Chapter 22: Spirit

The treasure of the dojo, the symbol of the school...

To be honest, this description made Fujiki You Xuan think of the first thing, which is the sentence passed down by card players:

You should give up all mainstream and play my invincible Cyber Dragon—

—which is Cyber Dragon.

Zane Truesdale of the Duel Academy was already the heir to the Cyber Style Dojo before entering the academy. According to the Cyber Style master, who later became the principal of the Duel Academy, Sheppard, Zane Truesdale moved the spirit of the Cyber End Dragon with his persistence and won the opportunity to obtain the inheritance.

Well, but in the anime performance, this so-called "moved the spirit" was that Zane Truesdale practiced god-drawing every day, and finally practiced the superglue technique of being able to start with three Cyber Dragons and a Polymerization no matter how he shuffled the cards.

According to Principal Sheppard, practicing such a hand of god-drawing is considered to be home.

Apart from this, the only other one that appeared in the anime was the later Psychic Style Dojo, whose treasure of the dojo inheritance was Jinzo.

Does our dojo also have this kind of thing?

Fujiki You Xuan's mind quickly flashed through countless rare cards of the same period, imagining what kind of deck it would be.

"... I really wanted to carry forward the school, but my ability is indeed insufficient. After losing the master, the dojo is getting worse day by day, and recently no one has heard of our school's name anymore."

Dojo Master Takeuchi continued, then took a deep breath and looked at Fujiki You Xuan with a serious face.

"Until now, I saw your transformation. I had almost given up, but now I think, maybe you are the one I have been waiting for."

"Maybe you can inherit this name that has almost disappeared and make it great again."

"So what you said, our school's deck?" Fujiki You Xuan tentatively probed.

If it were in a general fantasy novel, when it reached the stage where the master was about to explode gold coins, he would definitely have to look forward to what kind of divine pill or high-end magic weapon it was.

But now, Fujiki You Xuan's first reaction was, will that thing of yours be card-stuck...

No way, although the dojo master was glowing and very confident when he said this, Fujiki You Xuan dared not be too optimistic. Because he knew clearly that the definition of "powerful" for a deck by duelists in the anime was different from reality.

Fujiki You Xuan clearly realized that he relied on construction and ideas to play cards. If the dojo master full of expectations stuffed him with some 8-star normal monster, he really couldn't move it...

Dojo Master Takeuchi smiled mysteriously: "Have you heard of the legendary LV series?"

Fujiki You Xuan's heart sank when he heard this.

Bad.

The LV series, that is, monsters that automatically upgrade as they exist on the field for turns, generally have the ability to "special summon higher-level LV monsters from the deck by sending monsters to the graveyard."

GX plot mentioned that the LV series are rare cards that ordinary duelists can't buy at all, all of which are priceless. For example, the "Armed Dragon LV" series that appeared in the anime was the treasure of the school handed over by the Duel Academy headquarters to the North Academy, and later transferred to Chazz Princeton.

But that's an anime setting.

The reason why Fujiki You Xuan's heart sank was that most of the LV series decks in the real card environment seemed to be combat-five scum...

"Not bad! And the 'Silent Style' inherited by our dojo is derived from the tactics opened up by the Duel King Yugi Mutou back then! And as the pinnacle of our school, the card that symbolizes inheritance is exactly this one—"

The dojo master showed Fujiki You Xuan the card that had been sealed for many years with a sense of ritual.

"—Silent Magician!"

"Hmm?"

Fujiki You Xuan raised his eyebrows, unexpectedly.

【Silent Magician, Level 4, ATK 1000】

【Effect: This card cannot be normal summoned, can be special summoned by offering a Spellcaster-type monster on the field as an offering.】

【This card's attack power increases by 500 for each card in your hand. Once per turn, it can negate the activation of a magic card.】

【When this card on the field is destroyed by battle or opponent's effect, you can special summon a 'Silent Magician' monster other than itself from your hand or deck.】

It was a card with considerable strength in the current environment, but Fujiki You Xuan remembered that this should be the new Silent vest printed in the future in reality, and its strength was naturally more prominent in the early environment.

