I'm Ornn, and I'm about to be beaten to my knees by the Man-eating Horse Girl!

"This process is so ordinary! It completely lacks the grandeur of a prestigious family!"

"And not only does he lack presence, but his physique is also... tsk tsk tsk, he's still quite a distance from it!"

At first, McQueen was listening intently to the Golden Ship's ramblings, but the more she listened, the more uneasy she felt.

Finally, she realized what was happening. She quickly clenched her fist and unleashed [Princess Kawakami's Ordinary Punch] at the head of the golden ship!

"Whoa!!!!"

The golden ship was knocked off the round stone by the punch, curling into a white ball and rolling into the roadside bushes.

"Hmph, you like lying down? Then you can continue lying in the grass!"

Megumi McQueen merely snorted coldly and said, "Last time you also pretended to be injured, and I kindly helped you up, but you sprayed pepper spray in my face!"

"I won't fall for the same trick twice! You just stay put in this haystack!!"

"And what's wrong with my figure?! I'm still developing! What nonsense are you talking about?!"

After saying this, McQueen reached out and touched his hair, then turned and walked towards the classroom.

After McQueen walked away, the golden ship, which had just been looking like it was in excruciating pain, suddenly returned to normal.

She rolled out of the haystack, rubbing her head and complaining, "Ouch... McQueen really doesn't know his own strength when he hits people. If she gets a trainer who uses that much force in the future, she'll probably kill that poor guy in two or three punches."

"I'll see if that old woman from the Megumi family beats you up then... Oh dear, am I really going to get a bump on my head?"

The golden ship pulled a mirror from its bosom and started making faces at its reflection.

She then put away the mirror and sighed a few times, looking rather bored.

"I'm still so bored~~~~"

"Is there anything interesting and fun that I, Lord Golden Ship, have never seen before?!"

After laughing loudly a few times, he ignored the strange looks from the horse girls around him and walked out of the teaching area.

The reason Golden Ship felt bored wasn't just because of that deep-seated sense of unease; the main reason was that her friends weren't in Central Tereson.

Zhongshan Qingnian, who usually goes out for food and fun with her, is currently by her trainer's side. She said on Line that she won't be back until September 2nd.

Besides the Zhongshan celebration, several of her friends who were also at the gathering have not yet returned to school.

Sirius, who is at odds with the current student council president and whose personality is completely different from his fellow student, should still be competing in Europe right now, right?

During our last chat, she said she'd be back soon, but it's hard to say exactly when. It could be a few days, or it could be several months.

In the past, when the Golden Ship and the Zhongshan Festival were held together, this Sirius symbol would always join their gambling. With the addition of this horse girl, Central Treisen has indeed become much more turbulent.

Perhaps sending her overseas to compete was also to keep things peaceful in the central government for a while.

Actually, the Golden Ship did have a few sisters from the same clan, but their relationship could only be described as ordinary.

Unlike the Meguro sisters, who are kind and supportive of each other, the relationships within the Golden Family... are quite subtle.

At least, her nominal older sister and nominal younger sister didn't really have a very close relationship with her.

Not only them, but also the eldest aunt, the head of the household, and all sorts of other people...

"Why am I thinking about these annoying things again? I haven't been back for years, why am I thinking about all this?"

"Tch, I was already bored, and now I'm getting annoyed too!"

Golden Ship shook her head, putting those annoying things out of her mind, and continued walking towards the back mountain without stopping.

There are many interesting places on the back hill of the academy, and she would come here for a stroll whenever she wanted to relax.

She knew all the paths here very well, so well that she could climb up and down the back mountain even with her eyes closed.

As she thought this, Golden Ship closed her eyes, took off her headphones, and let her long, silvery-white hair fall loose.

She stretched out her arms and skipped along the mountain path as if embracing something.

In the very next instant, the golden ship crashed into a solid, impenetrable structure that shouldn't have been on the path.

"Whoa!?"

The golden ship let out a gasp, and she quickly opened her eyes, trying to reach out to pull the person she had bumped into.

Since she had been hopping forward, this sudden collision, if the other party were a horse, would be fine; with the Golden Ship's own strength, it would at most knock the horse to the ground and cause some minor injuries.

If it had hit an ordinary human, things would have been much worse. At best, it would have resulted in a broken bone; at worst, it would have left the victim unconscious. Despite her usual carefree nature, Golden Ship is actually very meticulous when it comes to serious matters.

