The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

Chapter 221: To protect the best Kitano!

Luduo Symbol did not know that the current Emperor of the East Sea had completely grown up because of her "confrontation" with Aldan. She even did not think that her fight with Aldan could be considered a confrontation, but at most a test.

However, the adult world is a place where even a small exposure to a child can lead to significant growth without them realizing it. If Rudolf truly wanted to protect the emperor's innocence, the best way would be to prevent him from even a little exposure to the adult world—but it was obviously too late to say that.

Even Rudolph hadn't noticed that the Emperor had become a "qualified adult," the very person she once hated. But the Emperor's disguise was flawless, especially since Rudolph now trusted him even more than before.

Only after losing something will one cherish another opportunity. Now Rudolf has fallen into such a trap - of course, the main person who set up this trap is the Emperor of the East China Sea, a person who has an irreplaceable position in Rudolf's heart.

If it were someone else, Rudolph would not have such an outburst of true feelings. Unfortunately, it was too late for Rudolph to express his feelings now.

The emperor today has long been a "mature" adult and will no longer foolishly believe what anyone says... Of course, except for Ryuichi Kitano's words.

"Hehe, then, President, did you come to me today just to talk to me about this matter?"

After the emotional outburst, the Emperor of the East China Sea hid all her thoughts and ideas again. After waiting for Rudolf in front of her to wipe away his tears, she felt that the time had come to get to the point.

Now that she had cast aside her previous filter for the president and looked at him from a normal person's perspective, the emperor's wisdom and talent were finally revealed - she didn't believe that Rudolph came to her this time just to ask for forgiveness.

From another of her collaborators, the Emperor already knew that the President was gathering her bodyguards to investigate things about her, but she had not yet suspected herself. Everything the Emperor did now was to deepen the President's trust in her.

And when the president has great trust in her, he will reveal her detailed plan to her - at that time, the emperor can work with her partners to counter the president's plan and prevent the president from sending her trainer San to the symbolic home.

And now, I have gained the trust of the president. If nothing unexpected happens... the president should be about to tell the emperor what he cares about, right?

"Well, Emperor, since I'm sure I'm going to pursue Trainer Kitano, I have nothing to hide from you."

Rudolf's trust in the Emperor has now reached a new level. He obviously regards the Emperor as the second most trusted person besides Kitano, and the Emperor's position in the team can provide Rudolf with great help.

Therefore, Rudolph placed high hopes on Emperor this time, hoping that she could become his capable assistant. Driven by this thought, Rudolph asked Emperor without hesitation, "Emperor, you should know that the other members of Trainer Kitano all went to the team room to stay overnight last night, right?"

As expected, he came. The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly. She had guessed that the president would ask her about what happened yesterday.

The emperor received a solution from his collaborator, and the answer he should give at this time was...

"I know. I heard everyone received a note, so they all gathered in the team room. But I was so tired after the game yesterday that I was resting the whole time. I didn't see the note until the next morning."

As he said this, the emperor did not forget to take out the note he had kept in his pocket, which he had written with his left hand to prevent it from being recognized, and handed it to Luduo as a symbol without any hesitation.

“It’s this thing.”

Rudolf took the note from the emperor's hand immediately. Looking at the curt words and the content written on it, a hint of coldness flashed in Rudolf's eyes.

As expected, the guy who wrote the note understood her and Aldan's intentions very well, but what made Ludo Symbol angry was that this guy didn't mention her true feelings for Trainer-kun at all, and just said it was a "family mission"...

She is not like those guys in the Mejiro family who would sell out the happiness of their family's horse girls just to bind with an excellent trainer. She and her trainer have true feelings for each other and are not like that guy Aldan who is on a family mission.

But the person who wrote this note is talking nonsense. Don't let her find the person who wrote this note, otherwise she will make that person pay the price!

But the most urgent task is to gather information about that guy... Rudolf also looked at the emperor again and smiled gently, "Then, Emperor, do you know who wrote this letter? Or... do you think it was someone in the team who wrote this letter?"

"Wow... I can't quite figure it out. The handwriting is so weird, I can tell it's done to avoid being found."

The emperor, who pretended to be ignorant despite knowing the truth, did not exclude himself from the suspicion in order to prevent Rudolf from suspecting him. Instead, he said with a serious and thoughtful look:

"But anyone on the team could be one of them. Look, President, it says 'our best trainer Kitano', right? It should be someone on our team, right?"

