Chapter 187: The Moment Sanze Sanze Dadi Felt Most Present

On the fifth day of the Friendship Cup, today is the entertainment-style "Tag Duel."

Although labeled as entertainment, since this world does not teach duelists tag dueling, Goethewin had recruited a pair of friends from professional duelists, while the Elders Council provided noble duelists they favored.

But regardless of the type, their ages were completely outside the agreed range—far exceeding the category of "students."

Of course, Goethewin had already consulted with Kaiba: this duel was purely a performance and would not count toward the final standings.

"Are those two sisters facing off against professional duelists?" Asuka cared deeply for the Taylor sisters, fellow female duelists, but during this time she had tried to approach them—only to be met with utter disdain.

Or rather, outright hostility.

She didn't understand why, but every time the Taylor sisters saw her move, they couldn't help but want to punch her.

From the mere perspective of "female," the Taylor sisters had already lost—and lost badly.

"Professional duelists... Even ordinary duelists in this world, let alone the so-called Satellite Zone duelists who are ignored, aren't weak. So professional duelists must be elites of this world. Aren't those two just students? Can they really pull it off?" A staff member voiced his doubt. "What did the CEO say?"

"A true duelist never fears a challenge—that's what he said."

Classic Kaiba-style words.

"Originally, the opposing side had allowed our young duelists certain advantages when dueling professionals—like choosing to go first or second, or limiting the opponent's monsters—but the Taylor sisters seem to reject all such advantages entirely."

Wan Wan Zhangmu heard their discussion, nodded slightly, and crossed his arms. "It seems those two from the Fusion Army have immense confidence in their dueling."

"Confidence?" The sharp-eared Gloria Taylor turned around, flashing a brilliant smile, one hand sweeping through the air as if stirring it—like a heroic female general.

Wan Wan Zhangmu frowned slightly.

"It's not confidence," Grace Taylor added gracefully, turning and curtsying, smoothing her dress as she addressed the Fusion Department members.

"We are the strongest tag duelists."

"Let the members of the Fusion Department witness this properly—"

With that, the twin duelists strode confidently onto the dueling field, leaving Tenjo and Wan Wan Zhangmu staring at each other in silence.

"So confident? American duelists really are full of confidence," John couldn't help but be surprised. "But come to think of it, Tenjo, don't they have some history with you?"

"Don't you have any with them?" Tenjo asked curiously.

"What?"

"The Fusion Army."

John shook his head.

That was a knowledge blind spot.

Although the two had spent a lot of time together recently, neither truly understood the other's school. Moreover, since John was a terrible navigator who couldn't find his way back to school or the base without an elf guiding him, he rarely left and knew little of the outside world.

As the representative of the Arctic Circle Dueling Academy branch, their school was so remote that even Ma Professor Chi Ma Ling Wang hadn't reached out to them. As a Nordic, he naturally knew nothing about the Fusion Army.

Add to that his friendship with Tenjo—he'd spent these days hanging out with Tenjo and never visited the Fusion Army's duelists. He was completely clueless on the matter.

Seeing this, Wan Wan Zhangmu cleared his throat and briefly explained the situation: he mentioned Tiancheng Guang's efforts over the past year, and the grudges between them and the Fusion Department.

Of course, looking at the outcome, it was actually one-sided beatdowns by them against the Fusion Department.

Still, John was fired up upon hearing it, lamenting he'd missed such a great opportunity—he'd have joined Tenjo and the others in dueling the Fusion Department, even though he'd never used fusion cards in his life.

"So those people... are the 【enemies】 you'll face next semester?"

Wan Wan Zhangmu nodded slightly.

Though there was a "random" like John, looking at it now, the participants were essentially students from the Fusion Department and the Fusion Army—two clear factions with distinct goals.

They were here to have fun, or like Wan Wan Zhangmu, to showcase themselves and gain attention; the Fusion Army, however, was here to "show off muscle," gain prestige, observe Tiancheng Guang and his group up close, and then—demonstrate their strength!

"Fusion Summon, appear! Level 8, Amazon Queen!"

"My turn too—Fusion Summon, appear! Level 7, Amazon Pet Tiger-Lion!"

The sisters each Fusion Summoned their respective trump cards in turn and attacked their opponents. At first, seeing the cards they used, Tiancheng and the others didn't gasp—they just...

"Huh? Amazon?" Wan Wan Zhangmu blinked.

"Hmm... Amazon...?" Tenjo frowned, arms crossed, head bowed in deep thought, looking visibly pained.

Asuka sighed and rubbed her forehead. "It's Amazon... again?"

"What's wrong with Amazon?" John was confused.

"Uh... well... that's another story." Tiancheng Guang's lip twitched slightly; he didn't elaborate to John.

He wondered what Sanze Sanze Dadi, watching the live stream in their world, was feeling right now.

"Don't worry—they're human. Spirits hate them!"

"Don't make Sanze sound like a pervert!" Tenjo couldn't help but speak up in defense of Sanze Sanze Dadi.

"I think that guy really is a pervert..." Asuka muttered under her breath.

During the Seven Stars incident, Sanze Sanze Dadi lost to an Amazon spirit and since then had become obsessed—unable to eat or sleep, fixated on that female spirit. Even after she lost her duel and turned into a tiger, he still couldn't forget her.

Now, seeing a pair of female duelists using an Amazon deck, Tenjo and the others couldn't help but make the connection.

But Tiancheng Guang thought they were overthinking it.

Sanze Sanze Dadi's preferences were either muscular warrior women or petite little girls...

In any case, amid their awkward discussion, the duel ended quickly.

Though the two professional duelists had tried hard to cooperate, they simply hadn't experienced many tag duels. During the match, they occasionally blocked each other's cards. Fortunately, they knew each other's decks well—if they'd been paired with unfamiliar duelists, using a self-restriction card of a specific type would've made their partner curse loudly.

Before his transmigration, Tiancheng Guang had once used an Insect deck with a self-restriction card that only allowed Insect summoning, earning three consecutive complaints from his partner.

In contrast—

The Taylor sisters weren't just tag-specialized duelists—they were genuine twin sisters. They spoke in perfect tandem, not only sharing identical decks but nearly sharing the same thoughts. Against professional duelists unfamiliar with tag dueling and lacking any card synergy, they delivered a crushing performance, leaving the spectators and even the police stunned.

Tiancheng Guang wasn't surprised.

In the original story, the Taylor sisters were the true "strongest tag duelists," having decisively defeated every tag specialist in the Xyz Dimension—even members of the main party couldn't defeat them. Only after the protagonist and Kurogane Hayabusa struggled through an "Entertainment Duel" did they barely manage to win.

Frankly, even Tenjo and Wan Wan Zhangmu felt pressure.

The sisters' performance fully justified their claim as "the strongest tag duelists."

No wonder they'd confidently declared they'd settle the score with them after transferring schools.

"But I'll definitely defeat them with Hikari!" "Hmph, I'll win them with Tiancheng!"

They spoke simultaneously, then froze, locking eyes—and like gladiators in an arena, they locked hands and shoved each other, muttering things like "I'm more suited!"—since the Taylor sisters had declared their duel against Tiancheng Guang, only one spot remained.

"Hahaha..." Tiancheng Guang sweated on his forehead.

Sanze Sanze Dadi, watching the broadcast, must have been desperately trying to join the duel after this, right?

Chapter Two, to be updated later

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