Uma Musume: Become a Legendary Trainer

Chapter 204 Domain Inheritance and Swimsuit (8k)

The Takamatsunomiya Cup ended with Inari's overwhelming victory.

What impressed the people watching the race the most, apart from the fierce competition after the slope section, was Inari's extremely exaggerated outside lane overtaking when approaching the final bend.

This is extremely rare on a heavy track after rain. When the inner lane is in poor condition, the teams in this type of track will basically be in the middle of the track.

To surpass others under such circumstances, the strength required can only be described as astonishing.

Coincidentally, Inariichi is a horse girl of this level.

Kitahara and others who were in the know knew that she opened the domain at a very appropriate stage of catching up, which made that period of continuous surpassing seem even more exaggerated.

What made the team even happier than winning the championship was that Inari Ichi had accomplished the purpose of the training camp very well in this competition.

Of course, completely improving one’s character is not something that can be done overnight, nor can one draw a conclusion based solely on one game.

However, all members of the Eternal World knew that Inari was not good at controlling his emotions.

It is really rare for her to be able to remain calm even when it is obvious that she is being targeted by her opponent, and wait for the best moment to burst out with all her strength.

In such a situation, in addition to analyzing the game while watching it, she also listened more to her own complaints during the celebration party.

The celebration was held at the resort estate where the training camp was held.

On the one hand, the venues here are ready-made and have been contracted by the team early on, making it very convenient to hold a party.

On the other hand, the training schedule for the next long period of time is still very tight.

When Inari was competing today, Oguruma and the others went to watch. Essentially, they were just taking a rest and will continue with the next step of training tomorrow.

In such a relaxed environment, no one felt that such an arrangement was too urgent.

"Really? I'm telling you, I'm really annoyed by those two guys. One of them tried to get close to me for no apparent reason, and the other one just stared at me the whole time. I almost couldn't help but want to teach them a lesson!"

Since the celebration began, Inari has said this more than once, but the others still find it very interesting.

"Then you're really upset. If we were in that situation, we might also lose our temper."

Echoing, Tamamo Cross smiled and said, "Well, you've complained more than once, eat something before you complain."

"Here, I'll give you this takoyaki. You can eat it after you're full so you can have the energy to complain."

As she said this, she picked up a piece of takoyaki from the plate in her hand and placed it on the plate in front of Inari.

This celebration was arranged in the form of a dinner party at a holiday estate. The banquet hall, which could accommodate about a hundred people, was filled with only members of the Eternal Team, and looked a bit empty.

However, each table was filled with seafood, fruits, and desserts. Surrounded by such delicious food, the horse girls were chatting and joking with each other like Inariichi and Tamamo Cross, and the whole atmosphere was very lively.

It seemed like the younger generations were also laughing and making noises. The Emperor of the East China Sea had been bullying Mebai McQueen and hadn't stopped since dinner.

"Although I've reminded you, McQueen, you probably ate too much dessert, didn't you?"

Looking at his friend with a teasing expression, his eyes lingered on the corners of McQueen's mouth covered with honey for a while, and the Emperor of the East China Sea smiled and said, "If you keep eating like this, you might get fat and affect your training like me."

Due to the extra training she had done some time ago, the Emperor of the East China Sea still couldn't sit or lie down comfortably. With a dull pain in her hip muscles, she had been eating while standing.

The celebration was held in the form of a banquet, which was actually somewhat related to her situation. Otherwise, if they had chosen the traditional Japanese style of eating while kneeling, she would probably have been too hungry to continue before she could finish half of the meal.

However, being cheerful by nature, she did not worry too much about her situation, but instead joked about it with her friends.

"…Although I have responded, I still need to remind you, Emperor."

Having been bullied so many times, Mejiro McQueen is now somewhat immune to words like "dessert" and "fat".

"With Sister Kyoko's control of the ingredients, you won't get fat if you eat too much of Yongshi's desserts. At most, you'll just feel bloated."

Suddenly, Mejiro McQueen looked very proud with shining eyes, "Because the desserts here don't use any high-sugar, high-calorie ingredients at all."

"Look, Emperor."

"Lemon ice cream uses natural lemon juice and coconut sugar. Coconut sugar is actually brown sugar. It has no coconut taste at all and will not affect blood sugar, not to mention lemon juice."

