Chapter 118: Will It Not Be Exciting Enough?

"Eh!? Big Brother, did you guys really go to the Fairy World?"

During the break, Marufuji Sho, who was walking on the road after coming out of the building, widened his eyes and looked at Judai, his face full of disbelief.

Judai: "Yeah, you don't have to call out so loudly..."

"But that's the Fairy World!" Marufuji Sho was very excited, "Did you see the Dark Magician Girl's fairy? Or..."

"Hahaha, unfortunately, no." Judai laughed, "But I did see the 'Marauding Captain', oh, and I even dueled him..."

"Eh, Fujiki You Xuan?"

At this moment, Judai spotted Fujiki You Xuan passing by in the crowd with sharp eyes and immediately rushed over excitedly.

"How did you rest yesterday?"

"It was alright."

"We're just about to go fishing, do you want to come along?" Judai invited enthusiastically.

Marufuji Sho: "Eh!? I didn't hear about this, Big Brother..."

Fujiki You Xuan declined: "I'm planning to organize my class notes, so I'll head back first."

Judai and Marufuji Sho were surprised in unison: "Ah? There's such a thing as notes?"

In the time it took to say a few words, another voice came from the side: "That's really your style, having the same serious attitude toward all classes."

The three of them turned back in unison and immediately saw Tenjoin Asuka, who was standing with her arms crossed and smiling.

"But I heard a rumor that you were arranged to be the opponent for the new teacher Long Ya's employment duel, is that true?" Asuka asked Fujiki You Xuan.

"Your information is really well-informed; that is indeed the case."

Judai was surprised: "You can duel an incoming teacher? As expected of Fujiki You Xuan, super envious~"

"Be careful, there are some bad rumors about that Long Ya." Asuka lowered her voice and said, "Some people say he likes to take away the opponent's rare cards through duels.

If it's him, he'll likely propose a bet-card request to you. Of course, the academy doesn't allow this on the surface, so it will definitely be private."

Fujiki You Xuan's face lit up with joy when he heard this.

There's such a good thing?

So he's a duelist of the same type as me...

However, having said that, Fujiki You Xuan had never pulled cards from someone else's deck outside of life-or-death card bets, and he had never actively requested a card bet. He had always confiscated the tools of evil from evildoers; it was from the perspective of defending justice and punishing evil.

Hmm, that's just how it is.

But if the other party sincerely and actively proposed the request, then it wouldn't be good for him not to give the other party face.

Seeing Fujiki You Xuan's attitude of not taking it seriously, Asuka was a bit displeased: "Take it seriously! That Long Ya is still very powerful; he was a student council member when he was at the academy, and his strength is said to be quite good.

And he has placed in various competitions; I heard his resume is very beautiful now..."

"Got it, thanks for the reminder, Student Tenjoin." Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

He had some impression of him now. Teacher Long Ya... a character who appeared in the GX manga.

In the manga, he was an out-and-out villain who would use his position as an intern teacher to forcibly win students' cards using the bet-card rule, and arrogantly state, "These cards will be happy when they come to a stronger me."

And in the manga, he seemed to use underhanded tactics. Once he discovered the situation was unfavorable, he would activate special electromagnetic waves to interfere with the opponent's duel disk, making it impossible for the opponent to activate magic cards.

The assessment requirement for becoming a teacher in the manga was that Long Ya had to achieve fifty wins in duels with students. To be honest, Fujiki You Xuan felt it was quite outrageous that he had used such underhanded tactics to win more than once and hadn't been discovered; most opponents seemed to only think their duel disks had malfunctioned...

However, the development now wasn't completely consistent with the manga, so Fujiki You Xuan wasn't sure if the other party would use such means. But for the sake of caution, he still consulted Kaiba via phone.

The conclusion obtained was that the duel disk he was currently using was the latest intelligent model leading the market, and there was no risk of the system being interfered with. In this way, there was no need to worry about underhanded tactics.

But actually, confirming this was just to be safe. Because Fujiki You Xuan felt that even if he didn't use magic cards, he might not necessarily lose.

The next day, when the time came, Fujiki You Xuan accepted Chronos's invitation and came to the Academy Duel Arena.

Many students who had heard the news also rushed over to watch.

Especially his colleagues from the Yellow Dormitory.

"Nani? The new teacher is designated to duel a student? And with that guy?"

"The new teacher is really miserable."

"Don't say that, what if the new teacher is unexpectedly strong?"

"..."

At this time, both sides of the battle had already stood face-to-face according to the competition rules and entered the exchange and shuffle phase.

"You are Student Fujiki You Xuan, right? Professor Chronos's evaluation of you is full of praise." Long Ya chuckled.

"You flatter me."

Fujiki You Xuan appeared humble and polite, his attitude respectful.

He could roughly guess why Chronos would invite him to be this test opponent.

On one hand, just like how the professor always called on him to answer questions and gave him demonstration opportunities in class, it belonged to the daily routine of giving him academic credits.

And this wasn't an ordinary classroom demonstration; once he won this match, he would naturally receive much more academic credit rewards than answering a question normally. The professor had already guaranteed this point to him; it was a rare opportunity.

Actually, even if he lost, it wouldn't have any impact on him.

On the other hand, it should also be that Professor Chronos himself was interested in his strength.

After all, as a key student being cultivated, the professor certainly wanted more opportunities to see him face off against experts. It could give him opportunities to hone and improve, and also take the opportunity to see his progress and true level clearly.

To be honest, Chronos was actually always very curious about how strong this student really was.

So far, the time Fujiki You Xuan had looked the most serious in a public duel was during the stage test against Misawa Daichi. Misawa had conducted thorough research, analysis, and countermeasures for his common tactics, but in the end, he was still easily resolved and defeated by the other party.

At least in the eyes of others, Misawa still hadn't been able to force out this student's full strength.

Professor Chronos stood with his hands behind his back, standing high up, smiling as he looked at Fujiki You Xuan on the field.

"Student Fujiki You Xuan, let me, the professor, take a good look at what level your strength has reached, none."

"..."

At this time, Long Ya, who was shuffling the cards, narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "The professor said you are extraordinary, so how about it, dare to play a bigger game?"

Fujiki You Xuan's eyes flickered: "Teacher, you mean...?"

"Betting on each other's rare cards." He pushed up his glasses and lowered his voice, "The winner can choose one card from the loser, how about it?"

Fujiki You Xuan's humble and polite image made him feel that he was the kind of sunny, good student at first glance, and his grades must be quite good. Plus, with Chronos's high regard, the resources he obtained must be quite good.

Then he must have cards of quite good value in his hand.

Fujiki You Xuan showed a troubled expression: "Ah? That wouldn't be good, would it?"

Long Ya's mouth curled: "Why, are you afraid?"

"No, I mean, are we only betting on one card?" Fujiki You Xuan blinked, "Wouldn't that not be exciting enough?"

Long Ya: "???"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 119 =====