Kagura's sleep time has never been long. Even if the intensity of her work in the morning was a bit high, she only dozed off for ten minutes before waking up.
When she woke up, Excellent Quality had already released her grip on her neck, and Kagura finally had the opportunity to escape from her embrace. After tiptoeing out of bed, Kagura also helped Excellent Quality cover herself with the quilt.
'How does it feel like I'm about to become Soshi's mom without realizing it...'
Kagura sighed and took out her phone to check the time. It was just past three o'clock, and there was still plenty of time for her to do her own activities.
When she was busy at noon, she took a video of her work with her phone, and then spent some time roughly editing it with her phone and posting it on that video website called UmaTube. Looking at the number of views, the number of views was not bad for the first video posted by a newcomer, but currently, only a few robots can be seen sparsely in the comments section.
Silently deleting that robot comment that said "Check out my dynamics, there are good things" and clicking report, Kagura sighed helplessly. She couldn't help but sigh that the 'pian ge' was indeed an indispensable part of the Internet.
Quietly leaving Excellent Quality's room and closing the door, Kagura decided to go to the Track to see if Rudolph Symbol and the others were training there, and also to see if she should run a couple of laps herself.
Unlike yesterday, the Track was much more lively today. Kagura saw a large group of people by the Track from a distance. In addition to Tojo Hana's team, there were also many Uma Musume training here. Kagura saw the Trainer of the Mejiro Family, and Mejiro Takamine running on the Track.
Of course, the extra Uma Musume were only a small portion. Most of the people who had gathered by the Track were Trainers. They were scattered around the perimeter of the Track, but there were clearly not that many Uma Musume on the Track. Kagura judged that many of the Trainers here had not brought Uma Musume with them. Although she was curious about what had happened, a line of blue text on her phone made Kagura stop.
—Don't go over there yet, Kagura. So many Trainers are there without Uma Musume, and they're sitting so far apart. They definitely aren't there for training or a meeting. The Uma Musume on the Track clearly already have Trainers. The way they're looking around doesn't seem like they're waiting for anyone on the Track. The person they're waiting for probably hasn't arrived yet.
Eclipse's reminder made Kagura stop. She decided to observe the situation there before going over to watch the drama.
Kagura changed her route, detouring closer to the Track, maintaining a distance where she could hear what they were saying with her Uma Musume's extraordinary hearing, but not expose her position.
"Is the Uma Musume you mentioned really here? That's a 15-length lead! Are you sure there's really such a terrifying newcomer?"
"Really! I was there at the time, and I heard Trainer Tojo talking to Rudolph! It's absolutely true! It's just a pity that I was too far away at the time to see what the Uma Musume looked like. Such a powerful Uma Musume shouldn't neglect training, so she should still come to the Track today!"
"Is she really as amazing as you say?? Didn't Trainer Tojo try to scout her?"
"I don't know about that, but I think people must have dreams, and they can't give up without trying! What if that classmate really doesn't have a Trainer yet!"
...Kagura, who was eavesdropping on the side, was already sweating a little. Clearly, the object of these Trainers' discussion was herself. Although she didn't know how well she ran yesterday, she was sure that she had left Excellent Quality behind by a certain distance.
'Ms. Eclipse, what do you think?'
—15 lengths, not bad, not bad, has my style.
'I'm not asking you to look at the results! What should I do now?'
—It's a good thing, isn't it good that a Trainer has taken a fancy to you?
'I'm just a Support Musume!! There are too many Trainers over there! And I'm not old enough to sign a contract! '
Looking at the large group of Trainers standing outside, Kagura was already considering whether to go back to the dormitory to hide. Fortunately, no one was able to see what she looked like up close yesterday, otherwise she probably would have been ganked as soon as she walked over today.
Among that large group of Trainers, Kagura also saw Nishizaki Ryu, whom she had met not long ago, but he looked helpless and was frantically looking around, as if he was looking for something.
Suddenly, a chill suddenly rose from Kagura's back. Instinct told Kagura that something was approaching her quickly from behind, and Eclipse immediately gave a warning in red letters on her phone—
—Be careful! Someone is approaching you quickly from behind!!
"Too late...!"
Before Kagura had time to react, she heard footsteps close behind her. She suddenly felt her body make a movement she had never even thought of before she could give the order. She tilted her body slightly, avoiding a shadow that flashed past her from behind at an extremely subtle angle.
'Whoosh!!'
A sack fell from the sky and landed on the spot where Kagura was originally standing. The white-haired Little Horse Girl who was holding the sack looked at Kagura with some surprise when she saw that she had missed.
"Oh, classmate, you're pretty good, you were actually able to dodge Gold Ship-sama's sack attack!"
"Gold Ship... -sama? Ha...?"
Seeing that the other party suddenly gave her a thumbs up, Kagura subconsciously asked, at a loss for what to do. She was still maintaining a defensive posture, wary. The other party's beautiful long white hair reminded her of the people from the Mejiro Family, but the other party didn't seem to belong to the Mejiro Family.
The white-haired Uma Musume, who had missed her attack, put away the sack as if nothing had happened, and then took a step forward and approached Kagura, holding up two fingers, and said to Kagura like a pyramid scheme swindler:
"I see that you, classmate, have extraordinary talent and amazing bones! You must be a good candidate for racing! Do you want to shine on the Racecourse? Come, now for a friendly price of only two carrots, Gold Ship-sama can introduce you to a good place to train!"
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Even after living for so long, this was the first time Kagura had encountered such a situation. Kagura was stunned, and Eclipse seemed to be stunned as well. Eclipse's reply had not appeared on the phone screen for a long time.
"Gold! Ship!"
Just as Kagura was still in a daze trying to understand the current situation, she heard a particularly familiar voice coming from behind this Little Horse Girl who was slightly taller than her. Nishizaki Ryu, who should have still been in the audience, didn't know when he had appeared behind Gold Ship and was rushing over aggressively.
In Kagura's bewildered eyes, Nishizaki Ryu took a big step forward from behind and then picked up this white-haired Little Horse Girl:
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my charge is a bit strange. She just wanted to recruit some new people for the team. I'm sorry for scaring you, Kagura."
"Uh... so... Gold Ship-san wasn't here to kidnap me?"
"Yes, yes, I hope you don't mind, classmate, she's just like that... No malice."
"Hey! Trainer! You won't be able to recruit anyone like that!"
The Little Horse Girl who was picked up struggled in Nishizaki Ryu's hands, making a dissatisfied sound.
"If this bag is put on, our spica will be finished!!... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sorry for the intrusion, we'll leave first!".
"Class—mate!! If you want to agree, you can come to the small house by the wall outside the Teaching Building to sign up!!"
"Shut out!"
The Little Horse Girl's childish voice and Nishizaki Ryu's helpless voice echoed in the empty building. Watching Nishizaki Ryu leave with that Little Horse Girl while constantly apologizing, Kagura stood there for a long time before she came back to her senses.
—So, was that your school's team recruiting people just now? That child hasn't even passed the Honkaku-ka, right? Is that how teams recruit people now... Uh... Is this some new trend? Or am I out of touch with the times?
'I think it shouldn't be Ms. Eclipse's problem...'
It seemed that the bizarre situation just now had made Eclipse lose her confidence. Not to mention Eclipse, an ancient person from who knows how long ago, Kagura, a modern person, had never seen such a scene before. She felt that this was a bit too advanced for humans.
"I won't go to the Track to exercise today, right..."
Looking at the direction of the Track, Kagura, feeling that it might not be a good idea to go there, decided not to join in the fun today. She would just send the food over directly after Rudolph Symbol and the others finished training.