"Have you felt the pain?"
Demon King Ship stood before the members of Team Spica and asked.
Although she was just standing there, after the mock race they had just experienced, everyone felt as if they were seeing a giant Demon King figure obscuring the sky, looking down on them and interrogating their souls.
Although the question was very chuunibyou.
Honestly speaking, they couldn't ignore it right now. Because it hurt too much. They didn't even want to recall that race.
Even [Mejiro McQueen], who had entered the Zone and possessed strong willpower, couldn't help but close her eyes and empty her mind. One could imagine just how much pressure the Demon King's "Heavy Track" had put on them.
At this moment, a single thought emerged in all their minds simultaneously.
'This is an opponent we absolutely cannot beat.'
It was even more terrifying than the pressure the Student Council President had brought upon them back then.
Right now, they even felt fortunate that Demon King Ship wasn't from this world. If such a powerful Demon King were their world's [Gold Ship], they could already foresee the despairing darkness their horse girl careers would descend into. Were the people in the Demon King's world doing okay? They could only offer their sympathy.
"Felt it, felt it. I'm never running with you again." Daiwa Scarlet was the first to surrender. She glared fiercely at [Gold Ship]. After all, this race was instigated by this bastard in the first place.
It wasn't just Daiwa Scarlet looking at [Gold Ship]; Vodka was looking at her too. She asked with a confused face, "[Gold Ship], didn't you say at the start that you wanted us to coordinate with you? Why did you suddenly change your mind during the race?"
She said they should coordinate, but instead, [Gold Ship] jumped out and crushed her own teammates, only to lead everyone into getting completely sealed by the Demon King together. Vodka felt tired just thinking about it.
"..."
[Gold Ship] had nothing to say.
At this point, she couldn't even bring herself to mention her original battle plan.
After all, the power the Demon King displayed at the end—the power to seal the opponent's condition—made her clearly recognize her own weakness.
She was actually glad she hadn't voiced her plan earlier. Otherwise... otherwise, she would really have become "Clown Ship."
"Damn it! What is with you?! It's clearly me, so why do you possess that kind of power?!"
[Gold Ship] asked probingly.
She felt that she wasn't a horse girl suited for using "gating" (debuff) skills. Although she learned them quickly, she could instinctively sense that Demon King Ship's running style didn't suit her. So she couldn't understand. Demon King Ship was the Gold Ship from another world, so why was there such a fundamental difference in their running styles? [McQueen] and the other world's McQueen could merge their styles, so why did this situation happen with her?
"Because this great one was born the strongest."
Demon King Ship looked at [Gold Ship] with a smile.
"You didn't think that someone like you could inherit this great one's power, did you?"
After seeing [Gold Ship]'s Special Technique with her own eyes, she knew their paths had diverged from the start. [Gold Ship] couldn't successfully imitate her running style like [Mejiro McQueen] did. Ultimately, [Gold Ship]'s running style was still essentially "Royal Road" (orthodox); gating skills didn't actually match [Gold Ship]'s style.
"Damn it! No wonder you didn't possess Lord Goldie-chan's body directly! You really are an evil invader from another world!" [Gold Ship] picked up on the deeper meaning in Demon King Ship's words.
No wonder she felt something was wrong.
After this guy crossed over, she did feel something, but the problem was that thing didn't match Goldie-chan.
Damn invader!
"Hahaha! A third-rate evaluations can only daydream, actually having the delusion that you could inherit this great one's power and reach the sky in a single step."
"I did not!"
Agnes Tachyon (Main) rushed out of her lab excitedly after receiving the message from the Student Council President. The Demon King from another world had crossed over again! She had many questions she wanted answered by that Demon King.
Arriving at the training grounds, she saw the practice race between Team Spica and the Demon King, so she watched from the sidelines.
When she saw the Demon King use the "Heavy Track," she couldn't help but frown.
Although she possessed qualities similar to Nice Nature and could see the hallucinatory special effects of gating skills, honestly speaking, she didn't particularly like the power of gating.
Because she always believed that a horse girl race was about who was faster.
Skills that interfered with opponents like this seemed too ugly to her.
However, even if she didn't like it, she had to admit that the Demon King's gating skills were too strong.
In the face of that power, no matter how fast a horse girl ran, they would be bound.
"As expected of an existence called a Demon King. Truly nasty. She feels hard to get along with."
Because their first meetings were different, this world's Agnes Tachyon (Main) didn't have a very good first impression of the Demon King. If she hadn't been certain that the Skill Manual the Demon King left in this world previously was penned by her "other self," she wouldn't even want to actively approach the Demon King right now. The power the Demon King displayed was completely contrary to her philosophy. She couldn't help but wonder now: Is the 'me' in the other world also a nasty person? Otherwise, how could she help the Demon King research such a Skill Manual?
After the race ended, Agnes Tachyon (Main) approached cautiously.
"Hello, everyone."
"Tachyon-senpai!"
Daiwa Scarlet's eyes lit up when she saw who it was.
"It's the Mad Scientist."
[Gold Ship] pointed at Demon King Ship and said, "You're looking for this otherworldly invader, right?"
"Yes. I have some questions I want answered by this visitor from another world."
Agnes Tachyon (Main) extended an invitation to Demon King Ship.
"Could you spare some time to chat about the Skill Manual?"
Demon King Ship looked at Agnes Tachyon (Main) in confusion. Although the other party thought she hid it well, Demon King Ship could still see it: this world's Tachyon seemed to dislike her.
Although it felt strange, she didn't care.
"If you want to ask about that, you've found the wrong person. Besides, that thing was your 'own' research to begin with."
Demon King Ship couldn't be bothered to think about why Agnes Tachyon (Main) disliked her. Her answer was the truth; ultimately, she had only provided the skill book to Agnes Tachyon. How would she know how Tachyon used the skill book to develop the Skill Manual?
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