My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

Chapter 906 - 531: Alice Always Leaves You Seeing Black

Shen Sui instinctively glanced behind Yang Liguang.According to what he knew about Yang Liguang’s habits, whenever she participated in a duel, she’d be accompanied by a large number of personnel—a tactical team dedicated to assisting her.

Yang Liguang’s team could be considered the most professional duel analysis team in Huaxia.

Intelligence gathering, analysis, tactical designation, and even specialized psychological counseling are provided to instill a belief of certain victory in Yang Liguang.

But today, none of the tactical team members appeared behind Yang Liguang.

Yang Liguang seemed to have read Shen Sui’s thoughts and explained, "For duels that don’t impact my career, I usually don’t employ the tactical team."

"Besides, it’s the weekend, they’re off," Wang Ming interjected.

Yang Liguang’s cheek visibly twitched, but she had to admit that Wang Ming’s words were not inaccurate.

"But didn’t Chun come with you?" Yang Liguang looked at Shen Sui, with a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

"Chun?" Shen Sui was slightly startled, it took him a few seconds to react; Yang Liguang’s "Chun" likely referred to Xinyuan Tanchun.

"Oh, she’s busy with her own competition recently," Shen Sui explained, "It’s a professional tournament in Modu, I’ve heard she’s performing quite well this time, potentially winning her first B-class championship in her career."

"I see..." Yang Liguang looked slightly disappointed, her hand moving away from the bag she’d put it on.

The in-person Yang Liguang was indeed of a different demeanor than the competition Yang Liguang.

Shen Sui observed the subtle expressions of the girl in front of him and sighed inwardly.

If it were the Yang Liguang from the professional stage, she wouldn’t even ask such questions. Even if she did, she wouldn’t show so many micro-expressions after hearing the answer.

"Shall we get started?" Wang Ming checked the time, guiding Shen Sui towards the Exploration Bureau’s Duel Room, where promotion tournaments for masters of grade seven and above are generally held, equipped with professional facilities to capture every detail of the promotion duel.

These recordings are generally archived, and unless Life Card Masters request otherwise, they are published on the Life Card Association’s official website; a lot of well-known Life Card Masters’ tactical intelligence is leaked out from these promotion tournament recordings.

Hence, later on, these professional Life Card Masters, whether participating in a promotion tournament or invited as opponents, will demand no public recording of the duel.

Shen Sui was indifferent to recording exposure, but Yang Liguang requested not to publish the recording.

It’s only natural, even without the tradition of not publishing recordings, given Yang Liguang’s scientific analysis strategy during duels, she wouldn’t allow her duel recordings to be broadcast online, becoming samples for others to watch and analyze tactical intelligence.

Modu’s real estate is incredibly expensive, even the Exploration Bureau’s new duel room isn’t very large.

Of course, the primary reason is confidentiality.

Nevertheless, despite its small size, the room is fully equipped with facilities, although not as advanced as the realistic projection systems used in large-scale competitions, but it can already provide better duel images than the dueling device’s self-imaging.

Due to the early hour, the equipment wasn’t fully calibrated, so Shen Sui sat to the side waiting.

Yang Liguang curiously sized up Shen Sui sitting opposite her.

When this young man initially defeated her, Yang Liguang wasn’t convinced, after all, he won through sheer luck, drawing a card that instantly turned the tide.

However, since then, Shen Sui embarked on a meteoric rise, blazing through the ranks with an undefeated king’s stance; astonishingly, he completed in mere half a year what had taken Yang Liguang years and massive investment of energy and resources to achieve.

Soon, Shen Sui might even surpass her undefeated record.

Yang Liguang is proud.

Or rather, most Life Card Masters are proud.

Without the will and confidence to defeat opponents, a Life Card Master cannot endure long in the professional arena.

Hence, she was very curious about how much Shen Sui had developed now.

Thus, she agreed to participate in Shen Sui’s promotion tournament despite her mother’s and career planning team’s advice.

Ultimately, her mother consented to Yang Liguang’s decision, with the sole requirement to gather as much duel data on Shen Sui as possible, crucial for Yang Liguang’s professional future.

Evidently, in her mother’s eyes, the chances of Shen Sui failing to promote were slim.

Even if Yang Liguang exerted all efforts to win this duel, Shen Sui could defeat the other two opponents, successfully promoting with a score of 2:1.

And upon rising to grade eight, Shen Sui would undoubtedly become one of Yang Liguang’s most important rivals.

Being able to gather advance intelligence on an opponent, especially recent data, is highly beneficial.

Noticing Yang Liguang observing him, Shen Sui engaged in casual conversation with her.

Unexpectedly enough, Yang Liguang appeared particularly interested in Xinyuan Tanchun. Whenever they talked about her, Yang Liguang showed great interest, contrasting sharply with her cold exterior.

While chatting, the equipment in the duel room had already been calibrated.

The two stood up, ready for today’s duel.