Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 171 Japanese Derby (Part )

When Lu Duo announced her intention to assist the Eternal Team, there was still a week before the Japan Derby. This was not a short period of time, but it was enough for her to participate in enough running and understand the situation here.

With the assistance of such a horse girl who stands at the top of the era, trainers such as Kitahara have found that the training effect has been significantly improved compared with the past, and Oguruma and the others have also felt a significant increase in their strength.

But a week is not too long. At least in the eyes of the horse girls who are concentrating on training, it seems to pass by in the blink of an eye.

"Tomorrow is the Japan Derby, Xiaoli, how are you feeling?"

The night before the Japan Derby, Tamamo Cross was wearing pajamas, yawning, rubbing her long hair, walking towards her bed and looking across the bed.

Opposite her bed was Oguruma, the two horse girls lived in the same dormitory.

According to the curriculum of Central Tresen College, students are divided into three parts: elementary, intermediate and advanced.

The three divisions are based on the years of competition, with those who have not yet debuted belonging to the elementary division, those in the classic years belonging to the intermediate division, and those in the ancient horse years belonging to the advanced division.

Generally speaking, students from the same department will be arranged to live in the same dormitory, but Umamusume's classic year is relatively short, so it is common for students from the middle department to live together with students from the other two departments. For example, Oguruma, who is currently in the middle department, lives with Tamamo Cross from the high department.

Oguruma is also wearing pajamas, the style of which is the "Haosila" from the "cute monsters".

Tamamo Cross was also wearing the same style. She had a set of "Tamamo Ghidorah" pajamas, but she felt that the hands of that set were "Ghidorah's" head, which was not very convenient to move around in, so she also bought a set of "Hatzra" pajamas.

Oguruma was kneeling on the bed, holding a "talisman" in both hands. She was looking at the amulet over and over again with a gentle smile.

Amulets are Japan's "lucky charms". They are purchased and replaced during school entrance exams, competitions, and festivals. The old amulets are put away and replaced with ones that represent different blessings, such as passing, victory, and peace.

The one in Oguruma's hand is very ordinary in style, made of red brocade, with the front side representing the knot of the character "口", and the back side representing the character "十". The combined "叶" character means "tracing back to the origin" in Japanese.

Holding the amulet in his hands and looking at it happily, Oguruma was stunned when he heard Tamamo Cross's question, then turned around and said in surprise:
"Ah? Xiaoyu, what did you just say?"

Without waiting for an answer, she held the amulet like a treasure and moved closer to the bed, "Hey, Xiaoyu, look, Xiaoxiaoli made it for me personally."

"Ah, as expected, when we finished training at night, I saw your sister running over and giving you something. It turned out to be an amulet."

He had seen clearly what Oguruma was holding in his hand before. He took two steps closer and looked at the amulet for a while.

"I think he learned to make this in home economics class. The stitches aren't very evenly spaced, but he put a lot of effort into it. Xiao Xiaoli is quite talented."

After praising him, she smiled and said, "There should be a four-leaf clover inside, right?"

"Hey? Xiaoyu, how did you know?"

"This kind of thing is obvious, I really don't know if you are really stupid or just pretending to be stupid."

Seeing Oguruma's puzzled expression, Tamamo Cross held his forehead with his hands and smiled helplessly.

"You're going to participate in the Japanese Derby tomorrow."

"This is the climax of every horse girl's life."

"One of the 6251 horse girls eligible to participate in the Classic Year of the Horse Girls of this generation out of the 24."

"Only the luckiest horse girl can win the Japanese Derby, so isn't it only natural that Ooguri would give you a four-leaf clover, which represents luck?"

As she spoke, she became thoughtful again, "Come to think of it, I discussed with Inari before about finding four-leaf clovers for you, Xiaowan, and Aldan, but the training has been quite busy recently, so I haven't gone yet."

"I see. Thank you, Tama. I will thank Inari later, too."

The doubt on his face disappeared, replaced by a smile, and Oguruma slowly clenched the amulet and said happily: "It's a four-leaf clover."

"Kuro-chan told me that after she heard that the luckiest horse girl won the derby, she spent a lot of time going to the shrine near the school to help me find four-leaf clovers."

"Later, her good friends, Narita Shirahito and Qicao, found out about it and helped to look for her."

"Xiao Te also helped."

"They seemed to know about the little opera and the little golden boat, but they probably didn't go to the shrine to look for them. Xiao Xiaoli said that they seemed to have looked for them somewhere else, but unfortunately they didn't find them."

"Anyway, they made this amulet together, put the four-leaf clover that Xiao Xiaoli found inside it, and asked her to give it to me."

