"Mm-hmm~ This power feels amazing! I feel so good I could sing—I've never been this hyped before!"

[Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] reveled in her unprecedented strength, confidence surging within her.

At full strength, she could obliterate an entire city.

Even the excess misfortune energy leaking from her began distorting the surroundings.

The once-clear sky darkened dramatically as storm clouds gathered, thunder rumbling ominously. Moments later, heavy rain began pouring down.

"It's raining heavily! Everyone, hurry inside!"

All the Uma Musume quickly fled indoors, afraid of getting soaked.

All, that is, except for one particular Uma Musume, who excitedly rushed out from the classroom as soon as she saw the rain.

But the moment she reached the open space, ready to enjoy the feeling of raindrops drenching her skin, something bizarre happened:

Not a single drop of rain landed on her body!

"Huh?" Mejiro Palmer stood stunned. Why isn't the rain falling on me?

She moved around, but wherever she went, the rain avoided her, maintaining a one-meter radius dry circle around her, almost as if intentionally dodging her.

Even when she ran quickly, the raindrops predicted her movements, keeping her completely dry.

I've been rejected by the rain itself… Mejiro Palmer's eyes dulled with disappointment as she sadly trudged back inside.

"This is the [Misfortune Domain]," [Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] explained to herself quietly.

"The overflowing misfortune creates an area of ever-increasing bad luck around me. Those inside it are slowly corroded by misfortune, while my own strength continuously grows!"

"Ugh…" At the domain's center, Meisho Doto felt unbearable pain overwhelm her senses and collapsed unconscious on the cold ground.

The icy rain continued pouring over her body, draining away her warmth.

Under the corrosion of misfortune, her vitality quickly began to fade.

"Oh? Misfortune Goddess?" At that moment, irrational Mizuno finally noticed [Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] nearby.

"Hehe~ I wanna do bad things! I'm going to thoroughly humiliate you!"

"Oh-ho? Let's see if you actually have the strength for that," [Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] replied, accepting Mizuno's challenge and raising her slender fist.

"See this huge fist? It contains intense misfortune energy. Whoever gets hit will suffer extremely unlucky events."

"Watch carefully." [Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] pointed to someone in the distance.

Mizuno looked over and saw a trainer with an afro hairstyle passing by.

Earlier, trainer Hiroshima Baoza had been training Konankai, but when the sudden rain arrived, he had to cut practice short, sending Konankai back to the dorm while he himself sought shelter near the classrooms.

[Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] pointed toward Hiroshima Baoza and grinned at Mizuno. "Now, observe!"

Boom!

[Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] punched the air toward Hiroshima Baoza.

The misfortune entered his body, causing a sudden chill.

"Ugh—why do I feel suddenly cold?"

A split second later, an unknown Uma Musume sprinted toward him at full speed.

"Sorry! Emergency coming through!"

Blinded by heavy rain, the Uma Musume tried her best to avoid others but failed to notice poor Hiroshima standing directly in her path.

By the time he realized it, it was far too late.

Bang!

The impact sent him flying, spinning two and a half times mid-air before crashing directly into a trash bin.

"Huh? Did I bump into someone?" The unknown Uma Musume glanced around briefly. Seeing no one, she shrugged it off.

"Oh well, gotta hurry! Trainer-san's waiting for our date~" she quickly dashed away.

Misfortune Goddess laughed triumphantly.

"Hahaha! Do you see my power now? Just one casual punch from me can knock someone senseless! Are you scared yet?"

Irrational Mizuno trembled dramatically. "Terrified."

"Hahaha! I knew you wouldn't be scared!" [Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] nodded smugly, interpreting Mizuno's trembling as sarcasm, convinced he wasn't actually afraid.

Therefore, determined to defeat Mizuno decisively, she unleashed her ultimate attack.

"I know your greatest fear—being jumped by Uma Musume! Especially by Tokai Teio…"

"So, I've specially modified each of my punches with a unique curse just for you! Every punch that hits you guarantees one thing: You'll get jumped hard by an Uma Musume!"

"Get hit once, random Uma Musume jump. Twice, Tokai Teio herself jumps you. Any more than that, and you'll spend the rest of your life trapped in the basement!"

"Surprise attack!"

Abandoning honor, [Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] threw a swift punch while irrational Mizuno was still unprepared.

But Mizuno effortlessly tilted his body slightly, evading the attack.

"Oh? Dodged that, did you? But can you handle the second punch?"

This time, Mizuno simply twisted his waist, again evading.

"Third punch! Fourth punch!"

"Muda Muda Muda—!" A barrage of misfortune-charged punches rained down furiously, yet irrational Mizuno gracefully weaved through them all, dodging every strike perfectly.

"That's… impossible!" [Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] shouted in disbelief.

Wasn't Mizuno supposed to be completely drunk and senseless right now?

How could he still perfectly avoid every strike?

"Masaka—!" [Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] suddenly realized something.

"Could this be the legendary martial art? [Drunken Fist]?!"

Observing Mizuno's stumbling yet strangely graceful evasions, she was certain of it.

Mizuno Sora had mastered the [Drunken Fist]!

"Heh, as expected from my greatest rival! You've learned such an extraordinary technique!" Misfortune Goddess's admiration for Mizuno increased further.

Yet a doubt lingered in her mind:

Why hadn't Luck warned her that Mizuno knew [Drunken Fist]? Why had Luck insisted she fight him when he was drunk instead?

"Uhh… Maybe Luck didn't know either?" Misfortune Goddess guessed.

Currently, the situation was a stalemate:

[Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] couldn't land a hit on irrational Mizuno, and Mizuno had no apparent method to dispel the Goddess's powers.

However…

"My most respected rival…" [Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] spoke seriously.

"Previously, you said I didn't understand the value of comrades. I accept that criticism—I really didn't back then."

"But now, I have an ally. Guess who?"

"Who?" Seeing irrational Mizuno's confused expression, Misfortune Goddess smirked.

"It's the one controlling your [Doctor's Outfit]—your precious system! Luck herself!"

[Misfortune Goddess (Beyond)] dramatically pointed to a beautiful woman's phantom floating near Mizuno and shouted triumphantly:

"Now, Luck! Quickly remove his [Doctor's Outfit]! Once you do, he'll immediately get jumped by dozens of Uma Musume, and you'll finally see the amusement you've been craving!"