Why was I assigned to be a horse girl?

The lady was reluctant to let Gao Shangjunyi come along, since she wanted to try eating barbecue with iron skewers, and she could foresee that it wouldn't look very elegant, which wouldn't be appropriate if outsiders saw it.

Besides, Gao Shangjunyi is considered an enemy, right? How come he's said to have snuck in and been eating with everyone?

Then the lady looked at Gao Shangjunyi earnestly and said, "As the saying goes, 'A moment of carefree indulgence can ruin a lifetime'... Gao Shangjunyi, you should also know that skipping classes is a bad thing."

So get back to class right now!

"No, no problem. I've already memorized the teaching content for the winner's stage, and it won't be my turn until the afternoon... There are too many people in the dance studio, I just came out for some fresh air."

Gao Shangjunyi quietly raised his head. Although his tone still carried a sense of fear and unease, the girl's sparkling eyes told everyone else what was going on.

I want to go eat! Please take me with you.

Seeing this, the lady could no longer persuade him and could only shrug helplessly, adding, "Don't eat too much."

"It's alright! I'll treat you!"

As she spoke, Gao Shangjunyi pulled out her bulging little wallet from her skirt: "I, I have a lot of pocket money."

Upon closer inspection, Fei Tu Hu Po noticed that Gao Shang Jun Yi's wallet was filled with large bills, each worth ten thousand yen.

"Another rich person..."

"She was too scared to go shopping and pay for things by herself, so she forced herself to save up..."

So the group walked out of the Sapporo Treson school gate and headed to the barbecue restaurant they had visited before. Few people choose to eat barbecue at noon, and the barbecue restaurant didn't even seem to be open yet. In other words, the whole restaurant was serving Hitoko and the others.

When the shop owner saw that Kotobuki Toru had brought three Uma Musume girls to eat, he immediately started pushing "special products," such as eggs laid by various male creatures, as well as kidneys, livers, and the like, making Kotobuki Toru extremely embarrassed...

Of course, Toru Kotobuki is also the type of person who is willing to try new things.

"I can give it a try, but I'll have to wait until I have some free time and sneak over here by myself... How can I order this in front of my friends, especially the girls?"

"Huh? That red-haired lady isn't your girlfriend?"

"no……"

"Oh, I must have misread it. I'll send you a really good one, haha..."

"No, maybe next time."

Qin Chuitou, feeling a sense of mutual respect, left the owner's phone number, planning to come back alone next time.

When Kotobuki Toru entered the private room, the horse girls were seated at the three ends of the round table at almost perfect angles, the angles were so precise that they could almost be measured with a protractor. After thinking for a moment, Kotobuki Toru sat down next to Hitoko Amber as usual, waiting for the food to be served.

Before everyone could remain silent for long, the shop owner quickly brought in a plate of sizzling grilled skewers.

The freshly grilled skewers are fragrant and tender, exuding a wonderful aroma of spices that tempts everyone to reach out and start eating.

"Then I'll start eating!"

"Wow, it's so hot... The meat juice is so plentiful, it feels just as good as a fresh pork bun."

"It's just ordinary food for common people."

Although everyone has their own preferences when it comes to barbecue, they all enjoyed the satisfying meat and rich aroma with great satisfaction.

Once the food was on the table, Gao Shangjunyi truly showed his love for the food; his eyes sparkled, and with each bite, he displayed an expression of joy and surprise…

It's clear that, at least when enjoying delicious food, Gao Shangjunyi's mental barriers melt away considerably.

The same applies to others. When eating, humans subconsciously trust others, which is why many big business deals are made at the dinner table.

After eating dozens of skewers and filling her stomach, Hito Amber held up the skewers in her hand and looked at Takashi Junyi, asking, "Takashi-kun, I want to ask, what kind of content is required for the Winner's Stage course in Uma Musume? I haven't looked into it before."

When I was leading the team before, I had heard about the concept of the winner's stage, and I was quite worried about what to do at the time.

However, I was lucky that time I participated in the draft horse competition. The winner of the draft horse competition didn't need to perform on stage; all I had to do was pound rice cakes with a hammer...

But as long as I'm still a Uma Musume (a Japanese horse racing show), I'll have to face the winner's stage someday.

Since that's the case, why not learn about the hardships you're about to face in advance?

Upon hearing the word "winner's stage," Gao Shangjunyi's ears twitched slightly, clearly indicating that he was thinking of something he didn't like.

But there's a limit to pretending to be deaf and dumb. After swallowing the roasted cucumber in his mouth, Gao Shangjunyi looked up at Fei Tu Hu Po: "Fei Tu, have you not participated in any related training all these years?"

Fei Tu Hu Po shook her head: "No."

“That’s quite rare…” Gao Shangjunyi organized his thoughts for a moment and said slowly, “It’s called the training for the winner’s stage, but the courses and training are not limited to singing and dancing on the winner’s stage. There are also many courses on how to become an excellent idol and a public figure… These are the compulsory courses. You can also learn musical instruments and other things in the elective courses.”

