"Huh!?" King Zai, who was sitting in his room and had just finished another divination, was sorting out the Tarot cards. However, he suddenly discovered that even though he was so skilled at shuffling cards, a card suddenly slipped out of the card.
It fell out of the pile and landed on the ground.
King Zai, who was a little sleepy at first, immediately became energetic like those people who "knocking over a coffee cup can wake you up more than drinking coffee." He quickly lowered his head and tried to catch the card to prevent the corner of the card from hitting the ground.
Broken and warped.
Although he has always regarded divination as his own job, King Sai does not only use professional tarot cards for divination. Rather, because of the increasing popularity of duel monsters, he also carries a duel monster deck with him.
It is more convenient to use the [Power of Mystery] deck based on Tarot cards for divination. He also used his own deck for divination for Ed before.
Thinking about it this way, you can understand why King Sai is so nervous - after all, duel monster cards are really expensive, and even the card replacement service provided by International Illusion Society is not as expensive as it was when it was first launched a few years ago.
It is free, but the price difference that needs to be paid for replacement depends on the rarity and wear and tear of the card.
At the beginning, apart from rare cards like [Blue Eyes White Dragon], there were only a handful of them in the world. Even if the card was torn in half and taken to the stations opened by the International Illusion Society in major cities across the country, it would
Trade in your old one for a new one for free.
Although the price that comes with it is that some cards will be forced to be replaced with the latest version - for example, it was originally an equipment magic card, but now it has become a sustainable magic card [Future Fusion] - but most people are willing
Let your deck use brand new cards instead of a bunch of tattered cards.
As for King Zai, because he serves as Amity's agent and makes money by helping others with fortune telling in his free time, he is not a poor person. He even has plenty of money, but he can only afford to maintain and replace his cards.
He could afford to do it once a year. If the card was damaged due to a mistake on his part, even he would feel heartbroken over the loss.
‘Why didn’t I think of putting some card sleeves on the card package? If I had known better, I wouldn’t have coveted it so that I could feel better when doing fortune-telling,’ King Zai thought with some regret in his heart.
Fortunately, when the card fell, it happened to be that it slipped against the tablecloth that stretched to the ground on the table in front of King Sai. When it fell to the ground, it happened to be on the back of the card.
It may have been reduced to the lowest level, which made King Zai breath a sigh of relief.
But unfortunately, when King Zai looked carefully at the fallen card, he found that the card was [Power of the Mystery V-Pope].
As King Zai told Ed on the phone before, in King Zai's divination, this card is the Major Arcana card that can represent Ed Phoenix, and the "Pope" in the Tarot cards also has the "enablement" effect.
It is a symbol that will not lead you astray, but will guide you to recognize your conscience clearly and realize that what is right now is not what was yesterday.”
In other words, Ed is a "trustworthy friend" to Prince Sai.
The appearance of the "Pope" also made King Zai frown, because there are not so many coincidences in the world of duelists, especially King Zai, who is not only a duelist but also a fortune teller.
For him who is very skilled at shuffling cards, it is already a very special thing that the card will be pulled out of the card pile without authorization, but the card that fell can still represent Ed's [Mysterious Power V-Pope]
, which made King Zai really unable to turn a blind eye.
After he ended the call with Ed, could it be that something happened again? King Zai picked up the fallen [Power of Mystery V-Pope] with a serious face and put it back into the card pile.
I shuffled and cut them again, then took out three cards from them and placed them on the table with their backs facing up.
When he turned over the first card, King Zai was extremely confident and without hesitation, as if he knew what the card was in advance. At the same time, he muttered: "Then let me divine it, Ed.
Does the situation that makes me uneasy have something to do with you... [Power of Mystery V-Pope]."
The card was turned over, and it was the [Power of Mystery V-Pope] card that King Sai had just put back into the deck to shuffle. Obviously King Sai didn't record the cards specially or use De Qianwashi, a master of gambling skills.
The card trick was to shuffle this card back to the top of the deck by "coincidence".
"Sure enough, you have encountered something, Ed." Seeing the expected card, King Zai was not nervous. Instead, he held his hands together, held his chin, and smiled, "But it doesn't matter.
