Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 155 Big Eater Challenge
After discussing with Akikawa Yayoi and Rudo Yui about the arrangements after the Gaoyue Award, and with the more in-depth help of Maruzenski, Mejiro Takamine, and Kashimoto Riko, the Eisei team basically doesn't have to worry about the tedious affairs anymore and can focus more on training.

However, just as Akikawa Yayoi requested, even if he wanted to train, he had to wait until this "rest mission" was over. So, Kitahara seriously considered holding a "big eater competition" at the next "welcome ceremony".

It is very easy to apply to Luduo Symbol. After the student union approves it, the only thing left is how to design the competition.

Originally, he considered holding a "donut eating competition" or a "1000 bowls of Iwate Prefecture Wanko Soba Challenge" like in the original work, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was a bit monotonous.

In that kind of competition, either Ogurimao and her friends compete, or Ogurimao challenges herself. There doesn't seem to be any interaction with other horse racing girls, which seems a bit boring.

In the end, he thought about it and decided to use the latter method to organize a "Wanko Soba Challenge".

Early in the morning of that day, at the backstage preparation area for the welcoming ceremony "Eternal Big Eater Challenge", all the team members, Shiraishi, and Oguri Roman were listening to his preparations for it.

"Today is the orientation ceremony. Little Chestnut Hat, you are students of Central Tresen and you are all seniors, so let's have a fun activity."

After a brief opening speech, he pointed to a horse racing girl beside him who looked very excited.

"Let me introduce you first. This is the Snow Beauty from the elementary department of the academy."

"Okay! Hello, seniors. I am Yuki No Miru..."

"Ah, I bit my tongue... I'm the Snow Beauty!"

The Snow Beauty is of medium height, with short brown hair cut into a bob cut that reaches her ears. She has round brown eyes, and her gaze is full of longing, and her tone is filled with nervousness.

"I'm very happy to meet you all, seniors. Hello, seniors! I will do my best to help you prepare for today's challenge competition!"

Seeing her cute appearance, Kitahara couldn't help but smile, and Oguruma and other horse girls and Komiyama and others also showed expressions of laughter.

"Oh, what a cute little sister."

Little Chestnut Hat smiled and greeted, "I'm Little Chestnut Hat, nice to meet you."

Then she asked with serious curiosity, "I heard from Kitahara that the custom in Iwate Prefecture is to let customers eat Wanko soba until they don't want to eat anymore."

"Can you tell me more about this?"

Tamamo Cross and other horse girls originally wanted to say hello to the Snow Beauty, but when they heard what Oguruma said, they immediately looked at the Snow Beauty with curious eyes.

With Oguruma's example and the diet plan of the Eien team, Tamamono Cross and Inari, who originally had big appetites, are now eating more and more, and Super Little Bay and Mejiro Altan are also eating more and more.

Maybe the other four horse girls can't eat 1000 bowls of soba noodles in one go like Oguruma, but eating a few hundred bowls is no problem.

In view of this, the horse girls of the entire Eternal Team gradually developed an indescribable interest in eating.

Such a caring look made Snow Beauty feel a little overwhelmed.

Oguruma and the others didn't know how famous they were now in Central Tresen Academy. Even Mejiro Aldan, who originally enjoyed considerable fame because of the Mejiro family, was not very clear about it.

Up to now, the entire Yongshi team has only been in the central government for 3 months, and has already won 10 major central government victories, including top G1 events such as Gaoyue Shang.

If the total wins of the members are included, the number will directly become 25.

This record is the best among all teams in the past.

More importantly, the record of Oguruma, the most famous horse racing girl, is really dazzling.

Now the whole of Tokyo and even the entire world of horse racing girls know that this local "Cinderella" has completely completed her transformation. She has won 15 games and won the first battle of the classic triple crown without losing. This record is so outstanding that it cannot be surpassed.

She may even achieve an undefeated triple crown, becoming the second horse girl to do so after Ludo Symbol.

