The Long Night Is Nearly Over

"If you lead McQueen to victory in the Japan Cup, you'll marry into the Mejiro Family and behave yourself. If you lose..."

I can give ground to McQueen, but why would I give ground to you?

You're an outsider. If you want me to treat you like family, marry into it first!

Grandmother looked at Zhou Yuang, a hint of pressure in her gaze.

"Then I'll give you and McQueen a sum of money, and you can move somewhere I won't have to see you."

I'll give you more money than an ordinary person could imagine. Then get as far away as you can. How does that sound?

A layabout or someone driven purely by greed would have nodded at once.

But Zhou Yuang was a trainer who wanted to be worthy of many Uma Musume. How could he bow his head here?

He wouldn't bend for a paltry sum, he certainly wouldn't bend for anything less, and he wouldn't bend for more, either.

"I'm not going to lose. But... I'm not marrying into your family, either. I'm going to marry McQueen and take her home in style!"

Who does she think she's looking down on?

Once I lead McQueen to win big, I'll come for her in golden armor, riding a seven-colored cloud!

That's my ambition!

[Rice Cake Fatty]: Huh?

Marry me and take me home?

McQueen couldn't help leaning back.

[Uma Musume Fan]: You bastard!

You've gone beyond being an ordinary trainer! You need to be punished hard!

[Mars' Number One Gray Coat Beauty]: Good, good, good! Well done! Well done!

[Haman Karn]: This is getting interesting.

"Hmph!"

Grandmother's face darkened. She looked at Zhou Yuang as though he were something beneath her notice.

For a moment, Zhou Yuang felt as if he were facing a terrifying grandmother.