Chapter 179: Who is the President?

After the duel, You Xuan had a meal with the two Tianma brothers at Industrial Illusions. During this time, Yuexing guaranteed that he would list them as a key sponsored laboratory and grant them priority access to purchase rare cards through Industrial Illusions' special channels, enjoying the same discount as internal staff.

In this way, You Xuan's card-purchasing channels were further expanded. Through Yuexing's sharing, he specifically downloaded the Industrial Illusions dedicated store onto the Academy terminal. It seemed that in the future, besides browsing the Academy store, browsing the new arrivals at the Industrial Illusions store would also become part of his daily tasks.

Incidentally, he also found a way to get many of the cards that looked good, which Yuexing had used in the duel just now.

Unlimited internal purchasing rights from Industrial Illusions, the world's largest card-printing factory—if it were any other duelist, they might be very excited, viewing it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

But You Xuan's first reaction upon hearing this was: Huh? I have to spend money?

I've always been a "free-loader" when it comes to Kaiba.

But it didn't matter; he wasn't short on money for the time being anyway. Just cashing out the rare cards from the decks he'd picked up was a huge sum of money, not to mention that he hadn't even spent much of the rewards from the President before.

One can only say that having a big shot to lean on is comfortable.

After ending this fruitful and pleasant trip to Industrial Illusions, the three returned to the Academy that night.

Afterward, just as You Xuan had expected, the small laboratory they had just established soon became famous in the Academy.

This was only natural. A research team established by students, relying on a series of astonishing results, had successively obtained sponsorship from the world's two biggest giants: Kaiba Corp and Industrial Illusions. Just describing this sounded a bit absurd.

At first, it was among the teachers, but soon it spread among the students as well.

"Have you heard? Fujiki You Xuan... that guy from the Yellow Dorm who's so annoying at dueling—he set up a lab, and even Kaiba and Pegasus invested in it!"

"Nani? That strong? Then he really must have a big background?"

"You bet. I heard he and that Seto Kaiba are best buddies, the kind who are close enough to share a pair of underwear."

"Nanda to (What did you say)!? Then does that mean he's grabbed onto a big leg, and he'll have a way out after graduation?"

"..."

It spread more and more outrageously.

When You Xuan heard these rumors from Misawa, he was full of question marks. He pondered that he hadn't actually met the President many times, and the total words they had spoken didn't exceed ten sentences. When did they become close enough to share underwear?

As expected, the predecessors summarized it correctly. It is human nature to love gossip; people prefer stories over the truth, which is why some things can get more and more distorted as they spread...

Forget it, it doesn't matter. It actually makes it convenient for them to recruit people.

After this meeting, the Academy attached more and more importance to their project, even transferring personnel from the research department, saying they could cooperate with You Xuan's development needs.

Then, with the funds from Kaiba Corp and Industrial Illusions in place, You Xuan's laboratory was officially launched, looking quite professional. As long as he controlled the general direction based on his memory of the future trends of various decks, he should soon be able to start having stable output.

This battle with Yuexing, although he won, Yuexing's words still gave You Xuan some inspiration.

"Duel with your heart, huh..."

You Xuan reflected on himself.

But he felt that he had always been quite passionate about dueling.

Although he was different from most duelists in this world, he clearly had always enjoyed the fun of dueling. Especially being committed to sharing this fun with more people...

As the saying goes, "Use dueling to bring smiles"—isn't this the eternal truth of Yu-Gi-Oh?

There is a saying that all roads lead to Rome; there are millions of "Daos" for people to cultivate and become gods, so there's no reason why playing cards shouldn't work. If Judai Yuki can become a god by playing cards with passion, there's no reason why I, the "Duel-Bringer," can't.

So he felt that, plainly speaking, he still needed to play more, practice more, and gain more insight.

Thus, You Xuan further increased the training volume of his daily actual combat practice on top of the original foundation.

The first choice for a "labor force" base was naturally the Dueling Department. He would find time to swing by the Dueling Department for a few days in a row, and each time it would be accompanied by a chorus of laughter.

The second was naturally the Student Council, which he had joined not long ago. As a newcomer, he soon hit it off with the old members of the Student Council. Over the course of a week, basically everyone in the department had been "poisoned"—no, wait, had established friendships through dueling.

During this time, while practicing, he also incidentally helped Senior Xiang Koshinagata Xinghua handle some trivial Student Council affairs.

