Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 181 Hidden Arrangement (1w)

The origin of the running tactics used by the Eternal Team in competitions has always been one of the most curious secrets in the Japanese industry.

Even in the few public interviews he gave, Kitahara, the chief trainer, emphasized more than once that "those are just conventional tactics and running methods, which at most combine the characteristics of the athletes."

There are still many trainers and horse girls who believe that during the discussion process, Yongshi must have an "unknown" way of discussion or source of information.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why Eternal Uma Musume always performs beyond the expectations of the audience and fans when she appears in the game.

This is also why the outside world gave Beiyuan the title of "Master of Strange Strategies".

Ludor and Sirius were also very curious about this so-called "secret".

The two horse girls did start to assist Yongshi before the Japan Derby, but when it came to the specific match arrangements, they both tacitly avoided it.

After all, specific running tactics are related to the outcome of the event, especially before the start of the race due to some changes in the situation on the day of the race, the pre-determined plan will be adjusted.

At this time, if non-participants get involved, even if they do nothing, it would be considered as inappropriate.

In today's "Yesen Exchange Competition", Sirius is a contestant and Luduo is equivalent to a "temporary" trainer, who has the responsibility and obligation to participate in pre-match planning discussions.

However, the two horse girls who represented the family also understood each other tacitly, keeping their mouths shut and paying attention to Kitahara who was leading the negotiations.

"First, let me tell you about the opponent we just learned about this time, the reference point."

Without noticing the attention of Luduo and Sirius, Kitahara arranged the competition in the same way as usual.

The old custom was to use a "sand table" for rehearsal, but Yesen College is used to using floor plans.

Fortunately, in addition to adjusting the equipment, Xin Xin Guang Hui's technical capabilities in other aspects are also excellent. During the training a few days ago, they had measured various data of the Yesen competition field and made a simple version using materials such as soil and sand.

The chess piece representing Uma Musume is rather complicated to make, so for simplicity’s sake a flag with her name on it was used instead.

Standing at the edge of the sand table, Kitahara picked up a small flag marked "Reference Point" and inserted it at the front position of the starting point.

"For reference, this horse girl was accidentally injured in the Arc de Triomphe last year and retired accordingly."

"I don't know what her and her trainer's plans are, such as whether they are interested in letting her return or something, but what is certain is that her injury must have healed, otherwise she would not have appeared on the field today."

"As a horse girl who just retired less than a year ago, even if she was injured before, you must not underestimate her."

"To put it bluntly, even if her strength has declined due to the injury, in my opinion, she is still your strongest opponent in this match."

"The intensity is even greater than Tony Bianca and Moonlight Madness."

His eyes wandered over Oguruma and the others' faces one by one, and seeing their expressions of surprise and caution, Kitahara said in a deep voice:

"Her participation in this competition was totally beyond my expectations, but fortunately I know her a little bit."

"Last year's British representative horse girl of the year, her main victories include the Futures Stakes, Epsom Derby, Emperor's Stakes, and St. Leger's. Her career score is 139 points. She is definitely the strongest among the strong. Even if she has been injured, she should not be underestimated."

"More importantly, she is one of the strongest middle-distance race girls in URA's history, and this race happens to be a middle-distance race."

After repeating it again, he was still a little worried. After thinking about it, he felt that since he had said this much, it would not be a big deal to put a little more pressure on Oguruma and the others, so he continued:
"Also, remember the waterwheel reef I mentioned to you when we got off the plane a week ago? The one with a score of 141."

"The reference point is her sister. Although the age gap between the two sisters is huge, their strengths can really be said to be inherited from the same lineage."

When he said this, Beiyuan was a little confused, because in history, Waterwheel Reef and Reference Point were father and son, but in this parallel plane their generations were much closer.

"So no matter from which perspective, this opponent is the one who deserves the most attention in this competition."

“Most of my overall arrangements are also centered around her.”

Pointing to the small flag at the starting line, he continued:
“Her influence on you is not only her strength in the middle distance, but also the running style that she is best at.”

"What she's best at is escaping, and her escape method is so precise that you can hardly imagine it."

