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

Chapter 50: Subtle links between cards?

"Benxue, why...when we duel, the extra deck we use has a limit, and we can only carry a maximum of fifteen cards?"

Looking at the hero cards slowly spewing out of the printer, Judai suddenly asked a question that he had always wanted to ask.

When he first came to this world, there weren't that many heroes, so he barely felt this limitation. But as he came into contact with more and more heroes, this limitation suddenly deepened.

In particular, he has been wanting to build a new combo about [Anti-Hero] during this period, but according to the rules here, the rule of only being able to cram in 15 additional cards has actually been restricting him.

"Why do we have to restrict this? Everyone should do what they can. I feel bad that my extra limit is being set."

This has actually always been Judai's true inner thought. After all, in his world, there has never been a limit on extra cards, although for his classmates in that world, 15 cards may be more than enough to be completely unused.

"You're talking about this, um..."

After hearing Judai's sudden question, Hana Benxue thought for a moment before answering:

"Actually, the original rules didn't limit the number of additional monsters. It even caused a bit of a joke at the time."

At this point, a smile suddenly appeared on her face:

"Because you have to pay a registration fee to participate in offline competitions, in order to give back to those players who spent money but didn't achieve any results, the organizers usually give each player a competition-themed card holder.

But because of this, there was a 'blunder' in one tournament. I remember it was a famous match, and a competitor brought out a bonus deck called 'This Long!'

Hana Benxue raised her hands flat, about five centimeters apart, and slowly placed them in front of Judai.

"Hmm, wait."

The woman in front of Judai blinked, tilted her head slightly, and then simply stretched the distance between her two hands to twice the distance. Her face showed an expression of uncertainty but also a desire to describe the story seriously:

"Could it be this long? Ah---! I don't actually know the specific details, but that guy is really funny anyway."

After saying this, Hana Benxue suddenly couldn't hold back any longer, so she simply put one hand on Judai and burst into laughter:

You know, the organizers there were all complaining about that guy, saying others were there to play cards, but he was there to buy goods, hahahaha."

However, after hearing this, Judai at the side did not find the whole thing funny for a moment.

"Isn't it funny? Shouldn't this be embarrassing for both parties? Why is Benxue laughing again?"

Although he felt a little confused, the laughter of the guy next to him was so contagious that Judai couldn't help but laugh as well, and this brought Hana Benxue into the second stage.

At the same time, the strange laughter suddenly emitted by the two people standing in front of the printer immediately frightened the printing shop owner. For a moment, his steps, which were about to collect the printing fee, slowed down, and after a pause, he simply took two steps back.

If the two of them could hear the boss's inner voice at this moment, they would probably be able to feel the other's frightened heart at this moment:

"Are all young people so scary these days? That banner really told me the truth. Those playing cards are all desperate criminals!!!"

......

"Ahem, sorry, I lost my composure just now."

After coming out of the printing shop, Hana Benxue, who had been in a state of disarray just now, returned to her ladylike appearance. Even her hair, which had been a mess just now, was draped neatly over her shoulders as if by magic.

However, from these few things, Judai could probably feel that although this girl in front of him looked very quiet on the outside, once you got to know her a little, she would be a funny girl with a very low sense of humor.

"It seems that after this incident, the organizers basically warned the contestants not to take advantage of the situation too much."

Walking on the street, Hana Benxue was obviously much more reliable than when she was alone. She remained gentle and polite, and even her tone of voice changed slightly:

"Of course, the main, most fundamental reason is that after the fusion, K-Force released Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, Link and other summoning methods. As the card pool became deeper and deeper, many seemingly ordinary cards suddenly produced extraordinary chemical reactions when put together, which is why the ban list has been constantly adjusted."

"A seemingly ordinary card produces a wonderful chemical reaction?"

Judai was obviously very interested in the second half of the other party's words and repeated them unconsciously.

"Forget it, it's hard to explain it clearly just by talking about it. Let me give you an example."

Meanwhile, Hana Benxue also sensed Judai's interest in this, so she pulled her phone out of her pocket and logged into the YGO card interface.

"Look, the name of this card is [Final Battle!]."

