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Next, Kaiba Mokuba once again generously displayed their current abundant inventory at KaibaCorp Headquarters to You Xuan.
When the code lock was disengaged and the heavy military-grade alloy gate slowly opened before them, You Xuan had to admit the scene was quite impactful.
As far as his eyes could see, it was almost entirely cards.
To call it a card player's romance would probably not be an exaggeration; it was his first time seeing such a vast space almost completely paved with an ocean of various Duel Monsters cards, truly like a tempting treasure cave.
The walls on both sides were lined with towering display cabinets, standing like neatly aligned guardians of glory. The types of cards in the cabinets were also numerous, listed in order by year and type, from Pegasus's earliest versions made from unearthed Duel Monsters stone tablets, to more and more cards and newer series developed each year as scientific research progressed.
Rather than a warehouse, the place felt more like a library.
What could be seen here was not just a rich variety of cards, but also traces left by time. The standing display cabinets stored not only cards but also captured every era Duel Monsters had traversed so far, and the progressive journey of countless explorers' discoveries.
Kaiba Mokuba didn't say how many You Xuan could take, only to take freely. But You Xuan knew he had to exercise basic discretion. After all, emptying an entire warehouse would be a bit shameless.
So, the ones needed for his list were the highest priority.
However, since cards in this world were supernatural, even KaibaCorp's regular inventory didn't have everything. But this place was indeed a sacred land yearned for by countless duelists. Many items that were long out of print and even the Academy Division temporarily had no access to were available here.
For example, a Trap Card that Kaiba Seto himself loved to use during the DM era, an ancient Forbidden Card: "Crush Card Virus."
And Kaiba Seto's Crush Card Virus effect was also slightly different from its real-life card effect.
The real-life card's old Crush Card Virus effect was: "Tribute 1 DARK monster with 1000 or less ATK on your field; destroy all monsters your opponent controls and in their hand with 1500 or more ATK. During your opponent's next 3 turns, any monster your opponent Normal or Special Summons with 1500 or more ATK is destroyed."
This effect was forbidden due to being too powerful until it was unbanned after its effect was weakened in 2015.
However, even the old version effect differed from the original anime version. In the anime, Kaiba's Crush Card Virus effect had to be triggered when a DARK monster with 1000 or less ATK on his field was destroyed by battle. Afterwards, it would destroy all monsters on the opponent's field, hand, and deck with 1500 or more ATK.
From a current perspective, this effect might not be as powerful as the old real-life card effect. Firstly, requiring his own monster to be "destroyed by battle" to trigger was already a bit troublesome.
Moreover, "destroy all monsters in the opponent's deck with 1500 or more ATK" was equivalent to milling the opponent's entire deck to the graveyard at once. If facing a deck that used graveyard resources as a second hand, this action would almost be suicidal, potentially leading to his own defeat on the spot.
But in an early environment where graveyard utilization wasn't so high, the power of this deck destruction was indeed very dominant.
Kaiba Seto, who always liked aggressive offensive strategies, rarely had such a tricky set of tactics, and he even used it more than once or twice.
You Xuan considered it and still decided to take this card into his possession first. While such a major destructive card could sometimes lead to self-defeat if used carelessly, it could also have miraculous effects in specific situations.
Most of the cards he chose afterwards were nothing special to mention. He mainly expanded his Fusion Deck inventory. However, his current main deck didn't primarily focus on Fusion summoning. These were all designed for a system built around the Spell Card "Metamorphosis."
The remaining cards he acquired were mostly those he found useful in specific builds or those with high rare value that could fetch a good price.
But indeed, in this era, most Fusion Monsters without summoning restrictions were generic, weak cards. Their main significance was to allow monsters of common levels in the "Chaos Metamorphosis Phoenix God" deck to "transform" using "Metamorphosis."
Another rare card that caught his attention was a Spirit Monster.
Tsukuyomi.
Four Stars, 1100 ATK. Its effect is: "When this card is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up: You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; change it to face-down Defense Position. During the End Phase of the turn this card was Normal Summoned or flipped face-up: Return this card to its owner's hand."
In other words, it basically acted as a "Book of Moon" once per turn, except it consumed a Normal Summon. Seemingly an unremarkable monster, but this was a very excellent and versatile card in the early real-life card meta, and it was once designated as a Limited Card due to its active performance in various top-tier decks.
