The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

With the aura of the Holy King who would fight back when provoked, her counterattack against the Emperor of the East China Sea was the strongest at the beginning, but she also quickly exhausted her physical strength and soon fell into a stage of passively taking the beating.

Following closely behind was the combination of Miura Bourbon and Miyu, but the cooperation between the two women was obviously not very good. When Miyu was responding to the enemy in a panic, she unconsciously launched some attacks on Miura Bourbon, and was quickly met with a silent counterattack from Miura Bourbon, and suddenly became a situation of fighting alone.

As for Shanxin, she is very self-aware. She always walks on the edge, but never forgets to launch an attack. She always splashes water a few more times when everyone is fighting fiercely. Overall, she suffers the least damage, but the damage she deals is not low.

Innocently caught up in the action, Lady Kusa initially just wanted to escape the battlefield, but then, perhaps because she was splashed with so much water, her competitive spirit was aroused or something else. Finally, Lady Kusa displayed her abundant physical strength in the pool and harvested all the breathless horse girls who had been playing to the bitter end...

"Ah... I'm so tired. Now I feel so hungry."

When everyone slowly walked out of the swimming pool, everyone's face was obviously tired, but also full of joy. There is no doubt that this little friendly play was indeed very effective for Kitano's team.

"We had so much fun today. Now I feel hungry and sleepy." The believer also stretched, looking very happy. This day was a big carnival for her, who usually didn't have many friends to play with.

"Mi Yu... I'm so sleepy." After the revelry, Mi Yu now looked so tired that she could fall asleep at any moment. Miura Bopan was supporting her with an expressionless face.

They have such a good relationship, they're truly good friends in anime. Kitano watched Bourbon supporting the drowsy Miyu, and felt quite emotional. In the previous round, he had let Bourbon treat Miyu as his imaginary enemy, which had led to a somewhat strained relationship between them. Perhaps that decision was wrong.

This should be the relationship that belongs to them, both friends and rivals. Well, it seems that Bourbon and Mi Yu need to have more contact with each other in the future. Such a friendship will benefit them both.

"Then everyone should go eat and get some rest. I need to go back to the dorm and move some of my office supplies to the team room."

"Hey? Trainer, aren't you going to have dinner with us?" Shanxin couldn't help but ask when he heard that. The horse racing girls of the team who had originally planned to have dinner with Kitano also turned their heads away in surprise.

"You're the ones who are tired and hungry after playing, not me. I'm not hungry yet." Kitano chuckled and said, "Besides, I can't always guarantee that I can follow you wherever you go. Let's take this opportunity to get along with each other. I'll be leaving first."

"goodbye……"

However, after Kitano slowly walked off in the other direction of the team, the farewells from the team members suddenly became weak. Then, after Kitano had completely walked away, the team members exchanged bewildered glances, their previous harmonious atmosphere completely gone...

"Really? That guy is so ungrateful. I even invited him to have lunch with me. I'm so unlucky."

Saint King Halo was the first one to react among the group. After seeing Kitano leave, he waved his hand without any interest and said, "I'm not hungry now. Everyone, I'll be leaving first. Please feel free to do as you please."

"Miura Bourbon, I need to go back and rest. I'll take my leave for now."

"Mi Yu...I'm also very sleepy. I need to go back to bed first."

With the Holy King's aura gone, Miura Bourbon and Miyu also lost interest due to Kitano's departure and chose to leave. For a moment, the East Sea Emperor was left alone, watching the previously harmonious group suddenly become cold after Kitano's departure.

"Eh? What the hell is going on? Am I the only one who's hungry?"

"It's okay, Emperor-kun, I'm here with you."

However, the kind-hearted believer came to the side of the emperor. She obviously knew very well why this scene happened, but precisely because of this understanding, she became more and more pessimistic about Kitano's situation.

This seemingly harmonious team revolves around the trainer almost all the time... Once the trainer is not there, the team becomes a mess and is filled with many disagreements among themselves.

Trainer... be careful. Shanxin was filled with worry at the moment. What she feared most was that Kitano was completely unaware of her current situation. If that happened, he would easily end up playing with fire and end up losing his freedom!

……

"Trainer Kitano, please wait a moment."

Just as Kitano was walking towards his dormitory, he heard the gentle voice of Kusagami Hibi from behind. Kusagami Hibi, who had changed back into his school uniform, took a few steps forward and came in front of Kitano.

"Kusagami-kun? What can I do for you?"

"Yes, there is something I actually wanted to tell you from the beginning, but I was a little hesitant at the time."

