People in Tracen, Skilled at Doing Time

Silence Suzuka, that chatterbox, instinctively spoke aloud.

She remembered that Japan loved sudden prank events, and some of those pranks could be rather extreme.

She used her emerald eyes to scan the surroundings, intending to find the camera.

But when she turned her head, she discovered a three-dimensional projection screen like something out of a science-fiction movie in front of her.

"What's this?"

Seeing that there was nothing wrong around her, only this overly suspicious object, Suzuka instinctively reached out and poked the screen.

It was a web interface resembling a video-sharing site. A screen displaying the video occupied the left side, while the right side showed the barrage of comments being sent.

It was practically...

"Like a livestream interface."

Suddenly, a chibi paper-doll figure appeared on the screen to the left.

The paper doll had no facial features. Instead, a large A appeared on its face.

What was this?

Suzuka recalled how, in certain anime, someone would suddenly hijack a radio station to broadcast a message.

"Good morning, everyone."

Zhou Yuang used his voice-altering skills to produce a voice that sounded extremely obnoxious.

His sunny natural voice and the gentle voice he used on Heartstrings Radio naturally could not be exposed. He had to be careful.

Otherwise, some Uma Musume might hear his voice and dox him.

He had to act as a mysterious trainer, show everyone how to do time in Tracen, and then accomplish the Three Goddesses' mission.

In any case, the three of them only wanted to watch the fun.

He could entertain himself with all sorts of antics, too.

"I'm sure everyone watching the screen must be very confused. Let me introduce myself."

Controlling the paper-doll trainer, Zhou Yuang waved at everyone.

"Please rest assured. This isn't a terrorist attack."

Though it couldn't be ruled out that the streamer might become a social terrorist in the future.

How could a streamer not do something ridiculous? He was merely putting on a brave face!

Once you got bored in the future, he would give you something that made your vision go black.

"This livestream is similar to the online livestreams everyone is familiar with. However, this livestream room isn't promoting any website. Rather... with the Three Goddesses' approval, it's a livestream aimed at Uma Musume everywhere."

Zhou Yuang suspected that the Three Goddesses had simply been surfing the internet out of boredom, happened to see the streamer, and then ordered him to do this.

This livestream room could broadcast the Uma Musume mobile game, as well as other Uma Musume anime or games.

If the Three Goddesses happened to be in the mood, they could even create a game starring Uma Musume and livestream it.

Of course, this livestream room couldn't broadcast the French masterpiece Rainbow Six.

When Zhou Yuang asked about this, Baye, somewhat breaking down, pointed at him and shouted, "You brat!"

During the livestream, the time of the streamer and viewers would be separated from reality. Whenever the livestream room was activated, the flow of time for everything and everyone besides the streamer and viewers would be suspended.

Naturally, the Three Goddesses would also take care of the streamer's and viewers' bodies, so they wouldn't suffer problems such as their lifespans passing more quickly than other people's.

There was one other point: the audience for this livestream was limited to Horse girls.

Ordinary humans in this world had no way to become viewers.

Watching the livestream room's several dozen online viewers, Zhou Yuang patiently explained everything to them.

Although most Uma Musume were rather innocent, quite a few of them were very clever.

They quickly understood that this livestream room was similar in nature to how Uma Musume could wear their Victory Outfits, ignore air resistance, and run with all their strength.

This was a benefit the Three Goddesses had brought them, intended purely for entertainment.

Shouldn't they properly thank the Three Goddesses?

Some Uma Musume felt as if they had gone online and entered a livestream room, and began sending barrage comments.

Some people simply posted symbols, while others expressed how novel this was.

Upon hearing that the Three Goddesses had approved of it, the Uma Musume, as the Three Goddesses' followers, all felt reassured.

The one thing most forbidden in this world was tarnishing the Three Goddesses' reputations.

They would truly take action and crush the bad guys.

They discovered that upon entering, the livestream room had given them an ID resembling a nickname. They could then set the color and size of their barrage comments, as well as where they appeared.

It had everything a normal livestream had, including a place to send paid messages.

Watching one barrage comment after another, Zhou Yuang felt that he should get things on track.

At that moment, a pink barrage comment caught Zhou Yuang's and Silence Suzuka's attention.

[Uma Musume Fan]: Streamer, streamer, is that outfit of yours a trainer's? Then are you a Horse or a human?

That ID and that message clearly belonged to a veteran netizen.

But they had immediately started investigating his identity?

Since you want to know, I'll let you know everything!

"Am I a Horse or a human? That's a good question. It's about time I introduced myself."

Zhou Yuang cleared his throat, then controlled the paper doll to bow toward the screen.

"My name is Mysterious Trainer A. I'm a trainer chosen by the Three Goddesses. My species is neither Horse nor human... but a trainer!"

Zhou Yuang had originally planned to call himself Mysterious Trainer Z, but then realized that people could easily investigate the initial. So he used the pinyin initial of the final character in his name as his designation instead.

[Invincible Lord of Seaside]: Huh? You didn't say anything at all! What a strange guy.