What is even more eye-catching than such outstanding achievements is her inspiring experience of transformation from a "Cinderella".

Because of her, the URA Association and the Central Academy's board of directors paid more and more attention to the discovery of local areas. Many horse girls and trainers from local areas benefited from this, and many rules were changed because of her.

Including some concepts, now no one dares to underestimate the local area, and no one attaches as much importance to bloodline as before. In particular, the saying that "reed-haired pigs cannot run fast" that was once circulated in the industry has disappeared without knowing when.

If anyone still says that "local horse racing girls can't compare to the central ones" or "Ashige can't run fast", others don't need to refute anything. Just ask "Can you tell this to Oguruma?" and the other person will shut up immediately.

Of course, Tamamo Cross, who has won five consecutive victories, Inari Ichi who rarely plays with Tamamo Cross at the Hanshin Grand Prix, Super Kobayashi with outstanding tactics, and Mejiro Altan whose movements on the court are so delicate and graceful that they are like dancing, these are the sources of the current reputation of the Eternal Team.

Almost all the younger horse racing girls in Central Tresen College regard them as their idols and goals to strive for.

Then there are trainers like Kitahara and Komiyayama. It is true that many people in the outside world do not appreciate the efforts of trainers, but industry insiders and horse racing ladies know that it is absolutely beneficial to receive guidance from the Eternal Team.

Against this backdrop, when she first met Kitahara and learned that he wanted to ask her for help and that he wanted to meet with the idols, Snow Beauty couldn't believe her eyes and ears.

She had no idea what she heard or said. She just hurriedly agreed to the request for help in a daze. It was a long time before she realized that she had to help prepare for the "big eater challenge".

She had already prepared herself mentally, especially after spending a long time thinking clearly about assisting in guiding some of the processes of making Wanko soba noodles, she felt full of confidence.

After all, her family is a farmer, and she has helped with farm work and housework at home since she was a child. She is very familiar with the method of making and serving bowl soba noodles, so she doesn't need to worry about these things at all.

As a result, under the gaze of her idols, she not only became inexplicably worried, but also somewhat unsure about her ability to assist.

"Of course there's no problem with this!"

Facing Oguruma's questions and Tamamo Cross's and the others' curious looks, Snow Beauty became nervous, "I, I will definitely try my best to do well..."

"Yeah, that's great. Then...can I try it now? I haven't tried Wanko soba yet."

Touching his stomach, Xiaolimao said a little embarrassedly: "When I heard Kitahara talk about this matter before, I was very concerned. I didn't eat well in the morning. Now I'm a little hungry."

"Can I have a little first? Don't worry, it's only a little, not too much."

"…I'd be surprised if I believed you, Little Limao, have you forgotten that we still have a challenge competition later?" X5.

Knowing very well how much "a little" Oguruma was, Tamamo Cross and the others complained in unison, and of course, among them was the new Guanghui who came to help today.

Some time ago, Xinxin Guanghui and Miyamura Kyoko were busy in charge of the purchase of "wind tunnel equipment", and it has been almost completed recently.

Originally, the team planned to install this training equipment as soon as possible, but Akikawa Yayoi asked "the whole team to take a break", so the matter was put on hold for the time being. Shining Glory also came today to arrange the "Big Eater Challenge" and was responsible for hosting after the challenge officially began.

"It shouldn't be a big deal to eat a little..."

After being criticized by her teammates, Xiao Limao felt a little embarrassed. She couldn't help scratching her head and said in an explanation: "I know there is a competition, but doesn't a competition always involve warm-up?"

"So eating a little beforehand should be considered a warm-up, right?"

...What kind of train of thought is she using...? X5.

"Well, if you really want to eat, I'll let you eat as much as you want later, Little Chestnut."

Kitahara responded to Oguruma's words with a smile. He could see that the Snow Beauty was a little nervous, so he thought about leading the topic to something that the other party was familiar with.

"Let the Snow Beauty tell us about Wanko Soba first."

