“Challenge me?!”
El Condor Pasa’s ears shot up, eyes widening in disbelief.
She didn’t mishear, right? This strange, black-clad figure actually wanted to challenge her?...
2025-10-14 11:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostWhen El Condor Pasa was little, she wasn’t the fearless fighter she is now. She was timid, tearful, often mocked as a coward—a nuisance everyone avoided.
Her father, the world’s stronge...
2025-10-14 11:03:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Um… Master Jin…”
“Hm? What did you just call me?” Master Jin arched a brow, his eyes suggesting Mizuno should switch to a different form of address.
“…” Mizuno got th...
2025-10-14 11:03:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Hah?!”
Mizuno froze, completely dumbfounded. For a moment, he genuinely wondered if he was still floating face-down in the pond after Hayakawa-san’s punch, hallucinating this bizarre c...
2025-10-14 11:03:09 +0000 UTC View PostAfternoon—in front of the factory.
Master Jin stood lazily in the doorway, a half-empty whiskey bottle in his left hand and a glass in his right, savoring the quiet mountain air.
Few ...
2025-10-14 11:03:05 +0000 UTC View PostAfter waking up in Hayakawa-san’s tent, Mizuno didn’t waste a single minute lying around.
He first returned to the waterfall and thanked Hayakawa-san—still meditating there—for saving...
2025-10-14 11:03:02 +0000 UTC View PostRing-ring-ring—
As the sun sank and twilight spread through the forest, Mizuno’s alarm finally went off, marking the end of his two-hour waterfall meditation.
The warm ligh...
2025-10-14 11:02:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe physical conditioning plan Master Jin gave Mizuno had four parts.
———
Part One.
Head north into the forest, climb a mountain over a thousand meters tall, scale ...
2025-10-14 11:02:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Hm?”
The swimsuit-clad Uma Musume’s startled reaction caught Mizuno off guard.
That half-uttered name—she’d almost called out his surname.
“Do you… know me...
2025-10-14 11:02:48 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ll keep that in mind!” Mizuno nodded earnestly, taking Master Jin’s warning to heart.
Rest assured—even if it killed him, he would never pull an Uma Musume’s tail.
... 2025-10-14 11:02:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe foreign man—no, Master Jin now—led Mizuno into the ramshackle factory.
Inside was a surprise: clean and tidy, almost eerily empty. Overhead lights flickered; cardboard boxes were stac...
2025-10-14 11:02:40 +0000 UTC View Post“Go on, scram!” The dreadlocked dojo master waved Mizuno off impatiently, urging him to leave.
“…I see…” Mizuno lowered his head, rubbing his chin in thought.
He’d already...
2025-10-14 11:02:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Too damn strong…”
Mizuno lay sprawled on the ground, watching from a distance as medics carefully lifted Hiroshima Baoza onto a stretcher and into an ambulance. His heart still tremble...
2025-10-14 11:02:32 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the two sisters returned home, only Nakano Yotsuba and Nakano Itsuki were in the living room. Nakano Miku was holed up in the bedroom, as usual.
“Huh? How come you two came back togeth...
2025-10-14 11:01:38 +0000 UTC View PostNakano Nino wasn't intentionally targeting Nakano Ichika—her questioning came purely from concern for her family. She just wanted to clear things up.
Earlier at the dessert shop, she'd alre...
2025-10-14 11:01:35 +0000 UTC View PostShirase paid no heed to Nino’s excuses, stepping forward to gently push her by the shoulders. “I’ll help you across.”
“Hey, I already told you—I’m not climbing over—”
...
2025-10-14 11:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe sky had fully darkened, and the streets officially entered the "golden hours" beloved by riajuu couples.
As Shirase and Nakano Nino passed through the lively street, they spotted a couple...
2025-10-14 11:01:25 +0000 UTC View PostAt this moment, Nakano Nino quietly murmured, “Those jealous girls in class are always saying, ‘Yukinoshita-san will probably be stuck as flat as a board her whole life.’ They say it so much ...
2025-10-14 11:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostEverything went just as Shirase had expected—walking down the street with Nakano Nino drew plenty of glances.
There were, of course, girls sneaking looks at him too, but compared to the rad...
2025-10-14 11:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post“Shirase, Nee-san knows you occasionally like to say weird things, but today is your first date with Nino—you absolutely cannot mess it up...”
“When dealing with girls, you must alway...
2025-10-14 11:01:12 +0000 UTC View PostOn the way home, Shirase assumed Nakano Nino would probably be tsundere-ishly waiting at home for his call, thanks to Nakano Yotsuba’s report.
But then he spotted her figure through the win...
2025-10-14 11:01:08 +0000 UTC View PostBefore soccer practice even finished, Shirase and the others saw Hayama Hayato say something to Miura Yumiko, and then that blonde girl reluctantly pulled Ebina Hina away.
“What did you two...
2025-10-14 11:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Why’d you come all the way over here?” Shirase paused [Fixed Hosting] and walked toward her proactively.
“I came to see you, of course~” Nakano Yotsuba’s face st...
2025-10-14 11:00:58 +0000 UTC View PostIn fact, Isshiki Iroha’s guess had been spot‑on.
When Hayama Hayato arrived, he greeted everyone politely—but then went straight over to chat with Shirase.
Watching this, Miura Yu...
2025-10-14 11:00:53 +0000 UTC View PostEarly next morning, Shirase went out for his routine morning jog as usual.
Tonight, he had a date with Nakano Nino, so naturally, club practice couldn’t run until dark like last time.
Kojima Kana’s current speech was dangerous.
At least, from Shirase’s point of view, it was dangerously close to a situation like “Ma'am, your outfit is dangerous.”
Yet Kana hers...
2025-10-14 11:00:45 +0000 UTC View Post[Congratulations, host, on winning the warm sweater knitted by Kojima Kana. The system will retrieve your prize immediately.]
Once again controlled b...
2025-10-14 11:00:41 +0000 UTC View PostAt this point, continuing the meal was naturally impossible. After Shirase put down his chopsticks, Yukinoshita Haruno and Hiratsuka Shizuka both suggested taking the injured Yukino to the hospital...
2025-10-14 11:00:37 +0000 UTC View PostWatching Shirase stride so decisively toward the restaurant door, looking ready to fight to the end, the four men and three women were all left stunned.
Even the long-haired man’s girlfrien...
2025-10-14 11:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post“Yukino, are you alright?”
Hiratsuka Shizuka naturally noticed Yukinoshita Yukino’s pained expression. When she saw Yukino's toes bleeding continuously, she immediately pulled tissues f...
2025-10-14 11:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post