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

Upon hearing those three words, Orn seemed stunned. By the time he came to his senses, the white-haired girl's figure had already disappeared at the end of the road in the distance.

Chapter 4 Japanese-style Bullying

So fast!

The white-haired girl ran on the gravel road she had traversed countless times before, each push kicking up a cloud of dust.

That was so fast!!

Feeling the gentle breeze caress her face, a slow smile crept onto Little Chestnut Hat's lips. The thrill of speed was etched deep within the blood of every horse girl.

too fast! ! !

With each step, the soles of the shoes automatically adjust the pressure exerted by each stone to achieve absolute stability and a suitable position for applying force on the slope.

Horse races are usually held on grassy areas. The turf-covered dirt ground is very flat, and apart from the man-made steep inclines and declines, it's practically a springy concrete surface.

Even in sand racing, the only difference is that there is more friction and the angle of force application is more tricky; there won't be egg-sized pebbles scattered all over the ground.

The country road that Oguri Hattori travels on every day is now filled with countless small stones due to years of disrepair.

Running and training on this surface is no less than a slow, all-terrain jog in the wild; one wrong move and you'll be knocked down by the pile of rocks.

But now, all these difficulties have vanished in the face of the shoes Orn made!

With each step, your foot will only land on a comfortable surface; the sole of the shoe will automatically conform to your foot, providing a fulcrum for power generation.

All I had to do was get up there!

Little Chestnut Hat ran home at almost three times her usual speed. As she stood panting in front of her door, a warm, cool sensation came from the soles of her feet.

"Well--!"

The coolness wasn't irritating; on the contrary, it enveloped her feet with a very warm and smooth touch, a comfortable feeling that made her groan involuntarily.

"Xiao Li, what's wrong? You'll be five minutes late coming back today!"

Hearing the sound coming from the door, another white-haired horse opened the door.

Little Chestnut Hat's ears began to twitch up and down, and her tail swayed uncontrollably from side to side.

"Mom! I met a really nice weirdo today!"

"Oh my, what a nice weirdo! Come inside and tell Mom, we have the carrot burger patty you wanted today!"

"Hmph! Good!"

Little Chestnut Hat took off her boots and skipped after her mother into the house.

After a night, Little Chestnut Hat, who had devoured an exaggerated amount of food, finished washing up and put on those strange shoes again.

After saying goodbye to her mother, she excitedly ran towards Kasamatsu Tressen.

Kasamatsu is a small town, and the people here are different from those in big cities like Tokyo; their pace of life is much slower.

The local Tressen is the same; it's different from the Tressen headquarters in Tokyo.

Not only are there far fewer trainers compared to those in big cities, but the number of female horses and training equipment is practically nonexistent.

The school's training grounds are only sandy; finding a patch of grass with green shoots is extremely difficult, let alone training on grass.

With fewer female horses, they should theoretically be easier for trainers to manage.

The students and teachers here don't have any lofty ambitions. They just coast through a few years at school, and if they're lucky, they might run some races and earn some prize money. If they're unlucky, they'll learn a trade, drift aimlessly in Teresa for six years, and then enter the workforce.

Afterwards, they would find someone with shared interests to marry, have children, and pass on the tradition from generation to generation. This is the common belief among the people of Kasamatsu.

But in today's fast-paced world, simply passing one's student years in a mundane way is too ordinary. Kasamatsu's girls start to explore more exciting, trendy, and powerful things.

Hot girls, otaku, yakuza, yakuza, street culture, gambling... almost any kind of trouble you can think of will appear in this small group of rural women.

Of course, this also includes a common campus characteristic that almost every school has – school bullying.

Little Chestnut Hat runs to school, and to save money for her family, she eats both breakfast and lunch at school.

Although Teresen is poor and has almost no teaching resources, there is still enough food provided by the community.

Um...maybe that's not enough?

The head chef's eyes twitched again as he watched the monster in the distance devouring food like a shredder.

He yelled at the white-haired boy who was engrossed in eating, "Little Chestnut Hat! You'd better finish what you're eating now! The rest is for the other trainees!"

Oguri's ears drooped, and she held the food in her hands dejectedly, her light blue eyes fixed on the head chef as he protected the food with his hands.

She said, feeling wronged, "There were still some there..."

"You're here too early today! If you keep eating, then no one in Treson will be able to have breakfast today!"

