I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

Although they share the same surname, Alice Digital and Alice Hayate are completely different personalities.

The latter prefers to do things their own way and act on whatever comes to mind, while Ali Digital is more considerate of others' feelings and rarely acts rashly—except when it comes to swooning over Uma Musume.

Therefore, despite having a thousand or so questions in their minds, Aili Digital ultimately chose not to express them.

"I...have no problem."

Her tone was hesitant.

"Moreover, I swear in the name of the three goddesses that I will not reveal this to a second person."

Shinji Kitahara raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

"Are you sure? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Next time, even if you beg me, I won't answer."

"...I'm sure."

When she said this, Aili Digital's expression was extremely hesitant, and her tone was very difficult, showing that she was struggling with her inner thoughts.

Shinji Kitahara was amused by her expression. After laughing twice, he coughed lightly twice, meeting the resentful gaze of Alice Digital.

"Never mind, I can't tell you the specifics, but you can think of it as me doing this because of the solar eclipse."

This is not a lie; after all, it's to prevent people from being smuggled in during the eclipse, which is also for the sake of the eclipse.

Shinji Kitahara doesn't know how Ali Digital will interpret these words.

Anyway, he was telling the truth. As for how Aili Digital interprets it, that's her own business.

As he expected, Alice Digital's expression changed after hearing his explanation.

It doesn't seem like they knew he was protecting against the solar eclipse, but rather that they understood it to be something else entirely.

"I see..."

She murmured to herself, a blissful gleam in her eyes.

"This is too much..."

So what exactly did you interpret it as?

Shinji Kitahara was very curious about this question, but he didn't dare to ask.

After ending the topic, the atmosphere between the two began to ease. After finishing their slightly cold coffee, Shinji Kitahara ordered two more cups as payment for Alice Digital keeping his secret.

Aili Digital didn't stand on ceremony and readily accepted the bribe.

Then, after a while, she spoke again.

"Trainer Kitahara, I'll pretend that incident never happened, but could you please answer another question I have?"

"What doubts?"

Aili Digital was silent for a few seconds, then raised its head and said seriously.

"You are actually a very skilled trainer, aren't you?"

“No,” Kitahara Shinji replied immediately.

Aili Digital: "......"

This person is blatantly lying.

Seeing Kitahara Shinji's behavior, she became unusually blunt.

"I do not believe."

Alice Digital spoke earnestly.

"So far, apart from the newly formed teams, I have been in most of the teams within Treson, and I have also been in contact with most of the trainers, including those who have left the company."

“Trains who can enter the Treson headquarters are basically the elite among trainers, and those who can form teams are the elite of the elite, but even so, I have never seen anyone like you.”

"The system can easily assess a horse's physical condition with the naked eye and quickly develop a training plan based on the confirmed information. Even improvements to running techniques can be made in such a short time..."

"It's no exaggeration to say that you've even transcended the realm of a trainer and are more like a 'legend'."

"Or should I call you, Mr. Kitahara Shinji, the living urban legend, the walking horse girl wishing machine?"

As the person with the most information channels and the widest coverage in the entire Treson Academy, Alice Digital was naturally able to find information about him.

But strangely enough, if she wanted to investigate someone, especially a trainer, her information-searching ability would be enough for her to find out everything about that person in an hour.

Even if we give urban legends some face, it'll only last half a day at most.

But in reality, she had started investigating him out of curiosity about the solar eclipse shortly after the start of the semester, and it wasn't until this weekend that she managed to gather the information and confirm that he was the legendary 'walking horse girl wishing machine'.

Furthermore, during the investigation, she clearly felt resistance and, out of curiosity, investigated where that resistance came from, but the result almost scared her so much that she threw her phone away.

Symbolists, and most likely symbolists themselves.

Given the involvement of this monster family, Alice Digital certainly dared not continue the investigation, but a sense of doubt arose in her heart.

Because she frequently tipped off Rudolf, she and Rudolf, while not exactly close, were at least acquaintances.

After the chairman banned the rumor that 'Shinji Kitahara is actually the emperor's canary', she also talked to Rudolf about it and found that the latter and Shinji Kitahara were not exactly unfamiliar with each other, but rather completely strangers.

After investigating Shinji Kitahara's situation, she didn't dare mention it to Rudolf.

During the investigation, she vaguely realized that the ultimate target of that resistance seemed to be Rudolf himself.

Alice Digital considered herself just an ordinary horse girl and dared not interfere in the affairs of the symbol family, so she decisively chose to keep quiet and dared not say a word.

However, although she dared not get involved in the affairs of the symbol family, after learning about Shinji Kitahara's situation, another idea arose in her mind.

"So what exactly are you trying to say?"

Because of what just happened, Shinji Kitahara didn't think she would say something like, "Trainer Kitahara, you don't want other people to know about your urban legend reputation, do you?"

But seeing her unusually serious expression, even more so than when she was talking about their online argument, he was a little confused about what she was thinking.

However, there's no need to figure it out, because in the next second, Aili Digital provided the answer.

"I would like to become your apprentice, Trainer Kitahara." Her expression was serious, and her tone was earnest.

"...What did you say?"

“I said I wanted to become your apprentice,” Aili Digital repeated, his tone earnest.

Shinji Kitahara's lips twitched.

"May I ask why?"

"Because I want to become a trainer." Her expression remained serious.

"......Then?"

"Then I can find the assigned horse girls as a trainer, eat with them, train with them, massage them after training, knead their little feet, wash their clothes, and keep the ones they don't want..."

As she spoke, her expression began to change; her eyes became glazed over, and drool began to trickle from the corner of her mouth.

