Aspiring to become a magnetic field card player!

You Ling is a carefree person by nature, and as a teammate, he certainly won't be hypocritically polite to Shark Sister... When he took the breakfast brought by Shark Sister and heard what she said, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Then, he turned his head and saw the Poseidon Water Scale card deck on the table next to him. It was placed neatly behind Shark Girl, lying there quietly.

──Yesterday, when the Swiss round ended and everyone dispersed, You Ling had already temporarily returned Shark Sister's cards to her... After all, the girl herself was there, and she seemed to have recovered from her illness and could move freely, so there was no need for You Ling to keep them for her.

So, after asking Shark Sister yesterday and knowing that she would most likely come to the elimination match venue today, You Ling directly returned all the cards to her.

However, it was probably because You Ling returned the cards to Shark Sister that this happened now... To be precise, the deck was modified by You Ling and almost became his shape.

Thinking of this, You Ling turned his head and looked at Shark Girl... He saw that she pursed her lips tightly, and after asking for guidance, she stopped talking and just stared at You Ling with a sincere face.

You Ling also took a special observation and could clearly see that Shark Girl's expression was not right. Her whole state seemed not very good, and she seemed a little listless - if you look closely, you can also see the faint dark circles under the girl's eyes due to staying up late... It can be seen that even though Shark Girl had just recovered from a serious illness, she stayed up all night for something the night before and therefore did not get a good rest.

However, perhaps because the duelists in the Card King world are all very strong and durable, Shark Girl doesn't seem to have any other symptoms except for the faint dark circles under her eyes. She just looks a little listless.

At this point, You Ling guessed that the female duelists in this world of Card King probably didn't need to use makeup to cover up their bad complexion like the female friends he knew in his previous life, no matter how bad their mental state was... Of course, it was also possible that Shark Girl was already wearing light makeup, but You Ling, a straight man, couldn't see it at all.

Obviously, as a duelist, You Ling can easily see the information about cards and duels - now that her inspiration ability has increased, she can even feel the emotions that the cards themselves want to convey... but the perception ability of female humans is naturally still poor.

However, even with just this little bit of information, You Ling could tell what happened after Shark Girl went back yesterday - it was obvious that after she got back this set of Poseidon Water Scales that You Ling had modified into his shape, she either got excited or took it out out of habit to take a quick look... and then she was completely hooked on it, obsessed with this OCG-style deck that You Ling had modified, which she didn't quite understand but felt was extremely mysterious.

There is a high probability that Shark Sister spent the entire night yesterday studying this OCG-style deck that was modified by You Ling... However, the research probably did not go very smoothly. For Shark Sister, an anime-style duelist who was born and raised in another world, it might not be easy for her to just understand it.

When You Ling first crossed over to this world, he discovered that many card-playing principles that seemed simple and obvious to the people in this world were actually quite difficult to understand. To put it in an analogy, it was just like the obscure advanced mathematics that You Ling learned in college in his previous life... It was just like the setting called "knowledge barrier" in the novels You Ling had read before.

Thinking of this, You Ling recalled a little and indeed remembered that Shark Sister seemed to have sent him a message yesterday and asked a few questions about the deck. He did answer them one by one... but he only asked two or three times, and there was no response from Shark Sister.

──Obviously, Shark Sister felt that it was not a good idea to ask repeatedly using the communication software, so she agreed to meet today and planned to ask You Ling for advice in person.

"Please, Youling... Please guide me about this deck and duels!"

After listening to what Shark Girl said, You Ling blinked...and then saw a small, cautious, slightly expectant little face with an expression of sudden realization.

Shark Sister looked at You Ling's eyes seriously and repeated, "No matter what, I am also a duelist and I have my own pride..."

"If I just watch you fight in a match like this while I sit back and win, I won't feel happy at all..." She turned around and glanced at the deck behind her. "If that happens, not only will I look down on me, but even my deck will look down on me."

- Really? But when I beat up your brother earlier... I remember you seemed quite cheerful.

But even though You Ling was complaining in his heart, he nodded slightly after hearing what Shark Girl said.

