Chapter Summaries

Plot points

• While searching Tracen Academy at night, Zhou Yuang encounters a mysterious Uma Musume in the library. She scans the area and mutters about finding a trainer, but leaves before he is discovered.
• Zhou Yuang retrieves the missing accessories for Rudolf’s statue, then heads toward the cafeteria. The AI directs him to investigate noises in the kitchen and explains that a spare lock, warning sign, and disliked perfume can help deter a food thief.
• Curious about what is inside, Zhou Yuang ignores advice to avoid trouble and peeks into the kitchen. He finds a purple-haired Uma Musume—apparently Oguri Cap—raiding the refrigerator for desserts.
• Zhou Yuang angrily calls her “Fatty Filly.” She turns on him, mistakes him for an ice-cream machine, and tackles him. The chapter ends with her grabbing at his clothes while demanding ice cream, leaving Zhou Yuang panicking about the livestream audience and his fiancées.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang shows caution and tactical thinking when he first senses danger, but curiosity and irritation eventually override his good judgment.
• The mysterious library Uma Musume comes across as unusually intense and disciplined, though her identity is not confirmed in the chapter.
• The dessert-stealing Uma Musume is comically single-minded: her anger at Zhou Yuang instantly gives way to excitement when she mistakes him for a source of ice cream.
• Air Groove acts as a voice of reason in the livestream comments, while other viewers encourage curiosity or speculate about the encounters.

Themes

• Curiosity versus caution: Zhou Yuang understands the risks but investigates anyway.
• Horror-comedy: Eerie eyes, nighttime exploration, and a sudden chase are played for laughs, especially through the food-thief reveal.
• Livestream spectacle: The audience’s comments shape Zhou Yuang’s choices and intensify his embarrassment.
• Food and appetite: The kitchen encounter turns a potentially frightening intruder into an absurdly determined dessert thief.

Character interactions

• Zhou Yuang silently assesses the library Uma Musume, while livestream viewers debate her identity and intentions.
• The AI gives Zhou Yuang instructions, but he questions its logic and the absent chef’s preparations.
• Air Groove warns Zhou Yuang not to provoke the kitchen intruder; he disregards her advice and insults the Uma Musume.
• The kitchen confrontation quickly escalates from verbal outrage to a tackle, with Zhou Yuang’s concern shifting from personal danger to how the incident will look to his watching fiancées.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Yuang is tackled by a crazed, food-covered version of Mejiro McQueen, who mistakes him for an “ice cream machine.” The livestream switches to a “DOOMED” screen to hide what happens next from viewers.
• Zhou Yuang is knocked out and later respawns at the cafeteria entrance, where he assures the viewers he is physically fine, though exhausted and sore.
• The livestream audience reacts with alarm, disgust, amusement, and speculation. Several viewers defend McQueen and the Mejiro Family, while others imagine scandalous explanations for the scene.
• Once back in the cafeteria, Zhou Yuang spots a real ice cream machine and jokes that McQueen might mistake it for a trainer. He scans its code, discovers the desserts are free for employees, and orders McQueen’s favorite, a melon parfait.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Yuang is horrified and humiliated by the encounter, but covers it up with a plausible explanation and resumes exploring. He uses jokes to defuse the chat’s concern.
• McQueen appears in an exaggerated, ravenous “Fatty Filly” state that clashes sharply with her expected image as an elegant Mejiro young lady. The real McQueen is embarrassed and refuses to accept that the figure is her.
• Air Groove, who considers Zhou Yuang her fiancé, panics when he disappears from the stream and rushes to find him. She becomes jealous and defensive when other viewers offer him comfort.
• Aldan worries about Zhou Yuang’s safety and is shocked by McQueen’s behavior. Takamine is outraged on behalf of the Mejiro Family and resolves to discipline McQueen.
• Dober sees the incident as ideal material for a doujin story, though she is distressed that her manuscripts were recently confiscated. Oguri Cap reacts with discomfort and jealousy, while Silence Suzuka draws Air Groove’s suspicion simply by seeming eager to approach Zhou Yuang.
• The viewers’ teasing and arguments reveal how closely they monitor Zhou Yuang and how personally they take his interactions with the Uma Musume.

Significant themes

• Public image versus private behavior: McQueen’s chaotic appetite conflicts with the Mejiro Family’s standards of elegance and dignity.
• Spectacle and misinterpretation: The livestream turns a strange game encounter into a source of gossip, anxiety, and elaborate speculation.
• Jealousy and protectiveness: Air Groove and Oguri Cap’s reactions suggest their emotional investment in Zhou Yuang.
• Humor amid danger: Zhou Yuang uses jokes and evasions to recover from an embarrassing, unsettling incident.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Yuang lures McQueen to the Ice Cream Machine with a melon parfait, then sneaks into the kitchen and prevents her from reaching the freezer for more food. Her disappointed shriek prompts amused and sympathetic reactions from the livestream audience.
• Reflecting on his earlier mistake that damaged McQueen’s and the Mejiro Family’s reputations, Zhou Yuang considers pulling McQueen in the game’s gacha and training her to improve her image. He also figures out how to reuse the machine’s QR code and takes a spray meant to make Uma Musume dislike him.
• He heads to Tracen’s basement to restore or check the power before going to the surveillance room. The basement’s ominous, reinforced layout reminds him of lurid stories about trainers being abducted there.
• In the electrical room, he finds that an Uma Musume has bent the breaker handle. While searching the storage room for a replacement, he hears someone enter and hides in a cabinet.
• The newcomer is Biwa Hayahide, whose glowing red eyes and mechanical movements make her seem like a robot. She scans the room, identifies Zhou Yuang as human, and approaches his hiding place to capture him.
• Zhou Yuang sprays her with the repellent through the cabinet’s gap. The scent makes her halt, and her antenna-like ears droop.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang is still prone to regret and worry, but becomes more resourceful: he plans around McQueen’s habits, makes use of the QR code, and keeps the repellent ready when danger appears.
• McQueen is distracted by sweets and depicted in a comically undignified, food-loving moment, contrasting with her prestigious family image.
• Biwa Hayahide appears transformed into a cold, machine-like hunter, a startling departure from her usual eccentricity.