"If we win the game, we can celebrate together; if we lose, I'll hug and comfort them. If we have the chance, we can even go on a hot spring trip together, experiencing all sorts of things together...hehehe..."

Seeing her reaction, Shinji Kitahara's eye twitched.

"Then why don't you just go to a specialized trainer school?"

“Because there are no horse girls there,” Alice Digital replied immediately.

Shinji Kitahara's expression gradually became subtle.

"So, you just want to hang around the horse girls now, and then come back as a trainer to continue hanging around them after you graduate?"

“That’s right! Trainer Kitahara, you really know your stuff.” Ali Digital winked and gave him a thumbs up with a smile.

Shinji Kitahara remained silent for a moment before speaking.

"Then why don't you go find someone else? Haven't you contacted many trainers before?"

There are many reasons...

Aili Digital thought about it.

"Most trainers and their assigned horse girls have a very close relationship. Joining their team is fine, but becoming their apprentice is not really appropriate..."

"Among the remaining small group, many people also thought I was a horse girl. After hearing my idea, they advised me that if all else failed, I could become a reporter, a nurse, or a cultural studies teacher, but please, please don't become a trainer. They weren't very willing to teach me either..."

"And most importantly, I think if I become a trainer someday, I probably don't want to disappoint my mentor."

"Although it would be nice to have her cry in my arms, I still want to see her smiling face, to see her happy on the victory stage, and then I'll be down below cheering her on with a cheering stick..."

Shinji Kitahara rubbed his chin.

"So, you think I'm very capable, and that you think you can learn more from me than from others, and that you'll become even more outstanding in the future, increasing your chances of success?"

"Ah."

Alice Digital nodded, then spoke somewhat nervously.

"So, Trainer Kitahara, I wonder if I could..."

Before she could finish speaking, Shinji Kitahara simply shook his head.

"No."

Chapter 53: A Car Crash? Impossible!

Shinji Kitahara flatly refused Aili Digital's request to become their apprentice.

It wasn't because I thought she was too dangerous and didn't want to get involved with her; it was simply because I felt I couldn't teach her.

Putting everything else aside, even the most experienced trainers struggle to keep up with his train of thought when they communicate with him, and if he gets even slightly serious, he can drive people crazy.

She, from Ali Digital, had never received any formal trainer training, let alone Ma Niang. Instead of looking for him, she would rather honestly find some regular trainers to learn some basics.

Although he refused, since Ali Digital had promised to keep his secret, after thinking about it, Shinji Kitahara decided to give her some help within his power, otherwise he would feel a little guilty.

"As for the trainer, you don't need to rush. You're still an active racehorse girl and have only been in the business for a year. You can finish the remaining two years first and then consider it. You can even graduate and then learn the relevant knowledge. That's all possible."

"If you want to start preparing now, I can offer you some advice and help, but I am still learning myself, so there's no need for me to become your apprentice. Just treat this as a normal academic exchange."

"Also, I don't mean to discourage you, but the difficulty for racehorse girls, especially professional racehorse girls, to become trainers is much higher than for humans. You'd better be mentally prepared."

That sounds a bit strange.

After all, in theory, horse girls who have worked as racehorse girls should know more about racehorse girls than others, and compared to weak humans, horse girls are much safer to serve as trainers.

Unfortunately, this is just a beautiful fantasy.

Putting everything else aside, if the situation were really as simple as described above, then at least most of the trainers at Treson headquarters should be horse girls.

In reality, there are no more than five horse trainers in the entire Treson headquarters; the rest are all humans.

Moreover, even these five horse trainers all share a common attribute: they have never stepped onto the racetrack and have been learning about trainers and making various preparations since childhood.

Even so, their path to becoming trainers is far more arduous than that of other human trainers, and there has never been a legendary trainer among the horse girls.

As for the reasons behind this, URA has never given a definite explanation. Whenever asked, they say that it is under investigation and there is still no conclusion.

Shinji Kitahara had some guesses about why this happened, but he couldn't be sure.

Moreover, even if his guess was true, he would also understand why URA kept saying that it was investigating instead of giving a direct answer. Therefore, he couldn't just tell Alice Digital the answer directly, so he could only offer a tactful reminder.

After listening to his words, Alice Digital thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, so she stopped insisting on becoming his apprentice. Instead, she planned to stay in his team for a while longer by taking care of Alice Suzuko and then see how things went.

Then, the two chatted for a while longer.

Then, as they were chatting, Shinji Kitahara suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked her about her specific achievements since her debut, so he casually asked how she was doing as a Uma Musume (horse racer).

After thinking for a moment, Aili Digital touched his chin and spoke.

"I don't remember the open tournaments very well, but for the bounty tournaments, it was one Game 2 and one Game 1."

Kitahara Shinji: "..."

Why the hell are you going to be a trainer? Wouldn't it be better to be a professional racehorse girl?

One G2, one G1, it doesn't sound like a big deal.

But in reality, let alone G1, for the vast majority of horse racing girls, winning a big prize race, or even G3, is an extremely remarkable achievement.

As for G1, not to mention ordinary horse girls, even in the elite Treisen headquarters, most horse girls regard it as the ultimate goal of their efforts. Even if they can only win one G1 victory, it is an achievement that they can brag about for a lifetime.

However, Ali Digital has already achieved a G1 rating after only one year since its debut, and that was without a dedicated trainer.

However, unlike the East Sea Emperor, although Aili Digital does not have a dedicated trainer, it will ask those trainers to guide it when it moves between different teams, helping to adjust its training plan and content. It has a feeling of combining the strengths of many, and in some ways it is even more effective than a dedicated trainer.