"Open Day? What's that?"
Lin Anran's expression froze instantly—this was the last thing he expected to hear.
Over the past few days, aside from transforming into Platinum to race twice, Lin Anran had plenty of free time.
After all, this was the Premier Elite Academy in Japan, if not all of Asia, with thousands of Uma Musume and a massive staff. The sheer volume of people coming and going was staggering.
Naturally, they couldn't possibly have just one or two school doctors. Alongside the regular Japanese medical staff, there were also foreign physicians specially invited to work here. The number of doctors was far from small.
And when it came to medical expenses for horse girls, Tracen Academy covered or discounted a significant portion. With its deep pockets and top-tier resources, it was no wonder this place reigned supreme as the ultimate training ground for horse girls!
With so many doctors around, most of the time, work was pretty relaxed.
So, whenever Lin Anran had free time these past few days, he'd been reading up on Japanese races, potential Triple Crown rivals, and Tracen Academy's regulations.
'Wait, according to the school rules I checked earlier, the festival wasn't supposed to be tomorrow, right?'
"The President said it's to celebrate… the anniversary of her Undefeated Triple Crown win!"
"No idea why they didn't hold it last year but suddenly decided to this year. Really confusing."
Tokai Teio tilted her head slightly, but her smile never faded. After all, Symboli Rudolf was her most admired idol.
"But it doesn't matter! The President is the strongest horse girl in Japan's history—she deserves a celebration every year!"
"Then the president asked me to tell Dr. Lin that Tracen will be open to the public tomorrow, and she hopes you'll invite Platinum to come."
"And! The great Teio will be her guide! To show Platinum around properly!"
As Tokai Teio finished speaking, the expression on the face of the unscrupulous young doctor before her grew… complicated.
'They didn't hold it last year, but suddenly this year?'
'And even if they were going to, shouldn't it be after the Kikuka Sho? Why now, before the Derby?'
'...Could it be just to get me to come?'
The thought flickered in his mind before he immediately dismissed it.
'No way, right?'
Even if it was just a small-scale Open Day—limited to horse girls and not open to the general public—the expenses wouldn't be trivial.
And Platinum? She was just a rookie who'd debuted barely a week ago, with only two races under her belt. Why would Tracen Academy go out of their way for her?
"Got it. I'll let her know."
"See you—"
Lin Anran nodded, standing up to see off his number one golden client, Tokai Teio.
But as he reached the door—
He barely stopped himself from blurting out "See you next time!"
After all, today marked the end of her treatment. Now fully recovered, why would Teio ever need to visit his clinic again?
'What kind of sane person keeps coming back to the doctor for no reason?'
If Tokai Teio ever showed up here again, it'd probably mean history repeating itself—a third fracture.
After closing the door and sitting back down, Lin Anran crossed his arms on the desk. The greedy, unscrupulous doctor couldn't help but ponder.
'When's the next big spender gonna show up…?'
He couldn't actually hope for Tokai Teio to break another leg, right? You couldn't just keep milking the same cash cow forever.
His conscience wasn't completely dead. At the very least, he wasn't hoping for Teio to get injured again.
His grand money-making scheme required either another heavyweight client—one capable of winning G1 races—or…
'Worst case, I'll just do it myself. Win a G1 as Platinum!'
And besides—
If Tokai Teio did fracture again before he secured the Irregular Triple Crown and leveled up his healing abilities… wouldn't that be a disaster?
No healing skills meant no way to cash in, no matter how much money dangled in front of him.
So, he had to transform into Platinum and grind through races…
'Sigh. If only Secretariat, Dahlia, Seabiscuit, and Ruffian had better talent—if they could at least debut and win a G2 or G3 race, I wouldn't even be in Japan.'
'But no. Their potential's just too weak. Even Secretariat—who Ruffian, Dahlia, and Seabiscuit all agreed was the strongest in dirt training races—couldn't even win her debut!'
'Pathetic compared to monsters like Tokai Teio and Daiwa Scarlet. One side's G1 champions, the other's barely G3-level scrubs. The gap's insane.'
'At least with these losers, I don't have to worry about them becoming some unbeatable force or causing me trouble.'
After lamenting his situation, Lin Anran muttered one last thing to himself.
'Haven't really explored Tracen much yet. Might as well turn into Platinum and check it out tomorrow. It's not like the academy's gonna eat me, right?'
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The Next Day!
At the gates of Tracen Academy, dozens of horse girls stood with "GUIDE" badges hanging from their necks, waiting for visitors.
Among them was the petite Tokai Teio.
This small-scale Open Day was exclusively for active or retired horse girls, and with how hastily it was arranged, not many outsiders had come.
Soon enough, Teio spotted the figure she'd been waiting for.
A white-haired girl, slightly taller than her—a rookie who'd debuted barely over a week ago.
The lazy-eyed Platinum, looking like she'd just woken up, strode forward on long, powerful legs.
Notably, the other temporary guides around Teio immediately took notice of her too.
"Eh? Is that the Platinum who beat Daiwa Scarlet and won with a brutal front-running strategy?"
"Aside from Oguri Cap, there's barely any monsters from outside Tracen. She's a real dark horse!"
"Wait, she's not from Tracen?"
Tokai Teio immediately waved and trotted over to the pegasus girl's side.
"Hey, Platinum! I'm your guide for today."
"If you have any questions about Tracen, just ask me!"
Faced with the enthusiastic senior, the lethargic pegasus gave a slow nod.
"Heard a lot about you… Thanks."
With that, Platinum followed her guide into the campus.
…
Before long, they passed by a training field.
And something made Platinum stop in her tracks.
Two horse girls were training—Daiwa Scarlet and…
Agnes Tachyon?!
The most dangerous rival in the Irregular Triple Crown—Agnes Tachyon?!
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T/N: Bro keeps dissing the most famous american racehorses...
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