The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

"A third-rate trainer like this and a third-rate horse girl, isn't that a perfect match? And I have nothing to do with the first-rate ones."

"Let them make out. We're going to challenge him later anyway. If they're first-rate, I don't mind giving them some time."

But you seem to care a lot... But the group of horse racing girls who follow you don’t think so. They all keep a small distance from the Holy King’s Halo - not because they dislike it, but simply because they don’t want to be hit by the tail of the Holy King’s Halo.

Although Holy King Halo was obviously very angry, she still kept her eyes fixed on Miura Bourbon and Kitano. She seemed to want to see what tricks that expressionless horse racing girl could come up with.

……

"Mr. Kitano, please cooperate a little, ah——"

"Um, Ms. Miura, do you think we're a little too close?"

As Miura Bourbon's spoon approached him, Kitano Ryuichi finally couldn't help but straighten his face and tried to remind Miura Bourbon. How could he not have noticed before that Miura Bourbon was such a warm and gullible person? She hadn't been so warm to him before, she was just following his instructions.

If the Miura Bourbon in front of him was Kitano's former partner, then Kitano could accept such an action. However, Kitano knew very well that after he restarted the game, the current Miura Bourbon theoretically did not know him. In other words, she was making such an intimate gesture to a stranger.

This is not good... You know, fortunately, Bourbon Miura met Kitano this time. Kitano trusts Bourbon immensely, and he would never do anything bad to Bourbon. But if he met someone who had bad intentions towards Bourbon, Bourbon might be in danger.

Kitano's concern for Bourbon's safety had perhaps led him to overlook the fact that Miura Bourbon was a far superior horse girl. However, Kitano always adhered to the principle of caution in his interactions with others. He didn't want his horse girl to be in any danger—even though Bourbon was no longer technically his horse girl.

Therefore, this time, Kitano sternly rejected Bourbon's kindness, and Miura Bourbon also obviously paused for a moment, then silently sat back in his seat and put the spoon back into the bowl of miso soup.

"I'm sorry, there was an error in the system just now." Miura Bourbon nodded silently, realizing his mistake. He lowered his head and said softly, "In Miura Bourbon's database, there's a record of a friend from the past who...died of esophageal cancer. Therefore, whenever Miura Bourbon sees someone drinking something very hot, he always gets excited."

"I'm so sorry for scaring Mr. Kitano just now."

"..." However, Bourbon Miura's words made Kitano fall into silence. Seeing Bourbon's sincere apology, Kitano belatedly realized that he felt a little sorry for this Umamusu girl who was not good at showing her emotions, and felt that what he had said just now was too harsh.

Miura Bourbon's words reminded Kitano of the week he had spent with her. The familiar name of the disease even made Kitano feel a phantom pain.

Esophageal cancer. Yes, it was this incurable disease that forced Kitano Ryuichi to restart his game in the first episode of Kitano and Miura Bourbon. However, Kitano himself didn't know why he contracted this disease, as he had always lived a healthy life and was physically stronger than the average person. Especially as a trainer of Miura Bourbon, he needed to have a healthy body.

But sometimes it is so dramatic. Kitano, who had never suffered from this disease in the previous weeks, died of it in the week when he was with Bourbon Miura... He didn't even have the chance to watch Bourbon Miura's performance at the Chrysanthemum Festival before he passed away.

Now that he heard about this disease again from Bourbon Miura, Kitano Ryuichi felt a little emotional. He had never heard Bourbon talk about this matter before... It seems that his concern for Bourbon in the past was really not enough.

"Bourbon? Can I have the miso soup, please?"

"Ok?"

Bourbon, feeling a bit down, stiffly handed the bowl of miso soup to Kitano. Then, under Bourbon's gaze, Kitano tilted his head back and drank the entire bowl of miso soup right in front of Bourbon. He then wiped his mouth and gave Bourbon a gentle smile. "It's really not hot at all. It's very easy to drink at this temperature. It warms my stomach."

"Thank you so much, Bourbon. Don't worry, I'll blow on hot food before eating it next time."

