Tyrant’s ability was too powerful.
She already had high stats, and when paired with six offense-defense-integrated skills, unless the opponent was also a BOSS-level existence, she was almost impossible to defeat.
To put it simply, a normal Umamusume when hit by scumbag skills was like a sensitive person who’d just been groped by a creepy pervert—she touched me!
Whereas Tyrant, after being touched once, would turn around and transform into a Super Saiyan, then punch the other person from the track all the way into the spectator stands—you dare touch me?!
The gap between them seemed a little big…
“So… Tyrant is the strongest one?” At least in the current Black Knight’s eyes, Tyrant was absolutely the type that was hard to beat under normal circumstances.
And even that non-BOSS-level Redstone Wyvern—Black Knight couldn’t contend with her either.
In the previous simulation, she couldn’t even manage to eat dust behind her.
The little light ball in front of Black Knight wobbled, as if trying to look like it was shaking its head—except it had no head, only a little ball of light for a body, so it looked more like it was rolling in place.
“Of course not! Tyrant might be strong, but she’s definitely not the strongest BOSS! Even Faker is stronger than Tyrant, okay?”
“Faker… what kind of Umamusume is she?” Great, with this info, Black Knight increasingly felt her multi bread cheese sandwich tactic should be even more cautious.
Best to combine the multi bread cheese sandwich with internal and external cooperation, waging an infiltration-style battle from the inside.
For example, send in a few not-so-strong but cute-looking and cute-personality Umamusume templates to scout and see exactly how strong those protagonists are.
Mm, should be feasible.
Later, as long as I have emotion points, I’ll go draw characters!
Best to draw a few SRs to check things out.
Their stats shouldn’t be too conspicuous, so I can just treat it as going to pace-run for the protagonist.
“Faker is a scumbag among scumbags! Known as the super scumbag! All six of her skills are high-level scumbag types, from schemes to substitute dolls, she has everything!”
“Besides that, that guy also has a set of anti-scumbag skills, plus all kinds of silence reflection. Super cheap!”
“Mm…” Black Knight nodded, indicating she understood.
Anyway, if she had to face that kind of opponent, if she didn’t have a few skills to resist negative effects, the whole race would probably have no good fruit.
“Then, the strongest BOSS is…”
“Miss Black Knight-san.” Just as Black Knight was about to continue learning about those powerful BOSSes, an Umamusume in plain clothes suddenly opened Black Knight’s door.
“You are?” Instantly, Black Knight’s original expression vanished.
That cold-weapon-like chill took over her entire face, and a don’t-come-near aura was thick beyond measure.
The one who entered was an Umamusume with long chestnut hair, and she looked like she wasn’t young anymore.
She wore plain, relatively cheap clothes, looking exactly like someone who had already settled down and built a family.
“Mm… I’m the vice principal here, and also a trainer. You can call me Teacher Feiyuan-sensei.” The Umamusume looked at the ice-cold Black Knight and already had a first impression of this new student.
—Face all cold, showing not much social ability, or maybe the type unwilling to socialize.
But there was no helping it.
Right now, this sudden Miss Black Knight-san was the hope of the whole village.
They could only slowly work on her and see if they could successfully open this child’s heart.
“Teacher Feiyuan-sensei.” Black Knight stood up and gave a slight nod, her face still expressionless.
The other was observing Black Knight, and Black Knight was observing her too.
From her appearance, she clearly wasn’t the type who could still run wildly on a track anymore.
Her stats probably weren’t high.
But because she was older, maybe she had plenty of experience?
Maybe Black Knight could learn some techniques from her to quickly defeat those Umamusume.
“Mm… Miss Black Knight-san, are you hungry? How about we go to the cafeteria to eat first? There are carrots today~” No matter how Feiyuan-sensei looked at it, she felt her future training might be a bit troublesome.
She only hoped the other was a good, obedient child.
It should be fine, right?
Although cold, she didn’t seem resistant to anything.
She really did have a fitting “knight” aura—an ice-cold knight.
“Mm.” Black Knight’s answer was just that simple.
One word.
Anyway, as long as I don’t talk much, the other side can imagine me as more impressive.