Character interactions

• Zhou Yuang uses the parfait to distract McQueen and quietly sabotages her attempt to get more food.
• He addresses the livestream audience and thinks about entertaining them; their comments range from mocking McQueen to sympathizing with her.
• The audience also warns Zhou Yuang that other Uma Musume could pose a threat.
• His encounter with Hayahide becomes a tense hide-and-seek confrontation: she scans for him, while he stays concealed and uses the spray to interrupt her approach.

Significant themes

• Comedy amid danger: Food-related slapstick gives way to the eerie threat of a seemingly robotic pursuer.
• Adaptability and survival: Zhou Yuang relies on observation, preparation, and improvised tools to manage an unpredictable environment.
• Public image and reputation: He worries that embarrassing portrayals of McQueen could affect her and the Mejiro Family’s standing.
• The tension between game and reality: Zhou Yuang’s knowledge of game characters and mechanics informs his plans, but the real-world situation remains dangerous and uncertain.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Yuang tries to drive an agitated Uma Musume away from the Basement cold-storage area using a foul-smelling kitchen item. The livestream audience worries that it could harm her, but Zhou argues that Tracen would not stock anything poisonous.
• When Bourbon approaches, Zhou hides in a cabinet, then bursts out and shines his Tablet’s flashlight into her eyes. Temporarily blinded, Bourbon gives him a chance to escape; the AI refuses his request to close the Basement’s iron doors.
• Zhou runs through the Basement’s maze, afraid Bourbon will catch him and humiliate or hurt him. He recalls his past devotion to the Mejiro family and insists that intimacy should be mutual—especially with his three fiancées watching the livestream.
• Bourbon recovers and pursues him, but instead of tackling him, she follows at a steady jog, maintaining an exact three-meter gap. Her calm, mechanical manner makes the pursuit feel like deliberate pressure: she can conserve energy while wearing Zhou down.
• With no rescue likely and a second flash attempt risky, Zhou keeps running while adjusting his Tablet. The excerpt ends as he sets the flashlight to maximum power.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang is frightened but resourceful, using the Tablet and the Basement’s layout to buy time. He also reveals his romantic values and anxiety about betraying his fiancées.
• Bourbon appears controlled and machine-like, yet her anger is clear beneath her measured speech. After Zhou’s flash trick, she adapts by pursuing him patiently rather than rushing blindly.
• The livestream audience shifts between alarm, teasing, and tactical speculation, showing genuine concern for Zhou despite enjoying the spectacle.

Significant themes

• Fear and power imbalance: A human trainer has little chance of physically escaping an Uma Musume.
• Improvisation and adaptation: Zhou’s first trick works, but Bourbon learns from it, forcing him to reconsider his tactics.
• Consent and loyalty: Zhou explicitly rejects unwanted intimacy and emphasizes his commitment to his fiancées.
• Spectacle and concern: The livestream turns danger into entertainment, while its viewers remain emotionally invested in Zhou’s safety.

Character interactions

• Zhou and Bourbon engage in a pursuit driven by anger, evasion, and tactical pressure: he tries to escape, while she steadily follows and monitors him.
• Zhou appeals to the AI for help, but it refuses because it lacks authorization.
• The livestream commenters discuss whether Bourbon will attack, interpret her strategy, and urge Zhou to keep running.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Yuang keeps Bourbon at a distance while studying the basement and surveillance-room maps on his Tablet. He notices the surveillance room’s doors can be controlled by levers and devises a plan.
• Pretending to use his camera flash, he sprays Bourbon with anti-horse spray instead. It overwhelms her, letting him escape into the surveillance room.
• The room has two doors and a narrow, gated ventilation duct. Zhou Yuang realizes that if every opening is sealed, he could suffocate, so the room’s doors use power and its oxygen level is monitored.
• He heads to the nearby electrical room to install a spare handle, sealing other routes along the way. But he finds an unexpected door still open and sparking.
• Before he can finish, Bourbon locates him and rapidly tackles and pins him. Having learned from the spray, she restrains both his arms and straddles his legs, leaving him unable to escape. The chapter ends with Zhou Yuang protesting and claiming he is married.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Yuang shows resourcefulness: he studies the layout, tricks Bourbon with a decoy, and thinks through the room’s hazards. His confidence falters when Bourbon catches him, though he still tries to bluff his way out.
• Bourbon shifts from calmly pursuing him to an aggressive, direct attack after the spray incident. She adapts by anticipating his next use of it and restraining him before he can act.
• The livestream audience comments throughout, alternately joking, worrying, and speculating about the room’s design and the chase. Agnes Digital struggles to reconcile Bourbon’s behavior with the usual image of Uma Musume, while Silence Suzuka worries about Zhou Yuang.

Significant themes

• Cleverness versus physical power: Zhou Yuang’s planning briefly lets him evade Bourbon, but her overwhelming speed and strength ultimately overcome him.
• Game-like danger and absurdity: The bizarre room layout, suffocation risk, and malfunctioning door combine real peril with deliberately ridiculous mechanics.
• Public spectacle: The livestream audience’s reactions turn Zhou Yuang’s danger into a running mixture of suspense, jokes, and embarrassment.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Yuang is pinned down by an unusually aggressive Bourbon, who announces a censored “punishment” for him. The livestream viewers fear she may harm him.
• Manhattan Cafe sneaks up behind Bourbon and knocks her unconscious with a single chop. Zhou Yuang avoids a more awkward collision when Bourbon falls onto him, though she still bumps his cheek.
• Cafe helps Zhou Yuang up and explains why she is at Tracen Academy at night: she is investigating the strange Uma Musume wandering the grounds.
• She reveals that the affected Uma Musume were poisoned by a potion created during an improperly handled experiment by her friend, Agnes Tachyon.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang is shaken by Bourbon’s threat and wary even of Cafe, despite her having rescued him.
• Cafe comes across as gentle and soft-spoken, but decisive and capable when danger arises.
• The livestream viewers—and especially Silence Suzuka, Oguri Cap, and Air Groove—react protectively toward Zhou Yuang, with some expressing jealousy or concern.
• Agnes Tachyon, watching the stream, is shocked and indignant to learn that her in-game counterpart may have caused the incident, but quickly becomes curious about the experiment.