Smiling happily, she looked at the amulet again for a while, hesitated, turned around, and reluctantly pressed it under the pillow.

"I'll put it on carefully before tomorrow's game."

After carefully putting the amulet away, she turned to look at Tamamo Cross and asked the same question again.

"By the way, Xiaoyu, you should have said something just now, right?"

"I did say something, ha-ah..."

Yawning, Tamamo Cross rubbed his eyes and said, "I want to ask, you will participate in the Japan Derby tomorrow, how are you feeling?"

"Now it seems that you are in pretty good shape." She smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"Yeah, I think I'm in pretty good shape too."

He responded by giving the thumbs up with both hands and showing a confident smile.

"I don't know much about statistics, but Kitahara, Rudolph and the others said that my basic abilities are fine."

"I have mastered the 'super-high-speed lane change' method."

“I also mastered the technique of using the sign 200 meters before the finish line to trigger the field.”

"When I was training with Rudolf and Tianxing these days, they all said that the Japanese derby attaches great importance to the last-foot sprint. My last-foot sprint is fine."

"Then I think there should be no problem... Oh, especially since Xiao Xiaoli and the others specially gave me a four-leaf clover, I think there will be no problem."

She smiled happily again and patted the pillow that was pressing down on the amulet.

"...First of all, our president is called Rudo Symbol, not Rudolph Symbol. You've known her for half a year, right? You still don't call her by her right name, huh?"

Tamamo Cross held his forehead with his hand and sighed, "Secondly, that's Senior Sirius, not Senior Tianxing. Please spend a little more time to remember his name..."

"Hehe... I don't know why. I tried very hard to remember the name, but when I started saying it, I always got it wrong for a while."

After hearing Tamamo Cross's sermon, Oguruma scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Finally, ha-ah..."

Ignoring Oguruma's embarrassment, Tamamo Cross yawned again, "I don't think there's much of a problem, especially with the domain."

"After the Hanshin Grand Prix and the Emperor's Spring Viewing, referring to our situation with Inari, the shortcomings of the 'entry-level field' have been completely made up."

"Like you said, we all have the ability to enter the field with ease now."

"Then wait until tomorrow's Japan Derby, and it will depend on how you, Xiao Haiwan, and Aldan perform."

"So, ha-ah... Actually, I saw that you were not sleepy even though it was late, so I was worried that you might be worried about tomorrow's game and unable to sleep."

"Xiaoyu..."

Finally understanding Tamamo Cross's concern, Oguruma couldn't help but be moved. He subconsciously got out of bed, ran over barefoot, and picked up Tamamo Cross.

"Thank you so much for worrying about me!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Thanks, but please put me down!"

Tamamo Cross, who was a bit shorter in height than Oguruma, was picked up in the air. She kicked her feet subconsciously and even threw off her slippers, leaving her with bare white feet like Oguruma.

The two horse girls wearing "Haosila" struggled for a while, and soon they lay down on their beds to the sounds of "Then I'll turn off the lights" from Tamamo Cross and "Um, good night" from Oguruma.

However, Tamamo Cross, who fell asleep quickly after lying down, was soon awakened by a "gurgling" sound from next door.

"...No! What the hell is this for?"

He turned over and sat up, rubbing his messy long hair frantically, and Tamamo Cross complained helplessly to the person next to him.

"Uh... Sorry, Xiaoyu, I think I'm hungry..."

Xiao Limao also sat up, scratched his head, covered his stomach, and said embarrassedly.

despair.

Turning on the table lamp on the bedside table, Tamamo Cross frowned.

"… You should have eaten well for dinner, right? Sister Kyoko has always been very particular about nutrition, but why is your stomach making such a sad sound like you didn't eat at all…?"

"possible……"

Facing Tamamo Cross's question, Oguruma covered his stomach and thought for a while, "Maybe it's because I paid too much attention to the amulet that Ogurius gave me during dinner, and unconsciously reduced the number of times I added more rice..."

"Oh, I see... That's not surprising. After all, my sister gave me such an important gift, so it's normal for me to pay special attention to it."

Showing an expression of approval, Tamamo Cross subconsciously asked, "By the way, do you remember how many times you reduced the number of refills tonight?"

"If you lose too much weight, it will be bad if you are hungry and can't use your strength tomorrow."

"You should still remember it, right?"

"Yeah! I won't make any mistakes about the meal."

With a smile that was even more confident than when he was talking about the competition, Oguruma covered his stomach with one hand and raised his thumb with the other hand, "From 10 times to 9 times."

"How can this be called a reduction? This is an error?!"

