Ka hunt The " ka " hunt was a search overseen by Priest Seto , in which he hoped to harvest powerful " ka " to be used by the High Priests and the pharaoh . This event took place in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga and anime . Seto examined civilians for potentially powerful " ka " and took them captive . While imprisoned , the civilians were pushed to physical limits to strengthen their " ka " . Seto knew that in the interest of peace , Pharaoh Atem would not consent to the hunt , but thought it was necessary for the priests to engage in such shadow politics , in order to protect the kingdom . Events . Planning . After Bakura , King of Thieves attacked the pharaoh ' s palace , Seto discussed the state of affairs with Akhenaden . Seto deemed Bakura too dangerous to be kept alive . They worried that the " ka " gathered in the Shrine of Wedju were not enough to compete with Diabound , which Seto accredited to them only collecting " ka " from criminals . However Akhenaden reminded him that Bakura was also a sinner and theorized that his " ka " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s strength came from his level of hatred , suspecting Bakura to be a survivor of the Kul Elna massacre . Seto proposed that they conduct the " ka " hunt , where they would take civilians with promising - looking " ka " and inflict agony upon them . This would provoke hatred and strengthen the " ka " , which could be turned into weapons . Akhenaden thought the idea was insane and knew the pharaoh would not consent . Seto rationalized that in having the stature of a god , the pharaoh must maintain peace , but in desperate times , it would be necessary for the priests to employ shadow politics to protect the royal house . Search . Following Mahado and Bakura ' s " ka " battle , Seto asked for Atem ' s permission to take his men to the city in search for Bakura , secretly intending to perform the " ka " hunt . He invited Shada to come with him , since Shada had the Millennium Key , which allowed him to see people ' s " ka " . As , Seto , Shada and the soldiers set out , Seto informed Shada of the true intentions of their search and asked for his help . Shada objected to examining the hearts of innocent people , but Seto began to sway him by pointing out that in their current state , they might not be able to protect the country from someone like Bakura . In the city , they gathered civilians outside and Seto instructed the guards to arrest anyone who refused to leave their dwellings . Some of Seto ' s men found an exiled criminal in the Winking Camel bar and brought him outside . Shada examined the man ' s heart and saw the " ka " , Saggi the Dark Clown . He reported that it had a low level , but could become a threat if let grow unchecked . Seto ordered that the criminal be taken to the underground prison . He informed his soldiers that they would limit their search to criminals , but would show them no mercy . He then had another man brought to Shada , but Shada could not bring himself to do it and asked Seto to stop . While Seto claimed it was necessary for them to enforce authority to protect the kingdom , the previous criminal they checked accused Seto ' s actions of not being authority and warned him that he would be judged by a god , The White Dragon . During their search , Seto and his men happened upon Kisara , who was being stoned by people , who believed her to be a witch . Seto condemned the people for their actions and asked his men to take care of Kisara . The Millennium Key suddenly began to react to Kisara . Shada reported that her heka was immeasurably high and she possessed a " ka " in the form of a white dragon . Seto instructed his men to take Kisara to the palace and told them not to speak to the pharaoh of their actions . During the search , Seto and his men gathered about twenty people and confined them to the prison tower , knowing that the pharaoh never goes there . Research . Seto reported the progress of the hunt to Akhenaden , who feared that they were steering down the path of darkness and urged Seto to release the prisoners . Seto was unconvinced and informed Akhenaden that he had found someone with a " ka " , whose power rivaled the gods . He was allowing the " ka " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s hostess , Kisara , to rest and planned on finding a way to draw the greatest power from the " ka " , after she regained her strength . To find out how to do that , he planned on torturing the other prisoners , in the interest of research . Akhenaden worried Seto was going to commit the same sin he did when he created the Millennium Items . But after being corrupted with Bakura ' s evil , following an attack , Akhenaden ' s views on the matter drastically changed and he became more merciless . When Atem went missing , Akhenaden became keen to make his son , Seto , the new pharaoh and have him wield the power of The White Dragon . Gebelk had been tasked with finding the best way to strengthened the " ka " of the prisoners . He found that by invoking the prisoners ' desire to live , by forcing them to fight to the death , their " ka " became drastically stronger . When Kisara regained consciousness , she was taken to Gebelk , who suggested they make her fight the prisoners . This revealed that her " ka " was indeed powerful and seemed to be a manifestation of her " ba " that only emerged while she was asleep . Akhenaden was impressed with The White Dragon , believing its power to surpass that of Diabound and the three legendary gods . He asked Gebelk about transferring the dragon to Seto . Gebelk explained that it would mean releasing Kisara ' s soul from her body , which Seto objected to , knowing it would mean her death . Akhenaden again emphasized that they needed to do this to make Seto the new pharaoh , but Seto suggested they not get ahead of themselves and focus on finding out what happened to the current pharaoh .