"..." However, Bourbon was staring at the smiling face of the young and somewhat excessive Kitano Ryuichi in front of him, and did not speak for a long time. But when Kitano felt that he might have said something a little too much and wanted to apologize, Bourbon suddenly smiled.

"You're welcome, Mr. Kitano."

"Miura Bourbon—Happiness is rising. Currently, it's in excellent condition. My favorability towards Mr. Kitano has risen to 10%."

A familiar data report. When Kitano heard Bourbon's words, he felt a familiar feeling, as if he had suddenly been transported back to the days when he and Bourbon were together... Although the time he had spent with them was short compared to other horse girls, it was undoubtedly one of the few experiences that made Kitano laugh when he recalled it.

But at this moment, the cafeteria door made a noise. Before Kitano could turn around, he heard the Saint King's aura's suppressed anger, but still sharp voice: "You—this is a public place! Even if you are not first-class people, don't flirt in public!"

Chapter 013: Saint King Halo declares war on Kitano

The Holy King Halo could no longer bear it. Both her emotional and rational sides were frantically sounding the alarm at her, telling her that she should step forward and stop it all.

Indeed, Saint King Halo was also very clear that in Tresen Academy, it was not uncommon for a horse girl to fall in love with his trainer - no, the word "uncommon" could not even be used to describe it, as such combinations were everywhere in Tresen Academy.

Saint King Halo has always been dismissive of this, even though there are many horse girls around her who have good relationships with their trainers, and there are even a few stubborn guys who say "love is prohibited in Tresen Academy" and "horse girls should focus on competition and training", while then being affectionate with their trainers and emphasizing that this is normal communication that has not crossed the line.

As for these horse girls, the Holy King's halo had a dark face and also held a contemptuous attitude. These second-rate guys really didn't know how to be reserved at all. As a first-rate guy, how could he be in the same boat with these guys?

Is this not crossing the line? Is crossing the line for you the level of going home to see your parents? Wake up!

In this regard, after Saint King Halo entered Tresen Academy despite her mother's opposition, she made up her mind that not only would she complete her studies well and become a first-class horse racing girl that everyone admires, she would also break the rumor that "80% of horse racing girls will like their trainers" at Tresen Academy to prove her ability!

Her Holy King Halo makes her a truly first-rate horse girl. She will definitely not be captured by so-called emotions like those second-rate or third-rate horse girls!

She wants to be a top-notch horse racing girl, so men are just a hindrance!

Saint King Halo was very confident and certain that he would never fall into the arms of any trainer. Therefore, this time, when Saint King Halo saw Miura Bourbon and Kitano Ryuichi getting along so intimately, and even when the atmosphere began to become somewhat ambiguous, he finally rushed forward with all his strength!

Although she is not a member of the Discipline Committee and romantic relationships within the academy have nothing to do with her, as a first-class horse girl, and considering that Tresen Academy still officially prohibits romance, Saint King Halo feels that she needs to stand up and tell these two shameless people that Tresen Academy is not a blind date party!

That's right! The moment Saint King Halo rushed in front of Miura Bourbon and Kitano Ryuichi, he found an excuse for himself, and his slightly confused expression suddenly relaxed.

"You two! I don't know why you're here at Tresen College! But this is a first-class college! We don't allow romance in our college!"

Saint King Halo stood proudly on the moral and legal high ground with his hands on his hips, saying to Miura Bourbon and Kitano, "So, mind your distance! How shameless of you to be so intimate in a public place like the cafeteria!"

"There is no intimate connection between Mr. Kitano and I in our actions."

However, facing the Holy King's aura before him, before Kitano could speak, Miura Bourbon took the initiative and said, "This is the daily routine of Miura Bourbon and Mr. Kitano."

"What—daily mode?! Didn't you just meet today?!"

However, Miura Bourbon's words immediately ignited the string of the Holy King's Halo. When Miura Bourbon said the words in a very calm tone that made the Holy King's Halo immediately explode, especially Miura Bourbon's expressionless interpretation of the facts, it made the Holy King's Halo even more angry.