After going crazy again, Tamamo Cross stood up, put on his slippers, and walked towards the door.

"Let's go." She waved helplessly at Little Chestnut Hat.

"Walk?"

Xiao Limao was stunned, "Where are you going?"

"Go to the kitchen and get you something to eat. Otherwise, if you continue to starve like a big eater, your growling stomach might wake up the entire Ritsuto dormitory."

The door was already opened. Tamamo Cross turned his head and joked, "If that happens, it will be a headache for Hiruzen-senpai, and it will also affect tomorrow's Japan Derby."

The winner of the Japanese pillow is the current dormitory head of the Ritsuto dormitory of the Central College. The regulations related to the college dormitories are generally formulated by the dormitory head.

According to the requirements of the Japanese pillow winner, there are no other restrictions except that school rules prohibit going out between 10 pm and 5:30 am the next day and prohibit unauthorized persons from entering and leaving.

So it’s no problem for Uma Musume who’s hungry at night to get something to eat in the dormitory’s self-service kitchen.

And it was not the first time for Tamamo Cross to help Oguruma prepare food at night.

So after arriving at the self-service kitchen, she opened the huge three-door refrigerator with ease, rummaged around for a while, and took out several sealed bags of food.

"I'm lucky. We have shrimp, pork, and eggs. I can make Okonomiyaki!"

"Okonomiyaki" can be considered a Japanese pancake, and is a very representative flavor food in Kansai.

In the past, when Tamamo Cross prepared midnight snacks for Oguruma or was hungry himself, he would easily make this hometown delicacy.

"Thank you, Xiaoyu."

Holding his rumbling stomach, Oguruma was grateful but also a little embarrassed, "I always trouble you to make midnight snacks for me. I have always wanted to learn how to make rice balls, but the ones I make are so-so..."

"Well, it's nothing. Didn't I tell you? The little ones in our family sometimes get hungry at night. We're used to it."

Smiling, he carried the ingredients to the chopping board, skillfully took the apron from the wall and tied it outside "Haosila"'s pajamas, then Tamamo Cross picked up the kitchen knife and directed Oguruma with his other hand.

"Xiaoli, go to the fruit and vegetable cabinet and look for corn, carrots, cabbage, and green onions."

"Then go get a small bottle of milk from the drinks machine."

"And finally the flour. It's on the shelf next to the drinks machine."

"Oh, okay."

This was not the first time that he had worked with Tamamo Cross to make Okonomiyaki. Oguri quickly brought the ingredients that Tamamo Cross needed to the chopping board.

"Well, there are enough ingredients!"

After counting the ingredients, he nodded with satisfaction, picked up the frying pan, and looked at the person beside him with a smile.

"Don't worry, with our skills, we can make it in a few seconds. Just wait... and eat..."

The voice became lower and lower. Looking at Koguruma, who had been holding chopsticks in one hand and a plate in the other, with a little saliva oozing from the corner of her mouth, Tamamo Cross once again rolled his eyes.

“…Are you that anxious…?”

"Well, forget it," she complained, then quickly smiled and waved the frying pan towards the dining table.

"Come to the table, Oguri. Tamamo Okonomiyaki will be ready soon!"

It took a little long to make the midnight snack. Knowing Oguruma's appetite, Tamamo Cross made more than 30 servings of Okonomiyaki in one go.

It sounds like a lot, but in fact, each serving of Okonomiyaki is probably a little thicker than a pancake, or a pizza with a layer cut off horizontally. When more than 30 pieces are stacked together, they are about the thickness of a palm, which is roughly the amount of rice that Oguruma refills once.

It was not cooked all at once, but one portion was prepared and handed over to Xiaolimao. Later, Xiaolimao would wait next to the frying pan with chopsticks and a plate, which made it more efficient.

"Phew - I'm full, I'm full, I feel so comfortable."

Touching his belly happily, Oguruma was grateful to Tamamo Cross again, "Thanks so much to you, Tama. If it weren't for you, I don't know what I would do when I'm hungry at night."

"Well, to be honest, it's actually quite fun to make midnight snacks for Xiaoli."

Tamamo Cross was eating a piece of Okonomiyaki that she made herself. She stopped Oguri from talking and said with a smile, "Because every time I see Oguri eating Okonomiyaki, it reminds me of the little ones at home."

"It feels like Oguri's expression at this moment looks like that of his younger brothers and sisters."

"Brother or sister? I am indeed one year younger than you, Xiaoyu, so I can be considered your sister."

Xiao Limao smiled and suddenly his expression changed.

