After Tokai Teio said those words, Shinji's body froze.
Although he didn't remember ever raising her affection, so it shouldn't have triggered the 'Dokusenryoku' skill, her suddenly dangerous remark still gave him a fright.
It couldn't be... right?
Shinji didn't answer immediately. He kept his forward-facing posture unchanged and used the corner of his eye to glance at Tokai Teio. He found that the situation might not be as bad as he thought.
Although Teio's words sounded dangerous, her expression was very normal. She was holding her favorite honey special drink, the light was still in her eyes, and her expression was normal. It seemed as if she had just asked out of simple curiosity.
Seeing her like this, Shinji breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
That's what I thought. I haven't even raised her affection. How could it trigger Dokusenryoku?
And Teio's next actions further confirmed his thoughts.
"Trainer-san? Trainer-san, are you listening? Don't tell me you fell in love with her at first sight?" She blinked, waving her small hand in front of his face, her expression just one of ordinary confusion.
"What are you thinking at your age?" Shinji shot her an exasperated glance. "I was just a little surprised. She seems quite friendly. Can she really do a good job as a bodyguard..."
This was, of course, just a random excuse. Fortunately, Teio didn't seem to see through it.
"Trainer-san, have you ever heard the saying, 'You can't judge a horse girl by her cover'?"
After sucking down the super-concentrated honey special drink in her hand, Teio looked at Grass Wonder and narrowed her eyes. "Although I haven't had much contact with her, I can assure you, she's much more dangerous than you think."
Then why did you ask her to be a bodyguard!
Shinji complained internally, but on the surface, he still nodded. "Yes, I understand."
Then, after the small talk was over, Shinji finished testing Special Week and then spent some time testing Oguri Cap as well. He told her that she could come with Special Week on Monday to get their new training plans and the corresponding three new running forms.
After finishing with Oguri, Shinji thought for a moment and felt that he had done enough work for the day. And since his other two charges didn't need his help, he was about to take out his phone and start slacking off.
But just as he took out his phone, another small hand appeared and took it away.
It was Eclipse.
"Did you... forget something?" Eclipse looked at him calmly.
Shinji maintained the smile on his face and played dumb. "Did I? I don't remember forgetting anything..."
But soon, under Eclipse's gaze, his expression gradually crumbled. "Alright, alright, I'll do it."
Of course, he still remembered that he had promised Eclipse to resume his previous training plan. He had just been holding on to a sliver of hope that he could play dumb and get away with it. But now that Eclipse had brought it up, he naturally couldn't escape it anymore.
"Alright, tell me. What's the quota this time?"
Anyway, I'm idle now. A little more exercise will give me a bit more insurance in case something happens in the future.
Seeing him agree, Eclipse's gaze swept over the air in front of her, and then she listed a long string of training contents, and the required amount sounded a bit exaggerated. But Shinji wasn't surprised. After all, they had already agreed to increase the training volume by half, so he had already expected this. He quickly agreed and then walked towards the training field.
...
For some reason, Tracen strongly encouraged its trainers to exercise. They had even opened a dedicated training area for trainers in the training field, right next to the horse girls' training facilities. However, although the intention was good, in reality, not many trainers came to the Tracen training field to exercise.
Studying, getting certifications, socializing...
Data organization, plan creation,哄ing their charge when she's in a bad mood, and occasionally ending up in the hospital for various reasons... Not every trainer was as idle as Shinji. In fact, most trainers at Tracen had very little free time to themselves.
And even if they did have free time, most trainers would choose to rest and relax. After all, their work was tiring enough. If they didn't find opportunities to relax from time to time, they would eventually be crushed by the pressure.
So, when Shinji went to the training field, there weren't many trainers there, and most of them were there to appease their charges' requests. After he started his normal workout, he stood out a bit.
And standing out meant being noticed.
Not long after he started jogging, the four horse girls in the training field (without Eclipse, but with Grass Wonder) noticed him in the trainers' dedicated training area.
"Trainer Kitahara, what are you doing?" Oguri Cap stopped at the side, looking at him with a puzzled expression.
"Exercising," Shinji replied while jogging.
