Chapter 8 The Duel That Ended Hastily

"Magician's Twin Souls" is a Support Card for the Black Magician.

However, due to its graveyard and filtering effects, it is also active in other magician decks all year round and can be regarded as a general-purpose card of the magician family.

The card image shows a black magician and a black magician girl standing side by side.

Although they are not the black magician himself, the appearance of the twin souls that are highly related to his card illustration also shocked the two teachers.

It would be fine if it was bought, but if this student obtained it through the favor of the elves, the meaning is self-evident.

This child's future is limitless.

However, Xia Qing didn't know what others were thinking.

The reason why he chose a magician deck was due to cost considerations, as some of the cards in it can be used interchangeably with the black magician deck.

Xia Qing continued on his own.

"Using the effect of 'Magician's Twin Spirits', you can send up to two Magic or Trap Cards from your hand and the field to the Graveyard, and draw that many cards."

"I choose to send the Rampage Magic Circle on the field and the Super Fusion in my hand to the Graveyard and draw two cards."

The cards drawn are punishment for teaching and preparation for ritual.

Trap card obtained, nice.

Now there is a trap card in the hand, which serves as bullets for the light car to deal with the trap.

The twin souls were special summoned using their own effects. At this time, Xia Qing's normal summoning opportunity had not yet been used.

He played Aleister for the second time in this game, and retrieved the Summoning Magic from the deck just like before.

"The requirement is to use two monsters with different card names, and use Aleister and 'Magician's Twin Souls' on the field as materials for Link Summon."

"Link2, Dream Collapse Phoenix."

A giant fiery red bird descended from the sky with an air current.

This is a product of the combination of machinery and magic. Its skeleton is made of machinery, but its body is like a demon from hell, burning with flames.

[Dream Collapse Phoenix, Link-2, Attack Power 1900]

“Activate the effect of ‘Phantom Phoenix’. When a Link Summon is successful, you can discard a card from your hand to destroy a Spell or Trap Card on your opponent’s field.”

"I'm going to destroy the cover card on your left."

The giant fiery red bird flapped its wings, and a tornado formed by flames headed straight for the cover card designated by Xia Qing.

Seeing this, Xia Qing suddenly uttered a line that was suitable for the moment.

"Illusionary Collapse: Phoenix, use Flame Vortex."

As the firestorm hit, the mysterious Gekka revealed its true face.

Trap Card, Counterattack Gate.

This trap can be activated when the opponent attacks, negating the attack and drawing a card. If a monster is drawn, it can be summoned directly.

However, before it could get the right time to launch, it was destroyed by a tornado mixed with fire.

A smile appeared on Xia Qing's lips: "Great."

If she really allowed her opponent to counterattack, maybe she could actually survive this round.

As for the remaining covered card, there is no need to worry as there is a light car watching it.

"Next, I will use summoning magic to banish Aleister in my graveyard and the earth-attributed Madou in your graveyard."

"Fusion Summon, Summoned Beast - Mewaraniga..."

The ground beneath his feet shook with a rumbling sound, and a reddish-brown arm suddenly tore through the earth, trying to break out of the ground.

At this moment, all the virtual images on the field suddenly disappeared.

"What's going on? There's a power outage?"

Xia Qing held the card in her hand above the duel disk and looked around in confusion.

"This duel ends here. I have seen your strength."

On the other side of the venue, Hu Rong cleared her throat, put away the duel disk without blushing or beating her heart, and walked across the duel venue towards Xia Qing.

This made Xia Qing realize that it was the other party who ended the duel.

But he didn't say he gave up.

The duel disk on his side showed [The other party has disconnected].

Oh boy, you unplug the network cable, right?
Xia Qing was somewhat dissatisfied as his first duel in reality ended in vain.

In my mind, I have already labeled the other party as "lacking the spirit of dueling".

On the other side, Father Xia came up with a smile on his face.

He had originally prepared himself to beg for help, but he didn't expect that his own child would be so brave and could fight back and forth with the teacher of a high school.

"Teacher Hu, is this matter settled?"

"Of course there is no problem with the child's admission to school, but the process may be different from what you expected."

Hu Rong tried hard to put a smile on her face.

We cannot give up such a good seedling in front of us, but we naturally cannot go back on our word as we have given the quota to the leader’s relative.

The former concerns her future, and the latter concerns her present.

