"Hello, boss. Is it true that you can help adjust configurations for any deck listed on the sign outside your shop?"
Inside a small shop equipped with only a few computer devices, a girl dressed in a white dress, Bai Yun'er, entered. Her gaze immediately fell on the only person in the shop—Youye.
Seeing a customer, Youye immediately stood up with a smile and began his pitch, expertly introducing the business.
"Of course! Just tell me the deck category, and I'll immediately find the most suitable cards for it and configure the perfect deck. I'll help this deck break free from the same dilemmas as your average decks, merging it with the duelist's spirit. Then, whether it's the Blue-Eyes deck, the Galaxy-Eyes deck, or the Hero deck, they'll all look like child's play in comparison. Whatever you want to win, you'll win it!"
"That's amazing! So, even a brand-new deck, one that's never been developed before, can be done?"
Bai Yun'er looked at Youye with curiosity. She hadn't expected to encounter a deck master while out for a stroll, especially in a small alley. The thought that someone could so casually mention defeating decks that once belonged to the Duel King was truly unexpected!
"Of course!" Youye nodded confidently, then took a moment to glance at Bai Yun'er before continuing, "From the looks of it, I think your deck category has awakened, right? And it's an undeveloped category, which is why you can't find a suitable build, and there's no direction for progress, is that correct?"
Upon hearing this, Bai Yun'er's curiosity quickly faded, and her smile turned into a visible frown, her face showing clear signs of sadness.
Seeing her reaction, Youye patted her shoulder with a knowing look, sighed lightly, and spoke in a sympathetic tone.
"Ah, with a completely new deck category and no build references, creating a suitable deck requires a lot of time and research. A single person can't achieve this, and even a family or faction would need at least ten or eight years to figure it out. Selecting the right cards for a new deck, then crafting an entirely new build—it's tough, really tough!"
Hearing Youye's words, especially his emphasis at the end, Bai Yun'er became even more sorrowful, her eyes beginning to redden.
What Youye said was exactly what she was going through. Originally seen as the hope for her family's rise, the awakened deck category had trapped her, and in just a year, she had gone from a rising star in dueling to a dueling failure.
In an attempt to keep herself from crying, Bai Yun'er politely took a step back, preparing to leave.
But before she could exit, Youye gently grabbed her slender left arm and spoke seriously.
"I feel the same sadness about your past, but... after meeting me, everything you've experienced will become a thing of the past!"
"As long as you seize the opportunity, I can immediately provide you with a build perfectly suited for your deck, and you won't be held back anymore. When you face your opponents, you'll defeat one after another, and if two show up, you'll take them both down!"
With that, Youye casually glanced at Bai Yun'er's attire before slowly continuing.
"And this build only costs 999,999!"
"Really?"
"Is it really true that for just 999,999, I could become this strong?"
Bai Yun'er turned around, her eyes still red, staring at Youye in disbelief.
"Of course!" Youye nodded confidently as he released her arm.
As for why he was so confident? Well, that's because he's a transmigrator!
Ten years ago, he was transported into this dueling world, his age reduced by ten years. Yes, this is a world where all conflicts are settled through duels, and the level of dueling here has decreased by a hundredfold!
Why is the level so ridiculously low?
The reason is simple.
In this world, if you awaken a deck category, things are manageable. But if you haven't awakened a category, you either have to spend exorbitantly on cards or join a faction and serve as a lackey.
But just being a lackey or having money doesn't guarantee access to the full card pool, because factions that own cards tightly control their resources—no one shares, so everyone's card pool is incomplete.
For those who have awakened a category, things are slightly better. They can form bonds with Spirits to obtain their family's cards. Generally speaking, the higher the bond, the more cards they can access.
Moreover, they can participate in Master Duels, and with a high rank, they can earn cards from the annual Master Duel rankings.
There's also an urban legend that claims categories can be acquired artificially, but Youye doesn't know the specifics.
What undeveloped deck category did Bai Yun'er have? It was one of the categories that had yet to be explored in this world. Duelists who had this category could only slowly figure things out using a highly incomplete card pool. The difficulty was unimaginable.
Of course, for a sly outsider like Youye, the difficulty was zero.
As long as the category wasn't too obscure, he, as a seasoned card player, could adjust and perfect a build based on the person's category, explaining how to use it.