Character interactions

• Cafe rescues Zhou Yuang and introduces herself, then tells him she is at the academy to deal with the nighttime disturbances.
• Zhou Yuang questions Cafe about the affected Uma Musume, prompting her explanation of Tachyon’s potion.
• Off-screen viewers debate Bourbon’s intentions, celebrate Cafe’s intervention, and worry about Zhou Yuang’s safety.

Significant themes

• Protection and jealousy: The Uma Musume watching the stream feel strongly protective of Zhou Yuang and react possessively to threats or intimacy.
• Trust and caution: Zhou Yuang appreciates Cafe’s help but remains guarded because of his past experience with other Uma Musume.
• Consequences of experimentation: Tachyon’s careless handling of a potion appears to have caused the nighttime crisis, highlighting the danger of curiosity without proper precautions.

Key plot points and events

• Zhou Yuang and Manhattan Cafe discuss the strange Uma Musume appearing around Tracen. Cafe explains that Agnes Tachyon’s experiments caused the trouble, but asks Zhou to keep Tachyon and Cafe’s involvement from the academy.
• Cafe offers to capture nearby affected Uma Musume and come to Zhou’s aid if he calls. She warns him to avoid the swimming pool and track, where more dangerous figures are wandering.
• Zhou agrees to keep quiet and exchanges phone numbers with Cafe. Before leaving, Cafe carries the waking Bourbon away over her shoulder.
• While the livestream chat jokes about whether Cafe might be involved, Zhou repairs the surveillance-room breaker and connects his tablet to the room’s system.
• The system cannot recognize his employee ID, so it asks him to enter his details. The keyboard behaves erratically; after Zhou enters random characters, the AI “corrects” them to Imported Ice Cream Machine and welcomes him by that name.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang remains cautious: he trusts Cafe provisionally, agrees to her request, and uses the opportunity to repair the breaker. The system’s rejection of his ID raises questions about his identity and status.
• Manhattan Cafe presents herself as earnest and reliable, taking responsibility for handling the roaming Uma Musume while protecting Tachyon from exposure. Her request for secrecy also leaves room for suspicion.
• Agnes Tachyon is anxious about being blamed and having her experiments investigated. She admits to herself that improperly storing the drugs was her fault, while suspecting someone in the chat holds a grudge against her.
• Air Groove advocates investigating Tachyon’s drugs, reflecting her role in managing the academy’s problems.

Significant themes

• Trust and secrecy: Zhou must decide how far to trust Cafe while agreeing to conceal information from the academy.
• Responsibility and blame: Tachyon’s experiments are treated as the likely cause, though the chat’s accusations and defenses show how blame can spread beyond what is known.
• Uncertain identity and reality: Zhou’s unrecognized ID and the system’s strange correction suggest his situation may be more complicated than a routine night shift.
• Humor amid danger: Livestream banter and character jokes contrast with the genuine threat of roaming, altered Uma Musume.

Character interactions

• Cafe negotiates a practical alliance with Zhou, offering protection in exchange for his silence and future cooperation.
• The livestream participants debate Tachyon’s culpability and whether Cafe might also be suspicious; some defend the other Uma Musume from being blamed without proof.
• Zhou jokes with the chat about not harassing Cafe, while Tachyon silently reacts to the discussion and Air Groove’s proposed investigation.

Plot and key events

• Zhou Yuang’s attempt to communicate through the AI produces the bizarre label “Imported Ice Cream Machine,” prompting the Uma Musume watching him to tease him. Dober turns the joke into material for an increasingly suggestive story, while Takamine threatens to marry her off to Zhou Yuang if she keeps misbehaving.
• Zhou Yuang uses Tracen’s extensive surveillance system to explore the school. He sees Manhattan Cafe carrying a struggling Bourbon out of the basement, then spots Grass Wonder alone in a dark classroom, holding a Naginata.
• Grass Wonder notices the camera and destroys it with a single swing, leaving Zhou Yuang and the commenters stunned. He fears she has detected him and may come after him, especially if he keeps watching her through other cameras.
• With three hours left before Miss Hayakawa arrives at six, Zhou Yuang weighs the danger of using surveillance against the danger of being caught unprepared. After considering suggestions from the commenters, he decides to investigate further and switches to the kitchen feed.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Yuang moves from embarrassment over the AI’s mistake to alarm at Grass Wonder’s apparent awareness and strength. He becomes cautious but chooses to keep gathering information rather than simply hide.
• Grass Wonder is introduced as a quiet, refined figure whose intimidating presence and apparent ability to sense—or strike—the cameras sharply contrast with her usual gentle image. Zhou Yuang regards her as a potential threat.
• The Uma Musume commenters continue to joke about Zhou Yuang, but their mood shifts to concern as they debate how Grass Wonder detected and destroyed the camera. Some offer practical advice, such as limiting camera use or trying the camera’s flash.
• Dober’s teasing embarrasses Zhou Yuang and worries Takamine, while Suzuka needles McQueen over an old “ice cream machine” incident.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Grass Wonder’s elegant reputation contrasts with her frightening, weapon-wielding presence.
• Surveillance and vulnerability: Zhou Yuang’s cameras give him valuable information, but watching Grass Wonder may expose his location.
• Humor amid danger: The group’s jokes and speculation provide comic relief even as Zhou Yuang faces a potentially serious threat.
• Uncertainty and survival: With limited time and little knowledge of the Uma Musume’s abilities, Zhou Yuang must balance information-gathering against the risk of provoking them.

