I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

Everyone clocked in on time, and after completing the basic instruction, they still had time to go to an izakaya with their colleagues for a drink after work.

But slowly, at some point, things started to change.

Initially, this change was very subtle; some trainers would train for an extra half hour or an hour after the scheduled training time had ended.

Then other trainers started to follow suit.

Then you add half an hour, I add an hour, he adds two hours, and so on, and it slowly rolls up.

But no matter how intense the training is, time is ultimately limited, and excessive training can also be harmful.

After some thought, the trainers realized they couldn't stick to this track any longer and had to try somewhere else.

At first, they were relatively conservative in their choices, such as helping the team leader make a diet plan, or taking the team leader out for a big meal after a victory. The most outrageous thing they did was take them on a trip to relax when they failed or were in a bad mood.

This already sounds a bit dangerous, but what's even more dangerous is that it set a bad precedent: trainers began to get involved in the daily lives of the horse girls outside of training, and gradually this special case became the norm.

And then...

Roll, you can roll it.

If you had a meal with your partner today and it made her feel better, then I'll have her eat all three meals a day.

Today, after you won, you looked very happy when I patted your head, so I simply picked you up and spun you around a couple of times.

Today, because you're so irresponsible and don't know how to take care of her, you go to take care of her every day. Well then, I'll just rent a place outside and bring her here to take care of her personally. Through meticulous care, I can help her concentrate more on training and be in better condition, so she can crush you lazy dogs in the competition...

Huh? Wait a minute, sir, this is my room, isn't it? And why does your gaze seem a little strange...?

What do you want? Don't come near me!

That's basically the process.

Moreover, to be honest, if the trainer's will is strong enough, it's not so easy for the trainer to force the trainer to jump.

After all, no matter how strong one's physical abilities are, humans are ultimately creatures that rely on their brains. If they are truly determined to stop such a thing by any means necessary, it is entirely possible.

More conventional methods include carrying self-defense tools, such as strong irritant sprays, while more unconventional methods include suppressing instincts with medication. Although overuse may have long-term effects, these can be used as emergency measures.

Even if a trainer is forced to jump, and they really can't accept it, they can go to the chairman to complain. Although due to various factors, they won't go through external procedures, Treson has its own set of corresponding methods to deal with the situation. Not only will the horse girl involved be severely punished, but the trainer who was harmed will also be protected.

Moreover, these measures are by no means superficial projects, but have real and tangible effects. Otherwise, if the horses were allowed to ride on the trainers at will without any action, as they appeared on the surface, the morale of Treson would have collapsed long ago.

The problem is that trainers are also human beings, and their hearts are made of flesh and blood.

From their first encounter to getting to know each other and becoming familiar, they experienced almost everything together over the years.

Training and daily life brought the two of them closer together. They participated in various competitions, cheering together in victory and comforting each other in defeat. Inevitably, they had various interactions during this time.

At the very least, you cried your eyes out after losing the game, you can't just do nothing, can you?

Once contact is made, the boundaries between the two parties will naturally begin to blur, and may even gradually become a habit and the norm.

The adult trainers are better at controlling their emotions, so even if they have some inner turmoil, they generally won't show it. Therefore, in the end, it is usually the one in charge who takes the initiative to attack.

Even when a trainer takes the initiative to attack, most trainers are able to restrain themselves and even refuse firmly.

But no matter how much you restrain yourself or how firmly you refuse, it's ultimately just a temporary fix, treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

If their way of getting along doesn't change, that feeling will continue to accumulate, and then one day, it will be triggered by some opportunity.

Even if they were thrown into a rage, or even if they were pinned to the bed, many trainers were still able to remain restrained and try to communicate with their assigned trainees. Some of the more extreme ones might even resort to verbal abuse or physical violence.

But they did it not because they were worried about their chastity or anything like that; rather, they were considering the future they would be responsible for.

After being treated this way, the horse girls usually can no longer continue.

After all, the horse girls aren't really perverts who don't care about anything and only think about that thing. They also cherish their trainers and their relationship with them. It's just that their long-suppressed emotions have exploded, and they did this in a moment of impulse. It has already exhausted all their courage to do this.

If they are treated like this again, after their impulsive and reckless courage fades, all that remains is confusion and panic. Most of them will burst into tears, and those who don't cry won't fare much better.

Then, it was the trainers' turn to break down.

You know, let alone crying, they usually treat them like precious treasures, afraid of them breaking or melting.

When they're happy, it's fine, but if they make a mistake during training or lose a competition, even though they might be even more upset than the girls, they still have to force themselves to cheer up and take care of and comfort them.

Even if they are in a bad mood, we have to try to cheer them up so that they don't make mistakes in the competition because of their mood.

It's not just the horse girl who relies on the trainer; for the vast majority of trainers, their responsibility is everything they've had over the past three years, and it's not just about financial ties, but also about emotional companionship.

After all, with everyone all rolled up like that, who has time to go out and socialize?