Cao Shangfei came to Beiye and originally planned to cater to Qingyun Tiankong's idea and establish a good relationship with Beiye before letting Qingyun Tiankong join the team. However, the decisive action of the Emperor of the East China Sea made Cao Shangfei immediately decide that he could not wait any longer.

If he did what Qingyun Tiankong thought and got along well with Kitano before joining the team, then his Natto Rice would be cold! It would be better to join the team first like the Emperor of the East Sea. This way, he could actually get closer!

Cao Shangfei was thinking this, but he was a little confused. Why was it that Qingyun Tiankong was the one who worked so hard on this? Although he was trying to help his friend find such a rare trainer, he hadn't even found a trainer yet, and yet he was already going through so much trouble...

Forget it, I'll help others to the end, and I'll be a good person this time. Cao Shangfei thought so, took a deep breath, and then said with a smile: "Trainer Kitano, actually, today I came to you to apply to join the team."

"Application to join the team? Kusagami Fei-san?" Kitano blinked, feeling quite surprised. But soon, Kusagami Fei shook his head and said, "No, it's not me. I want to submit the application to join the team on behalf of Qingyun Tiankong-san... Trainer Kitano."

"Qingyun Tiankong-san...I very much look forward to joining your team. I also feel that, Trainer Kitano, your abilities and broad-mindedness are very suitable for Qingyun Tiankong-san."

"Please accept Qingyun Tiankong-san as one of your horse girls, or just as a temporary reserve like Emperor-san, that's fine too. Please."

Cao Shangfei bowed deeply in the direction of Kitano. Just so that her friend could find the most suitable trainer for her, she was even willing to put in more effort than finding a trainer herself. It must be said that Ms. Cao really put a lot of effort into the friendship of their small group.

But at this moment, on the other side of this place, a horse girl wearing a mask saw the figure of Kusagami Hibi. Just when she was about to speak, she happened to see Kusagami Hibi bowing to Kitano. She immediately covered her mouth and hid behind a tree nearby.

"Is that Xiao Cao? Could the person next to her be the famous trainer Kitano?"

"What is Xiaocao doing? Is he applying to Trainer Kitano to join the team? I need to see it more carefully!"

The horse girl wearing a mask obviously has a good relationship with Kusanagi. Faced with such a scene, she pricked up her ears and listened attentively, as if she was afraid of missing even the slightest detail.

At this moment, she had just pricked up her ears, but she only heard Kitano sighing softly not far away. Then, in the gentlest tone possible, he said word by word: "About this point... I'm sorry, Kusagami Hi, perhaps I have to refuse your request."

At this moment, both Cao Shangfei and the masked horse girl not far away felt a slight jump in their hearts. They had never expected that something they thought would definitely succeed would be rejected by Kitano.

Chapter 144: The Shadow of Kitano's Repeated Rejection by Qingyun Tiankong

"Rejection...? That's quite an unexpected answer."

Cao Shangfei also didn't expect that Kitano, who was always gentle to others and seemed not to get angry no matter what the horse racing girl asked for, and had a very tolerant temperament, would actually reject her request out of character.

However, on second thought, it seems that before the tryouts began, Trainer Kitano had also rejected Di Wang's application to join the team. Of course, Cao Shangfei knew about this, and it was because of this that Cao Shangfei realized Qing Yun Tiankong's interest in Kitano. Even she joined the finals because of this little interest.

After all, not every trainer had the guts to reject the East Sea Emperor like Kitano, facing the favor of the most talented and proud horse girl of the new generation at Tresen Academy. But Cao Shangfei knew at the time that Kitano had rejected the East Sea Emperor in order to maintain the openness of the selection competition.

But now, why did Kitano reject Qingyun Tiankong? Could it be because Qingyun's laziness left a bad impression on Trainer Kitano? Cao Shangfei thought so and asked in confusion, "Although it may be a bit abrupt...but can I know the reason? Trainer Kitano, why did you reject Qingyun's application to join the team?"

"The reason is very simple, Kusagami Hibi." However, Kitano chuckled upon hearing this and said as a matter of course, "Kusagami Hibi, have you ever seen someone submit a resume to a company but not show up in person, and instead ask their good friend to apply with their resume? I don't think any company's HR department would dare to hire an employee like that."

As expected, Kitano's question left Kusagami speechless. Of course, Kitano's words were just a joke. After all, this had nothing to do with applying for a job at the company. However, he still patiently explained to Kusagami, "This is just one of the reasons. There are also some other reasons... My team currently has too many horse girls. It's only the first day, and I'm already having a headache about future arrangements. I don't have the confidence to take care of so many horse girls at once."

