"You're a student from Pokémon High School?"
"I'm Shen Qi. I'm fighting in the third match this evening, so I came out to warm up."
"Oh... good luck."
"Where are you going, Teacher Xiao Cui?"
At Shen Qi's question, she first shook her head. "I'm not a teacher anymore."
"Huh?"
"I was fired by the Yangbeila Branch School because of my terrible performance in the arena."
"The arena..."
At the mention of Xiao Cui stepping into the arena, Shen Qi could only find it baffling.
Pokémon High School had only sent Jixiang out because they genuinely had no other suitable candidates. The Yangbeila Branch School wasn't short of people, yet despite knowing Xiao Cui's situation, they had insisted on sending her into the arena, then fired her after she lost.
It was almost as though they had wanted to fire Teacher Xiao Cui all along and had found an opportunity to make things difficult for her and kick her out.
"No, it was just a difference in principles."
Chapter 859: Would you like to join our school?
Survival of the fittest, wolfishness, competitiveness...
Xiao Cui briefly explained the principles held by the Yangbeila Branch School's principal and director.
"I just want to do the gardening and landscape teaching I'm good at, and teach my students well within my responsibilities. The Yangbeila Branch School's style... isn't right for me..."
"Well..."
Shen Qi was an outsider when it came to educational philosophies and teachers' values, so he wasn't in a position to offer a professional assessment.
But the Yangbeila Branch School was only a newly built school with newly transferred teachers and students, and it would soon have to recruit new students.
Even if they wanted to aim for the high end in the future, they should at least spend a few