Chapter 7 Preliminary Round
The vast arena and duel venue are like a majestic ancient city. Although the game has not yet started, the audience seats are already packed with people.

You Xuan and his senior brother Sato Koji from the gym arrived at the gate of the gym together. After getting off the car, they looked up and saw the black magician sculpture standing in front of the main entrance of the gym.

Although the appearance rate of Dark Magician, a rare card, in the main competition has dropped sharply with the retirement of Yugi Muto, the ace monster of the former Duel King still serves as the face of many competition venues.

"Then I'm going to go and get ready for the game. The preliminary round should start soon."

Sato Koji said to him.

"Junior brother, you should also prepare as soon as possible."

"Okay. I look forward to seeing you again on the field." You Xuan said politely.

But after hearing this, the senior brother's expression became strange, and he wanted to say something but hesitated.

I don't want to see you again.
But in the end I couldn't say it.

After saying goodbye to his senior brother, You Xuan received his ID and number plate as a contestant from the lady in charge of registration at the front desk. He took the number plate and saw that it was number 39.

It's a lucky number for the card player. You Xuan put away the number plate and nodded with satisfaction.

It seems that I have good luck today, and I should be able to win the first round.

“This year’s Yuehua Cup feels like it’s of very high quality.”

As soon as I walked into the venue hall, I heard the sound of audience members talking.

"I just saw Makoto Kajiki from the Telekinesis Gym. It looks like he's going to participate in this year's competition as well."

"Kajiki? The new dueling genius of the telekinetic genre? Wow, that looks like something worth watching."

Then I heard someone say: "I don't care about telekinetic duels, I just hope my friend who plays the magician can advance."

"You just want to see me advance? Pah, I'm embarrassed to expose you, don't you just want to see me summon the magic Valkyrie?"

The Magician Valkyrie has a cool wizard outfit similar to the "Black Magician Girl" in the legendary game card deck. She has a pure face and delicate arms, but unexpectedly bears weight in some parts of her body that her small body shouldn't bear. She is one of the girl cards that has long been loved by gentleman duelists.

The man who was exposed blushed immediately: "But she is really big!"

Upon hearing this, several companions stopped arguing and nodded.

"One thing to say, one thing to say, indeed."

“It’s really hard to refute.”

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You Xuan walked through the venue and after a few steps he heard a little girl scream.

"Oh my god, is this true? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

"It's absolutely true!" the girl next to her said with great certainty, "It's absolutely true, that's the dinosaur Ryuzaki! The legendary duelist!"

Hearing this, You Xuan paused slightly.

Dinosaur Ryuzaki? The one from Yu-Gi-Oh! DM?

When he first came out, he was portrayed as a master. He was the national runner-up in the Duel Tournament when Yugi, Kaiba, and a series of big names in the later stages of DM did not participate.

"Really? But isn't the Moonlight Cup a non-professional, secondary competition? Why would a legendary duelist like this..."

"I heard that Ryuzaki has been in seclusion for several years and has not made any public appearances. Now that he has come out of seclusion, this is his resurrection match."

"Good boy, the contestants of this year's Yuehua Cup are really unlucky. They ran into the big devil."

"Yes, so the champion has already been decided."

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You Xuan tried to recall. He didn't have a deep impression of Ryuqi, but he did remember his good friend Yuga, who was always with him in the animation. Both of them were mean-spirited people who would do anything to win, but Ryuqi was slightly stronger than Yuga. After all, the latter even threw the entire deck of the game's Dark Mage "Exodia" into the sea.
However, to some extent, his behavior can also be said to be the savior of all BOSSes in the later stage of DM.

Just imagine if Lao Ai's five-piece set had not been praised by this guy, with Wang Yang (Dark Game Atem)'s "whatever you want will come true just by closing your eyes" ability in the later period, all the three mythical gods and the legendary dragon Olihagang would have to stand aside.

It would not be excessive for Malikdazi and Anmoliangren to kowtow to Yue three times.

However, since their losses to Wang Yang and Fan Gu Cheng Nei respectively, these two seem to have transformed from competitive players to entertainment comedians, and their card-playing style has been developing in a more and more humorous direction.

Speaking of which, Jonouchi's soul card "Red-Eyes Black Dragon" was even won from Ryuzaki. Since then, Ryuzaki has really not won a single game.

DM didn't explain what happened to him in the end, and he didn't appear in the sequel GX animation. But now that I think about it, the timeline of GX is only eight years after the end of DM, so it's not strange to meet him now. So although Wang Yang has returned to the underworld, the characters from the DM period such as the game Jounouchi should still be there in this era, but there is no explanation of where they went and what they are doing.