"If I can't take responsibility for every single horse girl, it would be a dereliction of duty as a trainer... It might not be a big deal for me, but there could be a child with a promising future who could suffer irreversible consequences due to my negligence. So, this is why I'm not willing to accept any more horse girls now."

"Trainer Kitano...is there anything you can't do?" Cao Shangfei blinked when she heard this. It must be said that Kitano's reason left Cao Shangfei with no room for rebuttal, because she also agreed with Kitano's statement in her heart.

She was just more curious about how a talented trainer like Kitano Ryuichi, who was praised by many horse girls with relatively mediocre qualifications on the forum and could even be said to be "all-powerful", could actually believe that his abilities were limited.

You know, in Tresen Academy, although there are not many teams of five horse girls, they do exist. There have even been cases where trainers have served as trainers for more than a dozen active horse girls. Although the fate of such trainers is generally miserable, there has never been any news of horse girls being dissatisfied with their trainers during their service.

Kitano is a talented trainer. In addition, Kusagami has seen many horse girls accepting Kitano's guidance on the forum. They all said that Kitano was very patient and could see their problems at a glance. This gave Kusagami the illusion that "he could easily train twenty horse girls."

"I'm not omnipotent, Kusagami-kun. I'm human, and my abilities are limited."

Kitano shook his head with a wry smile. As he and Cao Shangfei walked in the same direction, he said, "I've actually said this many times before. I'm not as talented as you think. The trainers at Tresen Academy... every one of them is a mountain that I can hardly surpass. I've almost given my all to reach my current level, but for them, with just a little effort, they can surpass me at any time."

"Don't be fooled by the praises of the horse racing girls on the forums. In fact, everything I can do, the other trainers at Tresen Academy can do. What I can't do, they can do with some effort."

"But this doesn't mean I'm exceptionally talented. It just means I was bored to death at the time. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

"But, Trainer Kitano, you've done many things that other trainers clearly could have done, but they haven't." Cao Shangfei blinked and chuckled as he heard this, saying, "From this point of view, you're very respectable. To be honest, I admire you very much."

"Don't say that... I'm just doing this to protect myself. Don't you see that I'm also sneaking around to avoid these things?" Kitano shook his head when he heard that. He didn't think he was a noble person. He just did what he could and protected his "personality" by the way. This was the foundation of his foothold in Tresen Academy, and he didn't deserve any praise like "admiration".

"Come to think of it, Cao Shangfei, why did you come to me for Qingyun? Did Qingyun ask you to do that?" Kitano got back to the point. To be honest, he was a little surprised that Qingyun Tiankong, who had never been interested in him, actually wanted to join his team this round?

To be honest, Kitano didn't quite believe it. Based on his impression of being rejected by Qingyun Tiankong in so many previous rounds, and Qingyun Tiankong showing no interest in him from beginning to end in this round, Kitano felt that this was probably just Cao Shangfei's wishful thinking.

As expected, when Kitano asked this, Cao Shangfei also answered hesitantly: "Actually, Qingyun didn't ask me to do this, but Qingyun wants to join your team, Trainer Kitano. I can feel her desire."

"So did Qingyun say in person that he wanted to join my team?" Kitano had an idea in mind after hearing this and asked again.

"No." Cao Shangfei had no choice but to tell the truth. However, after being told off by Beiye, Cao Shangfei began to feel that his behavior was a little strange, but he still insisted, "But I still think that Qingyun is very interested in joining your team."

"Look, Kusagami-kun, you yourself have lost confidence by the end."

Kitano shook his head and replied, "Qingyun hasn't said it herself, nor has she even asked you to do so. How can we assume she has such thoughts? Isn't this just a wild guess?"

"No matter how close our relationship is, we can't make choices for others. We should respect their own wishes. If Qingyun Tiankong really wants to join my team, then I can only say that she's welcome to join my team anytime. However, there's a prerequisite: she has to tell me in person, not through someone else."

But with Qingyun's personality, it would be difficult to do. Cao Shangfei opened her mouth, but still couldn't say this, because she knew that everything Beiye said was just the most basic requirements, and he had already made it very convenient for Qingyun.

If even after Trainer Kitano expressed it this way, Qingyun remained indifferent and hesitant... then even Cao Shangfei would be helpless. She wanted to help Qingyun Tiankong, but she was not a professional nanny and it was impossible for her to help Qingyun Tiankong settle everything.

