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"Younger generations really should not be underestimated." After both sides sorted out their decks, Yuan Youxin walked up to Shen Sui, looked him up and down, and said, "Who knows, you might really be able to stir up some waves in the professional arena."
If you weren't greedy and hadn't forced your way into my trap, I would have been really hard to beat.
In fact, looking back now, if Shen Sui hadn't drawn Anna at the beginning, facing Yuan Youxin's development, he wouldn't have had much of a good solution. The most he could do was to use Fish King and Flame Witch to solve the problem.
Sometimes a fate card duel is like this. It seems like a fight is about to break out before the duel, but after the duel, the two parties can talk calmly.
After the award ceremony, Yuan Youxin invited Shen Sui to dinner at the restaurant.
Shen Sui certainly wouldn't miss the chance to eat for free. He was actually very curious about the professional circle of fate card duels in this world. Although Yuan Youxin was not a professional player, since he chose to stay in the amateur competition and refused to play in the qualifying competition, he must know some information about the professional circle.
Most coaches won't tell their students about this kind of thing, and the most you can find on the Internet is some keywords written in letters, which are completely incomprehensible.
I know everything.
What do you mean an acquaintance is hiding?
You don't even know what they are talking about.
Therefore, Shen Sui wanted to take this opportunity to get to know the news in the industry.
Although the life card duel industry is very popular in this world, since the life cards in the real world do not have extraordinary powers, for most countries in this world, the life card duel itself is a prosperous industry, similar to the entertainment industry and e-sports industry in previous lives.
This refers only to the life card duel, not the soul card world.
The exploration of the soul card world is what the country's top leaders care about most.
It has long been proven that the Soul Card World is a real world. Although the barriers of reality prevent those worlds with extraordinary powers from invading the real world, even a seventeenth-level strongman from the No. 2 Soul Card World cannot break through the barriers of the world, but sometimes you have to be prepared for the worst, just like nuclear bombs aimed at other countries at any time.
The top management also monitors the movements of each soul card world in real time.
There were also many so-called dueling families who were sent in because they tried to bring the supernatural into reality.
In addition, some sci-fi soul card worlds whose technology trees are similar to reality will also inspire and guide the technological development of the real world. Much of the technological explosion in the real world over the past century has relied on the knowledge and information of those soul card worlds.
These countries strongly support the Life Card Duel system, perhaps with the intention of cultivating more talents to explore the Soul Card world, just like scientists using games to allow players around the world to help them decode their DNA.
In addition, the fact that force cannot invade does not mean that thoughts and malice cannot invade the real world.
If World No. 1 simply has a high soul card death rate and is extremely unfriendly to fortune tellers, then soul card worlds like World No. 8 are taboos for all peaceful countries. In these countries, when you draw soul cards in the duel exam, you cannot choose World No. 8 and other forbidden soul card worlds.
World No. 8 is a world that uses rituals and sacrifices to obtain strange powers from unknown entities. In this world, it is full of strange and bloody religious rituals, mysterious and powerful unknown entities. These powers naturally cannot penetrate into the real world, but the fortune teller who is infected by the ideas inside will learn the rituals in the soul card world in the real world to try to sacrifice his beliefs, which has led to several tragedies. Subsequently, this world was banned by most countries.
In fact, Shen Sui really wanted to say that there were many similar rituals in Dawn Continent. After all, this famous patchwork game wanted to sew in all the popular elements that could be sewed in, such as the cult simulator, Cthulhu, and so on. In the worldview of Dawn Continent, these were collectively called evil gods - but this part of the content was harmonized in a certain game update.
"So, when you perform well in the Soul Card Duel Competition, the Exploration Bureau might come to recruit you and ask you to help them do some tasks to understand the Soul Card world you chose." Yuan Youxin introduced, "Of course, you can also apply to become a full-time member of the Exploration Bureau, but, because you are a confidential personnel, according to our country's regulations, you can't participate in the Duel Competition, because some of the Soul Cards you use may involve state secrets."
"Oh? Then are there many people who transfer to become members of the Exploration Bureau?"
"Not much. How can this fixed salary be as profitable as winning prizes in duel competitions? But every year there are always people who sign up, especially when the career path is not ideal. After all, it is a stable job. Even if the soul is stuck, they will be assigned to other jobs. By the way, this position is established, and the examination for Exploration Bureau staff is much easier than the civil service examination." Of course, what Yuan Youxin didn't say is that the duel examination is much more difficult than the civil service examination.