"Come to think of it, Xiaoyu should have said that she wanted to participate in the Shining Star Series for the sake of her brothers and sisters, right?"

"Huh? Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"

Picking up a piece of Okonomiyaki and about to put it into his mouth, Tamamo Cross was stunned for a moment, then ate the Okonomiyaki in a flash and started laughing.

"Yeah, didn't I say that my family was very poor when I was a child? If it weren't for the old man, I probably wouldn't have the chance to achieve what I have now."

"The old man has a lot of little ones there, and we want them to perform as well as we do."

"So, at the beginning, I thought it was simple. Since I could make a lot of money by winning the competition, I should just participate in more competitions."

"Well, that's a really tacky idea."

"Vague... no."

Oguruma showed a gentle expression, "I think it's a great thing to be able to run for your sister... or your brothers and sisters."

"Did Xiaoli think of Xiaoli?"

Tamamo Cross understood what Oguruma meant.

"Well, I am now the same as Xiaoyu. I hope to run for my sister."

Oguruma nodded and said, "My mother hopes that I will become a great horse girl. I think that I am already quite remarkable to have come all the way from Kasamatsu to here."

"Many classmates say I'm amazing. My mom, sister, Beiyuan, and Lu...Duo all say I'm amazing. So I must be quite remarkable."

"In the future, I should be able to win more games and become even more amazing."

She spoke confidently, and became fascinated again.

"If I can get to that point, I think I can help my sister do more things like Xiaoyu did."

"Like us?"

After a moment of shock, Tamamo Cross smiled and said, "I should be similar to Oguri, trying my best to win the game. Why do you need to be like me in this matter?"

"some."

Nodding seriously, Xiao Limao said, "Xiao Yu can make delicious food for her brothers and sisters, but I can't. Xiao Yu is usually very careful and knows a lot of things..."

When she said this, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"By the way, Xiaoyu, you should have nothing to do tomorrow morning, right?"

"…Why are you asking that all of a sudden?"

Not understanding why Oguri Hat changed the subject, Tamamo Cross hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "I don't have anything special to do. Apart from daily training, I will go to the Tokyo stadium with my uncle, Komiyama and the others."

"Tomorrow is the Japan Derby. I heard from them that the number of spectators who have pre-booked seats online has exceeded one million. The available seats have long been filled. The remaining areas where tickets can be purchased on site are also expected to be crowded with people."

"In that case, if we want to go and cheer for you guys, Xiaoli, it's better to go earlier."

"Yeah! That's it!"

Xiao Limao suddenly became excited, "In previous competitions, I always stayed in the lounge to prepare."

"This time, I want to go to the stadium in advance, take my sister to have a good look, and get to know the Tokyo stadium myself."

"Come to think of it, I've competed in many arenas, but apart from the lounge and the track, I don't know much about other things."

"I think I should learn more about these things, so that when my sister makes her debut, I can help her more."

After thinking for a while, she added, "If I have time later, I want to learn how to make Okonomiyaki from you, Xiaoyu, and then make it for my sister."

"Ah, and make it for mom, and for Kitahara, and for Xiaoyu."

"So that's what you think..." Tamamo Cross nodded in understanding, suddenly smiled, and then patted his chest, "Okay, I'll take care of all this!"

"Besides, since you care about these instead of the Japanese derby, it seems that you are in really good shape."

After patting her chest and agreeing, she smiled and changed the subject.

"Then I've promised you that, and you've eaten your fill. It's time to go to bed, right, Xiaoli?"

"If you want to take Xiao Xiaoli around the stadium, it will be bad if you oversleep."

After being reminded by Tamamo Cross, Oguruma realized that it was indeed getting late, so he quickly cleaned up the kitchen with her and returned to the dormitory quickly.

During this month, Oguruma's daily training time has been adjusted. She no longer gets up at 4 o'clock as before, but has postponed it to 7 o'clock like most horse girls.

With more rest time, she did not feel any discomfort the next day after having a midnight snack before going to bed. When she woke up, she felt more energetic than ever.

As usual, it is morning exercise, which is something the horse racing ladies will never stop doing regardless of wind or rain, even if today is the Japan Derby.

However, after the morning exercise, she waited for Kitahara to announce that he would rest for a while, and took the initiative to find him and mentioned what she had talked about with Tamamo Cross last night.

"Want to take Xiao Xiaoli to visit the Tokyo stadium?"

Kitahara was a little surprised. "I took you to the venue a few days ago to help you adapt. Why did it suddenly...?"

"And if we go now, the people outside might..." He felt a little embarrassed.

Matches in Japan are usually held on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. Tickets are required to watch the matches, but admission is free from Monday to Friday.