As he spoke, he took the tablet computer from the desk next to him and played the competition video that he had found temporarily after learning that Reference Point was going to participate in the competition.

"Time was tight, so I couldn't find too many matches, but the Yesen Derby match was a good example of her ability to show off her 'precise escape' side."

Holding the tablet in front of him and motioning for Oguruma and the others to look carefully, Kitahara freed one hand and pointed at a horse girl who was very obvious in the video.

The Epsom Derby is a G1 event, so the competitors naturally have to wear deciding suits, and the deciding suits at the reference point are bright yellow, which can be seen at a glance.

"This bright yellow winning suit is the reference point."

After this sentence, the game on the video began. Beiyuan followed the bright yellow figure closely with his finger and said quickly:
"You see, during the slow uphill phase at the start, the reference point on the inside directly grabbed the front position."

"But! Watch out!"

“After taking the lead, she didn’t continue to accelerate, but kept a distance of 1/2 to 1 length from the second place.”

"Keep watching! Climb the hill!"

"The height difference between the high ground and the flat ground in Ye Sen is more than 30 meters, but the slope is so long that it is not so obvious. However, you have specially trained for this section on the high ground in the past few days, so you should know that this part requires very high control of strength, endurance, and speed."

“However, even in a stage of this difficulty, the distance between the reference point and the second place has hardly changed, and is basically maintained at around 2 meters.”

“On the downhill turns and straight downhill, I still had a lead of about 2 meters.”

"The 1100-meter long straight line. Did you see that? We're still ahead by about 2 meters."

"The last 30 meters or so of the steep slope was a little bit more steep, about 2 and 1/4 horse lengths, about 3 meters, which means that it was at this time that she slightly lost some control."

"But after 2423 meters, it is normal to lose control due to fatigue. The problem is that in this case, the reference point still has this level of control."

"Do you understand what I mean? This opponent has an extremely terrifying ability to control the game situation."

As the video came to an end, when Kitahara finished speaking, the contestant preparation room had fallen into silence.

Except for foreign horse racing girls like Ludo and Sirius who knew more about Oguruma, the others subconsciously looked at each other for a moment, then frowned with an expression of amazement.

They have experienced how special the situation at Yesen Stadium is in the past few days.

Even without talking about the conditions of the competition venue, even if they were competing in the more familiar Japanese venue, they knew very well how difficult it was to maintain a stable distance difference throughout the 2400-meter race.

It is a simple fact that none of the horse racing girls from the Eternal Team can do it, because as Kitahara said, this requires extremely terrifying ability to control the race situation.

Especially when you choose to escape.

This meant that the reference points in the Yesen derby dominated the game throughout.

If her opponent speeds up, she can also speed up.

When her opponent slows down, she slows down too.

Turning, going uphill and downhill, sprinting in a straight line, no matter what her opponent does, she has enough ability to keep her lead distance stable at "about 2 meters".

Such a horse girl not only has sufficient endurance, speed, strength and clear judgment, but these abilities also surpass other players to a certain level, otherwise it would be impossible for her to be so at ease.

"It turns out that besides Tony and Moonlight, there are other amazing horse girls..."

After a moment of silence, Xiaolimao suddenly began to tremble, "I didn't expect that besides that powerful last kick, there is also such a way of suppressing the opponent throughout the whole game..."

"Beiyuan, how do you think we should deal with such an opponent in this game? No matter how you arrange it, I will do my best to do it!"

The powerful opponent did not make the eternal horse girls become decadent. On the contrary, driven by the competitive instinct, whether it was Oguruma, Tamamo Cross, Inari and the others, after a moment of silence, they showed even stronger fighting spirit.

This is also the reason why Kitahara specifically mentioned the reference point, not only because of the strength of this horse girl and the special running style, but also because he needs to use this "fighting spirit" to arrange some special "tactics".

Combining their own situation, opponent intelligence, venue, technology, etc. to arrange the game is what the Yongshi team has always done, and it is also the way Kitahara has always believed in to win.

But this competition was too special, with a lot of unfamiliar and even unexpected situations involving the stadium, opponents, etc.

In this situation, he felt he had to use some more "metaphysical" methods or memories.

