Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 19: Diet until noon
With the new and impulsive operation, the morning exercise ended a little early.

After the morning exercise, it was naturally time for breakfast. On the way to the cafeteria, Kitahara carried the new glory of "Oyster Past" on his back.

On the way, the somewhat impulsive horse girl woke up, and was very embarrassed about her previous impulsiveness, and apologized repeatedly.

"Hey, you didn't even wait for me to finish."

In the cafeteria, the three of them sat in a row. Beiyuan sighed to the new radiance, "Things like physical strength can only be improved step by step. You obviously can't run 10 kilometers in one breath now. Forcing yourself to run will only backfire."

"How is it? Are you sore all over now? Do you need to rest today or even for the next few days?"

With his head lowered and his furry ears drooping, the new and glorious one looked dejected.

Little Chestnut promptly comforted the new Guanghui: "Guanghui ran very well, come, eat more, and have a good rest. We will run together again in a few days."

She scooped out a few large spoonfuls of fried rice from the half-person-high pile in front of her and served it to Guanghui on a plate.

"Ah... I can't eat that much," New Glory smiled bitterly. It was obviously not the first time she saw how much Ogurio eats, but she was still a little surprised. "Ogurio can eat so much in the morning, it's amazing."

"Well, since I have to diet until noon, I need to eat more so I won't be hungry."

"The time before lunch can't be called dieting..."

"Who would call such a short period of time a diet?"

After complaining about the Oguri hat in unison with Shining Glory, Kitahara held his forehead with his hand:
"Well, now that you've all started school and joined the team, the next thing to do is the debut match."

"First, let's look at Oguri's. I haven't checked it yet, but from the way you look now, it's obvious that you've just completed the 'authentication', right?"

"Yes, that's right, it was a while before school started." Brand New Glory nodded.

"Becoming authentic" is the most special period in the growth process of horse racing girls, and Kitahara has looked up a lot of information for this.

According to the URA, during this period, horse racing girls had several obvious characteristics:

It occurs around the age of 10. Depending on the individual, the time of formal onset of "realization" is slightly different, but the duration is mostly maintained within the range of 3 to 5 years.

In the early stages of "realization", the body will develop at an extremely fast rate and quickly enter the "prime posture" period;
In the "prime posture", the burden of high-speed running on the body will be greatly reduced, allowing horse girls of the same size and similar body structure to withstand speeds that humans cannot withstand;
A small number of horse girls will have unique talents;

After this time has passed, even the most successful and talented horse racing girls will rarely run at their full speed.

Because in that situation, unless you have extremely rich running experience and a talent that is even better than a genius, you will face a huge physical burden and corresponding risks.

There are many different opinions on the reason for "orthodoxy", but the most mainstream one is what URA said, that this is the blessing given to horse racing girls by the three goddesses.

It's like a "protection period" given by God, allowing them to fully display their talent in speed in a period of time that is neither long nor short.

There is no doubt that Oguri has passed the early stage of the "authentic" period. From the perspective of physical fitness, it is still early for him to reach the "all-victorious state", but he is also extremely strong.

Although suitable means for testing have not yet been found, Kitahara speculates that the fact that Oguruma's leg disease was able to heal as if nothing had happened was probably due to the persistence and efforts of his mother, White Jewel, and was probably related to the magic of "authenticity".

Shining Glory is clearly in the early stages of becoming an authentic character, as can be seen from her slightly immature face compared to Oguruma, as well as her running speed.

"In that case," Kitahara continued, "Glory's mission is to slowly lay the foundation according to your physical condition before your heyday. I will be in charge of the specific progress."

"As for your debut match, Oguri, it will probably be decided in a while. If nothing goes wrong, it will be in May, so you should prepare for it in full force."

Generally, newly enrolled horse girls need a considerable amount of training to master professional running techniques and understand relevant competition details. Their debut battle will not be arranged so early to avoid unnecessary risks.

Judging from the overall statistics, the debut time of most horse girls is scheduled in the second half of the first year of school.

But geniuses are often exceptions, like in "Uma Musume Season 1", the protagonist Tezuka just transferred to the central government and soon had his debut battle. Although he joined the trainer team much later than Yamato Akagi, Vodka, and Koganefune, he became a senior because he debuted earlier.

