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Just as Judai expected, the ordinary duelists in this world were much simpler than he'd imagined. Not only did they not have a single "Wind" card (referring to backrow removal like Mystical Space Typhoon), their entire decks could be described as mere piles of cards, utterly lacking synergy.
"Activate Trap Card, [Blast Held by a Tribute]!"
"When an opponent's monster declares an attack, destroy that monster!"
Flipping his face-down card, Yuuki Judai smiled at the young man before him.
"What?! My Diamond Dragon!"
The young man clutched his head and cried out. As Judai's three HEROes attacked, the young man's Life Points instantly flowed away like water, becoming zero.
"No way, I can't even beat a kid?!" The young man slumped onto the table, tears streaming down his face.
Well, even though I look like a child, my mind is probably more mature than all of yours combined. Judai thought to himself, mercilessly taking the Diamond Dragon rare card from the young man's hand. It was a 7-star vanilla monster. Though weak, it was still a high-level monster and could fetch a decent price.
"So, is anyone else willing to challenge me?" Judai scanned the surroundings, wanting to see if he could still harvest some Duel Points. But all he saw were ordinary duelists with bitter expressions.
"Why don't you try?"
"Don't be silly, I've already lost three cards to this kid..."
"This kid's deck is so devious. Out of forty cards, twenty of them are Trap Cards or something!"
"How dark must this child's childhood have been to construct such a dark deck?"
Looking at the whispering crowd, Judai sighed. It seemed these adults had been intimidated by him. Seeing no one else come forward to challenge him, Yuuki Judai had no choice but to pack up his spoils of war and prepare to leave.
Dozens of decent rare cards, though not many were directly usable, should sell for over a hundred thousand yen if sold at a low price. He sold the unused cards to the card shop at a low price. Under the surprised gaze of the female clerk, Yuuki Judai accepted 150,000 yen in cash, bowed in thanks, and walked out of the store.
150,000 yen. Roughly equivalent to over 7,600 RMB. Good heavens, he had originally only intended to spend 10,000 yen on cards. He hadn't expected to turn a profit. No wonder everyone in this world dreamed of becoming the King of Games. Card dueling really was profitable.
He picked two popsicles from the refrigerator by the door as a reward for himself. Judai ate the popsicles as he walked back, checking his gains for the day.
[Current Ability: Supreme King's Power LV.2 (20/1000)]
[Duel Points: 500]
Because the System's Duel Point rewards varied based on the opponent's strength, even though Judai had a perfect win streak today, the amount of points he gained differed significantly due to the varying skill levels of the duelists. Among these ordinary duelists, the most gave twenty points, while the least gave only two. He had dueled dozens of people, and only accumulated a total of 500 Duel Points. Judai was quite disappointed by this.
However, the Supreme King's Power had successfully upgraded to LV.2. Now, Judai could faintly feel the dormant Supreme King's Power stirring within his body.
"Judai... Judai..."
"My beloved Judai..."
Just as Yuuki Judai was eating his popsicle and about to check what he could exchange in the System Shop, a faint voice seemed to echo in his ears.
It was Yubel...
Judai's eyes narrowed. He took out his deck and drew the Yubel card. The Supreme King's Power surged from Judai's small body at this moment. With his orange eyes, he could clearly see it. Yubel's card was enveloped in black mist. In the card art, Yubel's spirit was stirring restlessly.
Black mist poured out from the card art. Behind Yuuki Judai's body, Yubel's phantom slowly rose. She gently embraced Yuuki Judai from behind. Even though her power wasn't enough for her to fully manifest, Yuuki Judai still felt the cold aura emanating from Yubel.
This time, the duration lasted much longer than last night. After a full five minutes, Yuuki Judai finally felt a wave of exhaustion, and the Yubel behind him gradually dissipated, vanishing without a trace.
"Yubel..."
Looking at the card in his hand, Judai knew that Yubel was surely silently watching him from his side. It was just that his own power was limited, so his perception of her could only go so far.
"I hope your presence here won't cause harm to those around me..." Judai murmured softly. He knew that in the original plot, because of Yubel's almost excessive protection of Judai during his childhood, many of Judai's close friends were hurt. This also made Judai's childhood exceptionally lonely. And to free Judai from Yubel's 'protection,' his parents had asked KaibaCorp to launch Yubel and Judai's self-designed [Neo-Spacian] deck into space, hoping Yubel would absorb the power of the darkness of space and temper her personality. However, she was instead warped by the light wave of the universe, leading to a series of tragedies later on.
"I truly hope everything won't repeat itself..."
"Yubel."