"The arrangement is simple. The five of you, Xiao Li Mao, will go in stages to catch up with the reference point."

After further developing the competition arrangements, Kitahara took out the other small flags he had prepared in advance and stuck them one by one on the sand table.

"We can't hope that the reference point has dropped in level after the injury, we have to assume that she is in her prime."

"Then there is no doubt that she will choose the method of escape that she is best at."

"You've seen that 'precise escape' before. It was like measuring, keeping about 2 meters behind the second place the entire time. This means she must have an extremely clear mind, or extremely sharp instincts."

"It just so happens that Aldan and Xiaohaiwan, I don't think your talents in this area are much worse than hers."

After planting the flags with the words "Mejiro Altan" and "Super Cove" on the "reference point", Kitahara thought to himself as he looked at his horse girl.
"You two may not be as good as the reference point in terms of escape skills, but you do have the adaptability to this kind of running style."

"So unlike previous matches, the two of you started this time just like the reference point, and chose to escape in the opening stages."

"The first part is to escape..."

Hearing this, Aldan's eyes moved quickly, "In other words, there will be some changes in the future?"

"Yes, I said it during the Japanese derby. The running styles are actually differentiated for the convenience of description. As long as you can win, the specific running style and its name are not important."

Nodding with a smile, Kitahara's eyes lingered on Aldan and Xiaowan's faces and explained:
"You two will be better than Oguruma and the others at escaping. Since your speed is not that high in the early stages, you can still keep up with your opponents if you spend a little energy chasing them."

"Aldan, you can control your physical strength. Xiaowan is good at endurance, so it won't have much impact on the overall situation."

"Once you get close, your respective abilities will be able to take advantage."

Kitahara's smile widened. "Aldan can analyze the game in any situation. He can easily find the rhythm of the reference point and won't be carried away."

"Xiao Hai Bay has a very sharp intuition and can avoid being carried away by the rhythm."

“Without knowing whether the reference point is to adjust the tempo based on the opponent, or to completely lead the tempo, or both, you can better ensure that you are not at a disadvantage physically.”

"Once you find that the reference point is using stamina consumption to gain rhythm, which is similar to the tactics commonly used by Xiao Haiwan, you can ignore her and run at the rhythm that suits you best."

"At this time, you don't have to force yourself to follow the reference point, just choose the one that is more comfortable for you."

"Ideally, you can ensure that this state continues for a long straight line."

"You guys have watched the Yesen Derby just now. There are no variables on most of the long straight lines. You can save your energy before this stage. You can just accelerate all the way to the end in this stage."

"Only in this way can we ensure that we can continue to compete with our opponents and not be left far behind."

This time, the arrangement of the game did not focus on discussing "how to win". After a week of training, this has become the consensus of Yongshi.

The track is unfamiliar, the opponents are strong, and there are disadvantages in adaptability. It is basically wishful thinking to think of winning under such circumstances.

Especially as the competition is approaching, there are more powerful opponents like Reference Point, as well as Japan Cup champions such as Jupiter Island and Koei.

So is it possible to force the opponent to give their all through various arrangements and accumulate experience for future real competitions, so that the race will not be in vain?

With this kind of preparation atmosphere and psychological preparation, there was a sense of "the army that suffers the most will win" in the contestants' preparation room this time, which was not there in the past.

After hearing about the adjustments Kitahara had made to deal with the new opponent, Mejiro Aldan and Super Bay nodded very carefully.

"Don't worry, Chief Kitahara, I will do my best."

"It's a bit like the endurance tactics I'm familiar with. I mean, reference point senior... let's learn from her and see how she performs with such tactics."

Seeing that both of his horse girls were full of confidence, Kitahara smiled slightly and then pondered for a moment.

"Your tactics were originally designed to target Moonlight Madness, but with the reference point, the only variable for you two is precisely Moonlight Madness."

He took out a label with the name "Moonlight Madness" and frowned slightly:
"You have seen this opponent's past performances. Her running style is very erratic. I don't know if it's because of her or her trainer, but many of her race arrangements involve a certain amount of gambling."

"When facing the powerful enemy 'Triptych', she took the risk and chose to escape."

