Yu-Gi-Oh, the tenth generation of card-playing simulator!

[Sorry, I'll be more careful next time.]

Unfortunately, the tenth generation cannot see this sentence for the time being.

In the eyes of others, the time that just passed was just a short half-hour sleep for Judai.

But for Judai, he actually fought fiercely with the card players for several hours in another world, and even studied the hero's combo with King Yoyo in front of the computer.

When he returned to his own world, he suddenly moved from the computer to the head of the bed in the bedroom. After losing the support of his thoughts, the sleepiness came like a tide, drowning out the rest of the tenth generation's thoughts.

"Ah...good...ZZ..."

Before he could utter the last word, Judai fell asleep.

"I...must...produce a perfect hero..."

"Fusion...Miracle fusion...He melted them all..."

"Heroes... are the best... Let's... work together..."

"ZZ..."

......

"Dong dong--"

"Boom boom boom!"

What caused Judai to wake up again was a series of irregular and persistent knocks on the apartment door.

"Who!"

Judai, who had buried his head deep in his bed, could no longer sleep. He uttered a desperate question and then dragged his exhausted body open the dormitory door:

"Mizawa, Asuka...and the students from Beniin?"

Seeing so many classmates gathered in front of his house, Judai was stunned for a moment, his mind suddenly went into a state of panic: "What happened?"

"Everyone saw that you hadn't shown up all day today, and they were all worried about you, afraid that something might have happened to you, so they came here to check on you."

Seeing Judai standing at the door, Misawa spoke up to explain on behalf of the others.

"Haven't seen you for a day? How is that possible? Isn't it still early?"

Judai glanced at the morning glow in the distant sky and felt strange. Why did this morning glow seem so gloomy?

???

After hearing this, everyone else showed a confused expression on their faces.

"Hey, so Judai also oversleeps like us?"

"Although, mistaking the setting sun for the rising sun is still quite absurd."

"I suddenly realized that my academic performance isn't as bad as Professor Chrollos said. QAQ."

"Alright, alright, it's just a misunderstanding, let's go home now."

Many of the Red Students in the group behind grumbled softly, and after confirming that Judai was indeed alright, they slowly dispersed.

When most of the people around him had finally left, Judai slowly regained his usual energetic state. At Asuka's suggestion, the three of them found a small pavilion nearby where they could rest.

As soon as he sat down, Judai held his head with his hands and said in an incredulous tone:

"Ah...I actually slept for a whole day."

After sobering up a bit, Judai finally realized the reality and thought of a very practical question:

"That's it, what about today's class? Shouldn't I..."

Even on weekdays he was often late, distracted, and slept...but this was the first time he had skipped class for an entire day.

Thinking of this, Judai couldn't help but grab his hair with both hands, revealing an annoyed expression.

"It should be fine for now. When the teacher asked questions this morning, your classmates in the Red Dormitory asked for sick leave for you. And judging by the professors' attitudes, they don't seem to want to investigate further."

Asuka patted Judai's shoulder and said comforting words.

Judai felt a little relieved by the other party's words, but then he became confused about another thing:

"But I don't seem to be very familiar with them who are also from the Red Court."

Judai's brain was working furiously at this moment, trying hard to recall the stories of his interactions with students in the same academy.

Except for the initial freshman welcome party, I basically lived in an independent apartment far away from the red dormitory area in the following weeks.

During class time, I prefer to find a secluded seat. Even if there are a few classmates who look familiar sitting around me occasionally, I basically have no communication with them.

If there really is a place where they overlap... a duel practice class?

However, apart from the first few duels which were not satisfying at all, in the subsequent actual combat training, it seemed that everyone had only politely rejected him.

In this situation, how could anyone take the initiative to help him cover up his skipping classes?

Judai racked his brains but couldn't figure out why everyone would take the risk of being discovered and help him cover up his absence record.

"Ten generations? Ten generations? Ten generations!"

Judai was just thinking about the past when Asuka beside him gently woke him up:

"what are you thinking about?"

"what?"

After hearing Asuka's question, Judai returned to reality from his memories:

"I just can't understand why everyone in the Red Courtyard would take the risk to help me cover up this matter."

"Are you confused about this? Well, I do know something about it."

Misawa on the side softened his throat and spoke slowly:

"Judai, don't underestimate your role. In fact, before you came, the conditions at Red Yellow Blue weren't like this. In the old days of Duel Academy, the academy implemented a strict hierarchy. The treatment of the three dormitories varied greatly. For..."

Misawa told Judai about the history of the Red, Yellow and Blue dormitory, and Asuka echoed this:

"That's right. For example, in the past, the conditions in the Red Dormitory were quite difficult. At least in the past, the Red Dormitory never installed air conditioning for everyone..."

As Asuka, who was supposed to be in a higher class, naturally has more say on this point, and tells Judai about the changes that have taken place between her former "Red" and her current "Red".

"Although installing air conditioning and improving dining options are good things, what does that have to do with me? Shouldn't the college have sufficient funding..."

"No, a college with many sponsors wouldn't be short of this much money. They used to use these difficult conditions to motivate students to strive for higher levels."

"But according to a piece of gossip that's no longer gossip, after that duel with Professor Chronos, the academy seems to have made some changes in this regard..."

Some minor changes that Judai usually didn't pay much attention to were mentioned by the two of them.