"The same goes for banana cake. I love bananas, but I never thought that mixing ripe bananas with eggs could make such a delicious low-sugar cake."

“This dark chocolate cake also uses coconut sugar instead of white sugar. The calories of cocoa powder and dark chocolate are slightly higher, but it is completely fine if the proportions are controlled.”

"And this strawberry cheesecake. Regular cheesecakes have a lot of calories, right? But this one is made with low-fat cheese and yogurt, so it doesn't have that many calories."

"Also, there are oatmeal raisin cookies, maple syrup jelly, monk fruit candy... these are all low-sugar desserts!"

The competition was even more detailed in describing all the desserts on the table in front of him. As he spoke, Mebiro McQueen had completely forgotten that he was talking to the Emperor of the East China Sea, and his face was gradually filled with a happy expression.

"Ah, I really should have asked my sister for help earlier so that I could join the Eternal World sooner."

She held her cheeks with both hands, the amber honey that had not been wiped off the corners of her mouth was shining brightly, and her eyes were blurred.

"This place... is simply heaven..."

"…You are hopeless, McQueen…"

Seeing that his friend was completely immersed in the happiness of "being able to eat desserts without restrictions and not worrying about gaining weight", the Emperor of the East China Sea realized that his prank of squeezing out the money had completely come to nothing, and he couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

Similar interactions between the two of them or between Tamamono Cross and Inari Ichi can be seen everywhere in the banquet hall.

Even the trainers were celebrating the great success of this competition, such as Komiyama and Yusuhara.

When they got to Kitahara, the topic of discussion became the upcoming training.

However, his behavior of not forgetting to work even at the celebration party caused complaints from the person he was talking to.

"...I heard from Xiaoyu and the others that Xiaolimao specifically told you not to work overtime, and I thought it was just a joke."

After looking Kitahara up and down for a while, Maruzenski held his forehead and said, "I didn't expect it to be true. It seems that I don't know you as well as your horse racing girl."

"But then again, your style of doing things is quite similar to Luduo's."

"If you ever want to switch from being a trainer to working at the academy or URA, I think you two will get along really well."

Bei originally wanted to ask about Maruzenski's plans for tomorrow. He had a training program that would be best if he had the help of a horse girl of Maruzenski's level.

After hearing the subsequent words, he thought about it carefully and felt that it did make sense.

At least in my impression, Luduo symbolizes that he is very concerned about work.

And judging by the way her colleagues were slacking off in their heavy paperwork, it seemed as if the entire student union was run by her alone.

Kitahara felt that this style was indeed very similar to his own, of course, when Oguri Hat was not "guarding" him in a targeted manner.

For example, at this time, he took the opportunity to come here and discuss with Maruzenski after his horse racing girl went out to have a feast.

Feeling that this was a precious opportunity, he smiled casually, pretending not to have heard the previous complaint, and asked directly:
"So you're in a hurry to inspect the stadium tomorrow? If you can't arrange the time, I'll trouble you again when the time is right."

"After all, the place where I'm helping is at the seaside, so it can be considered a vacation."

From a responsibility perspective, as a team assistant member of the student union, Maruzenski is obliged to agree to Kitahara's request for cooperation.

It’s just that I have already troubled the other party for a long time, and he has other work right now, so it’s not convenient to make too many requests.

"If we inspect the stadium, we will have plenty of time."

Seeing that Kitahara insisted on discussing the training, Maruzenski's expression gradually became serious. She pinched her chin and pursed her lips for a while, "If it's just to arrange a few days of running training for Oguruma and the others, it's still no problem."

"Considering their upcoming events, this arrangement is also necessary."

"If I remember correctly, the matches between Oguruma and the other two will be in a few days, right?"

"Well, it's next week, so time is pretty tight."

Nodding, Kitahara explained, "That's why I need your assistance."

"There are quite a few goals to be accomplished in this training camp. Long-term endurance training, strength training, etc. can be carried out slowly."

"The only problem is the field."

"From past experience, the easiest way to improve this ability is through actual combat."

“So I want to take advantage of this competition to confirm the team’s current speculation.”

"Is this speculation about the performance of the opponent in the Yesen exchange match?"

Maruzenski quickly realized what Kitahara was talking about.

