The sun sets, and then it rises.
The holiday is over, a new day begins, and it's time for work again.
He washed up as usual, got dressed, went to the Tracen cafeteria, had a meal, and then went to the training grounds as usual.
Very good, very peaceful. Looks like I can have a good slack-off day today.
Just as Shinji was thinking this, he stepped into the training field.
And in the next second, a strange feeling suddenly came over him, making his eyelids twitch uncontrollably.
What's going on?
Puzzled, he looked up towards his team's designated meeting spot and saw an even stranger scene.
At this time in the past, because of his long-term non-interference, the horse girls on his team should have already started their self-training. At most, one or two would be resting after finishing a set and would greet him with a smile when they saw him.
Of course, Eclipse was an exception. She would always be standing there, looking more like a trainer than the actual trainer.
But today, at the designated meeting spot, the seven horse girls under his name were standing there in a neat row, not a single one missing. And, after he looked over, the horse girls all raised their heads and looked at him at the same time.
"Good morning, Trainer-san! Let's do our best for the new week!" Teio had a big smile on her face, as energetic as ever.
"Good morning, Mr. Guinea Pig. Want to try my new potion?" Tachyon smiled, a strange light flickering in her ruby-like pupils.
"Good morning, Trainer Kitahara..." Oguri said halfway, and then for some reason, she touched her stomach, a look of confusion on her face.
"Good morning, Shinji-san." Special Week smiled simply as usual, it's just that for some reason, her hair looked a little longer than when they had parted yesterday.
The moment he looked over, the four of them spoke at the same time, greeting him.
As for the remaining three, Grass Wonder seemed a little down. She reacted a beat slow, and only after the other four had greeted him did she realize and politely greet him. Then her gaze drifted back to Special Week.
Agnes Digital stood among them, looking around excitedly. After Grass Wonder had also greeted him, she followed suit, and then her gaze began to cycle between him and Eclipse, her eyes shining with bliss.
As for Eclipse...
"Good morning."
She was the last to greet him, and she just nodded, without any further expression.
This sudden strangeness startled Shinji. He almost thought they had planned something in that group chat without him and were going to team up to pull a big prank on him.
Fortunately, this strange situation only lasted for a moment. After greeting him, everyone returned to their usual state.
Those who should be training, trained. Those who should be hnnngh-ing at horse girls, hnnngh-ed. Those who should be looking at Special Week with a lost expression, looked at Special Week.
The remaining Eclipse, in her perpetual all-black, stood by his side, routinely making him look like an assistant trainer.
Seeing them all gradually return to normal, and with no other abnormal behavior afterwards, Shinji's brows gradually relaxed, and the strange feeling in his heart also began to dissipate.
It should just be a coincidence.
He thought, then took out his phone and began his new day of slacking off.
However, today he didn't start Browse videos as soon as he opened his phone like usual. Instead, he opened the Tracen Academy forum, clicked on the anonymous section, and began to browse the content.
About three minutes later, he found the post he was looking for.
[Anonymous Question: Am I the only one who feels there's something wrong with that trainer named Shinji Kitahara?]
[Anonymous OP: It's been two weeks, and I've barely seen him work. Most of the time he's just standing there playing on his phone, and he rarely even communicates with the horse girls he's in charge of. It just feels a bit strange.]
[Anonymous Reply A: OP, why are you so concerned about others? Are you bored or not training enough?]
[Anonymous OP: The problem is, my training spot is right next to his team's. It's hard not to notice.]
[Anonymous Reply B: I've noticed it too. He does seem a bit different from other trainers. And it's not just that he rarely guides and communicates. If I had to say, it's more like he's afraid of trouble.]
[Anonymous OP: Yes, yes, that's what I feel too.]
[Anonymous OP: I'm not trying to stir up trouble, but he just gives me a weird vibe, and seems a bit irresponsible. Anyway, I suggest everyone avoid him.]
[Anonymous Reply A: But the problem is, he's Tokai Teio's trainer. How could he be like you say? Aren't you just jealous? No way, no way?]
[Anonymous Reply B: It's because he's Tokai Teio's trainer that he has even less energy to manage others.]
