"The Puzzle has been broken before. Once Yuugi put it together, it responded to his desire to keep it intact, whether it was or not." Which was why Bakura had never doubted that Yuugi would put it back together after it was broken during the warehouse fire with Bandit Keith.

And Pepper had hit upon that which had been troubling Bakura for over a month. "The Pharaoh may be gone... but it proves the Items aren't. They still exist, even past the last duel between he and Yuugi."

Absently, his fingers curl tight around the Ring's outer band. "It's something I can't overlook."