Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 16 Are you the trainer of Oguruma?

Through the telescope, you can clearly see Oguruma's beautiful face.

Different from his silly look in the past, at this moment, Oguruma's expression is full of excitement. Even from a distance, the struggle in his gray-blue eyes can be seen clearly.

Not only that, her small head was turning and shaking in a strange rhythm, as if trembling.

...The warriors are in high spirits...

This word instantly popped up in Kitahara's mind.

At the same time, he also recalled that when he was a rancher before the time travel, he happened to see some information from some materials and documentaries.

The trainer of the prototype horse of Ogurume said that Ogurume is usually very gentle and friendly to people, and is one of the very few "racehorses that don't look aggressive."

But once on the field, Oguruma will become excited and extremely motivated.

Even when he went to the central event for the first time, Oguruma showed an extremely exaggerated trembling before entering the gate, and tens of thousands of spectators witnessed the scene.

At first, everyone thought that this "Cinderella" from the countryside was scared, but after Oguruma won the championship with a big advantage of 3 body lengths, everyone realized that her trembling before the game was because she could not control the fighting spirit in her heart.

For this reason, the audience gave the iconic trembling of Oguri Hat before the start of the game a name, "Warrior's Shakeup."

"So this is ah."

Kitahara suddenly began to tremble as well, and couldn't help muttering to himself, "No wonder in the other world, Oguruma became a famous 'seasoned champion', because in addition to the arrangement of the competition, she herself... was born for real competitions, not for practice..."

This whisper reached the ears of Shibasaki and others nearby. They didn't hear it clearly and asked subconsciously.

"Hmm? Kitahara, what did you say?"

"Are you talking about Ogururomo? What about 'Kuri War' or something... Hey, that one at the starting point over there should be Ogururomomo, right?"

"That should be the case. Among this year's Umamusume, besides Fujimasa March, there should be only one Ash-haired Umamusume named Oguruma."

The one who gave an affirmative answer was Shibasaki, who was most familiar with Fujimasa's March. His eyes were also at the starting point, but his expression soon changed.

"Eh? Where's the horse girl next to the little chestnut hat?"

Hearing this, Kawamura Hiyori and Yan Weiyi hurriedly looked over, and Kitahara quickly moved the telescope over.

However, before they could see clearly, a loud shout was heard from the starting point of the training ground.

"Start!"

A gust of wind-like figure and a shaking sound like beating drums were heard from the gate again. However, almost instantly, Kitahara and others' faces changed.

"Ah! Little Kurimao made a mistake in the gate!"

"What kind of mistake was that! How could she stop and bend over? What was she doing?!"

"...Kitahara, didn't you teach her some weird way to start running?"

Shibasaki and others were surprised and confused, but Kitahara ignored his colleagues' feelings and stared at Oguruma in the stadium with great nervousness.

The other horse girls who were training had already run out, but Oguruma was squatting on the ground! She looked like she was tying her shoelaces!
Or it cannot be said that all the other horse girls ran away, because there was still one who stayed beside Ogurume. It was the lovely-looking Shining Glory, the only one who was willing to get close to Ogurume before.

In the sight of the telescope, Shin Shinki was talking to Oguruma who was squatting on the ground with an anxious and worried look on his face. Kitahara was sure that his mood and expression must be even worse than Shin Shinki's.

"…What on earth happened, Oguruma…"

Kitahara couldn't help but let out a low cry of anxiety.

This time, Shibasaki and the others heard it clearly. Shibasaki was the first to react. He turned to look at Kitahara and said hesitantly:

"Kitahara, your horse racing girl... seems to be causing you a lot of distress..." Shibasaki didn't finish his words because his words were interrupted by the exclamations of Kawamura Hiyori, Yan Weiyi, and the horse racing girls and teachers on the track.

“So, so fast!!”

"What speed is that?!"

"No way?!"

Kitahara didn't say anything to Shibasaki, but his surprise was no less than anyone who had just screamed.

He still held the telescope, and in the clear view brought by the lens, he simply couldn't believe that the lightning-fast silver-gray figure on the training ground was the same person as the little chestnut hat during the practice a few days ago.

It’s not that Ogurimao’s training results are not fast. Whether it’s grass or muddy ground, Ogurimao’s training results can be stabilized at around 15 meters per second, and every time he runs, it’s like a gust of wind.

But the current situation of Xiao Limao seems to be far from being described as a gust of wind.

She was squatting on the ground tying her shoelaces one second, and rushed out more than ten meters away the next. The wind brought by such a fast speed directly blew away the new Guanghui who was standing next to her.

She caught up with the horse racing girl in front of her in almost the blink of an eye, and surpassed the last one in another blink of an eye!
……Ha ha……

Unconsciously, Kitahara let out a wheezing, asthmatic laugh, with several thoughts swirling in his mind:

This is...'The Reed-haired Monster'..."

With such soft knees, she can start running by squatting, which completely violates the common sense that "horse girls can't start running in a low position"...

That’s why she can keep the ultra-low center of gravity and ultra-forward running posture at the start…

So she can avoid more wind resistance and show faster speed with less energy...

So even if she fell behind by several seconds because of shoe lacing, she could still surpass one... two... all the horse girls...

“Running to first place…

"Time: 51 seconds!"

The teacher in charge of timing at the finish line loudly shouted out the result of the first place in this mock race, which was Oguruma's result.

"51" was obviously slower than Fujimasa's time of "1", but unlike the cheers for Fujimasa just now, Shibasaki and others who were watching the game here remained silent, as did the horse racing ladies and teachers at the training ground.

Because they all saw that although Oguruma started a few seconds late, he still came in first and achieved a score of "51 seconds".

In other words, under normal starting conditions, Ogurimo is more than a little faster than Fujimasa's March!

Almost everyone was thinking this.

Kitahara heaved a sigh of relief in his heart:

Huh - I understand, I completely understand. For Xiaolimao, when she practices running alone, she only runs because she likes it. She will practice running very hard, but her real stage is... the stadium!
Suddenly, a somewhat ambiguous voice interrupted Kitahara's thoughts.

"You...are the trainer of Ogururoshimao?"

Subconsciously putting down the telescope in front of him, Kitahara looked in the direction of the voice and replied casually:
"Ah, yes, my name is Kitahara Joi, and you are..."

What caught my eye was a head of smooth silver-gray hair and a solemn, soft face that seemed to be dripping with water.

It's obviously Umamusume Ashigao, but it's not Oguri Hat, but Fujimasa March.

"Kitahara Joi? Okay, I'll remember that."

After saying that, she turned and left.

(End of this chapter)