Kashtira Activated!

Chapter 9: Kashtira - Activate!

After getting Youye's agreement, Sheng Ning quickly returned to the Inspector Bureau. Just as she walked into the office, a middle-aged man with a square face wearing a blue suit called out to her in a surprised voice.

"Xiao Ning, you're back so quickly? Huh, that person isn't with you? Could it be that he's some big shot who faked his resume and is just opening a shop for fun?"

"Bureau Chief!"

Hearing the voice, Sheng Ning immediately turned to look at the man, Wang Cheng, the Bureau Chief of the Inspector Bureau. She bowed slightly in greeting, then excitedly replied, "Bureau Chief Wang, Youye isn't a big shot who faked his resume, and he's definitely not a swindler. He's a genius that's rarely seen in a thousand years!"

"Oh? Tell me about it!"

Wang Cheng maintained his unchanging smile, but deep in his eyes, there was intense surprise.

Sheng Ning had been with their Inspector Bureau for three years, and this was the first time she had spoken with such excitement, using words like "genius seen in a thousand years."

Immediately, he became interested in Youye as well.

"Bureau Chief, you know about Bai Yun'er, the eldest daughter of the Bai family, right?"

Sheng Ning didn't directly say it. To make Wang Cheng believe her, she decided to use Bai Yun'er as an example first.

"Yes, I know. She awakened a new Archetype called Swordsoul. Her father asked me to help him see if we could refine the Deck Build." Wang Cheng answered without hesitation. After speaking, the surprise in his eyes grew.

Sheng Ning was a smart person. Talking about Bai Yun'er in front of him at this moment clearly meant that something had happened between the person she went to verify today and Bai Yun'er. And that 'something' was likely getting the Swordsoul Deck Build finalized, and this build was extraordinary. Otherwise, she wouldn't have said something like "genius Duelist seen in a thousand years."

He didn't know Youye, but he knew about Bai Yun'er's Swordsoul. At that time, he and several Earth-level Duelists were invited by the Bai family head, and they spent half a month thinking about it, but couldn't come up with a suitable build or strategy.

So he asked curiously, "How many turns did he take to beat you? Four? Or six?"

However, he didn't expect that his words would completely silence Sheng Ning. Four or six turns? Youye OTK'd her on his own turn when she was feeling complacent, and he used a half-finished Deck.

Seeing Sheng Ning not speaking, the smile on Wang Cheng's face instantly disappeared, and his expression became serious.

He felt that four or six turns was already a conservative estimate. Generally speaking, Earth-level Duelists couldn't withstand Ancient Gear for four to six turns. His saying the opposite was already being very considerate of Sheng Ning.

But looking at Sheng Ning's expression, he understood that he was indeed too conservative. Sheng Ning had truly encountered a genius this time, no, she had encountered a monster! Youye won against Sheng Ning in three turns, or even less, and most likely used a Swordsoul Deck!

"Bureau Chief, please look."

Looking at the serious-faced Wang Cheng, Sheng Ning found a device, logged into Master Duel, and started replaying the duel for Wang Cheng to watch. Wang Cheng nodded and began watching.

Three minutes later...

"Tenyi Swordsoul! This is truly an unprecedented idea. The Bai family has struck gold! If Bai Yun'er puts together this Tenyi Swordsoul Deck, she'll undoubtedly reach Heaven-tier at the very least, and it's not impossible for her to go further to King-tier!"

After watching, Wang Cheng was deeply shocked. His Ancient Gear Archetype, which he considered incredibly powerful, looked no different from a toy in front of this person. The gap in levels was too large!

"No, Bureau Chief... The truly amazing one is Youye, not the Tenyi Swordsoul."

"When he summoned Chengying, he held back; there was a more suitable monster he didn't summon. Not only that, according to my investigation, he has never used Tenyi Swordsoul when dueling customers; he used other Decks. The most terrifying thing is that when he dueled me, even though he was only Platinum Rank, he used a Master Duel privilege that only Grandmasters and above have!"

Just as Wang Cheng was exclaiming, Sheng Ning on the side seriously corrected him.

She admitted that Tenyi Swordsoul was strong; all the Decks she had seen couldn't compete with it. But... she had a feeling that Tenyi Swordsoul was definitely an unremarkable build in Youye's hands, otherwise, he wouldn't have given it away so easily.

