Stop being a trainer!

To be honest, Kato Akira feels that Deep Impact is a much better girl than Orphee.

He didn't cry, make a fuss, run or shout. He just stayed there quietly to accompany me. Occasionally, he would flap his ears and rub them as if he was lonely. But he was just a good child who was satisfied with just a pat on the head.

Just like a young animal that has just left its normal environment and instinctively seeks some kind of comfort, Kato Akira feels that Deep Impact may regard him as a father. There is nothing he can do about it, after all, strictly speaking, Deep Impact has only been out of the backpack for a year.

What else could a child of this age think? Her transformation into a horse girl had not even started yet. As a horse girl, she had not yet reached the peak of her maturity. She was sent directly to Tresen College at this time. It must have been full of sorrow and misery. And unlike Orphee, her sister was not in Tresen College.

Yes, after retiring, Kuroshio did not turn to the Dream Cup or other competitions, but skipped a grade to go to college and was not at Tresen College at all.

In other words, it was actually Orphee who had a sister to protect at Tresen Academy, while Deep Impact was always alone.

It seems reasonable to be afraid of loneliness and being alone. After all, everyone around you is a hidden competitor. The fierce competitive consciousness of Uma Musume must be very scary for such a petite girl.

"..."

I rubbed the little head that had been deeply impacted. The cute horse girl squinted her eyes and shook her head, staying quietly by my side.

She doesn't have the tough stance of the Rudolph symbol, nor the cunning and free look of Chiaki's representative. Rather than being a horse girl, she is more like a quiet large dog.

Well, a horse girl like this who has a gentle personality and simply loves running will definitely not have any future. It would be better for her to just run slowly and stay here honestly, leaving behind some decent memories of her youth.

After all, compared to other trainers who really pursue their dreams and the speed of the horse girls, I am full of love potions. I will never question the intentions or thoughts of the horse girls, nor will I let them have any negative emotions. Otherwise, how can I run the race if I give up?

If you think about it carefully, could this be considered a nursery for the bottom-level horse girls, allowing them to spend their dark school life in peace?

If you think about it this way, you are pretty great?

Forget it. After all, I'm just doing it for the money.

"Want to eat something new? I bought some refreshing sour plums myself."

"Ah~"

"Open your mouth wide, waiting for me to feed you?"

"Ok!"

Doesn't this look more like it?

Faced with the deep impact with its mouth open, eyes closed, and tail wagging, Kato Akira tried to put aside the impression of large dogs in his mind, then took a sour plum from the jar and fed it to the dog.

Then one could see with the naked eye that the cute smiling face, which was originally full of joy due to the deep impact, froze in place, and gradually became concave as if it had been hit in a circle.

"Well, it's so sour..."

"I told you it's for refreshing."

"Uncle is lying..."

"In the future, be careful when someone gives you food. Don't always accept everything someone gives you. Sometimes it could be something bad."

"But uncle is not someone else, uncle is uncle."

"We've only known each other for a few days. If I had any bad intentions, for example, if this sour plum was an anesthetic, wouldn't you let me do whatever I wanted?"

"Eh……"

After getting used to the sourness of the plums, Deep Impact blinked and looked at Kato Akira who was flipping through the trainer's information.

"What will uncle do to me then? If I let you do whatever you want?"

"I'm not a criminal, how would I know what happened to you?"

Looking through the trainer information, Kato Akira said without turning his head:

"If I were a criminal, I might do something to the little pony girl if I met her. Anyway, it's always a good idea to be more careful with people in the future. Fortunately, I'm not a criminal, otherwise you would be in big trouble."

“But ordinary anesthetics and drugs won’t harm Uma Musume, you know? Even the most advanced anesthetics have to be drunk in a bottle.”

"No matter how much, danger is danger. Don't argue with adults about this."

"Ah, it hurts!"

After flicking the stubborn little head of Deep Impact, Kato Akira looked at Deep Impact who was covering her forehead with tears in her eyes, and rubbed her head helplessly.

So it is normal for Rudolph to say that he has no love for Uma Musume.

Because in his eyes, no matter how he looked at them, these girls were just ordinary young girls.

