Zongman, working as a teaching assistant in Trasen

"Ah um..."

"You! Rudy Lemo, you've also only run eleven races in five years, seven of which were in the last two years. For the first three years, you were actually running in informal campus leagues, and you didn't even win many games in those kinds of competitions!?"

"Huh!? I, I was..."

"You! Mini-Ms., you've played sixteen games in five years, more than the other two, but you've only won once! Your top-three percentage is appallingly low. I just want to ask you how you manage to sleep at night!? Don't you think the future is bleak?"

"Liu..."

"And you! Fujimasa March! You won a ton of local tournaments in the two years since you entered the middle school, but once you'd accumulated enough, you started slacking off. You were stuck in a mere qualifying tournament like the Tokai Derby for a whole year and a half! You only started competing in high-level leagues in the last year, and you still haven't managed to get a decent ranking—you once claimed you'd qualify and compete against Oguri in the central prize competition. Have you even forgotten that?!"

"..."

Words were like swords. Riko stretched out her slender, bony fingers and named the horse girls who were standing closest to the front, dancing the most happily, and cursing the loudest, and told them their embarrassing stories one by one, which hurt the most in their hearts, but they couldn't say a word in rebuttal.

Even...looking at the people around me, those classmates who usually looked very outstanding were also criticized to pieces, and I felt a little secretly happy in my heart.

Everyone is like this, and this is the general environment created. How can I say that it is just my problem?

The law does not punish the masses. So what if I just start showing off?

Unfortunately, there are only a few people who can truly have such open-minded and cheerful thoughts, especially when everyone finds that what Moto Riko said is not that kind of condescending feeling, but she really rebukes them from their perspective...

Horse girls are extremely competitive and empathetic creatures. Even at their current age, they can still instinctively perceive the true attitudes of others towards them. And people like Riko Motomoto, who truly work for their own interests and are not afraid of any obstacles to achieve their goals, are as dazzling as the sun to them.

Not to mention anything else, the number of horse girls she had named and knew in detail from the very beginning had already exceeded double digits, and seeing that she still had energy left, almost no one would doubt that she could easily and accurately tell every piece of information about every horse girl on campus like an old mother.

This was a side of her that she had never shown before, and it successfully amazed everyone.

"And you..."

"Okay, stop."

Chapter 223: You guys are almost dragging down our finances!

Although somewhat surprised by Riko's display of fighting prowess, Uozuka Saburo, who was still able to control himself, interrupted, "You should know when to stop threatening students, Director Ben? If you keep going like that, I'll have to report you for another charge of 'obstructing an investigation by non-violent means,' okay?"

......threaten?

No! ? This director is...

"Iron Mee! What nonsense have you been talking about since just now!??"

Hearing this, Bitter Sugarcoat, who could no longer bear it, slammed the table and clenched his fists, ready to go forward and hit someone, but was suddenly stopped by a horse girl with long brown hair, who had a smiling face and didn't move.

"No, you can't. Good children shouldn't interrupt when adults are talking about serious matters. It's very rude, okay?"

"You are!? Mejiro-shin?"

Bitter Sugarcoat looked at her face in surprise, then glanced at Zhen Qiyizi beside her. Recalling how Zhen Qiyizi had been friendly and asking around all day yesterday, he said in disbelief, "And you, you all...are you all that guy's lackeys?!"

"Haha, it's hard to say whether we're running dogs or not, but you're the real running dog, aren't you? You defend your master without even knowing right from wrong. You're truly a good dog~"

"you!!!"

After being tormented by Mebai Guangming for a whole day, Zhenqi, who was now full of resentment, finally found a reasonable outlet to vent his anger. He used all his life's poisonous tongue to start speaking in the most sarcastic way.

Three sentences made Bitter Sugarcoat want to kill me!

What a natural MT!

"Bitter! Go back!"

"Eh!? But the trainer..."

"Now, go back!!"

"......Yes."

The tense atmosphere was once again forcibly suppressed by Riko Ben. Bitter Sugarcoat had no choice but to bite her lip and return to Xiao Kekang unwillingly, looking at the people in the field with confusion and anger.

Feeling the situation was about right, Riko returned to her seat, staring intently at Uozuka Saburo. "Well, after all that talk, it's time for you to reveal your true intentions. You went through so much trouble, conducting a public opinion survey and using Oguruma as a witness. It's not possible that this was just to push me out of this position, is it?"

"Why not? After all..."

He grabbed Oguruma's big head, put it in his hands and rubbed it like a ball, "yo shi yo shi yo shi". Uozuka Saburo stared at him with his two rows of white teeth and said, "This is my most beloved student, Oguruma's hometown!

Her hometown is my hometown, and her school is my school.

For the sake of the school, no matter how much it costs me, I will never regret it! ”

"...If the chairman of the board is under investigation for serious disciplinary violations, he or she may not appoint a teacher from the school to take over the duties. Instead, he or she should follow the principle of proximity and find a nearby person with sufficient qualifications or position to take over the duties."

