Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

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The initial deck he had been envisioning since transmigrating was now complete. After checking to confirm that everything was correct, You Xuan naturally began to feel an itch.

No card player could complete a deck without wanting to test its worth.
So, for him, the first choice was naturally to go directly to the dojo his predecessor belonged to, to randomly find a colleague to bring him the joy of dueling.
Arriving at the dojo, he saw a group of students gathered in one place, making ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) a lot of noise.

"As expected of Brother Sato, he actually succeeded in transcending tribulation!" [Note: A reference to cultivation novels where reaching a higher level is called transcending tribulation]
You Xuan raised an eyebrow, looking over with some curiosity.
In the middle of the group of students was a blonde guy with a hairstyle that looked like he was good at dueling. He seemed to be speaking humbly, but he couldn't hide the pride on his face, "Where, where, I just barely reached a three-star. It's just average, haha..."

"Level three! Brother Sato should be the first one at our dojo to reach level three, right?"
"Too strong..."
You Xuan frowned, searching through his predecessor's memories before he understood what they were talking about.

The Duelist Star System was a strength assessment indicator that Kaiba Corporation adjusted in real time according to each Duelist's performance recorded in the company's internal system. It was the system that appeared in the Yu-Gi-Oh! DM anime.
Normally, the Duelist Star System ranged from level one to level eight, for a total of eight ranks. In the Duel City arc of the DM anime, both the King of Games, Yugi Muto, and Seto Kaiba himself were rated level eight.
However, it could also be seen that this system was not absolutely authoritative and sometimes had some personal factors involved. For example, Joey Wheeler, the man scornfully called "Vanilla" by Kaiba.

Joey was called by Pegasus "the world's third-best duelist, second only to Yugi and Kaiba", but in Kaiba Corporation's system assessment, he was only level two, which was considered amateur level.
It was hard to say that this didn't include President Kaiba's personal grievances with the Vanilla...
However, that was already a matter of the Duel City period. Now, Joey Wheeler had long been adjusted to level eight, the highest level among Duelists in the general sense, and was known to the world as a "Legendary Duelist".

President Seto Kaiba had very shamelessly adjusted himself to level ten.
Among the existing Duelists of the world, there were only two people at level ten. One was Seto Kaiba himself, and the other was Yugi Muto, who had long sealed his deck and retired.
This setting was partly because President Kaiba thought he was a level higher than the existing Duelists, and also represented that Yugi Muto was the only opponent in the world that he recognized as qualified to rival him...
...Okay, even saying "rival" was a bit of an exaggeration. Because it was well known to the world that President Kaiba had dueled the King of Games Yugi Muto countless times in his life, but had never won once.

As for You Xuan's predecessor's rating in the system...
...One star.
A fighting jet among rookies.

You Xuan: (´ヘ｀;)
It was clear that it was because his predecessor was both bad at dueling and loved to play. He often went to Kaiba Corporation's arenas to play matches, but he lost more than he won. Over time, his star rating naturally plunged all the way to the bottom of the abyss.
If ordinary people wanted to improve their star rating, they had to go to the arena to play matches. However, it seemed that arena matches could only raise it to a maximum of four stars. If they wanted to continue raising it, they had to participate in open tournaments.

He then remembered that when he was searching for the Duel Academy's enrollment requirements, it seemed that it was stipulated that the Duelist Star System certified by Kaiba Corporation had to be at least level three or higher.
In this system, level seven and eight were either legendary Duelists or top experts in the professional circle. Most professional players were level six, and a few low-level professional players were level five.
Most amateur duelists were clustered at level two. Level one was for rookies below average, and level three was considered an expert.

So, the Duel Academy's enrollment requirement was to be level three or higher, which was actually considered relatively high.
However, this was also reasonable. At this stage, the world's duel education was still in its early stages, and there weren't many school choices. And the academy run by Kaiba was the top of the top, and the quality of the academy and the huge resources invested were obvious to all.
At the beginning of the GX anime, the principal also mentioned in his speech to the whole school that the academy had strict enrollment requirements. Therefore, the students present were all elites. Even the red students of Osiris Red Dorm in the anime were theoretically higher in level than most duelists outside.

"So, if I want to enter the academy, I have to gain points first..." You Xuan's lips twitched.
The apprentice surrounded by everyone in front of him was named Sato Koji, and he was already the big brother of this small dojo. It seemed that he had been lucky this week and reached three stars, and everyone was congratulating him.
You Xuan was looking for someone to duel with right now, so thinking of this, he decided to simply ask the big brother for a duel.

Although the roadside characters that appeared in the anime seemed to be very bad, You Xuan deeply knew that practice made perfect. Without personally testing it, he couldn't make a judgment based on inherent impressions.
It was a good time to test how strong the duelists in this world were.
The dojo encouraged the students to duel and learn from each other, and Sato had just been promoted and was in a good mood. He naturally had no reason to refuse the challenge.

The students scattered throughout the dojo heard that there was a duel to watch, and they all immediately gathered to the duel site to watch.
"Really? That You Xuan? Dueling Brother Sato?"
"I remember that he only had one star? Isn't this just looking for abuse..."