This was the first time Hibiki Amber had heard of such a novel concept. She moved her chair slightly closer to Takashiro Junichi and continued to ask curiously, "Wow~ Everyone's school life is so rich... You can even learn musical instruments. After learning instruments, can you form a band? With other horse girls?"

"Yes, in order to build up fans and popularity, Uma Musume Girls also forms idol groups or bands to perform and live..."

"Hey, that sounds great."

"In that case... would you like to audit the idol training class this afternoon, Hito-kun?"

In a gesture of goodwill, Gao Shangjunyi extended an invitation to Fei Tu Hu Po.

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Chapter Seventy: The Perfume Contest Among the Rich

"Eh, sit in on the proceedings? Can I do that too?"

Upon receiving the invitation from Takashiro Junichi, Hitoko immediately smiled happily. After all, the winner's stage of Uma Musume Pretty Derby is a performance that requires a separate ticket. It is said that the inner field tickets for some top Uma Musume Pretty Derby stages can even sell for astronomical figures.

If I could sneak in and listen in, I'd be making a hundred million!

"No problem, Hito-kun, if you want to try going on stage, that's fine too."

Upon hearing this, Fei Tu Hu Po became excited and immediately raised her hand: "I can sing 'I can go to the toilet by myself'!"

The lady immediately clapped in support, "Haha, sing it, Fat Rabbit, I support you! This one!"

Gao Shangjunyi was so surprised by Fei Tu Hu Po's suggestion that he dropped the meat in his mouth. "Fei Tu, you're so enthusiastic... You're practically a social terrorist! How did you train to be like this?"

"Working as a customer service representative or food delivery person? You get used to seeing all sorts of strange customers, so can I go on stage and sing this song?"

Kotobuki Toru quickly interrupted, "You shouldn't go up there and try it... it really won't have a good impact."

However, it would be good to let Hitoko see the training of the horse racers on the winner's stage. The training itself is already very tough, but fortunately Hitoko was a sports student before, so she has a high degree of acceptance and autonomy in training.

However, Hitoko's experience and knowledge in idol-related matters lag far behind those of other Uma Musume (horse girls)...

The Uma Musume Association doesn't care about any of that. If a Uma Musume wins, she has to go on stage to give back to the audience and make some money along the way.

If Hitokohaku needs to participate in a competition soon, then her idol training needs to be planned properly, otherwise things will get complicated when she goes on stage...

Kotobuki Toru isn't worried that Hitsu Kohaku will be too socially awkward to go on stage; he's just afraid that if Hitsu Kohaku goes on stage, she'll make everyone else socially awkward.

At least in the short term, we need to teach Hitoko a song other than "I Can Go to the Toilet by Myself"!

Now that the next action plan had been decided, no one said anything more and focused on eating. After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they all returned to Sapporo Treson together.

On the way back, the ladies were all spraying themselves with expensive perfumes. The shimmering perfume mist drifted on the wind and landed on Fei Tu Hu Po's nose, instantly causing her to sneeze several times.

"Achoo~" Amber rubbed her nose, savoring the strange fragrance filling her nostrils, and protested, "Donna, do you really need to wear so much perfume? It smells so weird!"

The lady continued working with her hands, and casually said, "If you don't spray it, the smell of barbecue and cumin on your body won't be covered up, and it will be embarrassing if others can smell it... Besides, this perfume isn't cheap. To put it in a way you can understand, the amount I spray when I squeeze the perfume bottle is roughly equivalent to the amount you would spend on one delivery. If you say it smells bad, then it just means your taste isn't good enough."

"Ugh, those evil rich people... High-class classmate, what do you think? Hey? Why are you wearing perfume too?"

Surprisingly, it wasn't just the wealthy ladies; even the sophisticated Junyi was spraying perfume on himself.

Fei Tu Hu Po raised her empty hands: "The way you two are moving in sync makes me look really silly."

Gao Shangjun carefully sprayed perfume onto Fei Tu Hu Po's hand: "If you smell, your classmates will ask you what you ate for lunch... Fei Tu, do you want to spray some on too?"

Wow, this kid is really going all out to reduce his daily interactions with others.

However... aside from initially condemning himself as a philanderer, Gao Shangjunyi seems to be quite close to him?

They even lent me their perfume.

Fei Tu Hu Po took the perfume and examined it for a bit, but she didn't really figure it out, mainly because she had never worn perfume before... However, she had used alcohol for disinfection...

So, Fei Tu Hu Po prepared to disinfect her hands by spraying the perfume bottle a few times into her palms, then rubbing her hands together.

But just as she was about to spray perfume into her palm, the lady immediately pressed down on her wrist.

The lady's eyes were practically spitting fire. "How can you spray perfume like that? You might as well not spray it at all... It's a waste of perfume, and it ruins your own elegance."

Since the lady had come over, she must want to help her, so Fei Tu Hu Po shoved the perfume bottle in her hand into the lady's hand and said, "How should I apply it? Teach me."

