Umamusume's days are numbered

Oh no, I'm doomed. (Thinks to myself, "Excellent qualities")

She almost wanted to give the verse drama a thumbs up. It was truly witty and charming.

"Platinum, let me explain..." Excellent quality said hurriedly, "Well, this situation isn't what you think."

Platinum rolled her eyes: "I know. I just want to understand why, after just taking a nap, I woke up to find myself in a situation where they have to collect my corpse."

Episode 204 Some people really deserve to die

“We’re here to help you get back.” Twin Turbo poked its head out from under Platinum. “Natcha said you were drunk and dizzy.”

"It should be dizzying, right?" Ikuno Didos pointed out seriously to the twin turbines.

"I'm not drunk, I'm just sleepy." With her dead fish eyes, Bai Jin felt that if she were to put her hands together in front of her chest and hold a bouquet of flowers, the scene before her would be enough to bring tears to her eyes.

“Drunk guys always say they’re not drunk, that’s how it is,” the poetic drama chimed in from the side.

“How could wheat juice make you drunk?” The platinum carp wriggled a couple of times, gesturing for the guys to put it down. “It’s not like I’m drinking beer.”

...Wait a minute, isn't wheat juice beer?

My excellent skills have resulted in me being drenched in sweat again. Is this some kind of new drink?

So, your previous drunken state was due to being intoxicated not by the alcohol, but by your own state of mind?

Never mind, I can't think about it too much.

Looking at the Twin Turbo, Poetry Drama, and Ikuno Didos, who have finally put down Platinum, I realize that excellent qualities dictate living a little easier and less insightful.

"Ah!" Twin Turbo suddenly exclaimed, counting on his fingers.

"Turbo, I've discovered something incredible."

Twin Turbine placed both hands in front of everyone and began to loosen them one by one: "The people present: me, Necha, Didos, Poetry Drama, and Platinum."

"The trainer's car only has four seats."

"How...are we going to get back?"

A hush fell over the room. The twin-turbo engine, though seemingly dull... had precisely identified a problem that no one else had noticed.

Yeah, if we're going to take so many people back to school, the trainer's car won't be able to fit them all.

Ultimately... the mission was to send Platinum and Excellent Quality back to school, so one trainer should have been enough—the other three were just there to cause trouble!

"...If we squeeze in the back seat, three people can sit there. That way, the trainer's car can carry five people." Poetry Drama tilted his head. "Aren't there exactly five of us?"

"You weren't counted as a trainer."

"Oh! Really? What should we do then?"

"Let the trainer get out of the car."

"The trainers would cry if they heard that, right? And none of us here can drive, right?"

"Then let's put the twin-turbocharger in the trunk and take it back."

"Turbines don't want to be abused!"

“Then let the twin-turbo follow the car back to Treson College.”

"No way! Seriously, who's been making these kinds of comments about turbochargers since just now?!"

After everyone finished talking at once, a silence fell over the room again.

Poetry Drama glanced at Platinum and raised his arm: "How about... we call Spica's trainer and ask him to send another car over?"

"If he also drives over with a whole carload of Spica players, wouldn't we be stuck in a vicious cycle?"

"That's a good time to start the war. The other side's car can only carry three people, but we have five people and a hostage. It's an absolute advantage."

"What do you want to fight? What will you use to start the war? Do you want gang warfare?"

It's clear that the Canopus team members are really trying hard and want to defeat Spica.

Just as the atmosphere became noisy again, Platinum coughed a few times, drawing everyone's attention to her.

"Thank you, Professor Necha. I feel much better after talking to you about my feelings."

"That's alright..." Excellent Quality thought to himself, "I've gotten some juicy gossip this time, it's worth it." The only problem is the possibility of being silenced by Rudolf's symbol.

"But are you really okay? If there's anything else you want to talk about, feel free to be more open about it, okay?"

Moreover... there are indeed some concerns about the Platinum level of the "Excellent Quality" rating.

Ugh, I know this makes me seem like a pushover, it's not exactly fashionable, it has a kind of outdated aesthetic... but that's just who I am.

If they weren't really worried, they wouldn't have gone up to ask Platinum if she needed help in the first place.

Rubbing her slightly red and swollen eyes, Platinum nodded: "Yeah. Everything's fine now."

