Seiun Sky inserted herself into the outing with complete shamelessness.
Teio was furious.
“Why are you here?!”
“It’s a restaurant.
Am I not allowed to eat?”
“You ruined my date!”
“Date?”
Seiun Sky looked toward Luocheng.
“Then I’ll have one with Trainer next time too.”
The atmosphere immediately deteriorated.
Luocheng silently revised his previous assumption that this world was safe.
Romantic rivalry among beings several times stronger than him was not a trivial matter.
He might genuinely die from standing in the wrong place.
That thought reminded him of something from the game world.
Around his sixtieth day there, Luocheng had reached an especially dark period.
The sameness.
The loneliness.
The certainty that everyone around him was only performing scripts.
For a moment, Luocheng had considered simply ending things.
He never got the chance.
Tokai Teio appeared behind him and pulled him away from danger with overwhelming force.
Then she took him to the infirmary and remained nearby until his condition stabilized.
It seemed his mental collapse had triggered some kind of Trainer-protection routine.
That incident had shocked Luocheng back into clarity.
He needed people.
He needed conversation.
Humans could not live in complete isolation without consequences.
That was when he began seeking out Manhattan Cafe at night.
Even if she couldn’t truly answer him there, he could talk.
He could pretend someone listened.
He could keep searching for change.
Now, at least, the girls around him really did respond.
No matter how strange the world might be, that alone mattered.
Eventually, the disastrous “date” ended.
Before they separated, Luocheng rubbed Teio’s head.
“Your debut is next week.”
“Yeah.”
“Good luck.
I’ll be watching you dominate.”
He didn’t want his lack of system assistance to ruin Teio’s development.
His goal was still to clear the game.
Maybe that meant winning the URA Finale.
Maybe this wasn’t even that scenario.
Perhaps the final race was something absurd like the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
If he lost and the game locked him out—
would he be trapped forever?
“Trainer.”
Teio looked at him.
“Have some faith in me.”
“I do.”
“That’s better!”
She grinned.
“Triple Crown, whatever comes after it—I’ll win everything for you!”
Later, Luocheng returned to the Trainers’ dormitory.
A middle-aged man with stubble invited him to play cards.
His name was Yagyu Yanghui.
Everyone called him Brother Yagyu.
He was married and had two children.
Luocheng had only recently begun learning the names and lives of the Trainers around him.
For months, he had thought of them in terms of “character settings” rather than people.
Now, while playing cards for several hours, he suddenly remembered what university dorm life had felt like.
He wondered what his old roommates would say if they could hear about this world.
Would they envy him?
Would they come here if given the chance?
With that thought, Luocheng returned to his room.
He changed clothes, turned off the light, and climbed into bed.
Then—
something landed on top of him.
A familiar voice giggled.
Luocheng opened his eyes.
Tokai Teio was sitting there with the triumphant expression of someone who had successfully launched a surprise attack.
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