Stop being a trainer!

So failure was inevitable in a certain sense. After all, the opponent was the world's touring horse girl. Even if she didn't really participate in the competition, she was still a world-class powerhouse. But no matter what, after the elite of this country were humiliated like this, the members who thought they had begun to connect with the world would naturally not give up.

They began to spend a lot of money to bring retired horse girls from all over the world to this country. As long as they were G1 winners, they would be accepted. Even G2 winners were no problem. Although I heard that a horse girl in the United States who was involved in various lawsuits due to severe violent tendencies after retirement had already started to contact them, in the short term, there was still no way to make the horse girls in this country evolve quickly.

Similarly, this pursuit of horse girls gradually spread to Kato Akira.

Kato Akira's view on this is very simple.

"Alita: I need your potion!"

"oh oh……"

"I know you are a very talented person, Elise, and I know you must feel overwhelmed or confused about this. However, I actually understand your care and understanding of your legs."

With his hands on Airi Hayako's shoulders, Kato Akira looked without hesitation at those pupils that had countless horizontal lines like a fence and exuded a sense of madness.

"Your ability is very valuable, Airi. Let's work together! You also need more horse girls to provide you with research materials and relevant data, right? You also want to run on this grassland with your own feet and become a supersonic nobleman, right?! Then come with me! Let's change this world and make it more advanced!"

"I've never heard of this before..."

"There's nothing to hesitate about now! Airi-hakuko! If you want me to drink the medicine, I'll drink it! So please, make the horse girls in this country even stronger!"

"Um, can I ask a small question to this new trainer?"

"If you have any questions, just ask!"

Seeing that the mad scientist in front of him seemed a little scared, Kato Akira tried to show a tolerant expression.

After all, this is a researcher with very strong research capabilities and a genius horse girl. According to the game and animation, Ali Tachu's research is not illegal in this world.

If it's not against the law, you can use it! Just use various equipment and special potions to increase your strength and fight against the European horse girls. Isn't this a good result? Kato Akira, who was still worried about how to become stronger, immediately thought of a solution to this problem after seeing the Manchester City Tea House.

If you say that normal training can never catch up, then that is indeed possible. After all, the training and methods in Europe and America are really not as good as here.

But it is not necessarily true that there is really no way. With R&D talents like Alisuko and special potions, maybe they can make an awesome product?

So looking at the somewhat slovenly Ai Hayako in front of him, Kato Akira patted her shoulder expectantly, waiting for her questions and requests. It's just a guinea pig, it won't kill anyone anyway, guinea pigs can do this kind of thing, so why can't Kato Akira, who is favored by fate, do the same?

"Do you want to drink the potion? Do you want to drink it here? Now?"

"No, no, no, no, I'm not crazy enough to make a trainer I just met drink the potion!"

"So you want me to turn into a hamster? I can't do that right now. Do you want to research and come up with something new?"

"What is that?! It sounds scary!"

Looking at Kato Akira whose expression seemed to be getting more and more crazy, Airi Hayako waved her hands repeatedly in fear.

"But isn't the person you're looking for the Manchester City Tea House? Why are you looking for me? I'm just a pony girl who's studying the possibilities of speed here—"

"Ah? Who said I need to take responsibility? I have a responsibility?"

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In the club room, the three people looked at each other, as if they were acting in different movies.

Chapter 2 Do I look like a scumbag? (3rd update!)

Once upon a time, Kato Akira was very disdainful of why those successful people did not choose to retire to the mountains.

Because you see, you have already made so much money, and you have everything you want, why do you still want to embarrass yourself? Isn't it better to just go back to your own place and live an honest life?

But when he really became a trainer, Kato Akira found that many things were not as easy to accomplish as he imagined. Even now, after the Emperor of the East Sea completed the Gaoyue Award, he also gave up the idea of ​​​​the battle-hardened horse girl. Because if he did so, it would really easily cause a riot and cause personal injury.

At the same time, after winning the battlefield, you will get honor and status. It is okay to give up honor, but what about status? Can you just abandon the people around you, the people who trust you, and the people who follow you?

After winning a few games, you just say you’re done, clear out all your relationships and live a carefree life, leaving everyone in hell?

Let Rudolf bear the guilt of not knowing the right person, let Danshi lose his trainer, and keep the best period of his life empty? No matter how talented they are, this kind of thing is still a huge stain, and Kato Akira would never do such a thing.

So generation after generation, layer after layer of ties and thoughts bind people like layers of spider webs. People say they can cut off everything and live happily, but in reality, who can make a decision that disappoints all their own people and makes their enemies happy?

