A duelist never gives up!

"Good guess. I use Owl to banish Graveyard Angel, Special Summon Postman from the Deck, activate Postman's effect again, and add Golem Dessert Festival from the Deck to my hand."

"Then, I stack the two Postmen on the field, and the two monsters form a Xyz Network, and Xyz Summon—Magic Queen Dessert Crown Tiramisu!"

The elegant queen appeared on the field again with a scepter in her hand. She looked at the two monsters on the opponent's field and smiled dignifiedly.

"Is this the Xyz Summoning?" Nero felt the Xyz particles in the air, then lowered his left hand holding the duel disk. "I surrender this duel."

"So decisive?" Yuan Qi was a little surprised.

"I've seen you use the effect of Tiramisu. The description says it's a non-targeting bullet, right?" Nero sighed as he looked at the Blue-Eyes Chaos Ultra Dragon in his hand. "My Blue-Eyes Chaos Ultra Dragon can't be targeted by effects, so it's perfectly countered by your Crown Tiramisu."

"I lost this duel the moment I failed to OTK. I only continued to fight to see the Xyz Summon." Nero slowly walked over and placed his deck in Yuan Qi's hand. "Please use it well. If you want to sell it, please let me know. I'll pay the highest price."

After saying that, Nero left the practice room without any regrets.

"No, she just left like that?" Mina said in disbelief.

"You've already lost, why stay if not leave?" Qingshi continued.

"No, how should I put it..." Mina frowned, "I was just annoyed by her sour face. I was expecting her to burst into tears or beg for mercy after losing, but instead she just left peacefully like that?"

"Indeed, it's too calm." Qingshi agreed.

"Is it possible that she is just not used to showing her emotions?" Xuefeng said, looking at the petite figure.

"Never mind her. This is the retribution for evil deeds. Without her deck, I wonder how she can survive." Mina said unhappily.

Xuefeng blinked his big blue eyes, stood up from his chair, and walked to Yuan Qi's side.

"Um... Mr. Yuan Qi, congratulations on your victory." Xuefeng said with a smile.

"It was just luck. If I hadn't known she had the Blue-Eyed Chaos Dragon in her hand, I might have subconsciously defended myself and been killed by her Blue-Eyed Chaos Dragon in one blow."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Xuefeng's eyes darted left and right, biting her lower lip. After a long pause, she finally said, "But Nero-san doesn't have the card you need in his deck, right? What are you going to do? Sell it?"

"Sell it? I'm not short of money, why should I sell it?" Yuan Qi saw through Xuefeng's thoughts at a glance and couldn't help teasing him.

"But...but you don't know how to perform the ritual summoning, so it's useless to keep it on you." Xuefeng said softly.

"How do you know I don't know how to perform ritual summoning?" Yuan Qi laughed. Although he himself didn't know how to perform ritual summoning, as the god of duels, wouldn't it be easy for Ai to perform ritual summoning?

"Hmm..." Xuefeng began to frown and think, but soon, her forehead was tapped lightly.

"Fool."

"I heard from Mina-san that it was Nero-san who came to pick a fight with you first, right? Why are you still speaking up for her?"

"No," Xuefeng shook her head. "Besides trying to provoke me into a duel with her at the beginning, Nero didn't do anything to me. Is Mina exaggerating?"

"Is that so?" Yuan Qi was stunned. He didn't know the details of what happened. All he knew was what he heard from Mina.

"I'm not exaggerating!" Mina jumped to her defense. "Coming here to provoke me for no reason is just picking a fight, isn't it? Holding a rare card that only big families have is just bullying, isn't it? And she's so arrogant! Without the rare card given to her by her family, I don't think she'd dare to cause trouble. Besides, none of the guys in the Red Lotus Society are good people!"

Yuan Qi silently looked at Ai beside him. He used the card printed by the gods... It seemed like he was bullying others?

"Okay, okay, Mina, calm down." Qingshi hurried over to smooth things over.

"I'm sorry, Mina is a little emotional, but there's a reason for that," Qingshi said helplessly.

"One of Mina's friends was coerced into a duel with his deck at stake by the Red Lotus Society. He lost his deck and dropped out of school."

"Although Mina's words were a bit extreme, I think she is right." Qingshi said this with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

"None of the guys from the Red Lotus Society are good people."

Chapter 41: Of course, when you encounter trouble, you should go to the teacher.

"So what are you going to do?"

Ai tilted his head and looked at Yuan Qi. "Just so you know, I definitely know how to do something as simple as a ritual summoning."

