While waiting for Tokai Teio's reply, Anjing Zhen returned to his rented apartment and quickly fell asleep after finishing his various tasks.
The next day, he got up even earlier than usual. After washing up and having breakfast, he arrived at the Academy track ahead of time.
He had not arranged any extra training with Kitasan Black and Almond Eye. He was there to put himself through special training.
His goal of becoming a Hall of Fame Horse Girl trainer was not just empty talk. And this was not only for Kitasan Black, but for himself as well.
He knew full well that if he wanted to achieve that goal, he had to become stronger.
As his training experience grew, he increasingly realized that conviction was crucial at certain moments.
It was like a motorcycle off-road endurance race he had once taken part in.
That race was held in Austria. It was one of the world's most famous and difficult Extreme Sports events, sponsored by Austria's Red Bull.
The competitors set off in batches at noon on race day and had to pass through twenty-seven checkpoints along a thirty-five-kilometer course within four hours.
Riding a motorcycle for thirty-five kilometers sounded easy enough, but the entire course lay in undeveloped wilderness.
That meant four full hours of endless climbs, endless descents, dense forests with no roads to speak of, and rocky wastelands that were difficult to cross even on foot.
Even for the most professional riders, getting lost halfway through such an event was perfectly normal if they had not prepared in advance.
And compared to getting lost, breaking down midway for one reason or another—or suffering an accident along with their bikes—was even more common. In fact, the race had been running for over thirty years, and theoretically anyone could