If I talk and accidentally expose the fact that I’m a goof, then what?
She really didn’t care about food.
As long as it wasn’t the kind of bread you could use as a brick or something similar, and it could go into her stomach normally, it was fine.
But she remembered that when she used to watch educational videos, they said carrots were like sweets for horses, right?
So, converted over, that meant a meal with cake?
On the other side, with Black Knight’s enrollment, the atmosphere inside the whole academy really changed in an instant.
Under the old principal’s orders, his old friends began operating again.
After all, the hope of the whole school had finally arrived!
Everyone finally got to see the second Umamusume besides Miss Feiyuan-sensei, and they were moved that the two’s long persistence had finally borne fruit.
Even if their bodies were old, all the old people in the school felt their hearts burn again!
But no matter how fired up they were, they couldn’t renovate immediately—because although the whole academy wasn’t large in scale, many places hadn’t been cleaned for a long time, and only old people were present.
Renovating the whole school in a short time was truly impossible.
So during this period, everyone could only concentrate their strength and barely tidy up the cafeteria.
They brought various ingredients from their homes, and the old principal acted as head chef to restore the cafeteria’s operation.
While the old principal called Feiyuan-sensei over, the cafeteria interior also began preparations.
Not only was a group of old people helping cook, some were also decorating the cafeteria interior with simple colored paper.
Among them, several old people worked together to make a very simple banner with colored paper and string, and wrote on it—Welcome New Student.
“Yosh! Finally done!” The old principal placed the secret dish made from carrots, rice, and other ingredients onto the chosen spot, nodding in satisfaction.
In front of the seat everyone had prepared for Black Knight to sit at, several dishes that clearly looked delicious had already been placed.
These were prepared to welcome that new student.
Similarly, various other dishes had been placed on every table in the cafeteria, looking exactly like they were preparing a big party.
“Hahaha! That’s right! We have to give the new student the best face! Tonight’s welcome party! It’s the best welcome party in all these years!” Looking at the simply decorated cafeteria, the old principal clenched his hand, as if he’d already grasped the future.
—Mm, of course, he wasn’t wrong.
It was just that this was the first welcome party they’d held in all these years.
“Oh! That’s right! The best venue, the best food, and later the Winner’s Stage! This is definitely the best!” The old people nearby were also very happy.
This academy had finally welcomed a new student!
Sukegahara and Feiyuan-sensei’s long-held worries could finally end, right?
“Alright! Then let’s all welcome the new student together!” With the old principal’s command, he picked up a small horn that might or might not still make sound and stood straight at the door.
Although the process of Feiyuan-sensei calling Black Knight over wasn’t very long—after all, Black Knight acted like a conversation-killer true lord, able to end any topic quickly—for the old principal, it felt long.
After all, he’d waited too long for a student.
Since his school was founded, he could count on two hands how many Umamusume had enrolled.
So, since he couldn’t ask for quantity, then quality it was!
He had to show these children the very best parts of his academy!
At least let them leave with a beautiful memory!
“This is the cafeteria.” Soon, a voice came from outside the door.
It was Feiyuan-sensei leading Black Knight over.
On the way, Feiyuan-sensei had tried more than once to find topics with Black Knight, but Black Knight was just too good at killing conversations.
Half the time, she couldn’t get anything out of her.
“You’re Black Knight-san, right?” “Mm.”
“Where’s your home?” “…”
“Why did you come to our academy?” “…”
Damn, two-thirds of a bunch of questions were answered with silence.
As expected, the reason she came to this school was because this child was too introverted, right?
Feiyuan-sensei thought, and couldn’t help but start drafting a “Black Knight-san Reformation Plan” in her heart.
If there weren’t many topics, proactively think of ways to chat.
Try to find things this child liked.
Eventually they’d be able to talk.
And once she found a breakthrough point, she’d launch a full “offensive” and definitely reform this child.
‘Mm!
Go for it, Feiyuan Deyuan!
You can do it!
After all, you’re a senior and a teacher!’ Miss Feiyuan-sensei cheered herself on in her heart, her eyes very determined.
One look and you could tell her guts stat wasn’t low.
