I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

Upon hearing Shinji Kitahara's question, Kazuya Hisadou's expression became slightly subtle before he slowly typed.

Although I really want to answer your question, Trainer Kitahara, unfortunately, I don't know the answer either.

[I know this sounds strange, after all, Trainer Kitahara, you should have identified me months ago and probably guessed that I'm a member of the 'black market,' and I admit that.]

Unfortunately, I don't know much about the 'black market' either.

[It's not that I'm just an outsider or anything; actually, my status within the 'black market' is quite high, and I've been a member for a relatively long time.]

The problem is that the 'black market' is not a normal organization, and the identities of its members are kept secret from each other.

Furthermore, we don't usually communicate with each other, and we know very little about each other, so I don't know the identities or purposes of the other members.

Seeing Hisato Kazuya's answer, Kitahara Shinji remained silent for a while, his expression gradually becoming subtle.

What's wrong with this person today?

They had been carefully disguising themselves before, so why did they suddenly reveal everything today?

Shinji Kitahara did not hide his doubts, and Kazuya Hisadou easily saw through his thoughts and gave a response.

It's simple, because I trust you, Trainer Kitahara.

The reason I didn't tell you before was because I hadn't found the right opportunity, and I was also worried that you wouldn't believe me or might misunderstand.

"Right now, I don't know how much information you've uncovered, but it's definitely enough to pinpoint me. Since I need your help, I thought I might as well just confess everything at once."

[And that's not all. If you have any other questions, I'll do my best to answer them to the best of my knowledge.]

Upon seeing his words, Shinji Kitahara raised an eyebrow.

"You'll answer anything you know?"

【Yes】

Hisato Kazuya nodded.

"Well."

Upon seeing his reply, Shinji Kitahara sat up straight, staring intently into Kazuya Hisadou's eyes, and gritted his teeth as the other man looked embarrassed.

"Trainer Najudo, can you answer a question for me?"

"That's why, in the past few years, out of a total of 68 horse hunting incidents, I personally encountered 64 of them."

"Oh, no, including the one that's about to happen, out of the sixty-nine cases, I've encountered sixty-five of them by myself."

As he spoke, he leaned closer to Hisadou Kazuya, whose expression was becoming increasingly awkward, and spoke slowly and deliberately.

Do you have any clues about this?

"Trainer Hisadou."

Chapter 127: This really was just an accident

To be honest, no matter what Hisato Kazuya wanted to do, Kitahara Shinji didn't really care.

Whether he was entrapping the suspect out of guilt or simply driven by a surge of righteous indignation and a desire to be an anti-hero, he didn't really care.

After all, everyone has their own way of living. He's neither a policeman nor a judge; he's just an ordinary trainer. He doesn't have that much time to scrutinize other people's lives.

But the problem is, don't keep bringing him up!

He would treat the first or second time as an accident, the third or fourth time as an act of heroism, and even the fifth or sixth time as just bad luck.

But the problem is that it's already a full sixty-four times, and it's about to become sixty-five.

Especially after Kazuya Tsukyuu revealed that the 'black market' was basically full of traitors, Shinji Kitahara's feelings became even more complicated.

He now seriously suspects that the so-called "black" in this black market is just a scheme perpetrated by him, Bei, alone.

Faced with his questioning, Hisato Kazuya was embarrassed, but he still gave a response.

Would you believe me if I said it was just an accident?

When typing those words, not only did Shinji Kitahara look incredulous, but even Kazuya Hisado himself was quite unsure.

But the problem is that he was telling the truth.

Although the horse girl hunting project was a joint operation by everyone in the black market, Hisadou Kazuya was only in charge of a part of it and did not know the whole picture.

However, because he had been in the black market for a long time and held a relatively high position, he knew a lot about the plan and was well aware that it was not aimed at Shinji Kitahara.

At least it wasn't initially targeted at him.

After all, no matter how outrageous the people in the black market were, it was impossible to expect Kitahara Shinji, who was still a tiny kid at the time, to deal with those horse girl hunters.

