At the dueling site, the crowd is displeased with the duel as an unnamed duelist attacks directly with Magical Scientist and wins the duel. A disappointed Zane walks away as the crowd throws insults at him. Inside the shower, (I am amazed that they kept this scene and not others like it in prior episodes.) Zane recalls a brief chat he had inside a restaurant with his "manager" , who says that when they hired Zane, they expected a champion but what they got was him and they don't pay for failures.

Zane questions what is wrong with himself and why he's afraid to duel. Inside a hallway, a voice tells Zane it was quite the duel he just had. He has heard it'll be Zane's last one. Who says? Various members of the press but who really reads the newspaper or watches TV these days? (Syrus reads the newspaper) Zane tells the man to get lost and the man apologizes, saying he is Mr. Shroud and that he can help Zane. After being questioned on how that can get accomplished, he tells Zane he's going to help him get back on top.

Of course, they're going to have to start at the beginning. He's going to reinvent him. He asks Zane if he's heard of underground dueling but those types of duels aren't Zane's thing. Shroud tells him he doesn't have a choice if his intent is to salvage his career. At the new arena, Zane's opponent (whom looks quite fierce might I add) is introduced as Mad Dog. Zane enters, saying the duel shouldn't be too tough as the guy probably hasn't had any training.

Two men strap on strange wrist bands and a neck brace. Shroud tells Zane not to worry about them, they make the duel better. He warns Zane that his opponent is known to be quite dangerous (and annoying as we now get a glimpse of his horrible voice.) Mad Dog, showing his babyish lack of manners, draws and plays Acid Slime (1000) in Defense Mode and sets 1 card to end his turn. Zane draws, setting 1 card and activating Different Dimension Capsule, letting him select and remove from play 1 card from his deck and after 3 turns, it returns to his hand. Oops! The removed card actually is added after 2 turns (as revealed in earlier episodes.) Then he plays Cyber Dragon (2100) in Attack Mode.

He thinks that if he destroys AS, he takes 800 damage so he decides not to attack but Mad Dog activates Last Machine Acid Virus, which by tributing a WATER monster, destroys all Machine-Type monsters Zane controls, dealing him 500 damage every time that occurs, which lasts for 3 turns. Zane's score drops to 3500 as he discovers the shocks from the equipment on his arms and neck, (which Shroud did mention and somewhat warn about.) Shroud lied to Zane! (Well no he didn't for he never stated that there were or weren't any "shock bands" involved.)

He gave Zane exactly what he promised. Zane wants fame then he has to pay the price. Mad Dog plays Contingency Fee, letting Zane draw cards until his hand holds 6 but Mad Dog gains 1000 LPs for each card drawn and with the Acid Virus, he gets to check for Machine-Type monsters. MD's score rises to 7000. Next he uses Card Destruction, forcing both of them to throw out their hands and redraw and equal number of cards. Again with the LMAV, he looks at Zane's cards and finds 4 Machine-Type monsters. Cyber Laser Dragon (third left) has been slightly changed for US as shown at 10:25 into the episode.