Chapter 105: Chapter 104: Is My Deck Build Just Too Inhumane?
Watching the two girls disappear once again, Lin Zhen showed a look of pain, as if he had lost them once more.
Seeing Lin Zhen’s expression, Shen Sui felt a little guilty.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"It’s alright." Lin Zhen took a deep breath and said, "They are nothing more than false images now."
Feng Lindu!
You really are not human!
Shen Sui cursed harshly in his heart.
"Then I’ll continue." Shen Sui drew Alice from his hand, and as Alice’s form manifested, in reality, he already had a means to victory, but this duel wasn’t entirely for winning, so he chose to summon the original Alice.
"She’s called Alice, my Soul Card." Shen Sui pointed to the lively girl on the field and said to Lin Zhen, "Similar to the relationship between you and Feng Lindu."
In Lin Zhen’s form, the original form was also a youthful appearance, and as the form upgraded, his spirit became increasingly painful.
"I admit, many people resort to any means for victory, even torturing their Soul Cards." Shen Sui said to Lin Zhen, "However, there are still many people in this world who see their Soul Cards as companions, even as the closest friends."
In fact, Shen Sui had seen people who dated their Soul Cards, which was even more outrageous than cross-national romance.
Shen Sui didn’t plan to convince Lin Zhen with words, anyway, Lin Zhen couldn’t beat him.
He just wanted to tell Lin Zhen that there are real duelists in this world who see their cards as companions, comrades in facing challenges together.
"I can’t truly feel your suffering, nor do I want you to forgive anything, but indiscriminate killing is wrong."
"I have never indiscriminately killed the innocent." Lin Zhen said very seriously, "Qingzhou did her utmost to keep me alive, and I will never let the souls she saved be tainted. The people I killed here deserved it. That person named Chai Dasheng seemed to be planning a sacrifice in this city, welcoming what he called the Suffering Bodhisattva. I don’t know what that is, but he incited others to torture their Soul Card followers, which is an established fact, and although from different worlds, they counted as murderers."
Lin Zhen clenched his fists, he was very hateful, had he known Shen Sui was so strong, he wouldn’t have first gone to wipe out that Suffering Poetry Society wholesale. This organization where Chai Dasheng was located, gathered a large group of people who strengthen their card decks by torturing Soul Cards.
The most infuriating thing is, this kind of torture never actively inflicted on the Soul Cards, they would only use words and some kind of time-regulating ability to let the Soul Cards miss opportunities again and again, making the Soul Cards hate the world they’re in, plunging them into endless pain.
Shen Sui felt as if he heard something incredible.
"Is that so? That was my oversight, I will find these people." Shen Sui promised Lin Zhen, "The Life Card Duel cannot be shamed because of these people."
When some people commit evil, it’s clearly an individual problem, but it is always attributed to a group of people in the end.
It’s the same with homebodies.
It’s the same with games.
When people think this behavior of torturing Soul Cards is immoral, they subconsciously feel that all Life Card Masters are like this.
Speaking of which, Shen Sui raised his hand and performed a form transformation on Alice, "Pay 5 Soul Points, perform Form Transformation on Alice! Descend, Red Lotus Fire Alice!"
With the blazing flame, Alice completed her form transformation within the red lotus.
On Alice’s face was the joy of having saved friends. This joy was heartfelt, and even through projection, it affected Lin Zhen.
Lin Zhen looked at Alice in the field, quite envious.
He could feel the joy on the girl, a joy he longed for the most.
The feeling of the beloved being saved by one’s own hands, he had never experienced.
"How nice...." Lin Zhen murmured subconsciously.
"My time is running out." Shen Sui glanced at the time.
This world seemed to begin rejecting Claude’s power.
From the feedback, it seemed like Claude’s power was too powerful, the world’s long-term endurance couldn’t handle it, and they were persuading Shen Sui to take it back.
Alright.... then let’s make this quick.
"I’m sorry you didn’t feel the charm of the duel."
Lin Zhen withdrew his gaze from Alice, helplessly looking at Shen Sui.
He really didn’t feel the charm of the duel.
This guy just fed his two followers to the fish.
If this was the charm of the duel, Lin Zhen suddenly felt that this world might have a huge problem.
While they were talking, Shen Sui drew the [Mutated Fish King Anludron] from his hand and appeared once again on Lin Zhen’s field.
On Lin Zhen’s field, only two sticky Fish Kings remained, and the beautiful scenes of the past disappeared once again before Lin Zhen’s eyes.
No....
Lin Zhen was starting to become unbearable.
He felt the other was tormenting him.
Seeing Lin Zhen’s expression, Shen Sui also felt a bit embarrassed.
He was feeling a little guilty.
Is my deck construction too inconsiderate?
He touched his nose.
Clearly the original intention was to let the other feel the charm of the duel, then use words to persuade or something, but why did it now feel like a storyline where the protagonist tortures the victim tied to a chair in a heavy-handed manner?
And it was the heavy-flavor kind.
But I’ve already consciously avoided the Minotaur behavior.
It seems I’m still not quite suited to the role of persuader.
"Then, paying 8 Soul Points, activate from my hand, Spell Card [Return]." Shen Sui drew a card and said, "Pay half of the Life Value, return all followers on the field to their owner’s field."
"Followers who change control because of this effect lose all effects."
"Then both sides need to choose an equivalent number of follower cards from the deck to send to the graveyard."
A forceful power directly twisted the control of the two Fish Kings.
At that moment, Lin Zhen’s field became empty.
Since it was only Shen Sui who obtained two follower cards from Lin Zhen’s field, he needed to send two followers from his deck to the graveyard.
And in doing so, the effect condition of [Red Lotus Fire Alice] was satisfied.
Shen Sui’s Life Value was 3000, Lin Zhen’s Life Value was 6000.
Shen Sui activated Alice’s effect, banishing the two follower cards sent to the grave due to [Return], increasing Alice’s Spirit Value to 2500, to perform three attacks.
2000+2000+2500*3.
No matter how Lin Zhen resisted, he was destined to lose.
Shen Sui unhesitatingly initiated a direct attack.
He thoughtfully did not let Lin Zhen be finished off by fish, instead letting Alice execute the final blow.
When the duel field dispersed, Lin Zhen was still filled with helplessness and sadness.
Although knowing it was all false, it felt like his former lover had once again disappeared right in front of him.
Shen Sui coughed twice guiltily, "Sorry, I forgot that my deck construction might not be suitable for using words to persuade...."
Lin Zhen shook his head, yet seemed relieved, "Seeing them vividly appear before me, I am already very satisfied. Capturing those beautiful moments, perhaps is the purpose of Life Cards’ existence."
"Seeing them again, I am very happy already." Lin Zhen tidied his hair, "I should head back. My world is still in suffering, many people are waiting for me to save them."
With that, he raised his hands, without hesitation, piercing through Feng Lindu’s chest.
A flash of pain passed across his face, but then it was the pleasure of revenge.
Lin Zhen would leave, and Feng Lindu’s soul would return.
However, he would face a body that was irreversibly moving towards death.
In the coming days, Feng Lindu could only lie in bed, gradually feeling his lungs turn into wood unable to expand or contract, as if someone was squeezing his chest, finally heading towards death in extreme pain.
This was Lin Zhen, the last gift to Feng Lindu.