Yu-Gi-Oh!: Ultimate Duelist

As the scorching sun gradually climbed to the center of the sky and time quietly slipped to noon, Lin Hao's stomach also took the opportunity to protest.

He looked around and thought to himself, deciding to find a place to fill his stomach first, and see if he could get some useful information in the hotel.

After all, in this place where duelists gather, there are many people and many things to say, and news is like treasure hidden in the dark, which may be dug out in any corner.

Lin Hao knew very well that those restaurants that were extremely popular were often because their dishes tasted excellent. Such places naturally attracted all kinds of people, and information was most easily spread in such a lively atmosphere.

On the contrary, those restaurants with few customers mostly have poor food and are unable to attract people, so naturally there will be no valuable news.

As he walked slowly, he cast his eyes on the system mall in his mind.

In the mall, the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" deck that countless duelists dream of lies there quietly, but the contribution value required is really high, with one card pack costing 600 contribution points.

Fortunately, Lin Hao has been working diligently over the past year and has accumulated a considerable amount of contribution points, exceeding 20,000, through various tasks and challenges.

After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and bought twenty card packs.

After all, the card packs in the system mall have unique advantages. Each card pack contains ten cards, and unlike those card stores outside, most of the cards in it are mediocre and ordinary cards with no practical value.

The quality of cards drawn from the system mall is relatively balanced. Whether it is a monster card with powerful attack power or various rare magic cards and trap cards, there is a certain probability of obtaining them.

In this way, it should not be difficult to carefully select two hundred cards to form a powerful deck.

Lin Hao was silently planning the construction of the deck in his mind, but his steps did not stop, and he soon arrived at the door of a beef shop.

He looked up and saw that the restaurant was crowded and bustling, with almost every table occupied by diners.

He nodded slightly, thinking that the food in this restaurant must be delicious, so he walked in without hesitation.

"Hello, here is the menu, just order whatever you want." As soon as Lin Hao stepped into the store, a burly middle-aged man with a thick sweet potato accent greeted him warmly.

Lin Hao quickly scanned the menu and said, "Give me a bowl of salty rice, a serving of beef soup, and some braised beef."

"Okay, find a place to sit first and I'll bring it to you later." The middle-aged man responded readily.

Lin Hao nodded politely, then slowly looked around.

His eyes wandered around the store, finally landing on a table where three people were sitting and there was still an empty seat.

He walked straight over and asked softly, "Hello, is anyone here?"

A boy who was wolfing down his food replied casually, "No," without even looking up.

After Lin Hao got the answer, he sat down calmly in the empty seat next to him.

At this moment, a short-haired boy on the opposite side sighed with frustration. "Oh, I'm so damn unlucky today. I just picked someone to challenge, but I didn't expect that person to be Gao Fei, the son of the gambling god Gao Jin. Good boy, he killed me in one round."

"You're really brave. I'm still on the sidelines and don't dare to duel with anyone." A red-haired boy next to him echoed.

"What's the point of waiting and watching? After all, if this kind of thing drags on, the weaker ones will soon be eliminated. The further it goes, the stronger the opponents you will meet. That's why I'm so eager to duel with others." The short-haired boy said confidently, as if looking for an excuse for his reckless behavior.

"That's true. I saw several masters dueling today. Not to mention Xiang Qian from Hong Kong Island, there are also many domestic masters whose names are unknown. Of course, there are also quite a few from abroad." The red-haired boy nodded in agreement, and then seemed to remember something and added, "But then again, when I watched others duel this morning, I found that someone used a summoning method that I had never heard of or seen before, called synchronization."

"I know this too. It feels a bit like fusion." The boy with short hair frowned, as if trying hard to recall the scene at that time.

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While they were discussing heatedly, the restaurant owner had already brought the food over with swift movements.

Lin Hao ate slowly while listening to their conversation with his ears perked up.

However, after listening for a while, he found that the two people's conversation was mostly about trivial matters in the duel arena and personal feelings, and there was no substantial information.

Lin Hao was thinking secretly in his heart, and his eyes inadvertently caught a glimpse of a few foreigners sitting at the table next to him.

He suddenly had an idea and turned on the simultaneous interpretation machine next to his ear without leaving any trace.

"I didn't expect that the president would give us so many rare cards just to get us here." A blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner whispered.

"Nonsense, after all, the main purpose of sending us here is to get cards like Phantom God and Phantom Demon, so of course we have to be strengthened." A foreigner wearing glasses and looking quite calm responded.

"But I didn't expect that a powerful Synchro Monster like [Crimson Dragon] would be given to Wang Jack. Even Logan got the [Black Feather] deck." Another tall and muscular foreigner raised his voice slightly, seeming a little surprised by the distribution result.

"There's nothing we can do. Wang Jack and Logan are so much stronger than us." The blond foreigner shrugged helplessly.

"But if we talk about the strongest one, it has to be Henry. We actually gave him the super-quantity cards that are still kept absolutely confidential." The foreigner with glasses pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with a serious expression.

"Keep your voice down, this is top secret." The muscular foreigner looked around vigilantly and shouted in a low voice.

"Don't worry. Not to mention whether the people around us can understand our conversation, even if they can, these ordinary people probably don't know what Synchro Monsters are, let alone Hyper Beasts." The blond and blue-eyed foreigner waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Yeah, that's true. That's why we chose to eat at a small restaurant like this," the bespectacled foreigner agreed, then continued, "Speaking of synchronization, we can't believe there's such a special summoning method. If we hadn't participated in intensive training a year ago, we'd probably be like ordinary people, never having even heard of it, let alone seen it."