I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

"It has indeed been a long time, elder brother."

The personality named Miscellaneous Grains looked at Kitahara Shinji in front of him and spoke with a smile.

"Are you thinking that I went to all this trouble to bring you here for some reason? Don't worry, I can't read minds or anything. It's just that you're still the same as always, completely unable to hide your thoughts..."

He pondered for a moment.

"While I could tell you the answer to this question directly, brother, it just feels a bit boring..."

"How about this, brother, guess my purpose. If you guess correctly, I'll give you a reward, and if you guess wrong... I'll still give you the reward."

She looked at him and spoke with a smile.

"How is it? Not bad, right?"

That sounds good, but the question is, what exactly is this 'reward'...?

Although he had a bad feeling, looking at the smiling face of the woman in front of him, Shinji Kitahara remained silent for a moment, and finally decided to go along with her for now.

"Well, if I had to guess, I think the reason you went to so much trouble to lure me here isn't for anything ordinary, but something very important, and something that can't be known by anyone else..."

Following this line of thought, Shinji Kitahara pondered for a while, then his expression gradually turned to surprise.

Wait a minute, if we think about it this way, could it be that...

"It seems you've realized it, brother."

Staring directly at Shinji Kitahara in front of him, Zagu licked his lips, his desire undisguised.

"Do you want to break your contract with Trainer Garai and join my team?"

Shinji Kitahara asked earnestly.

The smile on Zaliang's face froze.

Seeing that Zagu's smile froze, Kitahara Shinji thought he had guessed the answer and then sighed.

"Miscellaneous Grains, I know that transferring teams is a sensitive matter, especially since we've had prior contact. If we were to transfer teams abruptly, there might be some bad rumors circulating. But Trainer Jia Lai is a really nice person. We can talk about this face-to-face; there's no need to beat around the bush..."

"Wait a minute, did you consult Mi Yu about this? I think that kid has a pretty good impression of Trainer Jia Lai. It's fine that you have your own ideas, but since you're sharing a body, it's sometimes better to consider each other's feelings..."

Faced with Shinji Kitahara's answer, Zagan remained silent for a while, and then sighed.

For a fleeting moment, she even suspected that Shinji Kitahara's appearance was deliberately feigned.

"Unfortunately, brother, your answer is wrong."

As she spoke, she released her hands from Shinji Kitahara's face and blinked.

"So, are you ready to receive your 'prize'?"

Shinji Kitahara remained silent for a moment.

"Um, I think if I answered incorrectly, I probably wouldn't be eligible for the prize..."

"That won't do. I did all this just to give you this reward."

As he spoke, Zaliang smiled and drew the dagger from his waist, placed one end against his fingertip, and gently rotated it.

Looking at the cold glint reflected on the spinning blade, most people would normally react with fear or suspicion in this situation, but Kitahara Shinji...

“I remember that Tresenne has very strict regulations on knives, and this dagger of yours is for decoration, so it shouldn’t have been sharpened, right?”

Having learned from the first experience, Zaliang only paused for a moment before recovering and then explained with a smile.

"Theoretically speaking, that's correct, and when Mi Yu held this thing, it was indeed unsharpened, but in my hands..."

As she spoke, Zaliang reached out and easily sliced ​​open a discarded training equipment for horse girls made of alloy with the blade of her dagger. Then, to Kitahara Shinji's horrified gaze, she moved the dagger to his lower body and made a light cut—

"Wait, Mixed Grains, let's talk this out—"

hum-

With the sound of fabric being torn, something fell beside Shinji Kitahara.

If you look closely, you can also see the black lace pattern on it.

"Mixed grains..."

"Brother."

She tossed aside her ripped safety shorts, held a dagger in her hand, and stared at him, her smile seemingly brighter and her tone more alluring.

"You're still the same as before."

Given Kitahara Shinji's reaction speed, he could have stopped her before she could make a move, and she believed he had that ability.

Now, let alone stopping her, he didn't even try to stop her until the tip of her dagger was pressed against the hem of his clothes and slowly moved towards her...

Although they hadn't seen each other for several years, it was clear that he still trusted her, just as he had promised.

Oh no, I'm about to lose control...

Looking at that face so close, feeling that long-lost trust, Zaliang's eyes flickered, but in the end, he barely managed to suppress the impulse in his heart, sheathed the dagger, and then...

She slowly lifted her skirt.

"This is one of the rewards."

Zagu smiled as she looked at Kitahara Shinji, and then saw him close his eyes the moment her hand touched the hem of her skirt.

"Tsk."

Faced with Kitahara Shinji's resistance, Zagu clicked his tongue softly and then spoke.

"Does my older brother not like me like this?"

Sorry, I need to take another day off.

RT, I thought my stomach problem was almost cured, but yesterday I don't know if it was because I took too much medicine or ate some meat, but I felt terrible all day. I couldn't sleep all night, and I vomited all morning. I took a nap in the afternoon, but I still have a headache, feel sleepy, and a bit nauseous. I probably won't be able to update today. Please forgive me.

Chapter 268: Did you understand?

Horse experiment? Forbidden research?

Upon hearing what Zagu said, Kitahara Shinji paused for a moment, then took Zagu's phone and began to look through its contents.

The first document appears to be a computer document photographed with a mobile phone camera, and the screen is somewhat blurry.

[Special Individual: Miura Bourbon]

Cognitive stability: Low

[Specific manifestations: Due to uncertainty about its own biological and mechanical attributes, it is prone to cognitive errors when in contact with mechanical objects, which can affect or even damage the mechanical structure...]

