My fiancée Yukino

If the company treats her well, Hoshino Ai certainly wouldn't do anything to cause the company to lose money for no reason.

Just as she herself said, in the end it all comes down to hard power.

Ichi Hoshika smiled and said, "I know. If their skills are not up to par, I won't say anything. It's their own fault for not being good enough."

At the same time, Ichika Hoshika was also thinking to herself whether she should invite a few friends over and give them some extra help or something.

Volume 1: Chapter 557 The Results of the Investigation (1/2)

After practice, the three girls came down from the stage and picked up their drinks.

After they rested for a while, Hoshino Ai finally revealed what she had decided on the day before.

"Everyone, I'll be having several concerts in July. Please come to my first one in Tokyo! I've prepared VIP tickets for the front row for everyone!"

"concert?"

After Hongxia repeated it, her eyes gradually widened.

"A concert! Yay!! Really?"

The others, including Little Loneliness, inevitably became excited as well.

Hoshino Ai smiled and nodded: "Of course! I've already planned to invite everyone to come and have fun! But there will be a lot of people at the concert, so I hope you can work hard to cure your social anxiety before then."

Little Lonely realized that concerts are incredibly crowded, with people packed together like sardines!

She swallowed hard, but considering this might be her only chance in her life to see a concert from the front row, Little Lonely finally mustered up her courage and said, "I, I will do my best!"

Luo Bai smiled and said, "There are still three months until the concert. These three months are enough time for you to practice and improve yourself."

Exercise to overcome social anxiety...

Upon hearing this, Little Lonely shrank back, looking somewhat frightened.

Since there was no performance today, and the main events are tomorrow, Friday, and the weekend, the three of them, after a short rest, went back to practice.

At five o'clock, Luo Bai and the others said goodbye and left.

First, they dropped Hachiman Hikigaya and Yui Yuigahama off at their respective homes, and then the two cars returned to the villa.

When I got home, Shinobu Kocho had already come home from get off work.

Upon seeing Luo Bai enter, Shinobu Kocho picked up a file folder from the table and handed it to Luo Bai.

"Take a look at the investigation report on that thing you caught before."

Luo Bai took it and opened it, saying in surprise, "Mr. Zhen Tu is quite quick."

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After carefully examining the information inside, Luo Bai understood the origin of the undead creature.

They are not creatures from anime or games, but rather from a fantasy world similar to Tohru's world, with many unique and powerful creatures.

The undead was from Hell in that world. It was thrown into the abyss during a battle between two forces of Hell and then ended up in this world.

According to the findings of the investigation by the combined forces of Shinto and Rukoa, there is no stable passage from that world to this one.

The reason why the undead are coming this time is because a violent explosion occurred on the other side of the abyss where they fell, and the impact of various elemental energies caused this situation.

According to predictions, the likelihood of a second occurrence is extremely high.

After reading the information, Luo Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's alright, it's fine if they can't come over, after all, there's already been enough trouble."

Luo Bai didn't want to deal with another matter while the Muto issue was still unresolved.

After putting the documents away, Luo Bai said to Shinobu Kocho, "Are you sure there won't be any follow-up effects?"

Shinobu Kocho nodded and said, "After finding the coordinates of that world, to ensure that no one on that side would discover this, Mr. Masato arranged for the passages on both sides to be sealed off. Not only can we not come from there, but we can't come from here either. Even if there are worlds that can communicate in the future, we don't want them to be like that."

Luo Bai agreed: "That's right, a world where peaceful communication is impossible is better left untouched."

After putting the documents into his bracelet and going upstairs to change his clothes, Luo Bai helped Shinobu Kocho prepare dinner.

Eriri also came along, planning to have dinner there and then go back to Tokyo with Haruno tomorrow morning.

As for Shiyu's flying broom?

Eriri has made up her mind that she will never ride on her broom again, nor will she ride on her car.

Even if Shiyu successfully gets her driver's license, she doesn't dare to ride in her own car; it's even scarier than a flying broom!

After greeting Xia Shi and the others who had already returned, Eriri curiously went to the kitchen.

What are we having for dinner tonight?

Luo Bai had just put on his apron when he said with a smile, "Since we have all the food at home, I didn't ask you to order. Just make do with this."

Hearing Luo Bai's words, Eriri couldn't help but chuckle.

"Hehe, if the food at your place is considered passable, then no one else can survive! Oh! So many chicken wings!"

