Chapter 143
Chapter 143 Part 021: Opportunity for Joint Training (7)
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After pondering with a sense of helplessness, Flossie Wright seemingly inadvertently quickened her movements until she peeled twice as many good potatoes as Becca Reyes. After receiving Becca’s irritated glare, she put on a puzzled face, like "what’s up with you?", decidedly making Becca want to skin and debone her, and then fry her in a pot for a couple of hours to relieve her anger!
"Have you trained with a knife before?"
While washing the potatoes, Becca swallowed her anger and asked Flossie in the calmest tone possible.
Helpless, Flossie sometimes incites anger, often teasing you unsuspectingly. If she manages to meet someone with a hot temper, they could get mad... No, they might even get mad all the time.
𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
Becca reckoned, apart from her flawed character, Flossie was somewhat decent. So, in those solitary times unable to find company, she had to reluctantly tolerate her presence.
Flossie lifted her finger, a dagger reached Becca’s side supported by two fingers, and with a nonchalant brow, Flossie asked, "Want to learn?"
"You can teach?" Becca fired back.
"Practice on your own." she shrugged, very honestly placing the dagger in her hand.
Lowering her gaze to the blade in her hand, Becca was irritated enough to grind her teeth.
Flossie was utterly incorrigible!
Of course, no matter how deplorable Flossie’s character was, her position as the pride of the cooking class was already set. In just three short days, she had elevated the class’s reputation to a new level. Whether it was her being invited by two teams or her legendary marksmanship during the rain, or her brave hostage situation at the hospital today, all of her traits and strengths were recognized.
However, within this Base, she didn’t shine in any outstanding way.
That evening, after the cooking class had prepared the meal, the people from the hospital celebrated with fireworks and sent over a banner of honor. Moreover, they bypassed the main entrance of the dining hall, all the soldiers clearly saw the spectacle while they continued to dine. Many soldiers on seeing this, almost sprayed out the rice they were chewing from their noses.
This was absolutely hilarious right?!
Sending a "hero" banner to the cooking class was the first time it happened for their Base!
Therefore, soldiers eager to join in the fun tried to find ways to watch the spectacle. However, when someone mentioned that "Flossie was morally kidnapped by the doctors and nurses and then cursed to voluntarily be the hostage," there was an unexpected uproar in the crowd, which was followed by an almost synchronized silence.
For a full two minutes, the soldiers in the dining hall didn’t say a word. They sat silently at their seats, continuing to eat their meals, with slight distraction.
Moral kidnap, it scared everyone, they were even more scared.
None of them ridiculed Flossie anymore, and none of them wanted to join in the noisy scene. All of them seemed a bit heavy-hearted, unsure of how to react.
The new soldiers were even more confused...
Being in the forces, being a soldier, should they really face the danger of death row?
They were uncertain, they were unprepared, they just suddenly admired Flossie a bit more.
That evening, after cleaning up the pile of dishes at the dining hall, the cooking class convened a team meeting next to a stone table between two dormitories in accordance with the rules.
It was all very formal. The two leaders took turns to give speeches, summarizing the work, and then Flossie and Becca read all of the criticisms in front of everyone. Though time-consuming, the other male soldiers in the cooking class listened patiently, giving both Flossie and Becca the basic respect they deserved.
— End of Chapter 143 —