However, the Silent deck had been around since the DM period, and this world's development of classic aces used by legendary duelists like Yugi and Kaiba had always been a key point. In the theatrical version, Kaiba had already printed "Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon" several years ago. Compared to this, it seemed normal.

The moment he took the card from the dojo master's hand, in a trance, he seemed to catch a glimpse of something in the corner of his eye.

Right on his right side, in the corner of the main hall, there seemed to be a figure vaguely. As white as the first snow of winter, the fluttering long robe was like a cloud gently stroking the sky. The tall and elegant figure was wrapped in a wide magic robe, and the long hair was as white as snow, swaying softly and silently.

But when Fujiki You Xuan turned his head sharply, he saw no one on that side.

Only a shadow.

"What?" Dojo Master Takeuchi seemed to have found nothing and asked strangely.

"Nothing..." Fujiki You Xuan pondered.

Is it a hallucination? Or is it...

Dojo Master Takeuchi didn't ask again, just solemnly said to him: "Keep it well, this is not just a rare card. It is said that this is a card inhabited by a spirit."

"Spirit?"

Fujiki You Xuan looked at the card with beautiful vertical painting, and then looked at the direction of the hallucination just now.

But still nothing.

"... Maybe, I actually don't know either. Hahaha."

Dojo Master Takeuchi scratched his head.

"I only heard about it before, never seen it with my own eyes. The previous master said that not everyone can see spirits... who knows? Just treat it as true, haha..."

Fujiki You Xuan looked at the card horizontally and vertically, really unable to feel anything special. However, considering the particularity of this world, he also felt that it was better to believe it than not.

If it is a spirit card, the nature is completely different.

He might only consider practicality and strength for ordinary cards, and whether bringing unknown things will card-stuck. But spirits are different.

Assuming you haven't gone to Egypt to dig graves and archaeology artifacts, duel monster spirits generally occupy 80% of the supernatural sources in this world, and it is the simplest way for ordinary duelists to touch the supernatural circle.

Like Jaden Yuki in the anime, before awakening the power of the Supreme King in another dimension, every time he encountered a supernatural game, he basically relied on spirits.

In the early stage, there was the Winged Kuriboh sent by Yugi, and several times when he encountered dark duels or when the opponent wanted to play underworld tricks, it was Kuriboh who was C. In the middle stage, there was Ultraman (Elemental HERO Neos), who could even fly out of the deck to confront the villain, and even fly out of the atmosphere to help him blow up satellites and save the world.

So in this world, even if you don't talk about the dueling practicality of spirit cards, if you want to save your life in this world where cheats are flying and gods and demons are everywhere, even if it is a deck waste spirit, it is a must-bring.

"The exam time for Duel Academy will be next week, right?"

Dojo Master Takeuchi changed the subject and walked to a table.

He picked up a small card box.

"I heard from some students that you had inquired about a few cards before, saying you were willing to pay for them. Some cards are not easy to collect these days, but... the old man has been mixed for so many years, I don't have skills, but I have some friends, and I have a little bit of my own channels..."

He opened the card box and handed it to Fujiki You Xuan.

"... Although many of the ones you inquired about are not there, I managed to get these before the exam. See if they can help, just use them first. If you want others, you have to find a way to get into the academy and buy them through the academy channel."

He hadn't seen others yet, but Fujiki You Xuan found at a glance that the one on the top of the card box was exactly the "Jinzo" he had searched for at the beginning.

That is, commonly known as Jinzo.

"Ah this... Master, you actually went to find these specifically..."

Fujiki You Xuan took the card box and stuffed it into his pocket.

"... This is too embarrassing, right? It's not appropriate..."

Dojo Master Takeuchi looked at him with empty eyes.

If it's not appropriate, you should take it out of your pocket...

"You don't think it's a free gift, do you?" the master said angrily. "This is an investment. Remember it first. When you get into the academy and make a fortune, you have to pay it back at the market price."

"In addition, there is..."

The master took a deep breath and said solemnly.

"To be honest, our dojo hasn't had a single student successfully get into Duel Academy so far. But this time... no failure, understand?"

"Okay," Fujiki You Xuan promised.

Isn't it just an exam? What's the big deal?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 23 =====