“But I also said that because of her inconsistent performance in past matches, this time I have a reference point as an opponent.”

"It just so happens that the reference point is better at escaping. In theory, she won't choose the same tactics to use her own weakness to attack the enemy's strength. But what if she and her trainer want to take a gamble?"

"So, I can't determine her specific running style, so she is a variable."

Aldan and Cove glanced at each other.

"If you're not sure...but I think Mr. Kitahara should think it's okay, right?"

Xiao Haiwan opened his mouth and said thoughtfully:

"We watched many of Tony and Moonlight's matches before. Although the latter chose to escape, her level doesn't seem to be as good as that of the reference point senior, right?"

"Yes, this is also a 'new' arrangement for her."

Nodding to confirm Xiaowan's guess, Beiyuan smiled and said, "Just ignore her."

"Ignore her? Kitahara, is this appropriate...?"

The one who suddenly spoke in surprise was Luduo Symbol, who had been watching silently. She was a little surprised and said, "I admit that a strong person like Reference Point suddenly joined the competition, and many of our previous plans had to be rearranged."

"But if we completely ignore Moonlight Madness, then isn't this..."

She had said half a sentence when she saw that the trainers and horse racing ladies of Yongshi, including Kitahara, were looking at her with some strange expressions, and she couldn't help but cough dryly.

"Ahem...what's wrong? Is there any problem?"

"…That's not a problem. Your suggestion makes sense…"

Kitahara was not used to being interrupted while making arrangements, and after a moment's thought he got back to his train of thought.

"Actually, what I want to say is that if Moonlight Madness has different game tactics, it means that both her and her trainer's personalities are not very stable."

"Not very stable?"

Originally, he just wanted to watch, but now that he had spoken, Lu Duo simply asked, "I understand this, but what impact will this have on the game?"

"Influence... Let's put it this way. We will be troubled by Moonlight Madness's choice, and she and her team will also be troubled by it."

After thinking for a while, Kitahara explained, "The reason I'm struggling is that if Moonlight Madness chooses to escape, she will have to face an opponent like Reference Point who is better at escaping."

"If she doesn't have the mental ability of Aldan and Cove, or the strong endurance as a tolerance, running away is not a good option for her."

"Similarly, her arch-rival, Tony Bianca, and our Oguruma, Tama, and Inari are all extremely skilled at leading and trailing."

"Her last kick is not the best, and she doesn't necessarily have an advantage in these two running styles."

"As for chasing..."

Kitahara shrugged, "Although there is no specific data, judging from the situation in previous games and Kyoko's judgment, Moonlight Madness is not suitable for chasing."

When he heard Miyamura Kyoko mentioned, Lu Duo subconsciously looked over there. He was slightly startled, then smiled and explained:

"In fact, President Luduo should be able to understand that if we disassemble the videos of past competitions, break them down frame by frame, and calculate the relevant data, we can find the highest speed of the corresponding horse girl."

"Correspondingly, we can also roughly calculate the explosive power and some of the corresponding body data."

"According to our previous discussion and analysis, the speed of Moonlight Madness's last three waves in the European arena is not incredibly strong."

“Maybe the track in Europe is softer, which affects the top speed.”

"But her performance in this regard at last year's Japan Cup was not that exaggerated."

"Combined with some other data, we have reason to believe that Moonlight Madness is not suitable for pursuit."

"Unless, she and her team decide to take a gamble."

"...I see. If I rely on my experience, I do understand these situations, but..."

He hesitated for a moment, and fell into deep thought.

She now had a more or less clear idea of ​​what had enabled the Eternal Team to have such amazing performances in previous competitions.

To take it to the extreme, this team is made up almost entirely of data.

The vast majority of trainers and horse girls in Japan, as well as a considerable number of them around the world, still rely more on training and competition experience.

The team before us has reconstructed the entire world of Uma Musume through data analysis from various angles in another dimension "outside of training and competition".

The former concept will naturally lead to excellent results in competitions, and this is how the wonderful training and competitions in the past were produced.

But the latter concept obviously has more advantages.

