I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

"I forgot my dorm key."

Vodka swaggered over, only noticing Kitahara Shinji behind the door when he got closer.

Hmm? Trainer Kitahara is here too? Then she might as well stay here for a while...

Perhaps because Shinji Kitahara had attracted too much attention, Vodka wasn't paying much attention to her footing as she approached Yamato Akari, and didn't notice the broom lying across her feet, so...

boom--

Naturally, Vodka tripped over it and, due to the distance, fell onto Yamato Akama.

Because he was facing away from vodka and was unprepared, Yamato Akaki lost his balance when she leaned on him and fell straight down towards Kitahara Shinji.

Seeing that Yamato Akachi was about to fall, Kitahara Shinji instinctively pushed open the door to help him up, but although he was prepared to catch Yamato Akachi, he overlooked the vodka behind him.

Although he eventually realized what was happening, he took a step back to steady himself and shrank into the room, bringing Yamato Akaki and Vodka with him.

"Vodka! You idiot, watch where you're going!"

First, he made a comment about the vodka behind him, then Yamato Akaki prepared to turn around and thank Kitahara Shinji.

But just as she turned her head halfway, the sight before her made her stop turning, and her eyes glazed over for a moment.

"...Senior Suko?"

Looking at Alice, who was lying on the bed, her clothes disheveled, panting, and covered in indescribable marks, he saw her desperately trying to find something to cover herself.

Yamato Akaki blinked.

His expression gradually turned to astonishment.

Chapter 271: March

What Yamato Akame saw in Elise's laboratory that day remains unknown to this day, except for the three people involved.

Not to mention others, even Vodka, who was the fourth person in the room at the time, was covered in the eyes by Yamato Akachi just as she was about to look up after recovering her senses. The force was so great that she even wondered if Yamato Akachi wanted to gouge her eyes out.

The only thing she knew was that the day after that, Alice didn't show up at the training ground as scheduled. According to Shinji Kitahara and the other members of the team, she had taken sick leave. Apparently, she had leg cramps and her throat seemed to be swollen.

After that, time began to slowly pass by.

But unlike before, this time, Shinji Kitahara's life was not as peaceful as it had been.

One of the reasons is, of course, certain events that occurred on Valentine's Day night and the following day.

Although he still finds it hard to accept, the fact that it has already happened means that Shinji Kitahara has no intention of avoiding the issue.

A few days after communicating with Alice in various ways, he still felt uneasy and went to Alice Digital and Necha to take them to Alice's laboratory. After explaining the situation, he gave them a comprehensive physical examination.

As for the results of the examination, of course there was no danger whatsoever, let alone any harm. After those events, their various attributes improved to varying degrees, and they performed better than before in both daily training and daily life.

Hmm? You're asking about Alice's situation?

It can only be said that she was too competitive. In order to outdo Shinji Kitahara, she went a bit too far and ended up ruining herself for a day.

Incidentally, Shinji Kitahara agreed to conduct 'research' with Alice not because of her threats.

Instead, she then spent a long time acting coquettishly with Kitahara Shinji, even pretending to be pitiful and asking things like, "Can't she do it?" or "You really don't like her?" before finally getting Kitahara Shinji to nod—of course, she would never admit it.

Getting back to the main point, in fact, Shinji Kitahara could actually observe the situation of the horse girl he had had intimate contact with with the naked eye, and it had also been confirmed by the system. He only came over to check again just to be on the safe side.

After checking and confirming that all three safety measures were in place, he breathed a sigh of relief, as this was exactly what he was worried about.

Before he could even catch his breath, as the three pairs of eyes converged after the examination, Kitahara Shinji raised an eyebrow and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

And soon, accompanied by the sound of the eclipse silently locking the door behind him, that ominous premonition quickly turned into reality.

"Guinea Pig, the chances of success in a single experiment are quite high. To ensure the accuracy of the data, I'm counting on your hard work..."

Faced with Alice's approach, Shinji Kitahara, unable to stop her, turned his gaze to Nescha and Alice Digital beside him, hoping that the two well-behaved children would help him out.

Unfortunately, he misjudged one thing.

While Alice Digital and Necha would go through fire and water for him in other matters, in this one...

"Hmm, without sufficient experimental data, the research will be difficult to conduct..."

Aili Digital turned its head away.

"While I really want to speak up for you, it's always best to be cautious when it comes to scientific research..."

Naiqia guiltily averted her gaze.

Eclipse didn't say anything, but silently locked the door, walked up to Shinji Kitahara, and pinned him to the bed.

After that, 'physical examinations' became a regular event. To ensure the safety of the female horse girls, this was temporarily scheduled once or twice a week—at least that's what they said on the surface.

Aside from the regular 'physical check-ups' that have become a regular practice, there are other things that are giving Shinji Kitahara quite a headache.

For example, the investigation into Galerizho.

After leaving Alice's lab, Shinji Kitahara contacted Daisuke Kamisato directly. Leveraging the connections he had built up at URA through various circumstances, he easily obtained the investigation results regarding the disappearances of Uma Musume in recent years, and his expression gradually became subtle.

