Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh

Silence.

Until Watanabe Shuichi's LP hit zero and he was blasted onto his back on the ground, no one spoke for a long while.

Even the announcer stood with his mouth agape, stunned for a good moment, momentarily unsure of what to say.

Mamma mia, what in the world just happened!?

He almost blurted out Professor Crowler's catchphrase in his shock.

It wasn't unheard of for talented freshmen to overturn the defending members during recruitment events. The announcer considered himself worldly, having been in the Dueling Club for over two years and having seen all sorts of big scenes.

But he had truly never seen this kind of duel, this kind of spectacle!

"Ah, this..." The well-endowed senior girl in the stands also stammered for a moment.

To simultaneously showcase both the "You're not playing Yu-Gi-Oh! today" degenerate style and a theoretically pseudo-infinite ATK flashy LOOP in a single duel...

It was truly hard to imagine dueling styles so vastly different appearing in the same match, from the same person...

How could such a duelist even exist in the world?

Even Chazz Princeton had stood up from his seat, his eyes still fixed on You Xuan on the stage, unwilling to look away for even a moment.

He had long known that fellow was a scoundrel, and he had long known the other was actually very strong. But even so, the direction this duel had taken still exceeded his expectations.

Why does this person endlessly have so many bizarre combos?

At this moment, watching You Xuan duel, Chazz felt a bit like watching a top student solve a problem. Those difficult problems that made underachievers rack their brains in vain, when they reached the hands of a top student, would be solved with a few casual strokes, instantly turning decay into magic, making the underachievers exclaim "Holy crap, that's how you do it!" in minutes.

Sometimes, it really made one want to crack open a top student's skull to see what kind of structure was inside, why it was so different from one's own.

Of course, even if You Xuan knew, he would only smile and say that he was merely standing on the shoulders of giants and seeing further.

Even according to the online rumor – that dueling in this world was truth, so natives needed to put in a thousand times more effort to discover principles that were readily available to real-life duelists, and You Xuan, as a higher-dimensional transmigrator, could discover more combinations and scientific deck constructions a hundred times more easily than them – even so, for him alone, this game was still too vast.

So many card combinations, so many gimmicks and strategies, especially those that had been refined over a long period and passed down for twenty years, were all crystallizations of the wisdom of predecessors. He was able to have so many constructions and combinations because he stood on the foundation of countless duelists' explorations and summaries over so many years.

Searching for the possibilities of various combinations from the vast card pool, like finding a needle in a haystack, creating wondrous, previously unenvisioned chemical reactions between different cards, completing various gimmicks that either made one's eyes darken or light up—this had always been one of the charms of Yu-Gi-Oh!.

"Ahem, congratulations to student You Xuan for passing the assessment."

In the end, it was the Dueling Club President who stepped forward to speak.

"That's enough, Shuichi. You can come back now."

Seeing the President's stern face, Shuichi knew he wasn't satisfied with his performance; he would likely face punishment when he returned.

Shuichi wanted to cry but had no tears. He wanted to say, President, this really isn't my fault. I did my best.

But what do you do when your opponent isn't human?

Until You Xuan left the stage, everyone's gaze still couldn't help but remain focused on him.

This is just a newly enrolled freshman...

At this rate, won't the Dueling Club President have to be replaced soon?

"..."

"This is your club entry benefit."

The well-endowed senior girl, smiling, handed a badge to You Xuan.

"This is the Dueling Club member's badge, keep it safe. New members immediately receive five extra academic credits and can also choose one card from these for free."

Saying this, she presented a box, letting You Xuan choose.

The box opened, revealing rows of neatly arranged cards inside.

So, it seemed students who bravely went on stage earlier did have an advantage, because obviously, the good cards would be picked by students who passed first.

You Xuan roughly scanned them. Overall, there didn't seem to be anything he particularly fancied; perhaps because they were free, they all seemed rather lackluster...

Hmm?

He found himself strangely drawn to one of them.

Meteor Black Dragon.

A Fusion Monster of Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Meteor Dragon, Level 8, ATK 3500, a vanilla monster.

In the real-life card pool, it was a thoroughly useless trash card, but what surprised You Xuan was, wasn't Red-Eyes Black Dragon considered super rare in this world?

In DM, it seemed only Joey Wheeler had one, and it was his signature monster. By the GX era, its rarity might have decreased somewhat, because Alexis Rhodes used two in one duel, and her deck likely contained a third.

But even so, it was still top-tier rare, not something you'd casually see on the market.

"This one is valuable! The Dueling Club spent a lot of money to acquire it back then!" the senior girl said to him with a smile. "This is said to be the evolved form of a legendary monster."

You Xuan was puzzled: "But the Dueling Club's inventory shouldn't have 'Red-Eyes Black Dragon', right? Then wouldn't this card be impossible to summon...?"

"That's right, it can't be summoned," the senior girl blinked, looking as if it were a matter of course.

You Xuan: "?"

"Come on, Red-Eyes Black Dragon is a legendary monster, you know. If it could be summoned, how could our club's budget possibly afford it?" The senior girl giggled, her body shaking with laughter. "Although it's said to be an evolved fusion form of Red-Eyes, 'Meteor Black Dragon' isn't as rare as the main body. Plus, its practical value isn't high, so it's mainly for collection purposes... Oh, but I've heard some duelists choose it as their ace, using 'King of the Swamp' to substitute for Red-Eyes Black Dragon as a fusion material. Well, 'King of the Swamp' itself is also a rare card, though..."

You Xuan: "..."

So, after all that, it turned out to be a mascot.

Hmm, wait a minute...

Now that she mentioned it, he actually thought of a certain generic card he had received from the academy department not long ago.

If paired with that card, this thing might actually be useful.

"Then I'll take 'Meteor Black Dragon'," You Xuan said.

Anyway, he really couldn't see anything else useful in the box.

"Alrighty."

The senior girl handed the card to him.

You Xuan passed the assessment, received his reward, and exchanged contact information with the senior girl for future communication.

The senior girl seemed very happy to have gotten his contact information.

"By the way, Senior, I also wanted to ask, where are the recruitment venues for other clubs?" You Xuan asked. "Is it also around this time?"

The senior girl's expression was a bit odd.

You're asking me, someone recruiting for the Dueling Club, where other clubs' venues are? Isn't that a bit like... NTR?

But she still explained, "Different clubs have different specific recruitment times, but they should all be concentrated in these recent two weeks. However, as your senior, I'd advise you not to join too many clubs. After all, one's energy is limited."

"Thank you for the reminder, Senior, but it's fine," You Xuan smiled confidently. "I know my limits."

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