Feel free to fight for the answers you want on Duel Academy Island, but the power I put in your deck will help you."
"After all, you are my most trusted friend. There is no difference between helping you and helping me. And those who lose to the Ed deck with my breath will have their souls stained with this white color and succumb to me, becoming
A slave to fate."
Of course, King Zai did not hide the fact that he had tampered with Ed's deck, but he only told Ed that he had injected a kind of magic into Ed's deck.
The power of the dark game that keeps him from fearing others.
How could he deceive his friends? It's just that he didn't tell the whole truth. After all, look, isn't part of the truth also the truth?
"Yes, that's how it should be. With the hint of the 'Pope' in the Tarot cards, what happened to you?" With doubts, King Zai slowly opened the second card, and then his pupils
Shrink.
The card he turned over was [Power of Mystery XV-Devil], which represents the fifteenth number in the Major Arcana card - the existence of "Devil", and its meaning in Tarot cards.
It can be said to be an existence that is completely opposite to the "Pope" suggestion held by Charity.
"Pope" represents spiritual nobility, trustworthy people, spiritual satisfaction and the right path, but "Devil" in Tarot cards represents weakness of will, betrayal by friends, addiction, depravity and going astray.
The meanings of the upright and reversed positions can be said to be opposite to each other, and can even exist as opposites of each other.
Although King Zai is now conducting divination around Ed, because Ed has been investigating the situation of the students in Duel Academy not long ago, King Zai even just listened to Ed's complaints, and he learned a lot of information about them by the way.
, I quickly thought of one of them.
"Among the hints of 'devil', there is also a hint of lust, depravity, and things getting stuck. And I remember that Ed mentioned before that a student named 'Tenjoin Fubuki' was admitted in the same year as 'Caesar' Ryo.
A gifted student, he was also a playboy who flirted with women everywhere, but he disappeared after being active for a year, and he did not appear on the list of graduates this year. It is suspected that he repeated the grade."
Picking up the card of [Power of Mystery XV-Demon], King Zai narrowed his eyes: "A playboy addicted to lust, a fallen genius, and a man who failed to graduate but was blocked and repeated a year. It seems that he possesses the 'Devil'
'The person hinted at is indeed the student named Tenjoin Fubuki. Did Ed meet him?"
"It would be a good thing if Ed defeated him and made him the spearhead of my invasion of Duel Academy. He seems to have a sister who is only two years apart in Duel Academy, and is also with the one who holds the hint of 'The Fool'
Yujo Judai is very close, and the hint he holds is also a 'lover', maybe we can become useful chess pieces together for my use."
King Zai is still very confident about Amity's strength. Although he was slandered in public opinion because he was defeated by that "Caesar" not long ago, King Zai knows that the strength of "Caesar" is definitely extraordinary.
After this year's professional dueling events, "Caesar" will probably be able to accumulate enough points to enter the top ten rankings in the world. It's just "unlucky luck" that Ed will be defeated by him - even if King Zai is actually very reluctant to use this opponent.
It is a humiliating word for him as a fortune teller, but there is really no better adjective.
However, the anxiety and uneasiness he felt when the [Power of Mystery V-Pope] card just fell suddenly came to King Zai's heart again, causing him to focus on the last card. After taking a deep breath, King Zai
He slowly opened the card, but his eyes suddenly widened.
It is not the "chariot" that often appeared when King Zai performed divination for Ed in the past, which can represent "victory". The result of King Zai's divination this time is [Power of the Mystery XVI-Tower], which represents
Next to the "Devil" is the sixteenth number of the Major Arcana card - "Tower".
"Tower" is a very special Tarot card that is not a good thing regardless of whether it is upright or reversed. It is also the only Major Arcana card that does not have a good meaning. It is said to be the least favored among all divination results.
There is no exaggeration in what people hope to see. Its meaning can be simply summarized as "collapse", "downfall" and "tragedy".
"Love him to the end..."
"Wow!" Fubuki sat up suddenly, sweating profusely, as if he had a nightmare and suddenly woke up.
In fact, he actually lay on the bed, but it was not the big bed in his dormitory, but the bed in the school medical room - he spent time sleeping in this "exclusive bed" after getting rid of his "Darkness" identity.
