Chapter 449: NO.32: Mutual Attention

NO. 32: Mutual Attention

——Terra Era Sixth Century——

——Holy Terra Federation, discovered a safe and environmentally friendly new energy source:

——Colorful Radish Crystals!

Nurturing miracles and dreams with its five-colored splendid hues! Regarded as a heavenly treasure!

——By now, the colorful radish crystals have thoroughly integrated into people's lives, becoming an indispensable part.

——However, in the ten years that followed, a group of special girls emerged in the world.

They can unleash the as-yet-unrecognized power of the colorful radish crystals, and at the same time, use them to become incarnations of miracles and dreams!

They are——

"Horse Girl Squadron! Carrot Rangers!"

Unlike the low, clear combined female voice of the narrator, this phrase, which also represents the title, was spoken, causing the cyber horse girl sitting upright on the sofa to instantly prick up her ears, her eyes full of seriousness.

At a glance, you can tell they're the type who go full-screen when watching videos, completely immersed in the work.

In contrast, there is the youth standing at the side corner of the lobby, turning his head and raising his hand to pick up a coffee from a tray quietly approached by another horse girl.

"Just put the hot cocoa on the table, no need to remind her verbally."

Before speaking, he deliberately raised a hand to cast a soundproof barrier; this detail was suddenly clever, yet it inevitably raises doubt that the sound of the cup's bottom touching the table would also alert the horse girl.

But the horse girl holding the tray neither asked nor hesitated.

She simply nodded and acted accordingly; as for that cyber horse girl……

She really didn't mind the extra cup of hot cocoa appearing before her.

Such focus would likely make many peers envious, but this is also a commonplace scene for the youth and another horse girl.

"In half an hour it'll be the update time for Mobile Suit Gundam; should I remind her?" The horse girl, holding another cup of coffee, walked back to the youth's side, gazing at the screen and the pair of horse ears pricked up from the sofa, and asked the youth beside her.

"No need, she'll remember it during the downtime after this episode," the youth said somewhat helplessly, "I really hope she can switch to watching a tokusatsu drama."

"It's probably because of the robots, I heard the ranger series has many giant robots…" Chazuo, who knows his roommate's preferences and now also knows quite a bit about tokusatsu, still looks at the screen and can't help but ponder.

"Carrot Ranger… I always feel the props in there look somewhat familiar…"

"I guess it's at school." The youth, having taken a sip of coffee, said lightly.

"Although works related to horse girls are means used by the URA Association to promote horse girls…"

"But only this Carrot Ranger… like the Ultraman and Kamen Rider series, has a touch of documentary literature."

"... Huh?" The horse girl with twitching ears turned her head, looking at the trainer with utter disbelief, her coffee cup slightly gesturing toward the big screen, "…At school… are there classmates who dress like that?"

"Is that what you're concerned about?" The trainer was somewhat speechless, "Actually not really; after all, that Carrot Ranger seems more like a lone Kamen Rider than a team like the ranger squad."

At least in the news occasionally glimpsed at the monster exhibition, the individual is active alone, not as a team on screen, and there's certainly no huge robot suspected of giving da-ge a product endorsement.

Regardless, since there is a masked element, it suggests a desire to hide something; Aomo also had no intention of revealing the true identity of a certain hero chef horse girl, so he still spoke up to change the topic:

"Let's not talk about that; Suzi isn't throwing a tantrum, is she?"

He asked while also glancing at the tray placed by Chazuo not far from the counter.

In this house everyone steeps something in their cups, but only Chazuo's coffee can be called professional.

Not limited to black coffee, espresso, latte, mocha, caramel and the like are also fine.

Chazuo's passion and research into coffee can be seen from the fact that, when Aomo's coffee machine broke, she herself provided a replacement classic coffee machine.

Moreover, after that, the counter above the coffee machine was filled with various coffee ingredients likewise provided by her.

Based on this expertise and erudition in the coffee field, her coffee is acceptable to everyone in the office; Bourbon and Tea would not refuse it, and Aomo need not even be mentioned.