Chapter Summary

Plot and events

• Zhou Yuang finds McQueen collapsed on the cafeteria floor and teases her for staying there after the freezer was locked. The livestream audience speculates about her condition and jokes about the Mejiro family.
• A lewd joke from Dober prompts Air Groove to scold her. Dober apologizes, and the group’s attention returns to Zhou Yuang’s security-camera game.
• Zhou spots Grass Wonder and immediately takes his third photograph. Expecting her to retaliate after the flash, he switches camera feeds and blocks off the route to the Basement, then checks that she has not pursued him.
• The commenters debate whether Zhou should deliberately let himself be attacked to learn the Uma Musume’s patterns. He decides to keep investigating instead.
• Zhou finds Eishin Flash on camera. Her roommate, Kikiko, reveals Flash’s identity and predictable habits in the livestream chat, despite Zhou’s earlier warnings against sharing personal information.
• Gold Ship jokes that Zhou might sneak into the dorms, alarming the Uma Musume. Air Groove makes Gold Ship write apology letters and reassures everyone that dorm security would prevent such a visit.
• Zhou studies Flash’s movements and notices that she travels on a strict, regular schedule. As his shift nears its end, he continues checking for other Uma Musume near the Basement.

Character developments

• Zhou remains cautious and strategic: he uses the camera system to collect photographs and information, avoiding needless risk while considering how to learn the attackers’ patterns.
• Air Groove acts as a stern but protective authority figure, correcting Dober and Gold Ship while also showing jealousy at Zhou’s flirtatious remarks.
• Dober’s lewd humor gets her into trouble, but she recognizes the risk to her reputation and apologizes.
• Kikiko is embarrassed after unintentionally revealing Flash’s identity and is reminded to protect others’ privacy.
• Gold Ship continues provoking the group, but Air Groove’s reprimand shows that her jokes can genuinely unsettle others.

Themes

• Caution and information-gathering: Zhou treats the dangerous game like a puzzle, using surveillance and observation to improve his chances.
• Privacy and responsibility: Kikiko’s disclosure and Gold Ship’s joke highlight the importance of protecting personal information and considering how words affect others.
• Authority and discipline: Air Groove balances humor with firm rules, protecting both the Uma Musume and the institution.
• Comedy amid danger: Banter, flirtation, and livestream reactions contrast with the real threat posed by the camera-destroying Grass Wonder and the night’s unsettling events.

Character interactions

• Zhou teases McQueen, then playfully responds to the audience’s talk about taking her in.
• Air Groove confronts Dober over her inappropriate comment and later punishes Gold Ship for frightening the others.
• The livestream audience helps identify Grass Wonder and Eishin Flash, while also commenting on Zhou’s choices and the Uma Musume’s safety.
• Zhou and Air Groove’s teasing exchanges carry an undercurrent of attraction and jealousy, even as Air Groove maintains her role as a strict vice president.

• Manhattan Cafe hunts the affected Uma Musume. On the surveillance feeds, she swiftly subdues the girls wandering in the darkness and drags them away, taking care not to injure them. Zhou Yuang and the livestream viewers admire her fighting, but wonder where she is taking the girls—and what happened to Bourbon. Zhou Yuang keeps his promise not to photograph Cafe or the others, and later shifts to checking other cameras.
• A second “Manhattan Cafe” appears. A classroom feed shows a black-haired figure resembling Cafe, even though the real Cafe is elsewhere. Zhou Yuang recognizes the figure as likely Cafe’s ghostly friend, whom he suspects is Sunday Silence. Cafe also realizes her friend may be able to pass through walls and doors, making her a dangerous threat despite the locked-down school.
• The ghost appears to have Tachyon’s drug. The figure carries and casually tosses a test tube of glowing purple liquid. Zhou Yuang recalls that Tachyon’s drug caused the Uma Musume’s condition and wonders whether the ghost is connected to the outbreak. The viewers likewise question why Tachyon delegated the cleanup to Cafe, where the captured girls are going, and how the double moved between locations.
• Zhou Yuang is confronted. The ghost seems to notice the surveillance camera, then walks beyond its range. As Zhou Yuang prepares to search for her on another feed, she suddenly appears behind him, grabs his shoulder, and turns him around. Though her face matches Cafe’s, her scarlet eyes, feral grin, and white forehead star reveal that she is someone else—apparently Sunday Silence. She asks what he thinks is “bad,” leaving him face-to-face with a likely immediate threat.
  Character developments and interactions: Cafe is shown as both formidable and merciful, while her ghostly companion is revealed to be mischievous, elusive, and potentially dangerous. Zhou Yuang’s cautious, analytical surveillance gives way to alarm when his theories become reality. Tachyon remains offscreen but is increasingly implicated through her drug and her decision to have Cafe handle the crisis.
  Themes: The chapter builds suspense through gaps in surveillance and unanswered questions, contrasts Cafe’s restrained force with the ghost’s unsettling presence, and plays dark comedy against danger—especially in Zhou Yuang’s anxious speculation about what Sunday Silence might do.

Key plot points and events

• In the livestream, Sunday Silence suddenly appears in the basement and pins Zhou Yuang down. He is baffled by how she got there and suspects she is a ghost.
• Sunday Silence teases and sniffs him, recognizing the scent of other Uma Musume—especially Manhattan Cafe—and then begins sexually harassing him.
• Zhou Yuang cannot move, feeling as though he is experiencing sleep paralysis. He protests that he has a fiancée, but Sunday Silence is undeterred.
• The livestream audience reacts with shock, alarm, jealousy, and confusion. Silence Suzuka and Air Groove are particularly upset: Suzuka considers Zhou Yuang her fiancé, while Air Groove wants to identify and restrain the apparent menace.
• In the viewing area, the real Sunday Silence and Manhattan Cafe discuss the incident. Sunday Silence jokes that a ghost has few ways to enjoy herself, then realizes she would not normally behave so aggressively unless Zhou Yuang were Horse Mint, who may be able to solve her problem.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang stays unusually composed under pressure, even wondering whether the encounter might yield useful information, but clearly does not consent to Sunday Silence’s advances.
• Sunday Silence is introduced as bold, flirtatious, and shameless, sharply contrasting with Manhattan Cafe’s quiet demeanor. Her remarks suggest that her ghostly condition—and the possibility that Zhou Yuang is Horse Mint—may be motivating her behavior.
• Manhattan Cafe remains observant and restrained, questioning how Sunday Silence appeared and recognizing that her friend’s conduct is out of character.
• Silence Suzuka and Air Groove reveal strong protective—and jealous—feelings toward Zhou Yuang, while several other Uma Musume react with embarrassment or bewilderment.

