Their restricted abilities are refreshed every week.

Oguruma looked up suddenly, threw the half-drunk water in his hand to Shirakawa Haru, and smiled faintly: "I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me, Sun-kun. There is still a group left to run."

After saying that, Xiao Limao, who was still smiling a second ago, stood back on the starting line.

His expression became calm in an instant.

As the stopwatch ticked, a gray figure lowered his center of gravity and appeared more than ten meters away like a cannonball.

At this moment, the whistling sound of the wind accompanied by the damp smell of grass hit the stunned Yuki Suho's face.

Yuki Suho opened his mouth slightly as he looked at the outrageous data on the modifier.

【Oguri Hat】

[Constitution SS, Intelligence C+, Charm B, Willpower S]

[Favorability 10, Love 0]

[I just met your Uma Musume, and we're still a long way from being friends.]

Are you kidding me, SS's physique?

This is higher than my brother’s!

What a devilish muscle man!

And her relationship with Shirakawa Haru seems to be extraordinary...

This is very strange. There is clearly no such person as Xiao Li Mao in Mingchuanqing's contact list, and I have never seen him mention him in daily life.

But why do they feel so familiar with each other and talk like an old married couple?

Suho Yuki secretly elbowed Shirakawa Haru's waist and asked with a serious smile: "Haru-kun, can you tell me about the relationship between you and Oguri-san? I'm very curious."

"opponent."

Shirakawa Haru replied calmly, "You still remember the U14 marathon championship I won two years ago? In that race, Oguri was only half a body length behind me."

"But now I can't outrun her at all."

Because of a narrow defeat, they became destined enemies...

——Do you think I will believe this kind of talk!

"Since Haru-kun doesn't want to say it, there's nothing we can do."

Yuki Suho snorted lightly and increased Oguruma's favorability towards her by 10 points - if Oguruma's favorability towards Shirakawa Haru was not particularly high, then she would talk to her more.

On the contrary, haha...

"Come to think of it, classmate, why were you the one who set the watch for Xiaoli?"

Shirakawa Haru walked over to the horse girl holding the watch, puzzled, "Why isn't Oguri's trainer here?"

"Ah, uh...that..."

The horse girl who was staring at the changes in the numbers was startled by Shirakawa Haru. She looked behind him incoherently, then held up the stopwatch in her hand and wanted to say something.

pat.

The stopwatch was slowly pressed by the hand that reached out from behind Shirakawa Haru, and the number on it froze at "53.0".

"—Because everyone else is competing elsewhere, and I'm from Kasamatsu, there aren't many trainers here willing to take me in."

Xiao Li Mao said with a smile, but this smile revealed a little helplessness.

"What about the indoor gym? High-intensity training outside on such a hot day will burn you out."

"It's locked, we can't get in."

Shirakawa Haru lowered his head in silence. Seeing the scarred pair of cheap running shoes on Oguruma's feet, he slowly spoke:

"We can't go on like this, Xiaoli."

He spoke very seriously, emphasizing each word:

"—You are the most talented horse girl I have ever seen. You can't let it go to waste like this."

Xiao Limao was stunned, her cheeks looked as pink as if they were burned by fire, and she didn't know if it was because of the hot weather.

He smiled and held out his palm:

"If you don't mind, please let me be your trainer for a while."

Just when Shirakawa Haru wanted to list a series of titles of his own, he found that his mouth could not move.

And not only his mouth, but also his body, the horse racing girl who was checking the clock beside him, Yuki Suho who was standing beside him with a dignified smile, and the leaves and grass that were originally swaying in the wind all fell into a strange stillness.

The wind stopped.

In the whole world, the only one left was Chestnut Hat, pacing in circles with his face covered.

Shirakawa Haru: ???

Chapter 5: I Was Here First

It was Xiao Limao who did it.

Shirakawa Haru tried it and found that except for his thinking which was as active as usual, he couldn't do anything else.

Fortunately, Oguruma was still within his sight before time stopped, otherwise he would have no idea who caused time to stop in the whole world.

I just don't know which version this time stop is from...

As Shirakawa Haru stared at it for a long time, a new silver entry slowly emerged on the top of Oguruma's head.

——"Time-stopping ability owner (time remaining: 7 days)"

!

——It turns out there is more than one of this thing!

The same "XX owner", the same "7 days remaining", if Shirakawa Haru hasn't reacted yet, he would be really stupid.

But this superpower that looks like it came out of a strange movie set is not only possessed by my sister...

The situation is not good.

Because this means that after 7 days, Yuki Suho's modifier entry will indeed disappear, but it will most likely be replaced by a new and strange entry.

It's like time has stopped.

If this continues, Yuki's mind will sooner or later be eroded by these strange abilities and become abnormal.