The primary reason for nodding was that the scene before him made You Ling feel... a strong sense of déjà vu, even extremely familiar - as if he had seen someone else somewhere before, who had said the same words in front of him.

At this moment, You Ling seemed to have a vague illusion in front of his eyes - the last person who behaved like this in front of him, Marufuji Ryo, looked so respectful when he became his disciple... and every bit of teaching life he spent with Marufuji Ryo at home at that time, echoed in You Ling's mind.

──At that time, Liang was just like Shark Sister now, and all the stories started from here... In fact, it hasn't been too long since this happened. After You Ling and Liang parted ways, it hasn't been many days since they came to this Super Academy, but it feels like a lifetime ago.

──This is probably because after arriving at school, You Ling has been dueling and fighting continuously, which is really too exhausting. Even the perception of time has slowed down a lot... This familiar yet unfamiliar visual experience makes You Ling feel dazed.

Thinking of this, You Ling couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Then he stretched out his hand and grabbed the shark girl who was bowing in front of him.

After all, that's the other person's attitude... You Ling is not an unreasonable guy. He certainly has no reason to refuse Shark Sister, who is already half his own and now a good teammate.

At the same time, Shark Sister raised her head, revealing a somewhat pitiful look, and looked at You Ling: "I know this may be a bit unreasonable... I also know that teaching someone to duel and dueling with them are two completely different things. The difficulty and trouble level may be worlds apart...

"If You Ling feels it's too much trouble and you don't want to do it, that's fine... I understand."

"This...is not it. Since you said so, how can I say no, sister?" You Ling shook his head. He felt the heavy gazes of the people falling on him, making his shoulders feel as heavy as a thousand pounds.

After saying that, You Ling pulled Shark Sister up while reminiscing about the past: "It's just that the way you look reminds me of the summer vacation before... Back then, when I was with that Marufuji Ryo, it seemed like something like this happened."

At this moment, Shark Girl, who heard You Ling's words, tilted her head, and then exclaimed in sudden realization: "...That's right!"

Shark Girl blinked as if she remembered something, looked at You Ling and shouted, "Now that you mention this, I remember that during the summer vacation, you seemed to be doing something with that professional player Marufuji Ryo... So you have quite a lot of teaching experience, I completely forgot about it!"

Hearing this, You Ling couldn't help but frown and looked at Shark Sister - No, so you don't remember at all the past between me and classmate Liang as master and disciple...you haven't thought about this kind of thing at all?

You Ling originally thought that Shark Sister looked well prepared and serious about becoming his disciple because she had thought of everything and knew that he had once taught a very smart disciple, Marufuji Ryo, so she came to him specially... But judging from Shark Sister's reaction at this time, it seemed that this girl simply studied the deck all night, studied it to the point of ecstasy and couldn't figure it out, so she came to him for help on a whim.

──My little teammate...why does his head feel a bit pointy?

Seeing You Ling's unconcealed look, Shark Girl obviously guessed what he was thinking. She blushed and waved her hand, saying, "Uh... don't worry about these details."

Afterwards, she hurriedly turned around as if she wanted to hide something, and put her deck up like she was showing her underwear.

In line with her straightforward and somewhat noisy personality, Shark Sister didn't hesitate at all - she first picked up the top five cards of the deck, arranged them, and then looked directly at You Ling, asked her question, and began to learn.

"I can see that the deck you built has many subtleties. The play style and tactics are also quite different from what I'm used to. They've been modified to a great extent..."

"Especially when I saw you use the first-strike, hand-cutting strategy in your match, it's truly a powerful playstyle that fits perfectly with the deck's essence... But I spent the entire night setting up the deck, and I still don't feel like I've fully grasped it. I'm even unsure if I'm playing it right."

"...Can you tell me about it?"

Hearing that someone wanted to discuss a duel with him, the super card player You Ling immediately perked up and didn't dwell on the trivial matters before. He immediately took over Shark Girl's deck happily, arranged a few key cards and started talking.

"Hey, this is easy... just wait a few seconds and you'll understand."