As soon as he said this, Oguruma and the others immediately quieted down. Snow Beauty also seemed to be encouraged and nodded vigorously with her fists clenched.

"Yeah, sure!"

Then she continued with great interest: "Wanko soba is a local specialty snack in my hometown of Iwate Prefecture. The noodles are very chewy and taste very refreshing!"

"It's not difficult to make. I've already told Chief Kitahara about the raw materials, side dishes, seasonings, etc. It will be easy to make later!"

Pointing to the noodles, vegetables, and various seasonings prepared in the backstage, she continued with a smile:
“The most interesting thing is the way it is eaten.”

"In Iwate Prefecture, Wanko soba is not served in a large bowl at once. Instead, customers are given a small bowl and a bite-sized amount is placed in the bowl each time."

"After the customer has finished eating, the waiter will shout loudly and put new noodles into the bowl until the customer can't eat anymore."

"Normally, an average adult man can eat 50 or 60 bowls in one go without any problem. It's quite interesting as a form of challenge!"

"Hmm... Can an average adult man eat 50 or 60 bowls in one sitting...?"

After listening to the introduction of Snow Beauty, Oguruma pinched his chin thoughtfully for a moment, then snapped his fingers for a while and suddenly became excited.

"Then I should have no problem eating 1000 bowls."

"Mom, Kitahara, can I eat this much later?"

She looked at Beiyuan, then at her mother, her eyes shining like stars, her mouth slightly open, and a faint crystal seemed to begin to flow from the corners of her lips.

Seeing this, Bai Baozhu showed an amused expression, and Bei Yuan just coughed dryly.

"...Well, no problem, eat as much as you want, no problem."

Although he was a little speechless about Oguruma's obsession with eating, he did not refute anything and then smiled:

"As for Wanko soba, I'll ask Mrs. Shiraishi and our team members Komiyayama and Miyamura Kyoko to make it. Snow Beauty can help."

"I asked Snow Beauty for the recipe before, it's not complicated, and the three of them can cook, so it shouldn't be a problem."

"If it's a new light, then I can just be the host."

Hearing this, White Jewel, Komiyayama, Miyamura Kyoko, and Shining Glory all nodded, "Okay, leave it to us!"

Kitahara continued:
"The specific method of the challenge is roughly that Oguruma, Xiaoyu and the others will be the challenged. All the horse girls at the welcome ceremony are welcome to challenge."

"The challenge standard is how many bowls you eat, which will be displayed on the big screen behind the challenge table."

"Oguruma and the others just need to sit on the challenge stand and eat."

Having said that, Kitahara thought for a moment.

"I didn't have much time to prepare for this big eater challenge, and I didn't have much experience before, so I simply thought about the reward."

"I don't think there is anyone who can defeat you, uh... cough."

With a dry cough, Kitahara glanced at the five enthusiastic horse racing girls in the team, smiled, and continued:
"So this time, challengers can get prizes as long as they participate, calculated according to the amount they eat."

"The prizes are 'cute monster' figures and various dolls. They are all ready."

"You can choose one for every 100 bowls you eat, and if you can eat 500 bowls, you will get a whole set."

"If there are more, even though it feels like there won't be that many to eat, it's better to add some extra rewards."

"If you eat more than 600 bowls, you can take pictures with me, get my autograph, etc."

“Is this about right?”

Kitahara's arrangement was indeed a bit simple, but the other members of the team had no experience, so they all agreed after hearing it.

"The last word is to be responsible for maintaining order and serving the challengers."

"Leave order to me and Yuhara."

Hearing this, Yuhara nodded, "No problem."

"As for the service," Kitahara looked outside the preparation area, "I'll have to ask the other horse girls for that."

"I have already said hello to the horse girls that are more familiar to everyone, such as Mejiro McQueen and East Sea Emperor, who Oguri Roman had met before. They have already agreed to come over after their respective stage plays and dances are finished."

