Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 63

Chapter 63 - 63: The Choice of the Strong

A few days later, as promised, Mokuba sent over the list of rare cards that were originally scheduled to be shipped to Duel Academy.

Just as Kira expected, the "VWXYZ" series took center stage on the list. Without hesitation, he immediately claimed that series for himself.

Since these cards were originally meant to be sold through Duel Academy's internal channels, their prices were set at a level you'd never see on the outside. Plus, Kira still had most of the bonus he received from KaibaCorp untouched, so his budget was more than adequate.

Next, he had his eye on the "Magical Mallet" that Chazz used in the anime. In the show, its effect was to shuffle any number of cards from your hand (including itself) back into the deck, then draw the same number of cards.

It's a great card for fixing dead hands.

However, the real-life version was nerfed to only let you shuffle and redraw cards except for itself, meaning you'd lose a card in the process, making it much less useful.

Kira thought about it. Using the anime effect, you could refresh your hand without losing cards—still useful. But in this anime-style world where destiny-driven effects are king, even search effects aren't very popular, let alone this one.

Plus, he already had a bunch of anime-exclusive draw cards, so under normal circumstances, he wouldn't need the "Magical Mallet."

However, he noticed it was one of the cheapest rares in the whole box, and while usually unnecessary, it could be handy in some gimmicky combo decks. So, he grabbed three copies just in case.

He also spotted the key plot card, "Transcendent Wings." Discarding two cards, it lets you evolve Winged Kuriboh into its rare LV10 form.

But only one person in the entire Duel Academy owned a Winged Kuriboh, so this card might as well have "For Jellyfish-Head Only" printed on it.

Kira only had Kuriboh, not Winged Kuriboh, so this card was useless to him. He decided to let Jaden have it.

After picking through, he realized there wasn't much left for Chazz.

"Don't worry, before we send the shipment to Duel Academy, we'll supplement it with other rare cards," Mokuba assured him.

Well, Kira thought, if these goodies ended up in Chazz's hands, they'd probably get trashed anyway, so he might as well take them and avoid waste.

There were two days left before the start of Duel Academy.

...

The day before leaving for the island, he visited the dojo one last time to say goodbye to the master and the other students.

But as soon as he walked in, he saw all the students kneeling on the floor, heads bowed. Master Takeuchi was at the front, spit flying as he lectured them.

Kira, curious, listened for a bit and soon grasped the situation.

The master was angry that the dojo had become a breeding ground for toxic duelists, with students taking pleasure in making others miserable.

But that wasn't all. The students soon realized that when everyone in the dojo played this way, the fun was gone. So, they turned their attention to the local Duel Arenas.