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Chapter 179: Who is the Real Club President?
Chapter 179: Who is the Real Club President?
After the card game, You Xuan mooched a meal from the Pegasus brothers of International Illusion Society. During this time, Moonwalk guaranteed that they would be listed as a key sponsored laboratory and granted priority to purchase rare cards internally through the special channel of the International Illusion Society, enjoying the same preferential discounts as insiders.
With this, You Xuan's card purchasing channels have been further expanded. He downloaded the exclusive store of the International Illusion Society to the academy's terminal through Moonwalk's sharing, and it seemed that brushing through the Illusion Society store's new products had become part of his daily routine, in addition to the academy store.
This also included many of the decent cards that Moonwalk had just used in the duel.
Unlimited internal purchasing rights from International Illusion Society, the world's number one card manufacturer, would excite any other duelist and be seen as a rare opportunity.
However, You Xuan's first reaction was, "Huh? I still have to spend money?"
"I've always gotten free cards from Kaiba."
But it didn't matter, as he wasn't short on money at the moment anyway. Just selling the rare cards from the picked card packs would bring in a lot of money, not to mention that he hadn't even spent much of the president's reward yet.
It's just more comfortable to have connections.
After this fruitful and pleasant trip to the Illusion Society, the three of them returned to the academy that evening.
Then, as You Xuan had expected, the small laboratory they had just established soon became famous in the academy.
This was only natural. A student-led research team had consecutively obtained sponsorships from the world's two top giants, Kaiba Corporation and International Illusion Society, with their impressive results. Just describing this sounded absurd.
Initially, it was only among the teachers, but soon the students also spread the word.
"Have you heard? Fujiki You Xuan, the guy from the Yellow Dormitory who's pretty good at dueling, set up a laboratory, and even Kaiba and Pegasus invested in it!"
"What? He's that strong? So, he does have some background?"
"Of course. I heard he and Kaiba Seto are best buddies, the kind that wears each other's pants."
"What did you say?! Does that mean he's taken the opportunity to latch onto them, so he'll have a future after graduation?"
". . ."
The rumors were getting more and more outrageous.
You Xuan was full of questions when he heard these rumors from Misawa. He thought that he had actually met the president only a few times and the total words exchanged between them didn't exceed ten sentences. When did they become so close?
Indeed, the ancients were right. Human nature loves gossip, and everyone prefers a story to the truth. That's why some things get more distorted as they spread.
Oh well, it didn't matter; it would even help them recruit people.
After this trip, the academy began to pay more attention to their project, even transferring manpower from the research department to coordinate with You Xuan's development needs.
Then, with the funding from Kaiba Corporation and Illusion Society in place, You Xuan's laboratory was officially up and running. He just needed to control the general direction based on his memory of the future trends of various card packs, and they should soon be able to produce stable outputs.
Although he won this duel with Moonwalk, Moonwalk's words still gave You Xuan some inspiration.
"Duel with your heart," You Xuan reflected.
However, he felt that he had always been passionate about dueling.
Although he was different from most duelists in this world, he had always enjoyed dueling and was dedicated to sharing this joy with more people. As the saying goes, "Bringing smiles through dueling," isn't this the eternal truth of Yu-Gi-Oh!?
There are many paths to Rome, and there are countless paths to cultivation and ascension. There's no reason why his path of card dueling shouldn't work. If Judai Yuki could become a god through his passionate dueling, then there was no reason why You Xuan, the King of Duels, couldn't.
So, he thought that it all came down to more practice and more duels to gain insight.
Thus, You Xuan further increased his daily training volume of practical duel practices on top of his existing foundation.
The first choice for recruiting volunteers was naturally the Dueling Club. He would drop by the club for several consecutive days, and each time, his presence was accompanied by laughter and cheerful voices.
Next was the Student Council, which he had recently joined. As a new member, he quickly got along with the old members, and in just over a week, he had dueled and forged friendships with almost everyone in the council.
During this time, while practicing, he also helped Senior Xinghua with some minor student council affairs.
