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“Why is there an empty card.”

Do Ji-wan picked up the card.

Ability card.

It was a card that clearly looked like it should have someone drawn on it, but the place where a person should be inside was completely empty.

“This is….”

“What is that?”

Tailin, who was behind him, came up and asked.

She peeked her head over Do Ji-wan’s shoulder and froze for a moment when she saw the empty card.

“This is my first time seeing a blank card. Can I register?”

“Can I register carelessly?”

“If it’s registered, it won’t be illegal. Picking it up like this was fate or fate. First, put it in the deck case.”

“Um….”

Do Ji-wan stacked the blank card with other cards.

You will understand later when you use it to access the whole brain world through a VR device.

With that in mind, Do Ji-wan put five cards and a blank card in his arms –

“Wait a minute.”

Taeyrin took something out of her arms.

“Let’s do this.”

“Yes?”

“It’s a gift.”

What Tailin took out was a card.

“Class A, ‘baridegi’…?”

“Yes. This is my card. In the electric world, you can use the abilities of a class A healer.”

“Give that to me…?”

“Yes. This is also fate, and I am expressing my gratitude for allowing me to see a good duel.”

“…Thank you for saying it was a good duel, but isn’t it too good to be called a fate?”

Do Ji-wan expressed his confusion and wondered whether to take the card or not, but Tae-irin pulled Do Ji-wan’s hand and placed her card on top of his hand.

“Good is good. You don’t have to use it. To be honest, writing it doesn’t really have any meaning. Because my special ability card is not very effective in a duel in the cyber world.”

“Ah.”

What is Tairin’s special ability?

It is healing.

Even during her S-class Baridegi days, her healing was unrivaled, to the point where there was a saying, ‘Assign 1 Taeirin to 1 emergency room.’

Now, 3 years later, I am stronger than I was then-

“I’m sorry that I’m not a skilled person in the battle field, but if you really need to heal someone or have something to do, you can use this. There are times when a healer can be useful in a team fight, right? Hehehe.”

“Thank you. I will use it usefully.”

How could a person refuse a new card at a convenience store because he or she didn’t even bring the card properly?

“If I have to write about something later, I will make sure that I never cause any pressure to Tairin by losing to others.”

That’s Taeyrin’s A-level card.

“Thank you so much.”

“…Then, let’s buy some food later.”

“Yes?”

“I’ll give you my number, so when you have time, buy me something to eat. I like that style.”

Taylin narrowed her eyes and turned around.

Many people were watching the two near the immigration office, and only after Tailin got into the car and left did each person begin to take their own steps.

“…….”

Do Ji-wan stood still for a while and tightly grasped the deck case containing 7 special ability cards.

“…Would they hate it if I offered to make it for them rather than buy it for them?”

Tailin didn’t hear.

* * *

After a while.

“Welcome to Neo Domino City!”

“…….”

Do Ji-wan got off the shuttle bus and was mesmerized by the scene that unfolded as soon as he arrived at the center of Domino City.

A city more modern than anywhere else.

Although it was crowded with people, there was not a single trash on the roadside, and the street scene was exotic yet Korean at the same time.

Should we call it ‘SF Hanyang’?

The building style has a Korean style on the outside, but the interior and everything else had a more modern interior than any other modern large city or new city.

In such a world of modern design, people are each doing their own thing…

“Oh, it’s a duel!”

“Who? Wow, does birth and commonality go together? Let’s walk!”

“Where is the server?”

In a place where a group of people are gathered, people are standing in a circle, and within it, two men are sitting at a table facing each other and using VR devices.

“Hey, what’s going on?”

Do Ji-wan, curious, carefully approached the crowd and asked the middle-aged man closest to him.

“Huh? Ah, is there anything special? Dueling ground.”

“Are we dueling now?”

“Yes.”

“One of you…looks like he’s in his 30s?”

Do Ji-wan pointed to a salaryman in his 30s wearing a gray suit across from a student who looked like a teenager.

“That’s right. But why is that?”

“The clothes that high school student is wearing, aren’t they ‘Sejong Academy uniforms’?”

“That’s right.”

Sejong Academy no longer exists.

However, those who attended there are proud of the time when it was an academy specializing in special abilities, and they show that pride through their clothes.

“That student, he has level B ability.”

“Wow.”

“And the other person is…”

“”Declare the start of the duel!!””

The two declared at the same time.

Soon, an antenna erupted from the two’s VR devices, and magical light began to spin in the shape of a disk in the air above the two.

“Take a QR! I can’t stand this.”

“Are you looking at it right now?”

“Okay. It’s not something you see often. Of course…”

The middle-aged man pointed with his eyes at a man in a suit in his 30s, and with a voice full of joy, he aimed the Taegeuk Watch at the hologram QR code.

