sjar Chapter 231 Can you come to my room tonight?
Chapter 231 Can you come to my room tonight?
With Sora's efforts and Bronya's assistance, Theresa completely gave up on punishing Sora. However, some things still had to be done: such as staying in good behavior and not running around, conducting a full inspection of the Stigmata in a few days, and checking in at the Hyperion.
Qiong accepted this, as Theresa's demands were not excessive, and the punishment was over; everything was as if nothing had happened...
Qiong breathed a sigh of relief after escaping a calamity. He was now temporarily safe. All he had to do was contact Lao Yang and come up with a perfect solution (if he could come up with one). Then he would be completely safe.
"Hyperion, your captain is back!"
With a powerful shout, Qiong boarded the Hyperion's bridge.
The crew members, who were busy with their own tasks, turned around upon hearing the sound, and most of them immediately went back to their work—except for the captain, who was not working to begin with, and the secretary.
"Qiong, why are you so late!"
"Hello, senior! I had something to take care of earlier..."
Qiong smiled back at Anna, her secretary who was running towards her with an unfriendly look in her eyes.
"Something came up? Do you know how many days you've been gone?! I've been handling everything for you these past few days, and you're not even trying!"
With her hands on her hips, Anna now exuded a stronger aura than Himeko, and Sora couldn't very well refute her—Himeko had said that she had been doing all the work these past few days…
Wait a minute, aren't they the ones who don't work, like him and Anna Himeko?
Seeing that Anna was in a bad mood, Himeko decided to step in and act as a peacemaker.
"Anna, don't yell at him. He really has something important to do—Qiong boy, you'd better go and hand over your work to me right now! Just talk to Anna and Ai-chan about it."
Although Himeko seemed to be speaking up for Sora, Sora sensed something was off: from his angle, it was obvious that the number of documents on Himeko's and Anna's seats was disproportionate. Did secretaries really have that much work? Where was the AI Cabbage Ai-chan? What about the adjutant who had been working for Himeko? Were they all slacking off or given extended leave?
He had reason to suspect that Himeko was exploiting newcomers.
"Himeko-neechan, you wouldn't be exploiting me..."
Upon hearing Qiong call out like that, Himeko immediately interrupted.
"Call me Major! Trainee Captain Qiong, you must address me by my rank during working hours!"
Qiong: ...
For some reason, his right eyelid started twitching violently—looking at the mountain of documents Anna had sent him, Qiong felt speechless. This was nothing like the job of a Hyperion captain he had imagined! He'd rather be fighting Honkai Beasts than dealing with documents all day; at least the latter was simpler…
If Himeko Murata only intends to capture people to use as her labor force, he really needs to consider backing out and forming a fifth squad instead—it would be best to bring Anna along to escape this misery.
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"Do you really want to do this?"
"Of course, this is a great opportunity! You're not thinking of backing out now, are you?"
In her room, Mei looked at the various "little gadgets" on the table with a conflicted expression and muttered to herself.
"Maybe we should just forget about it?"
To be honest, Mei had previously agreed with the strategy recommended by the Herrscher of Thunder. After all, March 7th had fallen from the sky, and judging from the situation, she seemed to have had feelings for him before losing her memory. Who knows, maybe one day Qiong's memories would return, and she would kick her aside based on the principle of first come, first served?
However, after Sora returned, Mei felt that Sora had passed both her and Rai-ryū's "tests," so using these methods that forced growth was unnecessary—but is that really the case?
"That guy keeps disappearing, and you hardly ever go on serious dates. Don't you want him to 'make it up to' you?"
Hearing Rai's words, Mei nodded at first, then immediately shook her head.
"Coward! Indecisive and hesitant, you'll never amount to anything! Do you want to regret it only when your boyfriend gets stolen away? Listen to me, just do it!"
In Mei's mind, the Herrscher of Thunder was earnestly trying to persuade her to change her mind, but the effect was...
"No, Qiong said he only loves me! He would never betray me!"
The Herrscher of Thunder felt like she was about to vomit blood from anger, but she couldn't control her body unless it was absolutely necessary, so she could only resort to sarcastic remarks.
"Heh. You believe what men say? If he really couldn't possibly betray 'us,' why didn't he just tell you everything he remembered, instead of having to press him to reveal it bit by bit?"
Meiyi:......