The central-level stadium facilities are very comprehensive, with restaurants, rest areas, medical clinics, etc.

In addition to the facilities dedicated to the competition, the stadium also has a playground to provide entertainment for people with children during competitions, or it can be opened for entertainment purposes at other times.

In this case, it is very convenient for the horse racing girls to adapt to the venue in advance. Many fans will try to go to the racing venues frequented by their favorite horse racing girls to get autographs and take photos.

In order to adapt to the Tokyo stadium where the Japanese derby is held, Kitahara has already taken Oguruma and the others there many times.

In addition to the reason that he has already been there, Kitahara is also worried that there are too many spectators outside the Tokyo stadium at the moment.

There are two central-level stadiums in the Kanto region, Tokyo and Nakayama. In order to facilitate grass maintenance, only one stadium will be used in the same region at the same time.

If the game were held in Tokyo today, all fans from all over Japan who want to and are able to come and watch the game would gather there.

It is entirely conceivable that, although it is not yet 9 a.m. when the stadium opens, there are definitely many enthusiastic fans who slept on the ground outside the stadium last night waiting to be the first to enter and grab the best viewing seats.

If I go to the stadium now, getting caught in the crowd is not a big deal, but if I get discovered by some fanatical fans, I'm afraid I'll be in trouble...

Thinking this in his mind, Kitahara was about to explain to Oguruma, but he saw that her long ears had drooped down.

The ears on the top of the horse racing girls' heads can reflect their mood. When they are happy, they will shake involuntarily. When they are frightened or concentrating, they will stand up. When they are angry, their ears will fall back like a cat and make "airplane ears".

For example, Xiao Limao's ears are drooping now, which means she is very depressed.

"Um... I'm sorry, Kitahara, I made things difficult for you. I..."

Seeing the hesitation on Kitahara's face, although Oguruma didn't understand what was going on, she subconsciously didn't want to embarrass the other party, so she quickly decided to take back her words.

"Ah, I suddenly feel like I should go there earlier."

Kitahara had put away his embarrassed look and smiled.

"After all, today is an important event like the Japan Derby. If you, Xiao Haiwan, and Aldan go directly through the player tunnel as usual, you will probably never have the chance to know how many people have come here just for you."

"Then go talk to Xiao Haiwan, Aldan, and Xiao Xiaoli, and tell them that we will go to the stadium first to prepare."

This change of tone was naturally due to the desire to not disappoint Oguruma, but also due to the idea that "there's nothing wrong in adapting to the venue."

Kitahara is well aware that this Japan Derby can be said to be the most watched one since the establishment of the Japan URA Association.

Through the symbol of Ludo, he already knew that the number of people who would come to watch the Japan Derby on site would not be less than 17.

The spectator seats at the stadium are divided into designated seats and non-designated seats.

Designated seats need to be purchased in advance, either at the stadium or online. As early as half a month ago, all these seats were booked out.

According to Representative Lu Duo, many people took the opportunity to speculate on tickets, causing the ticket price, which originally cost several thousand to ten thousand yuan, to rise to hundreds of thousands. She has been very busy during this period and also wanted to crack down on such illegal activities.

Non-reserved seats can also be purchased online or offline.

However, the entire stadium can only accommodate about 22 spectators at most. Designated seats cannot be sat casually, but non-designated seats can be sat as long as you occupy the seat.

This means that if you go too late, there will be no seats left.

Still according to Ludo's symbolic statement, in the past week or so, the trains coming to Tokyo from all over the country have gradually become full, and all the hotels in Fuchu District where the Tokyo stadium is located have been fully booked. These are naturally because of the fans who want to come to watch the live show.

Fans who were unable to book a hotel have already set up camp outside the stadium in groups.

That's right, Rudo, who had undergone a period of military training when he was a child, used the word "camping" symbolically and showed Kitahara photos of Anza's tents outside the Tokyo stadium in the past few days.

At a glance, it would be no problem for several thousand people to sleep in those tents, and it seems that even tens of thousands of people could be squeezed in.

It was because of the fans' enthusiasm that he didn't want Oguruma and the others to go there early.

It was also because of this enthusiasm that "it might be necessary to meet them in advance so as not to be surprised by such enthusiasm during the game." With this in mind, he agreed to Oguruma and planned to bring Xiaohaiwan and Aldan along.

Kitahara, who had arranged for Oguruma and the others, smiled silently when she saw her horse racing girl shaking her ears excitedly and running quickly towards her sister and companions. She thought for a moment and took out her cell phone.

First called Luduo symbol.

