The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

If even she herself did not approve of herself, then the bet between her and her mother would be her failure. This indirectly proved that her talent as a horse racing girl was indeed as limited as her mother said. Of course, she would not admit this.

Fortunately, she had a trainer who could accompany her through all the challenges and supported her wholeheartedly. In the past, Qingyun Tiankong had always felt that Saint King Halo's arrogant personality would cause her to suffer more setbacks in the future, but now, Qingyun Tiankong envied Saint King Halo's arrogant personality.

At least, this kind of personality gives her enough confidence to pursue everything she wants...but she...doesn't have such confidence.

From birth, an ordinary horse girl, born without any advantages, she became a "genius" who could be considered the best among the new generation of students at Tresen Academy. Only Qingyun Tiankong knew how much effort she had put in, hidden from everyone else, to achieve her current success.

Isn't her laziness a manifestation of fatigue, and her indifference a manifestation of inferiority and fear that avoids without fighting? What is she afraid of?

She was afraid that her halo of "genius" would be broken, afraid that everyone would see through her seemingly glamorous appearance and realize that underneath she was actually a mediocre person with limited talent. She was afraid that she would be praised to such a high position, but in the end, she would be exposed and fall hard one day.

"What? It turns out she's just an ordinary horse racing girl. It turns out that horse racing girls can't break through the limits of their innate bloodline." She was afraid of such statements.

This is also the reason why Qingyun Tiankong did not take action even though he was so moved by Kitano's kindness to the "mediocre Uma Musume".

She was terrified that this only hope was false. She was terrified that Kitano's support and recognition of "mediocrities" was also fake—and she was even more terrified that if she joined the team as a "genius among mediocre people," the gap between her and the other horse girls on the team would widen, and Kitano would become disappointed in her.

But she had no choice, she was a low-blooded horse girl, her talent, her upper limit was there.

Her upper limit will never be able to surpass those horse girls with excellent and long bloodline heritage, and it is even more impossible for her to become a rival to those horse girls who have fully grown up in the future.

If there's such a thing as potential in this world, and if the higher the star rating of a horse girl, the greater her potential, then Qingyun Tiankong believes she might be a "low-star war god with excellent value for money in the early stages of development." Compared to similarly ranked high-star horse girls, her overall strength is currently ahead.

But if they continue to grow in the future, and she, having already reached her limit, is unable to break through herself, she will become a stepping stone for those horse girls who will grow to the top in the future. This is the sorrow of every inferior horse girl.

So, she didn't dare. She didn't deserve to join such an excellent team with a trainer she admired. So, she hesitated, avoided it, and seemed so... hopeless.

Her hesitation, fear and inferiority seemed to have brought her judgment - she could only watch as her partner, who had tried his best to help her, gave up on her because of her constant hesitation and chose to pursue his own dream on his own.

In Qingyun Tiankong's eyes, Cao Shangfei wasn't forcing himself, but genuinely wanted to join Kitano's team. This was known to everyone present before the finals of the selection competition began.

Qingyun Tiankong was not surprised by Cao Shangfei's choice. She knew that this day would come... but she just didn't expect that Cao Shangfei would do this in front of her.

Cao Shangfei's behavior not only surprised Qingyun Tiankong, but also frightened Beiye. However, Beiye quickly grasped the abruptness of the matter - yesterday Cao Shangfei was still working hard for Qingyun Tiankong, and today he suddenly wanted to join his team. No matter how he thought about it, it seemed strange.

"Really? Kusagami-san." However, Kitano didn't reject Kusagami-san right away. Instead, he cast a subtle gaze at her and asked softly, "Do you really want to join my team? Aren't you forcing yourself?"

"Of course not." Cao Shangfei also maintained a bowing posture and said word by word: "I have admired you for a long time. This time I finally found the opportunity. I also hope that you can recruit me into the team."

"Kushangfei-kun, can you look me in the eye when you talk?"

However, Kitano's sudden interruption made Kusagami, who was still bowing, shudder. Under Kitano's gaze, Kusagami slowly straightened her back, smoothed her hair, and looked at Kitano with her azure eyes, but quickly dodged.

