frightfiction Chapter 109 Your self-criticism has problems!
Chapter 109 Your self-criticism has problems!
"Qiong, are you there?"
Anna knocked on the door of Qiong's temporary residence.
It wasn't that she wanted to come; Emilia had asked her to. She said the Far East branch had played the bad cop, so the Snow Lotus team from the Oceania branch had to play the good cop. Besides, as her superior, she couldn't afford to strain her relationship with her subordinates, so she was asked to come.
"Is this Anna-senpai? The door's unlocked, please come in!"
"Then I'll come in."
Anna's first impression was that this place was very simple.
But that's normal. After all, it's just a room that was temporarily cleaned up for Qiong to use. You can't let him live with the other Valkyries, can you?
Anna pushed open the door and went in, only to see Qiong sitting by the window, writing furiously without even looking up.
"Qiong, what are you doing?" Anna tried to break the slightly awkward atmosphere.
"Write a self-criticism."
Anna sat down next to Qiong, sensing that he was still angry, and decided to have a casual chat.
“Qiong, everyone understands you, but what you did last time was too dangerous…”
Qiong raised her head, her eyes filled with a hint of speechlessness.
"Senior, you came to the boys' dormitory so late at night just to say this?"
What else could she say?
“I admit that I might have gotten a little carried away when I tattled on you, so let me help you with your self-criticism.”
As she spoke, Anna seemed to reach out with both hands to take the letter of apology.
"My dear Anna, even an excellent Valkyrie like you has experience writing self-criticisms?"
Upon hearing this, Anna looked embarrassed. She really didn't know anything about it; she wasn't very good at it...
Qiong couldn't help but laugh when she saw Anna's expression.
"Alright, alright, here you go."
After receiving Qiong's self-criticism, Anna looked at the almost completed letter and thought, "There shouldn't be any problems, right?"
As an ancient Chinese proverb says: "A scholar must be resolute and persevering, for his burden is heavy and his journey is long..."
Anna couldn't understand the first sentence...
"I have failed the high expectations of the headmaster, Himeko-sensei, and Anna-senpai, and irresponsibly charged into the Honkai Beast horde alone—Sora, is your statement related to the previous one?"
Qiong simply smiled at Anna. "Is the connection important? A self-criticism is just a list of events, devoid of any emotion. If I wrote a couple of lines in classical Chinese, Theresa might get a headache just from reading it, and given his special status, she might just let it go."
"Although the Honkai Beasts were numerous and terrifying, the thought that the beach was vast and we had nowhere to retreat but the civilians behind us filled me with inexhaustible strength. I couldn't help but pick up my gun and charge into the fray, fighting my way in and out of the Honkai Beast horde seven times..."
Anna: ...
Can this really be considered a self-criticism, or is it just a disguised form of self-praise? Besides, it doesn't even reflect the facts!
"But afterwards, under everyone's guidance, I deeply realized the seriousness of disobeying orders, and I felt deeply regretful and couldn't eat or sleep. My disobedience caused trouble for Anna-senpai and worried Principal Himeko-sensei..."
Seeing this, Anna didn't want to read any further. To be honest, Anna felt that submitting this self-criticism was worse than not submitting it at all.
"Qiong, why don't you change it?"
After all, throughout the entire piece, there seems to be no remorse whatsoever.
Anna put Qiong's letter of apology back on the table and stood up to think about how to persuade her.
"For example, your claim that although the beach is large, we have nowhere to retreat, and there are civilians behind us, is completely untrue!"
"Senior, if a massive collapse were to occur around you, and there were civilians nearby who needed protection, what would you do?"
"Does this even need thinking?" Anna replied without hesitation.
"Of course, it's to protect the people! We are Valkyries of Destiny! The Honkai comes first, the people come second. To retreat now would be desertion!"
Okay, that's exactly what I wanted to hear!
"I will keep your teachings in mind!"
Qiong saluted Anna. If the timing weren't too bad, he would have loved to record Anna's words and then visit her in Manila before the Manila Collapse occurred, and play them for her...
"Just remember that—wait, the problem is with your self-criticism now!"
……
After sending Anna away, Qiong vaguely sensed that Anna's blood pressure might have risen slightly.
To be honest, being around Anna, a respectable person, seems to give him a knack for making people angry, even though these actions might lower Anna's opinion of him... But so be it! He's going all out so Anna won't be timid!
Qiong stretched and picked up the self-criticism again. His goal had been achieved; he naturally wouldn't actually hand it in. He needed to revise it carefully, otherwise Himeko would probably be furious…
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"Ms. Himeko, why are we going to Pinocchio?"
"That's right, Himeko! Shouldn't we go straight to the location marked by the fortune teller?"
Himeko put down the book in her hand and patted March 7th on the head as she faced the two of them.
“Little March, we certainly have reasons to go to Pinocchio: firstly, there is a hitchhiker stranded there, and secondly, Mr. Screw Goom from the Genius Club is also there, and we might be able to get some help from him in finding the person.”
"Thirdly, Elio's script states that the Nameless Guest will definitely go to Pinocchio next."
The silver wolf's projection appeared inside the train carriage.
"Could you please not project images suddenly? It's scary!"
Ever since Silver Wolf and Sam, who is actually Miss Firefly, forcibly moved into Sora's room in order to find Sora, March Seven has been able to see Silver Wolf's projection from time to time—it's as scary as a ghost!
"Miss Silver Wolf, did your slave of fate say what we can get from Pinocchio?"
"Hmm... gained a companion?"
"Huh? Is Qiong or Uncle Yang coming back?"
After saying that, Silver Wolf turned off the projector.
"Are you sure you're okay with infiltrating the dream world alone?"
Silver Wolf replied while playing the game, referring to his teammate who never took off his armor.
"Oh well, there's no way around it. The price you pay to enter the dream is too high. I'll go in alone. Trust Elio; he witnessed my success."
What are you planning to do?
"How to do it?"
Silver Wolf put down his game console and started chewing gum.
"Use your usual method: knock someone down with a club and throw them in front of the train crew. If that doesn't work, use EtherEdit to get them onto the train. Anyway, Eriol didn't say we can't use violence."
"It's a very simple method, but there's one problem—can you beat him?"
If Firefly remembers correctly, Sunday's fighting strength is quite considerable, and relying solely on Silver Wolf risks a defeat.
"Oh dear, don't worry! Order has been broken. Even if he can use the power of harmony, I can just attack quickly without him noticing!"
"You two must be exhausted from discussing the battle. Would you like a drink?"
"No, thank you."
"I see. Then let's tell a joke: Among the Six Emperors of Luofu, who is the happiest?"
Silver Wolf and Firefly exchanged a glance. Here they come again.
This guy called Shut Up will chat with them whenever he gets the chance, and then...
"The answer is Fu Xuan, because her surname is Fu. Fu is a homophone for Fu (福), which is quite amusing."
"Shut up and get out of the room!"