Then we can only wait and see if we can get another place later. The two parents seemed easy to talk to, but they looked like they had never seen the world.

"Teacher, what is the specific process?"

Noticing that things were not going astray, Xia's mother also came over.

Hu Rong wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and spoke out the prepared lines in a gentle voice.

"Dear parents, let me help you apply for a temporary enrollment for your child. Your enrollment will remain in your original school, but you can attend classes with us."

Upon hearing this, Father Xia's tone became angry: "Teacher Hu, this is different from what was originally said."

"The higher-ups have been conducting strict inspections recently, so this is the only way to proceed for now. When I have the chance in the future, I will definitely transfer your student status as soon as possible."

Hu Rong made up an excuse, but as for whether it would be discovered later, by that time the matter had already been settled and she could not regret it.

Moreover, she thought that this was not entirely a lie. If this student named Xia Qing had outstanding academic performance, she would definitely transfer his/her student status to her.

Mother Xia turned around and asked, "Xiaoqing, what do you think? Are you willing to borrow the book to study?"

Xia Qing swept his eyes across everyone's faces.

Directly opposite, the teacher named Hu had an expectant smile on his face.

There seemed to be some dissatisfaction between his parents' brows, but they were trying hard to suppress it and had already given the decision-making power to him.

“Then I won’t read it.”

Xia Qing shook his head. He had originally hesitated about whether to attend No. 1 High School.

There is basically no need to consider borrowing to study.

Generally speaking, there is an additional fee for borrowing a book.

His family is not wealthy, his parents are ordinary workers, and they may divorce due to financial reasons in the future.

What he could not accept the most was that this school was so competitive that students had to take extra classes during the summer vacation.

Thinking of this, Xia Qing shuddered all over.

In the previous life, I had fought my way out of the hell of senior high school, but now I have to enter an even more terrifying hell.

It’s terrifying to think about it.

But Hu Rong would never let such a good seedling slip away easily.

She had already noticed the teacher who was holding up his cell phone and taking pictures.

If she really lets him leave like this, and the news that she failed to gain anything but ended up losing the money spreads, she will probably become a laughing stock in the office.

"Student, please don't be so hasty to refuse. The teaching quality of our No. 1 High School is among the best in the city."

She winked at Mr. and Mrs. Xia and said, "Both parents, please help persuade them. This child's education cannot be neglected."

As she spoke, she listed the top scorers in the college entrance examinations in Chu Province throughout the ages, most of whom came from No. 1 High School.

Today, some of them have become household names as professional duelists; some have joined well-known domestic companies and become senior executives, earning tens of millions a year; others have gone abroad for further studies, obtained citizenship of developed countries, and become exotic elites.

When talking about the child's future, Father Xia was almost persuaded by her words, but Mother Xia nudged his waist with her elbow, and Father Xia finally came to his senses.

He cleared his throat and said solemnly: "The child's opinion is more important."

Seeing that the other party was trying to continue persuading her, Xia Qing tugged at her parents' clothes.

"Mom and Dad, let's go back."

He no longer wanted to continue to get involved with this teacher.

Xia Qing was not blind and could see that the other party was being rude at first but respectful later.

You can't trust the promises of such people.

"Wait a minute, we can talk more."

Teacher Hu tried to persuade them to stay, but Xia Qing had already turned around and walked ahead, and her parents had no choice but to follow.

Only Hu Rong was left standing there.

When passing the gymnasium exit, Xia Qing ran into the teacher who was eating melons.

The other party has stopped looking like he was watching the fun.

"You are very good. I am the head teacher of the next Grade 1 class. Are you interested in joining my class?"

In No. 1 High School, classes are ranked according to scores.

Hu Rong's class is Class 8, which is ranked last. Students either get in by meeting the required score or pay to get in.

Class one basically includes the top students in this year's high school entrance examination in Jiang City.

Seeing that the other person was very young, Xia's father thought that he was just an assistant teacher who liked to watch the fun, so he was ready to say hello and leave.

Unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be the head teacher of Class 1, and he took the initiative to recruit me.

He immediately agreed on behalf of Xia Qing: "This teacher——"

"Thank you for your invitation, teacher," Xia Qing smiled and shook her head, declining politely, "but I don't want someone to check my life and find out that I got into high school through a backdoor when I step onto the podium one day."

“Finally, thank you again for your kindness.”

Having said that, he left the school without looking back.

(End of this chapter)