Because the Holy King's aura knew clearly that Miura Bourbon was lying. No matter how they looked at it, it was obvious that these two had just met today! Did he really think that she couldn't hear their conversation from outside the door? She was a horse girl! Her hearing was much better than that of ordinary people!

However, Saint King Halo was not so angry that he lost his mind. Instead, he stared at her with a scrutinizing look and asked, "So, who are you? You are not wearing a school uniform at Tresen Academy. You are not from our school, right?"

"Excuse me." Upon hearing this, Miura Bourbon slowly stood up. Her height was similar to that of Saint King Halo, but more prominent. Although Saint King Halo's figure was undoubtedly of golden proportions, Miura Bourbon was not inferior to her.

Although she was wearing casual clothes, Miura Bourbon's clothes could not hide her slightly protruding chest, and the jeans on her lower body showed off her long legs and short waist, which was tight and fleshy.

But Miura Bourbon clearly didn't care. She simply said to the Holy King's aura in all seriousness, "My name is Miura Bourbon. I'm a newly-reported freshman. My goal is to become the Triple Crown Horse Girl."

"This is Mr. Kitano Ryuichi, a new trainer at Tresen Academy. I want to express my gratitude for helping me when my positioning system failed. I'm currently negotiating with Mr. Kitano about becoming his designated horse girl. I apologize if this has disturbed you."

Miura Bourbon apologized calmly, but the next second, her eyes flickered, and she said solemnly to the Holy King Halo before her, "But, I'm currently discussing the responsibility with Mr. Kitano. Please don't disturb us. We'll leave after we finish our discussion."

"Huh? A new horse girl and a new trainer? Is that such a coincidence?"

Saint King Halo raised his eyebrows when he heard this, as if he was a little unconvinced, but this seemed to be the only way to explain it. After all, Saint King Halo had also seen the scene of Qi Cao and Kitano standing together before. If Kitano was the new trainer, then it made sense that Qi Cao would take him around to visit.

However, this made Saint King Aura even more puzzled. How could a new trainer, just by observing her from afar through the glass, have the audacity to judge every aspect of this top-notch horse girl? First, he said she was arrogant and striving in the wrong direction, then he said her talents were limited and her efforts were wasted.

Honestly, anyone would be offended if a stranger commented on me like that. "You don't even know me, how can you be so brazen and casual about me? And it's derogatory!"

This made Saint King Halo even angrier, but there was another source of her anger, which was when she heard that "Miura Bourbon and Kitano Ryuichi were negotiating to sign a contract."

A third-rate trainer whom she looked down upon, after provoking him, actually approached another freshman horse girl whom she looked down upon even more to discuss a relationship? And she, a first-rate horse girl, actually wanted to challenge such a guy?

Wouldn't that mean she's a first-rate player competing against a third-rate team? What's the point of such a competition? Even if they win, there's no sense of accomplishment.

Thinking of this, Saint King Halo couldn't help but glare at Kitano on the side, which made Kitano tremble with fear, as if some ptsd in his heart was awakened.

"Well... we haven't started talking about it yet." Kitano said dryly an explanation that was not really an explanation. He had not yet talked to Bourbon Miura about the relationship of responsibility.

But was that really what Miura Bourbon was thinking? Kitano was a little skeptical. He hadn't felt that Miura Bourbon's previous words had suggested he be a trainer—or was that what the 10% favorability rating meant? Kitano was a little confused.

But...training Miura Bourbon again? Kitano thought it was feasible. He was one of the few who had some experience in training Miura Bourbon. After all, he had already discovered a training method suitable for Miura Bourbon in the previous round.

But, it was precisely because of this that Kitano hesitated... Because that training method put too much strain on Bourbon Miura's body, the intensity was too high. Although it was effective, Kitano didn't really want to use that method again. He had seen Bourbon suffer from this training method before, and he didn't want to see it again.

Kitano hesitated and fell into thought for a moment, while on the other side, the confrontation between Holy King Halo and Miura Bourbon seemed not to be over yet.

