Chapter 8 Duelist Times

Nakamura Tsubasa died howling.

The first round of the preliminaries started off well, and You Xuan was very satisfied with his performance in this round. He taught by example and made a person feel the true meaning of Yu-Gi-Oh.

I believe that after this player goes back to review the game, he will definitely feel something and gain a lot from it, and he will definitely thank him in the end.

On the first day, You Xuan played several games in a row, and the density of the games was quite high. However, the Yuehua Cup was not a competition with a high registration threshold, and there were quite a lot of players participating. The preliminaries were held at different venues at the same time by many players, which greatly saved the competition time.

But nothing was beyond his expectations. There weren't any big names in the preliminaries, and judging by the animation, most of the ordinary duelists outside the protagonists' perspective were average in strength, so he hadn't seen any builds that impressed him.

Of course, You Xuan would not underestimate his opponent. After the first day of competition, he simply took a look at other competitions and got a little understanding of the competitions of the qualified players.

Although the chances of failure against most of these opponents are slim, You Xuan still thinks it is better to be safe. As the Art of War says, knowing yourself and the enemy will ensure victory in every battle, and this is especially true for Yu-Gi-Oh!

If you can understand your opponent's deck configuration and tactical style in advance and make targeted adjustments before the game starts, you can effectively improve your winning rate.

Before the Yuehua Cup, the gym had already allocated him a portion of the subsidy in advance, saying that it would be used to strengthen the deck and upgrade the configuration.

You Xuan accepted it without hesitation. With this budget, he could adjust his original strategy and went on a shopping spree these days, trying to put together a few more decks.

[Erasure] Although he was the world champion back then, it was obviously unrealistic to rely on this one trick to conquer the world in the animation world. Once people knew that he only had this one trick, he would be easily targeted, which was definitely something he didn't want to see.

So before the competition, You Xuan went to the market to purchase cards, and based on the cards he could get, he tried to piece together two or three decks that he felt were more powerful and could bring more joy.

He always changes his deck and adjusts his construction according to the opponent's deck strategy, making his tactics more flexible and unpredictable. On the one hand, he always has an advantage over his opponent, and on the other hand, it makes it more difficult for others to target him.

Master Takeuchi made a cup of coffee, sat comfortably on the soft sofa in the afternoon sun, and casually flipped through the latest copy of the Duelist Times.

The Duelist Times is a newspaper owned by the Kaiba Group that reports on all kinds of anecdotes in the dueling world.

He was busy at home these past two days and couldn't spare the time to watch the students' matches. But he had heard that the first day of the two students' preliminaries at the gym had gone smoothly, and he was quite relieved.

I opened the newspaper and saw a report about the Yuehua Cup qualifiers.

[During the Yuehua Cup preliminary round, there was almost a malicious attack on the opposing duelist.]

[A contestant lost control of his emotions in the middle of a duel, and tried to hurt the other duelist in a rage, but failed, and was disqualified.]

"Ok?"

Master Takeuchi looked at the report carefully with some curiosity.

Is there such a thing?
The quality of duelists nowadays is getting worse and worse. Some even get angry and start fighting when they can't win. They don't even have the basic dignity as a duelist.

I took a quick look at the report. No real names appeared in it, and all pseudonyms were used, which seemed to be intended to protect the privacy of the contestants. One of the pseudonyms was Kento, and another was Tomoki.

Then read on.

[On the third day of the Yuehua Cup, during the duel between contestant Xiangtai (pseudonym) and contestant Jianren (pseudonym), he unexpectedly suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. Fortunately, he was rescued in time and Xiangtai is no longer in danger.]

Cerebral hemorrhage from playing cards?

The master was surprised. Is this year's Yuehua Cup so dangerous?
Wait, he suddenly seemed to have discovered the highlight.

The alias of the duelist in both incidents was Kento, so it couldn't be the same person, right?
If that's true, that one time was an accident, but two times in a row
Could it be that the problem is actually with the guy on the other side?

Master Takeuchi immediately thought of the phenomenon that when he dueled with a student named Youxuan in the gym two days ago, his blood pressure miraculously rose gradually as the duel progressed.
He suddenly had a bad feeling.

It can't be that coincidental, right?

three days later.

"We've made it to the quarterfinals already?"

It was a little too easy to get the ticket to the quarterfinals, so much so that You Xuan even felt a little unsatisfied.

As expected, the level of this level of competition is just like this. You can't expect too much. Most of the opponents are just so-called folk masters. I wonder if the intensity will be a little higher after entering the quarterfinals.