Significant themes

• The chapter uses supernatural mystery and comedy, juxtaposing ghostly abilities with ordinary livestream reactions.
• Consent and personal boundaries are central to the scene: the audience’s jokes do not change that Zhou Yuang is immobilized and resisting.
• The story contrasts public spectacle with private danger, as viewers can watch and comment but cannot intervene.
• Sunday Silence’s ghostly predicament hints at a larger mystery involving Horse Mint and whether Zhou Yuang can help her.

Character interactions

• Sunday Silence physically corners and provokes Zhou Yuang; he resists verbally and tells her to stop.
• The livestream chat turns the assault into a chaotic public spectacle, with Suzuka and Air Groove expressing anger and others urging Zhou Yuang to escape.
• Manhattan Cafe questions Sunday Silence about her conduct and apparent motives, while Sunday Silence answers with joking candor.

Key plot points and events

• Sunday Silence kisses Zhou Yuang during the livestream, but recoils and writhes as though choking. He explains that Zhou’s unusually strong “yang energy” burned him—an especially painful problem because Sunday is a ghost.
• Sunday concludes that Zhou has the rare “Sacred Body of Horse Mint,” whose bodily fluids could act as a powerful tonic for Uma Musume and, under the right conditions, help Sunday regain a physical body.
• Excited by the possibility of returning to life, Sunday begs Manhattan Cafe to let him seek Zhou out. Cafe agrees to go with him, both to help and to stop him from forcing himself on Zhou.
• Zhou tries to change the subject when Sunday’s cryptic remarks make the livestream viewers curious about his constitution. Air Groove and Rudolf work to deflect speculation and protect his privacy.

Character developments

• Sunday Silence shifts from curious to intensely hopeful: the possibility of becoming corporeal gives him a reason to pursue Zhou, though his enthusiasm alarms Cafe.
• Manhattan Cafe shows loyalty and concern for both Sunday and Zhou. She supports her friend while setting a firm boundary against harming or pressuring Zhou.
• Zhou Yuang is embarrassed and wary that Sunday has nearly exposed his secret, and he attempts to redirect the conversation.
• Air Groove worries that Zhou’s unusual constitution could attract wealthy people who might exploit him. Rudolf recognizes the risk but chooses to protect Zhou rather than pursue it herself.

Significant themes

• The chapter mixes supernatural lore with comic misunderstandings, treating Zhou’s constitution as both a potential miracle and a source of danger.
• It emphasizes consent and protection: Cafe agrees to help Sunday only while making clear that Zhou must not be coerced.
• Privacy and exploitation are central concerns, as Air Groove and Rudolf try to keep Zhou’s unusual body from becoming public knowledge.

Character interactions

• Sunday’s strange reaction to the kiss confuses Zhou and the livestream audience, prompting viewers to speculate about what is wrong.
• Cafe confronts Sunday about his dreamy expression and suspected intentions, then agrees to accompany him.
• Air Groove and Rudolf quietly coordinate to steer attention away from Zhou’s constitution; Rudolf also notices the closeness between Zhou and Air Groove.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• While watching Zhou Yuang’s confrontation with Sunday Silence, Takamine reconsiders her earlier objections to him. She thinks he may be a suitable trainer—and perhaps a suitable match for her younger sister—because she cannot protect the younger Mejiros forever. She also wonders whether Zhou Yuang is “Horse Mint” and plans to ask Rudolf.
• Zhou Yuang cannot overpower Sunday Silence, so he uses the surveillance tablet to summon help indirectly. He flashes Grass Wonder through a camera, provoking her, then places the tablet at Sunday’s feet.
• Grass Wonder charges toward them with her naginata. Zhou Yuang has deliberately made Sunday hesitate to move the tablet, leaving her beside it and making her look responsible. Grass Wonder assumes Sunday caused the provocation and attacks.
• Sunday dodges, but Grass Wonder cuts off some of her hair. Furious at Zhou Yuang’s trick, Sunday curses him and fights Grass Wonder instead. Zhou Yuang stays out of their way.
• The livestream audience reacts to Sunday’s crude threats to involve her “whole family.” Sunday insists she was only swearing, not making a literal threat, and adds that she has no family nearby.

Character developments

• Takamine shifts from anger and suspicion toward trust in Zhou Yuang. Her concern for her younger sister remains, but she begins considering that Zhou may be a good person to entrust her to.
• Zhou Yuang shows quick thinking under pressure. Rather than fight Sunday directly, he uses the surveillance system, Grass Wonder’s temper, and Sunday’s self-interest to redirect the danger.
• Sunday Silence moves abruptly from flirtatious affection toward Zhou Yuang to furious hostility after realizing he manipulated her. Despite her anger, she hesitates to abandon him to Grass Wonder’s attack.
• Grass Wonder is shown as easily provoked and intensely vengeful, responding to the camera flashes with a lethal rush.
• The livestream watchers, especially Silence Suzuka, react possessively and indignantly to Sunday’s threats toward Zhou Yuang.

Significant themes

• Survival through ingenuity: Zhou Yuang’s vulnerability forces him to outthink stronger opponents rather than confront them physically.
• Self-interest and manipulation: He exploits Sunday’s desire to protect—and potentially possess—him, making her hesitation part of his plan.
• Responsibility and letting go: Takamine reflects on the limits of her role as an elder sister and the need to trust others with her family’s future.
• Jealousy, affection, and rivalry: The watchers’ protective reactions and Sunday’s shifting behavior mix romance with comic hostility.
• Comic contrast: A tense, potentially deadly confrontation is undercut by crude jokes, dramatic threats, and the spectators’ commentary.