This kind of thing is absolutely not allowed. Kato Akira is very clear that he is no longer an ordinary trainer. Overseas affairs, the things he is currently responsible for, plus the things that Rudolph represents, this responsibility is like a heavy pressure that he is gradually shouldering. Regardless of whether people say so, he has to do what he should do.

So he started to like drinking coffee and hoped to start working in a quiet cafe.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to meet, but most of the time he needs a relatively quiet working environment and a drink to improve his mental state.

It was a pleasant surprise to meet Manchester City Tea House. After all, Kato Akira actually liked this dark skyscraper and the girl who looked like a ghost. The coffee made by hand made Kato Akira feel very warm.

It was just that they might have mistaken them because of the rookie trainer's mark on them. In fact, if possible, Kato Akira would have wanted these two to be his own trainers, but unfortunately, rookie trainers can only have this level. He really doesn't have the energy to do more.

"Sorry, I actually have responsibilities. I am responsible for the Satsuki Sho and the Japanese Derby champion Donghai Emperor, as well as the Deep Impact that is currently being trained."

“Is that so? I see…”

Alice, whose pupils were like light bars, nodded repeatedly, looked at the Manchester City teahouse opposite her who was holding a coffee cup with a dull look on his face, and shrugged with some regret.

"So, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't care about feelings. Since you are a good friend of Tea House, it's the same for me. So tell me why you found me? Did Tea House say something?"

"I can't go into detail about the specific circumstances, but please believe me, I have absolutely no intention of deceiving or harming you."

"Oh? In that case, I am actually quite curious."

Looking at the man in front of her who was burning with ambition and had an unusually firm voice, Airi Suzuko smiled slightly and narrowed her eyes with some curiosity.

She often heard the teahouse share things about the coffee shop trainer, and there was a part of it that actually bothered Elise very much after hearing it. That was the problem with the information.

Manchester City Tea House has confirmed that his news did not come from the archives, so where can he get the information and data of Uma Musume? It seems that even her own news is saved in it, which is indeed news that Alice Hayabusa is very concerned about.

But at this moment, a voice that sounded very polite suddenly came from outside the door.

"Um, is the uncle here?"

"Oh, Orphie? How did you get here?"

After hearing the voice, Kato Akira stood up and opened the door. A girl wearing a mask and with extremely cute eyes and eyebrows was standing outside.

Looking at Kato Akira's appearance, the pretty horse racing girl said in a soft voice, with a gentle look between her eyebrows and eyes:

"Dipper said she was mad because she couldn't find you in the trainer's office, so she asked me to go look for where you might be. I smelled something outside, so I came to check. I'm glad you're okay."

Looking at Kato Akira who was sitting with two strange horse racing girls, Orfie shook his ears and didn't feel anything particularly strange.

In fact, Orphee has really gotten used to the situation where his trainer would pull a few horse girls over at any time.

After all, she is an excellent trainer and a big figure in the academy. Unlike the small janitor she was back then, Kato Akira can now be said to be a rising star to some extent.

Even when her own sister cried and beat her, hoping that she would not make her debut, she said that the uncle was actually a very capable person, and that such a capable person would definitely bring her an unhappy future and so on, which made Orphie feel quite happy.

"But uncle, is it really okay for you to talk like this right now? Dipper looks super angry, his ears are turned away."

"It's okay. I'm doing this for everyone's sake."

"Is that so? Then I can say I didn't see it?"

"Well, please."

"Then I'll be leaving first. You two should have a good chat with me. My judgment is never wrong."

Looking at the two stunned horse racing girls in front of him, the goldsmith nodded politely, then closed the door and prepared to go out.

And Kato Akira naturally looked at the two horse girls in the room again. His face was normal, without the slightest change or expression of fear or grievance.

It was as if the previous conversation had never happened, and the original topic flow continued.

"So back to the topic just now, I do have my own channels and processes, but how should I put it? It may be a little hard for you to accept, but please believe me, it is definitely not a bad thing. It is better to say that it is like fate-"

"——What a scumbag."

"He's a scumbag."

"Eh?"

Looking at the two horse racing girls in front of him who pushed him out of the door with cold faces, Kato Akira, who was treated like this for the first time, felt confused and full of questions.

Facing Orphie who was still outside, Kato Akira pointed at his cheek with a strange look on his face.

"Orphie, do I look like a scumbag to you?"

"Eh? Finished, nothing at all?"

"What's going on?"

Chapter 3: Like a Distant Memory (Fourth Update!)

The goldsmith followed Kato Akira quietly, listening to what he said about things he did not understand.

About a year ago, when they met, everything Kato Akira said was something she could understand.