Seeing this, Kitano smiled tolerantly. He probably knew what was going on and said softly, "I'm sorry, Kusagami-kun, this time, I still have to deny your request - and, Qingyun Tiankong-kun."

"Ah, yes." Qingyun Tiankong, who was originally a little depressed, but was surprised by Kitano's rejection of Cao Shangfei, also looked at Kitano in a daze. Kitano said softly, "Qingyun Tiankong, Cao Shangfei may not have told you, but in fact, Cao Shangfei came to me yesterday and took the initiative to talk to me about joining the team. At that time, I refused her."

"Because I said at the time that I hope you can tell me your intentions in person, and now that Cao Shangfei has made a choice, it's obvious that you haven't made up your mind to join my team yet, so I asked Cao Shangfei to do this."

"If my guess is correct, Kusagami Fei is planning to use this method to stimulate you, so that you can completely explode and then join my team, right?"

Kitano's last words were addressed to Kushangfei. Kushangfei's adorable, slightly surprised expression, with her mouth open, clearly confirmed Kitano's assumption. But Kitano didn't find it difficult to guess—rather, with so many illogical and abrupt things, only children couldn't figure it out. Adults knew there was something fishy going on.

Of course, this is also due to Kitano's rich experience. The experience of n rounds has allowed him to see the world, and he has witnessed many different stories. He has also seen behaviors like Kusanagi Tobi in a certain round.

There was a horse racing girl who wanted to stimulate her companion, but her companion could not make up his mind. So she deliberately joined the team of the trainer that her companion liked, thinking that she would be able to train with her companion in the same team soon.

However, the final result was that the horse girl, who was greatly stimulated by the betrayal of her friend, turned evil on the spot and joined another team. Then, she killed her friends again and again in future competitions, becoming three times stronger... Of course, that's another story.

But it was precisely because Kitano saw through Kusanagi Tobi's behavior that he took the initiative to step forward and stop the loss in time to prevent that bloody scene from happening again in the already heavy Tresin Academy - he is an Hermes, if he destroys the interpersonal relationships of the horse girls in the original plot, or even causes their friends to turn against each other, he will feel so guilty that he wants to die!

Therefore, at this time, he is the most suitable person to stand up and reverse all this. Kitano also said softly to Qingyun Tiankong: "Kushang Fei's method... is very stupid, and it may cause irreversible consequences. But Qingyun, I hope you don't blame her, and don't let this incident destroy your friendship."

"As for joining my team... Qingyun, I still have the same requirement. As long as you express your willingness in person, then our team welcomes you at any time. If there is anything you are unsure about, you can always contact our team members to see if our team meets your expectations."

At that moment, Kitano's phone chimed softly—it was the sound of a private message. Kitano only had a few people who could send private messages, and he assumed it was from one of the team's horse girls, so he didn't plan to say anything more.

"That's it—ah, Kusagami Tobi-san."

Before leaving, Kitano still warned Cao Shangfei: "Don't joke about your friendship anymore. Your friendship now is more valuable than the illusory future."

"Believe me, even without my guidance, you can definitely become outstanding horse girls. So, cherish the present. Your friendship is the best force to help you become stronger."

"Sorry, am I preaching again? Goodbye."

Then he realized that he was preaching again, and his age in this round was not much older than these horse girls. Everyone is tired of being preached to. After saying this, Kitano immediately said goodbye and left the scene before the two horse girls could react.

After a long while, Qingyun Tiankong and Cao Shangfei looked at each other in bewilderment. After a long pause, Cao Shangfei let out a long sigh and said softly, "Qingyun, am I right? Trainer Kitano is truly an excellent trainer."

"I know."

However, Qingyun Tiankong stared at Kitano's back, his eyes radiating a bright light, and said softly: "I knew from the beginning... He is my best trainer."

"Yeah." Cao Shangfei also chuckled and nodded. Beiye had stopped Cao Shangfei's behavior, which had originally been prepared to break the friendship. And without sacrificing his precious friendship, Cao Shangfei looked at Beiye's back this time, but there was something more in his eyes than before.