When they are in a tough position, they can maintain their rationality, but once they start crying, trainers generally find it difficult to maintain a tough attitude.

Even if they didn't offer some comfort and go along with it on the spot, after such a start, it would be difficult to withstand the subsequent offensive, and it would only be a matter of time before they fell.

Moreover, besides being soft-hearted, involution is also an important reason why trainers break down.

To give a simple example, consider two teams of similar strength. One team's trainer got caught out and started chatting with the other team leader all day long. He was in a great mood every day, and his performance in training and matches was even better.

But you didn't jump, and you're just watching what the other team is doing all day, then looking at your own situation.

If someone is in a bad mood, they are prone to acting out, which leads to decreased training effectiveness, poor performance in competitions, and then they stare at you with resentful eyes all day long. So, do you jump or not?

As for the pelvic fracture, that was purely accidental.

After all, female horses generally have three times the physical strength of ordinary people, so it's normal for them to exert themselves too much when excited, and leaving some marks is commonplace.

Even for non-trainers, it's not uncommon for ordinary horse females to be hospitalized, and there are even related medical preferential policies and subsidies in this regard.

Moreover, although the horse girls look petite and adorable, their weight has always been a mystery. While not as exaggerated as their physical attributes, they are certainly heavier than the average human female.

Not to mention that the horse girls who can become the main characters are usually in the process of becoming more authentic, and their power is growing rapidly. Even in normal times, they can't control this sudden increase in power. If their emotions get excited, it would be abnormal if something unexpected happened.

And all of this, all of it, originated from an extra training session that a trainer initiated after finishing his work many years ago, for reasons unknown.

Perhaps it was because he was late, perhaps because he had less training during work hours, or perhaps he was simply bored.

In any case, his unconscious involution opened Pandora's box, leading to the current situation.

Shinji Kitahara's assessment of this was...

Deserve it.

I told you to keep pushing, and now look what happened! You've all gotten yourselves into trouble. Wouldn't it be better to just give up and do nothing?

While mentally ranting about the absurd practices of the Special Ability Scroll Headquarters, Shinji Kitahara accompanied the two little ones on a quick tour of the Treson Headquarters campus.

Nothing unexpected happened during the stroll, and although Kita Genko was very enthusiastic towards him, Satomi Hikari seemed quite distant from him, even cold and resistant.

Seeing Kozumi Satomi's performance, Shinji Kitahara's last bit of worry began to slowly dissipate.

After touring the school and personally seeing them off at the gates of Tressen, watching Satomi Hikari leave with no improvement in her attitude towards him, even more indifferent and distant than at the beginning, his sense of peace reached its peak, and he even felt a faint sense of happiness.

His relationship with the Emperor of the East Sea remained purely financial, and Ms. Grass had become a close ally in their alliance. Rudolf, on the other hand, currently held negative feelings towards him, and even Satomi Hikari was now clearly showing indifference and distance towards him...

When I first joined Treson, I was worried about what would happen if I got in touch with the four of them. After all, the academy is so small, and we'd run into each other all the time. There would always be a chance to meet over the three years.

But now it seems that even if we have made contact with them, and many of them have even joined the team, it doesn't necessarily mean that it's dangerous.

At the very least, he's maintaining a good relationship and distance with them, hasn't he? And everyone's acting very amicably and normally. Forget about things going wrong, he's starting to wonder if his previous worries were unnecessary.

Because so far, these little pony girls are all incredibly well-behaved and sensible. They train when asked to train and diet when asked to diet, making them easier to manage than human cubs. They are simply too easy to manage.

Looking back, Shinji Kitahara felt increasingly hopeful that he could get through these three years peacefully.

Looking up at the distant sun, though it had begun to slowly set, he seemed to see his own bright and promising future reflected in it.

Chapter 64: Isn't this a bit inappropriate?

After seeing off Genko Kita and Hikari Satomi, Shinji Kitahara returned to his daily training.

Slacking off, doing nothing, playing on my phone.

Eating, sleeping, browsing forums.

If you've really had enough of this, just find something to do.

For example, we can look at the situation on the East Sea Emperor's side, collect data, and refine our ideas based on those previous inspirations.

For example, take a quick look at Ms. Cao's situation, and if there's nothing else to do, help her out by sending her some assistance, so that she won't target you.

For example, he could help out a little with Aili Digital, adjust their plans, and teach them some basic trainer knowledge that was common to him.

In short, these were all very ordinary and safe actions, and they did not cause any problems or accidents. Time passed quietly in this peaceful manner.

Then, Wednesday arrived.

Shinji Kitahara got up early for the first time, and even took some time to wash up and dress up. He also changed into a set of clothes that he had never worn before, which was also his most expensive and formal clothes—meaning they were relatively not cheap.

After all, none of the horses under his name have ever run a single official race, and he has yet to receive any prize money. His only source of income is his salary, which is paid in advance.