"The simplest way to solve this problem is for me to lay out each opening hand, tell you the unfolding path, and then you just memorize the combo and that's it—but if you ask me, this is actually a bad idea. After all, it's better to teach a man to fish than to give him fish."

After saying that, You Ling picked up the Sea Prince and waved it in front of Shark Girl, explaining, "Come, let me first tell you about a very advanced concept called link value... No, in this era, it should be called field value."

"Once you understand concepts like these, you can easily estimate your field value based on the number and effects of your starting monsters, how high your final game will end, and how many cards you can cut from your opponent's hand..."

——So, in this lounge, which was supposed to be used for preparing for the upcoming knockout rounds and discussing strategies with the players... it was actually being used by You Ling as a venue for a small OCG class.

But the two people present, one is willing to learn and the other is willing to teach. In short, no one has any objections... You Ling even has a sense of nostalgia for the time when he was playing cards in a card shop in his previous life and met a newbie who asked him how to play a deck combo. It is particularly touching.

At the same time, while You Ling was happily grabbing the card and injecting his OCG thinking into Shark Girl, filling it up - he keenly noticed that in his field of vision, something probably came from the system. Suddenly, a message flashed by.

After taking a closer look, You Ling seemed to be able to see that this seemed to be the progress bar of the Shark Sister character that appeared after the Seven Emperors mission was completed. At this moment, it was flashing brightly.

After calling it up and taking a careful look, You Ling discovered a clue - he was sure that along with his teaching behavior, the task progress bar for this [Character: Kamishiro Rio] had increased significantly.

And this time, although there were only changes in the images and no commentary from the system, the progress bar and these changes seemed so familiar to You Ling... It was exactly the same as when he had just traveled to this world and received the novice character mission from Liang!

──Before this, You Ling had actually thought about it... Regarding Liang's personal role mission, the progress of his mission completion seemed to be linked to Marufuji Liang's own mental state. After helping Liang defeat his inner demons and return to the professional arena, the mission progress was obviously almost full, which meant that the mission was completed.

But what exactly are the shark girl and shark progress bar that appeared in front of him this time linked to? With the novice mission completed and the system prompts reduced, You Ling was completely confused... Unexpectedly, when he was at a loss and didn't know what to do, he actually found the direction by accident.

Looking at the familiar slowly growing progress bar of Shark Girl, You Ling clenched his fists while teaching.

──That’s right, that’s exactly the feeling!

——We’re back… We’re all back!

Volume 1: Chapter 179 Oh no, my sister!

On the day of the elimination match, inside the duel venue.

Despite losing the game yesterday and everyone being eliminated, our leader of the Seven Emperors of Barian, Shark Fish Emperor Shendai Ryoga, who is a passionate duelist who loves duels and pursues all kinds of competitions, still arrived at the duel venue early with his good friend Drewbe.

——Of course, the above reasons such as "love for duels" and "pursuit of competition" probably only account for a small part of the reasons why he came... The rest can be summarized by the words "come to see my sister".

In fact, as a sister-con, especially one who is now on guard for some reason, Shark is quite good at controlling (monitoring) the schedule of his sister, Kamishiro Rio - so he knew that his sister, together with her teammate Manjome Yuu, came to the player's lounge early in the morning and never came out again.

Upon hearing the news... no, upon hearing the tragic news, Shark felt his heart tighten for no apparent reason, and his eyes went dark - then he quickly pulled his good friend Drewbe along and rushed to the competition venue.

As he walked along, his mind, which couldn't help but wander, naturally flashed through countless scenes that would make every sister-con collapse... He even didn't dare to think about it any further, because if he thought about it any further, Shark felt that he might have a nightmare tonight.

Fortunately, he still had his mentor and friend Drewbe by his side. Drewbe, who knew his buddy's character very well, probably saw what he was thinking and naturally comforted him, saying things like, "You came to the lounge so early, you must be preparing for the game very seriously!", "For a duelist, the game is the most important thing, you must be just preparing for the game!"

——But in fact, on the eve of the start of this extremely tense elimination match,... in the remaining time, until the competition officially started on the stage, the two people in You Ling and Shark Sister's team did not do any real work at all. They were happily carrying out the teaching play in the lounge.

