Chapter 88 The battle for first place
"Yujo Judai, there really is something special about him that no one else has."

Misawa looked at Judai, who was making a V-sign with pride and almost mocking Manjomu to the point of becoming autistic.

"He didn't rely on analysis or calculation, but fought purely on passion and impulsive instinct, but he had unexpected talent."

You Xuanxin said it was so complicated, but to put it bluntly, it was just a lucky draw.
Judai-san, who is born with a natural card body, is born to be better at drawing cards than others. In the early stage of the animation, his elemental hero construction seems to have only seven or eight monster cards - each monster has only one and absolutely no Unit 2, and most of them are even mortal bones. The rest of the deck is all meaningless magic traps.

If a card expert takes a look at this build, his first reaction would definitely be "Can this thing really be effective?" But if it is based on the premise of "always being able to draw the cards you need", then putting dozens of support cards in the deck that can handle various situations may even seem a bit impressive.
"I'm sure we'll have to fight Judai in the future. But before that."

Misawa Daichi stood up from his seat and looked at Youxuan seriously.

"Let's solve the problem in Huang's dormitory first. I'm not going to give up the first place so easily."

"Then you have to try your best to catch up, second place." You Xuan also stood up and said jokingly.

"Of course." Misawa smiled, "I have been preparing for today for a long time and have completed the seventh deck specially for this duel."

In fact, from certain angles, You Xuan can see his own shadow in Misawa.

Misawa is the only person he has found in the academy who carries several decks of cards with him like himself. When he entered the academy, he used a special experimental deck for admission, and then he always carries six decks of cards with different attributes and themes, which he calls the "Six Combinations Deck".

In the original work, in order to compete with Yuujo Judai who claimed to be the first, he devoted a month to research and completed the seventh deck. But now it seems that this honor has been given to Yuugen.
"What a coincidence." You Xuan smiled slightly, "It took me a little while, but my main deck was just completed yesterday."

"Oh?" Misawa smiled confidently and expectantly, "So I'm the first person to experience the No. 1 main deck in person? I'm really flattered."

"It's the same for you. I'm honored to personally experience the seventh deck that Misawa-san customized for me."

"Then come on, let's fight." Misawa was full of fighting spirit, "Today, we will decide who is the strongest in the Yellow Dormitory!"

The two men went down to the battle field, and the students in Huang's dormitory quickly focused their attention on them. Currently, the two men were overwhelmingly strong in the early exchange competition, and after today, it will be decided who is the real boss.

"Duel!" x2
【You Xuan, LP 4000】

【Misawa, LP 4000】

"I attack first, draw a card!" Misawa took the initiative, "I summon Mathematician to attack!"

An old man with glasses and a white beard appeared on his field, holding a thick textbook in his hands.

[Mathematician, attack power 1500]

"Mathematician's effect: When successfully summoned, send a Level 4 or lower monster from your deck to the Graveyard!"

At first glance, you can see that it has a very powerful effect, which allows you to arbitrarily lower the graveyard from any field or race in the deck. And not only that, Mathematician can also draw an extra card when it is destroyed by battle.

This card was also very common in the real card environment back then, and was even banned and restricted for a while. However, many competitive players who are familiar with it may not know that this brutal thing was originally a card of Misawa.

Although Misawa-san is a mediocre player in the anime and his main trump cards are also useless in the real card environment, many people don't know that he actually has many powerful lower-level and auxiliary cards that were widely used in the competitive environment back then.

"Next is the magic card 'Angel's Charity'. Draw three cards from your deck and discard two cards from your hand." Misawa quickly changed his hand, "Finally, set a card on the field. The turn is over!"

After finishing the first round of formation, Sanze narrowed his eyes and looked at You Xuan.

In his opinion, You Xuan was actually a more unpredictable opponent. Because unlike 90% of duelists, You Xuan was the type who always changed his deck and strategies. And he also discovered that the opponent, like himself, liked to study the opponent in advance to find flaws.

At least based on Sanze's current observations, there is absolutely no pattern to the theme fields, races, and attributes of the decks used by Youxuan, and the routines are ever-changing, so it is not easy to tactically block them.

But this should also be the case for the opponent. Misawa's six-combination decks have almost no commonality, and the seventh deck that has just been completed is the first to be released. The opponent should not be able to target it.

However, after research, Misawa found a starting point.

Thinking of this, Misawa raised the corners of his mouth and smiled confidently.

