A duelist never gives up!

"Airi? Why are you here? Where's Ryan-senpai?"

Airi scoffed disdainfully, walked past Shiratori Nozomi with an indifferent expression, and said lightly: "To deal with an opponent of this level, there is no need to trouble the captain to take action. I can handle it alone."

When Shiratori Nozomi heard this, she immediately understood something and said with a gloomy expression, "Doing this is just... isn't it just admitting that we're scared?"

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Airi seemed to have no reaction, but Shiratori Nozomi didn't wait for Airi's reply and jumped off the field with a light jump.

"Forget it... just look up at my heroic figure from the audience!" Airi puffed out her cheeks, somewhat dissatisfied with Shiratori Nozomi's attitude. However, when she thought of the scene after she won, her dissatisfaction subsided a little. She raised her duel disk and said to Hara Nana, "Come on!"

"duel!"

"duel."

Airi didn't rush to draw the cards. Instead, she closed her eyes and began to think. Soon, each card surface clearly appeared in her mind: "This... this... and then this... That's right, as long as I do this, victory in this duel will belong to me!"

Then, the girl opened her eyes with a determined look and said calmly, "I choose to take the initiative."

"Um...what are you talking about?" Yuan Qi looked at the short little girl in front of him, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

"I said, I choose to take the first move!" Ai Li frowned slightly and said impatiently.

"But, I was the one who chose who went first." Yuan Qi pointed at himself with a strange look on his face.

"...Huh?!" Airi's face turned pale in an instant. Thinking about it carefully, she realized that she had indeed not heard the sound of the duel disk just now. Wait, if my deck is in the last move, it feels a bit bad!

However, before Airi could think about it, Hara Nana continued, "I choose..."

"Wait! You want to choose the backhand, right? You want to choose the backhand, right?" Airi interrupted hurriedly.

"How is that possible? Of course I have to choose to take the initiative." Yuan Qi said as a matter of course. In a duel, the one who attacks first is half the winner, okay?

"But, but, look, your Broken Sword and Crown Tiramisu are both one-speed cards, right? Even if you attack first and make them, it's useless. On the contrary, attacking later can clear the field and kill..." Airi racked her brains to analyze the advantages of attacking later to Yuan Qi, and she was so dry-mouthed and sweaty that she felt a sense of fatigue even though the duel hadn't even started yet.

"Yeah, yeah, what you said makes sense." Yuan Qi nodded seriously.

"Then do you want to choose a backup plan?" Airi pursed her lips and looked at Yuan Qi with hope in her eyes.

"No, I choose to go first." Yuan Qi shook his head and drew five cards from the deck. He took a quick glance and said softly, "Then I will enter the main phase and Normal Summon Madeline Witch."

The lovely witch appeared in front of everyone riding a glittering silver fork, showing a playful and cute smile, but brought tons of damage to Airi.

Woohoo… my plan went wrong, what should I do? My deck isn't very strong in the backhand!

At this moment, Airi no longer had the confidence she had when she first came on stage. She looked like a fish dried in the sun, emitting a strong smell of salted fish.

"Wait, even though my breakthrough power isn't high, his deck's field-building power isn't strong either, right?" Airi realized suddenly as she looked at the cards in her hand. According to the data, this former player often uses trap cards like Intimidating Roar and Scrap Scarecrow to protect the monsters on his field, and then gathers together to kill them at T3. There seems to be no resistance in the family system except for Night of the Magical Doll. The only thing that needs attention is Book of the Moon and Forbidden Holy Grail!

From this point of view, it seems that having a backup plan is not a bad thing!

"I activate the effect of Madeline Witch and add Golem Dessert Jelly Angel from my deck to my hand."

That’s right, that’s right, the round ends just like that…

"Then I activate Golem Dessert Salon." Hara Nana inserted the magic card in his hand into the Duel Board and said, "As long as this card is in the Magic Trap Zone, I can only summon a Golem Dessert monster once in addition to the Normal Summon."

After saying that, Yuan Qi slapped the Jelly Angel on the Duel Disk and said, "I Normal Summon the Jelly Angel."

"Is it just one more Normal Summon?" Airi's heart skipped a beat. It was just one more Normal Summon, but for some reason she felt a little uneasy.

"I then activate Jelly Angel's effect, releasing Jelly Angel and Special Summoning Pancake Owl in Defense Position from the Deck."

The cute jelly angel unfortunately left the stage not long after it appeared, and was replaced by an owl wearing small glasses who appeared on the duel field.

"Then I activate Owl's effect, banishing Jelly Angel from the Graveyard, Special Summoning Postman from the Deck, and then activate Postman's effect to retrieve Golem Dessert Coupons from the Deck."