At this moment, Xiao Kekang, who was standing in the outer circle, holding onto Bitter Sugarcoat and waiting for the other horse girls, suddenly spoke up. He looked at Uozuka Saburo coldly and said, "If the person who committed the serious offense is already an acting director, their position requirements should be temporarily lowered. A sufficiently trustworthy faculty member should be selected to take charge of the overall situation and preside over the work for seven days to one month, pending the appointment of the next chairman or acting chairman. This 'sufficiently trustworthy faculty member' is usually the whistleblower or investigator himself."

"What!? He's going to become our chairman!?"

"Damn it! Is that guy actually planning something like this?!"

"Absolutely, absolutely not let him succeed!"

"But...if the other horse girls agree..."

Suddenly, the entire group of horse girls began to discuss quietly, all eyes fixed on Uozuka Saburo. Some of the smarter ones quickly understood what Ben Riko had said before:

This, this is to use Oguri's reputation in Kasamatsu Teresin to provide "legitimacy endorsement" for his rise to power! ?

Ignoring Kokokan's interruption and the chatter of the surrounding horsegirls, Uozuka Saburo released Oguri's head and casually pushed a cup of strong green tea from his plate forward. In a calm yet beguiling tone, he said, "Drink it, then~? Moto Riko, this is Acting Chairman Kasamatsu Tresen's fate—I swear, after you leave, you will be remembered forever."

"...Then, Uozuka."

Taking the cup of tea and smelling the bitter aroma wafting out of it, Ben Lizi couldn't help but frown and said in confusion, "Can you tell me, what is the price?"

"Ah."

He took off his sunglasses, revealing his triangular eyes that had become even more vicious as the effects of the horsegirl potion wore off, and said without hesitation, "Of course, everything!"

"Everything? What do you mean by everything?"

"Need I say more? Of course it means literally."

Feeling the conversation had finally reached this point, Uozuka Saburo breathed a sigh of relief. He winked at the ponygirls around him and said, trying his best to look fierce, "Unlike a half-baked fellow like you, I'm not so sentimental and stick to the rules. I said three years, and that's it. I won't give up until all the ponygirls who don't meet the standards are persuaded to quit."

“““…!!!”””

The scene was silent for two seconds... Then, countless horsetails straightened at the same time, indicating that there were turbulent waves in the hearts of their owners!

Wait, what did this guy just say?! What about substandard horsegirls being discouraged?!

Is this the kind of persuasion I understand? What are the standards? How do I meet them?

"Standard!? No! You absolutely cannot do this!!"

As if she could hear the thoughts of the other horsegirls around her, Rikomoto's pupils shrank sharply. As if she had remembered something terrible, she slammed her hand on the table and shouted, "Do you know what the consequences of doing this will be? Can you bear this responsibility?!"

"Oh? Why do you think I can't afford it?"

Enjoying the long-lost scent of fear emanating from the surrounding ponygirls, Uozuka Saburo comfortably crossed his legs, protected by the three Ogurumas. He said, "I have the authorization of the Central Tresen Chairman and the support of your URA Committee. I can expel all the students from Kasamatsu Tresen without any punishment, because this is exactly their mission. And you, Moto Riko, have been here playing house with these little girls for two years now? Don't you know that Kasamatsu's finances are almost being dragged down by these unsuccessful runners?!"

Chapter 224: Cultural and Tourism-oriented Industries

"..."

“““…”””

In fact, Uozuka Saburo did not lie.

Although many industrial chains have emerged around Uma Musume competitions, and in some places there have even been cases where one has driven regional economic development on its own, as the saying goes, "excessive competition will inevitably lead to monopoly." When everyone wants to get involved in this industry and share a piece of the pie, the cost will inevitably increase.

Kasamatsu belongs to the Nagoya urban area. Its economy was originally supported by the cultural and tourism industries, so there was no need for it to get involved in the horse racing industry. However, the popularity of this industry is too high. The entire Kanto region of Japan is obsessed with horse racing. As one of the famous racecourses in Aichi Prefecture, Kasamatsu can only obey the trend of the overall environment.

The result is that despite the continuous increase in investment year after year, the quality of students and economic benefits have been steadily declining with the development of the overall industry. The industry advantage that has been hard-earned cannot be given up so easily, so we can only continue to maintain this large-scale industry.

That's how "Inazuma" Street, a street specializing in Umamusume-related products, emerged. It ostensibly aimed at consolidating resources and creating a larger, more professional commercial center to attract tourists, but in reality, it was designed to provide a sales channel for the Umamusume industries in various regions, which were struggling to survive and whose sunk costs were simply too high to disappear, so that they wouldn't starve to death.

What is even worse is the discontinuity of the brand image: until now, Kasamatsu is still relying on the success of Oguruma when she won the competition, and has not been able to come up with a newer and more competitive spokesperson. The fundamental reason is that the horse girls after her are not good enough, and there is not even one who has won the G1 prize.

