Realizing that further investigation would lead nowhere, Shinji Kitahara decisively put his plans on hold and returned to his daily routine.
Time passed, and soon it was time for Agnes Digital's race. Shinji's days were peaceful. He didn't do much training guidance, nor did he investigate anything related to the Black Forest. He just played on his phone and slacked off, completely reverting to his former lazy self.
However, while he was fine, there were some unexpected incidents.
One involved Agnes Tachyon.
After the first day of care, Agnes Tachyon's behavior on the second and third days was not just similar to how she was after her debut race; it was identical. Although she didn't refuse Shinji's care, she didn't say a single word to him after that. During the care sessions, even though Shinji deliberately held back, even more gently than after her debut race, Agnes Tachyon's reactions were even stronger, which puzzled him.
Logically, the stimulation from the care should be greatest at the beginning, and her reaction should lessen as she got used to it. He had planned to increase the intensity once she adapted, but who knew she would react like this to even half his strength. He certainly couldn't increase it now; it would be a huge problem if he twisted her spirit.
The surprise came on the fourth day.
Shinji was giving her the usual care when he suddenly noticed her reaction was different. There was no blush on her face, no slight trembling of her body. When he looked at her, she even gave him a gentle smile and twitched her ears.
"Guinea Pig, my ears are in particularly good condition today. Want to touch them?"
Shinji's eye twitched. "You... drank that potion again?"
Agnes Tachyon smiled and nodded, then said, "I mentioned the effects of this potion online yesterday, and the response was surprisingly good. Many people are asking to buy it, so I thought I'd test its effects again today. If it's good, I plan to sell it in the shop along with the sensitivity enhancement potion. I think it could be a big seller."
Shinji was speechless.
As if turning pleasure into affection isn't enough, she wants to sell it with a sensitivity enhancement potion...
He could already picture the chaos that would ensue on campus.
After a moment of thought, considering that Ms. Hayakawa and Rudolph already had enough on their plates, he decided to try to persuade her to abandon this dangerous idea.
But Agnes Tachyon said she had already taken deposits and couldn't back out now. Today, she just wanted to do one last test of the potion's efficacy to confirm there were no problems before she started selling it.
However, she also said that if he strongly objected, in her current state, she could tell him where the batch of potions was so he could confiscate it, but it would require a small "reward," for example...
Her index finger lightly traced her pink lips, a hint of anticipation in her red eyes.
Shinji immediately refused. He wasn't prepared to sacrifice his pelvis for the sake of others.
In the time that followed, although she didn't get a kiss, Agnes Tachyon didn't give up. While she didn't take any substantial action, in other ways...
"Guinea Pig, do you like boys or girls?"
"Guinea Pig, what do you think we should name our first child?"
"Guinea Pig, what kind of clothes do you like..."
"Shut up, or I'm leaving."
Shinji, at his wit's end, finally spoke, and Agnes Tachyon instantly became obedient and remained so until the potion's effects wore off, and she was no longer afraid.
Because even without the support of certain false emotions, some real existences had filled the emptiness.
She was no longer a completely false existence, just a future with not much time left.
All that was left was to wait quietly.
But although she thought it through so well while under the potion's effects, when the effects wore off, she still fell apart.
And, because of her performance twice in a row, Shinji was now even more certain that she wasn't really shy, just sulking with him.
Think about it, if she was really shy about this kind of thing, how could she come back for a second time? So it was obvious she didn't take it seriously, and maybe she even wanted to use it to get back at him and tease him.
So he left with a clear conscience, leaving Agnes Tachyon curled up in a ball on the bed, her tail constantly slapping the bed, her face so red it looked like it was about to drip.
The other surprise was Symboli Rudolph.
Normally, although Symboli Rudolph often appeared at the training grounds, sometimes for her own training, sometimes to see Tokai Teio, she would usually stand far away from Shinji and, apart from a greeting, would rarely interact with him.
But after returning from the hospital, perhaps feeling she had some rapport with Shinji, she started to gravitate towards him whenever she appeared at the training grounds, even Nice Nature couldn't stop her.
And it wasn't just standing next to him. She now liked to strike up conversations with him, usually about Tokai Teio, but sometimes about things happening on campus, asking for his opinion.
Shinji regretted it, deeply regretted it. He thought to himself that he would have been better off asking for outside help.
But what's done is done, and there was no point in regretting it now. And he might have to rely on this 'Emperor' for future investigations, so Shinji couldn't just brush her off like before.
And, because of the empathy he mentioned earlier, whenever they talked about Tokai Teio, he couldn't help but let his professional instincts take over, giving her advice on how to get along with or educate a child from his perspective.
However, Shinji wasn't too worried. Although Rudolph had gotten closer, their relationship was more like two parents exchanging notes on managing their children, and their relationship was still relatively stable.
And Tokai Teio was also very happy that Rudolph and Shinji's relationship had improved, because at least she wouldn't have to worry about Shinji being targeted by the president because of her, but...
Looking at the two of them watching her in the distance, a strange emotion flashed through Tokai Teio's heart.
Aren't they a little too close?
But she quickly suppressed this strange thought and focused on her training again.
As for what Symboli Rudolph was thinking...
She wasn't really thinking about much.
Well, how to put it, although she was hailed by the outside world as the 'undefeated Triple Crown legend' and the 'flawless Emperor,' in private, Symboli Rudolph wasn't as perfect as they said, especially with a little quirk that few people knew about.