For example, Luduo admitted in her heart that even though she had a lot of experience, there was still some guesswork in her judgments about reference points, Moonlight Madness, and Ogurumao and the others.

Although Yongshi has been using the tone of "speculation", in her opinion, many of the inferences in it can basically be used as "facts" if placed in other teams.

…It seems that the Eternal World I saw before is not the complete form. If I want to truly understand this team, I need to go deeper…

Lu Duo, who thought this way, didn't know that Beiyuan was still dissatisfied with the current training system.

In his opinion, this level of "digitalization" is just the beginning of another world.

To truly realize the "digitalization of Umamusume training and competition", the "sand table" in front of us must be completely transformed and replaced with a "digital sand table". In such a "sand table", we only need to input the data of Oguruma and his opponents, and then we can get the best "running tactics" through tens of millions of simulations.

Affected by reality, it is naturally difficult for such a "calculated" "running tactics" to be fully utilized, but the calculated result means the correct and reasonable direction.

If you have a direction, you can just work towards it. The problem is that if you don’t even have a direction, you won’t have the opportunity to work hard.

More importantly, if other trainers want to achieve similar results, they need talented horse girls to try their best in every race.

What Yongshi needs is the data obtained from regular training, as well as the technology and resources to support calculations.

So if there is a chance, the only answer Kitahara can give to the question that Luduo and outside fans have been speculating about is what the "secret of eternity" is, is "times have changed."

While Luduo was symbolically thinking about the gap between training and training, and between competitions, the arrangements on the Beiyuan side had entered the final stage.

"I just happened to mention Tony Bianca, Oguruma, Tama, and Inari. Your situation is somewhat similar to Aldan's."

Looking at the three horse girls, Kitahara ordered:

"They both used the reference point as their target, and the changes in their running styles that resulted from that, you can sense it after training together for so long."

"Once you notice it, you can know what's going on."

"Your task is to choose a running method that is different from the normal running method. In the first half, you need to accumulate enough physical strength to run normally."

"The second half, especially the last straight line..."

After a slight hesitation, Kitahara stared at Oguruma and the others and said in a deep voice:
"Stay close to Tony Bianca and don't let yourself be more than two lengths away from her."

When these words were spoken, both Ludor and Sirius were a little surprised, but Yongshi nodded repeatedly as if it was normal.

"Stick to it. This is the same as what I said before."

Hearing this, Xiaolimao bent his arm, pressed his other hand on his biceps, and his face was full of confidence.

"Don't worry, if there is a physical confrontation like I mentioned before, I will not lose to Tony!"

"The same goes for Tama and Inari. They are both actually very powerful. I always feel that if they really had to compete, their strength wouldn't necessarily be inferior to Sirius'."

“…Wait, we were talking about a competition, why are you suddenly talking about strength? Hey, hey, hey, you two, you have a competition today, and I don’t want to fight with you.”

The Sirius symbol, who had been watching like Ludor, was now stunned, fearing that a fight would break out for no reason, so she waved her hands repeatedly.

Then she saw that Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi just rolled their eyes at her. She felt a little embarrassed and began to think about something.

"But Beiyuan's arrangement is very reasonable."

"The rules of the game here in Europe are different from those in Japan."

"If there is a physical fight in a Japanese match, one of the parties will almost certainly be called for a foul."

"Here, physical confrontations are common. I was not used to it when I first came to Europe."

She laughed and walked over to pat Kitahara on the shoulder. "Great! You noticed even this kind of detail. I thought you didn't tell Oguruma and the others about this."

"So you asked them to keep an eye on Tony Bianca, because you wanted to have a physical fight?"

"…How is that possible? This is part of the strategy."

Shaking his head helplessly, Beiyuan pondered for a moment.

"European and American competition rules do not prohibit physical contact, which is indeed a disadvantage for Japanese horse racing girls."

"For example, Tony Bianca is 1 meters tall and is obviously not afraid of collisions."

"Reference Point and Moonlight Madness, as well as Jupiter Island and Glory, they don't have such tall physiques, but they must have adapted to the collisions here."

"Comparatively speaking, Oguruma is 1 meters tall, Xiaowan is 67 meters tall, and Aldan is 1 meters tall. The three of them are better."