As for why he didn't just go out and dominate the dueling world with his perfect deck, you ask? Why was he opening a shop, teaching others?
That has to do with when he received the Pearl Tears Sorrows deck category and, before he could celebrate, found himself as an exception.
No matter how much he communicated with Spirits, he only had ten family cards, one of which was the extra Mermaid Nymph, five of which were low-tier cards, and four more, including Pearl World, were magic traps. It sounded like the Pearl Tears Sorrows deck wasn't impossible to play, right?
But, as mentioned earlier, the card pool in this world was severely limited, so much so that even mid-tier monsters could start at five figures, and effect monsters at six figures. And that's just the starting price! Also, they were often overpriced and unavailable!
He arrived in this world without money to buy cards, so he could only rely on his own effort to obtain cards through Master Duels. Luckily, his rank was high enough that, over the past four years, he'd been able to specify non-OT banned cards from his past life. But it was only once a year, with three cards each time. These cards couldn't even be selected from his own deck category, meaning that, realistically, it would take ten or even twenty years to collect everything.
That's why, under the suggestion and assistance of his Duel Academy teachers and the principal, he had opened a deck-building shop half a month ago, offering custom deck builds to customers, using his past life's expertise to earn money or cards and advance his own deck's progress.
"My deck category is the first-ever Awakening Sword category, with no build references. We don't even know the basic strategy of the deck. Do you really think you can help me modify it and make me stronger?"
Bai Yun'er emphasized again, naming her specific category and problem. On one hand, she was curious if Youye had a method; on the other, she hoped this would make him back off.
The Sword of the Awakened?
Youye looked at the girl before him, his eyes flashing with surprise.
In his past life, the Awakening Sword had a good reputation. Among the various Sword techniques, Super Heavy Awakening Sword and others were solid, but the Heavenly Might Sword was one of the best beginner decks for newcomers to the game—its system was simple yet effective, with a high compatibility for hand traps!
Had she heard of the "Thirteen Swords of the Awakening" and the legend of the Miracle Sword Saint?
Based on his understanding of this world over the past ten years, Youye could only say that, at this stage, the Heavenly Might Awakening Sword would sweep anyone it encountered!
As long as they could solve the Heavenly Might axis problem, because let's face it, playing pure Awakening Sword... well, those who understand, understand.
But that wasn't his concern. He was here to build decks; how she obtained her cards was her problem, not his.
Seeing that Youye didn't say anything, Bai Yun'er's hopeful expression quickly faded, and she lowered her head in disappointment.
Since awakening her deck category, her family had constantly found people to help research the possibilities of the Awakening Sword, but they had found no solution. Eventually, even some Duel Masters had called her deck category useless, suggesting she switch to a new one.
Of course, she could switch categories—her family's ancestral category was the Blue-Eyes, and she could use it when needed. However, as dueling evolved, the Blue-Eyes category had been locked, and she didn't want that!
But Youye remained silent, clearly with no ideas of his own. She once again felt disappointed and was about to leave when…
"Wait, where are you going? Little girl, I have a set of sword techniques called the Heavenly Might Awakening Sword, with thirteen moves. Learn it, and I guarantee you'll reach the top level of Heaven-tier, with the potential to go all the way to King-tier and become a legendary Sword Immortal!"
As she was about to leave, Youye snapped out of his thoughts and called after her.
"Heavenly Might Awakening Sword? Thirteen moves? But my category is Awakening Sword, not Heavenly Might. And isn't Heavenly Might one of the weakest categories? If it combines with my Awakening Sword category, won't it just weaken it even more?"
Bai Yun'er looked at Youye, her eyes reddened.
She knew of the Heavenly Might category. It was even weaker than her own Awakening Sword. Although it had some special summon and disruption points, its attack power was low, and it couldn't even make upper-level summons like her Awakening Sword.
If Heavenly Might combined with her Awakening Sword, wouldn't it just lower the overall strength of her deck even more?
"Boss, you're not trying to fool me, are you? Trying to get me to buy your build that'll just weaken my deck?"
Bai Yun'er eyed Youye suspiciously.
As a scion of a prestigious family, she admitted that she had been empathetic to his words earlier, but that didn't mean she was foolish.