Chapter 592: The Cruel Fact

"So... we actually knew all along that the guy named Kebula wasn't a good person?"

Yan asked with wide eyes, looking very strange.

"Yeah, we knew."

You Xuan nodded as he walked.

"He plans to hold a duel tournament in this academy with all students participating and steal the students' life energy through dueling. The goal is to resurrect an evil spirit that returned from the universe."

"Oh right, he also has his eyes on Yuuki Judai, because that evil spirit has an inextricable connection with Judai. But I think besides Judai, to achieve his goal, he wouldn't mind letting anyone else become a sacrifice."

Yan blinked several times, trying to digest this information.

Then she was shocked.

"Nani? Doesn't this sound quite serious?"

"Small scene, don't always be so surprised," Qianjin said nonchalantly. "If you had seen what the Master has experienced before, you would know how insignificant this is."

Yan narrowed her eyes: "How come I feel like I've been looked down upon..."

"Haha, Qianjin is right too. Indeed, compared to the past, this really doesn't count for much. But we still can't let our guard down."

"After all, we've even survived big storms; if we were to be ambushed by an opponent of this level and capsize in the gutter, that would be too ridiculous..."

About three to five hundred meters away from the Yellow Dorm, You Xuan suddenly stopped and looked back.

"Am I right, Mr. Sato?"

A moment later, a figure in a blue uniform appeared behind him. The man was pale, looking sickly and quite weak.

"You are as sharp as the rumors say, Student You Xuan... *cough, cough*."

The man coughed twice, a forced smile appearing on his pale face.

"But the legendary King is really a hard person to see." He coughed, calmed his breathing, and looked at You Xuan with a smile. "Shouldn't a small teacher like me, who is not worth noting, feel flattered to see the King?"

You Xuan knew him, or rather, should have been paying attention to him not long after enrolling in his first year. This was Mr. Sato, a teacher at Duel Academy.

Although there were many teachers in the academy, most were passersby, basically background characters in the anime. But Mr. Sato left a deep impression on You Xuan, who was a viewer back then.

It wasn't that this teacher was a hidden boss like Da Desi, with amazing strength. Rather, the story direction of the entire GX series seemed to start changing its style from the moment Mr. Sato appeared, suddenly diving from the happy campus style of the early stage toward a dark route, and from then on, walking down that path directly to the finale.

"Haha, teacher, you really make me feel flattered," You Xuan said. "I'm just a student at Duel Academy."

"Yes, but you are a student with the name of the King."

Mr. Sato said calmly.

"Your radiance is too dazzling; even if you just exist there, everyone will naturally be attracted like moths to a flame."

"Or, perhaps it should be said that your darkness is too deep, so much so that everyone will be attracted by the black hole-like gravity to that hellish abyss?"

You Xuan: "."

He pondered for two seconds and said: "Teacher, the way you put it makes me look like a villain."

Sato didn't pay attention and continued on his own: "If you were just excellent, that would be fine, but as the King, everyone will unconsciously approach you and unconsciously imitate you."

"They all want to walk the same path as you, want to learn from you to become dazzling. But all they get is endless darkness."

You Xuan was speechless for a moment and said: "So teacher, your meaning is, you think I am misleading the students?"

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have accidentally taken away Student Judai's screen time again...

Mr. Sato was a key node in Judai's transformation in the later stage. He accused Judai of being the academy's big brother, a hero who defeated the Three Phantom Demons and saved the world, yet always skipped classes, didn't listen to lectures, slept in class, and failed exams.

As a result, all students began to imitate him, leading to a worse and worse atmosphere, and students walking less and less on the right path.

But the reason he vented all this on Judai was based on the premise that Judai was the academy's big brother and a role model the whole school yearned for.

So since this big brother position had been taken, all his dissatisfaction seemed to be naturally vented on this substitute's position...

"But my grades in all subjects are basically full marks," You Xuan said helplessly. "Besides, I have never skipped class. The school allows me..." "Allows you to choose only the courses you think are useful, right?"

Mr. Sato sighed softly.

"This is the problem. You are excellent, you are a genius of dueling... no, that's an understatement, you are a monster of the duel world."

"But when you choose which courses are 'useful' to you and which are 'useless,' you are also demonstrating to everyone."

"Do you know what the result is?"

He took a deep breath and sighed.

"I used to be a professional duelist... a very talented duelist. I carried countless expectations, expectations almost as heavy as shackles."

"But my body... could no longer accept such heavy battles, nor could it support me to continue moving forward in the professional circle. So I had to give up."

"But I believe that my battle-hardened experience can be of great use in the teaching world. I can guide young duelists, train them into talents, and pass on everything I have learned in my life to them; I can still make achievements."

He squinted, his eyes looking somewhat sinister under the reflection of his glasses.

"But do you know how it is now?"

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"No one comes to my class anymore."

His tone became heavy, sounding almost like an interrogation.

"All those students, they are not interested in this valuable experience, the essence I spent half my life summarizing; they don't want to know, and they have no interest in listening, absorbing, and learning."

"This is all because of one person, all because of you, Fujiki You Xuan."

"Because you are the noble 'King,' you privately decided that this course has no value, so everyone determined it has no value."

"You denied me, so everyone will deny me with you, without a hint of hesitation, and even without a hint of their own thinking."

"All because you are the supreme 'King'!"

He was emotional when he said this, and even a little breathless.

And You Xuan listened quietly.

Only after a long while did he speak slowly.

"Okay, I probably understand. Teacher, the reason you are so angry is because you feel that I denied you and sealed off the opportunity for you to prove your value in the second half of your life."

"Teacher, you feel that I made everything you fought for your whole life seem worthless."

He sighed, his expression somewhat regretful.

Mr. Sato frowned: "How so?"

"No, nothing. Just feel... a bit cruel."

Mr. Sato snorted heavily, adjusted his glasses, and said coldly.

"What has happened, what can change even if there is regret and guilt? I will not accept..."

"No, no, teacher, you misunderstood. I'm not saying I feel cruel about my previous choices or the adverse effects on you."

You Xuan corrected.

"I mean, about the fact I have to tell you next."

Sato was stunned, somewhat puzzled.

You Xuan raised his head, revealing a sunny smile.

"I want to tell you that, teacher, your class... is really just trash."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 593 =====