"President Luduo, I will take Xiaolimao and the others to the competition venue later... Well, let's get used to it in advance. There are too many spectators this time. If we get used to it in advance, the competition will go more smoothly... Okay, I know..."

"Ah, I know you're short-staffed. I've already thought about the arrangements for security personnel, so there won't be any problems... Yes, I'll trouble President Kurokawa Masato. He must have a lot of well-trained security guards."

"Well, Komiya-san, Kodama and the others will go to the stadium with you guys later as originally planned."

On the phone, the background noise from the Luduo representative's end was very noisy. One could tell at a glance that he was dealing with reporters and various staff members. There were a lot of interview sounds, shutter sounds, and inquiries and requests.

Just as he mentioned on the phone, with such a busy schedule, the Luduo Symbol and even the entire Central Tresen College might not be able to spare any manpower. They could only wait until the pre-arranged time, when the other party would bring people to pick up the Eternal Team and the contestants.

The academy is short of manpower, but fortunately, after such a long period of cooperation, the team and Xizhen Company are very familiar with each other. As they are the largest film and television group in Japan, they are not so short of manpower.

After hanging up the phone, Kitahara explained the situation to nearby Komiyayama and others. Although the latter were a little surprised at first, they soon agreed to his arrangement.

Not long after, Kitahara, along with Ogurimo, Kobayashi, Aldan and Oguri Roman, boarded the convoy sent by Xizhen Company.

There were a total of ten luxury cars that looked like armed escort vehicles. The first four and the last four were filled with fully armed security horse girls, and the two in the middle were provided to Oguruma and her friends and Kitahara respectively.

Before getting in the car, Kitahara knew that the door that was opened to him must be occupied by Masato Kurokawa. After getting in the car, he saw the head of the consortium looking at him with a smile.

“This is my first time.”

As soon as the car started, Kurokawa Masato couldn't wait to sigh, "This is the first time I've seen a horse girl who is about to win the Japanese Derby, rather than a horse girl who has already won the Japanese Derby."

"This is something I've never had before... no, it should be said that this is an experience that very few people can have."

Listening to his sigh, Beiyuan suddenly felt something in his heart.

“Brother Kurokawa, why are you so sure that the horse racing girl who can win the Japanese Derby is among Oguruma and the others?” He asked after thinking for a while.

"Well... well, the whereabouts of the emperor are usually quite secret. After all, her position in the world of horse racing girls is quite special. Even the chairman of the URA Association cannot force her to make her schedule public or anything else."

Kurokawa Masato became really confident, "But Xizhen Company has been in business for so many years, there must be some sources of information."

"During this period, Kitahara, you were busy preparing for the Japan Derby, so I didn't bother you. But that didn't stop me from knowing that the Ludor symbol would stay in eternity for almost a century."

"I think that even in Central Tresen College, few people or horse girls know about this, right?"

Kitahara did not deny this and nodded slightly.

Although Lu Duo symbolized that she did not care about the outside world's opinion on her decision to assist Yongshi, she was also aware that doing such a thing with her identity would attract some attention, so, no one knew what method she used, and there was indeed very little discussion about this in the academy.

Kurokawa Masato was aware of this matter, and he must also be aware of the attitude that Rudo symbolized, which was that this legendary horse racing girl was more supportive of the three horse racing girls of Yongshi.

Even if he doesn't know the reason, Masato Kurokawa will feel that this represents the strength of Oguruma and the others.

However, Kitahara felt that there was no need to explain too much about this kind of thing, so he pondered for a moment and slightly changed the subject.

"I see. Brother Kurokawa specially arranged for Oguruma and the others to take another car. I guess he didn't want what you just said to affect their performance, right?"

Masato Kurokawa smiled and said, "That's right. It's one thing for Oguruma and the others to see that Rudo is supporting them, but it's another thing to hear others say it."

"I believe in their abilities, but I don't want them to be affected by anything other than the game."

Kitahara nodded, then said, "Besides expressing your feelings, Brother Kurokawa should have something else to say?"

He felt that his guess was correct. With Kurokawa Masato's identity, even if he wanted to meet Oguruma and the others and experience something special, he could just stay at the stadium and wait without coming in person.

Since the other party came in person, considering his status as a businessman, he must have important business.

"Kitahara, you guessed right."

After admitting it directly, Kurokawa Masato nodded and said bluntly: "I want to use the power of Eternal Life to enter Europe."

"…You mean industries like 'Moe Monsters' and 'Uma Musume Movie'?"

As a former businessman himself and familiar with the cooperation between his team and Xizhen Company, Kitahara immediately thought of Kurokawa Masato's plan.

