Aspiring to become a magnetic field card player!

Fortunately, the current Q~i二(衤三li ng私九气傁死莎妹 was quick-witted. When she and You Ling stared at each other, she immediately remembered the news she had just received from her best friend Kurosaki Ruri while playing on her phone in the audience - the news that the Kurosaki siblings' team in their rebellious sports group had not won.

──The duel between You Ling and Shark just now was the final Swiss round of today's double duel. It was a life-and-death battle where whoever won would advance to the knockout round.

...Unfortunately, Shark and her rebellious group had two teams competing this time. One of them was not at the Super Academy, but was assigned to Synchro Academy, leaving that aside for now. The other team that competed at the Super Academy main campus was obviously the bankrupt Kurosaki siblings team.

Just when You Ling and Shark were fighting, Shark Sister had already received news from Heisaki Ruri. She didn't know the specific process of the duel, but she knew that in the last round, they encountered a powerful team from Fusion Academy called [Hero Gem]. The brother and sister tried their best but couldn't defeat them... Judging from the cruel competition system they had seen before, they would most likely not be able to make it out of the round.

In this way, Shark Sister can temporarily put aside her vigilance. At least in this game, even if You Ling is some perverted dueling killer, he should not bring her to fight against his teammates... Otherwise, Shark Sister would feel a little scared at the thought of following You Ling to beat up her friends, and she would not know what to do.

However, judging by the duel with the shark just now, You Ling would most likely not let himself play - but regardless of whether he plays or not, even if he sits in the audience, it will definitely feel very strange, and he won't even know which side to cheer for... And no matter who wins in the end, he will probably feel extremely complicated, with mixed feelings.

Thinking of this, Shark Girl breathed a sigh of relief, somewhat relieved that her best friend Kurosaki Ruri did not cause any trouble - but while she was relieved, she also realized that something was seriously wrong, and her expression became even more complicated - No, why on earth should I be so happy?

It's a pity that although You Ling was staring at Shark Sister, he had no idea what was going on in Shark Sister's mind. But with their current familiarity, You Ling could tell that Shark Sister was imagining things again as soon as he saw her expression, so he didn't interrupt her... Anyway, he never cared what Shark Sister was thinking.

So, the undefeated team here, which should have been envied by everyone, was staring at each other in silence in such a weird state that they could be said to be sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams. There were classmates passing by who knew Shark Girl and wanted to talk to her, but after seeing the appearance of these two people, they didn't dare to get close. They probably understood that the two of them couldn't get out of the round because of the low pressure.

But in fact, regardless of whether Shark Sister is depressed or not, You Ling is not depressed at all - at this moment he has turned his head and happily looked at the system light screen that only he can see... He even saw something related to the person next to him, Kamishiro Rio, at first glance.

The instructions that appeared in front of You Ling seemed to be new instructions that appeared after the completion of the Seven Emperors mission. At first glance, it seemed to be related to the subsequent Seven Emperors of Barian and the subsequent second-level mission. What attracted You Ling's attention most were the two progress bars, one long and one short, behind the two duelists' avatars.

That’s right, two progress bars—this time, the ones that appeared on the Youling system interface were not the progress bars representing all seven of the Seven Emperors, but only the task progress bars for the two important characters, Kamishiro Ryoga and Kamishiro Rio.

As for the UI style of this progress bar, You Ling felt very familiar with it the moment he saw it for the first time. This was the kind of character template task that appeared when he had just traveled to this world and was still living with Marufuji Ryo... It was slightly different from the Seven Emperors long-term task line he had been busy with recently.

Just as You Ling cast his eyes on the two progress bars, a very humane system supplementary explanation appeared in front of him in a very colloquial way.

[This system adheres to the mission philosophy of "people-oriented, role-first"... After all, this is the Wu Ba Lingshi Lengwu Magnetic Field Adoptive Father System. If the concept of "people" doesn't even exist, how can one become an adoptive father?]

[Just dueling for cards is pointless... I've seen enough of those ruthless card-playing, tights-wearing guys!]

