Zeroth Directive

Archive III

Operator Qiubai's main responsibility is to assist with Rhodes Island's affairs in Yan, so opportunities to spot her on the landship are few. And so, on one occasion when she returned to the landship to submit her reports and hand over her duties, the Logistics Department spotted a couple of people sneaking around her dormitory quarters— 'We just wanted to see if she would actually sleep on the rafters.' 'Nonsense, obviously she just needs a rope as thick as your thumb. She can attach both ends to a wall and lie down to sleep on the taut rope!' 'We really had no ill intentions!' —Here again is an example of an inexplicably deep-rooted stereotype, but we have seriously educated the individuals involved. Qiubai does not have any such a bizarre sleeping habits, other than always keeping her sword within arm's reach. That said, it should be noted that her standards for a living environment are very low, and she has barely modified the temporary dormitory arranged for her on Rhodes Island. When she does return to the landship, she also does not take the opportunity to socialize, instead volunteering to keep a lookout. Her lifestyle is as simple as her swordplay. According to the operator that was on duty with Qiubai, she would sit down on the bridge and fish out a whetstone from her sleeves like it was the most natural thing, and the sound of her sharpening her sword echoed across the bridge. The operator was trembling and sat down opposite her, but ended up falling asleep to the sound. He tried to explain to everyone that Qiubai was not as aloof as she seems, for the two of them had talked for quite a bit before he fell asleep. Although he had forgotten what exactly they talked about, Qiubai had showed off the differences of each Yanese dialect: Shangshu is soft, while Yumen is rough, Lungmen is rich in their tones, while Jiangqi and Dusk City also have their own unique characteristics. This is consistent with Qiubai's statement during her personnel audit that she has traveled all over Yan, and though she has not stayed anywhere for long and has no plans to, she has still been a positive force in the lives of many people, for no particular reason. 'After this, I will head to my next destination. All I need is this sword, and there will always be somewhere it's needed. I'm used to this.' 'In Yan, this is what they call 'to walk the jianghu is to walk the path of chivalry,' right? Oh, I know, Qiubai is the chivalrous warrior that Mr. Nothing always talks about!' 'Qiubai, how many chivalrous people like you are there in Yan?' '......Best to have none at all.'

Archive IV

We invited Qiubai to a movie screening, originally intending to consult her about some details since the movie is based on wandering Yanese vigilantes, with a theme that went something like 'disperse all grievances to live a life of normalcy.' After the screening, Qiubai did not comment on how the film was shot, the architecture or the costume props, or even the cultural nuances, but merely expressed her disdain for the story itself. She could not accept that the characters would simply get into fights, have drinks, say some words and then bury the hatchet, with all grudges and gratitude as well as good and evil 'lost in the wine'. 'If it were that simple, all it means is that their resentment wasn't worth a thing... Oh, don't mind me, the movie was pretty good, I just didn't like it.' —Records from a Rhodes Island movie enthusiast club In order to ensure that the files were as thorough and accurate as possible when they were archived, HR did a background check on some of the more obscure parts of Qiubai's history. More than a decade ago, pirates occupied an area of Jiangqi city in Yan, building river forts and colluding with each other to control nearly half the waterways, robbing all the merchants that traveled to and from the city. The Yanese government mobilized a force from all over the country, including Chongyue who happened to be passing by at that time while on duty, and launched a purge on the Jiangqi pirates, covering hundreds of li. All those who resisted were disposed of, with the rest arrested, and Yanese state officials varied their sentences accordingly, letting off the people who had merely been coerced to return to farming after their investigation was done. The families of the pirates were taken care of, and their young ones properly raised and educated. But when the list was checked, one of the pirate leader's daughters had disappeared in the confusion, though we know what happened after, for she had went to Yumen. As a teenage girl, she traveled from Jiangqi to Yumen, a distance of thousands of li over a period of five years. By the time she reached Yumen, her amazing swordplay was already beginning to take shape. What happened on that journey, Qiubai has not told us in detail, but it was presumably not your average road trip. She also stayed in Yumen City for a full five years, not to exact her 'revenge,' but to participate in several emergency defense operations in Yumen. As far as we know, Chongyue had sent relevant documents to various agencies, explaining her situation before his resignation. Any further details were not told to us by either party, but it was unlikely to be the sort of movie scene where they met and laughed off their past grudges. Of course, this is a personal matter between the two of them, and after confirming their respective attitudes and making sure they would not come to a blows in Rhodes Island over their old grudges, HR did not pry any further. But we still remember her final words at the time: 'Hatred has long been unworthy of my sword.'

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