A duelist never gives up!

"No," Ai refused decisively. "Don't waste your Duel Power on such a short distance. Do you still want a new deck?"

"A new deck... okay." Yuan Qi looked at the Duelist Alliance headquarters in the distance, thought about it, and took a step forward.

Let's go, it doesn't look very far, as long as we go in the direction...

Twenty minutes later.

Yuan Qi stood on the busy street, sweating profusely.

"Well, how about I take you there?" Ai couldn't help but speak when he saw this.

"No, we have to save our energy for dueling." Yuan Qi shook his head stubbornly, raised his head and looked at the headquarters of the Duelist Alliance "not far away", and took two breaths.

It's right in front of me, but for some reason I can't reach it no matter how many times I go around in circles. Who designed the roads in the royal capital? Can't they be straighter?

Just when Yuan Qi was about to ask a passerby for directions, he suddenly felt someone patting his shoulder.

"Hi, handsome guy, you seem to be in trouble?" A crisp voice sounded from behind. Yuan Qi turned around and saw an orange-haired girl wearing a white shirt on the upper body and jeans on the lower body waving her hand to greet him.

"Am I handsome?" Yuan Qi blinked and pointed at his face.

"No, I heard from those aunties selling things on the street that if you call someone handsome or beautiful, most people will pay attention." The girl stuck out her tongue embarrassedly and said, "But you are also very handsome, a bit like my idol, Yuan Qi!"

Not a bit like that, I am.

Yuan Qi opened his mouth, but instead of saying this, he asked, "What do you want?"

"No, no, no, I think you look like you're in trouble." The girl shook her head and said, "You've been wandering around in circles. Are you lost?"

Yuan Qi was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I guess so."

"Your accent doesn't sound like you're from the royal capital. Is this your first time in the royal capital? The road to our royal capital is a bit roundabout. If you don't mind, do you want me to lead the way for you?" The girl said with a sincere look on her cute and playful face.

"This isn't my first time in the capital. It's my second time here," Yuan Qi explained, pointing to the Duelist Alliance headquarters in the distance. "I want to go there. Could you tell me the way?"

"Oh, how do you get there? Even if I tell you, you won't understand. My car is over there. Follow me." The girl waved her hand.

"Okay." Seeing the girl in front of him so enthusiastic, Yuan Qi couldn't postpone it any longer and had to follow her.

Then he saw an orange motorcycle.

"Motorcycle?!" Yuan Qi rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he had seen it wrong.

"Huh? Do you know motorcycles?" the girl asked in surprise. "This is the latest product of our Royal Capital Research Institute. It's not for sale to the public."

"Research Institute..." Yuan Qi nodded slightly, and couldn't help but feel curious about this research institute.

"Anyway, my name is Shana, and this is my motorcycle, the Sun. We will be responsible for taking you to the headquarters of the Duelist Alliance!" Shana patted the seat of her motorcycle and said proudly.

"Okay, how much does it cost?" Yuan Qi said, taking out his wallet.

"Eh? What money?" Shana looked at Yuan Qi with some confusion.

"Is there no charge for riding your motorcycle?" Yuan Qi asked doubtfully. In his eyes, the girl was the kind of person who pulled a rickshaw on the street in his previous life.

Give customers an experience from the last century and then charge exorbitant fees.

It’s just that the girl is giving the experience of technology in return.

"It's free." Shana blinked.

"Free?" Yuan Qi asked doubtfully.

"Yeah, it's free!" Shana said, straddling the motorcycle and patting her butt. "Come on up quickly, it's a little hot."

Yuan Qi hesitated for a moment, but still sat on it.

Are the people in the royal capital so enthusiastic?

As the engine started, the motorcycle named Sun began to run on the street.

"Well, hold my waist with your hands." Shana lowered her head slightly, looked at her belly, and said with a slightly red face, "Otherwise it will be dangerous."

"Oh." Yuan Qi stretched out his hand and hugged the girl's slender waist.

