I'm Ornn, and I'm about to be beaten to my knees by the Man-eating Horse Girl!

"He talks about all sorts of crooked and evil things every day, Xiao Li! You need to use your own brain and not be foolish enough to be deceived!"

Oguri nodded earnestly, seemingly indicating that she had indeed taken his words to heart.

Tamamo Cross raised an eyebrow at Orn with a smug look on her face. As Oguri's roommate, she felt it was necessary to instill good values ​​in the naive and ignorant Oguri.

During the day, Oguri was brainwashed by her evil trainer, and that night in the dormitory, she was the one who "re-brainwashed" her!

Little Chestnut Hat pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Orn and asked, "Torena, did you lie to me?"

Ornn shrugged and shook his head, saying, "No~~"

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Oguri Hat smiled innocently. She nodded, looked at the dumbfounded Tamamo Cross beside her, and said with a smile, "Hey, Tamamo, look, Torena didn't lie to me!"

"......"

Tamamo's cross-shaped eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. She tilted her head back, covered her face with her hands, and let out a heavy sigh.

She then slowly climbed over the fence, jumped onto the playground in a daze, and staggered along the track like a walking corpse.

"It seems Tamamo-san's mental fortitude is still lacking; she can't handle even such a small amount of stimulation."

Orn shook his head, then reached out and patted the shoulder of the boy in the chestnut hat next to him, pointing to the playground and saying, "Kuri, keep training."

"Try to thoroughly understand the skills I recently taught you, and strive to be able to use them proficiently by the end of September!"

Oguri nodded, adjusted her boots, and then, mimicking Tamamo's cross, vaulted over the railing and jumped onto the playground.

Looking at the Dolan squad members scattered across the playground, Ornn was also thinking about the arrangements for the entire month of September.

The only G1 level event in September is the Sprint Stakes, but Dolan's team doesn't currently have any riders suitable for short distances, so they're not being considered for now.

Ornn glanced at the list and found four grass G2 tournaments, one sand G2 tournament, and five G3 tournaments suitable for Oguri and her team.

Three months after joining the central team, Ornn's focus had shifted away from ordinary local tournaments. Given the current overall strength of the Dolan team, participating in those tournaments would be tantamount to bullying children.

Oguri Hat's secret weapon hasn't been trained yet, and Qingyun Sky has only just joined the team; there's no need to rush into the competition this month.

With those two removed, a new radiant figure is the easiest to arrange. Ornn decides to draw lots from the five G3 tournaments, playing whichever one he draws, and see if he can manage to secure first place.

As for the remaining Fujimasa March and Mejiro Aldan, Orn was somewhat undecided.

The Kobe Shimbun Cup, Sankei Sho, Saint-Léon, and Rose Stakes are all good choices, suitable for newcomers to Central Japan to adapt to the pressure of G2 level racing.

Furthermore, since there are a large number of major tournaments in October, many well-known opponents will not choose to compete in September.

"Sigh, let's discuss it again after their training is over,"

"I'm not going to think about it now! I can finally relax!"

Orn sat in a seat in the stands, stretched, and prepared to enjoy a rare moment of leisure after returning to school.

Just as he opened the soda bottle beside him, a smile spreading across his face as he looked at the newly gleaming playground, a woman reeking of strong perfume suddenly sat down next to him.

The perfume smelled somewhat like the kind of niche women's perfumes that were popular twenty or thirty years ago—the kind with a strong scent that could make you feel a little dizzy.

Orn turned his head and looked around. The entire stands were almost empty; apart from his seat, all the other seats were empty.

The horse girl who arrived suddenly had long, deep red wavy hair, wore a yellow and white floral dress, and pure white high heels.

She wore a pink linen sun hat, and her sunglasses were clipped to the edge of her dress at her chest. The sunglasses were pushed up by her ample bosom, bobbing up and down with her backward leaning posture.

Perhaps Orn's gaze was too direct, for the horse girl smiled slightly, raised her right hand, and greeted, "Hello~~ How are you? Why are you looking at me like that? Hmm?"

"Could it be that Trainer Orn is actually different from the rumors, and is a very frivolous trainer?"

This strange speaking style made Orn vaguely see a scene, perhaps a long time ago, in a small town at dusk.

Back then, there weren't so many high-rise buildings; the tallest houses were only three-story detached houses. Telephone poles stood everywhere on the streets, and people talked about things like "fashion," "trendy," and "new generation"...

"Damn it! How could you just spout off so many things in one sentence?!"

Orn shook his head violently. He looked at the horse woman in front of him and asked, "I don't remember knowing a woman as mature as you... I mean, a woman of great poise. May I ask what brings you here?"

