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Chapter 1921 No.538: Just a citizen who smiles better
There are three horse bodies and they are not in the same line. It is no wonder that Guiye Xiaomei made a premature judgment. After all, it does not look like there is a way out.

Because there are no other players to block the track, the track seems too wide, which is equivalent to directly removing the most common obstacle on the field - the human wall, and also removing the many strategic variables tied to the human wall. While making the confrontation more vivid, it also makes the strategist lose too many cards to use.

Yes, a strategist.

Just as the name of Elly Soko became widely known after winning the Far East Derby, her ultimate control over the field was called a controller and a strategist. While being well-known in the industry, it also became the first stereotype of the name "Elly Soko": playing tricks.

Some people praise her, some people find it shameful, and Airi Suzuko only thinks that the title of strategist is not nice at all, and she feels that she is not as good as the super-speed princess that her roommate often mentions.

Although it's childish, at least it's more presentable. After all, I'm a researcher. The label of strategist doesn't describe me at all, right? I'm a researcher who conducts experiments in person and uses the competition field as a test site!

Unfortunately, no matter what, even if she complained to Guinea Pig and asked him if he could mobilize some internet trolls to change the impression and label, it would be of little use.

This title will continue to exist until more amazing and special performances emerge.

It also indirectly weakens other people's impression of her.

Airihachiko? The horse girl who wins by scheming against others?

No way? How can that be considered strong? The real strength should be based on hard power, right?

——This is also the reason why, although Airi Hayabusa complained that the name was not cool enough and did not have any other complaints.

Although it is not very entertaining and may hinder one's future tactical implementation, it cannot be said to be completely useless as long as it can make the opponent underestimate you or blind them.

But at the moment this doesn’t mean much.

Because Representative Chiaki is also half-master of Airi Hayako.

Although Xiaomei is not very clear about this, the fact that the process was wrong but the result was right makes it difficult to say that she underestimated the enemy. It is difficult for a master who has assisted in training many times and paid more attention to the progress of training to understand the strength of the student. It can be said that it is precisely because of this that she seems so nervous at the beginning.

Three horse bodies.

This is her evaluation of Elly Hayabusa, which can also be regarded as a compliment:
[Only by maintaining this lead can the opponent’s advantage in the last kick be eliminated under the current performance standard]

On the premise that neither of the two horses is a runaway horse or a racehorse that is ahead of the others, this recognition can be said to have emerged from the riot of their pace right from the moment they left the gate.

However, even Omer Linton did not notice it immediately.

So what about Elly Tachyon?
Right now.

The distance between them was still three horse lengths, but the speed seemed stable at first glance, but in terms of specific numbers it was very fluctuating.

The pace is adjusting, the stride is shortening, and the center of gravity begins to tilt forward.

Airi Tacho is moving forward steadily on the track as usual, and at the same time, her running posture can be adjusted at any time.

This is the comfort zone running method highly recommended by a horse racing girl who works in scientific research. What is visible to the naked eye is just the running posture used for rhythm transition, which does not last long.

But the competition on the track was not a very time-consuming process.

Even with the greatly extended race schedule, the time taken is still generally less than four minutes. The competition is a race against time, a lightning-fast attack and defense. And in just a dozen seconds, you need to adjust your own state... For such an operation, don't ask if you can do it, but if you can't do it, you lose!

The inability to do something is the least lacking and cheapest thing in the entire arena. Only those who can do it have the right to compete for the ultimate crown and prove their strength.

So Omar smiled with relief.

Thirteen seconds later, at the moment when the second bend in the middle race was crossed, the space of three horse lengths was finally squeezed.

Shouldn't we continue to speed up?

Countless green and yellow grasses were shaken and fell under the feet of the people passing by. When they landed, they were already more than ten meters away from the footsteps that trampled them. There, Ai Lisuko looked at Representative Qian Ming.

The characteristic of chasing is often that while locking onto the opponent, one maintains a considerable distance to have an overview of the field to ensure clearer variables. Such players often have excellent information processing and judgment abilities. They fall behind in order to protect themselves and avoid the fierce battles in the front group, preserving their strength for an outbreak in the final game.

So it's not wrong to summarize them as strategists, but there are also occasional cases like Representative Qianming who accelerates at an unexpected pace and ends up being ahead of the advance team.

It may not seem like it should be called chasing from behind, but horse girls who chase from behind often have to face a dilemma called "lack of strength".

