The Three Goddesses' Approval?

Unfortunately, as long as Zhou Yuang didn't give them too many clues, the police wouldn't come after him.

"Doxxing me? Sorry, can't do that!"

Zhou Yuang said this, then prepared to deliver his closing line.

"Anyway, today's livestream is over. I'm Mysterious Trainer A, but everyone can call me AT. See you again in three days~"

Then, with a casual gesture, the livestream was cut off.

In that instant, the livestream screen went completely black.

Nineteenth Chapter: The Three Goddesses' Approval?

When Zhou Yuang ended the livestream, time around him began to flow again.

The livestream panels in front of the Uma Musume now displayed the words "Minimize" and "Close."

Quite a few Uma Musume stared at the screen, watching the comments or chatting, while some decisively closed it and began their own lives.

Silence Suzuka stared at the screen before her, her feelings incredibly complicated.

For the first time, she knew how she should run. For the first time, she had encountered the trainer she yearned for.

These two things should have brought her boundless happiness, so why... did she feel this way?

The good news was that she was the first Uma Musume.

The bad news was that she wouldn't be the last.

"My head's such a mess. I can't sort anything out... Maybe I should run a few laps?!"

Staring at the screen, Silence Suzuka had intended to type something, but when she saw the words "The streamer has ended the livestream," she began to worry that Zhou Yuang had simply left.

Could he still see what she had typed?

Forget it. She couldn't figure it out.

Rather than think about those things, Silence Suzuka decided that running a lap would make her feel better.

All right. I'll run 2,000 meters according to AT's plan!

Silence Suzuka immediately stood up. Once she was on her feet, she quickly walked toward the door.

But just as she reached the door, Silence Suzuka stopped.

There was no other reason—the teacher, carrying a textbook, had come over.

"Silence Suzuka, where are you going? Class is about to start."

Could something urgent have come up?

The teacher was puzzled, and when Silence Suzuka realized class was about to begin, her little face immediately flushed.

"Sorry, it's nothing."

After hurriedly bowing, Silence Suzuka trotted back to her seat.

Seeing how careless Silence Suzuka had been, the other Uma Musume nearby couldn't help laughing.

Their laughter made Silence Suzuka lower her head, her little face turning bright red.

Sure enough, she was a running idiot.

As Tracen's class bell rang, all the students began their lessons.

However, the Uma Musume who had watched the livestream were all recalling that fascinating broadcast.

That didn't mean they wouldn't pay attention in class.

They still remembered what Zhou Yuang had told them while teaching Silence Suzuka during the livestream:

"Cause and effect are happening every moment in this world. Working hard doesn't necessarily mean you'll get what you want, but if you don't work hard, you definitely won't get the result you want."

"If you want victory, hard work is essential. If you want to win races, you have to train properly and pay attention in class."

"Even if you can't easily win your races, you can still improve yourself this way. That makes it easier to find a good trainer."

The relationship between Zhou Yuang and Silence Suzuka during the livestream made many Uma Musume envious.

They wished they could have a similar experience—or an even better one.

Zhou Yuang's words lingered in their minds. With such an example before them, these Uma Musume, who were already longing for the future, began to feel stirred to varying degrees.

They hoped to work harder so that an excellent trainer would notice them later.

It was just like hearing some profound words: once people heard them, they would immediately start working hard.

One by one, they watched the blackboard and teacher attentively.

However, most people only kept up their inspirational principles for a few days before returning to their old selves.

How long these Uma Musume would stay serious depended on them.

But one thing was certain: after class, these Uma Musume wouldn't sit quietly and behave themselves.

Many rumors were destined to spread throughout Tracen that day.

Meanwhile, at the center of those rumors, Zhou Yuang stretched lazily.

A day's livestream had ended just like that.

He had finished his day's imprisonment, but some of the Uma Musume still didn't know that this game was a prison.

Now the Uma Musume would have to go to prison too. Some of them would learn just how much their little-ancestor behavior gave their trainers headaches... Right.

"When giving the Uma Musume the game, remember not to do it during class. Give it to them during lunch break or near the end of the afternoon, when school is about to let out."

He really was worried about the quality of some of the Uma Musume's classes.

Zhou Yuang turned to look at the Three Goddesses behind him. He had just started to speak when he saw a box, shaped like an oversized brick, fly toward him.

Zhou Yuang reacted quickly and caught the box with one hand. It had almost hit him in the face.

"Hey! I'm only human, you know. If you do this, you're going to break my nose!"

He weighed the long rectangular box in his hand and looked at the Three Goddesses before him.

Darley blinked and responded to Zhou Yuang's complaint with a mischievous grin.

"We calculated the force carefully, and your body isn't fragile."

"Even if I'm healthy for a human, I can't compare with an Uma Musume."

Zhou Yuang chatted with the Three Goddesses while weighing the object in his hand.

