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Chapter 671: Memory Always Gets Especially Good in Awkward Places
Flying from Japan to Cairo, Egypt, although theoretically the shortest straight-line distance by directly crossing that large country to the west would save a lot of time, Hayato didn't want to experience the power of Dongfeng Express in that way, so the airplane was flying around that country's airspace.
This also meant this aerial journey would take a considerable amount of time. After all, their trip this time could be said to have gone around half the Earth. Departing before noon, they would arrive in Cairo, Egypt at the earliest in the evening.
For ordinary people taking a long-distance trip on a Private Jet, after the initial excitement wore off, they might pass the time using devices like mobile phones or computers, or watch television or sleep. But, what if you could Summon three-dimensional Monsters when you Duel?
For a True Duelist, let alone just being on an Airplane, Dueling is not impossible even in Space.
However, what was slightly different, however, was that the one Dueling on the Airplane today wasn't Hayato, Yugi, Joey Wheeler, or even Marik, but rather---
"Activate Magic Card **蛮族的狂宴LV5**!"
Boldly slapping a Card onto the Duel Disk on his arm, the expression on Tristan's face, which seemed to say "I'm a Professional Duelist," lasted less than three seconds before he had to lower his head to read the Card's Effect, feeling quite awkward for a moment. "Select up to two Warrior Type Level 5 Monsters from your Hand or Graveyard and Special Summon them. The Effect of Monsters Special Summoned by this Effect is Negated, and those Monsters cannot Attack this Turn."
"I see, so that's the Effect."
"That's so lame, Tristan, what kind of Duelist only starts reading their Card's Effect after the Duel begins?"
Looking at Tristan standing in the Open Space in the center of the Aircraft Cabin, Joey Wheeler, sitting nearby, joked, but forgot that when he first started getting into Duel Monsters, his performance wasn't much better than Tristan's, who only started reading the Card's Effect after playing the Card.
"Less talk, Joey Wheeler!" Tristan muttered. The Duel Disk he was wearing on his left wrist at this moment was borrowed from Joey Wheeler. Their wrists were almost the same thickness, so Tristan could put it on and use it without even needing to adjust the strap much.
Although from the very beginning, because Legendary Duelists like Hayato, Yugi, and Joey Wheeler often Dueled in front of him, influenced by what he saw and heard, Tristan's aura when drawing a Card and his actions when playing a Card were quite decent. Only after playing the Card did he fall short because he wasn't as familiar with the Card's Effect as Hayato and the others.
"After all, Joey Wheeler is clearly just an idiot, how on Earth did he manage to remember so many different Card Effects?"
Listening to Tristan grumbling to himself, Hayato indicated that Duelists are indeed like this. Although they struggle immensely to memorize a few words normally, they can remember complex Cards with as many as five or six Effects just by looking at them once. It's just like how lyrics are easier to remember than memorizing text from a lesson.
However, although that's what's said, actually, in order to remember a Card's Effect, one still has to put in a lot of effort. For example, Joey Wheeler, even to this day, whenever he remembers the days of undergoing Devil Training under Solomon Muto, he can't help but shiver.
But it was also thanks to the training during that time that Joey Wheeler went from a complete novice who knew nothing to a beginner Duelist and mastered the Divine Draw, allowing him to reach where he is today.
While Tristan was ranting, it was just talk; he wasn't really complaining about anything. He somewhat awkwardly took out two Cards from the Graveyard Zone of the Duel Disk. "What I select are 【野蛮人1号】 and 【野蛮人2号】 that were previously sent to the Graveyard by 【天使的施舍】 in my Graveyard! I Special Summon these two Monsters in Attack Position onto my Field!"
Barbarian No. 1 [Level 5/EARTH]
[Warrior Type/Effect]
[1550/1800]
Barbarian No. 2 [Level 5/EARTH]
[Warrior Type/Effect]
[1800/1500]
The Virtual Projection System installed within KaibaCorp's Duel Disks has extremely intelligent programs. Although the two Monsters Tristan Summoned at this moment were originally quite large, because they weren't Dueling in a vast outdoor space but rather inside the Aircraft Cabin, which is spacious but not large, the size of the two [Barbarian] Monsters was automatically suppressed to only half the height of a normal person, making them quite miniature.
This is necessary, because this also reserves space for the volume growth of the Monster Tristan is about to Summon.
"Heh heh, I haven't performed a Normal Summon this Turn yet! Tribute the two [Barbarian] Monsters on the Field whose ATK cannot be increased by Effects, and Tribute Summon this Monster from my Hand!" Tristan had an arrogant expression on his face and played a Card. That Card was clearly a High-Level Monster with a Level as high as 8!