At this moment, as the much-anticipated knockout match was underway, many long-prepared duelists had already gathered in the auditorium and other parts of the venue. However, like Shark Drewbe, they could not imagine that some of the highly anticipated teams had not prepared anything before the game. Although they had arrived at the lounge early, neither Youling's team nor the opposing team of Judai had come to do any real work.

──That's right, it's not just You Ling's side, the team on the opposite side, John Judai and his team, are actually not much better... Based on You Ling's understanding of the personalities of his two good brothers, John Judai, he doesn't even need to guess to know that with Judai's character, no matter how big the game is, he probably won't have the slightest bit of tension or urgency, and will just lie in the dormitory without any psychological pressure and sleep soundly until he is almost late.

After spending some time together, You Ling could probably sense that John, the classmate whom Judai had met long ago in this world, seemed to have been infected with the same personality. You Ling even guessed that the only time they could be seen at the stadium was when the competition was about to begin and they were almost late.

And the fact is indeed so - in the end, it was even You Ling, the opponent, who called and woke up the two brothers in the interval of teaching Shark Sister... Because as good friends, You Ling found out when he woke up this morning that the two were still sending messages to him at three or four o'clock in the morning yesterday. Therefore, it would be unlikely for them to get up on time without external factors.

——At this moment, after roughly completing the first phase of the teaching tasks, You Ling looked at his obviously rising Shark Sister progress bar with satisfaction... and walked out of the lounge and headed towards the duel stage.

On the way forward, You Ling just then noticed that the two careless guys who were awakened by his phone call were running into the venue chattering. After being greeted by the staff with both laughter and tears, they ran towards the players' lounge... This was very consistent with the character of this guy in the early stage of the animation in the original work. No matter what course it was or how important the matter was, he would never give up until the last second.

--If the people who saw Judai's out-of-line behavior were people like You Ling who had known Judai's character for a long time, such as those classmates in the Fusion Academy who had known Judai for a long time, they would definitely have been used to it and not been too surprised... But it was obvious that among the audience who had arrived at the venue early, a large number of them were duelists from the main academy of Super Quantity where You Ling was.

No one knew much about Judai's character, and the audience was just buzzing with discussion, their faces drooping... They were all wondering where this guy had come from, how could he even be called a duelist? He looked so listless!

--It must be said that although Judai-san is nonchalant, he is actually very strong, which is really annoying... It is very easy to give people a painful feeling of "I tried hard to prepare for a serious duel, and tried my best but still couldn't get out of the round - but that other person can just play casually and win the championship combo easily with a casual move", which makes the people who don't know the truth have a huge psychological gap. It can be said that it is an important part of the card game competition and you have to experience it.

On the other hand, You Ling's team gave a much more serious first impression, and overall they looked much more energetic than the Tenth Generation John and his team on the opposite side - especially You Ling who was walking in front. He was in a good mood after just finishing teaching because he saw the progress bar rising... and the way he walked towards the duel stage with full of energy and steady steps was so majestic, and he was in line with the word "duelist" at first glance.

Then, Kamishiro Rio, the extremely famous dueling beauty in the entire academy, also followed closely behind him, walking forward with her head lowered... She was obviously still immersed in You Ling's OCG class and had not yet fully recovered. She just followed behind Teacher You Ling obediently like a little follower.

But in fact, thanks to You Ling's previous three years of obscurity, and contrary to their actual status in the team, where You Ling is above Shark Sister, the fame of these two people is actually completely inversely proportional to the current situation... In the eyes of the vast majority of people who do not know the truth, Shark Sister is the main MVP who should walk in front and lead the team forward, and You Ling is the one who gets one free.

Just like the aforementioned Yiwo. Ling Erling ⑦ Siba, classmate Kamishiro Rio is a well-known duelist in the entire Duel Academy. She is extremely outstanding in both strength and interpersonal relationships. She also has the support of her brother, the Shark Emperor, who is also very powerful and has a high status. Seeing such a strong person appear, no matter who they are, they will be convinced. Most people who see her are also looking forward to what kind of duel she will bring to everyone.