If Cao Shangfei was somewhat reluctant at first, now her thoughts seem to have changed...

She also wanted to...become a horse girl with a trainer like that.

……

After Kitano walked away, he took out his mobile phone and looked at it. Then he found that the sound was not a private message, but the notification sound after someone chatted privately in his forum.

The person who chatted privately with Kitano was someone whom Kitano had almost forgotten during this period. She was a senior who also led the Mejiro family and recommended Zenshin to Kitano - Fujiwara Reiko.

The content of the private chat was also very simple, with only one sentence: "Junior! Senior, I'm discharged from the hospital. Hurry up and wait for me at the school gate and take me back to school safely. You owe me this favor!"

Chapter 154: The invitation from the Mejiro family, two trainers are invited to fall into the trap!

Fujiwara Reiko, the trainer of Mejiro Ryne, the second most respected horse girl in the Mejiro family and the one most likely to achieve the Mejiro family's long-cherished wish, the "Emperor's Prize" after Mejiro McQueen, was hospitalized for dehydration more than a week ago after tasting the solid "muscle" in her body.

During this period, Fujiwara Reiko unfortunately missed the most lively selection period of Tresen College. She could only stay in the hospital, under the care of her family, with an IV drip, and slowly recovering her diet and condition.

As for why he didn't look for Ryan... the reason was that Ryan was busy cheering for the believers at that time and really didn't have much time to take care of Fujiwara Reiko.

Of course, there was another reason, which was that Fujiwara Reiko had never intended to let Ryan take care of her. She was afraid that if Ryan wanted to jump her again while she was lying on the hospital bed, she would be even more powerless to resist.

However, she was dehydrated rather than having a broken pelvis, so she was unable to speak too much about her proudest role in front of other roles, which caused several of her roles to put a sack on her and force her to jump. She was happily admitted to the orthopedic ward as a VIP user. It was a pity that Pipa Chenguang's trainer became her roommate - it was really boring to be alone, and having a colleague who shared the same pain could help relieve her boredom.

In the past, there were trainers from Tresen College who had patients admitted to the orthopedics department within a day. There were actually quite a few of them. Many trainers became familiar with each other in this way. When they asked each other, they found out that they were all trainers from Tresen College. All of a sudden, they went from being strangers to close friends who were as close as life and death, and they started to attack each other.

Even later, when doctors from several hospitals learned that the trainers were sent by Tresen College, they would tacitly arrange for them to sleep next to the beds of other Tresen trainers - after all, effective emotional release is also one of the ways for patients to recover as quickly as possible.

In the end, several patients who were repeatedly hospitalized were sent back in just a few days after being discharged, and the two trainers would have such conversations.

"Haha! You're such a loser! Did you break your pelvis again?"

"What do you mean by breaking your pelvis? Can you call something like breaking your pelvis something you're responsible for?"

—I heard that. There were even rumors of trainers who became life-or-death friends because of such experiences. Fujiwara Reiko had heard so, but she was a woman after all, and a shattered pelvis, a fate typically reserved for male trainers, meant she had little chance.

After all, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, and a broken pelvis, with a human physique, would be questionable whether it could recover in half a year. But for a female trainer like Fujiwara Reiko, even if she was dehydrated, so what? She recovered in a week, leaving her no chance to build friendships with other trainers.

But no matter what, she was discharged! She finally got out of the hospital and returned to the job she loved - even though it was at this job that she suffered her first "work injury", but she still preferred it to lying in the hospital.

So, when Fujiwara Reiko got off the taxi and quietly came to the gate of Tresen College, she soon found Kitano Ryuichi who had been waiting there.

"Younger-kun—"

However, the moment she saw Kitano, the senior Fujiwara Reiko's emotions suddenly got out of control. She rushed towards Kitano and hugged him.

"Youngster, wuwuwu, I'm back, I'm finally back..."

"Alright, alright... Fujiwara-senpai, I won't be able to explain myself if someone sees you like this."

Kitano was trying to calm Fujiwara Reiko down while looking around - fortunately it was class time and there were no extra people at the school gate.