"Oh no, it seems like this is the only way. Don't tell me I'm the best and bully you guys when the time comes."

"what happens?"

But at this moment, as the door from the cafeteria was pushed open, Qi Cao, who had watched Kitano leave before, came striding over, and behind her, the figure of Good Opera followed closely behind.

As soon as the vice president, the Empress, entered the scene, the atmosphere in the entire cafeteria immediately calmed down. Qi Gu quickly locked onto the source of the disturbance and slowly walked towards Kitano and the other two.

"Holy King Halo? Trainer Kitano? Where are you..."

"Oh, oh! You've arrived just in time, Vice President Qi Cao, please be our witness!"

When Saint King Halo saw Qi Cao approaching, he was not afraid of Qi Cao's aura at all. Instead, his eyes lit up and he said to Qi Cao, "I am here to declare war on this rookie trainer named Kitano Ryuichi for his disrespectful remarks to me, a top-notch trainer! I hope you can be a witness."

"Since this new trainer has been so rude, saying that my talents are limited, let's use our strength to make the difference. I will use this new trainer's submission to wash away his insult to my abilities."

The finger of the Holy King's halo pointed directly at the confused Kitano Ryuichi and issued her challenge, not only to wash away her shame, but also to prove that her ability was not limited as Kitano Ryuichi said, and she was not a horse girl who could only run short distances and miles.

Moreover, the Holy King's halo contains a kind of stubbornness that she herself does not understand. She wants to let Kitano Ryuichi see that she is definitely not the horse racing girl who can only run the British short distance as he imagined. She wants to subvert Kitano Ryuichi's unfounded "stereotype" and prove her true omnipotence!

Chapter 014: The entrance of a good opera, a three-way fight

With the arrival of Qi Cao, more and more people began to gather around the cafeteria - no matter where the "Empress" of Tresen College went, there would be a group of people attracted by her temperament. Therefore, when Qi Cao and Good Opera came to the cafeteria, the cafeteria was quickly surrounded by a group of horse racing girls, all of whom were people who came to watch the fun without knowing why.

Therefore, when the Holy King Halo pulled the gas bar and declared war on Kitano Ryuichi, all the onlookers saw it. Soon, a group of horse racing girls started talking at once, showing their pleasure in "eating melons".

"How rare! Saint King Halo-san would actually declare war on his own initiative? What's going on?"

"Yeah, doesn't she always say, 'Being competitive isn't the way a top-notch horsegirl should behave'? Why is she like this this time?"

"And who is that trainer? I haven't seen him before. He looks quite handsome."

"And who is that student in casual clothes?"

All of a sudden, the horse racing girls who didn't know the truth started gossiping. One of them immediately patted another horse racing girl on the shoulder and asked curiously, "Aren't you a friend of Sheng Wang? Do you know what's going on?"

"No, I don't know... I just saw that student in casual clothes getting along very well with the trainer, and then Sheng Wang was furious..."

The follower with the Saint King's halo was also hesitant, not knowing what was going on, so she had to tell everything she saw and heard. However, she didn't know that what she just said was the topic that these horse racing ladies wanted to hear the most.

All of a sudden, like wolves in the dark smelling meat, the eyes of all the horse racing girls began to light up, and they surrounded this horse racing girl with the aura of the Holy King...

"Student, can you tell us in detail what happened just now?"

……

"Tressen Academy doesn't explicitly prohibit horse girls from agreeing to compete with each other. Beneficial competition can improve the overall quality of horse girls. As long as it doesn't involve dirty tricks and adheres to the spirit of fair competition, it's allowed."

However, upon hearing this, Qi Cao glanced at the Holy King's Halo, then looked at Kitano Ryuichi and Miura Bourbon. Although she had only been at the scene for less than five minutes, she already understood what was going on.

After all, she was there when Kitano's sharp comments about Saint King Halo were overheard. She had originally wanted to use this incident to introduce the extremely unyielding Saint King Halo as Kitano's horse girl and then see what Kitano was capable of.