"By the way, they also helped invite Mejiro Rein, Mejiro Yoshinobu, Otaku Taiyoshin, and Enis Windshin. They will also come to help after their respective shows."

"With so many horse girls, there will definitely be no problem."

"Of course, we can't let them make this trip in vain. I promised them that I would give each of them a set of dolls or other gifts, including one for Snow Beauty."

"Finally..."

He took some flyers from the corner of the preparation area and distributed them to Ogurumao and the others.

"Before the competition officially starts, you guys should go and hand out some flyers. It's up to you to see how many horse racing girls come."

"Okay, leave it to us!" X5, after taking the flyer, Ogurumao and the others agreed in unison.

After making these arrangements, feeling that it was almost done, Kitahara was about to announce the start of preparations when he suddenly felt his trouser leg being tugged.

Looking down, he saw Oguri Roman holding his head high, grabbing his trouser leg, his eyes full of expectation.

"Ah... Uncle Kitahara, what about me...?"

...Uh, I don't want you to be busy. You can just be a mascot...

He was planning to express his thoughts in a tactful way, but then White Baozhi spoke up.

"Mr. Kitahara, please arrange some work for Xiao Xiaoli as well."

She smiled and said, "This child is very well behaved and sensible. She has been helping adults with housework since she was young. She has always wanted to help her sister. We can give her some opportunities."

"Yeah, yeah! I want to help my sister too!"

Oguri Roman nodded hurriedly, as if he was afraid that if he nodded too slowly, Kitahara would not agree.

"Well... okay, then Xiao Xiaoli will follow your sister to distribute flyers first."

After thinking for a while, Beiyuan said, "Then you will be the referee and presenter of awards for this competition."

"In the future, when challengers come here to challenge your sister and Sister Xiaoyu, you will help keep an eye on their numbers and give them the prizes. Is that ok?"

"Okay! I will definitely do it well!" Oguri Roman nodded vigorously again.

After everything was arranged, the "Wanko Soba Challenge" went smoothly.

At the start time marked on the flyer, the challenge venue, which was equivalent to a small Winning Live stage, was already filled with people and horse girls, all cheering and looking forward to the appearance of the defenders of this competition, Oguruma and the others.

If Kitahara and Yusuhara hadn't been maintaining order, many people would have wanted to rush backstage.

As they were maintaining order, lively voices rose from the crowd.

"Please make way for us! We are the working party of this challenge, please make way for us!"

The voice had a high pitch and was very recognizable. Beiyuan immediately recognized it as the voice of the Emperor of the East China Sea.

Soon, the crowd was squeezed out of a passage, and the smiling little face of the Emperor of the East China Sea soon squeezed out. She saw Beiyuan at a glance and her eyes lit up.

"Hey, uncle! I'm coming!"

She raised her arms high and waved them back and forth. "Not only did I bring McQueen and the others to help, I also brought the first batch of challengers!"

Beside her, being dragged by her, was Mebai McQueen, who looked helpless.

The Emperor of the East China Sea was not wearing a school uniform, but a stage costume with a white base and blue embellishments.

Mejiro McQueen wore a somewhat exaggerated lavender evening dress with many lace pleats on the collar, cuffs and hem.

Following behind them were Mejiro Rein, Mejiro Yoshinobu, Otaku Taiyoshin and Enis Kazeshin. They were also not wearing school uniforms, but instead karate uniforms, stage costumes and the like.

This was the second time Kitahara had seen Mejiro Raiun. He didn't pay much attention to her the last time he was at the Mejiro family. Now it was easy to find that compared with the other horse girls in the Mejiro family, she was more lively and her temperament was a bit tomboyish like the other nobles.

It looked like they had just finished a show and came here.

After thinking about this, Kitahara was about to express his gratitude when he was suddenly attracted by the horse racing girls behind the Emperor of the East China Sea and the others.

Just as the Emperor of the East Sea said, that should be the first group of horse girls who want to challenge, exactly five of them, who can match Oguruma and the others.

