After the duel with Master Samejima, the two of them now barely count as friends.
This Master Samejima is obviously an experienced Duelist, very familiar with the social interactions between card players. When meeting for the first time, it's best to have a card game; once the game is over, everyone becomes old friends.
...Well, there are occasional exceptions, like President Haima.
If it's President Haima, after one game, he would probably wave his hand dismissively, muttering things like "third-rate Duelist," "fourth-rate Card Deck," and such, making the room immediately fill with an awkward atmosphere...
After they communicated, Master Samejima also expressed his intentions.
He heard about Kaiba Company's plan to establish a Duel Academy and expressed his hope to contribute wholeheartedly to the construction of the academy.
After all, before becoming a principal, Samejima was an instructor at a dojo, which also counts as a job in teaching and nurturing. He firmly believes that the future hope of the Duel World is pinned on young people, and cultivating excellent young Duelists is more important than ever before.
Youyu completely agreed with this.
Samejima said that if possible, he would also like to teach at the academy. Youyu nodded and said he also wished to teach if the academy was established.
Master Samejima was overjoyed. He could foresee that having the Duel King, Youyu, as a teacher at the Duel Academy would be quite a hook, with immeasurable advertising benefits!
But to Youyu, this seemed only natural; after all, it was a perfect opportunity to join the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX storyline!
The Linked World is essentially still a card game, similar to traditional Yu-Gi-Oh! games. The main content for players is PVP, while the storyline is secondary.
Youyu remembers that in the previous life version of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, only a few players could participate in the many everyday side quests of GX. After all, the story setting of GX was on an academy island, dooming it to have limited player participation.
It was only when some crucial main storylines opened that most players had the chance to participate in the main plot.
But with Youyu's current identity and status, teaching would be easy, let alone just trying for a principal position.
After all, now he's not just the Duel King, but he also has connections!
Who runs the Duel Academy? Who funded it?
That would undoubtedly be President Kaiba Seto!
The Duel Academy is opened by the president's family, which is almost as good as his own, right?
However...
"You want to go to Duel Academy?"
Back in the company, when Youyu casually mentioned this idea, the president immediately frowned.
"What do you want to do there?"
"To cultivate excellent Duelists for the future, creating a better tomorrow. I can't think of a job more suitable for me." Youyu spoke righteously.
"No." The president refused without a second thought.
Youyu: "?"
"There are more suitable candidates for cultivating newcomers." Kaiba said with an unquestionable tone, "Besides, you have more important work to do."
Youyu was instantly frustrated.
What kind of "more important work" does someone like me, who slacks off every day, have?
Does the president want to keep me around just to play cards with him whenever he pleases?
On second thought, it seems quite possible.
After all, Dark Yugi will inevitably part with his companions sooner or later, and even delaying it won't last long.
Youyu could faintly foresee, once Yugi leaves, no matter what Haima says, he would never let Youyu out of his sight again; otherwise, the president's card-playing urges for the rest of his life would be unmet...
Since he couldn't get past the president, going to the Duel Academy to participate in the main storyline seemed a bit troublesome.
But there's still plenty of time. Currently, the president is focused on building Kaiba Land, and the academy's plan is just a concept, nowhere near realization, so there's no rush.
Moreover, even if it's somewhat troublesome, if it's a problem from President Haima's side... Youyu instinctively felt it shouldn't be too hard to solve.
So for now, Youyu decided not to think about these things.
The most urgent matter before him now... is moving...
The insanely wealthy president came up with a way to solve his employees' "long commute" problem by simply buying a mansion next to the company for him.
Since the purchase was already done, and because Youyu dug this hole for himself, he didn't dare decline moving, having to honestly prepare for the move...
Can you believe being forced to move into a mansion?
Youyu could already foresee that once this news reached the player forums, there would undoubtedly be another wave of fan works featuring Youyu and the president, and the like of domineering CEO tales would flood.
Youyu was quite distressed, very distressed, but there wasn't much he could do.
After all, players are such creatures, who constantly daydream, think about quirky stuff all the time, and are unstoppable.
Upon hearing that Youyu was moving out, Chinai was, of course, very disappointed, but she had long expected it. After all, Youyu was not going to stay in the shop forever, let alone now that he's the world-renowned Duel King.
But Youyu patted her on the head and said it was no big deal; he'd still come back as usual, emphasizing he'd come back for her cooking.
This wasn't something Youyu said just to comfort her — he really would still go daily, since there are many cute little newbies in the card shop...
Even though it was Chinai who was providing the meals, after hearing those words, she felt much less disappointed, with a little bit of joy in her heart.
A sense of pride, like "He's coming back for my cooking...!"
The shop owner also changed his attitude; before Youyu went out, he held onto Youyu's hand with a melancholy face, urging him to come over for meals often, saying he might have to eat vegetables for the rest of his life if Youyu didn't come...
Youyu: "..."
Though he stayed at the shop for quite some time, upon checking, Youyu discovered he actually didn't have much to move.
The furnishings in the mansion bought by the president were all ready-made, so there was nothing he needed to bring. He basically just needed to remember himself, move right in, and the deal was done.
In the end, Youyu only packed a few miscellaneous items, which altogether amounted to just one suitcase and a bag after packing. When moving, Xue Lang, who received a daily quest, was dragging the suitcase and carrying the bag, following him.
After helping to move things, Xue Lang enthusiastically offered to do the cleaning for free, and Youyu, after thinking about it, agreed. Such a big mansion, it'd be a hassle to do all the cleaning by himself.
Xue Lang worked busily for most of the day, almost polishing every corner of the mansion like a mirror; the floor shone as if it had been licked...
Eventually, when the work was done, he volunteered to stay as Youyu's butler. However, Youyu felt living together with this guy might cause trouble, so he sent him away.
Honestly, such a big mansion could indeed need someone to lend a hand, but what's the fun in having a male butler?
Among the players around him, only Miss Yue Hua seemed a bit clever, yet she was a streamer, always live broadcasting, constantly having her around live-streaming daily life wouldn't work...
But he did think of a certain big wave Vampire who had already mingled well with the Nightwalker guys.
It felt like she might be just right for this job...