Chapter 39. Chatting with the GX World! Next Archetype: Ancient Gear!
Sei Yuki successfully unlocked the GX world.
Very quickly, a new "GX World" tab appeared in the chat window.
Jaden Yuki: "Awesome, awesome! As expected of the King of Games' Dark Magician Deck! That final Link tech choice was stunning!"
Bastion Misawa: "No amount of Shining Draw practice could match that last push of the build! That accelerated Link was really stylish!"
Zane Truesdale: "Heh heh, but it still can't beat Cyber Dragon.
One Power Bond and it settles right down."
Dr. Crowler: "Mamma mia! What are you all talking about?
We should be focusing on what the next deck will be!
My favorite is the Ancient Gear deck!"
...
The messages kept coming one after another.
It was clear to see.
At Duel Academy, teachers and students were lively and energetic.
It was a completely different scene from the Duel Monsters world.
In the Duel Monsters world, maybe you'd see one message every three seconds.
But in the GX world, you'd see three messages every three seconds!
Especially with Syrus Truesdale being so good at asking questions.
That alone made the GX world's group chat absolutely explode!
Sei Yuki coughed a few times to clear his throat.
Then he tried to start a conversation with the GX world.
Sei Yuki: "Ahem, ahem, hello, Duelists of the GX world."
Sei Yuki: "I'm the person in the main world who controls the short-video content.
My name is Sei Yuki."
Sei Yuki: "Nice to meet you all."
...
GX world.
Hearing a few unfamiliar lines of speech coming from a screen that had gone black where a video had been playing,
Every Duelist in the GX world lost their composure.
The controller of the short videos in the main world?
All that content,
Was someone really controlling the playback?
Was this real?
If someone truly was in control,
Then wouldn't that mean—
Wouldn't that mean
All the cards shown in the earlier videos weren't fabricated?
They all truly existed?
No.
What was hard to believe wasn't that, but that this higher world had actually connected?
They could really converse with someone from the main world?
Dr. Crowler stared wide-eyed, blankly at the screen.
Jaden Yuki looked stunned, completely unable to believe his ears.
Jesse Anderson looked terrified, feeling his worldview about to shatter.
The first to react,
Was actually Chancellor Sheppard!
His eyes lighting up, Chancellor Sheppard quickly motioned for everyone to quiet down.
Chancellor Sheppard: "You said you're the one who controls the earlier video content, correct?"
Chancellor Sheppard: "Then you must have the authority to control what's played next?"
...
Main world.
Sei Yuki couldn't help but laugh after reading Chancellor Sheppard's chat message.
The chancellor seemed to be questioning his authenticity?
Well, fair enough.
Faced with a stranger's voice suddenly appearing,
A bit of caution was normal.
What's more,
This was a school, not like Yugi Muto's world where they'd been through major incidents.
Sei Yuki: "Naturally—if you don't mind."
Sei Yuki: "For the next short video, how about we take a look at how the Ancient Gear deck from our world performs?"
...
GX world.
Ancient Gear!?
That was Dr. Crowler's deck!
Everyone's pupils shrank, and all eyes immediately turned to Dr. Crowler.
And Dr. Crowler was already overjoyed!
Ancient Gear!
Wasn't this perfectly aligned!
He wanted to see how the Ancient Gear deck of a higher world actually performed.
And now!
The opportunity had arrived!
At last, he could take the chance to learn about Ancient Gear!
Dr. Crowler: "Good, good, good! Let's do it that way!"
Dr. Crowler: "Ah, I forgot to introduce myself."
Dr. Crowler: "Mr. Yuki, I'm a professor at Duel Academy—just call me Dr. Crowler."
Dr. Crowler: "To be frank, Ancient Gear is my deck, and I truly want to know how it performs in the higher world!"
Dr. Crowler: "I leave everything in your hands!"
...
Main world.
Sei Yuki hadn't expected that a casual remark
Would have Dr. Crowler spamming the chat like he'd been injected with pure adrenaline.
And his attitude seemed extremely sincere.
As for the Ancient Gear deck,
Sei Yuki certainly knew its current strength and standing.
You could say that in the mainstream metagame,
It's very rare to see the Ancient Gear deck.
If you don't believe it,
Open Master Duel and play a few matches and you'll know.
You'll basically never run into Ancient Gear.
It had the feeling of "tears of a bygone era."
But to be honest,
Ancient Gear still has soul, and its OTK potential is extremely high.
Since he'd brought it up,
He might as well look for something.
After deciding, Sei Yuki quickly searched within the app.
He swiftly locked onto a target.
"Invincible in the Battle Phase, a pushover outside of battle—Ancient Gear Golem? Have you really been playing it right?"
When the title appeared,
Dr. Crowler's smile froze.
Going by that title,
Was Ancient Gear only strong during the Battle Phase?
Did it lack power outside of battle?
Surely not, right?
Even in a higher world, was Ancient Gear Golem still doing this poorly?
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