Soon, a day passed.

When morning came again, everything was the same as before.

"Good morning, Zheng."

"Well, good morning."

The man and woman got up from the bed and said good morning to each other, then changed their clothes, washed up, and went out to school.

The reason for this is simple. Well... to put it bluntly, they finally formed a formal twin blades.

That's right.

Although at the beginning, Julie did tell Fang Zheng that she would look for Juba as a partner, Fang Zheng also felt that the two of them worked well together, their strengths were similar, and they also appreciated each other in their previous matches, so there should be no problem. So he didn't care.

Unexpectedly, when dusk came, Julie came back alone, looking a little depressed, saying that Ba had rejected her invitation.

So in the end, Fang Zheng and Julie became the last two people left. According to the rules, they could only form a double-edged formation by force.

The two did not express any dissatisfaction with this. In fact, this was not much different from their previous lives.

But that oath of forming a double-edged sword is just too disgusting. It sounds just like a wedding vow, and it says that the two of them must be by each other's side through life, death and old age - who came up with such a disgusting line?

Fang Zheng read it silently, feeling that this was basically a public execution. Fortunately, they were the only ones left, otherwise, if he read it in front of the whole class, who knows what the reaction would be.

Hmm? Wait, I remember that except for me, everyone else seemed to be in the same-sex group, right?

…

Fang Zheng suddenly wanted to see how they recited the oath.

What a pity.

After walking along the cherry blossom avenue, the two arrived at the school gate. At this time, they saw two familiar figures.

"I, I can't do it anymore... Ba..."

"Come on, Xiaoya, you can do it!"

Standing at the school gate were a black-haired girl in sportswear and her companions. Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows and walked over.

"Hey, Tachibana."

"Ah, Kasugano-kun, good morning. And Julie, you guys are really early."

Hearing Fang Zheng's greeting, the black-haired girl Juba turned around and greeted Fang Zheng and the other man in return.

"It's so rare that you would talk to us."

"I have something I want to ask you."

Fang Zheng stared at Juba in front of him and narrowed his eyes.

"I heard that Julie invited you to become a twin blader yesterday, but you refused? Why?"

“…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Julie, who was following behind Fang Zheng, looked at him with a little surprise and said nothing. Juba was also stunned for a moment, then smiled embarrassedly.

"Oh, yes, I did reject Julie's invitation at that time because I had already made an appointment with Xiaoya."

“…That must be her.”

Fang Zheng looked at the short-haired girl next to Ju Ba. If he remembered correctly, the girl's name was Hodaka Masayuki, with short brown hair tied in two pigtails. She looked very introverted. In fact, she looked a lot like Shibata Mizuki to Fang Zheng. Not only did they have similar personalities, but they also had similar figures.

After all, that dress is really white... No, that dress is so big...

But... Fang Zheng was very clear that this Hodaka Miya's strength was very low. Even after awakening the Dawn Star Mark, her physical fitness was still among the worst in the class.

And Juba actually formed a bond with her...

"This isn't a game, Tachibana. What do you think of the Twin Blades? Are you going to be a knight protecting the princess?"

"What do you mean, Kasugano?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's sarcastic words, Juba's expression immediately became serious, while Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows and stared at her.

"It means exactly what it says. I wonder if you have forgotten what it means to be a good partner. Strengthening the bond and honing each other's skills is the key to success. So at that time I thought you and Julie were a perfect match, but you chose someone who was the last one?"

Having said that, Fang Zheng glanced at Hodaka Masayuki, causing the latter to shrink back in fright.

"I really can't imagine how you can grow by being with her, or do you think you are a knight protecting the princess and like the feeling of superiority of saving the weak?"

"That's too much, Kasugano!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's mockery, Juba clenched his fists and glared at him, but Fang Zheng put his hands in his pockets, not afraid at all.

"Too much? Ju, you have to understand that the people here are here to fight. We are not attending an ordinary high school, and we are not playing house games. Weak people are not suitable to stay here. If you have self-knowledge, it is better to drop out of school and leave here early."

"Stop joking!"

Juba suddenly waved his hand again, interrupting Fang Zheng's words.

"Even if Xiaoya can't do it now, I believe she can do it as long as she works hard!"

"Oh, as long as you work hard, you can definitely do it..."

Fang Zheng snorted softly.

"Is this her idea, or is it something you imposed on her?"

"Why?"

Faced with Fang Zheng's unexpected question, Tachibana and Hodaka Masaharu were both stunned.

"Listen carefully, Ju, some people can do it if they work hard, while some people can't do it no matter how hard they try. Maybe for you, it's natural that hard work will pay off and make progress. But this doesn't mean that everyone will be the same. Anyway, this is what I want to say. I hope you don't crush your companions."