He must win this duel!
"It's my turn, draw a card." You Xuan said, "I also use an Angel's Charity first, draw three cards from the deck, and then discard two cards from hand.

Then activate the magic card 'Twin Devils of Mischief'.

Misawa narrowed his eyes.

Sure enough, it came!

After carefully observing and drawing statistical charts of the various cards and tactics used by Youxuan, Misawa noticed that the opponent would have similar card choices in several completely different decks.

One of the more common ones is hand destruction.

"Pay 1000 health points, discard a random card from the opponent's hand, and then the opponent will choose another card to discard."

[You Xuan, LP 4000→LP 3000]

"It's not that easy."

Misawa suddenly showed a card in his hand.

"The monster effect of Twin Devils in my hand!

When your opponent activates a card with the effect of 'Discard your hand', send this card from your hand to the Graveyard to negate that activation and destroy it!
And then draw a card from your deck!"

The twin demons who were always successful suffered a setback for the first time. They ran head-on into the twin demons that Misawa had conjured up on the field and were beaten up. They returned home in disgrace with nothing.

"Therefore, the effect of the Twin Demons is invalid. I draw a card!" Misawa smiled.

"I see. So you've researched a countermeasure against 'Notebook Destruction'? Well done, second place." You Xuan chuckled.

"Since this is a duel against the number one, I have to be extra cautious." Misawa crossed his arms and said confidently, "I'm fully prepared for this duel!"

You Xuan drew three more cards.

"The front field is covered with a monster card, and the back field is covered with two cards. The turn is over."

Misawa frowned slightly.

There were three more blocks on the field. But he didn't hit it back?
In this way, it is still impossible to tell what the so-called "main force" that You Xuan mentioned is.

"Or is it an impedance deck that focuses on defense and counterattack?"

Thinking of this, Misawa couldn't help but smile.

"If that's the case, then I have won this duel!"

You Xuan smiled and said, "You will know if you try it."

"Then I won't be polite." Misawa raised his voice, "It's my turn, draw a card!"

"I activate the equipment magic 'Magic Wand'!" Misawa said, "Equip it to a magician-type monster, and the equipped monster's attack power will increase by 500.

Equip the Magic Wand to the Mathematician of the Magician Clan! "[Mathematician, attack power 1500 → attack power 2000]

"Now please watch carefully, number one. My seventh deck was designed to defeat you. This is my first killer combo!"

Misawa showed another card.

"Compromise Summon 'Variable Beast Gunner Dragon'!" Misawa said, "This card can be summoned directly without sacrifice. However, when summoned through this effect, its original attack and defense are halved!"

[Variable Beast·Gunner Dragon, Attack Power 2800 → Attack Power 1400]

"Then activate the equipment magic 'Meteor Bow - Blazing Flame' from your hand and equip 'Variable Beast Gunner Dragon'!" Misawa said, "The equipped monster's attack power will decrease by 1000 points, and it can directly attack the opponent's player!"

[Variable Beast·Gunner Dragon, Attack Power 1400 → Attack Power 400]

This operation made the students around him confused.

If the attack power of the Gunner Dragon, which is already only 1400, is reduced by another , what will happen even if he attacks directly?

"Maybe there is still the 'Axe of Stupidity' in hand."

Asuka Tenjouin, who was standing in the stands, suddenly heard a voice coming from behind her. She turned around and asked, "Right?"

The person who appeared behind her was none other than Caesar of the Duel Academy, Marufuji Ryo.

"You are here to watch the assessment of freshmen as well?"

"Well, a few of this year's freshmen are a little interested." Marufuji Liangliang nodded and said.

"Indeed, 'Stupid Axe' can negate the effect of Dragonite itself, and also increase the attack power by 1000 points, which can just offset the side effects of Meteor Bow." Asuka thought, "If it is this combo, Misawa can get Dragonite with 2800 attack power and can attack directly!"

But at this moment, Misawa Daichi on the field just chuckled: "You must be thinking, do I have the 'Axe of Stupidity' in my hand?"

You Xuan: “.”

"The combination with the Stupid Axe allows me to obtain the Gunner Dragon that can attack directly, which is indeed a powerful combination. However, my duel is even more powerful than that!

What I am doing is not only to inflict heavy damage on you, I am also going to win the duel this round!"

Everyone was shocked when these words were spoken.

The duel has just begun, how can you be so confident?

