Time flies, slipping away unnoticed like an arrow through the air.
Two weeks had already passed since Mizuno first began living at Tracen Academy, focusing solely on raising the strength of his team's Uma Musume.
During these days, aside from his daily training routines, Mizuno also regularly invited experienced Uma Musume to share their racing insights with the team's young girls.
For instance…
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"Allow me to introduce her—this is Tracen's outstanding scientist, undefeated champion across four races, including a G3, G2, and a G1 race—Agnes Tachyon-san."
"Awesome! Tachyon-senpai!"
That evening, Mizuno nearly suffocated as an ecstatic Daiwa Scarlet buried him firmly into her huge, warm, and silky chest...
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The next day—
"Ahem, allow me to introduce today's guest. Known as Tracen's legendary fence-destroyer, boasting eight races with five victories—like Tachyon-san, she has championship titles across various race classes—Tanino Gimlet-san."
"Yay! Gimlet-senpai!"
That night, Mizuno was wrapped up tightly by a joyfully clingy Vodka, who held him in an octopus-like embrace, rubbing her face against him tirelessly until dawn...
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And then, the third day—
"Ahhh..." Mizuno yawned wearily, rubbing his painfully sore shoulders. With visibly drained energy, he weakly introduced today's special guest to everyone:
"Let me introduce… with 10 wins and 2 second-place finishes in 12 regional races, and 12 wins, 4 second-place, and 1 third-place in 21 central races, known famously as the Gray Monster and beloved Star of Kasamatsu—Oguri Cap-san."
If the first two were brought over using Mizuno's face and favors, Oguri Cap was purely hired help.
After all, Mizuno and Oguri Cap barely had any prior friendship—at most, he'd occasionally fed her to prevent her from leaking sensitive information about himself.
Thus, Mizuno devised a clever exchange: trading food for labor. Using delicious meals as bait, he lured Tracen's infamous glutton, Oguri Cap, into participating in friendly training.
"Trainer-san, are you really treating me to a meal?" Oguri Cap stood eagerly beside Mizuno, drooling openly as her stomach rumbled audibly.
"Of course. As long as you help them train, you can eat as much as you like." Mizuno nodded, grandly waving his hand and tossing a massive pile of carrots out from his pocket.
Although he was penniless, Mizuno's food reserves were absurdly vast.
Not even mentioning the endless honey-drink ingredients stocked in his inventory, which alone could satiate Oguri Cap's bottomless hunger, the empty fields near the flowerbeds produced enough fresh vegetables daily to feed every Uma Musume present.
Even though the appetites of two legendary gluttons—Oguri Cap and Special Week—could rival a hundred Uma Musume combined, Mizuno, a dedicated hoarder who stockpiled everything regardless of its immediate usefulness, had already amassed mountains of carrots. So employing Oguri Cap with food posed absolutely no issue, and he could even afford to hire a few more if necessary.
Therefore, Mizuno suggested cheerfully to Oguri Cap:
"If you bring friends along for training, I can provide even more carrots."
"Oh?!" Oguri Cap's eyes instantly lit up.
Thus, the very next day, Oguri Cap indeed brought along a petite Uma Musume whose coat shared her ash-gray color.
"Munch-munch… This is my best friend… munch-munch… Tamamo Cross…" Oguri Cap introduced today's training partner, her mouth continuously stuffed with carrots.
"Hey, Oguri! Don't eat while greeting people!" Tamamo Cross scolded loudly, speaking with a sharp Kansai accent.
Then, turning toward Mizuno, who kept pulling endless carrots out of his tiny pocket, she continued her ranting:
"Exactly how much can your pocket even hold?! Are you some kind of Doraemon?!"
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Aside from directly inviting strong Uma Musume for friendly training, Mizuno sometimes also invited familiar trainers to bring their Uma Musume for friendly matches.
Whether it was Yamamoto Sennin and his Uma, Italian Bubble, whom Mizuno befriended at the Secret Boys' Dormitory, or Washuin and Kiyoshi, with whom Mizuno previously had minor disputes—regardless of strength, Mizuno invited them all for friendly competitions, to build experience for Tokai Teio and the others by competing against a variety of opponents.
However, while friendly competitions with these Uma Musume certainly boosted Teio and the girls' competitive spirit, these invited Uma Musume inevitably brought along some unhealthy influences during interactions.
Because every day, as soon as class ended, those trainers' Uma Musume eagerly dragged their trainers off to the nearest love hotel, passionately expressing their love through vigorous Uma Pyoi sessions.
Seeing other Uma Musume's blunt and passionate methods of showing affection stirred restless desires deep within Tokai Teio and the others. Watching Mizuno's utterly defenseless back, they desperately wanted to leap upon him, tear off his clothes, and indulge in romantic activities!
But unfortunately, everyone had made a pact: before driving out that vile woman Kiryuin Aoi from Mizuno's heart, no one could touch him prematurely.
Thus, these teenage girls could only suppress their overflowing desires, bottling up their agitation during the day, before releasing that built-up affection at night using various creative tricks.
Therefore, throughout these two weeks, Mizuno endured endless nighttime torment—embraced, buried in chests, squeezed between thighs, and ridden upon by his eager Uma Musume—barely managing a decent night's sleep at all.
The only restful night Mizuno managed was when he luckily drew Haru Urara, Rice Shower, and King Halo as that night's sleep companions.
Urara and Rice Shower, two absolute angels, posed no threats, and Mizuno never guarded himself against them. As for King Halo, with Urara innocently nearby, she couldn't bring herself to attack Mizuno either.
This was Mizuno's most peaceful night—indeed, the only night he'd truly slept well.
As for the other nights, he suffered either the father-son tag-team of Symboli Rudolf and Tokai Teio, a relentless pincer attack from best friends Daiwa Scarlet and Vodka, or some terrifying random Uma Musume surprise platter—each night delivering fresh terrors, endless new experiences, truly a hellish existence…
But none of that mattered much compared to this: under intense friendship training from a large crowd of Uma Musume, Team TAC's strength skyrocketed as though riding a rocket!
If a few weeks earlier their overall abilities were roughly at a "C" level, then today—after countless rainbow-colored friendship training sessions—the entire team had reached at least a "B+"!
Although Haru Urara, constrained by talent, still barely managed a G3-class standard, the two geniuses Tokai Teio and Rice Shower had already reached the threshold of G1 races!
For these two, claiming victory at a relatively easier G1-level race, such as next month's Hopeful Stakes, was practically guaranteed.
But to currently qualify for G1-class races, they still needed at least one championship victory in a G3 or higher-tier race, significantly boosting their chances of G1 event selection.
Thus, to secure entry tickets into G1 races, Mizuno promptly registered his three main Uma Musume into the nearest available G3 events within the coming month:
"Next week, Haru Urara will participate in the Kokura Junior Stakes!"
"The week after next, Rice Shower will challenge the Saudi Arabia Royal Cup!"
"And the week following that, Tokai Teio will compete in the Artemis Stakes!"
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T/N: so many characters (dizzy)
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