Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 18 A Pleasant View

Shining Glory finally agreed to join Kitahara's team. As a result, Kitahara's Uma Musume team now had two members, and their daily training became much more enriched than before school started.

Naturally, when new members join the team, they have to be tested. The test results of Xin Guanghui showed that even the naive Oguruma could see that his talent in running was really unremarkable.

"Time: 64 seconds!"

Early that morning, on the walking path beside the riverside park, Kitahara, equipped with a stopwatch, a recording board, and a telescope, shouted out a number.

That was the result of the 800-meter run by Brand New Glory.

"Ha...ha...only, only 64 seconds...uuu...I am really far behind Oguruma..."

With his hands on his knees, Xin Xin Guanghui was out of breath, his face was flushed and covered with sweat, and his tone was very depressed.

12.5 meters per second is good enough. For the new Radiance, it would be cute even if it were a little slower.

Besides, comparing myself to that monster named Oguruma would be pushing myself too far.

With a smile on his face, Kitahara didn't blame or comfort her. He just wrote and drew on the clipboard while speaking softly to the new light:

"Guanghui, for the next period of time, you have to start with the most basic physical training."

"When it comes to running, speed, awareness, and skills are all key to success, but the most basic thing is physical strength. After all, no matter how fast you are, how good your awareness is, or how superb your skills are, they are all in vain if you can't finish the race."

"So, until I give you further instructions, you should practice according to the daily schedule given by Oguruma."

Oguruma now shares a dormitory with Shining Glory.

There was another thing about this matter that made Kitahara very angry.

During the simulation match that day, the "big and comfortable room" that Oguruma mentioned was actually just a storage room.

Even a local college would not treat a horse girl badly, so arranging a storage room for freshmen could not be the school's decision. After Kitahara asked with surprise at first, he found out that it was Oguruma's former roommate who lied, saying that her dormitory was not tidy and "drove" her to the storage room.

Kitahara was certain that the horse girl was lying. At the same time, he remembered that in the original work, when Oguruma first entered school, she was ostracized by most of her classmates because of her innocent personality, lack of expression, and because she was always dirty when running. She was also given the nickname "Mud Rabbit".

Not only that, in the last simulation race, Oguruma was tying her shoelaces before leaving the gate because the horse girl who excluded her did something bad in secret!
Kitahara was really angry about this kind of thing, and even wanted to report it directly to the academy and expel those horse racing girls.

But he quickly calmed down.

In the original work, after being discriminated against and excluded, Oguruma soon convinced those who had excluded her with her amazing strength.

If you don't know the plot, it's fine to interfere, but if the original plot has a good ending, there may be no need to interfere, and it's best to wait and see.

What's more, in the original work, Oguruma didn't know that she was being excluded. It would be bad if I deliberately pointed it out and left her with a psychological trauma.

Let her keep the good memories of her hometown. After all, when everything is in the center, she will change from Kasamatsu's Cinderella to a proud king.

Considering Oguruma's mental health, Kitahara finally kept everything to himself. On the surface, he just applied to the school to let Oguruma and Shin Shinkyou share a dormitory.

The "schedule" that Kitahara mentioned was the arrangement made by Oguruma for himself.

According to that schedule, Xiao Limao would get up at 4 a.m. and find a place. After doing stretching exercises, he would jog for 10 kilometers, followed by sprinting with high legs, jumping on the spot with both legs, 1000 laps of 5 meters, and 10 sets of strength training. Each set would take about 2 hours to complete.

Then, use this set of training as the standard and repeat it every day except for eating and sleeping.

When Oguruma says she likes running, she is not just saying it, she really likes running from the bottom of her heart and cherishes the miracle that she can run. Her daily routine really is to run non-stop.

Kitahara was shocked by such training, and when Oguruma moved to the new and glorious dormitory, the latter was also shocked. Because of this, the latter knew Oguruma's "schedule". "Hi...Hi!"

After panting for a while and probably regaining his breath, the new light barely managed to respond, and then looked enviously at a silver-gray figure running fast in the distance on the trail:
"It's amazing that Oguruma has such good physical strength to be able to keep running like that... But, given her exaggerated training, it's no wonder she has such physical strength..."

Then, her expression darkened. "I just don't know if I can stick to that kind of training..."

Kitahara was also looking at the running figure of Oguruma in the distance. He increasingly realized that Uma Musume's running was itself a pleasing sight.

It's like the wind and clouds, the setting and the rising of the moon, the movement of the stars, and the ebb and flow of the tide.

The racing ladies' heartfelt running is like a natural beauty, so awe-inspiring that it's hard to look away.

However, Kitahara did not forget to respond to the new light:

"Perhaps, for Xiao Limao, those were not exercises, but her life, her existence, everything."

“…Huh?” Brand New Glory was stunned.

After a moment of hesitation, he thought, "I can talk about Oguruma's story to improve their relationship." Kitahara continued slowly, "You may not know that Oguruma was born with a disability. When she was a child, her knees were stiff and she couldn't even stand up."

"Ah! Really? How, how could this happen... That's right! No wonder Xiaolimao said last time that she couldn't even run before. I thought she said that to comfort me..." The new, glorious and cute face was full of shock.

"She really comforted you."

Kitahara chuckled, "She really couldn't even run before... no, she couldn't even stand up."

"That's why standing up and running is a miracle for her. She cherishes this miracle very much, so I think as long as she can run, she will keep running."

"That's why I said that, in your opinion, it seems that Xiao Limao is practicing every day, but in fact, that is her life."

"...I understand! I understand what you want to say, Mr. Kitahara!" After a moment of silence, Xin Xin Guanghui suddenly showed a determined expression.

...Wait a minute! I didn't actually want to say anything. What do you understand?
Kitahara was completely confused, and before he could figure out what the new brilliance meant, he saw the cute horse girl suddenly rush out with a determined look on her face.

“I want to run 10 kilometers too!”

After some time...

"...Thank you for your hard work, Little Chestnut. Where did you find her?"

Looking at the new Guanghui who was carried back by Oguruma, with some foam at the mouth and eyes rolled back, Kitahara held his forehead and asked.

"Oh, it's downstream. Guanghui is amazing. He was so tired before and still managed to run 10 kilometers. I definitely couldn't do it if it was me."

Beiyuan was even more speechless. He suddenly felt lucky for Xin Xin Guanghui. He was lucky that she was so tired that she was unconscious at the moment. Otherwise, when she heard Xiao Limao say that she was inferior to her, she would probably be so embarrassed that she would find a place to hide.

But he also knew that Oguruma, the innocent girl, always said whatever she thought. What she meant was very simple, that is, she really couldn't run 10 kilometers when she was exhausted.

"Perhaps, Brand New Glory really has some extraordinary talent, and this kind of nature may really be able to spur it on..."

After thinking about it for a moment, Kitahara quickly changed his mind when he saw that Xin Xin Guanghui looked very weak.

"Forget it, the 10 kilometers have already been wasted, let's just take it slow..."

"This kid must have been too hot-blooded after hearing about Oguruma's past. If he were to continue this kind of stressful training, it would shorten his lifespan..."

(End of this chapter)