Chapter 573: NO. 155: The Ugly Duckling

NO. 155: The Ugly Duckling

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Teacher, I don't understand… I believe I've already done what you said the basics require, and even though the example and plan are absolutely perfect, Dad still insists on interfering with my choice, and Mom is on his side.

It was just a minor bullying incident; I've already properly dealt with the perpetrator, so there's no need for them to demand any compensation, but Dad is especially angry, and Mom also says I don't understand anything……

Why would she say that? Clearly I won't have any further contact with that person, so there's absolutely no need to make this known to the whole school】

【: Probably not… no, perhaps…… actually I am angry.

——607 year 3 month 5 day 18:22

【: Not angry to that extent, I just don't understand……

【: If it's just love, I actually understand, but them being like that makes me feel……

——18:23

【: Many girls have had your kind of problem, but I think you perhaps don't need me to provide those cases for the parties involved to code.

【: It's impolite to mention other girls when chatting with a girl, teacher.

【: Your statement has become even more impolite!

——18:24

——18:24

【: Your words like this… I don't quite understand】——18:25

【: Umastar: Like this, I want to ask two questions:

Do you think that if the bully is forced to transfer schools, everything will improve?

Do you think that your parents, who usually obey you completely, suddenly acting against your wishes, makes you feel unfamiliar and angry?】——18:26

【: I……】——18:26

【: Umastar: Your hesitation shows you really think that, and you also realized this idea conflicts with your usual education.

So do you still feel that everyone is originally on parallel lines, and even if they occasionally intersect, there won't be any profound impact?】——18:27

【: ……】——18:27

【: Umastar: Many horse girls, and even children who are not horse girls have asked me similar questions; only one-fifth of them are not Jidong people.

This reminds me of the first time I saw Jidong people; I deeply admired their courtesy, and even felt somewhat shocked.

Border Gate Area is a miraculous land; it actually manages to group Dongyan, Jidong, and a little bit of Tanchao people together, clearly the three groups' population profiles are completely different, and living together would feel even more awkward and strange】——18:28

【: I don't understand, teacher… Jidong people, what's the problem?】——18:29

——18:29

【: No, teacher, I think you might have misspoken… we all have family and friends……】——18:29

——18:30

【: What?

Um, they all support my choice】——18:31

【: Umastar: Is it immediate support, or did you listen to my explanation?

If it's immediate support, do they always act this way? Or is it that only this time they were decisive?】——18:31

【: They always do this immediately! This is the friendship I perfectly repaired with your help!】——18:31

【: Umastar: ……

You have great parents, but your friends' brains are gradually smoothing out? Indeed, true love can overcome ethnic prejudice, and also overcome artificial charm】

【: Huh…? teacher?

What do you mean by these words】

【: Umastar: Finding your place, Zhenjiling, it's not only your own position but also others'; this saying is somewhat profound for elementary students, but you will understand it, and you must learn it to achieve your ideal.

Before that, you can block me for a while; after all, your heart right now should also be filled with incomprehension and resentment, feeling that I'm criticizing and blaming you.

But actually it's not; I'm just answering everyone's expected answer.

As for this, you shouldn't need long to understand】

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Because of the strength and fame of the horse racing industry, being the sole officially designated social software Umastagram by the URA Association, it also exists as a social software that gathers top technical prowess.

Therefore, any action leaves traces.

Even if the user deletes the information themselves, it is still recorded in the underlying layer.

Indeed, ordinary server clusters can't bear such consequences; regularly cleaning records to reduce load is also part of health, but Umastagram's limit here is once every ten years.

Based on Umastagram's traffic, this is obviously astonishing enough to boast about, and this is also the confidence the company gains from being located in Border Gate Area.

After all, as everyone knows, Border Gate Area may have an urban style and even its laws are conservative, but its cutting‑edge technology is not lacking at all, and it even has a few large Heavenly Gate airports in the federal territory—so few they can be counted on one hand.

This is after all one of the federal districts that host at most two groups of transmigrants, merely keeping a low profile due to its style policies, unlike its 'brother' Heavenly Gate City, which flaunts itself openly, displaying all otherworld‑related creations and technologies blatantly.

