What troubles a creator? No inspiration.
What about the pain above that? You have too many inspirations, and you can’t use them all and you have to make choices.
What next? You don’t even know which of the two choices you have to make will have a better outcome.
Becas was caught in such a situation. After accidentally obtaining seven ancient gems, he had the opportunity to create a unique and special card. At the same time, he had already received sufficient inspiration from Egypt, the first stop of this trip.
Making a brand new card, two happy things added together, should be double the happiness. But, how could it be like this...
And when he heard Bekas express his troubles, Hayato could only take back his words, "Children make choices, of course adults want them all."
Because of the limit on the number of gems, there can only be one set of cards that can be completed in the end. If you have to "get them all", it will only divide the power of the original complete set of seven gems, making it impossible to complete the final set.
Neither set of cards will be in perfect condition. This result is unacceptable to Becas, and the same goes for Hayato.
He prefers second-rate comedy to first-rate tragedy. Similarly, Hayato prefers a complete card series that exists in a complete set to a powerful card that exists independently of the whole. He obviously has the opportunity to produce a complete set of cards, but he still prefers it.
Choosing to make it into a castrated version, Hayato didn't want to do such a thing.
As a result, the problem has returned to the original point. Should we choose [Jade Beast] or [Gem Knight] as the design direction? Not only Bekas, but also other people are now troubled by helping him think about the choice.
Now, it’s no wonder that Becas said that his design progress has stalled instead of increasing.
If we want to talk about strength, in fact, neither [Jade Beast] nor [Gem Knight] are super mainstream first-line decks. Of course, they can also play some excellent BO with reasonable configuration. For example, [Gem Knight] can play ftk.
, [Jade Beast] can always be mixed up with strange cards, but overall it is definitely not as good as [Longhui Qiao], [Shadow Shadow] or even the wheelchair-bound [Cyber Dragon].
But if we have to compare it, [Gem Knight] is somewhat stronger, but [Gem Beast] really only has the word "soul" and is struggling in the entertainment deck world.
But there is a saying, "The important thing is not strength, but love." This sentence can also be applied to duel monsters. For example, Hayato has several strong decks in his hand, but the one he trusts the most is
[Gaia] and [Rainbow Chestnut Ball] and the others.
Hayato couldn't give any advice on Becas's problem, but he did think of one person, that is, he was not allowed to open up new ideas by [Kamishai Yi-Kamiko Akira] in the original timeline, and he honestly
Becas, who had finally completed [Jade Beast], entrusted the user of the [Jade Beast] deck with only one rare card in the world. He was also one of the most trusted friends of the ten generations of Yujo in the future, and even
The unique John Anderson.
Others cannot make a decision, and the designer Bekas himself cannot make a decision, but if it is John Anderson, the future user of [Jademon], Hayato feels that he is qualified to make a decision.<
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But the problem is that John Anderson is the same age as Judai Yujo, and he is not just a student of the Duel Academy Headquarters, which is currently not yet completed, but an exchange student representative from the Arctic Circle Branch, Hayato
I only remember that it seems to come from Northern Europe, but other than that, there is no other information at all.
Also, the reason why Becas entrusted him with the card of "Jade Beast" was because when he was invited to be the presenter of the world-class youth duel competition, he happened to witness John Anderson becoming the champion, and felt his passion for dueling.
The monster’s heartfelt love and its rare ability to see spirits were given to the [Jade Beast] deck.
Because he has a good relationship with Kaiba and Becas, Hayato can also learn from the two about the plans for various events that will be held in the future. However, the problem is that the current duel monsters are still in the stage of being promoted globally, and they are not yet
To cover the whole world, fans cover all age groups. At least Becas and Haima have said that there will be no duel competition plans for age groups in the past two years, and there is no possibility of finding John Anderson.
He can't just suddenly run up to him and the others, and he doesn't have the ability to make his wishes come true.
Hayato was complaining in his heart, but he heard the voices of several people talking behind him, but the language used was not Arabic or English, but Japanese, which is not the mainstream language in Egypt. The voice of one of them sounded inexplicably familiar.
.
"Are you sure it's this direction, teacher? Although everyone in [Guardian] did say that they felt a familiar atmosphere, would anyone really buy the exorbitantly expensive tickets outside? It always feels a little weird.
It's reliable." A somewhat childish voice said, and then another voice that was quite familiar to Hayato answered him.
"This is the first lesson I want to teach you, Johnny, lesson
1——Don’t have any strange expectations for me.” The familiar voice came from the corner, “I carry many sins that are hard to count. I am not a good person. I have to be suspicious of other people.
Don’t trust others so easily.”