"I know." Oguri nodded, her expression even more puzzled. "But why are you exercising? Aren't you a trainer?"
"Trainers need to exercise too. A good body is the foundation of a healthy life."
Shinji replied casually and then gradually ran farther away.
Oguri had just finished a set and was about to rest. After thinking for a moment, she decided to just watch Shinji's workout on the spot.
Before long, Teio, who was a little tired from training, also came over and sat next to Oguri, watching with interest, a cup of honey special drink in her hand.
After that, Special Week also came over curiously. Grass Wonder, who had been following her, sat down with her. The group of four, along with Eclipse on the sidelines, five people in total, surrounded and watched Shinji's training, and even started chatting while they watched.
"He's running so slowly. Can that really have any training effect?"
"Special Week, Trainer Kitahara is a human, not a horse girl. Don't measure him by our standards."
"That's true. He usually eats very little too."
"You really can't use your standards to measure that."
Their conversation reached his ears, and a strange sense of déjà vu rose in Shinji's heart.
Why does it feel like our roles are reversed? Shouldn't I be the one watching them train?
Fortunately, this feeling didn't last long. Because after resting for a while, they immediately started a new round of training and couldn't keep staring at him.
But even so, during their training, when they passed by him, they occasionally couldn't help but take a look. After all, trainers who exercised on their own were really not common these days.
But, as they watched, over time, they slowly began to notice some problems.
When they took their first rest, Shinji had just started running.
When they finished their second round, Shinji was still running.
When they took their third rest, he was still running, and his speed had even increased slightly.
Although his running speed was pitifully slow compared to a horse girl, it was quite good for a human. More importantly, he hadn't stopped running until their third rest. Instead, he had slightly increased his speed, and his breathing was still stable, and he wasn't sweating much.
And it wasn't just them. The other trainers in the training field had noticed Shinji's abnormality even earlier than them. Many gazes were focused on him, filled with surprise.
How is this person's physical fitness so good?
Shinji ignored those gazes. After finishing the quota set by Eclipse, without any rest, he began to train on other equipment. Although the sweat on his body gradually increased, his eyes remained clear.
This was not the first time he had trained like this.
A long, long time ago, even before he found Eclipse, he had been wandering everywhere. And after finding Eclipse, the frequency and number of his wanderings had increased dramatically. Because most of his income was eaten by Eclipse, to save money, he rarely took a car and mostly moved around by walking, the most primitive method.
Eclipse was fine. As a horse girl, walking and running were not difficult for her. But Shinji was just an ordinary human and didn't have the same physical fitness as a horse girl, so he could only find ways to increase his own stamina. The most basic method was, of course, exercise, but the racial stats of humans were what they were. No matter how much he exercised, the results were minimal.
But he didn't give up. Although the racial stats were there, it didn't mean he couldn't think of other ways. For example, trying to apply the running techniques of horse girls to himself.
This was an idea that came to him out of the blue one time when he was tired of running. He had originally just wanted to try it, but he didn't expect the effect to be surprisingly good.
The frequency of breathing, the range of motion, the running posture, the control of muscles... Using his talent and experience as a trainer, he successfully tailored a set of specialized exercise and training methods for himself. And later, as he grew up, this set of methods was continuously improved. It was no longer limited to running; after a period of evolution, it was integrated into every action of his daily life and was now even tending towards becoming an instinct.
With the help of this ability, although in terms of strength, he was still no match for horse girls—any random horse girl could pin him down and he wouldn't be able to resist—in terms of stamina, agility, and reaction speed, forget about random horse girls, he wouldn't even be afraid if you brought Symboli Rudolf over.
After finishing several quotas in a row, finally feeling tired, he sat down on a nearby chair and looked at the four small heads that had been staring blankly at him for who knows how long.
"I say, how long are you guys going to keep watching? Aren't you going to train?"
Hearing his words, Teio and the others woke up as if from a dream and hurriedly ran off.
But while training, they couldn't help but mutter to themselves.
"Hey, I say, do you guys think our trainer is really human?"
"I think, he and that Gold Ship, who is said to be an alien, might be from the same hometown..."
"Same here."
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