I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

Even so, Shinji Kitahara wanted to minimize the chance of an accident, so he made a special request to the elderly horse girl to add some protective material to Super Little Bay's legs.

Then, Shinji Kitahara frankly told Super Bay about his plans, and the latter understood very well and said that he would follow his wishes and try to wear this decisive outfit more often in the future.

After agreeing, touching the winning outfit in his hand and looking at Shinji Kitahara in front of him, Super Little Bay felt a strange feeling.

Was she being taken care of by him...?

In the past, although Xiaoyouyi, as a trainer, would help her with training, it was basically like a teacher guiding a student.

In other respects, although Xiaoyouyi is an adult, because she has been taken care of by others for many years, let alone taking care of Super Little Bay, she would be considered a victory if she could escape from her clutches.

But now, even though she was the one who was supposed to find an opportunity to take care of Kitahara Shinji, she's the one who's being taken care of...

Then, before the subtle feeling in his heart could dissipate, Shinji Kitahara across from him handed him another stack of papers.

"Also, Little Bay, these are some special exercises I wrote down in my spare time these past few days that can help improve your leg condition, along with recommended foods..."

"As for designing your running routine, I want to wait until your leg condition has improved somewhat before doing so, because then I can design a higher-intensity running routine for you..."

"Of course, it's not impossible to think about it now, but if the intensity isn't high enough, the effect might be less effective, and adjusting it afterwards might take some effort..."

With Shinji Kitahara's instructions, Super Little Bay's subtle feelings grew stronger.

Similar to Aili Digital, Super Little Bay also started learning to take care of others very early on.

And after she passed through her initial childhood, she was basically the one taking care of others, while no one else took care of her.

but now......

Looking at the words on the paper in his hand and listening to Shinji Kitahara's instructions, Super Little Bay suddenly felt a subtle sense of frustration.

As mentioned before, Super Bay has almost always lived in the shadow of Shinji Kitahara since it was a child, and it was completely defeated in the previous unilateral competition.

However, after discovering that Shinji Kitahara didn't seem to be very good at taking care of himself, she temporarily forgot about those things.

The main reason she wanted to take care of Shinji Kitahara was probably because she felt that Shinji Kitahara was a 'child' who needed to be taken care of.

However, from another perspective, it's hard to say that Super Little Bay didn't harbor the idea of ​​defeating him in this way in order to break free from the shadow that had loomed over his life since childhood.

But now, instead of taking care of Shinji Kitahara, she is the one being taken care of.

Furthermore, upon closer reflection, since joining the team, it's clear that the other 'kids' have preferred Shinji Kitahara over her.

Moreover, it's not just his own team that's like this; even the three 'children' she used to take care of in Koya's team are now clearly more attached to Kitahara Shinji and are more willing to listen to him.

The ability to care for others, popularity, and accumulated experience and past...

This time, she finally saw the full picture of the shadow that had shrouded her heart since childhood.

But it's better when you don't realize it, at least you can still feel resentful.

Having come to terms with it, she no longer has the energy to even feel resentful.

"Mr. Kitahara, you're really amazing..."

Super Little Bay sighed sincerely, but along with the sigh, there was a slight sense of loss on his expression.

Shinji Kitahara noticed her unusual behavior and, thinking he might have said something wrong, tentatively asked her what was wrong.

When confronted with Shinji Kitahara's question, Super Little Bay remained silent for a moment before choosing to tell the truth.

Of course, she didn't say everything; she just said that he was very good at taking care of people and was very popular with the children, while she was completely incompetent in comparison...

But after hearing what Super Bay said, Shinji Kitahara made the opposite judgment.

"But I actually think you're more capable, Little Bay."

He paused, and before Super Small Bay could ask a question, he continued to add.

“I know you might not believe it, but I really think that when it comes to taking care of people, you are better than me.”

"Even for me, when I take care of someone, it's impossible to say that I do it unconditionally. I almost always need some kind of return, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it's profitable."

"For example, when I took care of those children before, it was to earn food. And I'm doing these things for you, Little Bay, because of my duty as a trainer, or even because I want you to win more games in the future, so I can have some income too."

“But Xiaohaiwan, your actions were purely based on the idea that ‘the other party needs to be taken care of,’ without any consideration for material rewards. In that respect, I am not as good as you.”

"However, I personally feel that while this is a good thing, you've gone a bit too far in this regard."

Super Bay was taken aback upon hearing his words.

"...Did you go too far?"

"Correct."

Shinji Kitahara nodded.

“I’m not saying you did a bad job; on the contrary, I think you did a bit too well in this regard.”

"Taking care of others is not wrong, but doing it without expecting anything in return is even more commendable."

"But besides that, Xiaohaiwan, you may have overlooked the fact that, in addition to being cared for, it is also very important for humans to be 'needed'."

“Little Bay, you’ve done such a good job in this regard, without asking for anything in return. It’s easy for people to feel that they need you, but you don’t need them, which creates pressure.”

"Moreover, the kind of need I'm talking about isn't the kind of need you, Xiaohaiwan, have them dress up as children to satisfy some of your emotional needs, but rather the kind of 'necessary needs'."

He looked at her and said earnestly.

"Moreover, in a typical family, even the 'mother' cannot bear everything alone; she will need the help of the 'father' and even some help from the 'children'."

"So I think, Little Bay, what you need now is not to become better, but to continue to improve your caregiving skills or anything else, because you are already doing well enough in this regard."

"If you want to get out of this predicament, you need to learn to 'be needed', learn to rely on others, and while taking care of others, try your best to get others to help you more."

