Tetsuhiro walked over and ruffled Mai Valentine's hair, deliberately keeping his voice gentle. "Wins and losses are part of life. Times are changing, and your deck needs to change with them."
"You mean I need to find stronger cards?" She slapped his hand away in annoyance and carefully fixed her hair.
"Keep your own distinctive style." Tetsuhiro paid no mind to her attitude. "Harpie Lady is pretty good and fairly versatile, but right now your deck is too one-dimensional, and it lacks powerful spell and trap cards.
"You also need board wipes, chains, draw filtering, searches, special summons, fusion, and so on..."
He paused, lifted his chin, and put on a proud expression. "You still have a long way to go. Take your time. Not everyone was born invincible like me!"
"Are you comforting me or praising yourself?" By the time Mai Valentine heard the last part, she couldn't help rolling her eyes.
"Teacher, I'm not happy with that!" Joey Wheeler suddenly leaned over and shouted smugly, "I'm the one-in-ten-thousand genius here! Joey Wheeler, the genius!"
Smack! Amid the crisp crack, Anzu brought out a magic artifact she hadn't used in ages-a folding fan! She walked up from behind and struck Joey Wheeler hard on the back of his head.
Before he could clutch his head and cry out, the fan came down several more times. "You, a genius? Have you won the championship yet? Don't forget your sister is still waiting for treatment! Get your priorities straight!"
Smack, smack, smack! A wisp of smoke rose from Joey Wheeler's head. She had actually smacked him until he smoked!
Everyone drew a deep breath and silently backed away in unison, lest they get caught in the crossfire.
Joey Wheeler covered his head and begged for mercy. "Ow! I get it! Stop