Umamusume's days are numbered

"Did you call the police? Where was that girl knocked unconscious?" the student with excellent manners shouted urgently.

“I think that girl isn’t dead… because I saw her still convulsing. I… I didn’t call the police. Because the girl who did the attack… is the girl who tore my tent, the girl with the supermodel figure.” The man’s voice trembled with tears. “She’s so beautiful, I think I might be in love with her. So I don’t know whether to call the police or not, I wanted to ask for your opinion.”

What happened?! What on earth happened?! Her excellent qualities were completely muddled. If her right hand hadn't been stuck in the small window, she would definitely have been rolling around on the floor clutching her head. At this moment, she felt as if she had been punched hard in the head by Sylvester Stallone.

The astronomer was knocked unconscious? But it wasn't the girl who knocked out the astronomer who made the leap to the dragon gate, but that supermodel-like girl who tore the tent? What is all this about?

what.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed through his mind. That supermodel girl had also prayed with him today. She had poured her heart out to him about her friend, and in the end, decided to take a steel pipe and have a good "talk" with her friend.

The astronomer... was that her friend?

It's connected, everything's connected. The person with excellent qualities felt as if their brain had entered a completely new realm; this shocking fact left their mind utterly blank.

Astronomer... just how much of a hated person are you?! In just one morning, people want to kill you, and not just one, but there's a queue, first come, first served, and if you're late, you're out of luck?

How did you manage to do that? Do you have some kind of taunt skill that forces people to attack you first?

In short... since he hasn't gone to heaven yet, there's still room for redemption!

"Don't...don't call the police yet. Don't go against your heart. Go and save the girl who was knocked unconscious." You Zisheng said urgently, his voice trembling. "I think the girl you fell in love with is so kind. She must be filled with endless regret right now. If you help her, maybe she will fall in love with you too."

As for the conflict between this woman and her boyfriend? They're at a life-or-death situation, who cares about that!

"Since the nun has said so..."

"Go quickly, go quickly."

Urged on by You Liangquan, the man got up and left, leaving You Liangquan alone to wait anxiously.

Where did Sakai go? This isn't the time to film a show, is she really going to stay out for half a day? By then, the astronomer's autopsy report will be out!

Just as Excellent Quality was lost in thought, the door to the confessional was pushed open again and again.

"Back so quickly?" Excellent qualities were overjoyed.

"Hmm? Hmm, thank you for your guidance."

Wait, that's not a man's voice.

This, this, this sound is...

It's the carp leaping over the dragon gate! The carp that leaped over the dragon gate is back!

The sound of a sack being dragged reached his ears, followed by the clanging of a machete being knocked down, and finally the sound of a door closing.

"Oh dear... I forgot something here. I'm so sorry for the trouble." A voice full of apology came from Li Yuelongmen. "I brought a little extra this time, I hope you don't mind."

The carp leaps over the dragon gate... What was dragged in? Judging from the sound, it feels like something particularly heavy.

"It's strange, really. After I received your guidance, I went out wanting to settle things with my friend... but I couldn't find her anywhere. How strange."

"I kept searching and searching and searching... and then I heard the sound of arguing. I quietly tiptoed behind the rocks and looked over... Oh my god, a blonde girl with a supermodel figure was carrying my poor friend, limping along the beach, tears streaming down her face."

"She hid my friend behind the rocks and ran away. I went to check and found she was still breathing..."

Li Yuelongmen lifted the heavy bag he had brought in: "I picked her up."

Oh no! The astronomer has been brought back to this confessional!

Episode 299 You are an instigator!

"Although I don't know what grudge they hold against me... anyway, it has nothing to do with me." Li Yuelongmen chuckled softly, "This actually saves me a lot of energy, which is a good thing."

"My friend... if we just leave her there, she'll probably wake up on her own after a while. After all, I checked her head and didn't see any particularly serious injuries, and she didn't have any nosebleeds or anything."

"I was thinking... letting her wake up like this is really too easy on her."

"So, based on the principle of making the most of everything, I grabbed a bag, put her in it, and packed her up... I must say, it was quite heavy."

Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate beamed with a smile, filled with the joy of revenge: "So I wanted to ask Sister, is there anywhere nearby that would be a good place to dump a large piece of trash weighing about 45 kilograms that might struggle? I don't want this piece of trash to be washed back to shore after being thrown out."

Astronomers! Aaaaaaah! Huge chunks of junk!

Excellent Quality had never imagined that the carp leaping over the dragon gate, with which she spent every day, could have such a terrifying side. She also never imagined that one day she would face such a dangerous moment—three people crammed into what seemed like a small space. On the other side of the carp leaping over the dragon gate, there was not only a gleaming large machete, a bag of large garbage weighing about 45 kilograms, but also Excellent Quality's right arm, which she couldn't retract after reaching out.

I have a machete, and here's an arm. Good heavens, what a coincidence!

If this were a puzzle game, "Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate" would probably grab a machete and start sawing her without hesitation. Given her highly unstable mental state, I wouldn't dare gamble on whether "Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate" is playing a real-life puzzle game.

