My anime-style card deck is fine!

In fact, such diplomatic incidents are not normally under the jurisdiction of schools.

But in this world, the concept of a "school" carries far more weight than in Amon's previous life. As a result, many functions have been integrated into schools, and even the embassy in Sakura is now located within Huaying University.

Given that Amon and the other two were students, it was only after this incident that the manic-madman Masamune was finally sent to Huaying.

meet by chance.

But the encounter was not pleasant.

Amon and his companions had no intention of spending more time with the other party. While the fireworks were still going on, they met up with the three people in the audience and then left.

Mitarai did not stop it.

Of course, she had no right to do so. She simply watched Amon's departing figure quietly until he was no longer visible. Only then did this woman with abstract thoughts finally turn her mind around.

"So, how are you going to explain this to those old geezers?"

Hanako ripped the tape off her own mouth, and the little girl holding her looked at her with a malicious expression: "Are you going to do what I did and tape their mouths shut?"

"Don't worry, we don't need to do anything. Just treat it as a normal defeat."

Mitarai took a card from his deck, his expression inscrutable.

But his hands kept moving.

Without hesitation, he tore the cards in his hand into pieces, one by one, carefully: "Hmph, these are just some underhanded tricks. It's 2024 already, and they're still trying to solve problems with these petty schemes."

"Lord Gongsi, you are getting old."

Mitarai casually scattered the card fragments in his hand onto the ground.

The moment it landed, a dark resentment rose up, but having nothing to rely on, it let out a mournful cry in the air before disappearing.

Hanako, watching her 'kin' being torn apart, smirked: "Oh, so it's [Hyakume], I see, I see. You were doing this kind of thing just now."

"So, do you have something in mind?"

The vengeful spirit with the big mouth immediately sensed something.

Or rather, 'she' is also attached to this little girl in this way.

Through a duel ritual, the victor, Hanako, attaches herself to the defeated little girl, which is why this little girl, at such a young age, is able to obtain power comparable to a Silver Card Master.

Because the powerful one isn't the little girl, but Hanako!

"The ability of the Hundred Eyes is to spy. Although this may seem to be just one eye that 'she' has separated, if it successfully attaches to someone, it can detect a lot of things. Is your old, immortal palace priest planning to find something on those people?"

Hanako immediately understood what had happened.

Originally, she was unaware of the relevant details; after all, as a [weapon], she didn't need to know too much.

Mitarai simply didn't cover it up.

"It wasn't us, it was Masamune. I only just found out too. His deck actually includes the Hundred Eyes Death Card, which I found in Masamune's deck. As for Lord Miyaji's purpose, it's quite obvious—"

"It's Pokémon, right?"

Mitarai didn't know the reason either; her mission was simply to fight Amon with this card, and even the mission was hastily issued by a high-ranking official.

Otherwise, even if it were a duel, it wouldn't have to be held in a private entertainment venue like this temple fair.

However, it doesn't matter if you don't know. As one of the viewers who witnessed Amon's ultimate exam, Mitarai immediately understood Amon's greatest value!

Palu... no, I mean [Pokémon]!

The excellence of Pokémon is obvious. The fact that even private entertainment venues like temple fairs, where there are no restrictions, began to restrict Pokémon shows how outstanding and powerful this series is.

Naturally, Pokémon trading cards have only just been released, and the supply in China is already insufficient.

As for exports, needless to say, forget about it!

Exports are strictly prohibited!

Even if the domestic supply in China is complete, given the value of Pokémon, Mitarai suspects that the export ban will not be lifted, and the value of a single Pokémon is actually not that great.

The real value lies in the ability to create Pokémon!

And coincidentally, the people who developed Pokémon are currently in Sakura.

"That's it? It's just a private series, isn't it? Honestly, I thought it was something big—" Hanako pouted, she didn't think that such a small, privately developed series could have any great power.

In comparison, large-scale series like Sakura Ninja, Samurai, and Onmyoji, developed on a national scale, are the true pillars of a nation!

Individuals are still too insignificant.

"Don't underestimate Amon, that man is not so simple."

Mentioning Amon, Mitarai blushed slightly, but because Amon wasn't in front of him, he was able to remain calm and analyze: "Whether you admit it or not, there are always some people who can break through the limitations of their time and accomplish magnificent feats in certain fields that are impossible in this era."

"This incident is just that some people, like vultures that have smelled meat, are trying to get what they shouldn't have touched, regardless of the consequences."

