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

There is a card.

I want to go to her place...

Chapter 19 This Card Wants to Go to Your Place (Part Two)

"Pfft!"

The sound of a rapid heartbeat came again.

Luo Baihu's body trembled, he gasped, and leaned back tactically.

He quickly picked up Tony the teacher.

His gaze shifted sharply, and he asked, "Teacher Tony, what do you think?"

"Meow~"

"Is the shop haunted...?"

"Meow!"

Just a day earlier, he was a native-born Earthling who believed in dialectical materialism.

Supernatural phenomena are still too early for him.

If it were magic cards, he could accept anything, no matter how strange it was, but this was a card box from a shop...

I even slept with it last night.

"Pfft!"

The card case seemed to vibrate, disrupting the tranquil atmosphere. Luo Bai stared intently at the card case that made the sound, his heartbeat seemingly growing stronger with his breathing, like a rapidly beating drum.

A chill spread, and an eerie atmosphere filled the air. Even the fat cat, Tony, couldn't help but shiver. The usually quiet atmosphere of the card shop was broken by the sound of his heartbeat, as if an invisible hand was caressing his soul.

As Luo Bai approached the card box, his heartbeat grew clearer. Curiosity overcame his fear, and he finally mustered his courage to gently open the card box. In an instant, a void of blackness burst forth with a burst of intense light.

Suddenly, the bright light disappeared, and everything returned to calm.

A card suddenly slid to the side of the card box, surrounded by wisps of black mist that appeared and disappeared in the distance.

[True Blood Male. Vampire, 3000/2800]

True Blood Vampire

Overload Tier 8, Dark Attribute Undead, Epic.

2 or more 8-star monsters

If you use monsters whose original owner is your opponent as Xyz Material for this card, those monsters are treated as Level 8. You can only use the second effect of this card's name once per turn.

①: This card cannot be targeted by the effects of monsters Special Summoned from outside the Graveyard.

②: You can activate this effect by detaching 1 Xyz Material from this card. Send the top 4 cards of both players' Deck to the Graveyard. If this effect sends a monster to either player's Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 monster that you could send to the Graveyard to your field.

Magic Card Evolution: When 【True Blood Vampire】 is successfully summoned, it forcibly activates up to four Magic Cards on each of the surrounding Magic Card Masters. If any of these are Monster Cards, it gains control of one Monster Card Spirit from each Magic Card Master.

【True Blood Vampire】 cannot be targeted by the effects of cards Special Summoned from outside the Graveyard.

Epic-level [Intimidation Aura] (applicable to all epic-level card spirits): Epic-level card spirits will fully activate their [Spirituality], become 100% materialized, are unaffected by the effects of card spirits below the Extraordinary+ level, will not be released by them, and will receive 99% reduced combat damage.

Once a Card Spirit/Magic Card is promoted to Epic rank, it will no longer be just a card, but will become a [Weapon of War].

"Do you know this girl?" For some reason, Luo Bai started talking to the playing cards in his hand.

The cards breathed heavily once more.

A chill ran through his body from his fingers, and the air was filled with black mist and skull smoke, as if the entire card shop had become a sinister and terrifying undead world.

"Hey!" Luo Bai thought for a moment, then gently called out to Melonika, who was squatting on the ground hugging him.

"What's your name?"

Melonika's body trembled slightly upon hearing this. She slowly raised her head, her eyes still glistening with tears, and choked out, "Melonika Mikasa Margulies."

Luo Bai: "..."

Hello, Miss Mei.

"Interested in buying a card set? It seems you have an old friend who left it with me..."

"An old friend?" Melonika was momentarily stunned.

Her gaze involuntarily drifted to the card box in Luo Bai's hand, and she muttered hesitantly, "I'd like to buy it, but I don't have anything of equal value..."

“You can trade it for a magic card,” Luo Bai said in a cunning and wicked tone.

Trading playing cards for magic cards, that's a huge profit.