Moreover, there's no point in even hoping for it, because the hunting of horse girls is a joint responsibility of the entire black market, with each person responsible for a part, and they don't usually keep in touch.

It wasn't until nearly twenty horse hunting incidents that someone among them noticed this unlucky little guy who was always dragged into their plans, and then slowly more people started to notice his existence.

However, later on, as Shinji Kitahara solved more and more cases, and as he himself grew,

After about forty-five horse hunting incidents, they simply promoted him to the main executor, while relegating the original main executor to a secondary role.

This official promotion wasn't even at the behest of the black market members.

Because they all believed that no matter how good Shinji Kitahara was at fighting, he was still just a human being.

Especially since his playing style is always so aggressive and reckless, if this continues, something unexpected will happen sooner or later. It would be better to have the original executor back.

The problem is that no matter how hard they try or what methods they use...

Shinji Kitahara would still show up on time at the front lines of the horse girl hunt, taking over the entire task that they had originally planned to assign to the original executor.

This left the black market members bewildered, thinking, "Brother, we've worked so hard, why are you still trying to steal our jobs?"

So, after more than a dozen failed attempts, the people on the black market had no choice but to give up.

Then they were forced to give Kitahara Shinji a permanent position, making this formidable man who could always snatch the job as the chief executor.

Furthermore, as Kitahara Shinji carried out his actions, his various deeds gradually spread throughout the black market, and his reputation grew louder and louder.

Later on, the name Shinji Kitahara became the main topic of conversation among the black market members, and even horse girl hunting and various plans had to take a backseat.

That's why Hisato Kazuya said it was just an accident.

However, Shinji Kitahara was skeptical of this.

As I said before, he'll consider it an accident if it happens once or twice, but if it happens five or six times, he can just consider it bad luck.

But so far, out of a total of sixty-nine times, he's crashed into things sixty-five times. You can't tell that this wasn't intentional...

Are you trying to fool Sunday's tranquility?

After discussing this topic, Shinji Kitahara then asked about the previous Black Forest incident.

This time, Hisato Kazuya's answer was straightforward and clear.

He directly admitted that he orchestrated the Black Forest incident.

The goal was the same as Shinji Kitahara had predicted: to establish the Black Forest organization and give ordinary horse girls more opportunities to shine.

"One horse leads the way, and all others pale in comparison"—this is the motto that Tresson has always upheld, and it is also a true reflection of the sport of horse racing.

In the past, I didn't think there was anything wrong with this. After all, horse racing is a highly competitive sport, and it's normal for the winner to take all.

But it wasn't until a friend contacted me and told me about some things happening in Teresa that I understood.

I just realized that, apart from those brilliant geniuses and winners, there are mostly ordinary horse girls with mediocre talents in this world.

My friend and I also tried sending relevant applications to Tressen and URA, but due to various conflicts of interest, Tressen and URA only gave a token response, granting us some subsidy authority, and then nothing more.

Of course, I know that Tresson and URA also have their difficulties, but I also know that they are fully capable of doing this well; they just haven't taken action for some miscellaneous reasons.

Therefore, I orchestrated the Black Forest incident to remind them and make them realize the seriousness of the problem.

[At the same time, this would also divert Treson's attention, giving the 'buyer' I mentioned earlier an opportunity to act.]

It's a real shame that, because of you, Trainer Kitahara, they were wiped out before they could cause any trouble for Treson or attract enough attention.

Upon hearing this, Shinji Kitahara raised an eyebrow.

"So, just because I ruined your plans, you're shifting the blame onto me?"

No, that's not the reason.

Hisato Kazuya shook his head.

[I felt that you, Kitahara Trainer, were the most suitable person for this job, which is why I recommended you to the Chairman.]

Although he felt that Kitahara Shinji was trying to take the blame and not want to involve the other two, he didn't think that the reason he gave was false.

After all, although there are many excellent trainers in Treson headquarters, when it comes to their understanding of the area and their reputation among the country horse girls, they combined might not be able to beat him by even one hand.

He understood, but whenever he thought about those sixty-four times when the horse girls had their faces assaulted during the hunt, Kitahara Shinji couldn't help but find Hisadou Kazuya in front of him suspicious.

