My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

"What a pity...."

Vivian said regretfully.

Shen Sui said speechlessly, "What are you regretting about."

Before he finished speaking, a card flew right in front of him.

Shen Sui instinctively caught it, and it turned out to be the so-called wager from the duel: [Beast Taming Device for Young Beasts].

"Are you really giving me this card?" Shen Sui raised the card in his hand and asked.

"A bet is a bet. I'm not someone who can't afford to lose." Vivian said, yawning, "Alright, we should head back. Otherwise, the organizers will be anxious; after all, the champion is missing."

Shen Sui still wanted to chat with Vivian a bit more and ask her about what she had been through over the years.

He hadn't experienced the separation of millennia. For him, the deletion and the time travel happened in one day, but for Vivian, it was over a thousand years.

However, seeing Vivian's demeanor, she clearly didn't intend to discuss these matters.

Shen Sui didn't press further.

The prize for the Wu Yue Cup isn't much for a B-class competition, but it was quite decent for Shen Sui.

Freymia looked at the Vivian in front of her, feeling a bit awkward.

After Shen Sui explained, she realized that the woman in front of her was indeed the Candlelight Illusion of Vivian.

"Really not planning to go back with me?" Shen Sui asked Vivian.

Vivian shook her head and said, "Although I don't mind doing so, if I really did, it would cause you some trouble due to this body's identity."

"I'm not afraid of trouble."

Vivian chuckled and said, "Of course, your strength doesn't care about it. But if I do something too contrary to this body's character, the Candlelight Illusion will be hard to maintain. If you still want this identity to exist, don't be too reckless."

Speaking of which, Vivian paused, thought for a bit, and continued, "If I'm not wrong, you plan to participate in the national tournament of Duel Academy, right?"

"That is the plan, indeed."

Vivian tiptoed, looked up at Shen Sui, and smiled, "Then make it to the finals; I'll wait for you on the final stage."

"???!"

"You mean you haven't even checked my identity?" Vivian put her hands on her hips and glared at Shen Sui angrily, "I'm still a student! Is it so hard to understand that I'm participating in Duel Academy's national tournament?"

An Wei, a second-year student at Lingnan University Duel Academy, indeed fits the criteria to participate in the national tournament.

"Then it's settled." With that, Vivian waved her hand and turned to leave, "Don't mess up halfway, my dear Shen Sui classmate."

Shen Sui hugged Vivian from behind and said, "See you then."

Vivian's body was a Candlelight Illusion. In order to maintain this identity, Vivian couldn't do things that exceeded the basic settings too much, and living together without any emotional basis was evidently included in that.

Therefore, Vivian made such an agreement with Shen Sui.

A strong-willed young girl who lost to her opponent in a match, entangling the opponent who had defeated her multiple times, should be reasonable, right? Developing emotions beyond friendship would also fit the normal plot progression.

Originally, this scene should be quite touching, however....

Vivian stomped fiercely on Shen Sui: "You bastard! Knowing full well it's a Candlelight Illusion, and yet you still had wandering hands! Are you interested in just any pretty woman?"

"Ouch~!" Shen Sui clutched his foot in pain.

Vivian glared back at Shen Sui and then stormed off angrily: "Bastard! Bastard! Bastard! Next time, I'll definitely beat you!"

She walked past the tourists in the ancient town looking like she'd been bullied.

"I always feel like you two are playing a very strange game," Freymia said with a sigh, standing behind Shen Sui and watching Vivian leave.

Indeed, if outsiders knew about all the abilities and intersections between them, it would look like Shen Sui and Vivian were old couples flirting in a very peculiar way, as if planning to start a new romance, complete with plot design.

Shen Sui grinned and said, "That girl shows no mercy, help me out, Freymia."

"It's just one stomp, isn't it?"

"A stomp of strength 9!"

Since the competition was over, Shen Sui wouldn't stay in Zuili City any longer. He didn't even have a place to stay there, even if, nominally, he's from Zuili City.

After saying goodbye to Lin Ke'Er, Shen Sui took Freymia back to Modu.

Just after returning to Tianyi Academy in Modu, Shen Sui received a call from Wang Ming.

After confirming Shen Sui was at the academy, Wang Ming came over with the equipment.

"This is the dueling device you applied for." Wang Ming handed a dueling device to Shen Sui, "Your application went through very smoothly."

"This equipment doesn't come cheap." Shen Sui said, touching the dueling device painfully, as it didn't come with any subsidy.

Wang Ming's eyes swept over Freymia lying on Shen Sui's bed and then quickly retracted.

"Actually, this time, I also came to share some intel with you." Wang Ming said, "Regarding your task."

"Task?" Shen Sui was taken aback.

Only then did he remember he had a task to investigate the information on the Soul Card related to the Suffering Poetry Society in World No. 1.

However, with the Suffering Poetry Society having been dismantled, Shen Sui had almost forgotten about the existence of this task, as it wasn't a must-complete task, just one that paid well.

Wang Ming nodded and said, "Although the Suffering Poetry Society has been dismantled and most members have been captured, we still haven't found information related to World No. 1. So, we suspect that the Soul Card providing intel to them wasn't from the Suffering Poetry Society."

"Descent Association?" Shen Sui thought immediately.

"Yes. The Descent Association." Wang Ming said without hesitation, "Based on the information provided by Shi Ruoyi, we managed to capture a member of the Descent Association in the country and got some information about that Soul Card."

Saying that, Wang Ming took out a document and handed it to Shen Sui, "If possible, could your Soul Card go check out this location?"

"Elm City...." Shen Sui saw the address, his pupils slightly contracted; Alice happened to be heading there, "Why there?"

"No idea." Wang Ming shook his head, glanced at Shen Sui, and said slowly, "Due to certain individuals, our current knowledge on World No. 1 is very limited. The remaining resources of the Exploration Bureau are all focused on the War God and Daylight's war, and there's really no spare capacity."

In fact, although Shen Sui had revived the part of the Soul Cards that got impacted, the connection with the Soul Cards was ultimately severed. And since in World No. 1, no matter how powerful, there is a chance of random death, it would take some time to rebuild sufficient intelligence forces.

"War God and Daylight are fighting?" Shen Sui, having not paid attention to that front, was a bit surprised.

"Yes, they are fighting." Wang Ming said with some headache, "And it's quite intense. The bureau is hesitant to conduct a close-range investigation, fearing that the last intelligence personnel might get stuck there."