Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 132: Attack and Defense of Reversal of Situation (5k)

When Luduo asked symbolically, Beiyuan had already recovered from his initial surprise.

Indeed, judging from Mejiro Altan's performance in her debut race, if she could successfully get into the inner lane after the start, she would be able to save more energy throughout the race and be able to sprint a longer distance in the final stage.

But failing to grab the inner lane doesn’t mean everything is over.

"According to our pre-match analysis, no."

His eyes briefly moved to Ludo Symbol and Maruzenski, and finally stopped at Yae Invincible's trainer, Di Ye Yixing. Kitahara said calmly:
"Yae Mutsuki is an excellent horse girl. In her debut race on the 2-meter dirt track in February, she won by 1700 lengths. In the subsequent mud-track Daphne Flower Stakes, she won by an amazing 7 lengths. Now it seems that she is not only strong on the dirt track, but also on the grass track."

"And judging from this start, her marking is so perfect and sophisticated, it's really amazing."

Hearing Kitahara's detailed account of his horse racing girl, Di Ye Yixing's snow-white beard twitched, and his gaze, which was fixed on the display screen, shifted to the side for a moment, and nodded slightly.

"Thank you for the compliment, Chief Kitahara." Then he focused on the game on the screen again.

Seeing this, Kitahara also looked at the game, as if answering Luduo's symbolic question, but also muttered as if talking to himself.

"Under this circumstance, Aldan will probably be trapped in the outer path by Yajue Invincibility the entire time. Her endurance and explosive power are not the best in the world. If she wants to win by relying on this, there is really no hope at all."

Then he added silently in his heart.

However, she was able to win her last debut battle not by relying on her endurance and explosive power.

Relying on the precise grasp of all information and the tactic called "Waltz on the Field"...

Since we failed to get the inner path, then we should just go with the flow. Aldan, you should have thought of this.

Just as Kitahara's thoughts were racing, Mejiro Aldan, who was speeding on the runway, was glancing at the right front out of the corner of his eye.

The unique tactical arrangement and corresponding physical condition enable her to stay calm in any state of competition. No matter it is the most tiring moment in previous training or the most chaotic moment after the start, she can always stay focused and pay attention to herself and everything around her.

Just after she started running, she saw clearly that at the moment she cut to the inside of the track, a cold look came from the front right and quickly glanced over at her. Then, the path that was most suitable for cutting to the inside lane was blocked.

That was Yaezaki's invincible gaze.

At that moment, Aldan realized that this opponent had no intention of letting her enter the inner lane, especially when she was about to pass the arc between the first turn and the second lane, and the opponent was still firmly occupying the best position she had predicted, which made her even more certain of this judgment.

...Have you analyzed the tactics in my last debut match?

Controlling his physical strength, the range of his arm swings, and his pace, he made his entire body as light as possible and reduced the impact of the extra energy consumed by turning on the outside. Mujiro Aldan continued to glance at Yae Invincible's back and thought calmly.

That should be the case.

In my debut race, I seemed to have stayed close to the inner lane to save energy and bide my time until the third turn, when I finally seized the opportunity to break out and finally sprinted without reservation...

Then she or the surpassing team should think that my tactics are a variant tactic that combines the "arc artist" of Xiaowan and the last-foot sprint of Oguri and Inari.

but……

He shifted his gaze away from Yae Invincible, took a short breath, and Mubai Aldan mobilized all his senses to "observe" the entire situation on the field more carefully.

My "Waltz on the Field" is not some patchwork tactic...

After Oguruma and other horse girls in the Eternal Team, Mejiro Aldan also went through a period of "blindfold training". Although the duration was shorter than the former, she was a horse girl who was good at brain tactics. With the same information collection ability, she could bring out more value from the same intelligence. Correspondingly, even though her information collection ability was not as proficient as her companions, at this moment, she felt that it was completely sufficient.

She soon realized that among the 12 opponents in the match, no horse girl chose the escape tactic, and the five in the front all adopted the advance tactic.

Yae Mudi was in 6th place. She was not close to the inner lane, but 4 or 5 horse lengths away from the innermost railing of the track. At this distance, she kept adjusting her position while moving forward, desperately preventing herself, who was in 7th place, from cutting into the inner lane.

This is an excellent tactic. In this case, you must either speed up or slow down in advance to get around the opponent and get the best position. But if you speed up, the opponent can also speed up and still catch you; if you slow down, you will undoubtedly be surrounded by the six horse girls in the middle and chasing tactics.

...What a tough opponent. If he hadn't done special "treading water" training in preparation and improved his leg strength, this situation would have been difficult to deal with.

After gaining a clear understanding of the battle situation and the opponent in his mind, Mejiro Aldan became even calmer.

But, are you sure you want to stay stuck like this?
Or, are you sure you can stay like this forever?
Eightfold Invincibility...

...Very good, it seems that Chief Nase and Master's pre-match analysis was correct. The tactical training that Mejiro Aldan received must have combined the advantages and tactics of other members of the Eternal Team.

