Yu-Gi-Oh!: Starting with an Underworld Deck, Depressing the World

Hearing the voice, Alexis's expression changed at once, and she hurriedly warned everyone.

"You're using the duel arena equipment outside the hours permitted by the academy, and the two of you are even dueling under rules that put your cards at stake."

"You could be expelled for breaking the rules!"

Hearing that,

Jaden Yuki, Chazz Princeton, and the others were all startled!

Jiang He, however, wasn't surprised in the slightest.

At this point, someone on night watch at Duel Academy had come to check.

Interrupting the duel between Jaden Yuki and Chazz Princeton.

Most importantly, he had already finished his duel and fleeced Chazz Princeton!

"Huh?! Duel Academy has a rule like that?" Syrus Truesdale asked in surprise.

Everyone else looked equally startled!

"Haven't you read the academy regulations on your Duel Academy communicators?"

Speechless, Alexis took out her communicator and held it up as she spoke.

She also paid particular attention to Jiang He's reaction.

But Jiang He reacted indifferently, without the slightest sign of surprise.

Clearly, he had known about all this for a while.

"Lord Chazz Princeton, the footsteps in the hallway are getting closer and closer. It won't be good if we stay here!"

Chazz Princeton's two lackeys hurriedly warned him.

"Tch, that's enough for today. We'll settle this in our next duel!" Chazz Princeton said to Jaden Yuki, sounding displeased.

After turning and leaving the duel arena, he didn't leave immediately. Instead, before going, he threw a parting threat at Jiang He:

"And you, lucky guy, just wait for my revenge! I, Chazz Princeton, will take back this victory!"

"Let's go!"

Only then did Chazz Princeton hurry away with his two lackeys!

"Damn it, I still wanted to finish the duel...!" Jaden Yuki looked even more resentful and reluctant than Chazz Princeton.

He didn't want to leave the duel arena at all.

He even wanted to call Chazz Princeton back and finish the duel!

It was safe to say his card addiction ran deep.

Jiang He gave the hot-blooded idiot a speechless look.

Then he called to Jaden Yuki and Syrus and headed for the side door on the other side of the venue, where Chazz Princeton and his two lackeys had just left.

They clearly wouldn't run into the approaching night watch over there.

Alexis didn't stay either. She gave Syrus Truesdale and Jaden Yuki a glance to remind them, then followed Jiang He, intending to leave.

"Bro, if we don't leave now, we really will get caught...!" Seeing this, Syrus Truesdale hurriedly pushed the reluctant Jaden Yuki along after them.

They left the venue together!

After all, who could stand being expelled on their very first night at Duel Academy?

Chapter 18: Winged Kuriboh: Kurikuri

"Seriously, the duel was just starting to get exciting."

On the way back to the Slifer Red dorm, Jaden Yuki grumbled the whole way.

"Card players really are obsessed..." Jiang He muttered helplessly.

Syrus Truesdale, meanwhile, wore a helpless expression.

Then he seemed to remember something.

He hurriedly changed the subject and asked Jiang He curiously, "Come to think of it, when you dueled Chazz Princeton just now, Jiang He, you didn't take a rare card. You took a whole lot of money instead!"

"But here on GX Duel Academy's island, it probably won't be much use, will it?"

Hearing that,

Jaden Yuki joined the discussion and looked at Jiang He curiously.

"I think Syrus is right."

"The supplies for this island should all be regularly brought in from elsewhere by helicopter."

"The only place to spend money seems to be that shop we saw while looking around the academy during the day, the only one at Duel Academy."

Earlier that day, after arriving at Duel Academy, they had seen a fairly large shop before finding the duel venue.

It sold food and other daily necessities.

And supposedly, it also got some new cards in stock every once in a long while.

That was the only place Jaden Yuki could think of where they would need money.

But even so, surely Jiang He didn't need a huge sum like twenty million!

After all, Duel Academy provided food too.

They hardly needed any money at all.

Compared to that, he might as well have taken a valuable rare card from Chazz Princeton!

In terms of money, a rare card like that probably wouldn't be worth much less.

"You'll find out what the money's for later." Jiang He wore a mysterious expression, with no intention of explaining it directly to Jaden Yuki and Syrus Truesdale.

As he saw it, once the luxury cabin he had planned was built beside the Slifer Red dorm,

and they saw that the Slifer Red dorm served dried fish and curry mapo tofu every day while he feasted on fish and meat,

those two would understand why he hadn't chosen a rare card and had fleeced Chazz Princeton instead!

"What's with that...? Why's Jiang He being so mysterious?" Watching Jiang He head up the outdoor stairs to his room first, Jaden Yuki scratched his head and grumbled in confusion.

Then he looked questioningly at Syrus Truesdale.

But clearly, Syrus Truesdale hadn't guessed the reason either!

He looked just as baffled.

After returning to his room,

Jiang He sat on his bed and connected to the outside network through his Duel Academy communicator.

He soon found a legitimate construction crew outside the academy,

and exchanged messages with them to settle the arrangements.

When the time came, they would come to the island and build the luxury cabin he had planned!

And as it happened, they were with the Chazz Princeton Group.

Using the money I won from you to hire your people to work for me.jpg

However, two-thirds of the twenty million Jiang He had just acquired would have to be spent when the time came.

Jiang He didn't mind that, though.

What remained would be enough to last him quite a long time.

After all, as Syrus Truesdale and Jaden Yuki had just said, there really weren't many other places to spend money at Duel Academy.

As for buying new card packs from the shop,

he had his system cheat, so he only needed to redeem them from the system.

He had no intention of getting more cards anywhere else.

"System, open my personal panel."

After taking care of the plans for his luxury cabin, Jiang He took stock of what he had gained by depressing Chazz Princeton in their duel!

[Name: Jiang He]

[Skill: Clear Mind (once per duel, grants a chance to make a divine draw guaranteed to yield the desired card)]

[Current deck: Exodia the Forbidden One deck (underworld deck, one-turn kill version)]

[Emotion points: 2,800]

"That goofball Chazz Princeton gave me 2,000 emotion points in a single duel?"

Looking at his 2,800 emotion points, Jiang He smiled in satisfaction.

With that,

he had not only earned enough points to redeem the Duel Spirit Sight Ability from the system shop,

he would even have some left over!

[System shop (refreshes randomly every two days, offering four redemption options each time)]

Today's options:

[Deck: Cyber Dragon deck (Zane Truesdale version)] 500 points.

[Deck: Gravekeeper deck (underworld version)] 1,000 points.

[Deck: Lava Golem deck (underworld prison style)] 1,000 points.

[Skill: Duel Spirit Sight Ability] 2,000 points.

[Time remaining: one day and one hour.]

Jiang He immediately redeemed the Duel Spirit Sight Ability from the system!

"Buzz!!"

The next second, a cool sensation welled up in his eyes, and Jiang He soon felt a strange sensation spread rapidly throughout his body.

It was as though something had merged with his so-called soul!

It made his whole body feel warm!

"So this is the power to see duel spirits...?" Jiang He reopened his eyes, looked at his hand, and muttered.

Then he glanced at the deck he had placed beside his bed.

Finally, he realized.

It seemed...

Nothing had changed.

It was almost as if he had gotten a fake skill...