The same goes for Oguruma. Her schedule of running all the time was not set after she entered school. She has kept it up for many years. So now that she is making her debut, there will be no problem as long as she trains her techniques a little.

As for the details of the game, with Oguruma's idiot-level learning ability, Kitahara decided to just have a headache. At worst, he could turn into a parrot and say a few words every day when he has nothing to do.

Hearing about the official competition, Oguruma stopped eating for a rare moment, looked at Kitahara seriously, and nodded:

"Ah."

Then continue eating.

Kitahara was a little speechless, but he knew that Oguruma was just a natural idiot, not that he didn't care about the debut match, so he continued:
"You need to adjust your running method." Oguruma stopped eating again and looked at Kitahara very seriously, with his furry ears standing straight up.

New Glory was also surprised and asked, "Huh? Oguruma is really good, why did you change your running style?"

"Little Chestnut Hat is indeed amazing."

After confirming this, Kitahara continued, "But her previous training was based on habit, without any targeted special training."

"As expected, her debut match was held at Kasamatsu Stadium. The track there is paved with river sand, and there are frequent competitions there, so the surface structure is very loose."

"When you step on that kind of ground, the friction will be weaker than other ground, causing your feet to slip, your force to disperse, and your thrust to be wasted."

"That is to say, Oguruma's performance on the sand track in the academy will be discounted when he goes to the Kasamatsu track."

"What should we do then?" Brand New Glory asked nervously.

Although Oguruma didn't ask, her shining eyes were fixed on Kitahara, and she obviously cared about the answer.

Kitahara didn't keep the secret: "Shovel, use this method of force."

"Imagine the ball of your foot is a shovel, and use your ankle to push the sand backwards."

He raised his hand, simulated the force method he mentioned, fiddled with it on the dining table, and said, "Or you can think of it like swimming. The sand is water. Use your ankle to exert force, and the entire sole of your foot will be like swimming in the water, giving the whole body a stronger propulsion force."

"Shovel... swimming... it feels a bit strange. Can I really exert force like this..." He imitated Kitahara's movements and scratched the table with his palms, his mouth wide open in confusion.

"understood."

"How did you understand that?!"

Looking at Xiao Limao's bright eyes and two thumbs up, Xin Xin Guanghui was stunned.

As expected of her, she looks innocent at ordinary times, but when it comes to things related to running, it can be said that she knows everything by herself. Perhaps without me, she would probably understand it after running twice.

Praising secretly in his heart, Beiyuan was refreshed:
"It will be much easier if you understand. Starting today, I will give you a complete plan. You must thoroughly train the strength of your ankles."

"At the moment, what I can think of are probably step jumps, elastic wrist hooks, ankle weights, etc. I will tell you the key points later. Use these methods first and make subsequent adjustments based on the results."

"Besides that, I will summarize a set of competition techniques using the Kasamatsu Stadium as an imaginary venue and explain them to you slowly... Oh, and you must not fall asleep while I'm explaining this."

Xiao Limao was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red, his eyes wandered, and he started to eat in silence.

Seeing this, Kitahara and Shining Glory both smiled teasingly, with the latter even covering her lips and looking at the former:
"How did Mr. Kitahara know that Oguruma always dozes off during class?"

"It's because she fell asleep in front of me when I was giving her a lecture before school started." Kitahara was helpless.

"Ah, Mr. Kitahara actually gave the lecture to Oguruma in advance. That's a bit biased." Shining Glory said a little sourly.

"Okay, I'll take special care of you from now on." Kitahara promised with a smile.

While the two of them were chatting and laughing, Oguruma quickly finished his breakfast and quickly picked up the plate and walked towards the tableware storage area.

"I'm done eating, wait for me, we'll go to training later."

Maybe it was because she was walking too fast, but she suddenly staggered slightly.

……Um?

Although he was chatting and laughing with Shin Shinkyou, Kitahara still noticed something strange about Oguruma. He couldn't help but look over carefully and subconsciously looked Oguruma up and down for a while.

Soon, he frowned.

"Let's go to the playground." After turning around, Oguruma looked at Kitahara and said seriously.

"...No, there's no rush."

Looking down at Xiaolimao's feet, Kitahara pondered for a moment, "How many years have you worn this pair of shoes?"

(End of this chapter)