After seeing this explanation, You Ling blinked and felt speechless for a moment - no, I am a duelist, what should I pay attention to if not the card itself... Should I pay attention to the table pet next to me?

But even though he complained, looking at the black card images with question marks under the progress bars of the two tasks, which were obviously powerful cards, and the description below the card images that said "Unlocked with the progress of the Duelist Character Guide" - You Ling knew that no matter what he said, he definitely couldn't give up these.

Fortunately, he didn't dislike interacting with these anime characters. He simply felt that playing cards and cards themselves seemed a little more interesting than people. In the end, even if he was tempted by these system tasks to interact with various anime characters, build bonds, and even participate in their stories, it was not a lifestyle that You Ling disliked.

"...Um, what are you two doing?"

At this moment, two familiar voices sounded in his ears - You Ling raised his head first, and then he saw the anime characters Kurosaki Hayabusa and Kurosaki Ruri, a pair of siblings with whom he had established some bonds, appeared in front of him at some point, looking at him and Shark Sister beside him... Although for some reason, the expressions of these two people seemed a bit complicated.

The reason these two people appeared was probably to look for You Ling's little friend Shark Sister.

But at this moment, after seeing the brother and sister, it was You Lingxian whose eyes lit up and showed a very welcoming expression - the two people opposite him had strange looks on their faces, and their expressions became even more complicated.

Volume 1: Chapter 174: Not Even a Moment of Sadness for the Shark

Finally, when they saw You Ling's happy face, not knowing whether it was an expression of seeing a friend or seeing prey, the Kurosaki siblings looked at each other, and then it was the younger sister Kurosaki Ruri who nodded first, as a greeting.

You Ling particularly noticed at this time that after his sister Kurosaki Ruri nodded and greeted him with a complicated expression... his brother Kurosaki Hayabusa next to him became obviously alert, showing an expression as if he was guarding against something.

What You Ling didn't know was that the two men's complicated expressions probably stemmed from the fact that their small rebellious movement group had been fighting with the Seven Kings of Barian for so many years, and even poached Shark Sister from the rival Seven Kings of Barian to act as a double agent. However, in this important competition of the last academic year, they ended up with both of them bankrupt and no one competing.

Although there was another team in their small group competing in other colleges, Kurosaki Hayabusa, as the leader of the group, failed to successfully qualify, and his mind was naturally very sad - although in fact, there was a team that belonged to both their small group and the Seven Emperors, and was still confused with You Ling, and the team of Shark Sister, who had a particularly strange stance, successfully qualified.

──But it is precisely because of Shark Sister’s current strange stance that the Kurosaki siblings don’t know how to comment... They just feel it is very strange and don’t know what to say.

As the person involved at this moment, Shark Sister didn't know what to say. After seeing her two friends, she could only nod... Finally, she frowned, opened her mouth, and said to the Youling next to her: "Uh, I'll go over and talk to them..."

Although neither Shark Sister nor You Ling noticed, her words at this moment were like a request for instructions, as if she had been tamed. You Ling thought Shark Sister wanted to go share the joy of leaving the ship with her friends, which seemed very reasonable. So he just nodded lightly: "Oh, go ahead. I'm here anyway."

You Ling thought that after winning the duel, Shark Sister would of course share this joy with her good friends, and he was just an acquaintance with them, so why would he go over there if there was nothing to do - so he just crossed his arms and watched Shark Sister staggering towards the Kurosaki siblings indifferently.

After meeting up, the three of them turned their heads at the same time, looked at You Ling with eyes that didn't know what to say, and then left together.

You Ling certainly didn't understand what these three guys meant. He just looked at their backs as they left and couldn't help but sigh - even if you lose the game, you can still chat and brag with your friends, which is still quite fun.

Yu Youling, a person who traveled from another world and had completely different views on duels and competitions, certainly could not understand the thoughts of local people like Shark Sister and the Kurosaki brothers and sisters - he could only watch their backs as they left and recall the memories of his past life when he played Yu-Gi-Oh and had happy duels in places like store tournaments.