"Huh? So there are so many things going on, are they related to me?"

After hearing these words, Judai felt a little bewildered at first, but then a strange feeling came over him:

'So, can I do more for them?'

Chapter 42: Building a new deck for the tenth generation... Monthly exam is coming

It turns out that the duelists in that world are stronger than expected in terms of dueling skills. This is what Judai thought these days, as he left the tutorial videos and studied combo alone.

When he practiced combos based on other people's videos before, he only had a superficial sense of the complexity and power of the duel cards in that world, and did not truly realize the strength of those duelists from his physical sensations.

Even after winning two games in a row, he still felt dissatisfied with the world that defined heroes as competitive gatekeepers. After constructing a method to stably summon the opposite hero in his mind, he used his hero deck to challenge the so-called pie chart duelists one by one, pushing the hero to the front of the pie chart step by step.

But it was not until he personally started to build his own hero deck and develop the hero's combo that he discovered what a terrifying duelist stood behind those tutorials that could be obtained through a simple search.

It's just an insignificant choice, but it can lead the hero's destiny to two completely different paths.

Looking back now, if I had just put these cards in my hands at the beginning without giving him a tutorial, I would probably have to fight King Yoyo for a few years before I could come up with these things.

"I really don't know what that hero was thinking when he arrived at the Three Pole. I have the same hand, but if I want to make the Pole, I need to consume all the resources I previously obtained. This operation is actually more harmful than beneficial for the game."

Lying on his back on the sofa, Judai looked at the cards scattered on the coffee table in front of him, as well as some heroes who had not yet appeared and were temporarily represented by Judai with notes. Judai's face was full of depression.

"Could it be? Is it because I haven't used my deck enough?"

After a short rest, Judai suddenly recalled something. The duelists in that world didn't seem to pay much attention to the bond with a single deck, but instead paid more attention to the deck's... strength?

At least from his point of view, many duelists use more than one deck. For example, Hana Benxue, who he met the very first time, was clearly using the Migrant Bird deck at the beginning, but she switched to Sky Striker in this field match. One could even guess from her unspoken words that she also has many other decks.

Shouldn't a strong duelist focus on the bond with the deck?

The scene from his childhood suddenly emerged in his mind. On the big screens in Dono City, Kaiba Raito summoned the Blue-Eyes White Dragon with an excited look.

Forget it, didn’t Misawa say he wanted to build a deck some time ago? Why not go and ask Misawa what he thinks?

Judai shook his head, getting rid of all the complicated thoughts, and after rearranging the card deck on the table and putting it back into the card box, he pushed open the door of the dormitory and headed for Misawa Apartment, which was not too far away.

.....

"You asked me what I think about deck building?"

After arriving at Misawa's house, Judai had just sat down on the bench in the living room when he saw with his own eyes Misawa using a marker to paint the last relatively white wall in the room with the official color.

"you..."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

Misawa, holding the marker, turned around and looked at Judai in confusion.

"Nothing, you continue."

Judai was silent for a moment, but still didn't interrupt the other person's actions. Although he didn't know why this guy liked to paint the white walls in a mess, this was someone else's apartment after all, so he shouldn't say too much.

"I think duelists can definitely be changed. My first mentor once told me that a good duelist should be able to come up with different strategies for different opponents."

"To adapt to different opponents, changing the plan means changing sides?"

After listening to Misawa's words, Judai suddenly thought of the word "other world" again.

"Side? What's Side?"

"Side is when you play against your opponent after the first game and then switch from your sideboard for the rest of the game..."

"..."

After coming out of Misawa Dormitory, Judai became even more depressed:

"Really? I was the one who asked him questions, but in the end I ended up having to answer his questions."

Judai couldn't help but mutter quietly as he walked down the street.

"But I seem to have known the answer from the beginning. It's true what they say. The moment the coin is tossed, you know the correct answer."

After saying this, Judai's pace finally became lighter.

...

In the next few days, the teachers and students of the college suddenly noticed that Judai, who used to be listless in class, suddenly sat in his seat seriously, although no one knew what he was writing or drawing in the notebook in his hand.

But this is a good start, right?

At least that's what Professor Kurolos thinks.

Some time ago, every time he inspected the classroom, he often saw Shidai sleeping and daydreaming in the classroom. This behavior undoubtedly caused him strong dissatisfaction.

In his original plan, he wanted to make the Tenth Generation a benchmark for Osiris Red's progress, but how could a benchmark sleep every day?

After seeing this situation, Kuroroth was so upset that he lost his appetite and even wanted to go into battle himself and challenge Judai again.

But according to some rumors circulating in Obelis Blue, Asuka was also defeated by the opponent. In addition, in the practical class, he found that Judai's duel video was becoming increasingly difficult for him to understand. Having already lost once, he had no confidence in defeating Judai in public.

This made Kuroros extremely anxious. During the days when Judai was doing the most outrageous things, he even considered hiring duelists from outside to create a "dark duel" to scare Judai.

I want to use practical actions to tell Judai that if you don’t listen in class, you will be devoured by the devil!!!

The letter is still hidden in a drawer in his office.

Fortunately, we don’t have to resort to such extreme measures. Although I don’t know what that guy is drawing, it’s still progress.

Outside the corridor, after lowering his tiptoes, Kuroros silently comforted himself.

Sometimes, people are like that.