Kitano understood Fujiwara Reiko's emotional outburst. She allowed herself to be suddenly assaulted by the person she trusted. She lived in fear for more than a week, fearing that her trusted person would sneak into the hospital in the middle of the night and assault her again. After finally getting through the difficult period, she would cry when she saw a signal that symbolized safety.

And Kitano is that signal of safety... As for why, it is probably because he is now Zenshin's trainer, and to some extent, he and Fujiwara Reiko are brothers in the same trench.

Oh, that's not entirely true. After all, Shanxin and Ryan are different. Ryan is probably thinking about how to take advantage of his trainer, while Shanxin has no other feelings towards Kitano except respect. Kitano doesn't need to worry about ending up like Fujiwara Reiko.

Ah, suddenly thinking of this, Kitano also began to want to cry.

"Alright, alright, Fujiwara-senpai, stop crying. Aren't you fine now?"

Seeing that he couldn't comfort Fujiwara Reiko, Kitano had no choice but to say, "If you cry too loudly and someone hears you, it might get to your supervisor, and she might come looking for you, right?"

"I won't cry anymore."

Kitano's words had an immediate effect. Hearing that Mejiro Rian might come looking for her soon, Fujiwara Reiko calmed down in a split second. She carefully surveyed her surroundings, cowering, and whispered to Kitano, "Junior, please don't tell the other horse girls about my return—especially not your followers. It would put me in grave danger!"

"Of course I won't tell you." Kitano found it quite funny to see Fujiwara Reiko acting as cautiously as a mouse seeing a cat. He then asked in a low voice, "So, where are we going? Fujiwara-senpai, should I take you back to the dormitory?"

"Of course not, let's go to an izakaya! I haven't had a drink in such a long time! I must have a good drink today!"

At the mention of this, Fujiwara Reiko immediately perked up and pointed in the direction of the izakaya. Kitano raised an eyebrow and asked as a reminder, "Senior, aren't you afraid that the other trainers will find out and spread the news?"

"Hehe, that won't happen, Junior-kun."

However, Fujiwara Reiko was full of confidence when she heard this. The next moment, a hollow smile appeared on her face as she spoke word by word, "We've all come this far. If anyone dares to stab me in the back... then we can just stab them back next time. It's only courtesy that counts."

"understood."

This was probably the survival rule of the Dark Forest at Tresen Academy. When it came to the issue of "horse jumping," the trainers were united in their battle line. There was no room for traitors. Any traitor who appeared would be attacked by the trainers until his pelvis was completely shattered, and the rest of his life and body said goodbye.

Kitano sighed inwardly as he accompanied Fujiwara Reiko towards the izakaya. It looked like his senior was planning to drink until tomorrow, so he needed to let off some steam.

But Kitano really wanted to say that if his supervisor found out about this, and the first thing he would do after returning was not to look for her but to drink in the izakaya, the fate of his senior would probably be even worse. Next time, it would probably not be as simple as dehydration.

But he promised Fujiwara Reiko that he would never be a traitor, so... he could only pray that his senior would not be discovered and found by his subordinates, especially not in the izakaya.

"Come to think of it, Junior-kun, you seem to be doing well in the academy during my absence."

Along the way, Fujiwara Reiko teased Kitano, "So, besides Shanxin and that sister you adopted named Miyu, your team also has Miura Bourbon, who won the trials?"

"Taking care of three horse girls at the same time, tsk tsk, junior, you sound like you have it harder than me, your senior."

"Actually, there are more than just two of them." Bei Ye laughed when he heard this and waved his hand, saying, "There's also Saint King Halo. She also joined my team. Later, there was even the Emperor of the East China Sea, but she is now in reserve on my team."

"It must be fake? The Emperor of the East China Sea? Junior, you even conquered such a strong horse girl?" Fujiwara Reiko exclaimed when she heard that, but then seemed to think of a question.

Wait, now...how many Uma Musume do you have, Junior-kun?