The final privilege was what she couldn't understand the most. Master Duel privileges were part of the dueling rules and should be indestructible. Why did Youye destroy it?

"You're right." Wang Cheng nodded after hearing this. He had been so shocked by the duel that he hadn't thought of the other layer.

Sheng Ning was absolutely right. If he were Youye, and his strongest build was Tenyi Swordsoul, would he not use it himself and sell the build instead? Obviously not. The saying "feed the apprentice, starve the master" happens often.

And the Master Duel privilege, a Platinum Rank using a privilege... he had been in the dueling world for forty years and had never heard of such a thing.

Just as he was thinking, Sheng Ning on the side spoke again, "Bureau Chief, seeing Youye's talent is so strong but he doesn't have a Deck, I took it upon myself to let Youye challenge the Runick Spirit. Can you approve this?"

"Of course you can. Go communicate with Munin right now. If Munin doesn't agree, you can appropriately promise some conditions to get her to agree!"

Wang Cheng agreed without any hesitation, then seriously instructed, "After you settle things with Munin, quickly take our team's card list to him. Try to get to him before the Bai family!"

"If our card list has the cards he wants, give him a 30% discount. If he can optimize our Inspector Bureau's Ancient Gear, give him a 50% discount. If he wants to join our Inspector Bureau, let him replicate everything for free. For any other requests, you have full authority, and I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong!"

"Remember, we must quickly win over a monster like Youye. We cannot offend him in any way!"

"Okay!"

Sheng Ning nodded seriously. She understood that the situation had changed. Just as she returned to the Inspector Bureau, Bai Yun'er would do the same after returning to the Bai family. No, it might even be more frantic in trying to win him over!

In the evening, Sheng Ning returned to the entrance of Youye's shop. This time, she wasn't alone. By her side was a female Spirit with black Two Wings, wearing a red robe, and with delicate features.

This female Spirit was naturally Munin, the Runick Archetype Spirit who had been staying at the Hangcheng Inspector Bureau.

"Sheng Ning, you're here? Huh, Wings of Runick - Munin?"

As the two women entered the shop, Youye naturally noticed them immediately. His gaze, filled with surprise, was fixed on Munin.

Actually, when she mentioned staying at the Inspector Bureau, Youye thought it might be the Runick dog, not her.

"Have we met before, human? Or did you know about my existence from other Runick Spirits?"

Being recognized at first glance for the first time, Munin looked at Youye, her eyes full of curiosity.

As for why she didn't ask if he learned from Sheng Ning, it was because Sheng Ning had already said on the way that she hadn't revealed any information other than the Archetype.

"No, we haven't met. I just know a billion more things about dueling than the people or Spirits in this world."

Youye smiled slightly, not minding revealing a little secret.

As a Card Player from his previous life, he knew about 90% of the cards in the Card Pool, if not all of them.

"A little bit?" Munin murmured, not pressing the topic. She looked at Youye curiously. "I heard Sheng Ning say you have a Deck that's Great Banisher. Would it be convenient to see it?"

"I do, but it's not very suitable. I'll use Runick too. Using Great Banisher against Runick is a bit like bullying."

Youye thought for a moment, preparing to politely decline. Dueling with Great Banisher, or Kashtira, against Runick when they don't know any information about it is a bit much.

Of course, the main reason was that he was about to acquire the Runick Archetype himself. To get cards in the future, he needed to maintain a good relationship with the Runick Spirit. He decided to go easy, take his time, and make it look like a narrow victory to give Munin more of a sense of participation.

"You have Runick too?" Munin gave Youye a deep look after hearing that. As far as she knew, no human Duelist currently possessed the Runick Archetype. At most, they might know what cards Runick has from her Duels and acquire a few cards. It's not impossible to build a Deck with these cards in Master Duel, but only Duelists who know her and have Dueled her many times could do it. Youye clearly wasn't one of them.

So, she became even more curious about Youye. He had done things that no human Duelist had ever done, twice in a row. She stared at Youye and said seriously, "With the Great Banisher you mentioned, if you win, I'll give you the Runick Archetype and guarantee you'll have a chance to get future cards. If you lose, I'll give you three Runick Archetype Cards as a reward!"

"Alright." Seeing Munin's strong request, and knowing it wouldn't affect his ability to get cards later, Youye naturally had no reason to refuse.

Without further ado, Kashtira - Initiate!