Chapter 8

Nakamura Tsubasa finally left the field with a "smile."

A good start in the first round of the preliminaries, You Xuan was very satisfied with his performance in this round. He once again taught someone what the true meaning of Yu-Gi-Oh is.

I believe this contestant will surely have some feelings after going back to review, and will gain a lot, and will definitely thank him in the end.

On the first day, You Xuan played several matches in a row, and the density of the matches was not low. However, the Yuehua Cup is not a competition with a high registration threshold, and the number of contestants is quite large. The preliminaries are held simultaneously on different fields for many contestants, which can greatly save tournament time.

But nothing was beyond his expectations. There were no big-name characters in the preliminaries, and according to the anime performance, the strength of those ordinary passerby duelists outside the protagonist group's perspective is generally average, and there is no build that makes him shine for the time being.

Of course, You Xuan would not underestimate his opponents because of this. After the first day of the competition, he still simply looked at other matches and learned a little about the matches of the advancing contestants.

Although the probability of overturning against most of the opponents is not high, You Xuan thought it would be safer. As the Art of War says, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle; Yu-Gi-Oh is even more so.

If you can understand the opponent's deck configuration and tactical style in advance and make targeted adjustments before the start of the game, you can effectively increase the winning rate.

Before the Yuehua Cup, the dojo had already allocated a portion of the subsidy to him, saying it was to strengthen the deck and upgrade the configuration.

You Xuan naturally accepted it without hesitation. With this budget, he could adjust his original strategy, go crazy and purchase a wave these days, and try to piece together a few more decks.

Although "Hand Destruction" was a world champion back then, it is obviously unrealistic to rely on this one trick to eat all over the world in the anime world. Once people know that he only has this one axe, it will be very easy to be targeted, which is definitely not what he wants to see.

So after You Xuan went to the market to purchase before the competition, he tried to piece together two or three decks that felt more playable and could bring more happiness based on the cards he could receive.

He has been changing decks and adjusting builds according to the opponent's deck tactical type, making his tactics flexible, changeable, and difficult to figure out. On the one hand, it allows him to always occupy a positional advantage in front of his opponents, and on the other hand, it also makes it harder for him to be targeted by others.

Master Takeuchi brewed a cup of coffee, sat comfortably in the soft sofa in the afternoon sun, and flipped through the latest "Duelist Times."

"Duelist Times" is a newspaper owned by KaibaCorp, reporting on various anecdotes in the duel world.

He has been busy with things at home for the past two days and couldn't find time to watch the students' matches. But he had already heard that two students from the dojo had successfully passed the first day of the preliminaries, and he was quite gratified.

Opening the newspaper, there was also a report on the Yuehua Cup preliminaries.

【There was almost a malicious attack on the opponent duelist on the Yuehua Cup preliminary field.】

【A contestant lost control of his emotions during the duel, became angry and tried to directly harm the opponent duelist, but failed, and was disqualified...】

"Hmm?"

Master Takeuchi looked at the report here curiously.

There is such a thing?

The quality of duelists nowadays is getting worse and worse; there are actually people who get angry and start doing things when they can't win, without any basic dignity as a duelist.

He took a brief look at the report. There were no real names, all were aliases, seemingly intentionally protecting the privacy of the contestants. One of the aliases was Silent Person, and another was Knowledgeable.

Then he continued to look down.

【On the third day of the Yuehua Cup, contestant Shouta (alias) unexpectedly suffered a hemorrhagic stroke during a duel with contestant Jiren (alias). Fortunately, the rescue was timely, and contestant Shouta is currently out of life danger...】

Playing cards until a cerebral hemorrhage?

The master was surprised. Is this year's Yuehua Cup so dangerous?

Wait... he suddenly seemed to have discovered a blind spot.

The aliases of the duelists in both accidents were Jiren; it shouldn't be the same person, right?

If it really is, then once is an accident, but twice in a row...

Could it be that the problem is actually this guy on the opposite side?

Master Takeuchi immediately associated it with the phenomenon that his blood pressure miraculously rose with the duel when he dueled with the student named You Xuan in the dojo two days ago...

He suddenly had a bad premonition.

It shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?

Three days later.

"This is already in the top eight?"

The ticket to the top eight was obtained a bit too easily, so much so that You Xuan even felt a bit unfulfilled.

Sure enough, the level of this kind of competition is just like that; you can't expect too much, and most of the opponents are just so-called folk experts. I don't know if the intensity will pick up a bit after entering the top eight.