"Tama and Inari..."

"Okay, okay, uncle, stop talking!"

Before Kitahara could finish, Tamamo Cross almost jumped over here, crossed her arms in front of her, with an unhappy look on her face. Beside her, Inari Ichi had the same posture and expression.

"In that case, the match schedule between us and Oguri and Inari remains unchanged."

"Stay as close to Tony Bianca as possible while maintaining your physical strength, especially on the final straight line and the final uphill, right?"

It was obvious that she wanted to interrupt Kitahara from talking about height. After a while of talking, Tamamo crossed her hands and clapped them together.

"If you don't have any other plans, then let's do this. Let's remember it!"

“Who cares about the Yesen Derby horse girl, the strongest in Italy, the Japan Cup champion, etc., just bring them over!”

"If we underestimate our enemies because we are small, they will be in trouble!"

With Tamamo Cross's confident words, the atmosphere in the preparation room rose to a higher level again. At the same time, not many people noticed that Kitahara's arrangements for Oguruma and the others were obviously much simpler than before.

In previous match arrangements, although Kitahara was the leader, Komiyama, Yusuhara and others would also have certain arrangements.

However, there were too many unfamiliar aspects in this exchange competition. The latter did not have as much experience as the former and was completely clueless about the situation abroad.

Apart from the basic points, they did not have many original ideas, and everything was subject to Beiyuan's arrangements.

And after making simple arrangements, Kitahara only mentioned the field.

"There is no doubt that the five of you have mastered the field to varying degrees."

"But as a reference point, Tony Bianca must be the horse girl who has mastered the field."

"This means that in this game where the other team has an advantage, the two strongest opponents still have a sufficient lead."

"Then the handling of this aspect is still a normal arrangement. You don't have to pay special attention to when the opponent will 'explode'. Combine your own rhythm and the situation of the game and choose the most favorable time to expand your territory."

"If the final straight line is the best time, then it's perfect, you can go all the way to the end."

"But if it's the curve part... then there's nothing we can do. We can't fall behind in this part, otherwise it will be too late to catch up later."

"You have all experienced field-level competitions, so there will be no problem with timing."

Not only are the arrangements for Oguri and the others simpler, but the arrangements for Oguri Roman and the Golden Journey are also simpler.

Just finish the run, these two elementary kids are here to adapt, and it would be too much to ask for more.

Such simple subsequent arrangements made the previous ones even less obvious.

However, one thing I noticed was that I had always wanted to use this arrangement to further understand the symbol of Ludo in eternity.

She clearly felt that Kitahara's arrangements for Mejiro Aldan and the Super Bay were more detailed.

Although it can be deduced that there are not as many details as in the previous Gaoyue Award and Japan Derby, it may be very impressive to make such a level of preparation in a foreign country.

In comparison, it's a bit strange that Oguruma and the others' arrangement is limited to "keep a close eye on Tony Bianca."

Luduo expressed his doubts but was not in a hurry to ask.

Then, after arranging the competition plan for the Sirius symbol according to her duties, she waited until all the details were discussed and a group of training members came out of the preparation room before she stopped Kitahara on the way to the audience area.

"If I'm not mistaken, your arrangements for Oguruma and the others should focus on ensuring the lower limit."

Without asking directly, Lu Duo first laid the groundwork, "Even if you can ensure that your physical strength, tactics, etc. are not affected by the reference point, in the actual competition, this can only ensure that you finish the race, not win."

"It's not that I can't understand this. In just one week, Yong Shi was able to complete basic adaptation and targeted training. This is already better than the vast majority of trainers and horse girls in Japan."

"What I don't understand is why the arrangement for Oguruma, Tamamo Cross and Inari One is so simple."

"Surely you have other plans, Kitahara?"

Kitahara was a little surprised.

He did have some additional arrangements, but they were things he had never done since he became a trainer, and they were not quite in line with his usual philosophy.

Plus, that kind of arrangement is somewhat "metaphysical" and cannot be put into words, and if it is put into words it may not be useful.

For various reasons, he deliberately retained this point, intending to use it to deal with the disadvantages in this game, and by the way see if this idea can be integrated into the Yongshi system.

