I'm playing cards in Yu-Gi-Oh!

"What do you think of the existing Duel Monsters games?" Kaiba sat behind his desk, resting his fingers on his chin.

You Yu walked in gracefully, pulled away the chair that was obviously prepared for him in front of the desk and sat down.

"That's right," he said, "a little bit of personal insight into the game."

"Is it about the flaws in the existing rules? Let me guess," Kaiba narrowed his eyes, "You want to say, about the timing of the use of magic cards... and about the attack restrictions of fusion monsters. Bar?"

You Yu was a little surprised.

It should be said that he really deserves to be President Kaiba, he really knows things like a god. If Becas was on the opposite side, You Yu might have begun to wonder if he was using a mind scan on himself.

Seeing his surprised expression, Kaiba couldn't help but chuckle: "A first-rate duelist only needs one duel to understand the other person's heart. I have roughly understood what you want to say through dueling."

You Yu vaguely felt that he had heard these words somewhere before. It seemed that a well-known second pillar next door also said similar words...

Talking to a smart person saves time and effort, and Haima already understands what he means without even opening his mouth.

"Tell me what you think. I want to hear you explain it in detail and the reasons why you think so." Kaiba leaned back into his seat, and the old god looked like an interviewer conducting an interview.

Of course You Yu had already prepared the speech, but he just had to write a speech in advance.

He briefly talked about his views on the attack restrictions on fusion summons and the timing of magic card activation, and cited various practical cases that had been prepared to demonstrate his views.

He focused this discussion on the use of normal magic cards, because this is also one of the areas where he feels he is least accustomed to playing with the existing rules.

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

In this way, the function of trap cards seems to be very useless. They cannot be used in the covered round and cannot be activated directly from the hand. After being drawn to the hand, they must be delayed for one round before they can be used. This makes the role of trap cards particularly useless.

In fact, this was always the case in the early days of Yu-Gi-Oh DM. Most of the cards everyone used to fight were magic cards. Trap cards appeared far less frequently than magic cards.

You Yu made his point clear. He said that magic and traps should have their own characteristics and should be irreplaceable for each other.

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

Trap cards can be used during the combat step and at any time during the opponent's turn, but the limitation is that the turn in which they are set cannot be activated immediately, and must be delayed by one turn before they can take effect.

In fact, these are just the most basic. In You Yu's view, the current rule system's handling of the activation speed of monster effects, magic card and trap card effects, quick attack magic, and counterattack trap effects is also a mess.

However, the chain processing of effects and timing issues are originally the most complicated part of the Yu-Gi-Oh battle rule system, and Yu Yu does not expect the rules to be perfected to that point immediately.

After all, most duelists are still worried about the annoying new rule of "superior summons require sacrifices", and forcing them to understand such a high-tech concept as timing is indeed a bit difficult.

He didn't spend much effort to convince President Kaiba about this part, because he soon discovered that the president seemed to have reflected on this part of the rules.

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

"What you said about magic cards and trap cards need to be distinguished and cannot be substituted for each other. This is indeed reasonable." Kaiba said. "You said that magic cards cannot be activated during the opponent's turn. This is indeed reasonable. But you said You can’t even use it during your own combat phase, that’s ridiculous.”

You Yu raised his eyebrows.

Is it ridiculous?

Why do I think it's so outrageous that you always open Gaika's Dead Resurrection when the opponent declares an attack to trap the attacking monster on the opponent?

And regarding the "attack restrictions of fusion summons", You Yu tried his best and couldn't get President Kaiba to let go...

Kaiba's reason is simple: "If I can attack during the turn of Fusion Summoning, then if I Fusion Summon the invincible 'Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon' in one 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, so don't say it again. "

You Yu couldn't help but be speechless.

What a god, Blue-Eyed Ultimate Dragon...you really think that everyone uses 502 glue to glue three White Marriage cards and one fused one together like you?

Moreover, three blue eyes and one fusion... four cards are exchanged for a whiteboard with an attack power of 4500. What is there to be proud of?

Not to mention others, if you play like this when you are dueling with Wang Xiang, if you step on a sacred protective shield-mirror power or magic tube, wouldn'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 working 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 then use the fusion handle during the combat phase? Do you think it’s reasonable to merge the three bodies into the ultimate dragon and then continue attacking?”

Is it reasonable? Of course it's unreasonable.

...So you deleted the rule "Magic cards can be activated during the battle phase" for me, 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 Duel 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 so-called professional designers to make a Duel Monsters game the way it should be. I need a real duelist to take charge of this job. "

You Yu probably 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 appear more and more, the game environment will continue to change, and the rules will need to be adjusted accordingly.

And if he can be named as a consultant, he will be equivalent to the communication link between the Nightcrawler World and the Kaiba Group. The task assigned to him by President Kara Zekai will be completed, killing two birds with one stone...

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

The president pushed a check that had obviously been prepared along the table.

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

Remuneration? Haha, he doesn't care about this kind of thing at all.

The reason why he accepted this job was to live up to President Skeleton's expectations, and to ensure the future of Duel Monsters, a card game!

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