"One-sided care and giving can put pressure on people, and being too perfect can easily create distance. If you really want to get closer to each other, mutual support is a better choice."

"At least, that's what I think."

"What do you think, Little Bay?"

silence.

The super-small bay sat there quietly, its tail swaying gently behind it.

In fact, Kitahara Shinji's tail started wagging halfway through his speech.

There's nothing more enjoyable than always being able to look up to your rivals and praise you.

If so, it's because his praise was very sincere, not only in tone but also logically sound.

Learning to rely on others...

Super Cove was silent for a moment, then smiled.

"In that case, am I currently relying on you, Trainer Kitahara, and being taken care of by you?"

Shinji Kitahara raised an eyebrow.

"Of course, I'm your trainer."

"In that case..."

She looked at Shinji Kitahara, her smile growing wider, and she cupped her cheek with one hand.

"Trainer Kitahara, if what you just said is that mutual support is a better choice, then since I'm receiving your help now, shouldn't I also be 'needed' in return?"

Upon hearing the words "super small bay," Shinji Kitahara's hair stood on end.

Oh no, he's gotten himself into a mess!

Before he could answer, Nechika suddenly appeared and said that the bath water was ready and that Kitahara Shinji should go take a bath first.

Kitahara Shinji felt like he had been granted a pardon and quickly used this excuse to slip away.

What he didn't know was that after he left, Necha didn't move an inch. Holding the coat he had taken off, he stood there quietly, looking at each other with Super Bay.

After a moment of silence, she looked at the super-small bay, her eyes flashing with obvious hostility, and spoke seriously.

"I won't give it to you."

Faced with Necha's hostility, Super Little Bay smiled and remained silent.

But the fighting spirit in his eyes grew even stronger.

Chapter 135: Is your car insured?

With the end of the little evening incident, time began to flow again.

Shinji Kitahara didn't pay too much attention to the previous little incident.

After all, in his view, he had only given her the Little Bay Finale outfit and then chatted with her a few times while entrusting her with some things, so there was nothing to take seriously.

Therefore, he failed to notice the smell of gunpowder that began to permeate his dormitory after that little incident.

However, as of now, since no reason has been found to enter the Super Small Bay, this war is still in the preparation stage and has not yet started.

So Shinji Kitahara hasn't noticed anything unusual and continues to focus on his daily patrols.

And during the patrol, they gradually discovered some clues.

Someone has started scouting the area.

As usual, he walked side by side with Tsuna Sugawa on the street like a couple, while holding the hand of Eclipse, who was pretending to be his sister, in his other hand, and feeding the latter various snacks.

While feeding them, his gaze would occasionally sweep over a couple who looked a little older not far away, his eyes narrowing slightly.

In fact, Shinji Kitahara had noticed the couple two days earlier, as well as a few other people scattered around.

He didn't know if they were the people he was looking for.

But even if that's not the case, their behavior is suspicious enough.

The pace was clearly planned; the animal would glance around frequently and pay particular attention to nearby cameras and surveillance footage...

Although the behavior between the man and woman appeared intimate, a closer look revealed that they were essentially doing their own thing, even more distant than he and Tsuna...

More importantly, the areas where those people were active closely matched the key areas he had previously drawn; they were all places very suitable for their operations, and some were even operating along their possible escape routes...

Shinji Kitahara felt that if things continued this way, something unexpected would happen soon.

Then, not long after, his prediction was proven true.

Three days later.

As September drew to a close, the group finally couldn't hold back any longer and made their move.

At this time, the holiday has already lasted quite a while, and there is still some time before school starts.

Logically speaking, this should have been the period when Tressen's defenses were at their most relaxed.

Furthermore, the girls won't be in frequent contact with the school during this period. If it's just a temporary loss of contact, coupled with a little bit of disguise, it probably won't attract any attention.

So they prepared to take action.

However, unlike the stupid horse girl hunters that Shinji Kitahara had encountered before, this group was clearly much more intelligent.

Instead of immediately tying up the horse, they first conducted preliminary investigations and obtained the dates of several large events near Tressen.

They also let some members in as temporary staff, causing a minor accident and a small disturbance, in order to attract Tresson's attention.

At the same time, they not only carried out large-scale operations, but also various operations in the vicinity of the areas where they planned to take action.

They could either disperse the crowd to reduce the chances of being discovered, or do something trivial to distract Treson.

They even went directly to the area around Tresson to cause trouble, pretending to be malicious reporters or paparazzi, forcing Tresson to allocate some manpower to disperse them.

After all this was done, the area around Tressen became a little chaotic, and the manpower began to scatter.

Thus, with the situation in this state, and the auxiliary personnel having completed their tasks, the team responsible for the kidnapping also began their operation.

However, although they were a kidnapping team, they weren't foolish enough to just knock Ma Niang unconscious and take her away on the street. Instead, they adopted a similar strategy.

They first sent the 'couple' to wander around various places, searching for suitable 'prey'.

Once they find suitable prey, they approach them and use various methods to lure them into the pre-set hunting area.

After luring the prey into the hunting area, the next step should be for a gunman who has been lying in ambush to appear and use a tranquilizer gun to take down the prey.

Then, after the prey is taken down, an accomplice disguised as a freight company will arrive.

The goods are packaged and disguised as normal goods before being shipped out.

What's strange is that after the 'couple' successfully led the goods into the designated hunting area, the gunman hiding in the shadows didn't make a move for a long time.

"Excuse me, what's wrong with you?"