(Wait, if I beat Teio then, wouldn't the money Teio gets from her runner-up prize share be a lot smaller?)
Lin Anran suddenly realized something important!
What should he do? What should he choose...
Though Teio's share of the prize money would only be a small fraction of the winner's own prize, it would still be strange to give up a GI challenge just to make Teio's share a little bigger.
Lin Anran didn't think he was the kind of idiot who'd throw away a watermelon to pick up a sesame seed.
The scheming young doctor racked his brains, wondering if there was some way to have the best of both worlds.
In the end, he gave up thinking.
"I'll close my infirmary for the morning and take the day off."
"I might as well transform into Platinum and go look around Tracen, ask some of the little fillies for advice."
Platinum, activate!
A little while later.
At the entrance to Tracen Academy.
A mature woman in a green hat smiled warmly as she urged the young Uma Musume jogging toward her along.
"Hurry up, or you'll be late."
As the student council president's secretary, Shunkawa Tazuna stood at the gate like a gatekeeper, welcoming the little fillies who were about to be late.
After one young, lively Uma Musume after another rushed onto campus, Shunkawa Tazuna looked down at the time. Once she confirmed it was time for class, she turned to leave.
"All right, time's up..."
But the very next moment!
Another swift set of footsteps made Shunkawa Tazuna pause. The woman in the green hat let out a faintly helpless sigh.
"Which little one is late for school agai—"
Shunkawa Tazuna turned around again, and the next moment, she seemed to see an unbelievable visitor. Her