Excellent Qualities was now frantically working her brain. She had to find a way to rescue the astronomer from the clutches of the Dragon Leaper, while simultaneously ensuring the Dragon Leaper remained calm enough not to saw off his right hand. This was harder than dealing with twenty twin-turbocharged engines at the same time!

"I think... why don't you try throwing this piece of trash at the hospital entrance?" You Jingpin tentatively suggested, his entire back drenched in sweat.

She was met with a long silence, and she could almost feel the gaze of the carp leaping over the dragon gate solidify and be projected onto her right hand.

"Oh no, I meant... well..." Excellent manners quickly corrected himself, prioritizing his right hand, "It's just..."

"Is that it?" Li Yuelongmen's playful voice echoed in You Yushang's ears. She could imagine Li Yuelongmen holding a machete, gazing tenderly at her right hand without saying a word.

"Exactly... exactly! So, you just threw her into the sea while she was unconscious... isn't that a bit too easy on her?"

"...Too easy on her?" Carp Leaps Over the Dragon Gate softly repeated.

"Yes, that's too easy on her!" Cold sweat kept dripping down the forehead of the person with excellent qualities. "Think about it, if you throw your friend into the sea, she's likely to be washed back by the waves, and even if she dies, she'll drown unconscious. That's too gentle a way to die! Don't you think that way of dying is unfair to your friend?"

"I threw away a large piece of trash weighing about 45 kilograms," Li Yuelongmen corrected.

"Yes, yes, what I mean is, don't you feel ashamed of this 45-kilogram piece of trash?" Excellent qualities readily accepted this advice, heeding all the teachings of the "Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate." "This piece of trash deserves a much grander death!"

"Hmm...that makes sense. So, what do you suggest I do?"

"How about... you throw her back where she was?" Excellent quality asked tentatively.

Then she felt that gaze, which was almost solidified, again.

"Let me explain! The temperature difference between day and night at the beach is huge. Given your friend's... well, given how lightly she's dressed, as long as you can guarantee she won't wake up, your friend... well, she'll definitely suffer from hypothermia at night."

"Once the person loses their temperature, it becomes simple, right? By the next day, your large piece of trash will have been disposed of, and the perpetrator will have nothing to do with you. You were just standing by and watching. The real perpetrator is the person who knocked out the large piece of trash!"

Silence. A silence so profound it's maddening. Even someone of exceptional character could hear their own heartbeat. She felt drenched in sweat, as if she'd been pulled from the water.

Perhaps a long time passed, or perhaps only a short while, but the subjective feeling of the excellent qualities was that a long and arduous period of silence had passed before the carp leaping over the dragon gate finally slowly spoke.

"Hmm...not a bad plan. As expected, we still need to ask the locals."

"Then I'll go and put this bag of large trash back where it belongs... Sigh, it's a pity I brought it here specifically."

Thank goodness, her excellent qualities allowed her to hear the sound of someone getting up. At the same time, she heard the sound of something heavy scraping against the ground and a machete sliding across it—damn it, I knew Li Yuelongmen had been holding that machete all along!

The carp leaping over the dragon gate gradually faded into the distance, and the excellent qualities quietly breathed a sigh of relief, even feeling a little smug about their quick wit. In this way, the astronomer, thrown back to where he started, would be picked up by the hunky fashion designer who had a fight with her boyfriend. The astronomer, wouldn't that make him safe?

The carp leaping over the dragon gate suddenly stopped at the entrance of the confessional. The entire confessional became silent.

...Did they leave? Why didn't I hear the door close? Just as Excellent Quality was still thinking this, her right hand suddenly felt a cold breath.

That was the breath of a carp leaping over the dragon gate! Excellent quality's heart pounded wildly in that instant, almost leaping out of his throat.

"Ah... Sister, your right hand is so cold. Are you nervous?" Li Yuelongmen extended her fingers, slowly stroking her exquisitely beautiful right hand, as if appreciating a masterpiece of art. "What a beautiful hand..."

“Sister, do you understand? My idea came from you, my murder weapon was left here with you for almost half a day, and I even brought the victim to your confessional for so long... We are already accomplices.”

"I think you're smart enough to understand what I'm saying." Then, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed again, and Li Yuelongmen chuckled as he released You Ziqing's hand. "Don't even think about calling the police."

As the confessional door closed, this time the leap to success was truly over. The excellent student pressed his ears tightly against the barrier, making sure he couldn't hear anything. Then, unable to hold back any longer, he slammed his head on the table in front of him with a loud thud, tears streaming down his face.

"Waaah... This is so unfair..."

Episode 300 I'm Willing to Be Your Godfather

Things continue to spiral out of control in unpredictable directions, and the torment of those with exceptional qualities shows no sign of ending.

Because shortly after the carp leaped over the dragon gate and left, the excellent quality heard light footsteps again.

“Nun…” The trembling voice belonged to the supermodel girl who could crush a tent with her bare hands, “I’m back.”

