After a routine post-match check-up, Tsubasa walks out of the infirmary and is greeted by Nagisa and Shirley Star waiting for her at the door.

"Sister Yi is so amazing, as a first-year freshman, she actually entered the top ten of the holy list, this achievement, I'm afraid to make history!" Shirley took the lead and expressed her heartfelt congratulations to Tsubasa. However, she didn't notice that her actions had invisibly brought her closer to Tsubasa.

"Ah, it's so cute, finally I got my chance again! Don't run! Just let me hold you like that. Catherine, who was excited, returned to her original form, directly hugged Shirley, and put her face on Shirley's helpless little face, rubbing back and forth.

"Ahem, I said, Wing, you've become the tenth on the Holy List, aren't you in a positive shape yet?" Nagisa patted Catherine on the shoulder to signal her to calm down, "The final blow was really good, congratulations." ”

"Ah, it's fine, but I don't think it's enough." Catherine let go of Shirley and gave a rare humble, "If Amisis is driving his own exclusive mech, I guess he has a better chance of winning." ”

"Well, in short, with your current strength, ranking in the top twenty of the Holy List is quite a pertinent evaluation. It seems that this month's special training has really tapped your potential perfectly. ”

"Really? That's for the best. ”

Catherine's mind conjured up the face of a blonde girl, and she remembered a lot of things from the past.

During that carefree time, Catherine accompanied the blonde girl through the initial confusion. She vows to be Saber's strong and eternal pillar, always supporting her and facing her through the frustrations and countless troubles and anguish that come with her.

However, as she grew older, she suddenly discovered that a self that was not strong enough could not become the pillar of the blonde girl, but would become a burden to her. Since practicing kendo together, Saber has always been the best one, and Catherine, no matter how hard she tries, has never won against her.

So Catherine decided to make up for her shortcomings in another way, such as long-range shooting. If she's good enough at this, she'll be able to stand behind her, right?

However, when she entered the Dark Sanctuary Academy, she realized that she had thought wrong again. If she really wants to achieve the desired goal, then she should not just make up for the shortcomings, but should not have weaknesses at all.

Perhaps, now this growing self, cutting off weaknesses, can better become her help. In this way, I should really thank that girl for sending her to this academy, so that she recognized herself like never before and improved herself.

Saber, please wait for me.

Xingchen couldn't help but be infected by such a joyful atmosphere: "Senior, Sister Yi, do you think we should celebrate?" ”

"Mmmm, I must celebrate and say, Senior Nagisa wants to make a lot of delicious food for Shirley!"

"You little girl." Nagisa touched Shirley's furry little head helplessly and dotingly, "Okay, then tonight, it's still in my dorm room - but no one is allowed to drink alcohol today, everyone obediently drink juice for me!" ”

"Got it, got it! Then I sent the body to the hangar for repair, and although I won, the body still suffered a lot of damage, but fortunately it was not particularly serious. Then we'll see you in the evening. With that, Catherine turned and left.

Tong Sheng is busy directing his subordinates to repair several MKIIs and GP01-FBs. In between work, as soon as he looked up and saw Tsubasa, he immediately stepped forward: "Congratulations, the first-year freshman has successfully entered the top ten of the Holy List." ”

Catherine glanced at him, "You're very well informed. ”

"Anyway, I'm also a management in the academy, so it's not worth it for you to be so strange to have this information transmission channel."

"Yes. Okay, I've handed over my body to you, and I've suffered a lot of damage, but most of it isn't serious. Catherine's fingers caressed the scratches on the surface of the mech.

"Okay, when I arrange the other work, I will give priority to repairing freedom, you can rest assured."

"That's good—by the way, how did you get those mechs that are being repaired?" Catherine casually gestured to the busy crew, sweating profusely at the airframes.

"It's nothing, these machines were damaged during the field training in the second grade, so they were sent over for repair."

"Oh, that's right. Then it's okay, I'll go back to the dormitory to rest. ”

"Hey, wait a minute, I've got something to do with you." Tongsheng pulled his wings into his independent office and pulled up a file from his personal computer, "Come, sit down, take a look at this first." ”

"What?" Wing sat down as he spoke, looking at the large line of words displayed on the computer screen, "Dragoon system? What is this? ”

Dragoon system? The term was completely foreign to her, and she couldn't figure it out at all. It sounds like some kind of program. Could it be related to mechas?

