Why was I assigned to be a horse girl?

Kotobuki Toru quickly followed Hitoko Amber's steps and ran forward. The young man and the charming girl ran one after the other on the street, exuding youthful energy.

To make the interview easier and to get better rest, Kotobuki Toru lived not too far from Central Tressen. The two of them arrived at Central Tressen after running a few steps.

"Seriously, TouTou, are you going to wear casual clothes?"

Hitoko Amber entered the school using facial recognition, while Kotobuki Toru was still having his employment notice checked by the staff at the entrance.

"Of course, I changed into formal attire before going up to Sapporo Tressen, but I messed things up terribly... Everyone looked at me like I was a monkey."

"But...the trainers on campus are all wearing formal attire, aren't they?"

Kotobuki was taken aback. "Huh?"

But it's too late to escape now...

"Hey, you brat! Don't you dare be disrespectful to the Central Committee!"

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Chapter 150 Everyone Look Up to Me, This is Kotobuki Toru

"Hey kid, you just showed up like that with your suitcase?"

Before Kotobuki Toru and Hitoko Amber could react, Nishizaki Ryu, dressed in a suit and looking quite respectable, took the initiative to greet them.

Nishizaki Ryu glanced at Kotobuki Toru, who was dressed in casual sportswear, grinned, and gave him a thumbs up: "You're really something, kid. Dressed so casually on your first day... I suspect you're the only new trainer in Treson who dares to wear casual clothes today."

"When I was in Sapporo before, everyone dressed very casually..."

"You can wear whatever you want later... but today all our veteran trainers are wearing suits."

Kotobuki's face darkened as she looked at the trainers in formal attire on the Treson campus. "Ahem, everyone wait a minute, I'm going to find a changing room."

"No, let it be like this~ It's fine..."

Nishizaki Ryu didn't give Kotobuki Toru a chance to escape. He came up to her in a very friendly and enthusiastic manner, putting his arm around Kotobuki Toru's shoulder tightly, acting like a good buddy. "Come on, come on, it's rare to meet a new person you know. I'll show you around and then we'll go to the dorm to put your things away."

Kotobuki Toru: "Senior, aren't you trying to put me in a disadvantageous position?"

"You even noticed that, kid... Let's go!"

Nishizaki Ryu gave Kotobuki Toru no chance to struggle, dragging him into the academy, while greeting the others as they walked.

"Hey Kitahara, this is our new colleague, Kotobuki Toru, Toru, oh yeah, the guy who signed Hito-san before even enrolling."

"Hey trainer Tojo, look at this! This is our Kotobuki trainer. Not only was she very cool during the interview, but she was also extremely carefree on her first day on the job."

"Yo... Minamisaka, this Kotobuki trainer, you can share any money-making tips you have with him in the future... Uh, why do you look like you've seen a ghost?"

It has to be admitted that Nishizaki Ryu is definitely a local bigwig in Central Tereson, Japan. He can chat with every trainer he encounters on the road.

And so, Nishizaki Ryu really did walk around with Kotobuki Toru by his arm, introducing Kotobuki Toru to the trainers along the way...

They seem to be quite kind-hearted.

Kotobuki Toru bowed and greeted his seniors all the way, but for some reason, the way they looked at him wasn't very friendly...

Some trainers were still muttering to themselves: "They stole Hiruzen, pulled the noble lady away with them... Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Kid, now most of the trainers know you~" Nishizaki Ryu's smile was sinister. "Who knows when a trainer will come knocking on your door wanting to train with you."

Kotobuki laughed, "As expected of Central Treson... Not only are the racehorse girls incredibly competitive, but even these trainers seem to be brimming with competitive spirit... Bring it on, no problem!"

Ryu Nishizaki patted Toru Kotobuki on the shoulder, then looked at Kotobuki behind him, where Hitoko was baring her teeth and threatening him, and said, "Tomorrow is New Year's Day, and after that it will be the new year. The activity rooms for each Uma Musume team will be redistributed. The better the team's performance, the better the activity room they will get... You must remember to sign up."

"I only have three racehorse girls here, is that alright?"

"Bring back more racehorse girls!"

"Tie me up? Wasn't it an invitation?"

With a lollipop in his mouth, Nishizaki Ryu smiled maliciously, exuding an air of criminal power. He wagged his finger and said in a sinister tone.

"Not all racehorse girls know what kind of team they want, and some racehorse girls with social anxiety are afraid to find a team... That's when we dark trainers step in!"

As soon as Nishizaki Ryu finished speaking, a white-haired racehorse girl walked over, wearing ugly earmuffs and a not-so-good-looking round hat.