Looking at You Xuan who advanced successfully but had a look of regret on his face, Koji had the urge to hit him again.

Yes, unlike You Xuan who seemed to have cheats and made it all the way to the quarterfinals, Sato Koji was eliminated on the second day of the preliminaries.

He had no competition to play and nothing to prepare, so he had to come to his junior brother who had advanced from the same gym to eat lemons.

But the good news is that at least he was eliminated before he could bump into You Xuan, so he didn't have to be tortured in the open competition again. And at least now he can watch from the front row and enjoy the way other players are being tortured.

It's strange. When I was beaten by my junior, my blood pressure would soar, but when I saw others being beaten in the same way on the field, I would feel very happy.

Humans are indeed strange and contradictory creatures.

"By the way, Junior Brother, have you seen your match list?" he asked from the side, "Who is your opponent in the quarterfinals?"

He was eager to call out the first victim.

"Oh, he's a student from the middle school of Duel Academy."

You Xuan Dao.

"It's called Wanzhangmuzhun."

"Brother Manzhangmu is so strong that it defies the heavens!"

Wanzhangmuzhun from the secondary school affiliated to Duel Academy was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, enjoying the wild licking of his two younger brothers with a very comfortable look on his face.

Wanzhangmuzhun, the third young master from the prestigious Wanzhangmu Group, is currently the top student in the elite class of the middle department. This year, he is exempted from the entrance exam and will be directly admitted to the senior department of Duel Academy as a super elite.

Manjōme was trained as a duel elite by his family since he was young. According to the family's plan, one of his two elder brothers was arranged to be a business tycoon and the other a high-ranking politician. The expectation for him was that he would dominate the duel world as a duel king in the future and become the pillar of the Manjōme Group.

At first glance, this "man who wants to be the king of cards" may seem a little ridiculous when compared with his two brothers. However, looking at President Kaiba Seto, you can understand that in this world, being a good card player is much more promising than going into business or politics.

So it is conceivable that Manzhangmu has been arranged to participate in various competitions since he was a child, and he has won many championships and medals in various large and small competitions.

This time, he came to participate in the Yuehua Cup as part of his family's plan. It was his last experience before he was promoted to the advanced department of Duel Academy.

Just like in many previous competitions, the instructions given by his two brothers were very clear. He came to participate in the competition to win the championship.

To the family, second place is the same as defeat. There is no point in competing if you can't get first place.

But this time even Wanzhangmu felt a little pressured.

Because among the contestants this time, there was actually the dinosaur Ryuzaki, the legendary national runner-up in the early years, who had fought against the legendary Jonouchi Katsuya!
Can I really win such a legend?
Wanzhangmu rubbed his ten fingers and stared at the floor in a daze.

"But I haven't heard of Manjome's opponent in the quarterfinals. What's his name? Fujiki Yugen. Is he a newcomer?"

"Ok?"

Wanzhangmu came back to his senses and checked the opponent's information.

Duelist level.
One star?

He even wondered if he had seen it wrong.

Isn't a one-star a fighter among rookies? Can such a guy participate in the competition? And even make it to the quarterfinals? ?
Looking again, there is nothing in terms of competition experience and public honors.

"His resume is a blank sheet of paper. He looks like a complete cannon fodder." Junior A curled his lips in disdain. "How did such a guy make it to the quarterfinals?"

"Maybe it's just luck?" said Brother B.

"Even if it's just luck, it still takes some strength to get to this point."

And no matter what, since he was able to reach the quarterfinals in his first public competition, it is impossible for him to still be a one-star after this competition.

"Maybe he's the dark horse who's making his debut. Occasionally there are talented players like this." Little Brother B said, "Well, they're just cannon fodder in front of Brother Manjome."

"Makes sense."

Younger Brother A nodded in agreement and then laughed.

"But then again, this fellow called You Xuan is really pitiful. He has to face off against Brother Manjome so soon. It seems that he can only stop in the quarterfinals."

Wanzhangmu smiled slightly but said nothing, as if he wanted to act cool and a master. However, the uncontrollable upward curve of his mouth and his instinctive tactical retreat had already exposed the pride in his heart.

Although Wanzhangmu didn't say anything, he agreed with my speculation in his heart.

Fujiki Yugen has never heard of it.

Even if I'm a dark horse, this is my first time competing. Can you really beat me, the No.1 in the elite class of the middle school, in seconds?
(End of this chapter)