[Anonymous Reply B: And I just checked the official website. He already has seven horse girls on his team, and he's the only trainer. Even if his level is high, can he really handle seven horse girls at the same time?]
[Anonymous Reply B: Anyway, regardless of whether he's really irresponsible or not, I agree with the OP. I suggest everyone avoid him.]
This post was made after training last Friday, and because it involved him, a famous person, it had even once reached the top of the anonymous board. Now there were hundreds of replies below.
However, unlike the time when someone was deliberately stirring up trouble, although this question was anonymous, the replies below were much more rational. Although most of the replies agreed with the OP and Anonymous Reply B, their words were not too extreme.
And among the small number of replies that opposed the OP and Anonymous Reply B, some speculated that he was a data-driven trainer, and that he was staring at his phone to collect and calculate data. Some speculated that this might be his special training method, and others speculated whether there was a team behind him, and that he was actually communicating with the team on his phone, working together to provide training assistance for Tokai Teio.
But whether they supported or opposed the OP's remarks, they all led to the same conclusion in one aspect: it was not recommended to choose him as a trainer.
If he was really irresponsible, then he should definitely be avoided. And if he was responsible, then seven horse girls were already enough.
Browse through these various negative evaluations of him, the corners of Shinji's mouth slowly curled up.
That's right. He had posted this himself.
And the first three accounts, [Anonymous OP], [Anonymous Reply A], and [Anonymous Reply B], were all his own alt accounts.
As for why he posted this? Of course, it was to reduce the probability of other horse girls being interested in him.
This might sound a bit strange. After all, judging from the results, although he had been trying to slack off since he joined, the results were not satisfactory. Not only had he gotten involved with a bunch of dangerous horse girls, but his team size had even reached seven.
But this was actually a wrong view.
If you recall carefully, the way the horse girls on his team now had joined was not normal at all.
There are two ways for an ordinary horse girl to join a team. One is that their results are outstanding, and they perform well in their debut race. As soon as it's over, countless trainers will flock to them, taking the initiative to recruit them. The horse girl will then consider various factors and choose a team to join, or they might even directly find an exclusive trainer.
As for the other type, it's the horse girls whose results are not good and whose performance in their debut race is not so good either. Although there is a certain probability that they will be recruited, this probability is not large. And generally, the teams that can recruit such horse girls will not be too strong, and the trainers' level is also very limited.
And if they don't want to join such a team, then the horse girls have to go and collect information on various teams and trainers themselves. Then, based on their own level, ability, and compatibility with the team and trainer, they will choose and take the initiative to apply. Only after passing the assessment can they apply to join the team.
As for the more advanced exclusive trainer, it's as mentioned before. After spending some time in the same team, a new trainer and a horse girl with unremarkable results will choose each other, become each other's charge, and then begin to write their own story.
But on Shinji's side...
Eclipse was tied to him. Teio had found him to slack off. Special Week and Oguri were old acquaintances. Tachyon had insisted on joining because she found him interesting. Grass Wonder was security invited by the student council and was also looking for Special Week. And Agnes Digital was here to take care of Tachyon, push her newly found ship, and hnnngh at other horse girls...
The reasons were varied, but not a single one of them had joined in a normal way.
So, to determine the effect of his slacking off tactics, you first have to exclude these exceptions.
And once you exclude them, the number of horse girls who had joined his team normally... was zero.
Some people might say this is normal. After all, in the eyes of the horse girls, Shinji was just an ordinary new trainer. Even if he had formed a team, probably no one would consider it—but the problem is, that's not how it works.
Because not all horse girls like those famous and powerful teams.
Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. The horse girls who could come to Tracen were basically the recognized elites among horse girls. Plus, they were in their adolescence. Compared to continuing a legend, they were more inclined to create their own.
For such horse girls, compared to joining an old and powerful team, creating a strong team themselves was undoubtedly a more attractive option.
And although old and powerful teams have their advantages, they also definitely have their disadvantages. Seniority, strict hierarchy, these are all just small things. The real fear is a horse girl with strong possessiveness. Although on the surface she might agree to the trainer recruiting team members, what she might do in private is really hard to say. Although in the end, it's mostly the trainer who suffers, a trainer being injured and hospitalized will also delay training, right?
