Training Center.
Koichi and Megumi Mitsumori took the earliest Shinkansen back.
Although they could have taken an overnight bus, neither of them would have chosen that option.
"Ah, the familiar smell, the familiar place."
When they reached her stable, Megumi Mitsumori couldn't help sighing.
This place was now her second home, and her entire future career rested on it.
"You're home, but I'm here for work."
Koichi looked around but saw no sign of Gold Ship.
At this hour, Gold Ship was probably still training.
"What work? Even if you're working, that's not for another few days. Haven't you just been having fun in Osaka?"
Megumi Mitsumori headed straight for her office.
Naturally, she had arranged all her other work before leaving. Everyone just had to follow the plan.
"Life's so dull these days. Of course I need to get out and explore."
Koichi found somewhere to sit.
"Do you think Gold Ship will kick you as soon as he sees you?"
Megumi Mitsumori checked the time as she asked.
Gold Ship would probably be coming back around now.
His workload had certainly been heavy lately, and they had successfully brought his weight under control at five hundred kilograms.
"I still have faith in our friendship."
Koichi planned to come back on Wednesday and Thursday to take Gold Ship through his workout gallops.
As a jockey, he couldn't keep taking over Yamana Takuto's work.
"I wouldn't be so sure, haha. He's been in a really bad mood lately, especially after training."
"I heard you've been keeping his training separate from One-Way Passage's lately?"
"We do have to be careful. One-Way Passage has also run several races recently, but he's fallen just short every time. Who knows when he'll win another graded stakes race?"
Megumi Mitsumori said.
Unlike Gold Ship, who