"I activate the Spell Card 'Mechanical Copy' from my hand!
Select a Machine-Type monster with 500 ATK or less on your field, and Special Summon up to two cards with the same name from your Deck!
I will choose the 'Variable Beast Gunner Dragon' whose attack power has increased to 400!"

Onlookers: “!!!”

There is also this kind of operation! ?
"The purpose of Meteor Bow is not to attack directly, but to reduce Dragon Gunner's attack power to below 500!" Asuka couldn't help but say.

At this time, the Gunner Dragon on the Misawa field had been selected by the mechanical replication technique, and was divided into three, transforming into two other heavy mechas and landing on the field!
[Variable Beast·Gunner Dragon, Attack Power 2800] x2
A student in the crowd exclaimed: "Using this method, they summoned three seven-star monsters in one go!"

Chronos on the high ground nodded repeatedly: "As expected of the elite among the freshmen, Noone. Misawa-san is much more powerful than that Noone with the Manjomu."

Even the depression that the Manjome, whom he had just deliberately supported, was beaten up by Judai and the poor student was actually promoted to the yellow dormitory was alleviated a lot.

Asuka: "But, can it really go so smoothly? That Yugen's duel is..."

Her eyes had unconsciously moved to You Xuan's cover card in the backcourt.

Because I have experienced it myself, I have experience and I must not easily ignore any of this guy's backcourt.

Sure enough, You Xuan's backcourt also waved and turned over: "Open the cover card, the trap card 'Riptide Burial'!
When a monster is summoned, special summoned, or reverse summoned, all monsters on the field are destroyed indiscriminately! "

"Sure enough." Asuka said.

She knew that You Xuan would never let things be so simple.

The duel had just begun with such an exciting attack and defense, and the students around couldn't help but hold their breath. Misawa's gorgeous chain pulled out an OTK lineup in one round, but the first attack and defense turned out that his resources would be swept away by just one card, turning him into an absolute disadvantage.

But Misawa remained calm and showed a confident smile: "Sure enough. Statistics show that hand destruction and trap interference are the means you will invest heavily in various decks.

But this was expected! Just wait and see, first place, this is the answer I gave!"

He raised his hand, and the moment the backcourt cover was turned over, it seemed as if he released endless pressure to the entire audience.

“Perpetual Trap-Announcement from the Palace!

As long as this card is on the field, all other trap cards on both sides of our field will become invalid!"

The trap effect of the Torrent Burial immediately became invalid, and the surging torrent turned into a phantom and dissipated under the restraint of the trap.

"It's actually a notice from the palace." Marufuji Ryo pondered for a moment and said, "Indeed, for a deck that focuses on traps, the suppression power of this card is a devastating blow. It seems that Misawa-san has really done enough preliminary investigation and preparation.

This seemed to put his opponent at a disadvantage.

The traps are completely blocked, and there are still variable beasts on the field. Regardless of whether he can survive this round, even if he manages to hold on to this wave of attacks, it will be almost impossible to break through such a lineup in the next round. "

"That's true. But." Asuka crossed her arms, leaned against the railing, and smiled slightly, "There will be a price to pay for underestimating that guy."

"Oh?" Marufuji Ryo glanced at Asuka, "I heard that you fought with him before, do you have any insights?"

"Ah."

At this point, Asuka's mind briefly flashed back to the feeling of powerlessness when facing the five-fold mecha and its overwhelming force. She tried her best and used all her skills, but in the end she was still powerless.

"I think that the impression of being particularly trap-resistant might be part of his strategy," Asuka said.

"What do you mean?"

"He deliberately created an image of himself so that everyone would remember his most prominent feature after seeing him once. In this way, even if someone intends to analyze and target him, they will undoubtedly start from his most prominent feature.

If someone was hiding in the dark to collect intelligence and study him specifically, then he should be at a disadvantage. But if he deliberately used this persona he created as bait."

". In that case, it will be predictable how the enemy will respond, which will in turn turn into an advantage for him." Marufuji Ryo understood what he heard, but frowned as if expressing doubt, "But if that's true, this freshman is really too scheming.

And this must be based on a premise, that is, even if he does not use the tactics he usually relies on, he can skillfully use various tactics to counter. Are you sure he is such a duelist?"

"I think so. He is very strong." Asuka said seriously.

Marufuji Ryo smiled: "As a classmate who you only met once, you are surprisingly confident in him."

Asuka: "No, no. I just understand because we fought once!"

(End of this chapter)