"It could also be a deliberate misleading. This kind of guy hiding in the dark is totally capable of doing this kind of thing." Luduo symbol also frowned slightly. She had never expected that this person was right in front of her, "guessing" who the target was just like her.

Just when Rudolf thought that the clue was about to end here, the emperor next to him suddenly thought of something and immediately took the initiative to sell a very crucial message.

"Oh, now I remember. Sheng Wang mentioned that he saw a very strange person last night. A horse girl wearing a black raincoat, sneaking around the dormitory building."

"It seems he passed by Sheng Wang's dormitory, so could it be that person?"

"A black raincoat?!"

As soon as Luduo got the message, he immediately became energetic - the reason was simple. The raincoats distributed uniformly by Tresen College were all blue, and there were very few people who would buy raincoats on their own. Even if there were some, there were even fewer who loved black as horse girls.

Then, as long as we find the person with the black raincoat in the dormitory, and then filter by elimination, we can identify a few suspects without having to look for someone like looking for a needle in a haystack.

If the other party has already destroyed it... let the bodyguards of your family deal with this possibility. Let them search the trash cans of Tresen College and investigate the surveillance to see if there is anyone with strange behavior who threw away a large bag of things.

As for finding someone with a black raincoat—that was even easier. She was the student council president, so finding an excuse to conduct a dormitory inspection for prohibited items was a piece of cake.

Let Qicao and Bairen do this matter. I believe there will be a result before the afternoon.

Rudolph smiled as he thought of this, and then he gently rubbed the emperor's head and said cheerfully, "Well done, emperor. You are truly my most capable subordinate."

"Well, I have to go do something now. Emperor, get ready. There will be a large-scale search for contraband in a while. If you have any small items... remember to hide them well. The Qi Tank will not show mercy."

"Eh? You want to check? Then I need to quickly hide Maya and I's rice cooker..."

As the emperor murmured softly, Rudolf also left the dormitory with a smile. At the moment Rudolf left, the emperor's expression gradually calmed down from the initial complaints.

The next moment, the emperor immediately took out his mobile phone, quickly typed a message, and sent it to his partner.

"Thank you! I've done what you said, and it really works. The president doesn't doubt me at all, and instead trusts me even more."

"Hehe, as expected, although the emperor works at lightning speed, he always overlooks some small things... This point has never changed. He always needs others to clean up his mess."

On the other end of the phone, the emperor's partner immediately replied to the emperor's message, "Then our emperor will have to search the world for a black raincoat. So, let the emperor have a headache for a while because of this matter."

"Do you have any solution?" the emperor couldn't help but ask.

"Of course—although the Emperor can command half of the Symbolist family's bodyguards, some of them are actually my people. Compared to the Emperor's orders, if it were me, they would prioritize my orders."

"She only needs to sneak a black raincoat into a few unlikely targets without anyone noticing, and she'll give the Emperor a headache for a long time. From now on, she'll definitely be preoccupied with this matter and won't have the energy to flirt with Trainer Kitano."

"Really?! That would be great then!"

The Emperor was overjoyed upon hearing this, his fingers trembling with excitement as he typed. His partner on the other side replied, "It's nothing... We're comrades now, Emperor. We're all here to protect one person."

"Well, we're all here to protect Trainer Kitano, so I won't compromise!"

After confirming each other's ideas once again, the emperor finally put down his mobile phone with peace of mind. But just before the emperor's mobile phone turned off, the name of the contact person that was flashing was - "Senior Sirius".

Chapter 222: In front of you, I am the most authentic me

Soon, in a place that even Kitano didn't notice, the entire Tresin Academy was in a small turmoil because of this incident. The two Umamusume dormitories of Miura and Ritto, led by Kicho and Bairen, began a surprise inspection of contraband, especially the wardrobes and other places where clothes could be hidden.

When Qi Cao and Bai Ren led the inspection, Lu Duo naturally interspersed his family's bodyguards among the inspectors, and carefully searched every dormitory for corners where black raincoats could be hidden. Whenever they found any, they would immediately record the names of the two horse racing girls in the dormitory.

Of course, this time it was still an inspection for contraband. A batch of contraband was symbolically temporarily detained and will be returned to those horse racing girls in the future. This is an unwritten rule within Tresen.

After all, for Uma Musume, taking care of their mental state is the most important thing. Contraband and the like... every time, this method is used to remind them not to go too far and not to cause fires. And this time, the focus is on identifying the suspect.