The first one had long brown-red hair, combed into a neat high ponytail, and a pair of purple-red eyes full of passion.

Seeing Kitahara looking over, she became even more excited, and she ran over in a flash, suddenly standing at attention in front of Kitahara, her legs pressed together, her heels knocked against each other, and she raised her hands in a salute. "Hi! Hello, Chief Kitahara! My name is Sakura Shin-oh, and it's amazing that I can participate in this challenge! Amazing!"

...Uh, King of Explosion, no wonder he runs so fast...

Kitahara's eyes almost blurred as he saw Sakura Shinou appear in front of him, and he was really scared.

But after thinking about it, he felt that it was quite normal, because this horse girl was the short-distance champion and had overwhelming strength in the 1400-meter race, the shortest distance of a mile and below. All of her 21 wins out of 11 career fights were at distances of 1200 meters and 1400 meters.

Frankly speaking, Kitahara feels that all the horse girls present here, one by one, are no match for this horse girl in the short distance. Of course, that is until she becomes a real horse girl.

"Well, hello, welcome to the competition."

With a smile and a salute as a response, Kitahara gestured towards the challenge stage, "The competition hasn't officially started yet, so you should go to the preparation area with the Emperor of the East Sea, Mejiro McQueen and the others and wait."

The challenge platform is a semicircular platform more than 1 meter high, with two rows of long dining tables arranged in an "eight" shape in the middle of the platform.

There are 5 seats behind each long dining table. One row of seats has names such as "Oguruma" on the backs of the seats. Those are the defending seats, and the seats opposite are the challenge seats.

There are two rows of chairs under the platform a little further away from the challenge position. There is a table in front of the first row of chairs. Behind the table sits Roman Oguri, who looks a little nervous. That is the referee's seat.

The second row of chairs is for challengers.

"Hey! I know! Explode!"

Saluting Kitahara once again, the Umamusume with the catchphrase "explosive advance" rushed towards the preparation area with full blood.

"Ah, Uncle Kitahara, don't mind it. Sakura Shinou has just this kind of irritable personality. Hahaha, are you scared?"

When Sakura Shinou rushed to the preparation area, the Emperor of the East Sea, Mejiro McQueen and the others just happened to come over. The Emperor of the East Sea smiled and waved his hand, then said:
"It just so happens that I can introduce you to this group of challengers."

"These two are my contemporaries and are excellent quality and two-shot."

"I met them on the way here. They heard that there was a big eater challenge by Oguruma-senpai and his friends, so they were very interested and came here together."

She pointed at a horse girl with short reddish-brown hair and twin tails and a horse girl with long dark blue hair and twin tails behind her.

"Hello, hello, three... cough, excellent quality, hello, hello."

After listening to the introduction of the Emperor of the East China Sea, Kitahara smiled and extended his hand to the two horse girls, then felt embarrassed for his own nonsense.

He almost wanted to say "Ms. Sanzo" because the nickname of excellent quality was so famous.

People will only remember the first place, not the third place, unless... you are always the third place.

In a sense, this is what a high-quality competitive career is like.

Although this horse girl has 41 wins and 7 losses in 6 career fights, and she did not take third place in every match, having finished from first to fifteenth place, the matches in which she took third place were too famous and too important.

The most watched G1 Arima Kinen race of the year took 3 third places.

The Daily Crown, known as the strongest G2, took 2 third places.

Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi just won the G2 Hanshin Grand Prix and took third place.

1 third place in the G1 Mile Championship to determine the strongest mile racer.

In short, compared to her wins, her third place is more famous. She can be said to be the "Three-Move Lady" recognized by the world...

Of course, her excellent qualities were not yet ingrained in her personality, and she did not understand the pause in Kitahara's words. She just timidly extended her hand and shook hands with Kitahara.

"Hello, Chief Kitahara. It's an honor to meet you and meet Senior Oguruma and the others..."

Then she hesitated, "Oh, you said three... three what...?"