The special adjective "Uma Musume" is an alien, a term that refers to the lifting of individual bodies to the throne of god, and a noun specifically used for worship.

But in Kato Akira's eyes, there are no shining, golden, infinite possibilities, or shining horse girls. They are just kids like now who like to eat sweets, are afraid of loneliness, and sometimes stubborn.

That's why he didn't feel anything about Uma Musume running. Because he never thought that this kind of running had any sacredness.

Rubbing his sore glasses, Kato Akira glanced at the time and pushed for deep impact.

"It's almost noon, you should go eat quickly. I don't have that much food to give you."

"Okay~ Then can Orphie and I come over to play together this afternoon?"

"Some school workers might come back in the afternoon, which is a bit risky. Forget it."

Kato Akira shook his head, and the little girl could only obediently get off the bed, stretching herself, making a crackling sound.

Deep Impact, feeling refreshed as if he had liberated himself, shook his head, tidied his long black straight hair, looked at Kato Akira who was still studying, and suddenly smiled brightly.

"Oh, by the way, uncle."

"what's up?"

"A strand of President Rudolph's hair fell on your bed. It would have been terrible if someone else had found it. Fortunately, it was I who saw it, and not the horse girl who came before."

He wrapped a brown hair that appeared from somewhere on the bed around his fingertips, looked at Kato Akira who had his eyes wide open, and gave a gentle smile.

It's not the aggressive smile that Rudolph represents, nor is it the meaningful smile that Qianming represents.

It is a pure, sunny smile without any impurities and as bright as water.

But it was because of this smile that Kato Akira felt his heart skip a beat and began to get a little nervous.

"Uma-musume's sense of smell and perception are very sensitive, right? If Orphie knew about this, she would definitely make a scene. So don't tell her. I'll take this away first. If I just throw it away as trash, it will be easily discovered with such a strong smell."

As if thinking about Kato Akira, Deep Impact muttered and put his hair away.

Kato Akira, who was watching all this, was dumbfounded and had no idea what to say.

How should I put it? There is a feeling of sudden realization that the person closest to me is probably not as simple as I imagined, and I have this inexplicable sense of panic.

"..."

"That's it! See you tomorrow, uncle!"

Looking at Kato Akira who was standing there, Deep Impact waved his hand energetically and jumped out of the school building. Only Kato Akira looked at the open door in surprise, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, the mobile phone on the table vibrated and lit up, displaying a message.

'Kabukibot: Come to the entrance of Tresen College! I'll treat you to something delicious!'

Chapter 34: Hidden Breath

As mentioned before, there are actually two doors to Tresen College.

One is a professional transfer gate used by school workers, and the other is the Tresen campus gate that students are accustomed to using.

When he found no one at the school gate, Kato Akira suddenly realized the fundamental difference in common sense between the two of them. And the two people's understanding of the gate can be said to be completely opposite.

It would take at least 20 minutes to walk from one gate to the other, but for Uma Musume, this journey would only take a few minutes. So after thinking about it, Kato Akira made a suggestion to Representative Chiaki for safety and other reasons.

'Bai Lian Cheng Gang: It's too far for me to go to your place, and it's not safe. How about you come to my place?'

'Kabuki BOT: Look! The new group of schoolgirls! (Picture)'

'Bai Lian Cheng Gang: So can I ask you to come to the school gate? (Location map)'

'Kabuki BOT: The sun is shining brightly today, let's warm up!'

Well, the negotiations broke down.

Looking at Representative Chiaki who kept talking about him but never mentioned that he had left, even someone as slow-witted as Kato Akira could figure out what he meant.

Horse racing girls just have privileges. What’s the big deal about calling a janitor at the school gate?

She is a horse racing girl, so it is normal for her to have her own privileges.

As for being reported if discovered, Kato Akira is not particularly worried about that.

Are you kidding? If Representative Qian Ming used such despicable means to disgust Rudolph, he would no longer be the brave man who keeps fighting despite repeated failures.

