Duel Monster Spirit

The dojo's greatest treasure, the symbol of the style.

To be honest, this description immediately made Kira think of that phrase passed down among duelists:

You should give up all mainstream decks and play my invincible Cyber Dragon—

—in other words, Cyber Dragon.

Kaiser Zane Truesdale of Duel Academy was already the successor who had received the inheritance of the Cyber Style Duel Dojo before entering the Academy. According to the Cyber Style Master, who later became Duel Academy's principal, Zane Truesdale, through his persistent effort, moved the spirit of Cyber End Dragon and earned the opportunity to receive the inheritance.

Hmm, but in the anime, this so-called "moving the spirit" was just Zane Truesdale training Divine Draw relentlessly every day until he finally mastered the "502 technique" of always drawing a starting hand with three Cyber Dragons and one Fusion Spell, no matter how the deck was shuffled.

According to the

"I've only heard about it before, never seen it myself. The previous Master said not everyone can see Duel Monster Spirits. Who knows? Just take it as true, haha."

Kira looked at the card up and down, unable to sense anything special about it. However, considering the unique nature of this world, he felt it was generally better to believe in rumors and the like.

If it was a Spirit card, then its nature would be completely different.

For regular cards, he might only consider practicality and power, and whether bringing cards with unclear uses would brick his hand. But Spirits were different.

Assuming you haven't gone digging in Egyptian tombs or unearthed ancient artifacts, Duel Monster Spirits generally accounted for eighty percent of the Supernatural Power sources in this world, and were the simplest way for ordinary duelists to access the Supernatural circle.

Like Judai Yuki in the anime, before he awakened the Power of the Supreme King in the Different Dimension, whenever he encountered Supernatural Power situations, he basically relied on Spirits.

In the early stages, he had the Winged Kuriboh that Yugi Mutou gave him. Several times when he encountered Dark Duels or even when the opponent tried dirty tricks outside the Duel, Winged Kuriboh was the MVP. In the middle stages, he even got Ultraman (Elemental HERO Neos), which could even fly directly out of his deck to clash with villains, and even fly beyond the atmosphere to help him blow up satellites and save the world.

So in this world, even putting aside the practical use of Spirit cards in Duels, if you wanted to survive in this world where cheats were rampant and gods and devils were everywhere, you absolutely had to bring Spirits, even if they were just dead draws in your deck.

"The Duel Academy entrance exam is next week, right?"

Takeuchi Master changed the subject, turning to walk over to a table.

He picked up a small card box.

"I heard some students say that you were asking them about a few cards before, saying you were willing to pay for them. Some cards are hard to find these days, but well, I've been around for so many years. I might not be skilled, but I do have some friends and a few connections of my own."

He opened the card box and handed it to Kira.

"...Although I couldn't get many of the ones you asked about, I managed to get these before the exam. See if they can help you out when the time comes, just take them and use them for now. If there are others you still want, you'll have to find a way to get them through the Academy's internal purchasing after you've been accepted."

He hadn't seen the others yet, but Kira immediately noticed that the card on top of the box was none other than "Jinzo - Psychic Shocker," which he had searched for right at the beginning.

Or commonly known as Jinzo.

"Oh... Master, you actually went out of your way to find these..."

Kira took the card box and tucked it into his pocket.

"...This is too much. Isn't this inappropriate?"

Takeuchi Master narrowed his eyes.

If it's inappropriate, then take it out of your pocket...

"You didn't think this was free, did you?" the Master said testily. "This is an investment. Remember this: when you get into the Academy and make it big, you'll have to pay me back at market price."

"Also..."

The Master took a deep breath and said seriously.

"To be honest, our Dojo hasn't had a single student successfully get into Duel Academy up until now. But this time... there will be no failure. Understand?"

"Got it," Kira replied.

It's just an exam, how big of a deal can it be?