Chapter 246: Inventory

The duel is over.

Tiancheng Guang put away his duel disk and deck, stretched his body, and turned to leave.

"Hey, Tiancheng, are you really just leaving now?"

"What else?" Tiancheng Guang waved his hand.

Should he tell his opponent, "Looking forward to our next duel"?

Don't make me laugh—I'd throw up.

Fengguang Company still had some details to discuss with the notary and camera crew, so they couldn't leave immediately; Tiancheng Guang understood and told them he'd get in the car to rest while they handled everything themselves.

He was just a duelist, responsible only for duel-related matters; it made sense for them to handle the rest.

These people assumed Tiancheng Guang had expended too much energy dueling a legendary duelist and didn't press him further, so he sat alone in the car, half-reclining on the seat, opening his deck to inspect it.

Tierra sat down beside him naturally, leaning forward curiously to observe the deck.

Tiancheng Guang knew exactly what kind of person Insect Insect Yue was.

After all, in the original story, he was a famously born character—the first and only one ever subjected to a posthumous strategy by Ryo Fujiki, and despite multiple psychological correction spells, he never changed; hoping a single duel could reform such a person was impossible.

Plus, it's been ten years.

Ten years, and he's still exactly the same.

So how could Tiancheng Guang expect him to reform after just one duel?

Moreover, before the duel, he crushed Long Long Qi's hand with a machine and pre-set a trap to ram himself.

Without Tierra present, Tiancheng Guang could only dodge; an ordinary person might have been paralyzed.

So before the duel, Tiancheng Guang and Tierra's plan was "drain the pond to catch all the fish."

First, exhaust every bit of duel energy Insect Insect Yue had.

Tierra had no interest in human life or death, but she enjoyed this—more energy stolen meant more she could casually consume, since Tiancheng Guang still couldn't perfectly channel all duel energy into Super Fusion.

Any excess energy could then be used to prepare components for her resurrection.

She certainly wouldn't refuse that.

As for the man himself—how he'd fare, how long until he awoke, whether he'd drool after waking…

What did that have to do with her?

As for Tiancheng Guang…

He certainly had no interest in Insect Insect Yue 's affairs either.

Even if he went mad after waking, it was better than the company having to constantly prepare for a lurking insect in the dark.

Death was unlikely—not because Tierra couldn't do it, but because the duel was recorded and archived, and after all, it wasn't a Dark Duel; directly killing someone would raise too many red flags.

Tiancheng Guang was far more focused on the cards in his hand.

First, the most important thing—quickly check if any cards in his deck had turned into "Ge Bing Li Insect Yue."

After all, he'd just duled one of the representatives of the Insect deck; if such a card appeared, he'd have to think carefully.

But clearly, Tiancheng Guang had overthought it.

Cards like "Ge Bing Li Insect Yue" could only appear after dueling someone like Serena or Lin.

Honestly, Ge Bing Li Insect Yue's effect was still somewhat useful without a parasitic fusion insect.

Tiancheng Guang stopped mindlessly checking cards, set down his deck, and slowly pulled out his precious spare card.

Clearly, it contained all the "side quest" cards he'd collected during this period.

Chaos Phantom Amater, Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon, and…

Tiancheng Guang gazed at the card shimmering with flowing light, now brighter and more solid.

Hymn of the Claw!

Compared to its previous state, its completion rate must now be at least one-fifth!

Completion rate surged!

Of course, such a good opportunity won't come again.

After all, this card's completion rate rose so fast because Tiancheng Guang wildly extracted duel energy during this duel; he'd never do such a thing in a sparring match with Long Long Qi.

But then again…

Logically…

Shouldn't dueling Insect Insect Yue have granted him that card instead?

Timaeus' Eye.

After all, in the original story, it was Ryo Fujiki himself who dueled Insect Insect Yue, and the "Legendary Dragon" card he held was Timaeus' Eye.

Yet Tiancheng Guang received no chance of obtaining Timaeus' Eye—instead, Hymn of the Claw's completion rate increased.

Honestly, even if Hymn of the Claw were complete, it was useless in Tiancheng Guang's hands right now.

The reason was simple: Tiancheng Guang realized long ago—his "Super Fusion" card, though possessing the same level of supernatural power, only granted him fusion and fusion-related cards in "OCG" or "TCG" versions.

This meant that even if Hymn of the Claw came into his possession, it would be an OCG version—unable to be modified freely like in the original story.

Compared to directly attaching it to Black Magician to turn it into a fusion monster, Hymn of the Claw required fusion materials and fusion results Tiancheng Guang didn't possess.

Not to mention Red-Eyes Black Dragon—he didn't even have Time Magician.

Of course, Time Magician was an ultra-rare card in this world.

Still, original cards had their advantages, and OCG versions had theirs.

At least OCG versions didn't require specific monsters to summon fusion monsters—just a certain race, and Hymn of the Claw could directly fuse; perhaps after assembling Hymn of the Claw, he could use other fusion materials to fuse a monster summoned by Hymn of the Claw.

Like the Goddess' Sacred Bow—Shiyue, which Tiancheng Guang desperately wanted.

Or occasionally useful Time Magician Hammer.

In short, both cards occasionally had surprising effects.

For Tiancheng Guang, who lacked destruction and healing, these two cards were extremely useful.

Seeing the company representative approaching, Tiancheng Guang casually tucked the cards away.

"Tiancheng Agent, we're done talking." The company representative got in the car and said, "Thank you for coming here during such a busy time in your studies."

"Haha, after all, I'm part of the company—contract, contract," Tiancheng Guang replied with a grin, leaning back on the seat.

Meanwhile,

Long Long Qi turned off the duel replay he'd watched again and again, stroking his deck, but his gaze drifted toward the window.

Outside, the flowerbeds were filled with beautiful blooms, colorful and captivating.

But occasionally, some insects hid among them, startling onlookers.

Gardeners or hospital staff walked by, carrying boxes, spraying something onto the flowers—unknown liquid, but the flowers grew brighter, more beautiful.

"Hah…"

Chapter One, Chapter One, today was busy, a little busy, a bit late, a bit late

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