"It's really easy to talk to someone like you, Kitahara."

Masato Kurokawa laughed, "I still say that, Kitahara, if you were not a trainer and were a businessman like me, you would definitely achieve such outstanding achievements."

"Yes, you are so busy with training that you may not realize how amazing the benefits in this regard are."

His expression became serious, his eyes sparkled, and he said in a deep voice: "The Uma Musume works and peripheral extensions you proposed have brought Xizhen and Hewan unimaginable profits."

"I know you are planning to go on an overseas expedition next year. I think this is an opportunity, not only for Xizhen, but also for Yongshi and Japanese Umamusume."

"We have too few industries in Europe. For example, in the expeditions before the Sirius symbol and the expeditions before that, the trainers brought some people and the horse girls, and they went there alone. How could they achieve outstanding results?"

"The horse racing girl industry in Europe and the United States developed much earlier than in Japan. I admit that there are business considerations here, but from your perspective, Kitahara, from the perspective of trainers and horse racing girls, don't you think that if resources can't keep up, the training and competitions of the expedition will also lag behind?"

Kitahara nodded in response to Masato Kurokawa's two consecutive questions.

He completely agreed with the other party's philosophy, which was, in fact, exactly his own philosophy.

The talent of the horse racing girls determines their upper limit, while their resources determine their lower limit and whether they can reach that upper limit.

Ogururo, Super Kobayashi, and Mejiro Aldan are certainly the top horse girls of this generation, but in the parallel world, they were left with so many regrets precisely because they did not have enough resources.

The same is true in this world. Dido Sagittarius, Sakura Chiyoou, and Yae Invincible are also powerful. At the Yayoi Award and Satsuki Award, Dido Sagittarius once put great pressure on Oguri Hat.

However, with the development of Yongshi's resources, or more precisely, with the end of this Japanese Derby, Kitahara believes that the gap brought about by resources will be revealed to the world.

However, it is impossible to fully explain this concept and the efforts behind it in a short time, and Kitahara does not plan to discuss this on the day of the Japan Derby.

He just agreed with Kurokawa Masato's idea of ​​entering Europe and thought of a previous plan.

"If Kurokawa-san is trying to conquer the European market, 'Moe Monsters' and 'Uma Musume Movie' alone probably won't be enough, right?"

Beiyuan said after pondering for a while.

Masato Kurokawa looked a little bit like he had a headache.

"That's right, Kitahara, you are really good at management."

He sighed silently, "This is also what I have been worried about recently. The foundation of Xizhen Company is film and television works. Although the Japanese film and television style is unique in the world, its market share is still limited."

"We want to further cooperate with Eisei. On the one hand, after discussion by the board of directors, an international industry like Umamusume may serve as a seesaw to help us realize our plan."

"on the other hand……"

Looking at Beiyuan, a smile gradually appeared on his face, "It can be regarded as my personal preference."

"After knowing each other for so long, I always feel that when it comes to horse racing girls, Kitahara, you have a very unique... talent? Vision? In short, you always seem to be one step ahead of others in this area."

"Maybe it's just a dream, haha," he said with a self-deprecating smile, "I can't think of a suitable way for now, so I'm kind of looking forward to you coming up with a good plan, Kitahara."

"Of course, there's no rush for this. I'll tell you about it on the way. When you're free after the Japan Derby, we can talk about it slowly. For now, we should..."

He suddenly stopped because he saw a strange smile slowly appearing on Beiyuan's face.

"Kitahara, what are you laughing at?"

"…I was thinking, if Xizhen Company has a game company, or a good partner, maybe…I really have a plan."

As Kurokawa Masato's gaze turned from surprise to shock, Kitahara thought for a moment and said slowly:

"Mobile games, have you ever considered it, Brother Kurokawa?"

"The total international mobile game market share is currently $726 billion, and the Japanese market share is $121 billion. This is a very large market."

"So, have you ever considered having Seijin Kaisha or a partner company make a 'Uma Musume mobile game', Kurokawa?"

"I think this should be quite profitable, and mobile games are also a universal field in the world, which can be a good way to open up the European market."

"Specifically... I have the training methods, data, running methods, and tactics of Uma Musume. Maybe we can turn these into games. This would be a very good work... It may not be good, but it will definitely make a lot of money."

"For example, we can design some friendship training, with data divided into grades such as C, B, A, S, and UR, and then divided into commonly known attributes such as speed, strength, and endurance. The running methods are based on the conventional escape, first, difference, and pursuit, and the tactics are designed as skills."

"As for the gameplay, you can consider cultivation, which is more casual."

