Uma Musume Girl, I'll tell you about my Santa Hat special move too?

"Don't worry, Stardust is a monster. No matter what you're worried about, she won't give up so easily."

After a moment's consideration, McQueen said this.

Upon hearing this, Stardust Illusion, who was standing nearby, quickly nodded in agreement and took the opportunity to continue persuading Mi Yu not to think about the matter anymore.

"Brother isn't a monster...Brother is a hero of Rice Bath!"

Although Mi Yu's voice was soft, her tone was very firm.

At least in the small world of Mi Yu... Stardust Illusion is already a hero who stands tall and proud.

This made McQueen feel embarrassed—she had just said that entirely out of tacit agreement with Stardust Illusion.

Because McQueen knew that if he could put Mi Yu's worries aside, he certainly wouldn't care about being called a monster or a Stardust Illusion a few times.

As it turned out, Stardust himself didn't care, but Mi Yu developed a rebellious attitude and said those things...

Doesn't this make me sound like... a sharp-tongued, villainous heiress?!

McQueen maintained an elegant smile, but inwardly he was screaming with grief and indignation.

"Actually, I think 'monster' sounds pretty good..."

"The Emperor is actually a little puzzled. Stardust fell while running, and he really wasn't hurt at all? It's strange that he didn't even have any scrapes."

At this moment, the Emperor of the East Sea suddenly reached out and grabbed Stardust Illusion's wrist, carefully examining her arm for any small injuries.

Stardust Illusion broke out in a cold sweat. Of course, she couldn't possibly have any scratches; the system's data panel reset had never left any hidden dangers.

This is clearly not a scientific situation, and it's normal for an emperor to be puzzled... but how can it be explained?

Just as she was racking her brains, a new voice suddenly came from beside the four of them:

"Ha! Ha! Ha! That's because of my invention, of course!"

The four of them turned around at the same time, only to find that a racehorse girl had been standing behind them at some point.

The short-haired racehorse girl was wearing a white coat-like outfit, with her hands completely covered by long sleeves.

She had faint dark circles under her eyes, her arms were crossed in front of her chest, but her expression was meaningful as she stared at the Stardust Illusion.

"Ariyazaki!?"

McQueen cried out in surprise, clearly recognizing the racehorse girl.

She quickly turned her head, looking at the stardust illusion with disbelief:

"No way? Stardust, you've used those mysterious potions of hers!?"

"Um...did I actually use it...?"

Stardust Illusion hesitated, only able to look in Alice's direction, unsure how to answer.

"That's right! Stardust Illusion did indeed consume my masterpiece, Elisako's greatest work! The reason she possesses such rapid recovery ability is entirely due to that potion!"

Without hesitation, Alice agreed.

Then she walked straight over, and with her right hand, which was covered by her sleeve, she pulled the Stardust Illusion out from in front of the three of them:

"She needs to cooperate with me on some research next, just in case anything unexpected happens, so please excuse me!"

Mi Yu and the Emperor did not know who Alice was in front of them, so they did not particularly object.

But McQueen had heard of her bad reputation and immediately tried to catch up with them and stop them:

"Wait a minute! This sounds suspicious!"

"Don't worry—you don't want any hidden dangers from Stardust Illusion's injury, do you? Besides, the student council president wouldn't let me do anything reckless!"

With those words, Alice left Stardust Illusion and vanished from the spot in a flash.

Chapter 159 Drink Up, Stardust Illusion, This is the Fate of a Cheater

"The infinite potential within you is the truth I seek!"

Alice was standing at the end of a long table filled with experimental equipment, taking out a beaker, an alcohol lamp, and a small dish of mysterious black powder from a drawer.

Stardust Illusion, who had been forcibly dragged here, twitched its eyelids involuntarily, wondering what Suko meant by those words.

She had previously extricated herself from a predicament by explaining that the super-regenerative ability was an accidental discovery from her invention, and then took the opportunity to pull the Stardust Illusion directly into her dormitory.

Looking at the messy, research institute-like classroom in front of him, Stardust Illusion instinctively felt something was amiss.

"Ah—you shouldn't go to the other half."

Suko seemed to notice her gaze and offered a suggestion:

"The area on the right belongs to the tea room. If you accidentally mess it up, she'll get angry—speaking of which, you've already seen the tea room, haven't you?"

She took a match, lit the alcohol lamp in front of her, then used the graduated cylinder on the table to fill a beaker with water, and finally placed the beaker over the flame of the alcohol lamp.

