I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

“Your pollution is even more special than that idiot’s. Although his dosage was a bit higher, he still appeared normal. But your pollution has blinded you to your own senses.”

"To put it simply, you are unaware of your own love."

"how is this possible?"

Without realizing it, Tamamo's voice was a few decibels louder than usual, and she reached into her jacket pocket.

"I'm not stupid, how could I not realize something like this..."

The white horse girl stared at her for a few seconds before slowly speaking.

"Why don't you take out your left hand now, hold it up in front of us, and let us see what's inside?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Tamamo's cross gesture suddenly stopped.

There was indeed something in her left hand.

It was a button.

It was something left over from the things that Kitahara Shinji left behind when he visited her home a few years ago. She regarded it as a lucky charm and kept it with her at all times for the past few years, never leaving it for even a day.

Whenever she feels nervous, she instinctively grips it; it has become an instinct.

"Mr. Kitahara, you once helped me..."

For some reason, Tamamo Cross's voice sounded a bit dry.

The white horse girl continued to look at her calmly.

"I haven't said who it is yet."

silence.

A moment later, Tamamo's lips moved slightly, as if she was about to continue her rebuttal, but before she could utter a sound, she heard the white horse girl speak again.

"I don't believe that from the day you were born until now, only that idiot has helped you, but did you keep their buttons?"

"He was desperate to win and eager to earn money to send home. He even cut short his rest time, let alone entertainment."

"But I still always manage to take a lot of time to help someone who makes me so angry I want to bite them."

“You could say that your feelings for him are simply because he helped you and you get along well, so you kept his button and wanted to protect him… I won’t argue with that.”

"However, Tamamo Cross, I have a question for you."

She stood up, bent down, and pulled the left hand of the Tamamo Cross out of her pocket.

Then he pried open her hand and took out the button.

"If I said I wanted to take this button away, you—"

boom.

Before she could finish speaking, sharp teeth embedded themselves in her fair arm. Then, a delicate white hand suddenly reached out, roughly snatched back the seemingly insignificant button, and carefully put it back into her pocket.

After putting the button back in his pocket, Tamamo Cross looked at her and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"This is my stuff, you're not allowed to touch it."

Strangely enough, despite being bitten hard by Tamamo Cross's sharp teeth, the white horse girl's arm didn't bleed at all, and there wasn't even a tooth mark.

After being bitten by Tamamo Cross, she showed no signs of pain. Instead, after Tamamo Cross said that the button belonged to her, the corners of her mouth gradually turned up.

"See, you're aware of that too, aren't you?"

Tamamo Cross averted her gaze: "...I don't understand what you're saying."

"If that's what you say, I won't argue with it."

The white horse girl remained calm.

"But whether you admit it or not, there are two things I still need to tell you, which is why I came to see you."

"The first thing is some information about that idiot's orthodoxy."

"While you might find it a bit far-fetched, that idiot is indeed about to become a full-fledged character, and the situation is going to get quite dangerous. As for the specifics..."

Just as the famous general Nutsune learned, with Tamamo Cross looking at her with a 'Are you kidding me?' expression, the white horse girl shared the information about Kitahara Shinji's orthodox transformation with her.

At the same time, she was also told about a certain ability that Shinji Kitahara had not yet realized.

After she finished speaking, it took Tamamo Cross a long time to process all the information she had shared.

But he didn't believe her immediately; he just looked at her suspiciously before speaking.

"What about the second thing?"

"The second item..."

As the white horse girl spoke, she suddenly stood up and stretched out her hand.

Then, to Tamamo Cross's astonishment, the white horse girl's arm pierced through her clothes and went straight into her heart.

Then, give it a slight squeeze.

boom.

The expected pain did not come. Instead, after a sound like breaking glass, Tamamo Cross suddenly felt much lighter.

Then, the white horse girl's voice rang in her ears.

"Although I have lost a lot now, at least in this respect, I can still help you a little."

"Now, as long as you are willing, you can remove or re-cover this layer of 'self-contamination' anytime, anywhere, according to your own wishes."

"You can decide for yourself how to operate and what to do. I'm just here to provide assistance."

"I look forward to your performance."

The words fell, and the world shattered.

When Tamamo Cross came to her senses, she was sitting alone on a chair at a cafeteria table, with nothing in front of her.

It was as if no one had ever been there.

Chapter 178: Showing No Intention to Loosen Up

"Tamamo, what's wrong?"

Upon arriving at the arena, seeing that Tamamo Cross still looked a bit off, Kitahara Shinji asked her a question.

Faced with Kitahara Shinji's concern, Tamamo Cross remained silent for a moment before averting her gaze.

"It's nothing, I just had a bad dream last night."

Did you have a nightmare?

Shinji Kitahara nodded, then looked Tamamo Cross up and down.

After confirming that she was fine except for looking a little tired, I didn't worry about it too much.

He told her to take care of her health and that she could come to him if she had any problems, and then left.

