Wait? That's it? Did you summon the wrong one?

Chapter 6: Wait? That's it? Did you summon the wrong monster?

Bai Yun'er also noticed this issue at this point. She hadn't paid attention when she dueled Youye before, but now, looking back, in her duel with Youye, her sequence was fixed, while Youye's was random!

Thinking of this, she became even more curious about who Youye really was!

"You want to interrupt the sequence? Or change the turn order beforehand? That's fine, I happen to have the privilege in Master Duel to adjust that for you."

Hearing Sheng Ning's surprised voice, Youye didn't think much of it and began communicating with the Master Duel system to change the rules for Sheng Ning's side. This was one of the top privileges in Master Duel – the ability to unilaterally give the opponent a slight advantage when dueling him.

As for why it was automatically changed for Bai Yun'er, it was simple: the guest went all out against him, and he easily won, demonstrating his strength. Wouldn't that earn the guest's trust?

Incidentally, Youye having multiple alternate accounts was also a privilege of being ranked first in Master Duel. Regular duelists only had one Master Duel account. The ability to specifically obtain cards was also a privilege, but that required being ranked first for five consecutive years. Unfortunately, the rewards were based on the person, not the account.

"Privilege???"

Sheng Ning looked deeply at Youye, then her gaze fell upon the information within the duel room. Just as Youye said, it had been adjusted. In an instant, her initial surprise turned to caution. Cold sweat began to bead on her fair face as she simultaneously clicked to view Youye's public Master Duel information.

As a member of the Inspector Bureau, she was different from Bai Yun'er, who focused solely on getting stronger and paid little attention to worldly affairs. She knew many hidden rules of dueling and Master Duel. Not to mention the Dark Duels that could decide life and death, but in Master Duel, you could only gain some duel privileges at the Grandmaster Rank!

Yes, you only got them starting at Grandmaster Rank! Yet, she repeatedly confirmed that the Youye before her was only at Platinum Rank, and she remembered Youye's identity information perfectly, so there was no mistake.

So the question was, how did he, a Platinum Rank player, obtain rule privileges? Why was he so confident in not using the predetermined sequence and dueling her with a blind draw, expecting to win? And using this Tenyi Swordsoul she'd never heard of before?

"What's wrong? If you're not feeling well, we can wait. I'm not in a hurry."

At this moment, Youye noticed the unusual expression on Sheng Ning's face and began to show concern.

He didn't want to win by taking advantage of someone's poor physical condition. Of course, the main reason was that he didn't want Sheng Ning to have an excuse if she lost later.

"It's fine, let's begin."

Sheng Ning took a deep breath, trying to calm her emotions as much as possible. Whether Youye was capable or not, the duel would tell.

"Alright, you can go first."

Youye nodded, directly giving her the first turn. In his previous life, he definitely wouldn't have gone first unless he wasn't using Tenyi. In a game of Yu-Gi-Oh! at the same skill level, going second was basically unplayable.

In this world? So what if he let them set up their board first? Could they beat him? With Ancient Gear's two joke bosses?

Youye (8000 LP) vs Sheng Ning (8000 LP)

Sheng Ning goes first. Both players draw five cards. Let the duel begin!

Looking at her familiar hand, Sheng Ning's somewhat heavy mood gradually relaxed.

The Ancient Gear Archetype was unique to their Inspector Bureau, specifically prepared for duelists who cheated in Master Duel. With its powerful attack points and strong battle phase lockdown, it was unstoppable below Diamond Rank, killing anyone in its way, a specialized tool for catching duelists who faked their ranks.

Compared to her relaxation, Bai Yun'er quietly watched Youye, full of anticipation to see how he would counter.

"I Normal Summon Ancient Gear Wyvern. Then I activate its effect to add an Ancient Gear card from my Deck to my hand, except this card. I choose to add Ancient Gear Golem to my hand. I cannot Set cards this turn!"