The head chef wiped the sweat from his brow, hid all the bread behind his back, and shook his head, saying, "If you really want to eat, come back at noon! We have beef chops for lunch today!"

After saying that, he resolutely closed the cafeteria window.

With tears in his eyes, Little Chestnut Hat swallowed the food in his hand, then turned and walked towards the playground to begin his final warm-up for the day's run.

The air was exceptionally fresh on a late spring morning.

However, mosquitoes also thrive in this comfortable environment.

As soon as she stepped onto the playground, she was surrounded by several female horse riders.

The leading woman, a hot girl, crossed her arms and said provocatively, "Hey! Isn't this the rice bucket from our team? You're here so early for lunch today?"

"You really want other students to eat your leftovers? How malicious!!"

Hearing her harsh criticism, her younger brothers behind her burst into malicious laughter.

Little Chestnut Hat frowned, and she honestly replied, "No, I didn't have that thought. I never intended for my classmates to eat my leftovers."

"I'm sorry, I do eat too much. I've been dieting, though the results may not be very noticeable... I apologize."

The girl was clearly unhappy with Oguri's reaction; in her mind, the man in the goat hat should have immediately lunged at her in a rage.

Tsk, isn't it said that Lu Mao is short-tempered and emotionally unstable? What's wrong with this guy?

She pursed her lips, then suddenly laughed, "You know what? This playground is now under the management of our Kasamatsu Gokudo. You can't use this playground without our permission."

Another woman behind her, with blue highlights, laughed: "You're not welcome here, Little Chestnut Hat. Hey, boss, don't scare her."

The hot girl said nonchalantly, "Hehe, you know what? This weekend, which is tomorrow, we're having an amazing party! All the big names in Kasamatsu will be there, but guess who won't get an invitation?"

With blue highlights, he pointed with both hands and said in a comical tone, "Oh~~!! It's you!!"

"Go back to the classroom and play! Don't go crying to your mom!! Hahaha!!"

"Oh! Boss! You scared her! Hahaha!"

The crowd burst into laughter again, and the leading hottie nodded in satisfaction. After all, it was time for training. They had deliberately blocked the entrance to the playground, and the number of onlookers was growing.

She deliberately chose this moment; with so many people watching, this guy with the ruffian will definitely burst into tears on the spot, right? Hahaha...

“This playground belongs to the school, not you, so as a student of Treson, I have the right to use it.”

"Excuse me, I'm about to start my training."

After saying that, Oguri Hat didn't even glance at the three of them, but simply walked past them and began exercising alone on the sand.

The man with blue highlights glanced at the silent surroundings and asked in a low voice, "...Boss, she...."

"Shut up!"

The leading hottie finally snapped. She couldn't understand why her mockery had had no effect whatsoever. Was this girl with the tuft of hair an idiot? Or did she have absolutely no self-respect or sense of honor?

She finally revealed her true colors.

“That Lu Mao, you are wrong about one thing. I can’t restrict other people from using this playground, but I can restrict you from using it.”

She stood in front of Oguri Hat, looking down at him and said, "If you want to use the playground, you have to have a match with us."

"If you win, you can use it; if you lose, get the hell out of the playground!"

Just as Little Chestnut Hat was about to answer, a somewhat childish voice interrupted her.

"Don't go too far! You've all been students for a year already!! Oguri Hat has only been here for a week, how could she possibly compare to you!"

A brand new radiance emerged from the crowd and then blocked the way for the hot girl and the girl in the chestnut hat.

"Yes, we are indeed students who have practical experience. But you're not that goat's trainer, so how can you make decisions for her?"

The hot girl smiled dismissively, then ignored the newly gleaming armor protesting her height, looking directly at the girl in the chestnut hat and asking, "What? You're not scared now, are you? Will you accept it?"

"If you don't have the guts, that's fine too. I'll just consider myself a coward who became a horse's mother. Hurry up and go home, so I don't have to..."

"I accept."

The hot girl could hardly believe her ears. She looked up in astonishment at the asparagus in front of her: "Are you serious?"

Oguri Hat nodded calmly: "I'm serious, I accept."

Shining Brightly grabbed Oguri's hand anxiously, saying hurriedly, "Oguri! You've only been here for a week, you haven't even had proper training! You don't even have a trainer yet, and you didn't even participate in the debut battle, how could you..."

Lu Mao gently patted his friend's shoulder and calmly said, "It's okay. I also want to try and see how much of a difference there is between me and my senior."