But I didn't expect that Luduo's symbol could be seen.

"...As expected of the 'Emperor', you guessed it right."

Now that he had been discovered, Beiyuan did not intend to hide it from Luduo. He nodded and admitted, "Not only the idea of ​​'ensuring the lower limit', but also the arrangement I concealed, you guessed it right."

"There were too many things going against us in this game."

"Within a week, I could only help Xiaolimao and the others get used to the Yesen track. Then, with the help of the 'Expedition Running Shoe Trial Version' designed by Guanghui, I was able to reduce the adaptability to the track."

"But just wanting to win is definitely not enough."

"There are parts of the arrangements made by Oguruma and the others that were not concealed, but you didn't know about it because you and Sirius were training alone before."

"For the 'uphill in the middle' and 'downhill in the curve', I asked them to complete them in the same way as they did in the sprint to the finish line in previous competitions, using 'ultra-high-speed lane changes', 'lightning pace', 'overtaking in the outside lane' and so on. They should use whatever they have and must not fall behind."

"Because this is the key to the Yesen track. If we get separated from the main group here, let alone winning the race, we will probably lose very badly."

Hearing this, Luduo felt that this was all within his expectations.

Facing the current game, if Oguruma and the others don't give their full strength, it really isn't a question of winning or not, but a question of whether they can lose gracefully.

If you can use all your skills in the crucial middle stage of the game, you can indeed force out the opponent's full strength.

With such exchange match data, and with the Eternal Team's training method, it will definitely not be a wasted race if they encounter the same or similar opponents in future competitions.

However, Lu Duo felt that this was not enough. Through her impression of Yongshi's previous games and her understanding of this period of time, her intuition told her that Beiyuan must have something else to say.

In fact, it does.

"Besides these conventional arrangements, the final one... should be an unconventional one."

At this point, Kitahara's tone began to become uncertain, and the next words became inquiring: "President Luduo, do you still remember the 'leadership temperament' you talked about with me before?"

Ludo was stunned.

"I remember it, but what does this have to do with the competition?" She frowned and asked in confusion.

"I have a guess that that kind of temperament actually has a very unique impact on the game."

After a pause, Beiyuan looked at the Luduo symbol and explained:

"Not just 'leadership qualities', but also similar 'temperaments'."

"I think that among you horse girls, some individuals have a certain personality or temper."

"This kind of personality and temper is characterized by a strong fighting spirit, which can even be said to be very exaggerated."

"It may not be obvious in daily life, but in competition, this characteristic will make you more powerful."

"You should have felt it, President Luduo. In all your competitions, you will never allow your opponent to always be ahead of you."

"With this mentality, your sprint in the fourth turn is more exaggerated than most horse racing girls."

“Once you surpass that, your explosive power will obviously be restrained.”

"In my opinion, that's what I call 'temperamental influence.'

At this point, Kitahara intends to explain it in detail, and Luduo must understand the symbolism.

"I see. You think that Oguruma and the others also have a similar 'temperament', or that this may also be related to abilities such as domains."

With a thoughtful expression, she quickly said, "Asking them to promise to get close to Tony Bianca is not to put pressure on them."

"On the contrary, you want Tony Bianca to put pressure on them!"

"Under this kind of pressure, regardless of the outcome, the pressure brought by this kind of proximity will allow them to exert even greater strength."

"This kind of strength is the pressure you want to put on Tony Bianca and the others, the pressure that makes them use all their strength!"

"If that's the case, then it's possible..."

After speaking excitedly for a while, she suddenly froze and became a little uncertain.

"But, I've never heard you talk about this kind of thing. In the past, similar situations seemed to be limited to the field. For example, I..."

Kitahara mentioned that regarding the competition of the symbol of Ludor, the more special "transcendence" did occur within the scope of her domain triggering, which is why she made this guess.

"Are you not sure whether this arrangement will work, so you didn't tell Oguruma and the others?"

"...If I tell them directly, they will expect this effect. Even if it has a chance to work, it will be ineffective because they are not focused enough."

