The Next Duel, Bear With It, It Might Be a Little Fun

"Just got back, didn't I?"

"You Wushuang, can you please stop wearing my shirts? The buttons can't even handle it anymore."

"Seriously, can you just be a decent person and leave the buttons alone?"

You Chen shook his head.

"Leave the buttons alone?"

"You don't know anything."

"Wearing it like this makes me look bigger."

You Wushuang wrinkled her nose, completely unfazed, and took another two sips of the cola in her hand.

"Oh, right, some new card packs came in today."

"Want to try your luck?"

"I know you've always wanted to have your own deck, sis."

"When I went to pick up stock today, I specifically bought some rare card packs back—they're Pot of Greed Special Edition! Maybe you'll accidentally pull a Pot of Greed?"

"Then we two siblings won't have to worry about food or clothes."

You Wushuang seemed to recall something, grinning, and pulled You Chen to sit on the nearby sofa.

Then she handed over the hidden card packs from beside her.

"You saved these specifically for me?" You Chen was a little surprised.

"Of course not. Do you think just because you're my younger brother, you don't have to pay?"

"As long as you open them, you pay. At most, I'll give you a 20% discount," You Wushuang said.

You Chen clicked his tongue. Hearing that, the hand he had extended retracted. The earlier warmth he felt was instantly thrown to the dogs.

"Seriously, so you couldn't sell them, and now you've come to me to sell card packs?"

"You Wushuang, you're such a dog," You Chen said.

Sure enough, this was her true nature.

"Call me 'big sister'! No manners. Do you want them or not? If not, you can just stick with your broken card pile."

You Wushuang scoffed.

"Dream on. Are we even related by blood?"

"Card pile? How about we have a pleasant duel?"

You Chen suddenly thought, Isn't this exactly what I need—a lucky person to bring some joy?

My older sister usually likes to tease me.

Today's the day to bring her more smiles, to repay her for all her usual care.

She's the one!

"Are you serious?"

"Pffft, haha, with your card pile?"

"Shouldn't we add some stakes to make it more exciting?"

You Wushuang immediately became interested, a cunning look appearing on her pretty face.

"Joy is all that matters."

"As long as you're happy, just remember to give me a little red flower."

"What are we betting?" You Chen showed a smile, looking harmless.

"Hehe, #^_^#!"

"We're not betting much, just these few card packs. If you win, they're free. If you lose, then…"

You Wushuang hadn't finished speaking.

You Chen interjected, "If I lose, I pay for them? That's fine."

You Wushuang immediately laughed and scolded, "Who the hell doesn't know that's fine? That's basically no cost to you. You're dreaming. If you lose, you have to buy them from me at double the price!"

You Chen's mouth twitched.

"Alright, alright!"

"Typical you. If you go out like this, you'll be eating dirt and eating G every day!"

"You're merciless, but I'm no pushover!"

"You've perfectly lifted the burden from my heart."

"Enough talk, let's duel!"

You Wushuang took a cheap Duel Disk from the side and tossed it over.

You Chen didn't stand on ceremony, catching the Duel Disk steadily with both hands. This Duel Disk must be from the GX Generation; it was already quite well-developed.

Touching it, feeling its texture, he never imagined he'd actually be able to play cards in real life.

Now that it was real, he almost couldn't believe it.

For a Card Player, being able to genuinely duel in reality was undoubtedly an extremely happy experience. He remembered how, in his childhood, watching the anime made him so chuunibyou that he fashioned a Duel Disk model out of cardboard.

He'd even held Shadow Duels with his friends, where the loser got flicked on the privates.

So, he knew exactly what a Duel Disk meant to a Card Player.

You Chen inserted his deck into the Duel Disk.

His Life Points had already appeared.

"Huh? Why only 4000 LP?"

You Chen blinked, momentarily stunned.

"It's adjustable. With our current decks, if we played with 8000 LP, do you want to be dueling until next year?" You Wushuang grumbled, pursing her lips.

"Alright, alright," You Chen naturally said no more.

Without another word, the two walked out of the general store.

As soon as people saw a duel was about to happen, the surrounding crowd of customers grew.

Sure enough, it was still a world of card games.

A coin dropped from the sky.

"Heads, you go first."

"You can draw a card when you go first right now, but that won't be the case once your duelist level increases. That's because at higher dueling levels, you'll be able to use more summoning methods." You Wushuang knew her brother's grades were average, so she made sure to explain the details clearly during their duel.

"Huh?"

"So, summoning methods require a high enough dueling level to use?" You Chen truly couldn't understand this point.

You Wushuang reached up and covered her forehead, sighing. "See! There's a reason your grades are bad."

"This rule is practically common knowledge."

"Even three-year-olds know it."

"It's because cards have power, and spirits exist."

"If your level isn't high enough, it means your dueling skill is insufficient, so it's hard to get the cards' recognition. Forcibly using them can lead to accidents, and even put your own life in danger."

"After all, cards are obtained from spirits."

"If cards didn't have power, how could we fight against those armies of Shadow Duels?"

After hearing all this, You Chen finally understood.

So that's how it was.

However, in You Chen's perception, card spirits were mostly cute and kind.

Of course, there were evil ones too.

But why did those evil spirits fight against humans?

Never mind, he couldn't figure it out now. He'd think about it later.

"I'm going first, draw!"

You Chen drew a card, glanced at his hand, and immediately made a decision.

"Next, you'll have to bear with it. It might be a little... enjoyable." You Chen mainly wanted to give You Wushuang a heads-up, so she'd be mentally prepared.

But after he said that, You Wushuang was stunned. The more she listened, the more something felt off.

This brat, is he getting bold? Daring to tease her?

Emotion Value +220!

You Chen hadn't expected to trigger Emotion Value!

This was a good haul!

"I set one monster in face-down defense position, then set four cards."

"Four back-row sets. Please teach me."

You Chen very decisively ended his turn.

"Hm? Four sets on the first turn?"

"A Heavy Trap Deck?"

You Wushuang was only in the same grade as You Chen, so she didn't know much about deck archetypes yet.

"So, it's just a Heavy Trap Axe King deck, then."

"However, defense alone can't win. That's the first lesson your big sister is teaching you today," You Wushuang said with a confident smile, lecturing him as if she already had You Chen completely figured out.

"R-really?" You Chen scratched the back of his head when he heard that.

How long had it been since he heard something so endearingly naive?

There were actually duelists who believed defense couldn't win.

It seemed You Wushuang hadn't yet experienced the harsh realities of the world.

Well, as her younger brother, it was his undeniable duty to deliver that first harsh lesson.

You Wushuang sighed, watching You Chen's somewhat clueless expression.

When would this guy ever amount to something?

She swiftly pinched a card between two fingers and slammed it onto her Duel Disk.

"I activate the Continuous Spell Card, Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen!"

"Once per turn, during your Main Phase, you can Special Summon 1 Fairy-Type monster from your hand. You can only activate and resolve this effect if there are no monsters on your side of the field."

"Sorry, but I'm going straight for the big moves!"

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