Anjing Zhen neither asked nor looked into how much the gift from Kitasan Black was worth.
After all, in Japan, caring about how much a gift had cost was rather impolite, even if he and Kitasan Black were already very close.
Compared with its worldly value—or rather, its price—what he cared about more was naturally the feelings Kitasan Black had put into the pocket watch.
Of course, he knew about the career of Eclipse, that Legendary Horse Girl. Or rather, any Trainer in the industry would know of her.
Undefeated throughout her career. For ten whole races, no opponent had dared to enter. She retired not because she could no longer run, but because there were no opponents left...
Such a legend was unquestionably the goal every Horse Girl yearned for, as well as the object of every Trainer's admiration.
That was precisely why, after receiving the gift and learning of Kitasan Black's wishes, Anjing Zhen wanted to use it to remind himself at all times. That was why he had replaced his Stopwatch with the pocket watch during training.
He had originally assumed that a mechanical timepiece would be somewhat inferior to electronic equipment, perhaps with some degree of error.
Yet he discovered that neither the watch hands nor the timer function of the pocket watch had the slightest inaccuracy. In fact, it even gave him a peculiar feeling.
Compared to the one-button readings of a modern electronic stopwatch, the pocket watch's mechanical structure required manual winding and calibration.
That process, as well as the clicking sensation of its interlocking gears while timing with it, heightened his physical awareness of time.
This probably was not an illusion.
Kitasan Black—or rather, Adayar—had said that the Yano Pocket Watch used designs such as a bimetallic compensation balance wheel, Breguet hairspring, and