"Just look down. I'm sure you'll love it. ”

The Dragoon system is a unique armed system for a very small number of exclusive airframes that is modified to add a floating cannon system, and perfectly combines the floating cannon with all the armaments of the existing body. Originally, the user of the floating cannon system had to be a driver with a strong sense of space (basically not an ordinary person). However, the body equipped with the Dragoon system, after the modification and addition of floating cannon armament, even ordinary people can use floating cannons very smoothly. The master with a strong sense of spatial awareness who can use the floating cannon can perfectly exert the ability of the dragoon system, greatly improving the number, accuracy and speed of the floating cannon, so as to exert the greater power of the floating cannon. It's ......," Catherine pondered.

Tong Sheng looked at her expression carefully: "How do you feel?" Isn't that great? I intend to take advantage of this opportunity to repair Freedom and retrofit the Dragoon system to Freedom. However, if this system is installed, it will take a long time, and it will take me about three months to fully install and debug. ”

"Eh, is that really good?"

"No problem. I'm sure that with your long-range shooting ability, you won't be insulted by this system. What do you think? Really don't think about it? At that time, your strength will increase exponentially. ”

There is no doubt that for Catherine, this proposal of Tongsheng is extremely tempting. Because she was so desperate to become the pillar of the blonde girl, this thought had almost become an obsession carved into her blood, and it followed her like a shadow. And to achieve this wish, it means that she needs to be extremely powerful.

Therefore, Catherine's thirst for power is probably more urgent than anyone else's.

But she didn't quite know whether the results of relying on a powerful body to win were her own growth.

But so what? If you're strong enough to stand in the way of your best friend, any method is worth trying, isn't it?

"Then please." After a long time, Catherine finally made up her mind, "But I hope this matter is not mentioned to anyone else—I don't want to be the target of public criticism yet." ”

"Don't worry, I know the severity, so I won't bother you, let's go and rest."

At this time, the library should be empty. But for some reason, there was a faint burst of unusual movement from the depths. I saw a humanoid black shadow sitting in the corner of the wall, but the position of the black shadow's left arm showed a virtual map, and there were several data streams scrolling rapidly.

"Huh? Isn't it in this one either? It seems that what we want is indeed hidden in the forbidden area of the top floor of the library. Let's get here today, and contact Xingchen later. With that, the black shadow left the library directly, and the bright moonlight shone on his face, and it was Nagisa's classmate, Rennes, who won the first place in the entrance test that year.

"The moon is nice tonight. It's almost time, so ......" Wren turned on the communication device and connected to the private channel, "Xingchen, is it convenient now?" ”

"Well, no problem, do you have any arrangements?"

"I'll cut it short. After a long investigation, it should have been placed in the top area of the library. ”

"My lord, are you talking about that system?"

"Well, that's good." Wren touched his chin, "However, the top floor of the library is a forbidden area, and there will definitely be multiple layers of security measures in it, so it is estimated that it will be more troublesome." ”

"Do you have any plans?"

"I've thought about it for a while, and I've already discussed the general strategy with Daohua. Now, there are about three hundred people in this academy, and plus all the students of the Holy Kingdom, in terms of numbers, it is already a force to be reckoned with. ”

Xingchen thought for a while, and slowly asked, word by word, "What do you mean ......?"

"It's not something that can be done with a lot of people. So I decided that tomorrow you and I would go with me and take another fifty people to the library exclusion zone, while the rest would be on standby around the academy and follow the signals. ”

"Well, no problem, everything is arranged by the adults." Xingchen replied respectfully.

"Get your mech ready, and ......," Wren took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "if anything unexpected happens, you will be allowed to lift the restrictions." ”

"Yes, sir! My body has been secretly being adjusted individually, so please rest assured. ”

"Okay, it's not too early, let's rest early." Wren looked up at the sky, as if to say to the stars, and as if to say to himself, "I always have a hunch that tomorrow may not be going well." ”