But on the other hand, the unremarkable passerby duelist You Ling, who was buying a buy-one-get-one-free deal, should be like, "Who the hell is this guy? Why is he standing in front of Miss Kamishiro Rio? He clearly won by sheer luck, and yet he dares to act so arrogantly? What the hell is he doing?"

──Obviously, according to Shark Sister's personality, she has a very good reputation in the academy, and her personality and character are indeed quite good... This led to many people who saw the composition of their team thinking that You Ling, an ordinary passerby, just relied on luck to match up with Shark Sister, a big shot, and then Rio was soft-hearted and, without being embarrassed to refuse, let this guy happily "hold the big white legs of Kamishiro Rio and enter the elimination round", and that was all.

...After all, even a teacher of Professor Chronos's caliber thought so when he saw the team list - so the other onlookers who were less informed and too lazy to think too much naturally had simpler ideas.

——Obviously, one of the important reasons for this misunderstanding is probably because the live broadcast table that You Ling appeared in yesterday was the first round of the competition. It was too early at that time and not many people came to watch... As a result, many viewers did not know about You Ling's amazing performance in this game, and did not understand the value of him as the academy S6 champion.

The logic behind this matter is quite easy to infer - after all, most of the spectators who came to the venue early today and were so eager to watch the knockout rounds were duelists who lost in the Swiss round yesterday and were unwilling to give up... and as for the duelists who are still in the competition, most of them are just busy with their own games and have no time to pay attention to anything else. There are really not many people like Shark and Kurosaki Ruri who can watch others in the middle of the game.

Most duelists actually don't have much time or energy to watch other people's live broadcast performances during the competition, so it's normal that they don't know You Ling's information.

──Therefore, most of the audience present, even Professor Chronos, the person in charge of the duel arena, had a shocking understanding of You Ling and his team... that the process was completely wrong and the result was also completely wrong.

Therefore, under this level of misunderstanding, You Ling's behavior of not hiding herself at all and shining confidently made people who did not know the truth feel uncomfortable... Even in the bustling audience seats, there were undisguised and obvious discussions.

──Although the entire duel venue was built on a large scale with the financial resources of the Duel Academy, the undisguised discussions at this scale sounded extremely obvious and fell directly into the ears of You Ling and Shark Sister who were preparing in front of the duel arena.

You Ling himself didn't care much about this. After all, he was always indifferent. A true duelist didn't care about other people's nonsense... On the contrary, Shark Girl, who had just lowered her head and immersed in thought, was probably interrupted by these discussions. She suddenly raised her head, frowned slightly, and glanced at the audience with a somewhat unhappy look.

Following the source of these voices, Kamishiro Rio had a cold face and swept her eyes across every corner of the audience one by one. She was probably unhappy that someone was saying bad things about her good teammate and teacher You Ling... Obviously, in this world of Prince of Tennis, the only thing that can quickly make people close is related to playing cards. After several hours of card teaching time, You Ling made Shark Girl extremely convinced both as a teammate and as a duel instructor, and the originally somewhat weird relationship between the two has become much closer.

——This situation is actually just like that of Shark Girl’s predecessor, the object of You Ling’s previous character quest line, his good disciple Marufuji Ryo… Although the system did not explicitly state it, nor did it materialize it, something called favorability was also clearly rising slowly with the quest progress bar.

──If the biggest guard outside the school is Marufuji Ryo, then in the not too distant future, Shark will become the chief guard in the school... Even now, there is already a sense of "Ding, guard radar activated, detected someone saying bad things about the guard!"

As a result, the onlookers in the audience who were originally talking a lot, all shut their mouths involuntarily under the cold gaze of Shark Sister, the chief roving guard... As students of the Duel Academy, everyone present was obviously a skilled duelist, and their duel inspiration ability was naturally very well-trained - although they didn't know the reason for Shark Sister's cold eyes, their intuition told them that it would be right to shut their mouths at this time.

Among the many onlookers swept by this cold gaze, there was Shark, who had also gotten up early and lined up to enter the audience. He had originally planned to come and watch his sister's game. When he saw his sister's reaction and the way she and You Ling seemed to have become closer for some reason even though only a day had passed... his heart couldn't help but tighten.

