"As expected, it's the Demon King's victory."
The fans spoke calmly.
Although the bursts from Seiun Sky and the others were dazzling, the fans, already accustomed to the formula of "Demon King = Victory," didn't think the Demon King would lose at all. Even the stubborn Demon King haters secretly accepted her victory as the default. After all, among the runners in the Japanese circuit, no one could defeat the Demon King.
So what if they learned skills?
The fact that the Demon King dared to publish the Skill Manual showed she had absolute confidence in this area. No matter how they thought about it, they couldn't imagine a possibility where the Demon King lost. Currently, the Demon King was invincible in the Japanese racing circle.
"The power of skills really is strong. How many skills do you think the Demon King used in this race?"
Some horse girls couldn't help but wonder. Not having entered the gateway themselves, their understanding of skills was one-sided, and they couldn't tell how much skill power the runners used in the race. They could only guess.
After the Winning Concert, Demon King Ship accepted an interview, which was unprecedented for her.
"Contestant Gold Ship, could you please explain the principle of skills to the audience in detail? What exactly is that power, and can using it in races be considered fair?"
The first reporter to ask a question was there to nitpick.
Hearing this, Demon King Ship just let out a disdainful snort.
"What a joke. This great one has no obligation to explain anything to you. If you're not convinced, come challenge me on the track. Or perhaps, you can try complaining to the Three Goddesses!"
"..."
The reporter was glared at by Demon King Ship and instantly felt frozen stiff, unable to move.
'Is this the power of skills? Is this the pressure the other runners face during a race?'
The reporter looked horrified. Suppressed by the Demon King's Aura, he couldn't utter a single word.
At this time, the next reporter began to ask questions.
However, the questions were much simpler this time, as everyone had seen the miserable state of the first guy.
Besides, there was really no point in pursuing those questions.
Just as Demon King Ship said, if the power of skills really wasn't allowed, the Three Goddesses would have manifested long ago. Now that the Committee had expressed support for the popularization of skills, it was basically certain that there was divine permission behind this. Digging deeper into this matter was just looking for trouble.
"Contestant Gold Ship, could you tell us about your expectations for the future?"
"None at all. This great one doesn't believe there is anyone in this world who can make me get serious."
Demon King Ship's answer was extremely blunt, essentially saying that every runner in this world except herself was trash. The reporters' eyes lit up; they felt this answer alone was enough to explode the trending topics.
Symboli Rudolf, observing the interview from the back, couldn't help but hold her forehead. This girl really dared to say anything.
"Then, Contestant Gold Ship, your next goal is surely to win the final race of the Triple Crown, right?"
"Correct."
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"Following the Satsuki Sho, the Demon King takes the Japan Derby victory!"
"The Demon King states bluntly: everyone except herself is trash!"
While the outside world was still discussing these hot topics...
Demon King Ship opened the door to a restroom and found she had crossed over again.
She couldn't understand the principle at all.
If her perception hadn't been strong enough, she might not have even noticed that she had encountered a crossover event just by going to wash her hands.
A passing student stared blankly at the white-haired beautiful girl who suddenly appeared in front of her wearing a coat.
When did this person appear here? And why does she feel strange, yet familiar?
Demon King Ship ignored the dazed student and walked out of the restroom toward Team Spica's activity room. Just by looking at her, one probably wouldn't be able to tell she was a traveler from a parallel world.
Passing by the training grounds, Demon King Ship saw some strange things and subconsciously stopped to take a few more looks.
'Strange. When did this world start training skills too? I remember Symboli Rudolf and the others gave up on it back then. Or did that McQueen guy invent something similar to the Skill Manual?'
She had completely forgotten that she had left a set of the Skill Manual in this world last time.
Arriving at the Spica activity room, she happened to see the Spica members changed into their gym clothes, ready to head out.
The group, who had been talking and laughing, saw Demon King Ship, and their expressions changed instantly.
"Gwah! It's the evil invader from another world!"
[Gold Ship] was the first to let out a strange cry and threw an object at Demon King Ship.
Demon King Ship caught it and saw that [Gold Ship] had thrown a Rubik's Cube.
Casually solving the cube and tossing it in her hand, Demon King Ship smiled and said, "Long time no see, everyone."
"Damn it! She took down Lord Goldie-chan's secret weapon so easily!"
[Gold Ship] stared straight at Demon King Ship solving her cube in a few moves, eyes wide.
Tokai Teio responded cheerfully, "You're here again, Demon King? But has it been that long? It's only been four days since you left."
[Mejiro McQueen] said expressionlessly, "What do you want this time? Let me make this clear: I really have no way to summon the other me. You verified that in the last race too."
"The flow of time between our worlds is different. As for you... this great one is no longer interested in you." Demon King Ship didn't target [Mejiro McQueen] at all this time. Even so, the latter didn't feel happy about it.
Because this guy's eyes seemed to say, "I'm no longer interested in trash like you." In a sense, that agitated [Mejiro McQueen] even more.
"Then why did you come here this time?"
"The answer to that question... this great one is looking for it too."
Demon King Ship didn't know what she could do this time either. She wanted to find Mejiro McQueen, but she probably had to wait for the other party to seek her out, since that girl seemed to have mastered the power to travel freely between worlds.
"Don't even think about borrowing Lord Goldie-chan's identity to race again! Do you know how much trouble your sudden disappearance caused us last time?!" [Gold Ship] said aggressively.
Seeing her like this, Demon King Ship was momentarily bluffed.
Did my sudden departure really cause big problems?
"Hmph. So what if it did? As for borrowing your identity... what a joke. Why would this great one need to borrow the identity of a piece of trash like you?"
Demon King Ship remained arrogant. Even if she did something wrong, so what? A Demon King wouldn't care about such things.
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