She did not follow Yongshi to Europe like Luduo did, but in subsequent private communications, she still had enough understanding of the training and competitions during that period.

What caught her attention the most was also what the Eternal Team cared about, which was that horse girls like Toni Bianca and Moonlight Madness could actually use their fields in segments.

This has never happened in Japan.

Such a powerful ability in the field is also highly valued by the horse racing girls who have already mastered it. For example, Maruzenski herself spent a lot of time analyzing it both during her active service and after her retirement, and also discussed it many times with her predecessors and friends.

At least during these processes, she had never heard of anyone being able to enter the realm twice.

It's like a certain philosophical point of view, a person cannot step into the same river twice, and it seems that Uma Musume cannot step into the field twice in the same race.

It just so happens that there are horse girls in Europe who can do this, and if nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely participate in this year's Japan Cup.

Moreover, Eternal Umamusume will also go on an overseas expedition next year to face such opponents head-on on the field.

As a fellow domain-level horse girl, Maruzenski is well aware of how troublesome such an opponent can be.

She is still a few years away from the decline of her physical functions. In other words, after retiring and having fully mastered her field, she is now truly at her peak.

If she were to compete with an opponent like Tony Bianca now, she would be sure that she would not lose to the opponent.

But if we move on to the state before her retirement, that is, the period when she had roughly mastered the field but was not yet able to apply it skillfully, she admits that she is not very confident facing the opponent who is now in the limelight in Europe.

So she immediately understood that Kitahara wanted Oguruma and the others to master the abilities that their future opponents already possessed as soon as possible.

"Well, it's about the field."

Kitahara quickly nodded in acknowledgment, and then he did not hide anything and directly stated his speculation, "After analysis, Komiya and I believe that there are two possibilities for segmented use of the fields."

"two?"

Maruzenski was stunned, then asked in surprise and joy: "Which two?"

She was surprised that Kitahara and the others came up with concrete ideas so quickly, and they were two-sided ideas.

You have to know that she is not completely idle at ordinary times. As a horse racing girl, she has a natural interest in all matters related to the competition driven by instinct.

After learning about the "new ability" of the field from Luduo, she spent a lot of time experimenting with her friends and in private, trying to figure out what that ability was.

But there is still no clue until now.

He was happy for the same reason. After all, he had already retired. Even if he had never figured out the key to that ability, he was just unwilling to accept it.

But Oguruma and the others are still fighting hard on the field. As a senior, she doesn't want to see them fail because of this gap.

It can even be said that they have already failed because of this. Although that exchange competition was not formal, a competition is a competition and losing is losing. There is no excuse for not being as skilled as others.

"Tell me, what's going on? You haven't mentioned this to Luduo before. She never told us anything at all."

She couldn't help but urge him because she was anxious.

"After we thought of the possibility, we spent a lot of time analyzing the data and using computer programs to simulate it. It was only in the past two days that we became more confident."

After explaining, Kitahara continued:
"Specifically, the first possibility is that Tony Bianca and the others have mastered more than one field."

This idea was actually thought out by Kitahara himself.

The reason is simple. The horse girls in the mobile game can inherit the inherent skills of other horse girls, and can inherit more than one.

After inheriting the inherent skills of other horse girls, not only can you activate your own inherent skills in the competition, but the latter can also be activated when the conditions for inheriting the inherent skills are met.

Although the inherited inherent values ​​are slightly worse than the "original" values, as long as the values ​​developed by the individual are not a problem, the more important significance of inherited inherent values ​​is the ability to make up for the disadvantages, so that it will be an all-round strong state on the field.

This is also a very important mechanism in the game development. Sometimes some horse girls have shortcomings in certain aspects, and they can make up for it by inheriting the inherent skills of other horse girls.

For example, if you lack the speed of your last foot, the inherent characteristics of the Ogurt Hat and Rudo are the best choices.

Even in a weakened version, the speed brought after triggering can still guarantee a strong competitive advantage.

In particular, the inherent conditions of these two horse girls, one requiring a position of 200 meters and being in front of the team, and the other requiring overtaking 3 opponents in the late stage of the game, are relatively easy to trigger. Similarly, deficiencies in endurance and other aspects can also be compensated in similar ways.

In this world, Kitahara has completely confirmed that this inherent nature appears in Uma Musume in the form of a domain.

