[Neither Great nor Humble]: Wrong. Bourbon didn't accelerate just because she noticed the red light and the 1,950 meters ahead. She noticed Rice Shower too. What happens when a target realizes she's being followed?
[Steal Your Trainer]: The conditions for perfect synchronization failed! Hmph, aaaaaah!!!
[Blue Rose Quality Inspector]: What are you all...
Watching the antics of certain Uma Musume in the Livestream Room, Rice Shower had no idea how to respond.
"Well, things like this..."
In some stories, when people suffered under a tyrant in troubled times, an assassin would appear to kill the tyrant—or a corrupt official.
Assassins were usually prepared to die.
Some were orphans raised from childhood to believe, "We gave you everything, so give your life for us," and grew into weapons for their organizations. Others had lost their families to the intended target and were recruited by groups offering them a chance for revenge. Sometimes it was simply a conflict between organizations, and they found someone brave enough to do the job.
Put nicely, they sacrificed themselves for the people and a righteous cause. Put bluntly, they found a villain, charged in, and blew themselves up.
That sort of role looked glamorous in games. In reality, it was miserable.
As competitors of the same era, anyone who won without resorting to dirty tricks deserved their victory.
But the real Rice Shower had become the Triple Crown's gatekeeper through talent and training every bit as grueling as Bourbon's. That was how she won the Kikka-sho.
It should have been proof of her strength. Instead, she was branded an assassin.
Later, the Tenno Sho Spring was even billed as a showdown between a champion and an assassin... All Zhou Yuang could say was that reporters really would do anything for a big story.
"Anyway, Gold Ship,