Shen Sui took a few days to rest, carefully organizing his deck while also starting to pay attention to houses near Modu online.

Damn it!

Why is it so expensive?

Shen Sui looked at the housing prices in Modu, grumbling internally.

When Shen Sui stepped out of the campus again, it was the start of the preliminary rounds of the Modu Duel Tournament.

The Tianyi Academy was still empty, after all, the large campus housed only one batch of students.

Last night, he received a message from Wang Ming, saying that after many days of emergency treatment, Yue Tao finally pulled through.

Then came some rather unpleasant news.

According to Yue Tao's account, the person he dueled wasn't the comatose Shi Ruoyi but an ordinary office worker in a suit, who lured Yue Tao into a duel with the promise of exchanging a Life Card Yue Tao desperately wanted.

Like other victims, Yue Tao went through extremely brutal mental torment.

The damage inflicted by his opponent was magnified a thousandfold onto Yue Tao.

Anyone would surely develop PTSD from such torment, but Yue Tao's mindset was surprisingly good, even eager to leave the hospital early to catch the academy's PK tournament next month.

The appearance of a second perpetrator confirmed the Exploration Bureau's previous suspicion.

There was more than one member of the Suffering Poetry Society active in Modu.

After Shi Ruoyi's capture, those members suddenly went silent; it had been several days without similar cases in Modu.

But the lack of recent incidents doesn't mean Modu is safe now.

It's precisely the calm before the storm.

The Exploration Bureau is now very worried that the opponents might enter the tournament.

Compared to the street duels, which might be invitational or seductive, duels in the tournament are more compulsive; if you want to advance, you have to beat your opponent.

If in front of a national audience, an opponent gets tortured to death, it would certainly be big news worldwide.

The Exploration Bureau had just started regaining control over Life Card Duels and couldn't afford to fail in something like this.

This time, they didn't even need an order from Wu Ziqin; the whole Modu Exploration Bureau was mobilized.

Recently, the largest event in Modu is the Modu Duel Tournament, so when Shen Sui arrived at the tournament venue, he saw the layers of tight security.

Ah, this...

Shen Sui looked a bit dazed at the triple-layered security checks all the way, until he saw Ye Qing.

Ye Qing was in plain clothes, hidden among the crowd. Although seemingly casual, his aimlessness clearly indicated he wasn't there to watch the competition.

So, the only possibility was that the Exploration Bureau was on a mission.

Shen Sui approached Ye Qing.

The unavoidable Ye Qing looked at Shen Sui with some helplessness.

"I say, why are you everywhere?" Shen Sui joked, looking at Ye Qing, "Are you very free? Shouldn't the Exploration Bureau be exploring the Soul Card World?"

"No choice, we're short-handed." Ye Qing explained, "My Soul Card World is relatively safe, so I don't have to keep an eye on it every day, that's why I'm often out on missions."

"Are they the same?" Shen Sui glanced around, although the Exploration Bureau agents were well-disguised, they were too obvious to the current Shen Sui.

"No, they aren't," Ye Qing said, "Their Soul Cards are already dead, so they don't need to monitor the Dueling Device constantly."

"So many?" Shen Sui was surprised, "I didn't know the Exploration Bureau had such a high Soul Card mortality rate."

Ye Qing smiled wryly: "Actually, on average, it's not that high, but in recent months, it's like they've seen a ghost. Soul Cards from the Dawn Continent have been dying batch after batch. All their Soul Cards were from the Dawn Continent. I heard it was done by a witch named Hozerville."

Shen Sui's report was submitted directly to Wu Ziqin, and the information about Hozerville was classified as confidential by the Exploration Bureau. Ye Qing didn't know that the Shen Sui standing before him was the Life Card Master of the witch he was referring to.

"Ah... I see..." Shen Sui didn't know the confidentiality level of the info about Alice in the Exploration Bureau.

Knowing that these Exploration Bureau members lost their Life Card Master jobs because of Alice, Shen Sui suddenly felt that their gazes were filled with malice.

A cold sweat dripped from Shen Sui's forehead.

"Are you here to compete?" Ye Qing said to Shen Sui, "Impressive, this should be your first professional tournament after becoming a pro, right? Jumping straight into the high-level Modu Duel Tournament, wow."

Ye Qing, having a third-stage Life Card Master's ranking, was once a professional player too.

Unfortunately, he couldn't break through in the Category C competitions, and eventually chose to apply to the Exploration Bureau, leaving behind the arena he once loved.

Seeing the young man before him, Ye Qing couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Who among those who chose to become Life Card Masters didn't dream of making a name for themselves in the pro arena?

"It's only the preliminary rounds today." Shen Sui didn't ask Ye Qing what mission he was on, mainly because, by piecing together recent big news in Modu, Shen Sui had a good guess.

Could these Suffering Poetry Society zealots be planning to cause trouble during the Modu Duel Tournament?

Come to think of it, it's quite possible; after all, causing big news is a common tactic for all extremist organizations.

"Alright, I've got to go." Ever since Ye Qing identified the identities of those Exploration Bureau members around, Shen Sui couldn't stay another moment.

In terms of strength, he certainly wasn't afraid of these people.

But he couldn't handle the psychological pressure.

Better to hurry inside and compete.

Shen Sui bid Ye Qing farewell and headed straight to the duel arena.

He took his number card from the guide and stepped into the familiar venue he had entered countless times before—the Modu Duel Training Hall.

The preliminaries and group stages of the Modu Duel Tournament would take place in the Duel Training Hall, the most professional duel venue in Modu, and it was indeed very professional.

Of course, holding a tournament can't rely solely on professionalism; ticket sales are also a significant income. Therefore, during the knockout stages, the tournament would move to the Modu Sports Center to hold the matches.

As Shen Sui stepped into the training hall, he was met with a wave of heat.

It wasn't the air that was hot, but the fiery atmosphere.

The next moment, Shen Sui was also swept up in the enthusiasm.

The Soul of Duels, damn, was about to ignite!

Great!

Let me see who my opponent in the first round of the preliminaries is!

Holding his number card, Shen Sui found his designated area.

His opponent had been waiting there for quite a while.

From afar, Shen Sui saw the figure's impatient stance.

Ah, chatting with Ye Qing delayed him a bit, although not late, he kept the person waiting.

Shen Sui quickly stepped forward.

"Sorry, sorry."

Shen Sui apologized.

"Damn! It's really you?!"

Shen Sui heard a familiar voice, and when he looked up, he saw Yuan Youxin's face.

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