Compared to the straightforward numerical bonuses in the game, the manifestation of the domain is much more complicated. It is better to say that it is a special state rather than a skill.

In this state, horse racing girls can improve not only their speed, but also their overall level.

So, by comparison, since the parallel planes can be activated multiple times by inheriting inherent skills, this world may really be able to "inherit the domain" and enter the domain multiple times.

Kitahara also found some evidence.

The most obvious ones are Super Cove and Mejiro Altan.

This situation involves things from another world, some of which cannot be explained in detail, but Kitahara also found an explanation that suits this world.

"In fact, the areas controlled by Xiao Haiwan and Aldan are not their innate abilities, but belong to you and Gao Feng, Maruzen."

Looking at Maruzenski who seemed to be thinking about something, Kitahara said in a deep voice: "Thanks to your help, they have been training separately with you two for a long time."

"In this process, they have acquired the habits you have when you race walk to a certain extent."

"Komiyama and I are still studying the specific principles, but we can confirm that the way they entered the field in recent competitions is closer to the way you and Gaofeng run, and it is not what they are used to."

"In other words, they have already somewhat mastered your two areas without realizing it."

This situation actually gave Kitahara a bit of a headache, because the domain, which involved the three goddesses, was too metaphysical, and he had no way of explaining it completely with scientific theories.

If I have to explain it, the only explanation is that Xiaohaiwan and Aldan are extremely outstanding horse girls who have the ability to enter the field.

However, at the critical opportunity for improvement, they were influenced by Maruzenski and Mejiro Takamine, and instead of mastering their own fields according to their own characteristics, they "inherited" their predecessors' skills by mistake.

This is also the goal that the two of them want to achieve in the upcoming Chukyo Championship and Chukyo Memorial, that is, to experience their true field through actual combat when they are fully prepared.

Kitahara also explained this idea to Maruzenski. After listening, she thought about it for a long time and showed a complicated expression.

"This... is something I have never thought about before."

She bit her lip and frowned slightly. "As a senior, I originally thought that my mastery of the field was much better than that of Oguruma and the others."

"But with a unique trainer like you here, your understanding of the field has exceeded my imagination."

"I think Lu Duo and Gao Feng probably don't know much about this right now. Even if they do know, I'm afraid they would share the same opinion as me."

"So, since you guys can't fully explain the 'inherited domain' thing, I have even less idea."

"but……"

After struggling for a while, she suddenly changed the subject, "I think I know how you want me to help."

"He wants me to run with Oguruma for a while longer to see if she can 'inherit' my domain."

"If the previous speculations are correct, and there is indeed the possibility of 'inheritance' of domains, then it seems natural to open two completely different domains in one game."

“Think about it this way, maybe Tony Bianca, Moonlight Madness and the others are able to enter the realm so many times just because of this.”

Looking slightly to the west, she sighed, "After all, when it comes to the number of domain-level horse girls, Europe has many more than Japan."

"They have seniors who can provide guidance."

"Okay, I agree. The next game happens to be in a week, so I'll just take this as a week of relaxation here."

What Maruzenski described was exactly what Kitahara was planning.

Although the specific principles are still unclear, judging from the results, Xiaohaiwan and Aldan have indeed "inherited" the field by running parallel with their predecessors.

In the subsequent games, they will be able to control everything they have as expected.

It was equivalent to a comparative experiment. The two of them inherited first and then comprehended it. Oguruma thought that if everything went well, the horse racing girls of eternity would master an extremely powerful ability.

This ability will not only give us a huge advantage in all competitions in the second half of the year, but also give us enough confidence to compete with world-class opponents.

After agreeing, seeing Kitahara nod, Maruzenski became curious again.

"Then what about the other possibility? What you just said should be the ability to use the domain multiple times. There are two guesses, right?"

Another guess was not entirely thought of by Kitahara himself, but was reached by the team through analysis of the video recording of Yesen's exchange match.

Of course, Beiyuan still referred to the situation in the parallel plane and made a comparison secretly.

At the Arima Memorial in another world, Tamamo Cross showed active control of the time of entering the field, and the reference time for this game is at the end of this year.

In other words, the current Tamamo Cross does not have this ability, and her performance at the Takarazuka Memorial was also within normal range, which also proves this point.

However, this comparison is still of reference value, that is, there is a possibility of "time limit" in the field itself.

