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Chapter 1648: You and I, brothers and sisters, can't stand up to us together

Asuka's future ideal is to become a professional duelist, like the peacock dancer.

This is actually the ideal of most students studying at the Duel Academy. Not only her, but also Manjome and even Marufuji Sho have the same ideal.

However, the world of professional dueling is quite cruel. There are tens of thousands of people around the world who try to stand out from the crowd of professional dueling professionals and truly enter the professional world, but there are less than a hundred people who can go one step further and stand out on the world stage.

Those who can become professional duelists are all "geniuses" in the eyes of others, but everyone else competing with them is also a "genius". If you want to climb to the top, you have to be a genius among geniuses.

However, if you are scared by this level of harshness, it means you don't have the talent to be a duelist. It would be better for you to find something else to learn and find another way out.

"Professional dueling, I had the same ambition a few years ago." Looking at Asuka, Manjome, and Marufuji Sho, who all aspire to be professional duelists, Fubuki sighed, "But as for me now, I feel that people should really live more freely."

"Entertainment duelist, right? After all, I can't let my handsome looks go to waste. It would be a pretty good career to bring joy and smiles to more people through entertainment duels."

Even though more than a year has passed, the memory of being eroded by the darkness of Darkness is still deeply engraved in Fubuki's heart, and the scars are difficult to heal and the pain is difficult to soothe. Although Fubuki has not become a person with PTSD who is always suspicious of duels, his mentality has changed a lot.

Rather than racing against time and trying to win first place, he wanted to enjoy every day of his life and live a relaxed and carefree life. Compared to the fiercely competitive and serious atmosphere of professional dueling, Fubuki now prefers the entertainment dueling that has emerged in recent years.

The fundamental reason for the emergence of so-called entertainment duels is that the competition in professional duels is fierce and the internal competition is serious. Although many people were "geniuses" and "strong men" in their previous cities, when they came to the world stage, they found that they were neither geniuses nor strong men. They were frightened by the bigness of the world and the huge gap in their status changes, and had no choice but to withdraw from the world of professional duelists.

However, they are unwilling to just admit their "incompetence", so there is such a "semi-professional arena" for them to perform.

There just so happens that there are some Duel Monsters fans who are interested in Duel Monsters but don't know much about them. In professional duel competitions, they see all kinds of chains at all times between the two sides and can't understand what they are fighting at all, but in entertainment duels, they can enjoy it immensely.

Because entertainment duels focus more on "entertainment" than "duel", and are the best form of duel that utilizes the Duel Monster virtual projection system. The focus of the duel between the two duelists is not on performing exciting combos, but on the excitement of the duel process, such as some rare cards with outstanding colorful special effects, or monster battles with gorgeous attack methods.

And Fubuki is just good at this kind of gorgeous dueling style, and her talent in dueling will not be wasted because she has not entered the professional arena. She is also the icing on the cake in entertainment duels, because even though it is mainly for "entertainment", entertainment duels are still duels after all, and victory is still the most important thing.

——If I were to make an analogy, perhaps it would be closer to the “Gorgeousness Contest” in “Pokémon”?
"Entertainment duelist? If it's you, brother, maybe you can really become an outstanding star." Asuka paused, looked at Fubuki and complained, "But don't blame everything on your previous experience. You were obviously like this before the accident, weren't you?"

"Don't worry about these details, Asuka-chan~" Fubuki said with a playful smile, trying to get away with it, "Would you like to debut with me? If we debut together as a brother and sister group, we will definitely become big stars of Super KIRA☆KIRA~"

"If we, brother and sister, come together, how can we be a match for them?"

"Who wants to follow you KIRA☆KIRA!" Asuka refused without hesitation.

When Fubuki mentioned options other than professional duelists, Misawa said a little embarrassedly, "As for me, I used to think about many careers such as professional duelists and duel teachers, but after communicating with Dr. Stein last semester, I found that perhaps becoming a duel researcher is more suitable for me."

"Oh, it's a career ideal that fits your personality." Judai gave a thumbs up and encouraged Misawa with a smile, "I believe you can do an excellent job, Nanaze."

"It's Misawa! You guys who can't call other people's names correctly, just copy my name a hundred times!" Misawa protested strongly, and then sighed, "Oh, I really don't know if there is a world like the 'Light Realm' in the world where no one will call my name wrong."