The previous chairman, Kasamatsu Tresson, was a very Buddhist person. All his policies during his tenure were based on letting students take their own course. However, after he left, the URA committee chose a hard-line manager like Riko Moto to take over the business, which was enough to show how bad the situation had become.

If it weren't for the appearance of a little chestnut hat, the bald old man would have had trouble getting promoted, and it would have been a problem whether he could complete his term smoothly!

————However, that’s just how it goes.

The existence of the Tresen Academy system itself is a "national strategy" to some extent. Although the school is required to be self-sufficient, there are actually safety net policies. Even if there are no students and no results are achieved, it will definitely not be closed down.

Otherwise, why would those chaebols go to such great lengths to do such a thankless job? It's completely against the capitalists' profit-seeking nature.

But...how could a bunch of idiots like Kasamatsu Tressen, who couldn't even read a student handbook properly, possibly pay attention to such complicated government documents?

There is no need to even argue about changing the concept. Just stating the facts selectively can achieve the desired effect. It is so simple.

“You…you bastard!!!”

Look, isn’t there a fish on the hook?

Originally, he was very close to the other party, and was deliberately left alone by Uozuka Saburo. As the first one to speak out in retaliation, he could no longer bear the bitter taste of Uozuka Saburo's remarks, so he raised his fist and stepped forward, as if to smash his big head!

————Then, it was stopped by an equally slender, but more powerful hand.

"Oh my~ Xiu Gougou-chan, why are you so irritable?"

Feeling the power surging in her body, experiencing the joy of suppressing others with fighting skills instead of running skills, Zhenqi smiled evilly, looked at Bitter Sugarcoat and said, "The world is so beautiful, but you are so irritable. This is not good, not good."

"Well!!"

Feeling that his wrist was being twisted by an indescribable force, Bitter Sugar Coat quickly pulled back his fist and looked at Zhenqi Yizi in front of him with surprise.

Isn't this horse girl just some ordinary local horse girl from the racetrack next door? How could she have such strange strength!?

The brief confrontation allowed Uozuka Saburo's side to gain victory, but it also completely separated them from themselves in the hearts of the onlookers: he was no longer the "companion" who could lead them to resist Riko Motoko's tyranny and bring peace and freedom, but a "devil king" who wanted to destroy and subvert everything!

Compared to that troublesome "little devil" Riko, this guy is simply the "King of Hell" who will sentence you to death the moment they meet! !

And what did he just say? A mission? He was supposed to clean up our place, but he was still being stopped like a child playing house?

"Riko Moto? Going against the will of the higher-ups for our sake, helping us bit by bit?"

She has been protecting us?

Just like the incisive evaluation of human nature made by a vegetative Chinese man named Lu a hundred years ago, the girls who originally had a certain herd mentality of disgust towards Riko Motomoto and found it difficult to admit their true attitudes, after the appearance of a man like Uozuka Saburo who "lifted the roof off", very actively turned to the side that was originally opposed, and automatically began to find excuses for her various behaviors in order to adapt themselves to this change in mentality.

After all... the person standing next to that guy is Oguruma! ?

There's also Mejiro Guangming and Zhen Qiyizi, both of whom are beyond the reach of most ordinary horse girls! No matter what means, it's impossible to break through their defenses and attack that man, right?

Add to that his identity... and what I just said, it seems that legally speaking he has every right to do these things...

Hard tactics don't work, soft tactics don't work, but we can't really let him succeed either. Isn't the only option but to unite with his opponents, who are annoying but always on their side? Is that right, Riko?

Not every horse girl can think of these complex thoughts, but the biological instinct of seeking benefits and avoiding harm will also drive them to make choices automatically.

Especially when Fujimasa March and Noren Ace, who had just turned around, took a step forward with a conflicted expression on their faces, barely standing behind Riko Motomoto, and confronted Uozuka Saburo in silence, this instinctive feeling became even more uncontrollable.

“…Oh~?”

Raising his eyebrows, he watched the crowd gradually retreat from him, leaving only three horse girls. Uozuka Saburo's mouth curled up, knowing that his plan had been largely successful:

Under the mental pressure, these indecisive little girls first vented their dissatisfaction with Riko Ben for the past two years and said what they had been holding back in their hearts.

Chapter 225 This is justice!

Later, through her performance, I realized her efforts and really did not reject her as the acting director.

People's hearts are fickle, especially those of underage women.

As long as they have the idea in their hearts that "the other party is indeed doing this for our own good", even if they still don't like it, they will try to agree with it. Some of the strategies that Riko will release in the future will no longer have such an obvious sense of rejection.

Unfortunately, if time hadn't been a bit tight, Uozuka Saburo could have come up with a better plan... Now, it's time for this drama to end.

"What's wrong? Once the situation is reversed, there will be no way out?"