Entering the corner, Maruzensky suddenly unleashed a wave of air pressure.
"I feel a bit bad about this, but you're too dangerous, Teio!"
Originally, she just planned to run a guidance race. But once she really got into the zone, she realized she had somehow become the prey.
So, even though she felt sorry for the child, Mayano Top Gun, she was going full throttle from here on out!
Engine Ignition! In that instant, Maruzensky entered the borderline of god-speed, just one step away from truly crossing into that realm.
Maruzensky began her Runner strategy!
But Tokai Teio didn't give an inch, maintaining that tiny gap and continuing to hang right behind Maruzensky.
The speed of the two racers was increasing rapidly.
The lagging Mayano Top Gun watched the two speeding up ahead, a dumbfounded look instantly appearing on her face.
It's over. Maya knew it would turn out like this.
It was clearly a three-person race, but in this moment, Maya no longer existed on their list of opponents.
Although for a split second she thought about just giving up, remembering the days Teio had spent training with her recently, Mayano Top Gun suddenly regained her fighting spirit.
No, even if I'm left behind, Maya will run to the very end!
"Teio, you have to win!"
Mayano Top Gun's feelings reached Tokai Teio. Sensing the fighting spirit persisting behind her, a gentle smile instantly rose on Teio's previously calm face.
"Maya, I have definitely received your feelings!"
Entering the middle leg of the track, a red light suddenly flashed in Tokai Teio's eyes.
Let me borrow your power for a moment, Demon King.
Senior Maruzensky, you're running a bit too fast. Slow down a little!
[Passionate Gaze]
It was a skill that applied interference effects to competitors within one's line of sight.
Hit by this skill, Maruzensky suddenly found her condition was off; she seemed unable to control her footwork properly.
"It's actually this kind of skill?"
Maruzensky had relevant experience and instantly understood this was Teio's skill.
She really hadn't expected it.
That Tokai Teio, known as the Little Sun, would actually use such a demonic skill.
And the intensity of this skill... this was no ordinary-level skill.
Mayano Top Gun, who had already steeled herself to be left in the dust (Great Distance), never expected the two in front to suddenly slow down again.
"What happened?"
She saw Tokai Teio suddenly look back at her.
"Come on, Maya!"
Did Teio do something to the Senior?
Mayano Top Gun didn't think too much about it. Instead, she hurriedly seized the momentum to catch up, barely maintaining the gap with the two in front.
Maruzensky's back was now covered in cold sweat.
She felt she had been a bit too rash.
If she had known earlier that Teio had mastered demonic skills, she would have run more conservatively. The state of being affected by that skill was truly uncomfortable.
"Not bad, Maya. Seize every opportunity during the race. Even if it's charity or sympathy from an opponent, as long as it helps you achieve victory, use it!"
Tokai Teio gave an approving evaluation of Mayano Top Gun's decision not to give up the chase out of pride.
In a race, there is no need for meaningless thoughts or pride. What the opponent thinks is their business; a true Horse Girl needs only to fix her eyes on the finish line!
Maruzensky didn't know yet that this race had been completely controlled by Tokai Teio and had truly turned into a guidance race for Mayano Top Gun.
Because it was supposed to be like this. This was a guidance race to begin with; if anything, it was Senior Maruzensky who was at fault for arbitrarily getting serious.
Tokai Teio had her own principles. She knew Maruzensky wanted to run against her, but her principles wouldn't be shaken by that.
No matter what was said today, she was going to complete the guidance race for Maya.
T.M. Opera O, observing the race, watched this scene with excitement.
"As expected of Teio! To think she even dominated the Senior!"
As a spectator, she didn't know Tokai Teio's inner thoughts. She only saw that the Great Legend, Maruzensky, was now being interfered with by Teio's skill.
Demonic skills have powerful effects, but the difficulty of learning and mastering them is also very high. They could be said to be the hardest skills to control.
Because hitting an opponent with a skill during a race is actually not an easy task.
Not to mention, the opponent was a legendary Horse Girl like Maruzensky.
So T.M. Opera O simply felt that Tokai Teio was just too strong.
Nice Nature, who was recently preparing for her debut race, was also at the training grounds watching the race.
"Teio... did that genius also master the same power as me?"
Upon coming into contact with skills, Nice Nature had discovered that her aptitude for demonic (debuff) skills was extremely high.
This allowed her strength to improve very rapidly.
This was the upgraded world. The fate of Horse Girls had completely broken free from the limitations of their prototypes.
Even without the arrival of the reincarnator Tokai Teio, the development of this world would no longer be the same as the original plot.
Ten seconds passed.
Maruzensky finally broke free from the skill's control.
Damn it, truly worthy of being Luna's child!
Symboli Rudolf, who had arrived at the office early for work, suddenly felt a wave of malice.