Puppet dessert coupon?

A puzzled look crossed Airi's face. Logically, shouldn't he search for that Golem Dessert Stroll? He didn't know what the effect was, but it was a Trap Card after all, right? Or was Stroll already in his hand?

Then we should search for the Night of the Magic Doll! Aren't there monsters in the cemetery?

That's right, although Airi looks silly, she is actually well prepared.

After receiving the news yesterday that they would be facing the Duelist Academy today, she watched all the recorded duels of the original seven and five people, and it can be said that she is very familiar with the deck construction of the original seven.

But now... she couldn't figure out Yuan Qi's purpose of searching for the Puppet Dessert Coupon. Crown Tiramisu had no way of ejecting cards when there were no cards on his field, which meant that he couldn't trigger the effect of the Puppet Dessert Coupon. Or, was it simply that all the family's magic traps were in use?

Is there really anyone who is that unlucky?

"I activate the puppet dessert coupon."

Go ahead and start it. I don't believe you can come up with anything else. You should have used up all the special move points in your entire deck.

"Then I stacked the Postman and the Madeline Witch on the field."

Planning to make the post-crown tiramisu first? Well, that’s an option.

"An excessive network of two monsters, an excessive summon—Magic Pastry Teacher Glasses Soufflé!"

"Oh, the Magical Dessert - Glasses Soufflé... What?!" Airi shuddered, her eyes almost popping out of her head as she looked at the super monsters that suddenly appeared on the field.

"You still have the monsters from Golem Dessert?!"

Chapter 29: That’s right, I’m jealous!

Soufflé, wearing a green dress and holding a thin pointer in her hand, appeared on the field with a gentle expression, but it shocked everyone's heart.

"The third one! Contestant Yuan Qi summoned a third monster that has never appeared before in today's match. This is so exciting! I can't wait to know what the effect of this monster is!"

"Effect?" Ai chuckled, a faint glimmer in his blue eyes. "Then I'll show you the power of this monster printed by me personally! Ah Qi!"

"Got it." Hara Qi extended his hand towards the Soufflé on the field and said, "I activate the effect of Soufflé. Once per turn, I remove one Xyz Material. This effect can be activated by targeting a Golem Dessert monster on the field. During this turn, that face-up monster cannot be affected by the effects of monsters other than this one. This effect can also be activated during the opponent's turn."

"I chose Souffle herself as the subject, removing one excess material (the postman)."

"Hahaha! Idiot, if it's such a resistance effect, why use it on your own turn? Aren't you just wasting an ecstasy material?" After hearing about the effect of the soufflé, Airi first began to think about how to deal with this monster with a defense of 2500 and which could also increase its resistance. However, she couldn't help but laugh when she found out that Genchi had used the effect of the soufflé.

Yuan Qi glanced at her, too lazy to argue with her, and continued, "I activate the effect of Soufflé. When the Golem Dessert card is sent to the Graveyard, select cards in both players' Graveyards and return them to the Deck up to twice."

"Wow, there is such an effect, but I don't have any cards in my graveyard." Airi raised her eyebrows.

"But I have one in my cemetery." Yuan Qi picked up the postman he had just sent to the cemetery and said, "I will return the cemetery postman to the deck."

"Sending it back to the deck, so what? It's meaningless..." Airi was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly realized something. She looked at the continuous magic card on the original seven fields and shouted, "Puppet dessert coupons? Is that what you want?!"

"It's more than just the Magic Puppet Dessert Coupon," Yuan Qi whispered. "First, I'll activate the Magic Puppet Dessert Coupon's effect, and then I'll activate the Magic Puppet Dessert Salon's effect. C1, C2!"

"I deal with Salon's effect first. If any [Magic Dessert] card on your field or graveyard returns to your hand or deck due to its effect, you can activate this effect. Select 1 [Magic Dessert] Spell/Trap card from your deck other than [Magic Dessert Salon] and place it on your field."

"I chose to place the Golem Dessert Walking Cover on the field."

"Then I activate the effect of Golem Dessert Coupon, Special Summon the Postman, activate the Postman's effect, and add Golem Dessert Castle from the deck to my hand." Yuan Qi said, inserting the card directly and neatly into the Duel Board. "I directly activate the effect of Golem Dessert Castle."

The tall puppet dessert castle stood behind Yuan Qi, like an indestructible fortress. Although it looked colorful, for some reason, Airi felt a sense of oppression.

Oh, yes, the castle also has a military fortification function.

No! Wake up!

He had been doing all these fancy things for a long time, but the only effective resistance he could get was a walk with unknown effect.