Apparently, the academy's Photography Club and Art Society had both set their eyes on the garden as a venue. One side wanted to take pictures to exhibit at the Cultural Festival a week later, while the other side had already scheduled today for sketching.
The two presidents immediately fell silent.
After a brief moment of silence, the Photography Club President spoke up, "Actually, there's still time before the start of the Cultural Festival. Why don't you guys sketch first, and we can come back in a couple of days?"
"No, no, please go ahead," the Art Society President replied, now humble and kind. "Sketching can be done anytime, but if we delay the exhibition for the Cultural Festival, it won't be good."
"No, you should go first."
"It would be better if you went first."
You Xuan smiled, "Then it's simple. I'll make a slight modification to the previous proposal. You'll each duel me, and whichever side wins, the other side will gain priority. That should be fine, right?"
Both club presidents: "..."
They seemed to understand something.
Regarding their dispute, the executive member didn't seem interested or concerned about who won or lost.
He had simply come to find a duel.
"..."
In the end, You Xuan got what he wanted—the cards—and the conflict was resolved amicably.
He felt that the student council members' descriptions of both sides had been a bit unfair. In his opinion, both parties had been quite polite, reasonable, and accommodating.
Moreover, it seemed that from now on, whenever there were conflicts in club negotiations, they would be able to discuss things more calmly and rationally.
Subsequently, a new rumor began to spread throughout the academy.
It was about the Student Council obtaining a forbidden weapon.
If one broke the rules or disobeyed the management, depending on the severity of the offense, the Student Council might deploy "that executive member" to enforce the rules forcibly.
For a time, all the clubs felt uneasy, sensing a dark cloud hanging over the club environment, akin to the uncertain future of the Dueling World.
Of course, as things progressed, the various clubs also realized that "that executive member" only took on tasks depending on his mood. He didn't seem interested in getting involved in every matter.
Furthermore, in the process of managing the clubs, the Student Council gradually reached a subtle understanding with the students.
As long as the violations didn't cross a certain line, they promised not to immediately resort to "that executive member's" power.
However, from then on, anyone who received a warning from the Student Council would need to be wise enough to fall in line promptly.
This bizarre equilibrium, once achieved, was colloquially referred to as the "Yellow Intimidation" for the remainder of the academic year.
You Xuan indeed did things at the Student Council according to his mood. Earning extra credits and obtaining cards from the council's stock were just by-products; his primary motivation was to maintain his dueling practice.
When taking on tasks, he didn't care about the specifics of the job. He had only one criterion: whether there were cards to duel for, and if not, whether he could create an opportunity to duel, and if the opponent was worth dueling.
After a few instances, Hinata Hoshizora quickly figured out his selection pattern. So, she would organize the tasks that might interest You Xuan, and for those that she knew he wouldn't take on, she didn't even bother mentioning them.
For example, today.
"So, what do you think of this, You Xuan?"
Senior Xinghua handed him a brief report.
"It's about the on-site inspection for the formation of a new club. Of course, you can also require the registering club president to undergo a duel as part of the inspection."
You Xuan waved his hand to indicate his lack of interest. "Anything else?"
The main reason was that he had dueled the registering club president before, and there was no real need for a rematch.
Senior Xinghua put the report away with a helpless look on her face.
Suddenly, it became a bit unclear who the real club president was. But what could she do? The person in front of her now led a laboratory that had not only secured investments from Kaiba Corporation and the International Illusion Society but also garnered attention from the academy's upper management. Not to mention the rumors that he shared an extraordinarily close relationship with Kaiba Seto.
And here she was, just a small, insignificant student council president. What could she possibly do?
"Hmm? What's this?"
You Xuan had already picked up and glanced at a report that caught his eye.
"Oh, that," Senior Xinghua said. "Some students reported seeing a strange person wandering in the academy's forest at midnight. It's said that this person is very powerful, having consecutively defeated students from Obelisk Blue.
Moreover, at the end of each duel, this strange person would always take their rare cards as a form of humiliation, and in more severe cases, they might even take the Duel Disk along with the cards."
You Xuan was shocked.
Taking the Duel Disk and rare cards?
There was actually such a despicable person in this world!
(End of Chapter)
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