Thinking back on her former glory, A-Quan paid no attention to the conversation between the two beside her and simply ignored them. After crying for a while to vent her emotions, she felt a little better.
But once her mood improved, she got hungry. As a member of the Kaslana Family—at least physically—the genetic instincts of the greatest instant noodle enthusiast from fifty thousand years ago compelled her to pick up a cup of instant noodles.
"Waaah~!" With A-Quan's tearful cry, the instant noodles were opened. At that moment, the cup seemed to undergo an ascension, bursting with dazzling golden light the instant it was opened. Yes, you saw that right. A-Quan... pulled gold from a single draw!
[Silver Wolf: Wow~ A golden legend!] [Theresa: What kind of instant noodles are these? They actually glow?] [Seigfried: It's a flashbang! This has to be a flashbang!] [Kiana: Stinky old man! Who puts a flashbang in instant noodles?! More importantly, why would you even think of adding a flashbang to food?!] [Seigfried: Why not? Doesn't it look awesome?] [Xiangling: Don't just add weird things to food! Show some respect for cooking!]o(*≧д≦)o!! [Hu Tao/Xingqiu/Chongyun: So you do know that!]Σ(?д?|||)?? [Xiangling: What do you mean by that?! Slime Condensate is an ingredient, not something weird!]o(′^｀)o [Hu Tao/Xingqiu/Chongyun: We hadn't even said Slime Condensate yet...](?￣?д￣??)
"Hmm?" A-Quan looked doubtfully at the golden card she had pulled from the glowing noodle cup, with the character "Wei" written across a face on it. "What's this?"
Himeko and Ai Yi saw the card A-Quan had gotten from the noodle cup and curiously leaned closer.
Himeko felt as though she had seen the card before, but she could not quite remember. "Th-this is..."
Ai Yi examined the card carefully and pondered for a moment. "I think I vaguely remember..."
Ai Yi pulled an incredibly thick book titled Archive 001 from who knew where and carefully searched it for information about the card.
"Just as I thought!" Ai Yi quickly found the card's purpose.
"This card came from the instant noodles Big Brother Wei had custom-made when he first founded his company. Back then, everyone at the company lived on instant noodles every day."
"To surprise his employees, Big Brother Wei stuffed all sorts of prizes into those instant noodles."
"At first, everyone was full of enthusiasm, but after the food improved, no one ate those instant noodles anymore."
"And this gold card..." Ai Yi took the card from A-Quan. "It was the grand prize Big Brother Wei set back then: fulfilling any one wish of an employee within the company's capabilities!"
"What? Then wouldn't that mean..." Listening to Ai Yi's explanation, A-Quan used her wise little brain to "rapidly" summarize everything Ai Yi had said:
"Then aren't these instant noodles expired?"???????????
[Silver Wolf: Shouldn't the important part be that it can grant a wish?]Σ(????)? [Bailu: This young lady's train of thought is rather unusual!](;￣д￣) [Bronya (Honkai Impact): But according to what this Ai-chan said, theoretically, couldn't one simply wish to replace the boss called "Big Brother Wei," make him a receptionist or something, and become the company's owner?] [Theresa: Eating instant noodles to draw prizes... that actually sounds like a good idea!] [Murata Himeko: Principal, you aren't planning to implement that at St. Freya, are you?] [Theresa: What's the problem? If we replace the instant noodles with snacks like bitter gourd juice or bitter gourd cake, it would let students get more nutrition, reduce their junk food consumption, and bring the academy an additional source of income! It's killing several birds with one stone!]???(●˙?˙●)??? [Theresa: As for the prize, how about letting them skip their homework?](?ω?) [Murata Himeko: That sounds somewhat reasonable, but why is everything bitter gourd?][?_??] [Theresa: What's wrong with bitter gourd? Bitter gourd is very nutritious!]o(′^｀)o [Kiana: But you're the only one who likes eating bitter gourd, Auntie.] [Bronya (Honkai Impact): Indeed. According to Bronya's analysis, if that really happened, all the bitter gourd food would most likely end up in the Principal's stomach. And St. Freya Academy would only be left with a bill for buying massive quantities of bitter gourd.] [Murata Himeko: Wait, Principal, you aren't planning to use this as an excuse to buy bitter gourd with public funds, are you?](*???)!! [Theresa: Th-th-this... how could that be~ How could I possibly be that kind of person?!] [Theresa: Do I look like a Principal who would secretly misuse public funds just to achieve bitter gourd freedom?!] (O_O;) Watching A-Quan start crying and fussing again, Ai Yi remarked, "Is she really not drunk?" Himeko: "Uh..." A few days later... "Why were we called out on our day off?" Under the blazing sun, Kiana, forced to work overtime on the weekend, voiced the question of every working stiff! >:( Bronya, also forced to work overtime and holding a script, answered Kiana's question. "I heard Big Brother Wei is doing this to grant A-Quan's wish. Apparently, he'll treat us to a meal afterward." "Eh! We can really eat whatever we want?" The moment she heard someone was treating them to food, Kiana perked up. (,,?????,,)
[Kiana: @Sirin, did you see that?! It's me, me!](*σ′?`)σ
[Sirin: I saw it. So what?☆] (¬_¬)
[Kiana: I showed up, but not as "A-Quan." Doesn't that prove something?]
[Kiana: Obviously, that crybaby A-Quan from before was you!](?＞?＜?)
[Sirin: Impossible. I absolutely refuse to admit she's me!☆]
In fact, Sirin had felt this way when A-Quan first appeared. A-Quan was actually herself from another world. After all, Kiana's eyes were blue, while A-Quan's were golden. When Sirin had used Kiana's body before, she naturally knew what color her own eyes were. But who was she?! The one who had brought humanity endless terror during the Second Great Honkai, history's first multi-core Herrscher, humanity's strongest enemy to date in the current civilization—the Honkai Queen, Sirin! Previously, she could still pin the blame on Kiana because they had used the same body. But now Kiana had appeared alone in the video while Sirin had not. Anyone with eyes could tell that she was A-Quan.
[Sirin: I don't care, I don't care! Anyway, she isn't me!☆]{{|└(＞o＜)┘|}}
[Kiana: Oho~ You're getting worked up, you're getting worked up.](σ°?°)σ
[Sirin: I am not!☆](?｀ω′?)
[Kiana: Fine, fine, you're not. This young lady won't stoop to the level of a child who cries and fusses.](〃￣ω￣〃)
[Sirin: Who are you calling a child?! I became a Herrscher in 2000! To me, you're the little brat!☆] >:(
[Kiana: Heh, at least I don't cry and fuss.](〃￣ω￣〃)
[Sirin: I told you, that wasn't me!☆] (`Д´)/
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