Yaezaki Invincible could fully sense the vague gaze coming from the left rear.

There was no need to look back, as she was absolutely certain that the person paying so much attention to her must be Aldan Mejiro, the person she needed to pay the most attention to in this match.

But she is not worried about the next race, because everything that has happened from the start to now is included in the team's previous analysis.

...According to Chief Nanase, Mejiro Altan's strengths and weaknesses are very obvious. Judging from her debut match, she is very good at seizing opportunities and is a cool-headed opponent. She also has excellent explosive power in the final sprint and has a certain finishing ability.

However, judging from the finishing data and the level of the three waves, her endurance and explosiveness are not as good as those of her teammates Xiaohaiwan and Xiaolimao. So we should use the blocking tactics to consume her physical energy and wait until the final kick...

His eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but glance to the left and back with his peripheral vision, and Yae Wudi pursed his lips.

...is actually my advantage!

While the two horse racing girls were thinking about their own things, the race had already passed the second bend. Given the conditions on the Zhongshan track, there was a slope with a huge difference in height just a few hundred meters away.

The commentator also became excited at this moment.

"The contestants passed the second bend and entered the track on the other side!"

"Confirm the current situation!"

"The leader is White Excitement! Following in order are Rainforest Thunder, Mountain Breeze, Waterbird White Snow, and Green Grass Rie! No horse girls chose to escape in this competition. The first horse girls formed the vanguard army!"

"Then came the most watched one-on-one scene of the game!"

"From the start, Altan Mejiro and Muto Yae, who ranked first and second in popularity respectively, were in a fierce competition. Altan Mejiro tried to break through to the inside several times but was blocked by Muto Yae. It seems that both sides had analyzed each other's tactics before the game and had clearly targeted each other!"

"So will this competition continue until the end of the schedule? Let's wait and see!"

"Behind it is... ah! The vanguard has changed! After the second bend, the mountain breeze started to blow, and she chose to speed up at this moment!"

"She surpassed Rainforest Thunder and White Excitement in one breath and rushed to the front!"

“It should be to deal with the steep slope that is coming up! The steep slope of the Zhongshan track is located in the middle of the race. This kind of slope is extremely challenging for the horse girl’s judgment!”

“If you don’t use enough strength, you will be far behind the other horse girls on this slope, and it will be difficult to overtake them later! But if you use too much strength, you will consume more energy, and you may lose speed early in the next distance!”

“So should Mountain Breeze rush up the slope in one breath, use the lead to catch his breath in advance, and prepare for the rest of the race?!”

"How will the other contestants, especially Altan Mejiro and Yae Mudi who are still competing against each other, choose to deal with this slope?!"

The exciting commentary echoed over the huge stadium, and the audience was excited for the upcoming slope competition. However, in the VIP seats at the back, it was as if in another dimension and it was very calm.

“The slope at Zhongshan is indeed an extremely difficult challenge for all horse racing girls.” With a slightly nostalgic tone, Luduo stared at the large screen in the room with his eyes slightly narrowed.

"From the 800-meter position to the highest point at 1450 meters, the height difference is more than 4 meters. The slope from 900 meters to 1100 meters is extremely steep. Running on such a slope consumes a lot of physical strength with every step."

With her long experience in the race, she described the difficulty of the slope in the Zhongshan race in a low voice, her brows gradually furrowed, "It is not uncommon for horse racing girls to fail to accurately allocate their energy and lose speed directly after the slope, but..."

She glanced at Maruzenski beside her, and then glanced at the other people in the room.

"I heard from Maruzen and Chiaki that the leaders of both teams should have taken their respective horse girls through special training on slopes, so the slope itself shouldn't be a problem."

Finally, her eyes began to linger on Kitahara and Di Ye Yixing.

"Then the question remains. If Mejiro Aldan remains in the grip of Yae Invincible, her chances of winning this match are probably zero, as Chief Kitahara judged before."

...Indeed, if he remains in a position of restraint, then Aldan has no hope.

Without answering immediately, Kitahara silently stared at the figure with long sky-blue hair on the screen, and as the camera occasionally cut to close-ups, he could clearly see that the entire competition team was about to approach the ramp.

However, as Ludo's symbol says, this slope will consume more physical strength, so on this slope and after passing this slope, if you want to continue to maintain high speed, you have to do your best. If you continue to use your brain's analytical ability and calmly judge the situation, it seems to be even more difficult...

Ardan is just such a horse girl. She is one of the few horse girls who can remain calm even when extremely tired...

So in this competition, besides Altan Mejiro, are there any other horse girls who can do it...

For example, Yae is invincible...?
After this silence, Beiyuan subconsciously looked at Di Ye Yixing beside him, wanting to ask about the specific situation of Yajyou Wudi.

After all, although he had been paying attention to his opponent and had checked as much information as possible, the more in-depth characteristics of the horse racing girls could not be known without long-term contact and training. He could only judge from the information he had seen before. With the running style and tactics that Mejiro Altan was good at, the best chance for him to break free from Yae Invincible's position clamp was to use the slope of Zhongshan to consume his opponent.

