In the end, as everyone expected, Fang Zheng and Julie won the Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival.
The next step was, of course, the award ceremony, with the champion and runner-up going on stage to receive their awards. For Fang Zheng, this was just a matter of procedure. However, just as he was accepting the trophy, the words of Operations Chairman Mathias stunned Fang Zheng.
"Well, Kasugano-kun, congratulations on winning the Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival. What do you wish for?"
"desire?"
Fang Zheng was stunned when he heard the other party's question, and looking at Fang Zheng's expression, Mathias also asked.
"Have you forgotten? Those who win the Star Warrior Festival can have one wish granted. As long as it's not too excessive, our Unified Enterprise Consortium will definitely grant your wish."
"Uh... Even if you say that, I really can't think of anything special right now."
Fang Zheng scratched his head and looked at Julie.
"Julie, what do you wish for?"
“…”
Facing Fang Zheng's question, Julie thought for a moment and shook her head.
“They can’t fulfill my wish.”
"Really... that's a bit of a pity."
Seeing that Julie didn't have any ideas, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders. After hearing their answers, Chairman Mathias's expression became a little stiff.
"Uh...any wish is fine, as long as it is something that our integrated corporate consortium can achieve..."
After all, being able to fulfill any wish is a major feature of the Star Martial Festival. Fang Zheng is well aware of this. After all, when his clones held KOF in the spirit world before, they also used similar gimmicks to attract people to participate. Therefore, if the champions give up their wishes, it will also be a blow to the reputation of the Star Martial Festival. Therefore, even if it is a tacky wish to make two people become billionaires, as long as Fang Zheng dares to propose it, the Unified Enterprise Consortium will dare to make them achieve it.
After all, this is the point of the Star Martial Festival.
Of course, Fang Zheng also has his own wish, which is to destroy the integrated corporate consortium and completely end the influence and control of capital over power - but it is obvious that the integrated corporate consortium will not do such a thing, and will instead expose itself.
At this moment, Fang Zheng saw the two people next to him, and his eyes lit up.
"By the way, can wishes be transferred?"
"……Why?"
"I don't have any wishes that need to be fulfilled. I will do what I want to do. But others may have other ideas. So I plan to transfer my wish to the runner-up. If any of them needs it, they can use it."
“Is this… okay?”
It must be said that Fang Zheng's answer was indeed beyond Mathias's expectations. He even showed a rare expression of surprise and astonishment, while Fang Zheng just shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm fine myself, and I think it's an explanation to you guys."
"So do I, then."
Julie also spoke at this moment.
"I don't have any wishes, so I'll just pass it on to the runner-up like Zheng."
“…It’s hard to imagine.”
After looking at the two of them for a long while, Mathias shook his head.
"I really can't understand why you participated in the Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival and won the championship."
"Uh... what do you want me to say? It's just for the experience of fighting, and to win the championship... It's not difficult anyway."
“…”
Well, it’s not that difficult anyway.
After the award ceremony, Mathias conveyed Fang Zheng and Julie's request to Amagiri Ayato and Julis, who were naturally shocked when they heard the news. Although they felt a little unworthy, Fang Zheng and Julie said they didn't care. Moreover, Mathias, as the chairman of the operation committee, also said that fulfilling wishes was the biggest selling point of the Star Warrior Festival, so they had to make a request anyway - of course, the premise was that it was within the scope that the integrated enterprise consortium could achieve.
So in the end, the two of them accepted it with gratitude.
By the way, Amagiri Ayato's wish is to find his missing sister - in response to this, Fang Zheng said that instead of looking for them, you might as well come to me, a genuine prophecy wizard... But it was just a complaint.
As for Julis's wish, it was somewhat unexpected. As a princess of a country, Julis's wish was actually for a large sum of money!
According to Julis, she hopes to use the money to repay the debts of the orphanage in the country, and the remaining money will be used as the orphanage's future operating capital.
I have to say, Fang Zheng was really confused when he heard Julis's words. You are a princess of a country, how can you be so poor? Your country's treasury budget can't even support a few orphanages? Is this the rhythm of bankruptcy?
Of course, this was their own business, and Fang Zheng was too lazy to intervene, so after completing the final handover procedures, they left the duel arena. At this time, the reporters who had been waiting outside naturally rushed up impatiently and surrounded the two.
"Kanagano! How do you feel about winning the Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival?"
"Oh, I don't have any feelings. It's pretty relaxing after all."
