Chapter 193 Taking Advantage (1/2)

Chad watched as Kyle got on the horse easily and admitted that the kid did have knowledge on how to ride a horse. How the kid first made friends with the horse before getting on. The smooth way he got on despite the pants that seemed to be stuck to his legs, the way his back was straight as he sat there, expertly controlling Midnight.

Chad smirked a bit. Not for long though. Let's see how good a panicked look would be on him.

Kyle sat on Midnight, stroking her neck while listening intently to the instructions. At the moment, he was doing two things at once: hypnotising the horse and thinking of how to use the chaos later to get closer to Mansion BMX - and put the blame on Chad.

Chad wanted to give him a lesson, huh? Well, he's going to be taking advantage of this so-called 'lesson'.

Well, Kyle was only playing around with the thought of putting the blame on Chad. It was tempting, but it would probably not be too good an idea if the permission to film here got withdrawn because of the incident. Kyle watched Chad at the corner of his eye, taking note of the facial expressions and body language while his hands didn't stop stroking Midnight at all the important points.

Hypnotising the horse was Kyle's way of ensuring that everything was within his control. The Kazo Art wasn't limited to just humans though the effect was the best on humans (of course). It could also be used to subdue animals quickly, in getting them to obey you or ignore you.

Kyle had already done the first stage when he was talking and stroking Midnight earlier, which ended when he looked in the eyes of Midnight earlier. The second stage involved deepening the ties by pressing certain points on its neck. Once he felt the horse give a slight shudder under his inbetween his feet, Kyle stopped.

It was done.

”Did you get all that?” Larry was asking Kyle.

”Yes, no problem,” Kyle said, ”Start from the position where the first pole is and first, trot to the second pole. Get into a slow gallop and avoid the ping pong balls until the third pole. Get into a trot again until the final pole.”

Larry nodded, ”Yes. Remember. There will be six shots in total. You should time it appropriately. Good luck and be careful.”

Kyle gave him his Million Dollar Watt smile, which made Larry stop a bit and question his sexuality for a brief moment when he found himself feeling attracted to the kid all of a sudden. Shaking his head, he scratched his head vigorously as he walked off to the side.

Sam came over to talk to Kyle right after Larry left.

”All ok?” Sam asked.

”Yes,” Kyle said openly but at the same time, he used his voice throwing technique and gave Sam some private instructions.

Sam gave an imperceptible nod and walked off into position. He had to find a location that was best to record the whole process. He also took note of where the people who were going to do the 'ping-pong ball shooting' were located.

Fiddling with the third button on his shirt, he squeezed it a bit to switch it on and tapped his spectacles to connect to it. It was actually a camera that connected to MIB and his glasses would open a small window that only he could see. This allowed him to view the camera's view and adjust accordingly.

”Showtime, my angel. You ready?” Kyle asked Midnight as he led her to the first position.

Midnight stomped one foot and nodded.

”Good girl,” Kyle praised her. Midnight truly was a very well bred horse and an intelligent one. This would make the whole thing easier.

The first part went by as expected. Nothing out of the ordinary.

When the second part began, it was innocent enough with the ping-pong shooting. Kyle dodged the ping pong balls quite easily and the noise wasn't loud enough to spook Midnight. At the third shot, however, the noise from the ping-pong ball shooter was slightly louder, followed by an even louder shot.

Midnight appeared spooked and she reared her front hooves just as the last shot sounded, seemingly making Midnight completely out of her mind. For at the same time, she slammed down on her front and kicked out with her lower leg, as if trying to throw Kyle off.

The ping pong balls started to rain on Midnight, as the shooters had aimed it to go above and behind Midnight - but due to her staying still and starting to kick about, the balls landed on her instead.

Midnight gave a loud neigh and sped off, looking terrified.

Chad stood up, his face pale.

This was beyond what he expected. He had only wanted to scare the kid to take him down a peg. Not threaten his life!