will give him a heart attack with these graphics and begins his turn . Sugoroku Summons " Hobbit " , activates a Spell Card and plays another monster in Defense . The " Hobbit " attack s , causing Kaiba to lose 500 Life Points . The audience are impressed , but still don ' t think that he can beat Kaiba . Turns are skipped a some point . Kaiba plays a monster which attacks and destroys one of Sugoroku ' s , causing him to lose 300 Life Points . Kaiba is now in the lead . Yugi comments that this is an amazing game ; both players play at such a high level . He wishes his grandfather luck . Sugoroku thinks that Kaiba is pretty good , even if he doesn ' t know how to use Spell Cards properly . He draws his next , smiles and tells Kaiba that he wins . The card he has drawn is " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " . Once he Summons it , he believes that it will be game over for Kaiba . However in response Kaiba Summons his own " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " . On his next turn , he Summons another and on the turn after that , another . Unable to compete with three " Blue - Eyes White Dragons " , Sugoroku loses . Yugi is stunned that his grandfather lost . Over in the box , Sugoroku wonders how Kaiba managed to get three copies of such a rare card . Kaiba smirks that there are only four " Blue - Eyes White Dragons " know to exist , all of which were in the hands of fanatic collectors around the world . Kaiba went and searched them out ; there was one in America , one in Germany , one in Hong Kong and Sugoroku had the fourth . None of them agreed to hand theirs over , when Kaiba told them to , so he used force . Using his wealth , he drove them to bankruptcy or made deals with the mafia . One of them even committed suicide . Sugoroku is surprised at how awful Kaiba is . Kaiba takes Sugoroku ' s " Blue - Eyes White Dragon " and tears it up as Sugoroku ' s punishment for losing and the dragons punishment for betraying him last time . Kaiba laughs out loud , that he is now the only one in the world with this card . Now , Kaiba shall give Sugoroku a Penalty Game . Kaiba leaves the box , while holograms of monsters attack Sugoroku . He laughs that Sugoroku will know death by virtual reality . The audience cheer that Kaiba is awesome , while Yugi demands that his grandfather be let out of there . Kaiba laughs and tells Yugi that he has done human experiments in that simulator ; the average person goes insane after about ten minutes . If Yugi wants him to stop the simulator , he must swear to face the hidden attraction of Kaiba Land , Death - T ; the theme park of death that he built to exact his revenge on Yugi . Appearances . Debuts are in bold . Featured cards . The following cards were used in this chapter . Cards which debuted appear in italics . The following monsters also appeared in non - card form : Kaiba ' s dream Grandpa ' s Penalty Game Anime adaptions . First series anime . The twenty second episode of the first series anime , is based on this chapter . Second series anime . The first episode of the second series anime , " " is an amalgamation of Duels 9 and 10 , " The Cards With Teeth " and the Death - T arc . It contains elements from this chapter . Differences included :