Maruzensky looked at the entrance to the corner ahead.
"But you underestimated your enemy, Teio!"
The choice not to overtake, but to maintain the gap, represented that she was still too naive, Teio!
A smile appeared in Maruzensky's eyes. This range is my domain!
That's right, she excelled at corner acceleration.
Let me show you, Teio—Big Sister's trump card!
[Corner Recovery]: Stamina consumption decreases upon entering a corner; stamina is restored.
Gears meshed, all lines clear—
First, a burst of blue starlight flashed, followed immediately by red flames erupting from beneath Maruzensky's feet, just like a race car in a game activating its boost.
[Red Scenery / LP1211-M]: Speed increases significantly upon entering a corner; acceleration power rises significantly.
[Press On - Chu!]: While recovering stamina, speed increases significantly in one burst of energy.
Maruzensky's figure pulled away from the two behind her in an instant. That terrifying explosive power had already entered the realm of god-speed.
This was the world she loved the most. The feeling of running freely was simply too exhilarating.
Teio, do you see this? This is what Big Sister wanted to show you.
Only Horse Girls who enter this [World] are qualified to challenge the peak!
Maruzensky was still thinking about guiding Tokai Teio even now.
Luna wasn't willing to let Teio come into contact with these things too early, but Maruzensky believed Teio already possessed the qualifications to touch this [World].
Tokai Teio didn't know that Senior Maruzensky was actually running a guidance race too, except the target wasn't Maya, but her. Seeing the Senior enter that realm, she knew that for this race, Maya would inevitably end up eating a "Great Distance" (Dairetsu). Really no sense of senior grace, Senior Maruzensky.
You're being too serious against a child.
In that case, don't blame me.
Tokai Teio began to enter the zone.
Her footsteps suddenly paused as she steered toward the outer lane, light blooming beneath her feet.
[Genius Footwork]: Speed increases while moving left or right; speed rises slightly.
[Professor]: Speed increases upon entering a corner; speed rises.
[Corkscrew]: Speed increases upon entering a corner; acceleration power rises.
Almost in a split second, Tokai Teio closed in on the exploding Maruzensky.
Maruzensky's originally confident expression collapsed in that moment.
Impossible!
Teio, how can you enter this realm?
Maruzensky looked with utter disbelief at Tokai Teio running beside her. This surprise was too stimulating for her heart.
Luna, you bastard!
This child's strength isn't weaker than yours at all!
Inside the office, Symboli Rudolf couldn't help but sneeze. The malice from someone thinking about her had grown heavier.
"Teio, so handsome!"
When Mayano Top Gun saw the Senior explode with that kind of speed, she had completely given up hope that she or Teio had a chance.
But she didn't expect Teio to suddenly and handsomely chase them down.
Maruzensky no longer had any thoughts of guiding Tokai Teio, because this child didn't need her guidance at all.
Damn it, is Big Sister going to lose?
The tide echoes, the air waves erupt violently.
A phantom resembling a red sports car flashed by. Red light covered Maruzensky's entire body, and her aura entered the activation state.
After using nearly all her skills, Maruzensky finally stabilized her lead position and entered the final straight.
"Barely safe!"
Just as Maruzensky thought this, the sound of strong, powerful footsteps suddenly rushed up from beside her.
[Ultimate Teio Step]: Chases the opponent with magnificent footwork; speed and acceleration power increase significantly.
Tokai Teio caught up using that unique footwork, and that speed was even faster than Maruzensky's current burst!
"That is—"
Maruzensky's pupils vibrated violently.
Teio Step?
That movement, like a child's dance, is actually a skill? And it's a flashing Ultimate Skill?!
She had always thought it strange—why would the precocious Tokai Teio like to dance that kind of step? It didn't fit Teio's personality at all.
But now she knew the answer. It was actually an Ultimate Flashing Skill!
Tokai Teio, how many surprises are you going to bring Big Sister?
Maruzensky was shaken.
How did Luna have the nerve to say Teio is her successor?
If it were you, you might not be able to outrun this child either!
"Magnificent! Too magnificent! To think the Teio Step had such a mechanism... Tokai Teio, you are simply too elegant!"
T.M. Opera O, as a spectator, was also shaken by Teio's performance.
From this moment on, she would view Tokai Teio as her idol and rival, the target she wanted to chase.
Because the ideal version of herself, the Century's King (T.M. Opera O), should run with footwork this dazzling.
Maruzensky could only watch helplessly as Tokai Teio overtook her, charging toward the finish line with an incomparably magnificent posture.
Tokai Teio completed the line crossing!
The winner of this mock race was Tokai Teio!
The morning sun peeked out at this very moment, adding a legendary hue to Tokai Teio's invincible silhouette.
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