"Urara, you continue training power like yesterday. If you're tired, then twerk in the team room while waiting for your energy to come back."
"Ayeye~~"
"As for Suzuka, run a marathon around the Academy. Clock on how long you can run before running out of stamina."
"Affirmative."
"Since Goldship is still on her plane from Egypt, I'll ignore her. Teio and McQueen, you both will be going back into the Umalator. Time for you to gain experience in navigating the pack as a pace chaser."
"Eh!! Okay!!"
"Yay!! Yay!! Finally!!"
The Umalator must be fun for the two of them to be this excited.
"Alright! Off you go, my little chickens. Let's get to the Umalator room, both of you."
The young man sent the 2 Umas that will perform a physical practice before rallying the last 2. He wishes he could watch over all of his trainees, but he can only be in one place at a time. If only his assistant trainer had been bailed out, they both would have been able to oversee everyone.
When will the investigation be done anyway? Too bad for Tachyon, but I won't be covering her bailout, and I'm going to cut her pay for her absence. Ten percent per day.
"Mmmhh~~"
"Hachimi~ Hachimi~"
"Alright… You both are awfully cheerful. What is going on?"
"Can't we be happy for once?!"
"You should be happy as our trainers! Your cute umas are smiling like this!"
"I thrive upon the pain of others. It's my daily sustenance."
"You're the worst. Has anybody ever told you that?"
I was debating whether to brainwash or accept him the way he is, but now I'm convinced he has to be brainwashed before our wedding day.
"Nobody will ever want to be your friend if you're like that, trainer."
Wait! Isn't that supposed to be good? The fewer people who know him, the fewer people who will notice his disappearance.
"I don't need a friend. There's only one seat at the top. What I have are supporting characters."
"Goddesses… You're insufferable…"
"And yet, here you both are."
"We're forced to be here!"
"You are McQueen, but not Teio. She willingly ties the knot herself."
"So you're aware of how detrimental it is to be with you?"
"I'm an asshole, McQueen. Not stupid."
Keep being one, and I'll make sure your real one will be agape.
"Here we are."
The 3 individuals reach the Umalator room. Unlike most of the rooms in the academy, the Umalator room is equipped with an automatic door, so the door immediately opens when Igo Heita stands in front of it. Cold air rushes out of the room, showering the group with a chill breeze.
"Ah! Welcome! Welcome!"
An Uma Musume greets them upon entering the room. Her uniform indicates that she is a part of the staff and not a trainer or student.
"How can I help you today?"
"These two will be training on how to navigate inside a pack. Can you set up an optimum scenario for that?"
"Yes, of course."
"Ah! We already have one! We were the ones who did the beta test for these Umalators, so there should be a saved world for us. Can we use that instead?"
"Yes! Yes! I would like to continue my rul–progress on my world, please. Don't worry, there will be races there too."
"Beta testers… Yes… Umm… If I remember correctly, there was a beta tester with a corrupted world named Goldship."
"Yes, she was our… fri…fri…fri…frie….frrriii…friend."
Alright, McQueen. Calm down.
"Yes… Because her world was corrupted, it also affected the other worlds, since we still stored those worlds in one disk. So we have to delete everything."
"..."
"..."
*Thud*
"Hey! What the hell is happening to both of you?!?"
The 2 Umas were brought to their knees. Their faces are pale, their legs are shaking, there are tears in their desperate eyes, and their breath is ragged. Goldship has toppled over the 2 dangerous Umas without even being present in the room. Installing despair and unbridled rage into their hearts without even uttering a single word.
"You two okay?"
"Yes… We're okay…"
"It's just that we now have someone we need to kill at all costs."
"As long as that isn't me, I don't care. You both can use the Umalator, right?"
"...yes…"
"...guess…"
"Good. Prepare the umalators, please."
"Ye–ye—yes…"
How can he be so nonchalant about the killing intent of his trainees?!?!? It's so suffocating!!
The operator shakily programmed two pods of Umalator to the pre-baked world. The glass lids open up just like before, and go into the 2 umas to their respective pod.
"Also, operator, can you make sure Goldship will be inside our world?"
"Ah… The system chooses–"
*Stare*
"YES!! YES!! I will!!"
Once again, an innocent bystander is hit with the malicious killing intent of the 2 umas. Her body instantly broke out into cold sweat, and her heart rate spiked tenfold. Her mind screams that she has to do as they say, or her death will be the most painful ever in history.
"Hey… Easy on the killing intent."
Again! Why so nonchalant about it?!?!
"Trainer~~ Why are you on Goldship's side? How would you feel if your game save file were erased, huh? You'll get angry too!"
"Well… When you put it that way… Sure. Sigh… What do you want to calm you down?"
"A kiss."
Teio was joking when she answered, but she got what she wanted. The young man crouches in front of her pod and kisses her forehead.
"There. Now, be a good girl and train. You're going to be an undefeated triple crown, right?"
"Uuh… Ehehehe~~ I will!"
"Eh! What about me?!"
"Sigh… Here's your kiss, spoiled queen."
*Smooch*
"There. Now stop pouting."
"Ufufu~~ I will."
With their early payments, the 2 trainees lay their bodies on the Umalator and equip the helmet. The lids move down and click onto their locks before the 2 Umas are sent to the virtual world.
"Everything is moving normally. Heart rate is normal. Brain wave scanning is working perfectly."
"Alright! Since there's no trouble here. I'll be leaving them to you then. I have something else to do."
"You can count on me, sir."