The horse girl chuckled, covering her mouth as she said, "Hehe, you really know how to talk. On this point, Qianming is right."

"I'm Maruzensky. Chiaki called me yesterday and asked me to come here and mentor some juniors. I had nothing else to do anyway, so I came to check it out."

As she spoke, she pointed to Qingyun Tiankong, who was jogging slowly forward in the distance, and said, "Is that the child? I've looked at the information on your Dolan Squad. The only one who matches the characteristics of the [Escape Horse] is that girl."

Orn nodded, surprised by Qianming's efficiency; in less than 24 hours, he had already brought in a heavyweight athlete to serve as coach.

He quickly turned around and said politely, "So you are Maruzen-senpai, who is as famous as Senpai Chiaki!! I've heard so much about you!"

"I really feel bad that you took time out of your busy schedule to come and guide my team. Is there anything you would like me to do? I will do anything I can to help you with!"

Maruzen nodded with satisfaction. Representative Chiaki had said the new recruits were very good at handling things, which she had initially dismissed, but now it seemed they were indeed quite capable.

Moreover, she herself did have a need to use this newcomer in front of her, or more accurately, she absolutely needed to use Ornn!

"Hmm... let me think about it,"

Maruzensky tilted her head, seemingly lost in thought, then suddenly turned around, her eyes sharply fixed on Orn.

She licked her lips and said, "Trainer Orn, let's have a match!"

Orn frowned and waved his hand, saying, "Senior, you're joking. How could I, a mere ordinary person, possibly outrun a horse girl? Especially a legendary horse girl?"

Maru Zenki persisted, staring intently into Orn's eyes, and slowly said, "Five months ago, a mysterious person riding a bicycle shook off [Ta-chan]'s pursuit in the city."

"This rider even made several provocative moves, but due to the narrow terrain of the city, I simply couldn't catch up with him,"

“Four months ago, I would go to the vicinity of Tokyo Racecourse every day, hoping to find this person,”

"Perhaps perseverance pays off. On the day the Japanese derby ended this year, I found traces of that person behind the racetrack!"

"Even though he changed his clothes, his bicycle was replaced with a modified tricycle, and he was accompanied by three female horse riders, I still recognized him at a glance! He's that bastard on the bicycle!"

"What's even more infuriating is that this time his car was even faster! It even overtook my Ta-chan by a wide margin!! I lost him after just two turns!"

Hearing this, Orn's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained calm. Instead, he asked, "Perhaps there are actually two people? Senior Maruzen, you couldn't even see the person's face clearly! Isn't this judgment too hasty?"

Maruzensky shook her head, still staring intently at Orn, and continued, "Three months ago, I unexpectedly discovered a vehicle that was exactly the same as that motorcycle in the underground parking garage in the central area."

"In other words, this driver is from CSKA Tressen! He might even be a trainer who joined CSKA in the last three months!"

Orn coughed lightly and said, "Senior Maruzen, perhaps... this is just the same model of car?"

Maruzenski fell silent, staring at Orn with the gaze of a hungry wolf eyeing its prey.

Then, she said, word by word: "In a match, I'll teach; if there's no match, I'll kill!"

Chapter 249 Hehe, I must win!

"Senior Maruzen, could it be you...?"

"My delusion? Hmph, let me tell you, impossible!!"

"That could also be the murderer..."

"Is there someone else who committed the murder? No, I have a lot of faith in my intuition!"

"Maybe it's just your intuition..."

"Haven't you heard the proverb that women have a very accurate intuition? Now I'm telling you, it's not just a rumor,"

“Especially Ma Niang, this intuition that comes from the sixth sense can even transcend time and space.”

Maru Zenki looked at the silent Orn beside her and sneered, "Don't worry, this is just a simple driving skills competition. Even if you lose, I won't mock you."

Looking at the forced smile on the face of his senior, Orn hesitated for a long time. He looked up at Qingyun Tiankong, who was running forward on the playground, and finally nodded, saying, "Okay, I agree."

"But let me make it clear first, I am indeed a new driver, and I only know a little about driving."

"Hehe, as long as you can drive, it's fine. Just think of it as helping your senior relax."

Maruzensky nodded in satisfaction, then stood up first and said, "Let's go then. I haven't had a match since I returned to Tokyo, so don't disappoint me!"

The underground parking garage of Central Tressen, level -1.

A figure peered out from behind a concrete pillar, glancing left and right as if to confirm whether someone was secretly following her.

She then quietly approached a roller shutter door, took out a key from her pocket, and gently unlocked the door.