And... to be honest, after listening to some of Kitano's words today... even she was a little moved. She felt that Kitano's personality and ideas seemed to be consistent with many of her ideas, and he was a very suitable person to be her trainer.

It's a pity that she now has to consider Qingyun Tiankong's feelings. If she joins, it will probably cause another huge blow to Qingyun Tiankong, and even affect the friendship between the two girls. Therefore, she can only hide her thoughts for the time being.

……

Cao Shangfei said goodbye to Beiye and left with a rather heavy heart. At least, she now understood Beiye's thoughts and concerns, but these problems were not big. The focus was on Qingyun Tiankong.

"Hehe—Little Grass!"

Just as Cao Shangfei was thinking about these questions, suddenly a cheerful voice came to her ears. Soon, Cao Shangfei felt a sudden soft hug on her back, and soon she identified the source of the voice.

"Elu-chan...you scared me, why are you here?"

This horse racing girl wearing a mask is the "Condor" that Cao Shangfei has always mentioned before, a very talented horse racing girl. She and Cao Shangfei are both horse racing girls of American descent. They met unexpectedly at Tresen College and were even roommates, so they have a very close relationship.

But... today's Shenying made Cao Shangfei feel that he was a little extra clingy to her, and even his smile seemed to be trying to please her. What was going on?

"Elu, what's wrong? You're..."

"Hehe, nothing happened." Shenying certainly wouldn't say that she had been eavesdropping here. Although she didn't hear it completely, Shenying still vaguely heard the scene where Cao Shangfei was rejected - but after that, she and Beiye walked away for a distance. She was afraid of exposing herself and didn't dare to follow, so she only heard the general idea.

In Shenying's current understanding, Cao Shangfei undoubtedly wanted to join Kitano's team, but for some reason she refused. When Cao Shangfei came back, her heavy expression also confirmed her thoughts.

As Cao Shangfei's good friend, Shenying certainly would not poke Cao Shangfei's scars at this time. Therefore, she did not mention a word about what happened just now, but just tried her best to help Cao Shangfei divert his attention.

"Xiaocao, Elu, I'm really hungry because I came to visit you. Shall we go to the cafeteria to eat together? I heard they have your favorite dandelion parfait today!"

"Well, let's go."

However, Shenying's words did not make Cao Shangfei feel much better. Her expression was still a little solemn as she thought about how to convince Qingyun Tiankong to tell Kitano in person that she wanted to join Kitano's team.

At this moment, Shenying was paying attention to Cao Shangfei's expression. She felt sad for her best friend's unhappy look, but she still tried hard to help Cao Shangfei recover from the failure.

The two best friends were both worried about their friend, yet their thoughts were completely unrelated... and this misunderstanding was bound to ferment into a greater misunderstanding as time went by...

Chapter 145: Daily Notes on the Symbolism of Luduo

"Huh...Finally, I've moved most of my office equipment here."

Kitano basically only did one thing in the next half day, which was to move some things in his crowded dormitory to the team room that Rudo symbolically gave him. In this way, he could free up some space in his room and he wouldn't have to worry about these things taking up too much space.

Although Kitano had only been at Tresen Academy for a short time, he had done a lot of planning for the four horse girls on his team during this period - and it wasn't just planning for the four horse girls, he also had many inquiries from ordinary horse girls. It seemed that the problems could be solved by Kitano with just one sentence, but in fact, a lot of planning was required behind the scenes to solve them. No one except Kitano understood.

For the other trainers from Treson Academy, coming here means they are real geniuses. When faced with some basic questions, they don’t need to do too much planning. They can know the answer just by thinking about it.

But Kitano was not so quick, especially for some horse racing girls who did not just ask for advice once and that was it. They would come again next time and ask more detailed questions. At this time, even though Kitano was experienced, he did not dare to say anything casually, and he needed to check and sort out the information.

Most of this information is Kitano's own work, based on his own experience playing through numerous rounds, and then repeatedly revising it. It might seem like a one-time use, but most of this information will also find application in other Uma Musume games, and Kitano can't possibly remember it all, so he's just piling it up here and taking notes. If he needs it later, he can just go back to these notes and avoid having to revisit them, which would be even more time-consuming.

What? Why not a computer? If you ask Kitano that, he'll probably burst into tears—he joined Tresen Academy too early this week and doesn't have enough money to buy a computer.

He even didn't dare to go to the izakaya now, and didn't dare to order more even though he had a meal subsidy. Looking at how much he had been through, and the fact that the month wasn't even half over and his salary hadn't been paid yet, Kitano really had no money to buy himself anything.