However, that childish voice seemed not to have listened to what Hayato's familiar voice said at all: "Ah~ but I don't think Teacher You is a bad person. Teacher, you are obviously full of passionate emotions for everyone in [Guardians],
Everyone in [Guardian] also loves you deeply, teacher, and loves Duel Monsters. How can someone who loves elves be a bad person?"
"Johnny." Hayato's familiar voice said helplessly.
The two people talking had not yet walked out of the corner, and heard his voice before seeing him, but not only Hayato, but even the game seemed to be familiar with the voice of the more mature person called "teacher", but for a moment
I can't remember where I heard it.
After listening to the conversation between the two and catching the key word "[Guardian]", Hayato raised his eyebrows and muttered: "Although the [Guardian] card is not a unique existence like [Blue Eyes].
, if you have money, you can still buy it to form a deck, but if it’s an elf or something, it can’t be that guy, right?”
Just as Hayato was thinking this, the two people who were talking in Japanese also walked out from the corner, revealing their true appearance in front of the group of people. They were a duo, one big and one small.
The younger one looked to be only about ten years old. He had slightly rare short dark green hair. He was wearing a white knitted hat with many small blue five-pointed stars. He looked at the tall man next to him with his lake green eyes.
Men.
When he saw the man, Hayato also showed an expression of sudden realization: "I asked why it sounds so familiar. It turns out to be you. It seems that we are former colleagues."
The blond man also noticed Hayato, and his calm and even somewhat stiff face couldn't help but reveal an unexpected expression: "The ones who give me and the [Guardians] an unusual sense of familiarity are actually you, Hayato Kobayashi, and the nameless ones.
Pharaoh."
".Blue hair earrings."
"Don't give me weird nicknames without permission. My name is Rafi!" Rafiru raised his eyebrows and glared at Hayato, "Although I do wear earrings, how did you know that I have blue hair?"
of?"
The blond man who appeared in front of a group of people was surprisingly "Doma" who once belonged to Dazi. He even served as the [Guardian] deck user of the "Three Knights of Dorma" with a very high position in Dorma. La
Philu!
Since the four of them in the castle, Kaiba, Yugi and Hayato defeated Datsu and eliminated the "Oliha Gang God", and released the souls of countless people who had been devoured by it for tens of thousands of years, they were plotted by Datsu before.
Rafiru, whose soul had been sealed, was naturally resurrected at that time, including Baron, but this was the first time Yugi and the others met Rafiru since then.
Although Rafiru's temperament is very recognizable, the image of Rafiru that appears in front of a few people today has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to when he was the Three Knights of Doma. His short yellow hair has been grown to a shawl.
length, and also wore a cowboy hat to block the scorching Egyptian sun. The original dark blue long windbreaker was replaced by a combination of purple short sleeves and a brown cape.
To be honest, at first glance, even though Yugi and Atum had had spiritual communication with each other through duels, it was a little difficult to confirm that the Rafiu in front of them was the Rafiu they knew.
"Ah hahahaha, it's pretty good. This joke is very funny and awesome."
Next to Rafilu, the child who appeared with him seemed to have caught the laughter in the brief conversation between Hayato and Rafilu, and spoke cheerfully, but compared to his genuine smile, when he spoke,
The tone is a little flat, giving people a feeling of just being fake, even yin and yang.
"This is not a joke, Johnny, don't imitate that guy Hayato Kobayashi." Looking at the young man beside him, Lafilu pushed up the brim of his hat and said helplessly.
"Long time no see, Rafiru." The golden light flashed on the [Millennium Building Block], and Atum came to the outside world and greeted Rafiru, "How are you doing recently?"
"Unknown Pharaoh, long time no see. Although I say so, less than a month has passed since Dazi's defeat. There is no need to use such words as if it took more than ten years to meet me again.
It’s the look of a reunion.” Rafilu looked at Atum’s eyes and said, “As for my current situation, I’m lucky.”
"When I was in Doma, for the 'New World' described by Dazi, I dealt with a lot of dirty things as a sharp blade in his hands. I should have accepted the judge for carrying this crime, but it has been a long time since I
I couldn't wait for the punishment I deserved, and then I realized that - compared to salvaging Doma's legacy to prevent other competitors from benefiting, killing me, who was protected by supernatural elf power, seemed to be a loss that outweighed the gain in the eyes of those countries.
things."
"It's just like the so-called relatives and friends I saw fighting for my family's property when I returned to human society from the isolated island."
Saying that, Rafilu shook his head helplessly, sighed, and turned to look at the boy beside him: "Although I feel guilty, I don't have any self-destructive tendencies, so I just want to do something as much as possible, and then
I accidentally met this child in the United States and became his guardian."
