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Actually, although Pegasus J. Crawford, who first appeared in the original work, was a villain, the Pegasus that You Xuan met in person left a rather good first impression.
He was polite and courteous, and most importantly, generous.
After the duel, Pegasus didn't hesitate or delay, and directly retrieved a limited-edition ultra-rare card personally replicated by Pegasus Crawford: [Thousand-Eyes Restrict].
This card was a legendary monster. Firstly, it should be the ace monster of the first chapter BOSS in Yu-Gi-Oh! anime history, and the sense of mystery and oppression it created when it first appeared in Pegasus's hands probably inspired the shaping of many subsequent villainous monsters.
From the perspective of the card pool, this card was also the first Fusion Monster in history to be listed as a Forbidden Card, spending ten long years in the Forbidden/Limited List (Yu-Gi-Oh!) until it was released in 2016.
Moreover, its effect that could "absorb opponent's monsters as equip cards" was also considered the originator of the NTR (Netorare) effect to some extent, a pioneer for many later monsters with similar effects.
All in all, You Xuan was quite satisfied with the gains from this trip.
KaibaCorp and Pegasus J. Crawford also temporarily formed an anti-hacker alliance. Pegasus seemed to believe that the incident was caused by an AI with an ultra-era level, to which Kaiba still held doubts. However, after negotiation, both sides decided to temporarily cooperate on this matter, forming a unified front against the AI.
However, that part was naturally handled by the big shots. After You Xuan finished his duel and received his reward, he took the helicopter arranged by Mokuba Kaiba and flew directly back to the academy.
It was already late at night when he returned to the island. After dueling today, he was quite tired, and he had classes tomorrow morning, so You Xuan simply washed up in the dorm and rested.
Then, he returned to the daily routine of diligently studying and happily dueling at the Duel Academy.
This trip to KaibaCorp further confirmed the effectiveness of his current study and life plan. His match against Pegasus made him feel that the time spent in the academy so far had not been wasted. The growth in his strength, both as a duelist and in his deck's power, was visibly noticeable.
But the more he progressed, the more he realized that there was still a long way to go, and there was still a lot of room for improvement in the future. If he wanted to reach the top tier of power in this world, he still had a long journey ahead.
While You Xuan focused on studying and training, things at the academy were also developing.
These past two days, he heard people saying that Chazz Princeton seemed to have gone missing.
It seemed that the worldline was converging; although the process was different, Chazz still embarked on a similar growth path.
The poor child was an elite for the first half of his life, but ever since he came to Duel Academy, he was beaten every day and became depressed. Those students who used to respect him and were very polite to him gradually became cold as his evaluation from Professor Vellian Crowler declined.
Chazz angrily went to Professor Vellian Crowler, wanting to apply for another chance to duel Jaden Yuki and regain his honor, but the professor refused.
The reason was, "You'd probably just lose again anyway. Instead of worrying about dueling a failing student, you should worry about your own grades. If this continues, you might soon drop to the Ra Yellow Dorm."
This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Chazz.
Drop to the Ra Yellow Dorm? He, a top elite?
He couldn't accept it!
The next day, no one saw Chazz again.
After You Xuan heard about it, he guessed that Chazz had probably gone out to sea by boat. Next, he would encounter a shipwreck and drift to the northern branch of the Duel Academy, where he would meet the Ojama Yellow, the spirit of his destiny.
Well, this was all a convergence of the worldline, something that was meant to happen.
It absolutely had nothing to do with him.
Jaden Yuki, on the other hand, was enthusiastic. After hearing that Chazz was missing, he ran around the nearby forest searching for him. However, halfway through his search, he encountered a Monkey wearing a Duel Disk, and was surprised to find that he could duel the Monkey. Jaden immediately threw his good friend's whereabouts out the window and happily started dueling the Monkey.
In the anime, it was said that there was a laboratory on the Duel Academy island, specifically researching the topic of "whether Monkeys have higher spirit affinity than humans." So the researchers' main task was to teach Monkeys how to duel.
You can never imagine what other strange facilities are hidden on this island.
You Xuan's main daily routine now was attending classes, Card Creation, and in his spare time, he went to his laboratory to study and conduct research with his colleagues, and he also brought Professor Daitokuji as his guiding teacher.
At the same time, Card Drawing (Yu-Gi-Oh!) practice was also a key project. He felt that his top-decking skills were much better now than before he enrolled. Drawing cards itself was also a process of breaking in between the duelist, the deck, and the spirits.
Of course, simply practicing against a wall was just theoretical. Regular actual combat was definitely indispensable. So You Xuan set a requirement for his training schedule: at least one actual combat training session per day.
However, there was a slight problem with the actual combat opponents.
His first choice of opponents was naturally in the Dueling Club, as duel exchanges were the very reason for the existence of this club.
However, as he consistently checked in and dueled every day, a strange phenomenon gradually appeared.
Whenever he engaged an opponent in a duel, a crowd would immediately swarm around, pointing and chatting, just like watching a play in a square. The atmosphere was relaxed and pleasant.
But every time You Xuan's opponent was beaten to the ground with a look of pain, and You Xuan, having satisfactorily completed his daily training, turned to look for the next victim... no, the next respectable opponent, he would immediately find that the onlookers had scattered.
Some had soup boiling on the stove, some had girlfriends calling, some had forgotten to bring in their quilts; in any case, they all vanished in the blink of an eye.
So You Xuan began to reflect. Was it inappropriate to always shear the same sheep? Perhaps he should consider expanding his target pool.
Then, that day happened to be the regular laboratory research session. During a break, he chatted with two colleagues and casually brought up this problem.
"These new students at the academy, I really don't know what they're here for."
You Xuan shook his head as he spoke.
"If they're not going to duel, what are they doing at the academy? Every single one of them is content with the status quo, truly..."
Bastion Misawa and Alexis Rhodes exchanged glances.
Although, they felt that what You Xuan said seemed to make sense, but at the same time, they also felt that if the opponent was this guy, it was understandable why the victims didn't want to duel...
"But speaking of it, it doesn't have to be the Dueling Club," Alexis said. "After all, this is Duel Academy. They have all sorts of clubs, but basically, all clubs usually have free duels.
For example, the Tennis Club held an internal competition last week. Oh, right, even the Student Council held an internal competition, and I heard that the Student Council's rare card inventory is quite good, and their extra credits and management authority are higher than other clubs..."
You Xuan suddenly stood up, startling her.
"What's wrong?"
"Alexis Rhodes, you are truly a genius," he said seriously.
Alexis: "?"
Is... is that so?
Being told that so seriously suddenly made her a little embarrassed.
"N-no, not really..."
But You Xuan had already ignored her and began to pack his things.
"By the way, where is the Student Affairs Office? Are they still recruiting people?"
"Uh, it's on the second floor of the Teaching Building, there's a Sign on the left side of the stairs," Bastion Misawa said with a strange expression.
"Okay, thank you. I have something to do today, so I'll be leaving first."
You Xuan smiled at them.
"See you tomorrow."
You Xuan's back disappeared outside the door.
Bastion Misawa and Alexis Rhodes looked at each other again.
Suddenly, for a moment, Alexis had a strange feeling.
Did she accidentally say something she shouldn't have?
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