Kotobuki Toru and Hisako both had a pretty deep impression of this racehorse girl. In the previous rookie race, it was this racehorse girl named Golden Ship who started out strolling and was slow to leave the gate, then slacked off and ran around aimlessly in the middle of the race, and finally started sprinting as if she had just woken up in the later stages...

Then they lost the game amidst laughter and cheers.

Today, the racehorse girl still looked carefree but happy. However, in addition to her happiness, she also had a large dark brown cloth bag hanging on her shoulder. In the countryside, such bags are quite common and are usually used to carry seeds or fertilizer.

Of course... pretending to be a person is also an option.

In Japan during the 80s, a time of bloodshed and violence, gangsters would simply lock people in sacks, throw in a stone or two, seal the sack, and then throw them into the water...

"Hey boss, I brought her to you. This little girl is pretty strong... If I, Lord Golden Ship, hadn't successfully ambushed her, I might not have been able to beat her..."

Golden Ship glanced at Nishizaki Ryu, then patted the burlap sack slung over her shoulder, a bright smile on his face. "What do you say? Should I take her to the activity room first? And have a good talk with her?"

"Woooooo~"

A girl's whimpering sounds came from inside the burlap sack, which even wriggled a couple of times...

It sounds like... some racehorse girls were stuffed into burlap sacks, and maybe even gagged.

Golden Ship, that racehorse girl, aside from her seemingly unprofessional running, is quite adept at things like kidnapping...

Hitoko Amber stared in disbelief: "Trainer Nishizaki, the 'tied up' you mentioned really means kidnapping... What do we do next? Do we need a ransom?"

Where are the three goddess AIs? Weren't you supposed to be everywhere? Why aren't you showing up anymore?

Or did they tacitly condone the occurrence of a school kidnapping?

Nishizaki Ryu seemed to be used to it all along, and waved his hand with a smile: "How could that be? We're just inviting her to sit in our team's activity room and explaining our team's philosophy to her. If she really doesn't want to join, we'll just untie the rope and let her go... It's all normal interaction."

Fei Tu Hu Po really wanted to complain, how is this normal?

Then look at the Golden Ship, which is also acting strangely, even willingly becoming an accomplice... No wonder the Golden Ship joined the team so quickly; it seems it found a kindred spirit...

Our team, Team Spica, will also be participating in this team competition!

Chapter 151 Hidden Door Ahead

"Seniors, you're participating too?"

"Of course, Treson treats everyone the same. There aren't any top-level matches in the first few months after the New Year, so to keep everyone busy, there are internally organized matches every month, with all sorts of prizes for winning."

Nishizaki Ryu led everyone toward the trainers' dormitory building, explaining as they walked: "Next month's is the Capricorn Cup, the month after that it's the Aquarius Cup, and then there's Taurus and so on. In short, the team competitions are all named after the 12 zodiac signs."

Kotobuki nodded and noted it down: "I've learned something new. I've never heard of these competitions in any books."

"That's right~ After all, this is Central Treson, and you've probably never even heard of any family housing competitions or similar events."

Nishizaki Ryu stopped at the building located at the westernmost part of Treson. "Look, this is the staff dormitory. To make it easier for staff to live with the racehorse girls, Central Treson deliberately built a dormitory building on the west side of the academy. You can go to work right outside your door. Isn't that exciting?"

Compared to the opulent palace of the horse racer, the staff dormitory is quite different in design style. Perhaps because it is inhabited by experienced staff, the staff dormitory is more rustic and understated.

The path leading into the dormitory is paved with rustic blue bricks. The bricks are thick and solid, and the marks of time have etched deep and shallow lines on them. The stone path meanders and twists, and is decorated with exquisite bonsai. The flowers and plants are lush and emit a faint fragrance. The corridor for walking is surrounded by a corridor with exquisite patterns carved on the pillars. On the main body of the dormitory, you can also see the exquisite eaves and brackets unique to East Asia, and the auspicious beasts on the eaves are lifelike.

The entire building, bathed in sunlight, exudes a rustic yet elegant atmosphere. Most female trainers might not like this design style, but for corporate trainers who are surrounded by hard and complicated work all day, this is a warm haven to heal their work fatigue.

The racehorse girls' dormitory is located at the far east end of Treson Academy, while the staff dormitory is located at the far west end. With such a distance between them, it's unclear whether the designers intended this to balance the academy's population density or to prevent the racehorse girls from bothering the trainers when they have nothing better to do.

