Three hours later, Shinji Kitahara finished his work, clipping the six completed running form designs into his notebook.
Although it had taken him less than two hours to write a running form for Oguri Cap in the past, that was, after all, several years ago. After they had parted ways, Shinji hadn't stopped moving; he had continued to wander. During that time, he experienced many things, interacted with numerous trainers, saw even more horse girls, and solved a greater variety of problems. The growth that came from this was immense.
A few years ago, to write a new running form for Oguri, he had to rely on his understanding from their time together, collect a small but necessary amount of data, and then spend over an hour thinking and designing, only to produce a result that, in retrospect, was full of holes.
But now, he could just stand there, glance at her usual training in his spare time while Browse his phone, conduct a few routine tests, and then get straight to work. It no longer took as much time; usually, less than an hour was enough.
And although it was three sets of running form designs per person, in reality, these three sets were not independent of each other; the main structure was mostly the same. This wasn't because he was lazy, but because if the styles were too different, they might not match or could even conflict, reducing their effectiveness.
After confirming the main framework, the rest was just adjustments. The training version was slightly enhanced, the relaxation version focused on body maintenance, and they were to be used alternately during regular training. The racing version, however, focused on performance, achieving boosts in speed and power by increasing physical strain.
Adjusting was much simpler than designing from scratch. Of the three hours, he spent nearly two on the main design, and the remaining hour was more than enough for the adjustments. In fact, if those little ones hadn't been causing trouble, he could have been even faster.
And speaking of causing trouble...
Putting down his pen, Shinji sighed.
Of course, he hadn't forgotten what had happened three hours ago. The culprits were all sitting乖巧 (guāiqiǎo - obediently/well-behaved) by the coffee table and hadn't disturbed him since. They hadn't even dared to make any loud noises.
He didn't think he had done anything wrong earlier. In fact, he wanted to do it again.
It was true that he liked to slack off, but he never messed around when it was time to do serious work. If they had just watched quietly as they initially said, or had fooled around a little without going too far, he could have accepted it.
The problem was, they had really gone too far.
Sitting on the armrests of his chair was already obstructive enough, but they had to keep squeezing and pressing against him, and other parts of their bodies weren't still either. Especially those two pairs of legs. Although they were kicking each other, the result was that they were constantly rubbing against him. The different sensations of black stockings and white thigh-highs alternating back and forth would interrupt his train of thought from time to time, making him extremely frustrated.
Anyone in the know would understand they were just trying to decipher his notes and were just engaging in childish roughhousing. But to an outsider, it would have looked like a scene from a romantic comedy where characters were vying for affection.
And such big movements naturally affected him. Interrupting his thoughts was secondary; what he was truly worried about was that such a distraction could cause a miscalculation, which could have a lifelong impact on Special Week and Oguri Cap.
However, three hours had passed, and they had been very well-behaved afterwards. The anger in Shinji's heart had mostly dissipated.
After putting away the six running form designs, he walked over to them with a stern face. Just as he sat down, before he could even think of how to talk to them, Tokai Teio's voice rang out first.
"Um, Trainer-san, I'm sorry about what happened earlier."
Teio's posture was demure, her tone sincere. Although she might be strange in some aspects, at her core, she was a well-behaved and sensible child. After sitting back here and calming down for a while, she had immediately realized how absurd her earlier behavior had been and had been ashamed of it for a long time, only now having mostly calmed down.
Tachyon, on the side, was also uncharacteristically subdued, sitting properly in her seat. After Teio apologized, she also followed suit. Although her tone was relatively less sincere, for her, it was a rare occurrence. After all, putting herself in his shoes, if someone had pulled a stunt like that on her while she was conducting an important experiment, she would definitely be angry. She might not go as far as wanting to kill their entire family, but it probably wouldn't be far off. Even if she didn't say anything, she would most likely use her potions to play some tricks on them afterwards.
As for Special Week and Oguri Cap, that goes without saying. The two honest kids lowered their heads as soon as Shinji came over. After the other two had apologized, they also apologized in low voices, looking quite pitiful.
Shinji wasn't a hot-tempered person to begin with, and he was extremely susceptible to a soft approach. Seeing them like this, he sighed, and the last trace of anger in his heart vanished. He began to explain why he had been angry.
"Designing a running form is different from other things. It's something you'll be using frequently in the future. Even the slightest error can accumulate over time and turn into an irreversible mistake, even affecting your future life... I mean, horse-life."