"There's more." Kitano didn't notice Fujiwara Reiko's increasingly serious expression, and continued to talk to himself: "Just before I came to see you, Senior, Qingyun Tiankong and Cao Shangfei were discussing joining the team with me. I feel that in the future, we need to add two more..."

However, at this moment, Kitano suddenly seemed to remember something. He immediately looked at Fujiwara Reiko and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Fujiwara-senpai. You were the one who chose Kusagami Hibi first, but I got involved... Although I respect Kusagami Hibi's ideas and it doesn't matter who she joins, if she really joins my team, I will definitely compensate you!"

"No...I don't mind. In fact, I was just trying it out at the beginning."

However, Fujiwara Reiko shook her head and looked at Kitano with a rather pitying look. She found that her junior had no idea that he was in danger. If the two before were counted, there were only seven horse girls around him!

Seven! And according to Trasen Academy tradition, the more responsibilities a trainer has, the greater the chance they'll be in danger. As a recent junior, I don't know how deep this academy's waters are. Now they've got seven responsibilities, I'm afraid my pelvis won't be safe!

The last fierce trainer who was in charge of more than a dozen people at the same time is still buried in the cemetery, and the grass on his grave is already three feet high. Has he forgotten about it?!

With this thought in mind, Fujiwara Reiko felt that she should kindly remind her junior, so that next time they met, she would not have to bring any gifts to the hospital to see him.

"Well, Junior-kun, don't you think you're taking on too much? Think about your predecessors. They all ended up in a miserable situation."

"Aren't you afraid of following in their footsteps? You'd better be careful."

Fujiwara Reiko didn't know how to express it tactfully, so she could only warn Kitano. However, Kitano smiled helplessly upon hearing this, and said softly, "Don't worry, senior. No one will like me. I'm very confident of this."

"..." Well, this child is gone. Seeing Kitano's unaware look, Fujiwara Reiko made a cross in her heart, hoping that her junior would not die in the future.

But at this moment, when Kitano and Fujiwara Reiko were walking forward, a horse racing girl in black suddenly appeared in front of them and blocked their way.

"Excuse me, is this the trainer of Fujiwara Reiko and Kitano Ryuichi?" asked the black-clad horse girl.

"Huh? We are." Fujiwara Reiko and Kitano exchanged a glance and replied subconsciously. Soon, the black-clad horsegirl produced an ID, revealing her identity before saying, "Excuse me, I'm one of the horsegirls working for the Mejiro family. I'm here to convey the orders of the head of the Mejiro family, Mejiro Asama-sama."

"Master Mejiro, I would like to invite Trainers Fujiwara Reiko and Kitano Ryuichi to the Mejiro household tonight. The Mejiro household is hosting a special dinner, and I hope the two trainers will be so kind as to attend."

Boom!

At this moment, when the black-clad horse girl finished speaking, Fujiwara Reiko next to Kitano suddenly looked ashen, her whole body turned gray and she almost couldn't stand.

A week ago, she had a dance with her own horse, and then the head of the Mejiro family sent a message to her, a small trainer. Mejiro Rein was also the eldest daughter of the Mejiro family, and she got the answer...

——md, I sent it!

Chapter 155: A dinner party in name only, but actually a meeting with the parents?

"Gulp gulp—ha! Boss, another pint of draft beer!"

"Senior, we still have to go to the Mejiro family tonight. You drank so much, will you really have enough energy at night?"

Kitano, who had already followed Fujiwara Reiko to the izakaya, was also grabbed by his senior to stay and drink with her. It was still daytime, and most of the trainers from Tresen Academy only had time to drink at the izakaya at night. Therefore, apart from the store manager, there was basically no one else in the izakaya.

Fujiwara Reiko needs a drinking buddy, and Kitano just hasn't had time to drink for a long time. He has been busy with the team and recruiting new horse girls recently. Now that he happens to be free, he is naturally happy to accompany Fujiwara Reiko for a drink.

But as Kitano drank, he realized something was wrong. Fujiwara Reiko's retaliatory drinking was far beyond Kitano's imagination. She drank one draft beer after another and didn't even eat the side dishes that Kitano ordered. She just drank, looking like she wanted to get drunk as soon as possible.