Onstage, Kitasan Black noticed Anjing Zhen leaving.
Her ears twitched, and her feet unconsciously took a step forward.
"Little Kita..." Standing behind Kitasan Black, Satono Crown noticed the movement outside her choreography and quietly reminded her, "The next song is about to begin..."
Her ears twitched again, and Kitasan Black hurriedly came back to her senses.
Taking a deep breath, she faced the audience's enthusiastic cheers and swung her arms forcefully, taking the lead in a new round of position changes.
The stage lights gradually shifted, and the music transitioned from the final notes of Winning the Soul into the next song.
As night deepened, after the lively Winner's Stage came to an end, in the backstage preparation room.
Kitasan Black was the first to raise her cup. With a broad smile, she called out, "Great work, everyone! To the success of this Winner's Stage... cheers!"
"Cheers!"
After the Horse Girls responded to Kitasan Black with smiles, a relaxed, relieved atmosphere filled the room.
Draining her drink in one gulp, Kitasan Black took out her phone.
Ever since she noticed her Trainer suddenly leaving, she had kept an eye on that empty spot.
Even after the performance ended, it remained vacant.
Why had Trainer suddenly disappeared at a time like this? They had agreed to go to the celebration banquet with Teio-senpai and the others later...
Puzzled, she skillfully entered a phone number on the screen.
The call began ringing, but before she could raise the phone to her ear, the sound in the receiver suddenly changed to a busy tone.
"Huh...? Bad signal...?"
Blinking, she was about to call again when a message popped up on her screen.
[Anjing Zhen: If you're heading to the celebration banquet, go on ahead.
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