But memories aside, he didn't really want to join them here. After all, You Ling still had some awareness of his own otherworldly values. He knew that even if he joined in at this moment, he wouldn't know what to talk about with them, and it would probably only make things awkward...

——It is normal that you cannot have a conversation with a duelist who thinks in the same world as the Card King.

However, the bonds and stories surrounding You Ling now would not allow him to stay here idle - at this moment, just as Shark Girl left, an acquaintance from the other side came over and interrupted his recollection.

──Kamiyo Ryoga, the King of the Seven Emperors, who had just been defeated by You Ling and whose memories were gradually awakening, now appeared in front of You Ling like a gangster boss, leading his Balian minions.

Although the way he led his minions in a menacing manner might seem very impressive to other duelists...but in You Ling's opinion, the way he collapsed immediately after declaring victory had been deeply engraved in his mind, and no matter how imposing and impressive he was now, he probably couldn't change this impression.

Moreover, probably because the results of the final round of each team in the duel arena became increasingly clear, the Seven Emperors probably also learned that they would not be able to enter the knockout round - so that the few of them looked a little gloomy as they walked forward, and in You Ling's eyes, they could be said to be dejected.

After all, among the Seven Emperors, not only Shark Sister defected, but the fiery-blooded boxer Alit was also ill in bed, and the always independent Super Dragon Master Mizael had been staying indoors ever since his defeat by Youling, claiming he was trying to find a way to practice and comprehend duels in seclusion, to comprehend a new Super Dragon realm...

Therefore, the teams that came to participate in the competition were just like the rebellious movement on the opposite side, totaling only two... and all of them had suffered the cruel hands of You Ling and were happy to be among the top 32.

——As a pure card player who never cared too much about the rules of duels, You Ling had no idea that today's doubles match was an unprecedented cross-college competition...In the final elimination round, contestants from different colleges would be selected to compete in the competition venues. Losing just one game would result in a high probability of not being able to enter the elimination round, and he could only act as a spectator and cheer for the people from his own college.

——People like the Seven Emperors and the Kurosaki siblings who just left... they were unable to sit at the table because they suffered a defeat, and could only sit in the audience and watch others duel. For many people who have their own pride, it is a very sad ending.

——However, although he lost the duel, Shark's behavior was quite consistent with his identity as a Balian leader. He was considered a very magnanimous duelist. This time, he didn't intend to come here as a loser to confront You Ling... but for other things.

To put it simply, this matter is largely related to his younger sister, Kamishiro Rio... So when Shark came over and saw You Ling standing here alone, he was stunned at first.

——Before coming here, he had already prepared himself mentally to a certain extent, ready to face the scene of the yellow-haired You Ling being so close to his sister... He even specifically asked Drube, one of his friends who was relatively calm, to hold him back and not let him lose control... Unexpectedly, when he came here, he only saw You Ling standing alone, and his sister had no idea where she had run off to.

So, after meeting, Shark quickly walked up to You Ling and nodded as a greeting, then pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Li Xu...where is my sister?"

In response, You Ling shrugged, indicating that he didn't know.

"I'm not going... Just now, someone, maybe her best friend or a close friend, came to chat with her, but now I don't know where they are."

After saying that, You Ling kindly pointed Shark in the direction his sister had left. He seemed to have no idea how furious Shark would be if he saw his sister hanging out with people from the opposing group, given Shark's identity as a traitor.

Hearing this, Shark, who had originally thought You Ling and his sister were very close and possibly in love, couldn't help but frown, feeling extremely puzzled. Then a light flashed in his eyes, and a possibility that made him happy flashed across his mind: "Huh? How could you...you don't even know where she went?"

Upon hearing this, You Ling's expression was even more bewildered than a shark's. "What nonsense are you asking?" was written on her face. "She's just a temporary teammate—she went to see a friend. How would I know where she is?"

"...temporary teammate!?" Shark blinked, his tone even a little out of control.

You Ling was naturally bewildered by this, staring at Shark's bewildered expression. Was it possible that in this world, once you'd dueled together, you were bound together for life? Was the world of Card King so heavy?