Fang Zheng gave his usual fanning-the-fire answers, and the reporters recorded them as if they were treasures. Unlike most other contestants, Fang Zheng's answers in every interview were simply fanning the flames. Although his strength made the competition less suspenseful, Fang Zheng's outstanding personality quickly made him a darling of the media.
"Excuse me, in the final, why did you use that move against Amagiri Ayato? Were you afraid of his Black Furnace Demon Sword?"
Soon, another reporter excitedly asked his own questions.
"It's nothing special, actually. We can win just fine if we win normally, but considering it's the finals, we need to make it more interesting, so we changed the plan temporarily."
“Ohhhhhhhh!!”
After hearing Fang Zheng's answer, the reporters screamed again. It is conceivable that if these answers were posted online, they would definitely go viral! !
"Also! And! Excuse me! We heard that you two gave the power to fulfill wishes to the runner-up? Why is that?"
Compared with the previous questions, this question actually concerned the reporter more. After all, this was the first time such a thing had happened since the Star Martial Festival. Of course, anyone could say it, but Fang Zheng and Julie really gave up the power to realize their wishes, which was something that could only be admired.
"It's quite simple. After all, we don't have any wishes that we want to fulfill, so if someone needs it, it's good to give it to those who need it."
Fang Zheng had nothing to hide and told the truth directly.
Although they had heard about it from other employees, the reporters were still greatly shocked when they heard Fang Zheng admit it himself.
"Don't you feel regret and pity?"
"What's so regrettable?"
Fang Zheng glanced at the reporter who asked the question.
"There are still two chances, right? The Griffin Star Martial Festival next year and the Dragon King Star Martial Festival the year after. Is that too hard for me?"
“…Ohhhhh!!!”
Hearing this, the reporters became even more excited, not only because of Fang Zheng's answer, but also because his statement proved that Fang Zheng would participate in the next three Star Martial Festivals in a row! !
Will he become the only triple champion in the history of the Star Warriors Festival? !
This interview was a real steal!!
After the interview, Fang Zheng and Julie went back to the dormitory to rest, and the reporters immediately published the first-hand information they had obtained from the interview. As expected, the interview with Fang Zheng once again caused an uproar on the Internet.
However, compared with the previous times, a considerable number of people have become fans of Fang Zheng in this news. The reason is very simple. The way he and Julie transferred their wishes to the runner-up has obviously brought Fang Zheng a lot of popularity. After all, if you put yourself in his shoes, if you have a chance to realize any wish, you will never give it to others so easily.
In addition, both Julis's wish to rebuild the orphanage and Amagiri Ayato's wish to find his sister were acceptable to everyone, so this wish transfer event became a good story - of course, the Unified Enterprise Consortium also played a role in the promotion. After all, it was very important for them to maintain a good reputation for the Star Warrior Festival.
Then, with the end of the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, the students gradually returned to their duties and prepared for the final exams. After the final exams, it was time for the holidays.
With the holiday, the once bustling Academy City gradually became deserted, and the students of Haoling Academy all went home. Even Julie and Toudou Qilin went back to their hometowns. As for Fang Zheng, he told others that he would travel around, but in fact...
“This is it.”
After getting off the train, Fang Zheng looked through his sunglasses at the towering building in the center of the city not far away - that was the headquarters building of Galaxy, the integrated corporate consortium behind the Xingdaoguan Academy.
Of course, he came here not to wander around or travel, but to carry out his own plan.
That is to strike at the integrated corporate conglomerate and cause it to collapse completely.
Of course, in this world, Fang Zheng is not an emperor, and he does not have the power to kill all the big capitalists. But this does not mean that he has no way. Fang Zheng has already invaded the network of the integrated enterprise consortium and has drawn up several targets. They are all very important members of each enterprise consortium. As long as they are killed, the strength of the integrated consortium will be greatly weakened. Once one of them suffers losses, the others will naturally take the opportunity to launch an offensive against it, like a group of hungry wolves fighting for food.
All he needs to do is take this opportunity to sow discord among them, causing serious damage to these consortiums, and finally he can completely defeat them in one fell swoop.
In fact, dealing with these consortium executives is a very simple matter, and the reason is also very simple, because in the integrated corporate consortium, all the executives are ordinary people, and there is no Star Vein Generation - this is certainly not a coincidence.
Of course, they would also hire the Star Pulse Generation as their bodyguards, but...
For Fang Zheng, there are many ways to kill someone.
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng stretched out his black-gloved hand, pulled at his black suit, adjusted his red tie, and gently touched the back of his head.
"Well, let's get started, 47."