The emergence of such excellent qualities is truly a timely boon. Otherwise, Platinum has no idea what foolish things she might have done in her dazed state.

Looking back now, after the competition, I was enveloped in a strange mix of emotions... a sudden surge of jealousy, then a sudden confession, followed by rejection and a headstrong argument...

Could it be that I've really been cursed? Maybe I should find some time to have my fortune told.

"I'm fine, I haven't been drinking, and it's not too late... so I can take the subway back to Treson College by myself."

Platinum took the travel bag from Excellent Quality, waved to the Canopus team members, and was about to walk out of the coffee shop.

"Ah." Twin Turbo smacked his head. "The main character is gone... Doesn't that mean we came all this way for nothing?"

“Actually, do you think there’s a possibility,” Ikuno Didus whispered to Twin Turbine, “that we didn’t need to come in the first place.”

"No way, absolutely impossible."

"---This won't do." Unexpectedly, despite her bandaged leg, Excellent Qualities quickly ran a few steps and circled around to Bai Jin's front. "How can a girl walk alone at night?"

"If I encounter danger, I will be all alone and have no protective measures."

This is also the fundamental reason why the excellent quality of people scolded Rudolf for symbolizing the dog emperor—you made someone cry, so you should take responsibility and send them back. What if you just leave a girl on the street and something goes wrong?

“But we’re racehorse girls,” Platinum scratched her cheek. “Who would be so blind as to cause trouble for racehorse girls?”

Horse Girls may seem friendly and innocent, but they're all actually superhuman. Especially the racehorse girls, who, through comprehensive training, have maximized their physical potential.

The most outrageous example is that the Secretariat supposedly has the arm strength to lift a small car. Leaving aside such rumors, Platinum herself can lift dumbbells weighing several hundred kilograms; who knows what the consequences would be if she punched someone in the chest like that?

When you engage the enemy, you'll have to kneel down and beg them not to die within three seconds.

"That won't do either!" Her excellent qualities unexpectedly revealed a resilient side. "No matter how strong she is, she's still a girl after all."

"There's a possibility you could be scammed or drugged. Don't let your confidence in your abilities make you careless; you need to learn to protect yourself."

Episode 205 The Dog Emperor (Agreements)

You need to learn how to protect yourself.

Their excellent qualities revealed their resilience in unexpected ways.

Before being a racehorse girl, she was first and foremost a beautiful girl—this is the image of Platinum as perceived by her excellent qualities.

Moreover, she was manipulated by Rudolf, who, after confessing his feelings, evaded her with irrelevant remarks, ultimately causing her to break down and run away.

Even if he seems emotionally stable, what if he walks to the riverbank, feels the night is nice enough to drown himself, and ends up joining Dazai Osamu in the river?

Moreover, on the other hand, the fact that Platinum could be completely manipulated by Rudolf shows that Rudolf is a seasoned player in the game of love, skilled at playing with people's hearts, and also shows that Platinum is indeed... quite pure.

If you can be fooled by Rudolf, you can be fooled by others. Rudolf only enjoys the pleasure of being confessed to and then rejected. What if someone actually lusts after her body?

Well, in the minds of those with excellent qualities, Rudolf's symbolic image has rapidly deteriorated, and he has become a bastard who "deliberately treats girls gently and then firmly refuses to appreciate their painful unrequited love when they confess their feelings."

"This..." Platinum walks to the right, and Excellent Quality blocks the way; Platinum walks to the left, and Excellent Quality blocks the way, just like a mother hen spreading her wings.

Platinum was now in a dilemma. Excellent Quality had listened to her rambling on for so long without getting annoyed, and was even worried about her. Platinum wasn't ungrateful; it was difficult for her to say "no" to Excellent Quality.

But if I don't leave, then the problem goes back to the issue of not having enough seats, right? I can't really let the twin-turbo engine follow behind me the whole way, can I?

"I'm not a three-year-old child anymore; I can take care of myself."

"This is a matter of principle!" Despite his excellent qualities, he remained adamant and refused to budge.

"It takes about an hour to drive from here to Treson Academy. In that case, we'll have to trouble the trainer to make two round trips. Take Twin Turbo and the others back first, and I'll stay here with you until the trainer returns. Is that alright?"

