Chapter 3: Lament of the Crown of Tears

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OK, although it is a bit magical overall, the process is inexplicably logical.

It was almost noon when I was discharged from the hospital.

Father Xia suggested going to a restaurant to celebrate, and Mother Xia, who has always been frugal, did not object.

"No, I haven't digested the breakfast yet."

Xia Qing quickly refused. He still had countless questions that he needed to look up online, and a mobile phone was not as convenient as a computer at home.

"Then go home and eat?"

Seeing Xia Qing nod, Xia's father turned the steering wheel and turned the car around.

The vehicle runs smoothly.

In the middle of the meal, Father Xia took out his cigarette box as usual, hesitated for a while and put it back.

Mother Xia also looked embarrassed to speak, and secretly observed Xia Qing's expression out of the corner of her eye.

The two of them looked worried, making the atmosphere in the car a little heavy.

"Just tell me what you have to say."

Xia Qing guessed that they probably wanted to continue, and pointed out the topic of "the duel concerning his future" that had been mentioned before in the ward, so she pointed it out directly.

Although they both felt a little embarrassed, they were also relieved.

Father Xia said, "The thing is, haven't you always wanted to go to high school?

"Your uncle asked someone to use his connections to contact a teacher at the No. 1 High School in the city, and he said he was willing to give you a chance."

As Father Xia spoke, he observed his son's expression, trying to see a look of joy on his face.

But the outcome disappointed him greatly, as his son looked normal at the moment.

He thought Xia Qing didn't hear him, so he could only repeat once more: "The teacher over there said that he is willing to give you a chance."

Xia Qing couldn't help but ask, "Is Yigao good?"

"Ah?" "What?"

Two voices filled with surprise rang out in the car one after another, and Father Xia even slammed on the brakes suddenly.

Fortunately, the car was not going very fast and there were no vehicles behind it, so no accident occurred.

"Of course No. 100 High School is good, it's a provincial key school," Father Xia finally responded after a long reaction time, "There are famous teachers there, the admission rate is %, and the key rate is..."

But before he could finish introducing the glorious resume of the first high school, Xia's mother suddenly interrupted him: "Stop chanting, doesn't Xiaoqing know what you are talking about?"

Xia Qingxin said: Know what? I really don't know.

Unfortunately, he did not inherit the original owner's memory and could only pretend to be ignorant even though he knew the truth.

"You mean one high? I didn't react immediately."

Combined with the information he heard in the ward before, he had a general idea of ​​the original owner's condition.

This self in the parallel world is now a junior high school graduate.

He didn't know whether it was because of his father's coercion or his own obsession, but when filling out his application for the high school entrance examination, he chose No. 1 High School, a key high school.

But in the end he performed poorly and failed to pass the exam, and in a fit of anger he chose to commit suicide.

"This mentality is too fragile." Xia Qing secretly complained.

Although they made up an excuse in time, the two parents were still worried about Xia Qing's mental state.

The two looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.

Mother Xia consoled him, "Yes, yes. No. 1 High School is just famous. In fact, No. 37 High School is also good, but it was established a little later."

Seeing Xia Qing's calm expression and the fact that he could only nod woodenly, Xia's father was upset and regretted that he had pushed his child too hard.

Resisting the urge to smoke, he continued with the previous topic.

"The teacher at No. 1 High School said that your academic performance is good, but your duel performance is a little bit poor.

"Go over there and have a match in two days. As long as you perform well, your file can be transferred over.

"If you agree, I'll make a call right away."

Mother Xia took over the conversation: "It all depends on your wishes. If you don't want to, we won't force you."

It can be seen that after this suicide incident, Xia Qing's parents' attitude towards him was like walking on thin ice, for fear of irritating him again.

The doctor also said at the time that it was a miracle that Xia Qing was safe and sound this time.

If the same incident happens again, I may not be so lucky.

Although Xia Qing has no likes or dislikes about this high school.

But since it was a well-known middle school and the connections had already been made, he had no reason to refuse.

"I promise."

Mother Xia held Xia Qing's hand anxiously and said, "Don't force yourself. If you can't do it, we won't study anymore."

"Mom, I really didn't force it."

Isn't it just playing cards? Even if the opponent is Yugi Muto himself, he is not afraid.

The worst that can happen is that I surrender. If I lose, can I seal my soul into the card?
"You guys are owed favors, it would be a waste if you don't go."

Xia Qing looked so confident that he finally dispelled his parents' doubts.

Return to the residential area.

The homes in the two worlds are similar, with only slight differences in the furniture arrangements. Xia Qing integrated into this place almost seamlessly.

If there weren't so many duel-related things in the room, he would even have the illusion that he was still living in the original world.

Xia Qing picked up a sci-fi electronic product on the desk.