The two [Barbarian] disappeared and were sent to the Graveyard by Tristan again. In their place, a projection of a Monster about the height of a person appeared on Tristan's Field. Recalling the two half-person-tall [Barbarian] Monsters from before, one could tell how tall this Monster in front of them was.
Barbarian King [Level 8/EARTH]
[Warrior Type/Effect]
[3000/1100]
Although he Summoned a High-Level Monster, Tristan had a troubled expression. "Damn it, I was so impatient I actually forgot to say the lines when Summoning the Monster! Even though it's a High-Level Monster with ATK equivalent to Blue-Eyes White Dragon, what a blunder, what a blunder! I completely wasted an opportunity to look cool!"
"However, by being able to Summon this Monster, I can basically secure my victory, right." The troubled expression didn't last on Tristan's face for long before he was seen saying proudly with his hands on his hips, "There fundamentally cannot exist a Monster on your Field that can stand against my Monster!"
" Téa !"
Standing opposite Tristan was Téa, the only other person among their group who doesn't Duel.
Téa was wearing the Duel Disk Yugi lent her on her wrist. Seeing Tristan start getting ahead of himself so early, she helplessly rubbed her forehead. "Honestly, he's already getting ahead of himself so early."
[Honda: 4000 LP, Hand 4]
[Barbarian King] [ATK 3000]
[Téa: 4000 LP, Hand 2]
[Set Monster]
[Set Card] [Set Card] [Set Card]
As if they had planned it, every time a major event occurred, it was during a holiday. As soon as the holidays started, Yugi and the others would happen during major events like "Duelist Kingdom", "Battle City", "KC Cup", "Doma", etc. Fundamentally, they had no free time to guide Tristan and Téa to learn more about Duel Monsters.
This time, having just resolved Dartz's matter with no new incident occurring, coupled with having experienced so many things that could only be resolved by Dueling, Téa and Tristan also became interested in learning more. So the group simply utilized this time spent flying in the air to help Tristan and Téa build and adjust their Decks and Duel a match as an experiment.
The ones adjusting Tristan's Deck were Joey Wheeler and Marik, while Yugi and Hayato helped Téa adjust her Deck. To some extent, although Téa and Tristan were Dueling, the four people behind them were also competing to see who had a better understanding of Duel Monsters.
Flying from Japan to Cairo, Egypt, although theoretically the shortest straight-line distance by directly crossing that large country to the west would save a lot of time, Hayato didn't want to experience the power of Dongfeng Express in that way, so the airplane was flying around that country's airspace.
This also meant this aerial journey would take a considerable amount of time. After all, their trip this time could be said to have gone around half the Earth. Departing before noon, they would arrive in Cairo, Egypt at the earliest in the evening.
For ordinary people taking a long-distance trip on a Private Jet, after the initial excitement wore off, they might pass the time using devices like mobile phones or computers, or watch television or sleep. But, what if you could Summon three-dimensional Monsters when you Duel?
For a True Duelist, let alone just being on an Airplane, Dueling is not impossible even in Space.
However, what was slightly different, however, was that the one Dueling on the Airplane today wasn't Hayato, Yugi, Joey Wheeler, or even Marik, but rather---
"Activate Magic Card **蛮族的狂宴LV5**!"
Boldly slapping a Card onto the Duel Disk on his arm, the expression on Tristan's face, which seemed to say "I'm a Professional Duelist," lasted less than three seconds before he had to lower his head to read the Card's Effect, feeling quite awkward for a moment. "Select up to two Warrior Type Level 5 Monsters from your Hand or Graveyard and Special Summon them. The Effect of Monsters Special Summoned by this Effect is Negated, and those Monsters cannot Attack this Turn."
"I see, so that's the Effect."
"That's so lame, Tristan, what kind of Duelist only starts reading their Card's Effect after the Duel begins?"
Looking at Tristan standing in the Open Space in the center of the Aircraft Cabin, Joey Wheeler, sitting nearby, joked, but forgot that when he first started getting into Duel Monsters, his performance wasn't much better than Tristan's, who only started reading the Card's Effect after playing the Card.
"Less talk, Joey Wheeler!" Tristan muttered. The Duel Disk he was wearing on his left wrist at this moment was borrowed from Joey Wheeler. Their wrists were almost the same thickness, so Tristan could put it on and use it without even needing to adjust the strap much.
Although from the very beginning, because Legendary Duelists like Hayato, Yugi, and Joey Wheeler often Dueled in front of him, influenced by what he saw and heard, Tristan's aura when drawing a Card and his actions when playing a Card were quite decent. Only after playing the Card did he fall short because he wasn't as familiar with the Card's Effect as Hayato and the others.