"That idiot Yamato Akaki, I already told her I went there to learn a skill, why does she keep saying I was scammed!"

"Master is such a good person! Yamato actually said he's a bad person who specializes in kidnapping children! I think she's the bad person!"

"Luckily, I'm smart enough to trick her into going to the cafeteria. Hehe, my mentor came back to school early without even telling me. I wanted to see the car that my mentor and I built together!"

"Open sesame, open sesame! Master's awesome and cool Bat car! Here I come!"

Vodka squatted on the ground, muttering to herself as she gripped the end of the roller shutter with both hands and forcefully lifted it upwards.

But what appeared before her was not the modified motorcycle of her dreams, but an annoying guy with red twin tails and dead fish eyes.

Vodka was startled. She jumped up from the ground, gesturing with her hands in front of her while shouting, "You! What are you doing here! Didn't you go to the cafeteria!?"

Yamato Akari put her hands on her hips and snorted coldly, "You don't think you can succeed with the same trick twice, do you? I knew you would sneak here!"

Then she reached out her hand and said, "Let's go back. We haven't finished our homework yet. Now is not the time to explore such a dangerous place!"

Vodka avoided Yamato Akama's hand, raising an eyebrow and asking, "Wait, I haven't asked you yet! How did you get in?"

"Master only gave me the key! Without the key, it's impossible to open this roller shutter door. Could it be that you flew in?"

"I flew in, so what? You're not happy about it?"

Although Yamato Akari said that, her tense, perked-up ears and wavering gaze aroused Vodka's suspicion.

This tomboy, whose one eye was covered by her bangs, actually had pretty good observation skills. She glanced around and finally spotted how her friend had sneaked in.

She walked to the ventilation window on the wall and examined it closely, then suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahaha! So that's how you got in, Chiji! You climbed over the wall and crawled through the dog hole!"

"You used to say you were an excellent student who never did anything wrong, but now it seems... tsk tsk tsk, that's hard to say!"

After being mocked by vodka, the red-haired girl with twin tails immediately became agitated.

She clenched her fists and said angrily, "Huh?! I was only doing this for your safety! That's why I climbed over the wall... that's why I sneaked in to investigate!!"

"Vodka! Come back with me right now! If you stay here, you'll be sold off by that guy without even knowing it!"

Vodka shrugged nonchalantly and said, "So what if I sold it? Maybe I can even get a high price for it!"

"And have you forgotten that even though we haven't started to become authentic yet, we're still Uma Musume (a popular Japanese adult film actress)!"

"Even if Master has some extraordinary abilities, he can't beat Ma Niang. What are you afraid of? Besides, Master would never do that. He would even advise me to go back to my studies!"

Yamato Akama was speechless after being rebuked. Just as her friend had said, after consulting with seniors at school, she learned that the owner of the workshop wasn't actually a bad person.

On the contrary, he had a high approval rating among the trainers, and he had no reason to stop Vodka from coming here, much less the right to interfere in Vodka's private life.

Why did she feel uncomfortable seeing Vodka and that man enjoying themselves in the workshop? Was it because she was... jealous?

impossible! !

Yamato Akari cried out inwardly, refusing to admit that she harbored such dark thoughts.

"I'm just worried about my friend! That new trainer is acting strangely and unpredictably; I'm just afraid she's been deceived!"

"Yes! That's exactly it. Absolutely no bias, a completely objective evaluation!"

After deceiving himself, Yamato Akaki immediately convinced himself and took action.

She reached out and grabbed Vodka's wrist, intending to forcefully pull him out of the workshop.

"Elbow! Come home with me!"

Vodka naturally refused. She reached out and grabbed Yamato Akari's arm, pulling in the opposite direction, trying to drag her into the workshop.

"Come in you!"

The two remained locked in a stalemate for a long time. Since their ages and sizes were similar, they fought for several minutes without a clear victor.

Just when Yamato Akari thought the competition would continue for some time, she suddenly heard several voices coming from the garage entrance.

Startled, she loosened her grip and was pulled into the workshop by vodka.

Vodka hadn't expected Yamato and Akama to suddenly let go, and the two of them crashed into the side door of the van.

"Ouch...that hurts! Why did you hit me so hard? Oh, my head..."

"If you hadn't pulled me so hard just now, Chi Ji, why would I have used so much force to pull you..."

Vodka rubbed her head, then glanced at the dimly lit workshop and complained, "Master, the lights here seem to be broken. The maintenance workers from the school's engineering department don't seem to be at work yet. By the time they open the door, I'll..."