But You Ling didn't know that his confusion would only bring Shark extra happiness and joy... He was even so happy that he found You Ling in front of him pleasing to the eye, and even looked more handsome.

──First of all, through the duel just now, Shark realized that You Ling probably didn't have a close relationship with the evil guy Shangqian Zushang... and now looking at You Ling's reaction, it seems that his sister didn't suffer from this guy's murder... So far, You Ling's image in Shark's heart has immediately improved a lot.

This time, You Ling discovered that the expression of the Shark classmate in front of him suddenly changed from gloomy to cheerful for some reason, which was completely different from the resentful look on his face before and during the duel... Maybe this is the good custom in the card king world of "Although I don't know you, as long as we have played cards, we are good friends."

——And speaking of the word "friend" at this moment... Just when the low mood was swept away and Shark was about to say something to You Ling, he suddenly saw You Ling in front of him turned his head as if he heard something, and took a step without hesitation, ignoring the Barian people behind him, and walked towards a certain direction.

--At the same time, from the place where the broadcast was being broadcast above the duel arena, probably because the Swiss round of duel was completely over, the duel arena's advanced computing AI completed the calculation in an instant...not long after the Swiss round ended, the sweet voice of the announcer, the same as when he just announced the start of the game, was heard.

[For this two-player mode competition, all duels in the Super Academy venue and Swiss round have concluded. We will now announce the list of duelists after the round and the subsequent elimination matchups.]

Perhaps due to their excellent results and outstanding performance, Shark heard that You Ling's actual solo team was placed first and was the first to be announced. [First, the first team to be announced, team name: [Not a Duo], congratulations on being announced...]

While hearing this, Shark noticed that You Ling, who was standing there in a daze, suddenly turned his head and seemed to meet the eyes of two stupid-looking young men who were walking shoulder to shoulder with him from the other side. At this moment, the three of them were approaching each other.

──From the expressions of these two passionate and silly young men, as well as their happy expressions, it is easy to guess that they are probably another team to participate in the round.

The second team to go out is named [Heroic Jade]. Congratulations!

[In the first round of the elimination rounds, in the A-area duel at this Xyz Summoning Academy, Team [Not a Duo] will face Team [Hero Gem]—Please contact the venue staff upon receiving notification to prepare for tomorrow's elimination round duel.]

——At the same time as this notice was broadcast, You Ling and the two idiot young men who came over had already gathered together happily...As the three of them got close, they began to clap their fists and hands in a way that was probably unique to idiot hot-blooded young men, expressing their celebration. The atmosphere was harmonious and it was clear that the idiot young men were very happy.

Seeing this, Shark and Drube next to him couldn't help but look at each other - as veterans in the Duel Academy, they probably all knew who the two idiot young men who got together with You Ling were, and also knew the relationship between them and the team name [Hero Gem].

——And at this point, Shark obviously realized that the first round of the elimination match would be a shocking battle between these two amazing duelists who seemed to be called John and Judai, and You Ling... Oh, and his little sister who was a favorite at the table and had popped up out of nowhere to join in the fun.

Upon seeing this, Shark was probably really relieved, knowing that his sister probably had nothing to do with You Ling... After seeing the interaction between You Ling and John Judai and their happy eyes, Shark, who was also a male duelist, of course understood that this was a sign of a good relationship between duelists, and this kind of look had never appeared between Shark's sister and You Ling just now.

——On You Ling's side, he looked at the two brothers John Judai approaching with a sharp gaze... He felt a surge of fighting spirit, as if he saw the dawn of a new quest line.

At the same time, he patted Judai and John on the shoulders, genuinely happy that the two brothers had made it out to the round and that he could duel with them. "How's it going? Like I said before, if I can get in the queue, I can get in the queue. I can even fight a round by myself... Awesome, right?"

At this point, while listening to the two brothers John, who were ten generations apart, praising him from the bottom of their hearts with "You are awesome" and "Awesome", he heard a familiar "ding" sound.

──That was the system telling him that the Fusion Academy quest line had been opened. The familiar prompt tone.