Melonika's eyes widened in surprise, but before she could respond, the cold, mechanical voice of the program rang out from the card shop.

[Store manager's misconduct detected]

[The card box is for sale only, not for exchange or gifting.]

Each card box must be sold for no less than 1 carat of negative cubic crystal.

After the sound warning ended, a force of rules forcibly stuffed [True Blood Vampire] back into the card box and resealed it.

The self-protection system of the deceased store's form program has been activated to prevent low-level store managers from mindlessly sending cards and damaging the self-ecosystem. Once the store managers have higher permissions and become more experienced, these settings can be reset.

"There's such a rule?" Luo Bai asked in confusion.

Do you have a 1-carat negative cubic crystal?

Melonica pursed her lips and shook her head, saying, "No..."

"Is the Golden Point okay?"

"It seems like that won't work." Luo Bai sighed helplessly.

One carat of negative cube crystal can be exchanged for one million gold points at any time with the various fortresses [the five major forces], but one million gold points cannot be exchanged for one carat of negative cube crystal. Gold points are a kind of virtual electronic currency, which has no intrinsic value and cannot be used as hard currency.

Negative cubic crystals are the only things that will never depreciate. They are useful wherever energy is needed. They can even be digested and converted into bioenergy. One carat of them can keep you from eating for more than ten years.

The current black market exchange rate is around 1.2 million, and it continues to rise.

This item is generally used by powerful forces; if an ordinary individual carries it, they're just asking to be robbed.

Just as the two were struggling to decide whether to sell or buy, but were constrained by the rules of the Rebirth Shop, Luo Bai's clever mind suddenly had an idea.

My thoughts began to race.

The essence of this sales mechanism is to protect card stores.

So, as long as it doesn't affect the card store's profits, it's fine?

His gaze shifted, and he typed a line of text into the AI-powered dialog box of the table program:

Can I pay in installments?

Unable to resolve installment payment concept

[Please have the store manager give a brief explanation.]

Biantana doesn't even have the concept of installment payments!

"For the card boxes that are sold, the clerk can choose to pay in installments, but an additional [handling fee] will be charged."

"For example, if the original price of a box is 1 carat and it is to be paid in 10 installments, the repayment should be 0.1 carats per installment. However, an additional 10% handling fee is required, so the actual repayment per installment is 0.11 carats."

"If the clerk fails to make payment as agreed in the current period, an additional late payment fee of 0.01 carats per day will be charged. If the installment is terminated early, a penalty of 0.1 carats will be charged."

What do you think?

Luo Bai typed away.

【Reasonable】

[Contract being updated...]

"Unfortunately, we lack the means to collect debts by force."

There are no laws here, so there's no guarantee that the clerk won't run away immediately after getting the card box, or simply become a deadbeat.

[Contract update complete]

The store manager can monitor installment payment staff in real time, or forcibly remove them from the store.

Wow~

This program is determined to never lose a single penny.

“Miss Mei.” Luo Bai cast a friendly glance at Melonica.

"Our store has just launched a new card purchase discount policy, which is perfect for your situation."

"Huh?" Melonica looked bewildered.

"I don't know if you've heard of it..." The mist covering Luo Bai's face grew thicker, and his voice was hoarse like a demon's.

Installment payments.

Chapter 20 has a rather grand scope.

"Installment payment?" Melonica was clearly hearing this term for the first time and looked completely bewildered.

“It’s okay if you can’t come up with a 1-carat negative cubic crystal right now. You can pay back a little bit every month and slowly.” Luo Bai began to use his talent as a shop manager.

He had the face of a philanthropist, and his voice was as gentle as a spring breeze.

"It just means you have to pay a tiny bit more in handling fees each month."

"How much is the handling fee?" Melonica asked softly, her head lowered.

I'm a little unsure.

If it were more than 30%, she wouldn't be able to come up with the money; she had just been expelled from the family and didn't have much money on her.

"Ten percent."

"Just ten percent?"

The word "then" completely baffled Luo Bai.