It would be better to say that even if there are any rumors, Representative Chiaki will help explain or excuse them. Kato Akira has such confidence in this horse racing girl who looks a bit like Ukiyo-e and wanders around.

In fact, you see, when you have confirmed the status of some people and have a certain understanding of their actions, those dangerous things will generally stay away from you. At this time, the most you can do is to cover up your actions a little bit so that more people don't see them. Just for the sake of it.

The reason why he had to hide his identity before was because he was afraid of getting into trouble because he was surrounded by unknown little horse racing girls, and he himself was an ordinary school worker, so it was natural that he would be reported and sent away.

But are you reporting the Triple Crown Ma Girl now? Even if the Triple Crown Ma Girl ran away with her trainer halfway through, it is her freedom.

This world is so unfair. As long as you are a horse girl, everything is allowed?

It seems to be true. After all, the behavior of the guinea pigs and other trainers and horse girls in the game is quite exaggerated.

"When will that guy understand how it feels like to be an adult and be forced to play with them..."

Walking on some rarely traveled paths, Kato Akira muttered to himself about the free representative Chiaki while walking on this rugged road.

From this road, you can go through the old campus and then walk a little further to reach the main gate. This is a shortcut that Kato Akira has found during his long time as a janitor at Tresen.

In the past, the old campus was relatively deserted. Sometimes I would run into some horse girls who were out exploring. When they saw me, they would enthusiastically come over to me to share their experiences and ask for help, just like they were seeing an adventure NPC. It was quite interesting.

But this time the atmosphere seemed different.

This time when Kato Akira arrived at the old campus, he did not see the horse racing girls sneaking out in groups of two or three. Instead, he saw some human teams and a figure in a winning suit galloping on the abandoned racecourse.

"...?"

That figure... should be Katsuragi's ace, right?

Why is she still training at the horse farm at this time? Hasn't she retired and turned to the Dream Cup?

Why would I train with my team members in this training ground that was supposed to be abandoned? Isn't it a bit strange?

Looking at the figure wearing a black robe, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and training on the field bit by bit, Kato Akira felt deeply confused.

Katsuragi's ace, the Emperor's shooter, and the archenemy of Representative Chiaki.

During their professional careers, she and Chiaki competed with each other and each had their own stories, but after the game, the Katsuragi Ace disappeared.

Because Katsuragi Ace was not a member of the student council at all, and she didn't market herself much after retiring. She was just an ordinary Tresen student who was about to face a new life. But now there was a group of people around her, and it was obvious that they were re-analyzing and sorting out the situation.

What's the purpose of this? The veteran is coming back to fight again? Will there be some problems with public opinion?

Looking at the figure running towards the Ace of Katsuragi, Kato Akira stood in the woods and analyzed it in a strange way.

It seemed that because the line of sight was too prominent, the staff over there quickly noticed Kato Akira's gaze and shouted at him.

"Hey, you over there! Stop looking. If you keep looking, you'll be caught!"

"Oh, sorry sorry."

"Really? I'm only saying this because you didn't mean it! Don't let yourself be mesmerized by the horse girl's running and forget the rules!"

Seeing the man who seemed to be from Katsuragi's faction coming to chase people away, Kato Akira nodded and bowed and left.

Obviously, they also knew about the principle of exclusion of school workers within Tresen College.

But why are there so many people? Didn't they say the training team has been split up?

I walked out of the old school building area along the path, but the strange doubts brought about by Katsuragi's Ace lingered in my heart.

With such a strange confusion, Kato Akira walked to the gate of the school that Representative Chiaki mentioned. But looking up and down, left and right, there was no trace of Representative Chiaki at all.

Obviously, the free horse girl once again ran away to an unknown place.

After finding a shady spot under a tree, Kato Akira turned on his cell phone and questioned Representative Chiaki.

'Bai Lian Cheng Gang: I'm at the school gate, where are you? Representative Qian Ming? You're not at the school gate at all.'

'Kabukibot: Look up.'

"?"

Looking at the crisp reply, Kato Akira looked up in surprise.

Accompanied by a breeze, a figure sitting on the treetop, covering his fluttering hair, appeared above his head like a dream in the golden sunlight.