[Dragon Fang, LP0]
Dragon Fang, whose Life Points had reached zero, let out a long sigh. It took him a few seconds to realize his fists had clenched at some point. On one hand, he felt an urge to thoroughly beat up this seemingly decent-looking guy in front of him. On the other hand, he wanted to beat up Professor Chronos, who had grinned mischievously while saying he had high hopes for him, only to arrange such a duel.
Are first-year students at the Duel Academy already this skilled these days? And what was up with this duel? Had he been away from his alma mater for too long, and had the educational philosophy changed? Who taught him to duel like this?!
Dragon Fang felt he had reason to suspect that Professor Chronos's seemingly amiable smile harbored ill intentions from the start. Thinking back, it was no wonder that guy had a strange smile on his face when talking about the student he'd arranged for him to duel. At the time, Dragon Fang was immersed in his own world, fantasizing about his dream of becoming a dominant force in the academy and reaching the pinnacle of his life, so he hadn't noticed. But recalling it now, he suddenly felt there might be a trick involved.
However, Dragon Fang felt that although he had ambition, he should have hidden it quite well. In front of Chronos, he had always been respectful and deferential, maintaining a humble posture of respecting a leader, as if there were no revealing flaws. So, what grudge or hatred did the professor have to deploy such a novice weapon to deal with him?!
Asuka Tenjoin on the spectator stand was silent for a moment.
"This time it's another Water Attribute deck, primarily using lockdown and control tactics." Asuka's expression was a little strange. Although it was a self-sealing type of tactic that fit Yu Xuan's inherent impression, and also a 'happy deck' that broke the opponent's mentality before draining their LP, it was still a new strategy she hadn't seen before.
She couldn't help but wonder what kind of brain this person had, and why he could always devise various bizarre and blood-pressure-raising methods in different ways. And at first glance, their combat power didn't seem low either. She couldn't help but look at Misawa beside her.
"Speaking of which, you two are the same type of duelist, aren't you? I remember, you also have many different themed deck builds, right?"
Misawa shook his head, looking depressed: "Don't even mention it." Ever since losing the last duel, he had been vexed by Yu Xuan's endless and ever-changing counter-strategies. He hadn't even fully figured them out before, and today, looking at this deck, he found that the opponent's strange strategies had increased again.
This feeling was a bit like yesterday's math teacher assigning three challenging final problems. You racked your brain and spent all night solving one, still clueless about the others, and today the teacher came with three more. Your blood pressure immediately spiked. And this was just the tip of the iceberg of what Yu Xuan had shown today. God knows how many new dirty tricks he had secretly developed.
Misawa felt a lot of pressure.
After the duel, Yu Xuan happily received his predetermined reward. Although Professor Chronos looked like he wanted to say something after reviewing the deck, seeming to want to comment, he didn't know where to start, so in the end, he said nothing, only nodding slightly in approval. As for the senior student Dragon Fang, he clearly had to say goodbye to his career plans as a teacher.
And it would have been fine if the senior had just left, but he was so thoughtful as to voluntarily offer a deck. Though Yu Xuan had intended to decline, considering it might be disrespectful to the duel and his opponent, he reluctantly accepted it with a smile.
To be fair, Dragon Fang's most prized ace rare card, "Cyber Dinosaur," seemed a bit like a 'salted fish' to Yu Xuan. As soon as he got it, he was already thinking about finding an opportunity to sell it for money. However, the "Harpie's Feather Duster" that his opponent used during the duel was a good item, a backrow clearing artifact that is sometimes still active in real card environments even today.
With another large wave of new academic credits in hand, the first thing Yu Xuan did when he got back, naturally, was to immediately exchange a wave of Dp points for in-academy shopping. Then, as usual, he routinely scanned the new products in the academy store. He casually collected a few scattered cards he was slightly interested in, and then, while browsing the structure deck section, he found an interesting new structure deck.
The Ojama series.