[Kamisato Daisuke: No need for the files or anything, I can just tell you the answer.]

[Kamisato Daisuke: The disappearance rate of horse girls worldwide has been zero for the past decade]

[Kamisato Daisuke: If I had to name a few dozen attempted disappearances of Uma Musume (horse girls), I'd say you're more familiar with those cases than I am, since you were basically a witness to them, weren't you?]

No horse girls went missing? Then where did Galerizho's 'experimental materials' come from?

After failing to find anything in his investigation of the missing person case, Shinji Kitahara thought for a moment and then went to the chairperson to ask her for all the information about Kari Risa.

He knew she might notice his actions, but he wasn't worried. If someone else did it, she might suspect that they were investigating her, but if he did it, he would have a perfect excuse.

"I've recently discovered that Trainer Jia Lai seems to be quite capable. Perhaps he could come and help out in my team?"

Yes, that's right. Galeriza has never given up on applying to join Shinji Kitahara's team, and as the team's main trainer, isn't it normal for him to investigate before a new member joins?

Furthermore, not only within the academy, Shinji Kitahara also asked the Symbolist family to investigate through Rudolf's channels, but the more they investigated, the more perplexing the results became.

According to information provided by the chairman and the symbol family, not only after arriving in Teresen, but also while at the Horse Girl Research Institute, Galerizho's schedule was quite fixed and transparent.

Basically, I spend Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in the lab; Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays analyzing data and writing papers; and Sundays either resting in my dorm or going on trips to relax. I have never had any contact with any suspicious people and rarely even leave the vicinity of the Uma Musume Research Institute.

As for the Uma Musume Research Institute, because there have been many cases of people conducting research that led to their deaths due to curiosity, they have very strict control over all kinds of experimental equipment and personnel. Not to mention human experiments, even the number of mice used in ordinary experiments must be reported, and even the slightest error will raise an alarm.

As for outside the research institute, Galerizho did indeed do a few projects outside, but they were mostly public welfare projects, providing free research and treatment for horse girls and humans suffering from incurable diseases.

Although this might seem like giving her a chance to conduct experiments, the problem is that those treatments were overseen by several researchers and were recorded in their entirety, leaving no room for faking it.

No one is missing, there are no living individuals, their lives are regular, and even their rare outings are recorded and backed up; everything seems normal...

But the question is, where did those experimental logs and data on her computer come from?

Looking at the various feedback he had received, Shinji Kitahara fell into deep thought.

However, while he encountered difficulties in investigating Galerizho, Shinji Kitahara made breakthroughs in other areas.

For example, as mentioned before, he started to rise to prominence at the beginning of the year and has now formed a group of considerable size that specifically opposes him.

Nearly a month has passed since Valentine's Day, and just as he predicted, the voices smearing and attacking him have grown louder and louder, and their influence and organization have increased significantly.

Just as he had predicted, once these people's influence reached a certain level, they indeed discovered the existence of 'Seize Victory' and soon began to make contact.

Shinji Kitahara, of course, did not refuse their contact, and even took the opportunity to release a wave of seemingly plausible but plausible 'information' that aligned with their views. Based on this, he spent some time infiltrating the core of the organizations of those who opposed him and became a key member.

After becoming a core member, Shinji Kitahara naturally gained a much clearer understanding of the information about those people, and it didn't take much effort to figure out the identities of the vast majority of the members.

Unfortunately, the black market maintained its usual cautious approach and didn't reveal anything.

Although Shinji Kitahara had already identified the identities of most of the members, he still couldn't figure out who the black market members were behind the scenes.

Shinji Kitahara even suspected that, given the black market's usual secretive nature, none of the people he controlled might actually be from the black market; they were all concentrated among those whose identities he had not yet uncovered.

But that’s okay.

According to Shinji Kitahara's observation, this smear campaign against him will not end anytime soon, and its ultimate goal is certainly not simply to attack him. He still has plenty of time and opportunities to fight back against those people.

Moreover, he still holds an absolute advantage in this contest. After all, no matter how many mistakes he makes, even if he fails to uncover the identities of these people in the end, he will not suffer any losses. At worst, he can simply maintain the status quo.

However, for members of the black market, even a single mistake can lead to the end of the game.

However, while Shinji Kitahara wasn't worried about the competition with the black market members, he was genuinely troubled by another matter related to the black market.

"What are these people thinking...?"

Shinji Kitahara sighed as he looked at the pictures of the solar eclipse in the news reports.

Although he had anticipated that these people might dredge up old grievances in order to attack him, he wondered which bastard had brought up the fact that he had participated in the Eclipse competition...

And not only did they dig it up, but these people actually thought he had ruined Eclipse, claiming that his inhumane training had caused her injury, preventing her from competing to this day, and it had even become a major point of attack against him...

Although he didn't mind such a thing, based on his understanding of eclipses, he knew she would probably be angry if she knew she had become a weapon used by others to attack him.

