Rei Bo was currently sprawled on the sofa.
"Z-chan... are you alright?" McQueen walked over and rubbed Rei Bo's head. Normally, she wouldn't dare to do this, but Rei Bo, whose mind was a bit muddled, showed no intention of responding.
"Eh? What?" Upon closer inspection, Rei Bo's pupils had turned into swirls.
Indeed, she was so drowsy that she couldn't even use the system's functions ().
"Things seem a bit bad..." Trainer Okino could only rub his temples with one hand.
Looking at the mountain of processed work next to him, it was clear that Rei Bo must have stayed up all night to handle it. But given Rei Bo's personality, who never works overtime unless she's playing games, she must have been stimulated by something.
And most importantly, the current Rei Bo had almost completely lost her sanity, and her brain had even become single-threaded like Sakura Bakushin O's.
Oh, Sakura Bakushin O is also an Uma Musume from the prestigious Sakura family. Despite her noble bloodline, she didn't inherit the stamina for middle to long distances that her family should have.
In reality, after long-term training, her stamina is generally sufficient, but she... once she starts running, she forgets all pre-arranged tactics, with her mind only filled with thoughts like "That! Charge! Bakushin!!!!" She completely fails to conserve stamina, so she can only run short-distance races. Even mile races could result in her losing speed (in the game, this has been optimized; in reality, Bakushin O lost all ten races at 1600m or above).
However, precisely because of this, her ability in short distances should never be underestimated. Not conserving stamina results in a continuous sprint, not a Great Escape but even better than one, and one can easily be carried away by her pace.
But now, she has already retired and is serving as a... class representative in the school.
Well, in short, she is an enthusiastic and energetic Bakushin-type Uma Musume (a high-EQ way of saying it).
However, Rei Bo's brain is now almost like Sakura Bakushin O's. Although her mind isn't filled with 'Bakushin,' experiments just now showed that if two or more people talk to her simultaneously, she will enter a frozen state.
And most importantly, even though she's lying still, she appears unusually energetic. Even Oguri Cap couldn't coax her to sleep.
The way she's currently sprawled on the sofa was from when Teio found it amusing during an initial test and had her lie there.
Hmm? Oguri Cap?
As mentioned before, Rei Bo's abilities are still there, and although she's single-threaded, she can still process tasks. So, when Oguri Cap woke up in the morning and said, "I'm hungry," Rei Bo immediately made a hearty breakfast, causing Oguri Cap not to notice anything unusual.
Afterward, Oguri Cap ate snacks she had bought and watched a movie, completely unaware of Rei Bo's abnormal state.
If Zero had been awake, she might have wondered if she was a talking rice cooker in the other party's eyes, right?
In any case, Zero's current state made it impossible for training to start normally. After all, if they left her alone here, everyone would be distracted, but training couldn't be left unsupervised.
"In that case, let me take care of Z-chan!" Special Week raised her hand, suggesting with a serious expression.
"Eh~? But Little Special, can you take care of people?" Gold Ship was the first to disbelieve her.
"How mean! I'm a girl, after all!"
"What does being a girl have to do with taking care of people, Little Special?" Suzuka-san's retort struck her heart.
"Ugh..." Special Week was defeated.
"However, it's indeed best to leave one person to look after the current Z-chan while the others go to train. Why don't you all decide among yourselves?" Trainer Okino stroked his chin, still approving the idea.
Upon hearing Trainer Okino's words, everyone present began to have their own thoughts.
"It's better to let me do it. I have a lot of experience taking care of Z-chan, you know?" It was Oguri Cap who spoke, radiating a maternal glow that made the Uma Musume present unable to open their eyes.
"But Oguri Cap, you're an assistant Trainer. As an assistant Trainer, how can you not be present? We're already missing Z-chan, and if another one is absent, we might not be able to teach everyone." Oguri Cap retorted.
Hmm? Oguri Cap!? Why are you standing against me!? Oguri Cap looked at Oguri Cap, surprised that the other party would undermine her.
"Part of the responsibility for Z-chan being like this lies with me, so let me do it." Then, Oguri Cap stated her purpose.
She was also very interested, and there was indeed some guilt for not having noticed.
"Objection!" Oguri Cap slammed her hand on the table.
"Oguri-chan, don't forget you're also an assistant Trainer!"
"Too naive!" Oguri Cap also slammed her hand down.
"I'm not very good at teaching people in the first place!"
"You're the naive one!" Oguri Cap pointed at Oguri Cap with a very forceful finger.
"Precisely because of that, you should share her burden when Z-chan can't work! Don't you feel guilty about slacking off!?"
"Heh, a third-rate lawyer after all. Let me teach you what professionalism is!" Oguri Cap spread her hands and shook her head, then pulled out a book from behind her back and slammed it on the table.
"This... this is!"
"This is a training plan written entirely by Zero herself. I'll just have the team members I'm responsible for follow it. And you don't have this!" A smug smile hung on her face.
"Nani! When!?"
..."Um, what are they doing, seniors?" Special Week quietly asked Teio.
"Ah, I remember this is a scene from a court defense game they played a while ago, recommended by Z-chan. They seem to be really engrossed in it," Teibo said, indicating her familiarity.
"Then why don't we discuss it ourselves?" Suzuka-san quietly suggested.
"Yes, it seems like they'll be playing for a while longer," Daiwa and McQueen also nodded.
"It looks like so much fun, I'm going over too!" Gold Ship ran over to join in.
Everyone was already familiar with Gold Ship's personality of always being where the action was, so they finally started analyzing one by one.
In the end, everyone realized that the most suitable person was indeed Special Week.
Firstly, Special Week's own condition had been personally acknowledged by Zero before. Her physical fitness had reached its peak for the current stage. What she needed to do next was accumulate experience in various aspects, which meant intellectual training, and gradually seeking possibilities for breakthroughs.
Secondly, everyone actually still had the goals Zero had set earlier, but only Special Week had achieved them ahead of time, so Special Week was the most free one.
Lastly... Alice Digital was already 'playing dead,' so they had no other choice.
With no other options, everyone still let Special Week stay to take care of Zero.
They also called the infirmary staff to carry Alice Digital away.
As a result, only Zero and Special Week were left in the large living room.
However, no one who left noticed that after everyone collectively decided to let Special Week stay, Special Week herself froze in her chair. Even when saying goodbye to everyone, she only spoke, without even turning her head.
At this moment, Special Week was staring wide-eyed at the groggy Zero, but didn't dare to move.
Wh-what should I do? Although I accepted, what exactly am I supposed to do!?
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