Let's make a simple assumption. If the Uma Girl is in perfect condition in the same game, her domain can last for "10 seconds". Then it is possible to divide this time into 2 or even more parts and use them at different appropriate times.

The total number remains unchanged, it is still "10 seconds", but it is divided into several "several seconds" and used in different situations.

This idea is easier to think of than the "inherited domain theory". Not only Kitahara, who has the memory of the parallel dimension, but also Komiyayama, Yusuhara and others have thought of this situation.

The video analysis of the Yesen exchange match showed that there was no significant difference in the data between Tony Bianca and Moonlight Madness before and after they entered the field twice.

In other words, their two domains are more likely not caused by "inheritance" but the result of "segmentation".

If we continue to explore along this line of thought, perhaps we can master more new abilities besides "inheritance".

After explaining the second possibility to Maruzenski in detail, Kitahara continued:
"Compared to the idea of ​​'inheriting domains', 'segmented execution' is easier to understand in theory, and there is data to prove it."

"And the arrangement of the two games, Takarazuka Kinen of Kodama and Takamatsunomiya Cup of Inari, actually also intends to verify this idea."

"When we used to train them in the field, we would try to figure out the conditions for them to enter the field, and then use this condition as a trigger switch to enter the field more smoothly."

“From the situation at that exchange competition, it seems that the horse racing girls in Europe have more trigger switches, or in other words, they are more adept at entering the field.”

"It seems like they can enter the field on their own without any special conditions."

"This is something that Xiaoyu and Inari have also verified in the competition. The two of them don't have as many conditions as before to enter the field this time."

"To achieve this, it's actually very simple. All you have to do is compete with more powerful horse girls and adapt to that situation."

"Tama and Inari also did the same thing in their pre-match preparations, especially Inari."

Kitahara couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the training that Inari had undergone before the Takamatsunomiya Cup, and the various changes that Oguruma and the others had made to their running styles to adapt to the competition environment.

"So, whether or not Oguruma can inherit the domain is another matter. Once again, I'd like to ask a horse girl of your level to put pressure on her. This may speed up the process."

"Is that so...Okay, I've decided then."

Nodding, Maruzenski suddenly smiled maliciously and looked to the side a little further away, "Since you want to put pressure on Oguruma and the others, then I have a reason to drag Chiaki to work with me."

"Bring along Representative Qianming..." Kitahara was stunned.

"Yes, the main task that the student union sent us out for this time is inspection. I have to help you here. This week's inspection task will naturally fall on Qianming."

Maruzenski spread his hands and winked at Kitahara, "But the patrol mission is still easy."

"After all, as members of the Central College Student Union, we will be treated very well no matter which competition venue we go to, and there aren't that many things to deal with."

"To be specific, it's just eating, drinking, and watching the games... Don't look at me like I'm some department head who's just sitting there doing nothing."

"This is talent, talent, okay? The mission is to investigate the situation of various racecourses and discover talented horse racing girls. Is this a difficult task for us?"

"You can get the general idea just by taking a look. The rest is just to ask about the situation while eating and drinking."

"So since you are so free, Qianming should come over and help out. It would be more meaningful to make more contributions to the future of the younger generations."

"Oh, I'm not saying that inspection work is meaningless, it's just that doing two meaningful things together is definitely better than just one."

"Besides, if she accompanies me to finish this, I can accompany her to the other side."

You just can't stand seeing your colleagues eating, drinking and having fun so easily, so you want to grab them to work with you, right?

Kitahara really wanted to complain like this, but his instinct told him that this was just a joke between best friends after all, so it would be better for him to keep his mouth shut.

So, taking advantage of the break in the celebration, the training arrangements for tomorrow were finalized.

On the next day, Inari, who had just finished a competition, went into rest as usual.

She could just stay in the holiday estate to look after juniors like Oguri Roman, explain the training content to them, and at the same time consolidate her own theoretical knowledge which was not so solid to begin with.

Yusuhara naturally stayed with Inari and was also responsible for guiding during training.

The remaining horse girls, under the leadership of Kitahara and Komiyayama, received special training in beach running and then swimming.

This was a training content that had been arranged long ago. With the sea water as a buffer, the intensity of many training exercises could be increased.

