They naturally got to eat the bread. The scene of the three little ones gathered on a bench in the courtyard, happily chatting and eating bread, was even captured by passing Uma Musume, posted on Uma Twitter, and received a large number of likes.
But the next day, Rei Bo's nightmare began.
The next day was a school day, and she naturally had to start preparing the VTR, but… "Teio! Stop peeking at the camera!" An exasperated Rei Bo rushed to the podium, snatched a piece of chalk from the teacher's hand, and threw it at Tokai Teio's head.
"Ow!"
They were currently filming the students in class. As popular students, Teio and her deskmate, Mejiro McQueen, who gave the student representative speech at the beginning of the semester, were naturally the focus. These two had to be filmed as the core.
But McQueen was fine; this girl kept peeking at the camera from time to time during class!
And not just once; that "from time to time" was roughly once every two seconds, which infuriated Rei Bo.
The most infuriating thing was that this situation had already happened 3 times in this class, and even the teacher was helpless.
"Ugh… but the camera is there, I can't help it…" Teio mumbled softly, covering her head.
"There's more than one place to film. If you keep slowing down the progress like this, I'll tell Rudolph that you're hindering my progress?"
"Please don't! I'll hold back!" Teio's face turned pale with fright.
But when she tried again later, she still couldn't change it, as if looking at the camera was etched into her DNA.
Forget it, ignore her… Rei Bo decided to pretend Tokai Teio didn't exist during today's filming.
Later, during editing… On the way to school, Tokai Teio turned her head to look at the camera instead of the road ahead, walking like that.
During class, Tokai Teio's gaze would flick to the camera every few seconds.
On the sports field, Tokai Teio was running, then saw the camera and slowed to a walk, looking at it and making a V-sign.
In the swimming pool, Tokai Teio almost fell into the water from the diving board, desperately clinging to it.
In the cafeteria, Tokai Teio, waiting for her food, saw the screen, turned her body, sat sideways, and posed. When she turned away, she ran back to continue posing.
In the gym, Tokai Teio failed at weightlifting, and the barbell pinned her down.
For the training camp facilities, several excellent new Uma Musume were chosen to represent, and Tokai Teio was among them.
In the dance studio used for practice, Teio was dancing facing the mirror during class, but through the mirror, her gaze was on the camera.
On the outdoor stage, usually used by the campus idol Smart Falcon, Teio, in the audience, suddenly turned her gaze to the camera.
Finally, when recording the Emperor's promotional speech, Teio suddenly appeared in the background and made a sound.
"I am! Tokai Teio! I'm here!" She waved and bounced around, and it was all recorded.
"… (inhales) (exhales)" Rei Bo now only felt her blood pressure rising wildly.
Behind her, the Spica members were curiously watching what Rei Bo had been doing all day, but at this moment, everyone's expressions became extremely strange.
"Teio… this is a bit too much…" Trainer Okino couldn't help but speak.
It's a wonder Rudolph didn't chase Teio away at the time and continued her speech; she really spoiled her rotten.
"Emmmm, Teio, I think it's better if you slip away now…" McQueen looked at Rei Bo's state with some concern.
Now Rei Bo's ears were flattened, her tail was slapping the sofa she was sitting on, and she was repeatedly taking deep breaths.
"Yes, yes, Z-chan's tail is super strong!" Special Week, who had been fanned by Rei Bo's tail before, had a lot to say at this moment.
"This has nothing to do with tails, right? = =" Suzuka finally started her complaining career.
"Eh? But with the camera pointed at me, wouldn't it be a bit bad if I didn't do anything?"
As soon as Teio finished speaking, everyone instantly moved away from her, and even Oguri Cap, who was eating nearby, suddenly took her meal and moved a certain distance away.
"Eh? Why are you all moving away from me… Eek!?" Teio, wondering why everyone was keeping their distance, turned around and saw Rei Bo, who had approached her at some point.
At this moment, Rei Bo's bangs hung down, casting a shadow over the upper part of her face, and her purple eyes were faintly burning with fire.
Indeed! It wasn't an illusion! They were really burning!
Although she was taller than Teio, it was only by 2cm. At this moment, Rei Bo only needed to lean forward a little to be at eye level with Tokai Teio (sensitive word).
What to do… Right! McQueen was right! Run away quickly… *Slap!*
Her wrist was grabbed by the other party's hand.
Although she felt the other party wasn't using force, it was like a specially made handcuff that she couldn't pull free from.
"Where do you think you're going, Teibo?"
"Save me!" She looked at her companions with such eyes, but her former companions all betrayed her at this moment, none willing to meet her gaze, except Gold Ship.
"A-fune…" Just as the touched Teio called out her name, Gold Ship pulled out an A4 paper from somewhere, wrote a large "OMO" on it, and stuck it on her face.
Traitor!
"Let me 'properly' 'tell' you how I 'deal with' 'kids who steal the spotlight,' okay~?" Rei Bo's lips curved slightly, and she dragged the terrified Teio into her room.
"…Leave her alive." Trainer Okino said with a complex expression.
"Of course~" Rei Bo responded with a bright expression and closed the door.
As mentioned, Rei Bo's house had excellent soundproofing. Even Special Week, out of curiosity and fearlessness, pressed her ear to the door but heard nothing.
As mentioned, Rei Bo's house had excellent soundproofing. Even Special Week pressed her ear to the door but heard nothing.
The next day, Rei Bo re-shot the VTR footage, and this time Tokai Teio no longer stole the spotlight.
"Strange, Teio, how can you hold back today?" McQueen naturally knew her rival and good friend's nature, or rather, it was quite surprising that Teio could hold back from stealing the spotlight today.
"Eh? What are you talking about, McQueen? Is there something to hold back?" Teio asked in confusion.
"Eh? But Rei Bo-senpai wasn't…"
"McQueen, mature women don't ask too many questions, you know?" Teio's eyes suddenly became vacant, and her tone became extremely ethereal.
After thinking about how Teio had been inside for several hours yesterday and her dazed state when she came out, Mejiro McQueen chose to shut up on the spot.
Speaking of which, Teio was unusually sensitive to shiny things today. Perhaps she had been continuously photographed by flashlights for a long time?
"? So you came to ask me?" Rei Bo looked at Mejiro McQueen, who was timidly asking her.
McQueen nodded cautiously.
"Heh heh…" Rei Bo gave a sinister laugh, "Do you know that curiosity killed the cat?"
"Eek!" McQueen was startled.
"Alright, just kidding, it's nothing, really." Rei Bo suddenly reverted to her usual self and gave the reason.
"I just fixed her in place and then…"
"And then?" McQueen swallowed nervously.
"Forced her to repeatedly watch a video of a monk singing the Great Compassion Mantra with autotune, that's all."
This person is truly a demon… So Teio's sensitivity to shiny objects today was an allergic reaction to that monk's bald head!?
But even so, McQueen had to admit that Rei Bo was quite good at tormenting people, making the lively and active Teio unable to move and then repeatedly forcing her to watch a video with only one person… In short, the VTR was successfully completed in the end, and it also made the Spica members secretly vow, "Never make Z-chan angry."
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