Chapter 1202: NO．106：You Are So Crucial

NO. 106: You're really crucial.

"Sorry to bother you, but please excuse the sudden contact, Professor Daito."

"Eh-eh-eh?! Who?"

Looks like there's not much experience in spiritual communication...

"Stay calm, take a deep breath, don't forget you're still on stage, pay attention to the equipment, please communicate first through telepathy..."

"Eh... I'll try... Huh? This voice and tone... Is it Professor Aomu?"

But unexpectedly, their adaptability is strong, and their speed in accepting the current situation exceeds expectations.

"It's me."

"Really? You're also at this exhibition!?"

"Yeah, I came, and then I heard some troubling rumors about the stage."

"Oh! I remember, that Halloween one?"

"Not bad, so I have a suggestion, or rather, I have a favor to ask..."

"I won't go down! This would ruin the atmosphere! So lame! And it wouldn't give those security guards any face either!"

Well, there's no need to cut off the conversation so quickly... Aomu, whose thought process stalled due to this reaction, corrected himself.

"Understood, I guess Miss Mejiro also advised you, and I won't bring it up again myself."

"Right, hilarious—Zenxin advised me, but I ended up advising her instead. Still, Professor Aomu, could you keep an eye on her?"

"Although I also asked the security guards to look after her specially, I still feel Professor Aomu is more reliable! Monsters and monster transformations are so cool!"

The favor hasn't been voiced yet, but instead, the monster's thoughts are stalled again due to being 'countered.'

"Mmm, if that's the case..."

"You could consider combining my suggestion with your request— for this, only one additional premise is needed."

"Huh? What premise?"

"Obtain consent from the organizers, tell them you still have an assistant who will assist with work later."

——

In the Far East, girls who are at the forefront of fashion trends are called gyaru or gals.

To put it simply, they are fashionable women, and naturally come in many varieties.

In Central Trisen, you can see someone referring to the graceful and approachable young lady of the Mejiro family, Mejiro Zenxin, as a gal, and also see the mature and efficient professional model Huangjincheng called a gal.

Very macroscopic, very nine-grid.

Then, looking back at traditional gals like Higashiyo Jordon and Daito Sun God, you can reclaim the stereotypical understanding of gals.

Poor grades, chasing trends, constantly using gal slang— it can be said they're just missing a Shibuya-style dark-skinned look.

Especially Daito Sun God, she even fulfills the stereotypical notion that 'gals often associate with socially aimless people' on the surface.

Of course, only on the surface.

In fact, the only difference, and at the same time the biggest reversal, lies in the people she knows—those with frightening appearances, wearing strange clothes, covered in tattoos and piercings—these people are not just easy-to-transform delinquents from some variant literature, but rather special professionals and fans with unique aesthetics.

As a professional DJ, Daito Sun God often works shuttling between clubs, bars, and underground performance venues.

The fans drawn to such places often have that wild appearance.

For this, Aomu can only sigh that Daito-sensei truly treats everyone equally, not judging by appearance.

You can see her still enthusiastic toward a group of end-of-the-century mohawked delinquents, and also see her lively toward the angel and clergy group of the Gospel Evangelism Class, where tradition and innovation coexist.

Even now, she still thinks your monster and monster transformations are pretty cool.

The tone under telepathy is essentially emotional fluctuation—this genuine pretense comes at a high cost, which is why Aomu is willing to believe those words aren't coming from some kind of 'countermeasure.'

Also precisely because of this, if Aomu couldn't tell from her usual makeup and fashion accessories that she leans toward mainstream aesthetic trends, it would be hard not to suspect that Daito-sensei might possess an overly inclusive legendary aesthetic.

In fact, it's neither that inclusive nor that legendary.

This isn't an aesthetic issue—it's simply a matter of affirming a friend.

No matter what you look like, she'll praise you, and even affirm your abilities—though affirmation is affirmation, Aomu, who once acted as a full-affirmation bot for a while, also has a unique understanding of the word 'affirmation.'

Blindly accepting everything versus painstakingly picking out strengths and listing them—both are 'affirmation,' but their starting points and conclusions are clearly different.

What Umastar originally chose was precisely the latter.

Not just a full-affirmation bot, but truly and genuinely digging out the brilliance in lost souls—Umastar registered this name precisely to await the star of Uma Musume.

Looking back at Daito-sensei, her kind of 'affirmation' is evident from her initial message: 【Shibuya Ward Maruyama-cho 4-2, missing a professional DJ, hurry up!】

She genuinely acknowledges Aomu's ability.

Even for a large-scale event like Uma Musume Only78, she could accept Aomu's proposal without a second's hesitation, quickly calling out to Mejiro Zenxin twice before rushing downstairs.

Then she ran toward the staff entrance.

Truly swift and decisive.

But if she lacked this execution power, none of this would be possible.

After all, everything came together hastily—according to the original plan, the stage event was about to begin, so adding Aomu Linton—or rather—Serene Sunday—would obviously require urgent communication with the organizers.

As for whether it can be settled, Aomu isn't worried.

The Uma Musume Only exhibition is rare in being non-amateurish, organized by a dedicated official from the association who has so far managed 26 editions, accumulating massive experience—his organizational experience is undeniably rich.

Still, even so, he's currently flying across the keyboard.

Whether it can be done is one thing; whether one wants to do it is another—'temporarily inserting a person' as a reason would likely be hard to convince the other side, and Daito-sensei... frankly, her popularity as a 'real-life fulfiller' relies entirely on personal charm, not eloquence, so Aomu had to prepare from the start to act as a 'substitute.'

While conducting simulated dialogue 'pellet' filling, he also dialed other numbers:

"Xiao Lu, have they found you to meet up?"

"Miss Qian and her group have already arrived, but the president, Karen-chan, and Aiwei Miss aren't here—according to Xiaozi Miss, those two left the group midway."

「？」

Saying to stay alert yet still choosing to split up? These three aren't exactly clueless, are they…… Standing at the edge of the crowd before the stage, Aomo, in a quick glance, instantly caught a flash of three-colored hair in the distance with his dark red eyes.

And that gray little head behind, nearly drowned in a crowd of people, and the slightly higher brown head beside it.

Karen's reassuring presence, easy to find wherever she goes.

If really can't be found, you can still open her latest social media photo updates and compare them with various angles of this venue.

"It's fine, I've already confirmed their positions, you also let Bi Ze, Mann, and the others know to stay alert," turning his head, he glanced at the text he had already typed and clicked send, then Aomo began typing the next round of words, "And as for me, I won't meet up with everyone for now, I'm going on stage to stand guard."

"Eh?"

"Huh? Stage? Guinea Pig-kun, explain yourself clearly!"

"That dark aura is…… eh, my phone!"

The background sound seemed to indicate the Ultraman warrior's failure against dark power, as the responsible horse girl barged into the conversation questioning the trainer about this sudden move again.

"Don't rush, I'll explain it to you right away, after all there's still about……" He glanced at the lone Mejiro Zenxin warming up on stage.

Although repeatedly losing in recent matches, but as a G1 horse girl, and moreover as the eldest daughter of the Mejiro family, her status placed at this doujin exhibition still belongs to the kind of big name who can draw countless fans' enthusiastic responses even from awkward small talk.

Killing time is no problem, but this one isn't good at handling this kind of frenzy unlike the audience gaze on the racecourse, every minute and second is quite agonizing for her.

So he quickly glanced at the communication channel with Datuo Taiyangshen.

"Three minutes, I will give you a clear and concise explanation, especially Chazuo, you need to listen well."

"... Eh?"

"You bear a heavy responsibility."