From the perspective of its environmental impact, the increased appearance rate of this card directly led many players to lower their evaluation of monsters with superior ATK and effects but 1100 or less DEF.
Among those specifically criticized was the famous Monarch Deck series. Each of the Monarch series' higher-level monsters had quite excellent and powerful effects, but their biggest weakness was that all of them had 1000 DEF, awkwardly 100 points lower than "Tsukuyomi," which was dubbed the "humanoid Book of Moon."
That is to say, if you summoned a higher-level Monarch by tributing a monster, your opponent only needed to Normal Summon Tsukuyomi to flip your Monarch face-down, and then could destroy it with one punch. Moreover, Tsukuyomi could return itself to the hand, allowing for repeated use in subsequent turns.
This was equivalent to trading only one Normal Summon resource for a high-level boss monster, which was quite profitable from a resource exchange perspective.
In any case, this trip to KaibaCorp had already been quite fruitful. Not only was he a step closer to evolving his Chaos deck to its complete form, but he also obtained key materials for Ritual Chaos and significantly strengthened his deck's endgame.
However, he remembered that this deck also had another key monster back then: a powerful boss monster that could easily turn the tide in desperate situations, and was once forbidden due to its excessively high inclusion rate and simple, brutal monster-stealing effect.
Thousand-Eyes Restrict.
Pegasus's ace monster in the Duelist Kingdom arc, and also a rare Level 1 Fusion Monster. Regardless of its monster effect, just looking at its 0 ATK and DEF immediately tells you it's no ordinary card.
Its iconic effect was mainly being able to absorb an opponent's monster on the field, equip it to itself as an Equip Card, and gain that monster's ATK and DEF. It was not just for Chaos decks; it was a common splashable powerhouse that many competitive decks would tech in back then.
But unfortunately, even KaibaCorp's warehouse didn't seem to have it.
You Xuan specifically consulted Kaiba Mokuba, who also shook his head, indicating that they truly didn't have it.
That makes sense. After all, it was Pegasus's ace, an exclusive card printed by the "Father of Duel Monsters" himself. It was indeed unlikely to be found elsewhere.
"However, I do remember that Pegasus's side seemed to have a reprint of it, like a tournament prize card or something," Kaiba Mokuba recalled.
"Industrial Illusions might have it, though."
"…"
You Xuan pondered.
Even if that were true, he didn't know anyone at Industrial Illusions.
Oh, I just brutally beat up a Cybernetics Professor. Perhaps that counts as half a connection. But that guy probably wouldn't want to communicate with him amicably.
"…"
Unknowingly, he had spent most of the day in the warehouse. You Xuan emerged, content, carrying another box of cards, and found Kaiba Mokuba in the previous office.
"It seems you found the cards you wanted," Kaiba Mokuba smiled.
"Yes, thank you very much," You Xuan replied.
Kaiba Mokuba still waved his hand generously: "No problem, no problem. As I always say, if you truly want to thank me, just don't disappoint my brother in the arena. As long as you give him a satisfying duel, such a small investment is completely negligible."
Indeed, that sounds very much like the CEO. After all, for the sake of having duels, he would go as far as building satellites and even pursuing souls in the afterlife. In comparison, if a mere investment of a few cards could ease his card addiction, the price was truly negligible.
Kaiba Mokuba stood up: "Alright, I should probably be going now."
You Xuan understood: "To Pegasus J. Crawford's foundation?"
"Yes, it's been a while since I directly contacted that guy. I'm just going to see what he's up to. But it's quite unexpected."
Kaiba Mokuba sized up You Xuan.
"That guy actually specifically asked to meet you, if possible."
"Me?"
"Yes, perhaps your duel just now left a deep impression on him," Kaiba Mokuba said. "But don't take it too seriously. If you don't want to go, I can just decline for you. So, are you heading directly back to the Academy now? Or…"
You Xuan thought for a moment.
Even if he went back to the Academy at this hour, there wouldn't be anything to do. He would probably just go back and rest.
"I don't have anything else to do," You Xuan shrugged. "Well, since he's sincerely invited me, I might as well go see."
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