For Fang Zheng, Silvia's agreement had secured one of his companions. The Star Martial Festival was merely a means for him to build a reputation. Overthrowing the Integration Enterprise Conglomerate and hanging all those capitalists from streetlamps obviously could not be achieved through something like this. Still... he was already thoroughly adept at this sort of thing.
Or rather, in a world where individual strength decided everything, it was even simpler.
And now, what they needed to focus on was the Griffin Star Martial Festival.
"Really nothing better to do..."
Standing in the spectator stands and looking down at the arena below, Fang Zheng snorted. Unlike the Phoenix Star Martial Festival's pairs tournament, the Griffin Star Martial Festival was a team competition and required a larger venue, so the organizers had spared no expense in renovating the arena. The entire competition stage was surrounded by a moat-like trench filled with protective gel developed by the Alicante Research Institute. This made the stage resemble an island in the middle of a lake, and together with the outer protective force field, the safety measures could be called impregnable.
Of course, in Fang Zheng's eyes, this was just children's play. If either he or Fan Xinglu got serious, they could punch straight through the entire arena. Any protective force field was bullshit.
The opening ceremony for the Griffin Star Martial Festival would be held later today, and competing teams were allowed to come here early to look around—one of their privileges, perhaps.
Though it was useless.
Of course, Fang Zheng was not the only one who had come.
"Oh? Isn't that..."
Seeing familiar figures in the distance, Fang Zheng walked over and greeted them.
"Yo."
"Ah, Kasugano-kun."
Hearing his voice, the two people standing ahead turned around. They were none other than Yuris