Judai tilted his head slightly and looked at the description of the trap card on the screen:

[Final Battle!]: Effect: When your basic score is 1000 or less, you can activate this skill during your opponent's turn.

①: Select 1 monster on your field and send all other cards on the field and in your hand to the Graveyard. Then, your opponent selects 1 monster from their Deck, Special Summon it in Attack Position, and battle (your player takes 0 battle damage).

The player with a monster still on the field at the end of the turn wins the duel. Otherwise, the duel is considered a draw.

"Isn't this a very ordinary card? Moreover, the activation conditions are quite demanding."

Judai actually had a pretty good impression of the card that Hana Benxue had searched for. After all, this card already existed in his world.

Even in one class, this card was used as a case study by Mr. Daitokuji, and the example he gave was a duel that President Kaiba had once had.

However, even though Jue is a famous duelist, the students present at the time still had a lukewarm reaction to the effect of this card. After all, the prerequisite for activating this card is that one's basic points must be below 1000.

Even though Judai, who had experienced the journey of the other world, thought that he could deliberately announce the blood volume through means such as [Declaration of God] and [Hero's Arrival], he didn't understand what the point of doing so was.

Admittedly, his deck does have the [Sincere New Yuxia] with an attack power of 2500 points, but what if the duel opponent's deck has monsters with higher attack power.

For example, the game he has always regarded as his idol, he clearly remembers that the opponent's deck contains [Chaos Warrior - Messenger of Creation]. If he is fighting against an opponent of this level, wouldn't using this card be self-defeating?

This is already the case for me who has 2500-point monsters in my deck, so for those students whose main decks basically have no monsters exceeding 2500 points, this card is even more difficult to use.

I think that probably only President Kaiba, who owns one of only three cards in the world, can have such a good compatibility with this card.

The above is probably all of Tendai’s opinions on this trap card.

So? Is this card used differently in this world?

Thinking of this, Judai couldn't help but turn his head to look at Hana Benxue beside him with an inquiring look.

Chapter 51: New opponent, electronic emergency call!

"Your intended strategy is to reduce your own health before opening this card, then summon a card with extremely high attack power from your deck to engage in a true final battle with the opponent, right?"

Facing Judai's inquiring gaze, Hana Benxue clearly guessed his thoughts:

"If it were that simple, it wouldn't actually be on the banned list. In fact, there are many monster cards that, when Special Summoned to the field, Special Summon other monsters from the deck. And the Hero Deck you're using includes [Hero Boy]."

Facing Judai's slightly stunned gaze, Hana Benxue continued to speak calmly:

"Of course, some monsters have the effect of drawing new cards from the deck after being destroyed in battle, such as the simplest four-star monster [Killer Tomato]. So this simple idea does not lead to a final battle, but can be renamed a handshake battle."

Having said this, Hana Benxue simply paused, and retrieved another card from the search interface and handed it to Judai to look at. However, Judai said that this card was extremely unfamiliar to him:

【Spirit Ascension Master Zang Xuan】:

Activate this effect by discarding 1 random card from your hand to the Graveyard. Destroy all Special Summoned monsters on the field. Also, as long as this card remains face-up on the field, neither player can Special Summon monsters.

After looking at the effects of the monster in front of him, Judai felt that although the first half of this card's effect was too powerful for a low-level monster, and the second half blocked the special summon, its own attack power was not very high. As long as it was summoned during his turn... Wait?"

Thinking of this, Judai's pupils suddenly contracted, and then he suddenly realized:

"If you choose this monster in [Final Battle!], subsequent players won't be able to summon their trump cards. At the end of the turn, since only [Spiritual Ascensionist Zangxuan] will be on the field, the player who used this card will win, right?"

"Yes, that's it!"

Seeing Judai react so quickly, Hana Benxue's face showed a teachable expression:

"That's right. The actual tactic used by players in duels at the time was to use [Final Battle!] on the opponent's turn, selecting cards like [Spirit Ascension Master Zangxuan] and [Pachycephalus] that prevented the opponent from Special Summoning monsters. Therefore, this trap was known as the "Tang Monk Battle, Pachycephalus Battle" for a while."