Excellent qualities are now devoid of any fear or anger, like a pile of inorganic matter completely burned away. Why did you come back? Why say "I'm back," making it seem like I'm one of your accomplices?

Not just you, but also the carp leaping over the dragon gate and that fashion designer with a boyfriend—why are you all running around here so often? Is this confessional some kind of save point?

However, Li Yuelongmen no longer had the energy to argue with them. After all, one of his arms was still sticking out, and with the supermodel girl's arm strength, she could break the steel pipe; presumably, his fragile little arm could do the same with a little effort.

"You're back?" Excellent quality said lazily. "And what do you want to say?"

Anyway, there are still cameras recording behind him. Once Sakai comes back and rescues him, all evil will be brought to justice.

The camera must be incredibly clear to be used for recording a program; it should have captured all the bizarre events of this morning... In any case, it should be enough to prove my innocence to the police.

I really didn't do anything!

“I took your advice and talked to my friend.”

The supermodel girl spoke calmly, her voice no longer carrying any resentment, but filled with the radiance of sunshine, as if she had just returned from a vacation.

"I pulled her to a secluded place. My friend was very impatient and kept frowning, urging me to hurry up and say what I wanted to say. Well, I was very angry at the time, but I remembered the nun's advice to me, so I tried to suppress my temper and said many things to her that I never thought I would say."

Oh...oh oh oh oh? So everything was good up to this point? The ears on my head perked up. How did it end up being so bloody? Or was the information I received incomplete?

It's certainly possible, because the person with superior qualities only heard the fashion designer's side of the story. Perhaps there are many, many variables involved, and perhaps the man only saw the most superficial phenomenon.

"And then what? What happened next?"

"And then?" A faint smile appeared on the corner of the strangely glowing lips. "I said the most embarrassing things I've ever said to her. I told her, 'Can't you treat me like a friend?' 'I hate how you treat me.' 'I need your respect.'"

"Then she laughed out loud at what I said and asked me if I hadn't graduated from kindergarten."

Astronomers! Oh my god!

Look at what you've done!

You've put yourself in a deadly situation!

“She told me, ‘You’re such a grown-up, why do you still care about things that only teenagers care about?’ She said, ‘I knew you would be the type who needs to hug a toy to fall asleep at night. You’ve only grown physically, but you haven’t grown mentally at all.’”

Even though this had already happened, the listener's excellent qualities trembled.

Stop talking... astronomers...

If you keep talking, even I think you deserve it...

“She also said,” the strange light slowly enunciated each word, each syllable uttered with deliberate, precise clenching of her teeth, “that if I really need someone to rely on, she wouldn’t mind being my godfather.”

Astronomer! How could you say something like that, something only elementary school boys would say?! Especially in front of a girl who genuinely cares about you!

A soft laugh echoed in the confessional. The strange light laughed so brightly, so freely, as if it had swept away all the gloom in her heart.

“I was extremely angry at the time. But in an instant, I suddenly felt like I wasn’t angry anymore. I couldn’t feel my emotions anymore, and I didn’t know why I was angry.”

"Hasn't that person always been like this? I knew it all along; this kind of communication is ineffective. In fact, choosing to communicate with an idiot is the stupidest thing you can do..."

"So I gripped the steel pipe in my hand, smiled, raised my arm at her—and then brought it down hard."

“Sister, I have to tell you. The moment the steel pipe fell was absolutely exhilarating. I felt like my whole being was elevated, my soul was cleansed. I felt like I was ridding the world of evil, and I even saw the gods praising me.”

That's probably not divine praise; you've probably not even achieved spiritual transformation. I think you haven't just failed to ascend, but have instead fallen completely into hell...

"One, two, three... At first there was some struggle, but soon only simple reflex spasms remained... Hehehe, it was so exhilarating."

With excellent manners, she could only barely maintain the calmness of her tone: "Then...so, what do you want from me?"

Surely he couldn't have been planning to kill someone to cover it up? Or maybe he just wanted to confide in someone, so he found a confessional, poured out everything, and then killed the person inside to feel better.

"Hmm... because I discovered that after I went back, my good friend... had disappeared."

The person with excellent qualities suddenly felt the confessional room had cooled down three degrees.

"That's strange. Logically, only I should know about this. In such a secluded place, no one would go there. Only I should be able to find it. It's also impossible that my friend got up. I know what I did. It's impossible for him to recover from that level of injury."

"So...besides me, the only person who knows that I will have a proper talk with my friend is you, Sister."

This time, even the woman with excellent qualities didn't feel any fear. She just sighed softly, revealing an expression that said, "I knew this would happen."

Hehe, since becoming a nun, my excellent qualities have made me used to life-or-death crises.

Of course, someone with excellent qualities knew where the astronomer had gone. Not only did she not wake up and run away with her long legs, she was even treated like a large piece of trash and packed up by the carp leaping over the dragon gate.

Astronomers, oh astronomers, how could you be so hated?

(Seven more chapters to go)