Johnson and the others were working for Gozaburo Kaiba at first, but then conspired with Kaiba to overthrow him. When Kaiba betrayed the Big Five, they joined forces with Maximillion Pegasus, but he was defeated by Yugi Muto, so Gozaburo fired them, but was imprisoned in the virtual world by them. However, their Five-Headed Dragon was destroyed by Yugi and Seto Kaiba, imprisoning the Big Five in the virtual world.