One of the signature series of Manjoume, who later completely transformed into a comedian, and a deck series he called "even small fries have their uses." However, it did have some unique aspects. Moreover, this structure deck was probably considered a filler in the academy shop, relatively cheap compared to other structure decks.
But thinking about it, that was normal. Ojama was a very common and rather unpopular 'small fry' series in the GX era. Even the Ojama Black and Ojama Green in Manjoume's hands were trash thrown away by others who found them useless, which he picked up. Furthermore, the Ojama in the GX anime also had many support cards that have not yet been released as real cards. Although their individual combat power couldn't be said to be strong, they did have some playable strategies.
Since it was cheap, Yu Xuan bought one for now. Ojama might not be strong, but they were definitely good at messing with people's minds. Especially the three ugly and hilarious brothers, in a dueling environment with solid vision summoning, their very appearance, even just from the anime's visual effects, could maximize the taunt value on the opponent. Without mentioning anything else, in the anime, every time Manjoume used the Ojama brothers to beat someone, the opponent often felt insulted and very angry.
However, the structure deck itself was simply too 'salted fish' (weak), with hardly any combat power. To gain real combat ability, he still needed to use his imagination. When Yu Xuan saw this structure deck, several interesting ideas already popped into his mind, all from the wisdom of predecessors. In early competitive environments, Ojama had indeed appeared, and it was not hard to imagine from the Ojama deck's own characteristics that builds involving them were mostly inseparable from self-sealing and messing with the opponent's mentality.
It was just missing a few components to complete a mature build.
Speaking of Manjoume, it seemed the first round of the Duel Club's competition was coming up in a couple of days. If nothing unexpected happened, Yu Xuan should be facing him in a rematch. He wondered how much Manjoume had improved since the school year started so long ago.
However, before that, the Academic Affairs Department finally took action regarding the unauthorized entry into the old dormitory.
Early the next morning, a truck resembling a troop carrier aggressively pulled up downstairs from the dormitory. A large group of black-suited men wearing sunglasses marched directly to the front of the Red Dorm, pounding on the door. This startled a sleepy Professor Daitokuji.
"The Academy's Academic Affairs Department, specializing in handling dire situations." Daitokuji looked terrified. "Why would such terrifying individuals come to our dormitory?"
As the saying goes, "Life is like a play, entirely dependent on acting." Professor Daitokuji's dedication was such that he didn't forget to maintain his persona even when no one was watching.
"Open the door." Someone pounded heavily on the door.
Judai Yuki, stirring from his sleep, slowly woke up, rubbed his eyes, and with some effort, jumped out of bed. "What's going on?" Judai yawned.
A voice from outside came again: "If you don't open the door, we will proceed with demolition." Judai was still rubbing his eyes.
"Demolition!?" As if suddenly startled awake, Judai quickly jumped out of bed and opened the door.
What greeted his eyes was a serious-looking female teacher with long, pale legs, surrounded by a large group of burly men behind her.
"You are the mastermind, Judai Yuki, correct?" The female teacher asked coldly.
Judai was bewildered: "Huh? Mastermind?"
"You need to come with us to the Academic Affairs Department." The female teacher's voice was beyond doubt. "Immediately."
At the same time.
Yu Xuan, who had finished his morning routine and was preparing to go to class, received a call on his student terminal.
"Hello, is this Yu Xuan?"
"It's me, who is this?"
"Oh, I see. This is a teacher from the Academy's Academic Affairs Department. Regarding the incident at the abandoned dormitory last night, I heard you were also present. May I ask if it's convenient for you to come to the Academic Affairs Department to describe the situation?"
"But I have my first class this morning, and I'm on my way to class now."
"I see. Then, what time today would be convenient for you to come to the Academic Affairs Department?"
"The time for the second class this morning is free. Can I go then?"
"Of course, thank you very much for your cooperation, Yu Xuan."
A pleasant female voice came from the other end.
"I wish you a pleasant day at the Academy."
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