Using Kitasan Black's situation to give Little Anzu a small lesson, Anjing Zhen did not press the point any further.
After all, Little Anzu still had about a year before her debut, and the most important thing at present was preparing for the Tenno Sho Spring. So after Little Anzu nodded repeatedly in agreement, the conversation returned to the routine analysis of Kitasan Black's training situation.
By the time they finished analyzing it, it was almost time for dinner.
Usually, Kitasan Black would have eagerly asked Anjing Zhen what Little Anzu wanted to eat at this hour, but this time, she brought up another topic with anticipation:
"Come to think of it, tomorrow's the weekend. Trainer, Little Anzu, you two shouldn't have anything planned, right?"
"Tomorrow..." Anjing Zhen paused. "Other than sorting through some materials, I really don't have anything... What, do you want to go out and have fun together?"
Little Anzu also looked at Kitasan Black in confusion.
"I do want to ask you two out tomorrow," Kitasan Black nodded. "But right now, I wanted to ask whether you'd like to come to a dinner gathering with me?"
"A dinner gathering?" Anjing Zhen and Little Anzu asked in unison.
"Mm-hmm! We made plans today to hold a dinner gathering for Diamond-chan!"
As Kitasan Black explained, her expression turned somewhat regretful. "Originally, we wanted to make it a celebration party, but..."
Little Anzu still looked utterly confused upon hearing that, but Anjing Zhen understood at once.
The Dubai World Cup had ended at the end of March, and they had returned to Japan in early April.
Between recovering from jet lag and readjusting, around ten days had passed. This week had been devoted to special training for the upcoming race, and now it was already past the middle of