Adding to the cost of the final outfit, if it weren't for the compensation he received for the previous attack in the Black Forest, he might have even considered patching up his old, tattered, cheap suit and wearing it instead of this one.

Although the elderly girl had said more than once that she didn't need the money for the final outfit, since it was already a charity donation, it didn't matter if it was paid for at the outside price. After all, if it were paid for at the outside price, Kitahara Shinji's salary for half a year wouldn't be enough to cover one of her final outfits.

However, Shinji Kitahara still held some insistence on this point.

Moreover, it's not just the final battle outfit; he's also kept records of all the care and discounts he received from the elderly horse spirit in the past. Although he's not able to repay them yet, he'll find a way to do so when he has the money in the future.

This is also an important reason why he needs a lot of money in addition to supporting Eclipse, and it is one of the motivations that prompted him to come to the Treson headquarters.

The elderly woman thought his actions were completely unnecessary. She, an old woman who was receiving the money, wasn't worried at all, but he, the one paying, was anxious. She repeatedly mocked him for making trouble for no reason and for doing something superfluous.

In the end, however, she couldn't resist Kitahara Shinji's seriousness. She sighed and agreed, helplessly tapping his blockhead with her pipe.

After washing up and changing his clothes, Shinji Kitahara checked himself in the mirror to make sure nothing was missing before pushing open the dormitory door and heading to the agreed meeting point.

When he arrived at the agreed place, before he even got close, the eyes of the horse girls around him lit up.

To be honest, Shinji Kitahara's appearance isn't the stunning type; in fact, he looks rather ordinary at first glance, the kind that's hard to spot in a crowd.

The problem is that his appearance is quite pleasing to the eye. He's the kind of person who isn't striking at first glance, but grows on you the more you look at him. He's not exactly deadly, but he certainly gives people a comfortable feeling.

If he were to dress up a bit more, he might only be considered slightly handsome to strangers, but for those who know him well, the contrast would be quite striking.

Moreover, it's not just his image that has changed.

As he approached, his clothes, which by no means looked high-end, contrasted sharply with the various outfits worn by the women around him. The contrast was so stark that it was as bizarre as finding Yao Ming among a group of Guo Jingming (a famous Chinese comedian).

After all, the clothes they were wearing were all picked out for them by him from the old lady's clothing store.

Although not all of them were custom-made, they were at least handcrafted by master craftsmen. With his selection, the whole place looked like a gathering of aristocratic young ladies, making him stand out as if he were completely out of place.

It wasn't that he didn't want to wear nice clothes; he had even tried asking the elderly horse-riding woman if she could make him a set, and he received a very straightforward answer.

"Get lost, I never make clothes for stinky men."

Even so, if he ever wore any clothes that were torn, he would take them to the elderly horse lady, who would mend them for him while still complaining about them.

However, Shinji Kitahara strongly suspected that the main reason the elderly woman refused his request was not as she claimed, but rather because she didn't know how to make ordinary men's clothing.

But he didn't dare to ask. After all, he had known about that old woman's bad temper for a long time. If he exposed her shortcomings and made her angry, who knew what kind of trouble she would cause him? So he decided to just assume that what she said was true.

Then time returns to the present.

Upon arriving at the agreed meeting point and walking up to them, Shinji Kitahara noticed that their behavior seemed a little different from usual, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, today is their team's first time competing. Although it's just a regular basic match, it's still their first time. Not to mention them, he was also a little excited.

Despite having wandered for so many years and having met and helped an astonishing number of trainers and horse girls, he has never had the experience of officially leading a team in a competition even once.

As for those anonymous matches before the eclipse...

I already said it's an anonymous competition, so if I take him there, what's the point of anonymity?

Moreover, not to mention the competition, even his psychological counseling had to be done outside the venue. If you wanted to watch, you had to buy a ticket and go in to sit in the audience far away to watch her performance.

In addition, he never needed to give any guidance during the Eclipse, and he was completely uninvolved in running tactics and such, so he was basically no different from an ordinary spectator.

But this time is different.

Although the East Sea Emperor and the Eclipse were basically unrelated to him, he was actually involved in guiding and training Alice. Although it wasn't a lot, it gave him a sense of participation in the competition, which was unprecedented.

Even he, who usually slacks off, was unusually a little excited about this, so it's not normal for the actual participants to have some unusual behavior.

So Shinji Kitahara didn't take this trivial matter to heart.

After a quick headcount to confirm everyone was present, the pre-booked vehicle was called and took the group to the venue for the basic competition.

Although the venue for the basic race isn't far, and Ma Niang could easily run there, it's still today, and there are even races coming up later, so she certainly can't afford to waste her energy beforehand.

On the way to the basic tournament venue, Alice, who was sitting next to him, fiddled with the excessively long sleeves of her final outfit for a while, then suddenly turned to look at him, her gaze sweeping over his cheap clothes, and she blinked.

"I said, Mr. Guinea Pig."