Don't Lead the Children Astray!

The duel has begun?

The duel is over!

"Wuwuwu~!"

Feeling the hostile gazes of the surrounding audience, Shen Sui inserted the tidied deck back into the Duel Instrument.

Alright, I didn't actually mean to make her cry.

Looking at Tang Lili, who was squatting on the ground and sobbing, Shen Sui felt wronged.

"Why is your deck so sinister!" Tang Lili pointed at Shen Sui, accusing him with tears of blood.

"Mainly because your deck is weak, right?" As a man, Shen Sui appreciated this cute Cat Girl, but as a card player, he gave a merciless evaluation, "With the strength of your deck, how did you reach the top four? By being cute?"

Tang Lili's fur bristled again.

Damn, her personality is also like a cat.

Shen Sui thought.

"Alright, I shouldn't bully children." Shen Sui rubbed his temples, feeling a headache.

"Who are you calling a child! I'm eighteen! Eighteen!" Tang Lili shouted in dissatisfaction, "You can only get a Duel Instrument if you're eighteen or older, didn't you know that?"

Uh...

Only then did Shen Sui remember that the Soul Card Association seemed to have such a rule, to prevent minors from being exposed to the Soul Card World too early and having their minds affected by the people in the Soul Card World.

But...

"You call this eighteen?" Shen Sui gestured to Tang Lili's height of one meter forty.

"If you laugh at me again, I'll bite you!" Tang Lili glared fiercely at Shen Sui.

"Alright, alright." Shen Sui raised his hands in surrender.

"But your deck is indeed weak." On this point, Shen Sui would not back down.

"What can I do about that?" Tang Lili said, "Soul Card World Number Twenty-One is similar to our world, it's just an ordinary world without extraordinary powers. The followers that come out of it naturally can't compare to the followers from other Soul Card Worlds with powerful forces."

"That's not necessarily true," Shen Sui said, "Aren't you using an Idol Card Deck?"

"Idols are ordinary people, okay?" Tang Lili said with her hands on her hips.

"That's different. Idols still have appeal, right?" Shen Sui stroked his chin, offering advice to Tang Lili, "Since they've become idols, it's normal to organize a Fan Club, right?"

"Fan Club, my Soul Card has one." Tang Lili didn't find it strange.

"Since there's a Fan Club, it's also normal to organize fans to boost rankings, right?" Shen Sui said, "Then tell me, can you create a spell card for boosting rankings, allowing the opponent to give gifts to the followers on your field? For example, by paying life points or Soul Points or something?"

Tang Lili's eyes widened instantly.

"Uh, also, when someone makes your Soul Card unhappy, can't you guide the fans to cyberbully them? Wouldn't that allow you to create a spell card that destroys the opponent's followers on the field?"

Tang Lili was greatly shocked.

"Let me tell you, I've had many online confrontations with fan circles, and I'm quite experienced in how to operate a fan circle, do you want..."

"Shut up!" Tang Lili was furious, she jumped up and pointed at Shen Sui's nose, saying, "I understand! The reason you play cards so sinisterly isn't a problem with your deck at all, it's a problem with you!"

"How can your thoughts be so sinister!"

"Idols! They are a profession that brings joy and smiles to the audience and fans! They are positive and uplifting!"

"Yeah, these cards can also bring smiles to the opponent," Shen Sui said, spreading his hands.

"Ah ah ah ah ah! You're making me so angry!" Tang Lili stomped her feet in place twice, then turned around and left angrily, unwilling to look at Shen Sui again.

Did I say something wrong?

Shen Sui pondered for a long time.

I thought my suggestion was quite reasonable.

"You, don't lead children astray." A strange voice appeared behind Shen Sui.

Seriously, why do you all like to suddenly appear behind me and talk to me.

Shen Sui complained silently in his heart.

Turning around, it was someone he knew.

Of course, whether the other person knew him was uncertain.

Yuan Youxin.

Known as the Amateur Duel King, also called the Bounty Hunter.

A person who dominates amateur competitions and possesses professional-level strength.

"She's eighteen, she's not a child, is she?" Shen Sui said, "And what I proposed was a reasonable suggestion. If a deck is too weak, a Soul Card Master with aspirations can't do anything."

"What you said makes sense. Soul Card duels, after all, are about strength above all else." Yuan Youxin sighed and extended his hand towards Shen Sui, "It seems you are my next opponent. Hello, my name is Yuan Youxin, please give me guidance."

"I've heard of your great name." Shen Sui shook his hand, "Shen Sui, a student of Tianyi Academy."

"So you are Shen Sui, I've heard of you," Yuan Youxin said.

The circle of Soul Card Masters is vast, but the top tier isn't that large. Only a limited number of Soul Card Masters achieve significant results each year.

"Many people online compare you and Xiao Xue," Yuan Youxin said with a smile. "I've dueled Xiao Xue a few times and found myself lacking. I don't know your skill level, though. This makes me look forward to the finals tonight even more. I hope you can give me a different experience, as it's been a very, very long time since I lost in a competition like this."

Having been in amateur competitions for so many years, Yuan Youxin was actually a bit numb. In these matches, he rarely encountered opponents worth mentioning. The few opponents who were decent were those from Duel Academies honing their decks, and he defeated them one by one.

Yuan Youxin's reputation in the circle wasn't actually very good.

The amateur circle was dissatisfied that he, with professional-level strength, stayed in amateur competitions to "fish" for prize money.

The professional circle disdained Yuan Youxin's "fishing" behavior.

However, Yuan Youxin never took these rumors to heart.

Making money isn't shameful.

"Of course, if your level is only what was shown in that video, it's far from enough."

Shen Sui didn't quite like the tone of this person's voice. He grinned and said, "I'm also looking forward to the duel tonight. I hope I can bring you a surprise."

As they were talking, the staff from the Heaven's Chosen Cup came forward and escorted the two out.

At the same time, a group of people carrying equipment walked into the venue. They were going to set it up as a duel arena that could be live-streamed.

Tianyi Soul Card Theme Park held the Heaven's Chosen Cup to promote their theme park. If they didn't live-stream it, wouldn't the promotion be in vain?

Along with the live broadcast of the Heaven's Chosen Cup finals, recordings of the quarterfinals and semifinals were also released.

Normally, not many people would watch the recording of an amateur competition, but when someone mentioned that Shen Sui was in the competition, a bunch of busybodies flocked in.

[Is this the person who is as famous as my Xiao Xue? I don't think he's that great, not as good as Yuan Youxin.]

[This deck is really f*cking dark. Who taught him to play like this?]

[Wow! Such a cute Cat Girl!]

[F*ck! Shen Sui, you have no heart! How could you lay a hand on such a cute Cat Girl? She was even crying.]

[Cat Girl snuggles!]

[Get lost, you guys in front! We're here to watch the duel. If you want to see girls, go to the dance section next door.]

[Cat Girl? Where's the Cat Girl? F*ck! You guys tricked me. I thought there was a new Cat Girl monster card. Turns out it's a real person. Boring, boring, not as good as the Lucky Cat Doll.]

Ah Zhou, I only have one day off work per week and not much time usually. I can only maintain my life by writing four thousand characters a day.

But I also want the readers to help me with follow-up reads on Tuesdays.

So I can only bribe the readers by writing ten thousand characters on Sundays.

Today, I'm writing five chapters and ten thousand characters. Please, readers, help me with follow-up reads next Tuesday! This is really important to me!