It seemed that the Academy's Photography Club and Art Club had set their sights on the Academy garden venue on the same day—one side said they wanted to take photos for an exhibition at the cultural festival a week later, and the other side said they had already scheduled to sketch there today.

The presidents of both sides were said to be arguing endlessly, neither willing to give an inch.

So the gold-medal mediator You Xuan stepped up and smiled as he revealed his Duel Disk: "I have a plan. Why don't you duel me separately? Whoever wins gets priority. What do you think?"

Both presidents went quiet on the spot.

After only a moment of silence, the Photography Club president said: "I've thought about it, actually there's still time until the cultural festival starts. Why don't you guys sketch first? It wouldn't be impossible for us to come back in two days..."

"No, no, no, you guys go first." The Art Club president also became humble and kind. "When is sketching not sketching? It wouldn't be good if the cultural festival exhibition was delayed."

"No, you guys go first."

"You guys go first is better..."

You Xuan smiled: "That's simple, I'll make a slight modification to the plan just now. You duel me separately; whoever wins, the other side gets priority. No problem with that, right?"

Both presidents: "..."

They seemed to understand something.

Regarding the dispute between them, the executive didn't seem interested or concerned about who won or lost.

He was purely here to find cards to play.

"..."

In the end, You Xuan still got the cards he wanted, and the conflict was perfectly resolved.

He felt that the descriptions of both sides by the Student Council members before were a bit unfair. In his view, both sides were quite polite, accommodating, and reasonable.

And it seemed that from now on, whenever they had any contradictions in club affairs, they should be able to reason more calmly.

Afterward, new rumors gradually spread in the Academy.

Rumors about the Student Council obtaining a forbidden weapon.

Once you violate the rules or disobey management, depending on the severity of the situation, the Student Council might dispatch "that executive" to enforce it.

For a time, all major clubs couldn't help but feel uneasy, feeling as if a dark cloud had covered the sky over the club environment, just like the future of the Duel Realm.

But of course, in the subsequent process, the various clubs also discovered that "that executive" seemed to take jobs based on his mood; he didn't seem interested in getting involved in everything.

And the Student Council also gradually reached a subtle consensus with the students during the management process.

As long as the violations didn't cross the line, they promised not to immediately use the power of "that executive."

It's just that from now on, anyone who receives a warning from the Student Council might need to be sensible and restrain themselves early.

After this strange balance was reached, it was also commonly known as the "Yellow-Clad Deterrence" in the second half of the school year.

You Xuan indeed went to the Student Council to find things to do based entirely on his mood. Earning extra credits and the cards in the Student Council's inventory were all incidental; the main point was actually just to maintain his practice.

He didn't care what the specific task was when he took it; there was only one standard: take a look to see if there were cards to play, if not, see if he could find a way to create cards to play, and whether the opponent was worth playing.

After not many times, Senior Xiang Koshinagata Xinghua also summarized his screening rules. So she basically would organize the tasks You Xuan might be interested in, and she wouldn't even ask about the ones he wouldn't take at a glance.

Just like today.

"Then, Student You Xuan, what do you think of this?"

Senior Koshinagata Xinghua handed him a briefing.

"Regarding the on-site review for the establishment of a new club. Of course, you can also require the president who is registering to accept the review through a duel..."

You Xuan waved his hand to show no interest: "Anything else?"

Mainly because he had already dueled the president who applied before, and there was no need to fight again.

Senior Koshinagata Xinghua took back the briefing with some helplessness.

Suddenly, she felt a bit unable to tell who was the president.

But there was no way. The laboratory of the person in front of her not only had investments from both Kaiba Corp and Industrial Illusions, but it was also highly regarded by the Academy's top management, not to mention the rumors that he had an unusually close relationship with that President Kaiba...

And her? She was just a small Student Council President. What else could she do?

"Hmm? What is this?"

You Xuan had already picked up a report he caught sight of with the corner of his eye.

"Oh, this. Some students reported that a strange person has been wandering in the Academy forest in the middle of the night recently," Senior Koshinagata Xinghua said. "It is said that this person is powerful, and students from Obelisk Blue have been defeated by this person one after another."

"And every time this strange person finishes a duel, he must hunt for the opponent's rare cards to show humiliation, and occasionally, when the situation is serious, he might even hunt for the Duel Disk as well..."

You Xuan was shocked.

Hunting for Duel Disks and rare cards?

There is actually such a despicable person in the world!

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 180 =====