But only Suzi……

She is not unable to drink coffee, nor does she dislike it.

But in school she had been opposed to Chazuo as a tea party versus coffee party for years, and now in the office she is even more 'isolated and helpless,' thus developing quite a bit of rebellious psychology.

And in this context, one must mention a certain steadfast black-coffee-party trainer, who laid the firmest foundation for that rebellious psychology.

The self-willed researcher horse girl cares for few people, so she doesn't care about others' drink preferences.

Yet a certain trainer who entered her field of vision always drinks coffee with his opponent—no wonder she keeps trying to give Aomo red tea.

However, the person concerned ought to rebut this—no matter if that red tea is normal red tea?

Whether the red tea is normal or not aside, Chazuo's coffee truly can soothe the heart.

It can even allow Aomo's heart, wounded by a certain detective, to heal anew and regain the courage to pick up a coffee.

But that sole red-tea steadfast——will throw a tantrum and refuse.

Then it mostly becomes an elaboration——demanding that Aomo brew him red tea.

To be frank, Aomo actually has no talent in cooking; he only has mechanical learning adjustments, following an empirical approach.

The same goes for brewing beverages.

And brewing coffee, red tea, etc., is not like having accumulated much kitchen experience; although not reaching amateur level, it can only be described as average.

It's not as good as Suzi brewing it herself.

But the other party obviously doesn't care about that.

She merely wants a kind of proof.

Proof of being valued.

Possessiveness……

As a trainer, and moreover one who does a lot of remedial study to make his scores truly meet the standard of a central official trainer, Aomo naturally knows that beneath the Three Goddesses' Source Energy Tree there is a state-interference skill named 【Possessive Force】.

State-interference skills are defined as dark red on the Source Energy Tree.

They are usually used to show targeting, offensiveness, allure, etc., interfering with other members' steps and even mental states, and are highly aggressive.

Horse girl competitions have never been just about who is faster, but also about who is stronger.

Besides cultivating one's own running quality, one must also learn to deal with external interference, and even actively interfere with others.

This is also part of tactics and strategy.

In the competition regulations, the restrictions on source energy are also the most complex and diverse; if not deliberately seeking loopholes, one can simply honestly study the skills under the Three Goddesses Source Energy Tree, and within it...

The presence of 【Exclusive Power】 cannot be said to be low.

Its astonishing upper limit and relatively low study threshold give it a transcendent status in the State Interference System, widely known…… and it is also a common foundation for the development of weird writings.

This is no surprise to creators, after all the so-called Exclusive Power is essentially a mental source energy, its core being the grasp of that possessiveness in one's heart.

This is also why its study threshold is relatively low.

Because among horse girls, and even among human groups, possessiveness is also a relatively common desire.

It is especially intense among adolescents.

One can even regretfully say — the sources of possessiveness in adolescent girls are everywhere, it can be approval, reliance, affection, or even any emotion.

It can even be a kind of random dispersal, like a toy you liked in the morning being discarded by you in the afternoon, only to be picked up by another child who treasures it.

Darkness then emanates from the heart, and you rekindle your affection for that toy — this itself is a distortion, so it's no wonder it would be used to create distortion.

The cultivation of the source energy skill called 【Exclusive Power】 is also a process of recognizing and mastering one's own heart.

Thus, the benefits for horse girls are not limited to the racecourse, but also lie in growth and transformation on life's path.

Therefore it can even frequently appear in the chats of the trainers' communication group, and Aomo has indeed considered it.

After all, with his eye for people and his collection of past information on the horse girls he raises, it's not hard to see that Suzi possesses considerable talent.

Of course, rather than calling it talent, it's more like a hidden danger.

Possessiveness is all too easily a trigger for emotions, which in turn affects the condition of horse girls.

And horse girls in poor condition mostly can only achieve regrettable results.

Thus, among the three horse girls of the agency, Aomo has always been most concerned about Suzi.

Of course, he should also care about her.

After all, Suzi is the only horse girl assigned to him.

"No, … but… she is also very curious…"

"Curious?"

"Trainer and Miss Bai Ren… has something happened between them……?"