“Well…”
This was bad.
He had deliberately avoided approaching Silence Suzuka.
Why had Suzuka approached him instead?
The pig had no intention of ramming itself against the metal plate—
No.
The pig had not intended to charge at the cabbage.
Why was the cabbage throwing itself toward the pig?
“I was merely passing through.”
“Since I’m a Trainer, I naturally observed the horse girls in the area.”
“Is something wrong?”
The Three Goddesses had said that the game was not merely a game.
Had the Silence Suzuka before him been influenced by it?
If so, he had exploded far too quickly.
Zhou Yu’ang kept his thoughts from appearing upon his face.
He looked calmly at the carrot spirit before him.
Did Silence Suzuka approach because of coincidence?
Or is there a deeper reason?
“Um… I’m a horse girl without a Trainer.”
“I’ve always run according to my own preferences.”
“Mr.
Trainer, would you mind giving me some advice?”
Silence Suzuka was an incurable fool whenever running became involved.
That did not mean she was foolish in everyday life.
She usually acted cautiously and would not be deceived easily.
The Trainer before her felt strangely familiar.
However, she needed to confirm whether he was genuinely AT.
A Trainer’s methods reflected their ability.
Different Trainers proposed different programs for the same horse girl.
Even one Trainer might suggest multiple methods over time.
The overall direction, however, would remain largely consistent.
Zhou Yu’ang felt conflicted after hearing her request.
The viewers would undoubtedly seek out Silence Suzuka.
If they spoke with her and discovered that someone had given her AT’s exact advice, they would identify Zhou Yu’ang immediately.
Contacting Silence Suzuka so soon was dangerous.
“Advice?”
“I apologize.
I’m only a rookie Trainer.”
“I can offer some basic suggestions, but I didn’t observe your running closely enough to construct anything detailed.”
Forgive me, Suzuka.
Pulling out the homework I prepared earlier would expose me immediately.
I can only provide simple guidance.
I’ll compensate you properly later.
He had no choice but to pretend he lacked experience.
“Huh?”
A rookie Trainer?
Silence Suzuka became confused.
No matter how she examined AT, he had seemed like an experienced veteran.
Then again, that may have been merely his own claim.
Knowledge and seniority are not the same thing.
“I see.
I apologize for making such a sudden request.”
Silence Suzuka became visibly disappointed.
The green leaves upon her head drooped pitifully.
“No.
You’re simply eager to learn.”
“There’s nothing impolite about that.”
A horse girl asking a Trainer for advice was perfectly natural.
Zhou Yu’ang comforted Suzuka while glancing toward Smart Falcon in the distance.
He wanted to approach Falcon.
But Silence Suzuka was already here.
Failing to increase her affection would be unforgivable.
How could he possibly abandon Silence Suzuka?
“By the way, what distance do you intend to race?”
“I may not have observed enough to judge your running style, but I can explain several points concerning distance.”
To remain safe, Zhou Yu’ang avoided mentioning track conditions.
He also said nothing about running strategy.
“Distance?
I wanted to ask about—”
Before Silence Suzuka could continue, a voice sounded nearby.
“Police deployment!
Eeeeeeeee!”
The voice was shrill and possessed the unmistakable energy of a pervert.
Anyone who heard it once would never forget it.
That voice… Oh, no.
It’s her!
The sound rapidly approached.
When Zhou Yu’ang turned, a pink unidentified life-form charged toward them.
She did not collide with either of them.
Instead, she rushed directly between Zhou Yu’ang and Silence Suzuka.
Dust rose around her feet when she stopped.
What powerful legs!
“Huh?”
Silence Suzuka jumped in fright and retreated several steps with both hands covering her chest.
The sudden pink-haired creature had shocked her through both action and voice.
Was this person… a horse girl?
A petite young girl stood before them.
Her long pink hair reached her waist.
A small braid decorated each side of her head.
A red bow-shaped hair clip sat perfectly centered above her forehead.
Unlike horse girls whose ears stood proudly upward, her fluffy ears spread sideways like an airplane-eared cat or dog.
Don’t move!”
The horse girl planted both hands on her hips and turned toward Zhou Yu’ang.
Her face showed no expression.
Inside Zhou Yu’ang’s mind, however, nausea had already begun.
She arrived just as quickly as Air Groove.
As expected of the indiscriminate fanatic who challenged me to an offline fight in the comments.
This horse girl was another heavyweight.
Agnes Digital.
Thirty-two career starts.
Twelve victories.
Another veteran of countless battles.
That record might not sound extraordinary.
However, her accumulated prize money reached 730.92 million yen.
Consider her achievements.
In the year 2000, a competitor known as the End-of-the-Century Overlord fought against every challenger seeking to steal his throne.
Meanwhile, a thin young horse struggled across both dirt and turf.
That horse was Agnes Digital.
She lost her debut race.
Several more poor performances followed.
Many believed the weak-looking horse would remain completely ordinary.
Then, during the final straight of a turf Grade 1 mile race, she displayed an astonishing finishing kick and opened the first chapter of her legend.
After taking seven months away because of fetlock inflammation and poor condition, she returned in the Grade 3 Nippon TV Hai on dirt.
She won.
Her team originally planned to enter the Grade 1 Mile Championship Nambu Hai next.
Then they realized she could also qualify for the turf Grade 1 Autumn Tenno Sho twenty days later.
The team faced an agonizing choice.
After careful consideration, the experienced professionals selected the correct answer:
Both.
Agnes Digital first conquered the Nambu Hai.
Then she entered the Autumn Tenno Sho.
Three legendary horses awaited her there.
The End-of-the-Century Overlord of 2000:
T.M.
Opera O.
The indomitable challenger:
Meisho Doto.