"Hey...it's okay, I was just a little distracted, you don't have to take it too seriously." Kitahara gave an awkward but polite smile and spoke vaguely.

While he was greeting the excellent quality, the blue-haired horse girl next to him was complaining to the Emperor of the East China Sea.

"Hey, hey, hey! My name is Twin Turbine, not Dual Jet! I'm your future rival, so you must remember my name!"

...Well, this rival is just a self-proclaimed one. Although you are quite good at escaping, it is still a bit difficult to compete with a genius like the Emperor of the East China Sea...

Hearing the complaints from the twin-turbo, Kitahara complained inwardly with some helplessness.

The battle record of this horse girl is not bad. In the parallel dimension, she is very similar to Oguruma, also from a local background who came to the central level.

However, it should be that this world was influenced by Ogurashi Hat, and she arrived at the center ahead of time, which shows that she definitely has the strength.

In particular, her spectacular escape was so spectacular that it earned her a spot at the Sankei Awards as the "Escape of the Century."

But in her generation, the Emperor of the East China Sea can be said to be an absolute strong man. After all, he is the "undefeated double champion" horse girl.

Of course, these words could not be said openly, so after greeting the excellent quality, Kitahara said in a way that eased the atmosphere:

"Um, it's a twin-turbo, right? Nice to meet you, please take care of me."

"King of the East China Sea, you must remember his name. So, you should go to the preparation area over there with your excellent qualities and twin turbos and wait there. Remember to apologize to him."

"Chief Beibeibeiyuan actually knows my name! This is so touching!"

As soon as Beiyuan finished speaking, Twin Turbine no longer bothered to complain to the Emperor of the East China Sea. He immediately held his chest with his eyes shining.

Then she glared at the Emperor of the East Sea, "See, Chief Kitahara can remember my name, which means I will definitely become a powerful horse girl in the future!"

"Emperor of the East China Sea, I will definitely become your strongest enemy!" She stretched out her hand and pointed at the Emperor of the East China Sea.

"...Hi, hi, I know..."

Seemingly a little helpless, the Emperor of the East China Sea lifted his bangs and said with a smile: "Then I will take them over first... That, McQueen."

She looked behind her and said, "I'd like to ask you to introduce the next two challengers to me!"

After saying that, she didn't wait for Mebai McQueen to respond, and smiled as she led Twin Turbine and Excellent Quality towards the waiting area.

"...Really? He always talks to himself like this, this Emperor..."

Complaining quietly, Mejiro McQueen sighed and first looked at the horse girls behind him, such as Mejiro Ryan, who had come to help.

"Then Ryan, Shanxin, you two can go over there and wait for a moment. I'll introduce Mr. Kitahara to you."

After the other horse girls left, she pointed at the two horse girls who stayed behind.

"These two will enter school later than the Emperor and I, but they are both excellent horse girls. Who knows, they may debut before us in the future."

"This is Miura Bourbon, and this is Miyu."

"Master Kitahara, hello."

"Hello, hello, I'm Les Chava... Oh, no! I'm Mi Yu..."

The tall horse girl with chestnut hair and blue eyes and the short horse girl with black hair and purple eyes greeted Kitahara one by one.

In fact, Beiyuan knew who the challengers brought by the East China Sea Emperor and his companions were at a glance, and if he had to say what really attracted him, it was the two horse girls in front of him.

The reason is not only that they will have great strength in the future, but also because there are rather unique entanglements between them.

Miura Bourbon, who has 8 wins and 7 runner-up in 1 career games, won the first 7 games, including the Gaoyue Sho and the Japan Derby. In other words, she is also a horse racing girl with "two undefeated championships" like the East Sea Emperor.

Her eighth game is the last of the classic triple crowns, the Kikuka Sho. If she wins, she will be awarded the highest honor, “Undefeated Triple Crown Uma Girl”.

However, she only won second place in the chrysanthemum appreciation competition, and the first place went to Mi Yu who was standing next to her.

This is not too surprising, as Miyu's long-distance adaptability is truly impeccable.