After a slight hesitation, Kitahara nodded, "If you put it that way, it does look a bit like a domain."

"You're right, I'm not sure."

While he was speaking uncertain words, he was thinking of three games in history.

Tamamo Cross's Japan Cup, Oguruma and Inariichi's Daily Crown, Oguruma's retirement match.

Unlike the docile characters like Mejiro Aldan and Super Kobayashi, Tamamo Cross and the others are horse girls with extremely exaggerated combativeness.

If it is placed on a horse, it would represent the temper of fighting with the opponent if provoked.

Of course, judging from the daily performance of Tamamo Cross and Inari Ichi, even in this world, there are beings like Uma Musume, and fighting seems to be possible when they get angry.

The most typical manifestation of this temperament was those three games.

In the Japan Cup, the rider of Tamamo Cross, his opponent, did a lot of pre-race research. After thoroughly analyzing Tamamo Cross, he concluded that "this horse is extremely aggressive and you must not get close to it to provoke the opponent's fighting spirit."

For this reason, the payment manager did not hesitate to risk a foul by moving diagonally in order not to arouse Tamamo Cross's fighting spirit.

Similarly, Oguri and Inari crossed the finish line almost at the same time in the Daily Crown, and Oguri's fierce battle with Mejiro Rin in his retirement match showed this outrageous fighting spirit.

Kitahara knew this a long time ago, but he always thought that this method of "relying on fighting spirit to stimulate strength" was too "metaphysical". Not only could it not be used for training, it was also inconsistent with Yongshi's consistent concept of using data analysis.

There is no way to quantify "fighting spirit".

But for the current event, the usual arrangements have already been made.

And he fully understood that even if he made all the arrangements, his chances of winning this game were still slim.

Still hoping that Oguruma and the others would perform better, he finally tried to make some "metaphysical" arrangements without affecting the normal arrangements.

Anyway, physical collisions are quite common in European competitions, so it’s not a very special arrangement for me to let Oguruma and the others stay close to Toni Bianca.

With such thoughts in mind, and the same thoughtful and hesitant expression as Luduo, Kitahara followed Komiya and the others to the viewing hall of the Yesen stadium.

Compared with the stadium in Japan, the Yesen stadium is more primitive, and the entire track is built on the slope of a small "low mountain" at an altitude of several tens of meters.

The modern area is located on the south side of the slope. It has a grandstand that can accommodate 13 spectators, a five- or six-story viewing hall, and spacious parking lots on both sides of the viewing hall.

In addition, the straight line facing the viewing hall, the starting uphill section opposite the straight line, and between the straight line and the uphill section, as well as both sides of the two parts of the track, are all completely pristine lawns.

On weekdays, the horse girls of Yesen Academy can train on these lawns, but this week Oguruma and her friends have "booked" the field.

At this moment, the auditorium and the lawn were full of spectators. Although the scale did not reach hundreds of thousands, there were definitely tens of thousands of people.

Many spectators did not choose the auditorium with seats, but parked their cars directly outside the track along the lawns on both sides of the runway, or parked around the railings or stood on the roofs of their cars, obviously there to watch the race.

With no special publicity and only a week before the decision, this large number of viewers is already a huge momentum.

Kitahara was not in the same viewing hall with Komiya and the others, but went to the "broadcasting room" in the hall with Luduo.

In this competition, he will be a guest of honor together with Luduo, and the commentator will be Lifar, the chairman of Yesen College.

"Thank you both for being the guests this time."

Seeing Beiyuan and Luduo coming in, Lifar pointed to the two microphones beside him and said with a smile: "If I were to explain it myself, it would still be a little less solemn."

No, just the exchange competition has this scale, it is already grand enough...

Thinking of this at the same time, Beiyuan and Luduo sat down. At this time, Lifar did not say any more pleasantries, but turned around and picked up the microphone with a slightly excited tone.

"Thank you very much to all the ladies and gentlemen who love Umamusume and the game. The first 'Tokyo Yesentresen Exchange Tournament' is about to begin."

"Let us welcome the Japanese horse racing girls who have come from afar to compete, and also welcome our own horse racing girls to the arena and get ready!"

(End of this chapter)