Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 567 Review Letter
That night, in the dormitory of Kita Genkoma and Satomi Hikari.

The desk lamp on the desk cast a dim, soft light, which fell on the manuscript paper spread out on the table. At the top of the paper were the three large characters "Letter of Apology," and the rest was a blindingly white blank page, without a single word on it.

Sitting at his desk, Beifang Xuanju stared at the empty "self-criticism" with a bitter expression, twirling the pencil in his hand again and again, his mind still a mess.

At lunchtime in the cafeteria, although her intention was to advise California Shining and Golden Ship, the end result was that she ended up collapsing the dining table with the two of them.

Not only that, the noise of the table collapsing startled many students, causing chaos in the entire cafeteria and attracting the attention of disciplinary committee member Chao Changjunji.

For this reason, as the instigator of the riot, she, along with California Shining and Golden Ship, was reprimanded by Extraordinary Steed and was required to write a self-criticism to be submitted the next day.

Having almost never been involved in writing a self-criticism before, I felt that this self-criticism was somewhat of an undeserved misfortune.

So from the time she returned to her dorm until now, she has been staring at the paper on the table for a long time, but she hasn't been able to come up with a single word except for "self-criticism".

"Ugh... So how do I even write a self-criticism?"

With a pained expression, he muttered something and looked to the side:
"Kuzumi-chan, do you have any clues...?"

Sitting next to Kita Genko, Satomi Kozumi looked up from the computer screen in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then turned the screen away.

"I have no experience with writing self-criticisms."

With a wry smile, Satomi Hikaru pointed to the computer:
"Then, I just looked for it for you, and it seems there's no tutorial on how to write a self-criticism online, or rather, they all suggest copying one."

"How about you, Xiao Bei, just... copy a self-criticism?"

"How about that?"

Without hesitation, the Northern Black Steed shook his head earnestly:
"Although I haven't written many self-criticisms, I should reflect on this kind of thing from the bottom of my heart, right?"
"And even if you can't write it, copying it... feels like going too far."

"Furthermore, Senior Junji also said that plagiarism is absolutely forbidden, and she will check it."

"This……"

Satomi Hikari was even more perplexed, when suddenly, her eyes lit up:
"By the way, none of us have written any self-criticisms, so... how about we ask Mr. Yasui?"
"I always feel like he'll find a way to handle anything. Xiao Bei, what do you think?"

"This one……"

Northern Black Horse hesitated for a moment, then scratched his head and said, "Actually, he originally wanted to plead with Senior Junji on my behalf so that this letter of self-criticism could be withdrawn..."

"Huh?" Satomi Hikari was stunned. "Isn't that a good thing? And if that's the case, Kita... why do you still have to write a self-criticism?"

"This is..."

Scratching his head again, Beifang Xuanju chuckled awkwardly, "At the time, I felt that since I had caused so much trouble, writing a self-criticism was only right..."

"But now I realize how difficult it is to write a self-criticism, and I feel... like the whole thing wasn't intentional on my part, so I start to regret it..."

"Doesn't that mean this self-criticism is only possible because of your insistence, Xiao Bei...?" Satomi Mitsuzumi was speechless for a moment.

“Yes,” Kita Genko sighed helplessly, “So what I mean is, I’m too embarrassed to go to A-Zhen again, but I have absolutely no idea how to write it…”

"I understand, in that case, it's a bit..."

Satomi Hikari was about to say there was no way, but then her eyes lit up again:
"Oh, right, I suddenly thought of something. If Xiao Bei doesn't know how to write a self-criticism and doesn't want to go to Mr. Yasui, how about going to see Senior Golden Ship?"
"She was punished to write a self-criticism along with you, and the content should be similar."

"And I always feel that... Senior Golden Ship seems to be very experienced in this kind of thing. Maybe he has written such a self-criticism before, and maybe he has already finished writing it by now."

Why don't you go and take a look?

"Senior Golden Ship!" Northern Black Horse's eyes lit up like lanterns, and he excitedly slapped his head:
"That's right, how come I didn't think of that! Senior Golden Ship has a brilliant idea... I mean, he's got an amazing mind, he must have a way!"

She jumped up from her chair, her slippers screeching on the floor, even knocking the training notes spread out on the table to the floor:

"Then I'll go to Golden Ship's place. Thank you so much, Diamond-chan!"

As Kozumi Satomi watched his friend rush out the door, a gentle smile unconsciously curved his lips.

Only after the footsteps completely disappeared at the end of the corridor did she turn her gaze back to the computer in front of her.

The screen was still on the search page for the self-criticism, with the cursor blinking incessantly in the blank space.

She hesitated for a moment, then clicked the mouse lightly. After the page refreshed, the list of those leaving the Japan Cup appeared before her eyes.

"Outbreak, we'll decide later, California shines, Night Flower..."

Hikaru Satomi read out the names of these overseas players one by one, his voice so soft it was as if he were afraid of disturbing something.

The sunlight streaming through the window slanted across her profile, casting a small shadow beneath her eyelashes.

"Xiao Bei... has already started competing against world-class players..."

She exhaled softly, a hint of longing flashing in her eyes:

"As for me... I need to work harder too, I can't fall too far behind..."

As she spoke, she switched to the desktop and opened the Arima Memorial Training Plan sent by her trainer.

The densely packed schedule suddenly filled the entire screen. She held her finger up above the keyboard for two seconds, then started typing rapidly, as if she wanted to put all her determination into every single character.

On the other side, the Northern Black Horse ran up to the dormitory door of the Golden Ship, straightened its pajamas, and knocked on the door:

"Senior Golden Ship, I am Northern Black Steed. May I bother you for a moment?"

The door opened quickly, but it wasn't Golden Ship who opened it; it was Yi Lu Tong, who shared a dorm room with her.

"Oh, Xiao Bei..."

After opening the door, Yi Lutong smiled and stepped aside, saying, "Come in."

"Yes, okay. I'm really sorry to bother you so late, senior."

Nodding hurriedly, Beibu Xuanju peeked out as he entered, looking around:

"I've come to ask Senior Golden Ship some questions, about her..."

Before the words were even finished, a noisy commotion erupted from the desks in the dormitory.

"If you ask me, I might as well just bribe Junji. Writing a self-criticism is just too difficult, isn't it?"

"So you video-called us in the middle of the night just for this?"

"If you ask me, A-Chuan, you should really think about how to write your self-criticism. Junji won't give you any face, and if you really try to bribe him, you might end up having to write another one."

"Damn it... That's why I've been asking you guys if you have any ideas, I really don't know how to write a self-criticism."

"We're just trying to help you out... By the way, how about you write a guarantee that you won't break the table again?"

(End of this chapter)