What am I afraid of?

Airi gently slapped her cheeks twice to wake herself up.

"Hmph, they're all just paper tigers. You think you can stop me with just these?" Airi said, placing her fingers on the deck. "Let's end the turn quickly. I can't wait to end this boring duel!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? I haven't finished the operation yet." Yuan Qi said indifferently.

Eh? You already have three monsters and one trap on the field? Aren't you still not done yet?

"Is... is that so? Then just go ahead. I want to see what tricks you have up your sleeve." Airi forced a smile on her face.

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card - Emergency Teleport, and Special Summon Phantom Rabbit from the Deck to the field."

"brush!"

The Phantom Rabbit, which had not appeared for a long time, caused a sensation as soon as it appeared.

"Wait, is this really a card a student can have?"

"There's no mistake... That card is..."

"It's a hand trap! It's a rare card that many professional duelists don't have - a hand trap!" The commentator couldn't help but say enviously.

He didn't envy Yuan Qi when he used the bad beast before, because he also had a bad beast.

He was not envious when Yuan Qi was Xyz Summoned before, because his deck was a Synchro deck and he basically didn't need Xyz Summon.

But now, seeing Yuan Qi special summon Phantom Rabbit, this retired former professional duelist couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Because he really doesn't have a Phantom Rabbit!

He only had a few Cherubim, Warbreakers, and the only card in his deck, Effect Shelter, which was given to him by his friend who was still a professional duelist on his birthday some time ago.

So, he is really envious!!!

"Damn it!" Airi couldn't help but feel jealous as she watched the white-haired little girl jump out onto the field. "Even though I already knew this guy had a Phantom Rabbit, seeing it with my own eyes still made me shudder!"

"My Lord, is this the National College Competition?" Ghost Rabbit looked up and looked around at the audience. "There are so many people."

"Are you nervous?" Yuan Qi asked softly.

Ghost Rabbit shook his head and said seriously: "For the sake of victory, please drive me as you please!"

"Yes." Yuan Qi nodded and said, "I will synchronize the Phantom Rabbit and the Postman on the field and summon the Formula One athlete Lightning Track Champion!"

The silver racing car appeared on the duel field, flashing white electric light, but the audience did not buy it.

"I remember that Phantom Rabbit's effect can also be used on the field, right? Why not just use Phantom Rabbit?"

"It's such a shame to finally summon the Phantom Rabbit and let her die..."

"Yes, yes."

"Ahem, because of the side effect of Emergency Teleport, monsters Special Summoned by this card will be banished at the end of the turn, so using it as Synchro Material is the right choice." The commentator explained here.

"Oh, that's it."

"If that's the case, then there's nothing we can do."

No way! He already has a fellow Psychic-powered card in his deck, so why did he summon Phantom Rabbit? Was he just trying to show off?

Airi's instinct as a duelist was aroused at this moment, but no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't find any reason why something was wrong. She just felt very embarrassed.

"I'm ending this round. It's your turn." Yuan Qi said, ending the round.

Airi swallowed, placed her hand on top of the deck once again, and shouted:

"My turn, draw a card!"

Chapter 30: Duel between princesses!

"I'm in the preparation phase."

Airi said, stretching out her right hand, pulling out a card from the pile in her left hand, and inserting it into the Duel Board, saying, "I activate a Normal Spell Card - One on One."

"Send a monster to the Graveyard, and Special Summon a 1-Star monster from your hand or deck."

"Hmm...is it good or not?" Ai was a little puzzled. "I wonder what deck she has."

"I activate the effect of Lightning Track Champion, lowering the level of this card by 2 stars. The activation is negated and it is destroyed." Yuan Qi said lightly.

"Hey! I haven't decided whether to have Kang or not!" Ai pouted dissatisfiedly.

"Isn't it me who is dueling?" Yuan Qi asked puzzledly.

"But we two are of one mind, so we should make decisions together when dueling!" Ai said with his hands on his hips.

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely listen to you next time." Yuan Qi said perfunctorily.

Airi, who was standing opposite, couldn't help but snicker.

I didn't expect that Kang could be tricked out so easily. It seems that Yuan Qi is not that good after all.

One-on-one is just a bait. Just wait and see, this is my real killer move!

The girl pulled out her second card and inserted it into the Duel Board. "I activate the Continuous Spell Card—Puppet's Happiness! To resolve the effect of this card, add one [Grandpa Demet] or [Toy Box] from your deck to your hand!"

"I don't know Ka...Ayi, you decide whether to go ahead or not." Yuan Qi frowned.

"You thought of me when you encountered this situation?!" Ai said with his big blue eyes wide open.