Chapter 57 New Rules

"What do you think about the current Duel Monsters game?" Kaiba sat behind his desk, his fingers crossed and resting his chin.

Youyu walked in generously, dragged the chair in front of the desk that was obviously prepared for him and sat down.

"Yes." He said, "A little personal opinion on this game."

"Is it about the flaws in the current rules? Let me guess," Kaiba narrowed his eyes, "You mean, about the timing of the use of magic cards... and the attack restrictions of fusion monsters, right?"

Youyu was a little surprised.

It should be said that he is worthy of being the president of Kaiba, and he really predicts things. If it was Bekas on the other side, Youyu might have started to suspect whether he used a mind scan on him.

Kaiba was quite satisfied with his surprised expression, and couldn't help but snorted and chuckled: "A first-class duelist only needs one duel to understand the other's heart. I have roughly understood what you want to say through the duel."

You Yu vaguely felt that he seemed to have heard this before, and it seemed that a well-known idiot next door had also said something similar...

Talking to smart people is time-saving and labor-saving, and Kaiba had already understood what he meant without him even saying anything.

"Tell me what you think, I want to hear you talk about it in detail, and the reasons why you think so." Kaiba leaned back in his chair, looking calm and composed like an interviewer in an interview.

You Yu had prepared his speech long ago, and he almost wrote a speech in advance.

He briefly talked about his views on the attack restrictions of fusion summons and the activation time of magic cards, and cited various practical cases that had been prepared to prove his point of view.

He focused the focus of this discussion on the use of common magic cards, because this was also one of the most uncomfortable places for him to play with the existing rules.

According to the current rules, magic cards can be activated from the hand, immediately after being covered on the field, or during the opponent's turn, and can even be activated instantly during the battle phase or the damage calculation step when the two monsters have already engaged in battle.

In this way, the role of trap cards seems very useless. They cannot be used during the covered turn, cannot be activated directly from the hand, and must be delayed for one turn after being drawn, which makes the role of trap cards seem particularly useless.

In fact, this has always been the case in the early days of Yu-Gi-Oh DM. Most of the cards used in the game are magic cards, and the frequency of trap cards is far less than that of magic cards.

You Yu clearly stated his point of view. He said that magic and traps should have their own characteristics and should be irreplaceable to each other.

The advantage of magic cards should be that they can be used from the hand immediately after they are in hand, but they cannot be used during the battle phase or the opponent's turn.

Trap cards can be used at any time during the battle step and the opponent's turn, but as a limitation, they cannot be activated immediately during the covered turn, and they must be delayed for one turn to work.

In fact, these are just the most basic ones. In Yu Yu's opinion, the current rules system is also a mess in terms of the activation speed of monster effects, magic card and trap card effects, quick attack magic and counter trap effects.

However, the chain processing of effects and the timing problem are the most complicated parts of the Yu-Gi-Oh battle rules system, and Yu Yu does not expect the rules to be perfected to that extent immediately.

After all, most duelists are still struggling with the annoying new rule of "superior summons require sacrifices", and forcing them to understand the high-tech concept of timing is indeed a bit too much.

He did not spend much effort to convince President Kaiba about this part, because he soon found that the president seemed to have reflected on this part of the rules.

However, the president still refused to give in completely in some parts.

"What you said about the need to distinguish between magic cards and trap cards and not being able to replace each other is indeed reasonable." Kaiba said, "You said that magic cards cannot be activated during the opponent's turn, which is indeed quite reasonable. But you said that you can't even use them in your own battle phase, that's ridiculous."

Yu Yu raised his eyebrows.

Ridiculous?

Why do I feel that it is even more outrageous that you open the face-up card Resurrection of the Dead to trap the opponent's attacking monster when the opponent declares an attack?

Then, regarding the "attack limit of Fusion Summon", Youyu tried his best but failed to get Kaiba President to give in in the end...

Kaiba's reason is simple: "If you can attack during the turn of Fusion Summon, then if I Fusion Summon the invincible 'Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon' in the second turn and attack immediately, wouldn't the duel be over in an instant?

That's ridiculous! This kind of thing affects the balance too much, don't talk about it anymore."

Youyu was speechless.

Fuck Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in the second turn...Do you think everyone uses 502 glue to stick three White Marry and one Fusion together like you do?

And three Blue Eyes and one Fusion...four cards to exchange for a blank card with an attack power of 4500, what's there to be proud of?

Let alone others, if you play like this in the duel with Wang Yang, what if you step on a Holy Shield-Mirror Power or Magic Cylinder, won't it explode on the spot?

However, this made You Yu look at Kaiba with admiration. At least he seemed to be a conscientious president who was trying hard to balance the game.

It was the first time he saw someone adding restrictions to themselves on the grounds that "such rules will make me too strong", which was in sharp contrast to the company where a game director before he traveled could only say "So Coooooool" all day long and could not explain the balance of the game. .....

But You Yu still didn't give up. He tried his best to explain to Kaiba that the method of integrating "Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" requires consuming a lot of cards, which is inherently a high-risk behavior and should have high rewards.

Or rather, you spend four cards in one go to get an Ultra Dragon. As a result, you can't attack this round and have to wait for the opponent to remove it in the next round. That's called a serious imbalance...