And the horse who cared less about racing than about biting his opponents, later fathering the famous Gold Ship—
Mr.
Lake Akan:
Stay Gold.
Digital was a foreign-bred horse.
The Autumn Tenno Sho permitted no more than two foreign-bred entrants.
The other slot belonged to the second favorite, Meisho Doto.
The popular gray champion Kurofune therefore lost his position to Agnes Digital.
Some people expressed dissatisfaction.
Perhaps to answer their criticism, Digital’s team deliberately abandoned the inside path.
They directed her toward the outside, closer to the spectators.
There, Agnes Digital unleashed a horrifying finishing kick.
She overtook the three legendary runners occupying the top three positions in the betting.
Admittedly, T.M.
Opera O’s condition had declined by then.
As an intelligent horse, Opera O resembled Rudolf in one respect:
Once convinced victory was secured, he sometimes slowed.
Some claimed Digital deliberately remained on the outside so Opera O would not notice her approach and relax prematurely.
Even if that were true, punishing someone for opening the champagne early was hardly shameful.
Within slightly more than a month, Agnes Digital entered three races and won them all.
Two years later, when everyone believed she had disappeared from the stage, she returned to win the Grade 1 Yasuda Kinen in record time.
Dirt or turf.
Dry ground or mud.
Domestic or international competition.
She excelled everywhere.
She became known as an all-purpose racehorse.
The JRA described her as a brave warrior who never chose her battlefield.
Her ability to dominate both turf and dirt shattered the assumption that most horses possessed narrow aptitude.
Thus, she acquired the title of The Pervert.
When transformed into a horse girl, that became the personality of an indiscriminate idol-obsessed fangirl.
According to her Uma Musume characterization, she excelled on every surface because doing so allowed her to observe all kinds of horse girls.
Her behavior could be difficult to endure.
Still, she remained undeniably adorable.
The obsessive fan now stood before Zhou Yu’ang and extended one hand.
“Don’t move!”
She pointed at him solemnly as though her finger were a gun.
“Um… could you explain what you’re doing?”
Zhou Yu’ang adopted a bewildered expression while looking down at the 143-centimeter pink dwarf.
“Isn’t it obvious?
I’m conducting a police operation!”
“For the sake of all adorable horse girls, I must enforce justice!”
Agnes Digital clenched one fist like someone swearing an oath.
She stared unwaveringly at Zhou Yu’ang, evidently assuming he was AT.
“You’re speaking nonsense.
I don’t understand.”
Honestly, her wording contained a serious problem.
She loved adorable horse girls.
He loved adorable horse girls.
They should have been comrades!
The only difference was that she wanted to admire them.
He intended to marry them.
“I’m asking whether you’re Mysterious Trainer A.”
“During the stream, he said that if he met Silence Suzuka, he would propose immediately.”
“He also promised never to abandon her.”
“Therefore, any Trainer approaching Silence Suzuka must be AT!”
At that moment, Zhou Yu’ang wanted to inspect the interface containing his daily jewel reward.
If the person opposite him merely believed he was AT, did that count as having his identity discovered?
“Stream?
Proposal?
AT?”
“What are you even talking about?”
Refusing to admit anything was a discipline.
It was also a survival technique.
Zhou Yu’ang looked utterly confused.
“And who is Silence Suzuka?”
“Um… I’m Silence Suzuka.”
After a moment of thought, Suzuka raised one hand.
Judging by the pink horse girl’s words, she had unquestionably watched the stream.
She also sounded like one of the viewers who had sworn to identify and arrest AT.
Since her name had been mentioned, Suzuka naturally stepped forward.
Agnes Digital noticed the movement behind her.
Her fluffy pink ears suddenly stood upright.
Then she turned toward Silence Suzuka.
“Adorable.
I’m stanning her…”
“Silence Suzuka…”
“A living Silence Suzuka!”
Exactly like Special Week’s sudden appearance during the story event, Agnes Digital became overwhelmed upon seeing her.
She clenched both fists.
Then she pressed her palms together and adopted an expression of intoxicated worship.
“Wh-What?”
The real Silence Suzuka found this behavior even more overwhelming than Special Week’s.
The entire carrot spirit began malfunctioning.
This person was far too inexplicable.
More importantly, her interruption destroyed my attempt to test that Trainer.
“I’m obviously alive.”
Silence Suzuka questioned Agnes Digital in confusion.
“Who are you?
What are you talking about?”
“Who am I?”
“Oh!
I’m Horse Girl Enthusiast—Ahem.”
“My name is Agnes Digital, and I’m a horse-girl enthusiast.”
Digital exposed herself immediately.
Silence Suzuka now knew exactly who she was.
This was the frequently commenting Horse Girl Enthusiast, the viewer who had repeatedly tried to confront AT.
“I came here for you, Silence Suzuka.”
“And for you—Mysterious Trainer A!”
Silence Suzuka truly was adorable.
However, this was not the time to lose herself in admiration.
Agnes Digital turned toward Zhou Yu’ang.
She appeared ready to continue accusing him.
Zhou Yu’ang remained completely unmoved.
“My name is Zhou Yu’ang.”
“I’m not some mysterious Trainer…”
“Wait.
What kind of name is that?
Did someone choose it with their feet?”
Zhou Yu’ang waved both hands like a Kansai comedian correcting an idiot.
He showed nothing but confusion toward Digital’s accusation.
“Huh?
Didn’t you invent it?”
Still refusing to admit the truth?
Pretending ignorance?
The moment Agnes Digital heard his response, she became convinced he was lying.
“Only AT would approach Silence Suzuka voluntarily!”
“You expect me to believe you aren’t him?”
“But if this girl is Silence Suzuka, then she approached me.”
“I never approached her.”
“…Huh?”
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