Chapter 34

Early morning, Dueling Dojo.

Fujiki You Xuan gets up early this day, goes out to buy some food, and then arrives at the dojo early.

Before he even enters the door, he bumps into Sato Koji.

When Koji sees him, his eyes light up immediately, and he hurriedly greets him: "Big brother, you're here! Big brother is so early today!"

"Uh, Brother Koji, no need to be so polite, you should still call me junior brother..."

"Okay, big brother," Koji says with a smile. "By the way, you're here to see Master, right, big brother? Master is inside."

Fujiki You Xuan: "..."

He doesn't know what's going on, anyway, he doesn't know when he became the big brother of the entire dojo.

In fact, Koji in the dojo also signed up for the Duel Academy exam, but he didn't pass the written exam.

Fujiki You Xuan can't figure out why anyone wouldn't know such simple questions, but the pass rate of this written exam seems to be quite low. It can be seen from the anime that Yuki Judai's written exam ranking is 110 and it is at the bottom, which means that only about a hundred people passed, which is still quite difficult.

Coming to Dojo Master Takeuchi's room, the door is actually open.

Looking inside, he sees Dojo Master Takeuchi sitting in his office chair, with a heavy VR headset on the bridge of his nose, not knowing what he is watching, but anyway, he is laughing "hehe" "hehehe" somewhat lewdly, and his old face is a bit rosy...

Fujiki You Xuan ponders for a moment.

Hmm, could this be attacking in Gundam form?

He thinks about it and feels that it is not very polite to interrupt at this time. So he thinks about it, exits the room, pretends he hasn't been there, stands outside the door, and knocks on the open door panel twice.

Then he asks in a loud voice: "Is Master here?"

A flurry of sounds comes from the room immediately, followed by a "thump" sound as if falling to the ground. He waits patiently for a few seconds, and then hears a voice come out.

"Enter."

Fujiki You Xuan enters the door, his expression as usual as if nothing happened, and as if he didn't notice Dojo Master Takeuchi's messy hair at all.

"Just arrived?" Dojo Master Takeuchi probes cautiously.

"Hmm, just arrived," Fujiki You Xuan says calmly.

"Uh... didn't see anything strange, right?"

"No," Fujiki You Xuan says blankly, looking around, "Did something happen?"

"Oh, oh, nothing, it's good that there's nothing. Sigh, I was just researching deck builds," Takeuchi says, yawning, "Why did you come suddenly, is there anything?"

"It was Master who told me to come to you this morning after the exam," Fujiki You Xuan reminds him.

Dojo Master Takeuchi slaps his forehead.

"Ah, that's the case. Sigh, look at my memory, I'm old and my brain is not working well..."

Fujiki You Xuan thinks to himself, no, Teacher, I don't think it's necessarily an age problem, it might just be that you have been spending money like water and over-consuming.

Especially since the stereoscopic imaging technology in this world is so developed, realistic stereoscopic images will naturally promote the rapid progress of certain industries that are already very developed in District 11, which is a high-end game that is really stressful for the kidneys of gentlemen who are on the front line all year round.

"First of all, congratulations on getting ashore. I've already heard that your exam performance is quite good, and you didn't lose face for our dojo," the Master says with a smile. "You can't slack off after entering school, study hard, and whether our school can be carried forward again depends on you."

"I understand, Master."

"Very good, very good. Then calling you here this time is actually nothing important, just that there happens to be such an opportunity to see if you are interested.

You have been busy preparing for the exam these two days, so you should have no time to watch the news, right? Have you heard about the ruins in the northern suburbs of the city?"

"Ruins?" Fujiki You Xuan is surprised and shakes his head, indicating he hasn't heard of it.

"Yes, it was excavated by Kaiba Corporation's team, and it happens to be outside the city, just over an hour's drive from us. Although it is not open to the public yet, I have friends inside who say that if you are interested, you can take my students to visit..."

Fujiki You Xuan understands a little.

Ruins for digging stone slabs, right?

As everyone knows, in the Yu-Gi-Oh setting, the origin of modern card playing all started with archaeology. Back then, Pegasus went to Egypt for archaeology and dug up the stone slabs of duel monsters from three thousand years ago, bringing the sleeping spirits back to the modern era, which is the beginning of everything.

Now that the duel monster system has developed for so many years, although card-making technology is becoming more and more developed and the scientific research means for developing new cards and new monster forms are becoming more and more mature, archaeological excavation is still a key channel for the birth of new decks.

In fact, even after so many years, the stone slabs excavated so far are still just the tip of the iceberg of ancient duel monsters. Even until the "Yu-Gi-Oh 5DS" many years later in this worldview, new ruins are constantly being discovered.

And unlike the initial belief that duel monsters originated in ancient Egypt three thousand years ago, with later exploration and discovery, there are actually ruins of ancient duel monsters everywhere in the world.

For example, Atlantis where Dartz was ten thousand years ago, the Three Polar Gods later discovered in Northern Europe, the Earthbound Immortal stone slabs found in the Nazca lines in Peru, and the Gem Spirits excavated from the ruins of a country that believed in the power of gems in ancient times, which created the later "Crystal Beasts"...

Fujiki You Xuan has never seen what ruins and stone slabs look like, so he is indeed a bit interested.

Many ruins are excavated, and after exploration by professional teams, they may be opened as projects similar to tourist attractions. There are indeed examples of some duelists resonating with hidden spirits in the ruins.

"Although the details have not been announced to the public yet, my friend said that this time it seems to be a very powerful ruin," Dojo Master Takeuchi says.

"Master has acquaintances in Kaiba Corporation?"

Fujiki You Xuan only then realizes, could it be that Master's connections and energy are actually unexpectedly powerful?

"Heh, don't talk about that," Dojo Master Takeuchi holds his head high and chest out, "Your teacher, I, was also a person of note when I was young, but later I was indifferent to fame and wealth and retired from the world, not wanting to have any more disputes with others..."

Fujiki You Xuan shows respect: "Then, Teacher, is that friend a senior executive inside Kaiba Corporation? Or a duelist? Do you have internal company channels to buy cards?"

As soon as he hears this, the Master's breath immediately leaks out.

"No, he is the one doing construction at the excavation site."

Fujiki You Xuan: "..."

"Ahem, actually he was a very powerful duelist before, but later he sought another way out. It seems that Kaiba Corporation requires that from archaeological research to the excavation team, everyone at the entire site must be a duelist, which seems to be the president's own personal request..."

Fujiki You Xuan thinks to himself, good guy, these days even if you want to join a construction team, you have to know how to play cards.

However, thinking about it, it is not unreasonable. After all, this kind of ruin is often accompanied by supernatural powers that are difficult to explain scientifically, and it may indeed be dangerous for ordinary people to approach. But in this world, as long as you know how to play cards, the danger coefficient will drop significantly.

"It just so happens that the city's Kaiba Land is holding a 'White Dragon Festival' event the day after tomorrow, and our dojo is preparing to go there for team building. My friend will also go that day, and we can talk face-to-face then."

"Okay..." Fujiki You Xuan responds casually, while discovering a trace of something wrong.

Wait, there is also a festival called "White Dragon Festival"?

(End of chapter)