——But why did Oguruma suddenly activate the ability to stop time?

Shirakawa Haru stared at Oguruma, whose cheeks were red and she was spinning rapidly in circles, and a bold idea came to his mind:

——Could it be that she was thinking about the pros and cons of being a coach at such a high speed that her CPU was overloaded?

But this is normal, the trainers of Hinomori are all top-notch.

Although he is an international athlete in many track and field events and is known as a master of theory, his experience is indeed far from that of coaching horse girls.

After watching Oguruma spinning in circles for another minute, Shirakawa Haru was speechless:

——So you have this buggy ability to stop time and you use it for this?

Starting time to stop and thinking about how to answer a friend's question... Perhaps only Oguruma can do such a "cute" thing.

If it were me, I would have become a native of China the next day, and on the third day I would have asked passers-by if they wanted to eat beef.

However, it was precisely this kind of Ogurashi hat that made Shirakawa Haru feel particularly at ease.

Because if Oguruma really wanted to do something strange during the still time, Shirakawa Haru would have no choice but to watch.

The situation seems a bit like this morning.

——Before I actually saw this strange entry, I had some resistance, but not much.

However, if you clearly see this entry above someone else's head, the effect of these strange abilities on you will be greatly weakened.

In other words, the next time time stops, it probably won't work on me.

After waiting for another long minute, Shirakawa Haru finally saw Oguruma stop spinning, and then he slapped his face hard with both hands, calming down his slightly panicked expression.

pat.

With the sound of the bubble bursting, the time of the world began to flow again.

Baichuan Qing, who had been prepared for this, acted as if he hadn't noticed anything and continued with the previous sentence: "Although my experience is not as rich as that of the old trainer, it is still..."

"Okay."

Oguruma tightly grasped the hand he offered and replied calmly, "Then, Sun-kun, I'll be grateful for your guidance from now on."

"——Oguri, won't you think about this for a while longer?"

Shirakawa Haru showed appropriate doubts.

"No need." Oguruma replied seriously, "Because I choose to believe in the Sun, just like before."

——The tone was firm and without hesitation.

At least, that's what Yuki Suho and the other horse girl think.

"what?"

Yuki Suho, who was standing nearby, watched the strange developments unfold with her mouth so open that an egg could fit in.

"No, no, no, no matter how you think about it, this is progressing too fast."

"A piece of illogical shit like 'Meet for Five Minutes, Then Become a Trainer' wouldn't be read even on a third-rate light novel website!"

Zhou Fang Yuxi was complaining madly in her heart, but on the surface she quickly retracted her shocked expression, took a deep breath, walked forward and said with a smile:

"Oguri-san, I heard that trainers are very important to Uma Musume. Even if it's just temporarily, are you really not going to give it another thought?"

"No need."

Oguruma looked directly at Suho Yuki: "The Sun-kun gave me affirmation, so I should also respond to his expectations, that's all."

Yuki Suho smiled and nodded without saying anything.

——Damn it, a sweetheart sent from heaven, absolutely a sweetheart sent from heaven!

Otherwise, how can we explain this overwhelming favorability at first sight!

You know, I used a modifier to increase Oguri-san's favorability towards me!

——Besides, I'm your brother's sister and childhood sweetheart! Where the hell did you come from?! Are you an alien?!

"Since morning training is over, let's go to the cafeteria first. It's silly to stand here in the sun all the time."

Shirakawa Haru suggested, and seeing Oguri's hesitant look, he added, "Don't worry, Oguri. You won't be able to empty the cafeteria in a few days. As for today...you can eat half full, and then I'll take you out for a walk."

"Can I eat whatever I want in the cafeteria?"

As if some key words were triggered, Ogurumao instantly raised his head with an expression of great anticipation.

Wow cool wow cool.

He was completely different from the calm and determined runner before.

"Of course you can—'You can practice better if you're well fed,' didn't you tell me?"

Upon hearing this, Oguruma smiled warmly.

……

"I'm gonna start now."

Little Chestnut Hat makes the announcement before each meal.

Then, the mountain of potato pancakes and fried noodles began to disappear at an unreasonable speed.

"What kind of carbohydrate bomb is this? I feel like I'm full just by looking at it."

Yuki Suo, who had eaten less than half a potato pancake, was shocked.

But she did not forget the reason why she chose to sit in this corner.

——This is the hottest pepper jar in the entire cafeteria!

"Oguri-san, try this." Suho Yuki dipped some in it and ate it, indicating that it wouldn't kill him. Then, she smiled and recommended, "If you come to Hinomori, this chili pepper is a must-try."

Haha, you think this little trick will work on Xiao Limao? You are too young.