And, there was another point. Shinji's team had Teio, a celebrity. Her presence alone could attract a large number of horse girls who were aiming for her.
Speaking of which, some people might feel that this is no big deal. Anyway, no matter who wants to join the team, for whatever reason, as long as Shinji firmly refuses, it's fine, right?
But the problem is, if he could really do that, he wouldn't have had to resort to slacking off tactics to avoid the possibility.
Perhaps others didn't know, but at least Eclipse knew very well that this guy, Shinji, was extremely susceptible to a soft approach.
To give a simple example, when he first met Tachyon, when she tried to verbally induce and pretend to threaten him, he gave up very decisively and refused her without any thought. But later, when Tachyon took the initiative to say that she would not reveal his secret, and began to truly state her intentions and tried to discuss it with him properly, his attitude also quickly softened.
And speaking of Eclipse, he had to be even more on guard.
At the very beginning, Shinji had thought of letting her be his charge because he felt she was the safest one. But from the current results, she had instead become the most dangerous one.
Shinji even suspected that if someone really applied to join the team in front of her, then no matter who the other party was, no matter what their reason was, she would probably find a way to help them out, and then through a series of operations, stuff the other party in.
This was terrifying. What was even more terrifying was that Shinji couldn't think of any way to resist this kind of behavior from Eclipse, so he could only find ways to reduce the probability of attracting other horse girls.
Slacking off was just the basics. What was more important was to find a way to create an external image and make others think he was terrible.
And it wasn't the first day he had this idea. It's just that before, a certain unknown enthusiastic person, Black Forest, had done this for him, so he hadn't done it himself. But who knew they would get wiped out so quickly. After thinking about it, he decided to do it himself.
And from the replies at the bottom of the post now, the results he had achieved so far were quite good.
You have to know, the anonymous board was the main source for horse girls to collect information on teams. Many negative evaluations of certain teams that were inconvenient to complain about on the main board were basically all here. And to be able to get such a high and consistent negative evaluation on the anonymous board, it could basically cut off the possibility of other horse girls applying to join his team.
It's just that, as he was scrolling through the post, he suddenly found that the comments at the back of the post gradually began to change. And, it was changing in a direction that was favorable to him and his team.
And the beginning of the change came from a post by an ID called [Tokai Teio is #1].
[Tokai Teio is #1: It's not like that. Trainer Kitahara is a very good person. Not only is his ability as a trainer strong, but he is also very responsible for the horse girls. He is a very excellent trainer.]
[Tokai Teio is #1: The reason Trainer Kitahara rarely provides guidance to the horse girls under his name is because he believes that the horse girl's will is the most important, and the trainer is just an assistant. He will choose to respect their choices, which is why he tries his best to avoid interfering with their training...]
[Tokai Teio is #1: And, although he has a full seven horse girls on his team and not a single assistant trainer, he can still handle it with ease. Doesn't that just show that his ability is not bad?]
[Tokai Teio is #1: And also...]
Who the hell is this!
Shinji was shocked.
It had already been several hundred floors, and the evaluation and discussion of him had already settled, and the popularity had already subsided. If there were no accidents, this post would sink soon and would only be found when those horse girls wanted to consider applying to his team, and then they would choose to give up amidst a pile of advice to avoid him in the post.
But ever since this [Tokai Teio is #1] appeared, not only had the comments in the post taken a turn for the better, but because this [Tokai Teio is #1]'s combat power was quite strong, and their reply and posting speed was extremely fast, the popularity had even started to rise again. There were also many more forum users who came to watch the show, and it looked like it was about to rise to the top again.
This made Shinji's eye twitch.
No, brother, did I offend you in some way? Do you have to praise me to death like this?
Browse through the posts of that [Tokai Teio is #1], the more Shinji looked, the more solemn his gaze became.
After a long silence, he made up his mind.
He couldn't let this situation continue to develop. Otherwise, his reputation might really get better.
He clicked on the settings in the upper right corner of the forum, switched his account, and clicked on that post again.
After clicking on the reply option for that [Tokai Teio is #1], he rolled up his sleeves, his gaze gradually becoming fierce.
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