"..." Faced with Tang Han's question, the system chose to play dead yet again.
"Just as I thought..." Tang Han finally understood everything.
"This is a trap. A trap the system deliberately set up to screw me over!"
As always, the system did not technically lie, but everything it did was aimed at tricking Tang Han into exposing his S-rank, horse-girl-attracting physique in front of a crowd of horse girls. This time was no exception.
But Tang Han had perfectly dealt with every previous sabotage mission, so this time the system had changed tactics.
It issued a limited-time task, gave him almost no time, and then kept shortening the countdown. The goal was obvious: turn Tang Han into the King of Panic. Once a person started panicking, their mind went blank, they could not think of anything, and in the end they became nothing more than a puppet obeying someone else's orders.
Just moments ago, Tang Han had almost fallen for it. The system had nearly tricked him into taking off the Doctor's Coat and letting the entire training ground full of horse girls see him.
But Tang Han had one particular trait:
The less time he had left, and the more dangerous the situation became, the calmer he got.
Back when he used to write essays during exams, even if there were only five minutes left and he still had more than three hundred characters to go, he would not start scribbling wildly like the other students. He would keep writing each word steadily and neatly, then finish right on the bell.
Because he understood one thing very clearly:
Panicking was useless. Only calmness kept you from making mistakes.
So Tang Han forced down his impatience, forgot about the consequences of failure, and let his clear-headed mind focus entirely on finding a solution.
Was there a way to complete the mission while still keeping himself safe?
Of course there was.
Tang Han reached into his backpack, pulled out honey and the other ingredients, and on the spot mixed two cups of S-rank honey special. Then he handed them to Urara and King Halo.
"Honey special. Here, have some."
"Ah... th-thank you..." Urara and King Halo took the drinks blankly, staring at Tang Han with shock written all over their faces.
Where had he just pulled the honey and ingredients from? A four-dimensional pocket?
And he had mixed the drinks so fast. It looked like he had practiced this thousands of times.
"But... how does it taste?" Tang Han asked.
King Halo looked at the honey special in her hand, which glimmered faintly with rainbow light, and swallowed.
It certainly looked delicious, but the way this rookie trainer had mixed it had seemed so casual, almost random, that she could not help doubting whether it was actually as good as it looked.
"Gulp." Unlike King Halo, Urara trusted Tang Han completely. She took a sip without hesitation.
"Mmm~~~" Urara's eyes lit up.
What was this taste? It was way too delicious!
Urara decided on the spot that Tang Han's honey special was now one of the three most delicious things in the world.
For the record, the other two were carrots and ice cream.
"Is it really that good?" King Halo was skeptical.
But seeing Urara's blissful expression, she decided to try it too.
The instant the first sip went down her throat, she froze.
"Can a honey special this good really exist in this world?!"
The way she looked at Tang Han changed immediately. The arrogance in her heart had been utterly crushed by the fact that he could make an S-rank honey special.
"Ahem. Even if you're not a first-rate trainer, you are at least a first-rate honey-special master."
Ding! Mission complete: Disciplining the Brat
Description: King Halo's attitude is too arrogant and requires correction. The host must take immediate action. By any means necessary, make her develop respect toward the host.
Mission rating: E
Reward: Doctor's Coat duration extended by 3 days
Suggestions:
Take off the Doctor's Coat and let King Halo see your true face.
Bring King Halo somewhere private and use your S-rank horse-girl physique to make her obsessed with you.
...
See? Problem solved, easy as can be. No need to take off the Doctor's Coat at all.
This time the system had tried to trap him and only ended up losing out instead. Not only had it failed to trick Tang Han, it had also handed him three extra days for free. Beautiful.
System: Damn it, failed again!
Tang Han: ...
Back when this damned system could only try to screw him over through assigned missions, it was already bad enough. But now it had started using psychological manipulation too. Tang Han would have to be even more wary of it from now on.
"Trainer-san, this drink is sooo good! Urara wants to learn how to make it too!" Urara said excitedly.
Tang Han thought about it seriously.
Making it for her to drink was fine, but teaching her... better not.
Even for someone like Tang Han, whose learning ability was several times higher than a normal person's and who had access to the system's ratings, it had still taken 993 experiments. For the absentminded Urara, learning it might well be impossible.
"No need for you to learn. If you want some, I'll make it for you..." Tang Han suddenly thought of something and glanced at Urara's stomach. "Of course, not too much. You have to drink it in moderation."
A horse girl's stomach was still one of life's great mysteries. No matter how much they ate, it never burst. It just swelled bigger and bigger like a balloon.
And if Urara drank too much and ended up with a pregnant-looking belly...
FBI: Open the door!
"Yay~" Urara finished the honey special in one go.
"Hey, hey, Trainer-san, I want another cup!"
"Go do your training first. After training, I'll make you another."
"Okaaay~" Urara nodded obediently.
"Trainer-san, are we doing long jump again?"
"No. This time we're practicing running."
"Urara, try running like this..." Based on Urara's current condition, Tang Han gave her the optimal running form.
"No problem Urara, charge"
Urara happily ran onto the track and started sprinting.
"All right, then next..." Tang Han turned toward King Halo.
She was staring straight at him. The honey special in her hand was already finished, and her entire face was practically screaming, What about me? What about me?
"Do you want another cup too?" Tang Han asked.
"What kind of joke is that? As if I'm greedy for your honey special..." King Halo turned her head to one side, secretly peeking at him. "But if you insist on treating me, I suppose I could accept."
"..."
Can you stop acting stubborn for two seconds and wipe the drool off the corner of your mouth first?
"Then could I trouble you to run with Urara? As payment, after training, I'll make you as many cups as you want," Tang Han suggested.
If he could get King Halo to act as a training partner, Urara's results might improve even more. Maybe she could even trigger something like a friendship training boost.
"Really?!" King Halo's mood visibly spiked, but she immediately caught herself and turned away haughtily again.
"Ahem. Since you're asking so earnestly, I, the Saint King, cannot simply ignore the pleas of a commoner. This is absolutely not because I want more honey special." King Halo wiped the drool from her mouth.
Tang Han: ...
"Then I'll go run with Urara-chan first. Don't forget what you promised me~"
King Halo shot off at once, quickly catching up to Urara. Soon the two of them were running side by side.
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