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Chapter 103 Spying on Vera (4K)

"I lost."

After the duel domain shattered and dissipated, Xu Ran grinned.

Although the loss was somewhat frustrating, it was still a fairly interesting duel overall.

"It's a pity I didn't get to see Aunt Pei's daughter make an appearance." He walked over and shook hands with Shen Yi. "Aunt Pei really enjoys watching her daughter's duels. I heard she watched your duel with He Kan seven or eight times."

It seems that Xiao Ai's parents are always paying attention to her.

They must be very happy to see Xiao Ai get her new form.

At this point, Xu Ran said regretfully, "I was originally thinking of recording some footage."

"Let me tell you, Uncle Nangong is a total doting father to his daughter," he whispered to Shen Yi. "Send him some new material; maybe you can get a few decent [Treasure] cards from him."

Nangong Ai's father was a miner at Xu Ran's company.

As a legendary miner capable of excavating relics and treasures, being called an employee of the Xu family is, to some extent, equivalent to being a partner in the company.

Xiao Ai told me that her father had a group of good brothers who specialized in digging up antique treasures in the underground of another world.

Unlike mineral resources, these antique treasures are mostly used to be encapsulated and cast into cards for duels, such as the [Anti-Magic Iron Token] in Xu Ran's possession.

With such a background, it's no wonder she was able to marry a legendary idol and have a daughter.

However, even with such a resume, he still had to work multiple jobs to support Nangong Ai. The cost of raising children in this world seemed to be greater than he had imagined.

As Shen Yi pondered, he turned around and saw that He Kan had disappeared.

After defeating Xu Ran, Shen Yi's badge count has reached second place on the overall leaderboard, second only to Xu Ran.

There was nothing that could be done; many contestants were eliminated before Shen Yi even had a chance to challenge them.

If I had known, I would have used more badges when I dueled Xu Ran.

"Where is He Kan?" Shen Yi asked Jiu Shi Ji after finding her.

Ji Shi naturally knew why Shen Yi had sought out He Kan, and said, "It seems some news came from the Qian family, so they left in a hurry."

"Is something going to happen?" Shen Yi asked casually.

Ninety Princess flipped through the identity card and then showed it to Shen Yi, saying, "It might be related to the mysterious disappearance of several duelists who cooperated with the Qian family. They're probably planning to use He Kan to compete in the professional league."

"Another disappearance?" Shen Yi wondered after hearing this. "Is being a duelist some kind of unlucky profession? Why are there so many disappearances and attacks all the time?"

"There have been a lot of these kinds of incidents lately," Kujuhime said with a deep sense of agreement. "However, this disappearance seems to be only related to the Sen family's Dream Dance Troupe, and may also involve some idol duelists."

Shen Yi frowned immediately.

Perhaps because of Kashu's experience, or perhaps because of Mirail's request, Shen Yi felt that the God Card might also be involved.

After all, Mireille must have wiped out more than just Kashu when she was in Qizhou.

The gods sealed in the Starry World are not exactly benevolent; they will surely try to make up for their losses in some way.

Kashu created the Dark Duelists, but what about the other gods?

Now that he had received benefits from the doll sister, Shen Yi felt he should do something practical.

The key issue is that he was also worried that Mirall would discover he had taken the card but hadn't done anything, and that she would come to supervise him personally, only to find out about his relationship with Vera.

Given Mirail's personality, as Vera described it, something terrible might happen.

Since he couldn't find He Kan to duel with in the short term, Shen Yi didn't linger in the academy square and returned to his dormitory to continue farming in the Pokémon world.

The little elves have recently discovered a new piece of land and plan to use the new wood they found to build a residential area.

"This way, Mom and Dad will have somewhere to stay when they come back," they said happily.

As soon as Shen Yi entered the Elf World, he saw the little elves busy at the construction site.

After receiving enlightenment from the mother tree's seed, they have awakened magical abilities, just like the elves of history.

In some ways, they are even more powerful than the elves of their parents' generation.

"Speaking of which, is the former capital city completely uninhabitable now?" Shen Yi asked Ilovena beside him.

