"Hui, why do you look so drained?"
Inside the club room, McQueen and Anme poked at Hui Fujimura's cheek with their fingers as he lay sprawled on the desk, eyes closed, trying to rest.
"Yeah… something happened last night. I didn't sleep well."
Hui didn't react to their little antics. He kept his eyes shut and tried to keep resting.
"You didn't stay up gaming, did you?"
"Hui doesn't seem like the type to get addicted to games…"
The two girls chattered away around him, clearly curious what on earth could make someone as disciplined as Hui stay up late.
But Hui plainly didn't have the energy to answer.
The reason he was so exhausted was, of course, what happened with California Accelerator last night.
Even a normal person would be furious after getting targeted like that—let alone Hui, whose temper, frankly, wasn't exactly gentle.
To be honest, Hui's temper wasn't particularly good.
His patience and kindness were reserved for the girls he was responsible for. As for everyone else, he had no habit of indulging them.
Just like that time in the Maybach with Mejiro Asama—Hui had ripped into her without holding back.
Who did she think she was? Even if she was the head of the Mejiro family, she still got skinned alive by his tongue.
Last night with California Accelerator—same thing.
Hui wasn't going to go easy just because the other party was a horse-girl.
If possible, he wouldn't mind leaving her with a "small but unforgettable lesson" later.
Yes, Hui was a trainer who loved horse-girls—but that didn't mean he would throw away his brain and his dignity for that love.
If he did that for some random horse-girl he didn't even know, how pathetic would that be?
"Don't lie there. Hui—she's here again. That girl came looking for you."
After patting Hui on the shoulder, Anme pointed toward the club room door.
"That girl…?"
Hui lifted his head and looked over. A slender girl with long, jet-black hair stood quietly at the entrance.
"Oh. Teahouse, you're here."
"…Mm."
Manchester Teahouse answered obediently.
Over the last few days, she'd been coming frequently to Hui's team for extra guidance. After going back and forth like that, she'd gotten familiar with Anme and the others.
Under Hui's coaching, the "stuck" feeling from her plateau had been gradually dismantled. Her speed stats finally began to grow normally again.
Feeling her own improvement for the first time in a long while, Manchester Teahouse was deeply grateful to Hui.
She wanted to find an opportunity to thank him—but she kept failing to find the right moment.
Meanwhile, McQueen's strength was also increasing steadily.
Hui had put together a healthy meal plan for Mejiro McQueen. With it in hand, she could finally relax about her diet.
No more worrying she was eating too little—and no more worrying that eating too much would turn her into a chubby nag.
Hui really did think things through.
Both girls who had benefited from Hui's help were now carrying genuine gratitude toward him.
And because of that, he finally met the upgrade requirement for an achievement that had been blocking him for quite a while.
[Quest: Help three horse-girls — Completed]
[Friend of Horse-Girls]
[Quality: Elite (Upgradeable)]
[Effect: Attribute points gained from completing tasks increase by an additional 50%]
The "Friend of Horse-Girls" title advanced from Good to Elite, and the bonus effect jumped from an extra 10% attribute points to a full 50%.
Hui checked the next upgrade condition: he'd need to help ten horse-girls.
Considering it had taken him several weeks just to help three, he had no idea how long ten would take…
Still, once the title's quality improved, its effect became dramatically stronger—and Scarlet Eyes' growth speed increased noticeably as a result.
The difficulty of completing tasks was high, but the reward value was equally substantial.
He still had to keep clearing them.
Thinking that, Hui stood up, looked at the three horse-girls in front of him, and said:
"Time to start today's training."
—
"That bastard! That bastard! He actually dared to do that to me!"
At the Tracen Academy in New York, a horse-girl was pounding on a wall in helpless rage.
It was California Accelerator—the one Scarlet Eyes had humiliated yesterday.
"He actually said I'm trash in front of everyone… Damn that red-eyed freak!"
Just recalling that Japanese horse-girl with the red eyes made California Accelerator grind her teeth.
How could someone from a backwater circuit carry that kind of presence?
Even now, when she remembered the sensation of being unable to breathe—like her throat was being squeezed—she still felt her chest tighten.
In her memory, Scarlet Eyes' figure warped, turning into something like a demon that crushed her nerves under overwhelming pressure.
She was so much bigger than that girl. By all logic, she should've had the advantage in raw strength.
And yet when Scarlet Eyes grabbed her by the collar, she couldn't resist at all.
It was unbelievable.
That skinny-looking Japanese horse-girl… had more power than her?
Impossible.
"If you've got the guts, sign up for a race with me, you worthless piece of trash!"
Those blade-sharp words kept echoing in her ears, making her mood even more volatile.
Because of that line, she'd become a laughingstock among her classmates.
To be called trash by a Japanese horse-girl—what humiliation!
She would wash that disgrace away. No matter what.
"Fine… just like you asked! You Japanese bastard—watch how I humiliate you in the debut race a few days from now!"
At Tracen in America, where many powerful top-tier horse-girls had been born, a strength-first ideology was heavily promoted.
People revered the strong and looked down on the weak—it was the norm on this land.
And if California Accelerator did nothing after being humiliated by Scarlet Eyes, she herself would be labeled weak and despised.
So in truth, only one path remained for her.
She would prove her strength in the debut race in a few days.
The stronger side defined everything. That was the rule here.
"Wash your neck and wait for me! In a few days, you're going to regret crossing me!"
California Accelerator snarled through clenched teeth.
She wasn't going to sink to the bottom of the hierarchy.
That Japanese horse-girl would suffer here, then crawl back to her own circuit.
She, California Accelerator, would make it crystal clear—
What an absolute gap in strength really looked like.
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