Chapter 42 If you can’t beat him, join him

The story begins one day ago.

The capital of France, Paris.

The Dueling Arena of the Third Reich. The one who ordered the construction of this dueling facility was none other than the Duel King who almost accomplished the feat of unifying Europe.

At this moment, in this legendary and ancient building, a much-anticipated duel is in full swing.

The two sides in the battle are Kenny from the Summoned Beast Deck, and his destined enemy, Ed, the user of the Hero Deck.

The battle has entered the third round, the score between the two sides is currently tied at 1:1, and the two are competing for match point.

"I admit that this deck you got from somewhere is quite interesting," Ed looked at the battlefield, which was now in ruins, and straightened his collar. "But the deck ultimately depends on the user. Maybe after you become familiar with this deck, you can fight me."

"Oh, you don't really think you've won this game?"

"What else can you do? You have no cards left, and the Aleister you just summoned was also invalidated by me."

"Ed, I learned a lesson from a Chinese elder."

"What's the point?"

Kenny suddenly revealed a meaningful smile.

"If you can't beat them, join them."

He raised his right hand, and in front of his opponent's shocked gaze, he shouted, "Set up connection arrows between Aleister and Shadowwing on the field."

"Link Summon, LINK2, Predatory Plant - Blue Lock Dragon Anaconda."

"Activate Anaconda's effect, pay 2000 Life Points, and send 'Fusion Fate' from your deck to the Graveyard."

"Come beside me, immortal hero, embodiment of destruction, 'Hero of Destiny, Phoenix of Destruction'."

"What?" The opponent's expression froze instantly, leaving only disbelief on his face. He asked in shock, "It's actually a Phoenix person?"

Even the commentator and the audience were so shocked by this scene that they were speechless.

For a moment, the entire Third Reich dueling arena fell into an eerie silence.

After a long while, the commentator realized his job, raised the microphone and stammered: "Contestant Kenny actually summoned and played Contestant Ed's trump card, Destroyer Phoenix."

The entire duel venue suddenly became boiling.

The duel ended with Kenny's victory.

The opponent lost his will to fight in the ensuing duel, and his whole body exuded an aura of confusion, as if he had been NTrated in front of him.

During the post-match interview, the host asked Kenny why he changed his deck.

He said bluntly: "This is all thanks to the inspiration given to him by a Chinese predecessor."

"That senior's ID on the Internet is 'Fusion is the most noble way of summoning'. I really like what he said."

"That's a generous senior. If you want to learn more about the Shadow Summoning deck, you can go to a Chinese video website to find it."

"Perhaps it is to show that these decks are just games for him to play in his spare time."

"The English name of the account where he posts video teaching is playmaker. I guess he is a real master hidden among the people."

To be honest, even the director felt that Kenny was being a little too explicit in his praise of the Chinese guy.

Fearing trouble, he ordered people to cut out the second half of the interview from subsequent publicity.

A professional duelist, in a public interview after the match, spared no effort in praising a Chinese.

Such news quickly spread back inside the wall and became the traffic code passed on by word of mouth by countless marketing accounts.

"The Chinese duel master was actually praised like this by a foreign professional guy..."

"Reveal the truth. Who on earth deserves such acclaim as a famous duelist?"

"If you learn these few moves, you can become a professional duelist."

These spam marketing accounts that copy second-hand news obviously will not delve into the truth of the matter.

The first picture is the same old repetitive stuff.

Basically, it keeps repeating one thing to the audience.

A domestic folk up master invented a card deck that even professional duelists praised.

As for what deck it was and how the game went, we will skip that.

The masses who were unaware of the truth, followed the lead of the marketing accounts, and flocked to the latest video of the imposter to leave comments.

"We found the protagonist of the news."

"The up master is awesome, bringing glory to the country."

"So this is the deck that even professional players are full of praise for?"

"Am I the only one who thinks this deck is just average?"

"Only you, you are the electricity, you are the light, you are the only myth."

"All the other senior summoned beast duelists have praised me. Do you know more about summoned beast decks than others?"

For a while, the originally not-so-lively video was occupied by people who came to visit and watch.

Xia Qing was dumbfounded.

