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.

Bellatoria wouldn't give up they started lobbying

though, the Tempests showed no interest. When news

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 to contact her,

and Mrs. Tempest were

raised Claire as the apple of their eye, and thought that once she graduated, she'd come home to Northcrest

imagined that she'd be taken away right after

broke their hearts, but this was about Claire's future-about

hurt,

they returned to

home, Sean and the others

burst in calling, "Where's Claire? Isn't she going to come

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

ет

graduated college. Why would she want to hang out with you two idiots? If she's going to have fun, it'll be with

the calmest of

straight to Orion, who was slumped on the couch, clearly

over and asked, "Orion,

sighed. "She's

"Where

said York. "Didn't

home, or

up at them. "It's not