"Or if you'd like, the two of us can take the subway."

The Canopus team members and trainers came to the event today to watch the Satsuki Sho match with Yuuki Sugoi. After the match, Yuuki Sugoi wanted to sneak away from his teammates to find a place to drop a few pearls, but instead he saw Platinum, who was producing pearls like crazy.

This commotion has dragged on for so long, wasting so much of the teammates' time. The trainer should have sent them back to Treson Academy long ago. But Excellent Quality is really worried about Platinum.

"No, no." Twin Turbine shook her head immediately upon hearing Excellent Quality's words, her two long ponytails swinging wildly. "Nechia is already sick, how can I let you take the subway?"

After saying that, Twin Turbo plopped down in his seat: "There's really no other way, so I'll stay here! I'm sure the trainer will come back for me!"

"...Maybe?"

Faced with the twin-turbo's actions, Poetry Drama and Ikuno Didos looked as if they had been struck by lightning. Ikuno Didos's fingertips trembled as he tried to push up his glasses, but he couldn't control his trembling and ended up dropping them on the ground.

"What's with those expressions on your faces?"

"Gulp..." Poetry Drama clutched his chest, "Twin Turbine... I don't remember raising you into such an understanding and polite child!"

"Where did you hide the twin turbines?"

"Seriously, what image do you guys really have of me?"

While the group was arguing, a loud, piercing noise suddenly came from outside the door.

Everyone's attention was drawn to it—because the coffee shop had a glass door and the streetlights were bright, so the situation outside could be seen clearly. For example, Canopus's trainer was still standing by the door, looking miserable, waiting for the girls inside to finish playing around so he could take them back.

The piercing sound clearly attracted his attention. But he could see the people in the room much more clearly—you could tell from their terrified expressions.

A red lightning bolt flashed across the street, accompanied by a thunderous roar.

No, that wasn't a bolt of lightning, but... a red Lamborghini?

The red Lamborghini sped along, its tires skidding on the side of the street, before pulling up behind the Canopus trainer's car with a beautiful drift, the trainer's hair whipped by the wind. The Lamborghini's headlights flashed, the door slowly opened, and a voluptuous woman in red stretched out her long legs, her figure striking and alluring.

"Hi, ladies, good evening." The woman in red stepped into the coffee shop, and the moment she opened the door, everyone in the coffee shop smelled a pungent odor, like melting rubber.

For certain groups of people, this is a perfume scent that is even more alluring than aphrodisiacs.

"Maru Zenki?" Platinum frowned, then received a light flick on the forehead.

"Hehe, you should call me 'older sister'." Maruzensky smiled and stroked Platinum's forehead again. "You guys seem to be worried about how to get back to school? I've already taken Leodban back to school, so the seats should be just right now, right?"

Maruzensky, divine soldiers descend from the heavens!

As if remembering something, Excellent Quality quickly took out his phone and saw the message symbolized by Rudolf.

[I couldn't go myself, so I asked Maruzensky to pick up Platinum.]

In the end, no one came in person. Didn't they just back down?

Well, as cowardly as she may be, at least she didn't completely abandon Platinum in Chiba, which shows she still has some conscience.

In the mind of someone with excellent qualities, the goodwill towards Rudolf as a symbol increased slightly.

And so, the dispute over how to get a seat back to school was finally resolved—at least openly.

“Twin Turbo.” Platinum trembled as she pressed Twin Turbo’s shoulder, pushing her toward Maruzensky. “I think you’re the kind of person who would like a Ferrari, so please accept this seat.”

"Wh... Turbo doesn't want that! Turbo just wants to explode on his own, not on his life! I'm pretty big-hearted when it comes to poetry dramas, so let the poetry dramas do it!"

"I...I'm not feeling well. I feel like I'll get a nosebleed if I sit down...I've got it! Let Didus do it!"

"I...I'm looking for my glasses...my glasses..."

Anyone familiar with Maruzensky knows that you should never ride in her car.

That would be a terrifying, potentially fatal journey that could cause motion sickness in people who never get carsick.

Finally, amidst the argument, the pale-lipped Shirogane, who had been unanimously pushed out, sat down next to Maruzensky. This was long after Maruzensky had entered the café.

Episode 206 Alice and Sora see it all