"Is this the duel disk?" He tried to wear it on his arm. It was much lighter than he thought.

"Duel!"

Xia Qing's middle-aged soul exploded and he couldn't help but shout.

However, it was this simple sound that made the duel disk light up.

"Ding——, no opponent or deck detected."

Startled by the sudden electronic sound, Xia Qing realized that the sound came from the duel disk on his arm.

"Hey, this thing is actually voice-controlled."

It's inexplicably reasonable.

It is impossible that during a duel, both parties need to stare at the duel disk all the time and wait to press the button.

That scene must be very embarrassing.

Over the next day, Xia Qing started to surf the Internet to learn the basic knowledge related to dueling.

The duel rules of Blue Star are the same as the master rules that Xia Qing is familiar with.

That is, both sides start with 5 cards in hand, and the one who attacks first does not draw any cards.

Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, and Link Summoning can all be used.

The total number of cards should be less than in the previous life.

Xia Qing remembered that in the previous world, the number of Yu-Gi-Oh cards had exceeded 10,000 several years ago.

For this purpose, Mr. Takahashi specially drew a commemorative card named the Dragon of Creation of All Things.

Currently, there are only more than 9,000 types of cards registered by Blue Star.

The overall environment is slightly more backward than the world Xia Qing traveled to.

Before entering the gyro era of universal ascension, Xiangjian is a relatively advanced system.

The electronic community is still a new thing.

Connection summoning is a new summoning method that has emerged in recent years with the rise of the Internet.

Therefore, the card pool for Link Monsters is very shallow, and everyone's extra decks generally still contain Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz cards.

However, it cannot be simply equated with the environment at a certain period in Xia Qing's previous life.

After all, there is no company or group that sells cards in a unified manner.

The only way for people to obtain cards, besides trading, is through gifts from the card elves.

Card elves, or card monsters, live in a place called the Elf World.

Humans cannot explore the elf world by any known means, but the card elves can sense the energy generated by the Blue Star people when they duel.

Some of these spirits are occasionally attracted to duels and project part of themselves onto the blue star to become cards.

"Isn't this equivalent to giving rewards while watching a live broadcast?" Xia Qing used an analogy with things he was familiar with.

Generally speaking, elves will try their best to choose duelists who are more compatible with themselves.

For example, among the world's famous duelists, the users of the Sword of Legend deck are all Chinese, and the users of the Flame Knight are all Europeans.

The Baroness is not Chinese after all, otherwise in the previous final, Xiangjian player Dongxue 6+4 would not have synchronized Longyuan but Flowers.

But obviously, Westerners will not allow powerful cards like Flower Baroness to flow into China.

"It seems that blockade exists in every world." Xia Qing sighed helplessly.

Due to the idealistic and disorderly nature of the card elves, even if Xia Qing obtained a new deck of cards, he could make up an excuse to be valued by the card elves.

You ask what is important. I don’t know. Go to the elf world and ask the card elves.

While searching for deck information, Xia Qing even saw a user's question in the forum.

Questioner: "I got this card. Is there any deck that can use it? Tear Crown Elegy·Mel.jpg."

"Let me see. A deck stacked in three? Isn't this the Laundry Lady?"

"I've never seen a card like this before. Could it be a DIY one?"

"You are persecuting me, Xiao Lan, again. I can't stay in this house for another day. I want to join the Golden Country next door."

"Didn't everyone see that there was a fusion effect?"

"The dark attribute of the water tribe makes me laugh. What can this thing melt?"

Before a systematic card deck appeared, one or two cards alone could not cause any commotion.

Even the poster of the thread gave up replying later, as if he was convinced by everyone that this card was indeed useless.

Seeing everyone's unanimous pessimism, Xia Qing couldn't help but leave a footprint under the post.

"Many years later, facing an environment dominated by the Little Mermaid, people will recall with a smile the afternoon when they equated Melu with Little Blue."

The next day, Xia Qing was awakened by the notification sound of her cell phone.

Last night, he couldn't fall asleep as it was his first time traveling through time. As soon as he closed his eyes, his mind couldn't help but wander.

After tossing and turning, Xia Qing had no choice but to get up from the bed.

I played a few rounds of online battles in this world, and finally fell asleep because my eyelids were so itchy.

He slept until ten o'clock in the morning. In order to let him rest a little longer, his parents went to work without waking him up.

Xia Qing picked up the phone and was about to see who had disturbed her sweet dream.

He was just one step away from defeating Yugi Muto, gaining the title of Duel King, and marrying the Dark Magician Girl.

However, when Xia Qing saw the text message, he was completely awakened by the message.

"Dear customer, your express has arrived. Please pick it up at the gate of the community with the pickup code..."

(End of this chapter)