And this also gives Zhenjiling an opportunity.

Just by contacting customer service, some lost records are enough to be restored.

Although this would also involve another party, and although she clearly has more secretive ways—such as directly visiting the company's location, or even through certain immensely powerful fans……

But she still chose that direct approach.

Both because she objects to the act of 'relying on fans', and because she judged that 'Umastar teacher won't look at the email official notice'.

Not only because the other party is nearly retiring from the circle, but also because she has increasingly come to believe her own suspicions.

By relying on her ongoing investigation, collection, and locking down.

Even though Umastar teacher has never mentioned his own identity, nor explicitly stated his name, job content, study status, etc., they have had too much interaction, leaving behind too many minute details.

For example, assembling‑plastic tests, for example, following horse‑girl races, also for example, in the knowledge that surfaces, the topics for the youthful range are especially detailed…… even to the point of showing in typing the word‑usage habits and thought patterns.

Of course, that could also all be a disguise.

Just as they could guide oneself in that way, compared to him having such insight, Zhenjiling also truly believes he is also a fellow traveler on the path of disguise.

She used to think that way, but now she's not so sure.

After all, she saw that young man.

That person first appeared in the college entrance exam news, then in campus topics, and later became a newcomer trainer on Umastagram.

Before this, Zhenjiling had seen many trainers.

Just as she had once told the other party, she was more or less dissatisfied.

A brother who could dote on oneself like doting on a sister, yet couldn't discover the sister's privacy—such a role should be easy to find; as long as she exerts her cuteness, such trainers would be everywhere, even if not central.

But that perhaps…

Not the trainer Kalian wanted…

She often thought that way, and clearly the person she always looked forward to would not respond to her expectations.

That person would mercilessly expose her little thoughts and hiding places, and in that person's eyes, Kalian would never be the world's cutest.

But that person is even less likely to appear before her eyes; even if she seeks them, it's like looking for a needle in the sea.

Until that 【Aomo Lindun】 appeared in her field of vision.

Just the first impression of the rumor was enough to draw attention, and the investigation sparked by that concern is hard to forget.

It seems to match, yet it shouldn't.

How could one believe that Umastarsensei would be active without any disguise, and how could one believe that Aomo Lindun is him?

Walking out of that restroom, gazing at the boy who was waiting together with Wanshan Siji for herself and the Qianming representative, Zhenjiling silently picked up her phone, aiming the camera to focus.

If it were five years ago, would Umastar have looked like this?

Would that mature and knowledgeable teacher, even suspected to be the teacher of AIBot, have that youthful appearance?

Moreover, they were abandoned by their parents, with only a foster father heard to be quite eccentric.

"Hey!"

Suddenly, a shadow came over; she instinctively tried to dodge, but couldn't avoid that hand which was faster than hers.

"......" She looked somewhat surprised at the owner of that hand—it was the Qianming representative who had gone to the restroom with her earlier.

At this moment, they not only grabbed her hand but also twisted it, making her back against the wall to avoid being seen from outside.

That senior on the track, a graduate senior who had the honor of the Triple Crown horse girl, possessed a grip she couldn't resist, and with the other hand made a shushing gesture toward her:

"Put down the phone, little Kalian, that guy is very sensitive to gazes, and also to sounds."

"......"

After she silently nodded slightly, the other party then released her hand, even stepping back a step toward the side of the restroom, and suddenly said: "You're here to find Umastar, right?"

"Umastar? Who's that?" the girl asked doubtfully, then blinked, "Did the Qianming senior misunderstand something?"

This response was seamless without any flaw, causing the Qianming representative to look at her innocent eyes and couldn't help but exclaim: "These days, juniors are really terrifying; after graduation you could try venturing into the acting business."

"How could a senior talk to a middle schooler about college graduation topics?"

"Just feeling a bit, " the Qianming representative's face showed no unease or self-reflection about having done something wrong; she simply laughed heartily, as if expecting the junior to overlook her momentary slip of speech, "and I merely wanted to give a heads-up to the juniors in the middle school division."

"You're not nothing, so why chase after an illusion that shouldn't appear?"