The problem is that the best way to dispel these rumors is to participate in the competition and directly demonstrate one's strength, but Eclipse has no desire to participate at all. No matter which path Eclipse chooses, it is unlikely to be happy.

So, after thinking about it, Shinji Kitahara decided that he shouldn't tell her about it and just keep things as they are. It wouldn't affect him much, and she could maintain her good mood. It would be a win-win situation.

Besides these troubles, there's the sports car customization project at Maruzensky's place, the ominous feeling that the two older women are secretly tinkering with something again, and the increasingly subtle atmosphere within the team...

Driven by a mix of chaotic events, it was early March.

It was also the day of the Yayoi-sho (Yayoi Appreciation) by the Emperor of the East Sea.

Chapter 272: Your Majesty, I'm Sorry

Speaking of the Yayoi Prize, upon closer reflection, it seems that Shinji Kitahara hasn't paid much attention to training and matches for a while.

But you can't blame him.

After all, although he is still nominally an ordinary trainer, or even strictly speaking a rookie trainer.

But let alone the chairman and trainers, if you randomly ask anyone in the academy, no one will actually consider him a rookie trainer.

She has a close relationship with Ms. Junchuan, frequently visiting the chairman's office and freely entering and leaving the student council room. She and Rudolph practically look after the East Blue Emperor like a married couple raising a child. Recently, she has also become quite close to the symbol of Sirius...

The team includes the infamous Alice, whose digital network is one of the giants in the Uma Musume fan management world. Kusakabe Tobi is currently the president of the restructured Black Forest fan club, and recently she's been getting involved with several young ladies from prominent families. Everyone can see what's going on...

Outside of the academy, although both of his mothers were old hands at having fun, they would definitely side with him if something really happened. And because of his past experiences, he also had quite a few acquaintances at URA, though due to the nature of his work, he didn't have much contact with them normally...

Besides these things that are on the surface, in private, he also has the connections and reputation he accumulated during his travels, the constant attention from a certain idiot, and the terrifying shadow that is always by his side...

Although he himself is unaware of it, he has in fact long possessed the power to influence Treson, and even the entire world.

However, precisely because of this, although he didn't really want to get involved in all sorts of messy things, he eventually got caught up in various incidents because the scope was so wide, and gradually he didn't have as much energy to allocate to training.

However, the reason why Shinji Kitahara relaxed his control over training was not only because he had too many other things to do, but also because he had too many other things to do.

In fact, if things aren't going well in his team, as a trainer, he'd rather put aside all his other tasks to be responsible for the kids in his team.

The problem is that, given the current state of his team, he doesn't really need to be in charge.

After all, in the beginning, because he was not clear about the specific strength of professional racehorse girls, and accidentally found a certain 'random racehorse girl' as the benchmark when looking for a benchmark, the plan he made for the little guys in the team was a bit too advanced.

Although he gradually realized that something was wrong, the deed was already done. By the time he came to his senses, the little ones in the team were already far stronger than normal horse girls, and he couldn't possibly intentionally do something bad to reduce their abilities under these circumstances.

As a result, even now, compared to other female horse girls of the same generation, the strength of the horse girls in his team is still ridiculously superior. Basically, as long as a horse girl from his team participates in a competition, the championship is a foregone conclusion.

On the other hand, besides Ma Niang's exceptional abilities, he also has quite a few people in his team who can serve as his deputy and help him with team affairs and training.

Although his team only has one official assistant trainer, Koya, in reality, whether it's Ali Digital who wants to become a trainer, Ali Hayate who wants to collect data for research, or Necha who simply works well with him, all of them can fulfill the duties of an assistant trainer to a certain extent, and their related abilities are quite good.

And it wasn't just them; there was also Tsuna, who occasionally came over for a stroll; Aoi, who recently joined the company but hadn't yet found her role; Sirius Symbol, who would come over whenever she was bored; and Kari, who had always wanted to join his team...

Although these people weren't part of his team, they would occasionally come over and hang out, and when they weren't busy, they would simply fill in for him.

Not only did they share a lot of his work, but they also used their unique experiences to bring many different inspirations to the horse girls in his team, further enhancing their already ridiculously strong abilities.

Among these people who came to help, one stood out.

Because of her special status, she visited Kitahara Shinji's group an unusually large number of times. After the start of the school season, it was as if she had joined Kitahara Shinji's team, and she could be seen in Kitahara Shinji's team almost every day.

"President, I'd love for you to come to my side, but are you sure it's okay with the student council...?"

When asked by Shinji Kitahara, Rudolf simply smiled and waved his hand.

"It's alright. The reason I was so busy before was mainly due to the surge in the number of students in the academy, which led to a situation where there were too many problems to handle..."

"But this year, in order to cope with this situation, the student union expanded its recruitment, and after a period of screening and training, the shortage of manpower in the student union has been basically resolved, and I have more free time..."

"Furthermore, this year, the Emperor will be participating in the Triple Crown tournament. It's not that I don't trust you, Trainer Kitahara, but you know his personality. If I don't keep an eye on him, I really can't rest easy..."

That's how Rudolf explained it to Shinji Kitahara, but as for the truth...