Chapter 81: Chapter 81: Xinyuan Tanchun’s Troubles
After Shen Sui said goodbye to Yue Tao, she went straight to find Xinyuan Tanchun.
She had also completed the task of an official duel and returned to the academy.
"Hey, aren’t you a part-time coach?" Shen Sui asked curiously, looking at Xinyuan Tanchun sitting by the window in the empty classroom, "Why do I always find you so easily at school? Don’t you have any competitions? To advance to the seventh tier, you need enough points, right?"
Xinyuan Tanchun looked the same as before, but at least this time he had tidied up his appearance.
At least he didn’t wear two different colored stockings this time.
"What can I do?" Xinyuan Tanchun sighed, "There haven’t been any suitable competitions recently."
"Isn’t there the Silver Moon Infinite Cup in Modu recently? I didn’t see you participating," Shen Sui teased, "Isn’t this a Class B competition?"
"Hmph." Xinyuan Tanchun snorted coldly and said, "Every time I see Yang Liguang, I get annoyed."
"What? Can’t beat her?"
"Her?" Xinyuan Tanchun grinned, revealing her snow-white fangs, "Defeating her isn’t hard at all? I just don’t feel like it."
"So you can’t beat her after all," Shen Sui concluded.
Xinyuan Tanchun showed a fierce expression toward Shen Sui.
"Shouldn’t be, isn’t your Soul Card the True Ancestor of Vampires? It should be strong, right?"
"A strong Soul Card doesn’t mean a strong deck," Xinyuan Tanchun crossed her arms, also indirectly admitting that she couldn’t beat Yang Liguang, "The outcome of a duel depends on the overall strength of the deck. If the Soul Card is very strong at the beginning, the first issue is that you can’t command a strong-willed Soul Card as you set in the Soul Card World, and secondly, there are few variations that the strong Soul Card faces, so the Life Cards you can earn through it are limited."
"In a duel, what good is it if one card is strong? If the opponent counters it, you’re left dumbfounded, aren’t you?" Xinyuan Tanchun spread her hands, quite helplessly, "My deck is the typical type where the Soul Card is strong, but the deck is weak."
"But don’t you want to reach the seventh tier?" Shen Sui asked, "Can you pass like that?"
"I’m quite troubled too," Xinyuan Tanchun sighed and said, "I was thinking of retreating to gather more Life Cards in the Dawn Continent, but Isabella always does her own thing, what can I do? I can’t command her."
"What if... I have a way to make her listen to you?" Shen Sui’s eyes sparkled.
He planned to formally engage with Isabella.
After reading Vivian’s diary, Shen Sui realized that some issues can never be avoided.
Crossing worlds is like that, and game characters becoming real people is also like that.
He needed to face those feelings brought from the game to reality head-on.
"Really?" Xinyuan Tanchun’s eyes immediately lit up.
Seeing Xinyuan Tanchun’s look, Shen Sui suddenly thought, if Isabella becomes his Follower Card, would she still count as Xinyuan Tanchun’s Soul Card?
"Claude?" Xinyuan Tanchun asked with some confusion after hearing the name from Shen Sui, "Who is that?"
Seriously, you’ve been with Isabella for so long and still don’t know who Claude is?
"Twilight Bishop," Shen Sui said again, "Recognize now, right?"
Xinyuan Tanchun mechanically shook her head.
Shen Sui stumbled, almost falling off his chair.
"I mean, is your Soul Card World really the Dawn Continent?" Shen Sui asked helplessly.
Xinyuan Tanchun was equally desperate, "Do you think I look like someone who can act independently of Isabella’s stronghold settings? In the Soul Card World, I have to cling to Isabella’s support to avoid being beaten to death. I do want to know about the outside world, but that has to come from Isabella. You mentioned the Twilight Bishop; who understands that?"
"I see..." Shen Sui finally understood why the director of Modu’s Exploration Bureau would prefer to find him rather than getting information about World No. 1 from Xinyuan Tanchun. This guy really cannot grasp anything, "So, were you just boasting initially? If you can’t command Isabella, how are you going to help me gather cards?"
"Throw them on the ground for you to pick up."
"....."
"Furthermore," Xinyuan Tanchun put her hands on her hips and defended herself, "It’s not like I don’t know anything, alright? At the very least, I’m aware of some names Isabella often mentions, like Vivian, Qishala, Baris, Freymia, Martina....."
"Stop, stop, stop! Don’t recite them," Shen Sui covered his face, raising his hand to stop Xinyuan Tanchun’s narration.
It feels like this guy is reciting a list from a game gallery.
"Just follow what I taught you and tell Isabella; she might be moved... whoa! What are you doing?"
Shen Sui was startled as Xinyuan Tanchun suddenly leaned closer.
"I mean," Xinyuan Tanchun queried, "You’ve only been in contact with the Dawn Continent for about a month, right? Why do you seem so familiar with that world?"
"It’s because you know too little!" Shen Sui did not directly answer the question.
Xinyuan Tanchun thought for a moment, smiled with relief, nodded, and acknowledged Shen Sui’s words: "Makes sense."
"Speaking of which, you’ve already passed identification and can participate in the Ranking Tournament?" Xinyuan Tanchun looked at Shen Sui, congratulating, "That’s impressive, to earn the recognition from a coach."
I think Feng Lindu might be reluctant to acknowledge me, just too bad he lost.
Shen Sui thought to himself, but his face didn’t show much emotion.
For him, defeating Feng Lindu wasn’t something to be particularly proud of.
Probably tomorrow night, after the finals of the Silver Moon Infinite Cup conclude, his duel with Feng Lindu will be publicly announced. Feng Lindu’s participation in the identification duel was widely known online, but the identity of his opponent caused much speculation.
Some even claimed that Feng Lindu lost this identification duel, which is even more ridiculous and not widely believed. When some people confidently stated that Shen Sui was the protagonist of this identification duel, they faced ridicule, saying it was a narrative fabricated by those opposing Xinyuan Yingxue to elevate Shen Sui above her.
These comments, for Shen Sui, who had countless online confrontations in his past life, were not shocking.
"These days, I have also been coordinating your handover with the Life Card Association and the Exploration Bureau," Xinyuan Tanchun mentioned the purpose of calling Shen Sui over, "Probably tomorrow, your first round of the Ranking Tournament can start. Finding a first-tier Life Card Master isn’t hard. You don’t need to feel pressured; with your strength, the only question for the Ranking Tournament is how high you aim to advance."
"For me, the fifth tier," Shen Sui said straightforwardly.
"Wow, you’re again aligning with my girl Xue, aren’t you interested in her?"
Shen Sui rolled his eyes, crossed his arms, and confidently said, "Sorry, women are too troublesome. I have only one goal, to be the world champion."
"Besides, why should I be interested in real women, when waifu cards aren’t appealing?"