[Side-Eyeing Lewd Manga Teacher]: I get it. It's like those settings where the character's gender is Hideyoshi, right?

[Unbreakable Glass]: Being vague, huh? In other words, you're keeping it secret? Everyone has their own secrets, so that's normal, right?

Zhou Yuang glanced at some of the barrage IDs. From an Uma Musume's perspective, unless she stared at the comment feed, she wouldn't even notice the IDs. Zhou Yuang, however, could see them clearly.

As a trainer with immense passion for Uma Musume, he immediately recognized the identities behind some of those IDs.

He could now freely talk to some Uma Musume he had long wanted to interact with?

That was wonderful.

However, with his streamer identity at risk of being exposed, and the Three Goddesses advising him against it, Zhou Yuang could only protect his identity.

If he avoided being doxxed, the Three Goddesses were willing to deposit 2,000 Jewels into his account every day. If an Uma Musume captured him offline, 50 Jewels would be deducted.

Two ten-pulls' worth of Jewels a month. Could that damn Cygames do it?

To ensure he could collect 2,000 Jewels every day he logged in, Zhou Yuang planned to keep layering his aliases.

This little box was his eternal home.

If nothing unexpected happened, no Uma Musume could possibly capture him offline.

As long as I'm clever, I can keep collecting my 2,000-Jewel daily allowance forever.

Surely I won't be so miserable that I have no Jewels every day, right?

[Flawless Red Goddess Lord]: So, Trainer, you're only willing to tell us this much? That's a little boring.

"Boring?"

Do I have to say something explosive?

Facing a certain troublesome goddess personally stirring up trouble, Zhou Yuang remained calm.

"Then let's talk about dreams."

"Dreams?"

That was a rather distant word.

Sitting in front of the screen, Suzuka had originally wanted to send some barrage comments and join in for fun.

Hearing that word, she couldn't help murmuring it. She looked at the paper doll on the screen.

She recalled a Heartstrings Radio program she had listened to recently. The host always spoke about dreams in a gentle voice.

It made her blood boil and filled her with longing.

Yet whenever the host announced that the program had ended for the day, she found it difficult to fall asleep.

She wished the host would make a bedtime program.

She hoped she could hear that voice every night before going to sleep and drift off to it like a lullaby.

That was getting off topic. Whenever this word came up, Suzuka would remember how she ran as a child, back when she had hoped she could "continue running happily and carefree forever."

Unfortunately, even debuting seemed difficult for her now.

How could she talk about dreams?

"Some people hope to become the top star. Some hope to become rich. Some hope to gain power. But I'm different from them."

Those dreams were far too materialistic.

Looking at the expectant barrage comments filling the screen, Zhou Yuang slammed his hand on the table, pointed skyward with one finger, and shouted something that made every Uma Musume watching feel their vision go black.

"I tama want to marry thirty Uma Musume!"

As an Uma Musume fan with love for them all, I want to marry thirty rather than three hundred. Isn't that a very conservative number?

After Zhou Yuang made that declaration, several rows of question marks visibly appeared across the screen.

Thank you, streamer, for sending yourself a question-mark storm.

"Huh? That statement...?"

Suzuka's eyes widened. Somewhat frightened, she placed her hand over her upright, righteous chest.

Is this trainer serious?

Would any Uma Musume really be willing to run to his side and become his wife?

Suzuka didn't believe it.

[Uma Musume Fan]: What courage... No, what a threatening declaration toward Uma Musume! Are you trying to become the public enemy of all Uma Musume? I tama will scatter you!!!

[Hates Flashes and Manic Guys]: How lewd! You bastard!... Where's the report button?

This was no ordinary trainer anymore. He had to be dealt with harshly.

The negative influence this kind of trainer would have on other trainers and Uma Musume would be immeasurable!

But that stern yet serious Horse discovered that there wasn't a report button anywhere on the screen.

"There is one, but you have to find it."

Report? Who would you report me to?

The Three Goddesses, the highest authorities in this world, are sitting right beside me watching the show. If I did anything wrong, wouldn't they just reach out and stop me?

Zhou Yuang didn't know whether that Horse would search the entire screen for the report button, but he had to continue the livestream.

There was no problem with acting crazy. First, he had a box protecting him. Second, once an Uma Musume entered the livestream room, she had no way to leave. She could only exit when Zhou Yuang ended the stream.

But Zhou Yuang had an extremely flexible... ever-changing... unbreakable (crossed out) scrupulous moral bottom line.

In other words, he cared about his reputation.

Surely he wouldn't become as abstract and refined as some guy in a wheelchair or a corpse, right?

He couldn't do it. Sorry, he really couldn't.

"All right, everyone, pretend nothing happened. After all, I won't keep acting crazy in front of my viewers. I'm a respectable person."

[Dutiful Female Officer]: Respectable people don't make statements like that. What are you planning to livestream, you brat? You can skip the crazy antics.

Zhou Yuang glanced at the Yellow Goddess beside him. After receiving a glare, he silently began speaking.

"All right, now that the introduction is over, it's time to start the game livestream. Here, I'll dutifully provide everyone with a relaxing and enjoyable experience."