"This is no different from not hugging at all!" Shana curled her lips and looked at Yuan Qi's hands.

"understood."

"Don't hold me so tight!"

"..."

After turning two corners, Shana, who was sitting in the front, suddenly asked, "By the way, why are you going to the Duelist Alliance headquarters?"

"Work?" Yuan Qi thought for a moment and answered.

"Work? What kind of work?" Shana was a little confused and didn't understand what Yuan Qi said.

"Probably just be an investigator for a while." Yuan Qi said lightly.

"Investigator?!" Shana said in surprise. "That requires the level of a professional duelist, right?"

"Is that so?" Yuan Qi was not very clear about the rules of the Duelist Alliance.

"You're going there without knowing anything." Shana sighed. "To become an investigator, you have to pass the professional duelist exam. Do you have what it takes?"

"No matter what, I still have the strength of a professional duelist." Yuan Qi said.

"Yes...yes." Upon hearing this, Shana pursed her lips and continued, "So...you are very strong?"

"I guess so." Yuan Qi answered casually. In his sight, the headquarters of the Duelist Alliance seemed to be getting closer and closer.

"Is that so?" An inexplicable light flashed in Shana's eyes, and then she suddenly turned into the street on the right.

"Hey, you're going in the wrong direction," Yuan Qi reminded.

"Ahem, I told you, the road to our capital is a bit roundabout." Shana coughed twice.

"But I feel like we should have arrived if we just walked a little further." Yuan Qi said, looking calmly at the girl's face in front of him through the rearview mirror. "Tell me, what's going on?"

As if realizing her purpose had been exposed, Shana said a little embarrassedly, "Well... since you're so strong, could you help me with a duel?"

"..."

"I'll thank you after I succeed. Even if I lose, I'll send it to the Duelist Alliance headquarters for you! As for money, I don't have much, but I can give it all to you!"

"..."

"Please, my friend's deck was taken away by someone in a duel. Please help me!"

Yuan Qi sighed slightly, feeling that the scene before him seemed familiar.

"Take me there." Yuan Qi agreed.

"Okay, okay! Thank you! You are such a nice person!" Shana said happily, increasing the speed of the motorcycle a little bit.

When Yuan Qi heard Shana's voice of thanks, a helpless expression appeared on his face.

He knew that there was no free lunch in this world.

Chapter 3: I'm just a noob!

Royal Capital, eight o'clock in the morning.

The orange Sun was speeding along the flat road like a cheetah running wildly on the plains.

"So what exactly is the situation?" Yuan Qi, who was sitting at the back of the Sun, spoke while feeling the strong wind blowing beside his ears.

"Joanna Ainoer." Shana lowered her head and said in a deep voice, "She is the eldest daughter of the Ainoer family. Her father is a senior investigator of the Duelist League. She graduated from the Royal Academy five years ago. Her height..."

"Wait, I didn't ask you who your opponent was." Yuan Qi quickly interrupted Shana's introduction, "I asked you about what happened, such as why your friend lost the deck."

"A deck is a very precious thing for a duelist, right?" Yuan Qi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is it really okay to just use your own deck?"

Shana pursed her lips and said, "Didn't the Royal Academy lose to the Duelist Academy in this year's National High School Competition?"

"Well, then what?" Yuan Qi asked puzzledly. How did this have anything to do with the National College Competition?

"Because of this, the atmosphere in the academy has been somewhat low, so the Royal Academy has invited over a dozen outstanding graduates to return to perform duels and provide duel guidance, hoping to boost everyone's morale."

"But, just when my friend was about to give Joanna duel guidance..."

"I don't think I've heard of your last name before. Could you be a commoner?"

"..."

"Tsk, forget about the common people. I have no interest in teaching them. With your third-rate deck and low duel level, it's useless to teach them. It would just be a waste of my time."

"..."

"Huh? An apology? If you want an apology from me, then let's duel. But I don't really want to duel with a commoner like you... How about this? I'll bet you your deck. If you win, I'll apologize for my words and hand over my deck. If you lose... you'll have to admit that you're a worthless commoner and give me the deck!"

