My Stubborn Soul Card Follower-Chapter 396 - 367: Your Commentary Is Totally Unreliable, Isn’t It? (4K)
The competition is funded by someone else, so you can’t tell them not to use their own company’s name for the title, can you?
In contrast, those competitions with names like the Phoenix Cup or Bai Ze Invitation Tournament that seem significant are actually events where hosting rights were purchased in the past from the Life Card Association, and they’ve already been listed for cancellation by the Exploration Bureau.
Shen Sui really doesn’t have the energy to figure out which of these competitions are legitimate and which are bogus; he still needs Xinyuan Tanchun’s help for that.
"Don’t worry, if we really meet, I’ll go easy," Shen Sui said with a smile.
Xinyuan Tanchun rolled his eyes and said, "Don’t be blindly confident, Xue is progressing fast, don’t underestimate her and mess up."
"I always give my all in every duel, never blindly," Shen Sui is quite professional in this regard.
As they talked, a staff member entered to invite Shen Sui to the stage.
At the same time, Shen Sui’s deck had already passed the referee’s review.
It’s called a review, but it’s entirely based on the players’ integrity.
The process is roughly the players submitting their deck list to the referee, who then confirms there are no Forbidden Cards before final verification.
The rules require that the deck used in the duel must match the submitted deck list, but if you’re not caught by the referee on the spot, adding some odd cards isn’t impossible.
You can be bold enough to stuff Forbidden Cards into your deck.
But if you’re caught doing so, you will be immediately disqualified and banned for a certain period as punishment.
In the past, Life Card Masters could sneak in such tricks because not all referees had a super memory to remember all Forbidden Cards.
But now it’s not possible; with technological advancements, the Life Cards used on-site by players are queried in real-time on the referee’s tablet. If any discrepancies are found with the registered deck list, they’ll be caught immediately.
Shen Sui was always puzzled about the meaning of this deck registration system until Xinyuan Tanchun told him. Once, the world’s number one-ranked player had some Forbidden Cards slipped into his deck by his gambling wife before the match without his knowledge. During the match, he used those Forbidden Cards and was immediately declared a loser.
His wife won a lot of gambling money from this, and the player naturally couldn’t defend himself with claims of ignorance after the event.
It just goes to show that in the real world, no matter how outrageous things might happen, who would have thought that someone so close would do such a thing.
So after that, professional matches included a deck review process. Your deck is filtered once before the match; if you still use different Life Cards in the match, it shows intent, which is against the rules, providing a fault tolerance margin for both parties.
When Shen Sui arrived backstage, the two professional commentators were already chatting with An Hai and Tan Song.
They were mainly discussing the strengths and weaknesses of An Wei and Shen Sui.
Shen Sui is the champion of the Modu Duel Tournament, which is considered a title of significant weight, and he even defeated a seventh-rank Life Card Master head-on.
An Wei, on the other hand, is not inferior; perhaps in terms of honors, she doesn’t match the newly risen Shen Sui, but her track record is very impressive.
Called the Little Witch, she challenges any card she fancies to a card betting duel.
Many Life Card Masters she challenges are above the seventh rank, and there are even rumors that An Wei has defeated an eighth-rank Life Card Master.
The two commentators played off each other well, making this pre-match chat not awkward at all.
"She indeed defeated an eighth-rank Life Card Master." An Hai, as An Wei’s brother, was standing up for her.
"Oh? Is that something you can say?" the female commentator Jian Jia looked at An Hai in surprise.
"Wow, as expected of our Little Witch. Can I be bold and ask, the eighth-rank Life Card Master who was defeated is..." the male commentator Canglan looked at An Hai gossipingly.
In Life Card Duels, it’s not uncommon for higher-ranked players to lose to lower-ranked ones. Although it may sound embarrassing, it’s a fact.
In national competitions, even ninth-rank Life Card Masters have lost to seventh-rank ones.
However, asking it in such a setting, if An Hai really answered, it would be a disrespect to the defeated eighth-rank Life Card Master.
Although An Hai doesn’t like social conventions, he does have a certain level of emotional intelligence.
He crossed his arms calmly and said, "It was me."
As long as the embarrassing person is himself, it doesn’t involve making others lose face.
Whether the eighth-rank Life Card Master defeated by An Wei is really An Hai, that remains a matter of perspective.
Canglan also knew the question he asked was inappropriate, so he smoothed it over with, "The An Family, worthy of being a dueling family, with lots of duels among siblings."
Shen Sui checked the time, and it was almost match time.
Sure enough, after the final performance segment ended, the host went on stage very punctually.
With a very enthusiastic voice, he started introducing the final contestants, and soon mentioned Shen Sui.
It wasn’t Shen Sui’s first time in such a final; he walked onto the stage naturally.
The lights were dazzling, and the audience was very enthusiastic.
Sitting in the front row of the audience were performers—star idols, a pleasant sight of handsome men and beautiful women.
Among these, the cat-girls were the most distinctive group, and Shen Sui immediately spotted Tang Lili among them.
Tang Lili rolled her eyes at Shen Sui, expressing disdain for his perverted identity.
As they talked, An Wei also stepped onto the stage amid cheers.
Tonight, An Wei was wearing a uniquely styled Little Demon-themed idol performance outfit, something Shen Sui hadn’t seen Vivian wear before, and he was slightly stunned.
An Wei gave Shen Sui a mischievous smile, beautiful as it was, yet with a hint of "I’ll show you tonight."
Youthful, lively, cheeky, and cute.
Shen Sui didn’t expect to see such a temperament in Vivian.
It can only be said that the Candlelight Illusion is magical, and Vivian’s character-fitting acting is also masterful, worthy of being the famous performance master of the Dawn Continent, a genius who could deceive even the Gods.
Of course, it is also possible this is Vivian’s true self.
Besides youthfulness, her personality actually fits An Wei’s setting quite well.
Vivian seemed to sense Shen Sui was saying bad things about her in his mind, so she squinted playfully at him.
Shen Sui looked Vivian straight in the eye, emphasizing a clear conscience.
Their gaze exchanged naturally interpreted by the audience as face-to-face confrontation, drawing a wave of cheers.
"Online rumors say that Shen Sui and An Wei have crossed paths before this final." Jian Jia, despite not knowing Shen Sui or An Wei well, had diligently collected information. "They supposedly met at the Wu Yue Cup, where An Wei participated as an invited guest, and Shen Sui was the winner. Some netizens claim they saw the two heading into an alley post-tournament, seemingly for a duel..."
Jian Jia hadn’t even finished her sentence before sensing the atmosphere wasn’t right.
Canglan nudged Jian Jia with his foot.
Jian Jia quickly realized, coughed twice, and said hurriedly, "Of course, that’s just a rumor, just a rumor."
An Hai sat there with a slight smile on his face.
But those familiar with him knew that when this guy smiles, he’s actually very angry.
Shen Sui, hearing the commentators’ words, broke into a cold sweat.
Although what you say is true, can’t you avoid making it sound so ambiguous... ah, maybe it really is somewhat ambiguous, and it seems like I gained the upper hand. But are such things supposed to be said in public?
Turns out, in any world, there are always unreliable commentators.
