Uma Musume Pretty Derby: To The Basement [409]

Just as planned!

The corner of Mizuno’s mouth lifted. Though his expression barely changed on the surface, inwardly, he was already overjoyed.

The Art of War said: The ruler may not move his army out of anger; the general may not do battle out of wrath

Roughly speaking, it meant you should not let rage blind you. Otherwise, it became easy to lose sight of the situation and be defeated by an enemy’s trap.

Conversely, if you could anger your opponent and make her emotions take over, you could easily use her to accomplish your own goal.

And the moment Hishi Amazon, provoked into anger, shouted, “What’s there to be afraid of!” she had fallen right into Mizuno’s routine. Mizuno only needed to guide her a little, and Amazon would follow his plan step by step.

Mizuno really did not want to use this move on a righteous, kindhearted girl like Hishi Amazon. It made him feel guilty, as if he were pointing a gun at a good person. But in order to protect his kidneys and escape this den of demons, Mizuno had no choice!

“Hmph. You talk big, but deep down, you’re actually afraid I’ll seduce you, aren’t you, little girl~” Mizuno continued mocking her, his face full of disdain.

“Hah?!”

That made Hishi Amazon’s anger burn even hotter. Her brain, which had still been capable of a little rational thought, was now filled with nothing but surging fury.

After all, with her looks—three parts handsome, seven parts wild—and her hot-blooded personality that loved challenging powerful opponents one-on-one, people had always called her big sis. No one had ever dared call her little girl.

If an elder or someone highly respected had called her that, Hishi Amazon could have accepted it. But now, being called little girl in an ambiguous tone by a scumbag with rotten character made Amazon feel as though her entire being had been insulted!

On top of that, he was the one who had taken the initiative to challenge her. Hishi Amazon had no reason to back down at all!

“Afraid?!” Hishi Amazon’s eyelid twitched. Her Umamusume ears flattened completely backward, and a huge vein bulged on her forehead. Before she knew it, the way she looked at Mizuno carried a hint of killing intent. “You think I’d be afraid of you?!”

“Amazon, calm down! Don’t fall for his plan!” Fuji Kiseki, beside her, saw that Mizuno was deliberately provoking Hishi Amazon and hurriedly tried to stop her.

“This guy wants to use you to escape. You absolutely mustn’t fall for his trick!”

“Don’t believe anything he says, and don’t touch him. Just leave him to me. I have my own ways to make him behave.”

Fuji Kiseki gently placed a hand on Hishi Amazon’s shoulder, trying to calm her out-of-control emotions.

But Hishi Amazon’s competitive spirit had already risen, and she could not hear her friend’s advice at all. Her eyes were fixed firmly on Mizuno. All she wanted now was to give the arrogant guy in front of her a lesson he would never forget.

“Kiseki, don’t stop me! Today, I’m going to make this guy understand exactly what heroic spirit means!” Hishi Amazon gritted her teeth in fury, flames burning in her reddish-brown eyes.

“A real hero doesn’t achieve their goals by sweet-talking girls!”

“You want a challenge, right? Fine! I accept!”

“If you win, then after this, you can deal with me however you want, or make me do whatever you want!”

“But if you lose…” Hishi Amazon’s gaze shifted downward, her hands clenching tight as if she wanted to crush something to pieces. “Then I’ll make sure you understand what usually happens to scumbags who toy with girls’ feelings!”

“Gulp…” Mizuno nervously swallowed, instantly feeling a phantom pain in his lower body.

If I lose to Hishi Amazon this time, I’m probably going to become a little girl myself!

But benefits and risks went hand in hand. As long as he won, the problems of these two dorm supervisors would probably be solved at the same time. It was worth betting his sexual happiness for the rest of his life on!

“Come on!” Mizuno shouted, mustering his courage. He stared straight into Hishi Amazon’s eyes without the slightest fear on his face.

Only, Mizuno was not afraid, but Fuji Kiseki refused to agree.

“No! Isn’t that a little too serious?!” Fuji Kiseki hugged Mizuno and looked at Hishi Amazon in panic. “His crime doesn’t deserve that. Can’t you change the punishment?”

“Kiseki, this is necessary!” Hishi Amazon clenched her fist. “A scumbag should receive a scumbag’s punishment. Only then can we stop him from hurting other girls in the future!”

“But you don’t have to destroy his ability to have a sex life!” Fuji Kiseki held Mizuno even tighter. “What if there’s still a girl who wants to spend her life with him? If you do that, won’t you be destroying that girl’s future happiness too?”

“Hah?! What girl would genuinely like a scumbag with not a single redeeming point anywhere on his body?”

“Uh… he still has some good points…”

“Such as?” Hishi Amazon raised an eyebrow.

“Such as… his personality is actually pretty nice, he says pleasant things, and he’s very responsible…” Fuji Kiseki lowered her head awkwardly and quietly blurted out the truth while pretending to make things up.

“Hah?!” Looking at Fuji Kiseki desperately defending Mizuno, Hishi Amazon suddenly thought of a possibility.

“Kiseki, don’t tell me you’ve already been bewitched by him?!” Hishi Amazon’s eyes widened, her face full of disbelief.

“This…” Fuji Kiseki stammered and could not get a word out.

“Damn it! You bastard!” Hishi Amazon gritted her teeth and turned her furious gaze on Mizuno, her hatred for him deepening even further.

This scumbag had not only ruined President Rudolf and the others, but had even taken advantage of a moment when she was not paying attention to turn her friend Fuji Kiseki into this obedient, follow-his-lead version of herself.

Kiseki was usually so handsome, kindhearted, and smart. She often kindly helped Hishi Amazon make up her schoolwork, and had always been her excellent friend and rival. How had she been charmed so thoroughly by this scumbag that she had completely lost the ability to think normally?