Hearing this, Special Week's expression became even more pitiful. Even Oguri's expression softened, and her gaze began to shift away.
Fortunately, Shinji didn't intend to press the issue further. After all, they were already like this. Pushing it further would just make him seem like a bully. And, although it seemed he had the upper hand so far, he hadn't forgotten the decisive gap between humans and horse girls.
Reasoning with them was fine, but if it came to blows, any one of these seemingly delicate little girls could pin him down and do whatever they wanted.
Young people should value peace and have martial ethics. Why always think about getting physical?
It was definitely not because he couldn't beat them.
Yes, definitely not.
After talking about what had happened, the atmosphere in the room lightened up. Shinji took the initiative to ask them why they had come, and then shared the local specialty snacks Special Week had brought with everyone, thanking her mother on his phone.
Teio, on the other hand, took the opportunity to ask about the meaning of the words in his notebook. But the explanation was worse than no explanation at all; Teio almost forgot the original meaning of the words themselves.
"It's... very simple. Look at the movement pattern of these two leg muscles. It shows a slight imbalance in the nerve conduction speed on both sides of the torso, which can be easily adjusted by controlling the swing of the tail. At the same time, the power consumption in the arms will also decrease. Although oxygen consumption might increase slightly, it can be balanced by shifting the center of gravity..."
...What the hell?
Forget Teio; no one, including Tachyon, understood what he was talking about. Their faces were blank with confusion.
Only Eclipse on the side remained calm.
Don't misunderstand; she didn't understand what he was saying either. Just as Shinji could never understand how she could so easily get first place without training, she couldn't understand how Shinji's ability as a trainer was so ridiculously over-the-top.
But although she didn't understand, they had been together for more than a year or two. She was already used to this kind of thing. The others would probably need some time.
Shinji was also used to it. After all, he didn't really care about such things. Although he was too lazy to answer if others didn't ask, he didn't mind sharing if they did. But in the end, until they were on the verge of a breakdown, those people still couldn't keep up with his thinking. A few times, he almost drove them crazy, which forced him to start sharing selectively later on.
When someone wanted to discuss things with him, he would only throw out some relatively less outlandish points for discussion and teaching, and no longer talk about those things that only he could understand. But even so, the parts he did share were enough for those trainers to spend time thinking and learning, and to benefit from it.
However, although his ability was bizarrely strong, Shinji had never looked down on other trainers. Because in the end, most of the knowledge in his head now was learned from other trainers. He had just further combined and deeply researched what he had learned. And even today, he could still occasionally learn something he had never heard of from other trainers. Many inspirations for combinations and research also came from his discussions with them.
His current ability was not solely based on his own talent, but more on the knowledge and experience shared by others. What he had done was merely to summarize and further extend it.
Thinking this, Shinji looked at the bewildered faces in front of him, sighed in his heart, and stopped talking about those things that only he could understand. Instead, he began to talk about some of the knowledge he usually used to deal with those trainers.
Because he had lectured on it many times before, Shinji was extremely skilled in this area. The content was concise, powerful, and easy to understand.
Forget Teio and Tachyon; even Oguri and Grass Wonder on the side couldn't help but perk up their ears and listen attentively.
As for Eclipse and Special Week?
The former had already had enough of it and had no interest in hearing it again.
And the latter, although she tried hard to listen, ultimately couldn't resist her instincts. After listening for a short while, she began to sway.
A moment later, Shinji finished explaining a point of knowledge and was about to take a break when a small, fair hand handed him a glass of water.
Because he had a sudden burst of inspiration during the lecture and had thought of some interesting ideas, his concentration was a bit off. And he was also a little thirsty, so he subconsciously took it, thanked the person, and drank it all in one go—
Wait, why is the color of this water a bit off?
By the time he realized it, only a little pale blue liquid was left in the glass, and it was faintly glowing.
And next to him, Tachyon maintained the posture of handing him the glass, a smile on her face.
Then, in the next second.
A brilliant, multicolored light burst forth from Shinji's body.
"Agnes Tachyon, you son of a—"
...
Afterwards.
Although Tachyon repeatedly emphasized that it was just a newly developed supplement to cure mental fatigue and would not have any effect on Shinji, she was still pinned down on the sofa by the other horse girls and beaten up soundly, finally admitting her mistake.
But she'll do it again.
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