The way Uma Musume looks at me is so scary!

"O golden tyrant!"

The Gold Master couldn't help but laugh when he saw that Xiu Xingmeng showed no sign of backing down.

After more than a decade of solitude and bearing the expectations of many, she finally met a racehorse girl who could stand shoulder to shoulder with her and carry the hopes of many.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

"Not bad, now you deserve to be called my nemesis!"

"Is that so? I think it's the current Gold Master who deserves to be called Embroidery Star Dream's nemesis. If you don't work harder, you'll be left behind by me."

"Hmph, it seems you're not only quite magnanimous, but also incredibly bold. After knowing I've regained my form, you still dare to provoke me to my face?!"

Just as the two women were provoking and confronting each other, a sound of footsteps missing the mark suddenly came from the stairs.

Xiu Xingmeng and the Golden Master's ears twitched simultaneously. They subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was the lady of the house who had accidentally missed a step on the stairs.

"I heard a loud noise downstairs and wanted to come down and take a look."

"Master craftswoman... have I disturbed you?"

Lady Housekeeper initially thought that the loud noise coming from downstairs was because Xiu Xingmeng and the Gold Master were arguing or even fighting.

But when she rushed halfway there, she saw that the Gold Master was sitting on the sofa with Xiu Xingmeng by the waist.

They even smiled and muttered something to themselves.

Has the young lady finally entered puberty?!

Shocked by her mistress's behavior, the lady of the house accidentally missed a step on the stairs, making a sound, which allowed Xiu Xingmeng and the Gold Master to discover her.

Xiu Xingmeng blinked, looking at the young lady of the household who was sweating profusely.

She looked up at the goldsmith, then turned to look at the lady of the house.

She looked back and forth several times in just a few seconds, until her common sense about Xiu Xingmeng was finally awakened, and she realized where she was.

Was he getting carried away by emotions again?!

Xiu Xingmeng immediately removed the goldsmith's hand, jumped up from the sofa, and frantically patted her clothes.

At the same time, Xiu Xingmeng's heart was also roaring incessantly.

Even though I know I'm easily driven by emotional outbursts to do embarrassing things and say embarrassing things.

However, he was still immersed in the confrontation with the gold master, letting his fighting spirit and competitiveness dominate his thoughts, completely forgetting what state he was in!

"Embroidered Star Dream! I need to correct you!"

Xiu Xingmeng, whose face had turned half red without her realizing it, kept slapping her cheeks in regret, but to others it looked like she was trying to cover up her shyness by slapping her red face.

However, the Golden Master no longer had the energy to mock Xiu Xingmeng, and her sitting posture was somewhat unnatural and stiff.

She glanced around, seemingly trying to change the subject.

Suddenly, the goldsmith saw several familiar figures appear at the door.

A strange sense of redemption welled up inside her, and she immediately spoke to the figures standing at the door.

"Why are you only arriving now?! Didn't I tell you to send it over quickly?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several people dressed in black suits, who looked like bodyguards and attendants, walked in. While bowing and apologizing to the goldsmith, they kept pulling out one exquisite gift bag after another from behind their backs.

"I'm so sorry, Miss Master, those cosmetics and magazines are fine, but this robot model is incredibly rare for some reason. We searched for a long time before we finally bought it."

The loud noise of moving the gift bags also drew Xiu Xingmeng's attention away from scolding herself and towards them.

Listening to the words of the group of bodyguards in suits, Xiu Xingmeng asked the Gold Master with some curiosity.

"I thought you only liked fashion items like clothes. Turns out you also like playing with robot models? You're just like your sister."

Hearing Xiu Xingmeng's words, which seemed to have nothing to do with her, the Gold Master's brow twitched, and he said with some surprise.

"Isn't this the gift you were supposed to bring for Kasamatsu's friends?"

"Speaking of which, the Golden Ship is also in Kasamatsu?! I thought she had been traveling with Travel Sister all this time."

Upon hearing this, Xiu Xingmeng scratched her cheek, her eyes somewhat unfocused.

So much happened in those few tens of minutes that she almost forgot she had mentioned this to the Gold Master.

Moreover, she had been having a great time in the countryside with someone else's younger sister for more than half a year without informing the Gold Master. Xiu Xingmeng had a feeling that she had abducted the Gold Ship.

