Now that he'd settled on the plan to open a foot spa, Su Luo immediately got ready to put it into action.
His luck was ridiculously good: he found a karaoke shop inside the academy that was about to be transferred, and he took over the storefront for a monthly rent of 500,000 yen.
Sure, renovating from scratch would definitely lose more money, but for Su Luo, the most urgent thing right now was hitting this month's "lose-money KPI."
Starting from zero would cost more, but it would also take more time.
And Su Luo didn't think he could finish building a shop from scratch within a month.
As part of his lose-money plan, the foot spa needed to work fast—he needed to see the losses this month.
So taking over a shop that was already decorated and ready to use was far more convenient.
The shop Su Luo took over had a good location inside the academy, but it had gone bankrupt due to poor management, so the owner was forced to transfer it.
To be honest, Su Luo was genuinely curious about how the previous owner had managed to drive it into the ground.
If he could copy their business strategy, wouldn't that make losing money feel amazing?
Unfortunately, he couldn't exactly ask the owner, "So, how did you bankrupt your shop?" If he did, he'd probably be taken for someone looking for trouble.
So copying homework was a dead end. Forget that—stick to the foot spa strategy!
Karaoke was wrong. Foot spa was right!
But since he was going to run a foot spa… another problem followed.
"Kitahara, do you know how to wash feet?"
"Huh?"
Inside the activity room Su Luo had rented for Kitahara and Oguri Cap's daily training, Su Luo asked that question with a grave expression.
"W-wash feet? What do you mean, wash feet?"
Kitahara Jō looked completely lost, not understanding what kind of nonsense his boss was spouting now.
How is anyone supposed to understand you when you say it like that?! Kitahara screamed internally.
Tch. No foot-washing "master," huh? Not a big problem. Worst case, Su Luo could just help out himself.
Back when he ran a talent agency, he'd even thoughtfully massaged his subordinates' feet before.
Well… that was all in the past.
"By the way, Kitahara—why haven't I seen Oguri Cap?"
Su Luo glanced around. No sign of her.
"Oh, that? I was just about to tell you, boss!"
Kitahara said excitedly.
"Your eye was spot on—Oguri is a genius!"
"It's just training-related trivia, handle it yourself… wait. What did you say?"
Su Luo had been ready to brush him off, but suddenly realized something was off.
"You said Oguri Cap is a genius?"
"Yeah!"
"Oguri Cap??"
"Exactly!"
Kitahara looked thrilled.
"Oguri's talent is incredible! Her joints are so flexible she can maintain an extremely forward-leaning posture while running—and her legs can explode with astonishing power to generate speed!"
"With that kind of ability, even in the Central division it's extremely rare!"
While Kitahara kept chattering with excitement, Su Luo's jaw had quietly dropped almost to the floor.
He forced himself to look calm and asked,
"Didn't you say… grey-coated horse girls aren't fast?"
"But Oguri is an exception!"
At that, the light in Kitahara's eyes grew even brighter.
"You could even say she's the hope that can shatter that ridiculous claim!"
…Bro, what?
So you're telling me I randomly picked a horse girl—and she just happens to be a one-in-ten-thousand genius?
No, no—calm down, Su Luo.
Who is Kitahara? A trainer you specifically picked because he didn't seem that great. His judgment isn't necessarily correct!
Compared to the idea that Su Luo accidentally invested in a prodigy, Su Luo felt it was far more likely that Kitahara had misjudged her.
"Oh right—Oguri Cap has a practice match coming up. Mr. Su Luo, do you want to watch?"
"I'm going!"
Su Luo answered without hesitation. He wanted to see exactly what Oguri Cap "really was."
There was no way he'd just casually invest in a genius, right?
No way!
How could my money-losing general possibly be a traitor?!
Kitahara must've gotten it wrong!
—
Kasamatsu Tracen, training track.
At the starting line, Oguri Cap was already in position, ready to sprint.
Kitahara and Su Luo stood at the edge of the track.
"Oguri, just run like you do in training. This practice match won't be difficult for you."
Kitahara reminded her seriously. This was the first time he would be showing his training results in front of Su Luo—of course he wanted Oguri to perform well.
"Okay, Kitahara. I'll do my best."
As she said that, Oguri Cap walked up to Su Luo and looked at him earnestly.
"What is it, Oguri Cap?"
Being watched with such a serious gaze made Su Luo a bit uncomfortable.
"Mr. Su Luo."
"Yeah?"
"Name."
"…Name?"
Su Luo looked confused. What was she getting at?
"If I win this practice match, can I call you by your name directly?"
"Uh… you can already call me that now…?"
Su Luo couldn't help but laugh. He hadn't expected her to come talk to him so solemnly over something as small as how to address him.
"No." Oguri shook her head, staring at him seriously. "I can only call you that if I win—then it counts as a reward…"
"And I want Mr. Su Luo to call me 'Oguri' directly too."
"I want to earn that chance myself."
"…Alright."
If she put it like that, how could Su Luo refuse?
"But even if you lose, it's fine, you can still call my name—losing is okay too—"
Before Su Luo finished, Oguri Cap had already turned and walked back toward the starting line. It was unclear whether she'd even heard him.
It's just a practice match… does she really need to take it that seriously?
Honestly, she didn't need to be so serious in real races either. He wasn't expecting her to win anyway.
While Su Luo was thinking all sorts of nonsense, he happened to notice that on the adjacent lane next to Oguri Cap, a familiar side-ponytail girl was also lining up.
"Isn't that… what's-her-name?"
That sharp-tongued gyaru horse girl—what was she called again… No… Nolan Ace?
Something like that, right?
He'd heard she was pretty famous around Kasamatsu—one of the better local runners.
Perfect. He could use her to check what Oguri Cap was really made of.
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