"I suggest that since it is a casual game, the data can be designed to be more random, and it would be best if the game is also full of randomness and in line with reality."

"As for the structure, we can build it from the generation of Senior Nendo and design it into a development scenario based on the development history of Japan's URA. The first scenario can be called 'URA Scenario' or something like that, and the ones after that can be called... 'Youth Cup', 'Peak Cup'? Anyway, it's fine as long as it's that idea."

"The character development is the senior Nendo I just mentioned. From that time to now, there are dozens or even hundreds of horse girls, which should be enough. The image copyright can be discussed with the URA Association, Chairman Akikawa, and Chairman Luduo."

"We can also discuss copyright issues with European and American artists, such as Seabiscuit, Northern Dancers, Genius Dancers, and Secretariat. We can also discuss with recent artists such as Brave Dancers, Triptych, Tony Bianca, Ellesley Glory, and Moonlight Madness."

Masato Kurokawa remained in shock for a long time, and Kitahara didn't pay any attention to him. He started talking about the "Uma Musume mobile game plan he thought of", and couldn't help but talk a lot, with great interest.

After all, I have felt the extraordinary therapeutic effect of low blood pressure in another world because of this game, so I have to let the people in this world share in it, which can be considered as accumulating virtue and doing good deeds.

However, just as Kitahara was about to continue speaking, Kurokawa Masato finally reacted.

"Wait a minute, Beiyuan, please let me slow down a bit..."

He stretched out his hand to make a stop gesture, then put his other hand on his chest and took several deep breaths before his expression gradually calmed down.

However, his eyes were still filled with shock.

"I can't imagine that you... can really come up with such a plan... Wait, don't rush to talk about it, I think we should wait until after the Japan Derby to discuss this matter!"

Seeing Beiyuan open his mouth slightly, he stretched out his hand to stop him again, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Otherwise I will not be able to help but let my men take you directly to Xizhen and design this plan overnight."

"I can fully imagine how much profit this plan will bring once it is completed... Huh - wait a moment, let me calm down..."

He patted his chest and took a deep breath again, and his eyes calmed down.

"We've made an appointment to discuss this in detail after the Japan Derby."

"Once this is finalized, Xizhen Company will cover all expenses for the Yongshi team's overseas expedition. I will write this into the contract."

After saying this, he showed a thoughtful look in his eyes. After a moment, he said in a deep voice:
"Also, we will discuss the specific plan after the Japan Derby. There is one thing I want you to know first."

"Xizhen has a good relationship with Satomi Co., Ltd., and many of the graphics and rendering of their games are entrusted to Xizhen."

"I also have a good relationship with Satomi's heir. When I was a child, my parents and I met him many times at some banquets. After that, we became friends."

"His interest in Umamusume developed gradually after he met me."

"So you don't have to worry about not having a company to do this project. With Sega's reputation and strength, you really don't have to worry about that."

As he said this, he laughed with some joy, and inadvertently missed the fleeting look of astonishment and weirdness in Kitahara's eyes.

Then he continued with a smile:

"Also, it's a coincidence that my friend's daughter happens to be a horse racing girl. The last time I saw him, he heard that I knew you and hoped that you would be able to see his daughter's talent when you are free."

"Oh, by the way, maybe you should have heard of his daughter's name. His daughter's name is Satomi Mitsuzumi."

Originally, Kitahara just wanted to talk to Masato Kurokawa about "Uma Musume Mobile Game", but he didn't expect to hear the name "Satomi Hikari Zuan", and he was stunned for a moment.

Judging from the historical record, as an early-aging racehorse, Satomi Mitsuru took the 3rd, 2nd and 1st places in the Triple Crown in the classic year, and won the Arima Kinen that year. He then had a G2 victory in the Guma year, which can be considered an overall outstanding performance.

However, compared with its achievements, what is most eye-catching about this horse is its value and background.

2 million yen, this is an astonishing figure in the entire history of horse racing.

In another world, the horse owner is the head of the Satomi family, and this head of the family is the president of SEGA Co., Ltd.

The names of the companies in this world have changed, but Kitahara is clear about the correspondence. He also looked up this game company when considering "Uma Musume Mobile Game", and even knows that Satomi Hikari is the daughter of this behemoth.

He just didn't expect that before he even considered finding an opportunity to meet this genuine rich girl, he would get in touch with her by chance through Kurokawa Masato.

However, after this shock, he quickly calmed down.

Because as Masato Kurokawa said, what we should focus on today is the Japanese derby.

There will be another chapter later

I will wait and see how things go, and finish writing about this game by tomorrow at the latest.
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(End of this chapter)