The lady glanced down at the perfume bottle belonging to Gao Shangjunyi in her hand and scoffed disdainfully, "The Gao sisters' taste is indeed mediocre. How can they even wear this perfume?"

Seeing that the elegant lady had already started mocking her sisters, Gao Shangjunyi didn't back down either: "Elegant lady, your taste isn't good either... Sister Jifeng said that she could smell the old woman's perfume on you from a hundred thousand miles away..."

"you!"

"Humph……"

The saying goes, "When people are well-fed and clothed, they think of sex." After eating their fill, people are prone to having nothing to do, and the same is true for racehorse girls. If they don't have any strange desires, then they will have the desire to cause trouble and fight.

However, perfume preferences and olfactory tastes are inherently subjective, and the two young women, both in their prime, held their own opinions and refused to concede to each other.

After a long argument, the noblewoman looked directly at Scarlet Amber and laughed, "You fat rabbit, you don't have many merits, but your intuition is the best I've ever seen..."

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to find Kotobuki Toru as a trainer in Japan, a country with over 100 million people.

"Besides, you don't understand perfume brands or their value at all... so it's perfect for you to judge whose perfume smells better between us."

Not only did the noblewoman think so, but Gao Shangjunyi, who also had a good impression of Fei Tu Amber, nodded in agreement: "Fei Tu, although you ran away... I believe you are an upright and discerning person. After all, you are the one who was able to say that I am a 'great horse'."

"Wait a minute, I've hardly ever smelled perfume before..."

Just as Fei Tu Hu Po was about to decline, she was surrounded by the noblewoman and the elegant Jun Yi, one on each side. The noblewoman took out her perfume and lightly sprayed it twice on the inside of Fei Tu Hu Po's wrist.

The same applies to the elegant and refined.

"Because racehorses have a higher body temperature and their perfume evaporates faster, and they also have a lot of exercise, perfume is usually sprayed on the inside of their wrists and on their tails... so we each sprayed it on your wrists."

"You decide which perfume is more suitable!"

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Chapter 71 I think the third flavor suits you best

"Oh, you guys are really putting me in a difficult position."

Fei Tu Hu Po felt a cool, moist, and comfortable sensation on the inside of her wrist. Although it was just her imagination, Fei Tu Hu Po really felt that her charm had increased significantly.

Simply by raising her wrist in front of her, Fei Tu Hu Po could already smell a faint fragrance.

The lady's perfume was rich but not overpowering; just smelling it reminded Fei Tu Amber of Valentine's Day chocolates, the scent of roses, and that incredibly beautiful and mysterious night.

Although Hitotsu Kohaku herself has never participated in Valentine's Day as the main character, she was still a player who went out to "hunt the wild" on Valentine's Day. She could eat fresh, unopened cakes as soon as she opened them, and she could pick up perfume, diamonds, and roses that had been thrown into the trash can and sell them on the street. She was very happy.

The lady raised an eyebrow slightly, her eyes brimming with confidence in her own taste: "What do you think?"

"It smells nice...it smells like chocolate!"

"With so many different body scents mixed together, how come you only smelled cocoa?"

Then, Fei Tu Hu Po raised her other arm and brought her wrist, which was sprayed with the perfume of Gao Shang Jun Yi, to her face.

The perfume of Gaoshang Junyi is relatively understated, with a light jasmine scent and a hint of mint. The smell will bring a knowing smile to your face. If you have a white moonlight, you might even think of the white moonlight of your mistakes from many years ago.

"For example, how?"

"It smells great too! It's refreshing and invigorating."

Upon hearing Hitotsu Amber's words, both horse girls showed unhappy expressions.

The wealthy woman exclaimed, "How can these be the same? My taste is clearly better, and my perfume is more expensive!"

"Mine, I chose it after a long time! I put a lot of thought into it!"

"You two are both great...you're both awesome! So it's a tie?"

The two racehorse girls exclaimed in unison, "No! There has to be a winner today!"

Now, Hitotsu Amber was at a loss. The two of them were giving her a challenge, like asking whether sweet or savory tofu pudding was better... and all she could do was ask if there was any more tofu pudding after she had finished eating.

Seeing the two racehorse girls getting closer and closer, it seemed as if they would physically separate if he didn't settle things between them...

In a moment of quick thinking, Hitotsu Kohaku spotted Kotobuki Toru, who had been walking at the very front of the group watching the morning's training records. "My nose is like that, you guys go find Toru..."

Hitoko Amber suddenly paused, then quickened her pace and walked briskly toward Kotobuki Toru, telling the two racehorse girls beside her as she went, "You two wait here, I'm going to ask the spectators outside the arena for help."

After saying that, Hitotsu Kohaku caught up with Kotobuki Toru in a few steps. After getting used to Kotobuki Toru's speed, she looked at Kotobuki Toru, who had already switched his phone to multi-screen mode and was concentrating on his work.