The record of 25 wins in 6 games may not seem so impressive, but these 6 victories, including the 3000-meter Chrysanthemum Award, the 2500-meter Nikkei Award, and two 2-meter Emperor's Spring Award, are all long-distance events.

In one of the Emperor's Spring Viewing races, her opponents included Mejiro McQueen, who was also very good at long distance running, which shows her strength in this race.

However, the horse racing girls in front of him had not yet become real, and the events had not yet taken place, so Kitahara just sighed slightly in his heart, and then smiled as if nothing had happened.

"You are welcome to join the challenge."

After shaking hands with the two horse girls in turn, he thought for a moment, looked at the stern-faced Miura Bourbon, and said with a smile: "Relax a little, you're just here to participate in a big stomach challenge, there's no need to be so reserved and serious. You can have a great performance, Miura Bourbon."

He looked again at Mi Yu, who had a reserved look on his face, his hands tightly holding his collar, and looking at him nervously.

"Rice Bath, right? That's a great name. I'm sure you'll perform well in this challenge."

He said this because he knew that these two horse girls were actually big eaters who could compete with Oguruma.

For example, in Miura Bourbon, you can eat 50 kinds of desserts in one go in the game, and then continue to eat your main meal as if nothing had happened.

Not to mention Mi Yu. Among the more than 100 horse girls in the original work, the one who eats the most is Oguruma, followed by Special Week, and then she is the third.

"Got it, I'll try my best."

"Mi, Mi will do his best..."

"Well, then please take them to the preparation area, McQueen."

Although the two horse girls were still one rigid and one timid, Kitahara didn't say anything more. He smiled and said to Mejiro McQueen:
"With the first batch of challengers, the competition will begin soon. From now on, it will be hard for you and the emperor to help."

"Please leave it to me, Chief Kitahara."

After Mejiro McQueen led Miura Bourbon and Miyu to the preparation area, Kitahara and Yusuhara maintained order for a while, and then a new and glorious voice was heard on the challenge stage.

"Welcome to the Wanko Soba Challenge. Thank you for your support to the organizers of this challenge, the Yongshi team, and the Central Tresen College Board of Directors and Student Union!"

After the opening remarks, the entire audience burst into cheers, and Xin Xin Guang Hui couldn't help but raise his voice.

"The audience is very enthusiastic, so without further delay, let us first invite the defending teams of this challenge, Oguruma, Tamamo Cross, Inari Ichi, Super Little Bay, and Mejiro Altan!"

The audience's cheers became louder and louder, and amid the cheers, five horse girls came out from the backstage one by one.

“…There are so many people here. Are they all here to eat? Then will the soba noodles prepared at the back not be enough…?”

“…Come on, Xiaoli, you seem to be focusing on the wrong thing, right? And how could they all come here to eat…Oh, you’ve confused me, how could they all come here to challenge me!”

"It's been so long, and you still haven't gotten used to Xiaoli's personality."

"But there are indeed so many people here. It might be a bit embarrassing later. What do you think, Aldan?"

"Me? I feel okay. I often meet a lot of fans when I go out. I also met so many audiences when I participated in some programs with Gao Fengjie before."

Faced with the enthusiasm of the audience, Oguruma and the others showed different expressions and whispered to each other as they sat down in the defending seats.

The New Glory continued to host.

"Okay, our defenders are ready, please welcome the first group of challengers!"

The cheers became louder, and on the challenger's side, Sakura Shinou became even more excited amid the cheers, waving to the audience non-stop, while Miura Bourbon had a stern face, seemingly unaffected by any environment.

Excellent Quality, Twin Turbo and Mi Yu were a little uncomfortable with such cheers. Excellent Quality and Mi Yu, two introverted horse racing girls, couldn't help but shrink their heads, and Twin Turbo also looked a little at a loss.

“…Hey, hey, hey, Oguruma-senpai and the others are so popular… Great, after this challenge, I will definitely become such a popular horse racing girl!” After being at a loss, Twin Turbo quickly returned to his heartless look.