Volume 1: Chapter 175? I'm fighting the protagonists?

Congratulations! After several decades... not even that many days of effort, you've successfully completed your initial exploration of the Duel Academy, and have also advanced your exploration of the crucial "Super Academy" area to a considerable level.

[Although some details and hidden quests are still unavailable, since you've already completed the questline for the "Seven Kings of Barian," a key character in the Overload Academy, and are also halfway through the questline for another key character, the "Rebellious Movement," your exploration level in the Overload Academy map has reached its peak, allowing you to unlock the next storyline.]

[Thus, you have now naturally met several characters from the Fusion Academy and have established bonds with important plot characters such as Yuki Judai and John.]

Regarding the Fusion Academy's top expert, you've already seen some clues about him in Marufuji Ryo—but Yujo Judaisaku is a key protagonist. The story behind him and the events that will unfold around him are clearly even more important.

The imminent appearance of the academy's senior leaders, the watchful gazes of other academies, the dark forces hidden in the shadows, the power of spirits untouchable by ordinary duelists... More plots and more characters will gradually be unlocked as you explore. Even from behind the scenes, beyond the reach of human eyes, countless sinister and purposeful gazes have been cast upon you since the moment you established a bond with Yuki Judai.

[The Fusion Academy questline has been opened. Prologue requirements: Complete a duel with the brothers John and Judai and successfully defeat either of them.]

──This time, after reading the system instructions that appeared along with the competition notification just now, a strong feeling of impending storm was projected into You Ling's heart from the text displayed by the system.

Just from this description, one can clearly feel that from this moment on, after the duel with John and Judai, You Ling's college journey will enter a whole new stage... Even the system description is completely different from the previous style, so much so that You Ling is a little suspicious whether this was copied from the prologue of other games.

And the scary-sounding things in this explanation, such as the dark power, the power of elves, the eyes in the dark, the darkness of the academy...but after reading it, You Ling looked around and didn't see any prying eyes at all.

He could only see the expectant and piercing eyes of the two idiot young men, John and Judai, standing opposite him.

...Oh, and there was also Shark and the others who were standing nearby and looked a little depressed because there was no ship coming out. They looked a little helpless and had a depressed look in their eyes.

At this time, seeing that You Ling did not continue to speak, John and the Judai brothers listened to the broadcast announcing the results above their heads, and they looked at each other first - and cast their eyes towards You Ling.

According to the rules of this doubles team duel competition, there will be 8 people in each college's exclusive venue, which means a total of 4 teams will successfully advance to the knockout stage... This means that in addition to the duel between You Ling and John Shidai, there is another group that has also successfully advanced and will have a knockout duel at the same time.

But perhaps it was out of self-confidence or arrogance... As Youling-level duelists, John and Judai seemed to think that only the Youlings they recognized could be their opponents - they didn't even listen to the names of the other teams mentioned in the broadcast, but just kept their eyes firmly fixed on the Youlings.

In fact, after spending the past few days together, You Ling probably realized that, perhaps due to different worldviews and subtle differences in thoughts, the John Judai in front of him and the John Judai in the anime he remembered were slightly different in character... The most obvious manifestation of this was that he was as noisy as he had seen him before, and loved to pretend like an ordinary young man. In short, his level of pretentiousness was much higher than that of the original anime.

Then, You Ling saw the two brothers in front of him waving their hands, even looking at him with a somewhat secretive look. Then, Judai opened his mouth first, slowly raised his head, and looked mysterious: "Hahaha, You Ling... the other two teams, there is actually no need for us to listen to them, right?"

After hearing what his good friend Judai said, John reacted almost instantly and understood what he meant - and then he added in the same pretentiously profound tone.

"That's right. We don't need to worry about the other two teams at all... If I were to tell you, among everyone here, and even in this entire duel arena, the only ones who can be considered strong and worthy of our attention are you, You Ling, me, John, and Yujo Judai. That's all!"

"As for the other duelists, we don't need to care about their titles... The real duel has already ended in this one between you and me!"