"Didn't I tell you the answer from the beginning?" Yuan Qi said expressionlessly, his hands in his pockets. "Anyone obsessed with stealing other people's decks is probably not a good person. I'm going to be the messenger of justice and give them a personality-correcting punch."

"so?"

"So I came here." Yuan Qi looked at the sign in front of him that said "Teaching Department" and knocked on the door gently.

"Please come in."

When Yuan Qi opened the door, he saw Zhu Zheng sitting in an office chair, writing something.

"Student Yuan Qi? Are you finding it difficult to get used to the college life?" Zhu Xiu stopped writing and looked at Yuan Qi in front of him with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, teacher. There are indeed some things that I am not used to." Yuan Qi nodded.

"Tell me about it?" Zhu Xiu asked. After all, the college is located near deep mountains and old forests. Many things are not as convenient as in the city, so many students will feel uncomfortable. This is quite normal. If it doesn't cost much, such as mosquitoes, food, or activities that require application, etc., then there are small problems.

Zhu Xiu will still listen to students' opinions and provide help to a certain extent.

But if they think the equipment is old, or say they want to build a botanical garden or something like that.

Well, I'm sorry, I don't have any money. I'll just say a few words to you perfunctorily and then goodbye.

"I feel very uncomfortable with the existence of a society like the Red Lotus Society." A smile appeared on Yuan Qi's face.

Zhu Xiu, however, could not smile. He frowned, and his gray eyes looked Yuan Qi up and down. Finally, he relaxed his brows and said, "This is an internal matter of the academy. Our teacher will handle it."

"Can you tell me how you handled it?" Yuan Qi said calmly, "I almost lost my deck today."

"Impossible. The person who defeats you will not attack you, and the person who attacks you will never defeat you." Zhu Xiu rejected it outright.

"Teacher, you think too highly of me." Yuan Qi sighed, "What if I get unlucky one day and fall flat on my face?"

"Wait a little longer." Zhu Xiu lowered his eyes and said, "The dean is already handling this matter. Although I'm sorry, please stay out of the spotlight for the time being."

"Do you say this to every student who comes to you?" Yuan Qi asked abruptly, "Do you ask them to just swallow their anger?"

"..."

Zhu Xiu was speechless, but if he could rectify the current atmosphere in the academy, he would have done it long ago.

Wait, if he can't take action...

Zhu Xiu once again turned his gaze towards Yuan Qi: "If you are really willing to wade into this mess, I have a solution."

"That's what I came here for."

"I've told you before why I didn't reorganize the Red Lotus Society, right?" Zhu Xiu stood up and poured a cup of tea for Yuan Qi.

"Because of the Council?"

"To be precise, it was the last National College Competition. Our college was crushingly defeated by the Imperial Royal Duel Academy." Zhu Xiu pushed up the frame of his glasses and said, "The college lost a lot of money and reputation because of that defeat, and the interests of the board of directors were damaged."

"That's why the board of directors took action and demanded changes to the teaching plan. The Red Lotus Society also received support from the board of directors," Zhu Xiu explained slowly. "And the solution to this situation is very simple."

"The Council is simply trying to quickly create powerful young duelists through this radical method before the National College Tournament."

"And you only need to defeat the official duelists they select from the Red Lotus Society to prove that this method is wrong. They will decisively abandon the Red Lotus Society and its ideals, and then choose you without hesitation." Zhu Xiu pointed at Yuan Qidao.

"That's a bit ridiculous," Yuan Qi complained. "As long as I win the duel, will the Council decisively abandon the Red Lotus Society?"

"To those guys, the educational method and style are unimportant. Winning is what matters. If you win, the Red Lotus Society will have no reason to continue to exist." Zhu Xiu said calmly, "If you are willing, I can give you a chance."

"Just an opportunity? What else?" Yuan Qi spread his hands and said, "I heard that the board of directors gave cards to the members of the Red Lotus Society."

"We are dealing with this matter, so I don't really want to get students involved in the fight." Zhu Xiu said he cared about Yuan Qi, but what he actually meant was that I had no intention of asking you for help, and you were not in my plan at all.

"I'm not doing this for myself, I'm making a contribution to the college." Yuan Qi raised his eyebrows.

"Forget it...this card is for you." Zhu Xiu thought about it and felt that he was indeed a bit unfair, so he threw a card to Yuan Qi.

"Snapped!"

Yuan Qi took the card and took a closer look. A huge evil beast appeared on the card - the evil turtle beast Gamsielle.

"Hey, just one? Give me more." Yuan Qi put the turtle into his card box and said.

"You have to understand one thing, I don't think highly of you, classmate Yuan Qi." Zhu Xiu said coldly.

"You mean, you think I will lose?" Yuan Qi asked.