The students were chatting and laughing next to him, while the dueling parties had already stood on either side of the venue.
Sato Koji was in a relaxed mood at this time. Now that he had been promoted and returned to the dojo to duel, he had a kind of arrogance like he was above everyone.
Now he had a sense of being a master pointing out the younger generation. This duel wasn't for learning and improving anymore, but to point out to the younger generation and to satisfy his need to show off in front of his junior apprentices.

...Well, the latter might be slightly more.
Otherwise?
He was a three-star bigshot dueling a one-star junior apprentice. How could he possibly lose?

The two opened their Duel Disks and drew five cards each.
"Duel!" x2
[You Xuan, LP 4000]

[Koji, LP 4000]
"I'll go first, draw!"
You Xuan drew a card from the deck.

The anime was still in the era where the first person could draw a card. In his previous life, the first person had not been able to draw a card for many years.
Whether you went first or second was usually determined randomly by the duel disks, but the person who went first could also choose to give it up.
He scanned the six cards in his starting hand, and couldn't help but nod slightly. Although it couldn't be said to be the "perfect hand destruction", it was still so-so.

"First, this card..."
He drew the first card and inserted it into the Duel Disk.
"Pay 1000 Life Points to activate the Spell Card - Mischief of the Time Goddess!"

[You Xuan, LP 4000 → LP 3000]
As the card was inserted, the holographic projection of the green spell card floated in front of You Xuan. A red and blue Time Goddess flew out, with the numbers "1" and "2" on top of their heads.
"The effect of this card is that it allows the other party to randomly discard a card from their hand, and then the other party can choose another card from their hand to discard."

A simple and brutal Hand Destruction heavy weapon from early tournaments. A violent two-for-one, throwing it down and the opponent's starting hand is reduced by 2.
As you could imagine, this kind of brutal thing had the same treatment as Pot of Greed. From the moment You Xuan started playing cards, it had been a banned card rotting in the card prison. So, after playing cards for so many years, it was the first time he had ever seen this kind of thing in person.
The Goddess flew out and grabbed a card from Koji's hand as if it was nothing, as if saying, "Give it to me."

Koji frowned, and then self-selected another card to put into the graveyard.
Then You Xuan had no other actions. He directly drew three cards in a dashing manner -
Set three, then pass.

Then he made a gesture of invitation.
Alright, now it's your turn to play Yu-Gi-Oh!.
Any card player with experience should already feel the atmosphere of the underworld and start sweating cold sweat when faced with those three dark back rows at this time. However, as the saying goes, ignorance is bliss. The duelists in this bright anime environment had no idea how serious the problem was.

Koji even maintained that kind senior's warm smile and said in a guiding tone, "You weren't able to draw a monster card on the first turn? Junior apprentice, you have to pay attention to the reasonable combination of monsters, spells, and traps when constructing your deck.
Then it's my turn, draw!"
"Wait."

You Xuan interrupted him and waved his hand.
"At the moment you drew the card, the trap was activated. Open the set card, Trap Card - Drop Off!
Activate when the opponent draws a card. Discard the card drawn to the graveyard."

Koji: "!"
He hesitated for a moment, and sent the card he had just drawn to the graveyard in the Duel Disk. He then looked down at his hand, and finally began to realize that something was wrong.
So far, neither side had played a single monster. It seemed like they hadn't even started fighting yet. Koji had already lost half of his six starting cards and only had three left.

And he was facing an even more painful problem.
That was, he didn't have any monsters in his hand...
One of the two cards lost to Twin Goddess had a low-level monster, and another card had just been dropped. Now he had a total of only three cards in his hand, and not a single monster he could summon.

But it didn't matter.
"Tch, if that's the case, then I'll activate the Spell Card from my hand..."
Koji waved his hand and directly threw down another card from the three cards remaining in his hand.

Monster Reborn!
It was a revival magic that could revive a monster from the graveyard. From DM to GX, it was a popular trump card in both reality and anime.
"I'm going to use Monster Reborn to revive this guy from the graveyard... Gearfried the Iron Knight, special summon in attack position!"

This time, a warrior in green armor holding a greatsword appeared. He stood proudly in the center of the field and became the first monster to appear in this duel.
[Gearfried the Iron Knight, ATK 1600]
Actually, if he had a choice, Koji certainly wouldn't want to revive such a trash monster with the precious Monster Reborn, but there was really no other card to play. Hesitation leads to defeat in a duel. He had to seize the opportunity to launch an offensive...

"Open the set card - Bottomless Trap Hole," You Xuan calmly flipped open a back row, "When the opponent summons a monster with 1500 or more attack, destroy and banish that monster."
Then the Gearfried the Iron Knight, who had consumed a Monster Reborn to be summoned, hadn't even stood firm before stepping into a dark hole that opened under his feet. He fell in, and with a bang, exploded into a cloud of smoke, disappearing.
Koji: "......"

Only two cards left in hand, and the field was still blank.
Whether it was an illusion or not,
Sato Koji seemed to feel his blood pressure starting to rise.

 
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