Let them print cards, not slay gods 144

Chapter 144: Mo City Duel Tournament Preliminary Rounds

Shen Sui rested for a few days, meticulously organizing his deck, and simultaneously started looking at houses around Mo City online.

Damn it!

Why are they so expensive?

Shen Sui looked at Mo City’s housing prices and grumbled inwardly.

When Shen Sui left the school gates again, the Mo City Duel Tournament’s preliminary rounds had begun.

Sky One Academy was still deserted; after all, the enormous campus only housed one graduating class.

Last night, he received a message from Wang Ming. After many days of emergency treatment, Yue Tao had finally escaped danger.

Then came some not-so-good news.

According to Yue Tao, the person who dueled him wasn’t Shi Ruoyi, who was still in a coma, but an ordinary office worker in a suit. He lured Yue Tao into a duel under the pretext of exchanging a Fate Card Yue Tao desperately wanted.

Yue Tao, like the other victims, underwent extremely cruel mental torture.

Every injury inflicted was reflected back onto Yue Tao thousands of times over.

A normal person would undoubtedly develop PTSD after such torment, but Yue Tao’s mentality was surprisingly good; he even wanted to be discharged early to make it to the academy’s PK tournament the following month.

The appearance of a second attacker confirmed the Exploration Bureau’s earlier suspicions.

The members of the Suffering Poets Society in Mo City numbered more than one, and they were all active.

After Shi Ruoyi’s arrest, the members of the Suffering Poets Society seemed to fall silent simultaneously. Mo City hadn’t seen similar incidents for days.

But the recent lack of incidents didn’t mean Mo City was safe.

This was merely the calm before the storm.

The Exploration Bureau was extremely worried that the perpetrators would participate in the tournament.

Compared to duels on the street—whether invited or lured—duels in the tournament were more coercive. If you wanted to advance, you had to defeat your opponent.

Torturing an opponent to death in front of a national audience would be a truly earth-shattering news story.

The Exploration Bureau had only recently begun consolidating its authority over Fate Card duels and couldn’t afford to make mistakes in this matter.

This time, without Wu Ziqin even needing to give an order, the entire Mo City Exploration Bureau mobilized.

The largest event in Mo City recently was the Mo City Duel Tournament. Therefore, when Shen Sui arrived at the tournament venue, he saw layer upon layer of tight security.

Oh, my…

Shen Sui was stunned by the triple security checkpoints along the way until he spotted Ye Qing.

Ye Qing was in plain clothes, blending into the crowd. Although he looked very casual and aimless, it was clear he wasn’t there to watch the competition.

Therefore, the only possibility was that the Exploration Bureau was on a mission.

Shen Sui approached Ye Qing.

Ye Qing, with nowhere to escape, looked at Shen Sui with a bitter expression.

“I say, why are you everywhere?” Shen Sui said, complaining to Ye Qing, “Are you that free? Shouldn’t the Exploration Bureau be exploring the Soul Card world?”

“No choice, we’re short-staffed,” Ye Qing explained. “My Soul Card world is relatively safe; I don’t need to monitor it every day, so I often go on field assignments.”

“Are they the same?” Shen Sui glanced around. Although the Exploration Bureau agents were well disguised, they were too obvious to Shen Sui’s eyes now.

“No, they’re not,” Ye Qing said. “Their Soul Cards are dead, so they don’t need to stare at the Dueling Instrument all day.”

“That many?” Shen Sui was surprised. “So the Exploration Bureau has such a high Soul Card mortality rate.”

Ye Qing chuckled wryly: “Actually, the average isn’t that high, but these past few months have been like something out of a ghost story. Soul Cards in the Dawn Continent have been dying in batches. Their Soul Cards were all from the Dawn Continent. I heard it’s a witch named Hozerville who’s responsible.”

Shen Sui submitted his reports directly to Wu Ziqin, and information about Hozerville was classified as top secret by the Exploration Bureau. Ye Qing didn’t know that the Card Master in front of him was the witch he was talking about.

“Oh, like that…” Shen Sui didn’t know the level of secrecy the Exploration Bureau maintained on Alice’s information.

When he realized that these Exploration Bureau members around him had lost their jobs as Card Masters because of Alice, Shen Sui suddenly felt a malicious glint in their eyes.

A cold sweat trickled down Shen Sui’s forehead.

“Are you here to compete?” Ye Qing asked Shen Sui. “That’s impressive. This should be your first professional match after becoming a professional, right? Jumping straight into a high-difficulty tournament like the Mo City Duel Tournament.”

Ye Qing was only a Third-Rank Card Master and a former professional player.

Unfortunately, he struggled in C-class competitions, never seeing a chance to rise to the top, eventually opting to apply to the Exploration Bureau and leaving the competition he once loved.

Looking at the young man before him, Ye Qing felt a sense of melancholy.

After all, who among those who chose to be Card Masters didn’t dream of making a name for themselves in professional competitions?

“It’s just the preliminary rounds today,” Shen Sui didn’t ask Ye Qing what mission he was on. Considering the recent big news in Mo City, Shen Sui had already guessed the general idea.

Could those suffering believers be planning to cause trouble during the Mo City Duel Tournament?

Come to think of it, it was quite likely; after all, making headlines was a common tactic for extremist organizations.

“Well, I should get going.” Since Ye Qing had revealed the identities of the Exploration Bureau members around them, Shen Sui couldn’t stay a moment longer.

He wasn’t afraid of these people in terms of strength.

But the psychological pressure was too much.

Better to hurry into the competition.

Shen Sui bid farewell to Ye Qing and went straight to the duel arena.

After receiving his number plate from the guide, Shen Sui walked into the arena he didn’t know how many times he’d been in—the Mo City Duel Training Arena.

The preliminary and group stages of the Mo City Duel Tournament would be held in the Duel Training Arena. As Mo City’s most professional duel arena, it was indeed very professional.

Of course, since it was a competition, professionalism wasn’t everything. Ticket sales were a significant source of income, so the tournament would move to the Mo City Stadium for the knockout stages.

As soon as Shen Sui entered the training arena, he felt a wave of heat.

This wasn’t the heat of the air, but a fervent atmosphere.

The next moment, Shen Sui was also infected by this enthusiasm.

The spirit of dueling was almost burning!

Good!

Let me see who my opponent is in the first preliminary round!

Shen Sui found his arena with his number plate.

His opponent had been waiting there for some time.

Shen Sui saw the impatient figure from afar.

Ah, he chatted with Ye Qing for a few minutes and was late. While not technically late, he still kept the other person waiting.

Shen Sui hurried forward.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

Shen Sui apologized.

“Whoa! It’s you?!”

Shen Sui heard a familiar voice, then looked up and saw Yuan Youxin’s face.

(End of Chapter)

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