This guy named Mizuno really did deserve to have his manhood cut off!

“I won’t forgive you!” Hishi Amazon chopped through the hemp rope around Mizuno with a hand blade, then forcibly pulled Fuji Kiseki away from him. Her eyes remained fixed viciously on Mizuno.

“Didn’t you say you were going to challenge me?” Hishi Amazon dragged Fuji Kiseki onto the bed by force and confidently crooked a finger at the newly untied Mizuno in front of her.

“Come on! I’ll give you a chance! Use your tricks to seduce me now! If I so much as blink, then I don’t deserve to be called the Heroine of Justice!”

“Amazon! Don’t!” Fuji Kiseki shook her head frantically.

Because no matter who won this challenge Mizuno had proposed, whether it was Mizuno or Hishi Amazon, it would not be good for Fuji Kiseki!

If Mizuno won and Hishi Amazon let him go back, then Fuji Kiseki’s plan to monopolize him would fall apart!

And if Hishi Amazon won and Mizuno suffered severe punishment, then what was Fuji Kiseki supposed to eat in the future?!

So continuing to restrict Mizuno’s ability to speak and move, ensuring he had no chance to act at all, was the optimal solution for Fuji Kiseki’s plan to enjoy Mizuno all to herself!

Not letting him successfully anger Hishi Amazon into challenging him one-on-one like this, adding all sorts of uncertainty to the situation.

What if he really has a way to escape?!

“Don’t move!” Seeing the freed Mizuno about to take something out of his pocket, Fuji Kiseki got up to stop him, but the fighting-spirited Hishi Amazon beside her pressed her firmly down on the bed.

Perhaps normally, the two of them might still have been evenly matched in strength. But this time, Amazon had an absolute reason she could not lose. She had to protect this friend of hers, as well as many other innocent girls, from being harmed by Mizuno the scumbag. So Hishi Amazon used two hundred percent of her strength to suppress Fuji Kiseki.

“Kiseki, don’t worry. I’ll make sure he gets punished!”

“Don’t!”

Mizuno looked at the two beautiful Umamusume struggling on the bed for the sake of their future happiness, and the corners of his mouth could not stop rising.

Hmhm. You fell for it…

Challenging Hishi Amazon one-on-one had never been his real goal. Getting untied was! This way, he could make his S-Grade Honey Drink and solve the appetite problem of the two dorm supervisors!

So Mizuno quickly took the ingredients out of his pocket, swiftly made a cup of Honey Drink that had so far received one hundred percent five-star praise, and handed it to Hishi Amazon.

“What is this? Some kind of spiked drink?” Hishi Amazon pressed Fuji Kiseki’s face down beneath her and stared warily at the Honey Drink in Mizuno’s hand.

“It’s not spiked.” Mizuno shook his head, took a sip himself first, then handed it to Hishi Amazon again and provoked her. “It’s just a delicious beverage. Though it is my killer move for tricking girls~”

“Hah?!” Hishi Amazon narrowed her eyes dangerously, snatched the Honey Drink from Mizuno’s hand, tilted her head back, and poured it straight into her mouth without the slightest fear.

“Hmhm~” Seeing Hishi Amazon gulp down the Honey Drink he had prepared, Mizuno felt everything was settled.

This Honey Drink was the strongest trump card he had for solving the two dorm supervisors’ appetite problem. As long as he could smoothly get them to drink it, even if it was only one sip, it would take effect, make them fall in love with this flavor, and thereby erase their desire to eat him.

Although Mizuno’s hopes were beautiful, and his logic was sound, reality did not develop the way he had predicted.

Hishi Amazon drank all of the Honey Drink, boldly wiped the corner of her mouth with her arm, then casually tossed the empty plastic cup aside. Her eyes continued glaring viciously at Mizuno.

“I drank it all. So what?” Hishi Amazon’s expression was relaxed, as if drinking it had affected her no more than a cup of plain water.

“Then do you feel like it tasted really good, your stomach is warm, and you don’t really want to eat me anymore?” Mizuno asked carefully.

“Do I?” Hishi Amazon lowered her head and carefully sensed the changes in her body.

But a few seconds later, Hishi Amazon gave a disdainful snort, then lifted her head and showed Mizuno her sharp canine teeth. “It tastes good, sure. But I still want to eat you, scumbag!”

“?!”

Hishi Amazon’s answer made Mizuno, who had been full of confidence, instantly go pale with shock.

He looked at Hishi Amazon, whose expression was still full of resentment. His head buzzed, and he felt as if his understanding of the world had been attacked.

His previously invincible S-Grade Honey Drink… had actually had no effect this time?!

Mizuno had imagined that Hishi Amazon might stubbornly insist the Honey Drink did not taste good. But he had never imagined that Hishi Amazon would admit the Honey Drink was delicious, while the most crucial point—her appetite problem—still had not been solved!

“No… this can’t be?!” Mizuno’s legs went weak, and he could not stop himself from taking several steps back.

If even the Honey Drink he had placed such heavy hopes on had no effect, then what method did he have left to satisfy their wishes?

“Guh…”

Mizuno furrowed his brow. All of his plans had been completely thrown into chaos, and for a moment, he fell into confusion.

“Hmph~”

Seeing Mizuno suffer a setback like this put Hishi Amazon in a wonderful mood, and her determination to punish him grew even firmer.

“Don’t tell me that was all the tricks you have for deceiving girls? It doesn’t seem to have any effect on me at all~” Hishi Amazon mocked Mizuno while suppressing the struggling Fuji Kiseki, her eyes fixed on Mizuno’s lower body.

“If you don’t work harder to seduce me, your future is about to say goodbye to you!”

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