Chapter 164

"It actually really was completed..."

There is only one day left until the conference. Asuka looked at the freshly baked Ritual new card in her hand that seemed to still carry the scent of ink, and was momentarily lost in thought.

Even as someone who was recommended into the academy as an elite, she never thought when she arrived at the academy that she could achieve such an exaggerated accomplishment in her first year.

First, the large-scale upgrade and strengthening of the entire Cyber Angel deck, and now she even printed a new card that predecessors had never heard of...

【Cyber Angel - Natasha】.

That is the 5-star Ritual Angel that You Xuan inspired her with before, famous in the Cyber series for her unique effect that can NTR the opponent's monsters.

"As expected of student Tenjoin, she actually succeeded so quickly." Misawa Daichi gave praise without reservation, "It seems my progress here needs to accelerate too; I can't be left too far behind."

"No, it's just luck... and thanks to the direction pointed out by student You Xuan."

Deep down, she already felt it was somewhat incredible.

As far as she knows, for card creation, even if one can grasp a general direction through research, it is only a hazy direction. Many times, before a card is completed, even the designer cannot assert what it will be like.

But so far, the feeling You Xuan gives her is as if he clearly knows what every card should be like.

"Speaking of which, you shouldn't have mentioned this card in the article you submitted, right?" Misawa asked.

"Yes, because when I wrote the paper, it was still in the development stage..."

It's just right to wait until the conference to show the new results.

After submitting it a few days ago, I heard that the reviewers reacted very strongly, specifically sending an email to ask her about related matters, and repeatedly emphasized that she must be present at that time.

I wonder what the reaction would be if the other party knew that in these last two days before the conference, they actually printed another new card here...

Teacher Da Desi was also momentarily silent when he saw this new Cyber Angel.

This card... how should I put it?

Anyway, in his impression, it is completely different from the style of the Cyber Angels that fought head-on in the past.

If one must say, the style gives people a feeling a bit like the sense of déjà vu leaning towards You Xuan...

Da Desi squinted his eyes, his gaze drifting unconsciously towards You Xuan, who was concentrating on reading literature at the next table.

As if sensing the gaze, You Xuan raised an eyebrow.

This has nothing to do with me.

Although the style is a bit biased compared to the old Cyber cards, Natasha is originally a card of the Cyber series, not something I made up blindly.

Cyber Angels are really like this originally.

"Hmm, it's indeed powerful."

After Da Desi held it in his hand and examined it for a while, he slowly put down the Natasha in his hand and returned it to Asuka.

Because he had been paying attention to the development progress of this laboratory, he knew clearly that although the actual card printing work was done by Asuka, the control of the general direction of development had always been You Xuan alone.

And from the style shift of this new card, it can actually be seen that compared to Asuka, who pursues head-on strong attacks, this is obviously closer to You Xuan's style.

Teacher Da Desi looked at You Xuan again, hooking the corner of his mouth with interest.

It seems the more he looks, the more he feels this child's talent is extraordinary.

I don't know if he is considering letting You Xuan inherit his "Macro Cosmos."

Teacher Da Desi uses an alchemy deck, but the entire deck is basically anime cards; nearly twenty years have passed, and most of them have not been released as physical cards to this day.

But he has only that one card in his hand, which has gone through the baptism of time and is still active on the front line to this day, regarded by card players for many years as the heavyweight ancestor of the underworld.

Continuous Trap - Macro Cosmos.

The effect is also simple and crude. As long as this card is on the field, all cards sent to the Graveyard by both parties are banished from the game.

One can imagine how heavyweight it is for modern Yu-Gi-Oh, which has long developed into "the Graveyard is the second hand." One card is almost equivalent to physically deleting the concept of the Graveyard; for those decks that extremely rely on Graveyard resources and need to rely on "zombie" repeated jumping to develop, it's not impossible for one card to solo the entire deck.

Honestly, You Xuan asked Da Desi for guidance partly because he really wanted to learn alchemy and card printing, and partly because he harbored the thought of being able to inherit the mantle of the Macro Cosmos school from the teacher in the future.

Because according to the original work, as far as he knows, the teacher is actually about to kick the bucket. Da Desi is currently using an artificial body created by "human body alchemy," but it is already on the verge of collapse.

Before he kicks the bucket, he wants to find someone he fancies to entrust his affairs to; in the anime, the one he chose was Yuuki Judai.

It's just that although student Judai is said by Da Desi to be an alchemy genius, his deck style is obviously completely different from Da Desi's. So You Xuan thought about it left and right, feeling that it's fine for Judai to be the alchemy successor, but he wants to inherit the teacher's will... along with the teacher's Macro Cosmos.

The next day, the three of them from You Xuan's side left the island together and arrived at the venue.

The venue was set up at the headquarters of the International Illusion Society. In the spacious and bright conference hall, rows of neat seats were filled with big shots and researchers attending the meeting. The center of the conference hall was a huge podium, and the screens of multimedia equipment displayed the theme and agenda of the meeting.

Since walking into the venue, Asuka has taken a deep breath for the third time, her chest heaving violently.

You Xuan said: "No need to be nervous."

"I... I'm not nervous!" Asuka hurriedly defended, "I'm just thinking about what to say later."

You Xuan smiled and didn't say anything more.

However, nervousness is actually a matter of course. Whether it's Asuka or Misawa, no matter how strong they are, they are only first-year freshmen after all. Suddenly being dragged to make a report among such a group of high-level big shots, anyone would be nervous.

"Good fellow, is that Tianma Tiamen Yexing?"

Misawa said in a low voice.

Following the direction of his gaze, he indeed saw Tiamen Yexing, whom You Xuan had only met not long ago, sitting at the end of the conference table.

"That Tiamen Yexing?" Asuka was also surprised, "I heard he is the new helmsman of the International Illusion Society, and he himself is also a legendary duelist. He has even dueled with the first-generation King of Games..."

"Indeed." You Xuan nodded, "I have even dueled him."

The two little partners cast surprised gazes at the same time.

You? With a big shot of that level?

"Ashamed, ashamed." You Xuan said, "I won by a move or two, purely by luck."

The two's expressions became even more exaggerated.

"Really?" Misawa couldn't help but say.

Although he has always known that he cannot look at You Xuan with the eyes of an ordinary person, to be able to win against such a duelist...

While they were talking, a woman walked over quickly.

A well-tailored dark blue suit, elegant without losing solemnity. The sunlight spilled on her through the window, as if plating a layer of golden luster on that long hair.

"May I ask if you are student Tenjoin Asuka and Fujiki You Xuan?"

The woman asked straight to the point.

"Yes." You Xuan said, "May I ask...?"

"Oh, excuse me. I am Takahashi Misaki..."

"Chief Takahashi of the Cyber Research Association?" Asuka was surprised.

That is a big shot in the related field.

"Yes. I have read your paper on Cyber Angel research, to be honest... quite shocking." Takahashi smiled and said, "If the developments mentioned in the text have all been completed, then what you have done is subversive work, and it can no longer be described by simple words like 'genius'."

"Thank you..." Asuka looked at You Xuan, "But actually, it was mainly the ideas proposed by student You Xuan."

Takahashi swept her gaze over them and smiled.

"Actually, I originally didn't plan to attend the meeting today, but after reading your article, I changed my mind. Because I have a presumptuous request...

The new Cyber Angel deck, I think you should have brought it, right?"

Asuka nodded: "Yes."

"Then," Takahashi showed her Duel Disk, "can you use that to duel me once and let me see?"

"Eh?" Asuka blinked.

I duel the Chief?

(End of chapter)