Ilovena had changed into clothes similar to those of an elven ranger and was holding an elven longbow that perfectly matched Shen Yi's stereotypical image of an elven.

When I spoke to Ilovena, the elven princess had just returned from hunting in the wild.

Although the elves prefer vegetarian food, they do not reject meat, especially since the children are still growing.

Shen Yi's weekly supplies to the Elf World definitely included various kinds of food, but probably due to the profound lessons learned from previous generations, Ilovena placed great importance on self-sufficiency.

With the planting of the mother tree, the world was revitalized, and many previously unseen creatures came along with it.

Ilovena has been judging these species these days.

She needs to select the various crops that are suitable for the elves.

Then there is a stable and reliable source of meat.

The mother tree also brought many amazing and extraordinary creatures.

As the only extraordinary being among the elves for a long time, Ilovena naturally took on the heavy responsibility of the adventure.

She was so busy that she hadn't asked Shen Yi about her mother's whereabouts in a long time.

"Most of the buildings in the capital have been demolished and sold to other worlds," Ilovena sighed.

"Oh no...the houses are all being demolished?"

"Hmm. I've heard that in some worlds where magic is the main element, these stones are excellent ritual materials."

So-called garbage is nothing more than resources that haven't found their place.

Moreover, these buildings are hardly garbage.

After the Starry World became the core and connected with other worlds, materials from different worlds began to be exchanged, and indeed, many amazing sparks were generated.

It can only be said that the Starry World's exploitation of the Elf World is truly thorough.

No wonder there was only yellow sand here when I first arrived; it turns out even the stones had been quarried away as ritual materials.

"Want to try some? My new catch."

As Ilovena spoke, she picked up the prey in her hand.

This was a creature that looked like a large rat, grayish-yellow all over. When it saw Shen Yi, it bared its teeth at him, and flames flickered faintly in the air.

"What is this?"

"Self-heating rabbit," Ilovena said.

Why is it called that?

"It often gets out of control and roasts itself." Ilovena blinked. "Leah and the others even developed a rather cruel way of eating it, but I forbade it. Now it's usually roasted normally."

"It tastes great, I'm thinking of trying to see if we can breed and raise it."

"Um—we could give it a try." Shen Yi did not refuse Ilovena's offer.

Shen Yi was quite pleased to see the elves quickly adapting to their new home.

Overjoyed, most of the apprehension about the appearance of the ingredients dissipated.

The self-heating rabbit actually tastes pretty good.

It at least suits Shen Yi's taste.

"I think I'm being watched."

While Shen Yi was having dinner and gathering information on his opponents in the knockout stage, Vera suddenly spoke up.

When she said that last time, it seems that Gu Yu and Kashu came to her door not long after.

Shen Yi frowned and looked up at Vera.

"What happened?" Shen Yi asked.

Vera pondered, "The coward gave me a hint that I'm being watched by a lot of scary guys—"

"Coward" refers to a tool Vera uses to reduce her own presence, called "The Heart of the Coward".

This seems to be a self-aware prop, just as its name suggests, because it is so afraid of the attention of others that it will spontaneously reduce its own presence.

This decrease in presence is unconscious.

However, this effect will not work on that person if they become aware of Vera's presence or interact with her.

As more and more people become aware of Vera, the "Heart of the Coward" ability will hide itself in fear and become completely ineffective.

Of course, such a judgment requires a certain level of strength; the "coward's heart" is not afraid of the gaze of individuals of lower rank than itself.

Vera had actually anticipated this.

After all, her goal is to make a name for herself and prove her worth, so naturally she wants to shine as brightly as possible.

Once you embark on this path, it's impossible not to attract attention. Vera only did not actively turn off the effect of [Heart of a Coward] to delay the time it takes for her sisters to discover her.

After this wave of attention, the "coward" effect completely disappeared.

"The scary guys you're referring to are—Kashu and his ilk?"

Shen Yi didn't think that ordinary duelists would be defined as "terrifying" in Vera's eyes.

And this makes perfect sense.

