To his surprise, all of them looked excited. "Really?"
"That is a good idea." Doctor Misawa immediately began analyzing it seriously. "If we combine our Deck, it would be firm yet flexible, flexible yet firm, balanced in every way, able to attack or defend, and perfectly capable of covering one another's weaknesses."
"Right." Hayato Maeda struck his fist into his palm. "That really is like Yugen, coming up with another great idea. Then in the representative Duel, the style would keep changing every turn. The opponent would definitely be shocked and caught off guard."
"Yugen, what do you think? Would that work?"
Yugen kept smiling. Work my foot.
He suddenly realized his thinking had been too conservative. He had said it as a joke because he thought it was an impossible, brainless suggestion, but these people were seriously considering the idea of having Yugen duel with their bizarre mixed pile of cards.
But after thinking about it, he had to admit they had a point. Back then, when Yami Yugi had only 100 Life Points left and could not continue the Duel, Yami Yugi had taken Seto Kaiba's Deck, shuffled it into his own, and continued the Duel in Seto Kaiba's place. Not only had he made it work, he had even pulled off a comeback at the very limit.
Yugi Muto had always played a mixed pile with all kinds of engines, and Seto Kaiba's Deck at the time had also been a strange pile with no clear theme. If two such decks were shuffled together, no normal person could imagine how many dead cards would be inside, yet in Yugi Muto's hands, they had still worked together.
Yugen deeply understood that he had been narrow-minded. "So that's how it is," he murmured. "A true Duelist should be able to make any Deck shine in his hands..."
"Exactly, exactly." Asuka Tenjoin said eagerly. "So does that mean you agree to bring my Cyber cards into battle too?"
"And my Water Dragon," said Daichi Misawa.
"And my Koala," said Hayato Maeda.
Yugen answered them with a polite smile. Heh.
"All right, stop bothering him. Let Yugen decide for himself what to do with his Deck."
Judai Yuki appeared just then, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a grin, "Being the Duel Academy representative does not matter that much. In a Duel, what matters most is having fun yourself."
He gave Yugen a thumbs-up. "If it's you, Yugen, you'll definitely show us another really interesting Duel, right?"
Yugen only smiled and said nothing. Judai Yuki really was the reliable one.
Just then, the terminal on him received a message. He took it out and looked, only to find that it had come from Mokuba Kaiba.
"There has been progress in the last incident. Want to come?"
Under the vast blue sky, Blue-Eyes White Dragon caught the sunlight like a silver blade, slicing through the quiet clouds and leaving a long white trail behind it. From a distance, it truly looked like a soaring Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and anyone who did not know better might even think a Spirit had appeared before the Student Council.
But that was not the case. This was a jet aircraft designed by Seto Kaiba to match the appearance of Blue-Eyes White Dragon as closely as possible.
Over the years, Seto Kaiba had worked tirelessly to make Blue-Eyes White Dragon the symbol of both himself and the company, and that idea appeared in every part of his life. Naturally, his personal aircraft was no exception. Blue-Eyes Jet was the super jet Seto Kaiba had built at staggering cost, representing the highest level of technology in this world.
Inside the cabin, the engines were so quiet they almost seemed silent, and the passengers could barely feel them running. Someone might really think an actual Blue-Eyes White Dragon was flying through the sky. But its speed had already surpassed the limits of modern fighter jets, and it could perform maneuvers ordinary fighters could never manage.
When it shot into the sky, it looked like a sword leaving its sheath. Every takeoff carried the same dueling momentum, as if it were charging straight toward the enemy commander. Of course, such power came with brutal demands on the pilot, and it was said to be extraordinarily difficult to control.
Even so, Seto Kaiba never allowed other pilots to touch his aircraft. Everyone knew that whenever the Blue-Eyes White Dragon jet took off, the pilot had to be Seto Kaiba himself. It sounded absurd that the president of a corporation could have better flying skills than an ace pilot, but when the man in question was Seto Kaiba, it somehow did not seem strange at all.
After all, everyone knew that Seto Kaiba possessed physical abilities beyond normal human limits. Before boarding, Yugen could not help taking a few extra looks at the shape of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon craft. He had only seen it from a distance on television before, and seeing it up close in real life made it look even more like a sleeping Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
As he boarded, he joked half-seriously to Seto Kaiba, "Why not print this plane into a card too? I think it has potential. It could actually go somewhere." Seto Kaiba raised an eyebrow the moment he heard that. He said nothing, but it was obvious he had taken the idea to heart.
Maybe it would not be long after this trip before "Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon" appeared. Yugen's Alchemy Laboratory was already firmly on track and had produced quite a few results, while members were regularly being sent to attend top academic Student Council gatherings. Yugen himself had also begun collaborating with several of Seto Kaiba's research teams, so Seto Kaiba had already heard quite a lot about his absurd academic talent.
According to the team leaders, this kid seemed born with the body of a card player, with Spirit Vision so strong it was ridiculous and Spirit Affinity reaching unbelievable heights.
He could casually say a few words and point out a clear path for research groups that had been stuck for ages, leading them to major breakthroughs. With those impressions planted by the experts, Seto Kaiba thought it over for a moment and suddenly felt that Yugen's offhand suggestion really was interesting, so he made a mental note to develop it after they returned.
His Blue-Eyes White Dragon had always followed a path that combined technology and mysticism. That was why people could see traces of modern technology in many forms of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, even though it was clearly a dragon Spirit from three thousand years ago. As the jet climbed into the sky, the clouds were gently pushed apart into elegant ripples before quickly closing again, as if nature itself had trembled beneath the touch of Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
The president himself was acting as pilot, while Mokuba Kaiba brought Yugen to the dining area. The onboard restaurant had a top-tier team of chefs and offered custom meals and drinks. "Fuumei City?" Yugen asked. "Are you sure the enemy base is there?"