Golden Crown Eagle stared blankly at Symboli Rudolf and Maruzensky, momentarily forgetting to greet them.
Of course, Symboli Rudolf and Maruzensky didn't seem to care about Golden Crown Eagle's reaction.
In fact, they had already anticipated Golden Crown Eagle's reaction upon seeing them.
Symboli Rudolf smiled slightly and placed a bag beside Golden Crown Eagle's bed.
"This is a message of condolence from the Tracen Academy Student Council. On behalf of the Student Council, I express my deepest sympathy for what happened to Miss Golden Crown Eagle."
"..."
Golden Crown Eagle was helpless, unable to express her anger at Symboli Rudolf's crocodile tears.
"You're so powerful; whatever you say is right."
"Symboli Rudolf, is this all you came to see me about?" Golden Crown Eagle asked.
"You're quite perceptive, Miss Golden Crown Eagle. I've come to ask you about something," Symboli Rudolf chuckled.
Golden Crown Eagle's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that they were here to hold her accountable for harming Tracen Academy Umamusume?
"Miss Golden Crown Eagle, you taught Rice Shower about the Zone before Takarazuka Kinen, which resulted in her suffering extremely serious injuries at Takarazuka Kinen."
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"I saw her progress was slow and wanted to help her…" Golden Crown Eagle muttered a weak excuse.
"Miss Golden Crown Eagle, you don't need to explain. We both know the truth. Since you've also been injured this time, I have no intention of pursuing the matter further," Symboli Rudolf said softly. "Of course, your injuries are far less severe than Rice Shower's."
"Not going to pursue it further? What does that mean?" Golden Crown Eagle's eyes widened when she heard Symboli Rudolf say she wasn't going to pursue the matter further.
"It means exactly what it says."
"Then why did you come to see me…?" Golden Crown Eagle was immediately confused.
She was somewhat confused as to why Symboli Rudolf had come to see her.
"Last night, Maruzensky and I were also at the academy. Like Obey Your Master, we witnessed your match."
"!!!!"
Golden Crown Eagle was already surprised for the umpteenth time; she had thought last night's match was very secretive.
After all, it was quite late.
So, if she hadn't been defeated by an Umamusume last night, but instead, as she had expected, used her Zone to frighten "Ogura," then "The Emperor" and "Hotrod" would have intervened!
Golden Crown Eagle suddenly felt a sense of relief.
Although, if that had actually happened, she wasn't sure if she could use the pretext of "bullying the weak" to stop them.
"So, what brings you two to me?" Golden Crown Eagle thought for a long time, still unable to understand their purpose in coming to see her.
"I have a few questions for you," Symboli Rudolf said slowly.
"Go ahead and ask."
"How did you determine that harming Umamusume of Tracen Academy would lure 'her' out?"
"Her?"
"Don't play dumb. It's the Umamusume you competed against last night."
"What do you mean? Don't you know 'Ogura'? Isn't she your academy's Umamusume? Why don't you just ask her yourself?" Golden Crown Eagle asked again, puzzled.
"You just need to answer Rudolf's questions," Maruzensky said with a smile, offering no further explanation.
"That's pretty domineering…" Golden Crown Eagle thought to herself, speechless, before replying.
"I had a match with that Ogura the night before last, and I lost to her. Before she left, she gave me two pieces of advice."
Symboli Rudolf and Maruzensky exchanged a glance and quickly asked.
"What advice?"
"She told me not to use my Zone to harm the other Umamusume at Tracen Academy anymore, and she said that her investigation wasn't yet complete, so it was best not to let her contact me."
Golden Crown Eagle recalled the night she first met this Ogura.
Looking back now, that umamusume's attitude was actually quite gentle; the only pity was that she hadn't taken Sakura Baimu's advice to heart.
"So, you deliberately hurt Umamusume from our academy just to lure her out?" Symboli Rudolf asked in a deep voice.
"…" Golden Crown Eagle was speechless.
"You saw the face of that 'Ogura' you mentioned, right? Can you describe what she looks like?"
"Hmm?" Golden Crown Eagle was puzzled again.
That Umamusume was clearly wearing Tracen Academy's tracksuit, so why was Symboli Rudolf asking her?
"Actually, Rudolf and I didn't get a clear look at the face of the Umamusume you were competing against when we were watching your match. And that 'Ogura' mentioned is probably a fake name; we're looking for her," Maruzensky said.
"I see…"
Golden Crown Eagle recalled Sakura Baimu's appearance again. Yesterday, Sakura Baimu had a close forehead-to-forehead encounter with her, and she had clearly seen Sakura Baimu's face.
"Her main features are blue hair and blue eyes. Also, she looks a lot like that..."
Just as Golden Crown Eagle was about to say that the Umamusume looked a lot like that TCB trainer, the hospital room door was opened again.
The three people in the room looked toward the door and saw that the person who entered was Sakura Baimu.
"Trainer Sakura?"
"Ms. Sakura."
Symboli Rudolf and Maruzensky both looked surprised, while Golden Crown Eagle, lying on the bed, changed her expression drastically upon seeing Sakura Baimu's face.
What do you mean, "looks a lot like"?
Except for the hair color and the lack of ears, they were exactly the same!
"I heard from Bourbon that you were here, so I thought I'd come and see," Sakura Baimu smiled. "What are you talking about?"
"Uh... we came to visit Golden Crown Eagle."
Symboli Rudolf suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
It's rather illogical that they would come to Golden Crown Eagle to investigate "Ogura" behind the back of Sakura Baimu, a trainer who clearly knows "Ogura."
"Is that so?" Sakura Baimu smiled slightly, as if to say, "I see."
She slowly walked to the bedside of Golden Crown Eagle, who had been staring intently at her since she entered the room. She bent down, bringing her face close to Golden Crown Eagle's. Golden Crown Eagle smiled, looking directly into her eyes, and spoke...
"I just found out about Miss Golden Crown Eagle's hospitalization. It's really careless of you to break a bone while running."
"You..."
Golden Crown Eagle's pupils contracted sharply when she saw Sakura Baimu approach and clearly saw her jewel-like blue eyes.
"I'm Sakura Baimu, a trainer from TCB. Miss Golden Crown Eagle, we met 'once' at the academy yesterday afternoon; you haven't forgotten, have you?" Sakura Baimu asked with a smile.