An afternoon passed quickly, and the relevant results were reported to Luduo Symbol. However, the moment the results were reported, Luduo Symbol felt a huge confusion...

"What went wrong?... This result shouldn't be..."

Luduo symbolized this by muttering to herself constantly in her mind, her mind full of the result given to her by the bodyguard this time, so much so that she was a little absent-minded and didn't even notice Kitano's gaze beside her.

"President, we've been very busy today. You look a little tired. Why don't you go back and rest early?"

"Huh? So, um, it's over?"

The moment Kitano finished speaking, Rudolf belatedly turned his attention back to reality. He didn't know when the sky outside had darkened, and even Aldan had left without knowing when.

"It's already late. President, you seem to be even busier than usual today. You've been thinking about something for an hour. Is there unfinished work?"

Kitano certainly knew Rudolph very well. Rudolph rarely got distracted and would concentrate on everything he did. If he was absent-minded, it was only because there was something more important than the thing in front of him.

"If the student union issue isn't resolved, don't force yourself to help me. I can handle today's issues myself."

Kitano typed the last word, concluding his work for the day. Rudolf, beside him, had been of no help at all today, including the nine horse girls' suggestions and Bourbon's future plans. Rudolf, absent-minded today, had been unable to provide any assistance.

However, Kitano has no complaints about this. Strictly speaking, Rudolph has nothing to do with him in this round. It is a favor for him to help, and it is his duty not to help.

What's more, Kitano knew that Rudolph was very busy. As the student union president, although she had temporarily transferred her office to him, it was impossible for her to hand over all the work of the student union to Qicao. There were many things that needed her to do, and it was really too difficult for her to take care of his work at the same time.

"Um, Trainer Kitano, I didn't..."

"Alright, alright, don't push yourself today, Mr. President. I don't even want to talk about how you were distracted just now. Now sit down and take a break. I happen to be quite free, so I can let you relax."

As he said this, Kitano also took the initiative to give up his seat, letting Rudolph sit in his seat. He smiled softly and said, "President, have a good rest for a while. I'll go get you some midnight snacks so you can relax."

"It's troublesome."

Faced with Kitano's kindness, Rudolph thought about it and didn't refuse. Kitano's words had an unusual effect on Rudolph, who now had memories of the past.

It was almost to the point that Rudolph would basically do whatever Kitano said in life. After all, this was how she and Kitano got along before.

Especially when Kitano asked Rudolph to relax, the influence of past memories took effect almost immediately. Rudolph, who was originally tense, suddenly became much weaker. He lay on the chair and looked at the ceiling, looking like a corporate slave who had just returned from overtime.

But at this time, Rudolph was more relaxed than ever. She didn't need to hide her tiredness, and she could think about her own things without restraint. At this time, she could finally focus all her energy on the things that she didn't understand the most.

The bodyguard's results came back: a black raincoat had been found, but not just one. Rudolph didn't find this result difficult to understand. After all, with so many horse girls at Tresen Academy, who could guarantee that no one would buy a black raincoat?

But what made Rudolph feel incredible was finding the object hidden in the black raincoat. One of them was a black raincoat found in the wardrobe of a horse girl named "Manchester Tea House".

But this person was quickly ruled out by Rudolph because the Manchester City Tea House's clothing style was originally very black, and she had no contact with Kitano before.

But the other one struck Rudolph as even more bizarre—Sakura Shinou. She actually had a black raincoat in her closet, and her reaction was rather odd, as if she was surprised to have such a thing.

But when Rudolf's bodyguard questioned Sakura Shinou, this horse girl with a relatively "explosive" IQ admitted the next moment that she didn't know when she bought this black raincoat, but since it was in her closet, it must be hers.

What made Rudolph feel even more strange was that the bodyguard said that the raincoat did not seem to be hidden away in the bottom of the box as Sakura Jinwang said. It appeared in a more conspicuous position and was not covered with dust.

From this point of view, Sakura Jinou is quite suspicious, but the problem is...she has no connection with Kitano, just like Manchester City Tea House?

And although Sakura Shinou is the grade chairman of Tresen Academy, the reason why everyone chose her is not because she is so smart, but because the class really needs a "pure" horse girl like her who always boosts everyone's morale. No matter how depressed the atmosphere is, she can use her confidence to save it.

As for intelligence... well, Sakura Shinou's academic performance is indeed good, but her IQ always fails to show an advantage in interpersonal communication, otherwise she would not be the spokesperson for the IQ measurement unit "explosive improvement".

