After that, Fang Zheng sent Claudia back to the Xingdao Academy. Just as the two of them walked to the gate, a voice suddenly rang out.

“President!!”

Following this voice, Fang Zheng and Claudia saw Julis, Amagiri Ayato and others running out of the school panting and surrounding her.

"President, what's wrong with you?"

"What happened?"

Seeing Claudia covered in wounds, everyone was naturally shocked, but this had nothing to do with Fang Zheng.

"It looks like your team members are here. I'll leave now."

"Wait, Kasugano, what's going on?"

Seeing Fang Zheng about to leave, Julis hurriedly asked. She certainly didn't think that Fang Zheng had done it - after all, if Fang Zheng had taken action, Claudia would definitely not be alive today.

"I don't know. I just went out for a walk after dinner to digest my food, and then I happened to run into a group of evil men in black who were trying to kill her, so I naturally came to her rescue."

"Why did those men in black want to kill her?"

"Then it's none of my business. Go ask her yourself..."

After saying this, Fang Zheng turned around and left.

Everyone was speechless at Fang Zheng's reaction, but now was not the time to care about such a small matter. Although Claudia was alive, she was covered in wounds, so everyone hurriedly took Claudia to the hospital of Xingdaoguan Academy for treatment. Fortunately, although Claudia looked seriously injured, it was only a superficial wound, so it didn't take much effort to heal.

But it is obvious that this matter will not be so easy to get through.

“Okay, now you have to tell us what’s going on, Claudia.”

Standing in the ward, Julis folded her arms and stared at Claudia, and the other team members also looked at her quietly. They were not completely clueless about why Claudia was attacked. In fact, in a previous interview, Claudia once said that her wish after winning the championship was to meet someone, and that person seemed to be involved in the dark secrets of the Galaxy Consortium. Claudia also told them that Galaxy might get rid of her before the Griffin Star Martial Festival.

But what they didn't expect was that when they were really attacked, Claudia not only did not choose to join them, but ran away alone. If Fang Zheng hadn't happened to pass by at that time, Claudia would probably have become a corpse by now.

"Feel sorry."

Facing everyone's gaze, Claudia lowered her head.

"In fact, I did this because I wanted to fulfill my wish."

"wish?"

Hearing this, everyone was stunned.

"Isn't your wish to meet that Doctor So-and-So?"

"That's just an excuse."

In response to Julis's question, Claudia gave a wry smile, then she reached out her hand and gently stroked Pandora in front of her.

"I think you already know the characteristics of this child."

"Um……"

Looking at the double blades in Claudia's hands, everyone's expressions were a little strange. The brilliant weapon held by Claudia was called Pandora, which had the ability to foresee the future. But in contrast, its holder would dream and experience his own death every night. Because of this, few people could really control this weapon - after all, the feeling of "dying" once every night was not very good.

"After experiencing death again and again, I began to think about a question. Since death is inevitable, then at least... I hope I can choose the death I want."

Having said that, Claudia raised her head and looked at Amagiri Ayato somewhat embarrassedly.

"That means dying in your arms, Ayato."

“Huh…?”

Everyone present was confused when they heard this, and although Claudia was embarrassed, she continued speaking.

"According to what I had foreseen, Ayato would come to save me and fight the leader of the assassination group. After defeating the leader of the assassination group, Ayato would be ambushed by the other party. At that time, I would stand in front of Ayato and help him defend against this attack... Then, I could die in Ayato's arms without any regrets."

As she spoke, Claudia looked out the window at the night sky with melancholy.

“This is the future I have chosen for myself.”

“…”

After hearing Claudia's confession, everyone fell silent for a moment, and after a while...

“What a joke!”

Julis's angry words broke the silence in the room.

"Why do you have to choose this kind of future? It's simply too much!"

“That’s right, Claudia. We are a team…”

"No matter what happens, we are willing to help you. There is no need to do this!"

In this way, Claudia was scolded by Julis and others for a whole hour. Although Julis lost her temper and lectured Claudia, she still cared about her. Amagiri Ayato and Sasamiya Sayo also expressed their thoughts to Claudia. Although they denounced Claudia's selfishness and betrayal, they were also very glad that Claudia was able to save her life.

