In Tracen, I'm Good at Doing Time

Daina Carl was still speaking when Zhou Yuang cut in.

"Excuse me, ma'am. I'm sorry to interrupt, and forgive me for being rude, but there's something I have to say."

Zhou Yuang walked straight to Air Groove's side. At the sound of his voice, she looked up instinctively.

She saw that although he was bandaged, he seemed to be in good spirits.

He looked at the screen, taking in Daina Carl.

She looks like trouble, and she's got a temper, too... That was his immediate impression.

Then again, after hearing her scold Air Groove, he already knew she was no pushover.

"You're... the trainer Air Groove said was hurt earlier, aren't you?"

Daina Carl glanced at his bandages and trainer's badge, then recognized him.

"Yes, more or less."

In a sense, he really was the victim.

Zhou Yuang did not let her take control of the conversation. He began his rebuttal without hesitation.

"Air Groove has grown during her time at Tracen Academy. She truly is a capable vice president."

"What... what are you doing?"

Air Groove panicked when she realized Zhou Yuang was standing up for her. She tried to stop him, but her mother cut her off.

"Air Groove, let him finish. Go on, then. Tell me what makes her capable."

Daina Carl stared hard at the man who had stepped in for her daughter while she was scolding her. She had wondered from the start: why would a trainer take a blade for her daughter?

"All right, then..."

Zhou Yuang began explaining without missing a beat.

He had plenty of examples. Air Groove had only been too frightened and constrained to speak up when her mother—both her elder and her idol—got angry.

In the Livestream Room, Zhou Yuang had seen exactly what those Uma Musume said about