Hearing Rafilu's words, Atum also looked at the boy named "Johnny" beside him, and Jonouchi behind Atum also came up and said: "Ah, I heard it just now, yes
It's called 'Johnny', right, this kid?"
"No, 'Johnny' is obviously just a nickname, idiot City." "Huh? Why are you so proud of your Honda, which has a foreign language score that is only half as good as mine?"
Seeing Atum looking at him, "Johnny" also greeted him politely and introduced himself: "Hello, Mr. 'Unknown Pharaoh', I'm sorry to call you like this. Teacher, he told me that he didn't know either.
This is the only way you can be called by your name. 'Johnny' is indeed the teacher's nickname for me. My name is John."
"Hello, John." Looking at the cheerful John, Atum also said hello, but he noticed that after John said hello to himself, he also waved to the left and right of him.
But there was no one standing to his left and right. It was just the [Dark Magician] and [Dark Magician Girl] who spontaneously appeared from the card and stayed with him in a state that ordinary people could not see.
"Can this child actually see?"
"Well, Johnny seems to be born with the rare ability to see elves. I think he will have great potential in dueling monsters, so I am teaching him as a teacher." Rafiru nodded and affirmed.
Ask the game, "Compared to me, how are you, the nameless Pharaoh?"
Atum also smiled when he heard Rafilu's words: "The answer to my situation is that you can no longer call me the name 'Unknown Pharaoh', but call me by my name 'Atum'."<
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"Have you found your name? That's really good news, Wu, Atum." Rafiru seemed to be happy for the news that Atum had found his name.
John next to Rafiu seemed to have seen something quite interesting. He walked away from Rafiu and came to Hayato, who was looking at him with a frown: "Hello, are you Mr. Hayato Kobayashi?"
"The name John is too common. It must be a coincidence. No, it's nothing." Hayato, muttering to himself in a low voice, looked at John in front of him, "It's me, what's wrong?"
"Well, actually, my teacher recently taught me that duelists' decks often have 'soul' cards as the core. If you build a deck around a few soul cards, you can fully express the duelist's own strength.
Show it." John paused, then continued, "The teacher also gave an example that his own soul card is [Guardian-Aitos], Mr. Seto Kaiba's soul card is [Blue Eyes White Dragon], Muto Yugi
The soul cards with Mr. Nameless Pharaoh are [Dark Magician] and [Dark Magician Girl]."
"I just saw the [Dark Magician] and [Dark Magician Girl] elves next to Mr. Nameless Pharaoh. However, when I asked the teacher before, he refused to tell me about Xiaolin, who is the Duel King.
Mr. Hayato, what is your soul card?"
After finally telling his purpose, John breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Hayato with an expectant expression: "So Mr. Hayato, who is your soul card?"
When Hayato heard John's words, he opened his arms quite proudly: "Didn't you see the elves around me?"
John scratched the hat on his head with some distress: "I did see it, but Mr. Hayato, shouldn't there be only two or three soul cards?"
"Idiot, why is Tamashi such an inconvenience?" Hayato pointed at himself with a thumbs up, "Of course all my elves are my Tamashi. It's not that I'm a scumbag, it's just that my heart is for the elves.
They have been broken into countless pieces."
Hearing Hayato's words, John had no reaction, but [Disturbing Huang], who had not been seen for a long time, suddenly ran out of the deck on his waist with snot and tears in his eyes: "It's so touching, Ani.
!"
[Disturbing Black], [Disturbing Green], and the other monsters of the [Disturbing] family actually ran out: "You finally said that we are also your Tamashi!" "Finally, we have waited for this day!"
"I'm so touched!"
"Oh, I forgot to add, [disturbing] trash fish does not count."
"Don't ruin our dreams!"
Thanks for the 500 points from the book friend "Sword of Tolerance", thank you very much
ps1: Neither the animation nor the comics mention John’s parents, but treating the cards as family basically means that they have lost their family, so in this book John sadly became an orphan.
Also, by the way, although John is a Nordic in the animation, in the comics he is from the American Duel Academy and can theoretically be regarded as Batman (what the world of Paolo looks like)
ps2: In this chapter, John and Rafael's costumes are similar to SBR's Johnny and Jero. In addition, they also treat the cards as family members and refuse to send them to the cemetery. In this case, I will simply add them in this book.
Let Raffaello serve as John's duel initiate.
ps3: Because Becas’s encounters in the animation and comics are different, there is no long-dead Becas in GX. John who sent the card is not the [Jade Beast] that most people first remember, but the insect deck.
ps4: Today’s fun quiz: Why can’t Germans hail a taxi on the road?
Because in that case the taxi (Volkswagen brand) will only go to Poland
This chapter has been completed!