[Mash POV]
Hey guys, Mash here!
Right now, I'm chilling inside a passenger helicopter en route to a remote island where they apparently teach children how to play card games while also introducing them to blatant class discrimination and educational favoritism. How exciting! I wonder how this shitty school was even approved to be made in the first place.
And that's only the academy part. In fact, the whole island where that school resides in is even more crazy. So... spoiler alert for those who haven't watched GX, because on that island there's:
- A literal fucking facility that is funded to teach a chimp how to play Duel Monster. Also fun fact, the said trained chimp is native to that island.
- A prison where they locked up a psychic child that somehow is able to make the entire island fall asleep.
- A place where they sealed 3 evil cards that is said to rival even the God Card's, and is basically just a ticking plot-bomb.
Oh, and did I mention that the literal fucking school, IS. ON. TOP. OF. A. FUCKING. VOLCANO.
And there is still more, but we're gonna be here all day if I tell you all the crazy shit this island even have to offer. Though, I guess it's minor compared to the literal world ending, dimension hopping shit that I'll about to experience...
Why did I picked to be reincarnated to GX again!?
Whatever, At least I have my Lovely Labrynth archetype so I should be fine. So yeah, I shrugged off. Its a future me problem anyway. I'll just try to have fun in this new world like some kind of OP MC.
Anyway, enough of existential thought, let's talk about my current situation.
To be honest, this helicopter was better than I expected. I thought I'd be crammed into some military cargo chopper, but this thing was closer to an economy-class airplane. Eight rows, four seats each, two on the left and right. Right now, I was sitting next to Bastion.
Unfortunately, he got the window seat.[Because I lost at rock-paper-scissors. Dammit.]
Jaden and Syrus were seated directly in front of us, talking about whatever dumb dueling strategy Jaden thought was genius but is actually pretty shitty in practice.
Then a fuzzy buzz echoed from the speaker system overhead.
"Bzzt* Attention, new Duel Academy students," the pilot announced. "Please make yourselves comfortable on this KaibaCorp passenger helicopter. We'll be arriving at Academy Island in approximately twenty-four hours."
[TWENTY-FOUR HOURS?!]
I slumped in my seat.
[In the anime, Episode 2 just skips straight to them landing! But since this is real life for me now, I guess I have to sit through the whole damn trip. Sigh. Might as well start some convos.]
I glanced to my right. Bastion was calmly watching the endless stretch of blue ocean through the window like a philosopher on vacation.
[I'm so jealous. >:( ]
"Hey, Bastion," I said, trying to sound casual.
He turned to me with one brow raised. "Yeah?"
"So… what kind of deck do you like to play?"
He smirked, then crossed his arms and closed his eyes—looking like a discount anime rival with something to prove.
"I don't have a preferred deck," he said coolly. "I build my decks based on mathematical principles."
[M-Mathematical what now? The hell are you building, Bastion!? Pythagorean Beatdown?!]
He continued, "I also construct them based on what decks my opponents might use. At the moment, I've developed seven different decks. Each with unique strengths and weaknesses. I can rotate them or combine their principles depending on who I face… or build an entirely new one on the spot."
"Damn, that's impressive," I admitted. "Could you maybe… show me one of them sometime? Or—wait, scratch that. Just one would be enough."
He glanced at me, smiling ever so slightly. "I could even let you look through all six of my current decks… if you do something for me."
"Really?!" I said, trying to contain my excitement but a second later an alarm buzz in my head.[Wait. Hold on. This is sus.ඞ]
[Ah, shit. I bit the tiger's tail.]
Okay, okay! Think Mash, think! Time for the most ancient forbidden technique in the art of deception…
I turned away from him dramatically, arms and legs crossed. Then I let out a slow, edgy "hmph" like some stoic shounen anti-hero trying way too hard to sound mysterious.
[Activate secret Bullshitjutsu: "Act Like A Stoic Protagonist No One Understands" technique!]
Then I took a deep breath… and followed it up with my other secret Bullshitjutsu:["RANDOM BULLSHIT, GO!"]
"I'm afraid you'll never learn a single thing about my Labrynth cards," I said coldly. "Not unless you can hand me all three of the Egyptian God Cards, sealed in gold cases, wrapped around with premium caviar and then must be shipped via a space train that must go around the earth orbit 100 times and also has landed on both the earth moon and pluto at the same time. Then and only then I might consider letting you in on my secrets."
Bastion narrowed his eyes.
We stared at each other. A single bead of sweat trickled down my cheek.
[C'mon… c'mon… please work, please work… please God, I'm begging you...!]
Then he leaned back in his seat, returning to his calm, logical self.
"Alright then," he said with a shrug. "If you won't tell me, I'll find out myself. Eventually."
He turned back to the window, ending the conversation.
I exhaled and slumped back into my seat, my whole body melting like a puddle of relief.
[LESS GOOO!! My bluff worked, baby!! That was WAY too close for comfort!][Mental note: Never talk to this man unprepared ever again.]
Anyway, now with twenty-four hours of nothing ahead of me, it's time for the only logical thing to do...
[STATUS!] I shouted dramatically in my head.
A transparent pop-up window appeared before me, it was a 1:1 replica of the Master Duel home screen. There were three buttons: Shop, Deck, and Missions the last of which had a glaring red exclamation mark in the corner.
