After the training race ended, Anjing Zhen's complicated emotions refused to settle for a long time.
Even though he had known all along that racing against such powerful upperclassmen would place immense pressure on Kitasan Black, whose Classic Year had not even ended yet—
He still felt that the upperclassmen had gone a little too far in this race.
It was not a matter of placement.
Just like last time, Kitasan Black had finished dead last. That was not hard to accept.
Nor was it a matter of unexpected developments.
Deep Impact's performance clearly had some special purpose behind it, and Anjing Zhen had already guessed as much halfway through the race.
This Horse Girl had probably wanted to test certain aspects of Kitasan Black, which was why she had shown such merciless suppression from beginning to end.
The problem was that this was only a training race. Every single one of you entered the Zone... wasn't that a little too much for my Little Kita?
Having held it in for quite a while, Anjing Zhen ultimately did not voice the complaint in his heart about how every Horse Girl except Kitasan Black had entered the Zone during the training race.
Thinking about it calmly, this unexpected development was not necessarily a bad thing.
After the Satsuki Sho, he had repeatedly confirmed with Tokai Teio and the other Horse Girls that Duramente had definitely entered the Zone on the Final Straight.
In that state, one's mental focus became extraordinarily sharp, all aspects of one's abilities could be pushed beyond their limits, and even one's presence would change. Those things were certain.
Thus, while guiding Kitasan Black during this period, Anjing Zhen had also been continuously researching and pondering it.
For now, however, understanding of this state remained shallow across the