Listening to Sakura Baimu's words, Mejiro McQueen thought for a moment and suddenly realized there was some truth to them.
"Wait a minute, in my memory, Sakura-nee should be much older than me... But thinking about it now, she doesn't seem that much older. What's going on...?"
Mejiro McQueen frowned slightly, suddenly feeling that the Mejiro Sakura in her memory had deviated from reality.
"Maybe you were just a little kid back then, and everyone seemed mature to you," Sakura Baimu retorted.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she received another angry glare from Mejiro McQueen.
"Don't think you know Sakura-nee better than I do, okay? You benefited a lot from her; otherwise, why do you think I agreed to join your team that didn't even have a single member?"
"So, McQueen, you choose your team based on the trainer's looks? Did you join my team just because I look like your sister? You like your sister that much?" Sakura Baimu laughed.
"Uh!" Mejiro McQueen blushed, once again rendered speechless by Sakura Baimu's retort.
Seeing Mejiro McQueen's expression, Sakura Baimu, from any perspective, felt extremely pleased and in a very good mood.
While Sakura Baimu was chatting and laughing with several TCB team members, Obey Your Master on the track took the microphone again and directly challenged Tamamo Cross.
Unfortunately, Tamamo Cross was determined to give up, firmly refused Obey Your Master's challenge.
Obey Your Master invited her several times but still couldn't persuade Tamamo Cross to compete against her.
Obey Your Master stood there helplessly on the track for a while, then turned her gaze to the TCB team's side, suddenly grinned, and walked straight toward them.
"Trainer-san, Obey Your Master seems to be heading this way!" Satono Diamond said with some surprise as she saw Obey Your Master approaching.
"Huh?" Sakura Baimu was startled.
What was Obey Your Master up to?
Meanwhile, on Rigil's side, Maruzensky, who had been chatting and laughing with Mr. CB beside her, noticed Obey Your Master walking directly toward Sakura Baimu. A bad feeling immediately arose in her heart.
"Could Mejiro Sakura have really agreed to let her join Pluto Academy? They seemed to get along much better last night."
Maruzensky wondered, worried that Sakura Baimu might actually leave Japan.
Last night's match between Sakura Baimu and Obey Your Master had filled Maruzensky with so much surprise and curiosity.
Maruzensky was also excited to suddenly discover such an interesting Pony in Tracen Academy.
But before she could even do anything, it seems Sakura Baimu was about to be taken away.
How could she allow this to happen?
"Maruzensky, Maruzensky, did you hear me? Hey—!"
Mr. CB was halfway through her conversation with Maruzensky when she suddenly noticed Maruzensky seemed lost in thought. She waved her hand twice in front of Maruzensky's face.
"Ah, sorry, Chiaki, I have something to do. Let's talk later."
Maruzensky spoke and, under Mr. CB's somewhat puzzled gaze, walked toward Sakura Baimu.
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Obey Your Master, under the watchful eyes of the TCB Umamusumes, walked straight up to Sakura Baimu.
"Yo, Sakura (pronounced the same as Sakura)." Obey Your Master greeted Sakura Baimu with a smile.
"Huh? Obey Your Master is greeting our Trainer-san?" Tokai Teio asked in surprise.
"When did she meet Obey Your Master?!" Mejiro McQueen was also puzzled.
"What's going on here?" Smart Falcon was equally confused.
The TCB members immediately turned their attention to Sakura Baimu.
"Hello, Obey Your Master, is there anything I can help you with?"
Sakura Baimu felt the gazes of her teammates and pretended not to know Obey Your Master very well.
Unexpectedly, Obey Your Master didn't buy it at all.
"What kind of attitude is this? Acting like you don't know me."
Obey Your Master walked directly to Sakura Baimu's side and, like a close friend, put her arm around Sakura Baimu's shoulder.
"Something's not right!"
The TCB Umamusumes all came to this conclusion simultaneously. Looking at Sakura Baimu's slightly helpless expression, they knew that Sakura Baimu and Obey Your Master definitely knew each other.
Sakura Baimu forcibly suppressed the urge to twitch her lips.
"So, what do you want?"
"We're going back to America tomorrow. Are you sure you don't want to come with me? I really like you, come on~"
Obey Your Master extended an invitation to Sakura Baimu once again.
However, to the unsuspecting TCB Umamusumes, her words sounded completely different.
"Eek—!" Tokai Teio grabbed her face, looking utterly incredulous.
"Eek~~~!" Kitasan Black's eyes widened, her expression a mixture of excitement and astonishment.
"What's going on? What's going on between those two? When did they meet? We've been together these past few days!" Smart Falcon was equally incredulous.
"Going to America? She invited Trainer-san to America? She said she really likes Trainer-san!!" Satono Diamond's eyes gleamed, her excitement seemingly outweighing her astonishment.
"What on earth is going on? Can someone explain this to me?"
Hearing "Obey Your Master's" words, Mejiro McQueen also widened her purple eyes, displaying a shock that was completely out of character for her privileged upbringing.
Clearly, Sakura Baimu, a trainer who, in their eyes, should never have any interaction with Obey Your Master, suddenly seemed to have received a confession from this extremely powerful American Umamusume.
This left everyone completely confused about what had happened.
However, just as the TCB Umamusumes were staring wide-eyed at Sakura Baimu, who was being draped over the shoulder by Obey Your Master, a familiar voice rang out from the side.
"Obey Your Master, Sakura is a trainer from Tracen Academy~"
Maruzensky's expression was gentle and her tone unhurried and extremely warm.
But the TCB Umamusumes all felt a shiver run down their spines at Maruzensky's smiling face and gentle tone.
"W-what's going on? Maruzen-senpai is here too?!"
"This is a Shura Field, isn't it? This is what you call a Shura Field, right!"