The hot girl laughed, stretched her shoulders, and said with a smile, "Since our junior is so confident, sisters, let's show her our seniors' skills!"

"How about a 2,000-meter run on the sand?"

Little Chestnut Hat said in a deep voice, "That suits me perfectly."

Chapter 5 Meteor Thrust

"Fujimasa March! Did you hear? There's a match going on on the playground right now between someone and the Kasamatsu Gokudo!"

"What does that have to do with me? Noren, don't try to distract me, you haven't handed in your homework yet."

Noren, the ace, leaned back lazily in her chair, stretched, and said to the serious-looking light blue-haired girl in front of her, "Hey! Stop looking so serious all the time, let's go watch the game!"

"Look at this classroom, isn't it just the two of us left here? Even the trainers and instructors have gone to check it out, so there's no point in us staying here!"

Fujimasa looked around the empty classroom and couldn't help but sigh.

Norren, the ace, quickly pressed his advantage, saying, "See? I told you so! Let's hurry up! There won't be any seats left if we're late!"

Unable to resist the other party's enthusiasm, and since there was indeed no one else in the classroom, it was better to go watch the game than to sit there idly.

"Oh, by the way, March, I heard that the person competing against the yakuza this time is a classmate from our class~"

Fujimasa frowned: "From our class? So, she only has a week to train?"

Noren Ace shrugged and said, "Yeah, I don't know what that Ash did to provoke the [Kasamatsu Gokudo]. That organization really does have connections with some thugs."

"It's alright if we lose, but if we win... I'm afraid this little place will fall into chaos."

Fujimasa paused for a moment, then said softly, "After all, they are our classmates. Let's go down and take a look."

The playground was now filled with almost all the students from the entire school, and even many teachers and staff had paused their work and sat on the stands by the playground.

A middle-aged man wearing a baseball cap stood at the front of the stands, holding binoculars and grumbling to the person next to him: "Shibasaki, why are so many people watching a competition? It was even at the principal's request?"

The middle-aged man, referred to as Shibasaki, gave a wry smile, then pointed to the hot girl who was about to enter the gate not far below: "This girl is the daughter of the yakuza in this area. When someone is about to teach a disobedient underling a lesson, don't they need us onlookers to support them?"

"Kitahara, you don't not recognize them, do you?"

Kitahara, wearing a baseball cap, coughed slightly awkwardly, then picked up his binoculars again and began to observe.

The moment he saw Oguri Hat, he couldn't help but blurt out, "That child... I remember she only started school not long ago, right? How come she's already... She hasn't even done her physical exam yet!!"

Shibasaki leaned back in his chair in the stands and said helplessly, "Yeah, that's why I find it troublesome. These people usually enjoy bullying their classmates. Because of their status, the principal can't really take any substantial disciplinary measures and can only let them do what they want."

"As long as nothing serious happens, it doesn't really matter."

"This year's 'offering offering' will probably be that Reed Cat. If it were a specially invited contestant, Ichiro Fujimasa, he might be able to defeat those lazy scoundrels. But that Reed Cat... to be honest, I see no hope of victory."

"No, Shibasaki, that tuft of hair isn't some common stuff."

Kitahara suddenly shook his head, handed the binoculars to Shibasaki, and said, "Look at her equipment."

Shibasaki took the binoculars, looked Oguri up and down at her simple clothes, and asked in confusion, "Her gear... what's wrong? You mean there's something special about that school uniform that's 80% cotton and 20% polyester?"

Kitahara slapped his forehead, thinking to himself, "Who told you to look at that! Look at her shoes, her shoes!"

Shibasaki squinted, looking at the uniquely designed shoes with even more confusion: "Is there something wrong with these shoes? Rather than shoes, they feel more like a tattered rag tied up. It's questionable whether they can even last until the end of the 2,000 meters!"

Kitahara didn't speak. He simply picked up his phone, searched for "Final Match Outfit," and then randomly opened a picture of shoes, handing it to Shibasaki, saying, "Look, don't you think the design of those shoes looks a lot like the Final Match Outfit design!?"

Looking at the shoes of various styles, Shibasaki finally understood what Kitahara was trying to say.

He shook his head and smiled bitterly again: "Beiyuan, I know your family has some connections and channels. It seems there is a highly respected senior in the central government who is your relative. I also believe your judgment is better than mine, but do you really think that child can wear shoes made to the standard of the [Decisive Suit]?"