But looking at the huge sign in front of the dormitory that read "Dormitory Ahead, No Horse Girls Allowed," Hiruko guessed that it really was to keep the staff dormitory away from racehorse girls...

"Can I...can I go in?"

Fei Tu Hu Po, carrying the case that had been thoroughly played with her violin, walked towards the "No Entry" sign, feeling that she should still be an honest and disciplined good child.

But Nishizaki Ryu nodded in affirmation, "No problem. Since the new trainers are joining today, in order to let everyone know more about the trainers' dormitory and to let the horse girls know the trainers' real living conditions, it is still open to the public today. We even folded the blankets all night last night... just in case outsiders see and say that the trainers are not disciplined in their daily lives."

Not only did Nishizaki Ryu say this, but Hito Kohaku also looked up at the dormitory entrance. At the entrance, there were indeed many Uma Musume girls in school uniforms going in and out, carrying cameras and such...

Indeed, quite a few female racehorses came today, as if they were visiting a tourist attraction.

"It seems everyone usually follows the rules... They waited until the dorms were open before coming to visit."

Nishizaki Ryu led everyone over the warning sign, shaking his head with a smile: "How could that be? Amber, look down, it's right under your feet."

Upon hearing this, Hitotsu Amber lowered her head to look down as instructed by Nishizaki Ryu.

Sure enough, words were clearly engraved on the originally smooth and gentle bluestone bricks.

You did it!

"what?"

Fei Tu Hu Po curiously hugged her knees, squatted down as if curled up, and reached out to touch the words on the ground with some curiosity.

The words on the ground were carved very deeply. Even with a section of her finger inserted into the stone, Fei Tu Hu Po still couldn't reach the deepest part of the carving. It seemed that someone had deliberately carved the words into the stone with carving tools...

"Did Treson carve these words?"

"How could that be? Nobody has that much free time... They were all secretly carved on."

To carve words on a bluestone slab, you need a lot of force... You can either use a carving hammer to tap and chisel little by little, or you can just use pure force to brute force it.

But since Nishizaki Ryu said that the words were carved in secret... then it definitely wasn't chiseled with a hammer, but rather brute force.

And Treson happens to have a group of such powerful monsters.

"Huh? There are actually horse racers who are this boring?" Hito Amber touched the words on the stone slab, and then her eyes fell on another inscription.

The handwriting on this engraving is noticeably different... It's obvious that this was done by another female horse racer.

You're not qualified.

It seems that even the racehorse girl couldn't carve too many words, so the messages left on the bluestone slabs are all concise and to the point.

Looking ahead, there are still formidable enemies.

[Next, observation will be very useful]

[It's actually about discipline!]

The various comments are so numerous that they practically want to carve the cobblestone pavement into an anti-slip surface...

Just looking at everyone's comments almost made Hito Kohaku burst out laughing... It's no wonder she's a racehorse girl who loves to challenge the unknown; she's even so enthusiastic about exploring the staff dormitory.

But the boys' dorm rooms aren't really that nice... Most boys are too lazy to decorate their dorm rooms, so everything is kept simple, maybe they hang some posters or display some figurines.

If I had to pinpoint the difference between the dorm rooms, it would probably be the damp toilet paper piled on the desks in the boys' dorms...

"It started out of everyone's curiosity, and then somehow it became a photo spot for those adventurous horse girls... Those horse girls who sneak in all want to carve something here."

Kotobuki Toru stroked his chin, glanced around at the surrounding greenery, and, guided by his aesthetic sense of landscaping, easily found a mound of earth that shouldn't exist in the landscape design...

He walked over and pried at it twice with his foot.

"Ding dong."

Sure enough, a carving knife was pulled out of the mound of earth.

Seeing the eager look in Hitotsu Kohaku's eyes, Kotobuki Toru called out, "Kohaku, there's another tool here. Do you want to try it out?"

"Oh, really?"

Fei Tu Hu Po rushed over excitedly, picked up the carving knife that hadn't rusted yet, and asked, "Is it okay?"

"Didn't Nishizaki-senpai object?"

So Fei Tu Hu Po grabbed her carving knife and ran to the corner of the dormitory building, where she squatted down again.

What are you planning to carve?

"There's a hidden door ahead..."

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Chapter 152 What is your relationship with classmate Fei Tu?

"Click click click click".

Stone chips flew everywhere, but Fei Tu Hu Po's little face was filled with the joy of about to trick someone.

"Do you think there's a chance that racehorses will actually crash into this wall? Just imagining it makes me incredibly excited."

All living things love to play pranks, and the inherent evil in human nature is fully embodied in the Scarlet Amber.