Judging from Kashu's reaction to Vera, it seems that many God Cards are very concerned about "dolls".

As Shen Yi was thinking, Vera spoke up: "Someone has started contacting you, mostly from expansion companies."

"A development company?" Shen Yi narrowed his eyes.

He had previously learned about the Starry World's exploration process for the newly emerging Soul Card world.

The development company is usually the first to contact the Soul Card contractor.

They will offer the contractor a cooperation contract and very generous compensation, and all the contractor has to do is allow the exploration company to enter the new Soul Card world for exploration and investigation.

After the exploration was completed, the next group to arrive were mineral development companies and various trading companies that were connected with the exploration company.

It couldn't possibly be Ilovena and her elven world that could attract the attention of the Pioneer Corporation.

Although the reappearance of the elven minions had sparked some discussion within the Academy community for a time.

After all, some of these students come from families that employ elf maids.

Because the elves in the elf world lost the inheritance of extraordinary power, the newborn elves rarely have card effects. Therefore, the parents of the little elves can only do the lowest-level jobs corresponding to their respective genders.

Now, with Shen Yi achieving impressive results using his elf minions, the elves have returned to the public eye.

During this period, many students from the academy sent messages to Shen Yi through the forum, asking to recruit some Little Sprites from him.

But the discussion about the world of elves ends here.

For major corporations, the world of elves has long been depleted, with no mineral resources left to mine, so there is no need to pay any attention to it.

Therefore, these expansion companies could only be targeting Vera.

"It seems you've been identified as a Soul Card by them," Shen Yi analyzed.

"I've been in the industry for so long, and now you're only recognizing me as a Soul Card?" Vera muttered as she cut meat for Shen Yi.

The dolls do not need to eat.

However, Vera's cooking skills are actually quite good.

She said she developed these skills while taking care of her mother.

After her mother fled to seek refuge, she would often prepare three meals a day for her younger sisters, even though the dolls didn't need to eat. It was this kind of family atmosphere that she wanted.

Vera knew that part of the reason for this was that she had deliberately lowered her profile, but the main reason was Mireille's preconceived notions. Without other evidence, Vera would generally not be directly identified as a Soul Card.

Soul Cards are generally created by people from other worlds who make their first connection with the Starry World.

Mira arrived first, followed by Vera. According to the general understanding of the Starry World, in the absence of other evidence, Mira is the more likely candidate for the Soul Card.

This one is just too strong.

"It's probably because of Sona." Shen Yi thought for a moment and guessed the reason.

Sona's Puppet slot proves that Shen Yi has the ability to repeatedly obtain [Puppet] followers, thus greatly increasing the possibility that the first [Puppet] Vera in Shen Yi's hand is a Soul Card.

Of course, the most direct evidence is actually the screenshot of Shen Yi's identity card, which clearly shows the Soul Card World [Puppet World], which is the best proof.

But ever since he learned about what Starry World had done in the Soul Card World, Shen Yi has lost interest in the matter.

"So how should I reply?" Vera asked.

"Automatic reply," Shen Yi said after thinking for a moment.

Actually, for a moment, Shen Yi thought he might as well sign a few contracts and send these companies to the puppet world.

Vera said that the other world was actually a rest stop for her and her sisters, consisting of only one castle.

The castle even contained many traps that Mireille and her friends had set up when they were "little" kids.

Those pioneer groups that went in would only fall into an endless and terrifying trap, becoming food for the castle.

But then I thought about it again. Those who were pioneering on the front lines were actually just the frontline employees of these companies. Making things difficult for them wouldn't make the capitalists of those companies and conglomerates feel any pain.

Since that's not feasible, I'll just not reply.

Moreover, the focus is not on these pioneering companies, but on the deities who have already taken notice of Vera's existence.

They all harbor a deep-seated hatred for Mira, just like Kashu, so they'll probably all come after Vera in the end.

Thinking back on defeating Kashu, Shen Yi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

If I hadn't happened to unlock Vera's new form, I probably would have crashed and burned last night.

No, we need to be fully prepared.