The sad thing… finally happened.
Ever since Tamamo Cross won her first conditions race in October, she'd started chaining victories.
In November—Fujimori Special Race: 1st place, 7.7 million.
Because it was a Central conditions race, the prize money was obviously way higher than anything at the local level.
And in December, Tamamo Cross kept pushing even harder!
She actually went and won the GⅡ Naruo Kinen—and the prize money hit a staggering 33 million!
When Su Luo saw the news, he felt his heart stop.
"Huh… how much did you say?"
"Thirty-three… million??"
Even if you cut it in half, that was still 16.5 million in income!
"What the hell?!"
The money he'd lost in his first two months combined wasn't even as much as what Tamamo earned from one win!
Wait—no?
Where's my gray-haired horsegirl who keeps racking up losses?!
Tamamo!
Did I invest in you so you could make money?!
You were supposed to be the spearhead of losing money!
What are you doing?!
And the scariest part wasn't even that she'd won a GⅡ.
It was that after winning a GⅡ, she was now thinking about challenging GⅠ races.
Su Luo didn't even dare look up how much a GⅠ winner's purse was.
He was afraid he'd faint on the spot.
At that moment, Su Luo genuinely wanted to jump into Doraemon's time machine, fly back to the past, find the version of himself who decided to invest in Tamamo Cross—and punch him in the face.
Now we've got a real problem!
Su Luo was drenched in cold sweat.
Even with Nishikino Academy acting as a money-devouring black hole, watching Tamamo's rate of earning still made his scalp go numb.
I mean…
If Tamamo keeps this up…
Could she… save the school all by herself, even without him…?
Su Luo couldn't stop himself from considering it.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Oguri Cap was charging forward too.
In just two short months, she'd also taken two conditions-race victories in a row.
But the one thing that barely comforted Su Luo was this:
Oguri's two local conditions wins added up to only 5.1 million…
Compared to Tamamo's share of winnings, Oguri's "local river-dragon" prize money really was a lot smaller.
Both of his horsegirls were winning like crazy…
So why couldn't he feel happy at all?
Damn it.
Am I just cursed against gray-haired horsegirls?!
The book said gray-haired horsegirls were supposed to be weaklings!
So why?
Why?!
Why is it that when I pick horsegirls to invest in, every single one of them turns out to be a winning machine?!
Su Luo felt like he was being targeted.
But he had no idea by who…
Was this fate?
Screw your fate!
Next time—next time, I am never investing in a gray-haired horsegirl again!
Gray hair is a no-go! (pinches nose)
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At the same time—Nishikino Academy.
This "strategic loss project," into which Su Luo had poured nearly half a year of effort and close to a hundred million in funding, was quietly undergoing earthshaking change.
The once-battered school gate had been replaced by a grand, ornate wrought-iron entrance. A newly installed school name stone stood beside it, gleaming with a calm solidity in the sunlight.
Step onto campus, and the old potholed concrete had been repaved into smooth asphalt. Neat rows of ginkgo and cherry saplings lined both sides—still too young to cast shade, but already showing careful planning.
The field had been renovated, an indoor training hall had been built with fully stocked equipment, and even the horsegirls' rest rooms had been upgraded into individual air-conditioned booths.
The principal hadn't failed Su Luo's expectations of "losing money." Every cent had gone into upgrading the school's prestige.
The teaching building's exterior had been completely redone with faux-European stonework. The auditorium had been fitted with crystal chandeliers and high-end sound systems. Even the cafeteria tableware had been swapped out for custom bone china.
Now, Nishikino Academy no longer looked shabby and rundown at all. At first glance, it actually carried a kind of low-key luxurious "aristocratic academy" aura.
"It's aristocratic, sure…"
"But how am I supposed to spend more money now…?"
Staring at the school's brand-new appearance, Su Luo muttered with complicated feelings.
But as Nishikino's makeover accelerated, Su Luo's brief satisfaction at "raising a noble academy" quickly turned into a new anxiety—
He realized that the places where he could keep dumping money into this "money-devouring beast" were becoming fewer and fewer!
The major infrastructure projects were basically finished. The expensive equipment had mostly been bought.
The principal was still desperately digging for ways to "upgrade the vibe"—like installing smart climate control systems in every classroom, or replacing all the landscaping with rare trees that required constant care—but those were small piecemeal expenses.
They couldn't swallow tens of millions in a single bite like before.
Watching the expense curve on the financial reports flatten out, Su Luo didn't feel relieved.
He felt his spine go cold.
"No—this won't do…" he paced anxiously. "This Nishikino money pit… it's about to get filled in!"
The terrifying images of Tamamo Cross and Oguri Cap "raking in cash" on the track wouldn't leave his mind.
On one side: their horrifying profit-making power closing in step by step.
On the other: his biggest loss-leeching project about to lose its ability to bleed money.
The nightmare of breaking even felt right around the corner.
Su Luo stopped dead, his eyes turning sharp.
"I have to open a new battlefield—find the next project that can burn money steadily, continuously, and on a massive scale!"
He clenched his fist, feeling a pressure he'd never felt before.
"I can't keep staring at this little patch of land. It's time to set my sights on a broader world!"
…But that said, it's not like those kinds of projects just appear because he wants them to…
Unless…
Su Luo thought of something—and immediately ran to the principal's office, shoving the door open as he barged in.
"Hm? Mr. Su Luo! Why are you here? You didn't even tell me—so I could welcome you properly!"
Seeing it was Su Luo, Principal Nishikino greeted him with a wide smile and hurried forward.
"That stuff doesn't matter."
"Principal—do you know what other famous academies there are in Hokkaido?"
"…?"
Even though he was surprised by Su Luo's question, the principal lowered his head and began thinking.
"Among the Hokkaido Trezan affiliates besides Nishikino Academy… the most famous ones should be those."
"Hokuko Academy, Dahong Academy, and Versailles Academy… those three are the most well-known in Hokkaido right now."
"Is there a way to pull them in…?"
Su Luo looked at the principal coldly as he spoke.
So what Mr. Su Luo means is…?!
The principal's eyes lit up.
Mr. Su Luo wants to unite all of Hokkaido's academies first?!
"It'll be difficult… but not impossible!"
Su Luo's lips curled.
"Then try to win them over. It'll help my plan!"
Because investing in three academies at once would obviously lose even more money!
But in the principal's heart, he was thinking about something else entirely—
Doot doot doot—!
Mr. Su Luo is going to lead us in sounding the horn for the counteroffensive!
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