Chapter 589: As a Duelist

Rei was stunned.

For yourself?

"Not just about coming to Duel Academy, nor just about you. All new students... no, all duelists should be like this. Since you have chosen this path, you should respect the duel itself. A duel is not for anyone else, but for yourself."

Fujiki You Xuan said.

"I remember, you have been to Duel Academy before. To see Zane Truesdale, right?"

"Yes... yes," Rei nodded embarrassedly.

"Look, you hadn't even met Zane before, nor did you understand him. Just like you hadn't met me before either." Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

Rei blushed and defended: "I hadn't met him. But... but I have watched your duels, and all your public speeches..."

Fujiki You Xuan shook his head with a smile.

Her feeling of saying this is like a fan saying to a singer that I have heard all the songs you sang, so I understand you.

"You are still young, there is still a lot to learn, and a long way to go."

Rei is actually a love-brain, but in the anime, whether it is for Zane or Jaden, it is more like worship. After all, she was just an elementary school student when she appeared, and only middle school age when it ended, completely an ignorant little loli. She just couldn't distinguish between the fantasy of an idol and the feeling of true heartbeat.

"But although you are small, you have already come to this path and are already a duelist," Fujiki You Xuan said calmly. "Since you have come to this field, age doesn't matter, gender doesn't matter, everyone's identity is treated equally, and that is a duelist."

"If I go soft because you are a girl, or change my original tactical style, that is not respecting the opponent, nor is it respecting the duel itself, right?"

The students were suddenly enlightened.

Rei was also stunned for a moment, and then her heart stirred. 【

Rei was also stunned for a moment, then her heart stirred.

"Lord Fujiki You Xuan... was it to tell me this that he..."

People among the teachers and students also immediately began to echo.

"Indeed. Once you step onto the field, no matter who you are, you are just a duelist, and you should respond with all your might."

Even the Principal nodded with satisfaction.

Student Fujiki You Xuan does not forget to pass on important things to the newcomers while dueling; he is truly worthy of being the leader of this academy.

Huh, something seems wrong somewhere...

Only Misawa and Asuka, who know Fujiki You Xuan best, had somewhat strange expressions.

Well, the logic he stated is indeed the logic. It is true that one shouldn't be unserious about a duel just because the opponent is a little girl.

But I always feel that Fujiki You Xuan, this guy, has so many decks, yet he deliberately chose such a terrifying thing as Relinquished to take the field; it's hard to say it wasn't intentional...

"I... I understand!"

Rei cheered up.

"Then I will also give it my all!

My turn, draw!"

Rei drew a card.

"Activate the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed', draw two cards from the deck."

"Next, I summon 'Maiden in Love'!"

【Maiden in Love, ATK 800】

Naturally, it was the one she had recovered to her hand last turn.

"Then I activate the Equip Spell 'Cupid's Kiss', equipping it to one of the 'Maiden in Love'!"

The blonde little Cupid descended once again with her Cupid's arrow, eyeing Fujiki You Xuan's field covetously.

Rei took a deep breath.

Very well, last turn she had already placed a Maiden Counter on Thousand-Eyes Restrict. This turn she would take over this strongest killing weapon...

Eh?

Rei was startled.

Because only then did she notice that the deep, pitch-black energy constantly released from Thousand-Eyes Restrict seemed to have shrouded her field at some unknown time.

All three Maidens in Love were shivering under that cold, dark shroud, not daring to move. "Seems you've noticed."

Fujiki You Xuan chuckled and added.

"Another effect of Thousand-Eyes Restrict. While this card is on the field, all other monsters on the opponent's field cannot attack." (Original effect)

The physical card has this effect too, but it's not just the opponent's field; it's that all monsters except Thousand-Eyes Restrict cannot attack.

Rei: "!"

Nani? Even attacking is forbidden?

If even battle cannot be conducted, there is no way to steal the opponent's monsters...

"A move behind, what a pity." Fujiki You Xuan smiled.

Bystanders: "..."

Misawa coughed.

"Hmm, although the newcomer has learned a bit of the flavor of the Lord of the Yellow Robe, how should I put it... the devil is still one foot higher."

Asuka sighed helplessly: "Suddenly feel that this child is a bit pitiful..."

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"Set two cards, turn end." Rei said helplessly.

"Hmm, then if it's over, it's my turn again."

Fujiki You Xuan said slowly.

"My turn, draw."

Rei breathed deeply repeatedly.

The situation was beyond expectations, but she wasn't dead yet.

Regardless, she still had three Maidens in Love on her field, and the Maidens cannot be destroyed by battle. Then, adding Soul Barrier, it's an absolute defense. Although she was temporarily sealed from attacking and unable to gain the opponent's monsters, she should still be able to drag it out for a while if she just stalls.

And she still had face-down cards. The front row is an absolute defense that cannot be broken by battle, plus the back row formation...

At least within this turn, it should still be very stable.

She would look for a chance to counterattack in the following turns...

"Effect of Thousand-Eyes Restrict." Fujiki You Xuan said, "Once per turn, absorb one monster on the opponent's field and gain its ATK value.

Absorb one 'Maiden in Love'."

The darkness of Thousand-Eyes Restrict was released again, and it was that horrific holographic performance once more, with the massive darkness engulfing the helpless maiden.

Rei: "!"

This thousand-eyed monster can actually absorb more than one piece of equipment...

The physical card can only absorb one, but in the anime, there is no limit to the number of monsters equipped on its body. It only specifies that this monster-absorbing effect can only be activated once per turn.

Of course, if it were a newly released card now, it would mostly be marked with "This card name's effect can only be used once per turn." But in the ancient era of Yu-Gi-Oh, there was no such setting as "card name once per turn" at all.

Newcomers who don't understand might find it hard to grasp the difference between "once per turn" and "card name once per turn," but that doesn't matter.

Soon Fujiki You Xuan would help everyone present realize the necessity of the birth of the concept "card name once per turn."

"Activate face-down card!"

Rei opened her back row.

"Quick-Play Spell 'Effect Veiler'! When a monster activates an effect, negate the activation of that effect, and destroy that monster!" (Original card)

A card unique to the GX anime; a single card that can defend against any monster effect and is also a Quick-Play Spell—the value goes without saying.

Even one as strong as Thousand-Eyes Restrict couldn't withstand its power and was blown into fragments directly under Effect Veiler.

"Oh, not only is there an absolute defense in the front row, but there is also such a powerful effect counter in the back row; impressive."

Fujiki You Xuan nodded in approval.

But then he narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"Then... what are you going to do about the next shot?"

Rei: "!?"

(End of chapter)