This time, Kitano could have easily moved the items by asking for help from the horse girls who were everywhere at Tresen Academy. He did so at first, but after the horse girls who came to help him started to rub against him before they were even halfway there, hinting at their desire to join the team, Kitano resolutely decided to do it himself.

"Really... When did the horse racing girls at Tresen Academy become so open-minded? Have all the trainers at Tresen Academy been able to hold back until now? Or is it because they can't help themselves that they've become frequent visitors to the orthopedics department?"

Kitano was puzzled and could only say that it was not the first time he had come to Tresen, a beauties like this, but each time was extremely destructive to him as a virgin, and each time was more destructive than the last. By this week, the attitude of the racehorses at Tresen Academy towards the trainers was almost becoming "temptation".

Kitano, a virgin, couldn't understand it. He didn't even know what it felt like when a horse jumped, let alone a broken pelvis. His kidneys had never been squeezed since he was born, and after traveling to the world of Uma Musume, he was constantly surrounded by "temptation". Even so, he could resist his own desires and the advantage of being able to start over, and refused to do anything. You can imagine how much pressure he was under.

But the pressure needs to be released, but he doesn't have the courage to do so, especially now that he is leading a team of five horse girls. If they knew that a trainer like him had a horse jump with other horse girls... well, all his hard work during this period would be in vain. The trust of the five horse girls in him would definitely drop to freezing point, and they might even cancel the contract with him at the speed of light.

This kind of thing has happened before. In the round when Kitano was wearing the Holy King Halo, he heard that there was a trainer who couldn't stand the verbal teasing of his responsible person, but didn't dare to do anything serious to the responsible person who was still in service. In the end, he had no choice but to go to a brothel that cosplayed horse girls. In the end, the matter was inexplicably exposed and he was caught red-handed by his responsible person.

What happened after that was a bit horrifying. Kitano didn't want to go into details, but he was heartbroken and forced himself to train eighteen times in a brothel. The contract was terminated at the speed of light a week later, and he never saw that guy at Tresen Academy again.

Being a trainer at Tresen Academy is nothing more than these things that are difficult. However, since you are a trainer and enjoy such good salary and benefits, it is also an insider knowledge of the industry to accept a certain degree of difficulties. Kitano can bear it, and didn't those predecessors also bear it?

"Knock, knock, knock." At this moment, Kitano, who was sorting things in the team room, heard a knock on the door. Feeling quite curious, he opened the door, but only saw Rudolph appear again.

"Ah, Trainer Kitano, good evening." Rudolph, dressed in his school uniform, smiled broadly. Glancing at the miscellaneous items behind Kitano, he added, "I heard from a few horse girls passing by that they saw you, carrying a lot of stuff. It seems you're planning to convert the team room into your office."

"The trainer's dormitory is too small, and these things can't be stored for a long time. It's much more convenient here." Kitano nodded with a smile when he heard this, but his affirmation made Rudolph smile even more in his heart - this was her purpose.

As long as she was sure that Kitano used the team room as his office, based on her understanding of her trainer, his ability to handle procedures was indeed average. Just the study materials she gave Kitano would have taken him a long time to finish even if he worked from day to night. Now, even though he had entered Tresen Academy at the age of 21 and looked like a genius, he was still not confident. Rudolph could see that her trainer might have been strengthened this time, but only to the average level of Tresen Academy.

This time, he's tasked with training five horse girls at once, a massive undertaking that would be overwhelming even for other trainers. Rudolph waits, waiting for Kitano to give up, so he can swoop in and help his trainer decompress.

But even so, Rudolph just kept it in mind and said with a smile on his face: "Do you need my help?"

"No, no, President, you're already very busy just dealing with the Student Union. I don't need you to worry about me." Kitano was a kind man who didn't want to increase Rudolph's workload. He waved his hand and asked, "I just don't know what the President wants to do this time. Is there anything new you want to inform me of?"

"No...just delivering something to Trainer Kitano."

Upon hearing this, Rudolph handed Kitano a bag he had been carrying. Kitano opened it and discovered it was a laptop. It didn't look new, with some dents and stickers on it. After handing the laptop to Kitano, Rudolph said, "I just heard in the Student Union that you were moving these materials, Trainer Kitano. I knew you were in need of electronic equipment."

"This laptop was what I used for work before, but my family bought me a new one. Trainer Kitano has a heavy workload, taking care of five people at once. I thought it would be better to give it to you instead of just leaving it aside to gather dust."