So the instant the collision occurred, she realized that she had bumped into an ordinary human being!

But...to her surprise, the person who bumped into her while jumping didn't break any bones or fall; instead, she herself became unsteady and staggered, almost falling backward.

The man also noticed the golden ship's raised right hand. He thought it was the clumsy horse girl trying to grab him, so he quickly reached out and pulled her back, asking, "Hey, are you alright?"

After steadying the golden ship before it fell over, the man laughed and said, "You rude horse, you were the one who came to crash into me, how come you fell down first?"

"Thankfully, everyone is alright. I'm glad you weren't hurt. The road behind the mountain is slippery, and there's still construction going on ahead. I advise you to go down the mountain as soon as possible!"

"I have something to do, I'll be going now. Take care of yourself."

After saying this, the man turned and continued walking along the mountain path deeper into the back of the mountain, leaving Golden Boat standing there in a daze.

Only after the mysterious man disappeared from her sight did the golden ship begin to move.

She reached up and pinched her cheek, muttering to herself in disbelief, "He... wasn't bumped by me?"

"No, no, to be more precise, I jumped and rammed into him, but instead of moving him, I was nearly knocked over by the force of his impact!"

Golden Ship looked at her hands, clenched them, felt the power within her, and suddenly laughed: "Ha...haha,"

"Interesting! Here comes something interesting!"

"Follow them and see! I want to see who can withstand my Golden Impact!"

Orn, who had just been elbowed by a silver-haired beauty, rubbed his right chest and muttered, "Where did this crazy woman come from, spinning and jumping on these wet and slippery stone slabs all by herself?"

"If I hadn't been lifting weights every day, I would have almost been knocked down the mountain by her."

"He's quite good-looking, but he doesn't know his own strength. That elbow almost tore the seam of my shirt!"

"If the brand-new Radiance were hit by that force, it might have its forehead fractured and collapsed on the spot!"

After grumbling for a while, Orn sighed and walked along the mountain path into a secret workshop he had built halfway up the mountain.

Since Dolan's squad joined Central Treson, Ornn has been upgrading the workshop's functions every day.

Although the workshop, covered with several layers of rusty iron plates, looked like some kind of abandoned junkyard from the outside, it was small but perfectly formed, and Orn himself thought it was quite good.

Within this three-meter-high, seven-square-meter space, Orn rationally divided it into three main areas: a camouflage area, a forging area, and a storage area.

He even placed many stools and tea tables outside the workshop, disguising it as a rest area for a certain squad from the Central Military Commission during training.

This way, the workshop's secrets can be protected, and others will know that the place is owned. It's a win-win situation!

However, now is not the time to admire his covert work. Orn still needs to figure out a way to improve the mass production of his horseshoes, which is one of his important goals for the second half of this year.

The ordinary horseshoes that Ornn sculpted with a hammer are about 40% more effective than the best horseshoes on the market, and about 30% more effective than the horseshoes used in training camps.

However, this equipment could not be mass-produced. Even the craftsmen of the Satomi and Mejiro families could not figure out why it was so much more efficient. No matter how much money and manpower they invested, they could not replicate a second set of the equipment.

Therefore, Ornn's only option is to reduce his effectiveness and increase the possibility of mass production.

According to data provided by Kazuru Satomi, Ornn can replicate the technology once he achieves a performance level approximately 10% higher than that of horseshoes on the market.

Note that it's copying, not mass production.

After Satomi Kazutsugu actually had people study it, he discovered that the materials needed to produce one pair of Ornn's weakened horseshoes were enough to produce thirty pairs of training horseshoes!

The investment and return are so disproportionate. To spend so much money for less than 10% of the training effect... it's a losing proposition, not to mention mass production!

So the challenge Ornn faces now is to simplify the horseshoe-making process to a level that is easy to understand, while ensuring improved efficiency.

But this is almost impossible. You can't expect someone who uses AI to paint to explain how they handle composition, color selection, color effects, and line drawing. Nor can you expect someone who plays Sunoai music to explain rhythm, tempo, and the logic of arrangement.

Ornn's only solution now is to try each option one by one using brute force.

What's the impact of adding or subtracting a hammer? Should I use that hammer at all? When is the best time to use it?

