Chapter 262: Reunion Is Reunion, Dueling Is Dueling
Instead of forcefully monopolizing Shen Sui, worrying all day about Shen Sui sneaking around, it's better to let go and let Freymia and the others hold respect for themselves, firmly holding the dominant position.
After Vivian pressed the head of that blue-haired fool of a world consciousness and saw what Shen Sui did in the previous week, she came to such a realization.
In this world, there's no sense in guarding against a thief all day.
With Vivian's personality, she might not be adverse to killing Freymia and the others, just like how she ruthlessly killed other former comrades. But Vivian cares a lot about Shen Sui's feelings. She knows very well that if she really did that, Shen Sui would definitely be very sad.
Why do things that would torment the one you love?
So, with this mindset, Vivian had no choice but to accept the situation.
As for Shen Sui's true identity, it was gathered from the blue-haired fool's mouth, and Vivian didn't know how she knew the real identity of Shen Sui; this fool only vaguely mentioned something about real-name verification.
"So, what happened in World No. 6?"
Vivian glanced at Shen Sui: "It seems you don't remember at all."
"What am I supposed to remember?"
She sighed and said, "You don't really think that the thirty-three Soul Card Worlds came out of nowhere, do you? The Life Card connects them, and there has to be some commonality."
Vivian searched for Shen Sui for a whole thousand years.
She's not a fool; she couldn't waste her efforts searching aimlessly.
Actually, when Vivian initially set out to find Shen Sui, she was quite confident because she could distinctly sense Shen Sui's signal.
But upon truly reaching that world, disappointment awaited her.
Her perception was indeed correct, but she miscalculated one thing.
In Shen Sui's hands, there were far too many worlds similar to the Dawn Continent. In most of the worlds she sensed, Shen Sui's aura was similar to that of Claude from the Dawn Continent, being a projection Shen Sui cast into that world, not the real Shen Sui.
Thus, over the past thousand years, Vivian shuttled between worlds, arranging all the worlds with Shen Sui-like projections.
Finally, roughly a few hundred years ago, she accidentally arrived in this world, which was one of the rare worlds in her journey with absolutely no ties to Shen Sui.
At that time, Vivian felt the need to sort through the worlds where Shen Sui's projections had reportedly existed, so she stayed briefly in this world.
During that stopover, she met the consciousness of this world and explained to her the rules and knowledge related to Life Card Duels. Vivian was certain that if there was any way to attract the true Shen Sui, the best option was to play cards.
The Life Card indeed turned out to be a very good way to connect the thirty-three worlds she knew were related to Shen Sui at the time.
So Vivian suggested and implemented it as such at that time. It wasn't a difficult task for Vivian — all she needed was the consent of the supreme leaders of the known worlds.
Vivian always convinced others with reason.
After sending off a few supreme leaders, the matter proceeded very smoothly.
In terms of strength, except for Shen Sui, she hadn't acknowledged anyone else.
Vivian actually intended to tell Shen Sui about these more than thirty worlds that were in some way connected to him, but she knew that, for the former Shen Sui, many of these worlds were merely virtual entities, and he left very decisively without any psychological burden.
To these worlds, Shen Sui was a downright scoundrel.
But once he learns that these worlds truly exist, and that his actions have, over time, become part of the history of those worlds, with those he easily abandoned falling into prolonged grief due to his deeds, eventually turning into a sad footnote in the history books of that world — given his character, he would likely be very uncomfortable.
As Vivian saw Shen Sui still unaware, she sighed inwardly.
Failing to notice is normal — after all, worlds like the Dawn Continent, where the same few names dominate history even after a thousand years, are rare. In more worlds, a thousand years is enough for a familiar world to become alien.
"So it was you all along." Shen Sui looked at Vivian and said helplessly.
"What do you think?" Vivian leaned closer to Shen Sui, "Do you like the amusement park I created for you?"
"What kind of thing to say." Shen Sui thought for a while and said, "It's quite interesting."
"Then it seems my Mr. Shen Sui won't be leaving this world anytime soon." Vivian flashed a radiant smile, her eyes turning into crescent moons.
"What do you mean by won't be leaving anytime soon?" Shen Sui retorted, "I never planned on leaving."
Vivian took a long look at Shen Sui, leaving him feeling a bit guilty.
"Alright, alright." Vivian nodded, "No plans to leave, indeed."
"Come on, you're making me feel guilty." Shen Sui quickly reviewed his actions in his mind, found nothing inappropriate, and felt puzzled, "My disappearance was really just an accident..."
Vivian looked at Shen Sui this way and sighed inwardly.
"Alright, now that the truth is out, there's no point in me staying here." Vivian extended her hand.
Shen Sui was all too familiar with this gesture.
This was the gesture to dispel the Candlelight Illusion.
You grabbed Vivian's hand, "Who said it's meaningless?!"
"What?" Vivian looked at Shen Sui somewhat puzzled.
However, she saw Shen Sui light up his Dueling Device: "Our duel hasn't taken place yet."
"???" Vivian looked at Shen Sui full of question marks, "I mean... after a separation spanning a thousand years, reunited lovers, such a beautiful scene, and you're thinking about playing cards?"
"Reunion is reunion, and card games are card games," Shen Sui said confidently, "They are two different things."
"By the way." Shen Sui paused and continued, "The card battle we talked about earlier, it should still be valid, right? Your Permanent Spell Card looks quite tempting."
"You, this guy, haven't even won yet, and you're eying my Life Card!" Vivian said indignantly, showing her Dueling Device, "Then let's duel! I would like to see how strong you are now!"
"Hehe! Did you forget how you lost the duel back then and had to wear the cat costume?"
"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard! You are simply incorrigible!" Vivian shouted shyly, "Then let's duel!"
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"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!"
Beside a beautiful port, on the balcony of a very tidy and pretty seaside villa, a red-haired girl angrily pressed the glass in her hand on the table.
The salty sea breeze blew in, bringing the sound of distant waves.
"What's the matter, Miss Vivian, who made you angry?" A beautiful woman with long flaxen hair walked over from a distance, carrying two glasses of juice.
"A certain someone, finally found him with great difficulty, and immediately wants to duel with me! It's too much!" Vivian waved her hands in anger, "Is a duel really that important to him?!"
The beautiful woman chuckled, "Men are sometimes like this. The Commander once said that some things are above all else."
Hearing the woman mention the Commander, the anger on Vivian's face slowly faded, "You've been at this harbor for over a thousand years, and your companions cut off supplies to let you live. Is it really necessary to continue waiting? It's been over a thousand years, he was just an ordinary human and couldn't live that long."
"The Commander said he wouldn't leave." The woman smiled, "So he will definitely return."
Vivian looked at the beautiful woman in front of her and pursed her lips, murmuring:
"Damn Shen Sui! I'm always cleaning up after you every day."
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