At this moment, Shark looked at the shark girl standing next to You Ling, just like Taishang Laojun who remembered his elixir. Reminded by his intuition that surpassed normal people, he felt a little panic in his heart.

──Oh no, my elixir... No, it's my sister!

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①: After looking at the voting results, it seems that most readers are in favor of updating once a day, and they have a higher number of votes.

I'll try posting it day by day, starting with the next update. (I'm just worried it might not be coherent or something...)

Volume 1: Chapter 180: Ultimate Gem Beast

In the audience, let’s not talk about Brother Shark who was panicking and about to cry when he saw his sister’s expression... At this moment, in the dueling arena where many duelists were sitting, something that seemed more important to everyone had actually arrived.

As You Ling stepped onto the duel field and, after discussing with Shark Sister in the team, appeared as the vanguard for the first time, it meant that the bell for the start of the elimination round had rung.

And no matter how abstract the players of You Ling and the two opposing teams were, and no matter how unreliable the opposing John Tenth Generation team was, they still stepped onto the duel stage on time, opening the curtain of the first duel of the first round of the knockout stage.

──The first round of the elimination match between the [Not a Duo] team and the [Gem Hero] team... You Ling versus John, begins!

Listening to the commentary announcements from above and the applause from the audience, the two friends looked at each other as they walked onto the duel stage.

Previously, through the Swiss Round news records, the Duel Academy officials were also able to roughly know the deck information of these two people, and could fill in their deck information and display it under their names - and these two decks were naturally the same as those they used most of the time in the Swiss Round, namely You Ling's [Flame King] and John's [Gem Beast].

However, after they step onto the knockout stage, their decks may be slightly different from before according to the rules... That's right, as a serious competition, this knockout stage will be like the side-changing in You Ling's previous life. There will also be some sideboard cards that can be swapped in before the game.

It was only because of the different competition mode and worldview that You Ling specifically checked the general format of this game - it seemed a little different from the Yu-Gi-Oh competition rules he was familiar with in his previous life... The most obvious difference was the limit on the number of sidés that could be used in this elimination round, which was mainly reflected in the [card name] rather than the overall [number] of fifteen cards.

Simply put, as long as you select the name of a card in the sideboard, you can carry as many copies as you like, whether it's zero or three, and you can swap it into the main deck in equal positions - but perhaps because of this reason, the overall number of cards that can be swapped in has been reduced to a total of six in the single digits.

You Ling was quite serious about competitions and duels, and he was well aware that following the rules was not for fools' sake—so the deck he was using now had been slightly adjusted after being reported before the start of the knockout rounds.

At this moment, as the two of them drew closer, John, a good brother, immediately looked at You Ling and the words "Flame King" displayed below his name. He laughed heartily and said, "Flame King... You Ling, we're so familiar with each other, and we know each other's decks inside and out. Don't add any weird stuff to your deck just to target mine."

Hearing this, You Ling naturally smiled and shook his head: "How is this possible? I can't know for sure whether the first encounter was you or that Judai guy..."

"What I used was just the same ordinary Flame King as before...or at least a cute little Flame King with a 'little' bit of beauty added to it."

——What You Ling said was all he could say, but no matter whether it was the audience in the audience or John sitting opposite him, everyone who saw the sinister expression on his face could feel that what he called an ordinary Flame King was absolutely bullshit.

At the same time, looking at John, his opponent standing so close to him, You Ling couldn't help but recall the appearance of this guy when he first appeared in the second part of the Yu-Gi-Oh anime GX in his previous life.

In the original GX anime, when the character John first appeared, he had a passionate duel with Judai... Now, even after two lifetimes, You Ling feels that the scene in front of him is almost exactly the same when he recalls it, as if it were a lifetime ago.

Of course, as for the specific impression of this duel, You Ling actually doesn't remember it very clearly because it has been so long... I just remember that in that duel, John and Judai fought for a long time, and the final result of the duel was also quite strange. John shouted the name of his trump card very powerfully, but because he did not have the trump card of the Ultimate Gem God, he lost the game.