He wasn't too worried that Hisadou would harm him, but he always felt that Hisadou was trying to trick him into working for free.

In comparison, Treson is not only wealthy and powerful, but although they also use him to the extreme, at least his salary has never been lacking.

Even if they bring English, although they like to use anyone useful to the extreme and don't treat people well in daily life, at least they still have to pay a basic salary.

But looking at the black market, they've given him so much trouble and so many tasks, and he hasn't seen a single penny of his salary, let alone a bonus.

Thinking about this, Shinji Kitahara looked at Kazuya Hisadou with increasing suspicion.

Faced with Shinji Kitahara's gaze, Kazuya Hisadou could only respond with a helpless, bitter smile.

To be honest, as one of the earliest and highest-ranking members of the black market, Hisato Kazuya knows far more than this, and much of it is related to Kitahara Shinji.

For example, as one of the original participants in the Horse Girl Hunting Project, he knew that the original 'executor' of the Horse Girl Hunting Project was not Shinji Kitahara, but a monster with an empty heart created by the Three Goddesses.

For example, he knew about the black market and the existence of this monster, which involved a power struggle between the black market's owner and the three goddesses.

The black market and that monster are merely pawns in this game between the two sides.

He even knew that this game shouldn't have been like this in the first place.

However, a strange and unpredictable entity forcibly intervened in this game, and then in a bizarre way snatched all the pieces from both sides' hands, even almost overturning the entire chessboard, all without the entity's knowledge.

The problem is, Hisahito Kazuya couldn't tell Kitahara Shinji any of this.

It wasn't just because of the warning from the entity behind the black market, nor was it just because that monster was now sitting next to Shinji Kitahara.

More importantly, Hisato also knew very well that even if he told Kitahara Shinji all these things, it wouldn't help his current situation; on the contrary, it might cause him trouble.

So, faced with Shinji Kitahara's suspicious gaze, Kazuya Hisadou could only smile wryly and try to say a few things that were worth mentioning.

After that, he talked to Shinji Kitahara about some of the issues he was concerned about, and saw that he didn't have any more questions for the time being.

Hisato Kazuya glanced at the time and realized it was almost time for training, so he got up and left.

As for Shinji Kitahara, he sat there and pondered for a while after Kazuya Hisadou left.

Then he took out his phone, clicked on Senior Ma's profile picture, and sent her the information he had just learned.

After seeing his message, Senior Ma Niang responded quickly, asking him what he planned to do next.

Having already considered this question that morning, Shinji Kitahara answered quite simply, stating that he was too lazy to judge whether Kazuya Hisadou's actions were good or bad, and that he would only be responsible for investigating and collecting evidence.

As for how to make the judgment, that's a matter for Treson and URA; it's not his place as a mere trainer to worry about.

The senior, Ma Niang, did not object to his decision. After a short silence, she asked him when he would be free to go on a blind date.

Shinji Kitahara was still preoccupied with the information they had just exchanged, but the moment he saw the words "blind date," cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Is this the time for a blind date?

Even disregarding the reactions of the female ponies in the team, he hadn't forgotten that he was still being portrayed as Rudolph's symbolic fake boyfriend.

If I went on a blind date at this hour and the Symbolist family found out, I'd probably have to choose between the Symbolist family's basement and the concrete pillars of Tokyo Bay.

Therefore, after his senior, Ma-chan, brought up the matter, Kitahara Shinji immediately began to find various reasons to refuse.

For some reason, Senior Ma seems to be in a particularly good mood lately.

Not only have I been initiating more communication with him lately, but my attitude has also improved significantly. This time, I easily agreed to his request to postpone the blind date.

However, after the postponement, the senior Ma Niang seemed to have thought of something and said that she was busy recently and probably couldn't go to help him this time, and told him to find his own teammates.

It's not surprising that Shinji Kitahara did so.

After all, this senior, Ma Niang, is usually very busy, so it's normal that she can't spare the time when she has something to do.

Unlike before, he is now in the Treson headquarters, surrounded by a plethora of reliable teammates.