Chapter 272: with translation of chapter title

No. 34: The moon constantly accompanies the shadow.

"Truly cunning, this kind of behavior."

Aomo, watching the scene of the soul possession, sighed while rubbing their nose with their index finger.

"What do you mean?"

Ludaofu Xiangzheng, also gazing at that scene, still furrowed their brows slightly.

As a living being, Zhouri Ningjing, the committee member, had an instinctive rejection of this spirit possession, but thinking it was to prevent the horse girl from getting hurt, she only slightly furrowed her brows.

"Just marveling at this ability's astonishing potential, don't you think? Miss Ludaofu."

Aomo turned toward her, raising a hand to point at the Chazuo whose steps were gradually stopping.

"I've discovered that Miss Zhouri Ningjing's spirit possesses a superb advantage."

He turned his head again, his gaze toward Zhouri Ningjing carrying a hint of subtlety.

"That is, she can train other horse girls by possessing them."

Just like remotely operating someone else's computer to give guidance.

Spirit possession exists in several levels; among them, retaining the host's consciousness while controlling their body's movements—this level is not difficult to achieve with the host's cooperation.

Thus, Zhouri Ningjing can completely give her sister a harsh special training.

Although Aomo doesn't know her racing career, they can see that as a horse girl her foundation is not weak, and as a retired horse girl she, like JunChuan JiangSheng, Ludaofu Xiangzheng, Qianming representative, Maruzensuki, etc., possesses some innate stepping characteristics.

Though called characteristics, they can also be said to be the 'precipitation of skill'.

When they permeate your everyday gestures and movements, allowing you to summon them naturally without conscious thought, they have already become wealth unique to you.

And Zhouri Ningjing is capable of sharing this wealth.

But she evidently has never done so.

Rather than saying she doesn't care about her sister, it's more like she never even thought of it.

After all, she isn't a trainer, lacking the mindset of deriving everything from training methods, and she rarely actually possesses the Chazuo to do anything.

"What a waste." So he would sigh in that way, from the heart.

Then Ludaofu Xiangzheng beside them wore a strange expression, stared at him for two seconds, then burst into loud laughter.

"Miss Ludaofu?" Aomo was somewhat surprised by her laughter, and even the three horse girls in the distance—Zhouri Ningjing's body having just stepped away from the Chazuo, who was saying something to her, perhaps a reprimand—now also looked over.

But he quickly looked away again, because Zhouri Ningjing's reprimand continued, and the Chazuo could only bow its head.

Bourbon far away watched Aomo's side, glanced for two seconds, then turned to look again at the two sisters continuing their reprimand at the side.

At such a time, Aomo ought to have stepped forward to say something to Bourbon, who had reclaimed the senior's dignity, but the emperor's laughter now made it hard for him to pull away.

However, Ludaofu didn't keep laughing nonstop.

"Sorry," she said, "I just didn't expect Trainer Linton to also associate this matter with training; upon thinking you'd have such a view, I couldn't help feeling pleased."

Hearing that explanation, Aomo also smiled, "Joy itself doesn't need to be suppressed; this is the Trisen Academy during summer break, whether as president or emperor, you can temporarily set aside your burdens."

"That's true, but if you relax too completely, you'll lose your former condition; Trainer Linton should understand that too."

"I couldn't agree more; warm-up and maintaining condition are always essential."

"So as Ludaofu Xiangzheng, I also can't be too casual; I don't know if Trainer Linton can understand."

"I can understand, though Miss Ludaofu seems to have something else to say?"

"As expected of Trainer Linton, I'm still hesitating whether to be bold... In short..."

She briefly organized her language: "I've heard that Qianming... senior sister, your relationship is not bad?"

"She perhaps gets along well with anyone," Aomo said, but then caught sight of Zhouri Ningjing in the distance giving the Chazuo a crouched posture to guide its running movements, and amended, "Oh, except Miss Zhouri Ningjing."

He still remembered that Zhouri Ningjing and Qianming representative generally had some tension, from their attitudes and that initial brush past in the coffee shop; Qianming at the time was clearly investigating something about Zhouri Ningjing, and he himself had briefly become her surveillance target, or perhaps a stepping stone.

It's also unknown whether she obtained satisfactory results; Qianming representative and girls like the Golden Ship are tricky types that Aomo's ability to read people and observe expressions doesn't work well on.

Facing them, his usual speculation and inference need to increase the weight of intuition somewhat.

"Ss her, perhaps she also only gets along relatively well with classmates of the Manchester Chazuo." Obviously she, who had history with Zhouri Ningjing, gave a helpless smile, but she also considerately did not extend the topic of Zhouri Ningjing.

"And Qianming senior sister," she pulled the topic back, "a person who gets along well with everyone will show their attitude toward different people even more clearly."

"For a period of time, she had wanted to obtain some information from me."

More bluntly, it was Zhouri Ningjing's information; given that the person involved was far away, Aomo didn't say it so clearly, but this topic thus became the emperor's probe.

The screen was already transmitting Zhouri Ningjing's urging.

Like the words: "What are you doing? Ask something about the symbol family! Also Moon Slack Symbol!" etc.

Saying it so lightly, this bastard. jpg

Directly asking about others' family affairs is probably just Zhouri Ningjing's habitual recklessness; the Zhouri committee could do that, but Aomo really doesn't want to deal with it.

"It's different; I think Qianming's interest in you likely stems from something else. Just thinking of her unrestrained freedom, I can't reach a conclusion," the emperor smiled helplessly, "By today's meeting, I may have grasped a hint of your special quality."

"Just because of that earlier remark?"

"Just because of that earlier remark." The horse girl with tri-colored hair tips nodded; their matching crescent bangs faced each other from afar, and on their faces a smile gradually subsided into solemnity.

"I also know that our directions differ; perhaps mine is closer to that of the chairman... She specially recruited you, and Miss JunChuan also holds you in high regard, as do Bai Ren and Dazhenhan, who favor you greatly; I think everyone values different points."

That's really too different, Aomo complained inwardly.

Especially Bai Ren from Narita's so-called 'great favor'—hearing it only made his just‑arisen solemn expression twitch a bit.

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I also don't know when I'll be bound by her to the Saichang...

This is as delicate an thing as the street‑racing invitation from Maruzensuki; originally it wasn't really a promise, but the other side seems to have taken it as a yes, adopting an attitude of 'I'll be waiting.'

Such a thing is absolutely strange! He needs a pink‑haired person to speak it out for him.

"Although I still haven't grasped Trainer Linton's true potential, because of my maternal grandmother... the Speed Symbol's sake, I still must remind Trainer Linton."

"... Please speak."

The sudden shift in topic gave Aomo's barely contained face a coating of cement, making him solemn again, even sitting bolt upright.

When it comes to the Symbolic Clan and that elderly lady of the Speed Symbol, one must always treat them with such seriousness.

"No matter what price the Symbolic Clan offers you, no matter what conditions she sets for you, you must not agree."

The future head of the Symbolic Clan advised thus, his words already free of imperial airs and lacking the stance of Ludaofu Xiangzheng.

"What trainers consistently pursue—'fame and profit' and 'dreams'—you can achieve by following the pace of chasing horses; I believe you have such potential, but……"

She emphasized this 'but'.

"Once you get involved with the Symbolic Clan, whether it's Qianming, Bai Ren, or……"

She glanced at the distant Bourbon and Chazuo.

"Those horse girls under your command probably wouldn't want to see a deteriorated you."