Yu-Gi-Oh!: This card wants to go to you.

Luo Bai turned to look at the half-locked wooden cabinet.

"The old man put the deck away because he didn't want me to see it."

"But it's not locked when it's put away..."

"It seems the old man is hiding a lot from me..."

A complex mix of emotions welled up inside him. He took a deep breath, a frustrated yet helpless smile playing on his lips, filled with感慨 (a complex feeling of mixed emotions, often including regret or reflection).

Looking back on the bizarre experiences of the past few days, those seemingly coincidental yet interconnected events suggest that the secrets the old man carries may be far more profound and weighty than he imagined.

"never mind."

Luo Bai gave up thinking, closed the cabinet door, and took the [Cursed Eye] deck back to the first floor.

"Ok?"

He glanced at the time on the computer screen and paused slightly.

"Only fifteen minutes have passed?"

If you deduct the time spent searching in your own room, wouldn't that dream have only lasted a minute or two, or even less?

“Teacher Tony…” Luo Bai turned his head, wanting to ask something.

All I found was a lazy, fat cat curled up on the sofa, its fluffy body rising and falling with its even breathing, as if it had never woken up.

"hiss..."

Luo Bai gasped, feeling a chill run through his body.

"Was that weird meow just now not Tony the hairdresser? Or... did it become sleepwalking?"

No time to think about it, I still have a lot of tasks to do tonight.

If you can manage to make half a deck within two hours, and after accounting for any mistakes, you can probably make about seventeen or eighteen cards.

Luo Bai spread out the old shopkeeper's [Cursed Eye] deck.

Since it's not a deck I usually play, I roughly know that this deck doesn't really have a strong core, it can sacrifice health, it doesn't have many extraordinary cards, and it doesn't rely too much on the Extra Deck...

The cards must be refined first according to their effectiveness.

He flipped over the cards one by one, carefully reading their effects.

"【Cursed Eye of Calamity】...two copies in the graveyard with cost? Deck search? And a graveyard effect? ​​What a fake card, holy crap."

"Full 3".

"【Dead Apostle of the Cursed Eye】... Normal Summon to search for one card, Speed ​​2 card destruction... Max 3."

"【City of Illusions】...Field spell, searches for monsters of the same type...blah blah...max 3."

”2【太阴】2【蛇发】2【眷属】1【断罪】1【妒绝】...嗯...17张...再来一张本家link3，差不多了。”

Generally speaking, the higher the rarity of a blasphemous card's pattern, the higher the accumulated (story) spirituality, and the longer it takes to create.

挑选出来的18张中，超凡卡3【沙利叶】2【太阴】1【咒眼之王】，6张的话应该问题不大。

make up one's mind.

"Go!"

Luo Bai skillfully scanned the hidden patterns on the playing cards into the computer, activating tonight's [Sensing Qi], [Communicating with Spirits], and [Sealing].

...

"Boom boom boom!"

Halfway through the preparation, a dull knock came from the water outside the shop, creating ripples that broke the tranquil surface of the water.

"Binail?"

The girl's voice was calm and clear as a stream, flowing in through the crack in the wooden door and reaching Luo Bai's ears, carrying a hint of worry and confusion.

She was probably worried that her best friend might have fallen into the toilet.

"No guests."

Upon hearing this, Luo Bai frowned, a resolute glint flashing in his deep eyes: "No guests."

I have other commitments to attend to tonight and cannot receive guests.

As soon as the command was given, something amazing happened.

An invisible energy activated the store's advanced defense system. A barely audible mechanical whirring sound was heard, and the wooden door vanished like a dream, the knocking ceasing abruptly.

More than two hours later.

"knock off!"

Wuhu!

Luo Bai raised his hand and shouted when no one was in the store, figuring it would only wake up one cat anyway.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, rubbed his aching arms a couple of times, and let out a long sigh of relief.

Looking at the time, there were still ten minutes left.

It was faster than planned, or rather, more efficient!

Without him, only familiar with you!

"New deck, new life!"

Luo Bai is full of hope for the future and is ready to embrace his new life at the academy.

But when he arrived at the college registration office the next day, the scene before him left him stunned.

All the new students around me were wearing the same school uniform, in red, yellow and blue, looking neat and uniform. Only I was dressed in casual clothes, making me look out of place.

"Where's my school uniform?" Luo Bai squinted at the counselor.

The counselor felt a chill run down his spine under his gaze and awkwardly chuckled, "The academic affairs system... wants you to go to the dean's office."

"The dean's office?" Luo Bai frowned.

After a moment's thought, the image of Yi Lan came to mind.

"What is she up to now..."

He muttered something to himself and followed the counselor to the back of the first teaching building.

There stood the training base of the Bian Yuelong team. Several team members dressed in white on the first and second floors stared blankly as Luo Bai walked up to the third floor, their eyes filled with astonishment and worry.

"That's... a new player?"

Did the agent say anything?

"They didn't say anything, oh no, I'm at the bottom of the leaderboard..."

News of the new recruits' interviews quickly spread throughout the base, and many people began to worry that they would be kicked out of the team.

"good luck!"

After dropping Luo Bai off at room 308, the counselor saluted him, then slipped away as if relieved, without looking back.

Luo Bai frowned and knocked on the door.

There's always a strange sense of crisis in my heart.

"Enter."

A cold, clear voice soon came from inside the door.

Luo Bai pushed open the half-closed iron gate and stepped inside.

Yi Lan was sitting in the dean's seat, handling official business, when she saw the person who came in, her expression was slightly taken aback.

She took off her dark coat, revealing her fair and translucent arms, exuding a serene and otherworldly aura.

She walked lightly behind Luo Bai, and with a flick of her wrist, locked the iron gate with a click.

(Luo Bai: ?)

soon!

She pulled out the key and tossed it out the window.

(Luo Bai: ?)

After doing all this, Yi Lan sat back down in the dean's seat.

She gracefully crossed her long, slender, and lewd white legs, tilted her chin slightly towards the person opposite her, and gave Luo Bai a meaningful smile.

"Please sit down."

Chapter 184 Sincerity is the Ultimate Weapon

"what?"

She moved so fast that Luo Bai couldn't react in time.

Am I trapped?

In the enclosed space, alone with a man, the atmosphere was awkward. Luo Bai couldn't help but recall the old shopkeeper's teachings: "Boys, when you're out and about, you must also protect yourself."

"what do you mean?"

He turned to look at the locked iron gate and asked.

“It’s nothing,” Yi Lan replied casually, her voice cool and low. “I just don’t want our conversation to be interrupted, that’s all.”

Luo Bai was a little confused. He sat down opposite her and asked, "Why did you call me here?"

"Answer me one question first," Yi Lan said coldly, "Why do you want to apply to Bian Yuelong Academy?"

"A dignified Silver Head, condescending to be a freshman at a Level 4 Fortress Academy?"

"What...what exactly is your purpose?"

Her last sentence was full of doubt and wariness. Her pale blue pupils emitted a chilling light as she stared intently at Luo Bai, trying to see through his inner world.

"Purpose?" Luo Bai was taken aback. After thinking for a moment, a helpless smile appeared on his lips. He said bluntly, "Well... room and board included."

"We've only been here a short time, so we need a place to stay."