Overall, it seems unlikely that Sakura Shinou had any contact with her trainer, nor was she aware of Rudolph's intentions and plans... So, was she being used as a pawn? Did someone instigate her to do something like that?

Rudolf, thinking this way, also felt that it was not easy for him to go and ask, otherwise, with Sakura Shinou's character of telling everything, it would be easy for this matter to be known to everyone.

Well, let's investigate slowly... Wait and see if the other bodyguards find anything in the trash can... Damn, why is there no surveillance in the dormitory building of Tresen College? Otherwise, many things would be much easier to handle.

"Please enjoy it, Mr. President. Time is limited, so I only made a simple midnight snack."

At this time, Kitano, who had been busy with his own affairs and was unaware of the truth, finally brought a plate of steaming hot soup noodles to Rudolph.

What caught Rudolph's attention even more was a small plate of apples cut into eight equal parts. Rudolph knew at a glance that the apples were Fuji apples.

"Fuji apples, does Trainer Kitano like to eat them too?" Rudolph asked with a smile. With her memories of the past, she would have been more certain that Kitano had the same memories as her, otherwise, such a habit would not have remained until now.

"No, I rarely eat fruit. I'm the type of person who only eats fruit if it's packaged and placed in front of me." Kitano denied this and smiled gently, "I... heard from Qi Cao that you, President, like to eat this kind of apple. So when you decided to temporarily work here with us, I specially ordered some."

"Looks like it'll come in handy now—ah, this bowl of noodle soup isn't much, but it's better not to eat too much for a midnight snack. There are walnuts in the soup, which are good for your brain and your body. Eat it while it's hot."

"I'm gonna start now."

Lu Duo stared at the chattering man beside her, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, as if it was muscle memory. Whenever she heard Kitano's concern for her, she couldn't help but feel happy.

That feeling... of being cared for constantly by others was truly wonderful. She could temporarily forget all her worries, shed all the cunning and hypocrisy that made her tired, and become a useless person who didn't need to think about anything.

Although this description is a bit inappropriate, Rudolph is really tired now. She just wants this relaxing time to last a little longer. She can temporarily put aside all her identities and become a waste symbol named Rudolph, enjoying the time without having to think about anything.

But... Trainer, you actually lied to me. I didn't even know that I like to eat Fuji apples. This fact... apart from you and me, almost no one else knows about it.

Thinking this way, Luduo picked up the chopsticks and put the instant ramen in the bowl into his mouth. When the familiar taste once again penetrated his taste buds, Luduo's soul and body became much warmer because of this temperature.

Slowly, she felt a salty taste at the corner of her mouth... Was it the taste of noodle soup?

"Ah... How strange, why did I suddenly..."

Slowly, Luduo noticed that she was crying unconsciously, and wiped her cheeks in embarrassment. But the next moment, she couldn't stop crying and turned her gaze to Kitano beside her. At this moment, she didn't look like an "emperor" at all.

It was like someone who had rediscovered their emotions in the midst of sheer exhaustion, someone so numb they'd forgotten they even had feelings. Lu Duo couldn't control his tears at all. After a long pause, he turned to Kitano and whispered, "I'm sorry... Trainer Kitano, I don't know why... I suddenly burst into tears... and I can't stop."

"You are just too tired, President, take a rest."

Kitano was obviously aware of this situation. He knew that Rudolph seemed to be vaguely affected by some past memories. However, even though he was very worried that Rudolph would recall the past, seeing Rudolph's weak appearance, he chose to comfort him instead of running away.

"It's better to cry if you want to. Everyone gets tired sometimes, and everyone has the right to feel tired. There's no need to hold on like a telephone pole."

"At least for now, relax. This is all I can do for you."

Kitano also patted Rudolph's shoulder. Facing this most familiar stranger, Kitano didn't want her to be troubled by this situation for too long, so he said softly: "Don't worry about me, President. Just do your thing. I will never tell anyone."

"Well... then I'll just relax a little."

The tearful Luduo symbol also forced a smile through her tears after hearing Kitano's words. The next moment, she picked up the chopsticks again and stuffed a large mouthful of noodles into her mouth without any image.

The next moment, she was undoubtedly choking from crying and eating, and started coughing. However, this indecent scene made Rudolph feel more relaxed.

By his side... she can be herself without any worries... the feeling she likes... isn't that the case?

Chapter 223: Luduo launches the first attack on Kitano