Character interactions

• Takamine privately weighs Zhou Yuang’s suitability as a trainer and guardian for her sister.
• Zhou Yuang uses Grass Wonder to turn Sunday Silence into the target of an attack, then lets the two Uma Musume fight while he avoids the danger.
• Sunday blames Zhou Yuang for the setup and lashes out at him verbally, even as she fights Grass Wonder.
• Grass Wonder attacks Sunday, believing she is responsible for the provocation.
• The livestream audience mocks, condemns, or questions Sunday’s threats, while Manhattan Cafe remains visibly skeptical of her explanation.

Plot points and events

• After Sunday Silence and Grass Wonder continue fighting in the Basement, Zhou Yuang grabs his tablet and flees. It is already 5 p.m., so he hopes to hide until 6 and win the night-shift challenge.
• The dark, unfamiliar academy offers few obvious hiding places. Camera checks show the fight still underway, McQueen still in the Cafeteria, and no sign of Bourbon or Eishin Flash.
• Manhattan Cafe appears and finds Zhou Yuang with his shirt torn from Sunday Silence’s attack. She recognizes the scent of her friend and explains that the friend is a ghost who took the infected potion meant for Cafe and has since turned hostile.
• Cafe says her ghost friend cannot be stopped by doors and that she has little control over her. She offers to protect Zhou Yuang, insisting she is the only person he can trust.
• Though suspicious, Zhou Yuang decides that staying with Cafe is safer than facing the other dangerous Uma Musume alone. He reassures the livestream audience, who cautiously accept his choice. The first day ends.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang shifts from trying to survive the immediate attack to planning strategically, escaping while his pursuers are occupied and seeking a place to last out the challenge. He remains wary of Cafe but pragmatically accepts her help.
• Manhattan Cafe reveals more about her ghost friend and her own limited understanding of the crisis. Her concern for Zhou Yuang seems genuine, though her claim that only she can protect him leaves him uneasy.
• Sunday Silence remains violently possessive, while Grass Wonder is still locked in combat with her.
• Agnes Digital is deeply shaken by the Uma Musume’s behavior, which clashes with her idealized image of them.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Cafe’s gentle, quiet manner contrasts with Sunday Silence’s aggression, even though they look alike.
• Trust under pressure: Zhou Yuang must choose among dangerous, uncertain options and settles on the person who seems least threatening.
• Comedy amid horror: The livestream audience reacts with disbelief and alarm, while Zhou Yuang’s dry, tactical commentary undercuts the danger.
• Limited knowledge and control: Cafe cannot communicate effectively with her transformed ghost friend, and both she and Zhou Yuang are navigating a crisis with incomplete information.

Character interactions

• Zhou Yuang flees while Sunday Silence and Grass Wonder fight, ignoring Sunday’s calls.
• The livestream viewers debate whether Cafe and Sunday Silence are related and warn Zhou Yuang not to approach Cafe; he argues that running from an Uma Musume would be futile.
• Cafe notices Zhou Yuang’s torn clothes, identifies her friend’s involvement, and explains the situation. Zhou Yuang feigns surprise to draw out information.
• Cafe offers protection, and Zhou Yuang chooses to stay with her despite his doubts, while the audience urges him to remain cautious.

Key plot points and events

• After a night at Tracen, Zhou Yuang stays with Manhattan Cafe despite warnings from the Uma Musume watching through the livestream.
• Cafe notices Zhou’s torn top and takes him to the staff clothing storage area. She gets clothes by ripping the lock off the door.
• While Zhou changes, Cafe insists on staying nearby, claiming she needs to protect him from other Uma Musume. Zhou is uncomfortable, while the livestream audience suspects she is also enjoying the view.
• At six in the morning, Cafe says she can now leave Zhou alone, but asks him not to mention her to Hayakawa. She warns that some Uma Musume who roam at night are active during the day, then leaves in a hurry.
• Zhou meets Hayakawa at the academy gates and reports the night’s events using photographs on his tablet. He is unsure whether to mention that Sunday Silence and Grass Wonder fought in the surveillance room.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Yuang remains calm despite the strange circumstances, but is embarrassed by the attention his exposed, athletic build attracts. He tries to maintain professional boundaries with Cafe.
• Manhattan Cafe acts protective and unusually possessive, staying close to Zhou and warning him about other Uma Musume. Her evasiveness—especially her request that Zhou not mention her to Hayakawa—suggests she is hiding something.
• The livestream Uma Musume react with a mix of jealousy, amusement, and concern as Cafe monopolizes Zhou’s attention.
• Hayakawa is presented as a trusted, authoritative administrator. She understands Zhou’s report immediately and gives him a private place to deliver it.

Significant themes

• Protectiveness versus possessiveness: Cafe frames her closeness as safeguarding Zhou, but her behavior leaves her motives uncertain.
• Comedy and danger in everyday academy life: Torn clothes, a forcibly opened lock, and awkward changing-room boundaries sit alongside the implication that night-time conflicts may continue unchecked.
• Secrecy and accountability: Cafe’s plea not to be mentioned and Zhou’s uncertainty about reporting the fight raise questions about what should be concealed from the academy administration.