[Hm? What's this?]
I tapped the Mission tab, and a fresh list popped up
{Missions:
- Survive all 4 seasons of GX: 0/4
rewards: 100.000 credits
- Passed the practical exam test againts Professor Crowler: COMPLETED
reward: 1000 credits
- meet and settle in your dorm: INCOMPLETE
reward: 1000 credits
[CLAIM ALL] more missions are coming soon!}
[HOLY SHIT!] Just by bullying the living daylights out of that okama, I got 1,000 credits!? That's a free ten-pull! I slammed the [CLAIM ALL] button without hesitation.
{Credits: 0 -> 1,000}
"NOW! It's time for everyone's favorite moment... GACHAAA~!!"
I closed the mission tab and opened up the shop—only to immediately feel my soul leave my body.
[Still empty...]Nothing but bundles in the Special tab.But then—
WAIT. HOLD UP.The Pot of Greed bundle was still here! And it's an actual must-have!
I clicked it open:
{3x Pot of Greed Set – 1,000 Credits}Includes:
3x Pot of Greed
10x Master Packs
[Buy] / [Cancel]
I slammed Buy so fast my finger might've cracked the screen.
Three Pots of Greed was already worth it, but the bonus 10 packs? Icing on the cake.
Cue the gacha animation.Ten booster packs rained down, sparkles everywhere. Four had a yellow aura, one had a full-on rainbow glow.
[LET'S GOOO—!]
I skipped the animation because time is money, and what I got was:
- 3 UR cards
- 7 SR cards
- 32 R cards
- 38 N cards
(IG notes: Sorry but I refuse to individually tell you guys what he got.)
[This 10-pull is so frickin' goated!!]Unfortunately, none of the UR or SR cards were foiled, which means no bonus materials... but whatever! I could craft one UR and two SRs of my choice, and you know what that means:
TRAP CARDS, BABY.
I closed the shop and opened the Deck tab. Time to edit.
First order of business:Add the holy grail {Pot of Greed} x3.
But I wanted to keep my deck at a clean 40 cards, so I had to make cuts.
I dismantled because there is better option:
3x {Negate Attack}
2x {Adhesion Trap Hole}
Then I nuked more traps I didn't really use:
2x {Ojama Trio}
1x {Dark Bribe}
Also axed for a little extra materials:
2x {Dust Tornado}
After cleaning up my deck, I went to dismantle cards from the gacha pull itself.
A few minutes of clean-up later…
{Materials: N: 400 R: 340 SR: 100 UR: 30}
Alright, time to cook.
My deck was now sitting at 35 cards. 23 of those were my beloved Labrynth archetype cards, and the rest were traps and the holy grail of banned card Mr. Pot of Goat himself. Anyway, I needed five more to reach perfection.
Step 1: Spend 30 N materials to craft a second {Bottomless Trap Hole} because it's a goated card by itself.Step 2: Spend 30 R materials for another {Compulsory Evacuation Device} also with the same reason as step 1
Then came the big move for step 3...!
I dropped a fat stack of 90 SR materials to craft:
3x {Dimensional Barrier}
Why you might ask? Because just look at this goat of an effect!
{Dimensional Barrier|Normal Trap| Declare 1 monster card type (Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Pendulum); for the rest of this turn, neither player can Special Summon monsters of the declared type, also negate the effects of all monsters of that type while they are on the field. You can only activate 1 "Dimensional Barrier" per turn.}
[CAN YOU SEE HOW ABSOLUTELY BUSTED THIS CARD IS?!]In this GX era, there's no white semen Synchro, the fried chicken eater Xyz, spell card cosplayer Pendulum, or blue sadness Link yet. Everyone's riding Fusion decks. This card is basically a free win button against Jaden and anyone else running Fusion-based builds.
Sure, there's still Ritual Summoning... But c'mon, let's be real. Ritual decks in this era are hot garbage and it will be for few years later.
And boom! My deck was now sitting pretty at exactly 40 cards.
I'd do more editing later, but for now I was saving my UR materials, this deck was already a demon for this timeline.
I slouched back in my seat, feeling the satisfaction only a perfectly tuned trap-heavy deck could bring.
[Alright. Now I can enjoy the rest of this cursed flight to Volcano Island High. Or maybe I can talk to Jaden and Syrus with a boy's talk]
I leaned forward and called out to the duo in front of me. "Jaden! Syrus! Let's talk about something!"
They both turned around over their seats.
"Hey, Mash!" Syrus greeted with his usual eager smile.
Jaden flashed a lazy grin. "Sup, man. So what we're talkin?"
I rested my chin on my hand, all serious-like. "So… do you guys like Latinas?"
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{GX labrynth deck:
- 23x Labrynth archetype cards
- 2x trap hole
- 1x waboku
- 1x mirror force
- 2x magic cylinder
- 2x bottomless trap hole
- 2x compulsory evacuation device
- 1x trap dustshoot}
{materials: N: 370 R: 310 SR: 10 UR: 30}
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Hello everyone! IG here!
Finally done editing my shitty 5 first chapter. so... i hope you guys will enjoy the rest of my 6+ chapters! Let me know what you think by giving me a review or comment! Chiao!
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