What kind of experiment is it?

Although I don't quite understand the stardust illusion, I'll still make this guess:

"I have indeed met with the Manchester tea house, but it has nothing to do with today's events, right? Suzi, is there something you wanted to see me about?"

Stardust Illusion casually pulled over a chair and laid out the clothes that were scattered on it.

Then, across the long experimental table, he straddled the chair and sat down facing Sugo:

"Your vigilance is too low, Stardust Illusion."

"Vigilance?"

"If someone possesses superhuman physical abilities beyond the imagination of ordinary people and doesn't have the necessary vigilance, they can easily be targeted by strange people."

"Someone like you, Suko?"

"That's right, a research fanatic like me would be attracted to you."

Suko, lifting her gaze from the beaker, looked up at the Stardust Illusion with a smug expression, seemingly taking the title "Weirdo" as a compliment.

"Then, Suko, what specific things are you referring to when you say there's a lack of vigilance?"

Stardust Illusion is not ashamed to ask questions.

After all, it seemed that Alice didn't intend to slice her into pieces immediately, so she relaxed a little.

The caution that Suko mentioned regarding her own physical condition is indeed an issue that Stardust Illusion should pay more attention to.

"So far, you have already exposed yourself three times."

Hidden beneath his long sleeves, his right hand made three empty taps.

The gesture was slightly playful, causing Stardust Illusion to clench its fist inwardly.

The charm she exudes unintentionally is quite captivating—no, I absolutely cannot praise her before I figure out Suko's purpose!

"Could you tell me what happened on each of those three occasions?"

"Hmph, even at this point, they haven't directly admitted it. Is it because they don't want to give up the possibility of vetoing it?"

Suko's lips curled up slightly.

"Excellent, that's a good attitude. I'm very satisfied with their willingness to give up any possibilities!"

"Let me tell you about it! The first possible exposure happened when you first opened your domain, which was after that Japan-France simulation match."

"You should remember, right? You were weakened after activating your domain, but you fully recovered in just a few hours—the medical department recorded all the data."

"Ah, that time indeed..."

Stardust Illusion couldn't refute this claim; she had actually considered this question herself at the time.

However, she cares more about the chance to shine on the winner's stage than about the potential trouble it might cause.

The Stardust Illusion had originally planned several ways to explain itself, in preparation for any potential problems.

As it turned out, nothing happened at all, and she thought that no one cared about it at all.

Now it seems, perhaps it has something to do with Alice?

"So, the other exposure was today's incident, right? That's why you came to the hospital entrance and pulled me away."

Stardust Illusion quickly deduced the general outline of today's events, then, with a hint of gratitude, looked at Suzume, who was hiding behind the alcohol lamp and flame at the other end of the long table, and continued:

"So, you covered for me both times, Suko? And when was the other time?"

"Isn't this world a little unfair..."

The Stardust Illusion suddenly felt as if it had been struck by a very impolite gaze—

"You clearly have that kind of constitution, how could you let someone draw your blood so easily? Do you know how precious your blood sample is?!"

After speaking, Alice rolled her eyes and began to focus on the beaker in front of her again. Clearly, the disdainful look she had just received was from her.

"what--"

After being reminded of this, Stardust Illusion suddenly realized.

Since blood drawing has been mentioned, it's clear which incident is being referred to:

"It was that quack doctor! That quack doctor lied to me and said it was a routine check-up, then he drew my blood!"

Suko nodded, picked up a glass rod from the side, and stirred the beaker that had begun to gurgle.

“An Xinze and I worked together to keep the news at her level, so that the fools in JRA wouldn’t make a fuss.”

"However, JRA is definitely not the only one interested in such a superhuman physique as high-speed recovery. If a few racehorse girl families find out, they will at least stop at nothing to borrow sperm from you."

"Borrowing...borrowing sperm!?"

Having experienced the Meguro Castle incident, Stardust Illusion's voice suddenly changed.

"Looks like you've suffered from this before?"

"But then again... no matter it was just a simulation, you did defeat that tyrant once. Surely a powerful figure like Lady Meguro with such keen senses must have made a move, right?"

"Well, that's why I've given you a solution."

Alice sighed and put the used glass rod back in its place.

"Starting today, you should claim to the public that you accidentally took my experimental drug. That way, even if people find out about your physical condition, you'll have a way to deny it."

"Experimental drugs?"