” Mr. Sangwoo Kim, if you win this game now, it will be your 9th consecutive duel win!”

Flashing.

In the hologram screen that appeared above the middle-aged man’s Taegeuk watch, two people who called for a duel were confronting each other.

In reality, the two were quietly sitting in a park somewhere, as if playing a game of baduk, but in the electric world, the two were pointing their weapons at each other in different ways.

[You brag about your 8 consecutive wins, but you’ve never won against a ‘pureblood’, right? Today, I will break that 8-game winning streak. This [Azot Lancer]!]

The young man in the electric world took a stance holding a twin spear in both hands.

Red window and yellow window.

The clothes she is wearing are not the Sejong Academy uniform, but rather tight and tight to her body.

Do Ji-wan felt that the sight looked familiar yet awkward.

For some reason, I couldn’t shake off the feeling of déjà vu.

“Ugh, B grade. Azot Lancer. The ability to wield two jewel spears in both hands was already well known at Sejong Academy.”

“You’re a hero to begin with. Aren’t you a third year student at Sejong High School this year?”

Azot Lancer is a person with extraordinary abilities in real life as well.

In fact, Do Ji-wan could feel the remnants of mana shining blue behind his back, and all the information about it was available on the Hero Wiki searched through Taegeuk Watch.

[Did the student bring his or her abilities as is?]

And the appearance of the person across from him…

“…Rider?”

“Not a rider.”

Other spectators immediately corrected Do Ji-wan’s words without realizing it.

“That….”

[Betaman, Tiger!]

In the world of electronic brains, office workers have become heroes in red suits.

“Wow, Korean orthodox special effects hero…!”

Some of the audience looked familiar, and I also felt like I saw Do Ji-wan somewhere in passing.

“”[[Win]!!””

Two people in the real world and two ‘talented people’ in the virtual world shouted at the same time, and Betaman Tiger rushed towards Azoth Lancer with his fists clenched.

Kaaaa!!

With a metallic sound, the battle between the two in the electric world began.

“This….”

There is a world of difference between experiencing it and seeing it.

Watching the spectacular battle between the two, Do Ji-wan clenched his fists.

“Duel…!”

The winner is.

[Power on!!]

Surprisingly, it was a victory for a middle-aged man in his 30s.

“Wow.”

“After. Do you understand this, boy?”

And what is even more surprising.

“Ugh, I’m so angry…!”

“Can you still say that I am inadequate as a new student at Domino Academy?”

That middle-aged person is also a new student at Domino Academy like Do Ji-wan.

“What on earth are you…! How can someone who is not skilled use this technique…!”

” In my day, I would wake up early at 7 a.m. on weekends to watch TV.”

The middle-aged man put his hand next to the VR device.

Soon the headgear was folded back and forth with a mechanical movement, and the middle-aged man put the headgear, which had turned into a bracelet, on his right wrist.

“I hope there will be a better match next time.”

“……I lost. What is your name?”

“My name?”

The middle-aged freshman took out sunglasses from his pocket, put them on, and raised his head.

“Jo Ki-jeong.”

It was a name I didn’t know.

* * *

The selection of new students for Domino Academy has been completed, but it is not completely complete.

They said there was a ‘final exam’ left.

No, I passed the written test and the theory test is over, but what kind of final test is this when I’ve already been ‘admitted’?

The community was in confusion, but no one could give a clear answer.

Do Ji-wan had no idea what this final exam was, but fortunately, he was able to find out information about it.

“Is that true, Ki Jeong-hyung?”

“Yes.”

Do Ji-wan heard some good information from a slightly older freshman who identified himself as Jo Ki-jeong.

“The final test is a duel of abilities. Depending on how well you do against the examiners, your treatment within the academy will vary.”

“Indeed…. I did enroll, but it’s as if we were divided into superiors and inferiors after admission?”

“It’s not really like that, but there may be a difference in which class you are assigned to.”

Jo Ki-jeong spread out five fingers.

“Jujak squad, Cheongryong squad, Baekho squad, Hyeonmu squad.”

“It’s the Four Gods of Death. And one more?”

“Okay. Hwangryongban. If the other four classes are regular classes, Hwangryong Class is a higher class.”

“…….”

Hwangryongban.

Do Ji-wan bit his lower lip as he heard a trembling sound somewhere.

“Everyone will want to join Hwangryongban. The professor of this Hwangryong class is…”

“NoㅡㅡㅡㅡWoo!”

A loud voice rang out.

“You guys are failing! Do-rob-out!!”

“…….”

I heard a blonde-haired man shouting in slightly awkward Korean.

“You’re late for the entrance exam. You don’t have the basics! Moreover….”

The man wearing the faculty name badge.

“You brought coffee soaked in ice water!! The coffee was made into garbage!”

He looked Italian.