What he didn't know was that after he left, Super Small Bay suddenly looked at Tamamo Cross with obvious worry in its eyes.

"...Tamamo-chan, are you really alright?"

Unlike Shinji Kitahara, Super Little Bay doesn't have such keen eyesight. He has more contact with Tamamo Cross on a regular basis and has a deeper understanding of her, so he is more able to clearly perceive the abnormality of Tamamo Cross.

Faced with her concerned inquiry, Tamamo Cross remained silent for a moment.

"It's nothing. Didn't I just say? It was just a bad dream."

She paused, as if trying to convince someone, and repeated herself in an extremely serious and emphatic tone that she had never used before.

"It was just a bad dream."

That was a dream, and it could only be a dream.

Holding the slightly worn button in her palm, she repeated the thought to herself several times before her expression returned to normal. Then, she looked at the super small bay and complained.

"Don't look at me like that. It's just a nightmare. Haven't you ever had a nightmare about the bay?"

She paused, as if realizing something, her expression faltering slightly. She then took a step back, her gaze towards the super bay becoming more wary.

"Wait, Little Bay, you're not thinking of using this as an excuse to 'take care' of me, are you?"

Seeing that Tamamo Cross had returned to normal, and with her interruptions, Super Little Bay's attention was diverted. After chatting for a few minutes, he gradually forgot about her previous strange behavior.

After chatting for a while, just before entering the arena, Super Little Bay suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, Tamamo, do you have any good ideas about what I mentioned before?"

The one I mentioned before?

Tamamo Cross was taken aback for a moment, then realized that she was referring to the matter that she had discussed with her and Koyaichi many times in the past.

Take care of Shinji Kitahara.

It's not that Super Little Bay doesn't know how to take care of Kitahara Shinji, so they consulted with them.

Because of Nechika's presence and Kitahara Shinji's wariness, despite her increasingly eager gaze towards Kitahara Shinji, she hasn't found an opportunity to make a move yet.

In the past, she would probably have taken care of others as a meal replacement while continuing to wait alone, hoping to find a breakthrough opportunity.

However, after exchanging ideas with Shinji Kitahara during the previous decisive battle, Super Little Bay's thinking underwent a slight change.

“One-sided care and giving can put pressure on people, and being too perfect can easily create distance.”

"To truly bridge the gap between each other, what you need is not to become better yourself, but to learn to rely on others while taking care of them, so that they can also feel that they are 'needed'."

Shinji Kitahara said those things simply out of his duty as a trainer, wanting to help Super Little Bay resolve her confusion.

What he didn't know was that although Super Little Bay did take his words to heart, the direction in which he took them seemed to be somewhat different from what he had expected.

Do you depend on others...?

With these words in mind, Super Little Bay returned to his dormitory.

After a whole night of contemplation, she felt she understood what Shinji Kitahara was trying to express.

The next day, he approached Tamamo Cross and Koyaichi, revealing his purpose to them amidst their horrified gazes.

"I need your help with something."

"Um, Little Bay, we still have training today. Baby games (referring to dressing someone up as a baby and having Super Little Bay take care of them) and stuff like that, we'll do them later when we have more time..."

"It's not a baby game."

Facing their horrified gazes, Super Little Bay shook his head and said seriously.

"I would like to ask you to help me find an opportunity to take care of Trainer Kitahara."

This is how Super Small Bay interprets Shinji Kitahara's words.

As a maternal demon whose infamy shakes the entire Teresen, Super Cove couldn't think of anything about herself that required anyone else to take care of her.

He's a jack-of-all-trades in life, excels academically, and as for matters on the field, Shinji Kitahara is more than enough.

So, the only place where one can normally ask for help from others, instead of making a pretentious, affected complaint, seems to be taking care of Shinji Kitahara.

Faced with the request from Super Small Bay, Tamamo Cross and Koya exchanged a glance and then immediately nodded in agreement.

After all, if Super Little Bay could focus more on Shinji Kitahara, the chances of the two of them suffering at her hands would definitely be reduced.

Moreover, while the Super Small Bay is dangerous, the type of danger is completely different from that of other horse breeds.

If she were to actually take care of Kitahara Shinji, Kitahara Shinji would most likely fall victim to her cruelty.

But if one day a girl decides to do something impulsive, then the existence of the Super Bay can be considered the most reliable insurance.

Although they agreed to help Super Small Bay and gained some breathing room in the process.

However, so far, due to the presence of Nechika and the strict defenses of Kitahara Shinji, the situation remains stable.

Although the three of them have made many attempts, they have not made any substantial progress so far.

But today, it might be because of the impact of that previous 'dream,' or it might be because she discovered that the Super Bay's gaze was becoming increasingly terrifying.

Shortly after the topic was raised in the Super Small Bay, Tamamo Cross suddenly came up with a potentially effective method in a moment of desperation.

"Wait, Little Bay, don't panic, I might have thought of a way..."

"...What method?"

"It's very simple."