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Pegasus actually asked for his name first, instead of the other two accompanying him. Yuu was a little surprised.
Yuu then glanced out of the corner of his eye at Nightshroud, who was silently observing from behind.
Could it be that Nightshroud went back and mentioned their previous encounter to Pegasus?
It wasn't impossible.
So Yuu politely, yet playfully, replied, "Fujiki Yuu. Mr. Pegasus can call me Yuu-Boy~"
This was precisely Pegasus's classic verbal tic; in the original work, he constantly used "Yugi-Boy" and "Kaiba-Boy." Now, Pegasus was a senior and a generation older than Yuu, so being called "Boy" wasn't strange.
Pegasus burst into laughter.
"Good, good, Yuu-Boy~, just as Nightshroud said, you are indeed an interesting duelist~"
Hearing Pegasus's accent, as enchanting as he remembered, Yuu felt relieved.
"Just as Pegasus said, we card designers not only need passion, but also boundless imagination and a pioneering spirit."
Pegasus turned to face everyone and said.
"If we are merely content with the status quo, if we are afraid to make changes, the path will not open before us. So I hope everyone can, like Yuu-Boy, open their minds and dare to try new things."
When the big boss spoke, the experts naturally chimed in agreement.
"Mr. Pegasus is right."
"He is truly a role model for us researchers!"
Then Pegasus turned, patted Yuu's shoulder, and said softly with a smile, "I'm looking forward to great things from you, Yuu-Boy~"
After speaking, he turned and left.
Misawa, who felt like a transparent person beside them, swallowed hard and looked at Yuu oddly.
It was already rumored that he was a man favored by Seto Kaiba, and now it seemed that Mr. Pegasus, known as the father of Duel Monsters, was also interested in him.
Misawa became even more convinced that his initial judgment was correct.
This guy, from deck construction and dueling to card printing, exuded an aura of unscientific strangeness from head to toe. Or rather, precisely because he was so unscientific, he naturally attracted the attention of big figures wherever he went.
Damn it, I was standing right next to him, shoulder to shoulder, so why did the passing big shot completely ignore me?
I mean, my grades are good, and I work very hard on my research, too...
Misawa fell into deep thought.
It seemed Pegasus hadn't just arrived. He had probably been observing in secret during the duel.
The reason he only showed up after the duel was over, Yuu speculated, wasn't just because Nightshroud had mentioned him; it was likely that the recent duel also piqued his interest.
Pegasus may also be responsible for organizing this conference, and might have discussed something with Nightshroud. So they knew that while Asuka was the main user of the Cyber deck, Yuu was actually controlling the research direction.
In other words, the Cyber Angel deck, with its unique art style and aura of 'Wei Wu's spirit', must have been his idea too.
Pegasus's attitude seemed to be appreciative of this.
However, Yuu thought about it and realized it made sense.
During the Duelist Kingdom arc, when Pegasus was the BOSS, his Toon Deck also delighted in taking control of the opponent's monsters and turning them into Toon versions.
The Relinquished/Thousand-Eyes Restrict series, his ultimate trump card, was the progenitor of 'NTR' (Netorare) in early days, scoring full marks on the "shady" index.
And then there were incidents like pulling out Dragon Seal Jar to mess with Kaiba, making him furious...
Tracing back, the one with the most 'Cao Thief' spirit should actually be him. If ranking the 'shady' people in Yu-Gi-Oh, even the famous Marik would have to call him a senior.
Yuu seemed to have an epiphany.
Indeed, similar types of Stands attract each other. Perhaps it's precisely similar hidden traits that attracted Pegasus's attention.
It seemed that after this conference, the sponsorship from Industrial Illusions was a sure thing.
"..."
The meeting began, with experts taking turns to introduce the achievements of their respective teams.
Yuu soon noticed that the so-called "achievements" weren't necessarily newly printed cards; many people simply proposed new ideas or directions that had undergone some verification and compiled them into papers.
After all, groundbreaking innovations don't happen every day, and not everyone has a cheat like him that can predict the future.
New cards did appear at the meeting, but Yuu felt that most of them, at a glance, seemed to be meaningless oddities that Konami had shoved into card packs just to make up numbers.
But that was normal. Reaching into Yu-Gi-Oh's bottomless card pool, the probability of pulling out a bunch of meaningless things was quite high.
For example, the strangest card he saw today was this one.
[Trap Card - Report of Misfortune
Effect: The opponent's next Battle Phase occurs twice.]
Yuu had to admit, he truly didn't remember there being such a card in the card pool.
How to put it...
It couldn't be said to be useless. Because some big shots have said that there are no completely useless cards in Yu-Gi-Oh. No matter how strange or useless something seems, there's always a niche where it can be used for some obscure combo.
But it could only be said that it was indeed difficult to master and severely tested a duelist's imagination.
There was another baffling item.
[Spell Card - Ritual of Evil
Effect: Change the battle positions of all monsters on the field. Monsters' battle positions cannot be changed during the turn this card is activated. This card can only be activated during the Standby Phase.]
At first glance, hmm, no problem. A card that forces all monsters on the field to change battle positions, still somewhat useful.
But then a second glance.
Normal Spell?
Can only be activated during the Standby Phase?
This sentence just stumped people.
As is well known in Yu-Gi-Oh, Normal Spells are Spell Speed 1 effects and can only be used during one's own Main Phase. During the Standby Phase, only Spell Speed 2 effects like Trap Cards or Quick-Play Spells can be activated.
In other words, at first glance, this card's effect had a contradiction, making it impossible to use at all.
Then, the expert giving the presentation explained that their team, after working tirelessly through the night and overcoming numerous difficulties, had finally managed to solve the problem of this card never being able to be activated.
After their team's technical upgrade, Ritual of Evil, although still a Normal Spell Card, could be activated by setting it on the field and then activating it during the Standby Phase of the next player's own turn.
Yuu: "..."
Hmm, it really is... an epic breakthrough.
In fact, the real-life OCG ruling for this card was indeed like this. As an ancient old card, many people at first glance thought it was a printing error from Konami's early design, but later, according to the official rulings and additional explanations, this card, although a Spell Card, could indeed be activated by setting it and then activating it during its controller's next Standby Phase.
This was also the only Normal Spell Card in the entire Yu-Gi-Oh card pool that could be actively activated during the Standby Phase. It could indeed be called a groundbreaking development worthy of being recorded in history.
However, today, there were only these two baffling cards. While other people's reports weren't particularly brilliant, they were all quite normal and nothing worth mentioning.
Soon, according to the list, it was Yuu's team's turn.
"The achievements of the student team from Duel Academy should have already been showcased through dueling prior to the conference."
Nightshroud, who was hosting the meeting, said.
"So, would you like to provide a detailed explanation through a report, or...?"
"Of course."
Yuu stood up and smiled.
"That was only a part of the results we brought to display this time."
Everyone: "?"
He and Misawa exchanged glances. The latter understood, stood up, and pulled out several already-printed and prepared cards.
"Actually, our team's research projects aren't limited to the Cyber direction alone."
"We've also conducted some research on the relationship between Fiend-Type and Zombie-Type monsters, and have enhanced a few Fiend cards based on their original foundations."
All the experts: "???"
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