leonardwarren Chapter 888 - 523: Ambushed
Chapter 888 - 523: Ambushed
Although Shen Sui had already confirmed the target here, he had not yet conveyed this information to Alice.Our Miss Alice was immersed in the pleasant business of trapping others, and this path toward being elected as the Daylight Saintess was destined to require the sacrifice of many others.
This time, going to other Soul Card Worlds wasn’t something that could be handled with a dual approach like before. To understand the rules of the new world more quickly and thoroughly, Alice is likely to stay in the Shipgirl World for some time.
As for the work on the Dawn Continent, let Anna help Alice with it.
Although from Shen Sui’s perspective, Anna, Alice’s close friend, seemed to appear less frequently, in fact, this lovely girl-next-door was always accompanying Alice. Many of Alice’s ventures on the Dawn Continent, including the Pope’s work of the Master of Thunder’s Church, were managed by Anna.
Without this considerate girl standing behind Alice, Alice probably wouldn’t be able to leisurely wander in other worlds - wearing many hats has its costs.
Shen Sui even once thought that Anna might draw a new alternate art card named "Saintess Paru," otherwise it’s hard to explain her workload.
It’s the same this time as well: during Alice’s absence from the Dawn Continent, her work is still being handled by Anna.
Unlike Alice’s extravagant and whimsical style, Anna’s actions are very steady, seldom causing any trouble, but they also never result in miracles, as Anna would absolutely not make the kind of choices Alice does.
While Shen Sui was preparing Alice’s trip to other Soul Card Worlds, his Promotion Tournament in the real world also arrived.
What surprised Shen Sui a little was that with the Extraordinary Invasion becoming public knowledge, the world was changing rapidly.
The airborne duel platform, which was still in the testing phase before, had already begun to be popularized in major cities across Huaxia.
As the most important city, Modu naturally was the first to popularize the airborne duel platform.
As soon as Shen Sui went out, he saw the duel platform cruising at a high altitude.
Of course, what really drew his attention to this giant thing in the sky was the alert sound it was emitting at the time.
If he remembered correctly, these should be alerts for detecting extraordinary power.
By this time, it’s likely that the Exploration Bureau’s team has already headed to the incident location to handle the extraordinary power.
Initially, he thought the alarm would soon cease, but it turned out he was wrong.
"Since it took off, the alarm hasn’t stopped," Qishala said helplessly. "To not disturb the master’s rest, I activated a shielding magic array around the house."
"Alright," Shen Sui commented, "I think this big guy must have been reported by many people."
"In fact, that is exactly the case," a familiar voice came from not far away.
Following the voice, Shen Sui saw Bu Pei.
Ready to greet him, Shen Sui immediately noticed a well-equipped combat team behind Bu Pei.
"The Exploration Bureau says that once these Extraordinary Invaders have a tough time in Life Card Duels, they will target collectors with large collections of Life Cards. My Forbidden Card stock is likely to be their primary target, so I’m here today to transfer my Forbidden Cards," Bu Pei said with a helpless expression.
Due to his insistence, the Exploration Bureau no longer insisted on purchasing his Forbidden Card collection from him — of course, the Exploration Bureau also intervened to fend off diplomatic notes from Japan for Bu Pei.
Life Cards have now become bullets against the extraordinary, so this Forbidden Card deck by Dongye Youzai owned by Bu Pei is particularly precious in this era.
After a video of Bu Pei using the champion deck to rampage in Huaxia’s amateur tournaments circulated on the Japanese internet, the Life Card Association over there was instantly bombarded by a multitude of angry netizens.
Reportedly, three or four Life Card Association presidents had resigned, and the former Life Card Association president who banned Dongye Youzai’s deck even committed suicide.
Under such pressure, they naturally attempted to reclaim these Life Cards from Dongye Youzai.
Similar occurrences are happening in various countries.
Considering the world before the Extraordinary Invasion, although the Life Card trading systems between countries were full of barriers, there were all sorts of black-market operations trading Life Cards between different countries.
Not only have Forbidden Cards from Japan flowed into Huaxia, but many Forbidden Cards from Huaxia have also flowed overseas.
In fact, because of the exceptionally large number of Forbidden Cards in Huaxia, quite a few Life Cards have been smuggled out of the country by Life Card collectors using human stealth, despite all sorts of restrictions.
Zhang Fang, although very frustrated, found this to be an unchangeable fact, and what he could do was clean up the mess left by those bugs.
Now, the Exploration Bureau has taken over all work related to Life Cards. Although the Life Card Association still exists in name, it has essentially become an outward-facing branch of the Exploration Bureau, specifically responsible for dealing with foreign Life Card Associations.
The ranks and promotion duels for Life Card Masters are still projects under the responsibility of the Exploration Bureau.
As Shen Sui chatted casually with Bu Pei, Qishala had quietly stood behind Shen Sui.
Shen Sui immediately became alert.
Out of habit, he was in energy-saving mode, so he wasn’t very sensitive to the detection of his surroundings, but under the presence of outsiders, Qishala getting so close to him could only occur when she had detected danger and was executing her duty to protect him.