When you look at the whole game and find that if you continue to fall behind, you may not be able to defeat the strong players in the front even in the final outbreak, you should not only consider interfering with their status, but also start to speed up in advance to ensure your position and speed in the queue. At this time, chasing after does not seem so much chasing after, after all, the battlefield is flexible, and so is the competition field. There are often times when the strategies you have learned and are good at are not useful. At this time, you can either face failure calmly or try to struggle. Of course, the results of most struggles are not ideal.

But in the world's top arena, few horse girls are willing to give up the possible chance of winning.

Therefore, Qianming's free running style was amazing at that time, and was praised as perfect in the era of victory. Even though it was repeatedly suppressed by the emperor later, it did not prevent his running style from being introduced into classrooms and professional books as a classic case, becoming a benchmark that many younger generations could not reach.

Yes, out of reach.

Because they didn't have the strong winning instinct like Qianming Representative, nor did they have a strong mind that could quickly analyze, judge, think and execute on the battlefield. Even if they wanted to be flexible on the field, it was difficult to guarantee execution, not to mention that different running styles also corresponded to different techniques and experience.

Even Qian Ming herself could not achieve the all-round mastery of all four systems. Back then, she was still unable to reach Rudolph's limit. How could the younger generations who came after her ever produce such amazing talents?
In the competitive sports industry, mastering all the bucket numbers is often not as good as specializing in one and reaching the pinnacle, unless you have the talent, time, and teachers to crush your peers.

But even if someone really achieves this, they would not be willing to make that kind of judgment because they lack a sense of security.

Lack of the sense of security that "I am the best in the world".

The history of sports is one filled with a lot of randomness, and this is especially true of horse racing.

An 'assassin' from the same class may pop up at any time and shatter your dreams. It is even more likely that when you practice again and again with great effort, you may still lose your skills in an invisible place and fail miserably.

This line of work is very insecure.

The higher you go, the harder it is to be blinded. Even if you are confident of victory, it is difficult to allow room for arrogance.

Such girls naturally will not pursue the bucket number values ​​that consume the most time and resources, but will pursue more extreme specialties while making up for their shortcomings as much as possible. Those specialties are varied and diverse, but the foundation is still the classic five items of Uma Musume.

Speed, endurance/stamina, strength, will/character, intelligence/virtue.

It's worth mentioning that this last point is often overlooked.

Because many people regard trainers as the think tanks of horse girls, which means they have squeezed out the intellectual position, so horse girls only need to focus on training in other directions and run according to the strategies formulated by trainers - and this view is indeed supported by a large number of real cases, proving that there are many horse girls in this world who cannot improve their intelligence much, and who can win the championship without improving their intelligence and rely solely on other specialties.

But nothing is absolute in this world, right?

There are horse girls with special talents in intelligence, and there are also horse girls whose intelligence talents are so outstanding that they become advantages that should be cultivated. Moreover, we cannot simply regard the attribute of intelligence as a literal value, because there is a deeper meaning behind it.

For example, comprehension.

The ability to draw inferences from one example and apply it to other similar situations is not only reflected in knowledge, but also in practical ability.

In the horse racing industry, perhaps it should be called the ability to move.

The so-called "talent for running" by the world is precisely manifested in this comprehension included in intelligence.

——Not only does she learn quickly, but she also notices and summarizes some knowledge and techniques on her own without being taught.

This talent, which is considered crucial and ultimate in the industry, is stored under the shutter-like grating. It has only been out of the gate a few times, but it has already caught the eyes of people around her, making her trainer feel that it would be a waste if she really pinned her hopes on others.

A talent that cannot be realized is not a talent, and this is common everywhere in reality.

Only when talent can be turned into results, can the word "talent" be said to be real, and it can make the advantaged person who is in the front and glances at you from the side slightly curl up his lips.

Here it comes!
Behind her, there was a pair of dark red figures approaching.

It has already broken through the barrier of the grating and turned into the corners of the lips that are grinning wildly underneath.

That's Airi Tachyon.

The huge arm swings, extremely fast strides and extremely heavy footsteps gave a completely different look from the footsteps that were like venting anger at the opening.

She was approaching at such a speed at the third turn in the middle game, like a hunter, chasing with an extremely dangerous smile, as if crazy.

But you will know.

That was the proof of her rationality.