Chapter 487: NO．70：Nanguang Tailang came over chattering, who is Manchester Chazuo?

NO．70：Nanguang Tailang came over chattering, who is Manchester Chazuo?

Should we say it's unexpected?

No, it can only be said to be as expected.

But looking at the girl in the arena surrounded by countless cheers, the youth's face still showed a relieved smile.

Effort bore fruit; it's certainly worth being happy about.

In this era of myriad blossoms, even if that running posture is overly ominous, it doesn't dampen the audience's enthusiasm.

The bettors' lament will be drowned out by cheers; the black‑haired horse girl under the scorching sun naturally becomes the focus of the whole venue, while she merely glances around and finally looks toward the shadow where her inspiration was triggered.

A clear "friend".

And a distant figure, though too blurry to see clearly, still recognizable as that of a trainer.

Simply because that darkness is unadorned, winding like a snake, it connects the distant pair through their gaze.

This also proves that the trainer indeed kept the promise.

Thus, on Manchester Chazuo's face, a warm smile finally appeared.

——

Winner's Stage.

The Wandering Dance Prayer Ritual.

In the public's view, the horse‑girl performance after the Winner's Stage is a necessary step that directly proves the horse girl as an idol.

But for a tiny minority of trainers……

The Winner's Stage is undoubtedly a Source Energy ritual.

Dance

Song

Anyone who hasn't dozed off in the Source Energy class knows these two hold a place in religious rituals.

The song‑and‑dance activities of primitive peoples naturally go hand‑in‑hand with god‑making movements.

The theory that song and dance originated from religious activities also has always had a considerable number of supporters.

So when hearing the initial explanation from Trainer Xiqi Feng, Aomo was somewhat surprised but quickly accepted the idea.

And now is exactly the time to put that explanation into practice and verify it.

The verification stage of an experiment should be focused, serious, and quiet, but unfortunately there's still a restless alien beside him.

"Whoa whoa whoa! I'm really looking forward to it! I haven't attended a horse‑girl concert in that broken base for a year!

Clearly it's a stiff, monstrous face, yet it inexplicably exudes an aura of bliss; this Metronian, who previously never stopped clicking its shutter, finally decides to take a break and run back to Aomo's side.

The latter's fingers are still sliding in mid‑air; the news that the rookie trainer's signed horse girl won her first battle is not just one or two messages.

Even advertising collaborations have been stuffed into his trainer inbox; it's unclear whether they spotted Chazuo's potential or are just casting a wide net with sponsorship investments.

These need not be bothered with; Aomo simply marked them all as read, then turned to handling acquaintances' congratulations, complaints, and inquiries.

The complaints naturally come from Suzi, whose words express dissatisfaction with Aomo's not returning to sit after leaving, though Aomo guesses she's most unhappy about Zhouri Ningjing sitting beside her.

Actually, at times like this it wouldn't hurt to switch perspectives: imagine Zhouri Ningjing sandwiched between left‑hand Suzi and right‑hand Emperor, and she's the one who feels most ill at ease.

But he obviously can't answer that way, or rather, can't answer with just that.

First he must promise tea and pudding, then bring up this point, allowing her to indulge in thoughts of culinary delight and spiritual fulfillment.

Then he has the leeway to look at those few inquirers—Bi Ze and Dawei.

Even Mannen and Ruibeika, who merely added contact info but hadn't heard anything new for over a month, suddenly messaged, contacting the former.

The boss of the Edge Mercenaries, Mannen, naturally enjoys watching horse races, and his subordinate Ruibeika does the same.

This time the whole crew showed up; in Dawei's message they all asked where he was, wanting to meet in person.

It's hard to say some of them weren't strong‑armed; considering their family‑like mercenary atmosphere, Aomo wouldn't be confident that they're all just here to cheer him on.

More likely they just came along with Dawei and Mannen to have a look→everyone decided to go, you wanna join? … developments like that.

On the other hand, Bi Ze being with them is somewhat special.

This guy should have looked for me from the start, but later he typed in the chat box things like "Your side's forces are too huge; I bought tickets for Dawei's side."

Now he's even asking things like "Where are you? Do you have time to meet up, bro?"

' and such, as if he'd gathered courage and turned arrogant.

And Aomo's reply is a short string of Hanji flag black.

【Third section outside the West Gate exit, I've got a Metronian next to me, easy to spot】

Send it and immediately close it, not bothering to look at the other side's inevitable follow‑up question marks.

Aomo can only say he's always had plenty of free time; even now he hasn't gone to stand with those horse girls, lest he give tabloid news more material.

Of course, when Chazuo's performance ends, the trainer ought to appear beside the horse girl, either shielding her or facing together—right away for the upcoming press interview.

The winner shouldn't refuse interviews, and ought to thank the supportive audience—this is also how one should quickly accumulate fans, though if one adopts an off‑beat style, it's not strictly necessary.

Just like the horse girl called the Patrol Hunting Heavenly Wolf, she never directly responded to fans' support, nor did she heed reporters' surrounds.

This doesn't hinder her high popularity.

As long as she's strong enough, any manner of performance will attract a following; the principle holds, but as a newly debuted horse girl, showing such personality early on doesn't help fan accumulation.

If mishandled, she'll miss the sign‑up for certain important races.

Let's talk to Chazuo about it later; given how well‑behaved that kid is, this isn't something to worry too much about……

Probably?

Just thinking about the possibility of Chengtian Bairen coaching Chazuo makes Aomo feel a hint of hesitation.

It's not that Chazuo would be corrupted by Chengtian Bairen; rather, if she truly advances down the path of intimidation, ordinary notions of courtesy no longer apply.

Just as he was thinking that, gazing backward to spot Bi Ze, Dawei and the others, the stage ahead already had a notice that all contestants were ready.

This made him turn his head immediately, and then he heard that it was quite familiar—indeed, it was exactly the song intro he had sung in the KTV a few days earlier.

He naturally knows this song, since it has long been in his usual playlist; he has sighed countless times that the video was poorly made, but the song itself is not bad.

But this song...

Aomo slightly lowered his eyes, even closed them, feeling that his earlier thoughts were completely stupid.

「Didyouseethesunrise~？？」/Did you see the sunrise?

「Blagsadness」/the sadness flickering in the darkness

「Telltellme? ~Whywasborn~? 」Tell me, tell me, why was it born?

The deeply murmured lyrics, shifting from male to female voice, have a certain special quality, but Chazuo's usual voice is also deep enough that even viewers unfamiliar with this song cannot detect any sense of incongruity.

They would only glance at each other, asking what song this is, even opening the music recognition feature.

Then it would give out the song title identical to the lyrics:

《Didyouseethesunrise》 — theme song of the special-effects drama 《Masked Rider BLA》

This song choice... is really too far off from the usual idol style.