Seeing that Mei hesitated slightly, Lei Lu immediately pressed his advantage.
"And think about it, he's alright, but he's one of a kind for us, okay? I won't even mention that the white-haired guy is his relative, but you know he's always fooling around with that kid, right?"
"But Qiong only sees Bronya as a younger sister!"
"What about the little girl he recently brought back? And those two little girls who were captured last time, he treated them well too, right? They're both younger sisters?"
If so, then Qiong has far too many sisters in her eyes, to the point that she's even threatening Mei's position. In order to solidify the absolute priority of girlfriend over sister, this plan is necessary. If not, then Qiong might be unfaithful to Mei, making this plan even more necessary.
"There's one more thing."
Realizing that Mei was staring at the small leather whip she had asked for, Rai-ryu felt that if she added fuel to the fire, the deal would be done...
"You didn't notice, did you? Not only his past friends, but even his so-called secretary showed affection in her eyes when talking about him!"
"Miss Anna? That can't be!"
Raiden Mei's first reaction was that it was impossible. Himeko's evaluation of Anna was "very excellent and capable of being entrusted with important tasks." How could someone like that steal her boyfriend? Impossible!
"Trust my gut! She wants to replace us! They can legally stay together now, but we don't. What if one night... tsk tsk tsk."
"Stop talking!"
Mei buried her face in her hands, Rai-ryu's words piercing her heart like needles. Just imagining Sora kissing other girls made her feel terribly uncomfortable.
"You could have avoided all of this. Just follow the plan! If you had just made him completely our man and soul, we wouldn't have had to worry about any of this..."
After careful consideration, Mei's gaze gradually hardened.
"But will that really work?"
Why are you being so fussy!
Lei Lu was so angry he wanted to curse. How could there be such an indecisive person in the world, especially one who shared the same origin as him... But he still had to appease him.
"Trust me, he'll absolutely love the feeling of being conquered! Just imagine, his usually gentle and generous girlfriend becomes the dominant one here: under your commands, he'll be forced to accept your scent and lap pillows, and if he disobeys, he'll be punished with slaps, trampling, and whippings by the Queen in her 'Thunder Queen' armor set... I guarantee he'll adore that feeling!"
Meiyi:......
I don't know why, but it doesn't seem very reliable. But it should be worth a try?
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"Himeko-neechan~"
Call me Major!
"Did you shove the work the headmaster threw at you into this job?"
"No, because Theresa's work has recently been mostly delegated to Secretary Yae."
Hyperion, under Himeko's watchful eye, was frowning at the mountain of documents.
Aside from a bunch of incomprehensible data files, he could understand ship replenishment, damage control exercises, and leave applications, but what exactly is a "branch team building plan"? What is a "suggestion to change Hyperion's name"? Isn't the Far East branch under Theresa's leadership too lax and flat? How come there are all sorts of proposals? Is this something a captain should be handling? If we broaden this to the entire St. Freya and the entire Far East branch, how many invalid documents are there!
Since Qiong was brought in, he could only read all the proposals that he considered unreasonable without replying and put them in the shredder.
"Major, I strongly suggest canceling these useless documents! They do nothing to increase the Hyperion's combat effectiveness and are a serious waste of the Captain and Secretary's time!"
Qiong suddenly understood why Anna had been so busy these past few days: This new girl was approving all sorts of strange documents, which wasn't good!
Suddenly, her phone rang, and Qiong decisively put down the procurement approval document to answer the call.
"Qiong, are you free tonight?"
Mei's voice sounded hesitant.
Hmm... I think so?
Qiong glanced at the documents in front of him and handed Anna the paper shredder he had grabbed—he believed she would need it in the face of a large number of invalid documents.
"Could you come to my room tonight? I have something important to tell you..."
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Tibo's value dropped by a third, and Xia hadn't even drawn it yet when it was gone!
Thankfully, it didn't mention Onpharos; that place is definitely not some primitive, native planet!
I've seen several theories, such as Bai E being the sealed and amnesiac Great Lord of Annihilation, with Xi Lian guiding him towards good, and Hei E being a plan for the Great Lord of Annihilation to gain freedom; or San Yueqi being the amnesiac Great Lord of Annihilation, and when the sealed Destruction Order restores his memories, San Yueqi will become the Great Lord of Annihilation...
I was saved by my own slow writing speed, haha.