Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 483

And she had a bold theory.

This theory was rooted in her second chance at life.

Claire suspected that her ability to be "reborn" might be because her previous life had been so tragic-she died with too much regret, and that fierce unwillingness gave her a uniquely powerful mind.

If she could invent a device capable of detecting and harnessing mental energy, then it could revolutionize military strategy, medicine, education, and even gaming.

In the military, she imagined: future combat exosuits.

In gaming: fully immersive virtual reality.

And when a technology called "NeuroCore" finally emerged, it would transform everyday life for ordinary people in ways no one could imagine.

When that day came, Vesperia Technologies would be at least a century ahead of the world.

Claire had once shared this theory with her mentor.

He'd been so moved he'd teared up on the spot, promising her that if she could really pull it off, he'd support her with everything he had.

She'd even touched on these ideas in her graduation thesis.

What she didn't expect was that it was precisely this paper that drew the attention of the Federated States of Bellatoria.

immediately, but Bellatoria wouldn't give up they started lobbying Mr. and Mrs.

Bellatoria offered, though, the Tempests showed no interest. When news

a brief word with Mr. and Mrs. Tempest, they handed over a phone number and said, "We're taking your daughter with us. If you want

and Mrs.

she graduated, she'd come

that she'd be taken away right

but this was about

hurt, they

they returned to

home, Sean and the others

calling, "Where's Claire? Isn't she going to come out and greet her favorite

"And don't forget your buddy Zach! Come out and hang with us,

ет

hang out with you two idiots? If she's going to have fun,

calmest of

Orion, who was

and asked, "Orion,

sighed. "She's

"Where is

said York. "Didn't she already

you bring her home,

up at them. "It's not either of those