As a result, Kaiba rolled his eyes: "Hmph! Can you kill my 'Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon' in one turn? That's impossible!"

You Yu: "..."

"There is no need to continue discussing this point." Kaiba waved his hand, "If I can attack immediately during the fusion summoning turn, doesn't it mean that I can attack with three blue-eyed white dragons first, and use the fusion handle during the combat phase? Do you think it’s reasonable to merge the three bodies into the ultimate dragon?”

Is it reasonable? Of course it's unreasonable.

...So you deleted the rule that "magic cards can be activated during the battle phase", Hun Dan!

Yu Yu discovered that even a super genius and top duelist like Seto Kaiba had long been accustomed to the existing framework of dueling monster rules.

It’s not easy for him to be willing to listen to his own opinions and make so many changes. However, some long-term inertial thinking has caused Kaiba's thinking to be on a different channel than You Yu's in many parts. It would be useless to tell him...

Finally, You Yu specially proposed the concept of "combat rollback".

This concept did arouse Kaiba's interest.

"During the battle step, if the number of monsters on both sides changes, can I reconfirm whether to attack?"

Kaiba held his chin and thought for a while, his eyes flickering.

"...Interesting, indeed interesting." He nodded and said, "This may indeed be feasible, but if it is actually put into operation, more situations need to be considered and some tests need to be done."

You Yu nodded to express his understanding.

For such important changes to go online, testing is definitely necessary. But judging from Kaiba's interested reaction, he thought there should be something to play for.

However, Yu Yu then thought... Will the concept of battle rewinding deceive Kaiba himself?

For example, the famous anime scene he had imagined before...

...

Yami Yugi: "I use 'Sky Dragon of Osiris' to attack the 'XYZ Dragon Cannon' on your field!"

Kaiba: "Hahahaha, at this moment, I activate the 'subspace material transmission device' to remove the monsters on my field from the game! The sky dragon has lost its attack target, and your attack is invalid!"

Yami Yugi: "Kaiba, didn't you read your rules carefully? The moment you removed the monster, it caused a 'battle rollback'. I used Sky Dragon to attack directly, and you lost Kaiba!"

Kaiba: "Nani, I forgot! What a disgusting game..."

...

Hmm...probably not?

"Many of your ideas are very interesting." Kaiba leaned back in his chair and said, "I can see that your understanding of dueling monster cards is extraordinary...different from some mortal duelists who have no talent."

(Jounouchi slaps the table: You can’t get through this, right?)

Although Seto Kaiba is a bitch and looks arrogant at all times, he is actually relatively easy to communicate with only when facing people he recognizes.

For example, Muto Yugi, whom he considers to be his arch-enemy.

Although Kaiba always likes to be sarcastic every time he sees Yugi and is dismissive of the friendship that Yugi values, but whenever Yugi encounters any trouble, the president is the most positive and always likes to say something like "Don't misunderstand me." I did it because of XXX reasons, I didn’t mean to help,” and the like.

"Your suggestions have given me a lot of inspiration. The rules should be adjusted again before the competition starts."

Kaiba said, paused, and a sharp light shot out of his blue eyes.

"...Originally I wanted to invite you to work at Kaiba Company and be responsible for the planning and adjustment of the Duel Monsters department...but I forgot about it." He hummed and smiled, "I know people like you Such duelists are not motivated by money, nor are they willing to be tied to the Kaiba Group."

You Yu: "?"

What? Why not?

Gan! President, you are tempting me with dirty money! How could you be so stupid and give up without even giving it a try?

Are you still a real duelist like this?

"However," Kaiba changed the subject and added, "The rule adjustments you just mentioned will require a lot of testing. Time is tight. I can only postpone the Duel City game for a week at most, and it must be completed within the remaining time. All tested and adjusted.

So if you are interested, I hope to invite you as a special advisor to the Duel Monsters Department to oversee the revision of this part and ensure that there are no loopholes in the new rules.

This job does not require you to stay at Haima Group all the time, nor does it require you to report to work every day. I just need your opinion and your deep understanding of this game.

I don't trust those so-called professional designers to make the game of Duel Monsters what it should be. I need a real duelist to take charge of this job. "

You Yu roughly understood.

In fact, Kaiba hopes that he can have a name in the department and make real-time adjustments to the subsequent rules of Duel Monsters. After all, new cards will be released more and more, the game environment will continue to change, and the rules will need to be adjusted accordingly.

And if he can have the title of consultant, he will be equivalent to the communication link between the Night Walker World and the Kaiba Group, and the task assigned to him by President Tang Ze Hai will be completed, killing two birds with one stone...

Just thinking about it, You Yu heard Kaiba say again: "As for the salary, it will naturally be relatively low because it is just a special consultant. If you have no objection, the first month's salary will be this number..."

The president pushed a check that was obviously prepared long ago along the table.

"No problem! "You Yu glanced at the check and agreed immediately.

Salary? Haha, this kind of thing doesn't matter to him.

The reason why he accepted this job is to live up to President Mukuro's expectations and for the future of the Duel Monsters card game!

... But then again, President Kaiba really gave a lot...