"It would be great if it were that easy. My classmate is so confident. I'm so envious..." It was only a short time since she met Twin Turbine. She lowered her head and looked at her with admiration.

"Mi, Mi will do his best..." Mi Yu closed his eyes for a while, opened his eyes, pursed his lips, puffed out his cheeks, patted his cheeks, clenched his fists, and cheered himself up.

"Hello everyone! I will show you my explosive form, please look forward to it! Hahahaha!" Sakura Shin-oh became more and more excited.

"..." Miura Bourbon said nothing and sat down in the challenge seat first with an expressionless face.

Seeing how decisive she was, the remaining four horse girls quickly sat next to her.

"The challengers are ready. Please ask the East Sea Emperor and other enthusiastic horse girls to prepare soba noodles for the defender and challenger."

After the Emperor of the East China Sea and the others started to get busy backstage and on stage, Brand New Glory took the microphone and took a deep breath.

"Next, please welcome the referee of this challenge, Roman Oguri, to announce the start of the match!"

The words were so loud that they instantly drowned out the cheers of the entire venue, and the audience fell silent for a while.

Then there was a period of silence, and there was no response to Xin Xin Guanghui's words.

"…Uh, O-Okuri? O-Okuri?"

As the defending seats, challenge seats, assistants and the audience looked at each other in bewilderment, the host Shin Shinkyou looked awkwardly behind the challenge seats and whispered to Roman Oguri over there.

"Please announce the start..."

It was the first time for Roman Oguri to participate in such an event. Although he roughly understood that he would be a judge and present awards, he was not very clear about how to do it specifically.

At this moment, he heard Xin Xin Guang Hui calling him, and saw that all eyes on and off the challenge stage were gradually turning towards him, and the little guy was a little confused for a moment.

Subconsciously, she stood up from behind the judges' bench and raised her hand as if answering a question in class.

“Ah… Sister Guanghui, what should I do…”

"Great! Our referee has raised his hand, and the challenge officially begins!"

Cheers rang out again, and amid the sound like a wave, the East Sea Emperor and other assisting horse girls carried the trays that had been prepared long ago and quickly placed bowls of soba noodles on the tables of the defending and challenging seats.

Shining Glory wanted to explain to Roman Oguri at this moment, but the game had already started and as the host, she also had to be responsible for the commentary, so she was really too busy to do so.

So she had no choice but to continue standing on the stage, holding the microphone, imitating the commentary tone heard in various competitions, and speaking as loudly as possible in an encouraging voice:
"As soon as the competition started, Oguruma took the lead and ate 10 bowls of soba noodles. Oh my god!"

"I didn't see how she did it, but this time the competition used a real-time calculator, and the screen showed that she had indeed eaten 10 bowls of noodles... No, it was already 22 bowls! It's amazing!"

"Tamamo Cross was not to be outdone. She also ate 17 bowls. That's outstanding!"

"Following closely are Super Little Bay and Inari, both of them have 15 bowls!"

"Mejiro Aldan is a little behind, now only has 13 bowls, I hope she can catch up soon!"

"Let's see the challenger... Wow!"

"Amazing! This is... it's Mi Yu! It's Mi Yu!"

"Although she looks small, she actually has such potential. Her number has reached 29 bowls. She has surpassed... No, she has not surpassed Xiao Limao. Xiao Limao has reached an astonishing 45 bowls!"

"When did she get to 45... No! It's already 52 bowls!"

"And Miura Bourbon is not to be outdone, she also has an outstanding number of 21 bowls!"

"Excellent quality... Wow! She is also a hidden talent. She currently has 26 bowls and is currently ranked third! Very outstanding!"

"The Twin Turbines and Sakura Shinou are also very good. Everyone is eating a lot now. They are not to be outdone. They both have more than 20 bowls!"

"So, who will be the final winner of this big eater challenge?!"

"Let's wait and see!"

(End of this chapter)