But even if he wanted to ask, this matter involved privacy and was not appropriate in the current situation. Kitahara hesitated for a moment and ultimately did not ask.

More importantly, the exclamations that resonated on the screen and outside the stadium made everyone in the room, including him, focus their attention on the screen.

"Mejiro Aldan and Yae Mudi are also taking action! They chose to speed up on the ramp almost at the same time!"

"It was revealed before the competition that all the horse girls competing in this competition had received special training on the slopes to some extent, but it was obvious that the special training of the two most popular contestants was more effective!"

"They showed great adaptability to the slope. At a faster speed, they bypassed the Green Grass Rie, Water Bird White Snow, Rain Forest Thunder, White Excitement and Mountain Breeze in front of them at the same time, one outside and one inside!"

"The slope at Zhongshan is very long and steep. The choice they made is quite risky. If they use up too much energy in this acceleration, the rest of the race will be in danger!"

"Because after the slope is the decisive 400 meters before the finish line!"

"We are almost at the highest point of about 1400 meters!"

"After passing 1400 meters, they came to a short flat section. At the moment, Mejiro Aldan has a slight advantage. She has an advantage of about one horse length. It seems that her slope adaptability is better than Yae Mudi!"

"So how's the stamina of the two ahead?! Can we still maintain our lead over the other horse girls?!"

"It's holding! It seems to be holding! Neither of them is losing speed!"

"Then the next decisive section will be a nearly 200-meter downhill and a 200-meter straight. As long as they can maintain their speed, they will always stay in the lead!"

"Duel! Another duel! The two of them have been at loggerheads since the beginning of the game, presenting a wonderful one-on-one performance for the entire match. So who will be the winner in the final duel?!"

…Oh, this is bad…

Yae Wudi did not hear the commentary, or rather, she heard it but had no way of understanding what was being said.

The slope was hundreds of meters long and about 200 meters of it was steep. Although she had experienced this kind of journey in special training before and had personally experienced the feeling of heavy legs, fatigue and dizziness after the steep slope, she never expected that this negative state would have such a serious impact in the official competition.

Not only was she unable to hear or understand what the commentary that was resounding throughout the venue meant, she couldn't even see clearly what the figure just 1 or 2 meters away in front of her was going to do next!
It wasn't that she was exhausted.

She still had enough stamina to finish the race, and even enough power for a last-gasp kick.

But she clearly felt that her brain had stopped working and she could only mechanically rely on long-term training to swing her arms, breathe, step and rush forward.

She could no longer display her exquisite blocking tactics behind the gate! She could no longer spare the energy to think clearly!

Not only was she unable to think or position herself, but now she was stuck close to the inner lane!

It felt as if a sledgehammer was hitting her temple. Yaye Wudi could only feel something banging in her head. Staring at the blurry figure in front of her, she growled unwillingly in her heart.

Damn it...does she have eyes on her back?!

Is she still judging the situation? !
Why...why after the ramp, she could still execute the tactics so calmly? ! !
In fact, what Yae Mudi didn't know was that Mejiro Altan was also suffering from similar fatigue and vague feeling of exhaustion as her, but this fatigue did not come from the mind, but from the body.

Mejiro Aldan felt that his current state was very strange.

Her mind was extremely clear, just like she had just woken up in the morning, took a short run on the grassland, and breathed the freshest air of the day.

But her body was extremely tired, especially with the help of her extremely clear brain, she could taste very carefully what that tiredness felt like.

Every inch of muscle in her body was trembling, and her bones seemed to let out a cry of grief as if they were overwhelmed. The nerves hidden between the muscles and bones were twitching as if they were having an attack, and the blood vessels connecting many parts of her body seemed to be on strike, wailing desperately.

The brain can stay calm even when extremely tired, but the price is that the physical strength cannot be fully exerted on the body.

But this is both a disadvantage and an advantage.

She knew that if the track was 100 meters longer... no, even if it was 50 or 10 meters longer, she might not have enough strength left and her speed would drop sharply.

The grass was heavy, and the muddy, bad ground after the rain had a strong suction force.

It seemed as if the finish line was still an extra 100 meters away, and there was no hope at all.

I could hardly lift my arms, my legs could hardly move, and my lungs felt like they were about to explode.

But isn’t all this to be expected?
She suddenly raised the corners of her mouth.

You really can't hold me back forever, Yae Invincible...

I admit that after the ramp, you actually have more energy to accelerate than me. I can hear that your breathing is better than mine and your steps are more powerful than mine...

I also know that you will probably have to gamble everything you have left to make your final move...

It's a pity that you didn't judge correctly...

The remaining distance is no longer enough for you to surpass...

"Cross the finish line! A 1/2 horse length advantage! Let us congratulate Aldan Mejiro for winning consecutive victories since his debut match and obtaining the priority to leave for the Gaoyue Award!"

(End of this chapter)