Hearing what the two people said, You Ling, who was already quite familiar with them, frowned.

Of course he knew...these two people were probably showing off again, and the presence of Shark and others made them want to show off.

But it was obvious that as classmates from different colleges who had little contact with each other, the Seven Bariah Emperors of Shark did not understand what kind of personalities John and Judai of this world were. They just felt their hearts trembled when they heard their imposing and domineering words.

——So powerful, so domineering... Is this the strong man from the Dream Fusion Academy?

This is how it works. When you're playing cards, especially in a competition, if you don't perform well and haven't even played a turn, no matter how hard you try to act cool, others will just think you're a complete clown... But if you perform outstandingly and successfully play a turn with a domineering attitude like a complete victory, no matter how pretentious your words are, they will sound quite natural to others and make them feel more convinced.

Although before this, Shark and the other seven emperors had heard of the great reputation of John Judai and the other two in the Fusion Academy, and even Drewbe had fought with Judai recently... but to be honest, this was actually their first meeting and conversation.

After all, after integrating multiple summoning methods, the academies in this world are really too large, even a bit ridiculously large, both in terms of the number of students in the academy and geographical factors. It is not easy for students from many branches to communicate across academies, and they can only have some intersections during such competitions... and the Seven Emperors of Barian and others who were previously busy with the rebellious movement of Kurosaki Hayabusa and others naturally did not have a deep understanding of the situation in the integrated academy.

──So, with all these favorable factors, Judai and John's pretense can be said to be quite successful... The seven Barian emperors, who should have been as impressive as the two of them, are now like the shocked passers-by in the classic pretense plot. They all gasped and felt that the Fusion Academy was unfathomable and terrifying.

But when You Ling saw all this, who was quite aware of the situation, he felt a little speechless - he even felt embarrassed to the point of his scalp tingling.

At this time, it was Shark, who cared more about his sister and was a sister-con, who reacted first and realized that there was something wrong with what John had just said.

"...Wait, three people—that's not right?"

As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at You Ling in confusion: "Aren't we in a 2v2 team mode... You Ling must have a teammate..."

Then, he met You Ling's gaze with an extremely puzzled look: "Where's my sister?"

Upon hearing this, not only Shark, but also John and Judai on the opposite side were stunned. After all, they had heard of You Ling’s solo challenge plan before - who else?

At this moment, without even waiting for You Ling to explain, the second shadow in his team, Miss Kamishiro Rio, probably finished chatting with the Kurosaki siblings, and now limped over under the gaze of everyone, looking a little embarrassed.

But as soon as she came over, she saw the strange personnel composition - the Tenth Generation John opposite, You Ling here, and the Seventh Emperor of Barian and others standing next to her... Shark Girl was really confused by what she saw.

"What...are you guys doing?"

You Ling thought about it and felt that as a teammate, it was her obligation to explain the situation to her.

So, he stretched out his hand openly, pointed at John Judai opposite him, and then pointed at himself - and Shark Sister.

"We are discussing the knockout stage, which is the opponent our team will play first in the knockout stage."

Then, Shark Sister looked in the direction You Ling pointed, and immediately met the eyes of John Tenth Generation and the other two guys who looked no ordinary. "Then...they are our opponents."

Seeing this, Shark Sister was of course shocked at first - unlike her brother Ryoga Kamishiro, as someone who was involved in the academy's work and had richer sources of information, Shark Sister of course knew the reputation of Judai and John as the great gods in the Fusion Academy.

Moreover, she was more or less aware of her own level in dueling, and she also understood the value of these two gods, knowing that she was not worthy... Therefore, she was shocked when she saw the two of them for the first time.

Fortunately, she adjusted herself quickly - because Shark Sister immediately thought that You Ling would not let her take part in the duel... The term path dependence does make sense. If people win by doing nothing for a long time, it will gradually become a habit. Shark Sister has become vaguely accustomed to the joy of You Ling being responsible for leading the team while she is responsible for cheering.

So she couldn't help but think - why should I be nervous? Anyway, I just need to sit down there and cheer for the big thigh spirit up there!