"I activate Ancient Gear Fusion from my hand! I fuse Ancient Gear Golem, Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon, and Ancient Gear Dragon from my hand!"

"Fusion Summon! Level 10, Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem!"

As Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem appeared, the pressure in Sheng Ning's heart completely lifted. This was the confidence the Ancient Gear boss monster brought her!

Bai Yun'er was shocked. Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem was one of the few publicly known super-strong boss monsters. Its incredibly high ATK of 4400, piercing damage during the Battle Phase, and spell/trap lockdown during the Battle Phase pushed its strength to the max. There was no way to stall for time. Even if it was somehow dealt with, it had a graveyard effect to Special Summon Ancient Gear Golem, a card that was also comparable to a boss monster!

It was an opponent her Swordsoul Deck's strongest monster, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, could never overcome!

Just as she was in shock, Youye's voice, filled with disdain and dissatisfaction, reached her: "Wait? That's it? You end your first turn with Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem on the field? Did you summon the wrong monster? You still have an Ancient Gear on the field, how did you summon this thing? Although the result will be the same, letting me off the hook like this makes me a bit uncomfortable. I'll give you a chance to fuse again!"

Bai Yun'er's brain CPU immediately fried upon hearing this. In her eyes, the best Youye could do with his hand was make a Chengying. Without a Bystial's banish effect triggering, there was no way to banish the Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem before him. How could he directly question it five times like that, looking down on this super-strong boss monster? And even tell Sheng Ning to redo it?

Meanwhile, Sheng Ning, who had just relaxed, became tense again. She could feel that Youye genuinely looked down on the Ancient Gear Ultimate Golem before him; he wasn't just being arrogant or pretending.

Also, Youye's words clearly indicated he knew about another super-strong Ancient Gear boss monster, an incredibly difficult-to-deal-with, powerful card!

So, she answered with a serious expression.

"That card is sealed. Only the successive directors of the Inspector Bureau know the card's information and can replicate it!"

Youye: ...

He gave the world a middle finger once again. They had to seal a boss monster like that? Was it really necessary?

"Alright, is your turn over?"

"It is."

Sheng Ning slowly replied, looking at Youye.

She wasn't stupid. From the moment she introduced herself until now, Youye had remained as calm as ever, without any hint of urgency. The privilege before the duel, telling her which monster she should have summoned during the duel – everything about Youye suggested he was extraordinary.

But it was just so strange! Why was someone like this only at Platinum Rank, and why didn't he even have a proper deck?!

"Alright, my turn! Draw!"

Youye drew a card, glanced at it, then said to Bai Yun'er behind him, "Watch closely. The sword techniques that follow will cost extra!"

"Okay!"

Bai Yun'er watched Youye's screen with a serious expression. Since it was Youye's perspective, she could see the effects of the cards in his hand clearly.

"I activate the effect of Tenyi Spirit - Vishuda from my hand! If I control no Effect Monsters, I can Special Summon this card from my hand. Then I set its Link Arrow and Link Summon Link-1 Tenyi Spirit - Sahasrara!"

"I activate the effect of Swordsoul Strategist Longyuan from my hand! I discard Swordsoul Sacred Summit from my hand to Special Summon it, and Special Summon a Token (Wyrm-Type, Tuner, WATER, Level 4, ATK/DEF 0) in Defense Position!"

Having done that, Youye paused slightly and turned to look at Bai Yun'er. "Actually, at this point, summoning a certain Level 10 Synchro Monster would pretty much end the duel, but that's the most versatile Synchro boss monster, and it costs extra. For this time, we'll just summon our Archetype's Chengying. That's also more fitting for this duel."

Sheng Ning: ???

Bai Yun'er: !!!

Both girls were stunned. Youye had only made four moves, seemingly doing nothing, and was already declaring the duel over? But, as the two girls listened to Youye's words, this time, miraculously, they didn't doubt him.

Instead, their female intuition told them that Youye could do it!