Although the golden ship came on its own.

"I remember the principal must have spoken to the Huang family, right? Maybe you were busy with training at the time, so your family didn't mention it?"

"But I won't accept these gifts..."

"I will have someone deliver it directly to Kasamatsu. I'm just showing it to you now to confirm."

Before Xiu Xingmeng could finish her refusal, the Golden Master cut her off without giving her a chance to speak.

But that wasn't all, the goldsmith continued.

"And clothes, I will also send clothes that fit your style and size to Kasamatsu."

"Should I first tell you you're being unreasonable, or should I ask you how you knew my size?!"

Upon hearing this, the Gold Master gave a smug hum and responded.

"Don't underestimate my eyesight; I can measure sizes just by looking at them—"

"My arch-rival!"

Looking at the smug goldsmith, Xiu Xingmeng could only twitch her lips and respond helplessly.

"Don't say such strange things in such a cool tone."

Chapter 101 You idiot, you idiot!

"This...this...could this be the legendary Phantom Issue 233 of Champion's Gear?!"

Anzai Suzune held a red and black magazine that exuded a mysterious aura, her eyes sparkling.

She turned the pages carefully, as if afraid that this precious magazine would disappear at any moment.

"A phantom magazine that was recalled in the urban legend version because it leaked too many secrets of equipment companies?!"

"It's said that this issue of the magazine meticulously records all the equipment parameters used by the 'Generation of Miracles' back then, and even includes Oguri Hattori's training data! This is practically the Holy Grail of Uma Musume Pretty Derby equipment!"

Before she could recover from the shock, a scream even louder than hers shattered the tranquility of Kasamatsu Tressen's dormitory.

"Triple Crown?! That legendary cosmetics brand used by the royal family of Umaru-chan?!"

Minamino Sumire held the exquisite gift box in her hands, her fingers trembling as she traced the gold-embossed crown logo on it.

"Really?! Isn't this kind of thing only for royalty and top-tier racehorse girls?!"

The entire dormitory erupted in excitement over this unexpected luxury item. Nishimoto Musashi and Kobayashi Kaze squeezed next to Minamino Sumire, curiously examining the cosmetics they had only ever seen in magazines.

Just then, Golden Ship poked Xiu Xingmeng with a deep expression and held up the robot model in his hand, saying to her.

"I remember this PG One Phoenix was a limited edition from the expo back then, right? Now it's fetching astronomical prices on the secondhand market. How did you get your hands on it?"

The words of the golden ship were like a bomb, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

Minamino Sumire and the others immediately surrounded Xiuxing Meng and bombarded her with questions.

"A-Meng, you didn't spend all of the prize money from the Satsuki Award, did you?"

"But many of the items inside are limited editions. No matter how much money you have, it's impossible to collect them all in such a short time."

Anjiang Lingyin suddenly gasped and covered her mouth in horror as she spoke.

"Could it be that Ah Meng has already signed an unequal treaty with Central Tresson, selling herself to them for our gifts?! No way, Ah Meng, stop it—"

Faced with this barrage of questions, Xiu Xingmeng felt dizzy. She opened her mouth to explain, but found that she had no idea where to begin.

Just as she was at a loss, the Golden Ship suddenly let out an exaggerated cough, attracting everyone's attention.

She pulled out an oversized pair of sunglasses from somewhere and put them on, the sunlight reflecting off the dark lenses with a mysterious glow.

Golden Ship pushed up his sunglasses, confidently pointed at Embroidered Star Dream, and loudly announced in the tone of a famous detective.

"there is only one truth!"

"Just a friendly reminder, O Nan isn't wearing sunglasses."

Looking at the golden ship that had suddenly started playing with for some unknown reason, Xiu Xingmeng twitched her lips and said speechlessly.

"Shut up! The suspect has no right to defend himself!"

"Left and Right Protectors, capture Xiu Xingmeng! I want to reveal the truth with irrefutable evidence!"

The moment the Golden Ship finished speaking, Minamino Sumire and Anzai Suzune squeezed Xiu Xingmeng in the middle, one on each side, as if they were about to take her to the execution ground after hearing her speech.