Whether it's Oguruma who needs to improve endurance, Kobayashi and Aldan who need to improve strength, or Tamamo Cross who needs to improve physique, they can all get a big boost from it.

It’s just that when it comes to swimming, Xiaolimao still has some difficulties.

"…Hey, Oguruma, you've been warming up for about 10 minutes, but you still can't overcome the obstacle of swimming without a kickboard?"

Looking at Xiaolimao in a one-piece sports swimsuit, Kitahara held his forehead with a headache, "Xiaohaiwan and the others have swum very far. If you continue like this, you will not be able to catch up with them."

As he spoke, he pointed towards the ocean.

From this location on the coastline, you can clearly see many large and small islands towards the sea. Today's training will also be conducted around these islands.

Oguruma and her team need to swim long distances along fixed routes between these islands. These routes have been calculated in advance, and the ocean currents, waves and other conditions are the most gentle, making them very suitable as training venues.

Just as Kitahara said, after the beach training, after a period of rest and warm-up, Little Bay, Aldan and Tamamo Cross had already gone into the water under the leadership of Komiyayama. Now they could only be seen as small dots on the sea.

Of course Komiya-san didn't swim along. As a normal human being, it was impossible for her to keep up with Uma Musume in sports by relying on her physical strength. The way she followed was by driving a motorboat.

Kitahara's means of transportation for training is also a motorboat, which is a larger model. The spacious back seat can easily accommodate one or two horse girls. This is also for the purpose of bringing back the exhausted horse girls after the training is over.

However, after leaning against the motorboat and analyzing the previous training data for a while, he waited for a long time but did not see Ogurume say that she was ready. When he looked up, he found that Ogurume, who had started warming up before he lowered his head, was still warming up.

However, after spending a long time together, Kitahara immediately realized that this horse girl of his had already warmed up and was just dragging her feet and not wanting to get into the water.

After all, she always held a float board in her previous swimming training. This time, for better training effect, she did not plan to use that kind of auxiliary tool. She was obviously a little uncomfortable.

After thinking for a while, Kitahara wanted to encourage Oguruma, but before he could open his mouth, an interested voice came from the side.

"It looks like Oguruma doesn't want to go into the water at all. Is this giving you a headache, Kitahara?"

The slightly teasing voice naturally came from Maruzenski. She had originally said that she would ask her good friend Chiaki to come and be the "coolies", but for some reason, she was the only one who came to assist in the training today.

However, the failure to achieve her idea did not seem to affect her character, which could be seen from her current outfit.

Compared to Oguri's ordinary one-piece sports swimsuit for middle school students, Maruzenski's current outfit looks like he's here to enjoy a seaside vacation, with no intention of assisting in training at all.

The segmented swimsuit shows off her beautiful and graceful figure to the fullest. The tassel-like embellishment on the chest of the swimsuit seems to have only a decorative effect, but has a very strange opposite effect in terms of covering.

In short, the more you cover up, the more it seems to be exposed.

The same is true for the swimming trunks tied with thin straps. Even though they have tropical beach-style floral decorations, the swimming trunks seem to be a little larger, but the buttocks that are obviously well-trained and full and powerful seem to be exposed more.

In addition, she has a curvy figure and a very fair complexion. This swimsuit seems to cover a lot and is black. The contrast makes her look particularly charming and enchanting.

Beiyuan just looked in the direction of her voice and was suddenly stunned for unknown reasons.

Maruzenski didn't mind being looked at like this. After all, in her impression, this trainer seemed to have only training and competition on his mind, and he didn't have the reaction that a normal man should have to charm.

And if she knew what Kitahara was thinking now, she would definitely be more certain of this view.

...I was so busy training Oguruma and the others that I didn’t react for a while.

Now that I think about it, isn’t this Maruzenski with the “swimsuit skin” in the mobile game… ?
If I remember correctly, "Swimsuit Maruzen" is stronger than the original inherent skill.

So if the current Maruzen is running alongside Oguruma and the others, is he inheriting the original field or the field of "Swimsuit Maruzen"?
Staring at Maruzenski very seriously, Kitahara began to think seriously.

According to the previous card pool rules, it seems that the swimsuit old driver will be available in a few days.

It just so happens that I can write about the plot, so I'll write about the old driver in the swimsuit. I hope that everyone who wants to draw can get it right away.

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(End of this chapter)