"By the way, Judai, what about you? You haven't told me what your ideal career in the future is."

"Eh? Big brother hasn't said anything yet?" After hearing Misawa's words, Maruto Sho realized that Judai had just been listening to them talking about their future career aspirations. Although they had some exchanges, he had never talked about his own future career plans.

"Even though he didn't say it, this guy loves dueling so much, so he should be able to take up a career related to dueling monsters in the future, right?" Manjomu said as a matter of course, "Given the huge gap between his theoretical knowledge and actual performance, he will become a professional duelist, right?"

"Judai, who doesn't care about winning or losing, has a good chance of becoming an entertainment duelist." Fubuki said casually, but looking at Judai's expression, she knew the result in her heart. She knew that no matter what she said or what Manjome said, it was not the answer that Judai would give.

Sure enough, after hearing what Manjome and Fubuki said, Judai shook his head and smiled awkwardly, "Trying to duel in front of so many people as a dramatic performance doesn't seem like something a hero should do. Even though entertainment duels sound unrestrained, it actually makes me feel constrained."

Asuka didn't understand the meaning of Judai's smile, and just thought that he was embarrassed by Fubuki's invitation to play a recreational duel. She glared at her unreliable brother and said to Judai with a smile: "So, you are a professional duelist after all? Judai is very strong, so if he becomes a professional duelist in the future, it must be very-"

"No, professional duels are a bit too utilitarian. Although there are cases like Ed, Caesar, and Jonouchi-san, the overall environment of professional duels is that victory is the most important, right?" Judai said with a distressed expression, "Just for the sake of winning, you adjust the deck to the state with the highest win rate and the least chance of making mistakes, and the cards you carry are also biased towards targeting the opponent and filling in the gaps. It makes me feel more uncomfortable than entertainment duels."

"When I think about becoming a professional duelist, I'm forced to take out cards like [E-hero Wingman] from my deck and put in cards like [System Crash] instead. I feel really uncomfortable."

After a pause, Judai put his hands behind his head and said, "If you insist on making me duel in such an uncomfortable situation, I might as well give up the duel."

"Although, although I don't quite understand, but this cool attitude is worthy of being the eldest brother!"

"Ahahaha, Sho, you're exaggerating. I'm not that good~" Hearing Marufuji Sho's words, Judai chuckled, obviously enjoying it. "Is that a compliment? No, is it worth praising?" Manjo raised his eyebrows and looked at Judai and said, "You don't like this and you don't want that. Do you think you can become a researcher or teacher with your poor grades?"

With his arms folded across his chest, Manjomu said helplessly, "You are not a child anymore. It's time to think about your future, Judai. Even if it's unrealistic, your dwarf follower is more mature than you in this regard."

"Who is the shorty? Giving me that nickname is even worse than calling Misawa by his wrong name. My name is Marufuji Sho!" The "shorty follower" next to Judai protested.

"Is this the only time you can call me by my correct name? There has to be a limit to how much you can go too far!"

"Mizawa Tenku-kun, please stop talking. I want to challenge Manjome in a one-on-one duel! One-on-one duel!"

"Oh, forget it, forget it. Don't be impulsive, Marufuji-senpai." Kenshan, who had just come here after moving things, just came back and saw Marufuji Sho excitedly shouting that he wanted to duel with Manjome, so he hurried forward to pull him away.

"I'm going to fight him!"

"I won't let him go!"

As Marufuji Sho was dragged away, the topic of future career planning came to a temporary end. The carefree Judai did not worry about this topic for too long and did not take it to heart what he would do after graduation.

The reason they came to the dock, besides wanting to find someone to show off that he had won the championship, was also because it was time for the Duel Academy headquarters to hold the academy exchange competition again this year.

However, the situation this year is a little special. In view of the fact that the final results of the previous college exchange competitions have always been that the students from the headquarters shine, and the exchange students sent by other colleges are just "cushions" for the students of the headquarters, the competition system has been changed at the suggestion of Principal Ichinose of the Northern Branch and Principal Mackenzie of the Western Branch.