At that time, their world seemed to be limited to that shabby little room, where the two of them squatted and chatted, ignoring the tense atmosphere in the academy at the time, ignoring the possible dangers and various prohibitions from those people.

Because Orphie could feel that although Kato Akira said a lot of nonsense, he was actually really worried about her safety and was afraid that she would get lonely and get into trouble. So he had been helping her find her place in this strange academy.

Orphie herself is also very clear that she is actually a very awkward horse girl. She longs to interact with others, but doesn't want to get too close. She wants to communicate with others, but doesn't want others to interfere in her life. She wants to discuss and communicate with other classmates, but always ends up in a bad mood because of her own problems.

In addition, most of the time, Orfe is also very aware that his own personality is actually very problematic.

The reason why he was isolated by everyone in the middle period was because there was a horse girl who spoke outrageously at that time.

The noble-looking horse girl said that everyone was coveting their bodies, and they should always support the symbol of Rudolf. She also said arrogant words like those school workers should use retired horse girls and humans are inferior.

When the goldsmith regained consciousness, she saw the noble-looking girl falling on the dirt track, howling and wailing. She looked at her in fear and even seemed to smell a foul odor. After that, she heard that the child had dropped out of school because of mental instability.

Miss Junchuan Bristle, as the representative of the school, had come to negotiate with her seriously. So during that period, the goldsmith was actually desperate. Anyway, she would be discovered, and she would be looked down upon anyway, so she might as well be with the school janitor. If she dropped out of school, the two of them could still keep in touch. This was her biggest wish at the time.

Of course, Orfeo also knew that the uncle actually thought so. This was a tacit secret between the two of them.

But by that time, almost a year had passed.

Just like a dream, many things happened in almost a year, which left a deep impression on the goldsmith.

For example, when Deep Impact discovered them, although I looked very alert, I actually felt relieved. It was a feeling of relief that seemed like I was finally going to face the judgment.

Then they found out that Deep Impact had joined their team, and they felt uncomfortable and as if their precious treasure was being stolen. Then came a series of busy days.

She constantly trained herself, constantly looked for a running method that suited her, and then continued to participate in various training matches. She also knew that the uncle was constantly improving himself, and was constantly learning and communicating with the emperor. Although the two of them did not meet often, their actions were the same.

Soon, the uncle got the trainer's qualification certificate and became a novice trainer. After that, he was chosen by the president to lead the East Sea Emperor, who had no hope at the time. Orphie also knew about this. So as time passed, the reluctance and pain at that time seemed to have turned into a heavy and sour feeling.

Originally, she should have been his responsibility this year like a normal horse girl, but her sister's nagging and her family's concerns hindered Orphie's steps.

In fact, she concealed some of the facts. That is, Kato Akira's reputation in school was not very good.

Many people and Uma Musume believe that Kato Akira is an unscrupulous trainer who is even a little close to terrorism. They believe that he will continue to exploit Uma Musume and make her obey his teachings in a way that causes her to suffer a mental breakdown.

Just like this time's Japanese derby, the originally impetuous and confident East China Sea Emperor once became a little worried and nervous. Although she won the game with a nine-length advantage, her expression was as if she was the loser. She even refused interviews, but just silently completed the winner's stage and then left calmly.

In this environment, people naturally thought that it was Kato Akira who did it. Coupled with that dignified look, it seemed like he had done something bad no matter how you looked at it.

But only the metalworker knew clearly that Kato Akira had done nothing and was innocent.

But after so much time had passed, the goldsmith was still unable to open his mouth to express his apology to the uncle and his worry about not being able to fulfill his responsibility.

She could only continue to train in silence, move forward in silence, and then worry about her future. She even thought in despair that the uncle might not want her anymore.

After all, which trainer would leave such a long period of inactivity? Perhaps the next one and the next one have already been booked. Just like the two girls I saw just now, if I hadn't appeared by chance, they should have finished talking, right?

Thinking about it this way, she also ruined the uncle's business.

Moreover, in the training match, he was the last one. Deep Impact was clearly third, so this result must have disappointed him, right?

"By the way, Orphee."

"Ah, yes."

"Have you been under a lot of pressure lately?"

"Eh?"

"During the training match, you were so nervous that you didn't even take off your mask. You couldn't even breathe during the sprint. It seemed like you were always thinking about something."

Kato Akira, who was walking in front, turned around and looked at the goldsmith who was standing there in a daze, revealing a somewhat worried expression.

"What's wrong? What happened? Did someone bully you?"

"Ah... no, but how did you know that, uncle?"

"After all, you are my first responsibility in my heart. How could I not know?"