“?” Black Knight didn’t know what Feiyuan-sensei was thinking.
She only knew—for some reason, her clarity points, which had originally been zero, had somehow already become over six hundred.
Where did these emotion points come from?
Did I do something amazing?
I didn’t go running, didn’t give a speech.
How did I get emotion points?
She didn’t get it, didn’t get it at all.
Anyway, emotion points really were important, so she’d just accept them.
“Then, please come in~” Feiyuan-sensei walked to the cafeteria entrance.
The original glass door had now been covered with a layer of colored paper to prevent peeking from outside, making Black Knight feel a bit confused.
Could this actually not be an academy but some kind of trafficking ring?
No, wait.
Didn’t the little light ball say this world had those Three Goddesses?
How could a kidnapper suddenly appear?
With a bit of doubt, Black Knight slowly walked into the cafeteria.
Then a sound so awful it seemed like a grinding wheel instantly barged into Black Knight’s horse ears, scaring her into quickly covering her pair of horse ears and backing out.
Then, covering her horse ears, Black Knight directly gave Feiyuan-sensei a “you don’t play fair” look, and Feiyuan-sensei was stunned by this move.
Wh-what’s going on?
Didn’t we agree to leave the best impression?
Why did something go wrong right at the start?
What is that Sukegahara guy doing?
So Feiyuan-sensei also poked her head in and immediately saw the old principal holding a broken horn, looking embarrassed.
“Uh… Feiyuan, tell the kid I—I can explain…”
Feiyuan-sensei: “…”
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Miss Black Knight-san’s approximate image… mm, you can think of her as similar to Manhattan Cafe’s type.
A black long-haired, golden-eyed, cold-faced Umamusume, good at Late Surger and End Closer, and almost always very calm.
About like that.
………
In Black Knight-san’s eyes, protagonist Umamusume like Special Week and Silence Suzuka are all BOSS-level existences—the kind with all stats SS and six innate skills.
Because in her eyes, the Umamusume world isn’t an idol drama, but an arena, like The Prince of Tennis, with all kinds of unscientific running styles, temporary power-ups, battle endurance—cheats taken to the extreme.
So she feels her UR card still isn’t strong enough.
And in the system’s pool, there really are “pace-runner” type Umamusume.
For example, the earlier Little Kangbai-chan is the kind of support who doesn’t scumbag others.
………
Character Name: Little Kangbai-chan
Character Rarity: SR
Track Aptitude:
[Turf B, Dirt: C]
Distance Aptitude:
[Sprint B, Mile B, Medium B, Long B]
Running Style Aptitude:
[Front Runner C, Pace Chaser B, Late Surger B, End Closer C]
Stats:
[Speed B, Stamina C, Power C, Guts A, Wit C]
————Own Skills————
Innate: [Good Friend’s Sharing] During the entire race, you may choose one Umamusume whose front-back distance from you does not exceed 2 horse lengths (ignoring horizontal distance), and synchronize stats with them (each stat syncs to the higher one) and status (if you gain, I gain; if you lose, I lose; if you’re immune, I’m immune).
At the same time, apply a “+15% all stats” status to yourself.
The overall effect lasts until the race ends or until you are forced to be separated from the other party by two horse lengths.
Innate: [Big Full Meal] Has a chance to trigger when stamina drops below 30%.
Running speed decreases by 25% for 15 seconds; after 15 seconds, cancel all non-buff statuses on yourself, restore 100% stamina, and raise all stats by 30%, lasting until the race ends—if you already have a “good friend,” the other party also enjoys all the effects of this skill.
Author: “Look at these skills, then think about that line ‘one Uma takes the lead, ten thousand Umas fade.’ Don’t you find it a little strange that there’s actually this kind of Umamusume?”
Author: “But Little Kangbai-chan also counts as a scumbag-skill nemesis. After all, once you become a ‘good friend,’ if you dare scumbag her, that’s the same as scumbagging yourself. Even Special Week next door probably can’t target this kind of guy, right?”
Author: “Oh, a hint: Little Kangbai-chan’s setting is a legal loli who can really eat but never grows up.”