Key plot points and events

• After Zhou Yuang reports the Basement’s damage and the suspicious activity in the surveillance room, Hayakawa arranges maintenance and tells him not to confront the Uma Musume involved. He keeps quiet about Tachyon, fearing that bringing her up would expose Manhattan Cafe and earn him another nighttime adversary.
• Hayakawa suggests Zhou Yuang use the day to find an Uma Musume to sign. He instead treats the daytime as an exploration phase, suspecting that his choices may affect events that night.
• The livestream chat directs Zhou Yuang to Tachyon and Manhattan Cafe’s shared laboratory. Meanwhile, the real Manhattan Cafe realizes Tachyon may use the game’s experiments as inspiration and goes to keep her under watch.
• In the real world, Manhattan Cafe catches Tachyon hoping to inspect the game’s potions. She threatens to force Tachyon to drink over-extracted coffee if she experiments recklessly, and stays with her.
• Zhou Yuang finds the laboratory empty in the game. He photographs Tachyon’s Experiment Log but avoids touching the unlabeled potions. Rudolf and Air Groove decide to visit Tachyon to prevent her from recreating dangerous formulas.
• As Zhou Yuang leaves the lab, a twin-tailed Uma Musume arrives asking for Tachyon. He recognizes her voice and opens the door, but the chapter ends before she is identified.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang becomes more cautious about how his daytime choices could shape the night, while still using the livestream chat to gather information. He considers recruiting Tachyon, but recognizes the danger of her experiments.
• Manhattan Cafe shows perceptiveness and protectiveness, quickly seeing through Tachyon’s plan and taking responsibility for keeping her from dangerous research.
• Tachyon remains curious and manipulative, eager to study the game’s potions despite the risks. She reluctantly submits to Cafe’s supervision but privately expects she can resume her work later.
• Rudolf and Air Groove take an active role in preventing trouble at Tracen, especially when Tachyon’s experiments threaten to create more chaos.

Significant themes

• Choices and consequences: Zhou Yuang suspects daytime interactions may alter nighttime events.
• Knowledge versus responsibility: Scientific curiosity may be useful, but Tachyon’s experiments could endanger the school.
• Trust and secrecy: Zhou Yuang withholds information to avoid betraying Cafe, while Cafe and the Student Council work to contain risks.
• Comedy amid danger: Threats involving coffee, eccentric experiments, and the prospect of more nighttime trouble keep the chapter’s tense situation playful.

Character interactions

• Hayakawa gives Zhou Yuang cautious instructions, while he privately weighs whether protecting Cafe means concealing information.
• Cafe confronts Tachyon and imposes herself as her monitor; Tachyon’s protests reveal both their familiar rivalry and Cafe’s firm concern.
• Zhou Yuang relies on the livestream chat for directions and warnings, prompting Rudolf and Air Groove to intervene.
• The chapter closes with Zhou Yuang face-to-face with an unidentified visitor seeking Tachyon.

Key plot points and events

• Zhou Yuang meets Daiwa Scarlet in Agnes Tachyon’s Laboratory. Scarlet says she is Tachyon’s junior and has come to thank her for medicine; Zhou Yuang takes the opportunity to ask what Tachyon is like.
• In an online chat, Tachyon insists Scarlet’s medicine is safe, but Manhattan Cafe exposes that Tachyon gives Scarlet the good formula while testing less-safe versions on others.
• Cafe threatens to have the Laboratory confiscated unless Tachyon cooperates. Tachyon capitulates, and Cafe orders her to find “AT”—Zhou Yuang—so Cafe can pursue her own plans.
• While Zhou Yuang and Scarlet wait in the Laboratory, the lights go out. Scarlet becomes eerily detached and predatory, approaches him, and says she wants to examine Tachyon’s trainer. Zhou Yuang calls out Tachyon for claiming there would be no danger.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang remains wary of Tracen’s strange incidents, but his curiosity about Tachyon leads him to question Scarlet about her.
• Daiwa Scarlet initially appears warm, familiar with the Laboratory, and grateful to Tachyon. The blackout brings out a disturbing, altered side of her.
• Agnes Tachyon is exposed as reckless and selective in how she distributes her experimental medicines. Despite her usual bravado, she can be pressured when her research space is threatened.
• Manhattan Cafe shows both resentment toward Tachyon’s drugging and a practical streak: she uses the threat of losing the Laboratory to make Tachyon help find Zhou Yuang.

Significant themes

• Scientific recklessness and favoritism: Tachyon’s experiments put others at risk, while Scarlet receives safer treatment.
• Trust and hidden danger: Ordinary interactions at Tracen can turn threatening without warning.
• Leverage and self-interest: Cafe and Tachyon cooperate because each has something the other wants.

Character interactions

• Zhou Yuang and Scarlet begin a friendly conversation, but her sudden change turns it into a tense confrontation.
• Cafe confronts Tachyon over her experiments, then directs her to find Zhou Yuang.
• Tachyon and Cafe’s bickering reveals their strained friendship: Cafe resents being drugged, while Tachyon fears losing access to her experiments.

Key plot points and events

• Daiwa Scarlet approaches Zhou Yuang while apparently under the same strange nighttime influence that affected the other Uma Musume. Tachyon panics, realizing her drug may have caused the behavior and fearing Daiwa will do something embarrassing.
• Daiwa steps into a sunlit corridor and abruptly returns to herself, with no memory of what happened after the lights went out. Zhou Yuang covers for her by claiming she has claustrophobia and warning her to avoid dark places.
• While waiting for Tachyon, Daiwa praises her as a brilliant, caring senior. Zhou Yuang explains that Tachyon is deeply devoted to research, has resisted finding a trainer, and may face expulsion if she continues to do so.
• Zhou Yuang describes Tachyon’s extraordinary running, which delights Daiwa—but irritates Tachyon, who suspects he is praising her to get close to her junior.
• Daiwa reveals that Tachyon has recently been leaving the academy to work at an outside laboratory, though she does not know where it is. Zhou Yuang considers asking Manhattan Cafe or following Tachyon.
• Eishin Flash arrives and greets them in German, prompting Zhou Yuang to reflect that, despite her “German exchange student” identity, she was born in Japan and has never lived in Germany.

Character developments

• Tachyon shows genuine fear and guilt over the possibility that her experiment harmed Daiwa, exposing how much she cares for her junior. Her jealousy also surfaces when Zhou Yuang praises Tachyon to Daiwa.
• Daiwa Scarlet is affectionate and loyal toward Tachyon, seeing her as an exemplary senior despite her eccentric reputation. She remains unaware of her strange nighttime behavior.
• Zhou Yuang stays cautious and observant, concealing what happened from Daiwa while gathering information about Tachyon’s research and whereabouts.
• Manhattan Cafe is concerned for Daiwa and increasingly frustrated with Tachyon’s recklessness.
• Eishin Flash’s entrance shifts the scene toward the next encounter, while Zhou Yuang’s aside highlights the mismatch between her fictional backstory and real-world origins.