After saying this, Fang Zheng sneered.

"Let's go, Julie."

"Ja."

“…”

Watching the backs of Fang Zheng and Julie entering the school gate, Juba clenched her fists, bit her lips, and said nothing. Beside her, Hodaka Masako lowered her head in silence, as if she was thinking about something.

For Fang Zheng, this was just a small episode, and he didn't take it seriously. On the contrary, Juba seemed quite dissatisfied with Fang Zheng's words. As if to prove Fang Zheng wrong, she accompanied Hodaka Masaru in training almost every day. Whether going to school or going home from school, you can see the two of them training hard. Fang Zheng naturally sneered at this and didn't take it seriously at all.

Everyone has things they can do and things they can't do, and Tachibana obviously doesn't understand this. She thinks she is right, and she tries to stay with Hodaka Masa, hoping that she can grow up, stand on her own, and become a twin-edged sword that can be equal to herself. In Tachibana's view, this is natural and a very correct truth.

However, she overlooked one thing.

That is, does the other party have the same idea?

It's like an athlete and an ordinary person. Just because an athlete can run 100 meters in 9.8 seconds doesn't mean an ordinary person can do the same. Even if the latter have received the same training, due to different innate physiques, different Achilles tendon lengths, and different muscle content, there will naturally be a difference in running speed.

If you can achieve your goals as long as you work hard, then world champions wouldn't be so rare. We can't say that those who didn't win the championship just didn't work hard enough.

But this was Juba's business, and Fang Zheng was too lazy to care. He was in this world to be the boss, so naturally he wouldn't be a caring big brother. He would just say something casually when he saw it, and he didn't care whether the other party listened or not, because it wouldn't be him who got into trouble anyway.

Because what comes next is a new simulation battle - the new blade battle.

This mock battle is scheduled for Saturday, from 5pm to 7pm, at the North Campus. You can choose any combat method, or everyone except you and your partner is the enemy. To put it bluntly, this is an indiscriminate team fight, and whoever survives to the end will naturally win.

For this mock battle, everyone is training hard, hoping to get good results in this trial. But only Fang Zheng and Julie's actions do not change every day, they just go to school and go home, and then go back to the dormitory to fish. The other students are also very angry about this, but there is nothing they can do, after all, their strength is there. Just like top students can directly read comics during class, as long as you have good grades, everything you do is right.

Of course, these people also secretly vowed to give them a good beating in the new blade battle.

Well, it's certainly good to have ideals.

But whether it can be achieved... that is another matter.

In any case, after having a goal, everyone's training enthusiasm was extremely high.

Because of this, when a beautiful girl wearing a school uniform from another school appeared at the school gate, she immediately attracted the attention of many students.

"who is she?"

"have no idea……"

“You’re not a student of our school, are you?”

"You can tell it's from another school just by looking at the school uniform..."

Looking at the girl standing by the gate, others were also whispering. Since Haoling Academy is located on an isolated artificial island and there is nothing here, it is rare to see students from outside. Not to mention, she is a beautiful girl.

So, what on earth was she doing here?

The girl ignored everyone's curious gazes. She just stood there, carefully looking at the students walking out of the school gate.

It was not until Fang Zheng and Julie appeared that her eyes lit up and she hurried over.

"People over there, please wait a moment!"

"Um?"

Looking at the red-haired girl who appeared in front of him, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment.

"Who are you, miss?"

“…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the red-haired girl's face twitched, but she still took a deep breath and lowered her head.

"Hello, Kasugano-kun and Miss Julie, I'm Stella Familion. I'm a first-year student at Pojun Academy. I came here to thank you two for what happened before. Thank you for subduing the gangster and saving me in the mall..."

"Oh... Come to think of it, that's what happened."

After hearing this, Fang Zheng suddenly realized what was going on. He then took a closer look at the girl in front of him.

"So it's you. Sorry, I didn't recognize you after you put on your clothes."

“…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, the red-haired girl's eyes twitched again. For a moment, she even wanted to summon the magic sword to kill him, but considering that the other party was her savior after all, she took a deep breath and suppressed the evil fire in her heart.

"Anyway, I'm here to say thank you. Thank you very much..."

"Nothing to thank you for. We were also in the mall at the time. We just simply thought those guys were annoying."

Fang Zheng waved his hands. He could of course feel that Julie's gaze on him was a little cold. It was no wonder. After all, the red-haired girl didn't know that Fang Zheng had originally wanted to wait until she was naked before going down to rescue her - but Julie didn't agree.

If Stella knew about this, it was unclear how grateful she would still be to Fang Zheng.

"But……"

"That's it anyway. You don't have to thank us too much. Maybe soon..."

At this point, Fang Zheng's mouth curled up slightly.

"We will cause you some trouble."

"Why?"