Well, no matter which world you go to, you can’t escape the civil service exams and the job market.
Shen Sui shook the glass in his hand and suddenly asked, "So, if I help the Exploration Bureau with some exploration tasks, will there be any rewards?"
"Generally speaking, this kind of task will only be done by a more famous fortune teller. After all, if the deck is powerful, it means that the opponent's soul card is also doing well in the soul card world, unless there are only a few fortune tellers in your soul card world." Yuan Youxin glanced at Shen Sui and said, "It seems that you are very confident in making a name for yourself."
"I think you'll be a little famous for a while after your victory this time."
"News like yours are usually short-lived. The people in the Exploration Bureau are very old-fashioned and rigid, and only care about the results of professional competitions." Yuan Youxin said, "As for the mission rewards you mentioned, I'm sorry, there are none."
"Voluntary labor?"
"Anyway, I'm sure you won't be given any rewards or prizes."
"Then will anyone still do these tasks?"
"In fact, many times those professional players are eager for the Exploration Bureau to come to them and ask them to do tasks." Yuan Youxin said with a smile.
Shen Sui was a little surprised. Are all the people in this world so noble?
Yuan Youxin seemed to see what Shen Sui was thinking and said, "Don't think too highly of people. Not many people are willing to do things that don't bring any benefits."
"Then are there any hidden benefits from this exploration mission?"
"Yes." Yuan Youxin nodded and said enviously, "It can be used to offset taxes."
Shen Sui took a breath of cold air.
The prize money from the Life Card Duel competition is subject to 20% income tax.
Shen Sui received 50 yuan from his 40 yuan bonus after tax deduction, so 10 yuan was directly deducted.
For professional competitions with higher prize money, the amount of tax deduction will be even greater.
Shen Sui crossed his hands and rested his chin on them. He had to admit, "This is an offer that I can't refuse."
Chapter 43 Alice launches a sneak attack~
"Congratulations to my first student Shen Sui for winning the Tianxuan Cup!"
When Shen Sui returned to the dormitory that night, he sat helplessly on a chair in the dormitory, looking at Aragaki Tanchun who was opening a Coke for him across from him.
"I said, as my coach, I didn't see you at all during the game, and as soon as the game was over, you showed up and opened champagne for me, right?"
Aragaki Tanchun really brought a bottle of champagne, but he changed it to Coke in dissatisfaction due to Shen Sui's strong opposition.
Of course, the champagne was not wasted. She opened it and poured herself a full glass.
Shen Sui is an adult, and it's not that he doesn't drink. It's just that after the Tianxuan Cup is over, the first college PK competition of Tianyi College will be held next week. Shen Sui needs to use this time to strengthen his deck, especially the problem of too few follower cards in the deck must be solved.
The reason why he was able to win the match against Yuan Youxin was purely because of his good luck, as he drew Anna at the beginning of the game. Otherwise, with his 40-card deck and five minion cards, it would be common for him to draw five spell cards at the beginning. If he attacked first, it would be fine, as many of his spell cards have search functions, but if a deck like Yuan Youxin attacked first, he would be unlucky and there would be no way to save the situation.
Do you want to buy some minion cards to fill out your deck?
Shen Sui rejected this idea immediately. Not to mention that effective minion cards are generally expensive, even if he wanted to buy them, he might not be able to buy a minion card that matches the characteristics of his deck.
By then, I will be stuck for a long time.
Therefore, on the way back to the college, Shen Sui had already made the next plan.
First, he removed the restrictions of the regulator, allowing the time flow rate read on his duel instrument to return to normal, that is, eight days passed on Alice's side, and one day passed on his side.
With Alice's ability to stir up trouble, two months is enough time for her to create a lot of things. Coupled with her deliberate guidance, she should be able to get enough follower cards soon.
Since you want to quickly refresh the follower cards in a short period of time, it is naturally impossible to go the favorability route, so you'd better go the capture route.
However, the appearance of Aragaki Tanchun interrupted Shen Sui's plans.
Seeing Xin Yuan Tan Chun's still messy outfit, Shen Sui went straight to the point: "So, what is your purpose in coming to see me? With your personality, I'm afraid you won't come over to celebrate with me just for a small Tianxuan Cup, right?"