"While you are a very talented duelist, there are probably only a handful of your peers who can compare to you."

"but?"

"But Honglian is even more powerful," Zhu Xiu explained. "I don't think you can defeat her, so I won't have high expectations of you, and therefore won't be able to offer you much help... I'd even advise you not to become her opponent."

"If I had encountered an overly powerful opponent during my student days, I might have been devastated and unable to recover." Zhu Xiu said, as if he recalled something, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes.

"You underestimate me, Teacher. Even if my opponent is truly too powerful for me to defeat, I won't be completely devastated." Yuan Qi said calmly, "I will advance step by step, and then, I will win."

Zhu Xiu was slightly stunned, then looked at Yuan Qi with a strange expression and whispered, "No wonder that guy Nafeli is so optimistic about you."

"In that case, go recruit your team members."

"Huh? Team member?" Yuan Qi didn't quite understand what Zhu Xiu said.

"Don't you know? The National College Competition is a five-on-five head-to-head format. If you were the only one who defeated someone from the Red Lotus Society, the board of directors would just think that your personal ability is outstanding and then write your name on the main list." Zhu Xiu was a little surprised that there were still students who didn't know the rules of the National College Competition.

"If you want the Council to abandon the Red Lotus Society, you must gather five people and then defeat the five regular players of the Red Lotus Society in a five-on-five head-to-head match."

Chapter 42: Is this kid so terrifying?!

"Five against five? I thought I could handle it by myself." Yuan Qi was slightly stunned and said with some embarrassment, "I've just been at the academy for a short time, and there's no way I can get five people together in such a short time. Teacher, do you have any recommendations?"

"No, the strongest students in the academy are basically all in the Red Lotus Society." Zhu Xiu shook his head. "Honglian seems to have a strong appeal. Not long after she founded the Red Lotus Society, she invited all the talented students in the academy to join."

"It's not about appeal, is it?" Yuan Qi curled his lips. "Joining the Red Lotus Society allows you to openly gamble for cards. For those powerful students, this isn't gambling, it's clearly robbery."

"I didn't expect so many students would choose this crooked path." Zhu Xiu was also puzzled. In his eyes, the moral character of the students in the academy couldn't be so bad.

No, it's not a moral issue. The temptation of winning a card deck by winning a game... is it really too great?

"In that case, I'll just find it myself?" Yuan Qi said.

"It's up to you. Just tell me your name when the time comes and I will help you arrange it. But I still say the same thing, classmate Yuan Qi, I don't have any expectations of you." Zhu Xiu repeated it again.

"I understand, teacher."

"Snapped."

Looking at the tightly closed door, Zhu Xiu's brows furrowed again.

Something is wrong. There is something very wrong with this student.

He originally thought that a powerful monster like the Bad Beast would cause him to suffer some backlash, or at least be unable to control it.

But he just calmly put it into the card box? He didn't seem to react at all. You know, I suffered a lot in the past to control the evil beast, but why did it feel like a little white rabbit in his hands?

Wait! Is it not because his Duel Power is too weak that I can't feel it, but because... his Duel Power is too strong for me to sense?!

A drop of cold sweat ran down Zhu Xiu's forehead. If that was really the case, then this student was probably more than just terrifying.

You know, he has been looking through the information of all the dueling families in the empire these days, but he hasn't found an identity that matches Yuan Qi. He can use Ultra Summoning at such a young age, is very proficient in dueling techniques, and even has quite a few rare cards.

How could such a person appear out of nowhere?

Or is it really a talent cultivated by some secret organization?

It's impossible. How could they be willing to send such a talented young man out as an undercover agent? He must have been trained very hard to grow into a top duelist.

"Something is wrong..."

But from current observations, there is nothing wrong with his behavior, and putting aside the mystery surrounding Yuan Qi... he is indeed an excellent student.

He even helped his classmates win back the deck in an attempt to rectify the atmosphere in the academy. Although Nafeli was a little unreliable, he was still somewhat credible.

Well, about as many as the nail on your little finger.

"But if he really printed all of his cards himself, practiced his dueling skills on his own, and his dueling power is simply a gift from nature... then my current actions are malicious speculation about an innocent student."

As a teacher, this kind of thinking is a complete failure.

What kind of teacher are you if you can't trust your students?

But I am not only a teacher, I am also the dean of studies of this college.

I'm so tired, so alone

Moreover, he appeared at this critical juncture and wanted to actively get involved in the vortex of struggle between the academy and the board of directors... This had to make him think deeply.

Zhu Xiu rubbed his forehead, sighed, picked up the landline on the table, and dialed a number: "..."