My anime-style card deck is fine!

"Upon arrival in Shanghai, a special vehicle will be provided to take you to your accommodation."

"However, if you are not used to living here, you can stay elsewhere at your own expense, but you will need to go to the examination venue on your own during the exam."

"Other matters will be explained to you by relevant personnel once you arrive in Shanghai, so I won't go into details."

"at last--"

"I hope you pass the final college entrance exam smoothly, junior Amon." The proctor winked at Amon and gave him a bright smile.

Then this guy was dragged away by the other proctors.

He was still shouting before he took it away:

"We must win! Let's bring honor to our school, junior Amon!"

Chapter 18: The Ultimate College Entrance Examination Begins!

Speechless all the way.

Although the final college entrance examination was not scheduled to begin for another three days, Amon planned to go directly to the examination hall.

After all, there's nothing else I can do if I stay in my hometown.

It's better to go directly to Shanghai.

As an international metropolis, the competitions held there are far grander and of a higher standard than those held in Amon's city!

"...There really isn't a single piece of news."

After the plane landed.

Amon looked at his phone. Although he had posted news of his exam on his WeChat Moments, and his two irresponsible parents had also sent him messages, he hadn't replied to any of them.

As expected, Amon didn't react at all.

After all these years, I've gotten used to it.

In reality, Amon only sent the text message because he felt that Amon didn't have enough living expenses.

Having fulfilled his obligation to inform them, he was too lazy to bother with the two. After all, for Amon, who had memories of his past life, being alone was more comfortable.

"There are still three days left, we can't waste them."

Amon closed the WeChat interface and started browsing esports apps to find nearby matches worth participating in.

It has to be said that compared to the small county town where Amon lives, Shanghai is indeed much bigger!

Just by opening it casually, I found that there were hundreds of competitions in progress, but some of them were just starting and were for people who wanted to watch the competitions.

Amon conducted a precise screening directly.

However, there are still many competitions where people randomly choose the most recent one and then skip the participation requirements.

"The minimum requirement is a two-star card master."

Amon looked at the requirements and laughed: "Isn't this a coincidence? If it were a week ago, I might not have been able to meet the requirements, but now, I am."

"Two-star card master!"

……

then……

There's no after that.

When Amon arrived at the arena, he discovered that although the minimum requirement was nominally two stars, it wasn't only two-star duelists who participated.

On the contrary, when Amon looked around, he saw a dense crowd of four-star card masters!

"..."

When Amon opened his phone, he discovered that it was a Silver-level match—or rather, the app only recommended Silver-level matches, and Bronze-level matches didn't even deserve to appear on it.

Silently paying his fee, Amon entered the venue along with the surrounding audience.

I watched several cool duels between Silver Card Masters.

After leaving the arena, Amon discovered that the duel energy he gained from watching was no less than what he would have gained from fighting himself!

As expected of a silver-level competition.

Even the remnants of a loser are more numerous than a bronze-level victory.

It's no wonder that the country is so keen to develop the dueling industry. A single duel between gold-level duelists is enough to power an international metropolis for a year!

After this blunder, Amon lost all interest in continuing to participate in the competition.

I didn't plan to go to the students' dormitory either.

Amon casually found a hotel nearby and checked in.

Although the final college entrance examination is quite a big deal and the flow of people has increased dramatically, this is, after all, Shanghai. As long as you have money, it is still very easy to find a room.

However, even though he no longer had the idea of ​​a duel, Amon still couldn't stay still.

Since the Silver-level competitions in Shanghai are so popular, Amon simply went around to visit them and became a happy spectator.

Although there are also live streams online.

There's even virtual reality technology that can provide an almost live viewing experience.

However, only those who participate in person can obtain the duel energy.

During this time, Amon also met many people his age. He didn't know if they were there to observe and learn, or if they were there to take the final college entrance exam like him.

Because there were too many people, and Amon didn't live in the student dormitory, no one came to get to know him.

Three days passed like this.

During his time there, Amon also created several cards by taking advantage of the Duel Energy from the Silver-level tournaments, and made some minor adjustments to the deck composition.

The opening day of the final college entrance examination arrived quickly!

Colorful ribbons and balloons filled the sky.

Before even entering, the vibrant passion of youth hit you like a heat wave!

The entire arena is filled with minions summoned by the card master, who, relying on the fact that their imaginary creatures have no collision volume, can easily pass through crowds and direct traffic.

A giant dragon soared through the sky.

A giant robot strolled across the square, with a group of children chasing after it, trying to climb up.

Of course, some frogs also sell their babies.

"Beep~ Player card."

After Amon scanned the QR code on the entry machine with his mobile phone, the machine emitted a notification sound.

Then the giant slime in front of it suddenly wriggled, and a small slime split off, with a bubble rising from its head.

The key point is that there are words on the bubble!

[Contestant Amon, please follow me. There's a special entrance for contestants here. Also, due to the large number of people inside, please don't stray too far from me to avoid getting separated.]

The moment Amon finished reading, the bubble in front of him changed again.

New text appeared.

[If you get separated from me due to unforeseen circumstances, you can return to the entrance, scan the code again, and activate a new guide companion.]

After Amon finished looking at it, the slime retracted its bubble and then wriggled and bounced forward.

"I see, it's [information]."

Amon stared at the disappearing bubbles, somewhat bewildered.

Just like a card effect, after Amon finished reading, he activated the relevant effect, followed by subsequent information, and then he led the way.

This slime clearly does not possess the intelligence of a level 3 derivative.

That was set up from the beginning.

Amon didn't think too much about it; he just found the effect of this browsing information triggering somewhat interesting, and then he followed the slime's lead-in derivative.

After passing through the athletes' passage, the crowd thinned out.

Most of the people coming and going are my peers.

Although they all come from different parts of the world and are strangers to each other, there are always some social terrorists greeting each other everywhere.

Amon had to carefully avoid it.

He cautiously made his way to the players' preparation room. Because he had paid, Amon was given a private rest room.

The lounge was fully equipped. Amon looked around and even found a card-making station and a kitchen.

Other things like beds, balconies, and bathrooms...

This is exactly like a proper hotel suite!

"...Hotel suite access card?" Amon glanced at the card in his hand, then realized that in his previous life it should have just been a door card, but here it was a completely different matter.

——Hotel Suite——

Effect: Equipped with complete and comprehensive hotel suite facilities.

Lifestyle Cards!

From small items like tableware, beauty products, office software applications, and waste disposal, to large-scale projects such as villa sites, mountain transport, space stations, and interdimensional observatories...

These cards are useless in duels, but they can shine in the real world!

Cards are not only for duels.

Amon remembers that this is how card masters were described in textbooks:

— Skillfully utilize various rules and effects to reshape the world in the way you desire.

This is what a card master is all about!

Chapter Nineteen: Interlude