"..."

"Commoners are commoners. How could you possibly defeat me, the eldest daughter of the Aino family? The Royal Academy lost the championship because they started admitting commoners like you. Well, I may be a little disgusted, but I'll accept your deck."

……

"I see." Yuan Qi nodded, roughly understanding the context of the matter. "In short, your friend was taunted, then attacked, and then was killed. Is that correct?"

"What's going on?" Shana said gloomily. "I originally wanted to help my friend win back the deck myself, and even secretly took out my father's dinosaur deck to duel her, but I found out..."

"My duel level is too low. I can't use many cards, and many monsters are unwilling to obey my orders." Shana said with some shame.

"You..." Yuan Qi opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but no words came out.

"Okay! I'm just a loser! I know I'm a loser, so I've been looking for guys with high duel levels to help me on the street these days." Shana said in despair.

When Yuan Qi heard this, he frowned and asked in confusion, "How do you know my duel level is so high?"

"It's not me, it's this!" Shana proudly stretched out her left hand. On the girl's fair wrist, there was a black watch.

"Although it looks like a watch, and it can be used as one, it's actually a Duel Power detector!" Shana said excitedly. "Just point the needle at a person and you can tell their Duel Power level!"

"Hey, you're still driving, don't ride the motorcycle with one hand!" Yuan Qi saw Shana shaking her arms and quickly reminded her.

"It's okay, it's okay. My Sun is like my third leg. Not to mention operating it with one hand, I can even let go of both hands for a while without any problem!" Although Shana said this, she still put her left hand back.

The third leg... do you really know what you are talking about?

Yuan Qi's eyelids twitched. The girl before him was different from any girl he had ever seen before. How could he describe it?

"A bit off-kilter, huh?" Ai, floating in mid-air, suddenly spoke up. "Just the kind of quirky, weird type with a slightly off-kilter mindset."

"Aren't you tired of following the speed of the motorcycle like this?" Yuan Qi looked at Ai curiously and asked in a low voice.

"It's a piece of cake. Compared to something like this, your dueling power level should be almost zero. How did she know your dueling level was so high?" Ai frowned, a little suspicious. "Could it be... that she detected me? That shouldn't be the case, based on the level of human technology..."

"What's my duel level shown on your watch?" Seeing Ai talking to himself, Yuan Qi simply asked Shana directly.

"Hmm, it says the test failed," Shana replied nonchalantly. "My dad told me there's only one possible explanation for a test failure: the person is carrying something that can block the detection."

"And that kind of thing is a rare item that only wealthy families have. So... you must also be a direct descendant of a wealthy family, right? And you must be very talented, otherwise why would they give you such a precious thing?"

Yuan Qi glanced at the bracelet under his sleeve and finally understood the problem.

It turned out that this thing exposed itself.

"boom!"

Shana stopped her motorcycle, looked ahead with a serious expression and said, "We're here."

Yuan Qi followed Shana's gaze and first saw a huge iron gate. Through the iron gate, he could see a tall villa standing inside the iron gate.

"This is Joanna's home. I made an appointment with her to duel here." Shana said, jumped off the motorcycle, and rang the doorbell a few times roughly, "Hey, Joanna, I'm here!"

"Zi...Zi..."

Not long after, a cold female voice came from the intercom at the door.

"Wow, I didn't expect you to actually come. Although you are also a commoner, considering that your father is a researcher at the research institute, I have reluctantly agreed to this duel, but..."

"You should understand the price of losing, right?"

"Don't worry, if I lose, I will naturally hand over my deck, but if you lose, just give Alan's deck back to me!" Shana said gritting her teeth.

"I don't know where to put that commoner's deck, but if you want it so badly, come and get it!"

As he spoke, the iron door in front of Yuan Qi made a "click" sound and slowly opened, revealing a long marble walkway. At the end of the walkway, a white villa stood there.

"Let's go." Shana swallowed and took the first step forward.