As an old man from the DM era, Ryusaki has the title of "having fought with Jonouchi Katsuya" and has even become a "legendary duelist".
Nowadays, even the small fry who were defeated instantly by games dare to call themselves legends, and some of them actually make a living by relying on this gimmick.

Some of them may be really capable, but some are just trying to fish in troubled waters. The value of their "Duel King" is probably no higher than that of the neighbor who tells everyone that "I fought with the first Hokage in the past".
Yuga and Ryuzaki had never appeared in GX, so it was hard to say how strong they were now. However, You Xuan kept an eye on them, thinking that if he met them in the next game, he would give them at least some respect and make some targeted adjustments to the deck.

You Xuan bought a cup of milk tea, found a seat and sat down, and took a look at the list of registered contestants.

The levels of the contestants are generally higher than those in the Duel Hall. I believe I can reach four stars smoothly after this competition, and I won't have to worry about the college's application requirements.

A quick glance at the list shows that most of the names are unfamiliar, except for the dinosaur Ryuki. It seems that there are no other characters that I recognize.
Ok?
You Xuan's eyes fell on a name that seemed familiar.

A thousand-foot-high sight?

The perennial runner-up of GX, who completed the reverse rush from elite to comedian within a year?

He also checked Wanzhangmu's personal information.

An elite school affiliated with the middle school of Duel Academy, it is expected that students will be admitted to the high school of Duel Academy when school starts this year.

Well, if we talk about school age, the main characters of GX should be the same age as me.

The problem is not big.

He then took a look at the match information for his first round of the preliminary round.

Nakamura Tsubasa, Duelist Level 4
It seems like there shouldn't be any pressure.

In fact, when Nakamura Tsubasa walked onto the preliminary duel arena and stood opposite You Xuan, he was thinking the same thing.

Fujiki Yugen, level one, no competition experience, no honors or awards, a blank resume.
Nakamura read the short personal message over and over for a long time, but only saw two words between the lines.

Free of charge.

Sometimes you are lucky enough to meet such an opponent in the competition. Such a person is called a charity duelist in the industry. He is a bad duelist but he loves to play. His main goal is to give away points.

Then this is a sure thing.

But Nakamura didn't know that when You Xuan stood opposite him and started with five cards, he immediately said sorry to his opponent in his heart.

Sorry man, but I messed up.

It looks like only one of us can play Yu-Gi-Oh this time.

You Xuan's side attacked first. So he first played a magic card "Detain", paying 1000 life points to look at the opponent's hand and throw a card. Then he played a "Forced Soldier", looking at the hand and choosing a card to return to the deck. Then he played a "Mischievous Twin Demon", paying 1000 life points to follow up with the third combo, randomly throwing a card to the opponent and then letting the opponent throw another card, raising two cards on the opponent in total.
The legendary notebook destroyed three artifacts and launched three consecutive attacks in one breath.

It's not even the opponent's turn yet, and the opponent is still confused, with only one card left in his hand.

Then, because he had seen the opponent's hand, You Xuan knew very well that the only card left on the opponent was the magic card "Double Magic". By discarding a card in the hand, he could use a magic card in the opponent's graveyard.

Not much use.

The three consecutive skills were completed in one go, and then You Xuan didn't summon any monsters. He blocked one more and ended the round. It was very cool.

Finally, he gracefully gestured "please".

I'm fine, please do as you please.

Nakamura Tsubasa was in a bad state.

It's not even my turn yet and I only have one card in my hand. What's the point of playing?

But he did not give up as a duelist. Nakamura Tsubasa kept his composure and drew cards from his deck.
Then the opponent flipped over a trap card gorgeously and said, "Knock it down."

The cards I just drew went straight back to the underworld before they even had time to warm up.
Nakamura was in disarray.

This guy has made up his mind not to let anyone play any cards, right?
There was nothing he could do. He only had a "Double Magic" in his hand, and he had no cards to discard as activation costs. He could only end this round in frustration.

I always feel like my turn has ended before it even started. I wonder if it’s an illusion.
Then it was Yugen's turn again. Yugen activated the magic card Reinforcement, which could retrieve a Warrior monster from the deck. Yugen directly took a "Chief Zarug" and summoned Zarug to attack directly.

Then, when the effect of Zarug is triggered and combat damage is caused to the opponent, one of the opponent's cards can be discarded.
Nakamura Tsubasa: “.”

Now he has no cards left.

Not
What kind of sin did he commit in his previous life to deserve to be matched with such an autistic thing?
(End of this chapter)