The Story of Demon Hunter

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Natsumi immediately broke away from Mr. Sengoku. Kicking the man's leg, he let out a cold snort with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

“Go! Leave this shameless man alone! Absolutely cannot be expected!”

Satoru looked at Natsumi who left then towards Mr. Sengoku with a helpless expression. The young man then shrugged before going to follow Natsumi. Two other people, Ono and Miyuki, also left. Leaving the silent Mr. Sengoku in his place.

Moments later, they finally stood on the edge of the guardrail to watch the match.

Meanwhile, the new Satoru and Ono looking at such a racetrack directly seemed astonished. Unlike the regular racetrack, this place looks more like a runway for sprints. The difference is, there are two climbs that are used as obstacles.

Together with the loud whistle sound, all the spectators looked so boisterous. Many of them shouted with excited faces, even a bit exaggerated and looked almost desperate.

‘SLOW!!’

Satoru and ono shouted in their hearts. Due to the visibility covered the first ramp, they could only see a puff of smoke from a distance. Moments later, they finally saw the horses and their seats.

At the sight of the huge horse full of muscles pulling the sled with weight on it, Satoru and Ono were completely dumbfounded. They did not expect to see such a sight.

“What the fuck? Isn't the load they pulled too heavy?” ono said with an astonished expression.

“Tire’ei line consists of a 200 meter long dirt track. While the weight they are pulling now is 450 kilograms, for the more professional ones, there is a weight class of 1 ton.” Miyuki said with a smile on her face.

“Ton?!” ono said with a dumbfounded expression.

At that moment, Natsumi's voice was also heard.

“I heard horses from your family are following this race? Which horse is your family?”

“Number 03, Captain Brown!” miyuki said with an expression full of enthusiasm and pride.

Just then, their gaze fell towards the dark brown colored horse that was leading in front. Only, the horse suddenly came to a halt. Seeing that, Satoru and Ono looked puzzled.

“What did he do? Why did Captain Brown stop?” ono asked with an anxious expression.

“Joki did stop him because he needed extra power to get through the second hurdle! Take it easy, everything has just started here!” natsumi said with a stern expression.

Seeing Captain Brown restarting, Satoru and his friends seemed very excited. However, the brown horse was not alone as the other horses had also caught up.

At the sight of the horses passing through the second obstacle (hill), their hands clenched tightly filled with vigor.

***

About an hour later, Satoru and his friends were at the restaurant eating ramen.

“It was really close! Though a little more getting first place!” ono said with a somewhat annoyed expression.

Hearing that, Satoru looked indifferent. Meanwhile, Natsumi and Miyuki looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

“What's wrong if not get number 1? I think number 3 is still good. That way, at least the horse will last longer and will not be slaughtered,” Miyuki replied with a gentle smile on her face.

“What?! If they lose, will they be slaughtered? Even though they've been trying so hard?” Ono said with a depressed expression mixed with anger.

“Of course effort is important, but the breeders only think about the results. As long as it wins, it has benefits. It is a bit cruel, but that is the reality.” Miyuki looked at Ono with a gentle smile on her face.

Hearing Miyuki's words, Ono clenched her hands tighter.

Do not think about such benefits. Even Satoru had seen some abominations and filthy things where people did not hesitate to drop his comrade for his own benefit.

The useful ones were maintained and the useless ones were discarded, Satoru was already very familiar with such a system. Not to mention, those at the top did indeed often do such a thing.

In the end, the atmosphere became a bit awkward due to that talk. At that very instant, Natsumi suddenly clapped her hands while saying, “Rather than being confused, how about we meet Captain Brown? I want to see racing horse Ban’ei from near.”

“Good!” miyuki replied with a smile on her face.

After which, they finally went to the back of the arena to look at the horses. There, there were many people gathered. Most of them are racehorse owners or stewards, but there are also some outsiders who may be friends or visitors.

“Oh! Isn't that Miyuki-chan? Come watch the game with your friends? It turns out there is Natsumi-chan too.”

A middle-aged man who was taking care of Captain Brown said with a friendly smile on his face. When he saw Satoru and Ono, he stroked his chin with narrowed eyes, seemingly watching over the two well.

Satoru and Ono himself immediately nodded politely as a greeting. Their eyes were then sidetracked on the figure of a large horse and looked strong.

‘Truly looks ferocious, did he behave like a wild pirate then named Captain Brown?’

At the moment when Satoru was thinking that, Captain Brown suddenly snorted ferociously while scratching the ground with his front legs. Seeing that, the young man took a few steps back and said with a wry smile.

“Sorry, I don't have bad thoughts about you. That was by accident.”

Seeing Satoru who suddenly spoke to the horse, the people around were a little surprised. Even the uncle who was taking care of the horse immediately laughed.

“Hahaha! This horse is arrogant, but friendly with people who look attractive. He should want you to comb his fur.”

After saying that, the uncle took out a brush and rubbed the horse's body. Seeing the comfortable expression on the horse's face, Satoru was completely stunned.

“Can you read the horse's mind, Uncle?” satoru asked with a puzzled expression.

“Hahahaha! That's really a funny question at once silly.”

The middle-aged man laughed as he shook his head. After a while, his expression gradually calmed down.

“If I could listen to the thoughts of the horses here, I might have gone mad because the horses must have hated us. After all, they lived in cages, were forcibly employed, and were snuffed out when deemed useless. How could the horses like us if they could know that.

Also, people like us are people who live off horses. We may not be good people, but we still respect them. Anyway, that's what we can do.”

“Although they lost?” ask Ono.

“Ya.” The middle-aged man nodded. “Meski sounds hypocritical, but this is the truth. Maybe you can see cheetahs and deer. Cheetah chasing deer while praying ‘God, I'm starving and want to eat.’ While the deer that the cheetah is chasing prays ‘God, I want to live.’ ... if it is like that, who is right and wrong?”

“...”

“Good and bad cannot be seen only from the side. We cannot justify our own thinking and blame others because not necessarily our actions are right in the eyes of others.”

Looking towards Satoru and his friends, the uncle smiled.

“Life is not about winning and losing, it is not about right and wrong. I think, rather than looking for the faults of others and justifying ourselves . we need to have tolerance.

Appreciate their choices without the need to blame let alone impose our truth on them.”

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