“A chip of equal value?” Melonica lowered her head and scanned herself.
After looking for a while, she couldn’t find anything of value!
Even the black-and-white lolita dress she’s wearing had several pieces of fabric burned off.
Even if she sold herself, her worth wouldn’t even come close to matching the value of that box of cards!
“It’s over, it’s over…”
The inner embarrassment made her so nervous that she couldn’t breathe.
Her palms began to sweat, her heart beat faster, and her mind was in chaos.
She tried hard to suppress the panic in her heart and tried to find a solution.
“Yes, a chip of equal value.” Luo Bai’s cold voice stimulated her eardrums again.
When a booster box was directly bought back on Earth, it would have cost 300 yuan.
(T/N: Around 42 USD)
“I…” Melonic’s eyes were a little red, and she was so aggrieved that she hesitated to speak.
The card box before her containing Ancestral Power was an opportunity of a lifetime, but at the same time, she also realized she didn’t have anything that has the same value as it is.
This cruel fact set off a wave of powerlessness and frustration in her heart.
“No way, you can’t even come up with 300 yuan (gold points)?” Luo Bai felt sad in his heart.
Some sort of rebellious teenager who ran away from home and now penniless?
“Then, let’s stop with the bets.
Let’s just play normally and have a friendly duel.” Luo Bai thought for a while and sighed.
He originally planned to raise the price to 500 gold points.
In the end, what he met here was a runaway.
He had no intention of giving away the card box for free.
He’s a store manager, not a philanthropist.
“No, I have to get this card box!” Melonica roared, then suddenly, her expression becoming extremely awkward, she stammered.
“If you win, you can do whatever you want with me.”
“Whatever you want, I…
I’ll give it to you.”
“Whatever I want?”, Slightly raising an eye, Luo Bai repeated such devilish words.
His eyes looked up and down at her wildly…
before clicking his tongue.
She had nothing valuable, and even her clothes are burned, he doesn’t know if he could exchange those with money.
“It’s no use talking anymore, let’s duel!” Seemingly having finally made a decision, Melonica took out her Deck and shouted, a flash of determination flashing in her eyes.
She’s feeling the flow!
“Hahaha…
In that case, I don’t need to pretend to be a gentleman anymore.” Luo Bai gave an evil smile.
“Let’s duel, girl!”
The two of them each held their Deck and sat domineeringly at both ends of the wooden table.
Suddenly remembering that he didn’t physically have this world’s playmat, Luo Bai’s embarrassment exploded.
“S- Should we just play on the table?”
Ahh, so embarrassing!!!
It would be fine if the person opposite him was just another grown man, but judging from her clothes, she looked more like a noble lady.
“I brought a playmat.” Melonica said softly.
Luo Bai breathed a sigh of relief, but he also became even more embarrassed.
It’s like going to meet your girlfriend’s parents, but just when you knocked on their door, you realized you didn’t bring a souvenir. Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
Then…
your girlfriend thoughtfully picked up her own fruit bag and handed it over to you, having it as your souvenir.
That’s a two-month worth of embarrassment.
Melonica couldn’t see his face though, so she didn’t know the thoughts in his heart.
Expressionlessly, she took out a double playmat from her supercomputer ring.
A mat with red and blue sides were spread out on the wooden table, and more than 20 grids flashed with blue light as electricity passed through them, making a clear “Beep beep” sound.
There’s a red/blue button next to the two <DECK> grids.
There’s also a palm-sized LCD screen in the middle of a playmat.
There are also eight function buttons of varying sizes around the display screen.
It looks very technological.
As he unconsciously shuffled and cut his Deck, Luo Bai blankly admired the playmat.
Meanwhile, Melonica, who was sitting across from her, directly put her Deck into the <DECK> grid and pressed the red button.
A small square frame rose from the <DECK> grid, allowing the Deck placed in it to be automatically shuffled.
“The heck…”
Before, Luo Bai always felt like a country bumpkin when he stood next to Melonica.
Now, he was convinced that he really was a country bumpkin.
“Even playmats are so high-tech now…”
He murmured softly and followed Melonica’s example by placing his deck into the <DECK> grid and pressing the blue button next to it to automatically shuffled.
So smart, so cool, so convenient~~
As long as there’s a playmat like this in his store, the flow of people will definitely explode, and it will not go bankrupt.