It’s almost longer than the time he spends sleeping at home!
However, after he looked around, he discovered that Teacher Ayukawa Emi, who had been working here for a long time, was not in the school medical room. Instead, the screen between the hospital beds had been folded up, allowing Fubuki to see at a glance what was inside his body.
There is another person lying on the bed next to him - if you look closely, it's not the Ed Phoenix that he dueled with before.
Thinking of the duel, Fubuki was confused for a moment, because he really didn't remember the outcome of the duel at that time. He only remembered that when he was attacking with [True Red Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon], that guy Ed Phoenix didn't
I used the [Wheel of Destruction] that was meant for mutual destruction in a martial manner, trying to drag myself into the water to clear out the basic points.
"Hey, you're awake?" The curtain in front of the hospital bed was suddenly opened. Fubuki saw Hayato Kobayashi appearing in the infirmary, leaning out from the curtain. When he saw himself sitting up, he waved and said hello,
"How does it feel?"
"I had a terrible nightmare..." Although the fearful mood only stayed at the moment when he woke up, the specific dream was forgotten subconsciously by Fubuki the next second he sat up.
It was clean, but Fubuki still had some lingering fears, and vaguely felt that the figure of the man in front of him had appeared in the dream, "Also, I don't know if it is an illusion, but it seems that I dreamed of you, Principal Hayato."
"Oh, it's normal to dream, because I beat you, so you don't have to worry about it." Hayato said casually and waved his hand, "I didn't ask you what you were dreaming about, I asked you about the feeling of your body.
"
"No, then it doesn't sound like you don't need to worry about it, right?" Fubuki complained, "And since Hayato-sensei you said you beat me up, then my body must be very...
Huh? Not only does it not hurt, but it also feels very relaxing?”
"Of course it's easy. After all, this guy who has been hanging on you was finally caught by me using this opportunity." Hayato said, taking out a card from nowhere in his hand and showing it to Fubuki.
The mask in the card is clearly the mask that Fubuki wore before - which is the symbol of the power of "Darkness".
However, unlike the previous appearance surrounded by chains in Fubuki's hand, in the card in Hayato's hand, the mask was already full of cracks, as if it was about to be shattered at the slightest touch.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Although I told you that Ed has special powers in his deck, I also didn't tell you to go to him for a duel.
Ah? I'm obviously thinking that although you are usually aloof, you are much more mature than Judai and others and can stop others from dueling with Ed. After I have dealt with these recent things, I will slowly deal with Ed's deck.
The hidden dangers inside.”
Hayato pressed the front and back of the card with two fingers, and flicked it without caring whether the card would be damaged. The card spun in his hand, "Judai is an idiot, Sho Marufuji has no opinion, and Ai Wanzhi is a fool."
Being in the limelight, Asuka can't lie to Judai, and there is Sky Gozawa who has no sense of existence. It turns out that you are a stronger brat than I expected."
"However, you are a blessing in disguise. I noticed the data of the new Duel Disk being used on the island and went to your location to take a look. I happened to see that the power of 'Darkness' on you is the same as the one in the Ed deck.
That force was so inextricably linked that I took it all in one fell swoop."
Yes, from the very beginning, Hayato never asked Fubuki to find Ed. From the beginning to the end, Hayato just informed Fubuki about the special power in Ed's card group, and then let him rely on his outstanding skills when necessary.
Using tricks and the ability to attract fans to prevent other students from dueling with Ed, this is something that neither Judai nor Manjōme can do, only Fubuki, who has many fans, can do it.
It's just that Hayato didn't expect that Fubuki had made a good promise to him in person after knowing this, but secretly he actually had the idea of "I'll defeat Ed first so that others don't have to duel with Ed".
.
Hearing Hayato's words, although Fubuki was very happy that she had completely gotten rid of the shadow of the past, she remembered something again and quickly asked: "Compared to those things... what was the result of that duel, Mr. Hayato?"
?Have you seen the result of the duel?"
Hayato glanced at Ed, whose breathing rhythm had changed on the bed next to him, and then looked at Fubuki with a smile: "The result of the duel...have you forgotten what card you have in your hand?"