Watching You Xuan's successful advancement and his regretful expression on the side, Koji had the urge to hit someone again.

Yes, unlike You Xuan, a cheater who pushed all the way to the top eight like a cheat, Sato Koji was eliminated on the second day of the preliminaries.

He had no matches to play and nothing to prepare for, so he had to come to the side of the junior brother who advanced from the same dojo to eat lemons.

But the good news is that at least he was eliminated before he had a chance to run into You Xuan, so he didn't have to be tortured on the public field again.

And at least now he can watch from the front row and appreciate the sight of other contestants being devastated.

Strange to say. When he was "Underworld-ed" by his junior brother, his blood pressure would rise uncontrollably, but when he saw others being treated the same way on the field, he would feel very happy.

Sure enough, humans are really strange contradictory creatures.

"By the way, junior brother, did you see your match list?" he asked from the side, "Who is your top eight opponent?"

He was very eager to invite the first victim to step forward.

"Oh, it's a student from the Duel Academy Junior Department."

You Xuan said.

"His name is Chazz Princeton."

"Chazz-bro is really strong to the point of heaven-defying!"

Chazz Princeton from the Junior Department of Duel Academy was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, enjoying the sweet-talking licking of two little brothers with pleasure.

Chazz Princeton, the third young master from the famous Princeton Group, is currently the first place in the elite class of the Junior Department, a super elite who has been granted an exemption from the exam this year and is about to be directly recommended to the Senior Department of Duel Academy.

Chazz has been cultivated by his family as a duel elite since he was a child. According to the family's plan, his two older brothers were arranged to be big shots in the business world and high-level officials in the political world, while the expectation for him was that he could rule the duel world as the King of Games in the future and become the future pillar of the Princeton Group.

At first glance, this "man who wants to be the King of Card Games" seems a bit ridiculous compared to his two brothers, but looking at President Seto Kaiba, you can understand that in this world, playing cards well is much more promising than being in business or politics.

So it is conceivable that Chazz has been arranged to participate in various competitions since he was a child, and he has received championships and medals from all kinds of competitions.

This time participating in the Yuehua Cup is also the family's intention, and it is his last training before he goes to the Senior Department of Duel Academy.

Like many previous competitions, the instructions given by his two brothers were also very clear. He participated in the competition to win the championship.

For the family, the runner-up is equivalent to defeat. A competition where you can't get first place is meaningless.

But this time, even Chazz felt a bit of pressure.

Because among the contestants this time, Dinosaur Ryuzaki was actually there. That legendary national runner-up from the early years, the man who had fought the legendary Joey Wheeler!

Can I really win against such a legend?

Chazz rubbed his fingers, staring at the floor in a daze.

"But speaking of which, I haven't heard of Chazz-bro's top eight opponent, what's his name... Fujiki Youxuan. Is he a newcomer?"

"Hmm?"

Chazz recovered and checked the opponent's information.

Duelist rank...

One star?

He even doubted if he had read it wrong.

Isn't one star the fighter plane among the rookies? Can such a guy also participate? And top eight??

Looking again, the tournament experience and public honors are blank.

"The resume is a blank sheet of paper; it looks like a cannon fodder," little brother A curled his lips in disdain, "How did such a guy mix into the top eight?"

"Maybe just good luck?" little brother B said.

"Even if it's luck, thinking of this step, you still have to have some strength..."

And no matter what, being able to make it to the top eight in his first public competition, it's impossible for him to still be one star after this competition ends.

"Maybe it's that kind of dark horse who shows his face for the first time; occasionally there will be such talented players," little brother B said, "Well, but in front of Chazz-big brother, they are all cannon fodder, no difference."

"Makes sense."

Little brother A nodded in agreement, then laughed again.

"But speaking of which, this guy named You Xuan is really miserable, running into Chazz-big brother so soon. It seems he can only stop at the top eight."

Chazz smiled slightly and didn't say anything, seeming to want to appear cold and pretend to be an expert, but the uncontrollable upward corners of his mouth and the instinctive tactical lean-back had already exposed the pride in his heart.

Although Chazz didn't speak, he also agreed with the little brother's speculation in his heart.

Fujiki Youxuan, never heard of him.

Even if he is a dark horse, he is a first-time contestant after all. Could you still instantly defeat me, the NO. 1 of the Junior Department elite class?

(End of chapter)