"Ah? Right now?"
Kitasan Black's eyes widened as she looked at Anjing Zhen in surprise, hesitating slightly.
"You must have been busy for a long time yesterday, right? Wouldn't it be better to rest a little now?"
"It's okay." Anjing Zhen shook his head without hesitation and smiled. "It has been a long time since I trained like that, so I am indeed a little tired, but it's not a big problem. Besides, rather than worrying about me, you should think carefully about how you're going to escape from me later."
Her eyes widening even further, Kitasan Black opened her mouth to speak, but Almond Eye excitedly beat her to it from beside them.
"Wow! Senior, the trainer actually dared to say that! Then you absolutely have to help me beat him!"
"Even if you say that, I—fine."
Amused, Kitasan Black glanced at Almond Eye. She understood that her junior was probably still hung up over her previous loss.
But after thinking it over, she felt that even aside from helping Almond Eye "get revenge," Anjing Zhen's attitude right now was somewhat provocative.
Or, more accurately, Anjing Zhen did not feel like the patient and gentle trainer he usually was.
He felt more like an opponent she would encounter in a race.
"So A-Zhen is this fired up when facing something he loves—no, when facing his own track?"
Thinking this, Kitasan Black changed her wording and looked at Anjing Zhen. Fighting Spirit gradually lit up in her eyes as she nodded firmly.
"Okay! Then let's try it!"
"Yay! Then I'll time it this round! Still twenty seconds, right?"
Before Anjing Zhen could respond, Almond Eye excitedly jumped up and blurted it out. Seeing Anjing Zhen and Kitasan Black exchange helpless smiles before nodding, she hurriedly pulled out her phone from