But I didn't expect that Saint King Halo was so angry that he actually declared war on Kitano in public... But it doesn't matter. Even so, there is a way to teach this young lady a lesson.

Qicao felt that Kitano was right. Holy King Halo really needed a trainer who could control her and make her listen to advice in order to unleash her abilities. However, Kitano meant for Qicao to find another trainer, while Qicao's idea was that Kitano was the most suitable candidate for the trainer of Holy King Halo he mentioned.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Qicao's lips. It was obvious that there was a solution.

"But if it's a declaration of war, I'm sure you've already agreed on the stakes and details, right?"

"Of course, I, the top-tier one, have planned everything!" Saint King Halo also had a confident expression on his face, and said to the Qi Tank, "Since he was so disrespectful to me, the top-tier one, before, I guess he must be a trainer who thinks he's superior to me, right? Then I'll compete with him in strength!"

"Within a week, I want him to bring his own horse girl to a race against me. I want to defeat the horse girl he personally trained, who thinks she can rival the best of me. I'll show him how narrow his concept of what a top horse is!"

It was obvious that the Holy King Halo came with full force, pointing at Kitano Ryuichi and announcing with full fighting spirit. To be honest, as Kitano's most recent partner, this kind of Holy King Halo was very different from Kitano's impression of her.

The Saint King's aura in Kitano's mind is basically...

"What? You're asking me, a top-tier racehorse, to race with all those horse girls surrounding me? Even a trainer wouldn't accept such a request."

"Conserving your energy to ensure you can quickly get into the next match is a first-rate tactic. And what if I give them the victory in this match? I don't even bother competing with them for a small match."

"Running in the summer is too hot, and it's even more troublesome when it rains. Sandy fields will blow sand into my eyes. I won't go to a field that's unworthy of my top-tier status!"

Honestly, the Holy King's aura always gave Kitano the illusion that he wasn't hiring a horse girl, but a young lady who needed his careful attention.

But even so, Kitano still knew how to cooperate with the Holy King's Halo later. It was actually very simple. He just had to make a decision for her when she was hesitant, and don't refute her on things she had already decided. It was that simple.

Just like now... The Holy King's Halo was obviously because of the tone of his previous words, which meant that he wanted to compete with him. This decision should be irrefutable. Since it cannot be refuted, even if Kitano doesn't want to, he can only choose to accept it.

However, Kitano still has a problem, that is, he does not have a horse girl now. One week... is too short. Both finding a horse girl and training are too hasty. By then, I am afraid that two unprepared horse girls will stumble onto the track together.

"Well, I..."

"challenge accepted."

However, at this moment, before Kitano could reply, Miura Bourbon suddenly spoke, his eyes gleaming as if he was afraid that Saint King Halo would renege on his decision. "Miura Bourbon, I accept Saint King Halo's challenge. I have entered the new log into the programming group."

"Ugh?"

However, Miura Bourbon's sudden decision to accept the offer caught Kitano off guard. He hadn't chosen to accept it yet! Bourbon, why did you agree?

Wait, you're not my Uma Musume, are you? Why did you accept it on my behalf?

Kitano was a little confused about the current situation. Everything was happening too fast. Just when Kitano thought he was about to become Miura Bourbon's trainer again, a burst of hearty laughter suddenly rang out: "Hahaha! This is truly an extremely gorgeous scene! It makes people want to sing a song of a century-class showdown!"

"It's a shame. This is a gorgeous farce. Even the lead actor hasn't been confirmed yet. No matter how brilliant the script is, it won't be able to continue without the lead actor."

However, Good Opera, who had been following Qi Trough from the very beginning and whose initial reason was just to help, suddenly spoke without any warning, and her words immediately made the farce that was about to get out of control seem to be back on track.

All of a sudden, Kitano, Miura Bourbon, Holy King Halo, and even Qi Cao were all attracted by Good Opera's exaggerated movements and high-pitched voice. Qi Cao also asked curiously, "Good Opera, what do you mean?"

"It's clear! This drama is missing a leading actor, and that leading actor is Kitano's trainer, Uma Musume!"