The prize money of the Chosen Cup is indeed generous, but after all, it is just an amateur competition held in a park with the nature of a promotional performance, and it is not worthy of the attention of a sixth-level fortune-telling master like Aragaki Tanchun.
Aragaki Tanchun is only two years older than Shen Sui. Of course, it is impossible for Shen Sui to be completely respectful to Aragaki Tanchun like an elder. Aragaki Tanchun is not the type of person who cares about the relationship between seniors and juniors. She is quite accepting of the tone Shen Sui uses when talking to her.
"You saw through me." Aragaki Tanchun scratched her messy hair and finally told her main purpose, "I came here this time because someone asked me to."
As she spoke, she pulled out a card from the duel instrument, placed it on the table, and continued, "My stupid sister in Jing City felt very guilty after hearing that your [Star Super Magic Circle] was included in the banned card list, so she asked me to bring a card to give to you."
"Oh... huh?" Shen Sui frowned, instantly feeling something was wrong. The banned card list for July has not been released yet. How did Aragaki Tanchun's sister, who was far away in Beijing, know that her spell card was on the banned card list?
Shen Sui raised his head and looked into Aragaki Tanchun's eyes, hoping that she could give a reasonable explanation.
"It's probably that old witch's doing another dirty thing." Aragaki Tanchun said disdainfully, "In order to make her daughter a national idol, she will use all normal and abnormal means. Reporting your fate card is probably one of those means. Otherwise, how could a freshman like you be subject to a card ban review by the Fate Card Association? Even if you receive a lot of reports, they probably won't care."
"Oh~Xia Yuan Yingxue?" Shen Sui said the name, although he had guessed it long ago.
"Well, a little fool will drown in the false mother-daughter relationship sooner or later." Xinyuan sighed, and after a pause, she said to Shen Sui, "But don't worry, the Xinyuan family can probably only do this much. That old witch is not yet capable of commanding the Fate Card Association to do things. I'm afraid these few favors have been used up."
"Okay." Shen Sui shrugged his shoulders and picked up the card that Xinyuan Tanchun had placed on the table.
This is a follower card that Shen Sui urgently needs. Obviously, Xinyuan Yingxue also knows that the pain point of most novice fortune tellers is the lack of follower cards.
……
Card Name: [Lucky Doll·Shari]
Category: Follower Card
Star rating: 4 stars
Effect: ① During the opponent's Main Phase, if your Spell Card is resolved and sent to the Graveyard, discard that minion from your hand to activate this effect, and select a Spell Card from your Graveyard and return it to your Deck;
②When a minion on your side of the field becomes the target of a card effect, you can activate this card to banish that minion from the Graveyard, negating that effect.
Spiritual value: 0
……
This card was obviously carefully selected by Aragaki Yingxue. It was not a product of her World No. 19. It should be a magical follower card that she exchanged from somewhere.
On the card, a beautiful doll lies quietly in the cupboard, as if waiting for its owner to come.
A very nice card.
Although there is no way to replace the permanently effective [Star Super Magic Array], there are special graves.
Being able to give this card to himself as an apology, not to mention that Shen Sui didn't care about it in the first place, even if he really cared, after seeing this apology, he had already forgiven this girl whom he had never met.
Of course, he still cannot forgive the culprit.
He actually used his connections to ban a new card.
Do you know how much psychological damage a banned card would cause to this weak and poor freshman?
"In that case, I forgive her." Shen Sui put the card into his deck very straightforwardly.
Aragaki Tanchun rolled his eyes and said, "You look so faceless. Obviously, that card was banned, and your report also has a copy, okay? Well, no more words. This card has been decrypted, and when the time comes, you can go to the Life Card Store to turn it over and use it as your life card. It's almost time for me to leave too."
After delivering the apology, Xinyuan Tanchun did not stay with Shen Sui for long. He said goodbye and left after drinking a little champagne.
She was indeed very busy. The seventh-level promotion tournament was not as simple as she had imagined. She came here purely to help her sister hand over the life card.
Shen Sui rested on the bed for a while and took the opened bottle of Coke back to the bedroom.
"Really? You opened the Coke, can't you just buy it yourself? You said you were celebrating for me, but you ended up opening the Coke in my fridge. What the hell?"
While he was talking, Shen Sui was already lying on the bed.
Although a day of dueling was very tiring, the bonus had fully washed away his fatigue.