Just when everyone finally calmed down, suddenly, Sasamiya Sayaka asked a question in confusion.

"Wait, I've always found it strange that the future in which Claudia dreamed of her own death was when she died by blocking an attack for Ayato. But you were clearly saved by Kasugano, right? Isn't that strange?"

"yes……"

After hearing Sasamiya Sayaka's question, everyone finally reacted.

“Could it be that this is not the last time Claudia faces a death crisis?”

"If that's the case, will she get into a similar situation in the future?"

"No, that's not the case."

Claudia shook her head.

"In fact, at the beginning, everything was exactly as I had expected, except for the appearance of Kasugano-kun. And... as I said before, Ayato fought with the enemy's boss and defeated him, and then the enemy took the opportunity to plot against Ayato, giving me the opportunity to protect Ayato. But... that person had already been killed by Kasugano-kun..."

"Killed?!"

It has to be said that everyone was quite surprised to hear the news.

"Um……"

Recalling the scene she had seen before, Claudia felt numb all over.

"I can now be sure that Kasugano-kun is participating in the Star Martial Festival just for fun. If he gets serious, I'm afraid that there won't be many people in the entire Star Martial Festival who can block his sword."

Although they are very uneasy, tomorrow's Star Martial Festival is the most important thing for them now.

After that, everyone said goodbye and went to rest, and Claudia lay back on the bed, reaching out her hand and caressing Pandora.

Which kind of death will you let me experience tonight?

Thinking of this, Claudia closed her eyes and fell into sleep.

The next day, the Star Martial Arts Festival competition continued as usual.

Everything seemed normal, whether it was the two participating teams or the guests on the presidium, as if the captain of one of the teams was almost murdered last night. But this had nothing to do with Fang Zheng, he didn't even go to the scene, just watched the game on TV - by the way, Julie and Tou Teng Qilin sat on Fang Zheng's side and hugged his arms, which made Fang Zheng a little uncomfortable... But this was not the first time this happened, he had already gotten used to it.

The competition was relatively intense, but perhaps because Claudia's injury had not yet fully recovered, in the end the Lancelot team from St. Galletto's College defeated the Enfield team from the Star Guide Academy and advanced to the finals. Well... this was the opponent that Fang Zheng was going to defeat next.

After that, it was naturally time for meaningless comments. Fang Zheng stood up and was about to get a bottle of happy water from the refrigerator. At this moment, his communication tone rang. Fang Zheng answered the message, and soon, Claudia's voice appeared in his ears.

"Hello, Kasugano-kun."

"Oh, hello. I watched the game. You were pretty lively, even though you lost in the end."

"There is nothing we can do about it."

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Claudia smiled bitterly.

"I have something important to tell you."

"Okay, let's make an appointment."

After saying hello to the two little guys, Fang Zheng left Haoling Academy and came to a corner of Academy City. He didn't know if it was a coincidence, but the place Claudia chose to meet Fang Zheng was the same place where Fang Zheng and Sylvia met.

After all, Claudia was not a celebrity like Sylvia, so she naturally didn't need to disguise herself. Fang Zheng found her quickly, greeted her, and got straight to the point.

"I never thought you would dare to walk around alone."

"If you mean assassination, that matter has been resolved."

In response to Fang Zheng's words, Claudia smiled and spoke, while Fang Zheng shrugged.

"Okay, so what do you want from me?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Claudia thought for a moment, then she raised her head and looked at Fang Zheng.

"Actually... I hope to join."

"Um?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment.

"Are you planning on transferring to Haolin?"

"No."

Claudia shook her head, then she took out two double blades.

"You know what? Kasugano-kun, this is my Kirei-style Pandora, it has the ability to foresee the future for a short period of time."

"Oh... so what?"

"However, this child also has a side effect. Every night, it will make its holder experience the same death that she experienced."

"……Um?"

"And last night, I happened to have an interesting death experience."

Having said this, Claudia raised her head and stared at Fang Zheng.

"Please allow me to join your plan, Kasugano-kun - the plan to destroy the integrated corporate chaebol."

Then, she spoke word by word.