"What a magical plot, Kenny is actually a professional duelist." After learning the truth, he felt like he had helped others for no reason.

If I had known this would happen, I should have changed the game ID to match the video ID.

But he was very angry at the time. He was obviously the real owner, so why should he change his name?

His purpose in making the video was to fight the opponent head-on. Unexpectedly, due to various coincidences, he attracted a wave of traffic to the opponent for nothing.

"Your video data has also increased a lot. P station still has rational viewers."

Wang Lin switched his phone to Xia Qing's homepage. His number of fans finally exceeded 2,000, but it was still a far cry from the fake's 200,000 fans.

In the comment section, there are now a new batch of hot comments.

"Have you noticed that the up master ID in this tutorial video is also called 'Fusion is the most noble way of summoning'."

"There are many foreigners in the comments. Could this be the real one?"

"Are you guys here watching marketing videos? You don't have access to the internet, so who can tell me which one is real?"

"I watched the entire post-match interview, and the pro player reported the ID of this up at the end. It was Premeka."

"I think I saw God K's ID on the reward list."

"No, I have to go to that fake uploader and reveal the truth to everyone."

"Count me in."

There are many righteous people among the audience who cannot stand such confusion of right and wrong and choose to take the initiative to explain the truth to others.

This made Xia Qing, who had been feeling depressed, feel much better.

The professional duelist named Kenny meant well but ended up doing something wicked. He couldn't possibly blame anyone else, and he later explained why that wasn't the case.

We can only blame these marketing accounts for not being rigorous enough when reposting the posts.

"Why don't you contact that foreigner and ask him to come forward and clarify the matter again." Wang Lin suggested.

"I'll go back and try."

Xia Qing wasn't sure if it would work, he only had that man's master duel friend.

The other party is a professional duelist, and I don’t know when I’ll see the message I sent.

What’s more, marketing accounts want traffic and don’t care about the truth at all.

I've only seen them repost rumors, but I've never seen them repost rumor-refuting videos.

Wang Lin listened to his explanation and nodded, "That's true."

"Let the bullets fly for a while."

The truth of this matter cannot be concealed.

The domestic Internet is not really isolated from the world. Faced with irrefutable facts, everyone will soon find out who is the real one and who is the fake one.

In fact, when Shi Xiang saw the pie suddenly falling from the sky, he was more terrified than excited at first.

Almost all the videos he posted were copied from the Internet.

Kenny, the professional beast player, was one of his main targets.

Therefore, when he saw the opponent's post-match interview, he was immediately stunned.

"F*ck me."

I originally thought that he was just a random expert among the people, but I didn't expect that the other party was actually a true god hidden among the people.

Thinking of Kenny's speculation about the man's identity during the interview.

He took a deep breath.

"I can't keep this number anymore."

Otherwise, he could just post a clarification video now, saying that he was just doing it for the show effect.

See if you can gain the other party's understanding.

But looking at the video, there were still many people pouring in who were unaware of the truth, and greed eventually took over his mind.

Advertisers who are quick to respond have started contacting him, offering quotes that are higher than what he would earn in a year making the video.

Look at the user who keeps posting annoying comments.

He finally stretched out his evil right hand and clicked the bulk ban button.

"Shut up, everyone. Don't hinder your uncle from making money."

This action immediately aroused the anger of countless P-station users outside the screen.

A user named Hamster even picked up a magnifying glass on the spot and began to look through Shi Xiang's video frame by frame.

The bullet flew faster than Xia Qing expected.

It won’t be long before a popular video that proves that the counterfeit product is plagiarizing is born.

Rather than the insignificant counterfeit, Xia Qing cares more about the new card he got today.

[White Saint Ecclesia]

[Sword Master of Demonic Eyes]

That is, the Saint and Knight sister when they were working in the Sword Deck.

The White Saint can liberate herself and Special Summon "Albus's Fallen" or "Sword of Legends" monsters, making her an excellent starting point for the Sword of Legends deck.

Although Xia Qing does not plan to use the Sword of Legend deck, the Saint can still play a good role even if she only uses "Demonic Eyes" and "Albus".

Today, when Aleister went on strike, the Saint and Demon Eye arrived at the right time.

(End of this chapter)