The original college exchange competition was not as good as the quality of students from the main college, so the other branches combined could not beat them. Every time they reached the quarterfinals, they could only barely occupy one or two places, which was not enough to attract traffic and publicity. This time, the college exchange was changed to one exchange student from each of the four main branches directly selected to participate in the exchange.

——If we can’t win a place every year, then why not change the idea and directly allocate a fixed number of places to each branch? In this way, even the northern branch with the most scarce student resources will have a chance to perform even if it can’t produce outstanding students.

The Eastern Branch and the Southern Branch had no objections, especially since in the last college exchange competition, only the Northern Branch and the Western Branch had students make it to the quarterfinals, and the students they sent to participate in the competition last time were just a formality. Now that they have fixed places in the future, they are of course very happy.

The only one that was a little unhappy was the Western Branch. Located in the United States, the Western Branch was the only one that could rival the Duel Academy headquarters in terms of student sources. If it weren't for David Raber's accident last year, they should have been able to grab two places in the academy exchange competition. Even if they were eliminated in the quarterfinals, they would have at least twice the exposure. However, after the quota was fixed, no matter how high the quality of their students was, only one person could participate.

As compensation for this, the first college exchange competition after the reform was held at the headquarters for the purpose of attracting students, but the detailed planning was handed over to teachers sent by the Western branch.

The four exchange students from the four branches and the teachers sent by the Western branch will arrive today when the new students enroll. This is why Judai and his friends are here, because they are the representative students sent by each dormitory to welcome the exchange students from afar.

Of course, the actual student representatives were only Manjome from the Blue Dormitory, Asuka from the Girls' Dormitory, Misawa from the Yellow Dormitory, and Judai from the Red Dormitory. Fubuki, Kenzan, and Sho were the only ones who came along to join in the fun.

"By the way, why are we the students welcoming the new students?" Wanzhangmu raised his hand to block the midday sun, watching as most of the people on the ferry carrying this year's freshmen had left. "Isn't the dormitory head teacher more representative than us students?"

"It seems that this time, there are only four students and one professor, so four students can make them feel the enthusiasm of the headquarters better than four teachers." Fubuki was prepared and took off the sunglasses on her forehead and put them on her nose. "Besides, the teachers are very busy this year."

"Professor Chronos was OTKed by Caesar who returned to school at the 'Second Martial Arts Tournament', but because he had defeated Coach Napoleon from the beginning, he is still very happy until now. Even though the position of 'Interim Vice President' was removed, he still smiled all day long. However, there are still many things to deal with after the 'Second Martial Arts Tournament' ended, and he and Coach Napoleon were busy for the entire holiday."

"Also, halfway through the previous game, the army of the Kingdom of Mizgaruzen suddenly attacked the people on the island, causing many people to be injured." Asuka said unhappily when she mentioned what happened last year, "Teacher Ayukawa was also very busy and didn't have any time to rest during the entire holiday."

"You can guess even if I don't tell you. Yes, Mr. Aoki is on a business trip again." Misawa complained, "As expected, he is the busiest person in our school. Not a single yen of his salary is earned in vain."

"Eh? Then where is the head teacher of the Red Dormitory?" A female voice sounded behind Jianshan, and he answered subconsciously, "The head teacher of the Red Dormitory has been vacant for a year in theory. After all, Mr. Daitokuji doesn't even have a title now. If I have to say, the head teacher seems to be the fat cat named 'Pharaoh', right?"

"Hmm? That's not right. Why are you asking me this, brother?"

Judai blinked, "Huh? I didn't ask that just now. Wasn't it Asuka who asked that?"

"It's not like I don't know about Daitokuji-sensei's affairs." Asuka shook her head. Seeing that everyone had an expression that said "I didn't ask that," she looked at Kenzan in confusion, "Just now I seemed to hear a voice coming from Dilano-san."

"It can't be me, why am I asking myself—"

"You're in the way, the guy with the goldfish hat!" Before Jianshan could finish his words, a hand was placed on his shoulder and pushed him to the side. Although the force was not strong, Jianshan, who had no time to react, subconsciously stood to the side in the direction of the other party's force.

Then, after Jianshan made way, a short girl stood up: "Clang clang clang! I'm back again, Duel Academy - and, Judai-sama~"

It's back to the classic 23:59.