Chapter 248: Questioning Digital, Understanding Digital, Becoming Digital (3990)

Zhou Yuang spoke without holding back. His imposing air had not faltered in the slightest, just as it had been at the Art Museum.

Takamine gave a soft laugh and met Zhou Yuang's gaze.

But her smile soon faded.

"So what happens next in the story?"

Takamine folded her arms, settling into the role of an audience member. Resting a hand lightly against her beautiful face, she waited to hear more about a man who had yet to become a Trainer and a girl who had yet to become an Uma Musume.

"Huh?"

Aldan blinked. She had thought her sister would do what she usually did: call something that failed to interest her boring, then leave.

She did not know why Takamine had stayed.

But Zhou Yuang had a fair idea.

So he continued the story, which was nearing its end.

He was also nearing the part that had changed him most.

After taking Little Uma Musume around for a day of fun, Zhou Yuang walked down the pedestrian street with bags in both hands. The girl held his hand, a happy smile on her face.

In that moment, the big one and the little one looked like real siblings.

Bad news: they were not actually siblings.

Good news: they were not actually siblings.

Little Uma Musume savored her time with Zhou Yuang. All her earlier grievances seemed to have vanished.

She would never forget that day.

"Um, mister..."

"What is it now?"

Rather than looking pained at the prospect of spending more money, Zhou Yuang gazed at Little Uma Musume gently.

He calmed himself by remembering that Little Uma Musume's parents would reimburse him later.

"Um..."

She pointed ahead, toward a man and a fairly tall Uma Musume.

Like Zhou Yuang and Little Uma Musume, the man and the