Yu Xuan understood. Sea Horse had given him both crystal chips, which meant two things.
First, the president had pulled the screws. Sea Horse knew that, according to the rules, he had technically lost. But he didn't like making excuses for himself. He was going to make up for the battle he hadn't finished because of the accident by doubling down in the finals.
Second, Sea Horse recognized Yu Xuan's strength. He felt that Yu Xuan was qualified to enter the top eight, so he "gave him a pass" to the top eight.
“Hmph, there are thirty-six hours left until the finals. It's your freedom to decide what to do.”
Hearing Yu Xuan's words, Kaiba Seto didn't get angry but laughed instead. He became more and more appreciative of Yu Xuan's strength and character as a duelist.
After collecting his spoils, Yu Xuan looked at the Mask duo, who were ashen-faced. He still felt something was off.
Oh, right. He remembered that in the anime, after the Mask duo lost, Malik would come to challenge them.
But now these two were captured, and Malik didn't show up at all.
Logically, it shouldn't be like this. If Malik cared about the God cards, he should have come over to check.
Or maybe... Malik had something more important to do right now, so he couldn't appear?
“Get in the car.”
While Yu Xuan was thinking, Kaiba had already told his people to pack up and got into the car.
“Huh?”
Yu Xuan saw Kaiba calling him in the car and didn't know what it meant.
Was the president's favorability so high that he was willing to drive him home now?
This favorability increase was way too fast.
“Didn’t you want to talk to me about the competition rules?”
After two battles with Yu Xuan, Kaiba also believed in Yu Xuan's strength and was willing to listen to his thoughts.
Yu Xuan patted his head. He almost forgot about this. He quickly got into the car and prepared to discuss it in detail.
“You said the current rules are unreasonable. What are your thoughts?”
Kaiba and Yu Xuan sat in the back seat of the car, Isuno driving in front.
As for Keib, he was placed in another car full of bodyguards.
With the kidnapping incident happening, Kaiba had his people bring Keib back to the company and tighten security.
“I do have some insights into the game. For example, the fusion monster can't attack in the current turn. I think this is unreasonable.”
Kaiba frowned when he heard Yu Xuan's words.
“If you're just trying to correct this one rule, then don’t even say it. The Duel City Grand Prix is a duel tournament open to everyone. It won’t be biased towards anyone in terms of rules.”
Kaiba said with righteous indignation. He was clearly against the kind of behavior that changed the rules to make the situation more favorable for himself.
Yu Xuan himself had mastered the fusion to the point where he could beat many opponents. He had even achieved good results and gained the qualification to participate in the finals.
To further change the rules, wasn't that just for his own benefit?
Yu Xuan was speechless. It was true that fusion monsters not being able to attack in the current turn was a big limitation for him.
But it wasn't just him using fusion. The game's Dark Dragon Knight Gaia, City's Thousand-Dragon, Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, these were all fusion monsters.
The rule change would benefit or harm everyone. How could it be said that he was just seeking personal gain?
“You got that wrong. My idea is also to make the game more balanced and interesting. It’s true that I want to change the rule that fusion monsters can attack in the current turn after summoning. But I also have other thoughts.”
Yu Xuan's ultimate goal was still to change the game back to the Master rule. Although the Duel City Grand Prix had improved many rules, it still had many problems in his opinion.
“Let's hear it. If it's a good suggestion, I will consider accepting it.”
Kaiba motioned for Yu Xuan to continue.
“Kaiba, don't you think it's unreasonable that magic cards can be activated at different points in time, even in the opponent's turn?”
Yu Xuan briefly explained his views on the activation timing of magic and trap cards.
As well as examples in practice.
Since Kaiba was so opposed to his idea of changing the attack restrictions on fusion monsters, Yu Xuan decided to focus on weakening magic cards.
It could be said that the use of magic cards had made him feel a strong sense of dissonance.
One type of card could do almost everything that magic and trap cards could do.
For example, in the battle against Grus' Light Mask and Dark Mask.
His opponent's various actions had pissed him off.
In the Duel City Grand Prix rules, normal magic cards are either used directly or covered on the field, like quick-play magic cards and trap cards, and used at any time, including the preparation phase, main phase 1, battle phase, main phase 2, and end phase for both players.
It was practically beating up trap cards on the ground.
Trap cards that needed to be covered for a turn before they could be activated had lost their own advantage.
Only powerful cards like Holy Guard that could be used as both attack and defense were of some use.
But these cards were also easy to destroy by various winds, not as flexible as magic cards.
In Yu-Gi-Oh, cards are divided into three categories: monster cards, magic cards, and trap cards.
Each of the three types of cards should have its own use, rather than one side overpowering the other.
Yu Xuan's words made Kaiba think, unlike his previous immediate refutation.
It seemed promising. Seeing Kaiba's expression, Yu Xuan thought to himself that his words should have an effect.
“Then in your opinion, when should magic cards and trap cards be used?”
Kaiba asked back.
“In my opinion, magic cards should just have some of the abilities of trap cards. Magic cards should be used in your own turn, and they should be able to be activated directly from your hand, but except for quick-play magic cards, they should not be used in the battle phase or the opponent's turn.
And because trap cards have the disadvantage of having to be covered for a turn before they can be used, they should be able to be activated at different points in time, including the battle phase and the opponent's turn..."
In addition to these, Yu Xuan also gave Kaiba a rundown of quick-play magic cards, continuous magic and traps, counter traps, monster effects, priorities, and activation speeds.
Actually, these things were all very basic. But it could be said that the Yu-Gi-Oh rules were still in the developmental stage.
Many things were not yet perfected.
As a duelist with integrity, Yu Xuan felt it was necessary for him to push for the normalization of these things.
Of course, Yu Xuan didn't expect these things to be implemented immediately.
After all, with the simple rules currently in place, many duelists still hadn’t figured out the rules.
For example, those who questioned him about whether he could attack with Brilliant Diamond Lapis Lazuli King...
But balancing all these things was Kaiba's responsibility as the organizer.
In addition to these suggestions, Yu Xuan also wanted to try again to get Kaiba to remove the attack restrictions on fusion monsters.