Then, Hana Benxue simply searched out several cards and showed them to Judai:

"As for the question of how to use these cards, I won't explain it in detail. The simplest method is to rely on a lot of filtering. In addition, there are cards like [Foolish Sub-Burial] and [Phoenix God's Feather] for precise retrieval. As for the condition of reducing health, it is even easier to achieve."

At Hana Benxue's click, another card appeared.

[Light Sealing Wall]:

Activate by paying Life Points in multiples of 1000. As long as this card is on the field, opponent's monsters with attack power less than the paid value cannot attack.

If it was before Hana Benxue's explanation, Judai would have seen this card as a defensive trap card similar to [Super Gravity Net] that could defend against attacks from high-HP monsters, but now it has become an "accomplice" of this idea.

"But... wouldn't the duel be quite boring then?"

Judai's eyes became confused again:

"We should not only enjoy the joy of winning a duel, but also the process of dueling is worth savoring. Just like my hero, every time he appears, I get excited. Watching him show off his different styles in the duel, I also feel sincerely happy."

Judai, who was preaching here, rubbed his hair with his right hand. Even though the knowledge that Hana Benxue had just shared shocked him, he still didn't understand this way of winning.

"A duel is supposed to bring joy to both parties."

"No, no, no. But from a competitive perspective, Yu-Gi-Oh is actually a one-on-one individual competition. For many people, preventing their opponents from playing Yu-Gi-Oh is perhaps the greatest joy."

Another different opinion came from Hana Benxue's mouth.

......

"That publisher, K-Company, probably doesn't want to see a card that ruins the original purpose of dueling become popular."

Returning home alone, sitting in front of the computer, Judai could only comfort himself like this:

"At least those cards have been banned, right?"

"Drip..."

Not long after, a message reminder came from the group I had been following.

The constant stream of group messages suddenly stopped, the group moderators' ban was reactivated, and a message reminder appeared horizontally on the chat interface:

The third round of the Swiss Round officially begins. This competition adopts the online face-to-face competition format....

The current seating order is for the third round:

1 White Squirrel 0:0 Purple

2 Hua Benxue 0: Fleeting Years

...

4 Youcheng Tendai 0:0 Stardust

...

......

After this rule change, Judai obviously felt that the number of participants had decreased a lot. According to Hana Benxue, some people did not want to play this online killing mode. As for the other part, because they lost both rounds and saw that there was basically no hope of getting out of the round, they simply chose to forfeit.

But now all this has nothing to do with Judai. At this moment, he has contacted his opponent. After the two sides added each other as friends, they directly started the video game mode.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, both sides quickly got down to business, pointing out the placement of their respective decks, extras, graveyards, and exclusions in order, and each shuffled their own decks.

Although it was the first time that he used such a novel way as video call to duel, he still had some simple face-to-face duels with his classmates during his spare time on campus. He quickly adapted to this novel way.

Both sides quickly entered the rock-paper-scissors stage.

Tenth Generation: Fist vs. Cloth: Stardust.

"It seems that the initiative is gone again."

Seeing that he had lost the rock-paper-scissors game, Judai could only regretfully draw five cards at the same time as his opponent.

"Card drawing phase...preparation phase..."

Words that had not been heard for a long time once again reached Judai's ears.

"Huh, why do the duelists here have to explain this at the beginning of this type of duel?"

These long-lost words reappeared, bringing Judai's memory back to the first time he traveled through time, when he was sitting next to Hana Benxue and watching the game silently.

But before he could think any further, seeing that Judai hadn't taken any other action, the other party immediately sped up their actions:

"Enter the main phase, activate the magic card [Electronic Emergency Call]!"

Chapter 52: Electronic Dragon?

'This card?'

When he saw the card that the opponent activated at the first time, Judai suddenly felt like meeting an old friend in a foreign land. Even though he had not yet dueled with Marufuji Ryo, who was called Caesar in the academy, he had more or less heard that the deck used by the opponent was the Cyber ​​Dragon.

"So, how do the Cyber ​​Dragon players in this world differ from Caesar? However, in this match, their performance will likely be significantly weaker than Caesar's. After all, the field requirements have been restricted, which should limit the opponent's deck's capabilities."