"This incident isn't over yet, but it's still none of our business."

Mitarai also understood why Masamune would use the Silver Card at all costs.

Unlike her, the manic man Masamune is the true candidate to perform the ritual—the Hundred Eyes parasite is in his deck, and if it cannot be transferred to Amon through the ritual, then he will be the one to bear this hatred and the price!

"Dirty and boring."

Hanako said bluntly, "This kind of despicable tactic is disgusting."

"Why not use this method? It's simple and easy. Instead of wasting brain cells by sending a pawn to fight Amon, you can win big if you win, and lose little if you lose."

Mitarai ignored the loud-mouthed vengeful spirit and turned to leave.

"Hmm? So, what are you planning to do?"

Hanako asked.

"Why are you asking this?" Mitarai turned around.

"Just curiosity," Hanako said casually. "My existence is only barely possible because of a surge of curiosity."

"It's not a big deal, I can tell you about it."

Mitarai didn't seem to be hiding anything; in fact, it wouldn't be bad if this big-mouthed vengeful spirit spread the word: "I plan to marry Amon!"

"what?"

“I intend to arrange a marriage between myself and Amon,” Mitarai repeated.

"I can hear you, but you, aren't you a shrine maiden? Doesn't your shrine forbid marriage?" Hanako exclaimed in surprise, "Other shrine maidens are one thing, but you are a divinely ordained shrine maiden before the emperor, a full-time shrine maiden who serves the Three Spirit Swords!"

"It doesn't matter. Compared to Pokémon, my value is too low."

Mitarai, on the contrary, was quite confident: "There is more than one way to obtain Pokémon. Since Lord Tsukasa has this idea, I can make use of it—bringing people to Sakura is also a way."

"If I can easily defeat Amon, then Lord Tsukasa will get the Pokémon, and I will get Amon. It's a win-win situation!"

"Win-win!"

"..." Hanako remained silent.

For the first time, I felt how powerless my mouth, which could talk nonsense to anyone, was.

Humans are too abstract; it's simpler to be a ghost.

……

Amon had no idea that he was being targeted by a woman whose name he had only just learned.

They met up with Nan Ruyin and the other two.

Despite their best efforts, everyone missed the final fireworks display. By the time they reached the mountaintop, only scattered, brilliant fireworks remained.

Although it was a bit of a disappointment, no one paid much attention to it.

The fireworks show at this small temple fair is just average. The real spectacle is the fireworks show at large-scale temple fairs that are open to the international community!

The effects of cards are incorporated into fireworks, and the duel takes place against the backdrop of the night sky.

That was a performance that was renowned internationally.

Apart from Amon, everyone else had the energy to travel abroad and had even seen the grand fireworks show, so they had no regrets about not being able to see the fireworks at this temple fair.

However, in Amon's inner world, the girls lamented the loss.

The complaint that Amon missed the most exciting and quintessential parts of the temple fair because of his duel made Amon feel wronged – it wasn't him who delayed the duel!

After the fireworks show ended.

The temple fair was coming to an end, and Amon and the others left with the crowd.

"The novice competition failed to be held successfully. I suppose there will be other competitions to replace it in the future, but they probably won't be like this one, where people are directly taken out to sea."

Wushan Yu was slacking off the whole time.

But it was really fun.

During the final college entrance exam, he was resurrected by Huang Jie and then slacked off until he had no other choice but to throw out a trump card to make his presence known.

“In other words…” Amon realized something, and his expression changed.

After playing all day, Amon finally realized—

"Yes, classes officially start tomorrow."

Wu Shanyu looked at Amon with a bright smile on his face: "Little brother Amon, have you finished your high school courses?"

Absolutely not!

Amon carefully recalled his energy during this period and found that apart from making cards, he had been completely immersed in the mental world and couldn't extricate himself. He was clearly in a state of "reality is just a trash game, the two-dimensional world is my home"!

"Oh ho, Amon, your expression has completely given you away!"

Ai Ke noticed Amon's strange expression and her eyes lit up immediately: "Ha, no way, no way, how can a college student need to catch up on high school knowledge?"

"Tsk."

Amon was a little annoyed, but he really couldn't refute it.

"There's nothing I can do. I'm just an ordinary fifteen-year-old boy." Amon glanced at the person in front of him and said something surprising: "Unlike some eighteen-year-old who's still pretending to be young."

"...Let's duel, Amon, now!" Eko raised the Duel Disk.

"No."