She liked to slack off.
That's right. Although to the outside world, this legend was not only capable and efficient, but also always presented an image of both talent and hard work, she actually loved to be lazy.
While she never slacked off on serious matters and would always do the work that needed to be done, outside of serious business, she would take any opportunity to slack off.
For example, recently, due to the increase in transfer students, the student council's workload had skyrocketed. It wasn't that she didn't work, but after finishing her assigned share, she didn't really want to work overtime.
But the problem was that she was so efficient that by the time she finished her own part, Air Groove and Narita Brian were still writing furiously. In this situation, it wouldn't be appropriate for her to just sit there and watch them work, but she didn't want to work overtime to help them—she had already handled nearly sixty percent of the documents herself, what's wrong with taking a break?
After thinking about it, she decided she had to find an excuse to slip out, and in the end, she always came to the training grounds under the pretext of visiting Tokai Teio.
And it wasn't just with work; even on the racetrack, she would slack off when she could.
For example, in the final stage of a race, once she was sure that no one around her could catch up, she would immediately slow down and win the race with the least amount of effort.
The outside world speculated that this was her mercy towards her opponents, the Emperor's benevolence, but in reality, she was just too lazy to run.
Since she was going to win anyway, why bother trying so hard?
She even enjoyed chatting with Shinji Kitahara partly for this reason.
Because she came from that godforsaken place, the Symboli family, she basically had no childhood to speak of, so she had never been very good at dealing with children.
As for Air Groove and Narita Brian, the former was too serious and even worse with children than her. Although Narita Brian got along well with children, he was basically a king of the kids, and as the Emperor, she still had to maintain her image, so she couldn't imitate him.
But Shinji Kitahara was different.
Although she didn't know where he got so much experience in dealing with children, Rudolph didn't mind getting some advice from him and then...
Just copying it.
Well, if you can copy the answer directly, why think for yourself?
More importantly, because of her childhood, she couldn't understand children's minds at all. It was better to just follow the expert's advice than to guess blindly.
Rudolph was not a stubborn old woman like Speed Symboli. In a normal state, she was still very receptive to other people's opinions.
However, she didn't just come to him for matters concerning children.
Another reason was that after a few conversations, Symboli Rudolph found that she and Shinji Kitahara seemed to get along quite well.
Although their first meeting was not very pleasant, in the following exchanges, she couldn't say that she had a bad feeling about their conversations; at the very least, it was like meeting an old friend.
Whether it was their thinking or logic, their way of handling things or their high efficiency, it was all very much in line with Rudolph's own style, and it felt great to work with him.
As for his slacking, she didn't mind it that much either. After all, she herself was the type to slack off after finishing her work, so of course she wouldn't dislike it. In fact, she even felt relaxed because of his slacking—look, this guy is slacking off so much, it's not too much for me to slack off a little, right?
Especially since this person seemed to have some connection with the Symboli family. Although she had had little contact with her family since entering Tracen, she still had Symboli blood in her veins. How could she not care about her family's affairs at all?
And based on this, she also came up with a guess about Shinji Kitahara's identity: that he might be a long-lost blood relative of the Symboli family, perhaps her cousin or something.
In this way, the connection with the Symboli family, the strange sense of familiarity, and even the strange information blockade all had an explanation.
Blood relatives, so he has a connection with the Symboli family, so there is an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
And being lost to the outside world might mean that he or his parents had had some trouble with the Symboli family and left with some information that might embarrass the Symboli family.
And if she knew about this kind of thing, she would definitely investigate it.
And with her fame, if she dug deep, she might alert the media, which could expose the embarrassing incident of the Symboli family, and even make that old woman, Speed Symboli, lose face.
Thinking about it this way, everything could be explained.
And after having this thought, the more Symboli Rudolph thought about it, the more she felt that this logic was reliable, and in the end, her gaze towards Shinji Kitahara softened a lot.
Because in her eyes, Shinji Kitahara was basically her cousin.
Not only a family member, but also a very rare good person who had not been poisoned by the education of the Symboli family, was capable, and got along well with her.
If she didn't treat him well now and try to win him over to her side, was she going to let him struggle in that den of demons, the Symboli family?
Both emotionally and rationally, Rudolph felt that it was necessary for her to have a good relationship with him.
It was just that their first meeting was not very pleasant. I hope it didn't leave too bad an impression on him...
Rudolph felt a little regretful.
Fortunately, Rudolph was very tactful and knew that being too enthusiastic from the beginning might scare him. So for now, she was mainly talking to him about Tokai Teio and various campus trifles, on the one hand to deepen their relationship, and on the other hand to find out his abilities.
And once their relationship became more familiar and his abilities could be confirmed, she planned to start thinking about how to make him one of her own.
As for the Chief Director?
Although poaching a trainer was a matter that touched the Chief Director's bottom line.
But the problem was that if Shinji Kitahara was her cousin, then this was a private matter of the Symboli family, and even the Chief Director wouldn't say anything.
So, Rudolph began to actively approach Shinji Kitahara, but because she was very good at controlling her pace, she hadn't let a certain person notice anything unusual for now.
And then, in this situation where everyone had their own thoughts, time quietly passed.
And then, it was time for Agnes Digital to step onto the racetrack.
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