"Really? Are you really going to arrest me based on this chestnut-haired girl's one-sided story?!"

"The main thing is that I finally heard you mention an anime I've watched, and I couldn't help myself..."

Minamino Sumire stuck out her tongue sheepishly, and her words were immediately met with a nod of agreement from Anjou Suzune.

Previously, Hideyuki and Chizuru Haibara from Golden Ship were talking about scenes from old robot anime, which was impossible for the other high school girls to understand. Seeing that there was finally an anime they could participate in, they subconsciously started to cooperate with Golden Ship's words.

Seeing that Xiu Xingmeng was surrounded, Golden Ship smiled confidently. After carefully taking out the contents of one of the gift boxes, he turned the box upside down and showed the sender's information to everyone.

"Ta-da! This is a gift sent from the Golden Family; its meaning is self-evident!"

Golden Ship let out a smug, arrogant laugh. In her mind, the fact that her family had sent these gifts meant that Embroidered Star Dream had been noticed as a famous racehorse girl and might even be invited to the club. That way, Embroidered Star Dream could always be by her side to play with her. Could there be anything more perfect in the world?!

After the golden ship was mentioned, it caused a huge uproar in the dormitory.

All the racehorse girls turned their gazes to Xiu Xingmeng, their burning stares almost scalding her.

They said nothing and did nothing, yet Xiu Xingmeng vaguely felt a pressure even heavier than that of the world of fine opera.

Even though the weather should be warm in May, Xiu Xingmeng felt strangely chilly.

"Let me explain, okay?"

Facing the piercing gazes of the racehorse girls, Xiu Xingmeng, drenched in sweat, spoke to them.

Because such a gaze was too frightening, Xiu Xingmeng didn't hide anything and told everyone from her chance encounter with the Gold Master on the street to her conversation with the young lady of the household, her inner analysis of the Gold Master at that time, and finally her confrontation with the Gold Master.

"So, these gifts were actually sent by the master goldsmith."

Xiu Xingmeng concluded, carefully observing her friends' reactions.

An eerie silence fell over the dormitory. The horse racing girls exchanged bewildered glances, seemingly processing this astonishing news.

After a long while, Minamino Sumire finally sighed, rubbed her forehead, shook her head, and said with an expression that said, "I can't do anything about you."

"You're such an idiot, knowing full well that you would have had a higher chance of winning the Japanese derby if you hadn't gone downstairs to say those things."

As Minamino Sumire spoke, the other racehorse girls chimed in.

"And this is the first time she's done something like this when she's emotionally charged. I remember the day after her debut battle, A-Meng's face was so red it looked like it was burning up."

As soon as Anzai Suzune finished speaking, Oguri Roman, who was standing next to her, continued.

"She was like this when she talked to me before, saying such cunning things under the setting sun, but after returning to Kasamatsu, she actually avoided me for several days."

The horse racing girls pieced together all the things Xiu Xingmeng had done, one after another, checking the details with each other and being surprised to find that there were so many such examples.

When all the evidence was laid out before them, they all looked at Xiu Xingmeng with a strange expression.

"What...what are you doing?"

Xiu Xingmeng felt uneasy under their gazes and subconsciously took two steps back.

The racehorse girls exchanged glances, then unanimously uttered the obvious conclusion.

"You...you're not an idiot, are you?"

"what?!"

Chapter 102 Astounding Wisdom

This year's Satsuki Sho will be held on April 24th, and the Japanese Derby will be on May 29th. By the time Hideyuki returned to Kasamatsu after finishing her various interviews and advertisements in Tokyo, it was already early May.

With less than a month left, Xiu Xingmeng must work even harder to hone her skills. Even though her basic attributes, except for her root nature, are blocked and cannot grow, she must use this last bit of time to refine herself.

Inspired by her, the Golden Master will surely unleash even more terrifying strength in the Japanese Derby. In a field where the basic attributes are absolutely suppressed and the strength is evenly matched, Xiu Xingmeng must find the path to victory in this short month.

Fortunately, after speaking with the Gold Master, Xiu Xingmeng had already figured out how to win. Therefore, she was not at all confused about the upcoming Japanese derby and was preparing for this final battle with all her might.

However, it seems that many people, apart from Xiu Xingmeng, do not think this way.