Looking at the huge pile of chicken wings that had already been taken out to thaw, Eriri asked with a drooling mouth, "Shall we prepare to cook?"

Taking out a large pile of seasonings from the cabinet, Luo Bai pondered and said, "How about making fried chicken wings today? It's been a long time since I've had fried food."

"can!"

Eriri readily agreed. She really loves McDonald's Spicy Chicken Wings, and the fried chicken wings made at Luo Bai's house are made with a special recipe that cost a lot of money, and they are also very delicious.

Using his superpowers, Luo Bai easily mixed various seasonings together and began marinating the chicken wings while simultaneously processing other ingredients.

While busy with their work, Luo Bai and Eriri also chatted about their jobs.

"The first episode of the Uma Musume Pretty Derby anime is airing tonight. Eriri, have you seen the finished product yet?"

Eriri then took out her wand and began to help process the vegetables.

"No, didn't we agree to watch it together? So after I received the notification that the first three episodes were finished, I didn't go to watch them. But with such a large production budget and a large crew, there's no need to worry about the final quality of the animation."

Eriri placed the chopped celery on a plate, her face full of anticipation.

"Hehe, the show starts at 10 pm tonight, I can't wait!"

"Me too, I'm really looking forward to it too!"

Hoshino Ai rushed in at that moment, happily saying, "Although I voiced Mi Yu, I won't be appearing in the first season of the anime yet, but I did participate in singing the opening theme. By the way, Luo Bai, is the game going to start testing soon?"

Luo Bai nodded and said, "That's right. The game will start a two-week closed beta test this Sunday and is expected to officially launch in early May. We'll see how it goes then. If the animation and the game are well-received, we'll continue developing other games. Now that we've acquired the rights to so many horse racing games, it would feel like a waste not to do something about it."

In his previous life, Luo Bai was quite regretful. The horse girl project was so well done, but there was only one mobile game, which was a waste of so many excellent horse girl character designs.

Now that I have the copyright and the money, I naturally want to develop it properly.

Volume 1: Chapter 558 Uma Musume Pretty Derby Anime Airs (2/2)

Around 10 p.m., everyone sat together in the screening room, waiting for the Uma Musume Pretty Derby anime to start.

The doors to the screening room opened, and Luo Bai walked in carrying a large pile of late-night snacks.

There are French fries, fried chicken nuggets, various cookies and cakes, as well as a wide variety of fruits and hot drinks.

"Come on, let's eat and watch at the same time. It seems there's another new drama airing after Uma Musume finishes airing, you can check that out too."

After Luo Bai sat down, Shi Yu hugged his arm and said, "It's an isekai anime adapted from a light novel. I asked Yuanzi-jie beforehand, and it seems the production is pretty good and the budget is sufficient."

"That's definitely worth checking out, although I'm not really into isekai anime anymore."

As he spoke, he picked up a French fry, dipped it in ketchup, and put it into Shiyu's mouth.

Meanwhile, Xiao Li Mao and Mi Yu on the other side also happily ate their meal.

Mi Yu took a bite of cake, looked at Oguri Hat beside her, and asked, "You appeared in the first season of the anime, right? What are your thoughts?"

With her cheeks puffed out, Oguri Hat chewed for a while before swallowing her food and said, "Although we share the same name and it references some of the story, it's not really me. Besides, I'm just a supporting character in the anime. Compared to me, Mi Yu, you have a lot of screen time in the second season. You should be the one who's nervous, right? The first season of the anime lasted three months and ended at the end of June. The second season is scheduled to air in October, so there are only six months left."

Sure enough, Mi Yu's face couldn't help but turn red.

"Mi...Mi Yu doesn't know, but the thought of her story appearing in an anime makes her feel really awkward..."

Hearing their conversation, Mai smiled and said, "It's normal to feel embarrassed and shy, after all, it is indeed your own story, but it is also very touching and interesting, isn't it? Just like Shinobu, the story of their Demon Slayer Corps has also been recorded. I think this is a very good way to be remembered by people."

Shinobu Kocho said affirmatively, "Yes, it's really quite good, and it's quite popular, isn't it? Coincidentally, there are quite a few racehorses in this world whose retirement benefits aren't very good. If this racehorse girl project can make money, a portion of it can be used to improve the benefits of retired racehorses. Thinking about it this way, doesn't Miyu feel less shy?"

After thinking about it carefully, Mi Yu realized that it really was a good thing!

