Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22 - 22: The Spirit

The dojo's greatest treasure, the symbol of the style...

Honestly, what Kira first thought of was the saying among duelists:

"You should give up all meta decks and play my invincible Cyber Dragon"

In Duel Academy, Zane Truesdale was already the heir to the Cyber style before entering the academy. According to the master of the Cyber style—who later became the academy's principal—Zane moved the spirit of Cyber End Dragon with his persistence, earning the chance to inherit the style.

Well, in the anime, moving the spirit meant Zane trained his draws every day until he could always open with three Cyber Dragons and a Fusion.

According to the principal, mastering the art of God Draws was enough...

Besides that, the only other dojo with such a legacy in the anime was the Psychic-Style Dojo, whose treasure was Jinzo.

So, does my dojo have something like this too?

Kira's mind flashed through countless rare cards from the same era, imagining what the deck might be.

"I wanted to promote the style, but I just wasn't capable. After we lost the former master, the dojo declined, and recently, hardly anyone even knows our name anymore."

Master Takeuchi continued, taking a deep breath and looking seriously at Kira.

"But now, I see your transformation. I was about to give up, but maybe you're the one I've been waiting for.

Maybe you can inherit this nearly forgotten name and make it great again."

"So, the deck of our dojo's style?" Kira probed.

If this were a typical fantasy story, at this point, he'd be expecting some miraculous elixir or high-end artifact.

But now, his first reaction was: "Will it brick?"

Can't be helped—even though the master was speaking confidently, Kira wasn't optimistic. He knew that anime duelists' definition of a strong deck was often very different from reality.

He knew he won matches with deckbuilding and strategy. If the master excitedly handed him some 8-star vanillas, he really couldn't carry it...

Master Takeuchi smiled mysteriously. "Have you heard of the legendary LV archetype?"

Kira's heart instantly sank.

Oh no.

The LV archetype—monsters that automatically level up each turn they remain on the field, usually by sending themselves to the graveyard to special summon a higher-level LV monster from the deck.

In the GX storyline, the LV archetype were rare cards that normal duelists couldn't buy. For example, the Armed Dragon LV was the treasure of Duel Academy's North Branch, later ending up with Chazz Princeton.

But that's the anime.

Kira's heart sank because, in reality, most LV series decks are pretty weak...

"Exactly! Our dojo's inherited style, the Silent Style, originated from the tactics pioneered by the Duel King Yugi Muto! And the pinnacle of our legacy, the symbol of inheritance, is this card—"

The master ceremoniously displayed a card that had been sealed for years.

"—Silent Magician!"

"Huh?"

Kira raised an eyebrow in surprise.

[Silent Magician, Level 4, ATK 1000

Effect: Cannot be Normal Summoned. You can tribute a Spellcaster on the field to Special Summon this card.

This card gains 500 ATK for each card in your hand. Once per turn, you can negate the activation of a Spell Card.

If this card on the field is destroyed by battle or opponent's effect, you can Special Summon another Silent Magician monster from your hand or deck, except itself.]

In the current meta, it's still a fairly strong card, but Kira remembered that this was a future release in real life—so its power in the early game would be outstanding.

But the Silent deck has existed since the DM era, and in this world, any card used by legendary duelists like Yugi or Kaiba gets priority development. Kaiba even had Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon printed years ahead of schedule in the movie. So this is normal.