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Having acquired a new deck, Youxuan was in high spirits today. The Cyber Angels series, in fact, still held potential for development, and years later, it even received nostalgic reinforcements with new cards. Youxuan provisionally noted this topic down for future research when he had time.
In the years before Youxuan's transmigration, Konami (K-Corp) seemed to have discovered a new formula for wealth, beginning to frantically bolster old decks from the DM to GX eras.
While many of these might be considered trash by modern Yu-Gi-Oh players, it's worth remembering that many "trash" cards from the new generation would have been dimension-destroying "fake cards" twenty years ago.
As for top-tier decks of the new generation, there's even less to say; the entire deck would be considered "fake cards." Taking them back twenty years would be akin to the "Three-Body Problem" technology brutally crushing primitives who only knew how to wield pitchforks.
Moreover, strengthened old-era decks weren't all just "fish out of water." Who would have thought that Yubel, a "fish out of water" deck in its own era, would one day have its fate dramatically changed nearly twenty years later?
One can only say that the waters of Duel Monsters run deep, and the path of research is still long. As long as the "card printing" power is maxed out,
even a Three-Wheel deck can be sent soaring. This further proved that in this world full of cheats, you either max out your bonds and rely on mystical cheats, or you can only get rich through research and self-sufficiency.
However, Youxuan had already listed quite a few projects for future research, and the deck series he wanted to study when he had free time was growing.
Personally handling every project was clearly unsustainable. Youxuan was already considering that once their first wave of results were published and the laboratory's influence expanded, they would soon need to recruit more personnel.
In the future, Youxuan would certainly continue to research his own main cards and spirits, but he definitely wouldn't have time to personally handle all the miscellaneous other deck series. So many themes and new cards to print required both resources and manpower.
However, it seemed that the date for the first batch of outputs from their laboratory to be released was not far off.
Under Youxuan's guidance, Asuka Tenjoin, who had completed the preliminary enhancement of Cyber Angels, then toiled day and night for several more days, finally producing the paper ready for submission.
The day before submission, she even invited her supervising teacher to review it in the lab — although deep down, she still harbored doubts about the true capabilities of the designated supervising teacher, Professor Daitokuji.
Professor Daitokuji, stroking his cat, casually flipped through the paper, adjusting his glasses with a distressed expression: "Oh dear, even if you say so, I haven't really written much in the way of papers..."
He quickly flipped from beginning to end, and Daitokuji soon handed the stack of papers back to Asuka.
"Very good, no problem. This is fine. As expected of Asuka-san, your work is always reassuring."
Asuka blankly accepted the paper, wanting to speak but seemingly hesitant out of respect for her teacher. She wanted to say, "Teacher, you didn't even look at it."
Manjoume also couldn't help but say, "And I've looked into it, Teacher. The conference you mentioned is already scheduled for next week. Is it really possible to submit a paper now?"
Indeed. Although Youxuan didn't understand this world, in his previous life, paper submissions took anywhere from several months to over a year.
Now, not to mention the submission deadline, even the conference date was practically upon them, and they were still just preparing to submit. It was truly unheard of.
Daitokuji smiled broadly: "It's fine. My friend is quite influential. Such a small matter should be no problem at all."
Manjoume still wanted to say something: "But..." This was no longer a small matter, was it?
However, Youxuan interrupted him with a smile: "It's alright. Since Teacher said so, let's just submit it and see."
"...Alright, since you said so." Manjoume said no more.
But he still couldn't help but sneak a glance at Daitokuji. Although he trusted Youxuan greatly, he was still somewhat confused as to why Youxuan trusted Professor Daitokuji's words so much.
This teacher seemed unreliable no matter how you looked at him...
Outside the academy, elsewhere, in a certain Duel Monsters Research Institute.
This was the headquarters of the Cyberspace Research Association.
Giant servers ran quietly, their low hum serving as background music for the entire space. The surrounding walls were covered with images and data of Cyberse monsters, and the air was filled with the unique scent of electronic equipment.
The Association's Chief, heels clicking, quickly arrived at the laboratory.
"Sakurako, help me review a paper. Quickly, it's for the International Illusion Company's conference paper next week."
The Chief got straight to the point. Sakurako, a pink-haired girl, stood up from her seat and looked over in surprise.
"Next week's conference? Review it now?"
"The recommender is a big shot, seemingly a figure who was once a titan in the field of alchemy... not important. In short, they said the situation this time is special, and the research topic is Cyber Angels, so the organizers asked us to review it."
"Anyway, first help me review it once. Mark any problems or highlights you find, and package them all to me before evening. Understood?"
"Understood."
Sakurako sat back down, a little curious.
A recommendation from a titan in alchemy, an article on the Cyber Angels theme?
What kind of results could it have?
Her team essentially represented the pinnacle of "Cyberse" series research. Their most recent major breakthrough, "Cyber Angel - Dakini" — currently considered the strongest Cyberse terminal in the meta — was printed by their team. But even after that, they had hit a bottleneck and had been stuck for a while without new progress.
With curiosity, she opened the article the Chief sent.
"The Neglected Potential of Cyber Angels?"
Sakurako frowned slightly. Cyber Angels were a Ritual Monster archetype under the broader "Cyberse" series, precisely Sakurako's area of research. Could this archetype have some undeveloped details that they had always overlooked?
She took a sip of coffee, her gaze moving further down, to the paper's author.
"Asuka Tenjoin, Duel Academy first-year student!?" Sakurako raised an eyebrow. What groundbreaking discoveries could a newly enrolled student have?
Taking another sip of coffee, Sakurako continued to read with a hint of doubt.
Then she spat it out.
"..."
"Chief! Chief, Chief!"
Sakurako ran to the Chief's office and knocked on the door, thump-thump-thump.
"What's wrong? What's going on that you're so flustered?"
The Chief opened the door, looking puzzled.
Sakurako was breathless: "The article you gave me... it's absurd..."
"Didn't I tell you to finish reviewing it and send it to me?" The Chief looked at her strangely. "Is it that exaggerated?"
Sakurako continued to gasp, clutching her violently heaving chest, nodding repeatedly with a flushed face.
The Chief was surprised: "Is it really that amazing? Let me guess, they discovered the enhancement potential of a certain card? Which one?"
Sakurako continued to nod repeatedly, but then, after a thought, she shook her head again.
"No, it's not about a single card, Chief."
Sakurako's expression turned one of horror.
"...It's an entire deck."
Chief: "???"
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