The box wasn't especially heavy, and shaking it produced no sound.

Could it be filled with some kind of plastic blister packaging?

"What is this?"

"Open it and see."

Baye gestured for Zhou Yuang to open it, and he did so without a second thought.

The instant he opened it, Zhou Yuang nearly went blind.

Inside was an entire box of neatly arranged rings. The silver bands shone with an unmistakable brilliance.

Without a doubt, these rings looked extremely expensive.

"Five by six... thirty Rings?!"

Zhou Yuang counted them, and his scalp instantly went numb.

Holy crap, the three of you gave me thirty Rings?

Zhou Yuang looked up at the Three Goddesses before him. As the highest authorities in this world, their words carried more weight than those of any leader on the planet.

"Wasn't marrying thirty Uma Musume your dream? If you can really do what you say, then as the Three Goddesses who wish for the Uma Musume to be happy, isn't granting you our blessing perfectly normal?"

Darley casually waved her hand, signaling Zhou Yuang to accept the Rings.

The Three Goddesses had already decided: he would become Tracen's Number One Ring King.

"That's right. What? Were you planning to pay for them yourself? Then we can put the Rings into the Support Card Gacha Pool..."

Godolphin narrowed her eyes and rested her cheek on one hand, saying something that made Zhou Yuang's scalp go numb.

That woman really wasn't merciful at all.

"No, thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you, Three Goddesses, for approving my dream."

All right, all right. What does it mean that the Three Goddesses gave me thirty Rings?

They agreed to let me marry thirty Uma Musume. The goddesses themselves approved, so who would dare complain now?

Only some of the targets with especially strong Monopolize would object.

"Now that you have the Rings, go propose to Silence Suzuka!"

Darley put her hands on her hips, then waved one arm, urging Zhou Yuang to charge ahead.

The three of them couldn't wait to watch the fun.

"I'd rather give Rings to the Uma Musume I've currently signed contracts with first."

Although the Three Goddesses had approved of the idea, that didn't mean he could take the Rings and start fooling around. That would be too foolish.

The Three Goddesses had merely agreed; they hadn't forced anyone. In other words, he still had to respect the Uma Musume's wishes.

Besides, something like this had to be done properly.

Zhou Yuang thought it over. Of course he couldn't immediately propose to Silence Suzuka.

Silence Suzuka didn't even know him yet, and Tracen's ability to spread information was not to be underestimated.

Tracen wasn't vast as far as the Uma Musume were concerned.

Tracen was certainly large, but it was only large by school standards. To the Uma Musume, it was basically not large at all.

That was because, in the real world, racehorse owners were all wealthy people.

For local racing, you only needed a place to keep a horse and enough money to buy one.

The central circuit was different. First, you had to have more than a hundred million in your account and pay over a million in taxes for three consecutive years before you could become an owner in the central circuit.

It wasn't as simple as merely passing an exam, as the first owner of Oguri Cap had said in reality. Racing itself was a rich person's game.

Some wealthy owners—for example, that stubborn old silver-haired fake who held certain copyrights and was hated by Uma Musume players—worked in the IT industry and paid tens of millions in taxes every year. Once he realized he met the requirements, he casually started racing horses in the central circuit.

Given the situation of the owners, most of the central-circuit Uma Musume in the Uma Musume world were therefore young ladies from wealthy families.

Zhou Yuang wasn't exaggerating: if you threw a brick at random during a student meeting at Tracen, it could hit someone, after which an entire squad of yakuza lookalikes might hunt you down.

He was getting off track.

Tracen was an aristocratic school. The academy was enormous, but to young ladies whose homes were as large as Tracen Academy—and to Uma Musume who could run over 70 kilometers per hour—news spread incredibly fast.

Besides, the Uma Musume were girls. There would be no shortage of gossip.

Once he proposed to Silence Suzuka, word might begin spreading immediately.

Then the Uma Musume who had watched the livestream would rush over to see who was proposing to Silence Suzuka.

If he was arrested in person, he would probably lose his chance to have thirty Uma Musume wives.

It would be better to propose to Oguri Cap first.

"So the next livestream is in three days? I was planning to have you livestream again tomorrow."

Darley saw that Zhou Yuang wasn't quite that foolish and didn't mind.

After all, sometimes clever people were undone by their own cleverness. Plenty of smart people had fallen for an empty-city stratagem, and only idiots weren't the ones who crashed and burned.

Since Zhou Yuang planned to marry thirty Uma Musume, a battle royale would probably erupt after he found three or four of them, right?

The good show would come sooner or later. They had to fish the pond dry sustainably.

And even if it didn't happen, it would still be great fun for the Three Goddesses.

After all, like a certain DD ringleader, they would be happy so long as the Uma Musume were happy.

As for the Uma Musume being taken into his harem?

They didn't mind.