Chapter 517: What Am I Panicking About?

Volcanic—for many Yu-Gi-Oh veterans, this should be a very familiar name.

This deck was once a legend, and even for Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan, it was once considered the "strongest deck" by him and his friends back then.

Back then, everyone played cards with their friends, not understanding any official tournament ban lists, and all their knowledge of Yu-Gi-Oh came entirely from the anime. So naturally, the rules of the game all referred to the anime.

For example, just like in the anime, everyone's base Life Points were 4000.

For many duelists, Life Points were just clouds, existing only in the distinction of "having" and "not having". But for a deck like Volcanic, it was different; at least in the era when it was popular, a Volcanic deck in a 4000 LP environment and a Volcanic deck in an 8000 LP environment were two completely different concepts.

The reason was simple: because this was a burn deck that practically had "autism" written on its face.

Almost whenever Volcanic was mentioned, the first thing that came to mind was the shooting weapon that represented the deck: "Blaze Accelerator". From the basic form "Blaze Accelerator" to the upgraded form "Tri-Blaze Accelerator", and then the further upgraded version added by the physical cards later, "Volcanic Blaze Accelerator", they together formed the core of Volcanic.

The common feature of several accelerators, and the basic strategy of Volcanic, was to discard Pyro monsters as ammunition to blow up cards on the opponent's field and directly burn for damage.

Most of the other Volcanic monsters also shared the common feature of direct burn damage.

And because Blaze Accelerator had a restriction that "you cannot attack this turn" after use, this deck naturally had good compatibility with various lockdown methods.

Thus, a legendary deck that combined destruction, burn, lockdown, and heavy traps was born. Especially in the 4000 LP environment of offline friends back then, it was simply a nuclear weapon-level killer, and in the end, it developed to the point where students would say "whoever uses Volcanic won't be played with".

So the friends who specialized in Volcanic were helpless. In order to allow their classmates to continue to grant them the right to play Yu-Gi-Oh, they had to promise not to be the first to use Volcanic weapons...

This kind of representative "autistic" deck was naturally favored by card players who enjoyed ruining society in the early slow-paced environment. Not to mention that this deck appeared in the anime, and even in the anime, it had quite a brilliant performance, so its popularity naturally rose.

The holder of Volcanic in the anime was Austin O'Brien, a mercenary who appeared in the Yubel arc.

From the moment he appeared, this person showed a different level of style than most supporting characters in the anime. His first battle in the anime was against the protagonist, Yuki Judai. And the anime clearly stated that his strength was above Judai's at the time.

O'Brien accepted a commission as a mercenary to "draw out all of Yuki Judai's potential", but the client required him to lose this battle, and to lose beautifully, making Judai's win difficult.

So O'Brien intentionally let Judai win, but according to the flow of that duel, he could very likely have won.

And unlike Aster Phoenix, who also beat Judai—Aster reached his peak upon appearance, beating the show's combat ceiling Kaiser and Judai one after another, but then basically went into a dive, especially after getting Destiny HERO - Plasma, he never won again.

But O'Brien later in the Dimension arc used his Volcanic deck to achieve a record of extreme exchange with Supreme King Judai, and with this record, he had been active on the nomination list of "GX's supporting character MVP" by the vast fan base for many years.

Mokuba had been working with Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan for a long time, and had observed many duels, so he had some understanding of Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan's dueling philosophy.

So now, after simply browsing through this deck, Mokuba immediately vaguely realized Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan's idea.

His expression became a bit strange, and he returned the deck to Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan, asking: "So... who is the next unlucky guy lucky enough to be tested by the power of your new deck?"

"Hard to say."

Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan shrugged, but then said.

"However, I have a premonition that I might need to use it soon."

"How come, do you already have an expected target in mind?"

Mokuba secretly felt sorry for the victim he hadn't met yet.

"You could say that. Soon, I might face a slightly more troublesome opponent, and I should be able to use it... wait, let me take a call."

Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan took out his personal terminal. He was now a public figure, and his personal contact information was relatively confidential. Not many people could call him directly.

Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan swiped the screen and looked; it was Jonouchi. "Jonouchi-san, was the meeting with Pegasus-shacho smooth?"

Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan had heard from Judai that Jonouchi had gone to the island of Duelist Kingdom for an appointment.

"That's the thing. The situation is a bit complicated. Simply put, Pegasus seems to have been manipulated, something about the light of the universe..."

Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan raised his eyebrows.

"Light of Destruction? Pegasus?"

"Yes. And then we just had a duel..."

Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan nodded: "You are still talking to me now, so it seems Pegasus's luck wasn't very good."

"Ahahaha, you saw through that."

Jonouchi, who mentioned that he had just knocked down Pegasus, couldn't help but proudly touch his nose, but soon shook his head again.

"That's not the point. Pegasus is unconscious now, but before he passed out, he told me some important things. For example, he mentioned an important card... something like a sword-fighting card.

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He said he couldn't complete it with his own power, so he manipulated Pegasus and borrowed the power of the father of Duel Monsters to complete that card..."

"Huh?"

Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan was stunned.

A sword-fighting card completed with Pegasus's power... which one?

"Also, Pegasus mentioned that they have targeted that boy."

"Who?"

"Yuki Judai!" Jonouchi said. "They said Judai-kun is approaching the root of darkness or something, in short, it seems the camp of the light of the universe is very concerned."

Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan thought about it.

Well, come to think of it, Judai-kun is the holder of the power of the darkness of the universe after gaining the power of Neos. Now he has gained the power of the Supreme King, so if there is a God's-eye view of the Light of Destruction looking down from above the Earth, Judai-kun might indeed look like a walking black hole on the surface...

It would be reasonable to be targeted.

"I've tried to contact Judai, but now all contact methods seem to be cut off, I can't reach him no matter what, even the Duel Academy island."

Jonouchi sounded a bit anxious.

"I'm afraid something has already happened, and I'm on my way back now. See if you want to..."

"Calm down." Fujiki Fujiki You Xuan interrupted him. "You know Judai's ability, and you've seen the power of the Supreme King. So do you think, if someone really took advantage of us not being there to sneak attack the current Judai... is this something worth worrying about?"

Jonouchi was stunned and pondered for two seconds.

Then he scratched his head blankly.

Oh right, what's there to worry about?

What am I panicking about?

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