Significant themes

• Scientific responsibility: Tachyon’s experiments may have consequences she did not anticipate, forcing her to confront the risks of testing drugs on others.
• Hidden selves and memory: The Uma Musume’s nighttime conduct is disturbing partly because they remember none of it afterward.
• Loyalty and perception: Daiwa’s idealized view of Tachyon contrasts with Tachyon’s actual eccentric and sometimes irresponsible behavior.
• Truth versus cover stories: Zhou Yuang protects Daiwa with a fabricated explanation while trying to uncover what is really happening.

Character interactions

• Tachyon’s alarm and guilt contrast with Manhattan Cafe’s practical concern for Daiwa.
• Zhou Yuang reassures and redirects Daiwa after she regains consciousness, then draws her into conversation about Tachyon.
• Daiwa’s admiration of Tachyon makes Zhou Yuang’s praise effective, but also sparks Tachyon’s jealousy in the livestream chat.
• Daiwa’s information about the outside laboratory gives Zhou Yuang a new lead before Eishin Flash joins them.

Plot points and events

• Zhou Yuang asks Eishin Flash whether she has seen Agnes Tachyon. Flash recalls seeing Tachyon in the Cafeteria three days earlier, eating while monitoring a colorful distillation apparatus.
• Zhou Yuang’s livestream comment suggests the Student Council inspect Tachyon’s equipment. Tachyon sees it and angrily worries that restrictions will keep her from getting food; Manhattan Cafe finds her reaction amusing.
• Zhou Yuang decides Tachyon is likely at the Laboratory and heads toward the Basement, where he hopes to learn why the power is out and whether the surveillance cameras can be restored.
• He finds Bourbon standing by the Basement door. When he approaches, she abruptly runs away, leaving him puzzled about her behavior and whether she has recovered.
• Zhou Yuang enters the electrical room and tells the repair workers that an Uma Musume asked him to check on the outage. They promise power will be restored soon, though the heaps of damaged equipment make him doubt the quick repair.
• He notices the Cafeteria’s ice-cream machine in the Basement corridor and wonders, bewildered, how it got there.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhou Yuang continues using his night-shift knowledge and the livestream comments to investigate the incident, while remaining wary of the affected Uma Musume and the darkened Academy. His fatigue shows in his increasingly odd thoughts.
• Tachyon is revealed as intensely devoted to research, her junior, and food. The possibility of losing Cafeteria access makes her furious.
• Eishin Flash is precise and observant: she tracks how long she looked at Zhou Yuang and feels she may have seen him somewhere dimly lit, though she cannot place him.
• Daiwa Scarlet views Zhou Yuang mainly as someone who might help Tachyon and hopes Tachyon has already cured Bourbon.
• Bourbon’s sudden flight from Zhou Yuang is unusual and raises questions about her condition.
• The repair workers are cooperative once Zhou Yuang explains he is acting on an Uma Musume’s behalf.

Significant themes

• Comedy amid danger: Tachyon’s elaborate equipment, appetite, and furious reaction undercut the unsettling mystery.
• Uncertainty and suspicion: The Uma Musume’s behavior, the blackout, and Bourbon’s flight leave Zhou Yuang unsure who is safe or what happened.
• Protectiveness toward Uma Musume: The workers readily accept that a Trainer would investigate a problem for one of them.
• Order versus eccentricity: Flash’s precise timekeeping contrasts with Tachyon’s chaotic experiments and Zhou Yuang’s increasingly scattered thoughts.

Key plot points and events

• The Ice Cream Machine has been moved to the Basement after it was crushed. Though it can no longer make ice cream, it still plays music—something Zhou Yuang sees as a useful way to lure McQueen away from the Cafeteria.
• While searching Tracen for Manhattan Cafe and Bourbon, Zhou Yuang finds no one and grows impatient. He decides to ask Miss Hayakawa about Agnes Tachyon.
• He learns that Grass Wonder has come to request him as her trainer, supposedly on Tachyon’s recommendation. Though alarmed by Grass Wonder’s violent nighttime behavior, Zhou Yuang agrees to speak with her because she may help him reach Tachyon.
• Grass Wonder takes him somewhere private and gives him her phone. Zhou Yuang speaks with Tachyon, who casually tells him not to rush, despite his many urgent questions.

Character developments

• Zhou Yuang remains wary and opportunistic. He plans to use the broken machine to manipulate McQueen, worries about the Basement’s hidden backup power, and treats the unfolding danger as a game or assignment he must clear perfectly.
• McQueen is embarrassed by the Livestream Room’s jokes about her weight and fears that her identity and humiliating behavior will be exposed. She feels unable to defend herself without inviting further ridicule.
• Grass Wonder presents herself as a gentle, refined young lady by day, sharply contrasting with her terrifying nighttime violence. She approaches Zhou Yuang as a prospective trainer.
• Tachyon remains elusive and flippant, controlling the conversation from a distance rather than immediately answering Zhou Yuang’s questions.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Grass Wonder’s graceful daytime manner contrasts with her nighttime brutality; the harmless-looking Ice Cream Machine may also serve a more sinister purpose.
• Humiliation and reputation: McQueen fears public mockery and the damage it could bring to the Mejiro Family.
• Survival framed as a game: Zhou Yuang jokes about “doing time” and pursuing a perfect ending, even as he faces real danger.
• Suspicion and uncertainty: The hidden backup power, the unexplained damage, and the conflicting clues keep Zhou Yuang unsure whom to trust.

Character interactions

• The Livestream Room teases McQueen about supposedly crushing the machine, prompting other viewers to defend her and Aldan to consider intervening.
• Zhou Yuang exchanges polite but uninformative conversation with Chairperson Yayoi Akikawa, then learns from Hayakawa that Grass Wonder is seeking him.
• Grass Wonder privately connects Zhou Yuang to Tachyon by handing him her phone. Tachyon’s relaxed, teasing response frustrates his desire for answers.