Chapter 39: This Guy Wants to Go to Your Place
The real reason Hayato gave the [Man-Eater Bug] to Yugi was, of course, not what he told Yugi. That was just an excuse to get him to accept it. This goes back to when Hayato bought that [Custom Booster Pack] that he still regrets to this day.
The description of that Booster Pack clearly stated that all the Cards in the Card Box could be added to Hayato's existing Card Pool, and there was a guaranteed minimum of 1 UR-Rank, 3 SR-Rank rare Cards, and all 100 Card Packs had an R Grade guarantee.
This meant that no matter how bad Hayato's luck was, he could at least pull 100 R Grade Cards, 3 SR-Rank, and one UR-Rank, and they would all be types that could be added to his own Card Pool. He wouldn't end up with a bunch of Chaos Soldier support Cards if he was playing a Harpie Deck.
Hayato originally thought so too, but what he never expected was that the most valuable point, "Supplement Cards based on the current Card Pool," turned out to be the biggest trap. Because the Card Packs were based not on the "Deck," but on the Card Pool.
When he bought the Card Packs, the most abundant component in Hayato's Deck was Warrior Type Monsters, followed by four Dragon Type Monsters and the Ojama Brothers. The most common Monster Attribute was "Earth."
Therefore, the first Card Pack Hayato opened contained an extremely powerful SR-Rank Card—[Grandsoil the Elemental Lord].
[Grandsoil the Elemental Lord] [8☆/Earth] [Beast-Warrior Type/Effect] [2800/2200]
Although this Monster with decent Stats had restrictions like "Cannot be Normal Summoned" and "Can only be Special Summoned when there are exactly 5 Earth Attribute Monsters in the Graveyard," and a Negative Effect of "Skip your next Battle Phase" after leaving the Field, its first Effect was powerful enough—
Revive one Monster from your or your opponent's Graveyard to your Field, which is the Monster Effect version of [Monster Reborn].
Drawing such a Card, and as a good start, Hayato was naturally quite happy. But immediately starting from the second Card Pack, the smile on his face disappeared.
He opened thirty Card Packs in one go, and the R Grade guaranteed Cards inside were without exception, all Earth Attribute Normal Monsters, ranging from Insect, Warrior Type, to Machine, Rock Type, and even a few Dragon Type.
The only thing that gave Hayato some comfort was that in the thirty-first pack, a Card he had been eyeing before finally appeared—[Gaia the Dragon Champion].
Although it was just a Normal Fusion Monster, this was the first Fusion Monster Card Hayato had obtained so far, and it was a Dragon Type Monster. The [Dragon Mirror] he had left gathering dust in his Warehouse for a long time finally had a use.
The subsequent Card Packs followed a pattern of one good, one bad. In the end, Hayato ended up Converting about fifty Cards from the pile he opened, only getting back 500 DP. However, the remaining Cards weren't all useless. The [Megamorph] Hayato had used before and the [Man-Eater Bug] he gave to Yugi were the two UR-Rank Cards he pulled.
Although he pulled two UR-Rank Cards despite only being guaranteed one, the number of SR-Rank Cards was exactly ten, not one more. Besides [Gaia the Dragon Champion] and [Grandsoil the Elemental Lord], there were also several Generic Support Cards for Warrior Type, and an [Ojama Country] that could be used in an [Ojama] Deck. It's worth mentioning that the System classified the [Fusion] Spell Card as SR Grade, and Hayato also pulled one this time.
When Hayato opened his fortieth Card Pack, he remembered that he still had a Quest to "Collect R Grade or higher Cards." After claiming the 1000 DP reward, the [Quests] refreshed, and a new Quest appeared—
[This Guy Wants to Go to Your Place]
Gift a Card of UR Grade or higher rarity to someone else.
Reward: 1000 DP, a random [Kuriboh] series Card.
After claiming the reward for completing this Quest from the System, Hayato didn't check which [Kuriboh] he randomly received. After confirming that his DP was now back to 4500, he looked at the figure on the Television.
"So, shall we continue the topic we were interrupted on, Mr. Pegasus? What do you think of my previous suggestions?" He shook the glass of soda in his hand as if swirling a wine glass, but realizing that this action would only accelerate the escape of bubbles, he immediately put the glass back down.
"Oh Hayato boy~, honestly, I am truly amazed by the novel Ideas in your mind." The Television Hayato was currently watching was clearly just a pre-recorded Videotape, but Pegasus in the image spoke as if in a Video Call with Hayato, "Continuous Spell Cards, Equip and Field, and Quick-Play Spell Cards that reflect Spell Speed."
"What surprised me the most is the 'Trap Card' you came up with. I always felt that Duel Monsters was missing something, and that is the existence of Traps! Interference with the opponent and counterattacks against interference, the appearance of Traps will make Duel Monsters more Tactical Nature, truly Subarashii!"
"However, the realization of Ideas requires more than just thoughts. On one hand, I am excited by your novel Ideas, Hayato boy, and on the other hand, I am troubled by the Inspiration for designing Trap Cards. It's quite a dilemma~"
Saying this, Pegasus in the image even pretended to cover his head, looking troubled.
"Although the early work is hard, thinking about how much more interesting Duel Monsters will become, I'm sure Mr. Pegasus, you are also looking forward to how the future will turn out, right?" Hayato said with a smile, "As for designing Cards? I wouldn't doubt your title of 'Father of Duel Monsters' for a moment."
"It's truly interesting chatting with you, Hayato boy~" Pegasus in the image smiled elegantly, "Originally, I just sent this Gift out of curiosity, but I didn't expect to encounter such a big surprise. Are you interested in joining Industrial Illusions? I can offer you a High Salary~"
"Although I'd love to accept, my interest is more in using Cards than designing them. Besides, I've studied Duel Monsters for a long time to come up with just these few Ideas. Even if you tempt me with a High Salary, I don't have much more to be squeezed out, Mr. Pegasus."
"Providing me with such ingenious Ideas for free, it's clear you are also someone who truly loves the game, Hayato boy~" Pegasus looked at Hayato and nodded with satisfaction, "Is there any Wish you want to fulfill? My Industrial Illusions still has some financial resources, you know?"
Hayato smiled: "Mr. Pegasus, you are truly amazing, it's almost like you have the Mind Reading Ability. I just happen to have one thing I'd like to ask for your help with."
"I heard from someone I know, do you have a 'Duelist Kingdom' Project?"
Because I wrote too smoothly, I naturally forgot to write the Settlement after the Escaped Convict Duel. I got 2000 DP and didn't use Double, just pretend I wrote it, hehe.
Today's recommendation is here. Although I don't know why it's listed under Transformation/Body Swapping when it's clearly Derivative Fanfiction?
In short, please recommend.
(End of Chapter)