Chapter 9. HERO Short Video! The Opening's Fancy Archetype Mix Left Everyone Baffled!
One-Turn Kill!
An absurdly strong card against Set cards!
In the Duel Monsters world, a storm kicked up immediately!
Even Yugi Muto and Pharaoh Atem had to sink into thought as they spoke.
The content of this world…
For them, it was too much of a dimensionality-reduction strike.
"Another me."
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon is already that strong?
I wonder if Dark Magician will be."
"..."
Yugi Muto began to look forward to Dark Magician.
If nothing unexpected happened,
Dark Magician would definitely also be a dimensionality-reduction strike!
"Mm, partner.
But don't rush.
This content doesn't seem to be something we can designate."
"Haven't you noticed?
The changes in content feel as if a divine hand is manipulating them, shifting again and again."
Pharaoh Atem was the first to notice that something was off.
That is, the Blue-Eyes video had several sudden adjustments during playback.
And things were exactly as Atem said!
After the short five- or six-minute Blue-Eyes video finished,
the next videos began skipping rapidly again!
"Are you sure you're playing Blue-Eyes White Dragon correctly?
Remember these methods!"
"What era is it already?
Still playing traditional Blue-Eyes?"
"How do you play Ritual Blue-Eyes?
Just watch me!"
...
The videos skipped quickly, as if out of control.
And the algorithm recommended related videos based on what had been watched.
All of these were exactly what Seto Kaiba wanted to see!
So when he saw these videos getting swiped away,
Seto Kaiba was dumbfounded!
Why was it skipping again like at the start?
Aren't we continuing with Blue-Eyes White Dragon?
...
Main world.
Sei Yuki finished scrolling through Blue-Eyes White Dragon and felt a bit sleepy.
This brand-new app didn't feel special to him.
It was about the same as an ordinary short-video platform.
Or rather, somewhat similar to Bilibili.
[Ding! Congratulations on watching a complete video!]
[Congratulations to the host on receiving a 1,000-yuan cash bonus.]
[Please tap the SMS link to bind your payout account.]
A text message popped up from the backend very quickly.
That instantly woke up the drowsy Sei Yuki!
What the heck!
Free money?!
What the—?
For real?
Sei Yuki swallowed, instinctively about to assume the text was a scam.
But he still tapped the link on impulse.
After a few steps,
a 1,000-yuan transfer appeared in his bank account very quickly!
"No way! You're for real?"
"Watching a complete short video on this app really gives me money?"
"Then why would I look for a job? I'll just binge videos!"
"A few years later, I'll straight-up acquire Konami!
Make them print cards for me!"
"Hahahaha! This is awesome!"
"And I'll collect the Shatterfoil cards!
The commemorative cards too!"
After a burst of excited muttering,
he immediately opened the MASTER DUEL app again and started crazily watching videos!
And the next video was—
"The correct way to play HERO!
I'm going to Super Polymerization right now!"
At the very start of the video,
the HERO deck-build screen had already appeared to viewers across all worlds!
The first to react strongly,
naturally, was the GX world.
"What kind of HERO is this again?"
"How does it have everything!"
"No—this is a bit too much!"
"Elemental HERO? Destiny HERO? Vision HERO? Masked HERO? Evil HERO..."
"So many archetypes mixed together?"
"Can this even have synergy?"
Jaden Yuki immediately launched into a barrage of complaints!
Looking at the mishmash of HERO cards in the build felt both unfamiliar and familiar!
"Wait, my Destiny HEROes are in there too?"
"This person's build has a serious problem!"
"As expected."
"If you're not a pro, you just don't understand how to assemble a deck."
"Like this!"
"You'll brick to death!"
Aster Phoenix also complained about this build!
With two HERO experts saying so,
the surrounding students and teachers naturally didn't think highly of this build either!
After all, in their understanding of HERO,
Elemental HERO can only play Elemental HERO.
Destiny HERO can only play Destiny HERO.
Having both Elemental and Destiny—how could that possibly have synergy?
...
Duel Monsters world.
Seto Kaiba and the others were still savoring Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
But Joey Wheeler and the others had already moved on and focused entirely on HERO.
"A HERO build? What is this HERO?"
"How have I never heard of it?"
Joey Wheeler furrowed his brow.
After so many matches,
he had never heard of any 'HERO.'
It sounded like pure fantasy!
"Joey, HERO is a blanket term, I suppose."
"Look—there are other archetypes within the system."
"Destiny, Elemental, Vision, Masked."
"You can tell this system is very mixed."
"My guess is it's probably not that strong."
"Unlike my Amazoness combined with Harpie Lady."
"This one combines too many things!"
Mai Valentine's first impression was the same as Jaden Yuki and the others in the GX world.
The mixed-up system didn't impress her.
Joey Wheeler calmed down after listening.
Maybe, once we finish watching, we'll know.
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