At this moment, he has decided.
He finally knew what he wanted to win from Melonica, and his eyes became sharp and evil.
The nature of this duel has now changed.
He has to win this duel!
Melonica thought for a while, entered “4000” on the middle display screen, and pressed the red button on the side.
Country Bumpkin Luo Bai also followed suit, input “4000” and pressed the blue button on the side.
4000 should be the basic LP setting here.
Luo Bai rarely played with such starting LP, with the original rulings played with 8000 LP, but he doesn’t mind it much, as the amount of LP doesn’t really change much of the duel.
[The Duel Arena is Set Up.]
[8 Seconds Chain Inquiry, 15 Seconds Upper Limit of Operation Interval, 3 Field State Checks, 1 Pause.]
[THE DUEL BEGINS!]
[FIRST TURN: RED SIDE!]
A metal wire the size of a little finger suddenly rose up on both sides of the mat, and then issued a series of cold mechanical voices, startling him.
The top ends of the two metal wires flashed red and blue respectively.
These are two cameras and an AI referee that can record videos, operate judgments, and prevent cheating.
The duel begins, and both sides draw five.
After the red side Melonica got the first turn, she kept hesitating and looking around.
She’d occasionally glanced at the Decks on the counter, sometimes at her own hand, and other times, she’d look towards Luo Bai.
“She bricked?”
Luo Bai thought to himself.
The Vampire Deck, as he recalled, moves about quite a lot.
Melonica glanced at the card box on the store manager’s counter again to confirm that the Ancestor’s call and heartbeat were still there.
“However, I’m also the semi-finalist of a regional tournament!”
Melonica calmed down, frowned, and taking a deep breath, she spoke.
“My turn, I Normal Summon <Gozuki>.”
She placed the Magic Card in the Monster Zone of the playmat, and a three-dimensional mini-projection of a minotaur holding a wooden hammer appeared, about the same size as an action figure.
Even if it isn’t VR, the projection is still dynamic.
“Wait, wait, wait…”
Luo Bai quickly stopped her from doing anything further.
There are so many things he want to point out.
It was his first time seeing a Magic Card up close, and it looked too flashy.
“This mat of yours also has a holographic projection?
That’s some high-tech stuff, this shouldn’t be cheap.”
He thought it was a bit excessive to ask for this playmat just from winning a duel.
This mat didn’t look cheap.
Although he may not be a philanthropist, he’s a store manager.
He’s not some sort of bandit.
Playing is one thing, but joking about family property is another.
As for why she summoned <Gozuki> instead of <Uni-Zombie> or <Shiranui Solitaire> , Luo Bai guessed that she bricked.
(T/N: The “Shiranui Solitaire” there is originally “幽鬼”, which translates to “Yougui/Yuki” and the only card I knew that has a name close to that is Yuki Usagi (Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit), which is just a Psychic-type tuner handtrap)
“It’s not expensive, just 50,000…” Melonica doubtfully looked at him like he’s a primitive human, and she didn’t know how to explain it for a moment.
After successfully going to the <Company> to be certified as a <Duelist>, one can even receive a smart playmat for free.
If someone buys it directly, it only costs 50,000 gold points.
This is common sense in Biantana.
“50,000 isn’t expensive?
The values of this young lady sure is different.” His sense of values still the same as the ordinary people on Earth, Luo Bai was confused.
He could only smile awkwardly but politely, “Haha, you go ahead.”
With the duel continued, Melonica pointed at the monster card and spoke:
“I activate <Gozuki>’s effect!
Once per turn, I send a Zombie-type monster from the Deck to the graveyard…”
“Go on.” Luo Bai responded.
Melonica was stunned for a moment, and the said: “With Gozuki’s effect, I will send <Vampire Retainer> to the graveyard.
I discard <Vampire Familiar> in my hand to activate <Vampire Retainer>’s effect, I Special Summon it from the graveyard…”
“Hold it.” Luo Bai interrupted.
“Chain, I activate C.”
After that, he discarded <Maxx C> from his hand.
Hearing his lack of explanation, Melonica frowned in response and asked seriously, “What’s the effect of this <Maxx C>?”
“Hiss…”
Luo Bai took a deep breath and leaned back.
This is something he never expected.
That one day…
He’d actually be explaining the effect of <Maxx C> to someone.