"Thanks for the support, but why is everyone gathered here?" Hara Shichi tried to steer the conversation back on track.
"Look at that." The male student pointed at a glass display case beside the man.
Hara Shichi followed his finger and saw, through the glass, a sapphire necklace no bigger than a pinky nail lying quietly inside.
"It looks expensive," Hara Shichi said.
"What do you mean, expensive? Its value can't be measured in money!" the male student said anxiously. "That's the Waterdrop Gem!"
"What's that?" Hara Shichi was confused.
"A gemstone that increases affinity with Water-attribute monsters." As the young daughter of a dueling family, Nero might have lacked some basic common sense, but she knew plenty about matters related to dueling.
"That's right! I can't believe such a precious item showed up in this tiny shopping district, and you can get it just by defeating this magician in a duel. It's just like something out of a novel!" the male student said excitedly.
"So... none of you managed to beat him?" Hara Shichi gave him a strange look.
And judging from that duel just now, his deck was just an ordinary Warrior deck. You were students of Duelist Academy.
"Ahem." The male student coughed awkwardly and defended himself. "His dueling skills are average, and his deck is average too, but there's one extremely powerful card in it."
"What?"
"Black Hole!"
"..."
Hara Shichi stared expressionlessly at the male student, as if asking whether he was serious.
"Just hear me out!" the male student lowered his voice. "Not only that, but he draws Black Hole all the time. He often uses it right at the start to destroy his opponent's monsters. It's like... it's stuck to his hand."
"You mean... you suspect he's cheating?" Hara Shichi asked with lowered