[Recommended measures: Correct the erroneous self-perception. Specifically, guide the child to explain this mechanistic self-perception as their own fantasy or a form of adolescent delusions, and attribute their self-perception back to biological structure. This has already yielded some results...]

[Note: My detector! My detector! Three of them exploded!]

[Special Individual: Mayumi Express]

Cognitive stability: Extremely low

[Specific manifestations: This may be due to self-perception bias or insufficient 'quality' of the individual. The individual's presence is extremely weak, and when cognitive bias occurs, it may be forgotten. In the most severe cases, all descriptions related to the individual may become vague, or even disappear permanently...]

[Suggested measures: Enhance awareness, but current strategies, including making more people aware of her, participating in important events to attract attention, and strengthening memory, are not proving effective. New methods are urgently needed...]

[Note: The Mayumi Express is a real train! Please remember this no matter what!]

[Special Individual: Rice Bath]

Cognitive stability: Unknown

[Specific manifestations: Unknown]

[Recommended measures: None at the moment]

[Note: During the instrument testing, this individual's cognitive stability fluctuated, confirming that she has some underlying issue, but it is currently unclear and requires further investigation and testing...]

After reading the first part, Shinji Kitahara raised an eyebrow.

At first, he thought Galerizho was just unlucky to have found three problem children to be in charge, but judging from the description here, it seems it was intentional...

However, although finding problem children might be intentional, Shinji Kitahara didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

After all, judging from her descriptions, she didn't seem to have any intention of harming these children. On the contrary, she had been quietly trying to help them improve their situation, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with that.

But as he was thinking this, his brows gradually furrowed as his fingers continued to slide down.

【Experiment Log #121】

The flesh-and-blood synthesis experiment was successful. This is probably the world's first artificially synthesized 'artificial horse meat,' but strangely, it doesn't seem to have any vitality, even though its observed structure is exactly the same as normal horse meat...

【Experiment Log #124】

[It's too early to celebrate. The flesh-and-blood synthesis experiment failed. That thing only looked like horse meat; it was actually just an ordinary piece of meat, without any vitality or growth ability. But the key question is, what exactly was missing...?]

Could it be a 'soul'?

【Experiment Log #131】

The Satomi family's "Goddess System" seems interesting. Three goddesses created using VR? Perhaps a different approach could be taken: combining nanomachines and AI. I wonder if that could create an "electronic soul"...

【Experiment Log #146】

[It's a success! It's alive! It's started growing on its own!]

【Experiment Log #147】

[The champagne was opened too early. This thing is essentially no different from that dead meat from before, except that the machinery inside is cultivating and growing it according to instructions. It has absolutely no characteristics of a horse girl...]

[But it wasn't entirely without results. At least the horse meat produced this way is far superior to ordinary horse meat, bringing us one step closer to our ultimate goal...]

【Experiment Log #148】

[We tried adding some normal horse meat to the artificial meat, but as expected, just like the previous tests showed, these small pieces of meat separated from the 'main body' were essentially no different from dead meat...]

【Experiment Log #153】

Still no clue. Horse girls are different from other creatures; they can't be simply replicated with matter. The institute also doesn't have any other information or data on artificially creating horse girl souls.

[It would be strange if it were true, after all, this is something the three goddesses strictly forbade to research. The last person to research this thing was said to have done so more than ten years ago, and was punished by the three goddesses after they found out. He's still insane...]

【Experiment Log #157】

As expected, it still didn't work. No matter the blood, the internal organs, or even a whole, dying horse mother, nothing could give this lump of flesh the true 'life' that belonged to the horse mother...

Damn it...

【Experiment Log #158】

"A 'black market'? This is the first time I've ever heard of such an organization. They're a bunch of scum..."

[But that's perfect. If artificial souls don't work, let these scumbags help us get a proper horse girl to research another method, and see if we can gather any information about them. It would be best if we could wipe them all out in one fell swoop...]

【Experiment Log #162】

The arrest failed. It's quite satisfying that those idiots who made the move got caught, saving me the trouble of doing it myself. But it's a pity we couldn't find those lurking bastards; they were really well hidden...

【Experiment Log #163】

There's no other way. Continuing like this won't yield any results, and I feel the others in the institute should realize something's wrong; we can't go on like this...

[It's decided, I'll go to Treson to be a trainer. That way, it won't arouse any suspicion, and there are enough horse girls there. If I can find someone I can trust, maybe I can even get her to cooperate with my research...]

【Experiment Log #165】

[To the reader: I don't know who you are, or how you came across this document, but if you found it, it probably means I'm either dead or insane.]

I know my research has crossed taboos, and I know my current actions may be incomprehensible, but please do not delete this information and forward it to the Horse Girl Research Institute. Perhaps my research itself is wrong, but the data must be correct. I hope it can be used in the future, which is also the purpose of writing this blog post.

Of course, it's best if no one sees it.

【Experiment Log #168】

[Trexon, here I come!]

After briefly reviewing the contents of the experiment log, Shinji Kitahara slowly frowned.

In reality, the experimental log contained more than just a few sentences; each entry occupied several pages.

Aside from these brief texts, the content is mostly tables, experimental data, and technical terms, and many even include attachments that require clicking to view details.

However, since Zaliang only took a regular screenshot, the documents and attachments could not be opened. But it doesn't really matter, since even if those things were opened, Kitahara Shinji's current level of knowledge would probably not be able to understand them anyway.