"After all, Joey Wheeler is clearly just an idiot, how on Earth did he manage to remember so many different Card Effects?"
Listening to Tristan grumbling to himself, Hayato indicated that Duelists are indeed like this. Although they struggle immensely to memorize a few words normally, they can remember complex Cards with as many as five or six Effects just by looking at them once. It's just like how lyrics are easier to remember than memorizing text from a lesson.
However, although that's what's said, actually, in order to remember a Card's Effect, one still has to put in a lot of effort. For example, Joey Wheeler, even to this day, whenever he remembers the days of undergoing Devil Training under Solomon Muto, he can't help but shiver.
But it was also thanks to the training during that time that Joey Wheeler went from a complete novice who knew nothing to a beginner Duelist and mastered the Divine Draw, allowing him to reach where he is today.
While Tristan was ranting, it was just talk; he wasn't really complaining about anything. He somewhat awkwardly took out two Cards from the Graveyard Zone of the Duel Disk. "What I select are 【野蛮人1号】 and 【野蛮人2号】 that were previously sent to the Graveyard by 【天使的施舍】 in my Graveyard! I Special Summon these two Monsters in Attack Position onto my Field!"
Barbarian No. 1 [Level 5/EARTH]
[Warrior Type/Effect]
[1550/1800]
Barbarian No. 2 [Level 5/EARTH]
[Warrior Type/Effect]
[1800/1500]
The Virtual Projection System installed within KaibaCorp's Duel Disks has extremely intelligent programs. Although the two Monsters Tristan Summoned at this moment were originally quite large, because they weren't Dueling in a vast outdoor space but rather inside the Aircraft Cabin, which is spacious but not large, the size of the two [Barbarian] Monsters was automatically suppressed to only half the height of a normal person, making them quite miniature.
This is necessary, because this also reserves space for the volume growth of the Monster Tristan is about to Summon.
"Heh heh, I haven't performed a Normal Summon this Turn yet! Tribute the two [Barbarian] Monsters on the Field whose ATK cannot be increased by Effects, and Tribute Summon this Monster from my Hand!" Tristan had an arrogant expression on his face and played a Card. That Card was clearly a High-Level Monster with a Level as high as 8!
The two [Barbarian] disappeared and were sent to the Graveyard by Tristan again. In their place, a projection of a Monster about the height of a person appeared on Tristan's Field. Recalling the two half-person-tall [Barbarian] Monsters from before, one could tell how tall this Monster in front of them was.
Barbarian King [Level 8/EARTH]
[Warrior Type/Effect]
[3000/1100]
Although he Summoned a High-Level Monster, Tristan had a troubled expression. "Damn it, I was so impatient I actually forgot to say the lines when Summoning the Monster! Even though it's a High-Level Monster with ATK equivalent to Blue-Eyes White Dragon, what a blunder, what a blunder! I completely wasted an opportunity to look cool!"
"However, by being able to Summon this Monster, I can basically secure my victory, right." The troubled expression didn't last on Tristan's face for long before he was seen saying proudly with his hands on his hips, "There fundamentally cannot exist a Monster on your Field that can stand against my Monster!"
" Téa !"
Standing opposite Tristan was Téa, the only other person among their group who doesn't Duel.
Téa was wearing the Duel Disk Yugi lent her on her wrist. Seeing Tristan start getting ahead of himself so early, she helplessly rubbed her forehead. "Honestly, he's already getting ahead of himself so early."
[Honda: 4000 LP, Hand 4]
[Barbarian King] [ATK 3000]
[Téa: 4000 LP, Hand 2]
[Set Monster]
[Set Card] [Set Card] [Set Card]
As if they had planned it, every time a major event occurred, it was during a holiday. As soon as the holidays started, Yugi and the others would happen during major events like "Duelist Kingdom", "Battle City", "KC Cup", "Doma", etc. Fundamentally, they had no free time to guide Tristan and Téa to learn more about Duel Monsters.
This time, having just resolved Dartz's matter with no new incident occurring, coupled with having experienced so many things that could only be resolved by Dueling, Téa and Tristan also became interested in learning more. So the group simply utilized this time spent flying in the air to help Tristan and Téa build and adjust their Decks and Duel a match as an experiment.
The ones adjusting Tristan's Deck were Joey Wheeler and Marik, while Yugi and Hayato helped Téa adjust her Deck. To some extent, although Téa and Tristan were Dueling, the four people behind them were also competing to see who had a better understanding of Duel Monsters.