Then she looked at Luo Bai.

"elder brother!"

Luo Bai smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, I've already made arrangements for this, and someone is already pushing it forward. When we have time later, we can also go see those retired racehorses. Would you like to see the golden ship of this world?"

"Golden Ship!"

Mi Yu and Xiao Li Mao's eyes lit up at the mention of the name.

In Tresson, if characters like Oguri Hat and Special Weekly are known for their gluttony, then Golden Ship stands out for its quirky and unique personality.

Some people say that you can see the gold ship anywhere in Tressen except on the training ground.

That guy seemed interested in everything except training, and he would change the things he played with every two or three days.

The Golden Ship's quirky personality has indeed attracted many fans.

Of course, her strength is still very strong.

The others were also very interested after hearing this and all agreed with the plan.

It's a pity that many of the well-known racehorses whose names are known have passed away, otherwise we could have seen quite a few.

Before we knew it, it was ten o'clock.

With the last few commercials ending, the first episode of the Uma Musume Pretty Derby anime began.

In this first season, Luo Bai didn't make any changes to the plot. It was still based on the storyline from his memory, plus some material he gathered from Treson, with Special Week and her team as the core of the story.

Everyone was shocked to see the scene in the animation where Special Week went to the competition for the first time and was touched on the leg by the trainer.

Shi Yu covered her mouth and said, "Oh dear, I really didn't know that. Is that really true?"

Luo Bai said with certainty, "That's right, that's exactly how it is. I heard all of this from Special Zhou himself. Trainer Nishizaki was indeed kicked away by Special Zhou. Tsk tsk tsk, I have to say, he's truly a gifted horse trainer, considering how strong the horse girls' legs are."

Although they are not as tall and strong as the racehorses here, as elves, the kicking power of horse girls is still terrifying. Even for ordinary horse girls who are not racehorse girls, one kick would leave an ordinary person lying on the ground for half a day.

It's really unbelievable that trainer Nishizaki was able to get up in just a few seconds and seemed completely unharmed.

Oguri Hat, with his arms crossed, said, "Hmm... he must have gotten kicked a lot by the Golden Ship, Vodka, and Yamato Red Steed so much that he's built up his resistance."

Reasonable and convincing.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Soon, the twenty-minute episode of the animation came to an end, and the animation's opening theme started playing.

Because Yui wasn't a character in the first season, there are two versions of the opening theme for Uma Musume Pretty Derby season one. One version is sung by Yui's voice actress, Ai Hoshino, with other voice actors also participating. The other version is sung by the voice actors of the main characters from the first season.

Of course, as a project involving many voice actors, there will naturally be more than just these two versions of the song. Other versions will be released online one after another, including different solo and duet versions.

Watching the opening sequence and listening to the song, Hoshino Ai happily exclaimed, "Hehe, this is my first time singing a theme song for an anime, and it feels really different!"

Luo Bai, munching on fries, said, "Making animation isn't easy these days. Many animation studios are considering collaborating with popular singers of the same era to try and break into the mainstream through songs, thus promoting the animation. For singers, it's also a great way to collaborate, as they can promote themselves—a win-win situation. Xiao Ai, haven't other animation studios approached you with collaboration invitations?"

"Yep!"

Hoshino Ai nodded and said, "There have been several recently, but I turned them all down because of my studies and the Uma Musume Pretty Derby project. Mainly, those anime don't sound very good, and I really don't have that much time. Luo Bai, if there are any more later, could you give me some suggestions? To be honest, I'm also quite interested in voice acting. I had a lot of fun voicing Mi Yu before!"

"Me? Sure, we'll see."

However, it might actually be quite fun for Xiao Ai to become a voice actress.

Volume 1: Chapter 559 Friday, the day of the performance (1/2)

After Uma Musume finished airing, the isekai anime that followed were quite good, but in terms of both plot and production quality, they were still a bit inferior to Uma Musume.

Watching the two shows back-to-back immediately made the difference obvious to everyone.

While everyone was washing up, Luo Bai took out his phone and browsed through several online ACG forums for reviews of the Uma Musume Pretty Derby anime.

Just like Luo Bai thought, although the animation's setting surprised some viewers, it was generally well-received. There were no problems with the plot arrangement; on the contrary, there were many interesting points, and the animation after the horse girls ran was also very impactful.

After reading these discussions, Luo Bai also checked out several websites with professional animation reviews.