Chapter 206

Thus, Fujiki You Xuan came to Kaiba Corporation once again.

Not long after arriving, he was immediately surrounded by those panda-eyed researchers from the Chaos Soldier research group.

Without a word, the group leader excitedly pulled him to do tests, saying that the hint Fujiki You Xuan gave last time was very critical, once again guiding them to find a new direction for the Chaos Soldier series and breaking through a new bottleneck once again.

Fujiki You Xuan had to recall for a moment before he remembered what he had said last time.

Oh, that thing.

This time, he didn't even give a bunch of visual images under the guise of "spirit vision" like before, but just casually pointed out a general direction.

He only mentioned that back in the day, Duel King Yugi Mutou liked to use "Black Luster Soldier" and "Gaia the Fierce Knight" in combination, saying that there might be some special meaning, and suggested that they strengthen their research in this direction next to try it out.

If someone had said this before, the research group would definitely have just listened and left it at that. After all, besides both being Warrior-types and having cool images, Gaia and Chaos Soldier basically had no connection, and there was currently no evidence to suggest these two cards could be put together.

But since Fujiki You Xuan said it, it was different. Fujiki You Xuan had previously pointed them in the right direction with a few words, helping them break through a bottleneck they had been stuck on for years and achieving results that shocked the entire industry.

So now, they didn't dare to ignore every word Fujiki You Xuan said.

Facts also proved that Fujiki You Xuan was right once again. The reason no one had discovered it until now was probably because no research team had ever thought in this direction.

These two trump card monsters used by the former Duel King, Gaia the Fierce Knight and Chaos Soldier, really did have a connection between them.

And the evidence was these two new forms of Gaia that they had newly developed under Fujiki You Xuan's guidance.

Charging Gaia the Fierce Knight, Level 7, Attack 2300.

The effect is that this card can be Normal Summoned without Tributing by changing its attack to 1900. And when this card is used as a Tribute, you can add a "Chaos Soldier" monster from your deck to your hand.

Awakened Gaia the Fierce Knight, Level 7, Attack 2300.

The effect is that it can be Normal Summoned without Tributing when the opponent has more monsters on the field than you. And when used as a Tribute, you can Special Summon a "Chaos Soldier" from your hand or Graveyard.

In addition, when performing a Ritual Summon for Chaos Soldier, you can also banish this card from the Graveyard to substitute for one Ritual Tribute.

The group leader was very excited about this, saying that this was another breakthrough and huge progress, once again opening up a new direction for their subsequent research.

Now they had already contacted the Gaia-related research team under the Kaiba Corporation, and the other party was also very excited about this discovery. Both sides decided to join forces to carry out further development work.

And the head of the other team also expressed that they really wanted to meet the legendary Fujiki You Xuan; if they could get a word or two of guidance from the big boss like this side, they might benefit a lot.

After hearing the group leader convey this meaning, Fujiki You Xuan fell into memories for a moment.

Regarding the development of the Gaia deck...

The first thing that came to his mind was that the key to playing this deck is that you must shout loud enough. When summoning, you must shout "GAI—A—" with full breath; if you don't shout loud enough and the tone isn't pious enough, the spirits won't respond to you...

*Cough cough*, alright, he remembered that the Gaia deck actually had quite a few things that could be strengthened.

Although they were also cards released in later generations, their situation was similar to Chaos Soldier; they were already unable to keep up with the brutal environment when they were reinforced, to the point where even playing for fun was a struggle.

However, if they could be strengthened early on, they should still have decent combat power.

Thus, Fujiki You Xuan agreed, indicating that he would also contact the Gaia research group when he had time in the future to assist them in their research.

The group leader was very happy and even indicated that they had put his name on the newly published paper, which seemed to be a heavyweight journal with quite high international recognition.

Fujiki You Xuan thought that in this way, his academic achievements within the first year seemed to be able to beat all the teachers in the entire academy, which was a bit subtle...

Subsequently, Fujiki You Xuan and Mokuba also saw the research on some other latest decks newly released by Kaiba Corporation.

Among them, he also saw the deck developed around "Shining Dragon," and its combat power was still pretty good. However, he had already signed for it from the courier Alpha, so he didn't need this one.

However, there was one deck among them that he was quite surprised to see.

His gaze was immediately glued to the cover of the card box the moment he saw it.

Holy crap, could this be...

The legendary Kuriboh-God Sphere Form!?

【Sphere Kuriboh, Attack 300

Effect: When an opponent's monster declares an attack, send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; that attacking monster is changed to Defense Position.

And in the case of a Ritual Summon, you can banish this card from the Graveyard to substitute for one Ritual Tribute.】

As an evolutionary branch form of the god-card Kuriboh, the blocking effect was upgraded from only negating battle damage to turning the opponent to defense. Plus, its appearance closely resembles the Q-version image of the Sphere Mode of the Winged Dragon of Ra, so it is revered as the Kuriboh-God Sphere Form.

"Oh, this one? This is a series developed for the Kuriboh deck."

Mokuba picked up the card box and handed it to him, introducing it.

Fujiki You Xuan opened it and couldn't help but gasp. Good guy, it's all kinds of Kuriboh in different guises and support cards...

But didn't the President keep saying that this thing is small fry? Doesn't he have a grudge against Kuriboh?

Or is it that the President spent so many years finally deciding to "if you can't beat them, join them"...

"My brother told the researchers, don't underestimate this card; it hides potential you can't imagine," Mokuba said.

Fujiki You Xuan nodded.

That's true. Although the President still calls Kuriboh small fry every time he sees it, it is, after all, a lifelong enemy that has tortured him countless times since Duelist Kingdom. The reason he still hasn't changed his tune is likely just the same as him calling Jonouchi a "duffer"; on one hand, he's used to calling it that, and on the other, he's just being a tsundere.

But this tiny one-star hand trap had long since won his respect.

Come to think of it, Fujiki You Xuan suddenly discovered that the President seemed to have invested a lot in the research of series related to Yugi's early trump cards. Like Chaos Soldier, Gaia, Kuriboh...

Naturally, it goes without saying for the Dark Magician and Magician Girl series.

It's as if he wishes he could have a dedicated team to research every card Yugi has ever used.

Fujiki You Xuan first thought that this might be the President worrying that if the Pharaoh ever returned from the dead and couldn't keep up with the version, he was printing cards for him in advance, but upon second thought, that shouldn't be it. After all, the Pharaoh is the type of powerhouse who can get whatever he wants by clapping his hands; he'll print his own if he wants anything.

So looking at it from another angle, perhaps the President is acting with the mentality of "know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated," thinking that if the Pharaoh ever returns and suddenly pulls out a whole new deck printed in the Underworld to beat him up, it would be troublesome. So it's better to research it in advance so he can be mentally prepared...

"Give me a set of this," Fujiki You Xuan pointed to Kuriboh.

"That's no problem, but the current evaluation of this deck's practical combat ability isn't very good," Mokuba reminded him.

"It's fine, I know that," Fujiki You Xuan said cheerfully.

The whole Kuriboh family is inherently a type of hand trap that needs to be splashed in, so naturally, it depends on the build to play a role. A pure Kuriboh deck is indeed a bit more for entertainment...

Hmm, it doesn't seem like it's impossible, though.

Fujiki You Xuan pondered.

With a few adjustments, our pure Kuriboh deck might not necessarily be unable to fight.

If someone were beaten to death by Kuriboh the whole time, wouldn't their mentality be easier to break?

(End of chapter)