Only after the entire process has been analyzed can this problem be completely solved.

"Sigh, there's no point in saying more, let's get started."

"The good news is that Oguri and the others have started fully automated training. After I strengthened their bodies beforehand, they won't get damaged by ordinary training. I just need to give them a massage at noon and in the afternoon."

Orn tapped the barbecue grill in front of him with his hammer, and a blazing fire erupted from it.

He then reached out and ruffled the fire from both sides of the stove towards the center, making the temperature in the center of the stove higher.

Immediately afterwards, Orn reached into his pocket and pulled out several toys that looked like barbecue meat, placing them on either side of the grill. Then, he placed a piece of black alloy in the center of the grill.

He turned his head to look around, then waved his hand and began to tap the black metal.

"Holy crap!! Is he a genius?!"

Hidden in the bushes near Orn, Golden Ship stared wide-eyed at the disguise on the grill, clicking her tongue in amazement. "Disguising a grill as a barbecue rack, to be honest, if I were a student coming up from below, I might actually have been fooled!"

"Moreover, this trainer has an extremely strong sense of counter-surveillance. If I hadn't learned the art of concealment from Master Miyazaki before, I might have been discovered!"

"But next... let me see what you've been up to all along!!"

Just as she was thinking this and concentrating on looking in the direction of the barbecue grill, Orn suddenly stopped what he was doing and turned his head sharply towards the direction of the golden ship!

They've been discovered?! Impossible! Miyazaki clearly said this move was incredibly powerful; even he himself could easily miss it. How could this be...?

Before the golden ship could react, Orn slowly said, "Who goes there? Why do you disturb my peaceful cultivation?"

"You've been observing me since I returned to school yesterday... no, I should say since I set this up, haven't you? What's with all the secrecy? Why don't you come out and talk to me?"

Before Ornn could finish speaking, a dark figure slowly emerged from the bushes.

She had a single white tuft of hair on her head, and her eyes sparkled with a brilliant golden light.

The horse girl, dressed entirely in black, first bowed slightly to Orn, then slowly said, "Just as my friend said, you... are indeed extraordinary."

"If it were you, perhaps, Suko could..."

The girl shook her head and said apologetically, "Let me introduce myself first. Hello, Mr. Orn, I'm from Manchester Tea House. This must be our first time meeting?"

"Of course, I can also guarantee that I will never tell anyone what I saw,"

"I'm sorry about spying on you, but could you please tell me why?"

"Perhaps someone can provide a solution to the problem you're facing right now?"

Chapter 233 The Stand User

Ornn looked at the girl dressed entirely in black in front of him and asked suspiciously, "Manchester Tea House? I've heard the march mention your name before. Haven't you joined the Dream Cup now?"

"I won't dwell on the fact that you've been spying for so long, but how do you know how to solve my current problem? Do you know anything about forging?"

Manchester Tea House gently shook his head: "No, I don't understand the work of a blacksmith."

"Then how did you...?"

"However, one of my classmates knows this."

The woman in the Manchester tea room looked up and continued, "Trainer Orn, would you please come with me to meet my classmate?"

Orn looked down at the still-burning metal on the barbecue grill, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Okay, let's go then."

Upon hearing that the other party had agreed to her request, the girl in black smiled slightly.

But instead of leaving with Orn, she turned to look at the bushes behind her.

"Golden Ship, I think you should come out yourself,"

"Or, do you want your friend squatting next to you to find out?"

Startled by the Manchester tea party, the golden boat, which was crouching in the grass, immediately rolled out.

She shook her hair, scratched her head, and laughed, "Oh dear, you actually found out? It seems this so-called concealment technique can't hide anything from you!"

Manchester Tea House sighed softly and said in a low voice, "Trainer Miyazaki's training can indeed make the horse girl's figure invisible. If it weren't for my friend's help, I probably wouldn't have been able to find her either."

Upon hearing the word "friend," Golden Ship crossed his arms and nervously glanced around.

Then she asked, "Um, at the teahouse, has your [friend] left?"

The Manchester City tea house nodded, and the Golden Ship finally relaxed.

If there was one person the Golden Ship least wanted to deal with in Central Treisen, besides her own clansmen, it was this Manchester tea house that sent chills down her spine.

Of course, the mad scientist who hung out with this dark-skinned girl also made her very uncomfortable.